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New Audi A4 TDI Gets 51 MPG Everywhere But USA
This is the new Audi A4 TDI, equipped with a 2.0-liter four cylinder diesel capable of achieving 51 MPG. The trouble? It's not coming to the US. Fire up the flames of outrage.
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BMW X5 M, X6 M: 555 HP All-Wheel-Drive Super-Soft-Roaders!
The BMW X5 M and BMW X6 M, both powered by brand-new 555 HP 4.4-liter V8 M engines, are the first all-wheel-drive models in the history of the BMW M series.
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2010 Buick Allure: Like The LaCrosse, Except More Canadian
GM Canada wants you to know they're still alive and breathing and in order to create hype they've re-badged the 2010 Buick LaCrosse. It's the all-new (kinda) 2010 Buick Allure, now with more gravy, eh.
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2010 Corvette Grand Sport: Wider, Sportier, Grander
Absent since the C4's demise, the Corvette Grand Sport is back for 2010, this time sporting wider Z06 bodywork, larger brakes and the option of either a Coupe or Convertible. Another commemorative sticker package? Not-so-much.
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Proof Track-Only Maseratis Can Still Be Great Fun
Are you itching to buy the recently-announced Maserati GranTurismo MC but put off that you can’t drive it on the public road? Don’t worry. There is a way.
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SMS 570X Challenger: 700 HP With "Minor" Modifications
How do you get a 5.7 Hemi to make 700 HP? With a whopping great big supercharger, that's how. But don't worry, the rest of the SMS 570X Challenger has been suitably beefed up, too.
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2010 Mazdaspeed3: Sleeper No More
If you like aggressive nagare styling and turbo hot hatch power you're going to love the 2010 Mazdaspeed3. If you don't like those things we don't recommend you viewing all the hotness below the jump.
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Bentley Continental Supersports: 204 MPH On E85
The Bentley Continental Supersports runs on gasoline or E85 bioethanol. Run it on E85. Not for the environment. Not for Iowa. Do it so you can hit 204 MPH in Bentley style.
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2010 Land Rover LR4 Updated With Jaguar V8
It's not just the 2010 Range Rover Sport that gets the new 5.0 Jaguar V8, the 2010 Land Rover LR4 gets a 375 HP version. Oh, and this one actually goes off road.
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2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee: Mercedes Chassis Meets Hemi Power
The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee has been fully revealed and the new SUV, riding on the Mercedes ML chassis, takes Jeep in an entirely different and upscale direction.
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Mercedes E63 AMG: 518 HP Hammers Out 186 MPH Top Speed
With a 7-speed gearbox and 518 HP, the 2010 Mercedes E63 AMG sounds like one hell of a performance sedan. Of course, the 465 Lb-Ft of Torque and 186 MPH top speed help too.
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2010 Range Rover Sport Gets 510 HP Supercharged V8
What's more ridiculous than a sport-oriented SUV? How about a 510 HP 2010 Range Rover Sport? It gets the new 5.0-liter supercharged V8 from the 2010 Jaguar XFR. When did Range Rover become a pussycat?
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2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee: Good Looking, But Is It Enough?
Chrysler showed us the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee in person last week and frankly, we're impressed. It's the most attractive Chrysler interior and exterior we've seen in a while. But is that enough?
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AEV J8 MILSPEC: A Jeep J8, Built For Civilians
When we say the AEV J8 MILSPEC is just like a Jeep J8 Wrangler, we don't mean a close approximation, we mean AEV buys the crates as they leave Toledo and assembles them by hand.
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Buying (13)
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Overhaulin'-Built 1930 Ford Model A On Craigslist For $75K
Arguably the best build to come out of the show Overhaulin', the Chip Foose-designed 1930 Ford Model A is up for sale on Craigslist for an eye-popping $75,000.
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2009 Nissan 370Z: First Drive
The Nissan 370Z is more powerful, lighter and faster than the 350Z. But has it lost some of its fun in a drive for greater performance?
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Honda Walking Assist: A Cybernetic Walk In Times Square
The Honda Walking Assist Devices attempt to augment human mobility with robotic power. Earlier today I took the futuristic prototypes for an exclusive "first outdoors spin" in Times Square.
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2009 Mazda6 Grand Touring: First Drive
The 2009 Mazda6 is supposed to be the driver's car in the mid-size sedan segment. Considering it competes with the Camry, that's not exactly a challenge. Still, can it get us hot and bothered?
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Switzer P800 Nissan GT-R: First Drive
The Switzer P800 Nissan GT-R makes over 700 HP at the wheels, nearly double that of the comparatively plain-Jane GT-R. Luckily that's at all four wheels, because we drove it through both snow and ice.
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RENNtech Mercedes C63 AMG SPEC.R: First Drive
Miami Cops have unmarked Altimas and laser guns. The RENNtech AMG C63 SPEC.R has a top speed of 187 MPH and luckily, sports a custom rear-view mirror-embedded radar/laser-detecting and jamming system. I used it, often.
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GM-Segway PUMA: First Ride
We just took a spin inside the GM-Segway PUMA on 18th Street in Manhattan. It's not what we expected, in fact, we think we kind of like it.
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2010 Chevy Camaro SS: First Drive, New York
Yes, I know we've already reviewed the new Chevy Camaro. I don't care, because after driving one around New York City for an hour last week, I'm comfortable saying I love it. America? Fuck yeah.
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2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
GM doesn't really want us calling this a first drive, but this morning we drove the almost-production-ready 2010 Cadillac SRX and it felt good. Like luxury crossover segment-defying good.
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2010 Shelby GT500: Why The Convertible Sucks
Early this morning, our first drive review told you how awesome the new 2010 Shelby GT500 is. There's only one problem: none of those compliments apply to the convertible.
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2010 Shelby GT500: First Drive
With the 2010 Shelby GT500, SVT's engineers claim they've turned a 500 HP Mustang into a 540 HP super car. They've succeeded, but don't worry; it'll still do enormous burnouts.
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2010 Mazda3: First Drive
The Mazda3 is back and with some shiny new friends. It seems Mazda has brought on a crew of Bedazzlers to ruthlessly attack every 2010 Mazda3 with sparkling injustice.
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Ford Fiesta: First Drive
Want a small, cheap, fun-to-drive, economical, practical car? Right now there's not many choices at all and none if you want to buy American. The Ford Fiesta will change that.
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Culture (20)
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German Tuning Shop Names Custom Audi RS6 "WHITE POWER"
Berlin-based tuning shop AVUS Performance just launched a 580 HP customized Audi RS6 named the "WHITE POWER Audi RS6." Let me repeat that — a German tuning shop named its new car "White Power." Really.
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Ten Best Super Car Crash Tests
In a strange celebration of the multitudes of wrecked exotics we've recently seen, we've compiled the ten best NHTSA crash tests of sports cars and super cars. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll thank us.
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Seven Cars That Killed Pontiac
Yesterday, lamenting its death, we extolled the virtues of Pontiac's ten best vehicles. Today we face reality — Pontiac's been building terrible cars for years. These seven stinkers drove the nails into the coffin.
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Ruby-Covered Red Gold Mercedes SLR: Ronald McDonald's Wet Dream
This very special Mercedes SLR McLaren Red Gold Dream has been adorned with 500 rubies and 14k gold, transforming a once unassuming super car into something truly eye-catching.
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The Ten Greatest Pontiacs
We told you months ago Pontiac was dead, but today GM CEO Fritz Henderson made it official. Now that the pointy-arrow brand is gone, we'll mourn by celebrating our ten favorite examples of driving excitement.
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Hot Rod Garages, By Peter Vincent
For those of you who like to get your 90-weight-coated paws on some car-themed reading material, we're continuing with this book-review thing. Today we're checking out a weighty slab of a coffee-table book.
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Turning Cars Into Toys: Tilt-Shift Photography Magic
Tilt-shift photography, invented to shoot architectural elements without lens distortion, has recently come into vogue in forced perspective images. It's also a great way to make cars look like adorable little toys.
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Jason Castriota: Stile Bertone Mantide, Pininfarina P4/5 Designer
While in Shanghai, we sat down and interviewed the designer of the Pininfarina P4/5 and controversial, ZR1-based, Stile Bertone Mantide. What does this Jalopnik-reading young sports car designer have to say?
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LSD Lambo Doors On Nissan GT-R Turn It Into Gawdzillawful
We knew this day was coming. It was inevitable. LSD has created a scissor door kit designed for the Nissan GT-R. These actually meet German TUV safety requirements, but that doesn't make 'em right.
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Top Five Pieces Of Hot Engine Porn At SAE
The SAE World Congress is a huge conference of very serious businessmen and engineers gathering to exchange ideas and opine on the industry. It's also a place where you can geek-out on hardcore engine pr0n.
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The Ten Worst Chinese Car Names
The Shanghai Auto Show started today, bringing with it all sorts of new oddly-named vehicles to match often equally odd looks. Perfect time for this list of the ten worst Chinese car names.
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Stile Bertone Mantide: Part Corvette ZR1, Part Italian Model
Meet the one-off Bertone Mantide — part Corvette ZR1, part Italian model, all sex appeal. Designed by Jason Castriota, the Mantide may even outshine his last great design, James Glickenhaus' Pininfarina P4/5. Exclusive gallery below.
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What Color Should Junkman Paint His Olsen Eagle For The Concours d'Lemons?
