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Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Automotive
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Small Cars, Fast Cars And The Cars With The Worst Drivers In This Week's QOTD Roundup
Supercars can go so much faster than they could ever legally go on an American public road for as long as there have been supercars, so what's the point in continuing to raise the top speed? Do you really need to be able to go faster than 85 miles per hour at all, anyway? Earlier this week we asked our readers to tell us what speed they felt was 'too fast' for a car, and the answers did not disappoint. We put together a few of our favorite answers below for your perusal. - Bradley Brownell Read More Over the last decade automakers have axed many of their smaller cars, opting to go for giant vehicles with expansive profit margins. Small cars may be set to make a return as automakers inflation makes us more broke than ever. So now, we just need to figure out what models need to come back. - Lawrence Hodge Read More In light of the recent news that General Motors has built a Corvette with a 233 mile per hour top speed, I figured it was a good time to ask you all where you draw the line. The engineering behind the new Corvette ZR1 is pretty incredible, I'll give General Motors a slap on the back for that one. But does a relatively normal guy with good enough credit to get a loan for the $175,000 MSRP really need the ability to travel at 233 miles per hour? It's possible the car can go even faster, because GM says it hit those speeds with the high-downforce ZTK package installed. I think it might be too fast. - Bradley Brownell Read More If you want to spot a bad driver on the highway, is there a telltale sign that gives them away? You know, something like a tacky bumper sticker, some slight drifting between lanes or maybe copious amounts of damage that shows that the driver doesn't really know what they're doing. According to a recent study, the best way to avoid bad drivers in America is actually to avoid Teslas, as they're the cars that are driven by the country's worst. - Owen Bellwood Read More Last week we asked you what crossover vehicle you would like to see turned into a rugged body-on-frame SUV, and hilarity ensued. Body-on-frame SUVs ruled the roads by the end of last century, but once automakers began realizing that the most SUV-ish thing that their buyers did was jump a curb or drive down the occasional gravel road. You know what can also withstand those challenges? Anything that's not a sports car, really. But buyers continued to demand commanding seating positions and the security, or perceived security, of four-wheel drive, so carmakers began lifting their car platforms and plopping tall bodies on top of them to make crossovers. In the beginning crossovers were revolutionary, but now they're commonplace and boring. - Logan Carter Read More We all read Jalopnik, and that means we're some of the best drivers in the world. However, we're not infallible. Sometimes we can make mistakes on the road – especially when winter weather is involved. It just adds another element of randomness and unpredictability to our drive. Lest we forget, everyone else around us becomes worse drivers as well. That idea is what has led me to today's question. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More Driving through nasty winter weather requires a certain amount of skill and concentration you don't really need driving day to day. The smallest slip up or lapse in judgment can end with pretty disastrous results. Pretty much everyone has a nightmare winter driving experience, but some stick out above the rest. Some are just the worst of the worst. That led me to the question I asked you all last week. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Affordable Hyundai Ioniq 6s, Mercedes Discounts Its EVs By $15,000 And A 911 Carcass In This Week's Car Buying Roundup
When we first drove the Hyundai Ioniq 6, we didn't find it particularly sporty, but if you're just looking for a comfortable daily driver, it's fantastic. That said, there are two notable downsides — the styling is incredibly divisive, and it can get expensive fast. It starts just under $39,000 including destination, but start adding features, and the price can cross $50,000 before you know it. Look at the used market, though, and depreciation has already hit these cars hard. Like, so hard that some used ones already cost about the same as a new Honda Civic. - Collin Woodard Read More Mercedes-Benz has spent a lot of time and billions of dollars bringing its five electric vehicle offerings stateside. Unfortunately, no one really seems to care, and because of that, they're all flopping hard. In 2024, the EQB crossover saw a 36 percent sales drop, the EQE saw a 39 percent drop and the flagship EQS saw an enormous 52 percent drop. Now, the German automaker is offering its EVs with some pretty impressive discounts in an effort to drum up interest. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More If you've got Type R dreams but decently equipped compact car money, you can't go wrong with the regular Honda Civic. The current eleventh generation of the Civic is probably the best the model has ever been, and with prices starting at $25,400, the Civic won't break the bank. What if a standard Civic isn't enough, and you must have a Type R? You're in luck, as last-gen FK8 Type Rs have finally started to show up on the used market for less than the price of a new base Civic. - Lawrence Hodge Read More Josh lives in Virginia, and his recent acquisition of a 911 Turbo has reignited his need for speed. He wants another high-performance model, this time with four doors so the family can go for a ride as well. With a budget hovering around six figures, what car should he buy? - Tom McParland Read More They don't all deserve to be saved. There are plenty of Porsche 911s out there in the world that won't take thousands of hours of labor or tens of thousands of dollars to resurrect like this pile of junk currently listed on auction site Bring a Trailer. Start with one of those and throw this entire heap of bent metal, rust, and mold into a crusher. I had a long career as a Porsche parts specialist, including a few years at a Porsche junkyard, and I can spot about ten salvageable pieces on this decrepit monstrosity. Four of them are the wheels, and those need a thorough four-figure refurbishing. - Bradley Brownell Read More All too often, when wealth and cars collide, the results are disastrous. Just take a look at the modified vehicles that Mansory offers, for instance. Things can get worse when wealthy customers are able to customize a new car to their own liking. This decade-old Pagani Huayra currently listed for sale on Bring a Trailer is the perfect example of that. - Lawrence Hodge Read More Today's Nice Price of No Dice Rolls is noteworthy for its ostentatious physical presence and an unapologetic addiction to its drug of choice—premium petrol. While like new, time and depreciation have made this Phantom much more affordable. Let's see if it's affordable enough. - Rob Emslie Read More Update: We reached out to Hertz for classification on how the company goes about setting its used car prices. The company said that its cars go through a rigorous inspection process and that the pricing on its cars is transparent and haggle free. - Lawrence Hodge Read More The market for luxury two-seaters is limited, something Buick discovered upon the introduction of the Reatta in the late 1980s. Let's see if today's Nice Price or No Dice convertible survivor fares better in the modern era. - Rob Emslie Read More When you think of the perfect car, what does it look like? Something fast, expensive, and shiny? Well I'm here to tell you that you're wrong, the perfect car is a '90s Civic that's been turned into a ute. Please adjust your dreams and aspirations accordingly. - Amber DaSilva Read More For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
