Fremont, CA

If you aren’t in the market for a new car or your family’s income isn’t tied to a car dealership, you might not be aware of crippling cyber attacks that have left nearly 15,000 dealerships across North America struggling to provide services to customers.

Think the CDK outage is just about cars and dealerships? Think again

As the ongoing systems outage at software provider CDK Global stretches into its second week, car dealerships are racking up millions of dollars in losses, according to a new estimate.

‘I can’t get paid.’ Cyberattack affecting car dealerships brings chaos for sellers, buyers and workers

Hayward, CA

CDK Global is still down heading into the brisk car-selling Fourth of July holiday next week. Auto dealerships use its software to manage everything from scheduling to records, and the mass outage since last week has paralyzed nearly 15,000 dealerships across North America.

What to know about the massive car dealership outage

Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US. The company “shut all systems down and executed extensive testing and consulted with external third-party experts,” Tony Macrito, a...

Car Dealerships Across US Halt Services After Cyberattack

We found out why Toyota’s twin-turbo V6s have been grenadeing themselves in 2022-2023 Tundras and Lexus LXs earlier this month, but there’s still no real fix for the issue. Now it seems car dealers are staying away from the once bullet-proof trucks. A number of against-their-will Tundra owners...

Toyota Tundra trade-ins are getting rejected by dealers because of the V6 engine recall

More than 1.16 million newer vehicles from Dodge, Ram, Jeep, and Chrysler have been recalled in North America. An issue with the rearview camera projection has plagued millions of cars since the tech was mandated in 2018. A software update remedies the issue, but it must be completed at the...

Stellantis recalls 1.16M Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler cars

Ford is set to unveil its second all-electric model in Cologne, Germany. The date to mark on the calendar is 10 July. It should be called the Capri, but at the moment there is no official confirmation, all that is known is that it will be an electric SUV based on Volkswagen's MEB platform. Also regarding the name, given what happened with the Milano (renamed Junior) it is possible that the Capri will no longer be called Capri.

The new Ford Capri will be unveiled on 10 July

Lexington, KY

The Drive

The dealer didn't tell the customer, who only found out after trying to trade in the oddly problematic truck.

Ford Dealer Fined Over $160,000 for Selling Crashed Super Duty as New

Dothan, AL

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — Car dealerships in the Wiregrass are among the thousands affected by cyber-attacks that started last week on a software company used widely by dealers. CDK Global, a company that provides software for thousands of auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada, was hit by back-to-back cyberattacks Wednesday. That led to an outage that has continued to impact operations.

Wiregrass dealerships affected by North American cyberattacks on software provider

Reuters

(Reuters) - CDK Global said on Monday it anticipates all dealers to be live on its dealer management system (DMS) by late July 3 or early morning on July 4, about two weeks after a cyberattack-led outage upended operations across car dealerships in the U.S.

Factbox-Why a hack at CDK Global is casting a shadow on US auto sales

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

USA TODAY

The NHTSA recently announced recalls for 1,050,397 vehicles. This includes Chrysler, Toyota and PACCAR trucks.

Chrysler, Toyota, PACCAR among 1 million vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here

Entrepreneur

CDK software services an estimated 15,000 dealerships in the U.S.

Some Car Dealerships Are Selling Cars the Old Fashioned Way Following Massive Cyberattack

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.]. Electric vehicle prices are falling fast in the U.S., but the cheapest models remain far more costly than what other countries have on offer. The BYD Seagull sells for about $10,000 in China, the Dacia Spring starts at $20,000 in Europe, the Renault Kwid e-Tech costs $19,000 in Brazil, and the Kia Ray goes for $22,000 in South Korea.

The $25,000 Electric Car Is Coming to US Soon

Denver, CO

Mazda sold its Familia small car in the United States from the 1971 through 2003 model years, with some interesting developments right at the very end of that run. There was the Protegé MP3 for 2001-2002, the Mazdaspeed Protegé for 2003 and the Protegé5 wagon for 2002-2003. Today's Junkyard Gem is one of the latter type, found in a Denver self-service boneyard recently.

Junkyard Gem: 2003 Mazda Protegé5

In 2017, Juan Pablo Montoya drove a Bugatti Chiron from standstill to 400 kilometers per hour (249 mph) and back to standstill in 41.96 seconds. A month later, Koenigsegg took more than five seconds off that record with an Agera S, and then, another month after that, pruned another three seconds with the same car, stopping the watch in 33.29 seconds. The Swedes, feeling they still had time to shave, took their hybrid Regera to an airfield in Orebro, Sweden, in 2019 and ran off a 31.49 time for the 0-400-0 test. Rimac jumped into the ring last year, using a test track in Germany to break 23 records in a day with its Nevera, along the way doing the 0-400-0 in 29.94 seconds. Koenigsegg couldn't let that stand, dusting off a Regera to reclaim the record with a 28.81. The headline of this post tells you what happened next: Koenigsegg hit up that Orebro airstrip with a Jesko Absolut fitted with Racelogic timing gear, and reeled off a 0-400-0 time of 27.83 seconds. And with that single pass, on top of breaking its own record, Koenigsegg broke three other records, too.

Watch a Koenigsegg Jesko break four speed records in one pass

FinanceBuzz

Electric vehicles have become more interesting to some car buyers and now may have special privileges for Costco members.

Electric Vehicles Aren’t Selling, so General Motors Turns to Costco for Help

General Motors reported its best quarter since 2020 on Tuesday, saying it had record electric vehicle sales. The auto giant had 696,086 total deliveries in the second quarter, reporting eight consecutive quarters of year-over-year retail sales growth and six consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth sales for its subsidiary Buick. The...

GM's electric car sales hit a new record

The majority of CDK Global’s car dealership customers are still operating without critical services in the wake of fallout from a cyberattack, which has had consequences extending into a second week. CDK Global said it’s making progress recovering, but services won’t be restored for all of its customers until...

CDK restores service for small group of car dealers

TheStreet

JPMorgan says that one money-making section of auto retailers will be hit the hardest.

Analysts have a bleak outlook for car dealers after CDK cyberattack

NewsBreak

CDK expects all dealers to be live by early July 4

CDK said on Monday it anticipates all dealers to be live on its dealer management system (DMS) by late July 3 or early morning on July...

CDK expects all dealers to be live by early July 4

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