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Mazda Revives Rotary Engines in New Cars After 11 Years
The Mazda MX-30 is a compact electric SUV with some issues. The big one is range, specifically that there isn’t enough of it, as the paltry 35.5-kWh battery only offers an EPA-estimated 100 miles on a full charge. To address that, Mazda is repurposing its beloved rotary into a range extender for the battery, granting…
Smallest Production V8s Ever Made
American car companies may have spoiled us into thinking that all V8s should be huge with tons of power and gobs of torque. From Dodge and their Hellcats to GM and its Big and Small Block V8s, its ingrained in us. But V8s haven’t all been massive, some of them came in displacements you’d associate with a 4-cylinder.
Study Shows Yellow, Beige, and Orange Cars Have High Resale Value
Car values have been fluctuating recently. Depending on what you drive and your loan that could be a good or bad thing. Used car values are going back up, while new car prices continue to get out of reach. If you already own a vehicle and are looking to get out of it, be it with a trade-in or private selling, a number…
Top Automotive YouTube Videos: Magnum Hellcat, Die-Cast Race, Lexus with Ford Supercharger
This week’s videos are about the classics. There’s a retro review of the old Chevy Blazer/GMC Jimmy that’ll have you yearning for those smaller truck-based SUVs. Then teleport to the late 1970s with a review of a Cadillac Sedan DeVille land yacht. If you’re into toy cars, there’s a wild die-cast race that’ll have you…
Lexus LC Edge: Closest to LC F, Not Available Here
We’ve been waiting for years for Lexus to give us more F cars. So far only a single F car exists in the RC F. There’s the IS500 F Sport Performance, but according to how Lexus has set up its performance arm, it’s not a full-blown F car. And everything else is F Sport, meaning it either looks fast, or looks fast with a…