Tag: Hatchbacks

What Lame Car Did You Love When You Were A Kid?

Image: Mazda Growing up as a car enthusiast means you usually go through phases of different cars or car segments that you like. Like styles of clothes, usually you end up looking back on some of the cars and thinking “What the hell was I thinking?” Joe Pantoliano ‘Accidentally’ Learned How to Handle Hills With [...]read moreWhat Lame Car Did You Love When You Were A Kid?

Mazda 6 Reborn As The Rear-Wheel Drive, Electric EZ-6

Photo: Mazda The Mazda 6 is dead and has been for years. Don’t worry, though, it’s back, and this time around, it’s rear-wheel drive, which officially makes it the best Mazda 6 ever. Sorry, Mazdaspeed 6. Along with rising from the dead, it also has a new name — the Mazda EZ-6. Oh, and did [...]read moreMazda 6 Reborn As The Rear-Wheel Drive, Electric EZ-6

Ford Wants To Remind You Of All The Times The Mustang Had A Good Livery By Giving It A Bad Livery

      Image: Ford     When was the last time you saw a truly good racing livery? Think about it for a minute. A great stand-alone livery that will be looked back on as iconic in fifty years time, one that isn’t a throwback or homage, one that isn’t just a mishmash of [...]read moreFord Wants To Remind You Of All The Times The Mustang Had A Good Livery By Giving It A Bad Livery

Ford Wants Mustang Drivers To Stop Acting Like Mustang Drivers

      POV: You are about to be crushed by a Mustang driver who didn’t go to Mustang driving school   Photo: Ford     When Ford introduced the Mustang Dark Horse back in 2022, it included a little bonus for buyers: A “a hands-on track instruction and driving experience,” where owners could head [...]read moreFord Wants Mustang Drivers To Stop Acting Like Mustang Drivers

At $32,000, Would You Toy With This 2002 Chevy Corvette ZO6?

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice ZO6 produces 405 horsepower, which is apparently so notable that it gets a fender badging saying so. Let’s see if its price tag warrants equal admiration. Best Corvette Generations, According to Bob Peter Parker’s Spiderman is a superhero whose crime-fighting responsibilities were adopted due to happenstance rather than to [...]read moreAt $32,000, Would You Toy With This 2002 Chevy Corvette ZO6?

Hellcat Owner Gonna Hell Cat, OJ Gets Recalled And A Big Dumb Sign In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup

Michigan residents took to social media Wednesday to express outrage, disappointment and zingers over a pricy glamour project installed in honor of Detroit hosting the upcoming NFL draft. Folks felt they were promised a grand “Hollywood” style sign overlooking Detroit’s busiest freeway. What we got were eight-foot tall green letters on two foot tall cement [...]read moreHellcat Owner Gonna Hell Cat, OJ Gets Recalled And A Big Dumb Sign In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup

Here’s Every Six-Speed Automatic Still On The Market Today

Photo: Buick I’ve spent a whole lot of time with the Envista and Trax and their six-speed automatics. It’s not exactly a fun and engaging transmission to use, but it gets the job done. There are a few downsides, though. The first is that you cannot really manually shift it. There’s a gear limiter, but [...]read moreHere’s Every Six-Speed Automatic Still On The Market Today

Ford Will Paint Your Mustang For Free, So Long As The Color Is Boring

Photo: Ford The United States are in a dark age for automotive color. It’s all monochrome as far as the eye can see, even as the era of Nardo Gray Omnipresence begins to wane. Yet, while buyers clamor for bright hues, manufacturers are going the other way — charging ever more for color. WCSYB_CHALLENGER_031523_FINAL Ford [...]read moreFord Will Paint Your Mustang For Free, So Long As The Color Is Boring

Some Hero Bought A Brand New 2021 BMW i3 This Year

Photo: BMW The end of the first quarter of 2024 means we get a look at some of the oddities automakers sold in the first three months of this year. Usually, it’s pretty uneventful, but sometimes you get a little gems. Take BMW’s Q1 report for example. It’s all pretty run-of-the-mill until you notice a [...]read moreSome Hero Bought A Brand New 2021 BMW i3 This Year