If you are detecting a hint of bacon smell right about now, I hate to disappoint you but it’s not coming from your kitchen. It’s coming through your computer straight from me, because here at BangShift Mid-West we’ve had to endure one of Mother Nature’s hot flashes. All week long it’s been a scorcher and that’s before we discuss what I’ve been working on in the shop and my temper…but that’s a story for another time. Right now we need to look at some of the random news from this past week that crossed the desk. With a proper roasting and a bit of salt for good measure, we present Scrapple to you. Enjoy!

1. Official Notice: Your new Supra is going to be a bit late.

So you’ve managed to get an order in for the new 2020 Toyota Supra. Nice. You’ve bided your time, you’ve paid your deposits, you’ve ignored everyone of your friends who’ve compared it with the 2020 Corvette, and you’ve gotten the notice that your car was on a truck and headed to the dealership. You’re happy. Or, rather, you were happy, up until you got a notice that Toyota is going to have to replace your car because it was one of three on a truck that got wrecked in Hungary, where the Supra and BMW Z4 are built.

Sorry, bro.

2. As The World Turns For Carlos Ghosn

Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO turned Japanese lawyer’s payday, is giving some hell back to Nissan and Mitsubishi via a lawsuit filed in the Netherlands. He’s seeking $16.8 million in damages from the auto manufacturers for failing to disclose why Mitsubishi and Nissan ousted him from his role as the chairman of the alliance he headed up last year. Per law in the Netherlands (where the holding company for the Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance is and where Ghosn’s tax domicile is listed), he was supposed to be provided with why he was being fired and evidence for the accusations. Guess what he never got?

3. From UPCG: My apologies to every Ford garage…

The Ford PowerShift dual-clutch transasxles found in the Ford Fiesta and Focus has been the subject of plenty of criticism lately, rooted from a Detroit Free Press article that claimed that Ford knew of problems with the unit but pushed along with the sales of cars. According to Automotive News, Ford has pushed out a memo instructing dealerships to fix any 2011-2017 Focus or Fiesta that comes in PowerShift problems, such as “shuddering, slipping, jerking or hesitation” when changing gear. There’s going to be a lot of bitching coming from the service bays, so to every dealership executive: cut your service advisors and wrenches a break.

4. C’mon…the Raging Bull emblem didn’t have a raging…

When one guy builds one replica of a supercar at his house in tribute, he’s heralded for his craft and his attention to detail. But when officials in Santa Catarina, Brazil discovered a shop that was building copies of Lamborghinis and Ferraris, that’s when it crossed a few lines. A father and son duo were arrested after molds, tools, and trademarked badging was found in the workshop. They were released but are expected to be charged with crimes against industrial property, and police are going to start interviewing people who had placed orders for cars to see if they were aware of the situation.

Here’s a hint: no Lamborghini Huracán came from the factory with a V6 engine.

5. Fifty years ago, this was perfectly acceptable. Or so I’ve been told…Oh, Canada…what the hell? An Ontario officer pulled over a driver and discovered that his young son was sitting on a 30-pack of beer as a booster seat. In Ontario, any child under the age of eight that is under four-foot-nine and eighty pounds must be in a child seat or booster seat by law. A thirty-pack does not constitute a booster seat, and no cop is going to really take pity on you when they find this out at 2:30 in the morning!