Hand a Dealer Your Supercar and the Law Lets Him Sell It, Even If That’s a Crime
A New York owner nearly lost a Lamborghini and $200,000 in a dealer upgrade scheme. The rule that almost cost…
used cars
Of Everything Stolen CDC Money Could Buy, the Harley-Davidson Was the Worst Possible Choice
A Danish researcher spent stolen federal grant money on a Harley-Davidson. Of everything he bought, the motorcycle was the one…
Half a Million Ford Edges May Be Drowning Their Own Engines — And Technically, No One’s Investigating Yet
Ford’s Edge has been dead since 2024. No factory builds it, no dealer orders one,...
A Banned Airbag Part Just Killed Its 11th Person — Because You Can’t Recall a Crime
Banning a part and recalling a part sound like the same government action wearing two...
A Minnesota Dealer Faked ‘Certified’ Used Cars for Years — Then Told the State He’s Too Broke to Pay Victims Back
Fridley, Minnesota, isn’t exactly the used-car capital of the world. But a small independent lot...
Ford’s F-150 V8 Has Had a Drinking Problem Since 2018 — And It Never Once Triggered a Recall
A federal judge in Michigan just let a class-action lawsuit over oil-hungry F-150s keep moving...
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...
Her Nissan Rogue Passed a Clean Carfax Check. It Still Had Three VINs, and It Belonged to Enterprise the Whole Time
Amber Wolnomiejski did the things a careful car buyer is told to do. She pulled...
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…
Sub-$20,000 Used Cars Are Basically an Endangered Species — Only 1 in 9 Three-Year-Olds Survives
A three-year-old Camry saved you $8,033 in 2019. It saves you $4,171 now. The real story in the iSeeCars data…
Used Cars Just Hit a Record $32,461 — and Your ‘Buy a Toyota, It Holds Value’ Advice Just Backfired
Buy a Toyota, the old advice goes. It holds its value. Three generations of car...
31 Felony Charges Later, Georgia’s Tag Office Has One Very Awkward Question: Who Else Has Her Login?
Every title-fraud story The Auto Wire has covered shares one plot point: someone had to...
Avis Briefly Became a $27 Billion Meme Stock — Its Own Books Said It Was Worthless
For a few days in April, Wall Street decided that Avis Budget Group – the...
IIHS Just Ranked America’s Most Dangerous Cars. The Industry Already Killed Seven of Them
Look at the ten vehicles with the worst driver death rates in the Insurance Institute...
The $20,000 Used Car Didn’t Disappear. Automakers Discontinued It
Ask a dealer why a three-year-old Camry costs about what a loaded new one cost...