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It’s been a brutal year for car prices, but there’s one reliable deal that always seems too good to be true. Yet it is true, as long as you can live with strange compromises.

The 2022 Toyota Mirai is again available with a discount of up to $25,000. That’s 38% off the purchase price for a near-luxury sedan with a beautiful panoramic glass roof, a stunning modern-style interior right out of an upscale art gallery, and cabin tech that responds to voice commands.

Oh — and you get six years or $15,000 worth of free fuel.

The catch? It’s that fuel. It’s hydrogen.

Just Three of Its Kind on the Market

The Toyota Mirai is an automotive oddity. It’s one of just three hydrogen fuel cell cars left for sale in the U.S.

It borrows much of its architecture from the Lexus LS — the flagship of the Lexus lineup. … Read more

We’ve driven plenty of exciting metal in 2022, but the year is almost over – and the car industry never stops moving.

From futuristic electric flagships to screaming tributes to internal-combustion heroes past, with a few family SUVs thrown in for good measure, here’s what the CarExpert team is most excited to drive in 2023.

Tony Crawford

BMW M2, M3 Touring, XM

I just can’t nail it down to one car. In fact, it’s a BMW triple for me.

The upcoming M2, new M3 Touring, and the first full-strength electrified M car ever in the XM.

The M2 is a new-generation car from the ground up that borrows from the latest M3/M4, with a clean-sheet exterior design I’m liking more every time I see another pic, while the M3 Touring is the first such M3 wagon ever to go into series production.

I saw the XM in a static display … Read more

GMC’s Design Manager speaks to Megan Lampinen about the evolution of truck interiors

Pick-ups are a huge money maker for automakers. General Motors generates at least US$17,000 in pre-tax profit for every large pick-up it sells. That’s according to Reuters, citing GM disclosures to investors. The pick-up segment is huge in the US, GM’s home market, where it accounted for 18.3% of new vehicle sales in 2021. That makes it the second largest segment in the US, following only crossovers. With so much at stake, getting the design right is pivotal.

Pick-ups are a challenging segment in that they function both as work vehicles and lifestyle models. That means the cab design needs to facilitate both use cases. Automotive World caught up with Brian Izard, Interior Design Manager for the GMC brand, to hear more about the evolution of cab design and the secret to meeting the segment’s rapidly … Read more

A car’s license plate number is essential in its identification. Do you have a stolen car? Or you got into an accident with a driver who absconded from the scene? In any situation you find yourself in, consulting a license plate lookup service online could solve all your problems.

However, many people might now know their way around using these services. This article will walk you through a step-by-step guide to determining license plate numbers. Stick with us to learn everything you need to know about license plate lookups.

What Information can Plate License Numbers Provide?

Many people are ignorant of the amount of information they can get by just knowing the plate number of a car. In this section, we’ll walk you through the various types of information you can get from a car’s plate number.

1. The Vehicle Information

You can get all available information about the car … Read more

by Brad Anderson

After numerous delays and needing to sell $123 million worth of its car collection to fix technical issues for the Artura, McLaren has already issued the first recall for the hybrid supercar.

A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall notice has revealed that select McLaren Artura models were produced with cold formed nuts on the high-pressure fuel pipes. Vehicle loads can loosen the male threaded outlet connection of the direct injection fuel pump. If this nut becomes loose, fuel may leak onto surrounding engine components, potentially triggering a fire.

McLaren states that the cold formed nut may have a lower residual torque rating than is necessary.

The British car manufacturer had originally intended on using fully machined nuts on the Artura’s fuel pipes. However, in March 2021, the supplier said it was experiencing a shortage of machined nuts and proposed switching to cold form nuts. These … Read more