2024 Hot Hatchback Shootout – 2024 Acura Integra Type-S vs Volkswagen Golf R
The popularity of hot hatches, or sporty hatchbacks has been steadily increasing in North America for a good reason. People want affordable one-car solutions to do everything, and hot hatches are the most affordable fun compact vehicles for the masses. Compared to a few decades ago, the modern hot hatches have to do everything better, […]
2024 Subaru Impreza RS – Fun Haver
The Impreza nameplate has always been very important for car enthusiasts, mainly due to its rich rally history. For non-enthusiasts, it has always offered a different value proposition, as it is one of the few entries that you can find in a standard all-wheel drive. The updated Subaru Impreza still offers the same golden formula, […]
2023 Toyota Prius Limited AWD – Electricity on ICE
The Prius is the most iconic nameplate of sustainable mobility and the first step towards decarbonization. About a quarter of a century ago, when Tesla was unknown in the automotive world, the Toyota Prius symbolized green cars. Hollywood stars like Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo Di Caprio and Harrison Ford were proudly driving Prius and believed to […]
2023 Volkswagen Golf R – Checks All Boxes
The 2023 Volkswagen Golf R is the Swiss Army Knife of the hot-hatch world. In a world full of compromises, finding an enthusiast’s car without one is quite difficult. They are either too expensive, not practical enough to go to work, too harsh to drive anywhere you want, or not fun enough to justify the […]
2023 Volkswagen Golf GTI – The Icon
There is a reason why the GTI nameplate is very important not just for Volkswagen, but for the whole automobile industry since it first came out in 1975. It not just pioneered the genre of performance-oriented fun compact vehicles, but more importantly, it has been carrying the same formula for several decades. Since its inception, […]
Sport Compact & Hot Hatch Shootout: 2023 Toyota GR Corolla vs Honda Civic Type-R vs Hyundai Elantra N
For many decades, North American drivers had to choose large displacement and expensive entries to go fast. In the last decade, those entries have been slowly disappearing, as everything gets less affordable and electrified due to strict emissions. There weren’t many options for car enthusiasts, until a few years ago. Sport compacts and hot hatches […]
2023 Mazda 3 – Competing Admirably
The 2023 Mazda 3 delivers a premium driving experience at a compact-car price. It is not easy for smaller manufacturers to keep up with the big nameplates such as the Civic and Corolla. In a world where most manufacturers gave up on compact economy cars, Mazda 3 is one of the few options available offering […]
2023 KIA Soul – Normal Car, Great Packaging
If you want a versatile daily driver that comes with a good amount of interior space and is not boring to look at, the 2023 KIA Soul should be on your shopping list. Sometimes normal is the optimal choice. We need to accept the fact that not everyone is a car enthusiast, so we need […]
2023 MINI JCW – Underrated Icon
In a world where everything gets more unaffordable, hot hatches are extremely important for enthusiasts. There is a reason why they are wildly popular. They offer a fun driving experience for the least amount of money, they can do pretty much anything with minimum compromise. Today, we have one of the most iconic, and tiniest […]
Review: 2023 Acura Integra A-Spec
Acura Integra was never dead; it just took its nameplate back. If you are in your 30s or older, the Integra nameplate would sound familiar, as it was one of the most successful Acura models back in the 1990s. There was a reason why it was very popular. It stood out from the competition with […]
