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i3 We Hardly Knew Ye: Production Of BMW’s Tiny Oddball EV Is Coming To A Close
(By Tom Lohnes) – The BMW i3 is a very strange little car. Coming to the US market in 2014, the i3 was BMW’s first stab at an EV, and it was just that, a start. But to comply with strict...
BMW Bringing 700hp SUV To Bear: Behold The XM Which Is The Most Powerful Production BMW Ever Made
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you like your 6-figure, 700hp SUV to be named after an old Citroen and satellite radio? Well, BMW apparently thinks that, because their new flagship SUV will allegedly be...
Billions For Bugatti: Hypercar Manufacturer Rimac Offers VW Group $6.6 Billion For Famed Brand
(By Tom Lohnes) – Rimac, the company that just released the mighty Nevera hypercar, wants to buy Bugatti. They are putting up a $6.06 Billion public offer to take over Bugatti in what could be...
More N Means More Fun: Hyundai Announces Newest N Performance Model And It Is The Elantra
(By Tom Lohnes) – With the hot 201-hp Hyundai Elantra N-line out on the streets, people want more. Hyundai is delivering too, with the new top-dog Elantra N. The third addition to the N...
Coming In Hot: Toyota Bringing A GR Corolla To The USA – Horsepower, Six-Speed, AWD!
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Toyota GRB Yaris is the stuff of dreams here in the states, simply because we didn’t get it. But we also understand, because very few people want a 2-seat subcompact...
So Much Trucking Sense: The Nissan Navara PRO-4X Warrior Is Tailor Made For The American Truck Market…And Is Not Sold Here
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Nissan Navara is essentially the Toyota Hilux to the Frontier’s Tacoma. It’s the cooler, better, global truck Americans don’t get because of the stupid chicken tax....
How Good Is Good: Comparing The Acura TLX Type S To It’s Fellow Segment Competitors From Around The World
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Acura TLX Type S is a cool car, but is it worth $54,000? Well, let’s compare it to some competitors and see. Starting with the most obvious choice, the BMW M340i has...
Big Things In A Small Package: The Freshened Audi A3 Brings More Power and More Value
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Audi A3 line, the most convincing entry-level luxury sedan, has been in the same generation for quite a while. Well, the next generation is coming, and it’s...
Hatch Attack: The 11th Generation Honda Civic Will Continue On With A Hatchback But How Hot Will It Be?
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Honda Civic Hatchback goes all the way back to the 1972 launch of the car and it continues to bring in sales like a champ today. The hatch is always one of the...
The Velvet Brute: The 2022 911 Porsche GT3 Touring Is One Hardcore Daily Driver
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Porsche 911 GT3 is crazy. Pushing 502 horses out of a 9,000 RPM Naturally aspirated Flat 6, it was very obviously built for a racetrack. Well, what if you want to daily...
Level Up: Lexus Gets Serious About The Compact Crossover Market With All New NX
(By Tom Lohnes) – Since it came out in 2014, the Lexus NX has been a mid-tier player in the compact crossover business. Now, there’s a whole new generation, and it is a night and day...
Plaid Enough For You: The New Tesla Model S Plaid Is So Fast, The Company Has Paused Development Of A Faster One!
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Tesla Model S Plaid has recently set a new record: a 9.26-second quarter mile. That is so good, in fact, that Tesla themselves has decided to not produce the even quicker...
Ballin’ On A Budget: Bentley Releases New “Base” Model 2022 Bentayga S For The More Reasonable Billionaires
(By Tom Lohnes) – Are you wealthy enough to be able to afford an ultra-luxe SUV like the Bentley Bentayga but not quite wealthy enough to afford the Speed model with the W12 and the highest...
Thrifty Electric Cruiser Or Electron Chowing Drag Strip Brawler: The Kia EV6 Is Available In A Flavor For Just About Everyone
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Kia EV6 caused quite a stir when it dropped out of nowhere in GT form and annihilated a bunch of supercars in a drag race, but we haven’t heard much since. Well specs...