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
Photo: Hyundai Dodge is out this week with a clip of the new Charger making some kind of noise, Hyundai was pretty widely praised for adding a selection of synthesized engine noises to the Ioniq 5 N’s list of beloved attributes and automakers the world over are trying to work out just what an electric … Read more
Screenshot: Kia If you haven’t heard already, Kia is making a pickup truck. It’s called the Tasman, and while it’s understandable that you might assume it will be a Hyundai Santa Cruz with a different badge and styling, that couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s a legitimate, body-on-frame pickup truck aimed at midsize rivals … Read more
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is one of the most intense races out there. Climbing ever higher into the mountains, sheer drop-offs on the side of the road, it’s a genuinely scary route to drive — even moreso than you’d think from the cameras that dot the route. Luckily, we’ve got onboard cameras at … Read more
Photo: Hyundai We’re at an interesting point in the automotive world where the quickest cars aren’t always the most fun to drive. Automatic transmissions shift significantly faster than humans can, and electric cars without transmissions are the quickest accelerating vehicles on the road, but what happened to driver involvement and fun factor? Hyundai’s electric Ioniq … Read more
Everyone knows that sedans are dead in the U.S., especially big sedans and luxury sedans and sedans from smaller brands. South Korea still has an appetite for trunked cars of all types, whether that be an cheap small Hyundai or an expensive large Mercedes. The latest cool sedan to hit the Korean market is the … Read more
For a couple of years, there was a war among the makers of electric vehicle charging plugs over which company would win market supremacy. Well, now it seems we’ve got a clear winner, and it’s Tesla’s North American Charging Standard. For a long time, it didn’t seem like this would be the case, with automakers … Read more
Photo: Hyundai For the past few years, Kia and Hyundai vehicles have been targeted by thieves thanks to a security flaw popularized on TikTok. The company responded with a software update meant to mitigate the vulnerability, and now we’re seeing the results of that effort. The verdict? It’s better than nothing. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 … Read more
As one Subaru Crosstrek owner recently learned the hard way, it bears repeating that all-wheel drive is not the same as four-wheel drive. A Subie owner posted a warning letter they received a month after driving on Colorado River Overlook Road in Canyonlands National Park to the r/NationalPark subreddit. The letter notes that this particular … Read more
Earlier this week I was in Northern California to drive the 2025 Aston Martin DBX707, which was updated for this model year with a totally redesigned interior and infotainment system, along with some other minor updates. To show off the DBX’s new cabin Aston’s press department chose some really wild specs to have at the … Read more
