Apparently It's Illegal To Put A 'For Sale' Sign In Your Truck Now
A retired Pennsylvania school teacher got an opportunity to move to the Philippines to teach English. After failing to offload his old pickup truck online , in an effort to sell everything off before moving, Will Cramer decided to throw a For Sale sign in the window to let passersby know it was on the market. One day Read more...
2024 F1 Chinese Grand Prix preview: Race returns after 5-year hiatus
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
The Formula 1 circus is back in China for the first time in five years for the running of the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix this weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit. The normally annual race has been scheduled and later canceled in each of the past five years due to pandemic-related travel restrictions. It means that this year's race, which...
Tesla Delivered More Cybertrucks in Four Months Than Hummer EVs Sold Last Year
A recall for a faulty accelerator pedal reveals how many trucks Tesla has built since November.
Tesla Recalls Every Cybertruck Shipped So Far
The Tesla Cybertruck , a truck so rugged it can only be defeated by a car wash , was reportedly hit with a stop-sale recently because problems with its accelerator kept causing unintended acceleration issues. Dont worry, though, just because a Cybertruck could attack at any time doesnt mean it necessarily will. Also, T Read more...
Ford Made A Ranger SHO 4 Years Before The SVT Lightning
We used to be a proper country. A country where performance pickups like the Chevy 454 SS , Toyota Tacoma X-Runner and GMC Syclone roamed the streets. Performance pickups still exist today like the Ram TRX and Ford F-150 and Ranger Raptor models, but theyre off-road focused. Things might have been different had Ford Read more...
Ship Owners Are Trying Everything To Avoid Paying Up For Baltimore Bridge Collapse
A massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month, killing six people and shutting one of Americas busiest ports in the process. The company that operates the ship is now trying everything to get out of paying up for the mammoth task of extracting the stricken vessel and Read more...
Tesla Stock Down 40 Percent Over Last Year, Wiping Away $312 Billion In Market Cap
Good morning! Its Friday, April 19, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more...
What Are The Signs Of A Good Mechanic?
My family has had the same mechanic for what must be 20 years now. Hes less a mechanic and more family at this point. Hes always completely honest and accommodating, and has saved us thousands of dollars over the years by getting our cars back on the road in a timely and affordable manner, no matter what the repair Read more...
Ford aims to turn dashboards into desks
By news@motorauthority.com (Stephen Edelstein)
A new Ford patent filing has surfaced detailing desks built into dashboards. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) March 19, 2024, but filed by Ford on July 25, 2022, a patent application discusses an arrangement of fold-out panels and tracks built into the dashboard to create a pop-out workspace while preserving...
Ford Wants Mustang Drivers To Stop Acting Like Mustang Drivers
When Ford introduced the Mustang Dark Horse back in 2022, it included a little bonus for buyers: A a hands-on track instruction and driving experience , where owners could head out to Charlotte Motor Speedway and learn to manage all that torque theyd just purchased . Unfortunately, despite the option of driver Read more...
Is Fernando Alonso The Aston Martin Taylor Swift Sings About On 'Tortured Poets?'
Its a big day. Taylor Swift just released her heartbreaking new album and surprised fans by making it a whopping double release with 31 songs and more than two-hours of new music . Have you listened yet? If so, have you spotted the subtle Aston Martin reference that some fans think is a nod to Formula 1 racer Fernando Read more...
Watch Amazing Long Beach Grand Prix Onboards Through The Decades
The Long Beach Grand Prix has been a major piece of international motorsport mystique since its inception in the mid-1970s. This is a race that has showcased Formula 5000, F1 , CART, Champ Car, IndyCar , Formula E, sports cars, and vintage racers and a bunch of other stuff too though not always at the same time. Read more...
2024 Chevy Silverado Fox Factory Edition targets Raptor, RHO
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has an option for off-roaders in the form of the ZR2, but there's still a void in the lineup for a high-performance off-road truck to take on vehicles like the Ford F-150 Raptor R and upcoming Ram 1500 RHO (the TRX's tamer replacement). Suspension expert Fox Factory has decided to fill that void by this week revealing...
Local Motors Rally Fighter, Dodge Viper RT/10, Yamaha XSR900: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Folks, happy Friday. Did this week feel like it was all Fridays to anyone else? Monday was a Monday, but from Tuesday on everything just felt like the weekend was right around the corner. As it turns out, forever approaching the weekend without ever reaching it isnt as fun as it sounds. Read more...
