Gas Up 34%, Insurance Down 5%: September’s CPI Moved the Cost of Driving From the Policy to the Pump
BLS data show gasoline up 34.2% and car insurance down 5.0% over the year. The cost of owning a car…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Bigger Hubs, Higher Tesla Prices: Decoding America’s Q3 Fast-Charging Data
America’s public DC fast-charging network crossed 80,000 ports this summer. That sounds like a victory...
‘I Know It’s Dumb’: Arizona Corvette Driver Raced 120 MPH on I-10, Then Asked to Keep the Car He Needs for Work
An Arizona trooper asked a Corvette driver why he raced a car he needed for work at more than 120…