Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, a daily sweep of today’s top headlines from the auto industry and car culture, curated by The Drive’s editorial team. Each story gets a short summary and a link to the original source if you want to dive deeper. Here’s what’s cooking on Thursday, September 17, 2026: The latest episode of The Drivecast, The Drive’s weekly podcast, went live yesterday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. One apparently major topic of discussion at Toyota’s most recent annual dealer meeting in Las Vegas was lobbying; specifically, how dealers could lobby their respective state lawmakers ahead of midterm elections in November to discourage tariffs that have lifted auto…
Toyota Leans on Dealers’ Help to Lobby Against Tariffs: TDS
