Happy Friday! It's October 9, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important ...

Mercedes-Benz was quick on the draw when it came to introducing a midsize luxury SUV with the 1998 M-Class (known as ML), which was later renamed the GLE in 2016 when the third generation was ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Saab 900 Turbo is described in its ad as "a well-kept driver, not a concourse car." That's fair enough, but will that description and the car's presentation make us want ...

Many purchase sport utility vehicles (SUVs) over sedans or wagons to accommodate several occupants while still having some, or in certain cases, plenty of usable cargo space left. Automakers often ...

Ford released the mildly refreshed version of its best-selling F-150 a few weeks ago, with expanded V8 availability, tweaked styling, and the addition of a cool new Carhartt Edition, but apparently it ...

Not many people are happy with Delta these days. Most of the anger has to do with CEO Ed Bastian's decision to raise prices significantly without doing much to improve the flying experience. One ...

Ram added yet another sport truck to its off-road line up, but the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, nicknamed "rhino," is definitely more than just an eight-inch-wider Ram Rebel with a more powerful inline-6 engine ...

The Trump Administration seems to really hate the Transportation Security Administration. First the government shutdown robbed TSA agents of their pay, then it led airports to consider privatizing the ...

All the popular car colors seem to be 50 shades of gray these days. There are some holdouts, though, such as Subaru's unique Sunshine Orange that it offers on the Crosstrek. We're fans of the color ...

We all love watching videos of trucks being being dragged down into the briny depths while their drivers scramble unsuccessfully to save them. And obviously, those of us who have occasion to launch ...

The Volkswagen Group made waves back in 2022 when it announced it would be reviving the Scout nameplate for a new brand of American-built fully electric trucks and SUVs, but we hadn't gotten much ...

With the recent news of the end of the manual transmission for the GTI and Golf R, the writing is on the wall for one of the all-time-greatest performance cars, in this configuration anyway. They'll ...