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Beyond Cars (6)

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    If Cities Are Going To Be Packed With Parking Lots, They Should All Have Solar Canopies

    More than 5% of developed land in the United States is dedicated to parking lots. Large cities consume a lot of power, and transferring that power long distances is costly and inefficient. Building large-scale solar farms is often disruptive of local flora and fauna ecosystems. Less importantly, but still an issue, cars left baking in hot parking lots consume more gasoline or electricity to shed solar heat on startup. If anyone were looking for a solution to all of these problems in one simple m

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    Gas Powered Phone Chargers Are Here, But They Might Not Be Your Best Option

    As technology becomes more inescapable and we as consumers feel increasingly alienated, many have begun to seek out more authentic, tangible experiences. Some my find the process of crafting a perfect pour-over more satisfying than operating a Keurig, for example. Others may prefer the process of starting a tiny nitromethane powered engine every time they want to charge their phone as opposed to plugging that phone into the wall. Today there are several products available that deliver just such

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    The New iPhone 15 And 15 Pro Can Call Roadside Assistance Without Cell Signal

    Happy Apple September Keynote day to all those who celebrate. It’s one of America’s holiest days, when consumers across the country — and across the world — huddle around their glass-and-chrome shrines to Tim Cook and Jony Ive, seeking wisdom passed down from the Holy Ghost of Steve Jobs. This year brought the usual bevy of shiny new materials and slightly-rounded corners, but it also came with an upgrade specific to owners of garbage cars: Satellite-enabled roadside assistance.

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    Stop Pressing The Crosswalk Button Over And Over

    I don’t know about you, but when I’m waiting at a crosswalk to make my way across a road, I press the button a lot. Once when I first arrive, again after nothing seems to happen for a few minutes, and then at least three more times before the lights finally change. In my mind, it helps speed up the process of waiting for the lights to change. But according to one TikToker, it really doesn’t.

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    Amtrak's New Trains Can't Hit Full Speed On Its Ancient Track

    America’s railways are rapidly falling behind the rest of the world. Trains are slower, tracks are older and stations are becoming fewer and farther between. Now, rail operator Amtrak is working to change things with a fleet of new high-speed trains, but there’s a problem: the tracks are too old for them to run at full speed.

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    That South Korean Lockheed Martin Apparel Brand Kind Of Rules

    If you’ve set foot online over the past couple weeks, you may have seen the internet’s new favorite fashion brand: Lockheed Martin. Yes, that Lockheed Martin, the one that has to talk about war crimes in its SEC filings, is now what the best-dressed people in South Korea are repping on their hiking pants, hoodies, and trucker jackets. For a mere 100-ish dollars (depending on the item), you too could deck yourself out in techwear from the same company that makes the F35 — and the clothes might ev

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BMW (1)

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    Meet The Neue BMW Concept, Same As The Old BMW Concept

    Last week, BMW unveiled its latest concept: The Vision Neue Klasse, an angular, modern sedan that teases a new design language for the brand’s electric lineup. The Neue Klasse is sleek, striking, and... familiar. A little too familiar.

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Boatlopnik (7)

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    America Needs A New Canal To Connect The Atlantic And Pacific

    America’s reliance on our road system is getting beyond absurd at this point. Road congestion, whether for people or goods, results in over 100 billion dollars per year in wasted time and fuel. Flying is obviously a non-starter as it’s getting more expensive by the minute, and airlines are working diligently to make the experience a living nightmare. No, we need to invest significant national effort in the creation of a cross-country transit canal. Boats are the answer.

    By Bradley Brownell Read More
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    This Is Honda's First Ever Production V8

    Honda’s first production V8 is finally coming...to a marina near you. Honda Marine has debuted the BF350 V8, which will be the brand’s most powerful outboard motor. And yes, it comes with VTEC.

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    Here's How Rich People Dodge Taxes And Laws By Flying Foreign Flags On Their Big Boats

    It may come as no surprise to you that wealthy people and multi-billion dollar corporations will do whatever it takes to skirt paying taxes or following regulations of any kind. So what do you think happens when they spend half a billion dollars on a megayacht? Obviously paying taxes on something you purchased would be too onerous, especially when it can be subverted by just flying another nation’s flag. It’s just a flag, right? Who cares? Your lifestyle is more important than paying taxes or si

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    Marines Are Taking Boat Design Inspiration From Drug Runners

    If you’re part of the U.S. Marine Corps and you need to design a new, tough to track boat, you might be tempted to turn to heavy-hitting scientists and engineers to develop the vessels you need to move weapons in contested waters. Or, you could take inspiration from the people who are already building those hard-to-find boats: drug runners.

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    DEA Raid On Retiree's Yacht Finds Drugs, Guns And Sex Workers On Board

    On Tuesday, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided a 70-foot yacht, the Jess Conn, anchored in Nantucket and reportedly found drugs, guns and sex workers on board. According to the Nantucket Current, they were tipped off after local police received a “report of a female party, on board a yacht, who did not want to be there, was under the influence of narcotics, and possibly has overdosed.”

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    Ferry Crewmates Charged With Homicide After Pushing Tardy Passenger Into The Sea

    A Greek island ferry captain and three of his crewmates are reportedly facing homicide charges over the death of a passenger who was killed after being pushed by crew members into the sea. According to CBS News, the passenger was apparently trying to force his way onto the departing vessel in the country’s port of Piraeus after he arrived late to the dock.

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    Three Sailors Rescued After Multiple Shark Attacks Sank Their Catamaran

    Three sailors were rescued off the coast of Australia after repeated shark attacks sank their nine meter (30-foot) catamaran. On Monday morning, the sailors sent out a distress signal, and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority managed to coordinate a rescue of the crew with the assistance of a vehicle carrier that happened to be nearby at the time of the attack that sank the catamaran.

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Buying (22)

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    2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV: A Disappointing Plea To The Female Buyer

    In introducing the 2024 Tonale, Alfa Romeo repeated a common refrain: The Italian brand has too long catered to an older male audience; now, it’s time to expand the demographic targets to encompass the ever-elusive woman. The Tonale would be the company’s first effort in developing a subcompact SUV with this subset of buyers in mind — but when I finished my week-long test drive, I couldn’t help but find myself a little disappointed. I’d heard so much about Alfa’s demographic research, its effort

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Aw, VinFast Thinks It's A Real Car Company

    VinFast, a company that makes bad cars and then apparently sells them back to itself, has big plans. The automaker is eyeing scale and expansion, with plans for new factories in Europe and North America, and it wants the sales to match: 50,000 EVs sold in 2023 alone. The only problem for VinFast is that this goal doesn’t seem to be possible.

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    These Are The Last Under $20,000 New Cars Left In The U.S.

    Things are dire on the new car market right now if you’re looking for basic transportation. Average transaction prices have been trending toward the 50 grand mark for the last three years at least, and part of the reason for that trend has been the total gutting of the inexpensive end of automakers’ new car lineups.

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    Your Next Project Car Should Be This Rivian R1T

    If you have a Rivian R1T truck that has been rear-ended and you need to get your “unipanel” replaced, maybe it would be easier to just buy a whole Rivian shell and transfer over all of the parts from your wrecked one. Or maybe you’ve always wanted to LS-swap a Rivian because GM won’t sell you an Avalanche anymore. Or maybe you want to see what a Rivian is like when it’s running on Tesla motors. Maybe you want to turn a truck shell into a treehouse for your kids. This is your chance, because ther

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    Jeep Might Be Killing The V8 Wagoneers: Report

    The Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are the most luxurious Jeeps ever made. They’re also some of the largest and thirstiest vehicles on the market. That may change slightly, as Car & Driver reports that Jeep may be dropping both Hemi V8s from the Wagoneer’s lineup.

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    The 2024 Nissan Z Is The Track Special For People Who Don't Know About Other Cars

    Nissan’s Z isn’t exactly a revolutionary car, even for a brand not known for refreshing its product more than once every couple of decades, but when it debuted, it definitely got people all fired up. Part of that, I suspect, is that many folks have a soft spot for Z cars and others just like anything that’s rear-wheel drive and available with a manual transmission.

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    Now's A Great Time To Get A Deal On A Jeep Gladiator Because They Aren't Selling

    The Jeep Gladiator was one of the most anticipated new Jeeps in recent memory. Jeep was giving buyers its first pickup in 28 years — the brand’s last foray into the segment was the compact Comanche. It combined the hot selling Wrangler with the always hot-selling pickup truck and seemed like an obvious sales hit. But not long after its debut, sales started to slump. That was in 2020, and the sales slump has continued to get worse. So much so that Cars Direct reports that Jeep dealers are throwin

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    Someone Has Been Trying To Sell This Saab 9-4X For Over Two Years

    Ah, Saab. We miss you. The 21st century hasn’t been kind to the brand, after it was killed/sold off by GM to Spyker only to be sold to a Swedish EV startup that never did anything with it. Back when Saab was still in GM’s hands, it managed to make one of its rarest vehicles, a crossover called 9-4X. And someone in Oregon has been trying to sell one for the last two years.

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    Tesla Owners Usually Buy Another Tesla But Are Begging For More Options

    It may come as no surprise to you that Tesla buyers are incredibly loyal to the brand. An impressive 72.8 percent of Model 3 buyers, for instance, are buying another Tesla after or in addition to their Model 3. That’s a higher percentage of brand retention than pretty much any other brand on the market. Model S buyers are 59.9 percent loyal to the brand, while Model X and Model Y buyers are less loyal because the brand doesn’t really have anywhere for them to migrate to.

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    EV Sales Growth In The U.S. Is About To Hit New Highs, Experts Say

    If you study the macroeconomics of new technology adoption, there is a theoretical curve showing just how something exciting breaks into the mainstream. The first 15-ish percent of people to buy into something are considered early adopters, and EVs have certainly burned through that market like wildfire. Once annual sales in a given market settle into the range between five and ten percent, it’s on a trajectory to leap “the chasm” into mainstream buyers.

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    Electric Vehicle Sales Are Increasing Exponentially: Report

    Do you ever feel like you’re constantly hearing about electric vehicles? It turns out, there’s a good reason for that — people keep buying them. Every year, EVs make up a higher percentage of vehicles as a whole than ever before. Now, according to a new report from Bloomberg, the march of the EV is happening faster than ever.

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    The 2024 GMC Acadia Is Just 6 Inches Shorter Than A Yukon

    GMC is slowly overhauling its lineup. The Sierra and Canyon were recently updated, and the Yukon got its big redesign for the 2021 model year. Now comes a redesign of the automaker’s midsize crossover, the Acadia. This new design comes with some big changes, this biggest of which are in the size department.

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    Cadillac Gives The CT5 A New Face And Big Screens For 2025

    Sedan sales have slowed the last few years, even in luxury. Cadillac is still in the category, though, now with an updated CT5 sport sedan for 2025 with a nip and tuck in the styling department and something that’s all the rage right now: huge screens in the interior.

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    You'll Never Be As Good As Niki Lauda, But You Can Drive His Car

    Mercedes held a special event for 1984 that promised to be the single competitive event with the most former Formula 1 World Driver Champions in history. A twelve-lap exhibition race between nine of the twelve then-living champs was held on the Nürburgring’s then-new Grand Prix circuit [with another 11 F1 drivers participating] each driving identically-prepared Merc 190E 2.3-16s, like this one. F1 rookie driver Brazilian Ayrton Senna won that race from Niki Lauda (who would go on to win the cham

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    Cadillac's 2023 CT5-V Blackwing Is Not My Idea Of A Caddy But It's A Real Ripper

    I hate what Cadillac has become in the last couple of decades. The brand’s decision to compete with the Europeans by becoming edgier and sportier is, in my opinion, one of the industry’s bigger blunders. The current Escalade is basically perfect. There’s also Caddy’s decision to spend a boatload of cash on a twin-turbo V8 engine called the Blackwing, and then scrap it after putting it in one model for two years of production, and then inexplicably reusing that name on V8 performance models witho

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    2024 Lotus Emeya: This Is It

    Electric cars have a problem, one that’s unrelated to charging or range or the environment: They’re just too dang heavy. For Lotus, traditional purveyor of lightweight, nimble track cars, this presents a real struggle. How do you stick to “simplify and add lightness” in the electric age?

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Advice (8)

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    The Mazda3 Is The Best Car For A New Driver

    If you are a new driver, whether that be a teenager who is just getting their license or perhaps an adult who is leaving the city for the suburbs, it’s easy to get bogged down on what car to buy. We’re here to make this easy for you, just get a Mazda3.

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    How The UAW Strike Could Impact The Car Market

    For the first time ever, all three of America’s major automakers — GM, Ford, and Stellantis — are facing a strike from the UAW. The core of the labor dispute is that the CEOs of those brands got some pretty hefty pay increases, while the folks that actually make the cars haven’t really seen the benefits of the companies’ record profits. Depending on how long the strike goes on, consumers could face some challenges when it comes to buying certain models.

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    You're Probably Researching Your Next Car Purchase All Wrong

    Buying a vehicle will be one of the most expensive purchases for many consumers. So, most savvy shoppers will spend some time and conduct product research on what make and model will best fit their needs, budget, and lifestyle. Despite a slowly improving market, the problem is that there is still a disconnect between what you should buy and what you can buy.

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    My Old Tahoe Has Got To Go! What Car Should I Buy?

    Tim is from San Antonio and has a 20-year-old Chevy Tahoe approaching 300,000 miles. He isn’t sure how much more life he can squeeze out of that rig, so he’s looking for a replacement that can tow and haul the family in comfort. What car should he buy?

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Culture (58)

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    Arrest Made In Drive-By Shooting Death Of Tupac Shakur

    Las Vegas police have reportedly arrested a man for the deadly 1996 drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. According to Bloomberg, it’s a long-awaited break in the case that has stumped investigators since the hip-hop star was gunned down on the Vegas Strip 27 years ago.

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    California Town Will Pay You Not To Drive Your Car

    In an effort to curb the driving habits of its citizens, the Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority is rolling out a new pilot program with the city of Santa Monica. It’s called the “One Car Challenge,” and the program will pay 200 residents of households that have multiple vehicles a weekly stipend to use just one of their cars, according to The Los Angeles Times.

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    UAW Strike To Expand This Week Unless 'Serious Progress' Is Made

    The United Auto Workers union is reportedly planning to strike at more Big Three facilities starting on Friday, September 29 if “serious progress” isn’t made in labor negotiations. According to Reuters, UAW President Shawn Fain plans to announce new targets at 10 a.m. on Friday, and workers will then walk out of those sites at noon. The outlet adds that the UAW is expected to continue the walkouts currently underway until a new contract is ratified.

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    2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness: What Do You Want To Know?

    Subaru reserves its Wilderness pack for only its most capable vehicles, with cars like the Forester and Outback previously using the extra ground clearance and rugged accessories to bravely go where no Subaru has gone before. Now, the Japanese company’s smallest model is getting the Wilderness treatment and we’re off to see what it’s like.

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    The Citroën Type Holidays Is The Raddest Camper Van Of All

    The vanlife thing has lost some steam lately, going from a full on fad at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to a passing trend. That’s too bad for Citroën, as it just debuted the best camper van from a major automaker by far, called the Citroën Type Holidays. It’s only a concept for now, but Citroën says the van is a preview of an upcoming range of campers to be unveiled by the end of 2023.

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    Jalopnik Investigates: Is Travis Kelce Taylor Swift's First 'Car Person' Love Interest?

    Taylor Swift is probably the most famous person in the world right now. She’s broken all kinds of records with her Eras Tour, is releasing a seemingly never-ending stream of albums packed full of bangers and is collecting awards like they’re going out of fashion. But now, the internet is ablaze with rumors of her fledgling relationship with certified car guy and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

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    30 Minutes Of Honda CRX Restoration Heaven Awaits You

    Honda’s CRX is one of those few universally loved cars that never really got a second chance. Sure, big H came out with the CR-Z, which kind of scratched the itch aesthetically but didn’t keep to the CRX’s lightweight ethos. The CRX is also one of those cars that was so cheap for so long (not anymore, though) that you hardly ever see a super nice one anymore, except on YouTube. Like now.

