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The Gift of a New Ride: Unwrapping the Joy of Holiday Car Gifting

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The Gift of a New Ride: Unwrapping the Joy of Holiday Car Gifting As the holiday season approaches, the spirit of giving takes center stage, prompting us to seek unique and thoughtful presents for our loved ones. In this blog […] The post The Gift of a New Ride: Unwrapping the Joy of Holiday Car Gifting appeared first on Get My Auto.

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Tesla Offers $1,000 To Cybertruck Reservation Holders To Get A Different Tesla

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Tesla is offering a $1,000 discount to Cybertruck reservation holders who place an order or lease for another model. The new discount does raise a few questions in the wake of the Cybertruck Delivery Event. Why would someone purchasing a Cybertruck want to buy another vehicle immediately? How long are reservation… Read more.

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Mastermind News: Product Enhancement Helps Dealers Better Manage Inventory

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In the fast-evolving automotive industry, inventory management has always been a major factor in a dealership’s bottom line – with a variety of factors influencing a dealer’s turn rate. But now as inventory levels are finally returning, dealers will once again need to carefully manage those slower-moving models that create a drag on profitability. To empower dealers to improve their vehicle turn rates by predicting the exact customers among the vast digital audiences who are most likely to purch

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Armed Porsche Boxster Thieves Thwarted By Manual Transmission

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Yet another car was spared from the clutches (see what I did there) of thieves after suspects assaulted a Bethesda, Maryland restaurant owner and attempted to steal his manual Porsche 718 Boxster before stalling it twice and ultimately giving up. Read more.

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'90s Cars That Aren't As Great As You Remember

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The 1990s weren’t as great as we remember them to be. I’m as guilty as any of you of regard the time before I had internet as the golden age of automotive enthusiasm. The cars were better then, right? No. We all have rose-colored glasses. The cars were built like crap, they were gutless, they were unreliable, and many… Read more.

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First Road In The U.S. That Charges Your EV While You Drive Opens In Detroit

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The city that claims the first paved stretch of road in America added another first to its list: On Wednesday, Detroit became home to the first road in America that can charge electric vehicles as they drive. Read more.

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Tesla Cybertruck Already Has A Ton Of Accessories To Choose From

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Tesla finally revealed the production version of the Cybertruck Thursday. The specs don’t match what was promised when the concept was revealed, but for $60,990, you can get a base-model, rear-wheel-drive truck that can hit 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and 250 miles of range, while the $99,990 top trim will do 60 in 2.6… Read more.

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You'll Never Be As Funny As Johnny Carson, But You Can Buy His DeLorean

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Johnny Carson may have been the most powerful on-screen performer in the history of Hollywood. From 1962 to 1992, he was perhaps the funniest man on TV, and his barb-sharp wit quickly became the model for late night hosts to emulate. The studio was paying him $25 million per year when he left “The Tonight Show,” and… Read more.

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Plane Crashes Into Car On Freeway During Busy Rush Hour Traffic

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A small Piper Cherokee airplane crash-landed on a busy highway and then ran into a Kia Soul in Minnesota , injuring both the pilot and the driver, according to CBS News. Police say the accident happened around 10:30 a.m. on November 28 in the southbound lanes of Highway 81, about six miles northwest of Minneapolis. Read more.

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These Are The First Cars You Truly Hated

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Some cars inspire our love and affection. Others deserve nothing but ire and derision – the kind of hate that let’s us go on at length, as our readers did when we asked about the first cars they ever truly hated. Read more.

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Atlanta Wants Drunk Drivers, Super Speeders And Street Racers Banned From Driving For Life

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Atlanta City Council is calling on the Georgia General Assembly to pass a bill that would create harsher penalties for dangerous drivers , including a lifetime driving ban for repeat offenders. If passed, it would target drag and street racers, drunk drivers and superspeeders, Axios reports. Read more.

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George Santos' Expulsion From Congress Was Our Fault And We Regret It

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We messed up. Back in 2021, well before George Santos graced the halls of Congress, we wrote about one of his earliest lies : how much gas he uses and how much he pays for it. We fear this may have started the whole witchhunt against our beloved and iconic George that eventually led to his expulsion from Congress, and… Read more.

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ISS Astronauts Saw 'Fireworks' In Space As Russian Cargo Ship Burned Up In The Atmosphere

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The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station were treated to a light show in space on Wednesday after the Russian Progress ship MS-23 burned away upon reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. The cargo ship had undocked from the ISS just four hours prior to its return trip, as Space reports. Read more.

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What New Cars Are You Looking Forward To?

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As we wind down 2023 and head into the fourth year of a decade that has had a rough start, its good to know we have some pretty good cars coming in the next year or two that we can look forward to. Read more.

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Chrysler Conquest, Chevrolet Chevelle, Austin Healey Sprite: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online

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Happy December, everyone. The weather is finally starting to reflect the season, with highs in the 30s multiple days this past week. It’s beginning to feel a lot like freezing, so this week we’re borrowing the classic New England trick for keeping warm in the winter: Going to Miami. Read more.

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Overlanding In A Genesis GV70 Is One Classy Way To Go Camping

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Interest in off-roading and overlanding is growing among auto and outdoor enthusiasts alike. Naturally, automakers are going to cash in on this craze by offering some kind of off-road focused trim and Genesis seems to be testing the waters. The luxury automaker has partnered with off-road company Delta to make a GV70… Read more.

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China’s BYD Is Set To Overtake Telsa

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Good morning! It’s Friday, December 1, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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FAA Investigates Airliner Near-Miss: 'This Was Just Really Poor Judgment'

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In aviation, there’s a theory called Big Sky — the idea that there’s just so much sky out there, it’s unlikely for two planes to ever hit each other. Before radar and GPS, it was an accepted way for pilots to avoid midair collisions. As it turns out, it’s a little less accepted when you’re running air traffic control. Read more.

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At $34,000, Is This 1971 Volvo P1800 A One-Of-A-Kind Bargain?

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The builder of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo has traded its 2-litre engine for a DOHC Marine 2.5. That’s just one major change the car has seen. Let’s see how much pocket change it should reasonably require to buy. Read more.

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Tesla's Cybertruck Has Finally Arrived

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Tesla's Cybertruck is not quite what was promised, but at least its finally here.

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Here Are Some Of The Best Cars I Saw In The Petersen Vault

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The Petersen Automotive Museum has one of the worlds best collection of cars. It’s a place that any automotive enthusiast should visit at least once in their life. Luckily for me, I live nearby and tend to visit it at least 3 times a year. One of the best spots of the museum is its basement, affectionately referred to… Read more.