Lucky In Love

 It's a good job everybody loves the petrolhead's favourite, Jay Leno.

Because he's having one hell of a lot of bad luck in his life at the moment.

First he got burnt while working on a Steam Car.

Then, he broke several bones in a motorbike crash.  That's a weird one.  Someone put a wire across a parking lot?

And now...

Jay Leno's Garage has been cancelled.  Way to kick a man when he is down.

I don't think I've ever posted a link to The Hollywood Reporter before.

I suppose this is what is known as a network error.

Stupid Criminals

Everyone likes it when a stupid criminal gets caught.  There were two in the same newspaper yesterday:

This story from the Chester Standard features a man who stole a car then made his escape from it through snow.  I'm quite impressed that after a decade of Tory cuts and them shutting down all of the Police Stations that they employed a helicopter and dogs to catch this particular not very bright thief.

Their second story features a woman who managed to get stopped 4 times (3 on the same road) this Year (and it is still mid January) driving while disqualified.

Meanwhile, from North Carolina, we have another fine effort from my favourite motoring journalist - Ezra Dyer.  It involves a thick hick called Hicks and this tractor which he stole:

That photo was taken after the event - note the missing tyre that had been shot by Police.

Dyer writes for Car+Driver and I have featured several of his stories in my Blog - all worth a look.  Here is this one.

Hicks led Police on a 20mph chase and gave Dyer the chance to use the phrase, "our ornery protagonist took a turn that led him to run out of road" which is quite poetic and nearly as good as his reference to GTA (Grand Theft Agriculture)

Shanghai Surprise

I guess this guy couldn't put an entry on TripAdvisor because he had lost his laptop:

Wash and Crash Up

 I don't think the "Ultimate Protection Ceramic Coat" will help here.

Ssangyong Bows Out

A couple of stories from my favourite Australian car news site to start 2023:

The first marks the end of the car company that brought you the odious Rodius:

Although it only marks the end of the name, not the company.

The story is here - and their newer output does look like it is going to be better:

Albeit, borrowing heavily from Jeep...

...and even Dacia:

The new name is to be "KG Mobility" which to me sounds like a company that would supply invalidity scooters to overweight people.

So that picture there will be the KG Mobility Torres.

I don't know if they will sell many - especially as a new metric has been found as an indicator of car sales and it is indicating a sales drop.

This is the second story. It tells us that "new-car sales could be on the brink of a slowdown, if declining sales of showroom bows are any indication"

But even a bow wouldn't have made a Rodius look presentable.

Or a Chevrolet Trax apparently.