Tesla Creates Website To Convince Shareholders To Make Elon Musk $55 Billion Richer
Elon Musk is filthy, stinking rich. Despite Teslas current troubles resulting in his net worth tumbling a few billion, hes still the third richest person on the planet . Apparently that wealth isnt enough for him or Tesla. Now, the company actually created a website to convince shareholders that their part-time CEO Read more...
U.S. Bridge Safety Standards Based On Outdated Regulations Developed In West Germany
Protection around Americas bridges has been thrown into question in recent weeks after a massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month. Now, its emerged that the safety standards many U.S. bridges are built to are actually based on antiquated models developed in West Read more...
These Are The Best Obscure Concept Cars According To Our Readers
Sometimes concept cars become legendary in their own right, even though they were intended from the beginning to never go into production. Just think about how you felt the first time you saw the Chrysler ME 412 concept . Or that twinge of hope you felt when Mazda showed off the RX-Vision . Or just how much the Maybach Read more...
At $34,500, Is This 1971 Ford Torino GT A Classic Bargain?
According to the seller, todays Nice Price or No Dice Torino convertible is one of 1,613 GTs built for 1971. There are likely way fewer left today, so lets find out what such scarcity might reasonably be worth. Read more...
2024 Ford Shelby Super Snake strikes with over 830 hp
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Shelby American has joined in Ford's celebrations this week for the Mustang's 60th anniversary by unveiling the latest generation of its Super Snake Mustang. The car represents Shelby's first take on the redesigned seventh-generation Ford Mustang, and packs an available supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 that in its final specification will deliver over...
Hero Drives Pagani Utopia on the Flooded Streets of Dubai
The $2.19-million hypercar is no garage queen.
Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato All-Terrain Embraces Off-Road Spirit
Only 12 cars will be made, and they've already been sold.
Here's the Kia EV5 GT Before You're Supposed to See It
There are some specs to go along with the revealing images.
Review: 2024 Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class Cabriolet aims for fun, sun or not
By news@motorauthority.com (Kirk Bell)
It’s not often that you can experience humid, gusty 60-degree conditions and dry temperatures approaching 100 degrees in the course of an hour, but I did that behind the wheel of a 2024 Mercedes-Benz CLE-Class Cabriolet on the volcanic island of Tenerife. Part of Spain’s Canary Islands, Tenerife lies off the coast of west Africa, and...
2024 Mercedes-Benz CLE Cabriolet Starts at $65,500
Open-air motoring in the new CLE is a $7,850 premium over the hard top.
Mustang Experience Center to become Mecca for muscle car fans
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
From next year, Mustang fans will want to visit North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway, as the iconic motorsports location will also be home to what Ford calls the Mustang Experience Center. As Ford describes it, the new center will be the “destination for all things Mustang,” with visitors able to sample cars on the racetrack...
$10 Doesn't Buy Much These Days, But It'll Get You 3 Shares Of Vinfast With Some Change Left Over
Considering how bad our first experience with the VinFast VF8 was , it didnt seem like the best idea for VinFast to go public. Then again, no one at Jalopnik is an investment expert, so maybe someone smarter was giving better advice we just couldnt understand. Right out of the gate, it looked like we couldnt Read more...
Ford Wants To Remind You Of All The Times The Mustang Had A Good Livery By Giving It A Bad Livery
When was the last time you saw a truly good racing livery ? Think about it for a minute. A great stand-alone livery that will be looked back on as iconic in fifty years time , one that isnt a throwback or homage, one that isnt just a mishmash of black, white, and red thats a true rarity these days. I will say that i Read more...
Lucid Air Grand Touring Keeps Best-In-The-U.S. EV Range Despite Tougher EPA Test
The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring is getting some important updates thatll take its world-beating 516 miles of range in 2023 to 516 miles of range. I know that sounds wrong, but its actually correct: See, Lucid says the EPA made its electric range test more challenging for 2024, but thanks to a new heat pump and Read more...
Make This Street-Legal Ferrari Race Car Your New Daily Driver And Be As Cool As You Are Uncomfortable
There is an old French adage that goes one must suffer to be beautiful. I dont know much about that, but I would posit that one certainly must suffer to be truly cool. Everything in this world worth experiencing has a bit of a hard edge to it, a thing you have to give up to get it. Thats how cool is built. And if Read more...
Shelby's New Super Snake Is an 830-HP Supercharged Mustang
The most extreme new Mustang yet makes more power than the GT500, and it's limited to just 250 units.
