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Ford’s Bronco Family Is About to Get a Truck Bed, and the Timing Is No Accident Ford Bronco off-roading on rocky terrain, representing the Bronco SUV platform a rumored pickup variant would share

Ford Bronco off-roading on rocky terrain, representing the Bronco SUV platform a rumored pickup variant would share

Ford’s Bronco Family Is About to Get a Truck Bed, and the Timing Is No Accident

John Lloyd August 23, 2026

Ford has spent the better part of six years teasing a pickup version of the Bronco, and...

Someone Firebombed A McLaren Outside A Birmingham Wedding, And The Getaway Car Was A Volkswagen Golf File photo of a McLaren Artura Spider; not the vehicles involved in the Birmingham incident

File photo of a McLaren Artura Spider; not the vehicles involved in the Birmingham incident

Someone Firebombed A McLaren Outside A Birmingham Wedding, And The Getaway Car Was A Volkswagen Golf

John Lloyd August 21, 2026

Somewhere outside a banqueting hall in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, three men in hoods spent roughly ten seconds throwing...

KTM Recalls 6,257 Husqvarna and GasGas Dirt Bikes Over Rear Brake Calipers That Can Crack Mid-Ride Husqvarna FE enduro motorcycles riding off-road, the model line affected by the rear brake caliper recall

Husqvarna FE enduro motorcycles riding off-road, the model line affected by the rear brake caliper recall

KTM Recalls 6,257 Husqvarna and GasGas Dirt Bikes Over Rear Brake Calipers That Can Crack Mid-Ride

John Lloyd August 21, 2026

KTM North America filed a new federal recall on August 7, 2026, admitting that the rear brake...

The SEC Says Tricolor Pledged the Same Car Loans Twice — and $800 Million of Collateral Never Existed focus photography of black vehicle key

The SEC Says Tricolor Pledged the Same Car Loans Twice — and $800 Million of Collateral Never Existed

Shawn Henry August 20, 2026

A retail auto loan is really just a promise stapled to a VIN. One vehicle, one lien,...

Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math. Jay Leno Classic Car Bill Gets Butchered In California

Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math.

John Lloyd August 20, 2026

SB 1392 cleared Assembly Appropriations 15-0 and is on the Assembly floor. What Leno's Law actually exempts,...

This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race Screenshot 2026-07-29 at 1.45.00 PM

This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race

John Lloyd August 20, 2026

Chassis CSX2300 hammered at $39 million at Pebble Beach, beating the previous American car record by 95...

Stolen in 1993, Found Decades Later: How a Routine CHP VIN Check Cracked This Chevelle Cold Case Black 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS recovered by CHP Auburn 33 years after a 1993 San Mateo County theft

Black 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS recovered by CHP Auburn 33 years after a 1993 San Mateo County theft

Stolen in 1993, Found Decades Later: How a Routine CHP VIN Check Cracked This Chevelle Cold Case

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

There is a photograph circulating out of the California Highway Patrol’s Auburn Area office: three men, arms...

Brabus Built A 224-MPH Convertible And Hid Its Best Detail In The Roof brabus-makes-the-bodo-cabriolet-because-there-s-no-better-way-to-make-1000-hp-do-224-mph_6

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Brabus Built A 224-MPH Convertible And Hid Its Best Detail In The Roof

Elizabeth Puckett August 18, 2026

Brabus lifted the roof off its coachbuilt Bodo, and the Cabriolet’s own spec sheet quietly admits what...

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up 00G0G_3ydtShNJIC2_0nP0hS_1200x900

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up

Shawn Henry August 17, 2026

The first photo in this Craigslist ad is a Ferrari 512TR shot by somebody who knew what...

A Chevrolet Camaro Fell 200 Feet Off Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies, and a Tree May Have Saved a Life 775537613_29055467300709407_5148509433919381103_n

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A Chevrolet Camaro Fell 200 Feet Off Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies, and a Tree May Have Saved a Life

John Lloyd August 17, 2026

Newfound Gap is the high point where U.S. 441 crosses from Tennessee into North Carolina inside Great...

The Met Took 90 Supercars in Three Days — and a £3.7M Ferrari Is Sitting in a Pound Charging £20 a Day Screenshot 2026-08-10 at 12.18.14 PM

The Met Took 90 Supercars in Three Days — and a £3.7M Ferrari Is Sitting in a Pound Charging £20 a Day

John Lloyd August 15, 2026

London police seized 90 cars worth over £8 million in three days, almost entirely on paperwork. Here...

Someone Is Stripping VW Badges Off Cars in Under Five Seconds water dew on silver Volkswagen car emblem

Someone Is Stripping VW Badges Off Cars in Under Five Seconds

John Lloyd August 10, 2026

Graham Dunn didn’t hear a thing. He only found out his Volkswagen Tiguan had been hit after...

Meadow Walker Didn’t Sell Paul Walker’s Furious 7 Supra — It’s Sitting in a Museum Iconic orange customized sports car on display.

Meadow Walker Didn’t Sell Paul Walker’s Furious 7 Supra — It’s Sitting in a Museum

John Lloyd August 7, 2026

A car doesn’t have to change hands for the internet to decide it did. This week’s target...

A Real-Life Lightning McQueen Got Towed After an Elk Grove Car Meet Turned Into a Brawl

Elizabeth Puckett August 5, 2026

Somewhere in Elk Grove, California, a Chevrolet Corvette wrapped up like Lightning McQueen just learned the hard...

Group 1 Automotive Buys Atlanta Lexus, Porsche, and Jaguar Land Rover Dealerships for $1.3 Billion Aerial view of a car dealership lot with rows of new vehicles

Aerial view of a car dealership lot with rows of new vehicles

Group 1 Automotive Buys Atlanta Lexus, Porsche, and Jaguar Land Rover Dealerships for $1.3 Billion

Elizabeth Puckett July 30, 2026

Group 1 Automotive has signed a definitive agreement to buy the dealership assets and real estate of...

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Ford’s Bronco Family Is About to Get a Truck Bed, and the Timing Is No Accident

Someone Firebombed A McLaren Outside A Birmingham Wedding, And The Getaway Car Was A Volkswagen Golf

KTM Recalls 6,257 Husqvarna and GasGas Dirt Bikes Over Rear Brake Calipers That Can Crack Mid-Ride

The SEC Says Tricolor Pledged the Same Car Loans Twice — and $800 Million of Collateral Never Existed

Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math.

This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race

Stolen in 1993, Found Decades Later: How a Routine CHP VIN Check Cracked This Chevelle Cold Case

Brabus Built A 224-MPH Convertible And Hid Its Best Detail In The Roof

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up

A Chevrolet Camaro Fell 200 Feet Off Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies, and a Tree May Have Saved a Life

The Met Took 90 Supercars in Three Days — and a £3.7M Ferrari Is Sitting in a Pound Charging £20 a Day

Someone Is Stripping VW Badges Off Cars in Under Five Seconds

Meadow Walker Didn’t Sell Paul Walker’s Furious 7 Supra — It’s Sitting in a Museum

A Real-Life Lightning McQueen Got Towed After an Elk Grove Car Meet Turned Into a Brawl

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