Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 1, 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. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: 45,000 Dock Workers Strike On East Coast Dockworkers on the U.S. … 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
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 25, 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. 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo Is Excellent And Overpriced 1st Gear: Fewer Americans Believe EVs Are Better For The … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, September 13, 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 Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Dealers Call Out ‘Rapid Degradation’ Of Stellantis … Read more
“MX-5 works as the best all round entry level sports car. “Get up early, drop the roof and take the long way to work enjoying your local driving roads. Savoring the precise handling and perfectly weighted gearshifts where each turn depends on your input not simply the car’s bhp and traction control. “Next weekend head … Read more
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, August 28, 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 Property Brothers First Car Literally Spoke To Them 1st Gear: Walter P. Chrysler’s Heir Wants To Buy … Read more
One of the featured classes at last weekend’s 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was the Italian coachbuilder Frua. There was a Maserati-specific Frua class, as Maserati is celebrating its 110th anniversary this year, and a class for Frua designs of other brands. My favorite car of the bunch (and certainly the largest), was this 1971 … Read more
Now that we’re halfway through the year, automakers are slowly trickling out Q2 2024 sales results, which always results in goodies and interesting tidbits to be found. EV sales are up at multiple brands like BMW, Hyundai and GM, for instance. But it’s not all good news — just look at Stellantis. Every one of the … Read more
Image: RM Sotheby’s Here’s an opportunity to own the one-and-only Michelotti-designed Abarth 208 A Spyder. This car was done up in the uniquely 1950s “Stile Transatlantico” inspired by the American rocket-age sporting machines, and looks absolutely magnificent in two-tone teal over white. If you have always wanted an early Corvette, but wished it was much … Read more
Photo: Fiat Today is an exciting day, as Fiat has revealed its new Grande Panda, a baby crossover-ish hatchback that is completely adorable. If you can believe it, this is only the fourth generation of Panda to emerge since 1980 when the original model was revealed, and that one was in production until 2003! While … Read more
