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“1999 Cars Now Available for Import: Check Out Giga Gears’ Top Picks”
Twenty-five years. It’s been 25 years since 1999. As an elder millennial, I just can’t fathom that kind of time passage. It feels like it was a thousand years ago, but also last week. There was something of a sea change in automotive design in the late 1990s, and that produced a few wonky shapes that have become quite…
Xiaomi’s First Electric Car: Introducing V6 and V8 Motors | Giga Gears
When the Porsche Taycan debuted in 2019, purists were infuriated by Porsche’s decision to name the top trim level “Turbo” despite the car being fully electric and not actually having a turbocharger. For the most part people have gotten over it — or at least, they should have by now — but there’s a new contender for…
1991 Mercedes 360SD SWB: A Great Diesel Deal at $3,800 | Giga Gears
The original engine in today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mercedes earned the unenviable nickname “Rod Bender” owing to too-common failures. This car’s engine has been replaced, making that problem moot. Let’s see if its price needs some adjustment, too.
Porsche Enhances Speed of Its Fastest Car | Giga Gears
If you have a Porsche Taycan Turbo S electric super sedan, and you spend a lot of time at full throttle over 100 miles per hour, you might have noticed that your car has gotten quicker lately. Porsche quietly pushed out a pair of software updates which have allowed the Turbo S model to “overboost” its electric power…
“New Genesis G80: Refreshed Design, Enhanced 27-Inch Screen, and Added Knobs | Giga Gears”
We saw the release of the updated Genesis GV80 SUV last month, which brought subtle exterior styling tweaks but a big overhaul to the cabin. Now, Hyundai’s luxury brand unveiled the updated G80 sedan in Korea, which gets similar tweaks to keep this three-year-old luxobarge looking fresh.