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“Top Consumer Reports: Avoid These Cars for Bad Deals”
Thankfully, the new car market is no longer anything like it was at the height of the pandemic. Dealers actually have inventory again, and there are deals to be had. Unfortunately, that’s not true for every single new car. While you can expect to get a few thousand dollars off on a Mercedes-Benz C-Class or an Alfa…
“Porsche Miata Competitor: A Better World”
The 984, Porsche’s diminutive concept from the late 1980swould have come at just the right time to absolutely redefine the small roadster marketplace, beating the new-for-1989 Mazda MX-5 to market by a couple of years. Porsche worked with Spanish automaker SEAT on a variety of projects through the 1980s, including…
“Six-Speed Automatics Still Available Today | Giga Gears”
We’ve recently talked about how naturally aspirated V6s and V8s are going by the wayside, but there’s another powertrain component that is slowly fading into obscurity: the six-speed automatic transmission. It might not be as sexy as a big motor, but it’s still something to think about.
Top Selling Cars of 2024 | Giga Gears
When quarterly sales figures come out, it’s common to focus on the cars that sold the most in the previous three months. That’s certainly interesting on some level, but at the same time, most of the top sellers are pretty consistent. Presumably, the Ford F-Series and Chevrolet Silverado will take the top two spots,…
The Downside of Owning a Car | Giga Gears
In my driveway, right now, I have four cars. If you combined them all together, I’d probably have the equivalent of one good, decently functioning vehicle — but even then, I doubt I’d have functional brakes. For me, that never-ending maintenance cycle is probably the worst thing about vehicle ownership; right when I…