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2 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
Toyota has been on a wild tear this month, revealing updated vehicles right and left, but its latest announcement might be the most significant. Coming later this year, the 2026 Toyota C-HR heralds the return of a once-popular nameplate to US showrooms, although the latest iteration of the subcompact crossover is different from its forebear.
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3 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
Nissan just released its profits for the 2024 fiscal year, and they're not great. In fact, the beleaguered Japanese automaker might have to lay off twice as many people as it initially projected last month, meaning a reduction of about 20,000 employees globally. To put that number in context, it represents a staggering 15 percent of the company's total workforce.
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3 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
The latest Aston Martin Vantage is quite possibly the company's best sports car of all time, featuring way more power and a much more responsive chassis than its predecessor. In fact, today's 4.0-liter V8–powered Vantage makes a hearty 656 horsepower and 590 pound-feet, making it even torquier and only a little less powerful than the previous-generation V12 Vantage, which had 690 horses and 555 lb-ft.
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3 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
A month after its sibling, the Subaru Solterra, saw a comprehensive update for the 2026 model year, the Toyota bZ has followed suit. If you find that name a little unfamiliar, you're not alone, but it's the company's new name for the old bZ4X electric crossover, which suffered a bit from middling power and back-of-the-pack electric credentials.
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4 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
Fiat will bring back some old-school tech to its retro-flavored city car when the 500 hybrid returns to the lineup later this year. In addition to offering an internal-combustion, mild-hybrid powertrain alongside the fully electric 500e model, the new 500 will also boast a six-speed manual gearbox.
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4 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
Although EV adoption is going a bit slower than expected, that's not stopping one of America's most valuable nameplates from doubling down – literally. Right now, the only Jeep EV available in the US is the Wagoneer S, but that will likely change next year when the automaker is expected to bring the Recon stateside.
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5 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
One of the key complaints many driving enthusiasts have about electric cars is their weight. One of the best-driving EVs out there is the Porsche Taycan, yet even in the hardcore Turbo GT Weissach trim, it still tips the scales at nearly 5,000 pounds. Great engineering can hide much of that mass, but even so, weight is the enemy of consumption, tire wear, and brake fade – all of which are concerns for privateer racers.
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5 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
Colorado has become the latest in a growing list of states that recognize the legality of the kei car. Popular in their home market of Japan for their nimble proportions and teensy, fuel-efficient engines, kei cars are a contested entity in the US, not only because they're smaller than a Mitsubishi Mirage. Some states have decided to forbid registrating the tiny Japanese runabouts, and Colorado was looking like it would follow suit.
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5 days ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
Seemingly every time we drive a Lucid, be it a base-model Air sedan, a three-row Gravity SUV, or the headline-grabbing Air Sapphire, we're always impressed by how enjoyable it is to drive and how cohesive it feels. It turns out there may be a very obvious reason for that: the company is staffed by a bunch of car nerds.
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1 week ago | 
carbuzz.com | Brett Evans
To most folks, the 2000–2005 Toyota MR2 Spyder is best remembered as a lightweight, low-powered roadster in the vein of the Mazda MX-5 Miata – though with better reflexes (and less cargo space) by nature of its mid-engined powertrain layout. But the happy little MR2 was also the home to some sophisticated technology, namely the sequential manual transmission offered from 2002 onward.
