Hellcat Owner Gonna Hell Cat, OJ Gets Recalled And A Big Dumb Sign In This Week's Car Culture Roundup
An infamous Dodge Charger Hellcat driver who would film himself recklessly driving and speeding in his “Belltown Hellcat” has been barred from driving the car. Not any car. He can still drive if he wants to. He just cannot drive his Hellcat anymore. I thought this was America. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
Tesla, Elon Musk And More Tesla In This Week's News Roundup
Body cam footage released Tuesday of a traffic stop in Chicago gone horrifically wrong is calling into question the official story told by police on the scene. Five plainclothed Chicago police swarmed 26-year-old Dexter Reed’s car on March 21, pumping 96 shots into his vehicle after Reed apparently fired at officers.…
Man With 'Intent To Harm' Crashes Semi-Truck Into Texas DPS Building
Multiple people have suffered serious injuries after a man allegedly crashed a semi-truck into a Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Texas on Friday. That suspect is now in custody, according to ABC News.
Why Are Some Convertibles Called Spiders?
I have never truly understood why some convertibles are called spiders, since spiders are creepy and generally undesirable creatures and not small sporty topless fun machines. There are a few potential origins for this automotive arachnidian nomenclature mashup, one rooted in a poor translation, and one that comes…
Italy Says Its Illegal To Build The Alfa Romeo Milano Anywhere But Italy
Italy is not happy with Stellantis’ decision to produce Alfa Romeo’s first fully electric vehicle – called the Milano – abroad. In fact, Italy’s industry minister says the decision actually violates Italian law, and he’s actually not wrong.
Sending A Mini With Tracks To Antartica Sure Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Of all the goofy and delightful vehicles to ever wander the of Antarctica and the Arctic, I never thought I would come across a vehicle seemingly less-suited to the icy wastes than Australia’s Volkswagen Beetle. But the Australians who brought the Bug to the continent really out did themselves with a Morris Mini…
Ford Will Paint Your Mustang For Free, So Long As The Color Is Boring
The United States are in a dark age for automotive color. It’s all monochrome as far as the eye can see, even as the era of Nardo Gray Omnipresence begins to wane. Yet, while buyers clamor for bright hues, manufacturers are going the other way — charging ever more for color.
The 2025 Formula 1 Calendar Is A Brutal 24-Race International Slog
Formula 1 has been talking about moving to a “regionalized” season calendar for a few years now, hoping to improve logistics and reduce the carbon emissions involved with shipping a racing series around the globe. Unfortunately, the 2025 race calendar doesn’t seem any better organized than it ever has, and makes for a…
Track-Only Bugatti Bolide Will Be Too Fast For Most Race Tracks
Not even four years after it was initially unveiled in concept form, the Bugatti Bolide is just months away from being delivered to customers. Bugatti describes the car as being “finely tuned for circuit dominance, a track-only hyper sports car that invites drivers to explore their limits.” As the French brand is…
This Wrencher Is Trying To Save A Totaled $880,000 Custom Rolls Royce
In Europe, they play this strange game where a ball is kicked around a field for 90 minutes. They call it football, but over here it’s known as soccer and the people that play it get paid a lot. An awful lot, actually. So much so that one soccer player had enough to buy an $880,000 custom Rolls Royce that he crashed…
Tesla Cybertruck Is Significantly Worse At Towing Than Model X: Report
Bowlus, manufacturer of ultra high-end luxury towables, has been testing the tow range of popular electric trucks and SUVs since the Tesla Model X first launched in 2015. The company’s top-of-the-line Volterra model is an all-electric camp trailer with 17 kWh of onboard power, which can provide an emergency charge to…
Some Design Students Finally Fixed The Pagani Zonda's Terrible Shape
Ever since the Pagani Zonda made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show back in 1999, I’ve been trying to understand why people think it looks good. Built to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Zonda, the Istituto Europeo di Design put together this gorgeous flowing conceptual update to the long-serving…
Honda N600, Subaru Baja Turbo, Cigarette Boat: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
This past weekend, I took a trip up to beautiful Rochester, New York, to see the total solar eclipse. It was beautiful on Saturday, beautiful on Tuesday... and completely overcast on Monday. C’est la vie.
Bridge Collapses After Just 10 Years Because Designers Were Too Focused On Looks
It’s a tough time to be a bridge designer right now, with a span in Baltimore collapsing after a ship crashed into it and New York’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge coming dangerously close to a similar fate. Now, a bridge collapse in Norway has been blamed on designers spending too much time focusing on the way it looked.
Here's Every Six-Speed Automatic Still On The Market Today
We’ve recently talked about how naturally aspirated V6s and V8s are going by the wayside, but there’s another powertrain component that is slowly fading into obscurity: the six-speed automatic transmission. It might not be as sexy as a big motor, but it’s still something to think about.
Tesla Is Never Going To Build Your Roadster, So Buy This One Instead
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in 2011 that a second-generation Roadster—then known as the Model R—would enter production for 2014. The timeline for the next Roadster was later updated to 2020 when a prototype was shown off in 2017. When it didn’t show up in 2020, Musk said it was 12 months away. In 2021 production was…
Ford Slashes F-150 Lightning Price To Reignite Sales
Good morning! It’s Friday, April 12, 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.
These Are All Of The Optional Features You Can't Live Without
There are so many options available for new car buyers, it’s often hard to keep track of which ones you can give up and which ones you wouldn’t be able to live without. So we asked our readers which options they’re fans of, and the answers aren’t terribly surprising, actually. Well, except one. That one was definitely…
This Is Why Gas Prices Always End In 9/10
Have you ever looked at gas prices and wondered, “why is there a fraction on my gas price?” It’s a standard practice across the country, but it’s rarely explained. It turns out it stems from early 20th century practices when sales taxes were first placed on gasoline sales to help fund highway construction and…
