The Auto World

Nissan dealers are offering big discounts on box-fresh examples of the Z coupe. We’ve seen cars advertised for $37,906 – less than Mazda wants for an MX-5 RF. The deals are on the 2024 model years because the MY25s haven’t been released. Nissan’s Z looked like great value when it debuted back in 2022 with a $40k list price that undercut its six-cylinder Toyota Supra rival by $10k, but dealers’ attempts to add markups undermined the value proposition. Those days are gone: now many dealerships are offering discounts so big that a new Z costs less than a Mazda Miata RF with half the power. Considering sales of the Z climbed a whopping 79 percent in 2024 , you might expect the asking prices for new cars to at least come close to MSRP based on demand. But browsing vehicles for sale on Cars.com we found dealers advertising brand new, delivery-miles coupes for as little as $37,906. Related: Don’t Get Duped, You Can Snag A Nissan Z For Less Than MSRP That was for base model ...

A buyer purchased used 2005 Toyota Highlander with just 108,000 miles on the odometer for $5,000. They took it to a shop to diagnose something they’re hearing and feeling around the front wheel. The shop returns with an estimate for $8,913.56 worth of work to address everything the SUV needs. Whether you tend to own new or used cars, the price of keeping and maintaining those vehicles appears to be going up. One Toyota Highlander owner found this out the hard way after buying a 2001 model with just over 100,000 miles (160,000 km). A trip to the shop for what they thought would be minor repairs resulted in a $8,913 estimate. According to their post on Reddit , it all began with a seemingly reasonable $5,000 purchase of the Toyota SUV last month. Then about a week ago, they noticed something “weird on the front driver side around the wheel,” that they could feel and hear. Like any responsible car owner, they took it to the shop. Then, the shocking part happened. Read: N...

A news study has ranked popular vehicles according to annual running costs. Fuel, insurance, maintenance and taxes were all factored into the rankings. The Tesla Model 3 topped the list as the most affordable, but only by a small margin. We all fixate on the purchase price or monthly loan/lease cost when looking to get a new car , when the true cost of running a vehicle is affected by all kinds of other factors. Two years down the road the car that looked dirt cheap, might turn out to have cost you more than the one you crossed off your shopping list for being too expensive. But which models really do have the lowest running costs, and which have the worst? A new study by Self set out to answer that question by crunching the numbers on 50 popular vehicles in the US on sale between 2022-24. Related: Which Brand’s Cars Cost Least To Run Over 10 Years? For each car, truck or SUV , analysts calculated the energy or ‘fuel’ costs, insurance and maintenance costs and the pri...