BYD’s top-selling 1,100+ hp luxury GT is about to get a bit cheaper

Gilbert Smith is an automotive journalist with over five years of specialized research and writing experience. Before joining CarBuzz in 2024, he produced in-depth buyer’s guides and feature articles for Vehicle History, focusing on practical insights and detailed automotive analysis. For years, we've heard that hybrid cars will never match the longevity of combustion vehicles, because the electric propulsion system will burn out. As it turns out, a well-built, well-kept hybrid can easily rack up the miles. The newest member of the high-mileage club is a 986,000-mile Toyota Avalon Hybrid, on its second owner, and just an oil change or two away from cracking seven digits. We were tipped off to this one by the owner's son, who gave us the lowdown on how to keep your hybrid humming.

James Kelly didn't grow up knowing he wanted to be a writer, but once he fell into the whacky world of automotive journalism, he hasn't wanted to leave. In college, he found ways to make every paper he wrote related to automobiles and even hosted a show on the campus radio station called "The Engine Block. " James's experience involves road-testing brand new cars, breaking old cars, and everything in between. Good things come in threes. And in 2011, BMW offered not just one, but three of the best sports cars ever constructed by its Motorsports division. They were the 1 Series M Coupe (also known as the 1M) painted in Valencia Orange Metallic, Alpine White, and Black Sapphire Metallic. What? We never said that those good things had to be separate. The BMW 1M’s slim option sheet, highlighted by its limited paint options, further suggested this sports car was something we could liken to BMW’s past performance cars. Simple, powerful, and priced just right. However, 15 years later, many examples have sold for pricey sums, sometimes more than double the original price. But 15 years ago, nobody would have thought it was worth it. That is, if they hadn’t got behind the wheel.

William has been writing about cars since 2024, after completing his journalism diploma at University and undertaking work experience at Autocar Magazine. He is now a contributor to CarBuzz, specializing in features on pricing, reliability and buyer's advice based on the moves happening in the automotive industry. When he is not writing his latest piece for this site, he is kept busy working at Mercedes-Benz World at the Brooklands Racetrack. For a company that has focused mainly on practical cars that have advanced technology and efficiency on four wheels, Audi has a history of producing some stellar sports cars. From the TT to the R8, Audi has provided a credible challenge to the very best performance cars in their respective segments. Both have now sadly experienced their final deaths in the last few years, with no obvious replacement for either, but did you know that there could have been another sports car that was going to sit in between them, called the Audi R4, that never saw the light of day? It was supposed to demonstrate what was, at the time, Audi’s very latest battery-electric technology and share a platform with other Volkswagen Group brands.

Vik is the Co-Founder and former Editor at MotorAuthority, a leading U. S. website covering performance and luxury cars. Since 2025, he has contributed to CarBuzz, blending his engineering background and almost 20 years of automotive journalism experience to deliver cutting-edge news and analysis. Acura's US sales remain well below levels from just a decade ago, despite the period experiencing booming demand in the luxury segment. Fortunately, Acura has a plan to turn things around, by introducing five new or updated vehicles that it showed to dealers this month. However, the first won't arrive for another two years, and dealers are growing impatient as they wait for some much-needed excitement in showrooms.

Nigel first entered the world of automotive journalism in the mid-80s, working for what was then the “bible” of weekly automotive content - Motoring News. Those were the days of tip-tap typewriters, landline telephones and proper news cycles. Social media was yet to become a modern-day plague and people waited for their automotive news until Tuesday mornings. Nigel has remained a gearhead since the early days in London. He's enjoyed a variety of roles in marketing, PR and events with such storied brands as Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini. He has spent much of adult life in the United States, but currently resides in (a much colder) United Kingdom.

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and previously served as editor of Wheelscene.ca. A four-time Canadian Automotive Journalism Award winner, he is the current President of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, where he oversees the Canadian Car of the Year Awards program. At CarBuzz for the last year, Evan uses his engineering background to analyze vehicle tech and patents, with a focus on the details that defines great cars. Ford is making some big changes under the hood of the Ranger pickup for 2027. A new leak shows that the 2.7-liter V6 is gone, replaced by a version of the engine that powers the Ranger Raptor. It's a similar change to the one Ford made on the Bronco for 2027, which gives a good idea of what to expect. More importantly, it appears to be the end of the road for the company's smallest V6.