Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short. TDS summarizes all the morning’s biggest auto industry headlines into one breezy read, so you can get up to speed and on with your day. Each item contains a link you can follow for deeper info. They don’t contain coffee, though, so you’ll have to grab a cup of your

I always forget that Chevy even made a four-cylinder Camaro. Maybe that’s why I was extra shocked to see this video from ZZPerformance. The Michigan shop has a stellar reputation with small-displacement General Motors platforms, touting the motto of “Go Fast, Not Broke.” It’s only fitting, then, that ZZP would have a hand in this

Many of motorsport’s best moments don’t happen at Formula 1 tracks—they happen at spectator drags. I’m talking about the short oval events where fans run what they brung, whether that be a Tesla Cybertruck or the family hauler. What we’re looking at here is an example of the latter, where an overzealous driver was racing

Even if you don’t know much about how a car’s brakes work, you’re probably aware that they require fluid to function. Well, at least they did. With the mass adoption of hybrids and electric cars, drivers are using their hydraulic brakes less and less. In fact, according to BMW, drivers of current EVs pretty much

You’ll have to forgive me. See, I didn’t do my homework before driving the 2026 Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge. (Maybe because the name sounds like a question in an algebra test.) I knew it was a plug-in hybrid; I knew it had a turbo 2.0-liter engine; and I knew it would be pretty snazzy. What

Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short. The Downshift is your one-stop shop for all the automotive industry headlines fit to print every morning here at The Drive. The best part is, you can still sip coffee as you drink it and you won’t get any ink on your fingers. Let’s see what’s going

A United Airlines flight from Venice struck a light pole and seemingly grazed the top of a tractor trailer as it touched down in Newark on Sunday afternoon. Somehow, the truck driver suffered only minor injuries, and nobody on the plane was hurt. There has been some confusion as to whether the plane struck the

In the professional mechanic realm, a powered ratchet is a no-brainer, everyday tool of the trade. For DIYers, it’s a little more of a splurge—but if you like to wrench with any regularity, the hand pains and time saved with a battery-powered ratchet are a real boon. And Milwaukee’s new Gen 2 M12 Fuel cordless

Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short. The Downshift is your place to catch up on all the auto industry headlines you need to know every morning here at The Drive. Each item contains a link to a story where you can dig deeper on every topic. It’s a new week, let’s see what’s cooking. What

Mecum is holding its 2026 Indianapolis auction from May 8-16, and naturally for events of this sort, there will be plenty of rare muscle cars from the pre-EPA era. One of the rarest of the rare is this 1971 Plymouth Hemi GTX, which left the factory toward the end of that period. According to Mecum,