Posts from ‘Hatchbacks’
2022 Honda Civic Sport Touring in Platinum White Pearl (a $395 color option)
2022 Honda Civic Hatchback Sport Touring
Class: Compact Car
Miles driven: 320
Fuel used: 10.8 gallons
Test Drive: 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge
2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate in Fjord Blue (a $695 color option)
2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate
Class: Electric Vehicle
Miles driven: 702
Battery capacity: 78 kWh
Test Drive: 2022 BMW i4 M50
2022 BMW i4 M50 in Brooklyn Grey Metallic (a $550 option)
2022 BMW i4 M50
Class: Electric Vehicle
Miles driven: 276
Battery capacity: 80.7 kWh
Buick Regal TourX
Note: The following story was excerpted from the June 2021 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
It’s a cliché to say it’s the end of an era, and it’s still difficult to believe, but Buick is technically out of the car business. That’s right; every 2021-model Buick in the U.S. market is a crossover SUV. Perhaps more surprising, the last Buick cars weren’t the marque’s famously all-American four-door sedans. Rather they were the 2020 Regal Sportback and Regal TourX wagon.
2022 BMW M440i xDrive Gran Coupe in San Remo Green Metallic (a $550 option)
2022 BMW M440i xDrive Gran Coupe
Class: Premium Compact Car
Miles driven: 248
Fuel used: 10.5 gallons
First Spin: 2023 Nissan Z
2023 Nissan Z
It’s tough out there for traditional sporty/performance cars these days, especially for the true two-seater or 2+2 sports cars. The things just don’t sell like they used to American shoppers, and as a result, the automakers who are still sticking it out in this segment have had to get creative. Toyota partnered with BMW to revive the Supra for 2020, and renewed its partnership with Subaru to introduce a new-generation version of the Toyota 86 rear-wheel-drive sports car (now dubbed GR 86) for 2022 (Subaru’s variant continues as the BRZ). Mazda partnered with Fiat to share some of the load for the 2016 redesign of the MX-5 Miata; Fiat got its own version in the revived 124 Spider, which only lasted through the 2017-2020 model years before it was dropped.
Test Drive: 2022 Kia Stinger GT-Line
2022 Kia Stinger GT-Line in Ascot Green
2022 Kia Stinger GT-Line
Class: Premium Midsize Car
Miles driven: 170
Fuel used: 7.8 gallons
Test Drive: 2022 Mazda MX-30 EV
2022 Mazda MX-30 in Soul Red Crystal (a $995 option)
2022 Mazda MX-30 EV Premium Plus
Class: Electric Vehicle
Miles driven: 302
Battery capacity: 35.5 kWh
First Look: 2023 Toyota GR Corolla
2023 Toyota GR Corolla
Today Toyota unveiled a rally-inspired high-performance version of its Corolla compact car—the 2023 GR Corolla—at an event in Long Beach, California. When it arrives later this year, the GR Corolla will be available in a base Core model. A limited-production Circuit Edition will join it in 2023, and it will be available for the 2023 model year only. The GR branding is used globally to identify Toyota’s sports cars—the letters stand for Gazoo Racing, which is Toyota’s in-house motorsports operation.
5 Cheapest American Cars of 1977
1977 Ford Pinto
I was 12 years old in 1977, and the biggest news—really the ONLY news—of the year that was of any real consequence to me was the release of Star Wars. I still recall waiting for two hours with my shockingly patient parents in the lobby of the now-defunct Edens Theater in Northbrook, Illinois to secure tickets. I’m pretty sure this was the day the movie opened.
