Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Wednesday, October 30, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. – Owen Bellwood Read More Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more
1992 Dodge Viper R/TImage: Dodge People that buy performance cars and then don’t drive them are a weird bunch. We continuously see low mileage cars get sold and resold for more and more money, so it’s refreshing when we come across a performance car that’s actually been used like it should be. Take this well-loved … Read more
A stop sign stands near the Tesla logo at the Tesla factory on July 17, 2023 near Gruenheide, Germany.Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Monday, October 21, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important … Read more
Despite recent push here in the U.S. to legalize it, using the marijuana plant as a recreational or even medicinal substance is still very much illegal around the world. One Volkswagen exec recently found that out the hard way when he was detained and later deported from China for failing a drug test, Reuters reports.… … Read more
Photo: Kevin McCauley We’re up to ten Luftgekühlts now. Ten years of gathering air-cooled Porsches into interesting venues and seeing the social media posts fly. I can already sense the question you might be asking: why should I care? Whether or not you have any interest in vintage Porsches built between 1948 and 1998, Luft … Read more
Image: Joe Raedle (Getty Images) A Tennessee State Trooper arrested two drivers for DUI last year, however it was later revealed that neither tested at above legal limit. An ongoing investigation shows this sort of wrongful arrest isn’t limited to one bad cop, and an overburdened review process is costing people their time, livelihoods and … Read more
Image: Mercedes-Benz The Italian design legend who helped shape Mercedes-Benz automobiles from the 1950s through the 2000s, Bruno Sacco, died last week at age 90. He helped usher in an era of iconic and stately designs which Mercedes-Benz quite clearly no longer employs. He wanted to ensure that his designs did not age, and he … Read more
Image: UCG (Getty Images) It looks like there were more than a few people who have had some strange experiences with public transit. Last week we asked readers what their sketchiest public transit stories and encounters were. These were their responses. – Lawrence Hodge Read More Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz … Read more
No one’s ever happy to be pulled over by a police officer, especially if they were driving a bit faster than the speed limit. Earlier this week we asked our readers which cars are magnets for police. The comments section featured a variety of responses ranging from specific models to just general aesthetics. There was… … Read more
Photo: Lewis Collard, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons Often we look back on cars of olde, wishing we could buy them preserved in amber — walk into a dealership, slap down $30 and some pocket lint, and walk out with a brand new ‘94 Miata. “They just don’t make ‘em like they used to,” we say, … Read more
