Gilbert Smith

2 weeks ago | carbuzz.com | Gilbert Smith

We're pattern-seeking animals; we can't help it. The ability to gauge probability based on repeated examples helped us to identify food and avoid predators back in the caveman days, and that hardwiring is still in effect, thousands of years later, expressing itself in countless ways - be it fair or not.

2 weeks ago | carbuzz.com | Gilbert Smith

There are very few cars out there that you could call an investment. A handful of classics and rare collector's pieces might appreciate in value over time, like the McLaren F1, which launched for an MSRP of just under a million bucks, but might sell for around twelve million dollars in 2025. These cars are outliers, though. Most vehicles just lose value, starting from the moment you drive them off the lot.

2 weeks ago | carbuzz.com | Gilbert Smith

These are strange times we're living in. It wasn't that long ago that achieving 0-60 mph in the three-second range was the exclusive domain of supercars starting at a bare minimum of a couple of hundred thousand dollars. But cars keep getting quicker, the technology keeps getting cheaper, and nothing depreciates like a premium electric vehicle. In 2025, you can zip across the quarter-mile in a used EV in well under 15 seconds for about what you'd spend on a brand-new Nissan Pathfinder.

2 weeks ago | carbuzz.com | Gilbert Smith

The Land Rover LR4, the model produced from 2009-2016, making up the second half of the SUV's third generation, was intended to be a more reliable version of the iconic Land Rover Discovery, with the automaker's engineers working to address known issues with the LR3, like suspension failure and fluid leaks. What they wound up with was a Land Rover that... still has suspension issues and potential fluid leaks, among other problems.

2 weeks ago | carbuzz.com | Gilbert Smith

We could sit here all day listing pickup trucks that are not available in the US. Trucks like the Ram 1200, a rebadged Peugeot Landtrek, you'll find throughout the forests and backroads of Mexico. And then there's the Volkswagen Amarok, a Europe/Africa/South America exclusive that was too expensive to import even before these recent rounds of tariffs.