Weird Car News

Car backfire startles a circus elephant; she breaks down a fence and runs into traffic

In fairness it was 'a kind of rickety' fence

IndyCar painted like a Pop-Tart to promote Seinfeld's Netflix movie

There's also a tie-in with the American Legion to help veterans

Atlas shrugged: Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic humanoid robot

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, for all the dancing and the farewell blooper reel

Italy forces Alfa Romeo Milano name change — call it Junior now

Now here's a controversy we didn't see coming

Magna car plant will test a humanoid robot

'A multi-disciplinary assessment of improving cost and scalability of robots'

Edmunds bought a Fisker Ocean, warns others not to make the same mistake

From $69,012 when new in January to somewhere in the $20,000s ...

Disneyland's Tomorrowland cars are ditching fossil fuel

Autopia is way overdue for a makeover: 'Get rid of those God-awful gasoline fumes'

2015 Fiat 500L used by Pope Francis could sell for $100,000

It has less than 800 miles

Volkswagen's RooBadge aims to reduce car-kangaroo collisions in Australia

Could eventually work on deer, and on any model of car

North Wilkesboro Speedway finds a potential moonshine cave under its grandstands

NASCAR and moonshine go way back, so this could make sense

NYC's curbside EV chargers are popular — and often blocked

Pilot program is seeing gasoline-powerered cars hogging the spots 20% of the time

Sometimes, it takes a front loader to stop a front loader

Heavy machinery low-speed chase in Georgia

GM's Cruise is off the streets of San Francisco, and off the Giants' uniforms

The company will still build dozens of chargers at the team's Oracle Park

Six-pack of identical Ford Pinto Wagons for sale, in case you were looking

All manuals, all wagons, all yellow

'Toys for Boys' Collection is a package deal: six 991-series 911 GT cars and a Man truck

No, really, you have to buy the car hauler, too

The Macallan and Bentley Motors single malt whisky costs more than a car

But less than a Bentley

Nebraska woman arrested for scamming over 7,000 gallons of gas

A software exploit let her pump nearly $30,000 in fuel over six months

Watch what bullets the Tesla Cybertruck can (and can't) stop

Speed and size of ammunition make a big difference

United Air Boeing 777 loses a wheel at takeoff, smashes car

One Boeing 777 tire alone weighs more than 200 pounds

A 2024 Charger Widebody would only avoid marker lights thanks to this loophole

A little look at U.S. vehicle lighting law