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This Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet With A Working Top Might Be The Rarest Convertible In The World

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 5:00pm

These days, it’s rare to see an automaker try something truly new and different. Sometimes it’s a success like the Tesla Model S, and other times it’s a flop like the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Did the world really need a two-door Murano convertible? Not at all. Was it a great car? Not really. Should Nissan be…

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Life Is Beautiful: Alpine Will Run An All-Pink Livery Again

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 4:23pm

It’s been a rough few weeks lately in the F1 world, what with the series taking a hiatus ahead of the Las Vegas/Qatar/Abu Dhabi triple-header to end the 2024 season. With festivities kicking off in Las Vegas shortly for the second Grand Prix of a three-year contract in the city, Alpine has given everyone something to…

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Lamborghini Huracan Stolen By Hackers Rerouting Delivery Truck

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 3:20pm

Kris Bryant, star third baseman for the Colorado Rockies, recently had his Lamborghini Huracan stolen as it was being shipped to his home in Las Vegas. Luckily, police retrieved the supercar and the story behind how it was stolen is wild.

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Watch The Real Roadkill Story According To David Freiburger

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 2:38pm

Roadkill is officially dead. Cohost Mike Finnegan shared that news over the weekend, but at the time, we didn’t have a lot of details other than the fact that the production company was shutting down, and there would be no more episodes of Roadkill once the 13th season aired. I tried reaching out to both Finnegan and…

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This Brand New Viper Crate Engine Promises To Fulfill Every Bad Idea You've Ever Had

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 2:00pm

Sadly, Dodge doesn’t make the Viper anymore. Up until it ended production in 2017, America’s brash supercar was one of the few places you could find a naturally aspirated V10 engine. Now, amazingly, one of those V10 engines is up for sale and its never been used.

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Frontier Airlines Gate Agent Shakes Down U.S. Navy Sailor For $50 On Veterans Day

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 1:00pm

While retailers mainly use Veterans Day as an early sales window to draw in customers before Black Friday, the holiday is intended to honor everyone who has served in America’s military. A Frontier Airlines gate agent allegedly decided to spend November 11 extorting a U.S. Navy sailor. She demanded $50 via Cash App at…

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Tesla Scraps Factory Paint Protection Wrap For Its Unpainted Cybertruck

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 12:28pm

Tesla reportedly scrapped its factory wrapping service for the Cybertruck after less than a year on sale this week. The wrapping service, which is designed to protect paintwork on cars from chips or rust that might be picked up in daily drives, has been removed from the Tesla site after being sold out since January.

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Buy These EVs Before The End Of The Year To Get The Full $7,500 Federal Tax Credit

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 12:00pm

It’s better for the planet and people who breathe air if more people who drive gas-powered cars switch to driving electric vehicles, so it makes sense that the federal government would want to incentivize making the switch. The fact that the incentive is a tax credit can make it difficult to understand, though, and…

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Seattle's Reddit-Famous Abandoned Cybertruck Is Up For Auction If You Want One That Is More Broken Than Usual

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:45am

When Tesla talks about the Cybertruck, it frequently pumps up the massive slab-sided $80,000 monstrosity as the pinnacle of masculinity, toughness and strength. It’s often compared to big overwrought machinery from the annals of science fiction, compared to something from “Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” or “Robocop.” Company…

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You're Lewis Hamilton Driving Ayrton Senna's McLaren In The Rain

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:30am

It’s the weekend of the 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, there are grandstands full of Brazilian fans cheering loudly, and the Honda Heritage mechanics just fired up the 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V10 mounted just inches from your head. You’re sitting in the exact McLaren MP4/5B chassis that your childhood hero Ayrton…

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Here’s How Williams Rebuilt Two Trashed F1 Cars In Time For The Las Vegas Grand Prix

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:00am

Formula 1 sees highly strung athletes compete week in, week out on some of the most demanding race tracks around the world. The races aren’t always plain sailing, and the 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix was a nightmare for the Williams team with both its drivers crashing out in spectacular style. Now, the team has lifted…

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The 'Keep Moving' Sign Means Keep Moving, You Dingus

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 10:45am

One of the convenient things about driving is that there are literal signs you can use to figure out what you’re supposed to do while driving. If you pull up to an intersection with a stop sign, you know to stop. If you pull up to a yield sign, you know to yield. The thing you’re supposed to do is written right there…

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If You Thought "Pimp My Ride" The TV Show Was Bad, Wait Until You See The Video Game

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 10:15am

The TV show “Pimp My Ride,” was a hit on MTV and ran six seasons from 2004-2007. Looking back on the show now, it was an absurd piece of entertainment; the mods were wild to the point of being pointless and dumb and apparently it sucked behind the scenes for anyone that was actually on the show. The video game still…

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2025 GMC Sierra EV Denali’s Weight May Not Be Worth It

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 10:00am

I don’t usually give a shit about how much a car weighs. As long as it’s not some low-slung sports car it really isn’t something I put a lot of thought into, but sometimes it’s just impossible to ignore. That’s where I am with the 2025 GMC Sierra EV Denali. Normally, I wouldn’t care that its curb weight is 8,987…

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These Are The Cars Stellantis Should Bring Back To Save Itself

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 10:00am

Stellantis’ current situation isn’t great. From production stoppages to big changes for new vehicle intros and potentially selling off brands in the portfolio, it seems like the automaker’s management is scrambling to figure things out. As the company’s management doesn’t seem to know what to do, we asked our readersw…

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Should I Defy Death To Chase Glory By Buying This Liter-Bike-Powered Screamliner?

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 9:35am

Building a motorcycle-powered land speed record streamliner race car from scratch is an ordeal. Just ask Superfast Matt, who has been working on his for a couple of years now. When it comes to race cars, it’s almost always better, faster, and cheaper to buy someone’s finished project than to kick off your own. Which…

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Carrying A Motorcycle Passenger For The First Time Is So Stressful And So Worth It

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 9:30am

The idea of carrying a motorcycle passenger is about as romantic as it gets. Someone you love holding you tight as the two of you speed off into the sunset, wind in your faces and each other’s voices in your helmet comms. The reality of carrying a pillion, however, is a lot more stressful — yet so incredibly worth it.

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Ford Already Facing Two New Federal Probes Days After Being Hit With $165 Million Fine Over Recalls

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 9:15am

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 19, 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.

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2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Is An Even More Track-Focused Super Sedan For People Who Love Driving

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 9:00am

If you told anyone in the automotive industry 21 years ago that Cadillac would eventually produce the most driver-centric and trackable manual transmission super sedan on the market, you would lose all credibility for making such an outlandish claim. Once Cadillac introduced the first CTS-V in 2004, the world started…

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