21+ min ago  (656+ words) On Friday, July 17, the day before the 102nd Bayview Mackinac Race, the crew of Skull Cracker invited the Times Herald aboard for a behind-the-scenes look at the boat and the preparations that go into racing more than 200 miles across Lake Huron....

11+ hour, 12+ min ago  (305+ words) Hyundai Motor and Kia’s mobile robot platform MobED has successfully completed the world’s first onboard autonomous driving demonstration aboard a working vessel, a step its backers expect to accelerate the era of smart ships, in which robots are deployed in…...

7+ hour, 17+ min ago  (522+ words) The 2026 Rivian R1S is a 7-seat SUV starting at $139,990 with 5 different trims, and this Ascend trim earns a 4.25 out of 5 overall in our data-driven ratings. The 2026 GMC Yukon SUV starts at $94,699 with 8 or 7 seats and the DENALI trim highlighted here earns…...

11+ hour ago  (355+ words) Toyota South Africa has turned their attention to the iconic 70 Series focusing on ownership costs, powertrains and have simplified the model range. The rugged formula, however, remains unchanged. The most notable change is the inclusion of a service plan across…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (389+ words) With a history of supporting the differently abled, Toyota has now launched accessories to make transportation easier for those with limited mobility. Toyota has announced a range of genuine accessories designed to assist Australians with physical disabilities and movement challenges....

6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (237+ words) BMW has plugged its official car configurator straight into ChatGPT. Describe the car you want in plain language and the AI does the rest — then you finish up on BMW's own site. The plugin suggests matching models and trims, and…...

27+ min ago  (771+ words) Thirty-five stories. Five days. No shortage of horsepower, controversy, wreckage, racing drama, or genuinely useful advice. This is your complete Backfire News weekly automotive news roundup for July 13–17, 2026. From a salvage-yard Corvette countdown and a looming diesel-rule rewrite to a…...

21+ min ago  (462+ words) You might not have noticed, but Chinese car brands have been quietly filling British driveways. Will Roberts, an analyst at the consulting firm Benchmark, remembers the exact moment he realized how fast things had changed. "I remember noticing the first…...

1+ hour ago  (1516+ words) Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the automobile from a mechanically operated machine into a semi autonomous decision-making system. What was once governed by human reflex, mechanical predictability, and clearly traceable physical causation is now increasingly mediated by machine learning models,…...

44+ min ago  (164+ words) ConditionNew: A brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is applicable). Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packaging, such…...