There’s no doubt about it: BYD nailed the compact SUV formula with the Sealion 6. Though BYD likes to call itself an “electric car brand,” there’s no question that it’s their plug-in hybrids—DM-i in official parlance—helped drive sales. Since the Chinese brand isn’t exactly transparent when it comes to their sales, anecdotally, the colony of…
Read part one here and part two here. 36) Honda NSX PHOTO BY Topgear.com Today, the only thing stopping modern supercar owners from using their cars every day is their fear of damaging the resale value (or their access to 12 other cars), but back in the ’80s, you’d have to be brave or foolhardy…
Read part one here. 19) Toyota Corolla PHOTO BY TopGear.com For years, most developed car markets were largely dominated by their domestic brands, but that began to change in the ’60s, and no more dramatically than in the way Japanese manufacturers began to get a foothold in other countries. The humble little Toyota Corolla—affordable, good…
If you have read my previous article about my father, you would know that he was a true-blue petrolhead. He would endlessly pore over old American and British car magazines, and he would clog our dial-up phone lines joining old forums, trying to absorb as much info for the next car or the next aftermarket…
Recently, Genesis secured a respectable 13th place finish in its first crack at the Hypercar class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Turns out it was fairly busy off the track at the same time too, because it also unveiled another racecar—the Magma GT3 Concept. Yep, it’s the bewinged, competition-spec version of the Magma…
