The Auto World

Ferrari’s EV sales pitch drew a brutal response from one well-known collector. The collector called the Luce “un-Italian” and unworthy of the badge. The exchange highlights the uphill battle facing Ferrari’s first EV. Ferrari knew its first EV wouldn’t be universally loved. What it probably didn’t expect was for one of the enthusiasts it was actively trying to recruit as a customer to publicly torch the car in a response that’s now circulating online. The exchange offers a rare glimpse into the pushback Ferrari is facing as it prepares to bring the Luce to market. According to screenshots shared online, Ferrari sales consultant Lee Perkins reached out to hypercar collector Jeffrey Cheng, better known on Instagram as @speedy_jeff . The email described the Luce as Ferrari’s vision for the future while assuring potential buyers that the driving experience remains faithful to the brand’s DNA. ...

The Amazon contract worker drove across the lawn instead of the driveway. The homeowner says Amazon agreed to repair the damage done to the yard. Amazon delivery drivers are technically independent contractors, not employees. Growing and maintaining a perfectly manufactured lawn isn’t easy, so you can imagine the shock a homeowner in southern Indiana experienced when their security camera captured an Amazon delivery driver using the lawn when dropping off a package, rather than the driveway. Footage of the incident has spread like wildfire on social media in recent days. In the short clip, the female driver of a blue Ford Focus is seen casually driving over the lawn to deliver the package. She then returns to her car, performs a three-point turn, and then leaves the property, seemingly unaware she’d just left tire marks on the lawn. Making the incident all the more bizarre is that the property has its own driveway, yet it wasn...

Toyota built just 1,073 Origins, making them exceptionally rare. Retro sedan borrows styling cues from the original 1955 Crown. Power comes from Toyota’s legendary 2JZ 3.0-liter inline six. If you like your Japanese sedans with a side of time travel, the Toyota Origin might be worth a closer look. Listed for sale in Texas, the ultra-rare four-door looks like it rolled straight out of the 1950s, but beneath the nostalgic sheet metal lies modern hardware including one of Toyota’s most respected engines. More: The Toyota Yaris That Looks Like A Classic Jaguar Just Got A 2026 Refresh Specialist dealer Texas JDM has this 2001 Origin listed for $41,495, and while that’s a healthy chunk of change for an old Toyota sedan, there’s a good reason. Only 1,073 examples were ever built during a brief production run that lasted from 2000 through 2001, making the Origin one of the rarest production cars Toyota has ever sold. A ...

Toronto found higher speeds at nearly every former camera location. The report’s biggest percentages come from very small starting numbers. The statistics appear to show major changes when fatality data is murky. Toronto just released a new report on speeding, and initially, it sounds like a full-on traffic apocalypse. Advocates are warning about a 400 percent spike in speeding. Experts say the results were “completely predictable.” Politicians are demanding the return of automated enforcement. Yet buried beneath all of those attention-grabbing percentages is a much smaller number that may tell us far more about what actually happened. That number is 4.8. This week, Toronto released its first major analysis of traffic speeds following Ontario’s decision to eliminate municipal automated speed enforcement programs in November 2025. The report found that speeds increased at 101 of 104 locations studied. That’s a...

Chinese automakers are rapidly expanding new dealer networks across Canada. Experts say entering America later could be surprisingly straightforward for brands. Limited Canadian sales now matter less than bigger potential US opportunities later. Several Chinese brands are preparing Canadian launches despite strict limits on vehicle imports and relatively modest sales prospects. But the appeal of the Canadian market has less to do with immediate profits and more to do with what it could teach manufacturers ahead of a potential future move into the United States, a new report says. Canada recently opened the door to a limited number of Chinese -built EVs, allowing imports under a quota system that starts at 49,000 vehicles annually. That’s hardly enough volume to transform anyone’s balance sheet, especially when multiple brands are competing for the same customers. Related: Canada Tells Chinese Brands They Can Sell EVs Past The Q...

80.4% of 2025 vehicles had a grayscale color such as white, black, silver or gray. The only ‘fun’ color to crack into the top five was blue with a 9.1% market share. Sports cars are most likely to have colorful paint jobs, while trucks are the least. Automakers have embraced colorful designs as blue interiors are coming back and bright hues are being added to numerous models. These are interesting developments, but we sadly live in a grayscale world. That’s clear in a new study from iSeeCars, which examined the most popular exterior colors for 2025. White dominated with a 25.7% share, while black and gray weren’t far behind at 23.4% and 22.9%, respectively. Adding silver into the mix means grayscale colors accounted for 80.4% of vehicles last year. More: Want A Car That Won’t Depreciate Fast? Pick This Color That’s more than eight out of ten and it’s a huge increase from 30 years ago. Back in 1...