Welcome to a brand new week! It’s Monday, August 21, 2023 and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.
The ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Stealth states it’s an automatic, while the pictures plainly show three pedals and a five-speed stick. In fact, the shift knob boot for that gearbox is the only thing showing any wear on the car. Let’s see how well its price wears on us.
The new hotness that was EVs has seemed to start cooling off. Models that once had buyers beating down the door of the dealership have now seen sales numbers slide and discounts rise, just as inventories for many models have started to climb. And while this isn’t something that’s specific to just one automaker, some…