Good morning! It’s Friday, August 9, 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. Tesla Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Tesla Orders Canceled Over Musk’s Support For Trump For months, … Read more
In our latest What Car Should You Buy entry, a reader wanted advice on what car his father-in-law should get to replace his current BMW X5. The problem was less the car itself and more that it was too big for him to drive safely anymore, so they were looking for something smaller. We all … Read more
Kevin is helping his in-laws replace their BMW X5 PHEV which is too big and unwieldy for aging drivers. They are looking for something smaller, but still in the luxury space and like the idea of having a hybrid powerplant. With a budget up to $70,000, what car should they buy? I Need To Replace … Read more
BMW touts its products as “Ultimate Driving Machines,” and today’s Nice Price or No Dice X5 has certainly done a lot of driving. Let’s see if its price drives a hard bargain. I Need To Replace My Stolen BMW X5 | WCSYB? The 1977 Chevy Malibu we looked at yesterday was dressed in the livery … Read more
Photo: BMW The BMW XM is wonderful to drive, handling far better than you would expect from such a large SUV, and it has an outstanding interior, too. It’s also horrifically ugly, seemingly intentionally designed in defiance of modern design principles. Oh, and it’s a plug-in hybrid, too, with a starting price north of $150,000. … Read more
It’s been a good couple of years for luxury automotive brands, especially Genesis, one of the newest guys on the block. After initially launching with a sedan-only lineup, the company’s GV80 SUV premiered in 2020 as one of the crown jewels of its lineup, and now the GV80 is the recipient of a subtle refresh … 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
A group of Chicago teens decided the best way to spend their evening in Wisconsin last week was to break into a Jaguar-Land Rover dealership and steal nearly $600,000 in luxury vehicles and later go on a 40-mile car chase with police. At least they weren’t just on their damn phones, am I right? The … Read more
I’ve never been a modern Toyota Land Cruiser guy, and by extension the Lexus LX and GX have never really done it for me either. I’ve always understood the appeal, but personally I like my high-end SUVs to be less simple and rugged and more interesting and luxurious, plus the 13-year-old GX has been seriously … Read more
Image: Bradley Brownell Humanity has survived another lap around the sun, and 2024 is here. You’re ready to start the year anew with aims at making your life a little better. You’ve set goals for the year, and will diligently work toward their achievement within the next 12 months. You’ll stick to it and you’ll … Read more
