Holmes Motors Repossessed a Deploying Soldier’s Car Without a Warrant. The $137,000 Fine Is the Least Interesting Part of This Story
A soldier in Alabama handed her car dealer a copy of her deployment orders. The...
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Brazil Is Buying Chinese Cars By the Billions. The Real Fight Is Over Screwdrivers
Everyone is reporting that Brazil just became the world’s largest importer of Chinese-made vehicles, spending...
Trump’s Michigan Tariff Victory Lap Starred a Factory Built to Bury GM’s EV Trucks
When a president stands on a General Motors proving ground and announces that tariffs are...
Kia Just Spent $649 Million To Build an EV It Has No Intention of Selling You
This week, welding robots inside a Kia plant in Nuevo León, Mexico, started getting reprogrammed....
Stolen American Cars Disappear by the Thousands Every Year. Kenya’s Steering Wheel Law Is Why None of Them Show Up There
Somewhere along the Eastern Seaboard tonight, a shipping container is being sealed with paperwork describing...
This Week at The Auto Wire: Full Recap (July 27–31, 2026)
Here’s a full recap of everything The Auto Wire published this week, Monday July 27...
California Is Bragging About Falling Car Theft Numbers. It’s Suspiciously Quiet About Why
The California Highway Patrol wants you to know that vehicle theft fell 25 percent last...
A Private Surveillance Network Built on Tow Trucks Has Scanned 9 Billion License Plates. California Courts Just Said That’s Fine
Somewhere in California right now, a tow truck is rolling down a residential street, and...
Mercedes Recalled 310,000 Cars Over a Rollaway Risk, and the Parking Brake Was Never the Problem
Somewhere in a driveway right now, a Mercedes-Benz is trusting the wrong thing. Not its...
This State’s New AI Truck Cameras Aren’t Really About Safety. They’re About Lawsuits.
New Hampshire announced this week that its Department of Transportation is wiring artificial intelligence cameras...
Stellantis Is Profitable Again. It Also Just Told You Which Of Its 14 Brands Don’t Matter.
Stellantis reported a profit on Thursday. Wire copy treated it as a comeback story: red...
Californians Are Turning Against Newsom’s EV Mandate. Someone Should Tell Them It’s Already Dead.
A new poll making the rounds this week claims nearly two-thirds of Californians oppose Governor...
Rivian Blamed Its Mechanics for a Falling-Apart Rear Suspension. Two New Crashes Say That Wasn’t the Whole Story
Rivian already recalled its rear toe link once. NHTSA's new investigation shows that recall covered barely a sixth of the…
A Cop Allegedly Ran a Stolen-Car Ring on the Side. Her Badge Wasn’t the Scary Part — Her Database Login Was
Every stolen car eventually needs new paperwork. That’s the part of auto theft nobody thinks...
Wally Darwish Got the Deal of a Lifetime on Ten Dealerships. He Just Got a $30 Million Bill for Treating Them Like His Personal ATM
Ten car dealerships in the small, rural markets of upstate New York spent the better...