Pickup Sales Fall As Buyers Move To Smaller, Cheaper Cars
Good morning! It’s Monday, April 8, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
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People Want EVs They Can Actually Afford, Not Massive Expensive Pickups
Two facts about the automotive world are immutable: Americans love pickup trucks, and the future requires drastic reductions in the environmental harm caused by passenger cars. Automakers, seeing these two …
What’s The Point Of Mid-Grade Gasoline?
If you’re like most of us here at Jalopnik, you’ve probably wondered why gas stations offer mid-grade gasoline when almost every automaker recommends either regular or premium fuel. As it …
2025 Ram 1500’s New Twin-Turbo Inline-Six Barely Beats Old V8’s Gas Mileage
Photo: Ram For the 2025 model year, Ram dropped the V8s from its full-size pickup truck lineup and replaced them with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six that’s available at two output …
The Naturally Aspirated V6 Is Going Extinct
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik I’ve owned four cars in my lifetime. Every single one of them had six naturally aspirated cylinders, and three were V6s. I suppose you can …
New EVs Still Can’t Beat The Efficiency Of A Toyota Prius PHEV
The Toyota Prius Prime has beat out the latest EVs for the title of greenest car. Despite more EVs coming to market, none of the latest fully-electric vehicles in the …
At $10,000, Is This 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 Officially A Good Deal
While the Dodge Viper GTS was chosen to pace the Indy 500 in ‘96, Ram pickups did even more heavy lifting for the race week. Today’s Nice Price or No …
Lucid And Rivian Are Gearing Up For A Miserable 2024
Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 22, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
The Pickup Truck No One Needs But Everyone Wants
There’s a particular genre of auto enthusiast that absolutely despises the luxury pickup truck. They’re going to tell you that trucks are for work, that no one actually needs a …
Big Three Automakers Aren’t So Sure About Biden’s EV Plans
Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 15, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …