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QOTD: Is a McLaren SUV Blasphemy?

The Truth About Cars

Personally, I think that if an exotic brand like McLaren decides to build an SUV, it doesn't mean that the brand is no longer pure. If you have the money to afford a McLaren and you want to own a GTS, why should you care if the brand also sells an SUV? I doubt someone buying a Lamborghini Revuelto cares that the brand offers the Urus.

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Opinion: 4 Things You Should Think About Before Buying a Sports Car

Clean Fleet Report

When you have spent years of your life driving or owning a used Ford Focus , the lure of being in a position where you can drive a sports car is an exciting one. Personal tastes and preferences, such as transmission type and color, should also be considered. Remember, you are buying a car, not a deal. Don’t be wowed by the deal.

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J.D. Power study: EV consideration in US increasing, but slowly; availability of public chargers a friction point

Green Car Congress

Power Nearly half (49%) of shoppers rejecting the idea of buying an EV say their primary reason is a lack of charging station availability. The recent announcements by Ford and GM to establish a charging collaboration with Tesla are particularly noteworthy. —Stewart Stropp, executive director of EV intelligence at J.D.

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“The Toyota Camry of electric vehicles – every bastard has one”: Sorry, but there’s nothing cool about your Tesla Model 3 or Model Y | Opinion

EV Central

Personally, I will never understand how anyone could possibly buy a car entirely online, without ever sitting in it, let alone driving one. And yet today, I’m assured, this is extremely common. Sure, this is a fact, told to me by someone I tend to believe, but I still find it hard to fathom at some base level.

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Nissan Surf-Out concept Within last week’s 2030 plan presented by Nissan, emphasizing more affordable EVs , the automaker said that it will pair with Mitsubishi for the joint development of a Nissan Frontier pickup replacement in EV and PHEV forms. Now, GM reportedly seeks a similar deal with CATL. And instead it’s planning more hybrids.

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

It’s the car I drove this year that I most likely can see myself buying for, uh, myself. 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse: I drove this at the same event where I drove the Type S, and since I am a sucker for muscular pony cars, I was enamored right away. Were Ford to iron out some of the kinks, this would be a truly magnificent vehicle.

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Hatchbacks not giving up territorial rights so easily | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The gap between the ability of a person to buy a small car and the price of the small car will keep narrowing,” Bhargava said. One cannot link disposable incomes and affordability to the fall in the hatchback segment’s contribution, he said. “It That begs an important question: what does the future hold for hatchbacks?

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