This shakes out to a NP for me. I think the asking price is right around what the market currently bears for the model year and mileage. Bonus for being in such good condition, at least from what can be assessed through photos. My only nitpick is the color combo. Is there a choice more boring than silver on black?

I will always appreciate an LS-swapped Volvo brick but that price is way out of line. Projects like this, even when labors of love, cannot be realistically expected to recover build costs. Your time is not an expense anyone else cares to pay for. At the end of the day, this is a pedestrian vehicle with a motor that is…

Oh, I hate the idea of this being patched! I like being occasionally startled by those weird sounds when I’m just cooling out the Nexus. It always causes a little anxiety and gets you thinking about what terrible things could be lurking unseen.

I might be the only person in the world who thinks Mazda was onto something with perforated visors. I thought they were pretty neat in that they actually did a decent job of blocking direct sunlight but still allowed you to see overhead traffic lights without having to constantly flip the visors up when waiting at a…

I have a thing for Volvos (own 2 currently) but the S40 never did anything for me. I don’t necessarily think this is a bad price, and the 6-speed + AWD combo is pretty rare, but I just don’t find an 11 year old S40 interesting enough to spend $9k on. Also, while the P1 platform Volvos respond well to upgrades and can…

Nice Price, but only to a very narrow percentage of buyers. This is probably among the top shelf examples in the U.S. but $28k is likely a hard pass for anyone who isn’t a die hard rotary enthusiast with deep pockets and aspirations for being a SevenStock hero.

$6800 is just getting one foot in the door of the poorhouse that Passats of this generation will put you in. I bought a CPO 4-Motion GLX with the 2.8 in 2004 and if it hadn’t come with an extended warranty I would have found myself living in it. I can’t even begin to list the number of problems I had with it - none of…

I would pay someone $29,988 just to drive this thing off a cliff and into the ocean.

I’m interested to learn how they plan to solve the inherent challenges of a single-rotor Wankel, specifically poor balancing and a smaller thermal envelope that traditionally doesn’t allow for sufficient heat dissipation. While sad that we’ll probably never see another all-gas rotary, I’m still excited to see Mazda…

NP - just because I have such a soft spot for these stupid things. The first car I ever had was a 93 Si in Samba Green. High school me thought it was the best thing ever. I had mine all through high school and college before garaging it at my parents’ house for several years with big ideas for stupid engine swaps or…

I can absolutely believe this. The most damage I’ve done to a car involved road debris and was enough to total my 99 Legacy turbo wagon. A vehicle in front of me clipped a stray water main cover with their tire, one of the smaller 8' heavy-ass cast iron ones, and sent it upright and barreling right at the front of my…

As the owner of a 2011 C30, I think the price is a little on the high side. Also, this doesn’t appear to be true Polestar, but rather an R-Design with the dealer-optional Polestar flash. If you’re in the market for one of these I think your best option is to start with the regular trim and build it to your own specs…

Mmm...naaah. At those power figures and with a price in the mid-twenties, I don’t really see how this is going to stand out in the class it will be positioned in. It’s not bad looking from a side profile, but the front and rear are a mess with the colossal plastic chicken-wire-textured inserts.

To revisit this sexy Swede featured here not long ago, the Saab 9-3 Aero SportCombi. A great looking wagon that can haul ass and family at the same time. Can even be had with a manual and AWD if you’re inclined. The top-shelf examples aren’t the easiest things to find unless you’re willing to travel a little, but…

My name and avatar might prove my bias, but I’d also put an RX-8 on the short list. Preferably a series 2, as they remedied nearly all questions about engine longevity by adding a second oil injector. An R3 version with stiffer suspension and Recaros is where I’d put my money.

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Worst thing about that commercial? The music from M.I.A. - who I used to have a lot of respect for. Now she's writing songs with played titles like "YOLO" and shilling for car companies, and for a product as boring as the Nissan Rogue no less.

Represent! If you ever see a bright red Raider go ahead and wave, because it's probably me!

Very amused by the timing of this article. I actually JUST bought a 2007 Raider yesterday. Super low miles and in excellent shape for thousands less than a Dakota of the same year and spec. So far, it's a good and honest little truck — has everything I need and nothing I don't. I live in Louisville, which is saturated…

I grew up in a family with one of these. I consider myself an abuse survivor.