Toyota Scammed Customers With Maintenance Plan: Lawsuit
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, March 27, 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.
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz rolls in with fresh looks, tech
These Are The Cheapest Lease Deals In March, Catch Them While You Can
Life is unreasonably expensive in our post-pandemic, geopolitically spicy modern world, but life doesn’t wait for prices to fall — if you need a car ASAP and the budget is tight, Jalopnik has your back. This list of lease deals good through the end of Marchis ranked from the cheapest cost per month to the most…
What's The Best Manufacturer Car Color Ever Sold?
Back when the Ford Model T was still rolling off the assembly line, Henry Ford famously insisted on only painting them black. If you wanted a different color, you would have to buy your Model T in black and paint it yourself. Fast forward to today, and, thankfully, that’s no longer the case.
Land Rover Defender Octa Is Coming For The Raptor’s Off-Road Crown
For decades, the Land RoverDefender has been the off-roader of choice for discerning adventurists looking to get out in the wilderness. But then Ford came along with its lifted, more powerful Raptor trim on trucks like the Ranger and Bronco to show how things should be done. Now, Land Rover is promising a comeback…
At $11,000, Would Buying This 2011 Ford Crown Vic Be A Crowning Achievement?
The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Crown Vic says the price is firm, and checking out the car will show why. Let’s see if that firm price is worth checking out at all.
VW to use Mobileye self-driving system for robotaxi service
[VIDEO] Brian Hobaugh and his ’65 Corvette Autocross at the Good Guys 40th All American Get-Together
[VIDEO] Moving Up in the Corvette World from a C4 to a C6 Corvette
It’s Official! MotorTrend Names the Corvette the Most Iconic Car of the Past 75 Years
2025 Audi Q7 receives fresh face
Summit Racing Launches MyGarage – A Social Platform For Gearheads
Conspiracy Theorists Are Already Calling The Baltimore Bridge Collapse A False Flag
“Never let a good disaster go to waste” is the guiding principle of the conspiracy theorist. It’s been only 12 hours since the cargo ship Dali slammed into the Baltimore Bridge, and already Alex Jones, Andrew Tate and all their fellow clowns in the extreme right media sphere have declared the collapse of the Francis…
Here's How The Auto Industry Will Be Impacted By The Baltimore Bridge Collapse [Update]
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore Harbor is already posing a massive disruption to the automotive industry. The port handles imports, exports and parts shipments for major automakers like Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Jaguar-Land Rover, Lamborghini, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubis…
These New Car Models Have Some Of The Worst Markups Right Now
Markups are like a mosquito that the industry can’t get rid of. While it might seem like the markup situation isn’t as bad as it was during the pandemic, you can still find plenty of ridiculous car prices. Worse yet, they’re putting people in bad financial situations: recent data has shown that more Americans are…
[STOLEN] CHP Busts a Californian Chop Shop with $600K in Stolen Corvettes and Camaros
Collapse Of Baltimore Bridge Doesn’t Stop Drivers From Trying To Cross It
Baltimore officials are in a frenzy as the Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship. Search and rescue efforts are underway to locate people who might have fallen into the water during the collapse, and a key thoroughfare to the second busiest port on the eastern seaboard has been…
Ford Explorer EV Finally Goes On Sale, Promises Lower Chance Of Fiery Death
Deliveries of the all-electric Ford Explorer are finally happening, following a delay that Ford announced last August. At the time, Ford said that the Volkswagen-based electric crossover needed a different battery pack that met standards set by the European Union, but CEO Jim Farley contradicted the official position…
Hardcore Defender OCTA SUV to debut in 2024
What’s The Point Of Mid-Grade Gasoline?
If you’re like most of us here at Jalopnik, you’ve probably wondered why gas stations offer mid-grade gasoline when almost every automaker recommends either regular or premium fuel. As it turns out, very few cars are designed to use mid-grade gas, so it exists mostly to coax unknowing consumers into spending more on…