Every Car You Can Get With A Manual In 2025 The death of the manual transmission has been talked about for decades at this point. With the advent of electric vehicles and a general attitude shift as to what a car should be, stick-shift cars are getting left by the wayside. Still, some soldier on, undeterred by what has been said about them and their lack of… Read more…

Imagine How Much Joy This Cute Little Red Barchetta Would Bring To Your Life Here at Jalopnik, we love the Mazda Miata. It’s the answer to all of life’s problems, and if you’ve never driven one, you’re missing out. Sure, the Miata has its flaws, but it’s still a perfect car, and we’re all lucky to be alive at a time when we can experience all four generations at the same time. With all that… Read more…

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, choosing an Italian nun ROME (AP) — The appointment marks a major step in Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church. The post Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, choosing an Italian nun appeared first on RNS.

Special Episode – Remembering Jimmy Carter State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush remembers the legacy of Jimmy Carter, and shares some interview excerpts with 39th President of the United States. Also, highlighs of a conversation between Jimmy Carter and founding host of The State of Belief, the late Rev. C. Welton Gaddy. The post Special Episode – Remembering Jimmy Carter …

Sewa Diwali Food Drive 2024: Continuing a legacy of service and togetherness Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA The post Sewa Diwali Food Drive 2024: Continuing a legacy of service and togetherness appeared first on RNS.

These Are The Best Hybrid Cars Under $35,000, According To Consumer Reports In the 2000s, hybrids were rare enough that owning a Prius was still a novelty. These days, though, celebrities no longer drive Priuses, and pretty much every automaker has a few in its lineup. It isn’t exactly a mystery why hybrids have gotten so popular, either. They just get significantly better gas mileage. Plus,… Read more…

Insecure Police License Plate Scanners Stream Your Movements Directly Onto The Internet More than 100 cameras used by police forces across America may be streaming everything they capture online after insecurities were uncovered by privacy researchers this week. Motorola license plate scanners deployed in the U.S. have been found to be sharing vehicle details like make, color and registration online for… Read more…

Sebastien Loeb Dumps Dented Dakar Dacia It goes without saying that Sebastien Loeb is among the greatest rally drivers in human history, but his luck in the Dakar hasn’t exactly been good. During Tuesday’s third stage Loeb suffered a medium-speed roll in his Dacia Sandrider that scattered parts in all directions. Just like Carlos Sainz the day before, Loeb… Read more…

Porsche’s New 911 Carrera S Gets 30 HP Bump To Take Over The Spot Vacated By The GTS Going Hybrid Porsche has a million different variants of its iconic 911, so you’ll be forgiven for not immediately knowing where each of them sits in the lineup. The 911 Carrera S is basically one step above the base model, bringing more standard power and luxury, but not quite as much of either as a GTS, and about half as much of… Read more…

BMW’s New Infotainment System Is A Boomer’s Nightmare BMW has apparently seen your complaints about an influx of screens and tech in cars and decided that you can go to hell. The automaker’s latest iDrive system – debuting 24 years after the original – is information-maxxing and heads-up display-pilled. Still, its main screen hasn’t grown too much and there’s no gauge… Read more…

Y’all Drive Safe Out There Now, You Hear? We don’t get a whole lot of snow here in Georgia, but apparently, there’s a chance we’ll get some on Friday. I guarantee it’ll miss my house and just rain instead, but it’ll probably snow somewhere in the state. In fact, a new winter storm is predicted to drop snow all across the South and parts of the Midwest, CNN… Read more…

VW Admits Scout Buyers Want Gas Trucks Volkswagen revived the iconic Scout truck brand last year with much fanfare. The slick new SUV and pickup truck models combine retro styling with electric power, but VW said it would throw in an optional hybrid model that comes with a gas-powered range extender to appeal to some buyers. Now, the automaker has admitted… Read more…

Police Academy Actor Moves Ditched Cars As Wildfires Rip Through Southern California Flames don’t distinguish between modest suburban developments and lavish mansions. At least three wildfires were raging across Greater Los Angeles as of Wednesday morning and firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes due to winds reaching 60 miles per hour. Steve Guttenberg, star of the Police Academy movies,… Read more…

Bankrupt Car Dealer Must Pay $43 Million For Scamming Customers A federal judge in Georgia is ordering a bankrupt auto financing company to pay out $42.6 million in damages, restitution and penalties for violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act. It apparently carried out wrongful repossessions, over billing and other awful practices and scams. Sometimes car dealers cannot… Read more…

Don’t Try To Bring A Shotgun Shell Full Of Meth On An Airplane, And Other Incredible TSA Finds From 2024 The Transportation Security Administration is so important to the safety of American travelers and 2024 was finally the year they were recognized for their hard work, with the straight-to-Netflix Christmas thriller “Carry-On.” The dead-eyed men and women in blue patrolling your local airports are ever vigilant when it… Read more…

Ford And Tesla’s Battery Maker Blacklisted Due To Work With Chinese Military Good morning! It’s Wednesday, January 8, 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…

Tow Truck Companies Sell Your Car In 15 Days If You’re Poor Enough In Connecticut While we all probably have a story of an egregious parking job that fully justified calling a tow truck, most cars aren’t towed because some rando blocked a pregnant woman’s driveway right before she tried to leave for the hospital. It can happen for much more minor reasons such as simply misreading a sign. If you… Read more…

These Are The Quickest EVs You Can Buy In 2025 There was once a time when if a car was able to go from 0-60 in less than four seconds, it was astonishingly quick. Well, not anymore. In the age of EVs, if your car takes four seconds to get to 60 mph, you’ve got a one-way ticket to Gapplebees. Now that we live in an age of ostentatious torque and clever AWD systems, … Read more…

Toyota Knows The bZ4X Isn’t Good To put it bluntly, the Toyota bZ4X is not good. We know it. Dealers seem to know it, given the wild lease deals that you can get on one and, surprisingly, Toyota seems to know it as recent comments from one of the company’s executives show. Read more…

Airplane Cloud Seeding Probably Isn’t Controlling The Weather As Well As State Governments Hope The American West is in a horrifying drought and the deleterious effect of the resulting wildfires has been felt by many in recent years. Naturally, state governments have spent millions on cloud seeding in the hopes that the practice would promote rainfall and help quell these deadly eventualities. Unfortunately, acco… Read more…