597 Car Models Have Been Discontinued. Two Years Killed the Most.
I counted every model in our catalogue whose last year is in the past. Five hundred and ninety-seven of them, and they didn't leave evenly — the deaths cluster into specific years, and those years tell the story of the American car industry.
Six Cars Have Been on Sale Every Year Since 1981
I sorted our catalogue by how many consecutive model years each nameplate has recorded. Six have never missed one since 1981 — and the list is stranger than a survival-of-the-fittest story. A sports car outlasted almost every sedan that laughed at it.
SUVs With Actually Good MPG (The Gap Isn't Where You Think)
People apologise for wanting an SUV because of fuel. The SUV-versus-sedan gap turns out to be three mpg — while the gap inside the SUV category is twenty.
The Best Family Cars, Ranked on Space and Safety
A family car has the hardest job of any vehicle. It has to be safe, it has to survive years of abuse from small humans, it has to swallow strollers and hockey bags, and it can't cost a fortune to run.
The Best Cars for Teenagers Are Cheap to Insure Too
Shopping for a kid's first car is a special kind of stress. You want them safe, you don't want to go broke on insurance, and you definitely don't want to hand a new driver something quick.
The Best Compact SUV, Ranked on Data Not Hype
The compact SUV is the default new-family car in America, which means the used lot is drowning in them. Good news and bad news. Good, because you have options.
These Are the Most Reliable SUVs, Ranked by Real Data
Everyone says 'buy a reliable SUV.' Cool, which ones? I ranked them on our actual data instead of vibes. Here's what really lasts.