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    Size Apparently Not Important: Fiat 500 Tops Sexy Car List

    If this were on Family Feud, even the Jalopnik family would have failed to get the steal. But there's no Richard Dawson, or even Ray Combs, just Captain Slow. A Top Gear survey found the Fiat 500 to be the sexiest car ever. Number 4 on the list? Chevrolet Camaro. So with the combination of the Z28 in his own garage and the Fiat 500 at the home of his tree-farming surgeon father, Austin is now the sexiest-driving semi-regular Jalopnik contributor. Shockingly the El Camino, or even the Holden Ute,

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    Something Rotten In Detroit: AutoExtremist And Jason Vines Spar On Incentives

    Sweet Peet D. is at it again. This time he's taking the shine off of GM's recent buyout news and claiming it's not as rosy picture that most news outlets are reporting. The reason? Detroit's latest round of price-slashing is proof that the big three are still addicted to incentives. At least this time GM understands that a sale shouldn't last forever, says Sweet Peet D., but we're still holding our breath until it ends — incentives have a way of sticking around. But wait, wait — Sweet Peet ain't

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    Mamma Mia! Delphi To Supply Parts For Ferrari 599

    Delphi announced that they will be making the fancy-schmancy magnetorheological dampers on the new Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. So that means the 599's dampers will be just like ones on MagnaRide-equipped GM vehicles? Let's all hope that the 599's suspension is a little more well sorted out than the one on the Cadillac XLR. Delphi will also supply the climate control system and electrical system for the 599.

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    Prodrive Joins F1, 2 Years From Now

    There will be 12 teams competing in the 2008 Formula One season, and one of them will be Prodrive. The other 11 will be the 11 teams already competing in F1. Prodrive is headed up by David Richards, former team principal at BAR Honda, and (we just learned) 1981 WRC champion co-driver to Ari Vatanen. Richards is also the commercial rights holder to the World Rally Championship. Prodrive was the only new team accepted into F1 out of 11 applicants. Among the denied applicants are former Minardi bos

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    Tango And Clooney

    Remember that time that our west coast celebrity-blogging sibling Defamer got some news on George Clooney's electric car, and we were all like "Defamer got some car news before us, wow." And then remember we were like, totally jealous and stuff? Hell, even big brother/sister/poppa/momma bear Gawker was impressed. "Who are they to be stalkin' our man!" we remember them cryin' while strikin' their best baby-momma pose. Yeah, that was totally an awesome night. But this is more awesome...

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    Garage Mahals: Exotic Car Condos

    If you're in the high-fidelity first-class traveling set, and you think you need to buy a Lear jet, then you'll need a place to park your exotic car when you're away on travel. Did we say park? We meant to say that you'll need a condo for your car when you're away. That's right, a condo. Park Place Car Condos to be more precise. Right now they're in North Miami and Fort Lauderdale, and if Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has taught us anything, secure storage is sorely needed in that locale. But it's

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    Breaking!: Brokeback Enzo Case - "Trevor" Found, Arrested!

    "Trevor", or at least the guy we're assuming is "Trevor", has been nabbed by the po-po. Carl Freer, former managing director of Gizmondo (reminder: not Gizmodo), was picked up at his Bel-Air estate on suspicion of posing as a police officer to buy a gun. At this point there is no connection to the Enzo crash, but if you put the dots together you'll make a pretty picture which may or may not spell the name "Trevor." Let's take a closer look, after the jump.

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    The TICU: Fighting The Man, One Ice Cream At A Time

    This is no ordinary ice cream truck. It's the Tactical Ice Cream Unit, from the Center for Tactical Magic. Don't let the happy music and frozen treats fool you, these beatniks behind this are out to subvert every element of our American society. When you're busy supporting Wal-Mart and not protesting the war, the TICU is out on the street, handing out populist messages to impressionable young children. Worst of all, they're giving away ice cream for free. Yeah, we're kidding. But the free ice cr

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    20 Years After Chernobyl

    On this day twenty years ago, the number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a steam explosion that lead to a meltdown and the worst disaster in this history of nuclear power. Today the nearby town of Pripyat, Ukraine is empty. The surrounding area is still a dead zone, heavy with radiation and almost totally void of human life. It's therefore the perfect, if eerie, place to drive. Or ride, as Elena does with regularity and documents on her website. More after the jump. [Update: T

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    News Flash: Oil Still Expensive

    Amidst all the hoopla going on about the high price of oil, today's message seems to be "it's the market, stupid." In other words, get used to it. Oil stayed above $73 a barrel despite President Bush halting storing of oil in our national rainy day fund of oil reserves, killing environmental requirements for re-formulated fuel mixes and pushin' Congress on not droppin' pipelines in the Alaskan wilderness. Why? Lots of good reasons that won't make you feel any better. Read on...

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    Knight Of The Knerds

    What do you do if you're a young loner on a campaign to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law? You get yourself a Knight Industries Two Thousand. How do you do that? You go to The Foundation, the Definitive Knight Rider Conversion Community. Of course, your KITT won't actually talk to you, and they don't tell you how to sell millions of albums in Germany. More after the jump.

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    Benz Truck Auction - For Cheaps!

    Austin loves old Benzes, especially the W126 560 SEL. And what better way to beat gas prices than to put a greasecar conversion on an old Mercedes diesel? Answer: turn it into a Mercedes-greasecar-amino, but we digress. This is a very special kind of old Benz, an obscure 1979 truck called the L409, and you can buy it now for only $5,555. It's in Oxnard and it's not registered in the US, but it does come with customs papers. Take that, Stefan Ericsson! More after the jump:

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    Button Will Break His Duck, Says Mansell

    What's the deal with the British? When will they learn to speak proper English? Can't the headline just explain that Jenson Button will finally win his first race instead of talking about waterfowl? Anyway, Nigel Mansell, fourth place on the all-time Formula One wins chart and the only man to win hold both the F1 and CART World Championships at the same time, thinks good ol' Jens is on the verge of standing on top of the podium. Hasn't Mansell been watching the last three seasons of F1? Jenso

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    Urban Legends: The Chevy Nova

    As the story goes, the Chevy Nova didn't sell well in spanish-speaking countries in the 1970s because "No va" in spanish means "doesn't go". Who would buy a car that doesn't go, right? Well, it's not true, according to PR flak Brian Akre on GM's new FYI Blog. Of course, there's more...

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    Jalopnik Goes mph: Mike Austin, Guest Associate Editor For Jalopnik

    Don't adjust your dials folks, we haven't warped into another universe or back to late 2005 and another website. My name is Mike Austin and l'll be filling in for Davey G. this week. He has already transferred his love of Caminos to me telepathically, so coverage of all things both car and truck will continue uninterrupted. In case folks are worried about my Jalopnik street-cred, here's a few things you should know:

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