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Detroit’s Truck Profits Are on the Line If the Iran Conflict Keeps Oil Prices Elevated
A three-to-four month window is what analysts say separates a temporary gas price spike from something that actually reshapes what Americans buy at the dealership — and that clock is now running on the widening conflict involving Iran. Why the Strait of Hormuz Matters to Your Fuel Bill The Persian Gulf handles roughly one-fifth of…
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EV Registrations Just Broke a Decade-Long Winning Streak — Here’s What Actually Happened
A 0.4 percent dip doesn’t sound like much. But it’s enough to end roughly a decade of uninterrupted growth in U.S. EV registrations, and the timing lines up almost exactly with the repeal of the federal $7,500 EV tax credit. The Headline Number vs. What Happened in December According to registration data compiled by S&P…
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GM Is Retiring Its Old Certified Pre-Owned Program — And Dealers Don’t Get a Choice
Starting in June, a Chevrolet, Buick, or GMC dealer who wants to sell a used vehicle with a factory-backed warranty won’t have a choice about how to do it. GM is dissolving its traditional certified pre-owned program and routing that business through a single platform: CarBravo. What’s Actually Changing GM confirmed it’s shutting down the…
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The Glovebox Discovery That Blew Open a $282,000 Porsche GT3 Lawsuit
Dealership staff told Abdul Azizi the window sticker was simply missing. It wasn’t — it was sitting in the glovebox the whole time, and according to his lawsuit against Porsche Cars North America, it carried a label that should have stopped the sale before it ever happened: “not for sale.” A “New” GT3 With 34…
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An Expired Tag Led One Buyer to Uncover a Georgia Dealer’s Alleged Odometer Fraud Scheme
A 79,000-mile discrepancy on a $6,400 truck was enough to unravel what investigators say became a pattern spanning multiple vehicles sold by one Peachtree Corners dealership — and it started because a mechanic happened to notice the numbers didn’t add up on day two of ownership. The Honda Ridgeline That Started It All A Gwinnett…
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A Crash Victim’s Missing Car Cracked Open an Alleged Tow-Truck Scrap Scheme in Illinois
A single missing car after a freeway crash turned into six felony counts once investigators started pulling the thread. Illinois State Police say a tow truck driver used his access to crash-damaged vehicles to sell them off to a scrap yard — including several that had already been reported stolen. A Crash Victim’s Car Vanished…
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Why Pouring Hot Water on an Icy Windshield Just Destroyed a Lamborghini Huracán
A bright pink Lamborghini Huracán just became the latest cautionary tale in a lesson that resurfaces every winter: hot water and frozen glass do not mix. A viral clip shows the exact moment a windshield fails, and the physics behind it explain why the damage happened almost instantly. View this post on Instagram A post…
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Hyundai’s $1.7 Billion Flying Taxi Bet Just Shrank to Fewer Than 80 Employees
From a workforce big enough to run engineering, development, and flight testing across three facilities to fewer than 80 people in one office — that’s the scale of the retreat at Supernal, the electric air taxi startup backed by roughly $1.7 billion from Hyundai Motor Group. The Cuts, By the Numbers Supernal eliminated 296 jobs…
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A Road Rage Argument in Matthews, NC Escalated Into an Alleged Baton Attack Miles Later
What began as a verbal exchange between two drivers in Matthews, North Carolina, allegedly turned violent miles down the road, after the confrontation followed one of them to where she’d parked. What Police Say Happened According to Matthews police, the incident started with a road rage dispute and escalated when the man allegedly trailed the…
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144 Charges, One Dealership: Why Title Paperwork Is at the Center of This PA Fraud Case
Nearly 150 criminal charges against a single Pennsylvania used car dealership owner sounds like an overwhelming number until you break down where most of them actually come from: not the sales themselves, but how the paperwork behind them was allegedly handled. The Scope of the Case Pennsylvania State Police announced Tuesday that 49-year-old Khaled Yaye,…
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Porsche Must Buy Back This $281K GT3 — But the Bigger Legal Fight Is Just Getting Started
Porsche has already been ordered to buy back a $281,940 911 GT3 after a Lemon Law arbitration ruling. That should be the end of the story. Instead, it’s just the opening chapter of a much broader fraud lawsuit that could reshape how the case is remembered. Two Separate Legal Tracks, One Car Buyer Abdul Azizi’s…
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Stellantis’s $26.3 Billion Loss Is the Price Tag for Betting Too Hard on EVs, Too Fast
Stellantis just posted a $26.3 billion net loss for 2025, and $29.9 billion of that came from what the company itself calls “unusual charges” tied almost entirely to one decision: pushing an aggressive electric vehicle transition faster than customers were actually ready to follow. Whose Strategy This Was — And Who’s Now Unwinding It The…
