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General Motors used to sell two slightly different versions of the same thing -- the Pontiac Firebird and the Chevrolet Camaro. It was done that way because GM's Pontiac and Chevrolet divisions both needed a sporty car in their respective lineups, and the thought was it'd be less expensive (and so more profitable) to design one car and sell it ...Read more

The trend has been to install smaller engines in place of larger engines -- and to charge people more for what they're not getting anymore.

It's nice to see Mazda bucking that trend.

Last year, they brought out a new six-cylinder engine -- rather than a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine. And they put it in a new crossover (the CX-...Read more

When Toyota brought back the Land Cruiser this year, it no longer came standard with a V8. It now comes only with a turbo-hybridized four.

If you'd like something more than that -- as well as less -- Lexus has it.

The new GX550 is a premium-badged (and slightly larger) iteration of the new Land Cruiser that comes standard with a ...Read more

Volvo used to be the go-to brand for safe vehicles that lasted a long time. Then everyone else began making "safe" vehicles, chiefly because the government was mandating that.

Other-brand vehicles also became as or even more reliable than Volvos used to be.

Now Volvo is making electric vehicles like the 2024 XC40 Recharge -- and ...Read more

Mazda's CX-30 has a couple of things going for it that most of its competitors either charge extra for -- or don't offer at all.

The CX-30 also hasn't got two things that are getting hard to avoid in a new crossover.

What It Is

The CX-30 is Mazda's compact, lowest-priced crossover. It differs from other small crossovers in that it ...Read more

2024 VW GTI

It's the last call. The final hurrah. Call it what you will, it amounts to the same.

Right now -- this year -- is the last time you'll be able to buy a new Volkswagen GTI without an automatic transmission.

When the 2025 GTI comes out, it will come with an automatic only. For the first time ever. So if you prefer to shift ...Read more

There will soon be one less Mini -- and it's the one that's not as "mini" as the ones that will remain.

It's the Clubman version of the Mini Cooper -- which will be retired after the end of this model year.

But why is it being retired?

And is it worth considering one before they're gone?

What It Is

The Clubman is the largest Mini ...Read more

It's a strange and sad thing when one of the most popular, best-known cars ever made is about to fade away.

Not because of anything it did, either.

That car -- in this case -- is the Chevy Camaro, which was one of the bestselling vehicles on the market back in the mid-to-late 1970s and through the entirety of the '80s.

Soon, it won't...Read more

Three years ago, a luxury-brand crossover like the Infiniti QX60 wasn't all that remarkable because there were lots of others a lot like it -- especially under the hood.

Fast-forward three years and the QX60 stands out because it's one of just two remaining luxury-brand crossovers in its class that still comes standard with a V6 ...Read more

It's hard to sell what not enough people are aware is for sale -- and that may be part of the reason why Volvo's S60 sedan will soon no longer be for sale.

The Swedish luxury car brand recently announced that this model year will be the final year for this interesting alternative to better-known compact luxury sedans sold by ...Read more

Most of GM has stopped making cars -- soon to include Chevrolet, which plans to stop making the Camaro after 2025 and has already announced the cancellation of the Malibu, which leaves Chevy (and Buick) with nothing other than crossovers and trucks and SUVs.

But there's still Cadillac -- and the CT4.

What It Is

The CT4 is a compact, luxury-...Read more