2004 Lexus LS430 by Southampton Water.Photo: National Motor Museum/Heritage Images (Getty Images) As we get older and our brains fully mature, we become more risk averse and more comfortable being comfortable. Some folks have always aspired to a cushy and pampered lifestyle, and others learn to appreciate the comfy things in life as the youthful … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, July 12, 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. We Hope Steve Never Has to Test This Motorcycle Airbag Vest 1st Gear: NHTSA Warns Millions Of Cars … Read more
The Nissan Versa isn’t necessarily the best car you can buy, but it is a car, and with a base price of $16,680 it’s the least-expensive new car that you can buy in the United States. It’s also seen a massive increase in sales through the first half of this year, selling 61 percent more … Read more
If you’re familiar with the Drift King, Keiichi Tsuchiya, you know he loves to take very cool cars and get them slideways on track. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is a very cool car, as are the RN22e and Vision N 74 concepts. So naturally, when Hyundai handed Tsuchiya the keys to all three, he … Read more
Photo: Facebook Marketplace If you could assemble the perfect car from parts, what would you put together? A cargo-hauling wagon body maybe, with a stout inline-six that loves boost and a manual transmission. If that sounds like your ideal enthusiast car, then you’d be well served by this absolutely gorgeous manual-swapped IS300 SportCross. What Car … Read more
The Focus was the small car that took Ford into the 21st century. Ford wanted to replicate the success of the Escort, which sold well around the world throughout the ’80s and ’90s. A few years before Ford settled on making the Focus its world car, the name graced a concept car in 1992. The Ford … Read more
Image: Bring A Trailer Lincoln doesn’t make sedans anymore, instead following parent Ford’s lead and going all-in on luxury SUVs and crossovers. The brand’s last crack at a sedan was the tenth-generation Continental that debuted for the 2017 model year. Unfortunately it was a flop, but just before the model was dropped from production, Lincoln … Read more
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik I just had a 2024 Ford Maverick Tremor dropped off for a week of testing, and when I was handed the key I was taken aback by how familiar it seemed. This was very odd considering the fact I’ve never tested a Ford before – therefore I’ve never seen the … Read more
If you don’t know much about Sterling’s flop of a four-year presence in the American car market, you’re not alone. British carmaker Rover tried and failed to permeate the car market in the U.S. twice prior to masquerading as the fresh new brand called Sterling. Rover partnered with Honda to develop the Sterling models based … Read more
Those infamous Takata airbags—the ones with the accelerator that can send shrapnel flying towards the faces of folks sitting in the front of them—are still a massive problem on U.S. roads. Worse yet, some of the most humid and therefore dangerous states are home to nearly half of all unfixed vehicles Max Burkholder’s First Car … Read more
