Audi's sexy new coupe just got a younger, more practical brother that sadly, won't be coming here. Meet the Audi A5 Sportback, teased here for the first time ahead of its September unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Read MoreAudi's foray into the super car game has proven to be quite popular with the inconspicuous crowd that have previously shied away from Lamborghini. Today, we'll look at the Brucegasmic innards of the Audi R8.
Read MoreAs expected, the 2010 Mercedes S63 AMG and S65 AMG are launching with the same 6.3-liter V8 and 6.0-liter V12 as before, only now good for a bit more power — 525 HP and 612 HP, respectively.
Read MoreNormally we take some amusement in super car infernos, but this McLaren F1 fire in Santa Rosa, California makes us sick to our stomachs. A marvelous thoroughbred shouldn't die like this, never like this.
Read MoreYesterday, we told you the 2010 Cadillac SRX not only changed shape, but also changed personality into a grown-up crossover capable of actually handling. Now, what about everything else a luxury-crossover's supposed to do?
Read MoreThe 2010 Cadillac SRX doesn't look like the old SRX, it doesn't feel like the old SRX and it's a much different form factor than the old SRX. That's good, because that means the new SRX is seriously appealing.
Read MoreHere's what you've been waiting for — the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS, 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T and the 2010 Ford Mustang GT — reviewed by us, together at the same time and place. Time for the Muscle Car Wars!
Read MoreThe 2010 Ford Taurus wants to become to full-size sedans what the F-150 is to trucks: the standard by which all others are judged. That's an incredibly ambitious goal for an utterly conventional car.
Read MoreNormally, when we review an exciting new performance car, we like to use a dramatic burnout shot. Unfortunately, the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO barely chirps its front wheels on its 5.2-second trip to 60 MPH.
Read MoreIn most states the age is 16 to get behind the wheel, which seems like a good idea until you meet the average 16-year-old. But some cars are better than others. What's the worst car for a teenager?
Read MoreThe 2010 Lexus IS Convertible shares only the hood and dash with its four-door sibling, with the rest re-purposed for the singular task of open-air grand touring. Can Lexus finally get a convertible right?
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Treasury today announced a tax deduction for the purchase of new motor vehicles is available in states that don't have a sales tax. The deduction's limited to fees or taxes paid up to $49,500.
Read MoreHybrid-haters may expect the Lexus HS 250h to be a hateful, soul-sapping horror show, but like the 2010 Toyota Prius, conventional wisdom isn't necessarily conventional anymore.
Read MoreConventional wisdom would have us believe American car companies can't compete with Japanese rivals on quality and economy for popular models like compact SUVs. The 2010 Chevy Equinox seeks to prove GM can.
Read MoreLike salt and pepper, chocolate and vanilla, our look at the 20 most expensive cars to insure for 2009 has a flip-side. Today we'll be looking at the 20 least expensive cars to insure for 2009.
Read MoreThe 2009 VW Jetta SportWagen TDI is frugal and fun, but its DSG transmission doesn't suit the diesel engine. Should you buy one?
Read MoreHanding over a $1.4 million electric car to a blog is interesting, especially when the company operates a "you break it, you buy it" policy. Can the 268 HP Protoscar Lampo live up to its promise of electrifying performance?
Read MoreYesterday we reveled in the frugal performance of the VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI's diesel engine, but bemoaned the awful DSG gearbox. Join us today as we examine the Jetta's abilities in detail.
Read MoreConventional car enthusiast wisdom states the VW Jetta TDI is the thinking man's fuel-efficient car. Free of the complication, sacrificed driving dynamics and image of hybrids, it makes do with diesel instead.
Read MoreThis series is becoming something of an exercise in masochism for some readers; we've jabbed red-hot pokers into the eyes of Volvo fans and cheese-gratered the hearts of Mercedes-Benz lovers. How about a vintage Toyota?
Read MoreIt's a real head-scratcher: the Datsun/Nissan Z has plenty of six-banger power, independent rear suspension, four-wheel discs, good build quality… yet so far none has placed better than eighth in LeMons. Why is that?
Read MoreOriginally developed for architectural photography, tilting and shifting lenses are much more than gadgets for turning cars into toys. Professionals even use them to document the ins and outs of Formula One. Mega-sized gallery below.
Read MoreSex sells and these ten highly-suggestive automotive print ads show how far automakers are willing to go to sell cars. The best examples come from the "Mad Men" of the 1960s, when men were men and copywriters were horribly sexist.
Read MoreSusan Sontag, in her essay On Photography, called cameras "fantasy machines whose use is addictive." Just like cars. Therefore, taking photos of cars should be exponentially more fantastic and addictive. This makes us wonder: what's the most photogenic car?
Read MoreAs far as fetishes go, girls in seat belts makes sense to us, it's also probably one of the safest. All we know is, we bet you'll never look at a seat belt the same way after this NSFW mega-gallery.
Read MoreA reader sent us these shots, without context, of what appears to be American metal shaped into a custom Vegas-style cruiser. The question is: what's hidden underneath the custom metal?
Read MoreChrysler may have repossessed his Chrysler 300C company car, but Lee Iacocca found a better car he wants you to buy. This custom fastback Lee Iacocca Limited Edition Mustang celebrates 45 years of the multi-special-edition car Iacocca helped create.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a classic that just needs a little TLC!
Read MoreThis 1947 Ferrari 166 Corsa Spyder is one of the rarest cars in existence and also considered to be the oldest, completely original Ferrari. We've got 32 stunning, detailed images for you to drool over.
Read MoreFifteen years ago today, former football star O.J. Simpson fled his home with friend Al Cowlings in a white Ford Bronco, beginning the most famous police chase in history. Two years later, the Ford Bronco was dead. Coincidence? No.
Read MoreEvery now and then we come across something so foul, so disturbingly stupid, so "WTF were you thinking," that we begin to question the legitimacy of our love of cars. This epic DIY failure is one of these moments.
Read MoreAutomakers have been turning lately to sexy older women, a.k.a "cougars," to sell their cars. These "spokescougars" appeal to jean short-wearing moms seeking to feel sexy again and men seeking experienced ladies. Our seven favorites below.
Read MoreThe 1990s presented a decade of hope, low gas prices, economic growth, low unemployment and lots of car sales. You could make millions with a URL. What's the most iconic car of the 1990s?
Read MoreOver the weekend, the developers from Turn 10 released these gorgeously detailed, high-resolution images of their new Forza Motorsport 3 racer, all but confirming the inclusion of the Le Mans famed Circuit De La Sarthe. [Update: one lap video]
Read MoreSome troubled soul accosted a Pontiac Sunfire with lumber and plaster for this junkyard-bound "Lamborghini Murcielago." Believe us when we say this horror show raises the bar on fake super cars in every way imaginable. We dub thee the Flim-Flamborghini!
Read MoreBefore passing away, ex-TVR owner Peter Wheeler built the Scamander RRV, a car that could drive on track, off-road or even on the water, all while carrying four people. In short, he built The Homer.
