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2021 Hyundai Veloster N DCT Review: The Hot Hatch To Have ++ Verdict 8.2 / 10 The Hyundai Veloster N is one of the best hot hatchbacks weve ever driven, period. Its punchy, stylish, agile, and an absolute bargain for the segment. And this year Hyundai has upped the ante by adding more standard features, which makes the already great Veloster N even better. Joining the standard six-speed manual transmission is an optional eight-speed dual-clutch g...

19 January 2021 6:48 pm / 54 comments Distributor UMW Toyota Motor has announced that it has received “overwhelming” demand for the new GR Yaris, which was launched in Malaysia last month. The news is a hurry-up call of sorts to potential buyers who have yet to decide whether to purchase the über-hot hatch, with just 127 units earmarked for the local market (the company’s official figure is “under 200 units,” which suggests an option of importing more). No indication of how many ...

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What Would You Buy for $40,573, the Average New Car Price? Mack Hogan © Chevy The average new car transaction price passed $40,000 for the first time last December. What new car would you take home with that kind of budget? In December 2020, the average new-car transaction price crested $40,000 for the first time ever. According to data from Edmunds, buyers paid an average of $40,573 for their new rides in December, nudging the fourth-quarter average to a similarly stunning $...

2020 Roush Ranger Review: Looking The Part Jan 06, 2021 at 3:00pm ET ++ Verdict 6.6 / 10 Let me start by saying I was excited to drive the Roush-tuned Ford Ranger. The Blue Ovals small pickup truck is a competent thing, but with Ford ruling out a Ranger Raptor on our shores, it seemed destined to remain an odd man out relative to the higher-grade Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro and Chevrolet Colorado ZR2. Then Roush came along with the truck you see here. ...

Road Test of the Year 2020: Polestar 2 The Polestar’s design gets heads turning Polestar. It’s a company which, for many years, became synonymous with creating go-faster Volvos, adding a certain Scandi flick of performance to many of the firm’s otherwise quite normal cars. Even recently, we’ve seen ‘Polestar Engineered’-badged Volvo models hit the market, catering for those who want a Volvo but with a healthy dose of performance-based excitement. But things have changed now. You see...

Hyundai i30 N Hyundais i30 N was Koreas very first really credible performance hot hatch and we loved it. Jonathan Crouch looks at the revised version. Ten Second Review With this i30 N hot hatch, Hyundai launched its N performance sub-brand with the i30 N hotch hatch, a model now usefully improved, primarily with a paddleshift auto gearbox option. The i30 N remains the kind of car you simply wouldnt expect from this Korean maker, with an output of up to 280PS intended to provide perfor...

21 December 2020 3:25 pm / 36 comments Last week was a huge one for UMW Toyota Motor. Not only did it reveal the Vios facelift and Yaris facelift, the local Toyota distributor also unveiled the homegrown Vios GR-S sporty variant and launched the 2021 season of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival, which includes the Toyota Vios Challenge one-make race. UPDATE: The GR Yaris is now priced at RM286,896 on-the-road without insurance, inclusive of the sales tax exemption that will be valid till Jun...

Toyota GR Yaris launched in Malaysia – WRC special with 261 PS 1.6L turbo, AWD, 6-speed manual, RM299k 17 December 2020 8:20 pm / 67 comments Nearly a year on from its reveal at the Tokyo Auto Salon, the most hyped hot hatch of the past decade has finally arrived in Malaysia. The Toyota GR Yaris has been launched, making it the second Toyota Gazoo Racing product to make its debut here after the GR Supra. UPDATE: The GR Yaris is now priced at RM286,896 on-the-road without insurance, inclus...

. This review has been updated with test results. The Mustang Mach-E wasnt always going to be a Mustang. It started life as an electrified and lifted Focus. Somewhere along the way, Ford execs realized that if the company wanted to sell its new EV in meaningful quantities, it would have to build something people could get excited about. So Jim Farley, then Fords president of global markets, ordered the design team to go back to the drawing board two years before the cars slated unveiling, a sc...