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Supra’s Demise Linked to BMW Components: Report
When the A90 Toyota Supra finally hit the scene as a production vehicle, detractors immediately crawled out of the woodwork to hate on it for sharing a BMW platform. Never mind that Toyota laid out the specs for its chassis, never mind that engineers in Japan handled final tuning — there’s a BMW logo on the oil filter,…
1991 BMW 318i Touring for Sale at $13,500 | Giga Gears
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 318i is the cheap-seats model featuring manual windows, transmission, and seats. Let’s see if its wagon booty makes up for that poverty spec and its not-so-poverty price.
Toyota GR Yaris: A Must-Buy for $60,000 | Giga Gears
Auto enthusiasts in North America lost their minds when Toyota introduced the GR Yaris in 2020. It washot hatch incarnate: 268 horsepower turbocharged engine, all-wheel drive, light hatchback body style. Sadly it was not for us as it was initially a homologation special just for Europe. Thankfully, Toyota did us a…
Toyota Plans to Build GR Corolla SUV | Giga Gears
Ask 100 people, and we’d be surprised if more than one of them had any idea what Gazoo Racing was or how it is related to Toyota. And yet, from the GR 86 to the GR Corolla, Toyota’s GR division has been turning out some incredible performance cars lately. We’re big fans even if the GR Supra has BMW DNA. So what’s next…
“2025 Honda Civic Hybrid: 200 HP, 232 LB-FT Torque | Giga Gears”
Typically, the news that an automaker has just announced a new hybrid version of a compact sedan isn’t all that exciting. For example, when Honda announced the new Insight, we did write about it, but we didn’t exactly have much to say. With the Insight dead again, though, Honda needed something to replace it — the…