Новости за 01.03.2023

If you live somewhere that gets snow, you’ve likely seen all manner of motorists stranded in the shoulder during the winter months. Maybe, with a tow strap in your trunk and a trailer hitch on your bumper, you’ve even rescued a driver or two. But I doubt you, or anyone else, has managed what this Rivian driver did:…

Lee Iacocca is a man remembered for many things: being the first “celebrity” CEO, introducing the Ford Mustang and Chrysler minivans, and convincing the government to bail out Chrysler in the middle of a recession while convincing Americans to buy Chrysler’s crummy K-cars. What’s sometimes forgotten is that Iacocca…

Police in Lake Country, Illinois weren’t able to track a stolen Volkswagen with a two-year-old child inside because the automaker wouldn’t provide access to its Car-Net vehicle tracking service. The 2021 Volkswagen Atlas’s subscription had expired, according to The Chicago Sun Times.

Parts that can fly off a vehicle while it’s moving can be pretty dangerous. There’s the potential for an accident, or someone can get hurt. But these days you shouldn’t expect something like that to happen right? Think again, as the NHTSA has issued a recall on the Dodge Durango over rear spoilers that can detach from…

You may have seen some posts on social media where buyers are supposedly taking on some bonkers car payments on what should be very affordable rides. Every day, many buyers leave a dealership way over their heads on a bad car loan. They could have prevented this with a skill they learned in elementary school, using…

Designing a car is never a simple task. Let the car do too much for the driver, and you’re going to turn off a whole slew of enthusiasts. Make it too responsive, and no one is going to want it as their daily driver. The beauty of modern technology, though, means this balance is easier to achieve than ever before, and…

Zoomers and Zillenials aren’t ready to give up on the manual transmission just yet. A new report from The Wall Street Journal says that while manuals accounted for just 1.7 percent of total new vehicle sales in 2023, that’s actually a tick in the right direction!

As companies race to build self-driving cars, there’s always a question: How safe is safe enough? After all, humans drivers still crash every day — surely a system that crashes less, even if it’s not perfect, is better than your average FaceTiming motorist. Just how good does an autonomous car have to be, in order to…

For Tesla, a lot of exciting things are happening over the coming year. The Model 3 is reportedly finally getting an update, six years after first launching; the Cybertruck might finally reach production, maybe; and now a new report suggests that the Model Y is due a refresh as well. Busy year indeed.

While I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a bona fide collector, when I see a miniaturized facsimile of one of my favorite cars, I buy it — simple as that. Typically that means stopping at the diecast car aisle every Target run, but when I was younger and didn’t have bills to pay, it would mean spending what little…

Rivian wants to double production this year but that still isn’t enough to stave off investor concern, Tesla has finally opened up the first of its Superchargers to other brands’ electric cars, and Ford will be showing off its Volkswagen ID.4-based electric SUV for Europe in three weeks. All that and more in The…

Whether it’s a common model or some kind of special edition, some people literally can’t wait to get their hands on the latest model. As the last couple of years have shown, though, often that impatience manifests itself in people buying cars sight unseen. Case in point, U.K. auto outlet Autocar reports that Alfa…

Gordon Murray isn’t known for doing anything by half-measures. Whether it’s his many successful racecar chassis, or the utterly legendary, world-beating McLaren F1, he always strives to produce the best version of whatever he’s working on, bar nothing. This same ethos is at work in his T.50 hypercar and in that car’s …

Late Tuesday night, a passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train in Greece. The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) reports that at least 36 people were killed and 50 to 60 people are still unaccounted for. Eighty-five others were also injured in the crash, with six people in critical condition. The…

Watching vehicles crash or getting blown to bits in movies is one of the greatest pleasures in the world of cinema. Their occurrences require a formula that even the simplest of people can get behind. Car explodes; Audience claps and cheers! Who doesn’t love that?

After what feels like forever, Formula 1 is finally back this week. On Friday, cars will hit the track for first practice in Bahrain, before qualifying on Saturday sets the grid for Sunday’s grand prix. I’m excited, are you? Well, whether you’re a returning fan or someone new to the sport, we’re so happy to have you!

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice MK IV Jetta is arguably the best-looking in the model’s lineage. This one looks to be in great shape too, but has a title that doesn’t look so hot. Let’s see what such contrasting factors may do to its value.

Racing series have journeyed to and abandoned venues everywhere over the decades. Circuits have been left for a multitude of reasons, from the land itself becoming more profitable for other purposes to making schedule space for new tracks in more lucrative markets. However, fond memories of those races remained with…

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The global pandemic brought an unexpected boon to the car market in the U.S., with prices soaring as people scrambled to buy new and used cars. Many people never quite made it to a dealership or lot, however, as lockdowns and a growing trend of shopping for cars online coalesced into a situation that’s making many …

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You’d have to be pretty bold to work at one of the largest international shipping companies in the world and attempt to traffic drugs for personal profit. But some UPS employees are accused of doing just that, according to CBS News. Five were arrested — two of them UPS employees — after being caught in an alleged…

If everything goes according to plan, all new cars sold in the UK and the EU will be fully electric by 2035. Major markets abroad will be phasing out ICE-equipped cars and readying for a mass transition to EVs, but experts warn that there may not be enough mechanics around to service them, as CNBC reports.

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It’s dangerous, in America, to be a pedestrian, with cars getting bigger and heavier and taller and you still staying the same old killable sack of blood and bones. The Governors Highway Safety Association — a nonprofit “representing the highway safety offices of states, territories, the District of Columbia and…