Remember the Olds Toronado-based Olsen Eagle that filled us with such awe last year? It now sits in Junkman's garage, and he's bringing it out to Monterey for the Concours d'LeMons in August!
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What's Your Favorite Track-Version Of A Production Car
From the comments, we determined the V8-powered Scion tC Drifter wasn't everyone's favorite. Fine. Put your money where your mouth is — what's your favorite track-version of a production car?
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Glory Days: Vintage, Pre-Carpocalypse Auto Dealerships
Do you remember the experience of visiting your friendly neighborhood Chevrolet dealership 50 years ago? No? Well, grab your hula hoops and check out our 60-picture gallery of the past below.
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24 Hours Of LeMons History Lesson: The Winner's Circle, 13 Races In
Whether your team is considering a run at the overall win or the Index Of Effluency at the 24 Hours Of LeMons, it helps to know which cars have had success in the past.
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The Top 94 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Spring 2009
After every 24 Hours Of LeMons race, we put together this list of the top finishers for you. And when we say "top," we mean "every single car that managed to get onto the track."
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Scion iQ Concept: Three-Seat Smart Fighter
Based on the Toyota iQ, the creatively named Scion iQ Concept is over two-feet shorter than a typical subcompact. Scion calls it "Fierce." You tell 'em Tyra.
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Honda Element Dog Friendly Concept Is For The Dogs
The 2009 Honda Element is already the choice of pet-lovers because of its washable floor. Now the Honda Element Dog Friendly Concept adds a cushioned bed, pet restraints, and other neat features for pampered pets.
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The Story Of The Ferrari F40 LM That Lost Its Top
This jewel's unofficially referred to as the Ferrari F40 Barchetta. But is it actually a Ferrari? You may be surprised.
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The Top 20 Reveals From The 2009 Shanghai Auto Show
The Shanghai Auto Show seems like a distant dream now. We laughed. we cried. We swear we got lead poisoning. Below we've compiled the very best of our exclusive international Shanghai coverage. Enjoy the Sinogasm.
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Ford (1)
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1974 Ford Mustang II
There are some parts that usually disappear within minutes of hitting a self-service junkyard. Ford Granada brakes, for example; everyone knows they'll bolt right onto a 60s Mustang. The Mustang II front suspension is another.
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News (220)
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New Transformers 2 Trailer: Now In High-Res!
Here's the new trailer for Transformers 2 we showed you yesterday, except now it's in high-resolution, upping the general ass-kickery. Check out the robogasmic goodness below. UPDATE: Now with 58-shot 1080P screen-cap gallery!
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Eddie Alterman's Very First Car And Driver Editorial
We just received a copy of the first editorial from Car&Driver's new Editor-In-Chief, Eddie Alterman. They've even given us the OK to run it, in its entirety, below. How magnanimous, right?
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Commenter Of The Day: Ford Mustang SSP Edition
The Ford Mustang Severe Service Package, later changed to Special Service Package, is one of our favorite variations of the much-varied pony car. Built between 1982 and 1983, approximately 15,000 specially-equipped Mustangs found their way into the hands of various law enforcement agencies. Built on a stock Mustang LX platform (not the hatchback), the 5.0-liter engine was upgraded to withstand the rigors of the job, including an engine oil cooler, forged pistons, forged pistons, heavy duty stabi
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Ten Cars That Crashed Chrysler Into Bankruptcy
After years of mismanagement, alone, under Daimler, then under Cerberus and Bob Nardelli, finally under a Federal bail-out, Chrysler's finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Let's look at ten vehicles that got them here.
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Steinmetz Insignia SportTourer: Wagon Fetishists Rejoice
Steinmetz, a German-based tuner of all things Opel, has just released their newest American-teasing project: the Steinmetz Insignia SportTourer. With 295-horsepower, 310 lb-ft of torque, tighter suspension, bigger wheels and tasteful bodywork, consider yourself teased.
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Toyota Truck Owners Clamoring For Recall Over Dangerously Rusted Frames
Apparently the historical anecdotal rust problem with Toyota trucks is rearing its ugly head again, as owners of early decade Tundras and Tacomas are lodging complaints with NHTSA over rusted and dangerously deteriorating frames.
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UK Hyundai Dealers Prepping For Scrappage Rush
Hyundai is readying itself for a big rush of business when UK scrappage allowances, their version of cash for clunkers, are introduced this year. Inquires at Hyundai dealers are already up 400%.
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Chrysler Officially Files For Bankruptcy, To Partner With Fiat
President Obama announced moments ago Chrysler will officially file for a "quick" Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under United States Code in New York bankruptcy court later today, then partner with Fiat. Here's what happens next.
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How Would You Spend $25K On Cars?
Considering your automotive spending habits, $500 goes a long way. But what if your budget increased fifty-fold? Would you buy five cars, one car or fifty? How would you spend $25,000 on cars?
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G-Power Hurricane CS Claims World's Fastest BMW Coupe, 228 MPH Top Speed
With a top speed of 228 MPH, the G-Power Hurricane CS is laying claim to the title of world's fastest BMW coupe.
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Garage-Parked BMW M5 Slaughtered By SUV-Drifting Teen
What would you do if you were woke to the sounds of tire squealing and crunching of Bavarian metal? That's exactly what happened to one E39 M5 owner after a drifted-sideways-SUV demolished his garage-parked BMW.
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Commenter Of The Day: Katey Sagal Edition
Actress and singer/songwriter Katey Sagal gets credit for, among other things, having a simple name you couldn't possibly spell correctly on the first try. She's from a large family of talented Hollywood types. Her father Boris Sagal, directed many episodes of The Twilight Zone. Her sisters are the twins Liz and Jean Sagal, famous for their role as the twins in the Doublemint Gum commercials. Unlike her family, Katey Segal is unique for being popular across genres, generations and mediums. Fans
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First Camaro Crap-Out Comes 40 Miles From Dealership
Maybe worse than the first Camaro wreck is the first Chevy Camaro breakdown. This "p**sy magnet" Bumblebee-yellow Camaro lost all electrical power and coasted to a stop with a scant 40 miles on the odometer.
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What New Cars Are Brand Killers?
We've identified the Pontiac Sunbird and six other cars causing Pontiac's demise so, like kids with swine flu, we've got to identify the disease-carriers still in our midst. What new cars are brand killers?
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BMW X1: First Look!
The BMW X1, the company's foray into the mini-luxo-ute market, was nabbed uncovered for a commercial shoot. Even better than the X1-series, though, is the camera truck.
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2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won't Void Warranty
The 2010 Chevy Corvette is keeping up with the Nissan GT-R with a "Launch Control" system on the entire range of manual transmission Vettes. Best part? Unlike the GT-R, it won't void your warranty.
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2010 Jaguar XJ Spotted Taking The 'Ring
The 2010 Saab 9-5 wasn't the only car on the Nurburgring. Shooters spotted the highly-anticipated all-new 2010 Jaguar XJ taking a spin in military-grade camouflage. We can't wait for the July 9th reveal.
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How To Drive A Stick Shift In Ten Easy Steps
Only 6% of new cars sold stateside have a manual transmission, but every one of the Fiesta Movement cars is a stick. We taught one winner, Jill Hanner, how to drive a manual transmission car.
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Mobili T Rover: The Off-Road Wheelchair
University of South Florida Engineering students, through Rehab Ideas, have sold their first Mobili T Rover, a contraption they invented which allows wheelchair-bound customers to go off-roading from the comfort of their own chair.
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The Fabulous Lifestyle Of Ueli Anlicker, The Red Gold SLR Guy
When we saw the Red Gold SLR this morning, we had no idea its creator would become our new hero. He even keeps shots of his model girlfriend's boobs on his gold-plated laptop. NSFW
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Freightliner "Innovation Truck" Has A Huge Aero Kit
Looking like something from a dystopian trucking future, the Freightliner Cascadia "Innovation Truck" debuted at the Mid-America Trucking Show in flat-black aerodynamic bodywork. Low drag isn't the only trick on this truck.
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LAPD To Buy Chevy-Badged Holden Commodore Police Cars?
Starting with the LAPD, up to 40,000 Chevrolet-badged Commodore police vehicles could be exported annually in a deal to replace Pontiac G8 volume lost by GM killing Pontiac. A re-badged Commodore police car? Sweet.
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Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
When a Toyota Prius experiences sudden, unintended acceleration, media reports call it "an unexpected adventure." We seem to recall when Jeeps did the same thing they were called "death traps" and "dangerously deadly."
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NASCAR Star Drives Ford Fusion Hybrid Slowly, Gets 1,445.7 Miles On Single Gas Tank
NASCAR star Carl Edwards, using eco-driving tips, drove this 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid non-stop 1,445.7 miles on one tank of gas. Over 69 hours he averaged 81.5 MPG and annoyed 5,180 fellow drivers.
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Survey: Sat-Nav Systems Make Drivers 12% More Fuel Efficient
A recent survey from social science research firm NuStats, finds drivers using sat-nav systems use 12% less fuel than GPS-less motorists. Also, they were found to be 24% less "manly."
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Four Bugatti Veyron Centenaires Add Splash Of Pseudo-Historical Color
What better way to celebrate a storied past of racing heritage than unveil a quartet of paint-and-chrome, never-gonna-see-a-track-day Bugatti Veyron Centenaires at the uber-snooty Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este?
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Ten Ways To Prepare Your Car For The Swine Flupocalypse
Swine Flu has already killed over 149 people in Mexico. Forty confirmed cases have been reported in five States. Here's how and why you now need to prepare your car for the Swine Flupocalypse.
