Новости за 15.05.2024

We asked our readers earlier this week what are the best sights they’ve seen while out on the road. ‘Best’ is an extremely subjective qualifier, and responses understandably ran the gauntlet from natural beauty to highway calamity. Without further ado, here are the most memorable moments where readers could stop…

A barge in Galveston, Texas slammed into a bridge on the morning of May 15, spilling oil into the water and forcing officials to shut down the bridge’s eastern span. Additionally, it appears that a second section of the rail line that runs alongside the bridge has collapsed into the water below with slabs of concrete…

This all-white wonder you’re looking at here is the second-most rare variant that Porsche has ever built. While it looks like any other 911 to the layperson, this is a motorsport-division-built rally racer from 1984. With some extreme weight savings tricks,the engineers managed to get this thing down to just 2,160…

Lincoln has a reputation for producing cars that appeal to an older crowd, and the Town Car was the brand’s last “traditional” large rear wheel drive American sedan. This particular 2006 Lincoln Town Car on Cars And Bids has a few aftermarket modifications that nudge it from a blue haired barge to a total sleeper that…

Each year on the Sunday before Memorial Day, over 300,000 people flock to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to spectate the iconic Indy 500. With a history dating back over a century and an exceptional amount of tradition packed into the event, it can be a little intimidating to head off for your first race. Don’t be…

As we’ve proven time and time again, dudes rock. After all, an ingrained sense of responsibility and self-preservation isn’t something that leads to awesome stuff like racing Harleys and Indians around a track in King of the Baggers. On a public road where other drivers are just hoping to go about their day unbothered…

IndyCar has been threatening to introduce a simple hybrid energy system to its race cars for the better part of a decade. The series finally had a plan in place to implement such a change for the start of the 2022 season, which it announced in late 2019. Then COVID happened and the electrified DW-12 chassis was pushed…

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Love them or hate them, Tesla Cybertrucks garner a whole lot of attention, and apparently, one guy who bought his stainless steel behemoth didn’t realize that. A Cybertruck owner in Portland, Maine – one of the more liberal and chill cities in America – has been bombarded with reactions (both good and bad) to his new…

Former President Donald Trump’s Boeing 757 struck a parked corporate jet on the tarmac of West Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday. No one was hurt in the collision, but the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident. The taxi mishap is just a drop in the legal complication bucket of the…

Elon Musk fired the head of Tesla’s Supercharger department late last month, along with her entire 500-person team. It was a confusing decision that raised more questions than answers, especially considering that Musk had recently convinced every other automaker to agree to make their electric vehicles compatible with…

Despite, well, not being that tough, a big chunk of the Tesla Cybertruck’s perceived value is that it is super duper tough. The automaker seems to have realized this is a winning marketing strategy, so it decided to introduce a new product called the CyberHammer. Much like the truck, it’s just for show.

There must be something in the water in Norway. The long winters and northern lights must do something to the brains of gearheads in the Scandinavian region, because they seem to be capable of the wildest and most tire-shreddingly awesome race car builds in the galaxy. Take, for instance, Frode Jorgensen’s spectacular …

What happens when you put a Formula 1 Champion and a NASCAR Champion in a car together and send them out for a slow lap of Darlington Raceway? You get magic — especially when the drivers involved are Jackie Stewart and Richard Petty. Get ready for the most informative lap of your life.

As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “America is all about speed, hot, nasty bad-ass speed,” and today that is as true as it ever was. That’s why we’re taking a look at the fastest production cars our dumb little planet has ever seen.

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, May 15, 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.

The first official teaser trailer for “Megalopolis” was released this week, and Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded, decades-in-the-making passion project looks just as decadent and surreal as we were hoping. Described as “a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America,” the movie takes place in a city called New…

For years we’ve shared stories about the Japanese company Mitsuoka and its, shall we say, eccentricreskins of pedestrian cars. Now you can buy one of Mitsuoka’s cooler models in the U.S., with a bit of a catch. This 2003 Infiniti M45 for sale on Facebook Marketplace underwent some cosmetic surgery in the form of the…

One of the downsides of driving is that there’s always a chance you could get into a wreck. Maybe you get distracted for a second and hit someone else. Maybe you do everything right, but someone else ends up hitting you. It sucks, but it happens. Phoenix, Arizona, however, recently invented a new twist on the…

A California judge sentenced a 33-year-old YouTuber to 60 days in jail on Monday for the reckless highway behavior he posted online for views. Scott Kitfield hit triple-digit speeds on San Francisco Bay Area freeways and viewed the local news coverage chastising his actions as a badge of honor. Once he serves his…

Mercedes-Benz says the G-Class has the greatest powertrain variety out of its entire historical model lineup, which some might find surprising for what started out as a simple military SUV. Over the past 45 years the G-wagen has used engines with four, five, six, eight and twelve cylinders. There have been diesels and…

There’s a new version of the Mustang Mach-E aimed at going fast in the dirt, and honestly, it rules. Ford could have just as soon made the new Mach-E Rally as simple as a set of wheels, some cool bumpers, and a badge, but it decided to pull out most of the stops and make a vehicle that could actually handle some laps…

Most car enthusiasts know that a car can be way more than a form of transportation. It can be a home away from home, an oasis of peace, or a mobile work space. Today, though, I want to know about the off-the-wall ways you’ve used your vehicles. I want to know about the ones that just don’t make sense. What is the weird…

Toyota just redesigned its best-selling Camry, but even the newest Camry doesn’t provide the level of luxury and refinement that its platform mate the Lexus ES 350 offers. If you’re looking at leasing a new Camry, Lexus is currently offering its tarted up Camry for a better price than a Camry XLE. This particular…

Suzuki still makes bikes, but they also used to make some interesting cars. From it’s sport sedan attempt with the Kizashi, to the cheapest car in America with a standard navigation system Suzuki made cheap but interesting cars. They also had some interesting concepts. Take this wild concept from 2007.