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The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. In a moment that is really more “Instagram ruins everything” than anything else, a big cadre of modded-looking cars and some motorcycles were impounded for driving in the LA river this week. The news helicopter footage looks like a scene from Midnight Club 2. Even if you’ve never been to California, you probably recognize the spot from movies and video games—that cool concrete half-pipe has been a backdrop for off-the-record automotive hijinks since John Travolta was dancing…

After over a decade, Steam will no longer sell physical gift cards in stores. In a support page spotted earlier by Windows Central, Valve says it will no longer restock its gift cards once they run out, citing scammers who “continue to have an impact on Steam customers and other unsuspecting individuals.”In its post, Valve links to a Federal Trade Commission article outlining how gift card scammers attempt to convince victims to buy a gift card at a store and give them the code. Valve says it has responded to these scams by working with law enforcement, adding a warning…

The Mazda MX-5 is an atypical recipient of our rare and coveted five-star road test score, the only car to have been awarded top marks over the past 12 months. Not because it isn’t worthy – far from it – but because it isn’t new.Normally an instrumented full test is part of the launch hubbub for a new car, and if it’s exceptionally good and moves the game on in one way or another, it might have a chance of a perfect score.

It’s hard to believe, but Honda, which has spent decades building a reputation for bulletproof reliability and steady growth, has just posted the worst financial result in its history. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, the automaker reported a loss of 423.9 billion yen (approximately $2.7 billion), marking the first time it has finished a year in the red since it began releasing results as a publicly listed company in 1957. Naturally, Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe, who has led the company since 2021, absorbed much of the blame and, as a result, came dangerously close to losing his…

Automotive If you’ve been struggling to find the perfect Father’s Day gift for the car enthusiast in your life, Dodge may have just delivered one of the most unexpected answers yet. And no, this is not a joke. The performance brand known for tire-shredding muscle cars and unapologetic attitude has officially launched Dodge Charger Fragrance, a new scent designed to capture the spirit of its iconic performance machines in a bottle. Arriving just in time for Father’s Day, the fragrance aims to give dads a little extra swagger without requiring a trip to the drag strip. Dodge describes…

A regulatory filing image of the Denza Z. The Denza Z comes in three variants, all powered by a tri-motor system with a combined peak output of 1,180 kW (1,582 hp). The model features a carbon fiber roof and is expected to compete with traditional luxury sports cars from makers including Porsche. The Denza Z, the first all-electric two-door sports car from BYD’s (HKEX: 1211) premium brand Denza, has appeared in the latest batch of new vehicle filings with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), meaning the model is one step closer to its official launch. The Denza…

It’s actually a security feature. Samsung If you have a Samsung phone, you might have wondered at one time or another why a green dot periodically shows up at the top right corner of your screen. I know I had. Don’t worry, it’s not a bug or in any way connected to the green line issue that sometimes affects Samsung and Apple devices. In fact, it’s a security feature that lets you know if you’ve opened an app that’s accessing your camera or your microphone. If you didn’t fire up an application that’s supposed to use…

There is a special kind of discomfort that only shows up when the road starts getting empty. Not the ordinary kind of fuel anxiety that comes from cruising around town with the warning light on, but the heavier, more persistent version that follows you into a remote country. It is the mental arithmetic of distance, detours, weather, headwinds, and the next place with fuel. It’s the creeping dread of watching the fuel gauge drop toward empty somewhere on the Trans-America Trail — forty miles of gravel separating you from the last town you passed and no cell signal. That is…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short, The Drive’s morning news roundup bringing you the biggest automotive headlines from around the world. The Downshift recaps news in a few short sentences, fit with links for the deeper story. Here’s the bulletin for Tuesday, June 9, 2026. 🛻 Stellantis has issued a recall and warning to owners of 2021-2025 model-year Jeep Wranglers and Gladiators, totaling 1.08 million vehicles in the U.S. and 1.3 million globally, to park away from structures due…

This heavy equipment operator put seven, 20-ton battery electric wheel loaders and dozers from Chinese equipment brand XCMG to work for combined 17,370 (!) hours last year, and realized an “astonishing” cost savings. Etrucks New Zealand owner Ross Linton is one of the more interesting voices in the electric commercial vehicle space. As his country’s primary distributor of Chinese-made medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks, chargers, and industrial equipment, he has direct access and real-world insights into a lot of machinery we simply don’t (yet) have access to in North America. In a recent LinkedIn post, Linton shared performance data from…