Capital Automotive Just Bought Back 49 Dealership Lots. Here’s Who Actually Owns the Ground Under Your Local Dealer.
Drive past a dealership and it’s natural to assume the name on the sign owns...
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Nissan Says It Wants a Million Cars a Year From Japan. It Said That in 2015, Too.
Nissan’s Japanese reorganisation revives a one-million-unit target it first announced in 2015, at the same plant, on the same export…
Hyundai Is Adding a Remote Kill Switch to Your Car. It Just Paid 36 States for Skipping Basic Theft Protection First.
Hyundai is pushing a remote immobiliser to the Venue over the air. It acts at the thief’s first stop, not…
This GM Dealer Lawsuit Has Two Defendants. Only One of Them Sells Cars.
A family-owned Chevrolet-GMC store on the Arizona-Mexico border just sued General Motors for fraud. That...
Gas Prices Jumped 31.8%. The Electric Sedan Still Lost the Math by $3,080.
AAA put the cost to own a new car at $12,863 a year. The category tables say fuel efficiency is…
There’s a Wedge of Plastic in Your Windshield Whose Entire Job Is to Fool Your Eyes
A modern windshield is a restraint component, an optical instrument and a sensor mount. One layer inside it is deliberately…
Lake Helen’s Speed Camera Numbers Went Viral for the Wrong Reason. Florida’s Fine Print Is the Real Story.
Lake Helen, Florida is home to 2,842 people, according to the 2020 Census. Over three...
Hansae Mobility Is Dropping $93 Million in Chesterfield. Michigan’s Measly $625,000 Grant Has Nothing to Do With It.
Hansae Mobility's $93.2 million move to Chesterfield Township isn't chasing a $625,000 state grant. It's beating an auto-parts tariff offset…
Suffolk County Didn’t Just Bust a Street Takeover. It Ran the Math on One.
Four people from Meriden, Connecticut, drove roughly two and a half hours to a business...
A $3,359 Exhaust Won’t Make the Charger Sixpack Sound Like a V8 — the Noise You Want Is in the Crankshaft
MagnaFlow rates its own Charger Sixpack system MODERATE outside and MILD inside — and excludes sound from the warranty. The…
Copart Just Dropped $1.9 Billion on ACV. It Didn’t Pay for the Auctions.
Copart announced a $1.9 billion deal for ACV Auctions on the same day it reported a flat fiscal year. The…
China Set a Real Deadline for Self-Driving Cars. America’s Still Handing Out Permission Slips One at a Time.
Nine Chinese ministries just set a 2030 deadline for autonomous vehicles, backed by a mandatory safety standard. Ten weeks earlier,…
Trump Says Chinese Automakers Can Build Here. The Rule Blocking Them Has Nothing to Do With Factories.
A Commerce Department rule bars China-owned automakers from selling connected vehicles in the U.S. no matter where they are assembled.…
Congress Couldn’t Kill This 2013 Rule, So the EPA Just Sent It Back for Round Two
The Congressional Review Act gives Congress 60 days to kill a rule. The EPA reopened that window on waivers from…
Allstate Booked the Rental Car. A Lawsuit Says It Then Refused to Pay Its Own Rate.
A federal class action says Allstate picked the rental company, negotiated the rate and made the reservation — then reimbursed…