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DARK SECRETS: Cars - The Real Truth

NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. announces next racing start

It's in the CARS Tour at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway

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Disney's new Marvel poster mashups are hilariously unexpected

And for some reason, they work.

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“I do not think I have a talent for pop music. I’m much better if I slow it down a bit, make it a bit menacing, add a hint of mystery or oppression, I’m in my element at that point”: How to emulate the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars

We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW

MusicRadar

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Where Brad Pitt’s F1 movie ranks among the biggest racing films at the US box office

'F1' has turned Brad Pitt into a motorsport box office record-breaker, sitting behind only the 'Cars' films in the US

Motorsport

Drivers having a collective meltdown as cars have a secret feature that can turn the interior into a swamp

Hurry up and check your car, right now!

We Got This Covered

"That's how the band took Ric's demos and turned them into Cars songs": The Cars are working on a new album using Ric Ocasek’s old recordings

New biography is out about the new wave band

MusicRadar

The Cars' surviving members working on new music started by late frontman Ric Ocasek

The Cars have been working on new music from demos left behind by late frontman Ric Ocasek.

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‘Nobody is painted any worse than they actually were’: new book tells the true story of the Cars

In Let the Stories Be Told, the surviving members of the 80s band share the behind-the-scenes drama behind some of the decade’s biggest hits

The Guardian - US

“To surprise me, they put my name on the headstock in gold lettering – but they spelled it wrong”: The Cars’ Elliot Easton on the Flying V that Tim Shaw built him – a “gorgeous” guitar (even if Gibson slipped up on his name)

Easton’s 1982 Gibson Custom Shop left-handed Flying V was a much-loved guitar, but when someone offered "stupid money" for it he couldn’t turn it down. Still, it looked cool on the cover of GW

Guitar World

“I paid $2,800 for it at a vintage dealer. Now, I think the guitar would be worth six figures”: What was Elliot Easton’s greatest gear find? The Cars legend reveals all – and argues that today’s players have never had it better

The former Cars six-stringer talks early guitar exploits, the golden age of vintage-guitar buying, and why he’s not as jazzed about amps as he is about guitars themselves

Guitar World

Analyst Revs Up Cars.com, Hits The Brakes On 3 Others

Shares of auto retail ecosystem companies have outperformed year-to-date, despite the announcement of auto tariffs and industry fundamentals weakening "even before the impact of tariffs have flowed through to vehicle pricing," according to JPMorgan.

Benzinga

“The Epiphone and Squier guitars that you can get now, with a good setup, will play great and sound very close to more expensive versions”: Why The Cars' Elliot Easton believes a guitar's setup is more important than its price tag

Is it worth breaking the bank for a guitar? The Cars' six-stringer doesn't think so...

Guitar World

Disney Releases More Details On Its New Cars-Themed Land

Last year, Disney announced an entire land dedicated to Pixar's Cars at its Magic Kingdom Park in Orlando. Aside from a few illustrations that, actually, looked pretty awesome, the details were otherwise scarce. But today, the company has revealed new information on its next big expansion—including a name.

Motor1

Josh Berry: CARS Tour puts on a better show than "horrible" ARCA

Earlier this year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Josh Berry earned his first career Cup Series win, taking the iconic No. 21 Wood Brothers machine to Victory Lane. He also has five wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, but it was the CARS Late Model Tour where he truly made…

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“John Lennon hated doubling his vocals. The chief engineer at Abbey Road came up with a way to add a delay and put it onto another track. That’s what that pedal does”: The Cars’ Elliot Easton on the secrets of his pedalboard –and the wizard who made it

Easton has a Dumble-in-a-box, 12-string jangle on demand and a whole bunch of wildcards on a pedalboard that's got a little bit of everything

MusicRadar

“After every take, Mutt would say, ‘Check the tuning, man!’ This went on and on for almost a year. One day, I just gave him the guitar and said, ‘You tune it. I can’t take this anymore!’”: How legendary producer Mutt Lange drove the Cars half-mad

And the result? 'A beautiful record,' says guitarist Elliot Easton

The Guardian - UK

Roy Thomas Baker obituary

Record producer, songwriter and arranger whose work on Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody took the single to the top of the charts around the world

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Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody producer Roy Thomas Baker dead at 78

Legendary producer Roy Thomas Baker, who produced albums for Queen and The Cars, has died.

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“It was the most disgusting thing I could ever imagine. It makes me sick just thinking of it!” The Cars’ guitarist Elliot Easton recalls the worst thing that ever happened to him on stage

The band had a rude awakening on their first trip to England

MusicRadar

“When I came up with the main hook I realised that it was reminiscent of a Beatles song”: How The Cars created an American rock classic

Guitar World

“He fell in love with my SGs, so now I have to buy him one. I told him that one day it would show up at his door”: Looking to take his post-Cars career in a more guitar-heavy direction, Ric Ocasek formed an unlikely partnership with an alt-rock icon

For what would become his fifth solo album, Ocasek reached out to Smashing Pumpkins mastermind Billy Corgan, and came away impressed by his arranging talents and technical abilities

Motor1

Disney World's New Cars Ride Looks Awesome

Disney is finally bringing its beloved Cars franchise to the Magic Kingdom park in Orlando, Florida. As part of a massive expansion to Frontierland, the company announced a Cars land with two new attractions on the former site of Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island. Disney recently released more…

Guitar World

“Guitar World was putting together this CD... I thought, ‘Guitar players are gonna try to play the most mind-blowing shredding’… So I did an acoustic piece in DADGAD”: The Cars' Elliot Easton considers this lost gem to be one of his best performances

Walk On Walden stood out in comparison to Easton's previous work with the Cars, and especially in the context of the compilation in question. Not that this was an accident

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3 Used Car Stocks Benefiting from High Auto Prices

As rising costs push more buyers toward affordable alternatives, the used car market is seeing strong momentum. Given this backdrop, we think it could be wise to scoop up the shares of fundamentally sound used car stocks Carvana Co. (CVNA), CarGurus, Inc. (CARG), and Cars.com Inc. (CARS). Read more….

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CarMax Is Firing on All Pistons as Growth Returns

When it comes to used cars in the United States, CarMax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) stands out as the largest used car dealership. The auto/tires/trucks sector giant opera

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