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    This Beetle Runs And Drives

    Glassblower and VW builder Steve Lodi recently showed up to a VW show with a beetle so low it looks fake. Dubbed the Half Ass, the little bug is just the upper half of a 1974 Beetle body mounted on a homemade go-kart style chassis. Power comes from a 1993 80cc Honda Elite scooter. Here it is in action:

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    Long Roof Fans Converge This Weekend For Wagon Fest

    The sixth-annual Wagon Fest PNW is set to be hosted this weekend at LeMay - America’s Car Museum (I’ve co-hosted Radwood events there before, it’s a great venue). It’s billed as “The largest gathering of grocery getters in the universe” and it sure looks like a great time. I myself am a wagon man, and if I weren’t a few thousand miles away, I’d certainly be there.

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    Finally, A Convertible Bentley You Can Actually Afford

    The dream of zipping along a coastal road at sunset in a pristine convertible Bentley is a pretty lush one to have, if you ask me. But sadly, as the going rate for a new convertible Continental is north of $200,000, it’s one that’s reserved for the rich and famous. But now, there’s a new drop-top Bentley that may make that dream more accessible.

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    These Are The Best 80s And 90s Cars From Radwood And Motor Vice

    There was only enough room in my last post for a dozen or so of the coolest 1980s and 1990s cars that I saw this weekend. Between Saturday’s Radwood Detroit and Sunday’s Motor Vice Midwest 5, there were hundreds of amazing cars from the era of vibrant colors and loud music. Click through to see a few dozen more great ones!

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    Here's How A CVT Works And Why You Don't Want One

    A lot of car enthusiasts hate continuously variable transmissions because they’re bad to drive. (Here’s a full list of cars with CVTs, if you’re curious.) Even in a car where driving enjoyment isn’t as high as fuel economy on the design brief, the sensation of matting the throttle, listening to the engine rev, and then accelerating much more slowly than you’d expect is a bummer. Some automakers and suppliers build them better than others, and they do have their advantages, but they can be very f

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    Wisconsin Driver Finds 7-Foot Python Sleeping On Their Engine

    If you live in Wisconsin, I imagine the biggest threats to your car are things like the potholes on the roads, rust from all the cheese brine that’s sprayed across the highways in winter and maybe your fellow road users. One thing I wasn’t expecting to hear about terrorizing drivers in the state is massive snakes.

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    The Factory That Built The Ferrari Testarossa Is Sitting Abandoned In Italy

    There’s something eerie and endlessly intriguing about exploring abandoned buildings. Standing in a forgotten space, you can feel the living that happened there and face that it has — like everything eventually does — ceased. It can feel like walking right up to the edge of death and gawking at the permanent void. Anyway, Forgotten Buildings on YouTube recently had the opportunity to poke around Pininfarina’s abandoned San Giorgio factory that was once part of the “World’s Longest Assembly Line.

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    Arkansas State Trooper PITs Wrong Car, Retires From Force

    PIT maneuvers rarely end well. They’re aggressive, dangerous, and far too often result in someone’s death. But if you’re a state cop who’s absolutely determined to enter a pursuit and to send a car spinning or flipping off the road, at least do this one little bit of due diligence: Make sure it’s the right car.

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    There Were Two '80s And '90s Car Shows In The Midwest This Weekend And I Went To Both Of Them

    There is nothing more appropriately 1980s than nostalgia for the 1950s, and as a millennial living in 2023, there’s possibly nothing more appropriately modern than nostalgia for the ’80s and ’90s. I think being part of the last generation that grew up in pre-internet times we have a collective longing for those simpler times. Likewise I’m sure having watched in real time the rapid advancement of communications technology over our lifetimes has accelerated nostalgia.

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    The Incredible Saga Of The Lost Antarctic Volkswagen Beetles

    Normally, when planning an expedition to Antarctica, you might look for a beefy vehicle for wandering the great wasteland of snow and ice. Something like the building-size Antarctic Snow Cruiser, or the tough Soviet-made Kharkovchanka. You’d probably over look, say, a 1960s Volkswagen Beetle.

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    Here's The Push You Need To Start Your Own Local Car Gathering

    When I first moved to Cleveland about two years ago, I wasn’t exactly enthralled with the local car gatherings. Any of the big cars and coffee type events got overrun with revving supercars, kids looking for TikTok clout, and hooligans trying to turn it into a sideshow. Most of the cruise-ins are certified boomer bait, complete with “look but don’t touch” signs, restoration documentation in a photo album, and a crew of oldies in lawn chairs mean mugging anyone who drives a four-cylinder. I knew

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    It's Every Car For Itself On The Risky Roads Of Guadalajara, Mexico

    The chaos of Mexican roads never ceases to amaze me. No matter how many times I’ve driven there — whether it’s just south of the border, or the great Mexican North, or the capital city itself, CDMX — I’m still left gobsmacked by the feeding frenzy that is Mexico’s public road system.

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    Over 100 Cars Are Indefinitely Trapped In A Collapsed Parking Garage At A Hospital In Florida

    The parking garage of a hospital collapsed on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida, trapping over 100 cars belonging to hospital staff and patients. Nobody was hurt in the partial collapse, but car owners were told their vehicles will stay in the parking garage pending a full investigation by engineers, according to WJXT. Just when that’s going to happen is unclear, however, and the unlucky owners are now being told their cars are indefinitely stuck.

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    Watch Automaker CEOs Struggle To Justify Their Own Salaries

    The United Auto Workers Union is on strike against all of the Big Three automakers for the first time in history, and a big reason for that is compensation. The UAW is asking for – at the top end – 40 percent wage increases over four years. Meanwhile, GM and Ford haven’t come up past 20.

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    Biden Blamed For UAW Strike By Chamber Of Commerce

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of the nation’s most prominent business groups, has decided to blame President Joe Biden directly for the United Auto Workers’ strike, according to Politico. Unsurprisingly, the prominent business group decided it is not the fault of the companies workers are on strike against.

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    Honda Needs To Bring Back The Element, Damnit

    Honda’s current vehicle lineup is pretty good. The Accord looks better than it has in years, the Civic is amazing, and both the Odyssey and Ridgeline are perennially great (despite the death of the HondaVac in the former). Where things could use some help is in its SUV lineup.

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    EV-Swapping Classic Cars Doesn't Really Make Sense

    The electric era is coming, whether we all like it or not. It’s an exciting time — new propulsion methods, new forms of tuning and modifying, a whole new world of power adders to consider. But if you’re thinking about updating your classic car to the 21st century, you might want to hold off for a few more years.

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    These Are The Most Dangerous Roads In The World

    Roads have been a vital aspect of human society since time immemorial. People have always needed to transport themselves and goods from one place to another. Humanity has built roads across some of the world’s most inhospitable terrain. Some roads have lasted the test of time from when most travel was animal-powered into an age of motorized transportation. However, roads have been dangerous for just as long. Here are the most dangerous roads in the world:

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    A Mother And Daughter Got Trapped In A Rental Tesla After It Ran Out Of Charge

    Now that EVs are filling out rental fleets around the U.S., drivers are going through an adjustment period full of hazards and inconveniences. A mother and daughter from Gurnee, Illinois, became trapped inside of a Tesla from Hertz, which the company rented out to them in lieu of an ICE-equipped sedan the woman had reserved in advance. After the dead Tesla stranded them, Hertz tried to put the woman on a do-not-rent list, despite being responsible for much of the trouble, as the woman tells CBS

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    VinFast Is Mostly Selling Cars To Itself

    A majority of the 11,300 electric vehicles VinFast has sold worldwide this year were to… itself. Barron’s reports that over 7,000 EVs were bought by Green and Smart Mobility. It’s a Vietnamese taxi company that is – you guessed it – controlled by Vingroup, owners of VinFast. The news comes from a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that also shows some wild information about who owns VinFast stock, but we will get to that in a second.

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    Look How They Massacred My Boy

    Americans’ tastes in cars keep getting bigger. This sucks — big cars are worse for the world, worse for your wallet, and worse for all the people they mow down. But now, the American obsession with size has come for our most beloved vehicle: The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe.

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    London's Millionaires Actually Used Their Supercars For Good

    If you’re ever driving into London in the UK, there are a few things you need to watch out for on the way in. First, there’s the Congestion Charge that you’ll have to pay if you go to the city center, then there’s the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) fees that were expanded last month to cover the majority of the UK capital. Now, an armada of rich people armed with their shiniest supercars have swarmed London to protest that expansion and highlight some of its shortcomings.

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    Watch A Tesla Cybertruck's Wheel Cover Whiff Off And Go Airborne On The Highway

    Traditionally, things are supposed to stay attached to cars as they drive down the road. It’s a bit of a safety thing. It would be bad if something were to fly off your car, soar into the air, and come down straight into traffic. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to the wheel cover on a pre-production Tesla Cybertruck driving down a highway in California.

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    Tesla Model 3 Finally Gets Feature Other Cars Have Had For Decades

    Tesla unveiled its refreshed 2024 Model 3 last week with an updated face and slightly redesigned interior, but the really big news here is that the Model 3 is finally getting something that’s been available in much cheaper cars for over a decade now. That’s right, you can now get a Model 3 with a blind spot indicator. Woah.

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    Volkswagen Needs To Make The 550-HP Electric ID.X A Reality

    Volkswagen has been offering electric cars in America since the launch of the ID.4 electric SUV back in 2020 and, while its EV lineup is due an ID.Buzz-shaped shakeup soon, it’s not the most exciting battery-powered range out there. All that would change, however, if the German company decided to make this, the ID.X.

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    This Guy's Obsession With A Rare Porsche Color Borders On Lunacy

    Is there a non-driving element of a car that influences your perception of it more than a paint color? There’s something emotional about a vintage sports car in a truly great color. Whether it’s a color you’re very familiar with and it evokes nostalgia, or it’s an exceedingly rare color you’ve never seen before, it’s going to have an effect. The first time I saw an old Porsche painted in Moonstone, a pale purple color only available in 1979 and 1980, I was instantly smitten.

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    GM Is Paying Dealers Thousands To Pick Up Inventory Themselves

    General Motors has a new plan for getting dealers their inventory: Come pick it up yourselves. Thousands of retailers have reportedly been frustrated by logistical bottlenecks and slow-moving new vehicle shipments from factories, so now GM is paying dealers up to $1,050 for each vehicle they pick up from four of its most important assembly lines. Automotive News reports that over 3,100 retailers have already taken the automaker up on the offer this year by picking up 25,000 cars and trucks.

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    Europe Is All In On SUVs Now

    For the first time in the history of Europe, over half of all new vehicles sold were SUVs. According to data from Automotive News Europe, sales of SUVs grew 23 percent in the first half of the year to 3.37 million. That gives them a market share of 51 percent — up from 48 percent at the same time last year.

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    Someone Was Crazy Enough To Jump A Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato And Film It

    The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato is absolute madness. It’s the antithesis of what a supercar should be. It’s wild but it’s also “one of the best Lamborghinis ever,” as our own Kyle Hyatt described it when he drove it earlier this year. But just how wild can it get? YouTuber Mark McCann recently found out when he launched the Sterrato of a jump on a dirt road.

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    Tesla Cybertruck Windows Smash, Fenders Break Off In Rollover Test

    It now looks like Tesla might actually be maybe finally nearing the release of its ridiculous Cybertruck electric truck, after years of delays and broken promises. We’re slowly seeing prototypes and pre-production models crop up in all kinds of settings, such as on the back of trucks, in Tesla promo shots and hidden around the back of the company’s Texas factory. Now, a Cybertruck prototype has cropped up on TikTok and it’s looking a little worse for wear.

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    A Lada Niva Tries To Jump Across Rooftops And Fails Spectacularly

    A crew of amateur filmmakers and one brave stunt driver were busy at work driving a Lada Niva off a building and capturing the footage for the world to see. Well, the crew and stunt driver were trying to jump off the roof of one building onto another, driving the notoriously slow but hearty Niva off a ramp. As you can guess, the Michael Bay stunt went less successfully than the crew intended.

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    Porsche's 1981 928 S Is A Big, Luxurious German Trans-Am

    Porsche’s 928 is undergoing a bit of a renaissance right now. People are really beginning to appreciate the brand’s only V8-powered two-door coupe as something other than a weird branch off of the main Porsche timestream, and that’s awesome. While the 928 being envisioned as a replacement for the 911 in the 1980s is completely batshit (thanks, Peter Schutz, for helping the world dodge that bullet), it was always a really neat engineering exercise and, frankly, a really nice car to drive.

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    American Highways Kill Animals In So Many Different Ways

    Sadly, a dead animal by the side of the road is an all too familiar sight for many drivers in America. On a recent trip upstate, I lost count of the number of dead deer left by the side of the road or other animals flattened into obscurity by hundreds of car tires. But now, a new report warns that America’s roads are doing much more damage to the country’s wildlife.

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    Toyota Says Factory Shutdown Was Due To 'Insufficient Disk Space'

    Toyota has confirmed the halt at every one of its production facilities in Japan was not caused by a cyberattack. In late August, Toyota’s 14 Japanese production facilities went offline in a massive and inexplicable stoppage. Even early on, hackers weren’t on the list of suspects, and the real cause is much more embarrassing than a cyberattack: Toyota simply ran out of disk space.

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    Heavy Rain Flooded Burning Man, Stranding Over 70,000 In The Desert

    Festival-goers at Burning Man were stranded through the weekend after heavy rain turned the Black Rock Desert into a makeshift mud pit. More than 70,000 attendees were ordered to shelter-in-place until Monday, according to Axios, due to persistent rainfall; the area reportedly saw the equivalent of two to three months of rain in a span of just 24 hours, stranding thousands of people who’d driven there with trailers and RVs in tow. The road was opened Monday, but the subsequent traffic jam led to

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    These Are The Most Screwed Cars At Burning Man

    Despite what the rich people at Burning Man this year may say, things have been a bit of a disaster. Record breaking rains completely flooded the part of the Nevada desert where the annual festival takes place, and it completely fucked up roads.

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    Rays Wheels Are Expensive, But It Turns Out There's A Good Reason Why

    People spend a lot of time talking about forged wheels vs cast wheels. What does that mean, and why are forged wheels typically so much more expensive than cast ones? Is it because the traditionally unionized dwarf clans of the undermountain charge high hourly rates for their skills? Maybe, but actually, it’s because forged wheels start with better materials and undergo considerably more processes to reach their final form.

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Car Design (2)

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    What Even Is A Crossover Anymore?

    What is a crossover? I’ve always understood the definition to be “SUV ride height with unibody construction” — muddy in cases like the GLA and Crosstrek, sure, but relatively consistent otherwise. Others will say that crossovers have to occupy the middle ground between small cars and big SUVs, basing the definition on size rather than construction. Neither definition, crucially, is based on the vehicle’s shape.

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Chevrolet (1)

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    2024 Corvette E-Ray: What Do You Want To Know?

    Chevrolet was a bit behind the rest of the world in moving its tentpole sports car to a mid-engine platform. Once the Corvette had caught up however, the engineers set their sights on pushing the envelope even farther. Lately, hybrid sports cars have been a bit thin on the ground, limited largely to seven-figure hypercars and Acura’s NSX. Will Corvette be the high-power hybrid to find wider-spread market success?

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Concept Cars (2)

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    This Is Not The New NSX

    Acura first announced plans to kill off its halo sports car, the NSX, in 2021. At the time, the company’s chief hinted that this might not, in fact, be the end for the famed sports car, adding that we could one day see an electric NSX out on the highway. Now, it seems like parent company Honda is ready to unveil the battery-powered beast, but sadly it won’t look like the car you see here.

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Crashes and Safety (8)

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    Driver Choking On French Fry Smashes Into Rental Car Location

    A driver in Kentucky crashed into a rental car location yesterday because he was choking on a french fry. McDonald’s is well-known for its french fries and it’s difficult to deny how delicious they are. After picking up a fresh order of fries, it’s extremely tempting to reach into the bag while pulling out of the drive-thru. This presumably led to an incident far more costly than any large combo meal from the Golden Arches.

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    Dealership Drops, Smashes Brand New Corvette Z06 Before Delivery

    These days, car deliveries can be delayed for all kinds of reasons. Maybe your new ride is held up because the ship carrying it bursts into flames, or production of it might be pushed back due to parts shortages. Now, one very unlucky Corvette shopper is looking at lengthy delay for their delivery after their 2023 Z06 was dropped by the dealership.

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    Chevy Silverado Mounts Corvette C8 In Bizarre Crash

    In a bizarre moment of brand misfortune, a Chevrolet Silverado ended up mounted atop a Corvette C8 in Colorado. However, no one who responded to the scene seems to know how this incident took place. It isn’t surprising that it could happen considering the size disparity between the two starkly different vehicles.

