The Auto World

A man bought a new Tonale but still hasn’t received it two months later. Alfa Romeo recalled over 8,000 Tonales due to a rear camera safety issue. The buyer’s dream car has been sitting idle at the dealer lot since late April. Buying a new car can be one of the most exciting (and expensive) purchases one can make. It’s even more exciting when that car is something you’ve spent years dreaming about. Now imagine the frustration of making that deal, only to then learn that you can’t take the car home. That’s the reality one individual is dealing with two months after purchasing an Alfa Romeo Tonale . Review: Our $60K Alfa Romeo Tonale Is Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places The story came to light on Reddit , where the frustrated buyer said they signed paperwork for the Tonale on April 26. That timing turned out to be unfortunate. Just days earlier, Alfa Romeo had issued a recall affecting 8,122 Tonales , all due to a backup camera issue that requires repair. The buy...

A 2004 Toyota was turned into a Cybertruck-style police car parody called the Cybercop. It features aluminum panels, LEDs, and fake weapons while retaining the original hardware. The one-off is listed on eBay in a charity auction supporting families of fallen officers. Every so often, the web delivers a custom build so strange, so wonderfully offbeat, you can’t help but stop scrolling. The Tesla Cybertruck has sparked plenty of imitation and parody since it first rolled onto the scene, but one Utah man might’ve created the most attention-grabbing tribute yet. The “Cybercop” (yes, really) is a heavily modified Toyota Prius that looks like it wandered off the set of a RoboCop reboot and got lost somewhere in the Utah desert. More: Meet The Toyota Supra Desperate To Be A Lamborghini Reventon The creator is Johnny Lange, who runs a specialty vehicle transportation business. His goal? To mock the Cybertruck’s over-the-top styling without spending Tesla-level money. The sta...

Automakers are dropping spare tires to reduce cost, save weight, and increase space. Emergency inflator kits often can’t fix major tire damage like blowouts or sidewall gashes. Some drivers carry actual spares for peace of mind despite reducing trunk storage space. Flat tires are a major inconvenience and, since Murphy’s law applies to them too, tend to happen when you are in a hurry to get somewhere. In any case, whether it happens in your driveway or on the side of a highway at night, a flat is one of those problems that feels like it shouldn’t exist in 2025 – yet here we are. More: How Do You Handle Pedestrians Saving Parking Spots For Other Drivers? One Tesla driver who shared his frustrating experience on Reddit eventually run out of patience. After dealing with multiple flats in a few months and realizing his tire repair kit was basically a one-hit wonder, he made a change. Now, he’s added a real spare tire to his trunk. Sure, it eats up some volume, but it’s a...

People who think they get more carsick in EVs are learning they’re not imagining it. Scientists say regenerative braking and the lack of vibrations in EVs could be to blame. Some experts think carmakers could use ambient lighting changes to reduce nausea. EVs are quieter, smoother and more refined than gas cars and, provided they’re showing plenty of available range miles , far more relaxing for the person behind the wheel. But it can be a different story for anyone riding shotgun or in the back, as evidenced by multiple social media posts from passengers asking if it’s normal to feel more carsick in the back of an electric car. Related: Honda Engineers Fight EV Nausea With Clever Acceleration Mapping According to scientists who spoke to The Guardian , those green-faced EV riders aren’t imagining it. Humans could very well find themselves experiencing motion sickness in an electric vehicle even when its full performance is not being deployed, despite having spent decade...

A Chevrolet dealership reportedly marked up a Corvette ZR1 to $500,000. Internet sleuths blamed the wrong dealer for the outrageous price markup. Multiple parties appear involved with a car located on the opposite coast. As examples of the Corvette ZR1 begin trickling into dealerships, eye-watering markups are starting to show up alongside them. Over the weekend, it appeared that one dealer was bold enough to ask a cool half million for its example. Whether or not that’s true isn’t clear, but what we uncovered in the midst of our search was surprising. Markups are happening, but it might be brokers driving prices up as much as dealers are. More: Dodge Demon 170 Owner Walks Away From $160K Offer And Regrets It The post that lit this story off featured a yellow ZR1 listed for sale in Miramar, Florida. The asking price was $206,280 plus a dealer markup of $293,720. Yes, some 120 percent above MSRP and a total price of $500,000. Understandably, people on Facebook, Reddit...