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A fleet of vehicles rented by President Joe Biden’s Secret Service detail during his Nantucket trip for Thanksgiving were destroyed by fire a day after he left. The vehicles had been rented by the Biden party, consisting of a Chevrolet Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80, a Ford Expedition, and a Jeep Gladiator. They caught fire

Formula 2 driver Amaury Cordeel may be able to drive a race car very well, but he won’t be allowed to drive a road car for a while. The Belgian driver has lost his driver’s license after being caught speeding in his hometown of Tamise, Belgium. Those caught speeding excessively never really have anyone to

A couple from Manitoba that occasionally rents out its RV to holidayers found themselves embroiled in a countrywide controversy, after they rented out their vehicle to Romana Didulo, the so-called “Qanon Queen of Canada.” The couple, Vicki and Mike LeBlanc, say they’ve never had a problem renting out their RV in the past, so when

The driver of a sedan in China has been lucky to survive a terrifying crash after slamming into a toll booth divider in China that sent the vehicle flying into the air before crashing down. The incident happened on November 24 at approximately 8:20 p.m. and was captured on CCTV. The shocking footage shows the

Chinese authorities are investigating a new deadly accident involving another speeding Tesla Model Y that ran through a traffic light crashing into two vehicles resulting in the deaths of two people. This latest incident comes just weeks after a different Model Y was filmed accelerating out of control before crashing, killing two people and injuring

Driving your car in a big city like New York can be a real pain, but it’s nothing compared with trying to park it. Developers know they need to provide parking to persuade potential homeowners to part with big money for the flashiest pads, but parking garages take up valuable real-estate space, and they’re often

Recently one man sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a supercar accident in Long Island. Sometime around 10:45 a.m. local time on November 6, his Lamborghini and another collided. It sent his 2021 Aventador into the center median where it burst into flames and ultimately burned to the ground leaving little more than a pile of ash.

Modern car-related video games have ultra-realistic graphics, but it is still quite hard to replicate the feeling of a real car when sitting in your living room. A petrolhead from Poland found the solution to this problem by building a DIY driving simulator using genuine interior parts from Alfa Romeo models. Adriano, who drives an

An MG6 sedan has been absolutely destroyed after crashing into a Tesla Model 3 in China and rolling onto its roof. Making the accident even more unusual are the stickers affixed to the rear of both the MG and the Model 3. Dashcam footage from the white Model 3 shows it traveling in the middle

When scientists around the world perform crash tests on vehicles, and you see them compress and break, they’re usually going much slower than you think. The IIHS, for instance, does frontal crash tests at 40 mph (64 km/h). So what would happen if you went a whole lot faster? French YouTube channel Vilebrequin (French for

A short video of an altercation between a cyclist and a driver in a Jaguar F-Pace in London, UK, has been making the rounds lately. Now, we’re getting details from the bike rider about exactly what went down. Here’s how he justified standing in front of an SUV before his bike was demolished under its

A stunt most of us have tried in video games like Grand Theft Auto or Crazy Taxi was replicated in real life by a Nissan Altima driver in Venice, Florida. The middle-aged man drove up the car carrier’s ramp and ended up crashing near the top, thankfully without being injured. According to the Venice Florida

The driver of a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ got a reality check in California recently after being stopped for almost driving at three times the legal speed limit. Officers from the California Highway Patrol in the Buellton area of the state snapped the Italian supercar traveling at 152 mph (244 km/h) through a 55 mph (88

A 26-year old driver from Swindon has been banned from driving after he was filmed drifting and doing donuts around a roundabout. As you can see in the video, Daniel Bassett was caught messing around in a first-generation Lexus IS and made at least two passes at the roundabout. The Wiltshire Police noted the incident

Gas prices in the first months of 2022 were no laughing matter, but when Ernie Boch Jr. declared that he was giving away thousands of free gallons to Massachusetts drivers, many people believed his “April Fuels Day” stunt was just a joke. But Boch was deadly serious on that occasion, and he’s at it again.

The driver of an older generation VW Passat B4 wagon in Leicester, Massachusetts ended up in the most bizarre of positions after crashing their sedan in the parking lot of a Walmart. Images shared to Facebook by the Leicester Police Department show the VW outside the main entrance of the Walmart and resting on a

Kia launched their new logo with a record-breaking pyrotechnic display in 2021, but it appears a number of consumers are confused by the new design. In particular, Twitter user @Shwinnabego noticed Google searches for “KN car” have increased significantly since the summer of 2021 when models with the new logo were becoming more common. This

Climate activists continue to make themselves look bad as they ‘attacked’ one of the most iconic BMW art cars in history. According to Reuters, members of Ultima Generazione descended on a museum in Milan, Italy that was showing a BMW M1 painted by Andy Warhol. On Twitter, the entitled brats acknowledged pouring nearly 18 pounds