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    Minnesota Driver Survives Fiery Crash After Running Stop Sign

    A driver in a Chevrolet Impala running a stop sign in Minnesota yesterday resulted in a fiery crash overturning a tractor-trailer. We often forget that the vehicle in your driveway weighs at least a ton, is composed of flammable materials, and can easily travel a mile per minute. Most cars and trucks could be categorized as weapons, and some people have used them as such. Failing to drive responsibly immediately endangers ourselves and others.

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    A Random Office Chair Smashed Through A Car Windshield In Utah

    The errant, disembodied base of an office chair smashed into the windshield of a car along I-15 in Lehi, Utah. A family of five had gone out for tacos on the weekend only to be met by the spinning metal base of the chair, hurtling through the air like an overgrown ninja star. The incident was captured by the dash cam of the Eaton family car, the make and model of which is unclear.

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    Woman Chases Down Gary Busey After He Hit Her Car With His Volvo C30

    Actor and weird guy legend Gary Busey was chased down by a woman who said he rear-ended her BMW X3 in Malibu and then fled the scene last week. According to TMZ, she was driving down the Pacific Coast Highway when Busey sped out of a shopping center in his Volvo C30 (!!!) and crashed into her back bumper. Instead of pulling over, Busey ran off.

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    Pregnant Woman Survives After Tornado Tosses Her Car

    A young pregnant woman walked away mostly unscathed after a tornado lifted her car off the ground, flipped it in midair, and caused it to crash into another car traveling alongside her on the road. The 21-year old tells WCSC that she’s grateful to be alive after the accident, but goes on to say that her first thought was for her baby, whom she feared may have been hurt in the unusual crash.

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Found For Sale (7)

Jalopnik Explains (1)

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    These Are The Best Jalopnik Explainer Posts Ever

    From SEMA to Suzuka to your local streets, the automotive world is as far-reaching topically as it is geographically. Jalopnik has explained matters big and small, ranging from why you can’t open and unlock a car door at the same time to how racing’s governing body requires aspiring racing drivers to build their résumé to be eligible to race in Formula One. Here are some of the best explainers from over the past few years:

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Motorcycles (11)

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    2024 BMW R 1300 GS: This Is It

    Right now, it seems like everyone wants an adventure bike. Motorcycles like the Yamaha Tenere 700, Aprilia Tuareg 660, and Harley Davidson Pan America seem to be flying off dealership lots as fast as the factories can churn them out. But what about the original ADV, the progenitor of the category? Is the BMW boxer twin content to let these newcomers eat its lunch?

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    Off-Road Motorcycling Might Be The Most Fun You Can Have On Two Wheels

    For years, I’ve dreamed of two-wheeled adventure. It’s why I bought my old G310GS, the baby adventure bike that served as my true first motorcycle. It’s also why I sold that little BMW, and upgraded to a more dirt-capable F800GS. But, for all that buying and selling, I’d never really taken a bike off-road. That needed to change.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More
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    The Cool New Honda We Were Begging For Will Come To The U.S. After All

    Everyone seems to love an adventure bike. After all, they’re kind of perfect — capable, comfortable, able to do anything and everything all of the time. So when Honda introduced its middleweight ADV for the European market, we here in the States begged for it. I begged for it. Turns out, begging works.

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    Saint Unbreakable Denim Jacket, Armored Jeans Protect Motorcycle Riders Without Looking Silly

    I am extremely new to riding motorcycles, but even before I knew much about the whole bike thing, I knew one thing was incredibly important: having the right gear. Obviously, I was looking for something that offered great protection, but I was also on the hunt for gear that wouldn’t make me look like a total dweeb when I was off the bike, just walking around. Luckily for me, Saint, and its Unbreakable series of motorcycle riding apparel, was exactly what I was looking for.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More
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    The Aprilia RS 457 Is A Gorgeous, High-Tech Beginner Sportbike

    America is the Wild West for motorcyclists: You can get your learner’s permit, swing a leg over a Hayabusa, and wheelie yourself into an early grave without running afoul of any pesky legal entities — it’s a little thing called freedom. But over in Europe, there’s something called A2 licensing, which puts strict limits on the horsepower and power-to-weight ratio for beginner motorcycles. When everything makes 46.9 horsepower, how do you build a bike that stands out?

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    I Cannot Overstate The Importance Of A Good Motorcycle Helmet

    Two weeks ago, I embarked on my first offroad ride with my BMW F800GS: 100 miles of mixed dirt, gravel, pavement, and mud, stretching from Massachusetts’s southern border to the town of Greenfield. I came back from that trip a better rider — one with experience riding in mud, gravel, and with limited traction. I also came back from that trip concussed.

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    Off-Roading A Gold Wing, While Carrying A Dirt Bike, Is Peak Dudes Rock

    We’ve all been there — you find a cool moose skull in the woods, but it’s too far off the road to hike it back. You could bring your enduro bike out to carry it, but you still need to get that bike to the trail somehow. Worse still, your Sherco isn’t exactly built for hauling cargo — you probably want that skull on the back for as little time as possible. What do you do? Do you give in, and live the rest of your life knowing there’s a cool moose skull out there that’s just beyond your reach?

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News (171)

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    Consumer Reports' Most Reliable Fuel-Efficient Midsize SUVs In 2023

    If you’re in the market for a midsize SUV, it can be easy to get overwhelmed with all the options. The good news is, unless you accidentally stumble into a VinFast dealership, there aren’t really any bad options anymore. But who wants to spend all day driving to every dealership in your area test-driving crossover after crossover?

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    Someone Is Already Trying To Flip A Fisker Ocean

    Against all odds, Henrik Fisker’s latest car company actually built a car. And not just a single car, either. Production numbers aren’t particularly high just yet, but the Fisker Ocean is officially rolling off the assembly line at Magna Steyr’s factory in Austria. Considering how many companies fail to get to that point, it’s a huge accomplishment. So of course someone is already trying to flip one on Cars & Bids.

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    This Shorty Ram TRX Is An Adorable Little Beast

    Ram recently announced that the TRX will go out of production at the end of the year, which really isn’t surprising. In a way, it’s cool that it was ever sold in the first place, but even the name made it clear that the TRX was a dinosaur. It was a truck for a different time. A time when you didn’t have to worry about air quality or climate change or any of the pedestrians you ran over. It’s also a massive truck and arguably too big. But what if the TRX was actually small?

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    Deer Discovers A Gruesome New Way To Die: Jumping Off An Overpass Into A Car

    Deer really only love one thing; getting smashed up by cars. They’ll go to almost any length to get run over, obliterated, maimed etc. As long as it’s a fast moving car striking their body, preferably fatally, they’re enthusiastically onboard. Which is why it’s not shocking to hear that a doe in New Jersey recently leapt off an overpass, timing the jump perfectly to land in the windshield of a driver below.

    By Rory Carroll Read More
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    Rain Is Drowning New York City Transportation

    It is raining in New York City. A lot. So much so that it’s pretty much drowned the entire public transportation system, and now streets are flooding all over the city as its ancient infrastructure does its best to deal with the five inches of rain that have fallen in the past 12 hours.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More
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    Michael Gambon, Dumbledore Actor And Top Gear Test Track Namesake, Has Died

    Michael Gambon has died at the age of 82 after a “bout of pneumonia,” CNN reports. An accomplished actor for more than 50 years, Gambon performed on Broadway, appeared in more movies and TV shows than we care to count and even lent his voice to video games. To most people, he is best known for playing an elderly wizard, but among car enthusiasts, he is known instead for the legendary driving skills that he demonstrated on Top Gear’s old test track.

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    Florida College Cops Say Increased Traffic Stops Are 'Educational'

    A Florida police department has ramped up traffic enforcement at a few intersections on a college campus. The increase coincided with complaints sent in by a local resident, but the initiative hasn’t led to a matching uptick in citations. The campus’ head resource officer stated the stops are meant to be educational. Though, I wouldn’t say that the best place to learn about driving safety is in the middle of getting pulled over.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More
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    'Dead End:' Workers At Non-Union Auto Plant Trump Visited Say The Place Sucks

    Former President Donald Trump decided to (somewhat) follow in current President Joe Biden’s footsteps on Wednesday by speaking to auto industry workers in Michigan, something Biden did the day before. However, Biden spoke with striking United Auto Worker union members at a GM picket line, and Trump pretty much held a standard rally at a non-union parts manufacturer called Drake Enterprises.

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    A Federal Government Shutdown Will Likely Make Flying More Hellish Than Normal

    If there’s one thing Republicans love, it’s shutting down the government. Sure, that means temporarily leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees and contractors without paychecks, hurting the economy, and generally creating an all-around hassle for millions of people, but apparently, it’s worth it if it means they get to shout about how being gay should be illegal, and the government should control what clothes people wear. For those who don’t work for the federal government, one of the

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    Giant Snakes Continue To Slither Into Cars' Engine Bays, And We'd Really Like Them To Stop

    If you opened your car’s hood and found something like a squirrel or a kitten in your engine bay, you’d probably be surprised, but at the same time, it’s far from unheard of. These kinds of things happen. Heck, you might even find a possum in there for whatever reason. But what about a snake? And what if that snake also happened to be an eight-foot-long boa constrictor? As it turns out, that recently happened at a dealership service department in South Carolina.

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    Truck Stops Want In On Those Sweet EV Roadtrip Dollars

    For the most part, as long as you have regular access to charging, even just a basic cable plugged into a wall outlet, you can daily an electric vehicle around town without running into many problems. Sure, you can find an old Nissan Leaf with only 50 miles of range left to cover your weekend errands, but even a Chevrolet Bolt will do just fine on a weekly basis even in the suburbs. The real challenge comes if you want to take your EV on a road trip. That’s something that requires a lot more pla

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    Cigarette Sparks Explosion Inside Dodge Charger, Starts House Fire

    A woman hopping inside a Dodge Charger for a cigarette sparked an explosion that destroyed the car, burned down a significant portion of her home and left her with third-degree burns. How could a cigarette cause so much destruction while sitting in a driveway? A propane tank was being stored in the back seat with the windows rolled up.

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    HHR Driver Strikes Five Workers On United Auto Worker Picket Line Near Flint

    Police in Genesee County, Michigan, are on the hunt for the driver of a Chevrolet HHR who hit five striking United Auto Workers union members yesterday evening while leaving General Motors’ Flint Processing Center. After hitting the picketers, the driver fled the scene, WNEM reports. Two picketers were hospitalized due to their injuries but at the moment do not appear to be in serious condition.

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    Man Attacks Car With Kids In It With A Knife Because He Thought It Was Parked Illegally

    Florida may get most of the attention when it comes to wild crimes, but Georgia still has plenty of unhinged people ready to give Florida a run for its money. Remember, this is a state where more than 1.7 million people voted for Herschel Fucking Walker instead of a literal pastor to represent them in the Senate. The latest incident involves a Georgia man who attacked a car with a knife simply because he thought it was illegally parked in a handicapped spot.

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    Stewart-Haas Will Run "Talladega Nights" Schemes For This Weekend's Superspeedway Race

    Stewart-Haas Racing has announced that two of its cars will race at Talladega this weekend in the Wonder Bread and Old Spice paint schemes made famous in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” Love it or hate it, it’s impossible to deny the impact that the 2006 sports comedy had on NASCAR. While there have been a few tribute liveries, a team has never gone all-in and rebranded as the fictional Dennit Racing team in all but name.

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    Joe Biden Becomes First Sitting President To Join A Picket Line

    Joe Biden just became the first U.S. President to join a picket line. On Tuesday afternoon, the President met with United Auto Workers union members and their president, Shawn Fain, at a picket outside a GM plant in Wayne Country, Michigan as the strike enters its second week.

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    You Can Already Buy A T-Shirt Of Travis Kelce And Taylor Swift In His Chevelle

    Among fans of American football, Travis Kelce is known for being one of the best tight ends of all time. Among car enthusiasts, though, he’s also known for being one of us, regularly driving a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle convertible and hosting the Kelce Car Jam, an annual car show that serves as a fundraiser for his 87 & Running Foundation. But this weekend, it wasn’t the Kelce Car Jam that got all the coverage, nor was it his seven catches, 69 yards, or touchdown in a blowout win against the Bears

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    2024 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Makes 512 HP, Runs A 13.0-Second Quarter-Mile

    If you can afford the high price tag, the Porsche Cayenne is one of the best luxury SUVs you can buy. It offers a rare combination of sporty and fun-to-drive while still being comfortable and quiet, and the Cayenne S might be the best of the bunch. With a 4.0-liter V8 making 468 hp and 442 lb-ft of torque, you’re never going to be short on power. One of the biggest downsides, though, is that it’s only rated at 17 mpg combined. If that’s a problem for you, then perhaps you’ll want to consider the

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    This $41,000 China-Only EV Sports Car Has All The Right Specs

    Chinese start-up SSC says it will be unveiling a brand-new customer-ready electric sports car for deliveries later this year. It’s called the SC-01, and if everything the company is saying about the car is true, it could be the most exciting driver-focused electric car since the original Tesla Roadster. The specs sound damn near perfect with 429 horsepower on tap in a car weighing just about 2866 pounds. The manufacturer says the car will be about the size of an Alpine A110 or Audi TT, making it

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    Six Dead After Train Hits SUV In Florida

    A freight train hit an SUV over the weekend, killing six, ABC reports. The crash took place Saturday night in Hillsborough County, Florida. Three adults and three children were killed. One passenger survived but is reportedly in critical condition.

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    Portland Driver Somehow Survives Getting Run Over By Semi-Truck

    We know cars are safer than they’ve ever been, but it can still be shocking to see the kinds of wrecks that people survive. Take, for example, a crash that took place over the weekend in Portland. Somehow, a car ended up underneath a semi-truck, completely destroying the top half of the car. And yet, the driver is still alive.

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    Deadly Marching Band Bus Crash In New York May Have Been Caused By Blown Tire

    Last week, we reported that a charter bus carrying high school students crashed in New York, but at the time, there weren’t many details available. We knew that the bus had fallen down an embankment and that one person had died, with dozens more injured, but information was limited. Now, ABC 7 News is reporting that investigators believe a blown front tire may have been the cause of the crash that sent the bus tumbling 50 feet down a slope.

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    The Car Market Balloon Is Deflating

    For the first time in several years, car prices are actually cooling, and dealers and manufacturers are once again offering cash incentives for new vehicle purchases. With the inflationary explosion we’ve seen in the last three years, it’s nice to have a slight reprieve, despite the fact that average transaction prices nearly reached $50,000 at their peak, and remain about 25% higher than they were prior to the 2020 industry shakeup. There are a bunch of reasons for that, including waning demand

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    A New App Lets You Video Chat With The Cop Thats Pulling You Over

    Encountering the police in general can suck. It can be even worse when you’re a person of color. But LAs ABC7 reports that the Los Angeles County Sheriffs are trying something a bit different to improve interactions between the public and police. A new app is being tested that will allow people to video call the officer that’s pulling them over.

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    This Person Had Their Rental Car Seized By Cops, And Avis Made It Worse

    I can’t think of much worse than booking a rental car on a vacation and coming outside to see it gone without a trace. Where do you go? What do you do? You probably had some important stuff in there. You’re in an unfamiliar town with only rideshares to get around. That’s nightmare fuel. One person apparently had that exact thing happen to them when their Avis rental car was seized by police on account of an incorrect stolen vehicle report.

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    Florida Ten-Year-Old Steals Mom's Car For 200-Mile Road Trip

    What’s the naughtiest thing you did when you were younger? Did you sneak some whiskey from your parents’ liquor cabinet and replace it with apple juice, or were you more like the kind of kid that would run rampant through a farmer’s field of wheat? Or maybe you’re like this Florida duo, who stole their mom’s car and drove 200 miles before being stopped by the cops.

