Postal Truck Mechanic Life, Road Rage And Myths Busted In This Week's Car Culture Roundup

One woman who decided to do a little road rage learned that life comes at you really fast when she forgot to put her Hyundai Sonata in park before getting out of the car to yell at the guy in an SUV she was raging against. As you might expect, her car then rolls forwards and hits another car, injuring her in the process. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Few vehicles in the world have worked harder than U.S. Post Office Grumman LLVs have since they first hit the road in the mid-1980s. Well, after about 38 years, most of them are in pretty bad shape. Because of that, the Post Office needs a team of mechanics working on these shitty little machines pretty much around the clock. Luckily for us, one of those mechanics is giving us an inside look at what it’s like to work on these white boxes. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Out of all the episodes from its 14 years on air, “Mythbusters” co-host Adam Savage’s favorite result is the 2009 golf ball car experiment. This automotive experiment required the team to cover a fourth-generation Ford Taurus in hundreds of pounds of clay and carve dimples into its surface to see if it would improve the Taurus’ fuel efficiency. How could covering a car in dimples even begin to improve the original design’s aerodynamics? It works on golf balls, so why wouldn’t it work on a car? At least that’s what the myth posited. - Logan Carter Read More

The Early 2000s gave us plenty of poster cars from Germany that are now commanding big bucks, the BMW M3 CSL and 996 911 Turbo chief among them. Move a rung down the ladder and you’ll see that even the Volkswagen Golf R32 is now bringing in big money as nostalgia drives up the price of cars that consistently occupied the covers of automotive magazines. Now there’s a whole class of limited-production models that little ink was spilled over back in the day, and that means they’ve managed to escape the hype to remain almost affordable today. - Cole Pennington Read More

The first teaser trailer for the upcoming Formula 1 movie, simply titled “F1” because of brand equity, debuted during the pre-race festivities before Sunday’s British Grand Prix. The Brad Pitt-led movie will undoubtedly feature a cliché narrative, cheezy dialogue and lazy archetypal characters, but I don’t care. Next summer, the theater-going public is in store for the most exhilarating racing footage ever put on the silver screen. - Ryan Erik King Read More

There have been many, random and strange automotive partnerships over the years, and the partnership between Toyota and Zagato is just such an example. The world-class automaker and Italian design house came together in the ’00s to create a truly meh vehicle; the Toyota Harrier Zagato - Lawrence Hodge Read More

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 9, 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. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 11, 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. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

We’re debating why Jeep’s reliable SUV is so cherished.

Good morning! It’s Monday, July 8, 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. - Owen Bellwood Read More