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What was the cheapest new four-wheel-drive car available in the United States during the early 1990s? No, it wasn't the Subaru Loyale sedan, nor was it the Ford Tempo/Mercury Topaz AWD. It was the Subaru Justy 4WD, a tiny three-cylinder…
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Hyundai was earning a big name for itself in North America when the 1990s dawned, first with the 1983 Pony (in Canada only) and then with the spectacularly cheap Excel beginning in 1986. The Sonata debuted here as a 1989 model, luring some…
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The official entry list for the 2024 Dakar Rally tallies a capacity field of 199 starters in six main categories: Ultimate (70), Stock (3), Challenger (43), SSV (36), and the biggest boys, Trucks (47). This group doesn't count the 146…
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Gil de Ferran, left, with Fernando Alonso during a practice session at the 2017 Indy 500. (AP) Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday while racing with his son at The…
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The Tesla Model Y could be getting a refresh. SOPA Images/Getty Images A refresh could be coming for the Model Y in mid-2024. Tesla is prepping its Shanghai factory for the refresh, Bloomberg reports. More redesigns are a sign Tesla…
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Unpaid parking tickets and unpaid tolls are making news lately, maybe because the amounts at issue are wildly large. On the West Coast, The San Francisco Standard logged data on 6.4 million parking tickets issued by the San Francisco…
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The Toyota GR Yaris and GR Corolla are two of the most exciting cars the company has ever made, but their hardcore performance and manual-only transmission might intimidate enthusiasts not familiar with rowing their own gears. Last year, we…
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A new company out of Japan called HW Electro wants to be the first manufacturer of electric vehicles in the country's hotly contested commercial kei car segment. Its first concept, the Puzzle, is a battery-electric van that conforms to…
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The Automotive News future product pipeline indicates Volvo's planning to begin production of an electric version of the S90 sedan in late 2024, with sales to begin in 2025. The car is definitely coming, and could be here on the early side.…
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Ford sold the Pinto subcompact from the 1971 through 1980 model years, and gave it a bit of European flavor by powering it with engines originally designed in Britain or Germany. When the time came for a modern front-wheel-drive Pinto…
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