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Hyundai Realizes Its Models Don’t Look Related

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Hyundai plans more consistent styling across future models. Brand says designs will match without becoming identical. European lineup to include more electrified versions by 2027. Hyundai’s current lineup reads like a design studio experiment, with each model carving out its own visual identity. Look across the range and you might assume the cars come from entirely different brands, given how distinct they appear. However, the Korean automaker says that is about to change. Moving forward, it plans to make its models more cohesive, though without adopting a cookie-cutter philosophy like some rivals. Read: Hyundai’s Smallest Ioniq Looks Like A Veloster From Outer Space The company describes its existing approach as “chess pieces,” where each car stands apart yet shares subtle styling cues that tie the lineup together, such as pixel-style lighting signatures. One of its latest designs , the new Concept Three, leans heavily into that individuality. Sharper Cohesion Wit...
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These Manual C7 Corvettes Are Fetching More Than The New 1,064 hp C8 ZR1

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Some C7 sales now exceed the price of a new C8 ZR1. Buyers weigh manual appeal against modern speed. Convertible and color choices influence resale prices. Few nameplates illustrate the volatility of today’s collector market quite like the Corvette ZR1. While the all-new Chevy C8 Corvette ZR1 offers performance once unthinkable for an American car priced below $200,000, some buyers appear more interested in paying this kind of money for the older C7-generation ZR1. Read: Someone Paid Over $300K For A Corvette That Lost $60K In Weeks When Chevrolet introduced the ultimate version of the C7 Corvette, it didn’t just put the Dodge Viper ACR on notice, it also posed a serious threat to the European hierarchy. When new, these cars cost around $120,000, but some low-mileage examples now fetch more than a 2025 Corvette ZR1, despite the significant performance gap between them. Bring a Trailer In January, a 2019 ZR1 with just 3,000 miles (4,800 km), finished in Admiral ...
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BMW’s New i3 Is Becoming Easier To Picture

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The electric i3 will be sold alongside a new ICE 3-Series. Design influence comes from the 2023 Vision Neue Klasse. Sixth-gen motors and batteries shared with the iX3 SUV. The next chapter in BMW’s electric transition is beginning to come into focus as a new i3 edges closer to the market. It brings technology closely aligned with the second-generation iX3, now packaged in sedan form. With pre-series production now underway and official images of a camouflaged prototype already released, new renderings have begun to fill in the remaining blanks. Read: New i3 And 3-Series Reveal BMW’s Most Striking Split Yet Much of the i3’s design will be inspired by the Vision Neue Klasse concept unveiled in 2023. However, whereas the subsequent Vision Neue Klasse X ended up looking almost identical to the new iX3, it appears BMW has calmed some of the sedan concept’s most dramatic elements, and the production model should look better. Illustrations Nikita Chuyko / Kolesa While ...
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Facebook Detectives Are Exposing Dodgy Used Cars With Hidden Write-Off Pasts

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Facebook page exposes listings hiding car damage histories. Repaired wrecks return to market presented as clean vehicles. VIN checks and mechanic inspections help buyers avoid scams. The used car market can be a murky place, where even the most polished listing may conceal an uncomfortable truth, especially on social media where presentation does most of the work. Still, those same platforms have also given rise to pages like Dodgy Car, a UK-based Facebook page, that cuts through the haze by flagging ads that gloss over questionable histories. More: Scammers Keep Tricking Dealers Into Loading Six-Figure Cars Onto The Wrong Trucks According to information shared on the Dodgy Car page, not all salvaged or heavily damaged vehicles are reflected in an HPI check, the UK’s vehicle history report. In some instances, insurance claims do not immediately make their way onto the MIAFTR (Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud & Theft Register) database, and updates can reportedly take mo...
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