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    Thousands More Auto Workers Walk Off The Job Today As Union Strike Expands To 38 More Facilities

    The United Auto Workers strike has expanded from three facilities to 41, as contract negotiations continue to slog on. Ford and the UAW have come together to form a tentative agreement, and while there is still a lot of work to be done, the union has chosen not to expand its striking efforts against Ford facilities. General Motors and Stellantis, meanwhile, have provided lackluster offers and counteroffers, but have given no indication of working hand-in-hand with union representatives. With a d

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    "You Strike, You're Fired": United Auto Workers File Complaint Against Sen. Tim Scott

    The United Auto Workers’ historic strike against the Big Three seems to have broken some folks’ brains. The majority of Americans are in favor of the strike, but those with something to lose — CEOs, news outlets, even the richest man in the world — have all shared some less-than-supportive opinions. Now, it seems senators are joining in, with the wildest takes yet.

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    Widow Sues Google Over GPS Route That Sent Husband Off Collapsed Bridge

    A woman in North Carolina is suing Google after her husband drove a Jeep off of a collapsed bridge and drowned in a creek last year. Her attorney claims the man was following Google Maps in the dark when the fatal crash took place. Drivers have grown reliant on GPS-based mapping services for navigation, but federal regulators have warned providers over the dangerous inaccuracies in their tools.

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    People Are Dying On American Streets In Record Numbers And We Don't Have A Good Solution

    Cars are safer than they have ever been, with an ever-increasing number of driver assistance systems, advanced impact safety, and more airbags than you can count. Unfortunately, cars are getting better at protecting their occupants, but the roads and the drivers are getting worse at an unsustainable rate. 2021 was the deadliest year since 2005 with 42,939 people killed on American roads, and 2022 saw another 42,795 perish.

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    Hyundai N Are Finally Doing Something With That Retro-Futuristic EV Sports Car

    It’s impossible to ignore how much Hyundai’s design team is killing the game right now. The clearly-Giugiaro-inspired throwback designs it is producing are absolutely rad to the max. The Ioniq 5 looks a treat, and that kind of retro 80s-aping design is the next big thing if you ask me. Making a small-ish sport coupe based on the same architecture would be wicked, and I really hope that’s what Hyundai is doing with the N division’s first unique sports car design. The allegedly-on-its-way N74 coul

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    One Dead, Dozens Injured In High School Student Bus Crash

    A charter bus carrying Long Island high school marching band members crashed today, killing one student and injuring dozens more, reports the New York Times. Five of those injured were reportedly taken to the hospital in critical condition. The bus fell down an embankment and ended up on its side, but it is currently not clear what caused the crash. It’s been reported that the bus was one of six that was heading to a Pennsylvania marching band camp.

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    People Are Supposedly Falling For This Obvious 'Pump Switching' Scam

    As if drivers didn’t have enough to worry about, here comes something else. 6ABC reports drivers are being warned about a new gas station scam out of Pennsylvania called “pump switching.” This cannot possibly be a real problem, and sounds like another fake police story, but here we go:

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    Anti-Union Elon Musk Helped Push The UAW Toward Historic Strikes

    Tesla boss and richest man in the world Elon Musk has a long history of opposing unionization and paying lower total compensation. The electric car company in Texas is non-union, and Musk would like to keep it that way. The pioneering EV maker has caused the rest of the American auto industry (and indeed globally) to change their own practices. It’s had a ripple effect that helped lead to the current UAW strike.

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    EVs Might Not Cost A Butt Load Soon

    One of the biggest hurdles to electric car proliferation is the cost. According to Cox Automotive new EVs are selling on average about $5,000 more than gas-powered vehicles — $53,469 vs. $48,334. While government incentives can negate some of that gap, and electric cars don’t need pricy gasoline or as much maintenance to drive around, consumers still don’t view EVs as a bargain buy. That might be about to change.

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    Polestar 3 Designer Hates When Cars Are 'Potato-Shaped'

    With a base price of just under $84,000, the Polestar 3 won’t be cheap. But if you can afford it, it looks like it’s going to be a stylish, desirable electric crossover with plenty of power. Recently, Australia’s WhichCar got a chance to sit down with the designer, Nahum Escobedo, to talk about the 3.

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    Frequent Flier Miles Have Become A Currency Of Their Own

    Frequent flier programs were initially intended to reward passengers for remaining loyal to one particular airline instead of hopping carriers for the lowest airfare. However, these programs have gradually shifted over decades into de facto financial institutions with airmiles becoming a self-regulated currency. The Atlantic published an article today that recounts the path airlines took to reach this point in the wake of Delta Air Lines’ transforming its SkyMiles program to focus solely on spen

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    These Are The Worst Drivers You've Ever Met

    If you think about it, half of all drivers are below average. But there’s a big difference between being below average and being absolutely terrible at driving. Unfortunately, since we have such relaxed requirements for getting and keeping a driver’s license in this country, those terrible drivers still manage to stay on the road even if their insurance premiums are through the roof.

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    Hackers Can Use Bluetooth Speakers To Steal Your Car

    Modern cars are filled with all kinds of tech to make them safer to drive, more entertaining to handle, and, supposedly, more secure. In spite of this, the rate of car thefts across the U.S. has been steadily rising in recent years, bolstered by budding hackers uncovering weaknesses in cars from the likes of Kia and Hyundai.

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    Broken Gas Line Causes Massive Road Fire In Atlanta

    Residents living in southwest Atlanta were greeted with a massive fire burning on Sylvan Road this morning thanks to a broken natural gas line. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the fire was caused by a contractor who was working on a four-inch gas line and damaged it, resulting in a fire that burned up his tractor. The fire then spread and surrounded a nearby Chevron gas station.

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    Singapore Airport Will Ditch Passports For Biometrics In 2024

    Singapore is aiming to alleviate stress and make travel more seamless by replacing passport checks with biometric scans. One of the most anxiety-inducing aspects of international travel is the paperwork. Travelers must ensure that they have all the necessary up-to-date documents to traverse borders legally. It usually boils down to panicking while looking for your passport’s expiration date after you already bought airline tickets to a faraway destination, then worrying that you left your passpo

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    Truckers' Piss Jugs Are A Real Problem

    I hate to break it to you, but if you thought that Piss Jugman was an actual mascot, that is not, in fact, the case. The Celina 52 Truck Stop is actually a satire account, and you may remember it from the time it posted a photo of an Amy Schumer lookalike allegedly spending her Cranking the Hog Rewards Points to get a new Monster Energy mini fridge. But just because Piss Jugman isn’t real doesn’t mean truckers’ piss jugs aren’t still a real problem.

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    Florida Man Arrested After Allegedly Stealing Over $9,000 Worth Of Gas

    Fuel theft in Florida is apparently big business, especially with how high gas prices have been, with some stealing thousands of dollars worth of gas from Florida gas stations. Now, another individual has allegedly been caught stealing over $9,000 worth of gas from just a few stations, according to Fox 35.

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    Stop Calling Shawn Fain A "Union Boss"

    It is no more fair to call Fain anyone’s boss than it is to call President Joseph Biden your boss. In March of this year the former was elected president of the United Auto Workers union, for the first time in the union’s history by direct majority-rules election. Many in the media have taken to using the phrase “UAW Boss” as shorthand to refer to Fain—despite the fact that no union president is a boss—including Fortune, The Hill, Politico, Business Insider, InsideEVs, and even NPR.

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    How Elon Musk Helped Cause An Avalanche Of Hate For A Journalist Covering A Hit-And-Run

    This journalism stuff isn’t always easy, especially when folk on the internet decide to barnstorm you over misconceptions and online bigotry. It certainly doesn’t help when the richest man on Earth repeats those bullshit assumptions for his gaggle of rabid fans. One journalist found herself in this position, but she’s not letting Elon Musk or his hungry, hate-filled followers on X slow down her important work.

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    Some Countries Are Already Talking About Walking Back Fossil Fuel Car Bans

    In the wake of the United Kingdom Prime Minister opening discussions on potentially delaying the country’s ban on the sale of new gas and diesel cars, we thought it might be a good idea to look at how well some countries are prepared for their own self-imposed bans. How many countries are actually on track to meet their zero emissions mandates, and what are they doing—or not doing—to keep things on track. We’ll also take a look at some states here in the U.S.

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    The SCG Boot Is A Desert Racer That's Somehow Street Legal

    We get to drive a lot of cool cars here at Jalopnik, but we don’t necessarily get to drive everything. Ferraris, for example, are still off the table, but it’s hard to complain too loudly when Ruf lets us get behind the wheel of the SCR. Still, one car we’re disappointed we haven’t gotten a chance to drive is an obscure off-roader designed for desert racing by the same guy who created a race car intended to be driven to the track, raced and then driven home. Yes, we’re talking about the SCG Boot

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    Ohio Taxpayers Will Help Pay For 'Flying Taxi' Dream

    Flying taxis; Who are they for? We have no idea. Will they work? No one knows that either, but Ohio state officials announced this week that flying taxi startup Joby will be building hundreds of them in a heavily state-subsidized facility.

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    The Very Real Piss Jugman Is On A Mission To Clean Up Truck Stops

    Truckers may not get as much attention as other blue-collar workers, but the economy would literally collapse without them. Unfortunately, like in many industries, companies aren’t exactly willing to pay them enough and put a ton of pressure on them to do more work for less pay. Which means they don’t always have time to do things like take time to stop and pee in an actual bathroom. That leads to them relieving themselves in bottles, which they also don’t always take the time to dispose of prop

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    Invasion Of Influencers Leads To Closure Of Cute Farm Road

    Social media-driven travel has become the norm in recent years, with influencers flocking to beautiful destinations to create viral posts. The influx of unruly tourists overwhelming the infrastructure of small localities has significantly outweighed any financial benefit. An area of scenic Vermont has had enough and decided to close to a heavily visited road to everyone except residents for the height of the fall foliage season.

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    Driver Slams SUV Into Stopped Police Cruiser, 4 Injured

    A police traffic stop on the Southfield Freeway in Detroit was anything but routine early Sunday morning. A driver plowed his SUV into the back of a Michigan State Police patrol car. WWMT reported the massive crash left the stopped car’s two occupants, the state trooper and the SUV’s driver all hospitalized with non-critical injuries. Michigan State Police suspect the person behind the wheel of the SUV was driving impaired.

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    Minivan Rear Seats Aren't Nearly As Safe As They Should Be

    Here at Jalopnik, we’re big fans of minivans. They may not be as cool as SUVs, but they’re just so damn practical it’s hard to care. And besides, it’s not like anybody’s saying, “Damn, check out that badass Toyota Highlander.” But as the latest Insurance Institute for Highway Safety test shows, none of the minivans currently on sale in the U.S. excel where you would hope they would: rear seat safety.

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    Tesla Is The Most Shorted Automotive Stock, Well Ahead Of Rivian And Ford

    Tesla’s stock has been a wild ride of ups and downs over the last twelve months, seeing a high value of just over $300 per share last September to a low value of $108.10 per share in January. Things have rebounded for the electric automaker with shares currently trading hands at $262.80. With little more than a disappointing Cybertruck and a barely facelifted Model 3 on the horizon, and delay after delay befalling the company’s semi truck and sports car efforts, many investors are actively betti

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    The 'Tesla Road Rage' Guy Who Terrorized SoCal Had A Violent Past

    “Tesla Road Rage Guy” Nathaniel Radimak literally terrorized Southern California freeways in late 2022 and early 2023 before he was arrested in February. Road rage is one thing, but this guy was something else. While his reasons for the attacks appeared to be random, the LA Times shows Radimak had a history of violence that might explain his random outbursts.

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    Gamble On Your Life In This Beyond Sketchy $800 Two-Door Honda Civic

    Due to low sales, Honda gave the Civic Coupe the axe for 2020. We were all sad to see it go, but at least there’s still the used market for anyone in search of a two-door Civic. Years after the pandemic began, though, used car prices are still far higher than we would like them to be, so even buying used Civics is an expensive proposition. But what if we told you that you could buy a two-door Honda Civic for only $800? Wouldn’t that be pretty exciting?

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    A Third Worker Has Been Killed By A Remote-Controlled Train

    A remote-controlled train struck and killed a railroad worker in a CSX railyard on Sunday. Freight railroad safety has been under intense scrutiny since the Norfolk Southern derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. After this recent fatal incident, railroad unions are demanding an industry-wide review regarding the use of remote-controlled locomotives.

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    Ex-Philly Cop Allegedly Recorded At Least 30 Sexual Assaults In The Back Of His Police Car

    Former Philadelphia police officer Patrick Heron was arrested last year over what CBS News Philadelphia described as “a long list of charges related to unlawful sexual contact with a person less than 13 years of age, photography depicting sex acts with young girls and retaliation and harassment against victims and witnesses.” This week, the same outlet reported he was back in court, with prosecutors alleging that Heron had recorded some 30 sexual assaults in the back of his police cruiser.

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    'Tesla Road Rage Guy' Gets Five Years In Prison

    Southern California victims of road rage have finally received a small bit of justice. LA’s ABC 7 reports a notorious road rage driver who gained the name of “Tesla road rage guy” has been sentenced to five years in prison for his actions.

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    Retired NBA Star Lamar Odom In Yet Another Car Crash Over Weekend

    Retired NBA star Lamar Odom was involved in yet another car crash last week. WFMZ reports that the wreck took place in Los Angeles at about 3:00 a.m. on Monday morning and that he is currently “totally fine.” Odom was reportedly on his way home from a friend’s house when, according to his spokesperson, “his phone fell and it dropped on the floor and when he reached out for it, his arm went with it.”

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    A Woman In Maryland Won $50,000 Playing The Lotto With Her License Plate Numbers

    What are your go-to lottery numbers? For an anonymous 50-year-old woman in Baltimore, the answer to that question was the numbers of her car’s license plate. When she bought her car a few years ago it came with a plate that included the numbers 9-1-1-0-4 and initially didn’t like them. She reportedly requested to change her plate numbers, but ultimately decided it wasn’t worth the hassle and settled with the numbers she got. Now those numbers have netted her a $50,000 lottery win from a $1 ticke

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    Rideshares And Robotaxis Are Making Traffic Worse

    MIT professor Carlo Ratti and data scientist John Rossant warned in a San Francisco Chronicle joint op-ed this weekend that robotaxis will be a blight on American cities. Their proof? That ridesharing has been a blight on American cities. The result of rideshare, particularly inexpensive rideshare like Uber Pool, has been a reduction in walking, biking, and public transit at the expense of more cars on streets. The goal was less traffic, and it actually made traffic worse. Ratti and Rossant bel

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    Colorado Cop Who Left Handcuffed Woman To Be Hit By Train Given Probation And Community Service

    Jordan Steinke, the former Colorado police officer who left a handcuffed suspect in her patrol vehicle, which was later hit by a train, was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. She won’t, however, receive any jail time. The Denver Post reports that instead, she has been sentenced to 30 months of probation and given 100 hours of community service. She was also acquitted of attempted criminally negligent homicide.

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    Consumer Reports Says These Are The Cars With The Biggest Current Discounts

    If you’re shopping for a new minivan, it’s hard to beat the Toyota Sienna’s combination of reliability, practicality, good gas mileage and available all-wheel drive. But as Tom pointed out recently, the only way to get one is to either wait a long time for an allocation or to pay a big markup in order to skip the line. And the Toyota Sienna is not the only vehicle on the market where demand far outpaces supply. It’s a real problem for a lot of shoppers.

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    Florida Man Arrested For Setting Ex's Jaguar On Fire

    The Miami-Dade Police Department has arrested Melvin Alain Cintron, a 37-year-old Hollywood, Florida, man, for intentionally setting a car on fire last April, Local 10 News reports. The car in question, a Jaguar XE, reportedly belonged to his now ex-girlfriend. Oh, also, the ex-girlfriend is apparently his cousin. So that’s probably going to make any future family reunions at least a little awkward. Then again, it is Florida, so it’s also entirely possible they won’t be the only ex-cousin-lovers

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    Best Of 2024: The Vehicles Vying To Be NACOTY

    The North American Car of the Year might not matter much to car enthusiasts, but the award remains a significant and coveted honor for the automotive industry. After the EV6 won in the utility vehicle category last year, Kia produced a North American Utility Vehicle of the Year Limited Edition version of the electric crossover. The Korean automaker showed off the lengthily titled trim at Pebble Beach this year.

