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The internet may have torn us apart more than it brought us together, but it also gave us Car YouTube and the opportunity to form parasocial bonds with famous people we’ll never meet. Then again, once celebrities began using social media, we started to see more of who they really were than we did back…

Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 9, 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 are shaping the way Americans drive and get around. In this morning’s edition, a bipartisan Senate committee…

Design trends are fleeting. Remember when skinny jeans and ankle socks were all the rage among the Young And Hip? Now it seems as though you are criminally chopped and unc if you even have either of those outdated accoutrements in your wardrobe, but at least those baggy jeans you have buried in your drawers from…

On June 26, a two-seater light aircraft crashed into Citic Tower in Beijing, China. The pilot was killed, and 13 others were injured. Immediately afterwards, the Chinese government told us… virtually nothing. In fact, China went the other direction, pulling down any reference to, video of, or post about the crash. The government scrubbed the…

The rare six-speed manual on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo V70R is shifted via a funky “space ball” stick. Claimed “enthusiast-owned,” this hot wagon is more than just a fancy shifter, though. Let’s see if it’s all worth the price of admission. I only recently learned about this Internet trend called Looksmaxxing, my…

Forget the hybrid systems and electric turbos that other hypercar builders need to get their cars over the four-figure horsepower mark, all the Pfaffenhausen folks need to make big power is an old-school eight-cylinder engine and a pair of gigantic turbochargers. At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Ruf announced that not only is it making a new…

Lexus introduced the 5th-generation RX 350 in 2023 with a bold new design underpinned by a lighter and more rigid GA-K platform. The optimized chassis and revised powertrain lineup didn’t make it as engaging as other midsize luxury SUVs (evidenced by our 2023 Lexus RX first drive), but there’s no questioning its reputation for build…

It’s a bit hard to believe, but it’s been nearly a decade since the launch of the McLaren 720S, with the mid-engine supercar first being revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2017. Since then we’ve gotten faster variants like the 765LT, the 750S facelift, and tons of special editions and limited-run cars spun off of…

Used cars are always going to be a bit of a gamble, but the risk absolutely skyrockets when you buy someone else’s project. Maybe the work was done by competent professionals, but you never really know until it’s time to fix something that’s broken. The problem is, what if your dream car was never sold…

If you were to go new car shopping right now, the least expensive car you could buy is a bare-bones base model Hyundai Venue compact crossover for an absurd $22,650. A Yugo GV (standing for “Great Value”) cost just $3,990 in 1985, which is a ridiculously cheap inflation-adjusted $12,427 today. The Yugo gets all kinds of short…