Four Spectators Killed After Rally Car Spins Off Track In Hungary
Four spectators were killed at a rally in Hungary this weekend after one of the cars crashed into a crowd. A Škoda Fabia rally car reportedly lost traction during the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally in Hungary, plowing into a crowd and killing four.
These Are The Most Expensive Car Payments You've Ever Had
We asked our readers what their highest car payment ever was, and honestly y’all are pretty savvy buyers. With the exception of two of you, everyone kept their payments in the three-figure range. From a self-specced Porsche 718 Cayman S to an absolute unit of a Smart ForTwo Edition #1, almost all of your monthly…
What Car Design Aged Like Milk?
We have all heard the idiom “Never judge a book by its cover,” but the opposite can be true for cars. Any new model could be a spec sheet hero, but the first impression that anyone will have is through photos. Appearances can paint a picture of how the public perceives vehicles, from what people think each car can do…
EVs Will Cost The Same As Gas Cars By 2030: Nissan
Good morning! It’s Monday, March 25, 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.
At $4,600, Is This 2011 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet An Ugly Duckling At A Swan’s Price?
According to popular legend, today’s Nice Price or No Dice CrossCabriolet is a model that former Nissan head and present international crime figure Carlos Ghosn commissioned at his wife’s behest. Let’s see if its price and issues bring even further intrigue.
These Are The Best Cars For Teen Drivers, And The Best Answers Of The Day Of The Week
Idiots. They’re absolutely everywhere on the road, and they drive a whole lot of different vehicles. However, sometimes a car is just a bit of an idiot magnet. Whether that’s fair or not isn’t for me to say, but that’s what led us to last week’s question. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
Planes, Runaway Trains, E-Bikes
For more than 25 years, it was possible to fly from New York to London in under three hours, all while being pampered with first class luxury on the British Airways Concorde. Then, in November 2003, all that stopped. To try to recapture some of the luxury that came with flying Concorde, BA put on a special first…
These Stories Of Car Finance Mayhem And Terrible Advice Are Hard To Stomach
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.…
Car Culture: What Is It? What Does It Mean?
A sovereign citizen and mildly-famous singer from Florida has been arrested and detained by police on multiple occasions for using fake diplomatic plates on more than one car. The 32-year-old woman, Cecilia Mercado, goes by the name “Sessi” as a singer, and has a modest fanbase on social media. Video of her being…
These Are The Top News Stories Of The Week
We all love a bit of schadenfreude on occasion, who can blame us, we’re only human. So when a new YouTube channel pops up and it’s just footage of drivers taking a sharp corner too quickly, and the results of their screwup, of course we’re going to sit and watch these videos until the cows come home. There’s nothing…
'Real Housewives' Star Karen Huger Charged With DUI After Crashing Maserati
People don’t typically think of Real Housewives as a car franchise, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have plenty of cars in it. The reality show’s cast members and their families, of course, drive fancy cars, and there will always be that time Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards’ daughter’s then-fiance…
No One Wants To Pay $200,000 For A Tesla Cybertruck Anymore
Even before deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck began, the electric automaker made it clear that it would be a long time before it was produced in anything other than extremely limited quantities. That meant that if you were one of the few who had pulled yourself up by your bootstraps hard enough, you stood to make…
Texas Man Somehow Gets On Airplane Without Ticket
A Delta passenger from Texas somehow managed to use a child’s boarding pass to get on a flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Austin, Texas;flight attendants caught onto his little scheme after he hid in multiple bathrooms shortly before takeoff. Salt Lake City police arrested Wicliff Fleurizard on March 17 after he…
This Full-Motion Truck Sim Racing Rig Brings Baja To Your Living Room
If you’ve ever wanted to race the Baja 1000 without buying a half-million dollar trophy truck, shipping it to Mexico, flying down there, bringing a whole crew, dozens of spares, and hundreds of gallons of gasoline, now you can! CXC Simulations in Southern California recently introduced a full-motion simulator that is b…
Lincoln Dealers Still Have Over 33,000 Unsold 2022, 2023 Models On Their Lots
Lincoln dealers have a big problem. Aside from having just four models to sell, dealers have a bunch of cars from one and two model years ago that they haven’t been able to move. As Automotive News reports, this means Lincoln dealers have some of the highest inventory levels in the industry. This also means that there…
If You Want To Steal A Bunch Of Stuff From Trains, It's A Lot Easier In Southern California
There are a bunch of reasons that the ports in Southern California have seen a huge inbound freight uptick in recent years, including the buying habits of Americans and difficulties getting through the canals Suez and Panama. As a result, train freight exiting Los Angeles is also massively up. Unlike other freight…
This 1993 IndyCar Cookbook Is A Banquet Of Midwest Culinary Delights
I absolutely adore everything about the process of cooking (aside from cleaning up), and I’ve been on a recent kick where I try to somehow combine my love of motorsport with that love of cuisine. That has primarily manifested in Grand Prix Gastronomy, a cooking series I host that runs alongside the Formula 1 calendar…
FBI Tells Passengers On Alaska Airlines Flight That Lost Door Panel They May Be Victims Of A Crime
When news broke that Alaska Airlines flight 1282 had a door plug blow out at 16,000 feet, it was understandably terrifying for those on board. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured, although a few cell phones did get sucked out of the plane. Passengers have since sued both Alaska Airlines and Boeing, the…
The Orbea Diem E-Bike: Your Questions Answered
Spanish bike builder Orbea has a slick new electric bike that promises to jazz up your daily commute. Called the Diem, the new bike launched earlier this month with a sleek looking frame, aShimano e-bike motor and neat flourishes like built in lights.
You Can Buy Cadillac's Rarest Car For Less Than Half What It Cost New, If You're OK With A Salvage Title
Cadillac really went hog wild with the CT6-V, and the end result set the foundation for the current era of incredible Blackwings. Only available in 2019 and 2020, the CT6-V with its bespoke 4.2-liter Blackwing twin-turbocharged V8 was produced in tiny numbers at a seriously high cost. You could get 550 horsepower and…
