The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety or IIHS was actually founded back in 1959, and then was reinvented ten years later as an independent research organization to use a scientific approach to identify the full spectrum of options to reduce crash losses. The IIHS opened its Vehicle Research Center in central Virgi…
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Cars: They cost too much. Big cars, little cars, fast cars, slow cars — the only things they all share are that they’re too expensive to buy, too expensive to own, and never worth enough when you’re trying to sell yours. Earlier this week, we asked you for the most overpriced new cars, and you gave us a wealth of…
They don’t build cars like they used to. It’s true. They’re safer, more fuel efficient and more reliable than ever before. These days, most cars are just getting started when they cross the 100,000-mile mark. They may require quite a few repairs to keep going after that point, but the days of cars with six-figure…
The Porsche 928 is among the brand’s craziest looking cars ever, with a rounded rear and greenhouse combined with a long, reduced nose that features exposed pop-out fronts lights, offering the automobile a lovable frog-like appearance. Porsche offered greater than 61,000 automobiles from 1977 to 1995, and the 928 has actually turned into one of its most precious … Read more …
Oh, the Mazda MX-30. It has an attractive design, a nice interior, and handles well, but as an electric vehicle, it isn’t great. At least not for America. Its motor only makes 143 hp and 200 lb-ft of torque, which means it takes nearly 10 seconds to hit 60 mph. It also only has an EPA-rated range of 100 miles. With a…
YouTube is the present that keeps providing when it comes to auto followers, and it continues giving us gems. This week, we have highlights
from the 2023 WRC Guanajuato Rally in Mexico. There’s a GR Yaris that provided its life so an AE86 might have turbo three-cylinder power. A prominent automobile YouTuber buys his dream vehicle. And also … Read even more …