Nothing Can Prepare You For What Lurks Behind This 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII
If you’re old enough to remember, some brands of breakfast cereals used to come with cool surprises in the box. Cars are like that sometimes, in both good and bad ways. This rather mundane looking like has the potential to be one of the most surprising cars you’ve ever seen.
Toyota’s Hybrid Sales Are Far Outpacing Its EV Growth
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, April 3, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.
We Hope All 37 Of You Got Incredible Deals On The Brand-New Infiniti Q60s That Sold Last Quarter
It’s first-quarter sales report time for automakers, which means I get to dig through spreadsheets to find weird little anomalies and dead cars. Some vehicles are on the chopping block, some have been dead for a model year, and some are really dead. So much so that they’re decomposing right before us. I’ve found one…
Tanker Crash Accidentally Releases 70,000 Salmon Into Wrong Oregon River
When a tanker crashes on the highway, it usually spills its cargo all over the roadway causing backups for miles as traffic holds up during the cleanup. In Oregon, however, one tanker crash spilled its precious cargo into a river, which was actually the only place that could keep its load safe and sound. That’s…
These Cars Desperately Need The Restomod Treatment, According To You
It seems like everyone and their mum is working on a restomod these days. You’ve got people working on old Volvos, engineers modernizing old Alfas and all kinds of clever people working out how to turn classic muscle cars into EVs. We’re truly living through the restomod golden age.
At $4,500, Is This 2005 Subaru Outback Limited An Upfront Deal?
The bumpers on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Outback show noticeable battle scars from parking lot encounters. Let’s see if those, and the car’s appreciably high miles, can be overlooked at its potentially low asking price.
The 2025 Porsche Taycan Is Excellence Through Engineering
Just before dinner on the first night of the 2025 Porsche Taycan drive program, model line spokesperson Mayk Wienkötter broke down what percentage of the facelift’s development cost went to improving what part of the car: 29 percent for efficiency, 25 percent for performance, 16 percent for charging, 16 percent for…
Disneyland's Autopia Decides to It Call Quits on Gas Cars
It’s been a nice 69 years for Disneyland’s car attraction Autopia, but it’s finally getting an upgrade worthy of its neighbors. Situated in the futuristic area called Tomorrowland, nestled next to Space Mountain and Star Tours, the ride has used gas-powered cars since its debut in 1955. Now though, Disney has…
The Chrysler 300 Hemi C Concept Was The Chrysler 300 We Deserved
The Chrysler 300 was a name that the brand would revisit time and again in both production and concept car form, but no 300 wore the badge better than the 300 Hemi C Concept.
Now This Is How You Market A Full-Size Pickup Truck
These days, any full-size pickup truck you buy is going to be perfectly suitable for daily driving. Even if you have no use for the Toyota Tundra’s payload and towing capability, you can still basically use it like an oversized car without hating your life, but that wasn’t always the case. Trucks used to be basic work…
Train Safety Fixed Forever: Miles-Long Freight Trains Now Require 2 Whole Crew Members
Freight railroads are using something called Precession Scheduling to run longer trains with fewer crewmembers in order to maximize profits. To hopefully curb potential accidents, the Biden Administration mandated Tuesday a bare minimumthat at least two people be aboard sometimes miles-long freight trains. Some…
Tesla's Q1 Numbers Were Way Worse Than Expected
There’s been a lot of talk about Tesla lately, but it has mostly been focused on the Cybertruck. The conversation hasn’t always been positive, but hey, at least people have been talking about Tesla. And all coverage is good for the company, right? Not necessarily. Tesla released its results for the first quarter of…
Watch F1 Drivers Learn To Drift
Formula 1 is all about precise car control, mastering the most minute movements to shave thousandths of a second off every lap. Drifting, by contrast, is all about big, flashy moves and tire smoke. So how does an expert in one discipline do when challenged to the other?
Mario Andretti Credits Down-Home American Racing With His Motorsport Success
Mario Andretti was 15 years old when his family packed their bags and moved from Italy to Nazareth, Pennsylvania. A young Andretti and his twin brother Aldo had witnessed the glory of the Mille Miglia from the Abetone pass and had basked in the spectacle of Formula 1 at Monza. The brothers knew they wanted to race.…
Chemtrail Bans Introduced In 7 States Now That Republicans Have Solved All The Real Problems
Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano made headlines recently when he floated legislation that would ban chemtrails, which aren’t real and only exist in the minds of unhinged conspiracy theorists. His bill wasn’t entirely original, though, as it was modeled after a similar bill that recently passed the state…
'East Bay Pirates' Suspects Arrested After A Year Of Terrorizing Houseboat And Yacht Owners
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you mixed pirates with the Wet Bandits from “Home Alone,” we now have your answer. Police arrested three alleged seafaring burglars last week accused of robbing residents and businesses in the San Francisco Bay.
These Are Your Favorite Failed Concept Cars
What’s cooler than a concept car? The sleek lines, the novel powertrains — few cars are as interesting or eye-catching on an auto show floor. But, while many concept cars eventually morph into nearly as-cool production variants, not all are so lucky. Last week, we asked you for your favorite failed concept cars — the…
Cruise Ship Abandons 9 Passengers On African Island After Tour Overruns
Nine passengers from a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship found out the hard way just what happens when you miss the departure time for your ship, after they were abandoned by the rest of their cruise. The group of stricken cruisers is now attempting to be reunited with the ship in a trans-African adventure.
