America Could Soon Lose The Cheapest Models From Foreign Automakers
The rising cost of importing tariffed vehicles and vehicle parts from countries like Canada and Mexico could mean the demise of several cheap vehicles.
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Speeed Is Building Anti-Hype Cars For YouTube
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From the least-expensive cars you can buy today to seven-figure ultra-exclusive hypercars, there's a widening gap between what's cheap and what's expensive.
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This Long-Tail LaFerrari Prototype Is What Ferrari's LaFerrari Would Look Like If It Actually Looked Cool
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What's The Worst Mistake You Made Behind The Wheel When You Were A New Driver?
Get the conversation flowing and we'll have a great day of ribbing each other over our youthful stupidity.
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Acura's departure from the series could be the first crack in the dam, with other manufacturers potentially to follow.
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Don't worry, these guys aren't just building trailer queens that get trotted out for a fast lap or two.
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Keanu Reeves Raced This Supercharged Scion tC, And Now You Can, Too
If you've already jacked into the Matrix and downloaded the good driver file, maybe you'll want to pick up this wild factory-built racer for a song.
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Saturn never made a factory-turbo SC, but when they let their engineers have a go, it got a big dose of forced induction and nearly double the power.
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The vast majority of the comments boiled down into one of five categories, Porsches, wagons, EVs, hot hatches, and trucks.
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This $4,000 Honda Accord Build Shows You Don't Need To Blow A Ton Of Money To Have A Cool Car
If you only have a few thousand dollars to spend on a car, you'll need to put in some effort, both in the search and the build, but you can still make it cool.
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Perhaps I'm a pessimist here, but this is the scenario I've been afraid of with all of these manufacturer efforts jump into the GTP/Hypercar competition pool.
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This should be a great period piece with great wardrobing and some of the best car casting ever seen in a movie.
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Sendpai is one of those pie-in-the-sky builds that regular folks like you or I dream about.
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The SEAT Ibiza was one of the original hot hatches, selling over a million models during its first generation and partnering with Porsche for engine options.
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