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Supra-Powered Japanese Volvo 240 Wagon: 300 HP Meatball Ramen
Living in Tokyo and looking for something safe, attractive, boxy, European, long and fast? Allow us to recommend this Volvo 245 with a 300 HP Toyota inline-six, the Japanese version of a V8lvo.
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BMW X5 M, X6 M Pricing Starts At $86,225, $89,725
The staggering performance of the BMW X5 M and X6 M has been priced at the staggering price of $86,225 and 89,725 respectively. Making 555 HP soft-roaders go around corners ain't cheap.
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$1.75 Million Aston Martin One-77 Wins Fancy Award At Villa d'Este
Showing off the completed interior and exterior in one place for the first time, the super expensive Aston Martin One-77 won the design award for concept cars at Villa d'Este this weekend.
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Pontiac Vibe, Solstice Are Dead, Won't Live On As Chevys
GM CEO Fritz Henderson just told journalists the Pontiac Vibe and Solstice will not live on at other brands. Also, he's gonna have to talk with Toyota about what they're gonna do with NUMMI.
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A Horticultural Stand Against Chelsea Tractors
Nowhere is the ungainly Porsche Cayenne in greater abundance than in Central London. It’s time to fight back against these monstrosities—with black tulips!
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GM To Officially Kill Pontiac, Assembly Plants Today
Although not news to us, GM officially announces the death of the storied 83-year-old Pontiac brand along with more assembly plant closures this morning. Goodbye, screamin' chicken, GTO, building excitement and the "great ones."
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PCH, Not Responsible For Your Actions Edition: TVR Vixen Or Homebrewed Single-Seat Commuter?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Sometimes you need to decide between sportiness and practicality with your project.
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Look Upon My Works, Ye Mighty, And Despair: The Moloney Coupe
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. You like chrome? We like chrome! Everyone likes chrome!
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Ass-Kickin' Engine Of The Day: Chrysler IV-2220 V16
Our last AKEOTD was a Chrysler-built tank powerplant, and you'd think it would be impossible to surpass a five-bank, 30-cylinder monster… but the IV-2220 airplane engine does just that. It's the very first Chrysler Hemi!
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Evil Clint Gets A Few Loose Bolts, Buys DeLorean And Honda Z600 For Personal Hell Garage
When you're 21 years old and you've already owned a Yugo, a Fiat Spider, and numerous air-cooled Volkswagens, what's the next logical step? Hey, those cars were PCH gateway drugs!
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Some Cars Take A Beating Down On The Alameda Street
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Today we're going to return to a couple of old friends.
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Commenter Of The Day: Ibn Al-Nafis Edition
Western, Eurocentric history has made all of us believe almost no science occurred between the fall of the Roman empire and the 16th century. It's also convinced us no science occurred anywhere outside of Europe until the 19th century. This is why almost no one talks about Ibn Al-Nafis, an Arab Muslim scholar and physician from the 13th century. He explained the circulatory system and how it worked in detail well in advance of most European physiologists (and it's quite likely much of their work
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2009 Concorso d'Eleganza: A Prelude
We’re heading to Italy to report on this year’s Concorso: an event with the most beautiful automobiles on display, along with the essential paradox of the vintage car.
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Does A Se7en Come With Cupholders?
Need proof that some Londoners are mad enough to have a Westfield as their daily driver? Look no further.
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Pontiac Is Dead... Again
Apparently other publications weren't reading Jalopnik in February when we broke the news Pontiac would either die, or become some sorta zombie. Whichever it is, we've decided to run our eulogy, in its entirety, again.
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Commenter Of The Day: The Hump Edition
The Hump refers to an area of the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountain range used by Allied pilots to ferry supplies into China. Initially, US and British forces used the Burma Road to get supplies to the Chinese but the Japanese, holding on in then-Burma, seized it and stopped all shipments. Under the command of Colonol William H. Turner, the Air Force's Ferrying Division was able to successfully transport enough food, equipment and other supplies to keep the Chinese and Allied forces operatio
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The Perfect Family Cars Are Made In Italy With V12s Up Front
You don’t necessarily have to consign yourself to minivan hell when you have kids. Lamborghinis and Ferraris make for lovely ways to transport a growing family. Here’s how.
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Ferrari Outruns Clumsy Canadian Police
A police officer in Port Moody, British Columbia, spotted a red Ferrari speeding across a highway at top speed this morning and gave chase. Ferrari against Crown Victoria? We wonder how that one turned out...
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Audi Intelligent Emotion Design Project Looks To Future
Audi's latest program with the Munich University of Applied Sciences is designed to cultivate the next generation of Audi engineers, designers and product direction for what it calls the "Audi Intelligent Emotion" project.
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VW Rabbit Most Queer-Ied Car In First Quarter, 2009
Gay car shoppers are most buy-curious about the Volkswagen Rabbit, according to the quarterly survey of most-researched new vehicles on Gaywheels.com. In fact, VW/Audi products make up 60% of the top five searches.
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Tales From The Jalopnik Tips Line: Segway-On-Woman Edition
Occasionally, we'll receive an e-mail into the tips line that makes us stop and think. Mailopnik lets us share some of the ones that don't, along with our response. First up: Cylon/Segway-lovers.
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How Many Times Have You Been Stopped By Police?
The Carbon Motors E7 looks good, even in the rear-view mirror. We almost want to get busted just for a ride, which makes us wonder: how many times have you been stopped by police?
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Carbon Motors E7: NYPD Cool
Sitting in the Carbon Motors E7, you realize it's the product of police officers dreaming up the ideal vehicle for law enforcement. This dream's coming to a radar trap near you in 2012.
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WorldFirst ecoF3: A Chocolate-Powered Sustainable Race Car
A Warwick University-based team has unveiled a Formula 3 race car built using sustainable materials. Its body is made of potatoes, the steering wheel is carrots, and the fuel is derived from chocolate. Delicious.
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Polish Man Building McLaren F1 Super Car In Garage
Everyone remembers Ken Imhoff, who built a Lamborghini Countach in his basement. Now, a Polish man is looking to out-do that effort with his own version of the McLaren F1. So far? Epic Fail.
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Chrysler Electric Postal Van Concept: The Pony-Up Express
Chrysler invented the minivan. Now they're using it to try weaseling more money from the government by applying for a loan to give the post office a fleet of electric Town & Country minivans. Progress!
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2010 Chevy Camaro Gets Mysterious Brake Weights
Forumites at Camaro5 have been collectively scratching their heads for a couple days, wondering why there appear to be two layers of lead wheel weights stuck onto their brake calipers. It's a mystery Charlie Brown!
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What's The Best Way To Increase Your Carbon Footprint?
If you hadn't noticed, it's Earth Day. We here at Jalopnik cover green car technology constantly. We need a day off. It's Opposite Earth Day. What's the best way to increase your automotive carbon footprint?
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The JDM Civic Type R Is A Street Racer For Your Inner Stig
Honda’s current Civic Type R is a step back from the previous model made between 2001 and 2005. To get a proper Type R, you have to go to Japan—or the UK.
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F22 Raptor Gets Fragged By T-38 Training Jet
The new fighter jet hotness F-22 Raptor, was apparently "killed" in mock dog-fighting by a lowly little T-38 training jet. Video below.
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Lamborghini Bones Hyundai SUV: Ugliest Automotive Offspring Ever Expected
A Lamborghini Murcielago rear-ended a much slower-moving Hyundai Sante Fe on Seattle's I-5 freeway on Monday. Nobody was hurt, but we have the latest unfortunate coupling to add to the car sex archives.
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Sarge, Is That You?
Does anyone see the hidden homage to the "Sarge" Willys MB in the headlights of the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee? Hit the jump to see it up close.
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BYD B8 Convertible: Impending Doom Never Looked So Good, SL-Like
Build Your Dreams, or BYD, rolled out and dropped the top on their new B8 convertible Mercedes SL-lookalike. We cracked open a fortune cookie and it said someone's gonna die dramatically in this thing.
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Commenter Of The Day: Lesney Products Edition
Though now owned by an American company, the original Matchbox Cars were built by an English company called Lesney Products, named for founders Leslie and Rodney Smith. We guess it's probably a good thing they weren't named Leslie and Borat. The concept for the toy came from one of the company's partners and engineers, who designed a toy car for his daughter. She was not allowed to bring a toy to school larger than what could fit in a matchbox, so he made a smaller version of one of the company'
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Porsche Panamera Takes Elevator To 94th Floor
Prior to the Shanghai Auto Show, Porsche wanted to showboat a little. Their idea? Lift a Porsche Panamera to the 94th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center. In an elevator.
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Lexus LF-A Prototype To Compete In 24-Hour Nürburgring Race, Again
Toyota is preparing its Lexus LF-A Prototype to race, yet again, at the 24 Hours Of The Nürburgring. How much longer will Toyota tease us with this mythical beast?
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Lamborghini Obliterated In Fiery Multi-Vehicle Moscow Crash
These remarkable images from Moscow depict a crazy, fiery and homoerotic multi-vehicle accident with a Lamborghini Murcielago that's slipped sideways and ripped to shreds. Amazingly, no one died. Details and carnagegasmic gallery below. UPDATE BELOW!
