Toyota Corolla

Hachi-roku is just Japanese for eight-six, the AE86 in the car's chassis code. The name stuck because the AE86 Corolla became one of the most beloved rear-drive cars ever built, and a manga turned it into a global icon.

The $3,000 rule for cars is a budgeting guideline that comes in two forms depending on whether you're buying a car with cash or financing one. For cash buyers it suggests that $3,000 is roughly the floor for buying a reliable used vehicle worth owning. For buyers financing a vehicle it suggests that $3,000 should be your minimum down payment before committing to a loan. Both versions of the rule are built around the same underlying principle: car ownership costs significantly more than the purchase price, and you need a financial buffer before you start...

Short answer: yes, usually. Facelifted cars tend to hold value better than the pre-facelift version of the same model, sometimes significantly better, and the reason has less to do with what changed under the hood and more to do with how the car looks. Research by EurotaxGlass's comparing used car values before and after mid-life facelifts found that updated exterior styling can improve residual values by up to 15 percent during the first year of ownership. The premium is highest for prestige brands where even subtle visual updates carry significant perceived value...

Stand in any new car dealership and do a slow scan of the lot. Then do the same thing at the dealership next door. The silhouettes blur together. The crossover proportions are interchangeable. The front ends all have versions of the same aggressive grille flanked by the same split headlight treatment. The colors are white, gray, silver, black, and maybe one brave soul in red. You couldn't tell a Nissan Rogue from a Hyundai Tucson from a Chevrolet Equinox at fifty yards and that's not an accident. It's the output of a specific set of industry forces that have been running in the same direction for twenty years...