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The World Would Be A Better Place If Porsche Had Built This Miata Competitor

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Image: Porsche Museum The 984, Porsche’s diminutive concept from the late 1980s would have come at just the right time to absolutely redefine the small roadster marketplace, beating the new-for-1989 Mazda MX-5 to market by a couple of years. Porsche worked with Spanish automaker SEAT on a variety of projects through the 1980s, including this sub-2000 … Read more

Texas Proves Its Commitment To Freedom By Legalizing Kei Trucks

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Image: Wikimedia Japan’s unique keitora class of compact truck has proven a hit among American imported car fanatics, and thousands of the tiny little guys have been brought into the country. Unfortunately for fans of Liliputian work machines, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators recommended states to ban non-FMVSS compliant cars, including everything keijidōsha, … Read more

What’s The Stereotypical Old Person’s New Car?

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When I was a kid, the stereotypical cars that old people drove included the exact pearlescent white 1998 Cadillac DeVille that my grandmother owned, any Buick sedan, Lincoln Town Cars, Ford Crown Victorias, and Toyota Avalons — mostly large, comfortable sedans. Now though, in a world where Cadillac sedans have gone all sporty and firm; … Read more

A Used Mini Cooper S Is The Cheaper, Sillier GTI Alternative You’re Overlooking

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Allow me to begin by admitting my bias. I own a 2017 Mini Cooper S that I bought used, and I love my car more than most. When I was shopping for a fun, affordable, practical daily driver, my wishlist included Volkswagen GTIs, but my bank account disagreed. The Volkswagen GTI is largely credited with starting … Read more

All The Cars That Died In The Last Week

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We’re not entirely sure why, but the last week of February was the week quite a few automakers decided to announce that things are No Longer Happening. Granted, these are all projects that most of us hadn’t thought about in a long time, but it’s still a little sad to see. So much money just … Read more

Putin Breaks UN Sanctions By Gifting Kim Jong Un A Luxury Limo

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Vladimir Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine — made in Russia, with love, of course — the kind officially used by Russian heads of state. The North Korean dictator’s entourage confirmed the gift Tuesday, according to Russian state media, which claims Kim Jong Un is the first leader to receive an Aurus Senat … Read more

What 50-Year-Old Car Would You Daily Drive Today?

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Image: Ford Heritage Vault I don’t mean to alarm any of our Gen Xers in the crowd, but 50 years ago was indeed the 1970s. I know, math and time makes fools of us all. Back in the good ol’, bad ol’ days, cars were lacking a bit of luster. We were just entering the … Read more

A 4-Inch Taller Hood Makes Your Car 22 Percent More Likely To Kill: Study

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Vehicles in America are novelty oversized, like a universal TV remote from a store in the weird corner of the mall. We’ve known this for years, and the problem has only kept getting worse. Now, though, new data suggests — once again — that the bigger cars are deadlier. The 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R … Read more

Liberty Walk’s Ferrari F40 Bodykit For The Autozam AZ-1 Is Way Cooler Than A Real F40

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Photo: Liberty Walk Japanese tuner Liberty Walk made waves at the Tokyo Auto Salon last year when it showed off a Ferrari F40 that had been slammed, chopped up and fitted with a widebody kit and other extreme styling modifications. Ferrari was apparently so mad that it removed that F40 from its official registry. Liberty … Read more

The Lane Motor Museum Is Selling A Bunch Of Weird And Rare Cars

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This one is so weird even I can’t really do it justice, so here’s the museum’s explanation of what it is to do the job for me: Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet (DB) were important names in French motor racing between 1940 and 1960. Together they embarked on designing competition cars, first with Citroën engines, … Read more