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...
18 days 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...
28 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 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...
29 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 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,...
about 1 month 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...
about 1 month 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 —...
about 1 month 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 Alpine’s Exit Sends a Warning Shot Through WEC’s Hypercar Future Alpine is walking away from the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class after 2026. And for a series still celebrating its resurgence, that is not a footnote. It is a warning.This is not happening during a downturn. WEC has full...
about 1 month 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 George Barber Jr., Founder of Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Dies at 85 George Barber Jr., the founder of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and one of the most influential figures in American motorsports preservation, has died at 85.The Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum confirmed his passing in...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
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about 1 month ago • 1 min read