Happy Monday! It's October 26, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most ...

Colby is a recent law school graduate and has been rocking a sturdy but boring 2014 Toyota Venza. He wants a fun car before adult life demands otherwise. He has a $35,000 budget for something with ...

Every year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gives Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ designations to the new cars that it deems the safest. These selections are determined via ...

Methane isn't one of those gases we want polluting our air. It traps more heat than carbon dioxide, worsens ground-level ozone, and is associated with increased breathing problems, heart disease, ...

With its three cylinders and a turbo boost, today's Nice Price or No Dice Chevy Sprint was the tiniest hot hatch of its era. Now claimed restored and a show winner, we'll have to see how hot and ...

After Germany was divided by the U.S. and Russia at the end of World War II, both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) faced massive ...

Calling a tow truck is a last resort for some drivers. After all, needing a tow can be embarrassing, and sometimes people are simply too stubborn to admit they need help. But when you ultimately wave ...

It's dark o'clock at night somewhere in Baja, California. Three of my Rigid LED lightpods are shining directly onto the rocky, rutted path in front of me, one is pointed straight up to the sky like ...

Born in Germany in the late 1870s, the Duesenberg brothers — Frederick (Fred) and August (Augie) – would move to America and make some of the time's most luxurious and innovative cars. One of their ...

Despite what Hollywood movies and some police departments would have you believe, deadly car chases are far from the only way to thwart multi-million-dollar heists. French investigators used DNA ...

It's October 20, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important stories that ...

A farmer in rural Minnesota found an 11-foot-wide charred metallic circle in his cornfield last week. He didn't stumble upon an alien spacecraft carrying an infant Kryptonian, which would be a fun ...