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    Tesla CEO Elon Musk Temporarily Removed UAW's Twitter Verification Following Strike

    If you haven’t already heard, the United Auto Workers union is officially on strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. Currently, only three plants are involved — Stellantis’ Toledo Assembly Complex, Ford’s Wayne, Michigan plant and GM’s Wentzville, Missouri plant, but you can expect strikes at more plants in the future if the Big Three don’t manage to reach a fair contract with the UAW. So, of course, it appears Elon Musk decided the best thing to do would be to remove the UAW’s Twitt

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    Trump Seeks UAW Support With Anti-EV Stance

    In the middle of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, on the brink of maybe the largest UAW strike in history, and embroiled in a somewhat messy electric vehicle production ramp-up nationwide, former President and Fulton County co-defendant Donald Trump took to social media to bash EVs and Biden in hopes of gaining UAW support for his 2024 presidential re-election campaign. On Truth Social, Trump posted this week that Biden administration policies will make it so “the Great Sta

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    UAW Workers Are Fighting For An Almost Forgotten American Dream

    Around 13,000 UAW members went on strike against all of the Big Three automakers Friday, shutting down three plants in the Midwest. One of the first plants to go down is Ford Assembly in Wayne, Michigan, where Jalopnik spoke to strikers about their hopes for their historic collective action.

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    Nearly A Fifth Of IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Cars Are Electric

    Ahead of the 2024 model year the IIHS stepped up the requirements for its highest Top Safety Pick+ award. Previous winners aren’t grandfathered into the award and must increase their safety standards to continue to be sold as a TSPP awarded automobile. Notably, this year the independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries, and property damage is requiring more strict side-impact test results and has added a new nighttime vehicle-to-pedestrian

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    United Airlines Flight Depressurizes And Drops 28,000 Feet In Ten Minutes

    A United Airlines flight across the Atlantic Ocean was forced to plunge 28,000 feet over ten minutes due to a cabin pressurization issue yesterday. Modern commercial airliners are designed to survive and stay aloft after a multitude of complications. These heavy multi-engine aircraft are even rated to fly with only a single powerplant. However, the passengers are still human. We need oxygen to breathe and our immediate environment needs to be a survivable temperature.

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    Georgia Mayor Wants To Penalize Owners Who Leave Unsecured Guns In Their Cars

    So far this year, about 1,200 guns have been stolen out of cars in Atlanta. But despite what suburbanites outside the perimeter may tell themselves, that’s not just an Atlanta problem. It’s a problem throughout the entire state. According to WSB-TV, about 14,000 guns are stolen in Georgia every year. And the mayor of Savannah is so sick of it that they’re ready to introduce a new ordinance that targets irresponsible gun owners who leave them in their cars unsecured.

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    WestJet Caught In Labor Dispute After Canadian Politician Hijacked Flight's PA System

    The skies are already unfriendly enough, from scorching cabin temperatures on the tarmac to sexual assaults during flights. The last thing anyone needs is the leader of a political leader grabbing a PA system handset to give a speech, but Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, did exactly that on a WestJet aircraft just before a flight. The airline blames the cabin crew for the incident, while the flight attendants’ union refutes the claim and is demanding an apology.

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    Tesla's Carmaking 'Breakthrough' Also Comes With Plenty Of Downsides

    After previously announcing that it would be able to cast the front and rear subsections of the Model Y in a move to cut costs and reduce complexity a couple of years ago, it sounds like Tesla is close to another engineering breakthrough. Five people recently spoke with Reuters, claiming Tesla will soon be able to cast essentially the entire underbody in one piece. Theoretically, that would allow Tesla to develop a new vehicle in two years or less and cut costs even further, allowing it to actua

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    America's Truckers Have Nowhere To Park

    Parking is a touchy subject in the United States right now. Whether you’re talking about new construction parking minimums in cities, street parking being removed in favor of bike lanes, or metered parking rates, it seems everyone has an opinion about where they put their wheels when they aren’t turning. But perhaps the biggest parking crisis facing the country right now is parking for long-haul truckers.

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    Car Insurance Prices Are A Major Factor In Recent Inflation Surge: Report

    The average new car transaction price in August — $48,451 — was down 2.4 percent from the start of 2023, marking the largest decrease in the last decade. That’s a great reprieve from the soaring heights of early this year, but current prices are basically identical to what they were in August last year. So while new cars are still quite pricey, they weren’t a factor in last month’s 3.7 percent inflation numbers. Likewise, used car index prices declined 1.2 percent. But car insurance, however, is

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    NASA Is Taking UAPs Seriously

    NASA announced Thursday it is appointing a director research to study unidentified aerial phenomenon, also known as UFOs, following the recommendations of an independent panel of 16 researchers.

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    Cruise Ship Runs Aground Above Arctic Circle In Greenland

    Icebergs and glaciers used to be the greatest threat to ships crossing the North Atlantic Ocean a century ago. Luxury voyages now explicitly head further north in the Arctic Ocean for sightseers to experience first-hand the gradually melting wonders of the world’s iciest regions. A cruise ship ran aground above the Arctic Circle just off the coast of Greenland earlier this week in yet another example of humanity’s hubris.

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    Record For Longest-Range EV Set By German University Students

    The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX concept was designed from the ground up to be the “most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever built,” and a little over a year ago, it managed to drive nearly 750 miles on a single charge. That’s the kind of range that puts pretty much every other electric vehicle to shame, but a team of German engineering students just drove an EV they built more than twice as far on a single charge. That’s an accomplishment they claim makes it the longest-range electric car in the world.

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    LA County Is Asking For The Public's Help To Fight Street Takeovers

    Street takeovers have been getting worse in Southern California. If you live near a freeway or major street, at any time of the night you’re bound to hear burnouts, donuts or racing. It’s dangerous, and the their frequency has seemed to increase. It’s gotten to the point that the LA Times reports that LA County officials are looking to the public for advice on how to deal with street takeovers.

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    China Is Mad At EU Over EV Market Probe: Report

    The European Union launched an investigation into the recent “flood” of Chinese-built electric vehicles this week. European Commission President Urula von der Leyen unveiled discussions that Chinese EV makers are massively benefiting from government subsidies, creating unfair trade imbalance. The EU probe is designed to investigate the potential for tariffs to level the playing field, and what the impact of said tariffs may be.

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    Another Ohio Used Car Dealership Is Getting Sued For Rolling Back Odometers

    Rolling back odometers on used cars and then selling them as if they’ve accrued far less mileage than they actually have is definitely illegal, but that hasn’t stopped some used car dealerships from doing it anyway. Over in Ohio, the Mega Group will be the fourth used-car dealership to come under scrutiny from state Attorney General Dave Yost.

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    Jim Cramer Says OEMs Should Move American Auto Manufacturing To Mexico In Response To UAW Demands

    It’s the last day for the Big Three to come to an agreement with the United Auto Workers union before the contract expires and the UAW plans to go on strike. We’re still holding out hope that they’ll be able to reach a fair deal before tomorrow, but it’s entirely possible that they won’t. Considering the impact that a strike against all three automakers at the same time could have on the economy, it’s got a lot of people talking. Including, unfortunately, Jim Cramer.

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    Taco Bell Sign Crushes Car Sitting In Drive-Thru

    Most drivers are familiar with the steady procession through the drive-thru lane at the typical fast-food restaurant. It almost feels like a ritual to ease up to the menu, place an order over the intercom, and then make your way to the window. However, you never expect that half your car will be crushed before you’re handed a receipt.

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    The Biden Administration Wants To Spend $100 Million To Fix The Country's Broken EV Chargers

    EV charging in this country still sucks. From too much tech to simply being unreliable, there’s still no practical incentive to buy an EV. No matter how many tax discounts the government can offer, no one wants a car that they can’t charge because all their local infrastructure is broken. Thankfully, many of those broken chargers may not be down much longer. The Verge reports the Biden Administration is spending $100 million to fix broken ports.

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    Mercedes Thinks CLA Concept's DRLs Will Be The Electric Equivalent Of A Cool Exhaust

    The latest Mercedes-Benz CLA concept may not exactly be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s still a pretty cool little car. Aside from the sleek design and futuristic cabin, it also promises 466 miles of range, which should convert to a little less than 400 miles of range in EPA testing. The most controversial part of the design, though, is definitely the daytime running lights embedded into the grille surrounding an illuminated Mercedes badge, which unfortunately sounds like it will make it to prod

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    Oil Companies Work To Harvest Lithium From Fracking Wastewater

    The transition to electric vehicles has increased demand for various minerals, including nickel, cobalt and lithium. This has created geopolitical issues for the United States, with the People’s Republic of China refining a majority of the world’s lithium production. Now, the oil and gas industry is trying to capitalize on the Biden administration’s efforts to bolster the country’s domestic lithium supply.

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    Ford Quietly Unveils New Logo On 2024 F-150

    Ford just revealed the 2024 F-150, and while it’s not the most extensive mid-cycle refresh that we’ve ever seen, the new F-150 now includes the 2.7-liter turbocharged V6 as standard instead of the old 3.3-liter naturally aspirated V6. Plus there’s a fancy new tailgate with a little door built into it that Ford says should be more convenient for owners, an optional modular grille and new shocks for the Raptor. But if you look closely, you may also notice that the Ford logo on the front is ever s

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    Mispainted Yellow Line On I-95 Fools Driver Assistance Systems

    The current group of companies chasing the dream of putting a mass-market driverless car into production has yet to clear several significant hurdles. The current state of semi-autonomous driving technology still has systems being confused by the slightest deviations from standard road markings. A mispainted yellow line has caused problems recently on an interstate highway in Florida for cars equipped with driver assistance technology.

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    House Explodes After Stolen Car Crashes Into It

    One of the downsides of living in such a car-dependent society is that every now and then, people drive their cars into houses. Sometimes, multiple people even crash their cars into the same house. It’s a massive inconvenience for the people who live there, often requiring extensive (and expensive) repairs before the house is safe to live in again. But at the same time, at least they still have a house to come back to. For the owners of a Oneida, New York, home, though, that’s not exactly the ca

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    The New Ford F-150 Knows When It's Being Stolen

    The current Ford F-150 is about halfway through it’s life now and that means its time for a bit of a sprucing up. While the standard trucks comes with more driving assistance systems, the real big upgrades are focused on Ford’s performance models, the Raptor and Tremor.

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    As Cars Get More Connected, Cars Are A Soft Target For Hackers

    If you want a Tesla with heated rear seats, you have a couple of options. First, you can pay Tesla $300 to have them activated. That’s the easy route, but it’s also frustrating to know your car is equipped with heated seats that you have to pay to use. Alternatively, as Patrick George reports in The Atlantic, you can simply hack your way in and activate the heated rear seat option yourself. That’s the option three Ph.D. students from Technische Universität Berlin and an independent researcher we

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    'She Had Limited Value': Officer Caught Laughing About Grad Student Killed By A Cop Doing 74 In A 25

    A Seattle police officer has been caught on bodycam footage laughing at and making fun of the death of a young woman who was struck and killed by a cop responding to a call in his cruiser. In the two-minute-long video, reported on by The New York Post, we can hear Officer Daniel Auderer — who serves as the Seattle Police Guild’s Vice President — saying the dead 23-year-old grad student had “limited value” and the city should “just write a check.”

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    Video Shows Someone Smashing A Cruise Robotaxi With A Hammer

    It seems like residents of San Francisco’s frustrations with Cruise and their malfunctioning robotaxis have come to a head. Unfortunately, it’s a bit violent. SFGATE reports on a video that shows an unknown individual allegedly hitting one of the robotaxis with a hammer.

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    One Dead After Lost Wheel Smashes Through Windshield On Indiana Highway

    Typically, while you’re driving, you only need to be terrified of other drivers. But as we’ve learned over the years, other drivers aren’t the only things you need to worry about on the road. Maybe a wooden plank could fly through your windshield. Or perhaps a chain link will break and fly through your windshield. Heck, someone might even throw a spear through your windshield. But let’s also not forget about the risk of flying wheels coming through your windshield, either.

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    Atlanta Officials Push To Outlaw Booting Cars

    Booting cars is big business in Atlanta. The city may be in charge of booting vehicles on public streets, but apartment complexes, businesses, parking lots, and other private property owners make it very profitable for private booting companies to operate in the city. Now, some Georgia lawmakers are working on legislation to end the practice.

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    SpaceX Starship Grounded Until It Actually Works Right

    SpaceX’s Starship rocket may sound great in theory, especially if you believe Elon Musk is going to get humanity to Mars one day (if he’s not still too busy blaming the Jews for the drop in Twitter’s ad revenue) but the last launch didn’t exactly go well. In addition to blowing up, it also caused an incredible amount of environmental damage, leaving behind a 385-acre debris field and causing a 3.5-acre fire. Understandably, the Federal Aviation Administration would really prefer it if SpaceX did

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    Ponder The Mindset Of The Human Who Would Create This Beast

    I’ve admitted in the past that I like the Chevrolet SSR. It’s wrong of me, and I know it, but I can’t help having a soft spot for a two-door convertible truck with a near-400-hp V8 and a manual transmission. It’s 100 percent a car for boomers, and I won’t pretend that it isn’t. But this particular Chevrolet SSR is so boomer it hurts. But in kind of the best way possible?

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    Musk Turned Off Starlink In Crimea Before Ukraine Attack On Russia: Report

    News sites like the Washington Post and CNN reported last week on excerpts from a new Elon Musk biography that alleged Musk intentionally disabled Starlink satellites over the Crimean coast to scuttle a Ukrainian submarine drone attack on a fleet of Russian ships. Now, just a day before Walter Issaacson’s biography is set to be released, these sites have clarified that the excerpt “mischaracterized” Musk’s goals. Instead, it has been clarified that Musk had already turned off Starlink satellites

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    No One Helped The First Credible Victims Of Alien Abduction

    Nothing ends an optimistic faith in the goodness of government quite like an alien encounter. Our own Navy pilots have been terrified of losing their jobs for decades about coming forward about strange things in the sky, so why would anyone believe an average couple from New Hampshire?

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    Check Out These Special Valve Stem Caps That A NASCAR Team Used To Cheat Tire Pressure Rules

    Two weeks ago, the No. 98 truck of Ty Majeski had to serve a significant penalty during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Milwaukee Mile. During pre-race inspection, officials discovered that Majeski’s valve stem caps were illegal as per NASCAR’s rules; the No. 98 lost its crew chief for the weekend, it lost points, and Majeski had to serve a drive-through penalty during the race. NASCAR is using it as an educational experience.

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    Someone Got A New GMC Canyon AT4 Stuck At 14,000 Feet On A Colorado Hiking Trail

    We’ve all done something stupid while driving in the past. In my case, it was not looking up what Old Dale Road was before exploring it in a stock 2009 Subaru Forester. We very easily could have ended up stranded in the middle of the desert on a hot day, praying that someone in a Jeep would drive by and rescue us. Thankfully, that didn’t happen, and I finished the trail only slightly worse for the wear. So clearly, I’m in no position to lecture this particular pickup truck driver about what they

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    LA's New Back-In-Only Parking Spaces Are Causing Chaos

    Parking can be a hassle, especially on a busy street in a busy city or area. Parking that requires you to back in, in said busy area or on a busy street, is a whole different type of animal. But as The L.A. Times reports, that’s what some L.A. drivers are dealing with now as the city has installed its first back-in-only parking spots. They’ve become a subject of chaos and division.

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    Watch A Typhoon Push A Car Backwards As It Drives Into The Wind

    Southern China has been battered by Typhoon Haikui. High winds and the heaviest rains in recorded history have flooded cities like Hong Kong and Shenzhen, injuring multiple people and compounding damage already created by last week’s super typhoon Saola. Even though Haikui was downgraded to a tropical depression after making landfall, its devastation has been as shocking as the images coming out of the region.

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    Tesla Is Promising A $25,000 Car Again, This Time Inspired By The Cybertruck

    Back in 2018, then again in 2020, Elon Musk promised that Tesla would bring a $25,000 electric car to market within three years. The pandemic may have messed with our collective perception of time, but I’ve done the math, and it’s been five years since that initial promise and we still don’t have that $25,000 Tesla. Never fear, though! Musk’s biographer, Walter Isaacson, has provided Axios with a tasty scoop: That cheap EV is coming, and it’s going to be built alongside a robotaxi. There is no

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    These Are The Cars You Say Had The Worst Engines

    All engines come with tradeoffs. Some lack horsepower but make up for it with a lot of torque. Some are glorious to wring out but will cost you thousands of dollars in repairs down the line. Some aren’t particularly powerful but get great gas mileage and will last forever with only regular oil changes. Some are basically perfect, but getting a car with one costs a small fortune.

