What Car Would Be Better If It Had A Hatchback Or Liftback?
I think hatchbacks and liftbacks traditionally look better than their betrunked counterparts.
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Jaguar's 1,000-HP Four-Door Electric GT Looks Right At Home Drifting Through The Snow
Jaguar says it's undergoing the most rigorous testing program in the automaker's history.
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The New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Has Heated Seat Belts, And They're For More Than Just Comfort
For the first time in any car, the 2027 S-Class offers heated seat belts as an option.
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Happy 140th Birthday To The Automobile
140 years ago today, on January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for a three-wheeled two-seater vehicle powered by a single-cylinder gasoline engine.
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Tesla Kills Model S And Model X In What Elon Musk Calls 'An Honorable Discharge' So The Factory Can Make Optimus Robots
In its quarterly earnings call on Thursday, Tesla said fourth-quarter profits were down by 61% year-over-year, and annual profit cratered by 46% in 2025.
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2026 Honda Prelude Is Enjoyable To Drive But Feels Underbaked
The Prelude's hybrid system is efficient but not fast or exciting enough, and its simulated S+ shifts don't make a difference. At least the chassis rules.
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Everything We Know About The New Mercedes-Benz 'Little G' Baby G-Class
Compared to a normal G-Class this new model looks scaled down by about 30%.
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'Forza Horizon 6' Will Have More Cars, More Customization, And A Much Bigger World Full Of The Japanese Car Culture We Love
Don't worry, you're not going to have to wait long to play.
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These Are The Auto Factories Our Readers Would Want To Work In
Low-tech or high, volume or bespoke, we asked for your dream manufacturing job and you delivered.
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Bugatti F.K.P. Hommage One-Off Imagines The Veyron Facelift That Never Happened
Based on the Chiron Super Sport's chassis, the F.K.P. Hommage celebrates the Veyron's 20th anniversary, and the sunsetting of the W16 engine.
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I'm Driving The New Honda Prelude Tomorrow, What Do You Want To Know?
Maybe it's not the Prelude that Honda stans wanted, but it's the Prelude we're getting. So, what do you want to know?
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Which Automaker's Factory Would You Want To Work In?
If you were pivoting to a new career in automobile manufacturing, which automaker's factory would you want to work in?
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Look At The Goofy Wings On Bugatti's Prototype Veyrons
The cobbled-together prototypes and goofy the rear wings are a far cry from the beautifully machined arms of the final thing.
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2026 Kia K4 Hatchback Feels Like An Easy Home Run In An Underserved Segment
At $30,135 to start, the GT-Line Turbo model is definitely the way to go.
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White Was Still The Most Popular Car Color In 2025, But Green Is Making A Comeback
It's no secret that the landscape of automotive paint colors is really damn boring, and has been for years.
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Bentley Is 3D-Printing Platinum Now, Too
Those platinum bits aren't Bentley's only "first" for this Batur.
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BMW Says It's Easy And Important To Make Niche Body Style Derivatives, Like The Upcoming Neue Klasse 4 Series Coupe
The 4 Series is an important car for the brand and that it will "play an important role for the future," which is definitely true.
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Electric BMW M3 (And Other BMW M EVs) Will Have Four Electric Motors, Simulated Gear Shifts And Natural Fibers
BMW's M division embracing electrification was always going to be controversial with fans, but the new M3 EV is shaping up to be something seriously quick.
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Both The Honda Civic Type R And Acura Integra Type S Are Getting Facelifts This Year
The Honda Civic Type R and Acura Integra Type S will get facelifts later this year. No, we don't know exactly when they will be revealed or go on sale yet.
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Next-Gen Acura RDX Hybrid Is Coming In A Couple Years, But Production Of The Current One Is Being Suspended Soon Thanks To Suppliers That Can't Make Key Parts
The next-gen RDX will be coming out "within the next couple years," but production of the current model will be suspended at some point this year.
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Kia Doubles Its Performance Offerings With New EV4 GT Hatchback, EV3 GT And EV5 GT Crossovers
While these cars don't offer absurd power levels, like the 641 horses of the EV6 GT, they're nice steps up from the cars they're based on.
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Kia EV2 Is A Tiny Little SUV With A Wonderfully Strange Design And Thoughtful Packaging
The EV2 will have up to 278 miles of range in Europe, and it should start at less than €30,000.
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These Automakers Should Build New City Cars, According To Our Readers
Some of you had some very good ideas, ones that I would genuinely love to see happen.
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The Dodge Charger Daytona EV Outsold The Volkswagen ID Buzz In 2025, But Not By A Lot
Neither of these vehicles really did particularly well, but least the Charger remains on sale.
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Jalopnik Readers Implore Their Fellow Drivers To Listen To This Advice In The New Year
Hopefully there's a piece of advice in here that you'll take to heart in the new year.
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Which Automaker Should Make A New City Car?
Maybe you want to see a new sort of city car, like a tiny roadster, or you want a company like McLaren to try its hand at building one.
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New ID Polo Rights Volkswagen's Interior Design Wrongs With Lots Of Analog Controls, Interesting Materials And Configurable Retro Graphics
The new Polo addresses VW's bad infotainment systems, too much of a reliance on touch controls instead of analog ones, and boring designs.
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