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Law enforcement agencies the world over have been known to employ hopped-up sports cars and exotics for crimefighting duties. A Nissan GT-R was added to a Japanese highway patrol unit, Alpine A110s were used for «rapid intervention» in rural France, and a Lamborghini Huracan helped Italy with expedited organ transport. Oh, right, and there's Dubai's infamous police fleet that includes Bugattis, Lambos, McLarens, and Porsches.
Well, that didn't last long. I hope you weren't attached to the idea of Volkswagen changing the iconic GTI name to GTX for its electric cars. But really: you weren't. And just like Mercedes moving away from calling all its EVs «EQ-something,» VW has realized that changing decades-old naming conventions isn't the best way to get people accustomed to an electrified lineup.
When thinking about crash tests (like I know you were just doing, amirite?), visions of two dummies traveling down a straight path might come to mind. But that's silly because no two crashes are alike, and they will definitely not always be straight-line head-on collisions.
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If Aston Martin were barred from selling cars tomorrow, one might imagine it would try to get into the running shoe business instead. The once quite-relaxed luxury automaker is now going all in on Sport and nowhere does this feel more apparent than in the way it's approached the 2025 Aston Martin Vantage.
There's a reason the U.S. Postal Service is referred to as snail mail: it's slow. Unless you live in Sandusky County, Ohio, where a USPS carrier was caught racing a Ford Mustang in her Mercedes Metris van at speeds over 100 mph, according to newly released bodycam footage and a report from WTVG News.
As anyone with stick shift skills knows, once in a while, you can stall and you can miss a gear. I have missed third gear a time or two myself—maybe my brain and left foot shut off when I'm halfway to cruising speed. Who knows? But, generally, a missed shift doesn't kill the car. Sounds like this Toyota GR Corolla, however, revved itself to immolation when its driver grabbed third instead of fifth.