Weekend Car Culture Roundup April 27, 2024

Good morning! It’s Monday, April 22, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

A Colorado man who just sounds like a barrel of laughs ended up with a 12-year prison sentence this week after spending two years flooding judges and private people with the kind of “paper terrorism” made popular by the sovereign citizen movement. - Erin Marquis Read More

Good morning! It’s Thursday, April 25, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Taking your car in for service is always a pain. It’s even worse when the dealer needs to keep your car, and hands you a loaner — sure, it gets you to work and back, but you need to re-pair your phone and re-save all your radio stations. Worst of all, though, is when the dealer mistakenly reports that loaner as stolen and you’re swarmed by a dozen armed cops, all threatening to fire on you. - Amber DaSilva Read More

It’s no secret that old dudes love their Corvettes, but it seems that notion has transcended class and fame because even one of the most famous old dudes in the world has a C5 Corvette. That’s right, Sir Paul fucking McCartney drives a C5 Corvette automatic. It’s a shame he’s not a boomer, because that would just fit in too well. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

People are getting tired of superhero movies. Marvel’s been trying its hardest to get Young Avengers off the ground, but it’s not 2008 anymore, and it’s a lot harder to get people to the theaters. Ironically, that makes it the perfect time to bring back Deadpool and pair him up with Wolverine in a highly anticipated movie called, well, Deadpool & Wolverine. The trailer dropped Monday, and while there’s plenty of other stuff to digest, our first takeaway is that Deadpool & Wolverine sure looks like it’s going to be a car movie. - Collin Woodard Read More

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, April 23, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. - Owen Bellwood Read More

The Honda Civic del Sol (also marketed as CR-X del Sol in other markets) was a great little two-seat roadster that left us way too soon. First introduced to the U.S. for the 1993 model year, the del Sol was only sold for four years before it was discontinued in 1997. While the U.S. did get the del Sol in Si trim — a droptop two-seater with 160 horsepower weighing just over 2,400 pounds sounds fun as hell — we didn’t get all the good stuff. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

The host of 'Statute of Limitations' chats about his short-lived Pontiac Sunfire GT.

We’re debating if sunroofs are a worthwhile option when you car can't be a convertible.