A Super Clean Dodge Dynasty And A Frankenstein Mercedes In This Week's Car Buying Roundup

Craig lives in Georgia and wants to swap his Outback for a truck that can haul some lumber but still be manageable with a kid in a car seat. With a budget of up to $25,000 what car should he buy? - Tom McParland Read More

Sometimes we come across some cars that are an alluring risk; you know it will be trouble but you also know you just have to have it. This recent listing on Cars & Bids for, let’s call it, a unique Mercedes, certainly fits that bill. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

While the ad says, the A/C doesn’t work on today’s Nice Price or No Dice LeBaron with a convertible top, who cares? Let’s see if we care about its price tag. - Rob Emslie Read More

By embracing the SUV market with the Cayenne, Porsche saved its sports cars. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cayenne GTS is pretty sporty despite its size and function. Let’s decide if we all are good sports regarding its price. - Rob Emslie Read More

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducts crash tests of hundred of vehicles every year to let the public know just how safe the vehicles they buy are. This year, there are over 60 vehicles spread across myriad segments that scored good enough across a multitude of categories to be named an IIHS Top Safety Pick — or even better, a Top Safety Pick+. The four possible scores a car can achieve in each category are “good,” “acceptable,” “marginal” and “poor.” Today, we’re just taking a look at the small SUVs that scored Top Safety Picks in testing. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

If you’re a fan of clean air and funky fill-ups, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Civic NGV might be your cup of compressed natural gas. Let’s see if this rare, literally gas-powered commuter car has a price tag that doesn’t make us want to tell the seller to go “blow it out yer’ ass.” - Rob Emslie Read More

While Dodge’s most recent Dart failed to hit the mark, today’s Nice Price of No Dice SXT Rallye might prove to be more on target owing to its rare six-speed stick and maybe even its price. - Rob Emslie Read More

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice CC was VW’s take on the tiresome “four-door coupe” trope. That’s not its fault; to be fair, it’s a pretty handsome take. Let’s see how fair we might find its price. - Rob Emslie Read More

This week’s reader has $14,000 to replace his aging Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder.

From Bring a Trailer to Cars & Bids and everywhere in between, we keep seeing the same thing happen recently: Decades-old regular cars that should have been used as such will show up with low miles and prices that are often much bigger than they should be. A great example is this 1993 Dodge Dynasty at a dealer known for low-mileage cars. - Lawrence Hodge Read More