Turkey’s Interior Ministry announced through an over-the-top sizzle reel that it has converted a fleet of seized luxury and performance vehicles for police use. The cars and SUVs were taken from an international drug trafficker and handed off to Istanbul’s police force as a consequence of his arrest, Motor1 reports. A Ferrari 488 GTB, a … Read more
The Nio ET9 just made its debut, and it’s the latest electric vehicle from the Chinese company Nio that’s pushing the boundaries on EV specs. As for the Nio lineup of vehicles, the ET9 slots in right at the top as the company’s new “executive flagship” vehicle. It skews more toward the look of a … Read more
Right now, the reality for electric vehicles is pretty grim. People are buying EVs, but the growth in sales is cooling. That’s having a ripple effect, from rising EV inventory at dealers to automakers rethinking their EV investments and production plans. Even EV charging companies are taking a hit. Electric Car Charging Still Sucks, But … Read more
Ford sold the Pinto subcompact from the 1971 through 1980 model years, and gave it a bit of European flavor by powering it with engines originally designed in Britain or Germany. When the time came for a modern front-wheel-drive Pinto replacement for North America, influence from across the Atlantic was even stronger. While the first-generation … Read more
The small town of East Palestine, Ohio, ended up in the headlines for weeks this February after a Norfolk Southern train hauling dangerous chemicals jumped its tracks and created an environmental nightmare for residents and clean-up crews alike. After almost a year, things are not much better in East Palestine. The 2023 Dodge Challenger Swinger … Read more
NEW YORK — Cummins Inc. has agreed to pay an over $1.67 billion penalty to settle claims by regulators that the engine manufacturer unlawfully altered hundreds of thousands of pickup truck engines to bypass emissions tests. According to the U.S. Justice Department, which announced the agreement in principle Thursday, Cummins’ alleged actions violated the Clear … Read more
The ever-evolving electric vehicle landscape and lingering skepticism about going green has forced automakers to get creative with their marketing and sales strategies. Microleasing, according to Bloomberg, is the latest way to get butts in seats. The whole goal is to just get a prospective EV buyer behind the wheel of an EV while they … Read more
While looking at the nine-page rundown of everything I wrote in 2023, there were a lot of luggage tests to work through, and as much I’m sure you’d all just love to check out Luggage Test Greatest Hits, I went a different route. For whatever random reasons, my most memorable drives from 2023 came while … Read more
There’s nothing car builders love more than a “Mad Max” theme. Everyone loves to take a car, jack it up on some big tires, paint it black, and weaponize it. But when they do, are they really thinking about “Mad Max”? Why ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Is the Ultimate Car Movie Propmakers, when working on … Read more
It is often said that a car begins losing its value as soon as you drive it off the lot. The reasons why boil down to some Nobel Prize-winning insights about human behavior and some quirks of the automotive industry. Everyone in the automotive industry keeps a close eye on depreciation: owners and buyers concerned … Read more
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