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Car and Driver
11-06-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
2025 Ford Mustang GTD Officially Starts at $327,960
A window sticker posted online shows that the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD officially starts at $327,960 after destination and gas guzzler fees. With a $10,000 carbon-fiber roof and $1500 red brake calipers, the GTD in question comes out to $339,460 out the door. A representative for Ford confirmed the authenticity of the window sticker to Car and Driver. When it first broke cover in August 2023, the Ford Mustang GTD was anticipated to carry a roughly $300,000 starting price. Sometime after that, the rumored starting price edged closer to $325,000. Well, we can now confirm that the 2025 Mustang GTD officially starts at $327,960 before any options. One lucky owner's window sticker began floating between forums this week, giving us our first official look at the GTD's price breakdown. The sheet shows a base price of $318,760, but that doesn't include the $5500 delivery fee and $3700 gas-guzzler tax. A Ford spokesperson confirmed the authenticity of the window sticker to Car and Driver. Ford Since the anonymous owner kept the options list to a minimum, we don't know how much some of the other options cost. Still, the Monroney for this specific car includes the $10,000 carbon-fiber roof and $1500 red brake calipers. The car isn't equipped with the optional aero package, so we're in the dark about the price of the drag-reduction system. Instead, this GTD will be outfitted with the huge static wing that a Multimatic spokesperson told us produces more downforce at 150 mph than a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at the same speed. Still, even without a laundry list of options, every GTD comes with a thundering supercharged 5.2-liter V-8 that generates 815 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. It also comes with a standard Akrapovič titanium exhaust, which you can listen to in this video of Dirk Müller piloting the GTD around the Nürburgring. Jack Fitzgerald Associate News Editor Jack Fitzgerald's love for cars stems from his as yet unshakable addiction to Formula 1. After a brief stint as a detailer for a local dealership group in college, he knew he needed a more permanent way to drive all the new cars he couldn't afford and decided to pursue a career in auto writing. By hounding his college professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he was able to travel Wisconsin seeking out stories in the auto world before landing his dream job at Car and Driver. His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.
Car and Driver
10-06-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
1981 Honda Accord SE Pushes Honda into $10K Territory
From the March 1981 issue of Car and Driver. The rep for the American Honda Motor Company, Inc., when he handed over the keys to the fresh-off-the-boat 1981 Accord SE, lowered his voice to a conspiratorial tone and said, "This is just a little testing of the waters—to see if Honda can sell in the BMW price range." "SE," in case you haven't heard, stands for "Special Edition," and those words will appear in delicate chrome script on the Glacier Grey Metallic flanks of a mere 3000 Accord four-doors this year. These specially anointed sedans will carry every option in the Honda book, including power windows, power steering, power brakes, Michelin radials, four-speaker AM/FM/cassette stereo, and air conditioning. Beyond that extends a long list of fitments that are not in the Honda book—at least they weren't until now—including power antenna, folding rear-seat armrest, alloy wheels, special gray deep-pile carpeting, and genuine Connolly leather on the seats. This, you might conclude, is intended to be one plush little unit. View Photos Patrick Bedard | Car and Driver Hearing all of this, and knowing how crazy car prices have become in recent months, we ventured a tentative "How much?" "Only $9950," was the answer. Aargh! A $10,000 Honda! "That's the five-speed. The automatic is 10,200," he said. How can a Honda cost $10,000? You guys keep it simple, right? You're the company that removed the stigma from small-car ownership. It was okay to have a Honda. Rich people bought them. But this Special Edition is a cop-out. Any company can be in the stigma-free-small-car business if it charges a lot of money. "Yeah, but the SE has all the stuff. You take your base Accord at $7435, add $600 for air, $500 for the digital cassette radio. Already it's $8500. This is a great deal." View Photos Patrick Bedard | Car and Driver Well, folks, maybe it is. But looking at the parts list, we come away with the idea that a few bits of trim add 1500 bucks to the price. Of a Honda. It wasn't so long ago that you could get a whole Honda for that money. For the full several hundred miles of our evaluation drive, this five-digit price kept nagging at the old editorial sense of value. This is a $10,000 Honda? And if it is, then what must rutabagas be going for down at the Hy-Vee? Certainly the Special Edition gives every indication of being a Honda. It has all those little idiosyncrasies we've grown accustomed to: the soft chattering when you engage the clutch and the gentle bucking of the engine when you ask it to accelerate from low revs. View Photos Patrick Bedard | Car and Driver But the old Honda charm is there, too. The engine climbs happily to the redline. The body doesn't creak and groan. The interior is perfectly assembled—nary a loose thread or smear of adhesive to