Image: Mitsubishi The small, cheap new car market has just been dealt a massive blow. The Mitsubishi Mirage, one of the cheapest new cars on the market, will be discontinued. My First Car: Danielle Moné Truitt’s ‘Blue Magic’ Mitsubishi Mirage A Mitsubishi spokesperson confirmed the news to Car & Driver. They confirmed that both the … Read more
As we expected, following its introduction on the GR Yaris earlier this year, Toyota is adding the option of an 8-speed automatic transmission to the GR Corolla hot hatch. The new auto comes along with an overall facelift for the 2025 model year GR Corolla that brings more torque, tweaked styling and other new features. … Read more
Photo: Honda When Honda revealed the Si variant of the 11th-generation Civic, people were up in arms about features missing from the U.S. model. Canadian-spec cars got heated seats, they got an all-digital dash, but American buyers had to shell out for the Integra to get the same level of amenities. Now, with the 2025 … Read more
Is the Aston martin Cygnet the worst car from a great automaker? Photo: Aston Martin There are some pretty incredible automakers out there responsible for some pretty special cars. Ferrari has a long lineage of wonderful machines, as do less expensive brands like Alpine and even humble Honda has made some great cars. But is … Read more
Photo: Lexus The Toyota GR Yaris is one of the coolest cars on sale today. Yet, in a world of crossover dominance, the Yaris is underappreciated — purchased in number far below what it deserves. So, in order to treat the most people to the most fun, Toyota kitted out the Lexus LBX crossover with … Read more
The ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice hot rod Limo claims it will garner its driver “compliments and thumbs up everywhere you go….” Let’s decide if its price is just as worthy of a thumb in the air. On Track In The 2023 Honda Civic Type R Yesterday’s 1983 Autobianchi A112 Junior proved … Read more
After Koenigsegg ordered every Jesko owner off the road this week as a result of a fire in one of its cars, Toyota might be quaking in its boots as a GR Corolla has been filmed going up in smoke on the highway. Nobody was injured in the blaze, but a dashcam running through the … Read more
If you’re in the market for a hot electric vehicle, your options are pretty limited these days and don’t extent much past the Hyundai Ioniq 5N. However, French automaker Alpine has set to right this wrong with its new A290 EV, which packs 220 hp, retro good looks and a built-in coach that will make … Read more
We miss the Honda Fit. We really do. It was an inexpensive subcompact, sure, but it was also so much better than it had any right to be, and it more or less made the competition irrelevant. There were less-expensive alternatives, but they just didn’t have the level of charm, practicality and refinement of the Fit. … Read more
Photo: Lexus Toyota’s been in a bad spot with regulators recently. Its subsidiary Daihatsu rounded out 2023 by admitting to forging 30 years of crash test results, and even the venerable Land Cruiser couldn’t escape an emissions scandal. Yet, it seems the company isn’t quite done dredging up issues: A new internal investigation revealed Toyota … Read more
