Recession Era Car Interiors, Dealers Behaving Badly And Cybertruck Break-In In This Week's Car Culture Roundup

A family is looking for answers after spending thousands of dollars on a used wheelchair-accessible van for their daughter that ended up bricking itself in their driveway soon after it was purchased. Now, the Geibel family says they’re stuck with an $11,000 repair bill on a Chrysler Town & Country they’ve barely used. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Tesla and its fans like to talk about how safe and impenetrable the Cybertruck is, but one cunning burglar proved them all wrong. He was able to pop one of the windows ajar and then peel the “shatter-proof glass” wide open. Despite this unauthorized breach, the Cybertruck never alerted the owner of the break-in. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

The Great Recession was a tough, dark time. The world’s financial markets were reeling and things were just as bad in the U.S. In the two year period from February 2008 to February 2010, nearly nine million jobs were lost. Industries were heavily impacted and the auto industry was no exception. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

Good morning! It’s Monday, August 26, 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 Wednesday, August 28, 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

Sometimes, I am very confused by the choices car companies make when it comes to the interiors of their vehicles. There’s a lot of two-steps-forward, one-step-back stuff going on, and a great example of this is drive mode selectors. Car companies have decided that even on the most mundane of vehicles, the drive mode selector needs to be front and center, and that is just as dumb as rocks to me. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Here’s a hot take for you: Car shows are kind of boring. The same few designated classics, all meticulously maintained and never driven except to and from shows — it’s all such a drag. Luckily, there’s a better way to see true, authentic classics: Visit an enormous pick-and-pull. - Amber DaSilva Read More

I went to a car meet in West Hollywood last weekend that had everything from a Pagani Zonda and Bugatti Veyron to an Audi RS2 and a real Jaguar D-Type, with stuff like two G-wagen cabrios and a Porsche 993 GT2 race car present as well. But one of the rarest things that showed up was this 2011 Lotus Elise, a car you might not know even existed. - Daniel Golson Read More

We’re debating which food is perfect for when you’re out on the road.

I’m not sure I’ve ever felt older and more feeble than I do right now. I’ve just arrived back to my house in Cleveland, Ohio slightly more than 48 hours after I left Los Angeles. It’s been a whirlwind couple of days shooting across this vast and open country, packed with terrible food options, too much caffeine, late nights, and early mornings. Health officials say eighteen hours in the saddle isn’t advisable, and it’s definitely not reasonable to do it two days in a row, but I’m built different. I do all of my best thinking when I’m left alone with my thoughts, and that only really happens when I’m at the wheel. - Bradley Brownell Read More