Environmentally Friendly Tesla Is Trying To Skirt Austin Pollution Laws
Tesla very much wants you to think that it is the cleaner alternative to those dirty, polluting gas cars. When you bought a Model S , you were helping save the planet, they said. However, Tesla hasnt always done the best job complying with local environmental regulations , and according to the Houston Chronicle , its Read more...
This 700-HP Raptor-Fighting Chevy Silverado Can Be Yours for $210,000
Fox Factory will build 500 of these supercharged trucks with upgraded suspension, perfect for battling it out with your Raptor friends.
Tesla Cybertruck recalled due to unintended acceleration
By news@motorauthority.com (Stephen Edelstein)
Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck to fix accelerator pedals that could stick and cause vehicles to accelerate unintentionally. In the affected vehicles, a pad attached to the pedal may dislodge and become trapped by interior trim, preventing it from being released once pressed, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
C6 Corvette ZR1 Shows We Didnt Know How Good We Had It
Does anyone else remember early 2009 ? Obama was just inaugurated, Circuit City was closing, Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty and I was in the sixth grade looking for my first girlfriend. While all that was happening, though, General Motors was getting ready to launch its masterpiece: the C6 Chevy Corvette ZR1 . To me, it Read more...
2024 Ford F-150 Lightning lineup drops price
By news@motorauthority.com (Stephen Edelstein)
Ford has confirmed price cuts for most 2024 F-150 Lightning grades, and has started shipping trucks from its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center manufacturing facility near Detroit to dealerships. The biggest price cut goes to the Flash Extended Range, which now starts at $70,090 with the mandatory $2,095 destination charge. That's $5,500 less than the...
The World Would Be A Better Place If Porsche Had Built This Miata Competitor
The 984, Porsches diminutive concept from the late 1980s would have come at just the right time to absolutely redefine the small roadster marketplace, beating the new-for-1989 Mazda MX-5 to market by a couple of years. Porsche worked with Spanish automaker SEAT on a variety of projects through the 1980s, including Read more...
BMW's Vision Neue Klasse X Concept Is A Big Step In The Right Direction
The Bangle years are not only my favorite era of BMW design , but one of my favorite eras of design at any automaker. No other company was taking risks and innovating like BMW was , and Bangles Flame Surfacing technique forever influenced the rest of the industry. The groundbreaking i3 and i8 were similarly impactful Read more...
2024 Ford Shelby Super Snake, 2025 Porsche 911: Car News Headlines
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Shelby American has started its tuning program for the seventh-generation Ford Mustang with the Super Snake. The car debuted this week and offers the choice between naturally aspirated and supercharged V-8s, with the latter spitting out over 830 hp. Porsche is working on a mid-cycle update for the current 992 generation of the 911. One of the...
'Southwest, Stop!' Air Planes Avoid Runway Collision By Less Than 400 Feet in Washington D.C.
Two airliners almost collided on a runway at Reagan National Airport just outside of Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 was cleared to taxi across a runway, while a JetBlue Embraer ERJ-190 was about to take off on the same runway. WTOP reports the potential disaster was averted as Read more...
China's F1 Fires Could Be Caused By Sparking Cars Igniting Swamp Gas
Formula 1 sessions can be halted for all kinds of reasons, including damaged barriers, severe weather and even literal dragons on track . Now, however, the Chinese Grand Prix has been marred by a new phenomenon: spontaneous combustion of the grass surrounding the Shanghai International Circuit . Read more...
Apparently It's Illegal To Put A 'For Sale' Sign In Your Truck Now
A retired Pennsylvania school teacher got an opportunity to move to the Philippines to teach English. After failing to offload his old pickup truck online , in an effort to sell everything off before moving, Will Cramer decided to throw a For Sale sign in the window to let passersby know it was on the market. One day Read more...
2024 F1 Chinese Grand Prix preview: Race returns after 5-year hiatus
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
The Formula 1 circus is back in China for the first time in five years for the running of the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix this weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit. The normally annual race has been scheduled and later canceled in each of the past five years due to pandemic-related travel restrictions. It means that this year's race, which...
Tesla Delivered More Cybertrucks in Four Months Than Hummer EVs Sold Last Year
A recall for a faulty accelerator pedal reveals how many trucks Tesla has built since November.
Tesla Recalls Every Cybertruck Shipped So Far
The Tesla Cybertruck , a truck so rugged it can only be defeated by a car wash , was reportedly hit with a stop-sale recently because problems with its accelerator kept causing unintended acceleration issues. Dont worry, though, just because a Cybertruck could attack at any time doesnt mean it necessarily will. Also, T Read more...