catch the critical eye. And the luxury touches are so tastefully and confidently done. The trunk is thickly carpeted and fitted with small bins on the sides to hold minor objects that you don't want to roll around. The interior is a light dove gray, very popular at Ford a few years back but still fashionable enough. And the seats really are leather, exuding just a trace of the aroma that Connolly also imparts to every Rolls-Royce and Jaguar. Moreover, the Special Edition seems to work better than any Accord we've ever driven. The usually flaccid shock absorbers seem a bit tauter. The shape of the seat is correct, its depression for your butt back where it belongs now, rather than halfway forward in typical Japanese fashion. The power steering isn't as numb as it used to be. The directional stability is better. The car more graceful. Its mood more, well, BMW-like. Of course, we car critics can still find faults. The power-window controls are big and bulky, looking very much like the tack-ons they are. The stereo sounds as though it has K-mart speakers. And the radio itself has so many tiny buttons, with such small descriptions of what they do, that you practically have to pull over to the side of the road just to change from AM to FM. But it'll sure do some tricks, this radio, and the car around it is such a jewel that maybe $10,000 really is fair. Certainly there's nothing else on the market with similar quality, luxury, and efficiency for ten grand. View Photos Patrick Bedard | Car and Driver Just when we had convinced ourselves that there is value in a $10,000 Honda, we saw a dealer ad in the classified section of the New York Times brazenly offering an SE five-speed for $13,950. Apparently while the American Honda Motor Company is merely testing the BMW waters, dealers are jumping right in. They may be avaricious and unconscionable opportunists, the car dealers of this country, but one thing you have to give them: they do know what cars are worth. Specifications Specifications 1981 Honda Accord Vehicle Type: front-engine, front-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 4-door sedan PRICE Base/As-Tested: $9950/$9950 ENGINE SOHC inline-4, iron block and aluminum head Displacement: 107 in3, 1750 cm3 Power: 75 hp @ 4500 rpm TRANSMISSION 5-speed manual DIMENSIONS Wheelbase: 93.7 in Length: 171.9 in Curb Weight (C/D est): 2250 lb EPA FUEL ECONOMY City: 27 mpg
The Drive
10-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Drive
You Can't Get a New Ford Bronco for Under $40K Anymore
The latest car news, reviews, and features. There are winners and losers in a new wave of Ford Bronco price adjustments. The Bronco Raptor, for example, is now $10,000 less, bringing it back down to where it was for the 2023 model year. On the other end of the spectrum is the two-door Bronco Base, which went up from $39,890 after destination to $40,990. In turn, the sub-$40,000 Bronco is gone. Entry-level Bronco pricing has flip-flopped in the last two years, first with the removal of the Base trim and then again with its reintroduction in late 2024. It's still around today, though a $1,000 MSRP increase and $100 uptick in destination fees push it above $40,000. That isn't a huge jump, especially compared to others we've seen recently, but crossing that threshold is what makes this noteworthy. And if you're about to compare that to the Bronco's roughly $30,000 starting price at launch, just remember: The world isn't the same as it was in 2020. While the COVID pandemic was still ramping up, there was no telling exactly how it would continue to affect the supply chain and the economy at large. The Bronco Base is also slightly better equipped now with a standard 12-inch digital gauge cluster and additional sound deadening. For the newly adjusted starting price of $40,990, you get a Bronco with the 2.3-liter EcoBoost turbo-four, a seven-speed manual transmission, and a 4.46 rear axle ratio. You can spec the 10-speed automatic for $1,795. There are plenty of off-road upgrades available on the Base, though effectively all of them are locked behind the $8,460 Sasquatch package. That adds a comprehensive list of improvements, from front and rear locking differentials to 35-inch tires, taller suspension, position-sensitive Bilstein shocks, a 4.70 final drive, and a more advanced 4×4 system. Meanwhile, the Bronco Raptor's new $81,990 base price narrows the gap to the core Bronco lineup. A Ford spokesperson told The Drive that this was the main motivator for the adjustment: 'With the new two-door-only Bronco Stroppe replacing the two- and four-door Wildtrak model as the top off-road package in the base Bronco lineup, we are adjusting the price of the Bronco Raptor to provide customers who prefer a four-door with another high-performance vehicle option. The pricing applies to 2025 model year Bronco Raptor customer orders and dealer inventory.' With the Wildtrak trim gone, the highest-performance four-door Bronco not named Raptor is the $53,075 Badlands. The two-door, V6-only Stroppe Edition starts at $77,630—about $4,400 less than the Raptor. Got a tip or question for the author? Contact them directly: caleb@
Motor 1
03-06-2025
- Automotive
- Motor 1
The BMW M3 Just Got More Expensive for 2026
