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Wild Crash Caught On Camera After Car Flips Through Traffic Circle

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 10:45am

Sometimes cameras are just in the right place at the right time to capture some truly wild stuff on video. Without a well-placed camera, we’d never get to witness this guy in Revere, Massachusetts jump his car through a traffic circle and flip it on the other side. We really live in a beautiful world.

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America’s Only F1 Driver Has To Give Up His Car Because His Teammate Wrecked

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 10:00am

Things aren’t looking good for American Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant. The Williams racer hasn’t scored points in a race since picking up his first point at last year’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin and topped the list of Formula 1 crashes in his first year. Now, Sargeant is being forced to step aside and let his…

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McLaren Sold Its Soul To Bahrain To Fund Its Next-Generation Supercars

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 9:45am

McLaren has been on increasingly rocky ground in recent years as it struggled to find funding to secure its future. The British supercar maker previously put its headquarters up for sale and turned to the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain for a cash injection. Now, the Middle Eastern country has taken full ownership of…

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These Are The Wildest Cheats, Tricks And Gimmicks In NASCAR History

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 9:30am

The NASCAR Cup Series was founded on the belief that fudging rules and laws was the best way to find success, and that mindset translated from the pre-NASCAR bootlegging days all the way through to today. It’s tradition to exploit the gray areas in the rulebook to come up with something faster and wilder than ever…

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Spanish Automaker Cupra Is Coming To The U.S. With A Sporty Volkswagen-Based EV

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 9:15am

The Spanish carmaker Cupra has been making cooler versions of Volkswagen’s and Seat’s cars since 2018, but its sporty cars are coming to the U.S. by the end of the decade. Cupra will make its big debut in the U.S. of A with an EV version of the Formentor, a crossover that’s quickly become its most popular vehicle to…

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Chevy Is Offering Reimbursements To Early Buyers Of Its Buggy Blazer EV

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 9:00am

GM spectacularly blundered the Blazer EV’s launch by selling cars with debilitating software bugs and thenissuing a stop-sale order, but the electric SUV is finally allegedly ready for consumers. GM even dropped the price of the Blazer EV as much as $6,520 for the LT AWD trim, but what does that mean for folks who bou…

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Readers Say These New Cars Are Unrecognizable From Previous Generations

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 8:45am

We asked readers what cars are the most unrecognizable from previous models and generations earlier this week. It’s amazing what a few decades will do to a person and/or car — for better or worse. Some models go from being beloved SUVs to blobby crossovers, while others go from being coupes or sedans to, well, blobby…

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Henrik Fisker Was A Coachbuilder Before He Started His Own Car Company

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 8:30am

By all other accounts, Henrik Fisker has been pretty successful. He had a hand in designing some of the most iconic cars ever made, like the original BMW X5 and Z8, Aston Martin DB9, and Vantage. However, after years in the auto design business, Fisker decided to leave to pursue making cars. Since then he’s had two…

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Plug-In Hybrid Sales Are Outpacing EVs

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 8:15am

Good morning! It’s Friday, March 22, 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 $4,500, Is This 1992 Mazda Miata A Dirt Cheap Deal?

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 8:00am

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice NA Miata is claimed to be all original, right down to its dull as dishwater paint. Let’s decide if it’s priced accordingly.

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