{"id":2007,"date":"2016-07-01T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2025-03-21T05:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:25:37","slug":"this-week-in-auto-buzz-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/news\/this-week-in-auto-buzz-5\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in auto buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speedy stunts literally bowl Leno over, VW\u2019s steep bill for cheating the system, the Maserati Quattroporte is the limo for the (still quite wealthy) everyman, and more. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Leno\u2019s scary tumble<\/span><\/h3>\n

The TV personality was shooting an episode of his CNBC show, \u201cJay Leno\u2019s Garage\u201d, at Irwindale Speedway with 80-year-old stunt driver Bob Riggle when <\/span>the 2,500 hp Hemi Under Glass car started rolling mid-stunt<\/span><\/a>. Everyone\u2019s shaken up, but OK, including the engine.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s not so sunny week<\/span><\/h3>\n

After the announcement of <\/span>its acquisition of SolarCity<\/span><\/a> last week, Tesla has been faced with an <\/span>\u201cicy reaction\u201d from investors<\/span><\/a>. Whether the deal will move forward or fail is still TBD, but the bristly response to Musk\u2019s solar gesture has been less than encouraging. To add injury to insult, <\/span>the first Autopilot-related fatality<\/span><\/a> in a Model S was announced <\/span>by the NHTSA this week<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Volkswagen\u2019s pricey reparations bill<\/span><\/h3>\n

To compensate for <\/span>the emissions scandal<\/span><\/a> that rocked the automotive world earlier this year, Volkswagen has agreed to pay up to $10 billion in a civil settlement with US car owners and a staggering $5 billion in environmental reparations, <\/span>according to NPR<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Buonissimo reviews for the Maserati Quattroporte <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cLonger, lighter, and more efficient\u201d according to <\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>the Maserati Quattroporte<\/span><\/a> (four door) is a large, luxe sedan with the pep and growl of a Ferrari. The Guardian\u2019s Martin Love gives a peek behind the wheel of this \u201cslick and economical luxury limo\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

eBay Motors & Vroom get crafty<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cars are expensive, <\/span>in many markets prohibitively so<\/span><\/a> (which, as a self-serving sidenote, is why Turo is so constructive), so to compensate for waning demand, <\/span>eBay Motors & online used car dealership Vroom are joining forces<\/span><\/a> to guarantee an offer for used car sellers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bit and pieces<\/span><\/h3>\n

In other random auto-adjacent news, Chris Cuomo allegedly took his <\/span>\u201869 Firebird drag racing<\/span><\/a>, the Telegraph reveal <\/span>its top 10 classic cars<\/span><\/a> in anticipation of Concours of Elegance at Windsor Castle in September, and <\/span>BMW partners up with Mobileye and Intel<\/span><\/a> to build a full self-driving car for 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speedy stunts literally bowl Leno over, VW\u2019s steep bill for cheating the system, the Maserati Quattroporte is the limo for the (still quite wealthy) everyman, and more. \u00a0\u00a0 Jay Leno\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,39],"tags":[362],"class_list":["post-2007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gearheads","category-news","tag-weekly-auto-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t