- Yamaha Refuses to Race in Qatar Despite Penalty Threats
The factory team is taking a stand on ethical grounds, risking championship points and fines to skip the Lusail round. Yamaha Motor Racing has announced it will not participate in the Qatar MotoGP...
742 points140 comments5 d ago
- The Alliance for Automotive Innovation backed Trump's plan to freeze fuel standards at 40.4 mpg instead of 54.5. Then they sold each other carbon credits worth billions.
Major automakers lobbied to weaken Obama's 2025 fuel economy targets, arguing stricter rules were unrealistic. Tesla made $1.8 billion in 2020 selling regulatory credits to the same manufacturers....
531 points16 comments4 d ago
- Acura Will Now Sell You Over 3,000 Parts To Keep Your NSX Alive
Honda's luxury arm has launched a heritage parts programme in the US covering both generations of the NSX, from the 1990 original to the 2022 hybrid supercar. Acura is selling over 3,000 official...
218 points4 comments3 d ago
- Someone Spent Six Figures Restoring a 1976 Trans Am 455 to 7 Miles and Now Has to Sell It
A frame-off restoration that likely cost more than the car will ever be worth. Welcome to the inverted economics of muscle car obsession. A 1976 Pontiac Trans Am with the 455 V8 and four-speed...
215 points35 comments3 d ago
- BMW's Chinese 3 Series is now the same size as an American 5 Series
The long-wheelbase 3 Series sold in China measures 5,005mm, essentially matching the dimensions of a US-market 5 Series at 5,060mm. The BMW 3 Series sold in China now measures 5,005mm in length....
174 points68 comments3 d ago
- Police towed the wrong car at 2 a.m. because a Flock camera got it wrong, then the tow truck wrecked it
Automated license plate reader gave police bad information. The owner's car got seized in the middle of the night and damaged. Nobody checked first. A Flock Safety camera told police to seize a...
122 points33 comments6 d ago
- Volkswagen shelves electric Golf indefinitely as €10 billion cost-cutting bites
The car that built Volkswagen won't be getting an electric version anytime soon. VW has suspended ID. Golf development as financial reality collides with electrification promises. Volkswagen has...
95 points80 comments6 d ago
- Porsche's $15 million bespoke programme tells you everything about who matters now
Fifteen one-off customs, one priced at $15 million. This is what a luxury carmaker does when the numbers start sliding. Porsche is building fifteen one-off custom vehicles through its Sonderwunsch...
95 points14 comments5 d ago
- Security researchers crack open Flock's surveillance cameras ... and find they're watching more than you think
Over 5,000 US towns use Flock Safety's license plate cameras. Now hackers have reverse-engineered the systems to reveal what data they actually collect. Security researchers have...
71 points4 comments6 d ago
- Someone Put a 10,000 RPM V8 in an Audi Quattro and It's Magnificent Sacrilege
A restomod builder has replaced the Quattro's iconic turbocharged five-cylinder with a naturally aspirated V8 that revs to 10,000 RPM. The purists are not going to like this. A restomod Audi...
67 points12 comments4 d ago