Illinois Now Puts a Governor on Repeat Speeders’ Cars. Here’s How the New Law Actually Works
Illinois just decided that the fix for drivers who treat posted limits as suggestions isn’t...
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Baltimore Paid $400K After a Patrol SUV Hit a Teen. The Real Story Is What the Black Box Would Show
Baltimore’s spending board just cut a $400,000 check over a car crash that wasn’t really...
This El Paso Man Tried to Steal Back His Own Repossessed Car. It Didn’t Go Well
There’s a particular flavor of automotive stupidity that only surfaces when someone stops making car...
A Stolen Carvana Car Hauler Turned Highway 231 Into a Demolition Derby in Bay County
Car haulers are built to move other people’s vehicles slowly and carefully. They are not...
Rivian Is Turning a Dead Fry’s Electronics Into Its Newest Sacramento Showroom
The building where Northern California nerds once wandered fluorescent-lit aisles hunting for hard drives and...
Trump Skipped the USMCA’s First Checkup — And Your Next Car Might Pay for It
Six years to the day after it replaced NAFTA, the USMCA hit its first mandatory...
Recall Fatigue Is Real: What to Actually Do When Your Car Gets Recalled
The recall notices keep coming, and after a while they all blur into the same...
The Right-to-Repair Map: Which States Actually Let You Fix Your Own Car in 2026
Ask ten drivers whether they have a “right to repair” their own car, and most...
Guy’s Ford Explorer Had Cop Lights and a Police Radio, So Indiana Troopers Cited Him
You can buy a lot of things over the counter that have no business being...
California Man Pleads Guilty in $476K Fake-License Car Loan Fraud
James Raymond Hanes had a simple trick, and like most simple tricks that end in...
Mercedes C300 Flees Trooper, Hits Semi Head-On the Wrong Way on I-55
Fleeing a traffic stop is a bad bet on its own. Doing it the wrong...
The ‘Buy American’ and ‘Buy European’ Pitch Is Getting Harder to Believe When the Platforms Keep Coming From China
Two stories crossed the wire at roughly the same moment this week, and read together...
The Enthusiast Car Isn’t Being Killed. It’s Being Managed Into Extinction — And That’s Worse
Nobody is going to hold a press conference to announce the death of the fun...
Trump vs. the Gas Station: Political Theater or Actual Policy?
President Trump has found a new villain, and this time it isn’t OPEC, China, or...
Corvette Driver Hit 156 MPH Running From Troopers, Then Said He’d Just “Buy Another One”
A red Chevrolet Corvette ripped down Interstate 55 at 156 mph trying to outrun an...