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2010 Toyota Prius Pricing Tops Out At $32,520
Yesterday we told you the base 2010 Toyota Prius would cost $21,000. Now, full pricing details have been released; you can spend up to $32,520 on the most fuel-efficient car in America.
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Drag-Racing "Cool Bus" Crashes In Texas
The one-of-a-kind exhibition drag-racing "Cool Bus," built by Ken Nelson, crashed at last month's O'Reilly Thunder Jam. Luckily, Ken was uninjured. Let's take a closer look at the "Cool Bus" and video of the crash.
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Why Do You Love To Drive Fast?
Man has always wanted to travel faster. You think the Interstate Highway Act was about defense or supporting suburban development? Wrong. It's about open roads for driving fast. Why do you love to drive fast?
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Rolls-Royce 200EX Dies In China, We See Ghost
We've never been as spooked as we were today when we were invited into the Rolls-Royce haunted mansion to see the newest from the spirit of ecstasy, the "concept" Rolls-Royce Ghost. We see dead people.
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Buick Business Concept Gets Seriously Busy In Shanghai With New Images
GM/PATAC debuted the Buick Business Concept in Shanghai yesterday to much excitement by the locals and their multi-generation families. Let's take a closer look at this ballerific, Chinese-designed and decidedly sexy minivan business-casual MPV.
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General Dynamics RST-V Series-Hybrid With Cool In-Wheel Motors
The General Dynamics Reconnaissance Surveillance and Targeting Vehicle is one cool piece of kit. It's powered by four electric in-wheel motors and can export thirty kilowatts directly to the grid. It's also got neat-o gauges.
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FedEx Vanity Plate Cries Out For Mercy From New York Parking Enforcers
Spotted in New York, we think this particular FedEx truck's license plate is indicative of a driver tired of the $8.3 million in parking tickets company trucks rack up in the city each year.
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"100 MPG" Electric Hummer H3 Doesn't Actually Get 100 MPG
We're here at the 2009 SAE World Congress in Detroit, where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up for the "100 MPG" Raser Electric Hummer H3 unveiling. Which, incidentally, does not actually get 100 MPG.
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GAC VIP Lounge Concept: Honda's Red Carpet Chinese Venture
Honda and Chinese partner Guangzhou Auto currently make Accords for the Chinese market, but with the curiously-named VIP Lounge concept it looks as if the two are hoping to make a special-VIP-access-only model.
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SsangYong Offering Five-Year, 250,000-Mile Warranty
SsangYong vehicles are ugly. How ugly? So ugly the South Korean automaker is now offering a 250,000-mile warranty to buyers in England desperate enough to buy one of their spectacularly fugly MPVs or SUVs.
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2010 Audi Q7: Soft-Roading With New LEDs, Engines
Equipped with Urea injection and regenerative braking, the 2010 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI can return up to 26.4 MPG. Not bad for a 7-seat SUV. The new LEDs look good too. Here's our live gallery.
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2009 Chinese Grand Prix Gets Wet, Real Wet
We made it over to the Shanghai Grand Prix again yesterday for some F1 action, but the weather was most definitely not on our side. We'll put it this way, we got wet. Spoilers below.
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Shanghai Auto Show: Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV, Live!
The Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV's Chinese reveal came today at the Shanghai Motor Show with a rip-snorting V12 cranking out 670 HP and 494 lb-ft of torque, all-wheel-drive and carbon-ceramic brakes. That's one angry bull.
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2010 Jaguar XJ: All New, No More Retro
The current XJ, on sale since 42 AD, is a bloated attempt to pack modern luxury into an outdated design. If this shot is anything to go by, the 2010 Jaguar XJ isn't. Hallelujah.
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DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Henry J
A car that was so cheap when new that a trunklid was an option? The Henry J was such a car, and Evestay has found an example that still survives on the streets of Denver.
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DOTS-O-Rama, Rocky Mountain Edition: 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we admire interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. We're heading to Longmont, Colorado, where Oldmath found this finned Buick.
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DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. I've got Colorado photographs aplenty, so get ready for high-altitude survivors!
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Project Car Hell, End Of The World Edition: Fairlaneborghini Or 1956 Lagonda 3 Litre Saloon?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! We took it easy on you last time, but we're getting into some serious Hell Projects today.
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I shoot most of my Junkyard Find photos at high-turnover self-service junkyards owned by steel corporations, so the cars have usually been crushed by the time you see them. Not so with this yard!
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Engine Of The Day: PRV V6
We like engines with complicated histories (such as the Buick/Rover 215 V8), and the Peugeot-Renault-Volvo (aka Douvrin) V6 certainly qualifies.
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Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
It seemed impossible to improve on the outstanding field of Index Of Effluency contenders that clanked onto the track at the Arse Freeze-A-Palooza LeMons last December. We were seriously mistaken!
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1962 Chevrolet Nova
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Our last Alameda Nova was 6 months ago.
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Commenter Of The Day: Technofad Edition
Every new year brings with it a new technological fad. This year's big story, in case you hadn't heard, is Twitter (remember to follow @Jalopnik and @RayWert). For some, Twitter is an incredibly useful way to stay networked with contacts, current events, and friends. For Ashton Kutcher, it's a way to cement his status as one of the world's biggest douchebags. For many, many others, however, it's a total mystery why people would feel the need to update people with their daily goings-on, 160 chara
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McDonalds Golden Arches Crush Trailblazer
A retired couple was seriously injured in a McDonalds parking lot when the restaurant's famous golden arches fell and crushed their Chevy Trailblazer. And all this time you thought the McGriddle would kill you.
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2010 SMS 460 Mustang: Two Anniversaries, Two Wicked Stangs
In honor of 25 years in the pony-tunin' business and 45 years of Mustangs, Steve Saleen's new company has created the 2010 SMS 460 Mustang and, surprise, the SMS 460X.
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BMW Vs. Audi: Audi Responds With Another Billboard Salvo!
When the BMW "Checkmate" billboard first went up, we asked the jalopnik commentariat to turn the Billboard Wars hot. Now Audi has responded to BMW's challenge. How did the boys and girls from Ingolstadt respond?
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Novitec Rosso TuLesto: Ferrari F430 Gets 777 HP, 218 MPH Top Speed
Novitec Rosso's created the TuLesto in celebration of the German tuning house's 20th anniversary. Based on the Ferrari F430, this limited-edition model will sport a 777 HP V8 and reach a top-speed of 218 MPH.
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What Post-Millenium Car Is A Must-Have?
Wojdyla and I were admiring this Mercedes 6.9 and realized most of our must-haves were pre-1987. As a challenge we've now got to ask: what post-millennium car is a must-have?
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Subaru Impreza WRX STI Takes On Nurburgring 24 Hours
The folks at SUBARU Tecnica International (STI) have prepped a Subaru WRX STI for the 24 Hours of Nurburgring endurance race. Watch out Nordschleife because something AWD this way comes.
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Car Czar Steve Rattner Is All About "Chooch"
Steve Rattner, Obama's putative "car czar," was named in an SEC investigation claiming his investment firm funded distribution of a movie named "Chooch" in exchange for NY pension business. But what is "Chooch?"
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Amazing Hand-Built Wooden Ferrari Engine On eBay
This Ferrari 365GTB/4 V12 engine meticulously built from eleven different woods, just popped up on eBay. It's one of 25 hand-made by Bill Dietz, each taking 400 man hours and combined three years to build.
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Alex Roy, Team Polizei Enter Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series
Bald, law-breaking road rally drivers will be better represented in Grand Am Sports Car racing this year, Alex Roy, holder of the NY-to-LA driving record, is entering the series.
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Hartge BMW X6 Does Diesel Performance, Horrific Body Kit
Hartge has taken the wraps off its tuned BMW X6, and the 3.0-liter twin turbocharged I6 diesel bumped up to a monstrous 328HP and 498 lb-ft of torque. Unfortunately, they also did a body kit.
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Madden Cruiser: Saying Farewell To John Madden's Awesome Bus
Former NFL coach/player/broadcaster John Madden retired from broadcasting today. Because he's afraid to fly, he logged 80,000 miles annually on a custom bus dubbed "The Madden Cruiser." We take you inside this great beast.
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New Toshiba Battery Recharges In 90 Seconds, Faster Than Gas Pump
Toshiba has improved it's Super Charge Ion Battery technology to the point where a 90 second recharge is possible. With enough amperage it would actually be faster to recharge than to fill up with gas.
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Now This Is Automotive Art
Can the sense of freedom and joy caused by vehicles be expressed in a museum? Joseph Beuys’s Das Rudel does just that. With wooden sleds and hunks of fat.
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Geely Carpet Bombs Shanghai Auto Show With New Cars
Geely's getting its craziness in gear for this year's Shanghai Auto Show with more new cars than you can shake chopsticks at. You thought the fake Phantom was the only zinger? You ain't seen nothing.
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Exmovere hopes to outdo the Honda Walking Assist by offering a Segway-like mobility system to disabled individuals called the Chariot. One problem. It's actually a Showbot entertainment robot costume.
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BMW Vs. Audi: Jalopnik Readers Turn Billboard Cold War Hot!
Earlier today, we asked you how Audi should respond to Juggernaut Advertising's BMW "Checkmate" billboard. We've photoshopped the 15 best responses for an überBrucegasmic automaker-slap-fight-of-a-mega-gallery below.
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2010 Audi Q7: Styling, Diesel Tweaks
The 2010 Audi Q7 has debuted it's LED-bedazzled visage, but the main news is under the hood, the 3.0-liter V6 TDI gets clean diesel tech making it good for European sale through 2014.
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BMW X5 Security Plus Package: For When Soccer Practice Turns Deadly
The BMW X5 Security Plus is the first Class 6 armored vehicle publicly available direct from the manufacturer. Now little Billy and Suzie will be safe from AK-47 fire as mommy drives them to school.
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You can't buy a CycleKart and, even if you could, the racers wouldn't let you participate. You have to build your CycleKart. It's one of the many reasons this is a very cool hobby.
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Peapod Mobility First Interior Photos: It's A Targa!
The folks at Peapod Mobility have released first shots of the finished interior for their Neighborhood Electric Vehicle and they reveal the little bugger has a secret — it has a lift-off targa top!
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Ford is warning web users to avoid becoming victim of a Black Hat Search Engine Optimization attack targeting popular searches for their products. The translation for what that means below.
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Jalopnik Guide To Meeting Your Boss's Boss In Petrolhead Style
When in a city known for its extreme public displays of supercars, be extra wary when heading into a coffeehouse. You will come to regret what you’ll miss while inside.
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Vintage Porsche 959 Factory Tour
The internet can be a terrifically awesome place to spend time. Case-in-point, this vintage photo tour of the Zuffenhausen-based assembly plant where all 337 mythical Porsche 959s were built by skilled Germans probably named Bruce.
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What's Audi's Billboard Response?
Audi thought it was clever, throwing up an a billboard proclaiming "Your Move, BMW." As you can see above, BMW made a great move back. It's a billboard war! Your turn: What's Audi's billboard response?
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BYD S8 Convertible: A Chinese Chopstick Dumpling Deathtrap
Another Mercedes post? Not quite. Oh how we love the quirky folks at BYD. No attempt to mask what they're trying here with their newly approved-for-production BYD S8 hardtop-convertible. Build you dreams for epic win-win.
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2009 Mercedes CL AMG Sport Package: All Show, No Extra Go
Not only did the 2009 Mercedes S-Class receive the sporty once over, the big-boy 2009 Mercedes CL got the AMG Sport Package too. Again, we hope you didn't actually want all the AMG performance advantages.
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2009 Mercedes S-Class AMG Sport: Just Another Pretty Face?
As a last hurrah before the refreshed 2010 model, Mercedes has given the 2009 S-Class sedan a new tastefully aggressive AMG sport appearance package without all the pesky performance stuff to get in the way.
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2010 Opel Insignia OPC, Vauxhall VXR Gunning For Audi S4
GM's European divisions finally have an answer to that pesky AWD hot-rod Audi S4. Say hello to the new turbo, AWD, 325-HP 2010 Opel Insignia OPC and brother-from-another-mother, 2010 Vauxhall Insignia VXR. That's a Saturn?!
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Mobsteel Custom Shop: We Die, Go To Lincoln Heaven
Mobsteel's a Detroit area custom car shop famous for creating some of the most drop-dead cool vintage Lincoln Continentals around. Why else would we head over there for a visit?
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The Hot Rod Art Book: Masters Of Chicken Scratch
Chicken scratch is something we've all done in the margins of our homework, but Dwayne Vance has mastered the skill, evidenced by his self-published new book, "The Hot Rod Art Book: Masters of Chicken Scratch."
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IIHS Small Car Test: Three Gruesome Slow-Motion Crash Videos
This morning's IIHS report on the shocking finding that little cars don't take well to colliding, at speed, with bigger cars? Now we have the crash videos. Let's take a look at all three below.
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Awesome Coin Minted For Car Nerds
Ten million bucks for a Ferrari 250 GTO? Fuhgeddaboudit. Pick up some change from the Isle of Man and you can get one for two pounds.
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Buick Planning Orlando-Based MPV For Shanghai
There's no hiding that the Chinese love them some Buicks, so what's better than shoving seven Chinese into a new Orlando-based Buick MPV Concept that's debuting at the Shanghai Auto Show next week.
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Aston Martin Rapide: 470 HP Super Sedan Officially Hot
The Aston Martin Rapide four-door super-saloon has officially been uncovered in this first-look image. With flowing body work and a 6.0-liter V12 doling out 470HP and 442 lb-ft of torque, this is one sexy sedan.
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2009 FIA GT Racers Trot Out For Spring Testing In France
The 2009 season of the FIA GT series kicked off this week at the Paul Ricard Circuit debuting the new Nissan GT-R GT1, Ford GT1, Audi R8 LMS, Alpina B6 GT3 and Ferrari 430 Scuderia.
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Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors
One of the ten inventors on a new Searete LLC-filed patent for a new type of engine combining attributes of traditional internal combustion and power generators? None other than Microsoft's Bill Gates.
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Chinese Automaker CEO Drinks Battery Fluid
Among the revelations in Fortune magazine's feature on our old friend Chairman Wang Chaun-Fu, founder and CEO of BYD Auto: he offered an American exec a glass of battery fluid. Then he drank it himself.
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Tanner Foust's Scion tC Drift Car: V8-Powered, RWD, Ridiculous
U.S. Top Gear non-host and racer Tanner Foust, a champion drifter, has traded in his Nissan 350Z to get fast and furious with this: a RWD, NASCAR V8-powered Scion tC Formula Drift car.
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Mythbusters Use Rocket Sled To Obliterate Ford Aspire
This episode once again proves Adam and Jamie have the greatest job in the history of the world. They revisted a myth in which two tractor trailers simultaneously collide with a opposite ends of a compact car at a high rate of speed and the carnage causes the two trucks to fuse, hiding the car between them. After improving their rig over the essentially failed experiment from three years ago, they proved you can smash two trucks together simultaneously, but didn't see any fusing or a hidden panc
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100 MPG Hummer H3: Volt Goes Off-Road
Raser Electric has built an extended-range electric Hummer H3 which will supposedly return 100 MPG when it hits the road. How did they do it? By building a simplified Chevy Volt before GM could.
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Chinese Man Builds Hand-Made Helicopter, Flies It
Last week Chinese ingenuity brought us a homemade scrap-metal F1 replica car. Today we've got ourselves a Chinese Icarus-wannabe who made his own homemade helicopter. Though not constructed of scrap parts, it's nonetheless epic.
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What's The Worst Car To Lead A Police Chase In?
We learned last week a Scion xB is surprisingly adept at outmaneuvering police interceptors. Though slow, the crazy driver could have done worse. Right? What's the worst car to lead a police chase in?
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GreatWall Sport Sedan Concept: More Chinese Copy/Paste Goodness
GreatWall Motors is finally entering the "car" market with their CHC011-codenamed sport sedan concept managing to take the very best luxury-design cues and muck them up in a way only a Chinese automaker can.
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2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8: Exclusive First Look!
The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee debuted last week, but we've got a first look at the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. The real exciting news? We're told it'll get the 500 HP+ 6.4-liter crate HEMI.
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Project Car Hell, Non Compos Mentis Edition: Electric Colt Or Citroën CX Pallas?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Today we've got a couple of cars with just one thing in common: insanity!
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1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Sooner or later, I knew I'd find one of these!
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Painfully Clean 1980 Civic Not Rescued By Honda Restorers, Faces Crusher
While some vintage Japanese machinery gets preserved and/or restored these days, the early Civic seems to be getting the cold shoulder. When such a car gets sick, the next stop is usually the glue factory.
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BMW Developing Tri-Turbo Diesel For X5?
Just when we were beginning to lose faith in BMW, rumors begin to surface on a crazy new triple turbocharged diesel engine for an X5 Performance Diesel package. Intriguing would be an understatement.
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The Iowahawk Council Of Automotive Advisors
Political humorist and car writer David “Iowahawk” Burge has posted an exhaustive list of advisers he would sign if President Obama appointed him to take care of Detroit.
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Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
Outstanding issues regarding the GM Heritage Center auction have been resolved and NHTSA's now allowing the auction to go forward, according to a spokesperson for Barrett-Jackson.
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Car And Driver Prank Awakens NASCAR To Real World
Remember CarandDriver's April Fools' prank? The one that made the magazine relevant for the first time in years? It's caused NASCAR to set down the Natty Light and consider a future without not-so-Big Three sponsorship.
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Parking With A Gatling Gun
XKCD issue #562 depicts a scene dear to everyone’s heart who has ever witnessed a moron fail egregiously at parking. Let’s advance the idea and move from blowtorches to rotary cannons.
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Maserati Quattroporte Racer To Debut In Superstars Series
We were happy to toss the Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT-S around Italy, so we're not surprised to hear someone is prepping one for the Superstars Series championship.
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Chinese Brothers Build Working F1 Car Out Of Metal Scraps
Chinese ingenuity is a beautiful thing. These two brothers prove it, building a working F1 car out of scrap material including a bed frame, a folding chair and a security door.
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New York Auto Show, Day Two: Welcome To The Waste Land
T.S. Eliot famously stated "April is the cruelest month," thus proving he knew the 2009 New York Auto Show was around the corner. The concepts, production cars and one surprisingly attractive Kia await you below.
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Commenter Of The Day: The Brooks-Baxter War Edition
After reconstruction essentially forced Republican governors and legislatures upon the solidly Democratic south, there were many power struggles between forces hoping to maintain Republicanism by involving ex-Confederates and those who wished to do so by incorporating the large populations of recently freed slaves. One of the earliest and most violent clashes between these two groups occurred in Arkansas, with Joseph Brooks and Elisha Baxster facing off for a contested governor's seat. Both clai
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2010 Opel Astra, GTC Get Much-Needed Facelift
The Astra hasn't sold well in the States, but that doesn't mean that its Euro-trash cousin can't make a comeback tour. Take a peak at the handsomely-designed 2010 Opel Astra and its agro-counterpart, the GTC.
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Jaguar XJSChero, Perfect For Your Italian Wine Toting Needs
These photos show a perfectly executed Jaguar XJS V12 conversion to a XJS-Chero. This baby was spotted carting around wine at a Jaguar dealer in Milan, Italy.
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Hyundai Nuvis Concept: Hybrid Blue Drive Gives It Wings
We already saw the Hyundai Nuvis Concept after spotting it in the buff at the New York Auto Show, but now we've got all the details on Hyundai's latest hybrid concept.
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Mitsubishi iMiev Electric Confirmed For US Market
Mitsubishi has formally announced intent to sell it's all-electric Mitsubishi iMiev in the United States before 2012. Furthermore, they've announced a partnership with Portland General Electric to develop the infrastructure to support it.
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2010 Kia Forte Koup: You Stay Klassy, Kia
Kia unveiled their 2010 Kia Forte Coupe today and, silly name aside, it looks as sharp as the Kia Koup concept. With an optional 173 HP four-cylinder engine it's clearly aiming for the Scion tC.
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2010 Subaru Outback: The Butch Is Back
Like the new Legacy it's based on, the 2010 Subaru Outback is a little bigger, and comes with new engines. Thankfully, it does all this without sacrificing the butchness Outbacks are known for.
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Mitsubishi Outlander GT Prototype Previews New Snout
An angry new Mitsubishi Outlander GT Prototype just bowed here at the New York Auto Show, wearing the "jet-fighter" Lancer nose up front and a revised V6 behind it.
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2010 Mazdaspeed3: 263 HP Explains The Evil Grin
The 2010 Mazdaspeed3 has been unveiled in European-spec trim, but now we finally get to see the version we're going to get. The difference? New mean look, new revised chassis, same 2.3-liter turbo engine.
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BMW X6 M: Popping The Top On The Mighty 555 HP Engine
No one was guarding the BMW X6 M this morning, so we hopped the barrier and snagged shots of its twin-turbo V8. That and the 180 MPH speedometer... in a 5,247 Lb SUV.
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Live From New York... It's All The Crap That Debuted Today
We've been pounding the pavement at the 2010 New York Auto Show, bringing you the latest new products and concept cars. Check out the greasy, pepperoni-covered slice of NY Auto Show car goodness below.
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Commenter Of The Day: GhettoFab Never Tasted So Good
Sometimes we just don't have the resources to accomplish our goals within traditional methods; so, as feral engineers, we must improvise. Today's win undoubtedly goes to Jstasmanian Debil — Cuban Gynecologist for his high quality recollection of just how he and his friend got a Camaro "race car" back to the shop with a little bit of backyard engineering and a massive dumpster hauler.
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2010 VW Golf GTI: New Look, Same Car
We've got hot live photos from this year's New York Auto Show - and nothing is quite as hot as the 2010 VW Golf GTI Mark VI.
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Ken Block's Gymkhana Practice Video Reveals "Big Oops"
Being a discerning car enthusiast, you've seen this infamous Ken Block Gymkhana clip a million times. Today we bring you the crashes, outtakes and foibles that went into it's production. Enjoy the infectiously addictive soundtrack!
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Subaru Impreza Takes A Dump Truck Ride To Guatemala
While traveling through rural Pennsylvania doing untold, illicit things, we spotted an all too familiar set of tail lamps sticking out of the back of a dump truck. This is its story.
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2010 Range Rover Sport: 510 HP, Jeeves!
Is it just us, or is the 2010 Range Rover Sport starting to look awfully dated? We guess 510 HP helps make up for the limited space, but we're waiting for the Land Rover LRX.
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2010 Range Rover Gets World's Largest TFT Display
Aside from the new 5.0 V8, the 2010 Range Rover gets new LED lights an a 12-inch wide virtual gauge cluster - the largest Thin Film Transistor screen in any vehicle, ever.
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Acura ZDX Crossover: One Of Everything
We got a peek at the Acura ZDX "concept" yesterday, but now it's been fully unveiled at the New York Auto Show to a crowd of perplexed onlookers. Is it a wagon? An SUV? Yes.
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Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing: First Sketches And Interior Photos
We have an early peak at the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing thanks to a series of leaked sketches and interior photos that reveal a brawny yet sexy new super coupe with a luxo-sport interior.
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Audi A5, S5 Convertibles Open For Business
Ze Germans have dropped the covers on both the 2010 Audi A5 Convertible and 2010 Audi S5 Convertible at the New York Auto Show, bringing another open-top motoring entry to the personal luxo-coupe segment.
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2010 Mercedes ML450 Hybrid: V8 Power With V6 Fuel Economy
With a combined output of 335 HP, the 2010 Mercedes ML450 Hybrid returns the power of a V8 with the fuel economy of a six-cylinder: 24 MPG Highway, 21 MPG City.
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2010 Subaru Legacy: More Curves, More Power
The 2010 Subaru Legacy has a new look and a new 3.6-liter H6 putting out 256 HP, but you'll still probably want the 2.5GT and its 265 HP fourbanger.
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2010 Mercedes S-Class Improves On Perfection
Ever thought you'd fall asleep driving a Merc? Yeah, the 2010 Mercedes S-Class will help you with that, focusing on bringing added style and loads of tech to an already competent package.
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2010 Mercedes S400 Hybrid: World's Most Efficient Gas-Powered Luxury Car
Achieving an estimated 29 MPG combined while wafting its occupants between plastic surgeries in Miami, the 2010 Mercedes S400 Hybrid will be the world's most efficient luxury car. Well, with a gas engine that is.
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2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster Drops Top Live In New York
The 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster has just been unveiled live here in the totally convertible-friendly Big Apple and wow is it good looking. Minus a roof it's all soft curves to the coupe's aggressive angles.
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2009 Nissan NISMO 370Z: 350 HP Angry Catfish Unveiled Live In New York
The 350 HP 2009 Nissan Nismo 370Z has just been unveiled here in Rockefeller center and boy is it angry. Angry like a catfish.
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Nissan GT-R GT1: Godzilla Ready To Smash GT1
What's a weekday without more Nissan GT-R news? In addition to details about an even more restrictive warranty in 2010, we also get complete info on the FIA Nissan GT-R GT1, a 600 HP racer.
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2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster: A Topless Catfish
The 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster will go on sale later this summer, giving 370Z buyers with a lust for open-air driving at least a few weeks to enjoy the new drop-top Z.
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2009 NISMO 370Z: The 350 HP Flying Catfish
Nissan calls its NISMO 370Z a tuner enthusiast's dream but, with its tuned suspension and 350 HP V6, a lot of the tuning is already done.
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Honda Killing The CNG Car?
Honda tossed CNG converter manufacturer Fuelmaker into the abyss, calling in its loans last week and then sending the lawyers to liquidate the company. This move removes a critical piece of the Civic GX infrastructure.
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Dial-A-Llama: Finally, Someone Does Home Delivery
Rarely do you see an entrepreneur tapping into an entirely unserved business segment, something which once discovered becomes immediately a necessity. The geniuses behind Dial-A-Llama have done exactly that. Now we want a home-delivered llama.
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Acura ZDX Concept: Sneaky First Look!
The Acura ZDX crossover concept has been spotted on the New York Auto Show floor by AutoSpies, revealing a four-door sports coupe with much less machismo than previously hinted at.
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Driver Flips Rally Car 17 Times On His Birthday, Lives
The Finn—celebrating his 24th birthday on the day of the accident—had already gotten off to a shaky start in the 2009 WRC season, going off the road in two of the three races before his big roll. While leading the fourth stage, his Ford hit the cliffside on a narrow dirt road, flipped over the Armco and began its roll down the hillside:
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Segway, GM Project P.U.M.A.: Live Reveal!
GM and Segway just unveiled Project P.U.M.A. live here in New York. Don't judge the two-wheeler on looks alone; it's just a prototype for a much more finished urban transportation solution.
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Gay-Friendly Auto Brand Perception Does Not Mean Gays, Lesbians Will Buy
A national survey by GayWheels.com indicates despite a perception of Subaru as being "gay-friendly," gays don't actually buy them. Whatever. We know stereotypes are always reflective of reality. Didn't you read yesterday's Camaro review?
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2010 GT-R Warranty Voided For Denying Nissan Access To Your Black Box Data
Additional exclusions unearthed in the customer disclosure form for the 2010 Nissan GT-R indicate the warranty is voided should you go insane and dyno test it or deny Nissan access to your black box data.
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GM, Segway PUMA Pod Gets First Drive On Today Show
GM and Segway have teamed up before the New York Auto Show on what they’re calling the PUMA project. The prototype vehicle was exclusively unveiled today on the Today Show. It’s no April Fool’s joke.
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GM, Segway To Unveil New Two-Wheeled Urban Vehicle
GM and Segway will announce today they're working together to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle part of the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility or PUMA project. No, seriously. UPDATE: We now have video!
