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This Stolen Infiniti Had A VIN That Checked Out. That Was The Problem
CHP recovered a stolen Infiniti wearing a switched VIN. The case exposes why a clean history report can still lead an honest buyer straight into a cloned-car scam.
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Watch: A La Puente Body Shop Lost an $80K Impala to a Tow Dolly — and the Keys Were Never the Point
Somebody wanted this 1965 Chevrolet Impala badly enough to case a body shop, cut a lock, and roll an $80,000 car down the street without ever starting the engine. That’s the detail worth sitting with. The getaway wasn’t a burnout. It was a tow dolly. The theft happened August 12 at R&E Collision Center in…
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Santander Says a Ventura Jeep Dealer Sold It Fraudulent Loans. Its Own Contract Made Sure the Fight Happens in Texas
Crown Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep-Ram sits on Auto Center Drive in Ventura, California. Whatever happens to it next will be decided nearly 1,400 miles away, in a federal courtroom in Dallas, in front of a judge nobody at the dealership chose. That detail matters more than the fraud allegations that got this case filed in the first place.…
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Nevada Just Cleared Tesla for 5,000 Robotaxis in Vegas — More Than Tesla Has Ever Run Anywhere, Combined
Nevada’s transportation regulators just gave Tesla permission to run 5,000 driverless robotaxis around Las Vegas. Read that number again. Five thousand. That’s more autonomous vehicles than Tesla has ever operated in any state, in any year, combined. The same company currently running a Robotaxi service so small it barely shows up on a state DMV…
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GM 6.2L V8 Engine Failures: What the Federal Investigation Documents Actually Show
There’s a specific kind of trouble an automaker gets into when federal regulators stop asking whether a defect exists and start asking whether the fix works. General Motors is in it. The Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ26001 on January 16, and the language in the opening resume is unusually blunt for a…
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Geely’s Solid-State Battery Promise: The Numbers Behind the 500 Wh/kg Headline
Geely Holding says it will begin pilot deployment of solid-state batteries across its brand portfolio in 2027, with real-world validation already running this year. The company’s stated target is up to 500 Wh/kg, a range figure comparable to diesel-powered cars, and packs that could stretch across Geely, Zeekr, Lynk & Co, Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, Smart,…
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Hemmings Unleashes A Wild Dirty Donny Mustang Tee For Mustang Week
Mustang Week just got a serious shot of tire smoke and Kustom Kulture attitude. Hemmings has teamed up with pop-culture artist Dirty Donny Gillies for a limited-edition Mustang T-shirt that looks ready to leap off the fabric. The artwork puts Donny behind the wheel of a blown first-generation Ford Mustang, with smoke flying, the tires…
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Trump Threatens 50% Tariffs on All Cars in 2027, But His Post Never Actually Says Canada
Read Donald Trump’s Monday morning tariff threat closely, and something is missing. He posted that starting January 1, 2027, tariffs on cars, trucks, automotive parts, and steel would rise to 50 percent. Every outlet that covered it called this a tariff on Canada. His own sentence never uses that word. That gap between what everyone…
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BMW’s Driveshaft Problem Is Back — And Some Owners Could Lose Their Rear Wheels
BMW of North America filed a safety recall with federal regulators on August 12 covering 27,720 vehicles across the 2022-2026 840i and 840i xDrive, the 2021-2023 540i, 540i xDrive and M550i xDrive, and the 2024-2026 750e xDrive. The campaign, logged as 26V525, lands under the powertrain category with a defect description that takes eleven words…
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Kia Telluride Battery Drain Lawsuit: What the Federal Complaint Actually Says
A Maryland man who paid $229.45 to be told nothing was wrong with his SUV has turned that repair order into a proposed nationwide class action against Kia America. The class action complaint, filed June 3, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California as case 8:26-cv-01428, accuses Kia of selling…
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A Stolen Porsche Put a Melbourne Flower Farmer in the Hospital. The Anti-Theft Tech Worked Perfectly
The Porsche that crossed onto the wrong side of EastLink and hit Paul Broussard’s van head-on at 2am had a factory engine immobiliser. It worked exactly as designed. That is precisely why three people allegedly had to drive to a house in Bentleigh, walk up a stranger’s driveway, and hold a knife on a 44-year-old…
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A Stolen 1971 Chevelle Came Home After 33 Years. Now Its Owner Has to Prove It Exists
CHP recovered a 1971 Chevelle stolen from San Mateo County in 1993. The registration, insurance and title problems start now.
