This Special Edition Aston Martin Vantage Is Inspired By James Bond’s Coolest Car While on my daily hot girl walk yesterday evening, I came across a street-parked Aston Martin Vantage that stopped me in my tracks. Not just any “normal” Vantage, this is a Vantage 007 Edition, of which just 100 were produced in 2020 to celebrate “No Time to Die,” the last James Bond movie with Daniel Craig as the… Read more…

This EG Civic Ute Is Just About The Perfect Car When you think of the perfect car, what does it look like? Something fast, expensive, and shiny? Well I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong, the perfect car is a ’90s Civic that’s been turned into a ute. Please adjust your dreams and aspirations accordingly. Read more…

Amid criticism from religious detractors, Vance speaks at religious freedom summit WASHINGTON (RNS) — The speech came as the Trump administration, just 2 weeks old, is already facing lawsuits arguing that it violated the religious freedom of Christians in the U.S. The post Amid criticism from religious detractors, Vance speaks at religious freedom summit appeared first on RNS.

You Can Already Buy A Used Hyundai Ioniq 6 For About The Price Of A New Honda Civic When we first drove the Hyundai Ioniq 6, we didn’t find it particularly sporty, but if you’re just looking for a comfortable daily driver, it’s fantastic. That said, there are two notable downsides — the styling is incredibly divisive, and it can get expensive fast. It starts just under $39,000 including destination,… Read more…

The Brawn GP F1 Car That Jenson Button Sued For Is Going To Auction Winning the FIA Formula One World Championship would be the zenith of any racing driver’s career. Occasionally, an F1 team will gift a car used during the title-winning season to its champion as a gesture of thanks. The Brawn BGP 001, given to Jenson Button after his 2009 championship, is going up for auction at the… Read more…

Gary Rubinstein’s Blog: Who Is the New CEO of Teach for America? Gary Rubinstein’s Blog: Who Is the New CEO of Teach for America? From 1990 until 2013, the CEO of TFA was the founder, Wendy Kopp. Under her leadership the program grew from a small organization that struggled to make payroll into a powerful player in the education world. When Wendy left in 2013, Teach For America was at an all tim…

Germany Says ‘Nein’ To Tesla As Sales Drop 59 Percent Germany has apparently seen the writing on the wall for what Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, represent, and in turn, sales plummeted 59 percent in January. It comes as Musk further inserts himself into both the U.S. government and Germany’s politics. Read more…

Your Next Car Should Be Purple Hey, it’s me again, your favorite blogger with practical car-buying advice. You may remember the biggest tip of the decade when I told you your next car should be green. While I believe that green is a worthwhile hue, if you really want to drive in style your next car should be purple. Read more…

AR-Wielding 15-Year-Old Tries To Joyride A Private Jet Joyriding is already a dangerous thrill-seeking pastime. No one wants an untrained pilot taking a small jet into the skies with no planned destination. A 15-year-old attempted to steal a plane in Texarkana, Arkansas on Tuesday by walking into a private terminal and placing a handgun on the front counter. The teenage… Read more…

Ridiculously Detailed Look At The Koenigsegg Gemera’s Drivetrain Shows How To Build A 249 MPH Family Car Hypercar maker Koenigsegg is renowned for its meticulous attention to detail and over-the-top engineering. It’s a practice that’s worked out well for the brand, as it’s set countless world records and sits near the top of the hypercar tree. To lift the lid on some of the engineering feats that helped it get there,… Read more…

Who The Hell Imported A Base Seventh-Generation Mitsubishi Minica To The U.S.? Living in New York City, a place that is outwardly unfriendly toward cars, means I don’t get to see a ton of weird and interesting stuff on the street. However, every once in a while I’ll spot an absolute gem. In this case, it’s a seventh-generation Mitsubishi Minica parked down the street from my Upper East Side… Read more…

Cop Impersonator In Black Dodge Charger Reportedly Pulling Over Drivers In Georgia And North Carolina Even if the citation is completely valid, getting pulled over sucks. Traffic stops are high-anxiety events where the threat of police violence is ever-present, it takes forever to get back on the road, and tickets are expensive. At the same time, though, if you were speeding, you were speeding. Unless you weren’t, and… Read more…

Tesla Will Give You Cheaper Car Insurance, But Only If You Take The Risk Of Engaging ‘Full-Self Driving’ Tesla has been playing fast and loose with its “Full-Self Driving” tech (now called “Full-Self Driving (Supervised)“) the last few years by essentially leaving testing of the driver-assist system up to the owners of its vehicles. These owners have been using the system on public roads, occasionally with disastrous resu… Read more…

Elon Musk Once Again Admits Most Teslas Physically Can’t ‘Self Drive’ Without Another Hardware Upgrade Elon Musk famously thought that automating the entirety of driving would be a pretty easy job, and he’s been steadily and continually surprised when it turns out to actually be difficult. This trend carries over to the tech installed in Tesla’s cars, which has required update after update, each time accompanied by… Read more…

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88 PARIS (AP) — Ceremonies were being held Tuesday in Ismaili communities in the U.S. and others were held elsewhere in the world Wednesday. The post The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88 appeared first on RNS.

Anglican Church in South Africa admits failures in handling of sexual abuse claims JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African panel, headed by a retired judge, released its own report Tuesday in which it said the Anglican Church should have reported its former member John Smyth. The post Anglican Church in South Africa admits failures in handling of sexual abuse claims appeared first on RNS.

Report details 17 cases of abuse by IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle (RNS) — ‘His actions not only violated the sanctity of his role but also caused profound harm to those he was meant to guide and protect,’ the report said. The post Report details 17 cases of abuse by IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle appeared first on RNS.

At $5,595, Does This 1990 Buick Reatta Float Your Boat? The market for luxury two-seaters is limited, something Buick discovered upon the introduction of the Reatta in the late 1980s. Let’s see if today’s Nice Price or No Dice convertible survivor fairs better in the modern era. Read more…

Honda’s Merger With Nissan Is Probably Over Before It Even Began Good morning! It’s Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 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. Read more…

Consumer Reports Explains Why Mercedes-Benz’s Driver-Assistance Systems Beats Tesla’s The term advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, is used to categorize features like adaptive cruise control, lane departure prevention and automatic emergency braking to name a few, but to the average consumer most of those words are just gibberish. What many consumers have latched onto are Tesla’s dangerous and … Read more…