Read MoreLong before anyone thought to drop a Cadillac 4.9 V8 in a Fiero, crazed engine swappers were finding ways to shorten their life expectancy with V8-powered Corvairs.
Read MoreThe first-ever Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez 24 Hours Of LeMons took place at No Problem Raceway in Louisiana last weekend, and we saw Toyota take the break the tie with Mazda for most races won.
Read MoreRussian designer Krasnov Igor's Ferrari concept got us to ponder the possibilities of a Ferrari sedan and his newest super car creation, the Muska, causes our brainwaves to communicate one thing: We want one!
Read MoreIt's never enough to sell a car with a unique color. Automakers also have to give the colors a matching unique name. From an "Assuan"-colored van to a "Wicked Merlot" convertible, here's ten cars with seriously bizarre color names.
Read MoreThis Ford Model A at Billetproof is the lowest vehicle we've ever seen. It's so low you can't get a foot under the frame. We're pretty sure it's being naturally clearanced. And that's just the start.
Read MoreOnce holding a place of honor as brand-defining symbols, awesome hood ornaments are now edging towards extinction. We've selected ten awesome ornaments which we're looking for you to name and answer the bonus obscure automotive history we've found on each.
Read MoreBilletproof wasn't the only Detroit-area car show this weekend, we also popped over to Ypsilanti's Orphan Car Show, where we found the only car to make an appearance at both shows — Wilt Chamberlain's 1967 Ghia.
Read MoreSurrounded by six inches of foam, Spira claims their vehicle is the ideal solution not only to pedestrian impact protection, but to the average vehicle's lack of sex appeal and flotation too.
Read MoreLast Sunday, New York City sealed off Broadway to traffic at Times Square and Herald Square, from 35th to 33rd Streets. A day later 350 lawn chairs were set out where cars had previously reigned supreme. Is this the future?
Read MoreIn 2007, Royal Mail issued a set of stamps commemorating Britain’s Formula One greats. With six slots for eight world champions and Sir Stirling Moss, the stage was set for a philatelic battle royale.
Read MoreYesterday's obsession with headlights yielded some great answers, but we're tired of Titman Road. What are the best-looking tail lights?
Read MoreThis Chicago-based refugee from an 80s hair band will rent you his services as a chauffeur in his gold-embellished Ferrari F360 for $300 an hour. Or even his Cadillac Eldorado at $250 an hour. We dub thee — Ferrari Guy.
Read MoreIf the eyes are the window to the human soul, headlights are the window into the automotive soul (which explains why old Cougars seem soulless). Let's do some soul searching. What car has the best-looking headlights?
Read MoreAs Robert Ottoboni's rushed his dog to the Vet at over 100MPH, he lost control, striking an Isuzu Amigo which rolled, causing a 4-year-old inside to sustain serious facial injuries. Ottoboni then fled the scene... for the Vet.
Read MoreLifting Stig's helmet and revealing the Teutonic features of former F1 champ Michael Schumacher certainly made for some great TV. However, the German race car driver is not Top Gear's Stig. Or, we should say, he's not the only Stig.
Read MoreThe first episode of Top Gear Season 13 is airing in the UK right now, but we can already reveal the true identity of The Stig. His identity below...if you can handle the spoiler.
Read MoreTop Gear's Jeremy Clarkson's providing further confirmation today to our report, first seen here, that the Stig's none other than former F1 racer Michael Schumacher, confirming Stiggie will be unmasked on tomorrow night's episode of BBC's epic motoring show.
Read MoreEngland's National Motoring Museum has just opened The World Of Top Gear, their Top Gear-themed exhibit. Displays will include a recreation of the studio, the Reliant Robin Space Shuttle and, of course, a Toyota Hilux.
Read MoreEveryone's seen it, but Top Gear's review of the Ford Fiesta is such a milestone in motoring journalism it necessitates further study. If only because it proves we (even Schumi) can all stay seventeen forever — if we so desire.
Read MoreAccording to an audience member at the first episode of Top Gear Season 13, the Stig was revealed to be none other than a Ferrari FXX-driving Michael Schumacher! Full report below, plus one more shot of the FXX. UPDATE below!
Read MoreEsquire’s gotten the scoop on every automotive outlet, getting Ezra Dyer behind the wheel for an exclusive test drive of the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. So, what’s everyone’s favorite hired driving gun think?
Read MoreSoftware engineer Raul Atkinson doesn't think all electric cars should be boring and look like robot suppositories. As a result he built this slick, all-electric Daytona replica he calls the Raptor.
Read MoreTwo years before they left the US market in 1995, Alfa Romeo jettisoned rear-wheel drive. Their vehicle of abandonment was a quirky plastic sports car built on a classic transaxle layout: the ES-30.
Read MoreThe newest bull in the pen's officially named after the most legendary test driver to ever tame a rambunctious Italian beast. Meet the 550 HP, RWD Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni, a bull with a Mohawk.
Read MoreThe roofless Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder is finally hitting the streets, but is the 560 HP, 5.2-liter V10-equipped convertible a boulevard poseur or can this drop-top bull run with the best from Sant'Agata?
Read MoreInching ever closer to his first ever Grand Prix victory, Red Bull’s Mark Webber spent his free weekend between the British and the German Grands Prix at a motorcycle race. We got inside his head.
Read MoreSummer is here. With it comes the promise of awesome cross-country journeys to exotic places like Paris, TX or Frankfort, KY. Sadly, not all vehicles are up to the task. What's the worst car for a road trip?
Read MoreHyundai will continue their successful value escalation strategy in the car sales wars, now offering to lock down a year of gas at $1.49 per gallon for a year for buyers of new vehicles purchased between now and August 31st.
Read MoreAs the Muscle Car Wars continue, GM's struggling to meet demand for the new Chevy Camaro, with some buyers paying heavy premiums on sticker prices. Now GM even thinks it may catch Ford's new 2010 Mustang in monthly sales.
Read MoreOh, Craigslist, how we love your cheap deals. Like this Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, one of only 85 sold stateside, found slinking around the San Francisco auto pages. Buy it now for just $283,070. (Hat tip to Chris!) [Craigslist]
Read More10 years, 10,000 hours and $21,000 went in to converting this 1000cc Laverda 3CL into a custom sidecar. The result looks nothing like the original bike and like nothing else on the road.
Read MoreWe're wondered why shopping karts outfitted with fifteen wet-cell Ni-Cad batteries, a 15 HP Etek motor and customized rear differentials aren't more popular. It sure looks like silly, dangerous, high-voltage fun to us.
Read MoreDetroit's Packard Plant once built the finest automobiles in the world. It's been vacant for years. This spring, the security guards were finally pulled and as expected, looters pillaged it. Now the arsonists have moved in. Gallery below.
Read MoreWhy do we even try to Save The Enzos? Yet another Ferrari Enzo’s (the second in three months!) bitten the dust. This one, at least, went down respectably, competing and crashing in the Rally de Paris at Magny Cours.
