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GM Hit With $12.75 Million Settlement After Drivers’ Data Was Secretly Collected Through OnStar
General Motors is paying $12.75 million to settle a California consumer protection lawsuit accusing the automaker of secretly collecting and selling drivers’ personal data through its OnStar system without proper disclosure or consent. That’s a massive blow for a company that has spent years pushing connected vehicle technology as a convenience feature while regulators and…
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City Tried to Pay Him to End the ‘Trump Car’ Fight — Long Island Driver Refused
We’ve been following this case for a while, and to us, it has never really been about politics. Whether someone agrees with the messaging on these vehicles is almost secondary at this point. The bigger issue is what happens when a city decides it has the authority to regulate what drivers can display on their…
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GM’s 10-Speed Transmission Lawsuit Just Turned Into Another Massive Problem for the Automaker
General Motors is facing another legal storm, and this time it centers on one of the most widely used transmissions in its lineup. A new class-action lawsuit claims the company’s 10-speed automatic transmission can suffer from dangerous failures that leave drivers without power at speed, while GM allegedly continued selling affected vehicles despite knowing about…
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FBI Raid at Miami Dealership Ends With Luxury Car Dealer in Jail Over Alleged VIN-Swapping Scheme
A Miami luxury car dealership became the center of a federal investigation this week after authorities arrested the business owner during a lengthy FBI operation tied to an allegedly stolen Mercedes-Benz with a manipulated identity. What started as a search warrant execution quickly turned into a much bigger story involving VIN tampering, auto theft allegations…
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Ford’s Recall Disaster Keeps Getting Worse as Nearly 10 Million Vehicles Are Already Hit in 2026
Ford Motor Company shattered recall records last year, and somehow the situation is already threatening to spiral again in 2026. The automaker issued more recalls in 2025 than any manufacturer in automotive history, blowing past General Motors’ previous record with 153 separate recalls tied to nearly 13 million vehicles. Now, only months into 2026, Ford…
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Former CDC Scientist Accused of Stealing $1 Million Bought an Audi, Harley and Atlanta Home Before International Arrest
A former CDC scientist accused of stealing more than $1 million in federal research money is finally back in the United States after authorities say he spent years avoiding extradition while living overseas. Federal prosecutors claim the money was supposed to fund critical medical research involving autism, birth defects, cerebral palsy, genetic disorders and fetal…
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Classic Car Dreams Destroyed: Restorer Hit With 31 Fraud Charges After Victims Allegedly Lost Life Savings
A Nevada classic car restorer is now facing 31 felony fraud charges after investigators accused him of taking money from customers across the world and leaving behind unfinished, gutted, or abandoned restoration projects that in some cases involved deeply personal family vehicles. According to court documents, Anthony Tamaio allegedly operated a years-long scheme centered around…
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Teen Shot at Massachusetts Car Meet as Burning Stolen Car Full of Bullet Holes Sends Crowd Running
A late-night car meet in West Springfield, Massachusetts turned into a crime scene after gunfire erupted in a Home Depot parking lot, leaving an 18-year-old man shot in the chest and a stolen vehicle burning with bullet holes punched through it. What started as another impromptu gathering of enthusiasts quickly spiraled into something far more…
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Hellcat Murder Case Takes Dramatic Turn After Suspect Rejects Plea Deal in Deadly AirTag Tracking Confrontation
A deadly Dodge Hellcat theft case that already shocked car enthusiasts and raised serious questions about modern vehicle crime just took another major turn in California. The man accused of shooting a woman who tracked down her stolen muscle car using an Apple AirTag has now rejected a plea offer that would have avoided a…
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California Just Wrote 11,000 Speeding Tickets in One Day, and 200 Drivers Could Lose Their Licenses Immediately
California just sent a loud message to drivers across the state, and a lot of enthusiasts are not going to like it. In a single 24-hour enforcement blitz, the California Highway Patrol handed out 11,767 speeding tickets, including 200 cases involving drivers allegedly traveling over 100 mph. For those drivers, the consequences could go far…
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Edmunds Lost Nearly $50,000 on a Dodge Charger EV in Under a Year and That’s a Brutal Warning Sign
The Dodge Charger Daytona EV was supposed to prove that muscle cars could survive the electric era. Instead, one of the industry’s most visible long-term test cars just became a rolling example of how fast things can go sideways when an automaker misreads its audience. Edmunds reportedly lost nearly $50,000 selling its 2024 Dodge Charger…
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Can The Porsche Taycan Beat A 911?
Short answer: no.
