Rivian Topped The Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Survey Despite Scoring Last In Reliability The average price of a new car in the United States is over $48,000, which is over half of the median income of all households in the country, so you’d think the importance of owning a reliable car that minimizes unexpected expenses would be a top priority, right? According to C… Read more…

This $125,000 Hybrid Taxi Is The True Pinnacle Of British Luxury If you’re in the market for a luxurious car to drive (or be driven) around town in style, then you might think something like a Range Rover or Rolls-Royce would be the perfect choice and the pinnacle of luxury, but you’d be wrong. The real answer to that perennial question is a modified and electrified London cab… Read more…

At $13,500, Would You Get The Scoop On This 2007 Subaru Forester? Regarding cars, it’s generally a good idea to avoid other people’s projects, but the mods on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Subaru might make it an exception to that rule. That is, of course, only if the price is right. Read more…

Electric Car Buyers Almost Never Go Back To Gasoline Good morning! It’s Wednesday, December 11, 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. Read more…

GM Bails On Cruise To Focus On Super Cruise After Burning Billions On Robotaxi Development General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi mapping unit returned to the Bay Area in September, about a year after one of its cars hit a pedestrian. That didn’t last long, though, as GM announced today that it “plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on a… Read more…

Hagerty Experts Say These Are The Collector Cars To Buy In 2025, I Have Some Thoughts The annual Hagerty Bull Market List is out, and there are still several days before Christmas to run out and grab one of these incredible vehicles for someone you love. Or for yourself. After all, why shouldn’t you treat yourself to a Lamborghini Gallardo to end 2024? If the big vintage car insurance company says… Read more…

You Can Finally Buy A Brand-New Hyundai On Amazon If you’ve been wanting to buy a new Hyundai but you haven’t wanted to deal with one of their notoriously crappy dealers, Amazon just saved you a trip. The online retail giant has finally rolled out its online car buying tool for Hyundai that has been in the works for over a year. Read more…

The BMW M5’s Weight Has Faced Criticism For Generations When BMW released the official specifications of the new seventh-generation G90 M5 back in the summer, the internet lost its collective mind over the fact that it now weighs about as much as the moon at nearly 5,400 pounds. Armchair engineers, keyboard warriors, and a lot of industry experts raised hell about the midsi… Read more…

Man Returns Used Subaru Outback By Driving It Through Dealership’s Front Door Have you ever bought a vehicle that turned out to not quite be as advertised, and wished you could just take it right back to the seller and give them a piece of your mind? Well, one Utah man tried after buying a used Subaru from a Mazda dealer, and did so in spectacular fashion: Driving the Outback straight through… Read more…

These EVs Would Be Better If They Were Gas-Powered I’m a big fan of electric vehicles. If you ask me, they’re better than their gas-powered counterparts in 99 percent of situations, but I am not the arbiter of truth, and I like hearing the opinions of other folks. Some people out there aren’t buying into the whole EV thing yet, and whether they’re right or wrong isn’t… Read more…

Ferrari F50, Lamborghini Diablo Among Supercars Found In Syria’s Presidential Palace Raid Rebels storming Syria’s presidential palace this weekend unearthed a haul of supercars worth millions of dollars. Bashar al-Assad’s impressive car collection included models from Lamborghini, Ferrari and Aston Martin allegedly stored in several garages across the country’s capital of Damascus. Read more…

NASA’s Artemis Program Delayed Again, China May Win Modern-Day Space Race With the Space Launch System facing potential cancellation, the Artemis program will already a rough time paving a path to the Moon and it’s only getting worse. NASA announced last week that the next two Artemis missions will be delayed again following the discovery of Orion’s capsule heat shield cracked and chipped… Read more…

Star Trek Fan Gets Thousands Of Dollars In Tickets Because Of Old USS Enterprise License Plate A fan of one of the greatest science fiction franchisesof all time has been getting hit with traffic tickets that are meant for other people. A “Star Trek” fan’s love of the USS Enterprise has seen her receiving thousands of dollars worth of tickets even though she hasn’t driven her car in years and doesn’t even own… Read more…

Russia’s Abandoned Rival To The Space Shuttle Is A Rusting Reminder Of The Race To Govern Space NASA’s iconic Space Shuttle is arguably one of the best things America has made thanks to its sleek looks, its use in the launch of the International Space Station and its contribution to our understanding of the cosmos through the countless satellites it launched into orbit. Russia’s attempt at building a space plane… Read more…

Ford Mustang GTD Officially As Fast Around Nürburgring As Porsche 918 Spyder When Ford unveiled the 2025 Mustang GTD last year, it pointed to the center field fence and called its shot like Babe Ruth. The Blue Oval promised its ultimate pony car could lap the Nürburgring in under seven minutes. That promise was fulfilled on Tuesday with Ford announcing an officially certified lap time of… Read more…

At $17,000, Is This 1994 Ford Bronco XLT A Bucking Good Deal? The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Ford 4X4 claims we will find no other “at this quality and at this price.” Let’s decide if those factors add up to a bargain Bronco. Read more…

Traffic Jams: Los Campesinos! – ‘Lonely This Christmas’ I finished my Christmas shopping this weekend with everything sorted a full two weeks before the big day.Is this what being a grown up is really like? This means I’m ready to plow head first into the holiday season with a mug of mulled wine in one hand and a mince pie in the other without a care in the world. Because… Read more…

What New Car Are You Most Looking Forward To In 2025? 2024 has certainly been a year, but don’t worry, it’s almost over. All we have to do is make it a few more weeks, and 2024 will be in the rearview mirror as we cruise into 2025. Next year will surely come with its fair share of horrors and regrets, but you know what’s a fun distraction from those kinds of worries?… Read more…

Tesla Cybercab Will Be Remote Controlled Until FSD Improves Good morning! It’s Tuesday, December 10, 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. Read more…

Lucid Gravity Production Started Right On Schedule More three-row electric SUVs are hitting the market (or getting ready to), from the recently revealed Hyundai Ioniq 9 to its platform-mate the Kia EV9 to Volvo’s EX90, and now dedicated EV startup Lucidhas officially started production of its three-row offering, the Gravity, at its Arizona plant. Lucid said that it… Read more…