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Subaru posted a few pictures of vintage models on Facebook for Throwback Thursday, including the Subaru 360 in sedan and van form as well as the BRAT. These are all cool cars, but the one that caught my eye was something I’d never seen before, an off-white and gold three-wheeler that reminded me of a Colonial…

As humans, we sure love to justify our own poor behavior. It’s not that bad. I thought you’d understand, and I promise I wasn’t trying to hurt you. Technically, honey, I didn’t spend $2,000 on a Lego Death Star and Millenium Falcon; I spent $1997.98, which you’ll notice is less than $2,000. It sucks and…

You’d think that if you ran over a sleeping man in a park with your car and dragged him to his death, only for the court discovered that you’d been doing your makeup at the time of the crash, you’d be screwed. Time to see how much you really remember from the first four seasons…

Happy Tuesday! It’s April 21, 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, we’re looking at the…

Flaunting wealth is sort of gross in this day and age. Sure, some people still do it, but in polite society, it’s far better to fly under the radar. While that attitude hasn’t really translated to today’s car designs, with so many being a bit more, well, in your face, some cars have snuck through…

Remember back in 2024 when we covered the nearly foolproof master plan of some insurance fraudsters to dress up in a fake bear suit and record themselves using meat-shredding “claws” to rough up three luxury cars in hopes of receiving a car insurance payout for the damage? Well those fraudsters just got their day in…

Tax day has come and gone, and now we are seeing a very thin trickle of returns coming some Americans’ way. Somehow, my husband and I ended up getting back nearly $2,000, while my brother and his wife, who are public school teachers barely making ends meet, ended up owing the government. The mysterious alchemy…

How much would you pay to own a piece of memorabilia from a historical tragedy? One unidentified collector paid $906,000 for a life jacket from the Titanic at an auction last Saturday. The item is the only life jacket from the ocean liner ever sold at auction since the 1912 sinking. After over a century,…

There are certain things the British do better than almost anyone else on the planet, and being snootily upper-crust is one of those things. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Bentley is an example of classic British upper-classiness. Let’s see if its price proves more proletarian. In the automotive world, the resurrection of a moribund…

Congratulations, you found the car you want to buy. You test drive it, you love it, and you’ve sat down at a desk to make it yours. But here’s the thing: while you were busy filling out a credit application, someone else walked in off the street, also drove the car, and also wants it.…