Read MoreSadly, TV Pitchman Billy Mays is dead. But before he departed this world, Billy Mays left us with a slew of gadgets designed to make car ownership a little easier. Below, a look at eight Mays-approved automotive products.
Read MoreThe French make the most outrageous modern super car and the current winner of Le Mans. What if they came back from an exile in outer space with an updated Bugatti Atlantic? This might be what it'd look like.
Read MoreMuch like the US transition to digital TV, the UK is transitioning to digital radio in 2015. However, unlike in the US, consumers are still being sold products that'll be obsolete when that transition is made.
Read MoreWant to drop serious dime on a tuned super car, yet still look like a trashy reality TV celeb? Well, then, the Novitec Rosso Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M is the tuner car for you. And look, it's yellow!
Read MoreThe boys from Gaydon, England claimed they'd reveal a new model every year. A new super car? Nope. Actually, their latest concept, the Aston Martin Cygnet, a Toyota iQ-based luxury commuter city car, may even be a bit silly.
Read MoreWelcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! We haven't done a serious Engine Mix-&-Match PCH for a while, so let's burn!
Read MoreMaybe you won't shed any tears over the rendering of this '74 Corolla wagon into a tiny cube of China-bound scrap steel, but how about this nearly complete '63 Rambler Classic?
Read MoreDid you know that the audio cassette tape is actually older technology than the 8-track? It's true! Also true is the fact that cassettes suck, but mix tapes sometimes overcame their medium's flaws.
Read More"Awesome" is overused to the point of meaninglessness. Until now. We guarantee you'll be filled with some serious awe at this spectacle of unbelievable mechanical prowess. Your jaw will drop at this — the 10,220cc, radial-engined 360 HP Goggomobil.
Read MoreA night landing on the moving deck of an aircraft carrier has always been regarded as the most difficult landing approach for aviators. We think the Toncontín Airport in Honduras might actually beat that.
Read MoreAre you a lonely multi-millionaire who needs a classy date and a new Tesla Roadster? For only $250,000, dating service "4M Club" offers both in one place. What a screaming deal!
Read MorePresident Obama today announced support for the energy bill in Congress, stating we have an obligation to future generations to deal with the crisis and, you know, create some jobs in the process. How?
Read MoreA guilty pleasure we have is How I Met Your Mother, another fairly formulaic sitcom about a group of attractive young people living in New York. What differentiates it is great character work (Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan), Canadian jokes, and a few wonderfully bizarre side plots. For instance, they have an intervention and have such a fun time they start having more interventions. They have so many interventions they eventually have to have an intervention to stop having in
Read MoreVersions 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 of our automotive editions of "You're Doing It Wrong" proved to be such hits we decided time's right for "You're Doing It Wrong" Version 4.0!
Read MoreNow that HD-video capable DSLR cameras are finding their way into the hands of photographic tricksters, beautiful stuff is beginning to emerge. The latest is tilt-shifted train porn by two Dutchmen.
Read MoreItching for the 32 MPG highway 2010 Chevy Equinox but really want it with a GMC badge? It'll be a $1,810 premium on the base model as the 2010 GMC Terrain starts at $24,995. Full details below.
Read MoreWith the price of diesel fuel now again below the price of regular gasoline, oil-burners are starting to look more attractive — even older models. Let's help out prospective buyers. What's the best diesel ever sold in the U.S.?
Read MoreThe first pre-production Chevy Volt "Integration Vehicle" was completed this week ahead of schedule. Looks like GM's putative four-wheeled electrified savior is getting closer to reality.
Read MoreOne of us is a text-messager-aholic, constantly fighting the urge to text (or tweet) while driving. The boys from CarandDriver spent time determining just how bad it really is versus, say, drunk driving. Turns out drunk driving's safer. Here's why.
Read MorePeople are often convinced they've experienced a tornado when, in fact, they merely experienced a strong straight-line windstorm known as a derecho (Spanish for "straight"). And not just any wind. A derecho has winds higher than 58 MPH and can extend ahead of a storm in a line hundreds of miles long. These systems occasionally manifest themselves across states. Severe derechos occur in the United States only a few times a year, but when they do damage is often in the millions. If you're in the p
Read MoreUnlike the first movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen isn't a cargasm, nor has it necessarily become what we were told to expect — a robogasm. Instead, it's an attack on the intelligence of moviegoers under a pretense of fan-boyishness.
Read MoreThe Maya 300 is an all-electric five door hatch built in Mississauga, Ontario with either a 60- or 120-mile range and a top speed of 30 MPH. The interesting part is it's packing ExxonMobil technology.
Read MoreThe Ferrari 599 GTB HGTE brings the hurt with an adjustable suspension, stiffer springs, stiffer rear anti-roll bar and grippier tires. Now we've got a whole mess-load of new photos of Ferrari's new hotness.
Read MoreCan’t stand these future-of-the-car capsules, correct? They’re not for you! But give them to the people who knit sweaters while driving Camrys and us car geeks will have more space and more petrol.
Read MoreYou know what the Opel GT needs? More off-road ability, that's what. This CJ5-based custom is actually overwhelmingly cool. The best part? It's for sale in Pennsylvania. Buy it now!
Read MoreAt a Road America SCCA event, a Corvette driver was doing his thing when his hind-end swung around unexpectedly. The cause: A fire he hadn't noticed melted the tires. Slide show of the action below.
Read MoreRather than announce a 2010 Buick LaCrosse Super, GM's announced they intend to sell a miserly version of Buick's new hotness with a 182 HP version of their Ecotec four-cylinder. Malaise II-era anyone?
Read MoreSurprised about Sebastian Vettel’s stunning performance at last Sunday’s British Grand Prix? Be surprised no more: he has signed a hefty pact with the devil.
Read MoreIf you've ever been to London, you'll recognize every place in this photoset, taken when the GTbyCITROËN concept car hit the streets recreating a course from Gran Turismo 5 and generally doing the tourist thing.
Read MoreThe design and engineering of the 430-replacing Ferrari F450 is almost complete, as evidenced by these ultra-detailed images of most of its naughty parts from CzechFerrari.cz. Mega-gallery of the new 500+ HP 4.5-liter V8-powered car inside.
Read MoreSometimes the world is cruel in ways we don't understand, like this senseless instance of smash-em-up wherein an elderly driver somehow backed into and onto a lovely BMW 2002, resulting in a seriously goofy accident scene.
Read MoreProving that even Pakistani truck art can be transcended, our friend Roland reports on the rolling expressions of vehicular art from the West Sumatran culinary capital.
Read MoreJesse James set a record speed of 199.712 in the hydrogen-powered Streamliner at the El Mirage Dry Lake Bed last week, besting the hydrogen record previously held by the BMW H2R, thus proving Americans lead in increasingly obsolete technology.
Read MoreAccording to Japanese magazine Mag X, here is what we should expect from the 2012 Honda CR-V. Basically, slightly larger and a design that's a bit more Anime-like.
