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As automotive enthusiasts, there are few things we like to do more than complain, especially when it comes to the perceived inauthenticity of a car. Everyone, including me, is guilty of it, but I’m here to say that you’ve gotta relax every once in a while. Take the 2027 Ferrari 12Cilindri Manuale, for example. At…

Happy Monday! It’s July 6, 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 Tesla’s…

Nobody likes to be the reserve driver. You don’t want to sit back and be “support” while some other guy goes and gets all the glory; you want to show the world what you can do! And if you happen to be a six-wheeled robot built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, you actually want to…

Readers, as I write this, it’s approximately a million degrees here in the greatest city in the world, New York, NY. WeatherUnderground puts us at 101 degrees, with a Feels Like index of 109. It’s bad. Yet things are only going to get worse for the next couple of days, and even worse still over…

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 986 has done a lot of miles and shows its age. It has also had an engine replacement, but it still requires some work to make it reliable. Let’s see if it’s worth getting our hands dirty. In the party game “Hot Potato,” party-goers stand in a circle, tossing…

Naming things is hard. Especially when that thing is a product you have to try and sell to people. Naming a car is particularly difficult, as the name has to appeal to a broad range of worldwide customers who speak different languages, and it should at least somewhat represent the vibe or intention of that…

Wisconsin is home to surprising pieces of transportation history that span centuries and cover planes, trains, and automobiles, and everything in between. There’s the world’s only Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee that features the company’s oldest production bike, known as Serial Number 1, as well as the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay. A small airport in…

Racing has evolved over the years with higher speeds and enhanced safety precautions. However, before modern technology existed to better protect drivers, there were the open-top racing cars of the early 20th century. Even today, when a wreck happens, it can be quite spectacular, with debris, tire squeal, and smoke. Back in the early days…

Accompanying any engine under the hood is a number of other key components that work together to ensure the car performs as it should. When one of these parts fails, it can disrupt how the car as a whole behaves. One such unit is the fuel pressure regulator. When working properly the fuel pressure regulator feeds…

There are a few things worth checking under the hood if your car’s windshield washer isn’t working the way it should. It could be that the wiper fluid is spraying weakly, that the fluid dribbles and doesn’t reach the windscreen, or that the thing just quits spraying entirely. Knowing how the system works will make…