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A $100K Chevelle Vanished From a Centereach Driveway, and So Did Two Minutes of Ring Footage
At 11:47 p.m. on July 1, a Ring camera mounted above a garage in Centereach, New York was still watching…
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Ducati Just Filed the New Monster’s Design in India, and the Bigger Story Is Hiding in the Engine Case
Paperwork rarely makes headlines, but when a manufacturer registers a motorcycle’s design with a country’s patent office, it is usually…
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He Got Ten Dealerships for Free, Then Spent Ford’s Trust Money on His Brother’s MMA League. Now He Owes $30 Million.
Ten operating car dealerships, handed over for nothing more than the cost of the real estate underneath them, sounds like…
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Honda Beat This Paint-Peeling Lawsuit Once. It’s Back, and Honda’s Already Fighting It Again
Quinn Attika’s name shows up in two separate federal lawsuits against American Honda Motor Co. this year, and that’s not…
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Harley-Davidson Just Locked Up Two New Nameplates, RMCR and RMXR — Here’s What The Paperwork Reveals
On July 29, 2026, Harley-Davidson Motor Company filed two federal trademark applications for the names RMCR and RMXR. Both landed…
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Ferrari’s First Mid-Engine V12 Racer Heads to Auction, and Enzo Never Wanted It Built
Every mid-engine V12 Ferrari that has ever won at Le Mans, Sebring, or Daytona — the 275 P, the 330…
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Bryce Harper, Guy Fieri and a Room Full of Champions Just Bought Into Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR Team
NASCAR team ownership used to be a rich person’s hobby: buy some cars, hire a driver, and hope the sponsorship…
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This 1993 Viper Is Tied to Pamela Anderson’s ‘V.I.P.’ — But Even Mecum Won’t Fully Vouch for It
Buried in Mecum’s own catalog copy for Lot S21 at next month’s Monterey sale is a single word doing an…
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Backfire News Weekly Wrap-Up: July 27–31, 2026
It was a packed week on Backfire News, running from lawsuits and recalls to Monterey-bound classics and NASCAR milestones. Here’s…
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Enter Now: Backfire News Readers Can Score Bonus Tickets in the Super Chevy Dream Giveaway Before It Ends 8/4
The countdown is on for the Super Chevy Dream Giveaway, and Backfire News readers have a way to load up…
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Zoox Just Got Federal Permission to Charge You for Rides in a Car With No Steering Wheel
Here’s the part that matters mechanically. NHTSA’s rulebook, the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, was written on the assumption that…
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Senna’s Battle-Scarred 1992 Shoei Sells for $837,500 — And the Stone Chips Are Why
Somewhere in a private collection right now sits a Formula 1 helmet with the shell integrity of a gravel driveway,…