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That Dealership License Plate Frame Could Now Cost Florida Drivers $500
A simple license plate frame doesn’t sound like much of a legal risk, but in parts of Florida, it suddenly is. A new law allows drivers to face fines of up to $500, and possible jail time, if their license plate frame obstructs any part of the plate’s information. For car owners across Miami and…
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Altered VIN Unravels Stolen Rolls-Royce Wraith Case After I-95 Traffic Stop in Jupiter
A six-figure Rolls-Royce Wraith that had been missing since early February turned up on Interstate 95 this week, and the traffic stop that recovered it exposed something deputies hadn’t expected: a factory VIN that had been deliberately altered in multiple places. How GPS Tracking Led Deputies to the Interstate The recovery began hundreds of miles…
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Nissan’s New CEO Won’t Rule Out a Sale as $4.2 Billion Loss and Factory Closures Loom
Nissan’s turnaround plan already includes shutting seven factories, closing two design studios, and cutting roughly 20,000 jobs. Now add one more unsettling detail: the automaker’s own CEO won’t rule out the company eventually being sold. A New CEO Inherits a Financial Crisis Ivan Espinosa took over as Nissan’s chief executive after the board voted to…
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Linda Vaughn, Motorsports’ “First Lady,” Recovering After Heart Attack at Daytona
Linda Vaughn has spent more than sixty years as one of motorsports’ most recognizable faces. This February, that legacy took a frightening turn when the 83-year-old suffered a heart attack during Daytona’s race-week festivities — and according to updates shared on social media, she’s now recovering at home after weeks of hospital care. What Happened…
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Why a Corvette Doing 106 MPH Over a BC Bridge Triggered an Automatic 7-Day Impound
A $483 speeding ticket is one thing. Walking away from a traffic stop owing close to $2,500 once impound fees and insurance hikes are added in is another — and that’s the reality a bright yellow Chevrolet Corvette C5 driver is now facing after getting caught doing 106 mph over British Columbia’s Golden Ears Bridge.…
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Six Luxury Cars, One Fraud Case: Inside Arizona’s $700,000 Queen Creek Vehicle Recovery
Only one of the six luxury vehicles recovered at a Queen Creek property had actually been reported stolen. The other five tell a different story — one where the cars were never physically stolen at all, just obtained through fraud, and Arizona law treats that exactly the same as grand theft. What Detectives Found Behind…
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Tesla Sued Over Alleged Assault by Worker Later Identified as Austin Mass Shooter
A workplace assault claim that went unresolved for months has taken on a far darker significance after the coworker accused in the incident was later identified as the gunman in a deadly Austin mass shooting. The Lawsuit’s Core Allegation According to court filings, 65-year-old Tesla employee Lillian Mendoza Brady is seeking more than $1 million…
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Jim Farley Says Tearing Down a Tesla Exposed a Blind Spot in Ford’s Own EV Thinking
Ford builds the F-150 Lightning, one of the highest-profile electric trucks on the market. According to CEO Jim Farley, it took literally taking apart a Tesla, bolt by bolt, for his own engineers to realize how much gasoline-era thinking had quietly shaped that program from the start. What a Teardown Actually Involves Automakers routinely buy…
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A Broken Fence, a Stuck Durango, and Nearly a Dozen Missing Stellantis Trucks in Detroit
Whoever broke into a Stellantis storage lot near Detroit’s Jefferson assembly complex this week nearly pulled off a clean getaway with almost a dozen brand-new trucks and SUVs. Nearly — because one Dodge Durango didn’t make it more than a few yards before getting stuck in the snow. How the Break-In Unfolded Authorities say the…
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How a Tampa Dealer Turned Phantom Car Loans Into a $460K Rolls-Royce Smuggling Attempt
The vehicles didn’t exist. The loans did. And when a Tampa car dealer needed to squeeze even more money out of his scheme, he tried shipping a stolen $460,000 Rolls-Royce out of the country in a cargo container. Loans for Cars That Were Never Sold Mohamad Jihad Fakih, 27, used his access to dealership systems…
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Nissan’s $1.5 Million Data Breach Settlement: What Affected Employees Can Actually Claim
If you got a breach notice from Nissan North America about a 2023 cybersecurity incident, there’s now real money on the table — but how much depends entirely on which claim option you choose and whether you can document your losses. What Actually Happened in 2023 The breach began around November 7, 2023, and according…
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Why an FBI Terrorism Task Force Ended Up Investigating a Tampa Car Loan Scam
A car fraud case that ends with a federal prison sentence isn’t unusual. One that gets built by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is. Here’s how a Tampa dealer’s loan scheme and an attempted Rolls-Royce smuggling operation ended up on that unit’s desk — and how the whole case wrapped up in court. The…
