$25,000,000 Wasn’t Enough To Buy Jerry Seinfeld’s Porsche 917 Used By Steve McQueen In ‘Le Mans’ Bidding for perhaps the most iconic Porsche in the history of the German automaker failed to meet the lofty reserve set by seller Jerry Seinfeld. In spite of the fact that no Porsche has ever sold for more than $14 million, and this very 917 sold for just $1.32 million back in 2000, Mr. Seinfeld turned down a bid of… Read more…

NJ Governor Begs Trump To Force New York To Let Residents Drive Into City For Free After decades of absolutely awful traffic, New York had the neat idea to charge people money if they wanted to drive into the most crowded parts of Manhattan. You can still take public transportation, walk or ride a bike, but if you insist on driving into lower Manhattan, you have to pay $9. This has, of course, upset… Read more…

Stellantis Somehow Thinks It Can Go After Bentley And Rolls-Royce With DS Every day it seems Stellantis loses a little bit more of its grip on reality. Now, the struggling automaker says it wants its French luxury unit, DS, to rival the likes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Right now, it’s more of a BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz fighter, but these French loons have higher aspirations for the brand. Read more…

Honda Is Making Sure Its Electric Performance Cars Will Still Bring You Joy Like most automakers, Honda is looking for ways to electrify its lineup while still keeping the unique driving characteristics the Japanese company is known for. This is no simple task, especially for performance vehicles like the Honda Civic Type R — cars that need to feel a certain way and be fun, above all else. Read more…

Don’t Leave Refrigerated Groceries In Your Car On Sub-Freezing Nights We’ve all had the thought: You’re tired after all that grocery shopping, you don’t want to lug everything you bought up all those steps to your fridge in the cold. Can’t you just leave them in the car overnight, deal with them tomorrow? Well, according to WTVG out of Ohio, doing so may ruin your refrigerated foods,… Read more…

AMA Supercross Is The Pinnacle Of Motorsport As Spectacle I am not much of a dirt bike guy. I prefer my two-wheeled ripping on smooth pavement and my tires slick and grippy. But much in the way I enjoy professional basketball when I attend games in person and can’t be bothered to watch on television, going to a Supercross event is a totally rad way to spend an evening. Last… Read more…

The Return Of Supersonic Flights Might Actually Be Real Boom Supersonic is expected to break the sound barrier with its XB-1 demonstrator next week. The private test plane is a one-third-scale presentation of the startup’s planned Overture airliner. American Airlines and United Airlines have already placed orders for the Overture, so a successful test flight next week… Read more…

Trump’s Hitting Canada, Mexico With 25 Percent Tariff By February 1 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, January 21, 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…

It’s A $20,000 Bentley Continental GT, What’s The Worst That Could Happen? When it comes to luxury cars, Bentley and Rolls-Royce are on a completely different level than more mainstream brands such as Audi and Mercedes. Yes, their interiors may include leather, wood, and metal accents, but they just aren’t ever going to be quite as nice as a proper Bentley. Plus, there’s the part where you… Read more…

Two Jerks With Firetruck Arrested While Impersonating Firefighters During LA Wildfires A couple of dumbass jerk losers from Oregon were arrested in California after positing as firefighters dealing with the Pacific Palisades blaze. A Los Angeles Police Department unit was patrolling an evacuation zone over the weekend when they saw a firetruck that “did not appear to be legitimate,” according to the… Read more…

Here’s What Happens When You Use WD-40 To Clean Foggy Headlights Wonder solution WD-40 seems to get used for almost everything these days, from cleaning the rust off nuclear missiles to de-greasing squeaky door hinges. It can also be used to clear chewing gum from surfaces and even helps free tree sap from your body panels, but can it also stop your headlamps from fogging up as… Read more…

This Kei Truck-Based Dakar Racer Makes Me Think The Future Is In Safe Hands Certain sections of the internet like to call out the younger generations’ interest in electric vehicles and concerns over the state of the planet as a sign that car culture is on its way out. That’s probably not the case and instead young people just aren’t interested in your V8 muscle car anymore, Gramps. Instead,… Read more…

These Are The Cars You Think Should Be The Next Presidential Limo The president of the United States has flown around in a plane made by Boeing since the 1960s and a converted Cadillac has served as his official car since the 1990s. While the manufacturer of Air Force One is unlikely to change anytime soon, the provider of the state car might do. And this got us wondering about what… Read more…

At $17,988, Will This 2005 Pontiac GTO Get Up And Go? When most people think “Pontiac GTO,” the first thing that comes to mind is the ’60s car, not today’s Nice Price or No Dice Aussie import reconstitution. Let’s see if this well-equipped coupe is priced to give a second thought. Read more…

What Car Maintenance Are You Ignoring Right Now? Cars require so much work to maintain. Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it’s rewarding, but sometimes actually doing all that work is just a slog — the kind of slog that gets put off again, and again, and again. Today, we ask: What automotive maintenance item are you ignoring right now? Read more…

Remember When Subaru Made A Lifted Legacy Sedan? Subaru thrust its way into the mainstream in the 21st century thanks to its rugged, reliable, all-wheel-drive vehicles, including crossovers that drive more like normal cars than the truck-based SUVs of yore. As the traditional sedan was beginning to get replaced by the onslaught of these incredibly versatile… Read more…

The U.S. Government Commissioned A Private Company To Build This Electric Dodge Ram Van In The 1980s Automakers have been experimenting with electric cars for over a century. While many consider the GM EV1 to be the first mainstream electric car for the masses, some American automakers were experimenting with bringing an EV to market decades before General Motors, including Dodge, GM’s direct rival. One of Dodge’s… Read more…

Citroën 2CV Ice Racing Is The World’s Happiest Form Of Motorsport When the mountains in France begin to cover with snow, posh people from all around descend on places like Tignes-Val d’Isere, Portes du Soleil and Grand Massif to show off how great they are at skiing. But snowsports aren’t the only thing you can do on a snow-capped alp — you can also go racing. The perfect car for… Read more…

Australia Has The Best Words For Car Crashes Australians are doing the English language better than any of the rest of us. I once heard one of them refer to “eating gas station food” as “smashing a dirty servo bite,” and from that point on I was absolutely sold on their perfect dialect. Recently, though, I discovered another type of automotive word that… Read more…

2025 Audi RS Q8 Performance Is An SUV You Should Take To The Track Anyone who knows me knows I love a good silly performance SUV. The reveal of the original Porsche Cayenne was a formative moment for me, as it marked a real turning point in the evolution of the industry. Plus, I thought it was just awesome. In the two decades since the market has exploded, with companies like Aston… Read more…