Read MoreThe Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is officially the fastest road legal production convertible. That is, if you consider a 223 MPH top-down jaunt across the French countryside road legal and you consider 150 units a "production" model.
Read MoreThe Smart ForTwo EV has made it through fleet testing and because of the popular response will now be available in limited numbers for public sale. It's still tiny and expensive, but now even slower!
Read MoreTesla-cofounder Martin Eberhard's lawsuits and smack-talking of the electric automaker's got current CEO Elon Musk deciding to set the record straight in a ginormous blog post. Bottom line: He expects the company to be profitable next month. Also, Eberhard sucks.
Read MoreThe 2009 J.D. Power Initial Quality Survey is out. Lexus takes top marks followed by Porsche, Cadillac, Hyundai and Honda. The worst? Land Rover, Smart, And Mini.
Read MoreTwo of Jalopnik's best took a trip to Pep Boys on Friday and found a number of horrible, horrible ways to customize your car. Here's four of the worst.
Read MoreIn early 2007, Urban Aeronautics announced it'd have an "air jeep" flying car dubbed the X-Hawk ready for flight by 2009. The future's now, and while the X-Hawk isn't quite ready, the test mule almost is, and this is it.
Read MoreThe automotive world is full of creative, dedicated and hard-working men and women. Some of them we even like. But there are also some complete assholes. Who's the worst person in the automotive world?
Read MoreUnder dark clouds not of British rain but the dissolution of Formula One was held this year’s British Grand Prix. Warning: spoilers.
Read MoreWelcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Doesn't everyone want to own a Lotus at some point? Hell yes!
Read MoreJust a few weeks ago, many of you wailed and gnashed your teeth over this junked Amazon wagon, and now I've found this Amazon coupe on Death Row.
Read MoreAccording to website sales company GoDaddy.com, Lexus, Japanese automaker Toyota's luxury brand, is blocking a GoDaddy.com commercial starring Danica Patrick in a vintage Ford Mustang from airing during the United States Open. Wait, seriously? Apparently, yes.
Read MoreWhen the LeMons perpetrators get together, the conversation inevitably turns to the "Cars We Wish Someone Would Bring To A Race" topic. The Chevy Citation X-11 always makes our Top Ten list.
Read MoreA dozen men have walked on the Moon—and twelve Brits have won the British GP since first held in 1950 at Silverstone. Meet the men whose shoulders Jenson Button is set to stand on this Sunday.
Read MoreWhile the W110 Mercedes-Benz is known for longevity, some owners don't care enough to keep theirs alive. At that point, the lucky ones get a shot at racing glory. The unlucky ones?
Read MoreThe 24 Hours Of LeMons Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez event, which took place at Belle Rose's No Problem Raceway a couple of weekends back, provided some great photographic opportunities.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a really rare one!
Read MoreThe bough has apparently broken: as we head into what are perhaps the last hours of Formula One as we know it, the teams and the FIA have yet to reach a compromise.
Read MoreThe irony of Toyota building the last Pontiac was perhaps too much for GM, consequently, they've decided to axe the Vibe in 2009. However, GM is still searching for a way to build products at NUMMI with Toyota.
Read MoreHollywood's favorite mustachioed heart throb is no stranger to attention, which is why Russian authorities are banking on cardboard cut-outs of Brad Pitt in police gear to slow motorists in Moscow.
Read MoreFord will launch a driver education campaign in China because, as an emerging market, there's lots of first-time car buyers. We've interspersed four videos of the Chinese driving "experience" into the press release below to show precisely why.
Read MorePublished hours before his team became one of only two to enter next year’s world championship, Brad Spurgeon’s interview with the F1 veteran is a touching portrait of a man who lives and breathes racing.
Read MoreFormula One Teams Association (FOTA), representing eight of F1's major teams, frustrated by deadlocked talks with F1 boss Max "tea-bag" Mosley (pictured), carried out their threat to break away from Formula One and create their own championship series in 2010.
Read MoreAccording to a "Quick Vote" poll on CNN.com today, approximately 23% of people who read the website and vote on these kinds of things would like to live on the moon. Approximately 18,000 people think this is a good idea. In general, we like the idea of space travel and lounging on a distant plant. However, the moon is a less-than-deal place where you'd have to import almost everything you'd need to survive. It's like Hawaii without the beautiful ocean or hula dancers. Ignoring the violent temper
Read MoreHome to a disputed election, 70 million people and twice as many barrels of cheap oil, Iran has cars aplenty. Meet Paykans, Miniators and Italian exotica—plus the gutsy female drivers of the Islamic Republic.
Read MoreWe've already seen the 2010 Opel Astra and its Volkswagen-y nose and a touch of Mazda3 hiney, but this is the first look at the Vauxhall re-badge and a first glimpse at what looks like a handsome Insignia-like interior.
Read MoreThe extremely popular glass roof option is making a return to the 2010 Ford Mustang range for only $1,995. If you have to ask; Yes, sunburns and farmer tans come standard along with us really not caring.
Read MoreExpect to shell out $39,130 for the base version of Nissan's catfish-inspired and sport-tuned NISMO 370Z.
Read MoreLast week, we showed you the under-construction armored Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed. It's finished, which means it has to go home to, we assume, Southeast Asia. How do you load that much awesome on to a giant cargo jet?
Read MoreLast week brought the first test of Hennessey's newest powerhouse, the HPE550 Camaro. This week brings enough new pics and details to make even the most gentlemanly of men hoot and holler.
Read MoreCar buyers may claim they're concerned with the outward appearance of a car, but lately they're focusing on what they spend most of their time staring at — the dash. What's the best dashboard?
Read MoreKawasaki made some notorious motorcycles in the 1970s, most notably the H1 triple with its hellacious two-cycle power curve. This custom monster boast 48-cylinders, six crankshafts and six Jaguar E-type distributors. Yeah, it's kinda hairy.
Read MoreThis year's Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance will celebrate the dead-in-the-water Pontiac brand and, as a special treat, has a contest searching for the oldest Pontiac and oldest Pontiac with an original owner.
Read MoreThe Peugeot 908’s win last weekend at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was not Peugeot’s first: they won back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993 with this — the gorgeous 905.
Read MoreLand Rover partnered with Sonim Technologies to create this — the world's first IP-67-rated GSM mobile phone. The S1 is completely resistant to dirt, dust, drops and can be fully submersed up to 3.3 feet.
Read MoreThe power hungry folks at Hennessey Motorsport in Houston just completed their first swap of a ZR1-sourced LS9 into a 2010 Camaro, creating the HPE700 or what Chevy should call the Camaro Z28.
Read MoreLet's say you're embroiled in an all-out mega-grill arms race against your dastardly neighbor. What's a car guy to do? Create an incredibly unique grilling masterpiece from the leftovers of a small block Chevy engine.
Read MoreThe Riversimple is a hydrogen-powered city car with a radically different "open source" production and design model. If a company takes the design and improves on it they have to share it with everyone else.
