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New-Car Prices Top $50K Again: Why Budget Buyers and Long Loans Feel It Most
The average new vehicle in America sold for $50,089 in August. That figure will get passed around dealership break rooms and family group chats all week, and it’s accurate. It’s also the least interesting number in the data. The transaction average rose 0.5% from July and 1.9% from a year earlier, and August was the…
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Six California Pumps Hit $9.999. The Pump Isn’t the Thing That Broke.
California diesel prices hit $7.764 a gallon while six pumps maxed out at $9.999. Federal data shows demand is actually falling, which points the blame at refining capacity, a percentage-based state tax and a missing exit ramp for heavy-duty diesel.
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Ford Recalls 223,472 F-150s Over Fuel Tanks That Can Fall Off. Five Model Years Went By First.
Ford is recalling 223,472 F-150s because the fuel tank may be improperly secured and can leak or detach while driving. The 2023-2027 span is the real story.
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Of Everything Stolen CDC Money Could Buy, the Harley-Davidson Was the Worst Possible Choice
A Danish researcher spent stolen federal grant money on a Harley-Davidson. Of everything he bought, the motorcycle was the one asset legally required to announce itself — at the dealership counter, at the tag office, and to an insurance carrier.
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Start You Week In Automotive News Here
Here is everything The Auto Wire published on Sunday, September 13, 2026 — McLaren’s careers page giving away a £450 million plan the company still won’t confirm, Volkswagen admitting it built three million vehicles’ worth of factories it cannot fill, and Stellantis leaning on one-time regulatory gains to make North America look like a turnaround.…
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Today at The Auto Wire: Full Recap (September 13, 2026)
A £450 million McLaren expansion its own careers page already gave away, Volkswagen admitting it built three million vehicles’ worth of factory it cannot fill, and Stellantis’ North American reversal. Everything The Auto Wire published on September 13, 2026.
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McLaren Won’t Confirm Its £450 Million Plan. Its Careers Page Already Has.
Somewhere in Woking, a hiring manager posted a job listing this week for a “Head of General Assembly and End of Line Manufacturing Engineering.” Nobody at McLaren has said, on the record, that the company is spending £450 million to build a bigger version of itself. But you don’t title a job “Head of General…
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Volkswagen Didn’t Build Too Few EVs. It Built Too Many Factories.
Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board didn’t just approve a restructuring plan on September 3. It signed off on an admission the company spent years avoiding: it built enough assembly capacity for roughly 12 million vehicles a year, and it can currently sell about 9 million. That three-million-vehicle gap is the real story buried inside Future Plan 2030,…
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Stellantis’s $13 Billion Bet: America Isn’t Like Everywhere Else Anymore
A year ago, Stellantis’ North American business was the company’s biggest problem. Today, it’s the only reason Stellantis‘ global numbers look healthy at all. That reversal, not anything said from a conference stage this week, is the real story sitting inside the company’s own books. It says more about where Stellantis is headed than any…
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Today at The Auto Wire: Full Recap (September 12, 2026)
Counterfeit airbags that VIN checks cannot catch, the EPA deleting its Scope 3 guidance, BMW dropping carbon fiber, and GM tripling China profits on fewer sales. Everything The Auto Wire published on September 12, 2026.
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EPA Pulls Scope 3 Emissions Guidance: What It Means for Automakers and Car Buyers
The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly edited Scope 3 emissions out of its corporate climate toolkit. There was no press release or Federal Register notice. The navigation simply changed. For anyone who follows the car business, that matters more than it sounds, because for an automaker, Scope 3 is where almost all of the carbon…
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Your Recall Check Came Back Clean. Your Airbag Might Still Be Fake.
Punch a VIN from a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, a Chevrolet Malibu, or a Hyundai Sonata into NHTSA’s recall lookup tool right now, and it can come back completely clean. Zero open recalls. For most of the past fifty years, that clean result has been about the closest thing to a safety guarantee a used-car buyer…
