The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

The Auto Industry Knows The Recall System Is Leaving Dangerous Vehicles On The Road

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

Someone Is Already Trying To Flip A 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser

Someone Is Already Trying To Flip A 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser

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

Automakers Face ‘Weeks Of Disruption’ As They Divert Cars From Baltimore’s Blocked Port

Automakers Face ‘Weeks Of Disruption’ As They Divert Cars From Baltimore’s Blocked Port

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

Automakers Knew Keyless Entry Made Cars Easier To Steal

Automakers Knew Keyless Entry Made Cars Easier To Steal

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

What Cars Should Never Go EV?

What Cars Should Never Go EV?

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

Toyota Faces An Emissions Scandal, This Time Affecting Land Cruisers

Toyota Faces An Emissions Scandal, This Time Affecting Land Cruisers

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

Toyota Is Making A Ton Of Money Thanks To Hybrids

Toyota Is Making A Ton Of Money Thanks To Hybrids

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

Car Ownership Is Too Expensive For Americans Because What Are You Gonna Do, Not Have A Car?

Car Ownership Is Too Expensive For Americans Because What Are You Gonna Do, Not Have A Car?

Happy Tuesday! It’s January 30, 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: Driving Is Just Too Expensive Every year, the average transaction prices for cars creep ever higher. It’s … Read more

Toyota Shipped A Record-Breaking 11.2 Million Cars In 2023

Toyota Shipped A Record-Breaking 11.2 Million Cars In 2023

Image: Toyota Despite 2023 being a weird year for car sales with high interest rates, global shortages, shipping delays, and reduced inventory, Volkswagen and Toyota were locked in a tight race to deliver more cars than ever before. Both the German giant and the Japanese behemoth were aiming for the global sales crown, and 2023 … Read more

Cops Raid Toyota Plant In Japan

Cops Raid Toyota Plant In Japan

Photo: Yoshikazu TSUNO (Getty Images) Toyota is having a bad time. The company’s kei car wing has been forging crash test results, and its diesels have had “irregularities” in horsepower and torque ratings — irregularities so vast, apparently, that Japanese officials had to raid one of the company’s factories today. Jalopinions | The Best Type … Read more