---
title: "The Evening Rush for Oct. 26, 2015"
description: "Your nightly cull of automotive, gear and lifestyle news, all in one place."
date: "2015-10-26"
modified: "2015-10-26"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/649/the-evening-rush-for-oct-26-2015"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Roundup"
---

# The Evening Rush for Oct. 26, 2015

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*The Evening Rush is your daily roundup of auto, gear, and lifestyle news, all in one place. Less time searching, more time driving. Motor on.*

**Automotive**

Lewis Hamilton Wins Another F1 Championship in a Wild U.S. Grand Prix this Sunday in Austin. [More here](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/644/the-hidden-greatness-of-austins-formula-1-grand-prix>).

Mercedes-Benz has recalled 2,600 of its flagship S-Class for seat-belt and starter-motor issues. [More here](<https://www.autoblog.com/2015/10/26/mercedes-s-class-seat-belt-starter-motor-recall/>).

![102615\_roundup\_mercedes\_art.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/102615_roundup_mercedes_art.jpg>)
**Mercedes-Benz**

In the uncool move of the weekend, Valentino Rossi kneed competitor Marc Márquez in the MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix. [More here.](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/34630634>)

Audi has announced a sport version of its long-wheelbase A8, fittingly called the A8 L 4.0T Sport. The super-sedan will have 450 horsepower, creating a handy stepping stone between the 333-horse A8 and 520-horse S8. [More here.](<https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/2016-audi-a8-l-4-0t-sport-pictures-specs-news/>)

**Gear**

Turn a power outage into a raging party with the Brunton Lightwave Amp. The Lightwave is a 700-lumen lantern and Bluetooth speaker in one. [More here.](<https://www.brunton.com/products/lightwave-amp>)

Decisions, decisions. Eddie Bauer now gives customers the ability to configure their Microtherm Stormdown jackets over 1 million ways. [More here](<https://www.eddiebauer.com/custom?cm_mmc=CJ-_-FlexOffers.com%2C+LLC-_-7772567-_-Redirect+Link&utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=7772567&cvosrc=affiliate.cj.7772567>).

![102615\_roundup\_eddiebauer\_art.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/102615_roundup_eddiebauer_art.jpg>)
**Eddie Bauer**

**Lifestyle**

For true surfers, the end of summer means going from a 3/2 mm to a 4/3 mm wetsuit rather than calling it quits. Follow The Drive’s writer-at-large Benjamin Preston as he hunts the autumn swells of NYC. [More here.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/630/the-best-damn-wave-in-new-york-city>)

In the age of Netflix and Hulu, drive-in movie theaters have become harder and harder to find—which is why we’re geeking out so hard on this drive-in database. [More here.](<https://driveinmovie.com/mainmenu.htm>)

We used to find ourselves overwhelmed by the sheer variety of wristwatches out there—that is, until GQ came out with this concise list. [More here](<https://www.gq.com/gallery/60-gq-approved-watches-to-buy-now#1>).

## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/maxems>)