THESE GAS-POWERED CARS AREN'T COMING BACK IN 2025

Normally, a vehicle is discontinued because it ain't selling, but these are different times. In the midst of the EV Revolution, several popular cars, trucks, and SUVs are getting mothballed to make room for electrified models. Along those same lines, a few are getting scrapped because they are gas-guzzling dinosaurs that don't fit in with a cleaner, more fuel-efficient future.

Of course, there are still nameplates being shown the door because they are gathering dust on dealer lots, but this year's slate of discontinuations is mostly about clearing a path for all-electrics and hybrids. For some, it is sad to see them go and others it is simply their time, but that's how the automotive industry works. Here's an in memorium for the gas-powered vehicles that aren't coming back in 2025.

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Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio And Stelvio Quadrifoglio

Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?

2024 is the 100th anniversary of the Alfa Romeo's Quadrifoglio badge it puts on its high-performance vehicles. To celebrate, the company is discontinuing two models, the Giulia Quadrifoglio sports sedan and the Stelvio Quadrifoglio luxury crossover. Both are powered by the same 505-horsepower 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 and are mechanically identical.

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Stats

Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Stats

This move comes as Alfa Romeo is ditching their gas-powered performance rides to make room for a new line of performance EVs. The electric vehicles are still a ways off, which makes discontinuing the ICE machines seem a bit premature, but neither the Giulia Quadrifoglio nor the Stelvio Quadrifoglio were big sellers in the North American market, so keeping them around is kind of pointless.

Chevrolet Camaro

Muscle Degeneration

Of all the cars saying farewell in 2024, none is more iconic than the Chevrolet Camaro. Since it's introduction in 1967, it has been one of the greatest American performance cars to ever grace the streets. Whether it was a pony car, a muscle car, or a sports car is irrelevant, as it was always both the coolest and the hottest thing with four wheels and a V-8.

Chevrolet Camaro Stats

Chevy has floated the notion that the nameplate could return as an EV, but there are no concrete plans, and that's not why it is being discontinued. The latest generation Camaro simply hasn't sold very well. Even a legend still has to bring the goods, or it gets benched with the other underachievers.

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Chevrolet Malibu

Last of The Chevelle's Legacy

The Chevrolet Malibu 's roots are in the Chevelle, beginning as a top trim in 1964, before becoming its own nameplate. There's probably quite a few people who didn't realize that Chevy still made the Malibu in 2024, so it won't be that much of a shock to learn it is also being discontinued in 2024. What is kind of stunning is that the Malibu is still a big seller from Chevy.

Chevrolet Malibu Stats

The FWD four-door I-4 sedan of today is a far cry from the powerful V-8 two-door SS coupes of yesteryear, but the Malibu is technically part of the Chevelle legacy. That, however, stops with the 2024 model year. The move leaves Chevy without a sedan for the first time in company history, which seems kind of alarming, but four-door cars are a dying breed. Apparently, Chevy is shifting focus to the all-electric Bolt and casting the Malibu aside.

Ford Escape

Escape Pod

Nowadays, the mainstream automobile market is all about SUVs and crossovers, which Ford makes a ton of, but there is a lot of overlap between their vehicles and one of them has got to go. After drawing the shortest straw, the compact Escape is getting the heave-ho after the 2024 model year. Really, it's unclear as to why the popular Escape is being discontinued.

Ford Escape Stats

The similarly compact SUV, the Bornco Sport, sold 127,476 in 2023, while the Escape moved 140,968 units that same year. Also, the Escape is the only SUV in Ford's lineup with a hybrid version, which is the way things are trending. Granted, Ford does have far too many SUVs and crossovers, but the Escape seems like a keeper.

Jaguar F-Type

Discontinued-Type

The Jaguar F-Type was billed as the spiritual ancestor to the iconic E-Type. While certainly a cool and capable sports car, it never approached the popularity or fanaticism of the classic Jag. It is, however, tragically underrated as the F-Type packs some serious performance.

Jaguar F-Type Stats

The 2024 F-Type has a 575-horsepower 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 that rockets the car from 0-60 in four seconds flat. In actuality, that's kind of the reason it has to go. Jaguar is going all-in on the EV craze and ditching their high-performance V-8s. In fact, the 2024 F-Type is the last Jaguar that will ever have a V-8 under the hood.

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Maserati Ghibli

Maserati Takes A Hit To The Body

Maserati doesn't sell a tremendous amount of vehicles of any kind in the U.S., so the discontinuation of the Ghibil isn't going to send shock waves through the market. It will kind of upset their loyal fanbase as it is part of the automaker's transition to electrified rides. This is another powerful gas-burner that is biting the dust.

Maserati Ghibli Stats

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Maserati is ditching the V-8 engine from all of its vehicles in an attempt to "modernize" its lineup. That's a shame because the 572-horsepower 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 is epic under the hood of this luxury mid-size. The EV Revolution is looking more like a coup d'état, with ICE victims littering their rise to the throne.

