BYD’s Shark 6 Security Fix Closes the Door a Researcher Used, and an Aftermarket App Goes With It
BYD says an over-the-air update will close the Android debug route used in the Four Corners Shark 6 demonstration. An…
October 5, 2026
Your Car’s Phone App Roughly Doubled Its Ad-Tracker Exposure. Owners Can Switch Off Some of It
Northeastern researchers found that pairing a companion app roughly doubled a car's exposure to advertising and tracking companies. Phone settings…
Tacoma Wrecks a GT-R and McLaren 570S at Cars and Coffee and Narrowly Spares an SVJ
A Toyota Tacoma plowed into a Cars and Coffee lineup in Cypress, Texas, totaled a...
Dodge’s 1,348% Charger Sixpack Jump Started From 238 Leftover Cars
Stellantis's Q3 chart shows gas Charger sales up 1,348%, measured against 238 old-generation cars. Counted whole, the Charger rose 22%…
A Stolen $50,000 Chevelle Allegedly Went for $9,500 Cash and No Title. The Buyer Is Charged Too.
A federal indictment says a 1972 Chevelle SS taken from a St. Louis collection was sold for $9,500 cash with…
Stellantis Is Grading Its Quality Fix on Three-Month-Old Cars. The €4.1 Billion Bill Is for Older Ones.
Stellantis booked €4.1 billion in 2025 for defects in vehicles it had already shipped. The quality metric it now reports…
Spotter Lawsuit Verdict: Jennifer Jo Cobb Faces $850,002 Under NC Heart-Balm Law
Jennifer Jo Cobb spent most of two decades doing one of the hardest jobs in...
Dayton Detectives Recover One-Owner ’70 GTO Judge After Rig Theft
If you’ve towed a show car more than a few hours from home, you know...
CarMax Now Makes $111 Less on Each Car and $116 More on Everything Sold With It
CarMax cut its per-car margin to revive sales, then earned it back on extended service plans and the shop while…
Iowa Lawyer Gets Prison for Telling Medicaid the Rolls-Royce He’d Crashed Was Worth $194,000
Timothy Anderson valued his crashed 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V at $194,000 on a client's Medicaid application. The car exemption he…
GM Lost 41,028 EV Sales After the $7,500 Credit Died. Its Entire U.S. Drop Was 39,373.
GM's EV deliveries fell by 41,028 in the third quarter, more than its total U.S. sales decline, a year after…
Connected Car Apps Are Leaking VINs to Big Tech Ad Networks
Nobody cross-shops crossovers by their ad-tech stack. But a new study shows that whatever you...
Customs Officials in Elizabeth, N.J., Report a Record 603 Stolen Vehicles Stopped Before Export, Then Say Most Go Back to Insurers, Not Owners
U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped a record 603 stolen vehicles at the ports of...
Audi’s EV Patent Calls for Real Motor Noise, Fake Gearshifts and Sparks Ground Off the Pavement
Audi's German patent application would hard-mount an EV's motor, strip its soundproofing, simulate gearshifts and turbo lag, and grind a…