• The One Thing Everyone Agrees On—Flock Is Bad

    The One Thing Everyone Agrees On—Flock Is Bad
    Flock's automatic license-plate readers have managed something Washington almost never does. They've united the right and the left, both of which have decided they don't much care for having their movements logged without a warrant.Conservatives object to the cameras as exactly the kind of "big government" overreach they usually rail against, while the left raises mass-surveillance concerns of its own — particularly whether vehicle tracking could deter undocumented immigrants from driving
  • The One Thing Both Everyone Agrees On—Flock Is Bad

    The One Thing Both Everyone Agrees On—Flock Is Bad
    Flock's automatic license-plate readers have managed something Washington almost never does. They've united the right and the left, both of which have decided they don't much care for having their movements logged without a warrant.Conservatives object to the cameras as exactly the kind of "big government" overreach they usually rail against, while the left raises mass-surveillance concerns of its own — particularly whether vehicle tracking could deter undocumented immigrants from driving
  • We Found the Best ID. Buzz Mods in Washington

    We Found the Best ID. Buzz Mods in Washington
    The Pacific Northwest Buzz-In is back and bigger than ever! We braved the Bellingham rain with Mitch and Mitch to explore a massive gathering of 45 Volkswagen ID. Buzz vans — more than double last year's turnout.  We dive deep into some incredible MEB platform fabrication work and custom utility setups. You will get a closer look at a Peace Vans kitchen box set-up that conquered seven states and the Wyoming desert, a lowered rig featuring the only custom ID. Buzz frunk, and plenty of
  • Ford Dangles 60-Day Payment Deferral After Storm Damage

    Ford Dangles 60-Day Payment Deferral After Storm Damage
    Ford Credit and Lincoln Automotive Financial Services are once again reaching for the payment-relief playbook, this time for customers hammered by Tropical Storm Arthur in Mississippi and severe weather in West Virginia. The pitch, according to Ford Authority: defer your auto payments for up to 60 days while you dig out.The relief covers a specific list of counties, and Ford is leaning on FEMA to draw the boundaries. Eligible customers must live in an area FEMA has flagged under its Individuals
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  • Building a Supercharged Lexus GS 430: First Drive

    Building a Supercharged Lexus GS 430: First Drive
    We wrap up a few small but important details on our supercharged 2001 Lexus GS430 before uploading a custom All4Swap tune to the factory ECU so we can experience for the first time what this Range Rover TVS1900 supercharger can really do on the stock 3UZ V8 engine. Speed Academy is a website and YouTube channel based on making things go fast and enjoying cars. Peter Tarach and Dave Pratte are the forces behind Speed Academy.The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies cre
  • First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-£20k EV due in UK next year

    First look at Suzuki e-Sky: sub-£20k EV due in UK next year
    Boxy kei car will rival the Renault Twingo and Honda Super-N as the brand's entry-level EVSuzuki has taken the wraps off its e-Sky, a new electric city car that is coming to the UK next year as a rival for the Renault Twingo and Honda Super-N.
    It is Suzuki’s first electric kei car, meaning it has been developed according to the Japanese class’s strict limits on size. This has resulted in a boxy upright shape, which is designed to maximise occupant space in a minimal fo
  • Junkyard Find: 1992 Mazda B2200 SE-5 Cab Plus

    Junkyard Find: 1992 Mazda B2200 SE-5 Cab Plus
    Would you buy a compact pickup with rear-wheel drive, manual transmission, crank windows, two doors, tiny jump seats behind the buckets and a curb weight well below 3,000 pounds … if you could get it for about $25,000? The early-1990s version of that is what we have here, spotted a couple of years back in a Nevada car graveyard.This is one of the last Mazda-built B-Series pickups sold in the United States. Oh, sure, the B-Series was still available here after 1993, but it was a rebadged F
  • Volvo pledges long-range PHEVs that can be “used as intended”

    Volvo pledges long-range PHEVs that can be “used as intended”
    Volvo set to expand line-up of PHEVs as EV adoption slows, warning that the ZEV mandate needs a “reality check”Volvo will double down on long-range plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) in the UK over the coming years, in response to slower than expected demand for pure-electric models. 
    Speaking to Autocar, Volvo UK boss Nicole Melillo Shaw said PHEVs will continue to serve as a “stepping stone” for buyers who aren’t yet ready to take the leap into an electric car.&nbs
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  • Reborn Toyota MR2: Full story on mid-engined sports car for 2028

    Reborn Toyota MR2: Full story on mid-engined sports car for 2028
    Autocar rendering shows how the new MR2, influenced by the FT-SE, could look on the road
    Mid-engined model primed with 2.0-litre engine that could offer as much as 600bhpToyota is poised to relaunch the MR2 and Celica as part of its transformation of the GR sporting arm into a full stand-alone performance brand.
    The GR division is effectively Toyota's equivalent of BMW M or Mercedes-AMG and has its roots in the Gazoo Racing motorsport outfit that created Toyota's most recent crop of sports cars:
  • 'Catalyst', '16V', '800V'? Bring obscure boot badges back for the EV age

    'Catalyst', '16V', '800V'? Bring obscure boot badges back for the EV age
    Cars once shouted about their tech spec – in such a fast-moving era, we should return to gratuitous badgingI spotted a badge on the back of a new car the other day that took me right back to the good old days, when car manufacturers assumed that owners cared enough about the technology in their products that they would actually advertise it a bit. Two badges, actually, both wonderfully incomprehensible.
    The Denza Bao 5, newly arrived in Britain, is a tough-looking, Chinese-made,