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It’s a terrible time to buy a car, regardless of whether it’s new or used. The microchip shortage has disrupted the automotive industry, wreaking havoc among car manufacturers due to missing semiconductors while generating a lot of frustrations among buyers looking for a new set of wheels. Inventories are thin, and the few cars you […]

Regardless of how much power a car has from the factory, there will always be owners looking for more. Even exotics such as Ferraris and Lamborghinis have their engines reworked to extract more oomph, so it comes as no surprise tuners are already taking a crack at fiddling with the S58 engine inside the new

DETROIT — President Joe Biden is highlighting billions of dollars in his giant bipartisan infrastructure deal to pay for the installation of electric vehicle chargers across the country, an investment he says will go a long way to curbing planet-warming carbon emissions while creating good-paying jobs. Biden on Wednesday toured a General Motors plant in Detroit that manufactures electric vehicles. He

LOS ANGELES — The Hyundai Seven counterpart isn’t the only big, bold electric SUV at L.A. this year. Kia has its own take, and it’s a modernized version of the traditional boxy utility vehicle called the Concept EV9. It also previews one of the next production electric cars for the brand, which should look right

LOS ANGELES — Subaru is finally taking its first step into the world of electric cars with the launch of the Solterra. The amped crossover is positioned as the EV that will do everything a petrol Subaru does, including ferry its nature-loving occupants to the great outdoors. As such, it’s built with light off-roading in

LOS ANGELES — As promised, the 2023 Kia Sportage HEV has been revealed. The hybrid powertrain makes the compact SUV the most powerful version available, and it goes on sale next year. The engine is a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder paired with a 44-kW electric motor. Total output is 226 horsepower. The company didn’t give a

While the BMW M240i steals headlines for the 2 Series lineup, the entry-level BMW 230i is actually not too shabby, either. In fact, it’s actually quite a good little sports car, according to our own Horatiu, who recently drove it in Palm Springs, California. The BMW 230i is the starting point for the 2 Series

BMW fans are naturally excited about the upcoming M4 CSL, which is set to be the most badass of all M3/M4 models. When it hits the market, it will bring with it around 550 horsepower from its twin-turbocharged inline-six, an eight-speed automatic gearbox, rear-wheel drive, some cool aero, and less weight than the standard M4.

The 2022 Porsche Cayman GT4 RS may already seem like a race car for the road, but the real race car is actually the new Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport. Revealed alongside the road car at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the GT4 RS Clubsport is the homologated racer that anybody can buy and use in

Usually when an all-new model launches, it’ll be a few years before it sees any new updates. After all, if you just changed everything, why would you mess with it even more right away? But sometimes the development of cars and their engines do not align, which is why last year’s otherwise all-new Rogue debuted