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Commenter Of The Day: The Edible Frog Edition
Frogs come in many varieties, both poisonous and benign, but none are so beloved as Pelophylax/Rana esculentes. Why do people like this amphibian so much? As a hint we'll give you the more common name: edible frog. With a taste described as similar to a chicken wing, they're a delicacy in many parts of the world. Cooking a frog can sometimes be unnerving because it looks as if it is still twitching while being cooked. This is because the cold-blooded animal doesn't enter rigor mortis as quickly
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Scientists Ask: When Should Alzheimer's Patients Stop Driving?
Taking a parent or friend off the road because of Alzheimer's is a tough decision for everyone involved, but scientists are using a tricked-out Ford Taurus to determine just when to hang up the keys.
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Maserati GranTurismo MC: A Trident To The Heart Of GT4
Maserati has officially unveiled the Maserati GranTurismo MC, a limited-edition track version of the popular GT-S engineered for the FIA GT4 European Cup.
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What's The Best Cross-Country Beater?
Coachella, ACL Fest, Burning Man and other music festivals in far-flung locations are about to begin, and with them the perennial question: what's the best cross-country beater?
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Inside Project M: Nissan GT-R-Based?
One episode of Bradley Farrell's "Inside Project M" documentary on Bertone's new concept left before the car's officially unveiled. For now, there's this new teaser shot that's got us asking, is it Nissan GT-R-based?
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Tesla's Elon Musk Continues War Of Aggression Against Volt, REVs
We thought Tesla's Elon Musk decided to give up anti-Detroit not-so-Big-Three rhetoric, but he's gone on the attack again against GM's Chevy Volt and Range-Extended Vehicles. Oh, that rapscallion!
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DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Tomsk Edition: German Iron Down On The Orange County Street
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Tomsk has photographed a staggering quantity of DOTSBE-worthy machinery.
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Jenson Button, Brawn GP Win Rain-Soaked, Red-Flagged Malaysian Grand Prix
Following his second pole, Jenson Button of Brawn GP maintains his immaculate record in a race suspended after 31 laps of torrential rain. BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Toyota's Timo Glock round out an unusual podium.
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Sunday DOTS-O-Rama, Tomsk Edition: Wheels For Victory!
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. We're back for more of Tomsk's Orange County photographs!
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2010 GMC Terrain: Rugged Looks And 30 MPG
The 2010 GMC Terrain will debut next week at the New York Auto Show, bringing a considerably more rugged attitude to GM's small SUV platform. One might say it's even more "like a rock."
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24 Hours Of LeMons South Day One: Saab Leads, Fiero In Top Ten
After putting away some excellent bratwurst, courtesy of the Fahrt Schnell Merkur XR4Ti team, I've dug up photos of the top ten contenders at the end of Day One of LeMons South racing.
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Advances In LeMons Cruelty: The Bobby Bosch Relay Race
The Taiwanese National Anthem wasn't the only new penalty for the 24 Hours Of LeMons South Spring; though the TNA turned out to be quite spectacular in practice, it isn't most diabolical new penalty.
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Saturday DOTS-O-Rama, Tomsk Edition: Big Ol' Trucks
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out street-parked vehicles located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. We're continuing the Tomsk-O-Rama with a foursome of vintage Detroit pickups.
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Saturday DOTS-O-Rama, Tomsk Edition: The Sun Rises Over Orange County
Welcome to Down On The Street Bonus Edition! We're back with more Tomsk photos from behind the Orange Curtain.
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DOTS-O-Rama Saturday, Tomsk Edition: Malaise Yank Tanks Of Orange County
Even with most of the weekend's posts focused on 24 Hours Of LeMons South coverage, we still need to keep up with Down On The Street Bonus Edition. Tomsk has sent in many, many photos.
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Ford Transit Connect Family One Concept: You Know... For Kids!
Think you had a fun day at work today? Well we were just at the unveil for the Ford Transit Connect Family One Concept. It was held at the Ann Arbor Kids museum. Beat that.
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Commenter Of The Day: Poisoned By Shakespeare Edition
Actors playing roles in Shakespearean dramas often die rather unfortunate deaths, which is often complicated by long soliloquies following their fatal blows. It's the opposite of deaths in action movies, where people are typically shot and then conveniently die and get out of the way (unless they reawaken and try to shoot you, only to be felled by a sidekick). If you're stabbed, it's easy to play woozy and stricken as you wait for the blood to drain from your body. Poisoning is harder, though, u
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Ford Transit Connect Family One Concept: A Mini-Minivan For The Kids
You can't buy a Transit Connect yet, but it's not stopping Ford from customizing it every which way, including one for the New York Auto Show. It's called the Ford Transit Connect Family One Concept.
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Interested In Putting Down Hippie Protests? Try A BRDM-2 For $38,000
The Space Hijackers shenanigans pulled at the G20 Summit piqued you're interested in a siege tank of your own? Guess what, there's a BRDM-2 in Volo, IL with your name on it.
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What Decommissioned Military Land Vehicle Do You Most Covet?
Old military vehicles are awesome fun and very useful, just ask these hippies or anyone trying to survive their apocalypse of choice. What decommissioned military land vehicle do you most covet?
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Roush Mustang Design Study: Hey, They Got Some Camaro On That Mustang!
A while ago, we brought you the 435 HP Roush 427R Mustang, now we know what didn't quite make it into that car, bits an pieces put together for a Roush Mustang design study.
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McLaren Veteran Director Suspended, Formula One Soap Opera Continues
Sporting director Dave Ryan, with McLaren for 35 years, has been suspended this morning in connection with Lewis Hamilton's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix.
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Google Street View Car Attacked By Angry Village Mob
After a recent spate of burglaries, residents of Broughton, a village in Buckinghamshire, UK, formed a human chain around, and hurling insults at, a Google Street View car, refusing to allow it inside the hamlet.
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GM Total Confidence: It's Time To Put Your Rally Caps On
According to the paragon of truth and reality, Wikipedia:
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AEV Working On Jeep Wrangler J8, Unlimited Military Package?
Out and about in downtown Royal Oak, Michigan, we spotted these M-plated and AEV-tagged Jeep Wranglers wearing complete military-style gear. What are these guys cooking up?
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Commenter Of The Day: Wiener Schnitzel Edition
My grandmother is German. Like, German-German. She was born in Germany and then moved here after the war. Growing up between Austria and Germany, she had a simple and delicious Wiener Schnitzel recipe. It's essentially veal thin-sliced, covered in breadcrumbs, fried and garnished with lemon. My mother didn't eat veal so she typically served it with pounded pork, making it a variation of Schnitzel. The first time I saw a Wienerschnitzel restaurant, which serves hot dogs, I was perplexed. This fee
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Canadian Auto Site Threatens To Invade U.S., Jalopnik
Jealous of our Fiesta Movement and outraged at our frequent anti-Canada jokes, north-of-the-border auto site AutoNorth plans to invade the US in a Nissan Cube like its 1812.
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Drunk Driver Parks Ferrari On Tracks, Calls 911, Watches It Explode
In a day marked by extreme examples of utter stupidity, Jeff Sabold wins. Sabold, allegedly drunk, drives his Ferrari onto railroad tracks and calls 911 while still inside. The amazing call below the jump.
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Woman Calls 911 Because She's Locked In Her Car
A woman in Kissimmee, Florida called 911 because she couldn't get the car started and was locked inside. And by "locked inside" we mean unfathomably stupid and unresourceful.
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No Online "Obama Bump" For Buick
During Monday's auto restructuring plan announcement, President Obama specifically mentioned Buick's impressive quality credentials. Despite the Commander-in-Chief's shout-out, Buick didn't see a rise in internet traffic. What happened to the magic of "The One?"
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BMW X6 M: Soft-Roading Along To New York
The BMW X6 M will debut next week at the 2009 New York Auto Show. Try and contain your excitement over thoughts of a 550 bhp soft-roader. Excuse me, apologies, we meant Sports Activity Coupe.
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Lewis Hamilton Loses Third Place In Australian GP After Lying To Race Officials
Lewis Hamilton was just disqualified from his third-place finish in the Australian GP for giving false statements to race stewards regarding a pass under safety car conditions. We dissect the whole mess below.
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Chinese Lamborghini Mucielago Built From Nissan 300ZX
Some joker in China thought it would be fun to build a Verde Ithaca Lamborghini Murcielago out of a paltry donor-Nissan 300ZX. Dude, you really are doing it wrong.
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Ford Focus X-Road: Another Reason To Never Trust The Dutch
The Ford Focus X-Road wears tough fender arches, special front and rear treatments, and an aluminum skid-plate. The bad news: There are only 300 for the Dutch market. Worse news: It's an appearance-only package.
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Jalopnik Gold Service Canceled After Higher-Than-Expected Volume
Due to the inability of our servers to keep up with incoming traffic, we are, unfortunately, discontinuing our Jalopnik Gold service. Current subscribers will receive the following offers to finish out their subscriptions:
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AutoZone Customer Takes Matters Into His Own Hands After 45 Minutes On Hold
Buying parts from AutoZone is often a lesson in anger management and a battle against incompetence. James, an AutoZone customer, attempted to purchase Ford 9" axle seals, but 45 minutes on hold forced his hand.
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Toyota Crown Majesta Trim Unveiled For JDM
Toyota's top-of-the-line Japanese model since the 1950s is the Crown, a JDM-only sedan. The Toyota Crown Majesta trim has been announced for Japanese execs with a nationalistic bent and a need for exclusiveness
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Magnetic Tow Technology Puts BMW Behind The Competition
BMW announced today a new system, Magnetic Tow Technology (MTT), allowing specially-equipped Bimmers to latch onto traffic using an electromagnetic beam. The system, built upon typical BMW owner driving behavior, should help increase fuel economy.