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    Cruise CEO Thinks The Robotaxi Hate Is 'Overblown'

    What do you get when you have a company create, develop and test a technology no one asked for with obvious technical issues in the fifth largest city in the country? Annoyed residents and city officials, plus a clueless CEO who doesn’t think the problems are a big deal. The Washington Post sat down with Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt about the recent troubles his company’s driverless cars have been having in San Francisco. He thinks all the backlash is overblown.

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    Maybe Don't Try Driving A Semi-Truck Through A Drive-Thru

    These days, pickup trucks are bigger than ever. Sure, you can get a Ford Maverick that’s much more reasonably sized for regular people, but full-size trucks are just massive. And they get even bigger when we’re talking about high-powered off-roaders such as the Ram TRX and Ford F-150 Raptor. So if we told you that a truck got stuck in a drive-thru, that probably wouldn’t be much of a surprise. But what if we told you that it was a semi-truck?

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    Kia And Nissan Could Know When You're Having Sex

    Cars are growing ever-more complex, with their computerized infotainment and connected apps. There’s really no limit to the wonders modern cars can now perform: They can be remote-started from your cell phone, remember your favorite navigation destinations, and collect shocking amounts of data.

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    2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally: This Is It

    The Ford Mustang Mach-E may not be a “real” Mustang, but it’s it’s still a well-executed electric crossover that offers good acceleration and handling, as well as a comfortable, quiet ride. And if you really want to go fast, the Mach-E GT Performance Edition is the version to get. With 480 hp and 642 lb-ft of torque, it will hit 60 mph in only 3.5 seconds. But what if you want to want to leave the pavement every now and then? Enter the Mach-E Rally.

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    Even Chevy Bolt Charging Cords Are Getting Recalled For Being Dangerous Now

    The Chevy Bolt has become something of an icon, so long as you believe that getting recalled repeatedly for battery-related issues is iconic. Now, we’ve learned via Carscoops that General Motors has issued a voluntary recall for the Webasto charging cables that have come with certain 2022 and 2023 Chevy Bolt EUV models. The problem is that a combination of faults in the system could lead to a user getting a shock. Not great!

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    Here's The Stupid Half-Million Dollar Watch They Stole From Carlos Sainz

    Well, it happened again. Someone tried to steal a Richard Mille from a Formula 1 driver. This time around, it was apparently a Carlos Sainz and a Richard Mille RM 67-02 Alexander Zverev edition that reportedly cost more than half a million dollars. It also does not look like it’s worth remotely close to that much. Then again, if you hop onto Chrono24, you can find one listed unworn with box and papers for less than $300,000, so I highly doubt it’s actually worth the $540,000 that’s been reported

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    Air Canada Kicks Passengers Off Flight For Refusing To Sit In Wet Vomit-Stained Seats

    The conditions while traveling with passenger airlines have seemingly been getting worse year after year. While unruly passengers have been partly stifled by harsher enforcement and punishments, there are plenty of legitimate grievances to get angry about. A pair of passengers were escorted off of a recent Air Canada flight for refusing to sit in vomit-stained seats.

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    Man Crossing Atlantic Ocean In Hamster Wheel Arrested After Three-Day Standoff

    The sea is a cruel and unforgiving environment. From orca whales attacking vessels to the occasional rogue wave, the idea of heading out on the open ocean in a small human-powered craft sounds absurd. A man in Florida is now facing federal charges after he tried to head out into the Atlantic Ocean in a massive hamster wheel and ended up in a three-day standoff with the United States Coast Guard.

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    Burning Man Cars Are Ruining Car Washes On Their Way Back From Black Rock City

    Burning Man, the annual weeklong desert art party for rich people, transformed from its usual dustbowl to a mud-ridden hell after Black Rock City was battered by two months’ worth of rain in just 24 hours. Festival goers were asked to shelter in place and delay their exodus back to society until conditions improved — but now car wash owners are taking the brunt of Burning Man’s mucky mess.

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    Elon Musk Doesn't Understand Lucid CEO's $379M Compensation

    Elon Musk loves nothing more than hopping on the social network he’s working to destroy and posting weird, uninformed nonsense — the vaguer the better, lest he let slip too much and reveal that the emperor is in fact not only naked, but dumb as rocks. It’s a delicate tightrope performance, one that Musk is deeply bad at. Usually he does this about international politics, disease spread, or his own companies, but his most recent blunder comes from an area he should know well: Executive compensati

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    Volkswagen Hopes More Power Will Make More People Want The 2024 ID.4

    The Volkswagen ID.4 hasn’t received the most positive reaction from reviewers, but unlike the Vinfast VF8, it’s not because it’s a bad car. It’s because it’s a very middle-of-the-road EV that struggles to stand out in any meaningful way. How does it look? Fine. What’s its range? Fine. How’s it drive? Fine. For 2024, though, the ID.4 gets more power and some new tech that should at least make the EV a little more interesting.

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    10 Year Old Leads Arizona Police On A Chase With His Father In The Passenger Seat

    My mom taught me how to drive at 11 years old. She wanted me to know just in case of an emergency. I doubt she had being piss drunk in the passenger seat in mind when she taught me. Apparently that’s not how all parents work, as Arizona news and other outlets report a 10-year-old child led police on a chase with his father in the passenger seat over the weekend.

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    This Pontiac Solstice GXP Is Proof Not Everything Is Better As A Shooting Brake

    I’m sure I’ll get mocked for admitting it again, but I have such a soft spot for pre-recession performance cars from GM. Is a Pontiac Solstice better than a Mazda Miata? Nope. But that doesn’t mean I can’t still admire it from afar. Besides, it’s different. Like the Miata you get when you want a Miata that isn’t technically a Miata. Especially if we’re talking about the 260-horsepower GXP version.

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    Mercedes' Electric CLA Concept Adds 250-Mile Range In 15 Minutes

    Mercedes-Benz has just thrown the covers off a shiny new concept car that premieres a “close-to-production” model of its next generation CLA series. The car, which was unveiled at an event in Germany, packs in some sleek looking headlights, a futuristic interior and a range of more than 450 miles thanks to tech taken from Merc’s Vision EQXX concept.

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    Plane Cabins Are Getting Really Goddamn Hot During Boarding

    The fact that it’s been so fucking hot all summer across the globe has reportedly called attention to complaints from both pilots and flight attendants about just how hot airlines will let cabins get. According to Politico, American Airlines will let cabin temperatures hit 90 degrees before it is considered too hot to board, and JetBlue has set its threshold at 85 degrees.

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    Watch This RAM TRX Escape A Rained-Out Burning Man With An RV

    Burning Man — an annual desert festival for rich people and tech bros jonesing for a transformative, soul-seeking excursion — got a little muddy this year as heavy rain soaked the festival grounds and trapped attendees in Black Rock City. The folks who got left behind were probably seething with rage as they watched an RV-hauling RAM TRX carve a path through the mud with no problem.

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    Driver Injures 23 People After Crashing Into A Houston Denny's

    Yesterday, a Jeep driver in Rosenberg, TX, plowed through the wall of a Denny’s restaurant at 11:22 a.m., injuring 23 people. Victims ranged in age from 12 to 70 years old, but thankfully, it sounds like no life-threatening injuries have been reported, per NBC.

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    Driver Survives 5-Day Wait For Rescue After Crashing Off 100-Foot Cliff

    Firefighters in California were called out to a risky recuse operation this weekend after a truck driver plunged off the side of a 100-foot cliff. The driver crashed off a two-lane road that skirted a cliff side between the towns of Arvin and Stallion Springs, California, and spent five days at the bottom before rescuers were called out to help.

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    Consumer Reports Says These Are The Best New SUVs You Can Buy Right Now

    When you’re shopping for a new SUV, it can be hard to know where to start. Sure, you could test drive every single possible option to figure out which one you like best, but who wants to deal with that many dealerships and all the follow-up calls from salespeople? And how do you even know that the SUV you like best is even a good one to buy?

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    That Acura Integra Type S Flip Failed

    I guess we’re going to have to keep posting these until you guys learn: The auto market isn’t the same place it was a year or two ago. You flippers out here trying to make a pretty penny off a hot model will come out disappointed. We have another example of the failure of greed here today. An attempted flip for an Acura Integra Type S that failed in spectacular fashion.

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    Lost Jet Ski Tourists Shot And Killed By Algerian Coast Guard

    Four French-Moroccan dual nationals set off on jet skis from Saidia, a Moroccan resort city along the country’s eastern border with Algeria. The four tourists got lost and ran out of fuel in the Mediterranean Sea but eventually found themselves in Algerian waters. BBC News reported a dinghy operated by the Algerian Coast Guard met the quartet out on the water, and those onboard the craft opened fire without warning.

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    USPS Isn't Paying 45,000 Rural Postal Workers This Week

    The United States Postal Service (USPS) has failed to pay over 45,000 rural postal workers due to a catastrophic payroll error. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA), the union representing rural workers, has negotiated a workaround for the Postal Service to provide salary advances via money order. The incident comes as these same workers attempt to decertify the union to form a new representative body.

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    Amazon Drivers Still Had To Deliver Packages During Tropical Storm Hilary

    Despite how things were being reported, California was largely spared during Tropical Storm Hilary. There was record rainfall, enough to bring nearly all of the state out of drought conditions. Desert and mountain areas were hit the hardest by flooding. You’d think, though, that with the rain and flooding that some areas were having, services like package delivery would be delayed. Not so with Amazon. Vice reports that Amazon drivers were made to deliver packages during the storm.

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    These Are The Most Stolen Vehicles In America

    The Highway Loss Data Institute has released its report documenting which cars and trucks are the most likely to be stolen on America’s streets. The report ranks vehicles based on whole-vehicle theft claims per 1,000 vehicles for the model years between 2020 and 2022, adjusted to account for demographic and geographic factors. Without further ado, here are the most stolen vehicles in the United States:

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    The Electric Mini Countryman Will Produce Over 300 HP

    Mini is planning to have an all-electric model lineup by 2030, but the Mini Cooper Electric has been the only EV from the automaker available in the United States. However, customers won’t have to wait until the end of the decade for the next electric model. Mini has unveiled the 2025 Mini Countryman SE ALL4, an electric version of the manufacturer’s subcompact crossover.

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    Tesla Killed Its Standard Range Model S, X After Just Two Weeks

    Get ready to stretch your memory banks, everyone. Remember when Tesla introduced Standard Range versions of its Models S and X? I know, it’s hard to remember something that happened so long ago — and by “so long ago,” I mean “basically just two weeks ago.” Yeah. Those trims are gone now. Yes, already.

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    Tesla Drops The Purchase Price Of 'Full Self-Driving' By $3,000

    There’s never a dull day in Elon Musk’s world, and this Friday is no exception. Among the slew of Tesla news dropping this morning comes the fact that the company is slashing the purchase price of its ‘Full Self-Driving’ feature by $3,000 — which means that instead of dropping $15,000 for the pleasure of still being the primary consciousness in control of your EV, you now only need to pay $12,000.

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    Refreshed Tesla Model 3 Highland Finally Shows Its Face In Europe And China

    After six years on sale, a refreshed Tesla Model 3 is finally here. Well, not here here, it was first officially unveiled in Lillestrøm, Norway, last night and images released in China ahead of a Saturday reveal without word as to when the car would show up on American roads, but there are signs Tesla is eager to shuffle off the old model.

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    Airlines Are Scrapping Airbus 380s For Souvenirs

    Air France and Emirates have started selling bag tags made from the skin of their first Airbus A380s. The double-decker airliners built early during the aircraft’s production run are reaching the end of their service lives. It would be easy to assume that a plane as significant as the world’s largest passenger airliner ever would be headed to a museum, but that won’t be the case.

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    NYT's David Brooks Somehow Spent $78 On A $17 Airport Hamburger

    There are a lot of things that suck about flying, but one of the most frustrating ones is just how expensive food and drinks can be. A lot of the most frequent flyers are on business trips, which means they can expense their meals, so there isn’t much incentive for airport restaurants to price things relatively reasonably. So if you’re just a regular working-class person flying home to see family or something and need to eat, you better be prepared to pay up, something conservative commentator D

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    Watch A $200 Airplane Take To The Skies

    What kind of projects have you got on the go at the minute? Are you fixing up something on your car? What about a cleanup on your motorbike? I imagine that for most of us, these projects involve staying firmly planted on the ground, but that’s not the case for this build being undertaken by one handy TikTok user.

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    Two Pilots Killed In Landing Collision At Reno Air Races

    Two racing pilots were killed after their planes collided and crashed during the last day at the Reno Air Races. The final incident will likely be the last moment of the National Championship Air Races’ 59-year history, as the event was already scheduled to end after this year. The rest of the final day’s races were canceled after the crash.

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    Dutch Airlines Is Offering An Adult-Only Zone On Its Flights

    Crying children have been the quintessential airline nuisance since passenger flights became affordable enough for families. While the criminal antics of unruly adult passengers have certainly escalated how awful flights can be, underage fliers still catch the scorn of other passengers. An airline targeting Dutch vacation-goers has now begun offering an adult-only zone on its aircraft.

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    Bluetooth In-Flight Entertainment Is A Game Changer

    On United flight 694 from Denver, Colorado to Cleveland, Ohio this Wednesday, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my complimentary seatback in-flight entertainment offered integrated bluetooth connectivity. Oh sweet, now I can watch a film without using the terrible free cans on a string the airline calls earbuds. I popped my Sony WF-1000XM4s into connectivity mode, clicked the connect button, and I was flying high in Hollywood heaven.

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    Another Close Call Forces Abrupt Go-Around At Boston Logan Airport

    The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a United Airlines flight arriving at Logan Airport in Boston nearly landed while a prior arrival was still on the runway. Boston 25 News says an air traffic controller told United Flight 2267 from Chicago to perform a “go-around” a little before 11 p.m. on September 11th.

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    New Surveillance Footage Released Showing TSA Agents Allegedly Stealing From Passengers

    It would be nice to think that employees of the Transportation Security Agency are all upstanding citizens who care about upholding the law and keeping our airports safe. Sadly, like with all cops, that’s far from reality. Thankfully, no one at the TSA has run over a college student doing 74 mph in a 25 mph zone and then laughed it off with their superior (at least that we know of), but new footage has just been released that appears to show a couple of TSA agents stealing from passengers going

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    Swiss Airline Flight Takes Off Without Any Baggage Onboard

    Commercial airlines don’t always prove to be the best at managing check bags for their passengers. Last year, Delta Air Lines had to fly a plane with no passengers and 1,000 pieces of misplaced luggage across the Atlantic Ocean. As with delays and cancellations, baggage management hasn’t gotten any better over the past year. A recent Swiss International Air Lines departed with no baggage because of operational shortfalls.

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    Delta Airlines Finally Found The Dog It Lost In Atlanta 3 Weeks Ago

    Well, this one is pretty scary even if it does have a happy-ish ending. A dog belonging to a Delta passenger has been found at the Atlanta airport after it went missing three weeks ago. Maia, a chihuahua mix, reportedly escaped her kennel and was later discovered hiding near the North Cargo facility. According to the airline, she was “tired but in apparent good health,” and “she was transported to a vet and is expected to return home soon.”

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    Flight Attendant Removed By Police After Hidden Camera Was Found In Bathroom On American Airlines Flight

    From hot cabins while boarding to multi-hour waits on the tarmac, tons of flight cancelations and infuriating delays, it’s safe to say that flying can suck in a lot of ways these days. But now there’s a new thing to worry about while you’re at cruising altitude — whether or not someone has hidden a camera in the urine-splattered broom closet they call airplane bathrooms.

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    The Russian Air Force Is Protecting Its Strategic Bombers With Car Tires

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a horrific conflict that has unleashed devastation across large swaths of Europe’s second-largest country. The war has also left the Russian Armed Forces struggling to protect its aging collection of irreplaceable military vehicles and material from Ukrainian attacks. Now. the invading air force has sorted to using tires to obscure its parked strategic bombers from drones.

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    Flight Forced To Turn Around Because Passenger 'Had Diarrhea All The Way Through The Airplane'

    A few months ago, an Air France passenger reportedly found diarrhea and blood under his seat and ended up having to clean it up himself. And since it was a full flight, there were no open seats to switch to. That’s absolutely disgusting, but somehow, it pales in comparison to the latest airplane diarrhea story. Then again, you read the headline before you clicked on it, so if you start gagging while reading, that’s all on you. Because yes, a Delta flight had to turn around because of excessive d

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    This Documentary Crew Set Out To Film A Plane Stunt, But Filmed A Fatal Crash Instead

    Over 50 years ago, a stunt pilot and a filmmaker both plummeted to the ground in the course of filming a small airplane for an upcoming project. The accident was caught on camera, and the harrowing footage was used in the production of a documentary aptly-titled “Accident.” It was directed by the very filmmaker who crashed, and later released by the National Film Board of Canada in 1973.