Read MoreThe two hybrids where passing on a road in Boulder, Colorado when a burst of wind downed a 75 year-old maple bringing it crashing down on top of one Prius, piercing through the glass, dash and floor, while the other was damaged but still drivable. Amazingly, nobody was seriously injured in the incident, the driver had to go to the hospital with back pain but the passenger was uninjured.
Read MoreA mysterious British customizer proves even the lowliest of vehicles — a Bedford ice cream van — can transform into objects of desire.
Read MoreProving definitively that the Dutch are far cooler than the English, their royal family just restored this custom four-door convertible 1985 Mercedes 380 SEL Caruna to use at their seaside villa in Italy.
Read MoreOf the more recent rappers to come out of Houston, Paul Wall may be the most entertaining. A member of Swishahouse Records, he's probably as well known for his jewelry as his chopped-and-screwed rapping style. He's one of the tastemakers behind grills, the blingtastic teeth coverings made of silver, gold, platinum and jewels. Wall owns a shop in Houston known for producing grills, often with princess cut diamonds, that cost up to $30,000 a piece. On Nelly's song grills you can hear him say "They
Read MoreSometimes cars are beyond repair, and with a French-designed V6 , those times were sudden and often for the Delorean but why anyone would leave this stainless steel steed from another time in a junkyard is beyond us.
Read MoreHybrid technology propels most fuel-efficient vehicles currently on sale in the U.S., but with costly battery packs and not-so-easy-on-the-wallet pricing; Are gas-electric hybrids long for this world? Could pneumatic hybrids be a cost-effective replacement?
Read MoreWith gas prices rising and the economy sinking, it's getting more expensive to get from the unemployment office to the soup kitchen. Here's ten ways to get around for free without walking and with tongue planted firmly in cheek.
Read MoreFront-engined cars have been absent from the highest echelons of racing since the early 1960s. But in 1997, Don Panoz took a car to Le Mans ready to rattle the mid-engined establishment. It was called the Batmobile.
Read MoreWhile Americans are reinventing endurance racing in a dadaist manner, Europeans are still doing their thing at Le Mans, 86 years after the first race. And it was Audi vs. Peugeot yet again. Warning: spoilers.
Read MoreWe reported last week GM was close to an agreement for the sale of Saab to Swedish automotive consortium Koenigsegg. Now it's official, with GM reaching a tentative agreement to sell the Swedish brand in exchange for apparently nothing whatsoever.
Read MoreA two-seater Piper Cherokee lost control and crashed into a Ford Ute shortly after taking off from Krugersdorp Airport, near Johannesburg, South Africa. Miraculously, out of the five people involved, no one was killed.
Read MoreAn Oklahoma State Trooper stopped an ambulance rushing a patient to hospital over a perceived failure to yield and ended up assaulting the EMT on board. New dash cam footage reveals the Trooper's view.
Read MoreMick Jackson is one of those directors like Victor Flemming who, despite doing a diverse and large amount of work, have few themes one can point to. Primarily noted for his television work, including the 1999 adaptation of Tuesdays With Morrie and the underrated Live From Baghdad with Helena Bonham Carter and Micheal Keaton, he's done both character-driven and action-driven films. His two Hollywood film productions include the quirky and wonderful L.A. Story and truly awful disaster flick Volcan
Read MoreFor all you nerdlingers who need to brag about fuel economy around the water cooler, soon you'll be able to buy a factory-built 125 MPG XR3 diesel-electric hybrid straight out of the box.
Read MoreRising to the challenge of creating a Daytona is the author of the ASCII Miura, Péter F?ri. Note the headlight treatment, the great use of a tilde as the Ferrari logo and the velocity stacks.
Read MoreHonda's Insight hybrid may fall 33% short of U.S. sales goals. Why? America's already forgotten last summer's record high gas prices. Even with a recent 30% price increase, gas's still cheap for the moment. So, are appliance-driving consumers just stupid?
Read MoreThis Cadillac Escalade-based Audigier VIF1 created by Christian Audigier of Von Dutch and Ed Hardy clothing line fame confuses the bejezus out of us.
Read MoreWe’ve already told you about Morgan’s $187,000 Aero SuperSports with its T-top and 4.8-liter BMW V8. What we didn't mention is the twin champagne bottle holder behind the leather bucket seats — complete with flutes.
Read MoreWhen you've got a sub-$500 RX-7 with a bad rotor squaring off against a sub-$500 Malaise Continental at the dragstrip, you know it's going to take some time for them to traverse 1,320 feet.
Read MoreWe've seen a worshipful GTO history book in this series, and now we're going to look at a book by the brilliant adman who helped create the GTO legend in the first place: Jim Wangers.
Read MoreWe try to create new, region-specific penalties for each 24 Hours Of LeMons venue, and the Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez race, held at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana, was no exception.
Read MoreDo we need to print up t-shirts again? We may have to after things got hot under the collar for this once-priceless Ferrari Enzo in Okanagan Falls, BC. Horrific images and video of the Italian BBQ below. Save the Enzos!
Read MoreAfter the thrice-Cursed Black Widow Miata team fled the People's Curse at the 24 Hours Of LeMons New Orleans, LeMons fans have been going through an Agonizing Reappraisal of the whole crush-a-car-at-each-race idea.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a proto-AMC to remind us of the transience of car companies.
Read MorePeter Wheeler will be remembered as the man responsible for epic TVR supercars like the Griffith, Cerbera, Tuscan and Sagaris. He passed away yesterday after a short illness at age 64. Autocar's Colin Goodwin has written a touching obituary. [Autocar]
Read MoreOmar Bongo, the world’s longest serving ruler, is dead. Meet his humongous velveteen battleship based on a stretched Cadillac DeVille: the 1977 Stutz Royale.
Read MoreSometimes, the French are even more French than anyone could imagine them to be. Meet the Citroën GS, star of a great little music video.
Read MoreOne of the easier ways to judge whether a film is pre-WWII or post WWII is to look at the portrayal of women. Female characters in films from the 30s and early 1940s are typically working women with attitude. Once the war is over, and the suburban middle class life begins, women are all of a sudden wearing aprons and taking care of kids. A stark example of this can be seen in Frank Capra's films. In Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, the female lead is Jean Arthur's tough and cynical Congressional ai
Read MoreTire-popping tacks, electric-shock handles, smoke screens and bullet-resistant glass are typically the realm of James Bond films, but we visited a Texas company building pedestrian-looking cars capable of withstanding snipers and IEDs. To prove it they brought out an AK-47.
Read MoreAs car enthusiasts and speed freaks, it's hard to imagine a world without the Shelby Cobra, but until 1962, such a world actually did exist.
Read MoreWe've brought on a lot of new readers in the last year-and-a-half. Many may be wondering how Jalopnik their car is. Let's help you answer that with a reprise of our ultimate question of the day: How Jalopnik is your car?
