Good morning! It’s Friday, March 22, 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. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Plug-In Hybrids Are Outpacing EV Sales Electric … Read more
By all other accounts, Henrik Fisker has been pretty successful. He had a hand in designing some of the most iconic cars ever made, like the original BMW X5 and Z8, Aston Martin DB9, and Vantage. However, after years in the auto design business, Fisker decided to leave to pursue making cars. Since then he’s … Read more
McLaren has been on increasingly rocky ground in recent years as it struggled to find funding to secure its future. The British supercar maker previously put its headquarters up for sale and turned to the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain for a cash injection. Now, the Middle Eastern country has taken full ownership of McLaren … Read more
The original Aston Martin Lagonda sedan is one of the coolest-looking cars of all time. Its iconic shape and weird tech were symbols of the excess of the late 1970s and 1980s. We’d all be lucky to own one at some point in our lives, which is why I’ve got a heavy heart as I … Read more
Happy Thursday! It’s March 14, 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. The Chrysler 300C Ends Production 1st Gear: Fisker Sure Seems To Be Getting Ready To File Bankruptcy Running a … Read more
Max Verstappen won a record-tying ninth F1 race in a row at Saturday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. However, 18-year-old Ollie Bearman stole the show with a seventh-place finish while standing in for Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. In MotoGP, rookie Pedro Acosta impressed fans by going wheel-to-wheel with future hall-of-famer Marc Márquez. It’s Monday, March 11, 2024 … Read more
This Aston Martin is part British, part Italian, and part American, but 100 percent lust worthy. It is a 2003 Aston Martin DB AR1, powered by a naturally aspirated V12 and a six-speed manual transmission, with classic British styling that’s been massaged into a truly striking roadster by legendary Italian designer Zagato. And it’s up … Read more
Mohammed Ben Sulayem (right) chatting with Red Bull team principal Christian HornerPhoto: Chris Graythen (Getty Images) FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem is under fire for alleged abuses of power as the head of international motorsport’s governing body. A whistleblower within the FIA claims Ben Sulayem told inspectors to fabricate a reason to withhold certification for … Read more
We’re not entirely sure why, but the last week of February was the week quite a few automakers decided to announce that things are No Longer Happening. Granted, these are all projects that most of us hadn’t thought about in a long time, but it’s still a little sad to see. So much money just … Read more
The new Maserati GranCabrio enters the market as an AWD, 542-hp, four-seat cabriolet that will compete against the likes of the Bentley Continental GTC, Ferrari Roma Spider, and Aston Martin DB12 Volante. Despite the new name, this is just a new GranTurismo cabriolet, which is not a bad thing considering that the GranTurismo is a … Read more
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