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Building a car like the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ that can achieve 304 mph (489 km/h) is an incredible achievement, but even most hardcore car-guys with only a passing interest in aircraft will probably concede it’s less incredible than an airplane’s ability to haul a couple hundred off people over thousands of miles of

GPS navigation has transformed how we get from place to place, but it’s not infallible and we’ve probably all been given bad directions at some point in our lives. While this is typically just a minor inconvenience, it turned into a life-threatening scenario for a family in Australia. According to the New South Wales Police

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We love driving golf carts along pristine fairways as much as anyone but one woman in Florida appears to have missed the memo that they should be driven on golf courses, not on public roads. Earlier this month, police in Brevard County, Florida arrested 58-year-old Diane Hawk after she was stopped while driving a golf

The driver of a Tesla Model X in China has had his license revoked after crashing the electric SUV in a park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Local media report states the driver of the Model X had just finished a dinner where he had been drinking alcohol and decided that he shouldn’t drive home. Instead,

A Toyota owner from southern California was lucky to escape with his life after flames engulfed his GR86. The report follows other recent allegations of unreliability stemming from the sports car’s engine. Instagram user @JZX_JK posted a video and photos of the fire, which he claims happened less than a day after he got his

People will go to extreme lengths to go viral on YouTube and for the owner of one particular Ram 1500 TRX, a devastating crash was the result. The YouTube channel in question is known as The Triple F Collection and the man behind it owns a dizzying array of supercars and hypercars. He also happens

Ford Mustangs and showing off go hand-in-hand, but unfortunately accidents aren’t too far behind. That brings us to this Mustang, which simply wanted to go out to pasture like a proper pony. As you can see in the short clip uploaded to Reddit, our fearless Mustang driver decided to show off while making a left

Car parts, especially those intended for premium vehicles, and specifically those made by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), can be expensive. So it might be tempting to jump on a cheap part when you find one online. Mercedes is warning, though, that you might not want to. The automaker reports that in 2021 alone, authorities

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We have seen plenty of footage showing cars with autonomous tech testing on public roads but the latest video from DeepRoute.ai is quite impressive, highlighting the sophisticated nature of the production-ready Level 4 capable Driver 2.0 system. The driverless prototype was tested in the city of Shenzhen in China under heavy traffic conditions, showing how

The driver of a 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray was arrested over the weekend after being nabbed doing more than double the speed limit in New Hampshire. The incident happened on July 31 at approximately 11:15 a.m. when Trooper Shawn Slaney was on patrol along I-93 northbound in Ashland. A bright orange Corvette soon sped past

Despite BMW just starting production in July, a M4 CSL has already been crashed. The accident, which was shared by user NoorJosef on Instagram, supposedly involved another car rear-ending the limited-run M4, though at the moment it’s unclear as to who’s at fault nor whether the vehicle was a prototype, a pre-production unit or one

The New York Police Department Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey took to Twitter this week to announce that the force has seized more than 250 “illegal dirt bikes and ATVs.” In his tweet, Maddrey posted a video of a sped-up walkthrough of the bikes at an apparent holding location and wrote that “New Yorkers are

A Michigan car thief in a stolen Ford F-150 Raptor unwittingly led cops to the location of three more missing pickups and a GT500 Mustang after failing to notice he was being tailed by a police helicopter. The incident began on Wednesday night when Michigan State Police received a report that several high performance Ford

Videos have emerged on social media showing a large palm tree being knocked over by monsoon winds in Tempe, Arizona. The tree, one of several lining the parking lot of an Acura dealership, falls on several Lexus and Toyota SUVs. Footage of the aftermath shows the tree resting atop a Lexus RX450h, an Acura MDX,

Driver-monitoring systems that detect whether a driver is distracted or has fallen asleep at the wheel have become a key part of a modern car’s tech armory in the battle to reduce road deaths and injuries. But drivers in China are discovering that the DMS hardware on their cars struggles to read Asian faces. While

Early this month, thieves broke into a Brinks security truck and took millions of dollars worth of jewelry, watches, and gems. After an initial report from Brinks itself, new information is coming to light and it seems to indicate that this wasn’t just any heist; in fact, it might be one of the biggest in

The all-new Toyota bZ4x is an important vehicle for the car manufacturer and while customer deliveries only recently started, one example has been listed up for sale through Copart after getting into an accident. This particular bZ4x is painted bright red and when it was on the road, certainly would have made quite a bold

A family in Florida is reeling after receiving a massive quote to replace the batteries in their second-hand electric vehicle. The family was quoted more than they paid for their used 2014 Ford Focus Electric. The Focus Electric was purchased for Avery Siwinski, a 17-year-old who was excited to have a car to get her

Canadian police announced this week that, following a multi-jurisdictional investigation, they have charged 28 people with 242 offenses related to a vehicle theft and resale ring in the province of Ontario. According to CBC, the Ontario Provincial Police have recovered 214 vehicles that all together are worth an estimated $12 million ($9.36 million USD at

A lot has changed since 1986. The Corvette has gone to a mid-engine layout, the Porsche 911 has been surrounded by a highly successful family, and Ferrari has an SUV coming. What hasn’t changed is the amount of vitriol that one man in Fort Wayne, Indiana, had for a dealer that he says sold him

Police in Riverside, California have arrested a 32-year-old man after he led them on a chase in a stolen Amazon delivery van. The incident kicked off at approximately 5:15 p.m. on July 25 when authorities were notified of two home-invasion robberies at a mobile home park in the 2900 block of Atlanta Avenue. Before police

When Tesla released the Model S it debuted a lot of cool features and technology that have spread across the automotive landscape. One of those features, over-the-air updates, allows the manufacturer to improve, and in some cases worsen a vehicle’s features. That’s what reportedly just took place when Tesla disabled some 80 miles (about 129

A woman from Greece is likely the receiver of the most expensive parking ticket in the world, with the municipality of the island of Rhodes asking her to pay a breathtaking €6,648,444 ($6,740,657) for a parking-related offense. The incident was reported a few days ago by the local newspaper Rodiaki from Rhodes. The notice for

The driver of a Chevrolet Camaro SS in Las Vegas has been slapped with two speeding tickets in two minutes after he decided to have a little too much fun behind the wheel of the powerful muscle car. Jeffrey Hair was first stopped by North Las Vegas Police officer Alexander Cuevas on Friday, July 15

Just over a week ago we reported on a crash involving a Cruise autonomous vehicle in San Francisco. The NHTSA opened a special investigation into the incident and a state-level report seemed to describe it but there was no way to verify that the two were linked. Now we know that they are and we

A woman has been arrested in Georgia for leaving a trail of devastation with her Inifniti SUV while trying to avoid arrest. Police were initially alerted to the woman’s reckless driving by a member of the public who claimed her Infiniti QX56 was veering into the opposing lane on the approach to Byron, almost hitting

The Florida Highway Patrol has released footage of a traffic stop between one of its troopers and Flagler County Commission Chairman Joe Mullins. The video was recorded on June 19 on Interstate 95 and documents obtained by People show that the chairman was driving at 92 mph (148 km/h) in a 70 mph (113 km/h)

A biker from Brazil had a near-death experience when his head ended up under the wheels of a bus. Thankfully, the man was wearing a helmet which proved to be life-saving in combination with the great reflexes of the bus driver. The incident was caught on a safety camera and the footage ended up on