Ninth DUI Arrest, No License, No Interlock: Nothing in the SUV Was Built to Stop Him
Police found a gray SUV blocking a Waukegan street at 1:21 a.m. The driver, prosecutors say, had eight prior DUI…
Autos
Acura Just Benched Its Fastest SUV. The Reason Isn’t Sales. It’s a Rule the EPA Hasn’t Finished Writing.
Acura’s quickest three-row SUV is taking an unpaid leave of absence. The MDX Type S...
Dodge Said Its Free Anti-Theft Update Would Prevent Police Chases of Stolen Muscle Cars. One Ran From a Georgia Trooper on Three Wheels.
Dodge once said its free anti-theft software would help keep stolen muscle cars out of...
Hyundai Outsold Ford on Hybrids by 10,000 in August. Now Cox Forecasts Hyundai Takes Ford’s No. 3 Spot in U.S. Sales This Quarter.
Cox Automotive forecasts Hyundai Motor Group will outsell Ford in the third quarter. Hyundai's hybrid lineup, and Ford's lack of…
Researcher Shut Off a Moving BYD’s Headlights From the Roadside, Then Used Its Speakers to Get Siri to Read Out the Driver’s Home Address
A researcher sat on the shoulder of a road outside Canberra with a laptop and...
Minnesota Cops Declined to Chase a Stolen Car Seen Going Over 70 MPH, Then It Crossed a Moorhead Golf Course and Stopped in a Pond
Moorhead, Minnesota, police let a stolen car go in May, and it ended in a golf course pond. In 2014,…
Police Spent Weeks Identifying Riders From Street Takeover. 18 Are Charged, and 15 Charge Sheets Say ‘Breach of Peach.’
Police say about 200 riders took over part of Newington’s Berlin Turnpike in July, with some cutting across store property.…
Someone Filmed a Corvette’s Speedometer Hitting 301 km/h in Nova Scotia and Posted It. Now the RCMP Wants the Driver’s Name.
There was no radar gun and no traffic stop. The main evidence is a Corvette's own dashboard reading 301 km/h,…
‘He’s Looking at the Sky.’ Louisiana Police Measured a Squatted Truck at 13 Inches Nose-Up, Then Towed It After Its Second Ticket in Three Days.
Central, Louisiana police say a squatted pickup measuring 13 inches nose-high was ticketed and towed three days after the sheriff's…
A Chevy With Red-and-Blue Dash Lights Pulled Over a Tesla; DPS Says the Driver Wasn’t a Cop. Now He Faces Kidnapping Charges.
Arizona DPS says a man with dash-mounted red and blue lights in a Chevy pickup pulled over a Tesla on…
A $999 Box Promises Hands-Free Driving. Its Own Code Says ‘THIS IS NOT A PRODUCT.’ Now NHTSA Is Investigating Crashes That Killed Three.
comma sells a $999 box that sticks to your windshield, plugs into your car’s wiring...
Florida Driver Accused of Ramming a Trooper’s Car in a 100 MPH I-75 Chase, Then the State Moved to Take the Silverado
FHP says the driver rammed a trooper's car twice on I-75. Thirteen days later, the state filed to forfeit the…
NHTSA Closed Its Jeep Fire Probe. A Million Wranglers and Gladiators Still Can’t Park in the Garage.
NHTSA closed its fire probe into 1.08 million Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators. FCA's own recall filing shows why owners still…
Two Years Ago, Running From a Missouri Trooper Could End in Probation. This Driver Got Spun Out at 110 MPH and 3 Years, the First With No Parole.
Bryan Noyola-Delacruz ran from a Missouri trooper at 110 mph on I-35 in January. It...
Ford’s Wet Timing Belt Case Went From 44 Complaints to 1,299. The Part That Clogs Can’t Be Reached Without Pulling the Engine.
NHTSA's probe into Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost grew from 10,473 cars to 135,551. Two months later there's still no recall. Here's…