Yahoo Autos A Futurliner, Justin Bieber’s Bugatti And Forgotten Hybrids In This Week's Car Buying Roundup
China Is Building Hyper-Luxury Electric Vans That The American Mind Cannot Comprehend
Wealthy Chinese businesspeople love to waft around in traffic in the absolute lap of luxury, and the local market has really figured out the best way to create a luxurious passenger experience. For starters, it’s electric, mostly for noise reasons, but also because China is significantly more electric-minded than we are here in the U.S. market. Most importantly, however, it’s a van. Vans are just the best shape to fit six adults in comfort. This van, the Zeekr 009, is a damn big one, and it’s exciting enough that it just might change your idea of what a Chinese-built vehicle is. - Bradley Brownell Read More
Buy This GM Futurliner Because It May Be Your Only Chance
Folks, now is your chance to buy a true automotive icon — an honest-to-God 1939 GM Futurliner. It’ll cost you nearly $1 million, but that’s a small price to pay for one of the coolest vehicles ever made. It’s not every day an opportunity like this shows up, and wouldn’t you rather be seen in this thing than the latest hypercar? I know I would. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
Here’s Your Chance To Buy A Brand-New 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 With Only A Single Mile On The Odometer
From basic to exotic, the last few years have seen all sorts of cars come out of the woodwork with extremely low miles. Depending on who you are, the prices for them may or may not be worth it. Take this 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8, for example. - Lawrence Hodge Read More
Here’s What It’s Like To Buy Justin Bieber’s Bugatti
Popular YouTube, car broker, and onetime Cannonball record holder Ed Bolian has bought the car he’s been dreaming about since high school, the 12-year-old French/German extension of Ferdinand Piech’s ego, Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. After years of dreaming about owning this moonshot hypercar from the Volkswagen Group, Bolian finally managed to get his grubby little mitts on the keys to this bright red monster once owned by Canadian crooner Justin Bieber. - Bradley Brownell Read More
At $16,757, Is This 2014 Cadillac ELR A Hybrid Worth Having?
If you liked the Chevy Volt but demand fewer doors and more swank, then the car for you could be something like today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cadillac ELR hybrid. That is if its price doesn’t prove too shocking. - Rob Emslie Read More
At $2,400, Is This 1989 Chevy Corvette A Non-Starter?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Corvette will require retrieval on a flatbed for its next owner, as the seller won’t even try to get it up and running. Let’s see if it’s priced well enough to make this project car a passable deal. - Rob Emslie Read More
Consider These Rare, Forgotten Hybrids Before Buying A Boring, Popular One
We reminded you of some modern electric cars that you probably forgot about last week, but this week we’re flipping to the new craze that’s sweeping the nation — hybrids. Hybrids are the new hot topic among profit-hungry car makers after buyers failed to swarm to overpriced EVs, but check these out before you go buy an expensive new hybrid that anyone else could get. This list of forgotten hybrids consists of some great cars that for whatever reason never sold in big numbers, or had platform-mates that sold in bigger numbers. This list has a bit of everything, from tiny two-seaters to full-size hybridized pickups, so if you’re hankering for a hybrid, you’re in the right place. - Logan Carter Read More
This AMG-Built 6.0-Liter Super Coupe Is The Ultimate Highway Mile-Eater
If you have a nice, long highway-based road trip coming up and you need to get where you’re going quickly, you have an opportunity to grab possibly the best car in the world for the task. This pre-merger AMG-built Mercedes 500SEC has a big honking 6.0-liter V8 under the hood, and it’s ready to stretch its legs. If you are the high bidder on this auction over on Cars & Bids, you can take it wherever you want. Personally, I’d be on my way to the longest, loneliest highway in the country for a properly chill high-speed run just barely above idle. And I’d enjoy the seatbelt presenters. - Bradley Brownell Read More
I Need To Impress My In-Laws By Getting Them A Great Car | WCSYB?
This week’s reader has a $70,000 budget to get his in-laws a comfortable and safe hybrid.
You Can Score An Incredibly Cheap Lease Deal On An EV Right Now
EV sales are growing in the U.S. but slowly; that’s not bias or anti EV, that’s the reality. Because of the state of the market, EV inventories have swelled so dealers and automakers have some wild lease deals going on right now to move some metal. - Lawrence Hodge Read More
