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A Lamborghini Gallardo impersonator is up for grabs. The Fiero-based replica features unusual proportions. It is currently listed on eBay with an asking price of $14k. The humble Pontiac Fiero has spent decades as the default starting point for builders seeking supercar looks on a modest budget. The newest one to surface online chases the Lamborghini Gallardo, and it’s on eBay right now with a $14,000 asking price. More: Jeeporghini Looks Like A Countach Giving Birth To A Wrangler The build quality looks solid and the car appears to be in good shape overall. The proportions are where it falls apart. Against the baby Lambo , the front end runs far too long, the headlights are enormous, the wheels are undersized, and the tail reads as a fastback instead of anything with an engine behind the seats. Audiocarve / eBay Still, we must appreciate the effort in fabricating all those bespoke panels, trying to mimic the...

The former pilot now allows permanent ALPR placement in state rights-of-way. Data can be kept for 90 days, with narrow avenues for longer preservation. Local policies, not one statewide code, will govern much of the program. Politicians in North Carolina aren’t installing AI-powered cameras on every single road in the state, but what they just greenlit allows for exactly that. After deeming a pilot program with ALPR cameras a success, the state just made it legal to install them along virtually any state-maintained road or highway. The timing and widespread use are especially interesting as criticism of surveillance technology grows. A provision tucked into the state’s new budget allows the Department of Transportation to make its land and rights-of-way available for fixed Automated License Plate Readers, or ALPRs. Since North Carolina maintains roughly four out of every five road miles in the state, that’s a very large canvas...

Jeep’s Compass SUV could be built in Belvidere, Illinois, having departed for Mexico in 2016. Stellantis previously backtracked on plans to planned to build it at Canadian Brampton plant. Belvidere will reopen with Cherokee production in 2029 after receiving $800 million investment. Jeep has confirmed its next Cherokee will be built at the reborn Belvidere Assembly plant, but it might not be coming alone. Its little brother could eventually join it in Illinois, giving the factory two familiar nameplates and potentially solving another awkward production problem for Stellantis. Belvidere is also likely to produce the Compass alongside the Cherokee, something Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa Stellantis hinted at last October. But exactly when the automaker might repatriate the Compass is less clear. Both models are currently supplied to US dealers from Toluca, Mexico, making domestic production an increasingly interesting proposition given t...

More than 600 Mexican TN visa workers are covered by the settlement. Plaintiffs alleged a professional-job bait-and-switch and unpaid overtime. Kia, Hyundai Mobis, and the other defendants deny wrongdoing. A federal judge has approved an $11.5 million class-action settlement involving more than 600 Mexican engineers and technical workers. Those workers say they were recruited for professional jobs in Georgia, only to be put on factory lines instead. The defendants include Kia Georgia, Hyundai Mobis, staffing firm Allswell, recruiting agency SPJ Connect, and others connected to the hiring arrangement. They all deny wrongdoing, but the settlement brings a long-running case over allegedly misused TN visas to a close. The case, Martinez v. Mobis Alabama, centered on Mexican citizens recruited for jobs including engineering, quality control, and technical positions at Kia Georgia and Hyundai Mobis facilities in West Point. They came to the U.S. o...

Mini has introduced two new Rooftop Editions. They’re based on the Cooper S 2- and 4-Door. Cars have a two-tone exterior and sport seats. Mini’s special edition bonanza continues as the company has introduced the new Rooftop Editions. They’re the fifth in a series of eight new limited editions coming this year. Based on the Cooper S 2-Door and Cooper S 4-Door, the special editions are named after the company’s popular contrasting roof and feature a “color-flipped design.” More: Mini’s 1965 Special Edition Will Cost You Nearly $50,000 One version has an Indigo Sunset Blue Metallic body, which is joined by Melting Silver III Metallic on the roof and mirror caps. The other is the opposite as it has a Melting Silver III Metallic body as well as an Indigo Sunset Blue Metallic roof and mirrors. The colorful designs are accompanied by contrasting hood and hatch stripes. ...