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Your Daily Automotive Roundup: Key Headlines for October 4, 2024
Good morning! It’s Friday, October 4, 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.
Reviving Used Cars: Overcoming the Fear of DIY Repairs
Wrenching on one’s own car is intimidating for the inexperienced, so it’s often easier for folks to pay more money for a new car that has a warranty than to buy a cheap used car that will need some work. A Canadian TV show called “Roulez au Suivant,” or “Move on to the Next,” tackles the hard part of refurbishing a…
Warranty Woes: Student Mechanic Faces Hyundai Dealer’s Denial on Engine Failure
A Canadian student mechanic got a rude awakening when a local Hyundai dealer refused to honor the automaker’s warranty for his Elantra N’s blown engine. Christian Matzoros bought the 2022 Elantra N just two years ago – paying for an extended warranty that made him think he had complete coverage for seven years 140,000…
East and Gulf Coast Port Strike Halts Container Traffic, Threatening Automotive Supply Chain
Port workers on the East and Gulf Coast officially went on strike early on October 1 after the union and a port operators alliance couldn’t come to an agreement on pay increases and automation. Now, container traffic is halted from Maine to Texas. This – as you may have imagined – could spell disaster for the automotiv…
“Hyundai’s Amazon Car Sales: Not Even Close | Giga Gears”
It’s been just about a year since Hyundai announced it would sell its full lineup of cars on Amazon, and since then not very much has happened. Now, dealers are starting to get pissed, and folks are wondering if this team-up between the automaker and online retail giant will ever actually happen.