Новости за 12.07.2023

Countless racing fans around the world fell in love with the Garage 56 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 during this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The roaring NASCAR stock car was an attraction in France among the field of sports prototypes and GT cars. Many were disappointed that the unique project only had the one-off Le Mans…

I am definitely a city girl, but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate something as bad ass as a Formula 1 car entirely built out of tractor components.

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Hyundai has hired six women as technicians at one of its assembly plants in South Korea, marking the first time the company has allowed women to apply as line workers since 1967 when the company was started. The South Korean carmaker recently began accepting applications from women due to pressure from the Korean…

Experts told returning residents of East Palestine, Ohio, that hazardous chemical testing following a train derailment in their town showed dangerous substances were far below acceptable limits. Still, the town — and even the government’s own scientists — complained of sore throats, headaches and rashes.

The new hotness that was EVs has seemed to start cooling off. Models that once had buyers beating down the door of the dealership have now seen sales numbers slide and discounts rise, just as inventories for many models have started to climb. And while this isn’t something that’s specific to just one automaker, some…

On Thursday, July 13 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Lamborghini is scheduled to unveil its LMDh-class prototype for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and beyond. However, you’ll notice today is Wednesday, July 12, and yet there are full images of a race car on this very page that seem to look a lot like the one Sant’Agata…

If you want to use an e-bike to get around Michigan’s Mackinac Island, the rules are pretty straightforward: You can’t. Not unless you have a mobility disability that “substantially limits the ability of the individual to pedal a bicycle.” In which case, you’re allowed to have a Class 1 e-bike that only provides…

We’ve covered before just how sketchy towing companies can be, from targeting specific groups of people to auctioning off vehicles of deployed service members. But imagine if someone went and created their own tow truck company for their own schemes. It’d be a lot worse. But that’s what one man might have done. The …

Right now, it’s 91 degrees here in New York City. Today’s high is supposed to be 92, and temperatures are going to stay largely in the high 80s to low 90s through at least next Friday. It is, in short, way too damn hot. But don’t worry, there’s a solution on the horizon: One rich guy has promised not to use his…

A New Zealand car dealership got into some hot water over its racy, funny videos posing as advertising this week after a complaint about the use of the word “MILF” as well as a concern about false advertising.

If there’s one thing Elon Musk has been really good at lately, it’s pissing people off. In fact, he may have just pissed off his own company, Tesla, which has reportedly investigated its own CEO over concerns that Musk was using company funds to build a house near its Gigafactory in Texas, according to The Wall Street…

One of the most frustrating parts of flying with an airline is being bumped off an overbooked flight. While you’ll be compensated by the carrier, you usually have to spend an unexpected extra night before your flight. Getting booted off an overweight plane, though, is a different kind of gut punch. You’ve finally made…

When you’re stocking up on supplies to make a pasta dish, there’s a good chance you’re faced with a full aisle of dried noodles and a whole lot of choices. Spaghetti or linguine? Penne or rigatoni? Wheels or bow ties? Whatever the shape, my choice in brand is simple. I’m opting for Barilla, and that’s because one of…

When you move to America, you certainly arrive with a few preconceptions about the country you’re about to call home. Namely, that everything will be bigger there, everyone will be walking ‘round with a shotgun under their arm and everyone will be driving around chunks of American automotive gold. It turns out that…

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Although EV sales in the U.S. have slowed, they still count for around 6.5 percent of the automotive retail market in the U.S. This year, experts predict EVs will hit the million mark in number of new vehicles sold. You may be wondering where all the juice for these EVs will come from, but it turns out that when it…

By now, it’s well established that the heavier a vehicle is, the more damage it does to the road and the deadlier it is to others in a wreck. But without any real incentive to buy smaller vehicles, people continue to buy more and more SUVs. And it’s not just happening in the U.S. It’s also happening in Europe, where …

I can’t stand Jeeps. Wranglers, to be exact. Out of all the cockamamie concepts behind a motor vehicle meant to be driven for hundreds of thousands of miles on multi-lane highways, the Jeep Wrangler is the most absurd. At least, that’s my read on the iconic Jeep, which I’ve never come around to despite trying the…

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, July 12, 2023 and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

It may seem like rear-wheel drive cars are being phased out in favor of all-wheel-drive and front-wheel drive, but there’s no need to panic about the death of RWD just yet. As it turns out, there are over two dozen pure rear-wheel drive cars (read: sedans and coupes) on the market right now for under $50,000, and…

The Takata airbag inflator fiasco has been rumbling on for a decade now, and in those 10 years, automakers across America have been forced to recall more than 67 million cars fitted with the faulty inflators, and more than 100 million worldwide. Now, Stellantis is adding another 29,000 cars to that count after …

Due to various factors, consumer demand for electric vehicles is cooling off and some dealers are sitting on too much inventory. What this means for the rest of us, is that the car market that was so unfavorable to buyers as of late, is starting to look like the good old days of big discounts and competitive deals.

The odometer on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Accord wagon reads 102K. That’s only what’s on the cluster, though, as it was replaced at 157K. Let’s see if the price tag is just as confusing.

There are a million skills to learn or master in the automotive world. You, as an enthusiast, can find any specialization within the car community — driving, wrenching, design, or anything else that could feasibly involve wheels and tires. No one can learn every skill — we simply don’t have time in our lives — but we…