The Port of Corpus Christi expects U.S. crude oil exports to remain at least 1 million barrels per day above prewar levels, according to CEO Kent Britton. The surge follows disruptions to global oil supply caused by the Iran war,…
A California resident, Jason Bullock, has filed a lawsuit against Ford in federal court in Michigan, arguing that customers who paid inflated prices for their vehicles due to tariffs should receive refunds if Ford gets billions back from overturned import…
A London court has largely rejected claims that car manufacturers, including Mercedes-Benz, Ford, and Renault, used illegal defeat devices to cheat on emissions tests. The case, which involved 1.6 million claimants and 38 allegations, saw only two allegations upheld, undermining…
A stolen 2026 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray worth approximately $105,000 led to a months-long organized auto theft investigation in Southern California. The investigation, which began after the Corvette disappeared from a dealership in Thousand Oaks on May 19, resulted in the…
A Honda Odyssey has been crowned the “Coolest Thing Made in Alabama” in a statewide manufacturing competition, beating entries that included rocket engines and industrial pipe systems. The award, however, goes to a very specific build: a 2017 Honda Odyssey…
In 1985, the Yugo GV—an economy car built by Zastava in Yugoslavia and imported by Malcolm Bricklin—hit the U.S. market with a sticker price of just $3,990. Adjusted for inflation, that’s roughly $12,427 today, a bargain that made it the…
In 1983, Ford rolled out the Probe IV concept—a radical four-door that pushed the boundaries of aerodynamics to deliver a drag coefficient of just 0.152 Cd. That figure remains jaw-dropping even by today’s standards, where most production cars struggle to…
Ford fired electrician Kurt Kromm, a 60-year-old diabetic employee with 11 years of service, after alleging he stole a $1.95 chocolate chip cookie from the company’s Kentucky Truck Plant canteen. Kromm, who worked an average of 60 hours a week…
The American convertible’s golden age is long gone. In the 1950s and ’60s, drop-top sales routinely topped half a million units annually in the U.S., but today they account for less than 0.6% of all new-car sales. With 16.3 million…
MPG-E stands for miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent, a metric the EPA uses to compare the energy efficiency of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids against traditional gasoline cars. The agency calculates it by equating one gallon of gasoline…