Happy Friday! It’s August 11, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are all the important stories you need to know today.
The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Tri-Hawk claims that it is “Probably more fun than is legal in most states.” and warns “People will either stare or wave while you’re driving.” Let’s see if all this illicit fun comes at a fair price.
Friend, it’s officially summer. The solstice has passed, and we’re officially past “get your summer car prepped” season — it’s time to start driving. Put those battery tenders away, shove the winter beater into the back of the garage, and re-up the insurance on the fun car.
The same weekend that the Motorcycles — with uppercase “M,” per Plato’sidealism — took over Austin, I finally went on my maiden voyage aboard an EV. I should say astride rather than aboard, as it just so happens that when MotoGP and the Handbuilt Show converged on the Texas capital, I went for a long ride on a 2023 …