Motor Authority’s Best Car to Buy 2023
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Honda has done it again. For the second time, the brand’s budget—though that term is starting to be debatable—hot hatch has pulled off an upset by besting faster, more powerful, more luxurious, and more expensive competitors. The Honda Civic Type R has earned the title of Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023. It marks the second win for the Civic Type R after it took the Best Car To Buy 2018 award. That’s impressive given only two generations of the car have come to the U.S. Our vote was unanimous. Just like the millennials who grew up dreaming about the Type R being...
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Best Car to Buy News
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Frankencar 2023: The best of our Best Car To Buy finalistsThe Honda Civic Type R bested the competition and won Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 honors. It took on a field of wide-ranging competitors and won unanimously. Each of the nominees featured equipment and/or defining characteristics that we liked. The finalists ranged from the Ford Bronco...
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Let's make the Honda Civic Type R betterA mere 24 hours ago we named the Honda Civic Type R the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023. Honda's latest hot hatch charms with its grown-up personality and look teamed with a more refined take on the already stellar driving dynamics of the last model. The vote among our editors was unanimous...
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One of these 7 cars will be named Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023As the move to electrification continues, some automakers are leaping toward the future while others are looking to the past for one last final hurrah. These trends are clearly evident in this year's crop of finalists for Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023. Last year marked a first for our award...
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Ford Bronco Raptor: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 finalistThe Ford Bronco Raptor made it to the final round of the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 competition because it’s one of the most outrageously fun vehicles money can buy. It’s so much fun that we can’t balk at the $69,995 sticker price, which almost seems affordable these...
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Toyota GR Corolla: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 finalistCan the epitome of appliance-like cars—the Toyota Corolla—win the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 award? It’s a question we never thought we’d ask, but here we are. Toyota, the automaker known for playing it safe with reliable but boring vehicles has shoved a rally-car...
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Hyundai Kona N: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 finalistCan the Hyundai Kona N do what its sibling couldn’t and become a Motor Authority Best Car To Buy winner? It’s fun enough that it might. The Hyundai Veloster N nearly won the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2020 award, but it was bested by the Porsche 911. Now Hyundai’s entered the...
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Cadillac Lyriq: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 finalistCan a new era for an iconic brand also usher in a new Motor Authority Best Car To Buy winner? It may, in the form of the Cadillac Lyriq. Cadillac’s been chasing the Germans for more than a decade, but with the Lyriq, the GM luxury brand has figured out its place in the automotive world again...
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Audi RS 3: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 finalistCan the swan song for the turbocharged 5-cylinder take the win the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023? It’s fun enough that it might. The Audi RS 3 has made it to the final round in the award competition by planting its flag in the fun-to-drive category with expressive styling, a...
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Acura Integra: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 finalistCan the return of an iconic nameplate usher in a new Motor Authority Best Car To Buy winner? It may, in the form of the $31,895 Acura Integra. The Integra has a history for inexpensive thrills that dates back to the mid-1980s. It peaked with the 1992 GS-R model, which made the cut for our 100 Cars...
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Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023: Cars that didn't make the cutFrom electric luxury vehicles to crossover SUVs and off-road-capable SUVs (gas and electric), the field of nominees for Motor Authority’s Best Car To Buy award only continues to widen its appeal. For the 2023 award we find a supercharged pickup truck making the nominee list while a barrage of...
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