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“Is This ’88 VW Cabriolet at $13.2K Summer-Ready?”

The red and white color scheme on today’s Nice Price or No Dice VW Cabriolet is tweely referenced in the Coca-Cola license plate on the front bumper. Let’s see if this smile-inducing little convertible’s price is equally as refreshing.

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Tesla Hacker Discovers Secret ‘Elon Mode’ for Hands-Free Driving

If you’re using Tesla’s so-called Full Self Driving, not only is it not actually self-driving, but the system requires you to keep a hand on the wheel and uses a camera to make sure you’re looking at the road. Like pretty much everything Tesla does, it’s an imperfect system that owners can find frustrating, but at the…

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Best RWD Car with Great Handling for Manual Transmission?

Nick sold his RX-8 that he used to race regularly before the pandemic. Now that he is relocating to North Carolina with some sweet driving roads he wants to get another sporty car. He prioritizes balance and handling over horsepower. What car should he buy?

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Nissan Teases Drift-Ready Z Nismo for Google Optimization

There’s a little known fact about performance vehicles: Nearly all of them, from the most high-tech modern supercars to the oldest classic muscle, look better sideways. Whether they’re recovering from a slide on track or drifting through loose dirt, there’s something inherently cool about a car getting slideways.

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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…

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