Новости за 28.02.2023

There are few driving joys that top a track day. It’s a special opportunity to thrash around a circuit that you have probably seen professional drivers race on for years. However, there’s also the chance that you could total your daily driver on a track. One father and son in Spain might have sought to lessen the…

The Jackie Robinson Parkway is a nearly five-mile stretch of road that connects Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, and a fairly beautiful drive as far as New York City parkways go, cutting, as it does, through parks and cemeteries. It was named for Robinson in 1997, and his grave is nearby, which is a nice way to…

If you’ve seen an Amazon delivery van pass by your house recently, you may have noticed a small black box mounted to the windshield. That box is Netradyne’s Driveri system, which Amazon uses to track its drivers’ compliance with all sorts of rules — seatbelt usage, speed, and more.

Ford has finally dropped pricing for the all-new 2024 Mustang ahead of its summer launch. Including a $1,595 destination charge, the 2024 Mustang starts at $32,515.

Nissan is recalling over 809,000 Rogue and Rogue Sport crossovers in the United States and Canada because of an issue with the ignition key, which could inadvertently shut off the vehicle while it’s moving. The recall covers 2014-2020 Rogues and 2017-2022 Rogue Sports equipped with jacknife-style flip ignition keys.

As we’ve mentioned before, it’s perfectly legal to fly with your guns. You have to notify the airline ahead of time, secure them unloaded in a locked, hard-sided case, and treat them as checked baggage — but you can do it. People do it all the time. If you get caught with undeclared guns in your checked baggage,…

Some of Formula 1’s best racing takes place on street circuits all over the world. From Monaco to Singapore, there’s nothing quite like the roar of race cars ricocheting around tightly packed city streets. Now, after countless rumors, consultations and circuit proposals, Formula 1 is finally adding London to its…

A car dealership in Raleigh, North Carolina issued an apology after the N-word was printed on oil change reminder stickers for customers’ cars. Leith Volkswagen has also reportedly fired a third-party cleaning crew that it blames for tampering with their label making machines after-hours.

Every now and then, a car company comes up with something so bonkers that you have no choice but to sit back and soak it all in. Aston Martin did this with the Victor a few years back, and Nissan had its own attempts at something outlandish with the DeltaWing. Now, Honda is here to hog the limelight with a new CR-V…

Cadillac’s V-Series.R car was born as a design exercise. Near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the luxury brand’s design team was looking at its future in racing. Designed through the lockdowns, across countries and oceans, remotely, involving several teams of designers and engineers, the final product was revealed…

Whether you merely commute in your car, eat in your car or just drive grubby-handed kids around in your car, you’re probably used to having to do a periodic deep clean. Some messes are worse than others. We’re looking for your war stories and ask, what is the grossest thing you’ve ever come across while cleaning out a…

Tesla shareholders are clutching their pearls all of a sudden, Tesla’s price cuts aren’t working as well as they had been in China anymore and, in related news, Audi sees no value in following Tesla toward an EV price war. All that and more in this Tesla Tuesday edition of The Morning Shift for February 28, 2023.

Singer is one of those brands that gets talked about in longing, reverent tones by anyone with even a passing interest in 911s. To those of us who are obsessed with Porsche’s long-running ass-engined sports car, Singer represents a level of commitment to perfection that we can only dream of being able to afford.

California is the poster child of EV adoption. The good news is that the market share of EVs in California rose 17 percent in 2022. Looking past those glowing numbers, however, hides an unfortunate reality some may not want to talk about: EVs are still too expensive, and a lot of buyers in the state can’t afford…

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mazda MPV is being offered by the seller for their mom. We should all be nice to our moms, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going to pass judgment on this old-school minivan’s price.

Twenty-twenty-two was a year of rising car prices, continuing inventory shortages, and record sales for some brands. Despite the problems plaguing some automakers had, sales for many brands and their models set records. While the usual models like the Ford F-150 and Toyota Camry were best sellers, what about everyone…

The times they are a-changing in motorsport as hybrid and electric power continue to take over. Not wanting to be left behind, IndyCar will finally make the switch to hybrid power starting in 2024. Ahead of IndyCar’s electrification, Honda wanted to show off its new hybrid powertrain in the best way it knew: a…

Car enthusiasts tend to see many more cars than the average person, yet, it doesn’t necessarily mean they get a chance encounter with the car they love. Last week, we asked readers what their white whale car was. The responses were wide-ranging, from rare cars to the seemingly most common. Here are your picks.

If you were to guess which EV maker would be the most capable in snow, there’s a good chance you’d settle on Polestar. A Scandinavian brand spun off from Volvo, it would make sense that the Polestar 2 in particular could handle the worst of winter. Recently, Polestar invited a group of journalists out to the wild,…

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The Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio isn’t exactly known for its reliability, but it’s absolutely incredible to drive. Unlike some of its competition, though, regular Giulias are similarly agile and really only down on power. Take one out for a spin, and you’ll start to think, “Maybe quality interior materials actually …

Amplitude modulation radio, better known as AM radio, has been around for over a century, and, originally, was a technological advance as big as television or the internet in terms of revolutionizing how humans interact. AM radio has also been relied on for almost that entire time for use in emergencies because it’s a…

A weekend snowstorm stretching across western states proved challenging for the happy, shiny out-of-towners a little more used to sunny skies and dry roads who just wanted to experience a little winter wonderland.

A class-action lawsuit against the owner of a refinery that produces aluminum ore used to make cars and EVs, including the Ford F-150 Lightning, argues that the refinery is polluting nearby rivers and streams, and endangering thousands of Brazilians in the process. The lawsuit represents 11,000 residents who live in…

Both automakers and the federal government have come to a consensus: EVs are the next step in transportation. But despite the fact that automakers have thrown billions into developing new EV models along with investments in infrastructure to support these EVs, Business Insider reports a new study shows a lot of…