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Lincoln Corsair’s Flat-Tow Feature Is Getting Deleted, and Owners Are Suing Ford Over It
Flat towing is one of those niche capabilities that quietly separates ordinary crossovers from vehicles the RV crowd actually cares…
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Honda’s Bringing 20-Plus Championship-Winning Race Machines to Monterey, and the Garage List Reads Like a Motorsports History Class
Soichiro Honda believed racing made better engineers, better products, and a sharper company. Eight decades on, that philosophy has produced…
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NASCAR’s Spending Cap Talk Lands Right After Charters Became $100 Million Assets
Steve O’Donnell didn’t set out to make headlines about salary caps. He was mid-conversation about a pit crew recruiting combine…
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Ducati Just Landed a $140 Million Government-Backed R&D Deal, and the Timing Isn’t Subtle
Ducati just got the Italian government to help bankroll a $140 million investment program, and the timing tells you more…
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O’Reilly Says It’s Sharing Tariff Refunds With Suppliers. Its Balance Sheet Tells the More Interesting Version.
Every earnings call produces one line that matters more than the headline numbers. On O’Reilly Automotive’s July 30 call, asked…
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s New Garage Photos Put A Ferrari, A Bugatti, And A McLaren Senna In One Frame
Cristiano Ronaldo posted two photos to his personal Instagram account this week captioned simply “My toys,” and unlike most athlete…
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Backfire News Weekly Wrap-Up: August 3–7, 2026
Backfire News published 37 stories this week — Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 7, 2026. Here’s a rundown of…
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She Inherited a Porsche Restoration Shop and Turned It Into a $10 Million Fraud Machine
A federal judge in San Diego just put a number on what happens when a classic car consignment shop runs…
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Toyota’s GR86 Refresh Skips the Power Bump and Fixes What Actually Bugged Owners
Toyota just refreshed the GR86, and if you were hoping GAZOO Racing finally cracked open the ECU for more power,…
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Win This 1967 Corvette Convertible: Double Your Entries Before August 9th
A Rally Red 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible is up for grabs, and this is the moment to boost your odds…
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Buying a New Heavy-Duty Diesel Pickup? EPA’s Rule Rewrite Just Changed What You Should Ask First
Nobody cross-shops a Ram 2500 by reading a federal agency’s press release, but if you’re planning to order a heavy-duty…
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The Grappler Bumper Doesn’t PIT a Fleeing Car — It Nets the Wheel Instead
Every fleeing driver assumes the chase ends one of three ways: they get away, they crash, or an officer rams…