Stellantis is in trouble right now. Sales for all of its American brands are down, and the company is on the hunt for a new CEO. You get a better picture of things at the dealership level. Over at brands like Jeep, dealers are sitting on inventory they can’t seem to sell. Dealers for Fiat … Read more
Photo: Rory Carroll Cars: Are they good, or bad? Well, I like my cars, I like your cars, I like race cars, and driving. But, as far as building a society around cars, well, that’s not so good. The Plymouth Prowler Is Deserving Of Love | Jalopinions That’s basically the premise of a new podcast … Read more
Screenshot: Vin_ tra on YouTube Louder, stiffer, faster, lighter, lower; Is it better? Enthusiasts like to modify their cars, and the logic goes that the more stuff we can put on a car the better it’ll be. We deliberately make our cars more difficult to live with by installing less comfortable seats, stickier tires, stiffer … 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
It wasn’t that long ago that we regularly reported on buyers having a hard time scoring a fair deal on the Ford Bronco. From big markups to dealers selling the car out from under them, it was a seller’s market because Ford couldn’t make them fast enough. Inventory has caught up with demand, and for … Read more
Joey Logano, driver of the #22 AAA Insurance Ford, drives during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 13, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas.Photo: Jonathan Bachman (Getty Images) Paying for car insurance sucks now more than ever. Premiums seem to keep rising and consumers aren’t receiving … Read more
The official interest rate has been paused again, despite growing political pressure on the Reserve Bank to start lowering the cash rate from a 12-year high. In Tuesday’s sixth decision of the year, the RBA held rates again at 4.35 per cent, as it has been since the most recent hike last November. The Reserve … Read more
South Australian dairy producer Beston Global Food Company said it had experienced “a perfect storm of adverse events” prompting it to go into voluntary administration. The company is one of the largest exporters of dairy products from South Australia, employing 159 people in the state. It is well known for award-winning cheese products, whey, and … Read more
Couples must now both earn six-figure salaries to afford a home in the majority of Sydney areas, new data from Canstar has revealed. The average Australian salary is just over $100,000, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Sydney’s eastern suburbs have a median house price of almost $4,000,000, while the north … Read more
“Millions” of people could fall victim to scams using artificial intelligence to clone their voices, a UK bank has warned. Starling Bank, an online-only lender, said fraudsters are capable of using AI to replicate a person’s voice from just three seconds of audio found in, for example, a video the person has posted online. Scammers … Read more
