The New Jetta GLI Still Has A Manual, So You’d Better Buy It While You Still Can

The New Jetta GLI Still Has A Manual, So You’d Better Buy It While You Still Can

Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen’s Jetta GLI is among the few sporty sedans remaining on the market with a manual transmission, and with an update for the 2025 model year Volkswagen is giving the GLI buyer even more. Jetta continues to prove its worth in the VW lineup, outselling the Taos and Atlas Cross Sport. Perhaps this … Read more

An 86-Mile Oldsmobile Alero Sold For More Than A New Toyota Corolla

An 86-Mile Oldsmobile Alero Sold For More Than A New Toyota Corolla

Image: Bring A Trailer I try to keep a close eye on Bring A Trailer. It may seem like the era of cars going for wild prices is at an end, but that’s not true — things just calmed down a bit. Wild auctions are still happening on the site, be it a flip or … Read more

You Can Get A Used Ford Focus RS For The Price Of A New Honda Civic

You Can Get A Used Ford Focus RS For The Price Of A New Honda Civic

If you’re like me, you may be still mourning the end of production of the Ford Focus RS. It was legitimately one of the best hot hatches ever made. Its short 2016–2018 run meant not many people got a chance to get their hands on one, and high dealer markups didn’t help. Now, over five … Read more

New Fiat 500e Color Is Inspired By Los Angeles’ Iconic Gray Skies

New Fiat 500e Color Is Inspired By Los Angeles’ Iconic Gray Skies

Image: Fiat If you hadn’t realized, the 2024 Fiat 500e is already arriving at dealers here in the United States, with the first ones all being painted bright red. Keeping in the brands plans to release special editions like shoe drops, the brand has “dropped” a new special edition. The latest 500e is called the … Read more

These Are The Most Fuel-Efficient Cars, Trucks And SUVs According To Consumer Reports [UPDATE]

These Are The Most Fuel-Efficient Cars, Trucks And SUVs According To Consumer Reports [UPDATE]

Photo: Hyundai When you’re shopping for a new car, price and practicality are important, but so is fuel economy. The Environmental Protection Agency provides fuel economy ratings for almost every vehicle currently on sale, but how does that translate to real life? Our friends over at Consumer Reports independently test new cars to see what … Read more

Lancia Returns To Rallying With Its First New Hot Hatch In Decades, And It Looks Awesome

Lancia Returns To Rallying With Its First New Hot Hatch In Decades, And It Looks Awesome

Despite being what the company has become best known for, it’s been decades since Lancia last produced a true hot hatch — not exactly surprising given it’s only sold one car for the past decade anyway. That’s finally changing next year with the roadgoing Ypsilon HF, a fully electric performance version of Lancia’s funky new … Read more

Dealer Finance Manager Was Caught Adding $20,000 Worth Of Services And Bogus Fees To Sale

Dealer Finance Manager Was Caught Adding ,000 Worth Of Services And Bogus Fees To Sale

Even when you get a deal on something at a dealer, they’ll still find a way to try and get some more money out of you to make up for the fact that you got said deal. Take how Hyundai covered an engine replacement for my car, but the dealer still said I needed to … Read more

Supercharged Lincoln Town Car, A 740-HP Dodge Viper Convertible, And Manual Heaven In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup

Supercharged Lincoln Town Car, A 740-HP Dodge Viper Convertible, And Manual Heaven In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup

Photo: Mazda Scott’s teenage daughter will be driving soon and she will take his Volvo, which means he can finally get a manual transmission car after years of automatics. He has a modest budget, but is open to options that are sporty with reasonable mpgs. What car should he buy? – Tom McParland Read More … Read more

Watch A Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Pass ICE Losers During A Nurburgring Track Day

Watch A Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Pass ICE Losers During A Nurburgring Track Day

Screenshot: Misha Charoudin The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is a very, very good car. It also happens to be electric. And while it’s no lightweight, at about 4,800 pounds, it’s also not nearly as heavy as we would have initially thought. Somehow, the car that Hyundai delivered is legitimately the most fun-to-drive EV that we’ve … Read more

Bridgestone Did One Lap Of America, Here’s How It Went

Bridgestone Did One Lap Of America, Here’s How It Went

Photo: Bridgestone Americas This year’s edition of Brock Yates’ One Lap of America finished last Saturday. Bridgestone decided to enter two cars into the long-running motorsport event to celebrate the 45th anniversary of its Potenza tire line. The 2024 Acura Integra Type S Transmission Will Make A Believer Out Of You Brock Yates created One … Read more