Image: Rennsport One Racing Following the most recent round of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season at Virginia International Raceway, the Rennsport One team packed the truck full of four Porsche race cars, and all the associated gear, and headed back to their South Florida race shop. On Sunday at 3 a.m. thieves broke into … Read more
The Dodge Challenger Demon 170 was built to celebrate the end of Dodge’s internal combustion muscle cars and, along the way, smoke a few of its rivals on the drag strip in the process. Now, the sold-out monster has finally been spied at a race track where it did just that, leaving a Chevrolet Camaro … Read more
Image: Dodge If you’re the owner of a Dodge Journey, you may want to keep a hammer inside the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into the Journey, as nearly one million of the crossovers may have a defect that prevents its windows and doors from unlocking, potentially trapping occupants inside. … Read more
Ever since I attended the Munich debut of the Mercedes-Benz Concept EQG in 2021, where it premiered with a Buck Rogers–style sci-fi mini film that featured design head Gorden Wagener alongside people in alien costumes, the electric G-Class has lived rent free in my brain. I can’t think of another new car I’ve been this … Read more
Happy Thursday! It’s April 11, 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 Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: European Tesla Investors Are Fed Up With Elon Musk’s … Read more
Apparently, something special is happening with the sun and moon today. You should drive more carefully, and despite what the “experts” on TikTok say, do not stare directly at the eclipse without protective eyewear. But let’s take a moment to appreciate some good eclipses and recognize some bad ones. Before it was the brand that mostly … 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
The weather here in the midwest is warm enough in February to be something that definitely keeps me up at night. In order to help keep some of those thoughts from overrunning my brain and sending me into a doom spiral, I opened the garage door, grabbed my gear, and swung a leg over my … Read more
