Gas Prices Jumped 31.8%. The Electric Sedan Still Lost the Math by $3,080.
AAA put the cost to own a new car at $12,863 a year. The category tables say fuel efficiency is…
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There’s a Wedge of Plastic in Your Windshield Whose Entire Job Is to Fool Your Eyes
A modern windshield is a restraint component, an optical instrument and a sensor mount. One layer inside it is deliberately…
Copart Just Dropped $1.9 Billion on ACV. It Didn’t Pay for the Auctions.
Copart announced a $1.9 billion deal for ACV Auctions on the same day it reported a flat fiscal year. The…
Allstate Booked the Rental Car. A Lawsuit Says It Then Refused to Pay Its Own Rate.
A federal class action says Allstate picked the rental company, negotiated the rate and made the reservation — then reimbursed…
Ford’s $4,195 Carhartt F-150, Germany’s First Driverless Truck, and What Else Moved
Not every headline gets its own story, but it still shapes the industry. Over the...
Rain Sensors Used to Be a Comfort Feature. Now They’re Rewriting What a Windshield Costs to Replace
A new market analysis says the global rain sensor business will nearly double by 2035,...
Modern Cars Aren’t Welded Together Anymore. They’re Glued — And That’s Exactly Why Fender-Benders Are Totaling EVs
A market research firm dropped a press release this week with a number attached: $12.36...
Every New Car Was Supposed To Stop Drunk Drivers By Now. Nobody Told The Cars.
Somewhere in this country, almost every day, the same scene repeats itself. A driver, allegedly...
South Carolina Arrested 80 People At A Street Takeover — But The Real Punishment Is What Happens To Their Cars
More than 80 people — 80 adults and an unspecified number of juveniles — were...
Watch: A Corvette’s Donut Show Created Its Own Smoke Screen, Sent a Honda Into a House
A Corvette's donuts blinded a Longwood intersection with its own smoke, sending a Honda into a house. The real story…
A Brick Doesn’t Know Your Windshield Has A Camera Behind It. Richmond Just Found Out The Hard Way
Ninety-two people in Richmond, Virginia woke up this week to the same discovery: a windshield...
Watch: A Corvette Driver Hit 156 MPH Fleeing Police, Crashed, and Bragged He’d ‘Buy Another One.’ He’s Missing the Actual Bill
The thing that ended a 156-mph run through two states wasn’t a faster patrol car,...
State Farm Mailed You a Record Dividend Check. Weeks Later, It Quietly Gutted the Agents Who’ll Handle Your Next Claim
Somewhere between February and May of this year, State Farm told two very different stories...
Clark Howard Just Killed His Famous Car-Repair Rule — And Blamed the Wrong Culprit
For the better part of two decades, if a mechanic’s estimate crossed half of what...
DeSantis Wants To Ban License Plate Cameras — But Missed The Network Selling Your Data To Lenders
Ban every police license plate camera in Florida tomorrow, and your car does not become...