He Imported 44 Fake Honda Airbags. The Trademark Is What Made It A Federal Crime.
Twenty counterfeit Honda airbags reached the United States labeled as desktop night lights. The federal case that followed rests on…
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Used Car Values Just Dipped for the First Time This Year. Used EVs Went the Other Way.
The Manheim index slipped 0.4% from a year ago, but wholesale EV values rose 2.3% as gas hit $4.48 and…
Today in Automotive History: September 23, 2020 — The Order Behind California’s 2035 Gas Car Ban
On Sept. 23, 2020, Newsom signed the order behind the California gas car ban. It never banned a gas car,…
Honda Civic Owners Keep Getting Stuck In Their Own Seat Belts And Nobody Has Called A Recall
Most people can tell you when their oil change is due before they could tell...
California Will Yank Your Registration Over a Loud Exhaust Ticket. Yes, Really.
A one-day Orange County crackdown produced 18 loud exhaust citations. The real story is what happens to those tickets after…
He Went Hunting For His Friend’s Stolen Silverado, Then Cops Turned It Into A Trap
A stolen truck usually stays stolen. That is what makes this one out of Santa...
California Redesigned Its License Plates. The Math Didn’t Change At All.
California is switching to a three-numbers-three-letters-one-number plate sequence. The math is identical to the old format, which tells you the…
Toyota’s Hydrogen Hilux Finally Shows Up In 2028, Six Years After It Started Testing
Toyota just confirmed that a hydrogen fuel cell version of its new Hilux pickup will...
Somebody Took Apart A Flock Camera And Found 1.6 Million Photos, Including One Of A Flag Patch
A hacked Flock camera's own logs show 28 photos per passing car and 50,200 vehicles in 21 days. The plate…
Your Paid-Off Car Can Still Be Seized Over a Debt That Has Nothing to Do With Cars
Massachusetts just permanently banned a debt collector accused of taking people's cars to squeeze payment on debts that had nothing…
The Feds Quietly Closed Their Honda Ridgeline Backup Camera Case Without Ordering A Single Repair
Federal regulators just closed the book on the Honda Ridgeline backup camera problem, and the...
Nissan Says The Rogue Hybrid Starts At $37,065. Good Luck Finding One That Cheap.
Nissan put numbers on the 2027 Rogue Hybrid this week, and the one it wants...
A Stolen Mercedes Hit 100 MPH With a Passenger Inside — the Fuel Gauge Was the Only Anti-Theft Tech That Worked
A black Mercedes was taken outside a Portland bar with a woman still in it and ran past 100 mph…
Today in Automotive History: September 22, 1985 – The Plaza Accord That Moved Japan’s Car Plants to America
On September 22, 1985, five finance ministers walked into New York’s Plaza Hotel and agreed...
Volvo Crammed an EV-Sized Battery Into the XC60 Plug-In Hybrid — Brussels Did the Math First
Volvo says its new long-range XC60 and XC90 plug-in hybrids are about electric range. The European Commission's rewritten utility factors…