Timing Belt or Timing Chain? Ignore the Wrong One and Watch a $2,000 Repair Bill Show Up
Ask ten drivers what a timing belt does. You’ll get eight shrugs, one “isn’t that...
John Lloyd
State Farm Just Deputized Your Toyota to Snitch on You After a Crash
Somewhere in Bloomington, Illinois, State Farm’s engineers just solved a problem that has nothing to...
Your Spark Plugs Could Still Be Fine at 100,000 Miles. Here’s How to Know Before You Pay to Replace Them Anyway
Somewhere along the way, “100,000 miles” became the universal spark plug expiration date. People repeat...
Ford Quietly Tested Its “Quality Comes First” Ads on Factory Towns Before Anyone Else Saw Them. That’s Not a Coincidence
Ford just won its first J.D. Power quality crown since 2010, and its new “Quality...
Waymo’s “Free” Robotaxi Rides Have Nothing to Do With Generosity. They’re Buying Time With Regulators
Waymo wants you to believe the free rides in its new robotaxi are a nicety....
O’Reilly’s Reported $10 Billion Bid for NAPA’s Parent Isn’t Really a Merger Story. It’s a Vote of No Confidence in GPC’s Own Spinoff Plan
Genuine Parts Company spent the better part of this year building an elaborate exit ramp...
The 2026 Ram 1500 Has Been Recalled Four Times for Wiring Since December. This Week It Was the Headlights.
Stellantis is recalling 12,592 copies of the all-new 2026 Ram 1500 because the headlights can...
Porsche Just Killed Its Battery Factory, Its E-Bike Brand, and a Chunk of Bugatti. The Sales Numbers Are the Boring Part.
Porsche delivered 122,306 cars worldwide in the first half of 2026, a 16 percent drop...
Ford Recalls 110,000 Mustangs and Mach-Es Over Wipers and a Cracked Axle. The Real Problem Is Ford’s Rollaway Year
Ford filed two new recalls with federal safety regulators this week covering 110,626 Mustangs, and...
ENDS NOW: The Auto Wire Readers Get More Entries to Win Two of the Rarest Mopars Ever Built
Some giveaways offer a nice classic car. Others offer a modern performance machine. This one...
Kia ‘Fixed’ the Telluride’s Fire-Prone Seats in 2024. Now It’s Recalling the Fix.
Kia just told the owners of nearly half a million Tellurides to park outside, away...
Audi’s Q5 Subframe Lawsuit Isn’t About Rust. It’s About Dodging a Recall.
A class action lawsuit over a rusted subframe sounds like the kind of story you...
Toyota’s $3.6 Billion San Antonio Bet Isn’t About Jobs. It’s About Which Trucks Are Worth Building in America.
Governor Greg Abbott just announced that Toyota is spending $3.6 billion to build a second...
Kia Barely Raised 2027 Carnival Prices, and That Restraint Is the Real Story
Kia raised 2027 Carnival prices by just $100, even while eating tariff costs on its only imported minivan. That restraint,…