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Buying · 31 October 2026

Car trim levels explained: what LE, SE, XLE, LX, EX, VXi and ZXi mean

What trim letters like LE, SE, EX, EX-L, SEL, VXi and Zeta mean, how the trim ladders compare across Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Ford, VW and Maruti Suzuki, and which trim is usually the best value.

Engines · 31 October 2026

The 20 greatest JDM engines of all time

From the Toyota 2JZ-GTE and Nissan RB26DETT to the Honda K20A and Mazda 13B-REW: twenty Japanese performance engines, with photos, specs and the cars they powered.