Wednesday, 4/3/2024

Good morning!

Well now, 'tis the season for auto shows to start revving up.  The seasonal weeklies, monthlies, and annuals are starting to come back! 

Del Mar Nationals

rolls this weekend!   

LaVerne's Cool Cruise Car Show

 is this weekend.  And if you head out there stop by my friend's retail biz -

Outdoor Elegance

.  Doug and Sharon Sanicola offer the finest patio furniture.  And they're awesome people.  Tell them Tom from iDriveSoCal sent you.

All the news and lots more cool car happenings are linked below.

Keep driving!

-T

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Del Mar Nationals roars Friday through Sunday!  Details HERE.

DRIVING & AUTOMOTIVE NEWS

HEADLINES

• Check out progress on the new iDSC Auto Museum Directory.

• Multi-county car SoCal chase leads to woman's arrest.

• Safety of SoCal bridges questioned post Baltimore collapse.

• CA identified as the car theft capital of the US!

• Newsom amps up surveillance for road safety in this city.

• Consequences of WH EV mandate - intended or not??

• Ford cutting two-thirds of it's EV plant - low demand.

• Top EV company posts massive profits - eyes US market

• Chinese EV company IPOs to Ford GM values.

• CCP-linked EV battery maker tries evicting MI man from his land.

• Hailstorm destroys solar farm - now chemicals from panels an issue

• NFL player sought in 6-vehicle crash involving Lambo & Corvette

• College athlete pay on display in school parking lot - fancy muscle!

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS 

• Fisker slashes prices to stay alive - customers displeased

• EV sales trending way below 2030 target - improbable at best.

• $7.5B to build 500k EV chargers - 7 are made.

• Amid EV slow-down Tesla leaning into advertising.

• Self-driving cars greenlit for this city!?

TOP IT OFF

• RECALL: Huge Kia call-back on popular SUV.

• RECALL: Subaru needs'em back - airbags

• NASCAR sinkhole reveals moonshine cave!

• World's first supercar sells at auction for $$$

• Flying car tech (that works) sold to Chinese co.

• Did you see those lights in the SoCal sky?!

SHARE OUR LOVE OF CARS

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THE SHOWS

WED & FRIDAY - Shows HERE

SATURDAY - Shows HERE

SUNDAY - Shows HERE

MON & TUES - Shows HERE

iDSC Car Gal, Bobbi Gardner is fine-tuning classic car insurance.  Customizing coverage for every stage of restoration!  Details HERE

iDSC COMMUNITY 

Thanks to Mary-Ellen O. for sending in this pic of a small car show her club had in La Quinta.  That's her '23 Corvette she's shared with us in the past.  And her friend Alex's '33 Ford Roadster next to it.  (Which I once mistook for a Prowler!)

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