A Haines City Cop Was Three Months Into His Second Chance When He Got Arrested for DUI in His Marked Patrol Car Near Orlando City Hall
Joseph Everett was off duty but in his marked Haines City patrol vehicle when Orlando police arrested him on DUI…
Kyle Matthews
The 2027 F-150 V8 Loses the Feature the EPA Stopped Paying For and Keeps the One the Test Still Counts
Ford is dropping auto start-stop from the 2027 F-150 5.0-liter V8 and keeping cylinder deactivation. The federal off-cycle credit rules…
AAA Ran EVs, Hybrids and Gas Cars Through the Same Math. Hybrids Won Every Class.
AAA's 2026 Your Driving Costs study found hybrids cheapest to own in all four classes it compared. EVs saved $1,500…
Cartel Recruits Buy the Damage Waiver, Then Leave the Key. California Lets Rental Fleets Void It, and They Still Eat the Loss
Straw renters recruited online buy the damage waiver and leave the key for a driver headed to Mexico. California lets…
The 2025 Traverse Brake Fix Is Free Until 36,000 Miles. A Federal Probe Could Change That.
Two Philadelphia class actions say five 2025 GM models have master cylinders that fail. GM's free warranty fixes are its…
VW Has No Fix Yet, So 22,524 ID.4 Owners Have to Stop at 80%. It Chose Who’s Included Partly by Reading Their Charging Data
Volkswagen is telling 22,524 ID.4 owners to stop charging at 80% under a fire-risk recall with no known cause and…
A Lawsuit Says GM Blames Owners’ Low Oil for Dead Duramaxes. GM’s Own Bulletins Show How a Cracked Cooler Can Fake It
A new class action says GM uses low oil to deny Duramax engine claims. GM’s own 2024 and 2025 dealer…
South African Bank Repo’d a Car With No Court Order and Sold It. Now It’s Eating R300,000.
A South African bank repossessed and sold a financed car without a signed surrender or a court order. After the…
A Heathrow Parking Firm Promised a Covered Compound. Customers’ Cars Got a Field.
A Heathrow meet-and-greet firm left customers' cars in a field, on roadsides and in the airport's own short-stay lot. The…
Ford Paid $10.5 Million in 2001 Over Grading Managers on a Curve. Now It’s Back in Court Over Job Bias.
A Sept. 28 federal employment-discrimination suit against Ford lands nearly 25 years after the company settled over grading managers on…
A Couple in Their 80s and 90s Sued Scout Over Blasting at Its $2 Billion Plant. Scout Says Take It Up With the Contractors.
A Blythewood couple, 92 and 84, say construction of Scout Motors’ South Carolina plant drove them from their home. Scout…
A Georgia Widow Is Suing Over the Lift Kit on the F-150 That Hit Her Husband Head-On, Two Years After the State Exempted Most Modern Lifted Trucks
A Georgia widow's suit targets the dealer, installer and makers of the lift kit on the F-150 in her husband's…
Mercedes Just Sold a Record Number of EVs. Its S-Class and Maybach Crowd Fell 21%.
Mercedes-Benz set a quarterly EV record, but its Top-End cars fell 21% as China sales dropped 31%, pushing the segment…
Watch: Empty CNG Car Explodes During Refueling at a Gujarat Station, Damaging Two Other Vehicles — Now Officials Are Trying to Find Out Why
A CNG car exploded while being refueled near Karjan, Gujarat, on Oct. 1. The cause is unconfirmed, and the cylinder…
Texas Insurance Broker Gets 160 Months for Fraud — Now the Feds Will Sell the 90-Plus Exotic Cars He Agreed To Forfeit
Clayton Iley of Stephenville, Texas, got 160 months for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The 90-plus exotic cars he…