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The SEC Says Tricolor Pledged the Same Car Loans Twice — and $800 Million of Collateral Never Existed
A retail auto loan is really just a promise stapled to a VIN. One vehicle, one lien, one lender standing…
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Monterey’s Record $755.6 Million Was Built by 10 Cars. The Other 843 Got a Reality Check
Monterey Car Week 2026 set a $755.6 million record, but ten cars produced nearly 30 percent of it while 1950s…
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Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math.
SB 1392 cleared Assembly Appropriations 15-0 and is on the Assembly floor. What Leno’s Law actually exempts, which cars qualify,…
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Police Charged a Man Over a Toppled Flock Camera — and the Charge Tells You the Repair Bill
Brick Township police charged a 31-year-old with fourth-degree criminal mischief after a Flock license plate camera was cut down. The…
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Ends Today: Win a 700-HP Porsche 911 Turbo S in the Dream Giveaway Sweepstakes
A factory-fresh Porsche 911 Turbo S packing more than 700 horsepower is up for grabs in the Dream Giveaway sweepstakes,…
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This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race
Chassis CSX2300 hammered at $39 million at Pebble Beach, beating the previous American car record by 95 percent — despite…
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This Porsche Carrera GT Was Custom-Ordered by Schumacher Himself — Now It’s Hitting the Auction Block
A 2004 Porsche Carrera GT ordered new for seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher is set to cross the…
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EPA’s New Diesel Rule Could Change What You Pay for a 2027 Truck — Here’s How
Fleets that have been slow-walking replacement orders aren’t waiting on freight rates. They’re waiting on a docket number.On July 9,…
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Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Just Helped a Pop Art McLaren F1 GTR Smash Auction Records at $34.6 Million
Chassis 10R crossed the block at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale on August 15 as Lot 328 and sold for $34,655,000.…
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California Just Greenlit Driverless Semis From Aurora and Kodiak — But the Fine Print Is Brutal
California’s ban on big self-driving rigs is over, and the two companies that lobbied hardest to kill it now have…
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Alex Fiorio, Lancia’s Eternal WRC Runner-Up, Dies at 61 After Stomach Cancer Battle
Alessandro “Alex” Fiorio, the Italian rally driver who spent the late 1980s finishing just behind some of the greatest names…
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Monterey Car Week 2026 Just Redrew the Collector Car Map, and $636 Million Is the Least Interesting Number in the Story
Every August, a stretch of California coastline between Monterey and Carmel turns into the most expensive parking lot on Earth,…