Spring is the perfect excuse to clean up your ride, upgrade your setup, and fix those little annoyances you’ve been ignoring all winter. We dug through the noise and found five genuinely useful Amazon products that make life with your car better — not just cooler. Portable Tire Inflator (Keep It in Your Trunk) Airmoto Portable Tire InflatorFlat tire? Low pressure? This solves both in minutes without a trip to the gas station. It’s one of those “why didn’t I buy this sooner” tools — especially...
7 days ago • 1 min read
Here’s your daily automotive news update — three stories shaping the car world right now, plus a few smart upgrades worth grabbing while everything else gets more expensive. ⛽ TheAutoWire.comGas Prices Surge to 4-Year High This isn’t a slow climb anymore — it’s a spike. The national average for gas has jumped to $4.17 per gallon, the highest level in four years. Even more surprising is how fast it happened. Since late February, prices have surged by over a dollar per gallon, hitting drivers...
13 days ago • 1 min read
Welcome to this week’s combined edition of Backfire News, Modern Car Collector, and The Auto Wire — your all-access pass to car culture, collector insights, and industry updates. Backfire News 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 With 5-Speed Manual Listed for $59,900 as Low-Mileage First-Year Example Hits Collector Market A 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 with 34,758 miles is currently listed for sale with an asking price of $59,900, offering collectors a well-preserved example from the model’s first year of...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to this week’s combined edition of Backfire News, Modern Car Collector, and The Auto Wire — your all-access pass to car culture, collector insights, and industry updates. Backfire News 2027 Toyota Highlander Drops Gas Power Completely, Rebuilt as All-Electric Three-Row SUV Toyota is taking one of its best-known SUVs in a completely different direction. The 2027 Toyota Highlander will abandon gasoline power entirely and return as a fully electric three-row SUV, marking one of the most...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to this week’s combined edition of Backfire News, Modern Car Collector, and The Auto Wire — your all-access pass to car culture, collector insights, and industry updates. Backfire News Justin Bieber’s Roadside Stop Lifts Struggling Indie Musician Having a Hard TimeIndie musician Buku found an unexpected source of support during one of the most difficult stretches of his life when a roadside breakdown led to an encounter with Justin Bieber. Buku, who had recently left his hometown to...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to this week’s combined edition of Backfire News, Modern Car Collector, and The Auto Wire — your all-access pass to car culture, collector insights, and industry updates. Backfire News Dodge Viper Removed From 30-Foot Pole at Kentucky Dealership After 28 Years, Found With Mold and Bird Nest A 1996 Dodge Viper RT/10 that sat atop a 30-foot pole outside Audubon Chrysler in Kentucky for nearly 28 years was recently brought down for inspection and restoration, revealing unexpected...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to this week’s combined edition of Backfire News, Modern Car Collector, and The Auto Wire — your all-access pass to car culture, collector insights, and industry updates. Backfire News Residents Protest Proposed Demolition of Track for Industrial Development Residents and racing supporters in South Carolina have organized protests against plans to demolish Greenville-Pickens Speedway and replace it with an industrial park development. The historic racetrack, located in Pickens County,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to this week’s combined edition of Backfire News, Modern Car Collector, and The Auto Wire — your all-access pass to car culture, collector insights, and industry updates. Backfire News Racing a 700 HP Trans Am in Reverse Roger Bolliger, a name synonymous with racing prowess, embarked on his racing journey in 1991. Over the years, his skills have been sharpened, primarily behind the wheel of a machine that’s nothing short of legendary. Read Here Modern Car Collector Lamborghini Cancels...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Welcome to this week’s combined edition of Backfire News, Modern Car Collector, and The Auto Wire — your all-access pass to car culture, collector insights, and industry updates. Backfire News Kenny Wallace Defends Natalie Decker as Daytona Fallout Turns Personal The Daytona 500 always leaves a mark. Sometimes it’s a photo finish, sometimes it’s a wreck that changes the championship narrative before spring even arrives. And sometimes, the biggest crash happens after the checkered flag —...
3 months ago • 1 min read