Sad Cybercab, A Forgotten Car Collection And An EV-Swapped DeLorean In This Week's Car Culture Roundup

Good morning! It’s Monday, October 14, 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

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, October 16, 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

Car collectors around the world have a pretty bad rep these days, as everyone assumes they buy ridiculously expensive and rare cars only to keep them locked away in a shed and never drive them. Seems that rep is well earned, at least in the case of this car collection that’s been unearthed by a group of urban explorers, who went for a look around a stash of rusting European classics from the likes of Ferrari, Porsche and Jaguar. - Owen Bellwood Read More

I got a text message from someone in Mercedes-Benz’s public relations department last week who had a tempting offer — If I’d be willing to drive to Braselton, Georgia, for Petit Le Mans, they would send a car for me to drive and get me in for free. We already had a freelancer attending, which I made sure to mention up front, but they still wanted me to come anyway. On Friday afternoon, a driver showed up with the keys to a Starling Blue Magno Mercedes-AMG GT63 Coupe. - Collin Woodard Read More

Good morning! It’s Friday, October 18, 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

The Tesla Cybertruck has a pretty distinctive angular, stainless steel design that’s drawn similarities between the divisive electric vehicle and everything from dumpsters to futuristic tanks, depending on who you ask. One car that definitely influenced the truck’s look was the DeLorean and now a shop in America has put the cult classic up against Tesla’s electric truck in a race. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 15, 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

It’s not just Tesla owners who have to fear that seawater could set their cars ablaze or Audi buyers that must remain fearful that circuit issues could spell disaster for their EVs, the owners of gas cars also must be aware of the fire risk that comes with their cars. In fact, one Ferrari owner learned this the hard way last week when their F430 was destroyed in a blaze. - Owen Bellwood Read More

If you spend any time on the side of the internet I’m on, you’ve probably seen a lot of content from Fox’s 2003 hit teen-drama series “The O.C.”
One of the shows main actors, has a new project or something and everyone is talking about how great “The O.C.” was. Well, this just happened to coincide with me watching the show for the first time ever (thanks to my girlfriend), and whit it is fantastic, there’s one thing about it no one ever mentions: the cars are excellent. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

While Americans might be better at hot sauce and Brits excel in music, we can all agree that both nations have some pretty weird words for car things. Having come from Britain to America, I often find myself stuck between to two - regularly typing “aluminium” instead of “aluminum” or “tyre” instead of “tire.” - Owen Bellwood Read More