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74% Of Americans Say New Cars Are Unaffordable
More Americans consider new cars unaffordable than any other category covered in the survey.
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These Are The Things Our Readers Hope A Redesign Fixes On Their Cars
Some complaints were a bigger deal than my issue with the 500e's sun visors, and some were about on par.
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Chinese SUV Beats Lexus GX, Toyota Land Cruiser In Off-Road Test
The GWM Tank breezed through the same roller test that proved too much for the Toyota and the Lexus.
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Nissan's Upcoming Body-On-Frame Pathfinder Apparently Won't Replace The Current One
The unibody Pathfinder isn't going anywhere, and Nissan plans to sell two wildly different models under the same name.
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You Can Buy This Whole-Ass Praga Race Car For Less Than A Base Porsche 911
With less than 25 operating hours, this Praga R1 is basically brand new.
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What Do You Hope The Next Redesign Fixes On Your Car?
It can just be something that annoys you, such as a sun visor or an inconveniently shaped storage cubby, but I'll allow for more serious complaints, too.
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Oh No, Those Flock License Plate Readers That Track Your Every Move Keep Getting Vandalized
You can't even build a nationwide surveillance system that's ripe for abuse without people getting mad anymore.
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Secretive Cops-Only Bar Blamed For Multiple DUIs After Drunk-Driving Cop Hits House, Killing 2 Dogs
Despite all the evidence that the 7C Lounge wildly overserved Campbell, there were reportedly no consequences for doing so.
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Chevy Corvette ZR1 Sets Car And Driver's New Lightning Lap Record, Beats McLaren Senna By 0.7 Seconds
This isn't one of those, "Sure it's quick in a straight line, but what about corners?" conversations that people normally have about cheap American performance.
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Air India's Aircraft Safety Inspection Reports Make For Genuinely Horrifying Reading
Rebuilding customer confidence isn't easy.
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The Most Reliable, Fuel-Efficient Small SUVs You Can Buy New, According To Consumer Reports
If you're in the market for a small SUV, the choice is overwhelming, but Consumer Reports has listed the most reliable and fuel-efficient to help you choose.
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10,000 Flights Canceled After Winter Storm Dumps 2 Feet Of Snow On Northeast
If you're out shoveling snow today, remember to bend at the knees.
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Driver Who Photographed Police Drone Creeping On Her Car Ticketed For Distracted Driving
The way she sees it, they conducted a "police sting" that basically amounts to entrapment.
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Get Ready To Cry When You See This Unmodified 2004 Subaru WRX STI's Final Sale Price
They even left the warning label on the glovebox after all these years.
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Riding Ski-Doo Snowmobiles Kicks So Much Ass, Especially In Yellowstone National Park
I've done a lot of cool things in my career, but riding snowmobiles might be the greatest activity that humans have ever devised.
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Elon Musk's Lawyer Struggles To Find Acceptable Jurors For Lawsuit Because 'So Many People...Hate Him So Much'
Will Musk be found guilty of market manipulation? Will he be forced to pay up? That remains to be seen.
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Trump Tariffs Illegal, Supreme Court Rules, But Don't Get Too Excited Just Yet
At the very least, it's always a good thing when a court decides the president can't unilaterally raise taxes just because he got his feelings hurt.
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Kristi Noem's Luxurious $70 Million Deportation Plane Sure Doesn't Look Like It Was Designed With Deportations In Mind
Even people inside the Department of Homeland Security aren't convinced.
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These Are The Cars Our Readers Were Weirdly Obsessed With As Kids
Maybe you were into some cool cars as a kid, but it's just as likely that you were obsessed with a car you wouldn't drive today, even if someone paid you.
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Scout Motors Delays Production Over Unnamed 'Technical Issues': Report
Scout also has yet to confirm the delay, telling Der Spiegel, "We currently have no update to our timeline or product plan to share."
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The Cheapest Used Rivian R1Ts Are Finally Showing Up For Less Than $40,000
if you can make a $45,000 budget work, the list of available trucks expands to more than 40 nationwide.
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41 DUI Arrests Made By One Tennessee State Trooper Dismissed, Investigation Reveals
In theory, you can't catch a driving-under-the-influence charge if you don't drink and drive, but that's not necessarily the case in Tennessee.
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What Car Were You Weirdly Obsessed With As A Kid?
If you're a car enthusiast as an adult, odds are, you were also into cars as a kid.
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Space Babies Are Going To Be Harder To Make Than You Think
Space is full of radiation, which is bad for both babies and non-babies alike, but we also have to worry about how microgravity affects the human body, too.
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GM Thought This Concept Was The Future Of Off-Roading Back In 1987
The Blazer XT-1 was a "testbed for new light truck technology" designed by GM's Advanced Vehicle Engineering, and it was actually driveable.
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