Read MoreSwedish TV is reporting Koenigsegg and a group of Swedish investors have won, signing a letter of intent to buy Saab, the bankrupt Swedish brand, from GM. Expect to see new designs merging jets, the Swedish Chef and a Cuisinart.
Read MoreMicrocars are often chosen for urban driving because they're affordable, fuel efficient and easy to park. With fender-benders the largest urban driving hazard, the IIHS tested bumpers on seven popular microcars, None earned top marks and five were rated "Poor."
Read MoreTesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard, ousted from the company in November 2007 by then-chairman Elon Musk, has now filed suit in Califonria Superior Court against both Musk and Tesla Motors alleging slander, libel and breach of contract.
Read MoreYou saw the grim future of a budget-capped Formula One. Forget that. Let's dream big: all the way to Mach 2. Designer Vincent Montreuil’s flying Ferrari concept comes with twin turbos—turbostator engines, that is.
Read MoreTimes are tough and, with numerous companies and executives losing their cash flow, they can no longer afford the winged luxuries they once could. Sounds like a job for Nick Popovich: Aeronautical Repo Man.
Read MoreCurious exactly how the Cash For Clunkers bill works? This handy chart and fact sheet provide all you need to know about trading in a beater Isuzu for a shiny new car.
Read MoreGM announced today it would build a "future small, fuel efficient car" at one of three idled U.S Plants: Orion, Michigan; Spring Hill, Tennessee; or Janesville, Wisconsin. How will they decide?
Read MoreUnder pressure to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy, Lamborghini says it's developing hybrid engines and researching biofuels. Would you drive a Lamborghini Hybrid?
Read MoreAfter clearing a few legal hurdles, Chrysler and Fiat have now signed an alliance bringing together the two companies. Fiat will own 20% of the new Chrysler Group with Fiat head Sergio Marchionne as CEO.
Read MoreWomen (and European men) riding around in their chauffeured Rolls Royce have had nowhere but the luxuriously piled rear carpet to place their purses — until now. Presenting the Rolls Royce auto-adjusting purse holder.
Read MoreThis fire truck pulled to the shoulder to let cars pass on a single-lane, mountain road when the ground gave way, causing it to roll down a hill, flattening a 1969 Firebird race car.
Read MoreThe Community Assistance to Recycle and Save Act (CARS Act), more commonly known as the Cash for Clunkers bill, passed the U.S. House of Representatives moments ago by a vote of 298-to-119. So how's it work?
Read MoreFew cars are as close in proportion to actual dinosaurs as the Lincoln Navigator, a relic of a bygone era of dirt-cheap gasoline and the insatiable appetite for infinite cupholders. We found this one on London's "Murder Mile."
Read MoreThis is the Mercedes ESF 2009 Concept, scheduled to be officially revealed next week, it represents everything Mercedes knows about safety. Early details reveal airbags being used as emergency brakes. Wait, what?
Read MoreWe have a hard time getting revved up about horseless carriages over one century old, but this 1908 Maxwell LC Tourabout is pretty remarkable. Check out the horizontally opposed two-cylinder powerplant. Take that Subaru.
Read MoreEuropean patent filings already show us how Modena plans to use hybrid technology for performance instead of economy. Now we know when. Reports indicate a gas/electric Ferrari Hybrid may show itself at this year's LA Auto Show. Let's peek inside.
Read MoreWhat's one activity that hasn't yet been painted with the green brush? Mowing! Luckily we're more excited about the Husqvarna Panthera Leo's five motors than we are its recycled materials.
Read MoreEdward E. Whitacre, Jr., former chairman and CEO of AT&T, will become chairman of the "New GM" when launched later this summer. He will succeed Kent Kresa, another old, white man currently serving as interim chairman. Full release below.
Read MoreApple announced a host of auto-centric applications and features for iPhones both new and old at yesterday's 2009 World Wide Developers Conference, ranging from driving games to TomTom toys to Zipcar control. The full spectrum of new Apple auto-erotica below.
Read MoreIn 1959 Honda established itself here in the U.S. selling motorcycles out of a small storefront in LA. Fifty years later, the folks at Honda erected a homage to that first little store in their U.S. headquarters. See it below.
Read MoreThe honey bee not only flies, it produces a thick wax from the glands on its body. Though we normally see wax as a yellowish material, it actually starts out as white and takes on the more cheddar cheese-colored appearance after it's mixed with pollen oil and tree sap. In order to produce wax, the average honey bee needs to consume numerous times their own weight, which means they need to fly the equivalent of six trips around the world to produce just a pound of beeswax. This is where it helps
Read MoreThe "Mozart Effect" is a term used by Alfred Tomatis for his belief listening to Mozart's melodies can make you smarter. Ford's designers apparently took this approach, with a modern twist, while designing the 2010 Ford Taurus.
Read MoreWhen the next-gen Lotus Esprit arrives in 2012, it'll receive some pretty epic power options according to EVO, including the yet-to-be-released 500 HP, high-revving V10 out of the vaporware upcoming Lexus LF-A.
Read MoreWant to outrun Bugatti Veyrons in an open-wheeled roadster? It'll cost you at least $160,000. But with a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds, with the Ariel Atom V8, you'll at least be getting your money's worth.
Read MoreFord's successful voice command multimedia interface is called SYNC, implying a partnership between man and machine. The new BMW multimedia interface is called Voice Control, implying you're the master of all your techno music.
Read MoreFriday we asked you to define the term "classic car". Now that we've settled on a definition (we've included it below), let's help a Jalopnik reader out: what's the best sub-$10K cruising classic?
Read MoreRemember the uber-secret Ford "Bobcat" dual-fuel engine — the one that squirts a shot of E85 directly into the cylinder chamber to create diesel-like performance out of a gasoline engine? Thanks to PickupTrucks.com, we've got this exclusive first look!
Read MoreThe Aprilia RSV 1000 R raced under Transformers 2 livery at Road America this weekend. An indication of another Aprilia product placement or the first step in a robotic war to enslave humanity?
Read MoreParsons graduate David Macaluso proves there's other ways to depict motorsports than with crayons: he painted his corporate-commissioned portrait of Lewis Hamilton with the very oil from Hamilton's McLaren he drove to a 2008 F1 title.
Read MoreMan's best friend should be treated with love and compassion, right? Then what's this poor little guy doing getting a walk via its owners Buick Enclave? You're doing it wrong: Ohio traffic jam edition.
Read MoreOur twitter live-blog of the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix was a complete success. If you were checking it out this weekend, you already know what happened. If you didn't, hit the jump for the spoilers and a crude crayon drawing.
Read MoreThe race is over, and it went right down to the wire. The "Shelby Celica" and the Dirty Some Beaches Honda wagon battled all day, and the Celica took the win!
Read MoreIt's a 24 Hours Of LeMons first: the People's Curse winner, upon hearing the bad news, loaded the race car into the trailer and roared out of town!
