At $4,500, Is This 1996 VW Passat TDI A Good Deal?

According to the ad, the 25-gallon fuel tank in today’s Nice Price or No Dice Passat will allow the car to go nearly 1,000 miles between fill-ups. Let’s see if it’s priced to go the distance as well. Maksim Chmerkovskiy’s Bumpy Ride: A Ford with Troublesome Brakes You might very well ask, “What do Ozzie … Read more

The Chrysler 300 Hemi C Concept Was The Chrysler 300 We Deserved

The Chrysler 300 was a name that the brand would revisit time and again in both production and concept car form, but no 300 wore the badge better than the 300 Hemi C Concept. The Chrysler 300C Ends Production The Chrysler 300 and its letter series cars had gained legendary status from its run in … Read more

These Are Your Favorite Failed Concept Cars

Photo: Schneider2001, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Dodge demon. Not that one, this one: This wasn’t some Vision “concept” that’s no more than lines of code and MAYBE a clay model, that only idiots think ever had a chance at production. This was production ready, and cancelled because 2008. If it made it … Read more

The 2025 Nissan Kicks Crossover’s Coolest Design Details

Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik The 2024 New York International Auto Show kicks off today, and last week Nissan kick-started the show’s reveal schedule by debuting the 2025 Kicks crossover. (I promise that’s the only kick pun I’ll make.) Subcompact crossovers aren’t typically examples of especially exciting design, but the second-generation Kicks bucks that trend with genuinely … Read more

Readers Say These Cars Are Unrecognizable From Old Generations

Photo: Ford We asked readers what cars are the most unrecognizable from previous models and generations earlier this week. It’s amazing what a few decades will do to a person and/or car — for better or worse. Some models go from being beloved SUVs to blobby crossovers, while others go from being coupes or sedans … Read more

Football Helmet–Inspired 2025 Nissan Kicks Is The Best New Nissan Design In Years

Truly small new cars are a rarity in the U.S., even those marketed as crossovers, and the ones that still exist typically have designs that are either boring and forgettable or ugly and chintzy. The first-generation Nissan Kicks fell into the former category; the subcompact crossover was handsome but nothing to write home about. Nissan … Read more

This 23-Year-Old’s Car Payment Is A Third Of Her Income

Image: Toyota Your twenties are the perfect time to screw up and try to get your shit figured out. Sometimes it takes getting to the rock bottom before you can dig yourself out of it. For the sake of everyone involved here, I hope this young woman on Caleb Hammer’s Financial Audit show has reached … Read more

The Best 2024 Hybrids To Save You Money: Consumer Reports

Photo: Ford No one likes paying for gas, but at the same time, not everyone is ready or in a position to go full-electric. Hybrids offer a tempting middle ground between gas-only and electric-only that promises better fuel economy without the need to find a spot to charge. Typically, though, you’re paying more for the … Read more

What Car Is Driven Exclusively By Idiots?

A few weeks ago we talked about cars that looked dumb, but that doesn’t necessarily mean their owners are dummies themselves. That got me thinking: What cars are only driven by idiots? What cars are driven by the sort of people who can only breathe with their mouths wide open and their knuckles dragging on … Read more

What Do You Want To Know?

We got an up-close look at the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe a few months back, but we didn’t get to drive it. Now, the Korean automaker has deemed us ready to give its new, boxy crossover a go. That’s awfully kind, isn’t it? Before we get behind the wheel of the fifth-generation Santa Fe, we … Read more