A Crumbling Cybertruck, An Intricate V10 Diesel Engine And A Win For Keis In This Week's Car Culture Roundup

A Crumbling Cybertruck, An Intricate V10 Diesel Engine And A Win For Keis In This Week's Car Culture Roundup

Since its launch a year ago, Tesla’s flagship Cybertruck electric truck has been stumped by all kinds of pretty mundane obstacles. It’s so far been caught out by snow, slight inclines, water and now one Cybertruck owner reports that a pothole left them with a $34,000 repair bill. – Owen Bellwood Read More Read more… … Read more

Crashes shouldn’t overshadow “fantastic” Colapinto’s Williams F1 stint

Crashes shouldn’t overshadow “fantastic” Colapinto’s Williams F1 stint

Williams driver Alex Albon thinks Franco Colapinto’s tough final Formula 1 races with the squad should not overshadow the excellent results the Argentinian produced. Colapinto’s impressive early races since stepping in for Logan Sargeant in Monza turned heads in the paddock, and they also yielded Williams five important points over three race weekends, which looked … Read more

Felicity Jones’ F1 show sounds like Daniel Ricciardo’s Hulu show

Felicity Jones’ F1 show sounds like Daniel Ricciardo’s Hulu show

The first F1-sanctioned TV drama series is in development, and it sounds a lot like another non-sanctioned project in the works at a rival studio. Felicity Jones is attached to star in and executive produce the drama, which has landed at Amazon MGM Studios for Prime Video, Variety reports. Much like Brad Pitt’s and Jerry Bruckheimer’s creatively-titled upcoming movie … Read more

Red Bull confirm New Zealand young gun Liam Lawson as replacement for Sergio Perez

Red Bull confirm New Zealand young gun Liam Lawson as replacement for Sergio Perez

New Zealander Liam Lawson has been confirmed to replace Sergio Perez as Formula One world champion Max Verstappen’s teammate at Red Bull. It was announced on Wednesday that Mexican driver Perez had lost his seat following a disappointing year. The 22-year-old Lawson takes over, having been drafted in to Red Bull’s sister team RB midway … Read more

Weekend Car Culture Roundup December 14, 2024

Weekend Car Culture Roundup December 14, 2024

Oldsmobile is long gone. By the time the brand was phased out in the early 2000sit was a shell of its former self, but Oldsmobile used to make interesting cars like the 442, Trofeo and Aurora. One of the brand’s last interesting cars, and likely one of the rarest, was a badge job of General … Read more

Liam Lawson on the pressure to perform for Red Bull and getting advice from Max Verstappen

Liam Lawson on the pressure to perform for Red Bull and getting advice from Max Verstappen

Liam Lawson could be looking at a new teammate in 2025 if paddock speculation about Sergio Perez’s career is to be believed. However, the New Zealand driver said the pressure to perform within the Red Bull family never goes away. In fact, it will likely only be heightened if Max Verstappen is on the other … Read more

Gorgeous Aston Martin Valhalla PHEV Finally Launches With Better Performance Than Expected

Gorgeous Aston Martin Valhalla PHEV Finally Launches With Better Performance Than Expected

After first being revealed in concept form in 2019 — a concept that got almost completely cut out of “No Time To Die” because the near-production design was shown in 2021 between when that movie was initially supposed to release and when it actually hit theaters, thus rendering the concept’s appearance obsolete — the plug-in-hybrid … Read more