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    These Are The Unbreakable Rules Of Air Travel

    Flying suck now. It’s a nightmare, and it’s only gotten worse since the plague times. It seems some of us have forgotten what it means to be or behave like a person — a normal, decent person. Or maybe the monster was always lurking there, just under the surface. Who knew one delayed flight was all it took to make someone snap?

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    This 1992 Porsche Carrera 2 Coupe Clubsport Prototype Is Exactly As Yellow As It Needs To Be

    Driving a prototype vehicle can be a real mixed bag, and it can be hard to tell what the experience will be like ahead of time — but one of the ways you can start to get an idea of what you’re in for is by looking at who built it. That’s why I’m so excited about getting behind the wheel of the 1992 Carrera 2 Coupe Clubsport prototype, because Porsche isn’t generally known for screwing up with this kind of thing.

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    What's The Worst Infotainment You've Ever Used?

    Over the past decade or so, infotainment has become increasingly important inside cars. Hell, if an infotainment system is bad enough, it may keep a buyer out of the car altogether. In more recent years, some companies like BMW and Stellantis have figured out how to make infotainment screens and the information they provide actually work. Unfortunately, not all infotainment systems are created equally, and that’s what leads us to today’s question.

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    These Are The Best Used Cars To Buy Instead Of The Remaining New Cars Under $20,000

    It’s no wonder that a used Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Mazda3 are among the most sought-after models on the used market. These are trusty cars that make for great first vehicles, and they’re pretty cheap. They’re like the starter Pokémon of the auto world: you can’t go wrong with either one. They’re so good, in fact, that a used model of either makes a more compelling case than the few remaining new cars priced under $20,000 in the U.S.

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    What's The Ugliest Car You Can Buy Right Now?

    Depending on who you ask, new cars have either gotten way prettier than their older relatives or they all look like soulless blobs with no style. And while cars like the Lexus LC, Lucid Air and the Polestar 2 might buck that trend and bring a little style to the party, we can’t help but think there are a lot of ugly cars on sale right now.

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    These Are The Worst Highway Rest Stops In The World

    I asked readers what were the worst highway rest stops in the world earlier this week. The responses surprised me in more ways than one. Some comments ranged from disappointing to outright disgusting, but I was also bewildered to see a prevalent rest stop chain come up multiple times. Without further ado, here are the worst highway rest stops in the world:

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    What's The Best Used Car To Buy Instead Of The Few Remaining New Cars Under $20,000?

    By all accounts, entry level cars from the likes of Saturn, Geo and Daewoo weren’t exactly hidden gems or the best bargains around. But it was nice to know that there were cars people could actually afford straight out of college or on minimum wage. New cars that cost under $20,000 are scarce now; in light of this, which used cars are the best alternatives to the few remaining new cars priced under $20,000?

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    What Are The Worst Highway Rest Stops In The World?

    Highway rest stops are a crucial part of long-distance car travel. As much as we would love to, we can’t drive forever. You have to stop for fuel, use the restroom or grab a bite to eat if you’re on the road for several hours straight. However, not all highway rest stops are created equal. We have all seen or heard tales about places where the bathrooms look like biohazards or the food is practically inedible.

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    What Are Your Road Trip Horror Stories?

    I was never big on road trips. Mostly because anytime I went on one, I was always the one that everybody looked to to do all the driving. That sort of changed as I got older, but for the most part I tend to steer clear of them. One horrible road trip taken just over a decade ago is the reason why.

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    These Are The Best Automotive Underdogs Of All Time

    Everybody loves a scrappy underdog. But a scrappy underdog on four wheels hits closer to home here. Whether it was a race team with few prospects up against the big manufacturer-backed teams, or an executive down on his luck, stories about unlikely success in the automotive world abound.

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    These Are Car Features You'd Actually Subscribe To

    What you see above is the all new 2024 Kia EV9. It’ll be the first of Kia’s models to have upgradable and subscription-based features that you can purchase through an online marketplace/app called Kia Connect. Many of you might hate this, but unfortunately this looks to be the future of vehicle ownership, a future we can’t escape.

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    What Are Some Of Your Favorite Wrenching Videos?

    Some people really love working on cars. For them, it’s a relaxing way to spend a day that involves some creative problem-solving, some music and maybe a beer in the garage. Not for me, though. I work on my car mostly out of necessity or because I have a specific modification I want to do, where the result is the payoff. The weird thing is, though, that I love watching people wrench.

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    What's The Best Automotive Underdog Of All Time?

    Here at Jalopnik, we love an underdog story. Whether it’s the Jamaican bobsled team entering the Winter Olympics for the first time or Daniel LaRusso learning to overcome his karate-fighting bullies, we’ll always come out in favor of an underdog. But while the world of sport and movies is full of these types of tales, what automotive underdogs are out there?

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    These Were Your Favorite Childhood Car Toys

    Ah, youth. Those days free of responsibilities, free of cares, and full of brightly colored plastic objects that could draw your attention for hours, days, weeks on end. Some of that plastic even took the vague form of a vehicle — plane, train, even automobile. This was the question posed to you all earlier this week: What was your favorite childhood automotive toy? You gave us a wealth of answers, so it’s time we dug into them. Here’s what you said.

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    These Are The Cars You Think Are Unkillable

    A lot of things can lead to the demise of your daily driver. Maybe it’s the winter salt that causes it to rust away, the hundreds of thousands miles you cover each year or simply the rough terrain you put it through day in, day out. But are there any cars out there that can rise above all these obstacles and live forever?

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    Who Was The Worst Driver You Ever Met?

    I moved to a new apartment recently and, while I’m not exactly new to Atlanta, one thing that has surprised me so far is just how bad a lot of drivers in this area are. Just crossing the street in front of my apartment, I’ve already seen people drift into other lanes, nearly hit parked cars, pull into traffic just assuming other drivers will slam on their brakes or swerve to avoid hitting them and so much more. My favorite coffee shop in the area? Yeah, someone drove their car into it, and repai

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    What Was Your Favorite Childhood Car Toy?

    Weren’t things so nice, back when you were a kid? Before taxes, before jobs, before you actually looked forward to the end of summer and the return of the school year? People all seem to be clamoring for some bygone era, but I think what they really miss is that lack of responsibility. Well, that, and the car toys.

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    These Great Cars Were Ruined By Their Transmissions

    A transmission can really make or break a car. Sometimes you’ve got all the right ingredients: a good engine, the right drive wheels, a pretty body and an excellent suspension, but the way gears are dispatched leaves a lot to be desired. It’s a real killer for a car’s vibe if you ask me. That’s what led us to our question from a few days ago.

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    What's The Most Unkillable Car Ever Made?

    We’ve talked long and hard about what could be America’s least reliable car, the cars you think deserve to die and even the ones that left us far too soon. But what about the ones that have stood the test of time and lingered on? The cars that feel like they’ll be clogging up our roads long after the oil has dried up and America’s tarmac has cracked into nothing. These are the cars that we want to hear about today, as we want to know what cars you think are truly unkillable.

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    What's The Greatest Concept Car Of All Time?

    The North American International Auto Show is this week and, yet again, what was once a fairly exciting event is kinda dead this year. The press conferences wrap up in one morning, and the advanced info we have is rather dull. NAIAS is turning back into what it once and really always was; a local dealership showcase.

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    What Great Car Was Ruined By Its Transmission?

    For car enthusiasts like you and me, a car’s transmission is a super important part of the overall experience. In a lot of ways, it can be even more important than the engine it’s attached to or the car it’s in. A good manual — or hell, a good automatic — can really make a car great, even if the rest of it isn’t the best. However, there’s another side to that, and it got me thinking about today’s question.

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    These Are The Most Common New Cars On Your Local Roads

    Teslas, trucks and three-row crossovers seem to be the most common new cars on the road. Even though Jalopnik readers wrote in from across the U.S. — and beyond — it looks like Tesla EVs and full-size pickup trucks are the most common vehicles. And sales figures back up their claims.

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    These Are Your Most Out-Of-Depth Driving Experiences

    We asked you when you were most out of depth behind the steering wheel earlier this week. Commenters shared stories from perilous long-distance moves to novice moments at the helm of unusual vehicles. No one is born with an innate ability to drive, and we all have to learn somehow, but for a lot of people, it’s a trial by fire. Without further ado, here are your most out-of-depth driving experiences:

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    What New Car Is Most Common On Your Local Roads?

    I didn’t think I had anything against the new Ford Explorer until a few days ago. Three identical Explorers were in my rearview. One in each mirror, it seemed. All three were exactly alike: late model year Explorers with silver paint. I had to do a double take to make sure I wasn’t mistaken. Afterwards, I was primed to see Ford Explorers and it appears they are incredibly common where I live. They’re everywhere. What new car do you most commonly see on local roads?

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    These Songs Make You Feel Cool As Hell When Driving

    Whether you’re cruising around town, ripping up a canyon road, or just singing loudly to yourself in traffic, music is a key component of the driving experience for most of us. Earlier, I asked what music made you feel cool while you were driving, and these are your answers.

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    What's Your Most Out-Of-Depth Driving Experience?

    Have you ever overestimated the winter capabilities of your car after a huge snowstorm? Did you take your typical grocery-getter to get battered on a forest trail? Did you take your brand new Ford Mustang to a Cars and Coffee? We’ve all been there. We’ve gotten in a car and bitten off more than we can chew. Sometimes, you get lucky and escape unscathed. Other times, you’re hoping that you don’t have to empty your checking account to cover the repair bill.

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    What Subscription-Based Car Features Are You Willing To Pay For?

    Automakers are counting on EVs and software being a gravy train. With less revenue being made at the dealer level with the advent of EVs — there’s less moving parts and no engine, so not much to service. So they’ve come up with the brilliant idea of building the cars with the features you might want, but locking them behind software that you have to buy to unlock to use. That’s the gist of subscription based car features.

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    What Music Makes You Feel The Coolest While Driving?

    It’s the end of summer, but there’s still plenty of time to get out and drive. Of course, if you’re out driving your classic or your project or your pride and joy, you probably want to look and feel cool when you’re doing it. The best way to make you feel awesome while you’re ripping around town is clearly to blast some excellent music. What I want to know is, what music do you listen to that makes you feel like a boss when driving?

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    These Are The Cars You Think Will Be The New Nissan Altima

    The Nissan Altima may be dying, but the Altima is adored by thousands, if not millions, of the worst drivers God ever saw fit to put on this earth. What are those fans going to drive next? This is the question I posed to you all earlier this week, and today I’m spelunking through your answers. Wish me luck.

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    What Car Had The Worst Engine?

    One of my favorite things about the E39 540i is its engine. It’s not exactly powerful by today’s standards, but it’s still relatively quick and has plenty of torque for passing on the highways. It’s also run essentially problem-free for 25 years. The cooling system and window regulators may be consumables, but the engine itself has been dead-reliable.

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    What Car Will Be The New Nissan Altima?

    The Nissan Altima is, reportedly, dying. For most of us, this is yet another salvo in the crossover’s ongoing war against classic three-box sedans — a shame, but not any kind of out-of-the-blue tragedy. For a specific group, though, this is a true horror: Terrible, terrible drivers.

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    These Are The Best Wagons Of All Time

    Whether new or old, station wagons rock harder than any other vehicle type out there. Wagons are the end all be all, the alpha and omega on four wheels. Their beauty is timeless; their versatility unmatched. Whether it’s a fast wagon or a slow wagon, an off road wagon or one destined for the track, there’s a wagon out there for all of us who love to drive. Who am I kidding? I’m preaching to the choir here.

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    What Car Would You Like To See Come Back From The Dead As An EV?

    Every automaker seems all-in when it comes to electrics, no matter how badly they sell or pollute the environment in their own, special ways. Ford axed a bunch of gas models this week, Volkswagen Group and General Motors plan to cut off gas cars in 2035, and even Toyota is finally coming around to the all-electric craze (slowly.)

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    Porsche's American Prototypes Through The Ages At Rennsport Reunion 7

    Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7 is taking place this weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The automaker-organized event offered fans the opportunity to celebrate Porsche’s racing history once every few years and the marque’s classic machines as well as their drivers in action one more time. Racer had the unique chance to take a closer look at three Porsche sports prototypes from three different eras.

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    Glickenhaus Still Doesn't Have Enough Funding To Fly To The Middle East Or Japan

    Now at the end of its third season in the World Endurance Championship, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus seems to be faring no better than it did in its rookie season. The team ran a single car in the series this year, with a second customer car joining for Le Mans. As with previous seasons, SCG has skipped the flyaway Middle East and Asian rounds citing prohibitive costs and a lack of sponsorship.

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    These Are The Worst Crashes In Motorsports History

    Crashes are an unavoidable part of motorsports. The looming threat of an incident spontaneously taking a car out of competition is a significant part of motorsports’ drama. However, the danger of a crash injuring or even killing a driver is the most distressing aspect of the sport. Governing bodies do what they can to ensure the safety of everyone involved, while others claim those efforts make driver errors not as costly to their performance as they used to be.

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    Bubba Wallace "Choked" Win In NASCAR Playoff Race

    It’s Monday, September 25, 2023 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. William Byron secured Hendrick Motorsports’ 300th NASCAR Cup Series victory at Texas Motor Speedway. Red Bull Racing clinched the F1 Constructors’ Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix as Max Verstappen cruised to victory. MotoGP held its inaugural Indian Grand Prix despite visa issues and a last-minute track homologation.

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    Honda's HPD North American Racing Division Will Be Combined With International Effort

    When it comes to its motorsport programs, Honda has liked to keep things regional. Its North American racing programs — including IndyCar and IMSA — have been organized under the Honda Performance Development (HPD) banner with a U.S. base located in Santa Clarita, California. If you wanted to work with Honda’s international racing program — say, regarding its Formula 1 endeavors — then you’d have looked toward Honda Racing Corporation (HRC). Now, HPD is becoming HRC U.S., and the North American

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    France Used To Be Crazy Enough To Start An Endurance Race At Midnight

    At this point, it’s a bit boring to make a general statement like “racing used to be really frickin’ dangerous,” but every so often I’ll find myself surprised by the absolutely insane things race organizers used to make drivers do. Such as, for example, beginning an endurance race on public roads at the crack of midnight.

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    This Is What It's Like To Drive A Six-Wheeled Formula One Car

    There was a time when Formula One was known far more for its wild engineering solutions than it was jet setting billionaires and celebrity grid interviews. In 1976, with new regulations coming in to narrow the front wings, Tyrrell set about building a wild new concept to take aerodynamic advantage of that.

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    Defending NASCAR Champion Crashes Out Of Playoffs

    It’s Monday, September 18, 2023 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. Joey Logano, the defending NASCAR Cup Series Champion, was eliminated from the playoffs after a crash during Saturday night’s elimination race at Bristol. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz snapped Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s record F1 win streak at the Singapore Grand Prix. Also, Porsche finished 1-2 in IMSA’s return to Indianapolis.

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    Watch Sebastian Vettel And David Coulthard Run Championship-Winning F1 Cars On The Nürburgring

    Grand Prix cars first raced on the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife the year it was inaugurated in 1927, and would continue to race there every year until 1976 (with notable exceptions for The Great Depression, a World War, and a demand for increased safety in 1955 following the tragedy at Le Mans). The German Grand Prix continued on at either the Grand Prix Strecke or the Hockenheimring until 2019 and there hasn’t been a German Grand Prix since. Despite turning out some of the most talented drive

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    Electric Motorcycle Grabs First Ever Podium Against Field Of Gas Bikes In MotoAmerica

    This weekend during the Circuit of the Americas round of MotoAmerica’s two-wheeled traveling circus history was made. As the only electric-powered rider in the Roland Sands Super Hooligan class, Stefano Mesa’s Energica Eva Ribelle RS has been fighting an uphill battle for a couple of seasons now. With some serious development work this year, Mesa has managed to take the fight to the gasoline burners, and during Saturday’s race found his way onto the podium with a second-place finish.

