Car Payments Just Hit a September Record of $821. Prices Barely Moved. Here’s Where the Money Went.
J.D. Power says the average new-car payment hit a September-record $821. Prices rose just 0.7% and rates fell, so the…
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Arizona Driver Going the Wrong Way on I-40 Tells Troopers He Was ‘Supervisor’ of a Game Called ‘Lunatic,’ Then Gets Arrested for Endangerment
A man driving an SUV west in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 outside Winslow,...
Diesel Just Broke Its All-Time Record Three Weeks Running. Here’s Why It Hits Your Wallet Even If You Never Buy a Gallon
Diesel has set an all-time record three weeks in a row, hitting $6.53 a gallon. Here’s why it hits your…
442 People Were Cited for Watching an L.A. Street Takeover. The Law Had Been Waiting Since 2002.
LAPD cited 442 spectators at one Harbor Gateway street takeover. Los Angeles has made watching a crime since at least…
NHTSA Wants Your Ideas to Fix Recalls. Its Meeting Won’t Be Streamed or Recorded.
NHTSA's new Recalls Next notice asks the public to comment on a November 5 meeting that will not be streamed…
Detroit’s Share of U.S. Car Sales Is Headed for a Record Low. Here’s What 36% Really Means.
Cox Automotive forecasts GM, Ford and Stellantis at just over 36% of third-quarter U.S. sales, the lowest on record. The…
Honda Spent $1 Billion So One Ohio Line Could Build Anything. It Still Ran Out of Room.
Honda spent more than $1 billion so its Ohio lines could build gas, hybrid and electric cars interchangeably. A reported…
America Already Banned Chinese Cars. The Senate Is Fighting Over Who Gets to Unban Them.
Commerce banned Chinese connected-vehicle software and hardware in 2025. The Senate bill everyone calls a ban is really a fight…
Allstate Added 708,000 Auto Policies Without Adding Premium. That Arithmetic Has to Land Somewhere.
Allstate's auto book grew by 708,000 policies and $39 million in quarterly premium, because the average premium fell 3.6%. Meanwhile…
Today at The Auto Wire: Full Recap (September 25, 2026)
Everything The Auto Wire published on September 25, 2026: Volkswagen's Porsche write-downs, a 208,724-SUV steering recall, Credit Acceptance's $694 million…
BYD Already Has an American Factory. Washington Wrote a Law Around It.
BYD has built buses in California for over a decade. Congress still wrote it out of federal transit money. That…
Prosecutors Say a Drugged Driver Killed Two People on an LA Bus. Three More Died Covering the Crash, and She Isn’t Charged for Those. Yet.
Bailee Lynn Rios faces two second-degree murder counts in the Chatsworth Metro bus crash. Whether she's charged for the three…
The Steering Bolt Broke on Another Continent. Volkswagen Recalled 208,724 American SUVs Anyway.
Volkswagen is recalling 208,724 Atlas, Tiguan and Audi Q3 SUVs over a steering rack bolt that can corrode and snap.…
Today in Automotive History: September 25, 1926 — Henry Ford Announces the Five-Day, 40-Hour Workweek
Henry Ford announced the Ford five-day workweek on Sept. 25, 1926. The weekend it helped create still shapes how cars…