I’m a massive fan of Minis, both literally and figuratively. I’m 6-foot-8 and own a four-door 2017 Mini Cooper S hatchback, and anyone who knows me knows how much I love my car. In the modern profit-driven automotive market, automakers are consolidating product lines and simplifying option packages, often leading to more practical but more … Read more
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 5, 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
Sliding behind the steering wheel of a box-fresh 2024 Ford Mustang GT takes me back to the moment vividly. The year is 2014 and I’m sitting at a red light on Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood. I was in the then brand-new sixth-generation Mustang, the first destined to be sold in South Africa in right-hand drive. … Read more
Photo: Facebook Marketplace Someday, I swear, I will learn how to tell the difference between an Evo VIII and an Evo IX without just looking at the grille. So far, that’s been my method — body color behind the Mitsubishi logo and it’s an VIII, otherwise it’s an IX — but that’s probably not incredibly … Read more
The sun always rises, and NASCAR always wads up at least a dozen cars at Talladega Superspeedway. However, Sunday’s YellaWood 500 featured an unprecedentedly massive wreck during the closing laps. This edition of the Big One involved 28 cars, a modern Cup Series record. Racing Tech 5 | Nascar Garage 56 Austin Cindric was out … Read more
Have you ever been looking for a home and encountered an infuriating shortage of properties with attached airplane hangars, or frustrating HOAs that prohibit you from taxiing your plane on public roads? Then gird your loins, because the picturesque town of Cameron Park, California, is the ideal Sacramento suburb for you. Bring your Corvette, your … Read more
Image: Marko Law, PLLC Two elementary school students were seriously injured while on a field trip to Ford’s test track in Auburn Hills, Michigan. A demonstration driver, in what appears to be a Mustang, lost control of the machine and ran headlong into the guardrail behind which the classroom of students had gathered. Elijah Gibson, … Read more
Photo: Jalopnik / José Rodríguez Jr. Tim lives in Vegas and has a short commute, but his 1998 BMW 318 is starting to get to the end of its usable life. He needs something with room for a car seat and is torn between a light sporty car or something more off-road oriented. With a … Read more
As Pennsylvania police announced double homicide charges against a woman for a fatal March DUI crash, they mentioned she was using some of the driver-assistance functions that can be found in her car, a Ford Mustang Mach-E. State and federal investigators say the woman’s crossover struck a stationary vehicle of a man who had stopped … Read more
Is this the most overrated movie car of all time? Gif: Eon Productions The movie world is filled with some wonderful machines, like James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, the Mach 5 from ‘Speed Racer’ and the Land Rover Defender in every movie it’s ever been in. But there have also been some more mundane movie … Read more
