The Truth About Cars

This Curbside Classic took the same trajectory as the Blazer. It started as a legitimate nod of acknowledgment to the S-10 Blazer as the trailblazer of the compact SUV market. But as I got further along, I realized just how badly GM bungled the huge opportunity for the baby Blazer in a segment that became a monster money machine for Jeep and Ford. With the mistakes being all so prototypical GM, I just had to re-write it as a Deadly Sin, even though it would have been easier to just leave it as it was. Which is exactly what GM’s Deadly Sin was: leave it as it was, forever. Well I’m not ready just yet to have someone document my Deadly Journalistic Sins, so here goes: Blazer, take Two.

Studies have suggested that modern vehicle interfaces are significantly more cumbersome to use than their now-vintage counterparts. Sadly, recent testing out of Sweden has shown that things have only gotten worse over the last few years. Considering how long touchscreens have been in automobiles, one might assume that automakers have generally gotten better at making them safer to operate. However, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Based on research conducted by Sweden’s largest…

The Zapata AirScooter is a hybrid-electric, single-seat VTOL aircraft designed to make personal flight simple and accessible.

For two decades now, automakers have worked to make it easier, and in theory safer, to change the radio station, adjust your seat while talking on the phone and driving.Touchscreens were supposed to take safety and convenience to the next level.However, our own Matt Posky posits it probably ain’t so i n his piece about Swedish safety researchers finding that say today’s vehicles are more complicated and no amount of touchscreen space is going to make them safer. So we ask you loyal readers: do you think today’s vehicles, despite intense efforts by automakers, are less safe from driver distraction than their predecessors?We look forward to someone telling us it should be a crime to even have food in the car, much less eat it while driving.

Shares of electric vehicle maker Lucid crashed by more than 50 percent as rumors surfaced that the company is exploring extreme survival strategies.The panic was sparked by a report from Electric-Vehicles, which claimed that Lucid’s board has retained turnaround and restructuring specialist AlixPartners to evaluate its ongoing financial viability.According to anonymous sources cited in the report, the advisory firm has been tasked with presenting options ahead of an upcoming board meeting.

As of July 7, 2026, the second phase of the European Union’s General Safety Regulation (GSR2) mandates that every newly registered passenger car and light commercial van must be equipped with an Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW) system.This means that a cabin-facing camera will actively monitor the driver's face, eyes, and head positions during every journey.Welcome to the panopticon.While Eurocrats pitch the mandate as a vital safety measure designed to eliminate traffic accidents caused by drowsiness and distraction, the law erases any semblance of automotive occupant privacy.Up until this point, a vehicle owner could reasonably assume their in-cabin behavior was private.

As of July 7, 2026, the second phase of the European Union’s General Safety Regulation (GSR2) mandates that every newly registered passenger car and light commercial van must be equipped with an Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW) system.This means that a cabin-facing camera will actively monitor the driver's face, eyes, and head positions during every journey.Welcome to the panopticon.While Eurocrats pitch the mandate as a vital safety measure designed to eliminate traffic accidents caused by drowsiness and distraction, the law erases any semblance of automotive occupant privacy.Up until this point, a vehicle owner could reasonably assume their in-cabin behavior was private.

Several weeks ago, Roush Performance announced that it was developing something in collaboration with Ram. Since the company is best known for producing factory modified performance vehicles for Ford, the news was treated as lightly scandalous. But that has not prevented their newfound partnership from bearing fruit. The Ram 1500 Direct Connection has formally debuted and is, according to Roush, is “a purpose-built pickup engineered to deliver premium off-road capability, aggressi…

Looking at the June 2026 consumer demand metrics reveals fascinating shifts in consumer preferences, the enduring power of classic nameplates, and how electrification is rewriting the rules of traditional vehicle segmentation.

When the United States government announced that automakers would be issued billions in tariff refunds, some of their customers noticed that they had already paid the difference by way of increased vehicle prices. One man is using this as the basis of a class-action lawsuit against Ford that demands the company repay him for already having absorbed the cost. Filed in Michigan on June 9th, the suit alleges that Ford Motor Co. owes its customers a refund. But the case centers around…