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Car Culture Roundup June 29, 2024
WagonFest SoCal 2024 was beautiful. To walk out onto the top floor of the Petersen Museum’s parking garage and into a sea of unique wagons parked side by side was wonderful. Attending on behalf of Volvo — one of the last remaining wagon makers in the U.S. — I spent four hours walking around, talking to owners and…
Weekend Car Buying Deals June 29, 2024 | Giga Gears
For reasons unknown, a man named Salvatore Salerno chose to use a Willys “Hurricane” 2.6-liter inline-six cylinder engine to power his homemade sports car. The body, a fiberglass Devin shell, was draped over a Triumph TR-3 chassis and the full heart of the Willys was pulled out and transplanted into the lightweight…
Weekend Giga Gears Roundup June 29, 2024
Apparently, you sickos love a good stuck cargo ship story. And as the saying goes, if y’all keep on clickin’, the ships’ll keep on stickin’. OK, that’s not actually a saying, but we do have another stuck cargo ship post for you, and this time, it’s in England. Cambridgeshire, to be exact. The BBC reports that…
Weekend Quotes June 29, 2024 | Giga Gears
Good things come in twos. Peanut butter and jelly, Calvin and Hobbes, pizza and more pizza — you can never have just one. Sometimes, though, one of those good things is just a little bit better than the other. Earlier this week, we asked you for the automotive twins that were better than their siblings, and today…
Ram tops initial quality, Dodge ranks lowest: JD Power | Giga Gears
Happy Friday! It’s June 28, 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 important stories you need to know.