When it comes to the best-selling cars so far this year, the top five isn’t anything particularly interesting. Ford takes the top spot with 573,370 F-Series pickups sold, followed by the Chevrolet Silverado at 411,758 and the Ram pickup at 332,441. The Toyota RAV4 and Tesla Model Y round out the list with 302,831 and…
Things are dire on the new car market right now if you’re looking for basic transportation. Average transaction prices have been trending toward the 50 grand mark for the last three years at least, and part of the reason for that trend has been the total gutting of the inexpensive end of automakers’ new car lineups.
Statistically, most of us are not rich. Me writing this, you reading it — none of us are millionaires or billionaires. But in a world where new cars are only attainable by the rich, what’s left for all of us? Is it still possible to be an enthusiast on a budget?
I’m beginning to realize I have an... eclectic definition of dopeness. Most people would say that a Yamaha R1 is dope, or an E36 M3, or even a Volvo 240 wagon. I certainly agree with all those sentiments, but I think they’re missing something. There’s a hole in most lists of dope cars, and it’s shaped like a weed…