Fairfax’s Flock Camera Showdown: What Drivers Need to Know
If you drive in Fairfax County, a camera has almost certainly read your plate this...
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Fake Pizza Calls, 38% Interest and Wrongful Repos: Settlements With Seven Car Lenders Show the Same Tricks Again and Again
Seven auto lenders, eleven years of government files and three recurring problems: loans built to fail, add-ons that never get…
Japanese-Owned Ohio Supplier Murotech Settles PPP Size Claims for $3 Million
Small business is a slippery label when your parent company sits on the other side...
The Average New-Car Buyer Isn’t 61. A $47,800 V8 Mustang Explains Why It Feels That Way
A podcast guest put the average new-car buyer at 61. Federal and industry data say younger, but the price of…
169 Days of Jeeps, 35 Days of Toyotas: The Car Glut Lives on Certain Lots
Cox Automotive counted 82 days of new-car supply in September, below a year ago. The surplus sits with Jeep, Ram…
Truist’s $5.5 Billion Near-Prime Auto Book Was Breaking Even, So the Bank Sold It and Is Shutting the Lender Down
Truist sold $5.5 billion of near-prime car loans from Regional Acceptance, a unit it says broke even, and is closing…
GM Backs Off Countersuit in Troy E-Bike Crash as Michigan Liability Questions Mount
General Motors countersued the parents of a teenager who ended up pinned under a GMC...
GM Earned $3.3 Billion Last Quarter. Its Lending Arm Set Aside 39% More for Car Loans Going Bad
Ford, GM and Stellantis have mostly finished booking their EV write-downs. The strain now shows up at their finance arms,…
Former Investigator’s Live Flock Account Exposes Georgia’s License Plate Reader Offboarding Gap
When a cop leaves a department, there’s a checklist. Hand in the sidearm, the badge,...
Wow, That Happened? A Ford Worker Allegedly Walked Millions in Parts Off the Line
Most people take home a lunchbox from work. Police say one Ford worker in Michigan...
From 35 Cars to Nearly 1,000 a Month: How Carvana Turned a Sleepy Arizona Dodge Store Into Stellantis’s No. 1 Dealer
Carvana bought a small Arizona Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store that sold 30-50 new cars a month. It now sells close to 1,000,…
A Jeep Hit a Water Buffalo Head-On on U.S. 11 in Northern New York. Yes, a Water Buffalo.
New York State Police say a Jeep struck a water buffalo head-on on U.S. Highway 11 in Stockholm, N.Y. The…
Warned About Their 13-Year-Old’s E-Moto, Prosecutors Say, Dad Bought Him a Faster One. Now Both Parents Are Charged in His Death
Orange County prosecutors say a Garden Grove father bought his 13-year-old a faster, more powerful E-Moto after warnings and a…
New Jersey Says GEICO ‘Forgave’ Accidents by Moving 4,662 Drivers to a Pricier Company. The Refunds Top $10.5 Million
State examiners found GEICO wrongly moved thousands of New Jersey policies into a costlier company, including 4,662 tied to accident…
Police Say He Claimed Injuries From a Parked Car He Wasn’t Even In. Inside New York’s 16 Auto Insurance Fraud Arrests
One man claimed injuries in a parked car he wasn’t in. A deer-damage claim covered damage investigators say predated the…