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A Month After the Fatal Irvine Crash, the Wrecked McLaren Reignited on Its Own in a Tow Yard With Nobody Around
The McLaren that crashed in Irvine, killing car-show owner James Wehr and model Lexi Kramer, reignited on its own in a tow facility a month later, police say.
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New York City Says CarGurus Rated a Honda $2,212 Under Market. With Fees, It Was $1,473 Over.
New York City says a CarGurus “Great Deal” Honda cost $1,473 over market once dealer fees were added. Here is what the complaint alleges.
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Lawsuit: The Search Reason Was ‘Info.’ The Driver Being Searched Was Suing the Sheriff.
A federal suit says Coweta County deputies searched more than 6,000 Flock camera networks for a man suing their sheriff, with reasons like “info” and “37.” It also targets Flock for building a search box that accepted any word.
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Houston Police Say a Theft Ring Had $3 Million in Luxury Cars Delivered to It. Some Turned Up in New Jersey Labeled as Rebar
Houston police say a ring rerouted luxury cars already on car carriers, then shipped some out of New Jersey in containers marked as rebar. Five are charged.
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An Ohio Lieutenant Got Indicted Over 29 Flock Searches. In Georgia, the Logged Reason Was “37.”
An Ohio lieutenant indicted, three Little Rock officers benched and a Georgia lawsuit naming Flock. Each case surfaced in an audit after the searches were done.
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We Looked at America’s 5 Most Haunted Roads by Satellite. We’re Still Not Driving Them After Dark
We checked America’s five most haunted roads on satellite, from Clinton Road to old Highway 666. From above, a haunted road looks exactly like a road.
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Toyota’s Land Cruiser Fuel Tube Can Come Loose and Leak. Recall Letters Don’t Land Until December
Toyota is recalling about 106,000 2024-2027 Land Cruisers whose fuel tube joint near the tank can come apart and leak. Owner letters are due by mid-December.
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Stellantis Says the Charger SRT and the HEMI V-8 Are Coming Back. It Won’t Say They’re Coming Back Together
A slide in Stellantis’s May 21 Investor Day presentation lists a Charger SRT as a planned model, and Antonio Filosa told investors the company will deliver “the return of the legendary HEMI V8.” No Stellantis document I read connects those two statements, names the engine that would go into a Charger SRT, or gives a…
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Honda’s Ohio EPA Filing Reveals Proposed Union County Hybrid Plant
Automakers usually announce new plants with a ribbon, a governor, and a big check. Honda’s next one surfaced in a quieter place: an environmental permit application. Honda Development & Manufacturing of America submitted the application to the Ohio EPA on October 7. It describes a proposed vehicle plant on roughly 300 acres in Liberty Township,…
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What Stellantis’ Investor Deck Reveals About a Supercharged Dodge Charger SRT
Dodge fans have been treating the supercharged Charger like a cryptid for two years: plenty of blurry sightings, no hard evidence. Here’s the thing, though. Stellantis has quietly published most of the evidence itself. It just put it in an investor deck instead of a press release. What’s actually on the record At its May…
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Hurricane Warnings and a Delayed Start Couldn’t Keep 8,000 Porsche Fans Away From Luftgekühlt Atlanta
The forecast said hurricane. The schedule said Saturday. Luftgekühlt 12 chose the schedule, just a few hours late. Porsche reports that warnings pushed the start back, but roughly 8,000 fans still filled the Town at Trilith, south of Atlanta, to see about 300 air-cooled cars once the weather held off. When thunder crashes at Luftgekuhlt…
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Under-Torqued Bolts Trigger Blue Bird Electric School Bus Battery Recall
A battery pack holds hundreds of kilowatt-hours of stored energy and weighs as much as a small car. It is also, ultimately, held to the bus by bolts. Blue Bird has now told federal regulators that on more than 1,600 of its electric buses, those bolts were never tightened enough. The Georgia-based bus builder filed…
