Weekend Car Culture Roundup September 28, 2024

After more than two decades, Jeremy Clarkson finally hung up his driving gloves after the final episode of ‘The Grand Tour’ aired on Amazon Prime. When the show’s finale aired last week, Clarkson hosted a viewing party at his British pub, where he shared a few secrets from the show and its predecessor, ‘Top Gear,’ including the identity of tame racing driver The Stig. - Owen Bellwood Read More

You’ve probably heard the old trick: Pull up to a gas pump right after a fancy luxury car leaves, and you’ll get a little bit of the premium gas they left in the pump’s hose added to the 87-octane swill you’re buying. Suddenly, magically, you’ve got a little extra octane in your tank for free. Well, hate to burst your bubble, but that’s simply not how it works. - Amber DaSilva Read More

Mansory is a company not known for doing things in half measures. It’s fitted all kinds of outlandish modifications to cars like the Aston Martin DBX and the Lamborghini Urus. Now, after one of its creations was totaled by soccer star Marcus Rashford, a budding mechanic set about restoring the ruined Rolls-Royce Wraith and turning it into the ultimate glamping rig. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Good morning! It’s Thursday, September 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, September 25, 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

Minivans used to be all the rage. Every suburban household with two and a half children had to have the newest and most tech-filled people hauler. The auto industry pumped these out by the millions for decades. Every automaker worth their salt had to have a minivan in their lineup, and each one had its own cool features. At their peak in 2000, Americans bought about 1.3 million minivans, but now there are just four minivans on the market and the segment has shrunk by 80 percent. That sucks. You can get a Chrysler, a Toyota, a Honda, or a Kia. That’s it. That’s all that’s left. Is this the world you want to live in? - Bradley Brownell Read More

Good morning! It’s Monday, September 23, 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 Tuesday, September 24, 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

This week, Andy and Ryan discuss their guilty pleasure cars.

Esquire magazine is apparently still a thing for fashionable gentlemen looking for advice on whatever it is they need advice for. I wouldn’t know, I am not a fashionable gentleman, and while I may not know my fancy timepieces, I know a thing or two about cars. - Tom McParland Read More