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
A few weeks ago, I learned that most trucks get hopelessly stuck when they encounter snow, especially if they aren’t equipped with dedicated snow tires. As someone who has driven all kinds of cars, equipped with all kinds of tires in some pretty serious snow for decades, this came as something of a surprise. But, … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, November 20, 2023, 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. I Need A Project Car For A Tall Dude | WCSYB? 1st Gear: Cruise Boss Quits While facing … Read more
Image: Bradley Brownell For the first time in the history of the Baja 1000, the race is doing a full ‘peninsula run’ from La Paz, where the race traditionally finishes, to Ensenada, where the race traditionally starts. I’m embedded within the factory-backed Can Am Maverick R team, supporting Phil Blurton’s efforts to win the Pro … Read more
Honda’s Ridgeline beat the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz to the unibody truck world by sixteen years, and the Japanese automaker has used a lot of that time to refine and develop its lone truck offering. For the 2024 model year Honda is cashing in on the overlanding trend and building an off-road oriented … Read more