Gerie Leigh Clayton, the owner of Scottsdale-based custom motorcycle maker Sucker Punch Sallys, has been arrested on felony theft charges. Scottsdale police say Clayton, 64, defrauded at least two people by taking money for custom bikes that were never made. “They had placed orders from out of state or out…
This is probably hard to believe, but it appears that texting is not actually one of the most common causes of distracted driving on Arizona highways. The Arizona Department of Public Safety this week released statistics on distracted driving that the agency has been compiling all year, as part of…
Tesla Motors has installed its eighth Supercharger battery-charging system in Arizona.These Supercharger stations can provide Tesla vehicles with a half-capacity charge in about 20 minutes, which is roughly 16 times faster than typical public charging stations for electric vehicles…
After a nearly two-decade absence, Alfa Romeo dealerships are going to make a comeback in the United States.Arizona is getting two of the nation’s 86 Alfa dealers, one in Tucson, and the other alongside Fiat of Scottsdale. Most of the Alfa dealers in the U.S. will be moving in with…
You can’t buy a Tesla in Arizona, but you can get it charged here.Despite Arizona’s law preventing Tesla from using its sales model in the state, the company is opening its latest “supercharger” tomorrow in Flagstaff…
Here’s a guy who’s not ashamed to let everyone know how he feels about penises.This truck with the “NOCIRCM” license plate was spotted this morning in Phoenix, along the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway…
If your engine was ripped out of your car, would you be able to spot your engine if you ever saw it?For one Peoria man, the answer to that question is “yes,” and a chop-shop owner was busted after the victim recognized the engine from his stolen Ford Mustang had…
This might be hard to believe if you’re a Phoenix commuter, but a study says Phoenix has the safest drivers among all the big cities in the United States — for the ninth year in a row.Phoenix drivers, on average, go nearly a decade between collisions, according to a study…
If your car-buying options in Scottsdale seem to be getting a little weak, don’t worry — McLaren’s coming.Consider the McLaren P1, a 903-horsepower hybrid. Of course, you’ll need $1.15 million, which is a little on the high side…
If you had to describe the State of Arizona with just one photo, this might just be that photo.There’s a certain brand of hippie-hating jackassery around here, and many just settle for the “Obama’s a socialist” bumper-sticker. Not this guy, whom we spotted on State Route 51 Wednesday. His hatred…
Every so often, you’ll see stories from around the country about wannabe car thieves who don’t make off with their new ride because they don’t know how to operate a manual transmission.However, police say a woman who tried to steal a car in Phoenix got stumped by an automatic transmission…
If you’re an employee at a Chevrolet dealership, you really ought to know that a stolen car can be tracked down to a precise location if that vehicle is equipped with OnStar.Somehow, that point didn’t register with a now-former employee of Courtesy Chevrolet, as police were able to locate a…
A Tennessee man who was the highest bidder at a Barrett-Jackson auction for a rare Mercedes-Benz claims he didn’t find out the vehicle had an odometer “discrepancy” until weeks after the auction.In response to a federal lawsuit filed by Gary Thompson, lawyers for the Scottsdale-based Barrett-Jackson say that window stickers…
The BBC has released the footage of a 2012 helicopter crash in Coolidge, which happened during the filming of a scene for the South Korean version of the automotive show Top Gear.The crash — which was not planned — took place almost a year ago, and involved a military helicopter,…
Remember that original Batmobile that was sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale over the weekend for more than $4.6 million?Forget about that, because two Ferrari were sold for more than $8 million each at two different, smaller, Valley auctions this weekend.See also:-Batmobile Sells for $4.6 Million at Barrett-Jackson; Man…
Saturday night was a typical Saturday night at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction — the day the real money is tossed around.For example, the gentleman who dropped $4.62 million — four point six-two million American dollars — for an original Batmobile, and the man who spent $1.1 million to be the…
For whatever reason, many of us enjoy watching rich people buy cars for one week every year, at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale.For most people around the country, that experience is given to you through the boob tube, but the in-person experience is a bit more than watching…
