Colton Police Recover 350 Boxes of Hot Wheels, Worth $54,000, After 3 A.M. Call About Trains Being Robbed
Colton police say a 3 a.m. call about trains being robbed ended with 350 boxes of Hot Wheels, valued at…
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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…
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,…
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…
GM Is Ditching the Rented Building Where It Built the First Chevy Volt Battery, the Same Week It Approved a $20 Billion Buyback
GM is closing the leased Brownstown, Mich., plant that built the first Chevy Volt battery pack, the same week it…
Avis Billed a Renter for 28,933 km in a Week, a 107-MPH Average Around the Clock. His iPhone Logged 1,400
Avis charged a Toronto man about C$5,900 for driving 28,933 km in seven days, a 107-mph average around the clock.…
Turo Got Its Car Back but Never Cleared the Stolen Report, a Minnesota Mom Says. Then New Jersey Police Detained Her
A Minneapolis mother says New Jersey police detained her because her Turo rental was still flagged stolen after its owners…
Repo Watch: Good Credit Got You the $45,000 Loan. It Can’t Make the $1,000 Payment, and Nobody’s Hiring
Repossessions were already at their highest level since 2009 before 2026 handed car owners three shocks at once: 165 days…
Going Electric at $4.33 Gas Saves About $118 a Month. The $520 Loan Payment Eats That for Breakfast
At $4.33 gas, an EV or hybrid cuts the fuel bill, but at subprime rates the loan costs several times…
Auto Tariffs Were Supposed to Keep Work in Michigan. A Sterling Heights Ford Supplier Just Cut 156 Jobs Anyway
JG Kern Enterprises is laying off 156 workers after Ford pulled its Lightning parts work, some of it reportedly to…
Police Say a Silverado’s Automatic Braking Was On When It Hit Fort Collins Pedestrians. The Accelerator Overrode It
Fort Collins police say the pickup that drove onto a downtown sidewalk on Aug. 29...
GM Called Your Smart Driver Score a B+ That ‘Isn’t Permanent.’ Montana Says It Ended Up With Your Insurer
Montana says GM’s dealership OnStar sign-up looked mandatory, warned decliners they’d lose safety services they didn’t have yet, and fed…
Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Had No Supervisor: Driver Says He Was Asleep When His Tesla Hit a CHP Cruiser
A Tesla driver told CHP he was asleep with Full Self-Driving engaged when his car went through a four-lane closure…
The Tesla Roadster That Flies Isn’t Approved for Public Roads, and Tesla’s Own Website Says So
Tesla’s own site says the Rocket Roadster that flies isn’t approved for public roads. The $50,000 reservation contract promises less…
Being Tracked by a Police Helicopter and a GPS Tag Didn’t Stop This Driver From Crashing Through Scottsdale Airport’s Gate and Into a Plane
Phoenix police say a car tied to a street racing group was tracked by helicopter and a bumper-mounted GPS tag.…