Read MoreWe have a lot of standardized punishments for on-track miscreants in the LeMons Penalty Box, but sometimes we custom-tailor something for a really special driver or team.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Our last DOTS Toyota was all the way back in January.
Read MoreThe first day of racing is done, and the mechanical carnage has been horrific; LeMons Perpetrator Nick Pon was heard to utter "Dang, looks like a Taurus grenade done went off in the SHO pits!
Read MoreWelcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! One hell project just isn't enough!
Read MoreNow that we're done with all the BS Inspections, I can say without reservation that we've got the crappiest collection of genuinely terrible heaps we've ever seen in one LeMons race.
Read MoreWe will be live-tweeting (yes, that's right live-tweeting) this Sunday’s F1 race at 8 AM EST — follow along here for the fun. Heck, you can even root against Button if you wish.
Read MoreA cost many forget when buying a new car is that with different cars come different insurance prices. Want to know why? We'll show you with this list of the 20 most expensive cars to insure for 2009.
Read MoreIn 1997 Abner Louima, a 30-year-old Haitian immigrant was at a nightclub in Brooklyn when a fight broke out. Responding to the incident, NYPD officer Justin Volpe (pictured) was punched in the face. He mistakenly identified Louima as the perpetrator and arrested him for disorderly conduct, obstructing government administration and resisting arrest.
Read MoreFor over a year I've had huge problems with every VW I've driven. The alarm goes off seemingly at random while I'm driving. I've finally figured out why, it's the damn key.
Read MoreGerman tuner AC Schnitzer has plied its craft upon the Mini Cooper S Convertible, adding fender flares, more "powah," a limited-slip differential and adjustable suspension. Basically it's a JCW Mini in extravagant duds.
Read MoreWedding season's quickly approaching and if you're riding in one of these ten limos to recite your vows, start a life of baby-manufacturing and welfare-collecting, well, you might be doing Jeff Foxworthy proud.
Read MoreThe long-brewing, all-electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV has finally gotten the production green-light and a sale price. It's a rather bracing $47,000 for the Japanese market. Spendy, but no gasoline necessary is a pretty killer feature, right?
Read MoreGM will officially be selling the Saturn brand to Roger Penske for an unknown sum. GM will continue building Saturns on contract with Penske for them to distribute through Saturn's current dealer network. Full press release below.
Read MoreRomanians will readily flirt with the danger of cadmium poisoning just to have a fleet of lovely yellow taxicabs — just like New Yorkers.
Read MoreFamous vintage race cars worthy of restoration are getting scarce, so wealthy hobbyists are having to move on to a new frontier — race car haulers. Don Orosco's Scarab Transporter is one of the best.
Read MoreValvoline has announced a remarkable new program for its most loyal customers, a guarantee on your engine's life up to 300,000 miles if you use their oil religiously. Naturally, there are some caveats.
Read MoreWe encounter traffic signals daily and though they might annoy us daily at times, we definitely take ours for granted. Take a peak at these 15 crazy traffic signals and let us know if you still have the same complaints.
Read MoreAmerican actor David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok, Thailand hotel. Frankenstein the legend was apparently not Frankenstein the indestructible.
Read MoreJust when we thought we'd seen it all, along comes Chris Rado and his huge front wing-equipped Scion tC, putting down-force right where it's needed. The result — a new FWD lap record at Willow Springs.
Read MoreNot only is Moss the greatest racing driver ever and the star of a Royal Mail stamp collection, he also puts many a young nerd to shame with his extra-geeky home in London built in 1962.
Read MoreSpend just a few minutes driving on congested New York City streets, and you'll immediately see some of the world's worst driving. GMAC's fifth National Drivers Test reveals just how horrible — along with news drivers nationwide are getting worse.
Read MoreTypically when you see a rider get the tail wagging in MotoGP you expect to see a violent crash with bike and rider sliding down the track. Not so much at last weekend's 250cc MotoGP race in Mugello.
Read MoreGM's sale of Hummer to the Chinese has drawn mixed reactions in the U.S. But little attention's been paid to the soon-to-be new owners. How do the Chinese feel about buying this military-inspired, Amerigasmic capitalist icon?
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force has used your tax dollars to commission two highly-customized Planelopnik-infused muscle cars complete with radar-absorbing paint, proximity sensors and targeting cameras for its recruitment program. When do we get a turn at the stick?
Read MoreA furious Range Rover owner, unhappy with the level of dealer service on his break-down happy vehicle, covered it in negative advertising and parked it in front of the dealer. That's gonna leave a mark.
Read MoreEvery once in a while, you come across a picture that makes you wonder about the imagined fleets of Albanian guerrilla commanders.
Read MoreWhat he have here in the 2010 Peugeot 5008 is a luxury minivan aimed squarely at the upmarket Euro-van segment. With a spacious interior and a snappy exterior it's got potential to win quite a few takers.
Read MoreUpon GM's announcement of bankruptcy, celebrated self-promoter Michael Moore patted himself on the back while typing out one of the most singularly anti-capitalist, reality-free diatribes we've seen in quite some time.
Read MoreThe American Chestnut Tree, like many deciduous trees in the U.S., has fallen victim to blight. Specifically, Asian bark fungus has decimated the population of the once ubiquitous tree. In the Appalachians it's estimated more than 25% of the trees were once American Chestnuts, but now few trees survive. Infected trees are able to reproduce, but blight usually steps in before they can fully grow. When we featured the ten vehicles that bankrupted GM we hoped to show how products can represent the
Read MoreJust released at E3 is this tasty new HD Forza Motorsport 3 trailer as well as some gorgeous high-res screen captures that help us think the new game will give Gran Turismo 5 a huge run for its money.
Read MoreLindsay Lohan and cars don't mix, yet her vehicles end up on eBay with her ownership advertised as a positive. Now you can own her white-as-pure-cocaine Maserati Quattroporte. Really? Yeah!
Read MoreHonda saw sales decline 39.2% from record-setting May 2008 results. Ford outsold Toyota (down 40.2%) for yet another month. GM sales were down a better-than-expected 29.6% and they sold twice as many Camaros in May as Honda sold Insight hybrids. Are American automakers mounting a comeback?
Read MoreBMW Tuner G-POWER already lay claim to the fastest BMW Coupe and fastest street-legal BMW. Now they've turned their attention to the BMW M3 coupe.
Read MoreAccording to the NYT, the entity GM's reached a preliminary agreement with to buy the Hummer brand is a random machinery company in western China with ambitions to become an automaker. We're hoping next on the ambition list isn't "take over USA with their own pseudo-military utility vehicles."
Read MoreYou told us about your first Oldsmobiles. Our turn now: before becoming smitten with Lamborghinis and Zondas, our crazy Euro car boy did something very un-European—he spent his formative years in an Oldsmobile.
Read MoreIn the wake of GM's bankruptcy, DeVry University will replace the bankrupt automaker on the S&P 500 stock index. Makes sense since the post-secondary education company probably will replace GM in many former employees daily lives as they seek to upgrade their skill-sets and get new jobs. [WSJ]
Read MoreGM officially announced this morning a preliminary agreement's been reached to sell the Hummer brand out of a desire to look like a company building vehicles more in line with what Washington politicians believe 'merica wants. No word yet on who's buying.
