Good morning! It’s Thursday, September 5, 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 GM EV1 Was a Great First Effort With No Follow-Up 1st Gear: Automakers See Sales Boost With … Read more
Photo: Logan K. Carter Volkswagen Unveils the Jetta GLI Performance Concept I don’t take life too seriously, and if you need proof just look at my car. I’m a 6-foot-8 Mini Cooper S owner with a license plate that reads as “Yeah, I fit.” I revel in the opportunity to have fun, especially behind … Read more
Just because Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc won the Italian Grand Prix last weekend doesn’t mean he is actually any good at driving regular street cars. On Thursday in his home town of Monaco, the Ferrari F1 ace blasted into the back of what appears to be a Volkswagen van while driving around in his … Read more
Photo: Peace Vans Back in the halcyon days of Woodstock, all the cool kids were living out of their Volkswagen Busses. Now that Volkswagen’s brought the Bus back to North America, it’s only fitting that a company has already outfitted it as a camper. VW’s ID Buzz Gets A Third Row For The U.S. And … Read more
Car nerds occupy a small niche of the wide array of folks with special interests — some might even call that wide array of folks with special interests a spectrum. Regardless of what you or medical professionals may call it, we all like cars. Judging by the fact that you’re reading this article right now, … Read more
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, September 4, 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. 1st Gear: Volkswagen Could Soon Be In Deep Trouble Volkswagen is in deep shit. Now, its finance chief … Read more
I see a lot of comments dogging on Corvettes (& their owners) here. And prior to having kids, Corvette would have been my answer, too (that, or every 2005+ Mopar). They’re every-damn-where here in the US south. And you can’t go to a cars & coffee without tripping over half a dozen “1 of 15″ … Read more
The Volkswagen Passat W8 was a weird car when it was first introduced, and it’s even weirder now that most of the W8 Passats have either grenaded themselves or became too expensive to maintain and ended up getting lost. This one, however, is an impossibly well-kept and low-mileage example of one of Volkswagen’s most peculiar decisions, … Read more
The revitalization of the Meyers Manx brand over the past few years has been thrilling to watch, as the dune buggy company gears up to launch its wholly new Manx 2.0 EV alongside the classic kits and other fresh variants. The latest, wildest version of the Manx to launch is the Tarmac Touring Edition, which … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, August 23, 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’s Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived 1st Gear: Tesla Is Losing Its Sales And Technology Lead Tesla is having … Read more
