Image: eBay There was a time that General Motors was trying to make Oldsmobile a more exciting brand, and decided the best way to do that was to take its new Aurora racing in IMSA’s GTS-1 category. The car won on its debut at the 1996 Daytona 24, cementing Oldsmobile in the annals of motorsport … Read more
GM’s rollout of its new EVs has been slow, but it’s picked up a bit. Between Cadillac, Chevy and GMC, the automaker moved nearly 38,000 EVs in Q2 of this year. Among those is the Chevy Silverado EV. A few fleet sales have been made to companies like Hertz, but with the rental company looking … Read more
Photo: Odd Andersen / AFP (Getty Images) Tesla decided to take a very hands-on approach to tackling employees who call out sick at its gigafactory in Germany. Factory management is going to employees’ homes when they call out sick to check if they are actually ill. Plant workers are understandably pissed off, slamming the door … Read more
You Can Always Go Back to a Stick-Shift Volkswagen GTI – One Take A MK7 GTI was the peak, IMHO. Though I suppose if I could have ANYTHING as a toy, it would be a 1.9L Peugeot 205 GTI. Drove one in Hungary years ago – huge, huge fun. But not nearly as suited to … Read more
Automotive factories throughout the United States and around the world are not producing nearly as many cars as they need to in order to be profitable. A mixture of factors are driving down productivity, but two stand out. First, new car demand simply hasn’t snapped back to pre-pandemic levels. A record 17.5 million cars sold … Read more
Nothing adds gravitas to a major sports event like a blimp causally patrolling the skies around the stadium. A soccer club’s blimp slowly crashed into a residential neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil on Wednesday. Thankfully, only one person was injured in the slow-motion disaster that caused people to jog for their lives. The Plymouth Prowler … Read more
Eric Adams is in a hell of a lot of trouble right now. Not only is he the weirdest mayor New York has ever had (dethroning Bill DeBlasio), but he is now the first sitting mayor to be indicted and criminally charged. That’s not what we’re here to talk about, though. Nope, I want to … Read more
Photo: Fiat The National Highway Traffic Administration issued a recall for 15,835 2017-2020 model year Fiat/Abarth 124 Spiders because the airbags could deploy with “excessive force.” Specifically, the Bosch airbag control module can command a dual-stage front airbag deployment instead of the intended single-stage deployment in low-speed accidents. Jalopinions | Dodge Caliber Single-stage airbag deployment usually uses … Read more
Image: Alibaba There isn’t much on Alibaba, Temu or Shein that you need in your life. The vast majority of the ultra cheap stuff coming from these Chinese bargain sellers is scam garbage that will make your life worse. But if you’ve got a rusty, clapped-out AE86 Toyota Corolla hatchback in need of restoration and … Read more
It’s been just about a year since Hyundai announced it would sell its full lineup of cars on Amazon, and since then not very much has happened. Now, dealers are starting to get pissed, and folks are wondering if this team-up between the automaker and online retail giant will ever actually happen. The Plymouth Prowler … Read more
