Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 15, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: The Car Recall System Is Badly Broken Proposed … Read more
Image: Bring A Trailer Here we are again, folks. Just when things seem to be calming down with the car market, someone lets their bank account get the better of them and starts things up again. The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser just started arriving at dealers across the country a month or so ago. I … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 28, 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. We Found a Top Secret Toyota Supra GT300 Build at New York’s Auto Show 1st Gear: Bridge Collapse … Read more
The Aichi Prefectural Police arrested two former employees of Toyota on Tuesday on charges of defrauding the company out of ¥11.5 million ($78,000) by inflating expenses and placing questionable orders. The two suspects, Takuo Arakawa, 47, from the city of Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, and Yuta Nakamura, 38, who resides in Mie Prefecture, were previous employees … Read more
Police in Aichi and Ishikawa prefectures have arrested three teenagers for allegedly breaking into houses in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, that were damaged by the New Year’s Day quake and stealing liquor and other valuables. This is the first time that a group of thieves from outside Ishikawa Prefecture targeting the disaster-hit area … Read more
The Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested five individuals on suspicion of engaging in forgery and fraudulent use of sealed official documentation, as well as the illicit opening of bank accounts using forged driver’s licenses. The suspects include Kenta Sugimoto, 36, an unemployed resident in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. The suspects are allegedly tied to a series … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, February 26, 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. 1st Gear: Experts Warned Of Keyless Entry Flaws You might think that keyless entry on your swanky new … Read more
Photo: Toyota The EV transition has hit a speed bump. Automakers are pumping the brakes on EVs, and governments are walking back ambitious EV timelines. In light of this about face, what popular legacy model do you think should never go EV? Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type When more EVs began hitting … Read more
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, February 21st, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Toyota Industries Caught Cheating After Volkswagen faced the … Read more
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, February 6, 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. Jalopinions | The Best Type is Jaguar’s E-Type 1st Gear: Toyota Boosts Annual Profit Forecast Thanks To Hybrids … Read more