Cars and Car Design

BMW Jerks Are Happy Jerks, Study Says

The stereotype of L.A. BMW drivers as self-satisfied jerks (nothing personal, boss -- just reporting the news) just got some scientific ammunition. AXA insurance's 2012 annual Motoring Census found that drivers of Bravarian lovelies were the most likely to express "enjoyment" behind the wheel durin ... More >>

Corey Delaine Stewart: Cops Say Suspect Had SUV Rigged For Rape, Used It

Cops say they've arrested a man wanted in connection with a super-creepy rape in which a vehicle rigged with a passenger door that could not be opened was used in an attack on a woman contacted through a social networking site. Corey Delaine Stewart has been charged in connection with the rape, Gar ... More >>

The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, March 4 Jenny O THE SATELLITE Jenny O's just-out new album, Automechanic (on Holy Trinity/Thirty Tigers), is another strong contribution to L.A.'s new-school canyon-country scene. Produced by the supremely versatile Jonathan Wilson, it fits perfectly alongside Father John Misty's recent Fea ... More >>

Ammar Harris' ID'd In Vegas Strip Shooting; Cops Say He's Armed & Dangerous

See also: Crazy Vegas Strip Car-To-Car Shooting Involving Maserati Ends With 3 Dead. Las Vegas police tonight said a man who lives only a mile from Thursday's horrific car-to-car shooting on the Strip is the suspect in the attack. Cops identified Ammar Harris, 26, as a suspect at-large: They said ... More >>

VIDEO: Stephanie Pratt's BF Julien Chabbott Runs Over Cop's Foot

New Yorkers say L.A. is the home of the shallow, vacant, star-struck millionaire. Well, Manhattan is starting to look a lot like Beverly Hills. Over the weekend the boyfriend of The Hills star Stephanie Pratt was videotaped making a douche fool of himself as he ran over the foot of a New York City ... More >>

Cassette Tapes Are Awesome Until You Actually Have To Listen To Them

See also: Here Are the Songs They Play at a Middle School Dance About a decade ago I crashed my car. Bad. I still remember it pretty clearly. I had a bad haircut and was driving on the feeder next to a highway and listening to music (maybe Missy Elliott's "Work It" or maybe Jimmy Eat World's "The ... More >>

Compton Rapper 'KP Dolla' Cuts off GPS Tracker, Walks Out of Court, Drives Away in Maserati

Well, this is embarrassing. According to the LAPD, "convicted violent felon and registered sex offender" Perry Pemberton, 29, is on the loose after cutting off his GPS tracker during court recess, strolling out of Van Nuys Superior Court unnoticed and possibly driving away in his Maserati. The fac ... More >>

Only in Hollywood: Smash-and-Grab Robber Cruises Around in Rented Benz Convertible, Other Luxury Cars

Ah, the good life of a smash-and-grab robber in Hollywood! LAPD detectives say they caught convicted thief Sean Ray, who lives a short trip down the 101, cruising up on various cars in the Hollywood area -- punching their passenger-side windows out and snatching whichever electronics he could find ... More >>

Honda Civic Hybrid Only Gets 30 Miles Per Gallon? L.A.'s Heather Peters Sues ... The Right Way

So you bought an ugly, slab-sided Honda Civic hybrid thinking it would, despite its Danny DeVito looks, become the next "it" car for the eco hipsters. Wrong again, ethanol breath. Turns out earlier models of the Civic hybrid came with way less gas mileage than advertised -- 30 versus 50 -- as a re ... More >>

Hot Wheels Convention: $125,000 Volkswagen Beach Bomb and Other Awesome Collectables

The 25th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention, held last weekend at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, was a convention like no other we have attended. There were a few of the typical activities-- autograph signings, a custom car contest, games for the kids-- but the real action took place off the ... More >>

Carroll Shelby, Go-Fast Mustang Icon, Named in Sexual Harassment Suit as an Alleged Groper

Eleanor from 'Gone in 60 Seconds' is a Shelby.​Carroll Shelby, known for his iconic Mustangs built in L.A., was named in a $5 million sexual harassment lawsuit, Courthouse News Service reported this week. Shelby, in fact, wasn't the main, alleged culprit. The L.A. Superior Court suit claims t ... More >>

Hybrid Carpool Lane Access Ending Friday in California: Yay!

​Ah, hybrid owners -- how we love to hate you. So smug behind the wheel of your fuel efficient dork-mobiles, switching four lanes just to get to the carpool zone where you'll pass us all by. No more. California's "Yellow Clean Air Vehicle Stickers" expire for good on Friday, so you'll have t ... More >>

Mayra Martinez, 17, Abducted in South L.A., Authorities Say: Amber Alert Issued For Suspect Rafael Ibarra

Mayra Martinez.​Update: Sheriff's officials said today she was found safe in the city of Bell late "last night," and that Ibarra was taken into custody. Authorities say 17-year-old Mayra Martinez was "taken by force" from South L.A. today, and tonight they issued an amber alert for the man th ... More >>

Stolen SUV Turned Clown Car: 7 Women, 1 Man Detained in Freeway LAPD Chase

KTLAThe Big Eight​There was a bona fide party on the 110 South this chilly morning, when an SUV with stolen plates was pulled over after an LAPD chase on the 5 from Burbank. Guess who tumbled out?

