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FTC Drops Asbury Add-On Case After Two Years, Shifts Dealer Fight to Federal Court
The Federal Trade Commission spent more than two years trying to get its case against Asbury Automotive Group in front of a judge. On Oct. 5, it gave up. The agency dismissed its administrative complaint against Asbury, three of its North Texas stores, and their former general manager. The order says the public interest no…
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That $10,000 Car Loan Interest Deduction Sounds Great Until You Do the Math
Washington pitched it as a reason to walk into a showroom: finance a new American-built car and deduct the interest from your taxable income. In practice it works more like a coupon you find in the glovebox a year later. What the law actually says The provision lives in the tax code at 26 U.S.C.…
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Goodyear Is Getting Out of the Chemical Business for Good, Closing Its Last Plants in New York and Texas
Goodyear has spent the past few years selling off anything that doesn’t roll on a rim, and now it’s finishing the job. On September 29, the Akron tiremaker approved a plan to shut its chemical plants in Niagara Falls, New York, and Bayport, Texas, according to its SEC filing. Those are the two sites Goodyear…
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A Georgia Widow Is Suing Over the Lift Kit on the F-150 That Hit Her Husband Head-On, Two Years After the State Exempted Most Modern Lifted Trucks
A Georgia widow’s suit targets the dealer, installer and makers of the lift kit on the F-150 in her husband’s fatal crash. Georgia’s 2024 law exempts most modern trucks from its lift limits.
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Gas-Only Cars Just Dropped Below Half of Global New-Car Sales. Meanwhile, Americans Get $4.35 Gas and No EV Credit.
Gasoline-only models fell to 49% of global new-vehicle sales in the first half of 2026. In the U.S., gas is $1.23 a gallon higher than a year ago and the federal EV credit is gone.
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Chinese Automakers Might Build in Mexico, and Nissan Is Bracing for It. Don’t Expect Those Cars to Cross the Border.
Nissan has been Mexico’s sales heavyweight for so long that it’s easy to forget how exposed that position is. The brand built its business there on cheap, durable, unfancy cars. That’s precisely the shopping list Chinese automakers have been filling, and a top Nissan executive is now openly preparing for them to stop importing and…
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Mercedes Just Sold a Record Number of EVs. Its S-Class and Maybach Crowd Fell 21%.
Mercedes-Benz set a quarterly EV record, but its Top-End cars fell 21% as China sales dropped 31%, pushing the segment below the company’s own target.
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Contaminated LED Chips Could Leave Ford’s Super Duty and Expedition With Dim Headlights
Modern LED headlights are sold as the set-and-forget part of a new truck. They’re supposed to outlast the transmission, the tires, and probably the owner’s patience with the infotainment screen. Ford just learned that a microscopic flaw several suppliers upstream can undo all of that. The automaker has filed a federal recall report covering 2025–2027…
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Hyundai’s In-Cabin Camera Watches Drivers, and Four Owners Are Suing
Modern Hyundais keep an eye on the person behind the wheel, literally. An infrared camera on the steering column tracks your face and decides whether you’re paying attention. Four owners now say that judgment is unreliable enough to be a hazard, and they’ve taken the argument to federal court. The case According to the federal…
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Inside BMW’s Bavarian Gen6 Pack Plant Powering the Electric i3 Sedan
BMW just switched on a roughly €1 billion battery plant in the Lower Bavarian farmland between Irlbach and Straßkirchen, and the first customer is the new electric i3 sedan built about 90 minutes up the road in Munich. BMW officially opened the site on October 1 and is already shipping sixth-generation high-voltage packs to Plant…
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Watch: Empty CNG Car Explodes During Refueling at a Gujarat Station, Damaging Two Other Vehicles — Now Officials Are Trying to Find Out Why
A CNG car exploded while being refueled near Karjan, Gujarat, on Oct. 1. The cause is unconfirmed, and the cylinder retest rules are the question.
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Texas Insurance Broker Gets 160 Months for Fraud — Now the Feds Will Sell the 90-Plus Exotic Cars He Agreed To Forfeit
Clayton Iley of Stephenville, Texas, got 160 months for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The 90-plus exotic cars he agreed to forfeit are meant to repay victims.