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Hennessey Limited Edition 2010 HPE550 Camaro, For Junior
Not quite ready for the 705 HP Hennessey HPE700 Camaro? How about a more Cadillac CTS-V-like 562 HP Hennessey Limited Edition 2010 HPE550 Camaro. Now that's something to have when a Shelby GT500 pulls up.
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Horbury Returning To Volvo, Callum Takes Over At Ford Design
Peter "Hi, I'm Dave" Horbury has left his post as Ford's Executive Design Director for the Americas and is returning to Volvo as VP of design. Moray Callum will take the helm at Ford. Not-April-fools!
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Nice Price or No Dice (19)
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2006 Ariel Atom 2 For A Face-Chapping $84,986!
If an Elise feels too confining, and a Se7en cramps your style, we've got a Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender that'll let everything you got swing free in the breeze.
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The Cause Of Pontiac's Demise For $5,000!
Pontiac is deader than its native American namesake, due primarily to building a lot of really mediocre cars. For today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe, we've got one of the mediocrest.
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635 HP 1995 Wide-Ass Toyota Supra For $43,995!
Are you painfully introverted? Need a car to break out of your shell? It's Nice Price or Crack Pipe time, and today we have a Supra that'll turn you from shy to fly.
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Marital Rift Mustang For $20,000!
Sometimes you're hit with a spousal ultimatum — either the car goes, or I do. Here's a Nice Price or Crack Pipe challenge from someone who may be making the wrong choice.
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Italian Week: 1993 Cadillac Allanté For $22,436!
In their advertising of the day, Caddy claimed, The only way to travel is in Cadillac style. But for this transcontinental two-door, the only way was in the belly of a specially outfitted 747.
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Italian Week: 1988 Rambo Lambo For A Cool $114,888!
Long before the Estoque, Lamborghini built another front-engined 4-door, and for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe we're going to find out what's Italian for getting a Hummer.
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Italian Week: 1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal For $4,200+
Today's Italian Week Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender is an enigma; a car named after a city in which it was never officially sold — and no, it's not a Lincoln Versailles.
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Italian Week: 1993 Lancia Delta INTEGRALE Evo II For $26,500!
For today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe we have an Italian car that was never an official immigrant to the land of the freedom fries, but one that probably slid across the border sideways.
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Italian Week: 1987 Maserati For $2,800!
Shanghai Auto Show or not, it's a week of Italians on Nice Price or Crack Pipe, and today we have a bargain Maserati for those of you who might just be bi-curious.
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1982 Delorean DMC-12 Project For $9,000
Get ready to go forward to the past with today's 21.1 gigawatt Nice Price or Crack Pipe car- a 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 project whose history is catching up with it.
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1958 Volkswagen Bus Highboy For $6,500!
You have a high I.Q.. In fact you're so bright women won't even give you the time of day. But all that doesn't mean you can't still ride on a short bus.
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1962 Renault Dauphine Deluxe For $10,000!
Calling all Francophiles. Hold on to your beret, because today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate hails from the land of Bordeaux, and as far as engines go, this one takes it in the rear.
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1993 Buick Roadmaster Wagon For $12,900!
It's time to park the family truckster and slip behind the wheel of a true American road trip icon, for less than the cost of a Nissan Versa. Oh, and it'll also give you wood.
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1957 Chevrolet Landau Hearse For $35,000
Usually people buy a car because they think it will fit their lifestyle. Here's a Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate that'll come in handy when your lifestyle is all over.
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Recession-Fighter 1984 Tempo Diesel For $3000!
It's rare an internet poster apologizes about his dirty pics, but this Nice Price or Crack Pipe Tempo isn't NSFW, and it will probably get you to the office for just pennies.
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No-Street 1999 Nissan GT-R SKYLINE R34 For $119,990!
Get ready to get 2fast and 2furious with a 200MPH+ JDM TIME ATTACK CAR JUN AUTO WORKS GT-R! HA, HA, HA!
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1969 Chevrolet Camaro COPO 9561 Replica For $76,000!
For today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe, we're heading to the U.S. Of A. for some baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet, and a Camaro that's the rarest of the rare. Or is it?
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$219,000 For A 1994 Jaguar Two-Door!
Get ready to let the cat out of the bag with a 550 HP Jaguar super car that's rarer than a working Lucas ignition system. Here kitty, kitty, kitty.
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Malaise-Era 1980 Triumph TR7 For $6,495!!!
Nebraska's flatter than the fourth grade. Which is good, because with a Triumph TR7, there inevitably comes a time when you may need to get out and push.
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Porsche (1)
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Supercar Teardown: Porsche Carrera GT
Porsche's first foray into production V10 power lies just behind the driver in the Carrera GT super car. Let's take a look inside Bruce and see what makes his 605 HP, 5.7-liter DOHC V10 tick.
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QOTD (4)
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What's Your Favorite Homologated Car?
Many-a-racing series require manufacturers to produce a street version of a car before they can legally race in a production series. This process is called homologation. What's your favorite homologated car?
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What's The Best Auto Brand Slap Fight?
We love it when one car company goes for another company's throat. Competition's a good thing, usually leading to better cars. Also, it's just plain fun. What's the best auto brand slap fight?
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Commenter Of The Day: Garlic Talisman Edition
There are some older Christian myths revolving around garlic and how it was formed out of the left footprint of the devil. Why left? It derives from Latin, where "sin" and "sinestra" are related to both the left side and the being evil. On the right foot, btw, was the formation of the onion. If you look at Jainism, their culture views frequent garlic consumption as a fairly negative thing. There's a similar belief with Islam. Eastern Europeans tend to, in their folk lore, have a completely oppos
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What's Your Favorite Song About A Car?
When not crooning about romance, songwriters often turn to what most of us find a reasonable replacement: automobiles. What's your favorite song about a car?
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Racing (3)
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Carl Edwards Real-Life Talladega Nights NASCAR Crash: Video, Gallery
After his car flipped end-over-end into the safety fence, shrapnel injuring seven in the crowd, NASCAR's Carl Edwards, in real-life Ricky Bobby-style, exited his fiery wreck, sprinting on foot to the finish. Spoilers inside, obviously.
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The Mob Has Spoken: The Superkak Racing Mustang GT Must Die!
We had another landslide vote in the 24 Hours Of LeMons People's Curse: the Superkak Racing v2.0 1995 Ford Mustang GT has a date with some heavy construction equipment!
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When The Germans Came To Formula One
Brawn GP's inaugural 1–2 victory in Melbourne was no stranger to their engine supplier Mercedes-Benz: it was exactly the same fashion as how they debuted in Formula One in 1954 with their epic W196.
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Reviews (6)
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Ferrari F40 LM: Supercar Teardown
This 1993 model year Ferrari F40 LM is serial number 97881 and number 15 out of 19 ever built, so what's it doing torn apart, exposing its inner goodies for all the world to see?
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This Is What The $1.75 Million Aston-Martin One-77 Sounds Like
Not only did Aston’s new car win amongst prototypes at the Concorso d’Eleganza, it also managed to outclass the entire field with the sheer awesomeness of sound it could make.
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Morgan Aero SuperSports Gives Us Wood
Based on last year's Morgan Aeromax Coupe, the Aero SuperSports drops its top in the name of modern performance with a retro feel. The wood-framed convertible can hit speeds in excess of 170 MPH.
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MINI Cooper S Clubman Airstream Concept: Let's Motorlounge
Normally, a MINI Cooper S Clubman's towing capacity is limited to trailers no bigger than fruit carts. However, the Mini Cooper S Clubman Airstream Lounge Concept gives the little hatch a hefty-but-stylish silver trailer.
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Rolls-Royce Ghost Is The New RR4
Once known as the 200EX/RR4, the now-named Rolls-Royce Ghost joins the larger Phantom, completing a spooky ultra-luxury car line-up. Based on the 2009 BMW 7-Series, but is expected to use a 500+ HP twin-turbo V8.
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USD Mallett Z03: A Sexy, 999 HP Twin-Turbo Corvette Cruise Missile
With its UgurSahinDesign-penned exotic sheet-metal and Mallett-engineered 999 HP twin-turbo V8 Corvette Z03 is looking more fleshed out than when we last saw it just over one year ago.
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Technology (3)
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Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine Could Make 140 HP Per Liter
We've heard of the Scuderi Split-Cycle engine before, and we even spotted a plastic mock-up at SAE World Congress last year. This year the design is complete, and they project 140 HP per liter!
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Zero S: Electric Motorcycling Gets Less Nerdy
Designed for street use, a supermoto-style all-electric motorcycle called the Zero S will do 60 MPH, go for 60 miles, and charges up in only 4 hours. Nice.
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Heroic Tunachuckers Perform Amazon Engine Swap In 90 Minutes, Back In Race!
Last year's LeMons South Index Of Effluency Winners, the Tunachuckers '66 Volvo Amazon team, had to come off the track just before the People's Curse began. Things looked bad: seized engine!
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Wrenching (1)
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Garage Mechanic Ghetto-Rigs Subaru Impreza With Eaton Supercharger
Here's a weekend build that's more than Jalop-worthy. A bored '06 Subaru Impreza owner decided he needed a project over the Easter weekend and hacked an Eaton supercharger from a T-bird onto his little Subie.
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