How to Pay Off Your Parking Tickets And Get Your Car Towed in L.A. Anyway: A True Story

The victim: A 2008 Toyota Highlander.​Question: When is it okay for authorities to have your car towed even after you've paid all your parking tickets. Answer: Pretty much any day in L.A. (Yay). It actually happened last week to Angeleno Chris Fitts, who told the Weekly he paid off all his p ... More >>

City of L.A. Still Investing Over $1 Million in 200-Car Executive Fleet

Destination 360Hey -- if we're gonna sit in traffic, might as well do it on city dime​LA Daily News columnist Kerry Cananaugh keeps it short and sweet today with a ball-busting column on those 200-plus "car crazy" city employees who just can't bring themselves to give up their city-funded ride ... More >>

Murdered Hollywood Publicist Ronni Chasen Videotaped Driving Mystery Mercedes

TMZRonni Chasen in a mystery Mercedes.​TMZ has obtained video of murdered Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen driving a Mercedes-Benz -- not the one she was killed in -- and police are taking a look. The video, however, was taken down Wednesday afternoon. The video was shot by a private investig ... More >>

Northbound 405 Reopened After CHP Officer Struck On Freeway

​The northbound 405 at National Boulevard in West Los Angeles was reopened Wednesday afternoon following a collision that critically injured a California Highway Patrol officer. The lanes were reopened at 4:45 p.m., authorities said. The freeway was closed in both directions for two hours foll ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Gets Alcohol-Monitoring Bracelet

​After flying into Los Angeles from France over the weekend actress Lindsay Lohan showed up for court Monday morning, where a judge slapped her with a bracelet that monitors alcohol use and mandated that she drink no booze and submit to weekly drug tests. Lohan was late to her Beverly Hills S ... More >>

Toyota Suspends Sales Of SUV That Failed 'Consumer Reports' Test

Toyota​Toyota late Tuesday announced it was suspending sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV after Consumer Reports magazine reported it was prone to rolling over and declared the vehicle a "Don't Buy: Safety Risk." "We are taking the situation with the GX 460 very seriously and are determined t ... More >>

Man Turns In 58 Guns; Has 99 Problems But A Snitch Ain't One

KTLA News​A mystery man turned in 58 guns, including 14 rifles, some of them assault-type weapons, to a "gifts for guns" exchange in Compton Tuesday. The scene was witnessed by KTLA News, but the man did not want to speak on-camera. The exchange, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Depart ... More >>

USC Football Player Spotted Driving Businessman's SUV

USCJoe McKnight.​Joe McKnight, a star tailback at USC, has been driving an SUV owned by a Santa Monica businessman, an arrangement that would be against NCAA rules, the Los Angeles Times reports. The paper states that a reporter has seen the player behind the wheel at least once, and that the ... More >>

Commenter Denies USC Player Was Provided SUV

USCJoe McKnight.​A commenter who says he's the Santa Monica businessman who registered an SUV that the Los Angeles Times reports has been driven by USC star tailback Joe McKnight denied providing the vehicle the player in a post responding to to LA Weekly's own item on the matter Saturday. T ... More >>

$700K Douche-mobile Seized By U.S. Customs

Cizeta.​Ah, the irreverence and pomposity of the rich and taste-challenged knows no bounds, even in these tough economic times. Take the case of this rare, 1994 Cizeta V16 douche-mobile which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized on Monday not only because it had allegedly bee ... More >>

YOU AUTO KNOW

Tiger: I Did Have Sex With That Woman ... Or Something Like That

Jaimee Grubbs​As a Los Angeles reality show hopeful revealed voice-mail left by Tiger Woods as proof of their affair, the golf legend finally came clean Wednesday, stating on his site, "I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart." Jaimee Grubs told Us Wee ... More >>

CANOGA PARK IS DEAD

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 251, Man Killed In Case of Mistaken Identity

A man was killed in Northridge on October 18 in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. According to police, two groups of men were yelling at each other near the southeast corner of White Oak Avenue and Lassen Street. View Larger Map When one group realized that the other group was carryi ... More >>

Shriver-gate: Maria Apologizes

California First Lady Maria Shriver apologized after paparazzi snapped her driving while talking on a mobile phone, sans hands-free device. Husband and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state's "hands-free law," which mandates that drivers must use hands-free devices such as Bluetooth he ... More >>

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FASHION NIRVANA?

LA Fashion week is in full swing, and though it's too early to make judgments about the season as a whole, some definite trends are already emerging. Hello again grunge! Yes, the plaid flannel is flapping in the breeze once again, along with Chris Cornell hair, motorcycle boots, Indiana Jones-styl ... More >>

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