Massive Dockworkers Strike Could Send Ripples Through Automotive Industry

Massive Dockworkers Strike Could Send Ripples Through Automotive Industry

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

What Car Redesign Ruined The Model?

What Car Redesign Ruined The Model?

Photo: Porsche In This Story The legendary West Coast delicacy that is In-N-Out Burger has an incredibly simplistic menu that has hardly changed throughout its 75-year history, and yet the In-N-Out behind my apartment building has a line wrapping around the block every single day. Sometimes you have to know when you get a recipe … Read more

What The Fed Rate Cut Could Mean For Car Buyers

What The Fed Rate Cut Could Mean For Car Buyers

In This Story Good morning! It’s Thursday, September 19, 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. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: Fed Rate Cut Could … Read more

Cobb Tuning Hit With $2.9 Million Fine Over Emissions Defeat Devices

Cobb Tuning Hit With .9 Million Fine Over Emissions Defeat Devices

Cobb Tuning and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached a massive settlement after it was found out the popular tuner was selling “defeat devices” that allow customers to bypass the emissions controls in their cars. It’s not really something anyone should be doing. Now, the Texas-based company must pay a $2,914,000 penalty and comply … Read more

Driver-Assist Systems Are Making Us More Distracted Drivers: Study

Driver-Assist Systems Are Making Us More Distracted Drivers: Study

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, September 17, 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: Driver Assist Systems Are Letting Us Get … Read more

BMW Recalls 1.5 Million Cars After Two-Year Probe Into Braking Issues

BMW Recalls 1.5 Million Cars After Two-Year Probe Into Braking Issues

Good morning! It’s Monday, September 16, 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. Learn How BMW Names Its Cars In Under Four Minutes 1st Gear: BMW, Rolls-Royce Recall 1.5 Million Cars … Read more

At $15,500, Is This 1987 Porsche 924S A Good Deal?

At ,500, Is This 1987 Porsche 924S A Good Deal?

According to the seller, today’s Nice Price or No Dice 924S is back on the market after an auction agreement fell through. It now has a lower price, and the seller is open to offers. What should we reasonably suggest? Porsche’s Latest Concept Is The Sexy Electric EV HyperCar Of Our Dreams Based on your … Read more

These Are The Best Cars For Solo Road Trips

These Are The Best Cars For Solo Road Trips

The 2024 Subaru Outback Continues to Deliver | MotorWeek Road Test Gonna vote for the humble station wagon. I’ve done several cross country trips, but the best ones were done in a wagon. The last cross country trip in my Outback was probably the best. Haul you and all your gear and your bikes in … Read more

FADA President: C S Vigneshwar appointed FADA President

FADA President: C S Vigneshwar appointed FADA President

The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) on Wednesday announced the appointment of C S Vigneshwar as its President for 2024-26 period. The decision was taken at the 315th Governing Council Meeting, held immediately after the 60th annual general meeting, FADA said in a statement. Vigneshwar is the Managing Director of Anaamalais Toyota based out … Read more

Nothing Completely Changes A Car Faster Than A Sick Set Of Aftermarket Wheels

Nothing Completely Changes A Car Faster Than A Sick Set Of Aftermarket Wheels

Most people go through life perfectly happy with a car exactly as it left the factory on its build date. It’s a handful of years of oil changes and tire rotations before trading it in for the next new thing. But my brain is broken (that goes without saying, I work here) in the way … Read more