One of BMW's most iconic cars is about to get pricier. A leaked pricing guide for the 2026 BMW M3 shows a $1,700 increase across the board. That means the cheapest M3 is now $79,575, including the $1,175 destination charge. As BMW Blog points out, the M3 is vastly more expensive than when it first debuted in 2020. Back then, the car started at $70,895 including destination. On average, the price has climbed $1,736 per year. Here's a chart showing the differences in price for each trim versus last year (with destination included): Trim 2026 Price 2025 Price M3 $79,575 $77,875 M3 Competition $83,775 $82,075 M3 Competition xDrive $88,875 $87,175 Trim-wise, the M3 remains unchanged from last year. The base car, available exclusively with a six-speed manual, is the only trim where three pedals are available. If you want an automatic, you'll have to upgrade to the Competition model. Doing so also gets you 30 more horsepower, for a total of 503. And if you want all-wheel drive, you'll have to drop an extra $5,100 for the Competition xDrive model. While the base M3 starts at nearly $80,000, you'll likely be paying more, considering the numerous options available. The most expensive is the Carbon Package ($15,300 for the base car or $14,300 for Competition trims), which adds an Alcantara steering wheel, carbon interior trim, carbon-ceramic brakes, and carbon bucket seats. You can also add the steering wheel, the carbon-ceramics, or the seats as stand-alone options for $500, $8,500, and $4,500, respectively. In other words, the 2026 M3 can quickly become a six-figure car. BMW declined to comment on the leaked pricing guide's authenticity or contents. The document says production for the 2026 BMW M3 starts in July, with prices already in effect for orders being placed now. With production of the current M3 set to end later in the decade, BMW may come up with a special edition or two to commemorate the manual transmission, as it's unlikely to return for the next-gen car. In other words, if you want an M3 with a stick, get your order in sooner rather than later. More on the M3 The 2025 BMW M3 Competition Is a German GT-R: Video Review We Drove Three of the Best BMW M3s Ever. One Stood Out Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox, daily. back Sign up For more information, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
Motor 1
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Motor 1
The 2026 Kia Sportage Is Surprisingly Cheap
It's common for refreshed vehicles to have price increases. The 2026 Kia Sportage , with its new face and other updates , is no exception. When it goes on sale later this summer, it'll be a bit more expensive than last year. However, the increase is surprisingly reasonable for a refresh, never mind one reaching dealerships amid a tariff war. The 2026 Sportage starts at $28,690. That's a $1,300 bump compared to last year, not bad considering the Trump administration's tariffs on imported vehicles and parts are now in full force. Kia's $1,395 destination charge hasn't changed for 2026, and with that added in, the new Sportage has an MSRP of $30,085. Photo by: Kia That gets you a Sportage LX with front-wheel drive, powered by a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine making 187 horsepower. Inside you get dual 12.3-inch digital displays for the driver and infotainment system, wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, adaptive cruise control, and a bevy of driver assist systems, including automatic emergency braking. These features are standard across the entire Sportage lineup. Stepping up to the EX is only $1,000 more than a year ago. The Sportage EX FWD starts at $31,885 and adds features like heated front seats, a power rear hatch, and blind-spot monitoring, among others. The SX starts at $34,290—$1,300 more versus 2025—and plugs in a panoramic roof, the Harman Kardon eight-speaker stereo, and more advanced driver-assist tech. Here's a complete price breakdown of 2026 Kia Sportage trim levels. All prices include the $1,395 destination fee. Model/Trim Price (including destination) Sportage LX FWD $30,385 Sportage LX AWD $31,885 Sportage EX FWD $31,885 Sportage EX AWD $33,685 Sportage SX FWD $35,685 Sportage SX Prestige FWD $37,685 Sportage SX Prestige AWD $39,485 Sportage X-Line AWD $34,385 Sportage X-Pro Prestige AWD $40,985 Kia did away with the bracketed running lights and tiger face of the outgoing model. In its place is the brand's "Opposites United" design language with a larger grille and vertically oriented lights. The brackets are still there, but the result is a more symmetrical face. A similar theme was undertaken for the interior, providing a cleaner vibe for the integrated displays to shine. The price bump is minor, but will tariffs have an impact later on? We asked Kia about that, and we're still awaiting a reply. It's worth nothing that 2026 models won't reach dealerships until the summer. That suggests the current pricing already has tariffs factored in. If Kia tells us otherwise, we'll certainly let you know. It's also worth noting that the Sportage—Kia's best-selling model in America—is assembled in West Point, Georgia. It's the only Kia factory located in the United States, though the Sportage is also built in other locations around the world. That could certainly be a factor behind the relatively minor price bump in the face of tariffs, though the Korean-based company certainly imports all kinds of parts from global suppliers. The pricing listed here only applies to the 2026 Sportage with standard combustion powertrains. Pricing for hybrid models will come later this year. Kia News: What Tariffs? Hyundai Group Just Set Another Sales Record 2026 Kia K4 Hatchback: This Is It Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox, daily. back Sign up For more information, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . Source: Kia Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
