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Good morning! It’s Thursday, April 23, 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, Elon Musk is talking…

Young, dumb, and completely incapable of driving mistake-free. We’ve all been there, some of us more recently than others, a new driver with a set of keys to ourselves for the first time. Whether you were 16 or 30 when you got behind the wheel for the first time, there’s no amount of preparation that…

While Nissan’s latest Z car hasn’t been selling like hotcakes, today’s Nice Price or No Dice ’23 edition proves that they are actually out there. This private-party sale has extremely low miles and a six-speed manual, which adds extra appeal. Let’s see if its price is equally enticing. The beloved late comedian Mitch Hedberg had…

Sure, the Tax Policy Center — a joint effort of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution — says that President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill will primarily benefit the rich. After all, almost 60% of the tax benefits will go to the top 20% of U.S. taxpayers this year, meaning those who make at…

If someone running from the cops smashes into your parked car while you’re not even in it, that’s certainly not your fault, so insurance should cover it, right? Not necessarily, as Katherine Scaglione learned the hard way. WGRZ tells the unfortunate story of how her totaled Chevy Impala has fallen through the cracks, and nobody will cover the…

Restomods are tough to execute tastefully, but what seems even tougher is taking a modern car and reskinning it to look like an old one, like Mitsuokas that are ornately restyled economy cars. Modern safety and emissions regulations can make it difficult to accurately recreate or evoke vintage proportions and aesthetics, and I fear that may…

Before we jump into how they handle punctures, it’s important to understand what low-profile tires are. Let’s take a Michelin 225/40 R18 tire, for example. The “40” denotes the sidewall measurement, which, as you may know, is defined as a percentage. For those unaware, a 40-series sidewall means the distance from the rim to the…

Acura celebrated securing its first IMSA victory of the season in Long Beach last weekend and then, almost immediately, followed it up with the news on Wednesday that its factory-backed two-car ARX-06 IMSA GTP program with Meyer-Shank Racing would be terminated at the close of the 2026 season. The US arm of Honda Racing Corporation controls…

Motorcycle manufacturers have been trying to kill the carburetor for decades. Münch was the first to introduce fuel injection in the terrifyingly huge 1973 Mammoth TTS-E 1200, but that was a highly-limited bike, with only 130 ever produced. It took seven years for mainstream brands to catch up, with Kawasaki introducing the Z1000 Classic – the…

Rivian’s ethos has always been about taking on the great outdoors and being one with nature. Well, nature decided it wanted to be one with Rivian, and that’s why it sent an EF-1 tornado into Rivian’s Normal, Illinois, factory over the weekend. That didn’t stop Rivian from coming out on top, though, because the first…