News
-
Stolen Dodge Charger Leads to Valentine’s Day Arrest After Tulsa Foot Chase
An Oklahoma woman was arrested on Valentine’s Day after police stopped a stolen Dodge Charger in Tulsa and turned up methamphetamine and stolen license plates inside. Authorities say the traffic stop happened around 7:30 p.m. on February 14, when an officer pulled over the Charger, driven by 19-year-old Rainy Gilbert, at a QuikTrip gas station.…
-
How Tariff Strike Down Could Change Car Prices
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down several tariffs tied to President Donald Trump’s trade policy in a 6-3 ruling, injecting fresh uncertainty into an already complex trade environment and reviving a question car buyers have been asking for years: will vehicle prices actually come down? The honest answer is that it’s complicated. While the…
-
New Jersey Auto Shop Employee Charged After Customer’s Car Sold to Scrap Yard
A New Jersey auto shop employee is facing charges after authorities say she sold a customer’s vehicle to a scrap yard without permission, and the car was crushed before police could ever recover it. The incident happened in Bloomingdale after a woman dropped her vehicle off at a local repair shop and was later unable…
-
Yenko Corvette E-Ray Delivers 1,564 HP After SVE Overhaul
Specialty Vehicle Engineering has unveiled a heavily modified Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray under its Yenko banner, and the numbers are hard to believe for a car that started life as a hybrid sports coupe: a claimed 1,564 horsepower, enough to surpass a Bugatti Chiron. The build takes the hybrid Corvette E-Ray as its starting point and…
-
Suspect Jumps Into River After High-Speed Chase, Struggles to Swim
A driver fleeing Metropolitan Police officers at high speed on the A12 around midnight on New Year’s Day was eventually arrested after officers rammed his vehicle to end the pursuit, and the suspect then jumped from a bridge into a river below, authorities say. A Pursuit Reaching More Than Double the Speed Limit Video released…
-
Tennessee Auto Dealer Sentenced to 42 Months in $24 Million Fraud Scheme
A federal judge has sentenced a former Nashville-area car dealer to 42 months in prison after a jury convicted him on multiple fraud charges tied to a multimillion-dollar financing scheme. Mark Janbakhsh of Brentwood, Tennessee, the chief executive officer and majority owner of Auto Masters, was found guilty of orchestrating a plan that fraudulently obtained…
-
Porsche Seized as Judge Orders $5.2M Forfeiture in Massive Minnesota Welfare Fraud Case
The founder of a Minnesota nonprofit at the center of one of the largest pandemic-era fraud schemes in the country has been ordered to surrender millions of dollars in assets, including a luxury Porsche. A federal judge has ordered Aimee Bock, 44, to forfeit approximately $5.2 million in bank funds, a Porsche Panamera, high-end electronics,…
-
Ferrari Awards Up to $18,000 Bonuses After €7.1 Billion Revenue Year
Ferrari will award record annual bonuses to thousands of its Italian employees after posting higher revenue and operating profit in 2025, even while delivering slightly fewer vehicles than the year before. The automaker shipped 13,640 cars to customers, 112 units short of its 2024 total. Despite that dip in volume, net revenues climbed 7 percent…
-
Naked Man Hijacks Ambulance With Dying Patient Inside, Leads 90-MPH Police Chase
A Wisconsin ambulance call turned into a rolling nightmare Tuesday night when police say a naked man jumped into the driver’s seat of an active emergency vehicle, with a seriously ill patient already inside, and led officers on a high-speed chase. A Patient Mid-Transport Becomes a Hostage in Her Own Ambulance According to the Wisconsin…
-
Used Car Inventory Improves, but Sub $20,000 Vehicles Remain Scarce
Used vehicle inventory is gradually improving in 2025, but affordable options under $20,000 remain increasingly hard to come by. The consumer price index shows used car prices were down 2% in January compared with a year earlier and down 1.8% from December, yet overall prices remain significantly higher than they were five years ago. The…
-
Suspected Car Thief Arrested After Driving With Hood Up During L.A. River Pursuit
A suspected car thief was arrested early Friday after leading Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on a chaotic pursuit through the Los Angeles River basin, driving at high speed with the vehicle’s hood flipped up and blocking the windshield before eventually crashing and trying to flee on foot. A Chase Into the Riverbed Deputies began…
-
Three Men Sentenced After Filming Themselves Stealing $2.7 Million in Cars
Three men have been sentenced to prison after authorities in Birmingham, England, linked them to the theft of nearly £2 million, roughly $2.7 million, worth of vehicles during an eight-month crime spree. Callum James, 24, Jack Bardini, 18, and Deche Luton-Howe, 25, were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on February 12 for their roles in…
