Six Defendants Allegedly Stole $4 Million in Rental Cars. The Going Rate Was $2,000 Each.
Six defendants are accused of taking about 150 rental cars worth more than $4 million with forged licenses and stolen…
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A $5,295 Fee to ‘Certify’ a Car That Was Already Certified. The Rule Meant to Stop It Died Six Months Ago.
Manchester City Nissan will pay $4 million over alleged junk fees. The bigger story is that a CPO badge is…
The EPA Calls This a Gas Price ‘Emergency.’ It’s Been One Since May.
Gas is about to get a little cheaper for the last stretch of summer. That’s...
Colorado Finally Figured Out How Long Teen Driver’s Ed Should Take. Every Other State Just Shrugged.
Colorado just told teenagers that getting a driver’s permit will soon require sitting through 30...
Tricolor Raised $1.9 Billion on Subprime Car Loans. The SEC Says Its Execs Pledged the Same Ones Twice
The SEC says Tricolor's top executives pledged the same subprime car loans to more than one Wall Street bond deal.…
America Didn’t Ban Polestar’s Factory. It Banned Its Owner.
Prestige Imports wants $25 million from Polestar, and its lawsuit reads like a straightforward betrayal...
Blame Yourself: America Lets the Fastest Drivers Write the Speed Limits
AAA says speeding is the new normal. The deeper story is that America sets speed limits from how fast drivers…
Florida’s Flashy New ‘Super Speeder’ Law Grabbed the Headlines — a Forgotten 1971 Statute Grabbed the License
Quashay Frazier Jr. lost a drag race on the Buckman Bridge in Jacksonville on a...
Washington Dusted Off a 96-Year-Old Tariff Law Nobody Had Ever Used — and Detroit Is the Guinea Pig
Forget the 50 percent. Forget the wine, the dairy, and the hockey sticks that made...
Musk Says Tesla Builds America’s Most American Car. His Own Truck Skipped the Test
Every new car sold in America wears a sticker almost nobody reads. It lists exactly...
Two BMW Street Racers Killed a Grandmother in Florida. The Law Says the Passengers, Spectators, and Camera Phones Could Be Just as Guilty.
Two men in two BMWs are facing vehicular homicide charges after a street race in...
East L.A. AutoZone Hit Twice: 27 Sought And What It Means
A parts store is not a jewelry counter. There’s no vault, no serialized inventory, no...
The Great Insurance Sale Is Over, and 32 States Are About to Pay the Tab
Last year, car insurance premiums did something they almost never do: they went down. Rates...
A BMW Street Race Killed a 77-Year-Old Woman in Florida. The Driver’s Own Car Contradicted His Story.
Cesar Ramon Estrada Garcia had an explanation ready when Florida Highway Patrol investigators caught up...
Flock Just Rewrote Its Privacy Rules. It Still Can’t Stop A Typo From Turning A Press-Fleet Range Rover Into A ‘Stolen’ Car
Somewhere in Los Angeles this past June, someone at a Jaguar Land Rover dealership misplaced...