This Week’s Wildest Car Stories: A $25K EV Reality Check and a NASCAR Champion Winning a Lottery From Beyond the Grave
It was a genuinely strange week across the auto world, spanning a reality check on...
Shawn Henry
Why Thieves Are Stripping Ford Trucks Down to Cinder Blocks Overnight
The Nightmare Waiting in the Driveway Across the country, a growing number of Ford owners...
Freed From Jail, He Allegedly Stole a Car From the Courthouse Parking Lot Within Minutes
A Second Chase, Days After the First Most people released from jail try to keep...
A Waymo Blew Past Cones, Cops, and Common Sense on Highway 101 — Then Kept Driving
Waymo has recalled the software running on nearly 4,000 of its robotaxis after regulators tied...
The 2027 Ram 1500 Fires Back at the New Silverado With Seven Engines and a 777-HP SRT
Chevy rolled out a redesigned Silverado expecting to own the conversation this year. Ram’s answer...
A Dead NASCAR Champion Just Won Maine’s Moose Lottery and Honestly That Tracks
Some news stories are strange enough to stop you mid-scroll, and Maine’s latest moose permit...
Why Your Car Battery Dies While Parked, and How to Actually Diagnose It
If you’ve ever returned to a car that sat for a week or two only...
A Thief Stole an Oak Creek Woman’s Durango SRT, Then Demanded $400 Over Facebook to Give It Back
Getting your car stolen is bad enough. Getting a Facebook message from the person who...
Japan’s Automakers Have Absorbed $28 Billion in Trump-Era Trade Costs, and the Bill Keeps Growing
The bill is already enormous, and it’s still climbing. Japan’s automakers have absorbed roughly $28...
Carjacking Chaos, a Giveaway Shelby, and a Debt Reality Check: This Week at The Auto Wire
It’s been a busy stretch at The Auto Wire. From a deadly carjacking pursuit in...
Ferrari’s New Marketing Chief Arrives Right as Its First EV Divides the Fanbase
Ferrari just made a major change at the top of its commercial operation, and the...
A Pennsylvania Tag Agent Allegedly Laundered Titles on 65 Stolen Exotics Worth $3.8 Million
On the surface it was just vehicle paperwork. Underneath, prosecutors say, it was a nearly...
Toyota, Honda, and Nissan Are Bleeding Billions, and It’s Not Because of Bad Cars
The numbers coming out of Japan’s auto industry are ugly, and they keep getting uglier....
Milwaukee’s Alleged Street Takeover Ringleader Is Headed to Trial Over a Hellcat 300 Built From Stolen Parts
A Milwaukee street-takeover case that first made headlines after investigators zeroed in on a supercharged...
Virginia Just Approved AI Stop Sign Cameras, and Your State Could Be Next
Red light cameras and speed cameras have been sparking driver arguments for decades. Now a...