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Motor Trend
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Motor Trend
The Cheapest Car In America Gets Slightly Less Affordable
If you're looking to get into a new car for less than $20,000 in the U.S., your options are dwindling. The Nissan Versa, a subcompact sedan that was the cheapest new car in America for the 2025 model year, was the last new car available for less than twenty grand. Note the use of past tense there—Nissan has dropped the entry-level Versa model, which cost $18,330 and was the only version of the Versa with a five-speed manual transmission. 0:00 / 0:00 Now, the Versa overall isn't going away—yet—even though it's the last subcompact sedan available in America. (You might still find a new Mitsubishi Mirage G4 on a dealer lot somewhere, but that sedan stopped being built after the 2024 model year, leaving the Versa alone in its segment.) Nissan is keeping the entry-level Versa S sedan around, but only with the automatic transmission that added $1,800 to the MSRP, meaning the Versa now starts at $21,130. It remains by far the most affordable thing that isn't an SUV in 2025—the next-most-affordable car is also made by Nissan, the $22,730 one-size-up Sentra—but without the price-leader stick-shift version, it's not as far ahead of the cheapest SUVs (such as the $21,650 Hyundai Venue or $21,895 Chevrolet Trax) you can buy anymore. Why'd Nissan kill off its cheapest car? Unfortunately, in today's tariff-laden automotive landscape and Nissan's need to cut costs, the 2025 Versa S with the five-speed stick shift likely just wasn't selling well enough to justify its existence. This news was brought to our attention via the Autopian, and we confirmed the news with Nissan. The beleaguered automaker states: 'We remain committed to offering a line-up that answers the evolving needs of customers and maintains Nissan's competitive edge. We are focusing on the most popular Versa grades that deliver the strongest business performance and are in line with what customers are looking for from this type of sedan.' While the Nissan drops the three-pedal option from the Versa, we must stress that. the S still remains the cheapest new car in America. It also means that the cheapest new car in America no longer costs less than $20,000. Let that sink in.
Car and Driver
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
View Interior Photos of the 2026 Infiniti QX60
The audio system allows for audio zones that can play, for instance, a bluetooth phone call through the driver's speakers while continuing to play music for the rest of the car.
The Sun
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Sun
Top car boss calls for common gadget ‘everyone hates' to be scrapped from all motors & vows to make major change
A TOP car boss has called for a feature "everyone hates" to be scrapped from all motors. Stop/Start technology, which causes car engines to turn off at traffic lights, to save fuel, has become a commonplace feature in many vehicles in recent years. 1 However, Lee Zeldin, who heads the Environmental Protection Agency in the US government, which presides over cars passing environmental tests has vowed to have the technology scrapped. "Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy," he said in a post on X, which has racked up over eight million views. "EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we're fixing it." Start/Stop technology became popular in the US due to fuel economy and emissions regulations brought in during Barack Obama 's presidency. It is not currently mandated in new cars, but has been widely adopted, due to government incentives. According to past EPA estimates, the technology can improve fuel economy by between four and five percent. However, an EPA spokesperson noted that is hasn't shown clear reductions in emissions tests. If Zeldin's plans are finalised, car makers would no longer be given incentives for installing the feature. This comes after car expert Scotty Kilmer claimed that disabling the stop/start function in your vehicle can "double the life of your engine." Speaking on his YouTube channel, Scotty, a mechanic with five decades of experience, revealed that the fuel-saving feature can increase engine degradation. Ford urgently recalls 273,000 cars over dangerous brake issue that could 'cause total failure' – two models are affected He said: "[Turning it off] is a smart thing to do. "Start/stop technology is the dumbest thing that's come out in years. "97% of the wear happens when you start the car so do you want to keep starting and stopping it? "Not if you want your car to last longer." You can switch off stop/start by using the toggle button, usually found somewhere on the dashboard. It is usually marked by a letter A with a circular arrow curved around it. This is often accompanied by a small light which, if illuminated, lets you know the setting is disabled. Social media commenters were blown away by Scotty's advice. One wrote: "I recently was driving a rental with this feature and after realizing it wasn't the car stalling at every red light I realized what was going on. "I thought this was... worse for the engine than just idling." Another added: "I test-drove a car once with that function and I found it annoying."