Mitsubishi Mirage

Mitsubishi Halucination

With a starting price of $18,015, the Mitsubishi Mirage is the cheapest new car in 2024, which is the only real positive about this subcompact hatchback. It's a definite case of getting what you pay for as it's slow, uncomfortable, and tacky. Those are all things that add up to poor sales, and the Mirage is getting moved from the close-out bin to the garbage bin.

Mitsubishi Mirage Stats

The Mirage hatchback and G4 sedan are leaving the North American market for good, with no replacement. The most shocked are people who didn't even realize that Mitsubishi still sold cars in the U.S. This move isn't EV-related at all and entirely based on sluggish sales figures.

Mini Clubman

Major Clubbing

Technically, the Mini Clubman is a station wagon, but it is far too much fun to be a stuffy throwback family vehicle. It's a Mini, but with four doors, which allows a few extra passengers to enjoy the ride. Sadly, this car, which adds practicality to Mini's spunk performance, is being discontinued after the 2024 model year.

Mini Clubman Stats

It is possible that the Clubman is getting clubbed into oblivion because of the larger Aceman crossover EV. The thing is, Mini hasn't confirmed the Aceman for the American market yet, and the vehicle isn't hitting anywhere until 2026. It's a good business practice to keep selling a popular car at least until its replacement is ready to go.

Nissan GT-R

This Nissan is Git-R-Done

For the longest time, American street racers were drooling over the Nissan Skyline GT-R, mostly because it wasn't sold here. When Nissan finally brought a GT-R to the States in 2009, fans proceeded to ignore it, buying very few of these remarkable sports cars. Perhaps it's one of those forbidden fruit kind of things where people only really want that which they cannot have.

Nissan GT-R Stats

After fifteen years of minimal sales, the GT-R is leaving North America, which might actually be a brilliant marketing ploy. Once people realize they can no longer obtain one of these 565-horsepower performance cars, they'll want it even more. Then again, with an MSRP from $122,985 for a base model to $222,985 for the NISMO, there might not be that big of a demographic for this ride in the States.

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Nissan Titan

The Titan-ic Sinks

The news just keeps getting worse for Nissan in the U.S. as they are also discontinuing the Titan pickup truck after the 2024 model year. This one stings a bit more, because this is a really good truck, but it's hard to carve out a piece of the full-size pickup pie, which is dominated by the Ford F-Series, Chevrolet Silverado, and Ram. In fact, those three were the top-selling vehicles of any kind in 2023, which doesn't leave a lot of meat on the bone for the Titan.

Nissan Titan Stats

The Titan's cancelation is related to EVs, though it is not being replaced by an all-electric full-size truck. Nissan makes the Titan at their plant in Mississippi, but is converting the factory for EV production, which will yield electric sedans and SUVs for them and Infiniti by the 2026 model year. This is a roll of the dice that most major automakers are taking, in hopes that EVs will gain mainstream appeal.

Ram 1500 TRX

Extinction Event

The Ram 1500 TRX supertruck was never intended to be a big seller. It was an experiment in the absurd, to see how much horsepower could be crammed into a 4x4. With a near-six-figure price tag, and performance that is terrifying to the average person, this was always meant to be a prestige vehicle with minimal appeal to a handful of off-road maniacs.

Ram 1500 TRX Stats

The TRX is getting the ax after the 2024 model year, but it isn't related to sales or electrification. It's actually part of parent company Stellantis' effort to avoid being fined into the abyss by the federal government. Long story short, the Stellantis American brands have to radically improve their gas mileage or face stiff fines, which is why the Dodge Charger and Challenger were canceled, as well as the reason why Ram trucks will no longer have V-8 engines.

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Toyota Venza

Frequent Discontinuation Club

The Toyota Venza is a mid-sized crossover SUV that just can't take a hint. It was discontinued in 2017, only to be revived in 2020. After four years of less-than-stellar sales, Toyota is once again retiring it. While there's nothing inherently wrong with it, there are way too many vehicles that are better.

Toyota Venza Stats

In actuality, the Venza sold fairly well since it's ressurection, but Toyota is banking that its slightly larger Crown Signia SUV, to be introduced in 2025, will grab a bigger piece of the crowded crossover segment. Toyota isn't one of the world's biggest automakers because they make a lot of bonehead moves, so ditching the Venza for a second time is probably smart business.

Volvo S60

So Long, S60

Introduced in 2000, the Volvo S60 compact executive car was one of the first vehicles by the Swedish automaker that didn't take its styling cues from a shoe box. Despite changing the public perception in a positive way of what a Volvo could be, the S60 is being directed to the utfart, which is the Swedish word for exit. Feel free to look that up.

Volvo S60 Stats

The discontinuation of the S60 is a two-pronged approach. First, the sedan is a dying segment, and it won't be surprising if the vehicle type ceases to exist in the next couple of years, completely replaced by SUV crossovers. Second, Volvo intends to be an entirely electric automaker by 2030, and shedding their less successful gas-powered models is part of that journey.