Ford Made A Ranger SHO 4 Years Before The SVT Lightning
We used to be a proper country. A country where performance pickups like the Chevy 454 SS , Toyota Tacoma X-Runner and GMC Syclone roamed the streets. Performance pickups still exist today like the Ram TRX and Ford F-150 and Ranger Raptor models, but theyre off-road focused. Things might have been different had Ford Read more...
Ship Owners Are Trying Everything To Avoid Paying Up For Baltimore Bridge Collapse
A massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month, killing six people and shutting one of Americas busiest ports in the process. The company that operates the ship is now trying everything to get out of paying up for the mammoth task of extracting the stricken vessel and Read more...
Tesla Stock Down 40 Percent Over Last Year, Wiping Away $312 Billion In Market Cap
Good morning! Its Friday, April 19, 2024, 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. Read more...
What Are The Signs Of A Good Mechanic?
My family has had the same mechanic for what must be 20 years now. Hes less a mechanic and more family at this point. Hes always completely honest and accommodating, and has saved us thousands of dollars over the years by getting our cars back on the road in a timely and affordable manner, no matter what the repair Read more...
Ford aims to turn dashboards into desks
By news@motorauthority.com (Stephen Edelstein)
A new Ford patent filing has surfaced detailing desks built into dashboards. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) March 19, 2024, but filed by Ford on July 25, 2022, a patent application discusses an arrangement of fold-out panels and tracks built into the dashboard to create a pop-out workspace while preserving...
Ford Wants Mustang Drivers To Stop Acting Like Mustang Drivers
When Ford introduced the Mustang Dark Horse back in 2022, it included a little bonus for buyers: A a hands-on track instruction and driving experience , where owners could head out to Charlotte Motor Speedway and learn to manage all that torque theyd just purchased . Unfortunately, despite the option of driver Read more...
Is Fernando Alonso The Aston Martin Taylor Swift Sings About On 'Tortured Poets?'
Its a big day. Taylor Swift just released her heartbreaking new album and surprised fans by making it a whopping double release with 31 songs and more than two-hours of new music . Have you listened yet? If so, have you spotted the subtle Aston Martin reference that some fans think is a nod to Formula 1 racer Fernando Read more...
Watch Amazing Long Beach Grand Prix Onboards Through The Decades
The Long Beach Grand Prix has been a major piece of international motorsport mystique since its inception in the mid-1970s. This is a race that has showcased Formula 5000, F1 , CART, Champ Car, IndyCar , Formula E, sports cars, and vintage racers and a bunch of other stuff too though not always at the same time. Read more...
2024 Chevy Silverado Fox Factory Edition targets Raptor, RHO
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has an option for off-roaders in the form of the ZR2, but there's still a void in the lineup for a high-performance off-road truck to take on vehicles like the Ford F-150 Raptor R and upcoming Ram 1500 RHO (the TRX's tamer replacement). Suspension expert Fox Factory has decided to fill that void by this week revealing...
Local Motors Rally Fighter, Dodge Viper RT/10, Yamaha XSR900: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Folks, happy Friday. Did this week feel like it was all Fridays to anyone else? Monday was a Monday, but from Tuesday on everything just felt like the weekend was right around the corner. As it turns out, forever approaching the weekend without ever reaching it isnt as fun as it sounds. Read more...
Tesla Creates Website To Convince Shareholders To Make Elon Musk $55 Billion Richer
Elon Musk is filthy, stinking rich. Despite Teslas current troubles resulting in his net worth tumbling a few billion, hes still the third richest person on the planet . Apparently that wealth isnt enough for him or Tesla. Now, the company actually created a website to convince shareholders that their part-time CEO Read more...
U.S. Bridge Safety Standards Based On Outdated Regulations Developed In West Germany
Protection around Americas bridges has been thrown into question in recent weeks after a massive container ship hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month. Now, its emerged that the safety standards many U.S. bridges are built to are actually based on antiquated models developed in West Read more...
These Are The Best Obscure Concept Cars According To Our Readers
Sometimes concept cars become legendary in their own right, even though they were intended from the beginning to never go into production. Just think about how you felt the first time you saw the Chrysler ME 412 concept . Or that twinge of hope you felt when Mazda showed off the RX-Vision . Or just how much the Maybach Read more...
At $34,500, Is This 1971 Ford Torino GT A Classic Bargain?
According to the seller, todays Nice Price or No Dice Torino convertible is one of 1,613 GTs built for 1971. There are likely way fewer left today, so lets find out what such scarcity might reasonably be worth. Read more...
2024 Ford Shelby Super Snake strikes with over 830 hp
By news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
Shelby American has joined in Ford's celebrations this week for the Mustang's 60th anniversary by unveiling the latest generation of its Super Snake Mustang. The car represents Shelby's first take on the redesigned seventh-generation Ford Mustang, and packs an available supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 that in its final specification will deliver over...
