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New pickup trucks have become bigger, fancier and much more expensive. Yet Toyota quietly created something completely different: a simple new truck that launched at roughly $13,000. It sounds like exactly what American drivers keep demanding. There is just one rather frustrating catch.

Backed by Jeff Bezos and fueled by viral buzz, it quickly claimed 100,000 reservations and secured a factory in Indiana. With investor support and a production site, Slate is moving beyond hype—but where does it stand currently? What is the latest news on this buzzy automobile?

The price was settled. The money was sitting in the bank. All that remained was handing over a check and driving home. Instead, the dealer rejected the payment and started pushing a loan nobody had asked for. That may be perfectly normal—or the moment this deal stopped smelling right.

Dive into the wildest cars ever built—vehicles so dangerously designed that governments were forced to intervene. From explosive compacts to rollover-prone SUVs, discover the shocking automotive missteps that changed safety laws forever in this fun, fast-paced look at the industry’s most infamous machines.

A visitor pulls up in a clean pickup, parks overnight, and suddenly the HOA says the truck has to go because it “looks like a work vehicle.” That kind of rule feels personal fast, especially when the vehicle is just a normal pickup and not a commercial rig. The big legal question is whether an HOA can single out a vehicle type based on appearance, use, or classification.

Rolling $18,000 of old debt into a new truck loan can feel harmless if the monthly payment still fits the budget. That is exactly why this kind of deal traps so many buyers. The payment may look manageable, but the borrower is starting the new loan in a deep hole.

Your mechanic may be right, even if the quote feels surprisingly high. Cars with automatic start-stop systems put their 12-volt batteries through more work than older vehicles, and many require enhanced flooded batteries or absorbent glass mat batteries instead of the cheapest conventional option. The price premium is real, but so are the technical differences.

You lend your car to your brother for a few hours, and it comes back with a battery so drained the car will not start. Then comes the awkward part. Do you eat the cost, or send him the bill for the battery trouble he caused?

You weren’t speeding or weaving through traffic, yet the officer said you accelerated too fast and called the maneuver reckless driving. Before assuming the charge either has to stick or has to disappear, figure out exactly what the state says prosecutors need to prove.

Can your neighbor legally idle a diesel truck for 30 minutes every morning? Here’s how anti-idling laws, noise ordinances, vehicle weight rules, and cold-weather exceptions can affect the answer.

Mitsubishi once built legendary performance cars like the Lancer Evolution, Eclipse, and 3000GT. Then it shifted toward crossovers, SUVs, and electrification, dramatically changing the brand’s identity and future.