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    Watch A $70 Million Ferrari 250 GTO Burst Into Flames At Goodwood

    Usually when a pristine supercar sells for an eye-watering figure, it’s destined to spend its time locked away in a billionaire’s private collection. Just look at things like the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR that sold for $143 million last year; do you think many people have seen that at track days or parked outside Monaco’s luxury hotels? But really, how bad could it go if you take a priceless supercar out onto the track? Well, in the case of this Ferrari 250 GTO, it turns out things can go quite

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    IndyCar Driver 'Hit Everything But The Pace Car' In Crash-Filled Laguna Seca Finale

    It’s Monday, September 11, 2023, and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. IndyCar delivered its championship trophy to Alex Palou at Laguna Seca after a season finale with eight cautions. In NASCAR, it was the best of times and the worst of times for 23XI Racing at Kansas Speedway. MotoGP saw the stunning return of reigning champion Pecco Bagnaia at Misano after he was run over last week.

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    Lewis Hamilton Could Lose His First Formula 1 Title In A Court Case

    There’s never a shortage of drama in the Formula 1 world, and recently, former racer Felipe Massa has decided to make headlines by contesting the results of the 2008 World Championship. See, Massa lost that title to Lewis Hamilton by just one point — but Massa is ready to prove in court that was screwed out of a title. And since Hamilton has so many other titles, why not just give this one to Massa? As a little treat?

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    Red Bull Advisor Helmut Marko Thinks Mexico Is In South America

    Red Bull Racing consultant Helmut Marko has had to apologize for racist remarks aimed at F1 driver Sergio Pérez. During an interview after last week’s Italian Grand Prix, Helmut Marko said Checo’s performance was due to his “cultural heritage,” per the BBC, and the 80-year old Red Bull advisor went on to unfavorably compare Checo’s Mexican nationality to that of a German or a Dutchman.

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    Brad Pitt's F1 Movie Missed One Vital Pit Stop Step

    Despite claiming that filming had shut down while actors and writers went on strike here in the U.S., Brad Pitt’s Formula 1 movie has found a way to clock up the footage while the F1 circus travels the globe. So far, we’ve seen Pitt and his co-star Damson Idris take to the track in Silverstone in a pair of modified Formula 2 cars, and crews were seen filming at the Hungarian Grand Prix as well. Now, eagle-eyed F1 fans have caught the crews shooting pit stops in Italy with a team of mechanics, bu

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    Watch Racer Colton Herta Shred Laguna Seca In His Dad's Old Indy Car

    This weekend will see the season finale of the 2022 IndyCar season, and while the championship may have already been determined, there’s still plenty to look forward to at Laguna Seca this weekend. Like second-generation racer Colton Herta taking his dad’s 1998 Reynard 98i-Ford/Cosworth CART machine out for a spin on the iconic track.

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    Formula 1 Owners Are Stuck Marketing A Sport After They Sold Us Entertainment

    At the 2023 Italian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing became the Formula 1 driver with the most consecutive wins in history. Of the 14 races run so far this year, Verstappen has won 12 of them; his teammate Sergio Perez has won the remaining two. If you’ve started getting a little bored, we can’t blame you — but Liberty Media, the owners of F1, are starting to panic. Liberty sold a lot of new fans on a compelling racing product and contentious narrative; it doesn’t know what to do no

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    What It Takes To Become A Motorsport Sponsor

    As Michael Mayall walks through the IndyCar paddock, personnel from various teams step forward to shake his hand and chat. The Vice President of Corporate Development at XPEL may facilitate a partnership with Team Penske, but the friendships he maintains with everyone in IndyCar are integral to the overall vision of the protective coatings company.

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    A Strong Social Media Presence Was Key To Scott McLaughlin's IndyCar Integration

    When Scott McLaughlin joined IndyCar, he wasn’t just hopping from one race series to another: He was leaping across hemispheres and disciplines. The New Zealander made his debut with the series in 2021 alongside a stacked rookie field that included former Formula driver Romain Grosjean and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson. But by pairing the on-camera prowess of his Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden with his own personality, McLaughlin has quickly defined a niche for himse

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    Ferrari Formula 1 Driver Chases Down Thieves For Stealing His $540,000 Watch

    For once, Ferrari formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz seemed to have a pretty good weekend at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza. He put his car on pole in qualifying and came in third after holding off a late challenge from teammate Charles LecLerc. But his weekend took a turn when thieves attempted to steal his $540,000 Richard Mille watch after the race.

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    MotoGP Champion Run Over In Barcelona GP Crash

    It’s Tuesday, September 5, 2023 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action. The IndyCar Series championship was decided before the final round for the first time since unification in 2008. Ferrari couldn’t prevent Max Verstappen from winning an unprecedented tenth F1 race in a row at Monza. The NASCAR Cup Series began its playoffs with the Southern 500, and MotoGP narrowed avoided tragedy in Barcelona.

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    When Darlington Was Making A Legend

    Darlington Raceway hosted the Southern 500 on Sunday, the Labor Day weekend NASCAR race as it’s been since 2015, and for decades before that starting in 1950 as the first 500-mile NASCAR race. These days, Darlington is treated with respect even if it is a little past its old glory days, when it became part of NASCAR lore.

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    Monza Shouldn't Abandon Its Plan To Revive Its Historic Banking

    For most racing drivers and fans, the banking at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is a traditional stop for photos during any race weekend, but the 1969 1000km of Monza was the last major race to use the track’s two steeply banked turns. There has been serious interest in bringing the banking up to modern standards for potential events. However, funding issues might have derailed the surreal project.

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    RACEWKND Magazine Remains One Of The Finest Formula 1 Publications Around

    The world of motorsport media can get a little boring. So many publications have spent decades telling the same story in different ways, when they should be taking advantage of the fact that this high-adrenaline sport warrants experimentation and innovation. In the world of Formula 1, that publication is RACEWKND.

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    Las Vegas Is More Of A Motorsport City Than You'd Expect

    I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been skeptical about Formula 1’s upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix, but as the race itself approaches and after a high-energy 30-hour trip to Vegas to check out all things F1, I have to say: I’ve changed my mind. About some things, at least.

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    Formula 1's Permanent Las Vegas Grand Prix Paddock Is Not Named After Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock

    Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend will be kicking off in under 80 days, and work in the city is in full swing, with roads being repaved and a permanent 300,000 square-foot paddock building being erected to house year-round F1-related activations. There’s one big problem, though: The locals think F1 has named that permanent building after mass shooter Stephen Paddock, and it doesn’t sound like F1 has done much to counter those perceptions.

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    2024 Polestar 2: It's What's Under The Skin That Matters

    It’s relatively rare for a car company to make drastic adjustments to a car during a midcycle refresh, but that’s just what Polestar has done with its 2. Even though the 2024 Poletar 2 looks nearly identical to the one it replaces – save for a few tweaks – underneath, there’s a much different story.

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    POV: You're A NASA Probe Skimming The Surface Of The Sun

    The Parker Space Probe is described by NASA as being “about the size of a small car,” and its only goal is to fly as close to the sun as possible to try to unravel some solar mysteries. What exactly is going on in the ‘solar corona,’ and what do solar flares really do? The space car, launched back in 2018, is currently sitting about 5.8 million miles from the sun and just over a year ago it flew right through a massively powerful sun explosion. Here is what that looked like.

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    The Smithsonian Is Scanning Its Exhibits So You Can 3D-Print Your Own Space Shuttle

    When I was a kid, one of my favorite places in the world was the National Air and Space Museum down in Washington, DC. It, and its annex building over in Virginia, have some of the coolest exhibits imaginable. Moon rocks! Early airplanes! Satellites! But three exhibits, out of them all, stand above: The SR-71 Blackbird, the Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery.

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    Remote Starters Are A Seriously Underrated Car Feature

    The “real feel” temperature at Texas Motor Speedway during this past weekend’s NASCAR event tipped the scales at over 110 degrees Fahrenheit — a decidedly brutal heat that you just couldn’t escape, even in the shaded grandstands. Thankfully, I was actually driving a new car (the 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale), and that meant I was blessed with one of the finest automotive technologies in modern history: the remote start, which I could take advantage of from the grandstands.

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    Cadillac Is Charging $1,200 To Unlock 74 More Lb-Ft Of Torque On The Lyriq

    Over-the-air updates are the a big thing in cars these days as we head into the EV era. Automakers are counting on customers being interested in things like the ability to instantly raise their vehicles power output, increase their battery range, or unlock a feature. Cadillac isn’t alone, as GM Authority reports a new performance upgrade is coming for the 2024 Lyriq in the form of an OTA update. But it won’t be free.

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    The 2024 Kia EV9 Will Start At Just Over $56,000

    Kia has slowly been trickling out information about the coming EV9 EV. That continues today as the brand has released starting pricing for the EV9. Assuming its destination charges are the same as other Kia vehicles — $1,325— the 2024 Kia EV9 Light will start at $56,225.

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    More Automakers Are Angry The United Kingdom's EV Backpedaling

    BMW announced this month a 600 million pound investment in its Mini plant in Oxford. The goal was to update the factory in preparation for a global electric future, changing the lines over to accommodate two new electric models, the Mini Cooper 3-door EV and the new Mini Aceman electric SUV. Likewise Ford, Stellantis, and Tata Group have spent significant money on revamping and refitting factories for EV production. Much of this was in response to the UK’s 2020 announcement that it would commit

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    Massachusetts Is Trying To Protect Data Privacy In Cars

    The modern world runs on data — collecting it, selling it, buying it, there’s a whole economy to tracking and measuring every little thing you do. Carmakers, of course, want in on those sweet data dollars. That’s why your car always knows where you are, and why Kia and Nissan want to know who, when, where, why, and how you like to bang. But now, there’s a force that’s trying to stand up for the car-owning, data-creating little guy: The state of Massachusetts.

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    Autonomous Truck Companies Are Leaving California For Texas

    Three autonomous trucking companies with roots in California – Kodiak Robotics, Aurora Innovations and Gatik.AI – all fled the Golden State looking for greener pastures in Texas when it came time to test their vehicles. According to Bloomberg, this sort of move was set in motion back in 2017 when lawmakers in the Lone Star State approved a legal pathway for autonomous trucks. Compared with California – a state where regulators haven’t set the rules for initial trials – the choice to head east wa

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    A Volcano In The U.S. Could Contain The Biggest Lithium Deposit In The World

    The site of a former supervolcano at the Oregon and Nevada border could turn out to be the largest lithium deposit in the U.S. and, possibly, the world. New research suggests that the McDermitt Caldera could contain over 132 million tons of lithium, which is enough to meet global demand for decades. This could give the U.S. a massive boost to its EV supply chain, and from a domestic source, no less.

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    EV Gender Gap Suggests Men Want Novelty, Women Want Value: Report

    Despite EVs gaining wider acceptance in the U.S. market, a trend seems to be emerging among buyers based on gender. Men are far more likely to buy EVs than women, according to Edmunds. The reasons go beyond early adopter syndrome and have more to do with the nature of car buying, which is based on emotion. Men want EVs to make them feel a certain way, while women just want EVs to present a better value proposition than they do at the moment.

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    Polestar Will Make A Phone Before Apple Makes A Car

    The rumors that Apple is working on a car have been around for decades, and the iPhone maker even has test mules out on the road ironing out its self-driving tech. But while all eyes have been on Silicon Valley’s switch to four wheels, did anyone think to check on carmakers to see if they wanted a slice of the phone market?

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    Step Inside The Factory That Recycles 95 Percent Of EV Batteries

    The first EV to go on sale in the U.S. might have been way back in the 1890s, but it’s not been until more recently that the tech has taken off and been adopted by America’s motorists. Now, battery-powered models account for six percent of new car sales in the States and around three percent of all vehicles assembled here.

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    Tesla's Engineers Hated The Cybertruck: Book

    Have you ever been stuck with a work project that you knew was bad? The edict comes down from on high that you need to do some specific task, despite you knowing full well that it won’t benefit your customers, your employees, or yourself in any real way. That seems to be the situation foisted upon Tesla’s engineers, who “hated” the design of the Cybertruck when it was revealed internally.

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    Brightline Train Hits, Kills Pedestrian On First Day Of Expanded Service

    New train day should be a positive one filled with stories about happy commuters that are finally able to leave their cars at home and ride to work. But today, the day Brightline began the first high-speed rail link between Miami and Orlando, isn’t one of those days. That’s because America’s deadliest rail line has struck and killed another pedestrian.

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    Middle-Aged Men Only Want One Thing, And It's Disgusting

    As a man approaching his 40s, I find that despite not having kids, I end up falling into a lot of classic dad traps. Will I read a shovel comparison in an off-road magazine despite never owning something with four-wheel-drive? Yep. Will I find myself looking at a newly constructed building and loudly exclaiming, “Well, that sure went up fast,” to my wife or my empty car? Also yes.

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    North Korea's Weird Bulletproof State Train Makes First Trip In Years

    Russia’s prolonged invasion of Ukraine has strained its capability to keep its military forces supplied. President Vladimir Putin has been forced to the negotiation table with North Korea, one of the few countries able to produce munitions already used by Russian forces and still have friendly relations with his regime. The upcoming talks between Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un also mean the world gets to see the reclusive state’s armored train for the first time since 2019.

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    Safety Inspector Fired For Finding 'Too Many Defects' Could Cost Railroad Millions

    You would think that if you worked as a track inspector for a railroad company, reporting defects would make you good at your job. After all, wouldn’t the company want to know where its trains should slow down and where repairs need to be made? Ignoring those problems would be a recipe for train derailments that could cost the company a lot of money and could injure or even kill employees. According to former track inspector Don Sanders, you would be wrong, at least if you work for Burlington No

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    No Modern Truck Works As Hard As This Dying Soviet Dump Truck

    If your pre-drive inspection and start-up routine doesn’t involve hand-cranking a starter, adjusting a choke, pouring gas into a makeshift fuel tank, and water into a half-exposed radiator — all in order to awaken a truck that’s rusted out after decades of use — then you’re not off-roading as hard as you think.

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    Here Are All Of The Design Secrets That Make Rivian's Electric Amazon Van Great At Delivering Packages

    Amazon will ship, on average, just over 1.6 million packages today. And tomorrow. And every day after that. Amazon delivers so many packages per day that it basically had to invent a new package delivery vehicle to save itself time and money. Working with electric truck company Rivian, Amazon developed its own vehicle from scratch to help its drivers get through the day.

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    Off-Road Truck Design Might Have Peaked In The '80s With The Ford Bronco Lobo

    You have to hand it to Ford. When the company brought the Bronco back to life, not only did Ford retain the feel of the 2004 Bronco concept, but Ford also debuted a gnarly (if less-boxy) off-roader by applying what it learned after making the F-150 Raptor. This culminated in the Bronco Raptor, which will sadly never be sold as a two-door SUV that resembles a pickup. And, yet, the Bronco Raptor isn’t the gnarliest compound animal from the Ford stable. That honor goes to the Bronco Lobo concept, w

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    The 2024 VW Tiguan PHEV Promises The Best EV Range On The Market

    The Tiguan is one of Volkwagen’s best-selling models. Since the crossover hit the market way back in 2007, Volkswagen says more than 7.6 million have been sold around the globe. Those hits should continue with the all new third generation Tiguan. Volkswagen revealed the all new 2024 model, and the big news is that there will be a plug-in hybrid version of the European-spec car that promises a best-in-class EV range of 62 miles (though with generous European WLTP cycle as its base, we can expect

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    These Are The Tools That Changed My Wrenching Life

    I’ve been working on cars for more twenty-some years. (YIKES) In that time, I’ve had acquired a handful of tools that instantly made me a more-capable mechanic and expanded the world of projects I could take on. Here they are:

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    Project 996: New Headlight Projectors Finally Solve The Light Problem

    The quality of car headlights runs a pretty wide gamut. They’re so variable, even on new cars, that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) had to add a headlight category to its testing and make a good score a requirement for its Top Safety Pick Plus award. On older cars, things get way worse.

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    Watch This Machine Shop Go All Out To Save A Classic Jag Motor

    If you’ve ever had to send your vehicle’s engine or parts of that engine to a machine shop, it can feel like a black hole into which you throw money and time. Then, hopefully, if you picked a good shop, you get back a clean and straight set of cylinder heads or a nicely decked engine block.

    By Kyle Hyatt Read More