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Trump Says Ford And GM Want A Bill To Restrict Your ‘Right To Repair’ Your Own Car

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Trump claims automakers want limits on vehicle repair access after White House meeting. Ford confirms repair access was discussed, but declined to detail the conversation. Right-to-repair fight centers on vehicle data, cybersecurity, and independent shop access. President Donald Trump just inserted himself into the long-running right-to-repair debate. He claims that auto industry leaders told him they want legislation that would prevent people from fixing their own vehicles. This appears to be at least the second time that Trump has openly advocated for the right-to-repair cause. Read: John Deere Fought Right-To-Repair For Years, Then Wrote A $99 Million Check Speaking during an Oval Office event on June 4, Trump recounted a meeting with executives from Ford, GM , and businessman Roger Penske. According to the US president, automakers are backing a proposal that would effectively stop consumers from repairing their own cars. “They d...
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Mexico’s First Homegrown EV Seats Six And Costs $8,600

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The Olinia Uno is powered by a tiny 14.7 kWh LFP battery pack. Driving the front wheels is an electric motor delivering just 17 hp. Olivia says the EV is best suited to last-mile taxi services. Mexico builds cars for much of the world, hosting plants for several of the planet’s biggest automakers, yet almost no homegrown brands have ever come out of the country. The new Olinia Uno aims to change that. As the first model from Mexico’s inaugural EV brand, it carries the weight of shaking up the nation’s mobility scene. The Uno is a compact six-seater designed in Mexico and, with federal government backing, built there too . It isn’t chasing conventional consumer EVs. Instead, it positions itself as a replacement for the motorcycles and three-wheeled motortaxis that swarm the country’s streets. Read: Mexico Starts 2026 With Steep Car Tariffs, And One Country Is Getting Slammed Rather than being focused on lon...
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Toyota GR Built A 700-HP Camry With Two Engines And Seven Cylinders

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This wild Camry includes a 1.6-liter at the front and a 2.0-liter at the rear. Built by Gazoo Racing engineers, the car has 700 hp sent to all four wheels. Toyota Racing also unveiled a dramatic Bōsōzoku-style Camry in Japan. Once a purveyor of nothing but boring and mundane cars, Toyota has come a long way in recent years, building some of the best performance hatchbacks on the market. Toyota is no longer afraid to have fun, and over the weekend it proved as much by unveiling a 700-hp Camry packing two engines and seven cylinders. The bonkers, widebody Camry was one of two Camry project cars that Toyota Racing and Gazoo Racing built and unveiled at the 24-hour Super Taikyu Race, both built to celebrate the US-built Camry’s imminent arrival in Japan. Read: America’s Best-Selling Car Is Coming To Japan To Appease Trump Fitted under the Camry’s hood is the same 1.6-liter turbocharged three-cylinder found in th...
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BMW’s Hottest X1 Is Getting The iX3’s Face And Maybe A New Name

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Spy photographers have snapped the facelifted X1 M35i. The crossover adopts a Neue Klasse design and interior. Model could get a new name and performance boost. Spy photographers have snapped the facelifted BMW X1 on multiple occasions, but now they’ve caught what appears to be the M Performance variant. It’s currently known as the X1 M35i, but rumors have suggested the updated model will adopt the M40i moniker. Regardless of what it’s called, the crossover is entering the Neue Klasse era and adopts an all-new front end that closely echoes the iX3 . As you can see, the model features a vertical twin kidney grille that is flanked by new headlights. More: BMW’s Smallest SUV Wants In On The Neue Klasse Action They’re joined by a revised hood and a new front bumper. The latter features a wide lower intake with a prominent central support as well as vertical air curtains at the outside edges. ...
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Cargo Thieves Don’t Break In Anymore, They Just Sign For The Load

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Auto and parts theft jumped 142 percent compared to late 2025. Arkansas and Tennessee have enacted tougher cargo theft penalties. Criminals are increasingly using fake identities to steal legitimate freight loads. Cargo thieves are getting smarter, freight losses are climbing, and states across the country are scrambling to keep up. According to the American Transportation Research Institute, cargo theft now costs the trucking industry roughly $18 million every single day. That’s $208 every second and around $12,500 every minute. Some states are now trying to fight back with harder penalties. A new report from supply chain security company Overhaul found cargo theft incidents averaged nearly seven per day during the first quarter of 2026. One of the fastest-growing tactics is what’s known as a deceptive pickup, where criminals use forged credentials, fake identities, and carrier impersonation schemes to obtain loads legally before ...
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Mercedes Hasn’t Finished Its G-Class Cabrio Yet, But Someone Else Has

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Venuum cut the roof off the G-Class to build an open-top off-roader. Nearly every exterior panel was swapped, leaving only the door skins. Production stays limited, and Venuum has not named a price yet. Mercedes-Benz is busy developing an all-new G-Class Cabriolet , but a Middle Eastern tuner just got there first. Say hello to the limited-edition Mastodon V4 from Venuum. While we’ve seen plenty of unhinged G-Class builds in recent years, including drop-top models from Mansory , they usually retain some of the model’s most recognizable features, such as the round headlights. That hasn’t happened here as Venuum looks to have replaced every single exterior part, except for the door skins, in building its ultimate drop-top off-roader. Read: Venuum Turns Ferrari Purosangue Into An Exotic Hot Hatch The front of the kit is particularly dramatic. It features an all-new bumper with plenty of exposed forged carbon fiber, at odd...
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This Land Cruiser Camper Sleeps Four And Hides A Shower Cubicle

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Bushwakka transforms Land Cruiser into fully integrated four-sleeper camper. Pop-top design creates sleeping space for families without towing trailers. Built-in kitchen, hot water, and solar options support off-grid adventures. For some people, camping means hitching a trailer and heading to the nearest campsite. For others, it means pointing a truck with a bed full of tent and portable stove at the horizon and seeing what happens. This new camper conversion fits somewhere between and somehow manages to sleep four people without requiring anything to be towed behind it. Also: Nissan’s Tiny $14,100 Camper Van Fits A Double Bed, Japan Gets It, America Doesn’t Developed by South African outfit Bushwakka, the Kamelback 4 transforms a Toyota Land Cruiser 79 Series double cab pickup into a self-contained expedition vehicle. The company is keen to point out that this isn’t a slide-in camper or a bolt-on accessory. Instead, the...
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