NASCAR Changes Postseason Venue After Offensive Donald Trump Speech
It looks like Donald Trump is offending people with more than just a terrible comb-over. The real-estate mogul and 2016 presidential candidate recently threw himself under the proverbial bus for making controversial statements about Mexican immigrants in a speech announcing his run for president—and it looks like NASCAR is having none of it. After making […]
Proposed 25 Percent Tariffs on Imported Vehicles Could Cost Automakers More Than 1 Million New Vehicle Sales a Year
Tariffs outlined by the Trump administration could cost the automotive industry up to 2 million annual sales if costs are passed on to consumers
Earlier this year, the United States imposed tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from nations like Canada and Mexico. The justification for these tariffs was to assist U.S. metal producers that continually face the challenges of global aluminum and steel overproduction and depressed prices. Around the same time that these tariffs were put in […]
Reports Suggest That the Trump Administration Wants to Push German Luxury Cars Out of the U.S. Market
These reports indicate that German automakers like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen may soon face uncertain fates when it comes to their future in the U.S. Market
President Donald J. Trump’s distaste toward Germany’s automotive presence in the United States is no secret. Despite once owning several Mercedes-Benz and BMW models, Trump has been critical of how many German cars are on American roads since becoming President of the United States. According to German magazine WirtschaftsWoche, Trump may be preparing to take serious […]
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne Predicts Significant Price Hikes for Consumers if U.S. Leaves NAFTA
Yesterday, The News Wheel reported that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plans on moving production of its heavy-duty Ram vehicles from Mexico to its Warren, Michigan location. One of the main reasons for this decision was the possibility of a U.S. withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement, better known as NAFTA. If the U.S. was to […]
Proposed Budget Would Demolish EPA Vehicle Testing Funds
It is probably fair to say at this point that the EPA, as it was under the Obama administration, was pretty unpopular with now-president Donald Trump. This dislike has spread to the automotive world in the form of the EPA’s vehicle emissions regulations, the last of which were pushed through right before the president took […]
Consumer Groups Plead For Continued Fuel Economy Standards
No matter what side of the political aisle you sit on, you know that President Trump has his sights set on government regulations, especially ones from the Environmental Protection Agency that he sees as unnecessary and restrictive to business. One set of regulations in jeopardy is the EPA’s fuel economy standards. This month, the Consumers […]
Seattle Driver Gets Caught Using Trump Cardboard Cutout in HOV Lane
You always hear of people trying to use the HOV lane, which is for cars with two or more passengers, when they don’t actually have a second passenger. One guy in Long Island, New York, tried to get by with a wooden figure dressed in a hoodie; another tried to make things interesting by using […]
Former GM CEO Akerson: Trump “Lacks the Competence” to Be President
There are many things that could be said about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Just reading that name, you no doubt sense words bubbling to the surface that describe your feelings about the man. You might think, for example, that he is a born leader who is rational, intelligent, and capable of expressing himself in […]
Trump Calls Out General Motors in Statement, Then Pretends He Didn’t
2016 is an historic year in American politics if only because, for the first time in the country’s history, one of the presumptive nominees is a woman and the other is a nightmarish potato-person who has been dipped into orange food coloring that also somehow makes him racist. Donald Trump, the sole remaining candidate on […]
New Worst Place to Have a Car: Anti-Trump Rally
Thursday night, a rally in Orange County, California was held by either the embodiment of evil, an alien symbiont attached to a millionaire’s head, or the savior of America, depending on your political leaning (or level of tin-foil-on-head-ness). Inside, apparently Donald Trump had a nice rally, at least according to his Twitter account. Thank you […]
NASCAR CEO Brian France Endorses Donald Trump Explicitly, Downfall of Western Civilization Implicitly
Last night, during a Super Tuesday Eve rally at Georgia’s Valdosta State University, NASCAR CEO Brian France publicly endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States. France was joined onstage by Hall of Fame racer Bill Elliot, Chevy drivers Ryan Newman and Chase Elliot, and Toyota driver David Ragan (whom Trump referred to as […]
Look How Sad All These Cubs Fans Are About Not Winning a Free DeLorean
“Losing feels worse than winning feels good” is a maxim most often attributed to baseball announcing legend Vin Scully. If he really did originate the quote, he probably said it about a ballgame, although it’s a phrase that holds true for many sports, and indeed in many aspects of life. The saying certainly applies to […]
Migrant Caught Sneaking into Spain Crammed Behind Car Engine
In a story that would blow Donald Trump’s ever-confused brain, a migrant from Guinea, Africa, was caught by Spanish police attempting to sneak into Ceuta from Morocco by cramming himself behind the engine of a Mercedes 300. It is not unusual for Sub-Saharan Africans to try to sneak through Ceuta as an entryway into the […]
NASCAR Driver Paints ‘Trump For President’ On His Racing Truck
NASCAR truck driver Korbin Forrister didn’t have a sponsor for Wednesday night’s race at Eldora Speedway, so the 22-year-old decided to use the blank space on his truck to make a political statement by putting a Trump for President decal on the hood. Going to run the #trumpforpresident scheme as long as I can, no funds, […]
The West Wing Wheels: Bill Clinton
Drive down Pennsylvania Avenue with the United States Presidents in this 10-part series
From Lincoln to Ford, the United States automotive industry has been greatly affected by the Presidents of the United States. Pardon the pun. However, cars have also had a profound impact on the presidents themselves. As the most powerful person in the country, the President of the United States needs a powerful set of wheels […]
No Chevy Super Bowl Commercials to Air This Year
Chevrolet and Bengals head coach, Marvin Lewis, have something in common now: a strong aversion to the Super Bowl. The American automaker said Monday at the 2015 North American International Auto Show that there would be no Chevy Super Bowl commercials aired during this year’s game on February 1, 2015. During last year’s blowout matchup between […]
Jayson Werth is Going to Jail for Speeding
Back in August, we reported that lumberjack/Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth had been caught going 105 mph in a 50 mph zone on July 6th in Fairfax County, Virginia. Since Virginia has some of the strictest traffic laws in the county, we speculated that maybe Werth moved his court date so that if he was […]