The car world has seen plenty of wild prototypes that promised everything and then vanished. McMurtry's Spéirling PURE has gone the other way. After years of breaking records and doing thin
When a Toyota is missing from a dependability ranking, people notice. And when that Toyota is the RAV4, people really notice. Because the RAV4 is not some forgotten niche model hiding in t
New luxury SUVs have a real talent for making wealthy people feel good and second owners feel smarter. That is especially true when depreciation gets violent. Because there are cars that los
There is a reason car ads suddenly get louder around the Fourth of July. Summer is usually one of those weird in-between stretches for car sales. Spring tax-refund buyers have already made
There was a time when fuzzy dice actually meant something. Now they mostly mean the person driving either likes old-school car culture, enjoys ironic throwback accessories, or found them online for
A used hybrid can be a really smart buy. That is the good news. The other news is that people sometimes shop for one the same way they shop for any regular used car, and that is where thin
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Every year, car buyers get asked to imagine themselves as bold, expressive people. People who care about design. People who say things like, “No, I don’t want the boring one.”
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