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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. ...

The last manual Lamborghini was a limited-run Gallardo LP560-2. Both McLaren and Ferrari have reintroduced three-pedal models. Lamborghini’s boss says the company already has a lot in the pipeline. A few years ago, it seemed the manual transmission would be quickly relegated to the history books. However, a surge in demand for high-end exotics with manual gearboxes has reinvigorated this niche of the market, but curiously, it isn’t one which Lamborghini plans to participate in. There’s little doubt that multi-million-dollar exotics from the likes of Pagani, Koenigsegg, and Gordon Murray Automotive have helped make manuals cool again, so much so that over the weekend, McLaren unveiled its first car with three pedals and a shifter since the legendary F1. This new car, dubbed the McL 6GT , is heading to production in 2028, aiming to put the driver at the center of the experience, not computers. Heck, even Ferrari has gone back t...

SignalTrace units have been spotted in Oxon Hill, Maryland, according to a security researcher. The system can link some device signals with plate-reader data and vehicle movements. Its limitations today don’t mean its surveillance potential will stay limited. Over a month ago, we told you how Leonardo SignalTrace could soon tie your phone, pet, and AirPods to images captured by license plate readers. Now, new reporting says installations are already operating in Oxon Hill, Maryland, for Prince George’s County Police . It also highlights an important caveat. SignalTrace might not be as potent as its own marketing and early fears imply. That doesn’t make it benign. What SignalTrace Actually Does SignalTrace isn’t a plate reader itself. Leonardo says its sensors capture publicly emitted Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other electronic signals, matching devices that routinely travel together into an “electronic fingerprint...

Latest CLE 63 Mythos prototype gains a huge new hood intake for cooling. AMG has extensively revised airflow since earlier prototypes began testing. Coupe’s flat-plane V8 will appear on other AMGs after Mythos’ 2027 debut. Just when Mercedes-AMG’s CLE Mythos looked like it couldn’t possibly ingest any more air, engineers have cut another hole in it. The latest prototype has been spied testing in Germany with a gaping hood intake, revised aero and several other changes that suggest AMG is still working hard on cooling its hottest coupe. Related: New Mercedes-AMG CLE 63 Reveals Its V8 Engine For The First Time Our spy photographer says the change follows an engine failure during the past eight months of testing. We haven’t been able to independently confirm that detail, but either something has prompted AMG to rethink airflow since we last saw the Mythos in May, or it’s just been desperate to hide the scoo...