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Musk Claims Delayed Tesla Roadster Will Now Be Able To Fly, If It Ever Launches

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 9:45am

After finally rolling the ridiculous Cybertruck off its production line last year, American electric vehicle maker Tesla can now focus its attention on its next long-delayed product: the Roadster. This means it’s time for boss Elon Musk to start making all manner of outlandish claims about the car in the buildup to…

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This Terrible Car Buying Advice Totally Changed My Perspective

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 9:30am

I’ve been advising on car buying for over 10 years and have come across some pretty awful and unrealistic tips in my time. I’ve been here so long that it’s not often that I encounter a life hack that blows me away and completely changes my perspective on purchasing an automobile: Just don’t buy one.

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What New Car Is Unrecognizable From Its Previous Generations?

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 9:15am

The Porsche 911 is timeless and therefore hasn’t changed that much in 60 years. Not every car is blessed with the 911's good looks, nor its enduring style, leading some modern cars to have little-to-no resemblance to their predecessors. What new car do you think is unrecognizable from previous generations or models?

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You Need A Flashlight To Escape The Tesla Cybertruck Bed

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 9:00am

The Tesla Cybertruck has been the subject of tons of bad press since its launch, ranging from embarrassing off-road performances to wheel covers that destroy its own tires. Now, an owner learned how difficult it is to escape the Cybertruck’s bed should you get trapped under its electronic tonneau cover. This is a…

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You Can Get An Incredible Deal On A Fisker Ocean If You're Willing To Risk Everything

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 8:45am

Against all odds, the reborn Fisker managed to actually produce a car. Multiple cars, even. The Ocean looks cool and comes with a relatively reasonable starting price of $37,499; even the top-of-the-line Ocean One wasn’t ridiculously priced at just under $70,000 considering it had more than 350 miles of range and a…

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These Car Options Are Absolutely Worth The Money, According To Readers

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 8:30am

When you’re speccing out a new car, what kind of options do you like to add in? Maybe a nicer steering wheel or perhaps an upgrade to the stereo? Not all of these options are created equally, however, so we wanted to find out which are not to be missed.

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Ford Hopes Small Electric Cars Might Make Americans Buy EVs

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 8:15am

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, March 20, 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.

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At $23,999, Is This 2001 Honda S2000 A Well-Broken-In Bargain?

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 8:00am

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice S2000 may not look like a spaceship, but it’s done almost enough miles to make it to the moon. Let’s see if its price tag will make this an out-of-this-world deal.

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Make This Vintage Dodge RV Your Quest

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 3:10pm

The whole van life craze is still going strong, but if you aren’t the kind of person who can just go buy a brand new Mercedes Sprinter and drop another fifty grand modifying it with all the gubbins you need to live in it, there are much less expensive options available to you. If you’re looking for the authentic…

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This Is The Worst New Car Finance Deal I've Ever Seen

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 1:40pm

A sucker walks into a new car dealership every minute. Dealership showroom floors are practically delivery rooms for freshly-born suckers. There are shiny new cars on the floor, and rapacious young sales professionals just waiting to lure you into something you can’t afford, don’t need, or otherwise shouldn’t own.…

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You'll See The Feds Coming From A Mile Away In This Unmarked Jeep Wagoneer L

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 1:10pm

If there’s one thing government enforcement officials love more than using tax dollars, it’s driving huge unmarked SUVs. For years, GM has almost exclusively been the supplier of these vehicles. Motorcades and FBI agents everywhere are always full of unmarkedChevy Tahoes and Suburbans. Now it seems as if another…

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Goodnight Sweet Price: Jeep Ends Wrangler 392 Production With $100,000 Final Edition

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 1:00pm

2020 was a weird time. Not because of Covid-19 or the election or anything that actually mattered. No, it was weird because Jeep decided the best thing to do was shove a 6.4-liter Hemi V8 under the hood of a Wrangler and put it on sale. I have thanked the automaker every day for making this wild decision, but it seems…

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Cybertruck Range Drops To Just 200 Miles With The Tonneau Cover Open At 75 MPH: Report

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 12:40pm

Tesla engineers have done a lot of work to get the Tesla Cybertruck as aerodynamically efficient as possible, while keeping the faux-futurist design that excites children. Tesla claims the truck has a coefficient of drag of just 0.34, which is significantly better than a JL-generation Jeep Wrangler’s 0.48, but…

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2024 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: A Value That Comes At A Price

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 12:10pm

I’ve never driven a Mitsubishi. I became an automotive journalist too late to experience the Evos in their heyday, and the Mirage has never been a thing I’ve wanted to spend any time with. In all honesty, I did not think much of the Japanese brand at all, until I drove the 2024 Outlander Plug-In Hybrid.

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New Mercedes-AMG GT43 Coupe Makes 416 HP From A 2.0-Liter Four-Cylinder

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 11:50am

The Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe got a redesign for 2024, and we’re big fans of the way it looks. When it was revealed, though, we only got to see the V8-powered GT55 and GT63 versions. They make 469 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque and 577 hp and 590 lb-ft, respectively. If you love the idea of the new GT Coupe but…

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The Corvette E-Ray Is Way More Powerful Than Advertised

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 11:40am

Customers are starting to take deliveries of the all-new Corvette E-Ray. As is tradition with all-new performance cars, someone has already strapped it to a dyno to see how much powerit actually has. That someone is Paragon Performance with its all-wheel-drive dyno. Well, it turns out the E-Ray makes a hell of a lot…

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'Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life And Tragic Death Of A Racing Legend' Is The Book Every Gearhead Needs To Read

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 10:50am

Significantly more people in the world know about Mickey Thompson’s death than his life. The unconscionable contract killing of one of Southern California hot rodding’s favored sons and his beloved wife over a business merger gone awry was a dark cloud hanging over the beautiful sunshine that was his long and…

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Let Romain Grosjean Show You How Lamborghini's SC63 Hybrid Race Car Works

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 10:27am

Former Formula 1 driver and current Lamborghini factory racer Romain Grosjean is taking on a new challenge this season: He’s one of a handful of drivers who will be putting the Lamborghini SC63 race car through its paces at endurance events in the IMSA and World Endurance Championship series. Let’s let him take us on…

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Bentley Blames ‘Emotional Sensitivity’ For Slow Sales

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 10:17am

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, March 19, 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.

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