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O’Reilly Auto Parts Is Paying $18.8 Million Because Its Texts Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer
Every gearhead who’s ever handed over a phone number at the parts counter for a rewards discount knows the tradeoff:…
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A Real-Life Lightning McQueen Got Towed After an Elk Grove Car Meet Turned Into a Brawl
Somewhere in Elk Grove, California, a Chevrolet Corvette wrapped up like Lightning McQueen just learned the hard way that Radiator…
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Ram’s 2027 Rumble Bee Muscle Trucks Ditch eTorque and Stop-Start, But Keep the One Hybrid-Era Trick Worth Having
Stellantis spent the better part of a decade bolting a 48-volt hybrid system onto the 5.7-liter Hemi V8. Now it…
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Florida Deputies Clock a Pink Porsche at 96 MPH in a 45 Zone — One MPH From a Simple Ticket, Instead a Criminal Charge
Fort Myers deputies didn’t need a spotter plane or a tip called in from another unit to find their suspect…
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Jaguar Classic Lists Ex-Brunei Royal XJ220 With Under 3,000 Miles
Jaguar Land Rover Classic has an XJ220 in its approved-vehicles inventory, and the listing is doing the thing that makes…
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Rare Lamborghini Sián Spotted Driving In Monaco — Likely Fernando Alonso’s
A short clip posted to Instagram by the account monaco_luxurystyle shows a Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 crawling through the Principality…
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BYD’s Showroom Humanoid Is Coming — Here’s What The Company Won’t Say About It
Somewhere in Zhengzhou this month, a machine with two arms and two legs is going to walk out in front…
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Antonelli Out Of Engine Parts: What FIA Documents Reveal About Mercedes’ Penalty Squeeze
The FIA publishes a boring little PDF before every race weekend called the Technical Delegate’s Report. Almost nobody reads it.…
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Justin Marks Says Max Verstappen’s NASCAR Path Runs Straight Into a Ford Badge
Trackhouse Racing has made a habit of putting outsiders behind the wheel of a stock car just to see what…
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Florida Is Making an Example Out of Supercars, and This 137 MPH Lamborghini Just Became Exhibit A
A Lamborghini doesn’t need help getting noticed, but the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida found a way to make…
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Ford’s 1.0L EcoBoost Timing Belt Can Kill an Engine at 70,000 Miles. NHTSA Just Escalated Its Investigation.
A dashboard warning light doesn’t usually earn its own paragraph in a federal case file, but that’s exactly what’s happening…
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IHRA’s Owner Claims Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI Owes Him $570 Million — Racers Say He Still Owes Them, Too
Drag racing sanctioning bodies do not typically show up in nine-figure billing disputes involving Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence supercomputers. Then…