Read MoreWhy is the Tick, the strange super hero of comic book and television, so popular? Is it his muscles? His catchphrases? His accountant/sidekick Arthur? Probably not. The real appeal comes from the Tick's ability to spoof the super hero genre while at the same time embracing some basic ideas. For instance, many villains in comics are escapees from mental institutions. The Tick, himself, escaped from a mental institution. The antagonist is often a villain, but sometimes it's a weapon. In the animat
Read MoreReasons abound for GM's bankruptcy, including legacy costs, fuel prices and the conventional wisdom of East Coast media elite, but we mustn't forget in the end it's all about the cars. And frankly, some of them really sucked. Here's the ten vehicles most responsible for driving GM into bankruptcy.
Read MoreNearly Ex-Product VP for GM Bob Lutz may have revealed plans for a car called the 2011 Chevy Viva, a possible name swap for the Korean-built Aveo.
Read MoreVolvo is joining GM in confusing customers by promoting a car they can't buy until 2012 right now. Unlike the Chevy Volt, the Volvo isn't an EREV, just a PHEV with a diesel engine.
Read MoreWhen the Italians name something after a bee, it's a cute little trucklet. But when the Russians do the same, it's the building block of the scariest rocket launcher in Eurasia.
Read MoreTurning 21 can mean big changes — new opportunities, more respect and the chance to strike out on your own. But as Nice Price or Crack Pipe knows, sometimes it can be hard to spread your wings.
Read MoreWhether you need to traverse a vast wasteland of zombies, or make sure the kids get to the prom on time, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has just the former Swiss Guard for the job.
Read MoreNice Price or Crack Pipe wants you to take the long way home in a questionably-hued Pinto with only 40,000 miles — mostly spent mostly pulling into the garage, and then out again, in and out . . .
Read MoreToday Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants you to have a Uruguay old time with a car that's foreign on two fronts, and that you may be able to bring home in your carry-on.
Read MoreAre you already missing Pontiac? Like weird drivetrains? How about tops that are soft? Well, batten down the hatches, because today Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Tempest in a teapot. . . er Oakland.
Read MoreWe groove on BMWs. We also like wagons. Blonde girls in tight dresses elicit a raised eyebrow of approval from many of us too. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you all three for $15,000.
Read MoreSometimes a car comes with a pedigree, sometimes it's because it was owned by a celebrity. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe croons you a tune, and it's in the key of AMG.
Read MoreDriving your own kit-built car means the satisfaction of individual accomplishment. Driving somebody-else's means you're pretty brave. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe asks, do ya' feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya'?
Read MoreThe seller of this Prohibition-era Essex may have tipped back one too many before setting his price, but Nice Price or Crack Pipe is ready to speakeasy on the matter.
Read MoreWhen Omar Bongo died, it didn't take long for the Gabonese government to put his Lagonda up for sale, and they'll even throw in a bottle of Febreze to get the dead guy smell out.
Read MoreBritish sports cars bring you driving enjoyment at the cost of reliability. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you an English cat with said reliability issues, but without the stigma of easy parts availability.
Read MoreIn the classic Outer Limits episode- The Architects of Fear, an individual volunteers to be mutated into a horrific creature in the name of world peace. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has his car.
Read MoreIf you're crazy about classic roadsters with racing heritage, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has found one that you'll go totally wacky over.
Read MoreThe Ramones used to sing the kei kei kei took my baby away, and if that's true Nice Price or Crack Pipe has the car they might have used.
Read MoreA personal coupe must have presence– that indomitable combination of style and physicality. Today's contestant is endowed with the presence of a UPS truck, and, like that service, asks what can brown do for you?
Read MoreGas prices keep rising, but Nice Price or Crack Pipe's got your back, with a fuel-efficient car from the same people who brought you the GT-R!
Read MoreIf your iPod is filled with nothing but Gucci Mane, then Nice Price or Crack Pipe has just the car to let you get up in his grill.
Read MoreReal Ferraris have V12 engines. Real Ferraris are red. Real Ferraris rarely make an appearance on Nice Price or Crack Pipe. That's because real Ferraris are rarely really affordable. For real.
Read MoreIf you think that an Aspen vacation is exclusively for the wealthy, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a surprise for you- a highly optional 1977 Dodge Aspen that you can afford!
Read MoreIn the late 1980s luxury SUVs were the stars of the car wars. In celebration of that era, Nice Price or Crack Pipe says may LaForza be with you.
Read MoreWe all know that old British cars have not been proven to be the most durable, but with today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe car, we guarantee all your problems will be Minor ones.
Read MoreThe California enclave of Malibu has endured its share of fires, earthquakes, storm surges and hippies. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pipe '77 Malibu hasn't had it so rough. Or has it?
Read MoreApproximately 490,000 people were murdered worldwide in 2004, (7.6 homicides per 100,000 people). Many probably drove to the murder site. That got us thinking — what car is most likely to be driven by a murderer?
Read MoreDurability is a major factor in car ownership if you suffer from auto-fixation disorder and are therefore unable to part with your autos. What's the most durable car you've owned?
Read MoreAs previously documented, a dragon is someone with a special "attachment" to cars. We love cars, but dragons "love cars." It's also used as a verb. Thus, assuming a sudden loss of shame, what car would you like to "dragon?"
Read MoreLet's say every automaker's out of business (not too difficult of a leap, eh?) and you're a Saudi prince with an unlimited budget looking to build his own car company. What's your fantasy lineup of current models?
Read MoreIt's going to be a long day. Instead of focusing on the bad, let's focus on the positive. What's the nicest thing you've done for another motorist?
Read MoreWe tweeted it live and drew it in crayons: it’s time to see this Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix in pictures. Warning: spoilers galore.
Read MoreAs 1.5 millionth Corvette comes off the assembly line, GM's announcing pricing on the sub-Z06, sorta-like-a-Z51 2010 Corvette Grand Sport coupe will start at $55,720 and the convertible will start at $59,530. New pictures of both below.
Read MoreWhile hardcore enthusiasts would rather not spare weight, most consumers are yearning for smarter cars with as many electronic gadgets as possible. To find out where your car falls we've developed this quiz answering: "How smart is your car?"
Read MoreLet's say you park your car in an area frequented by urban entrepreneurs who gather intoxicant-obtainment resources by harvesting car audio equipment from vehicles… yet you still want some tunes in your ride.
Read MoreFord tossed down the gauntlet on gee-whiz dashboard gauge clusters with the Smartgauge in the Ford Fusion Hybrid and Mercury Milan Hybrid. Now supplier Yazaki is going one step further with a fully-reconfigurable concept cluster running on Linux.
Read MoreIn a bid to give his 2005 Ford F-150 more power, Jackson, Michigan native Chris Lentz strapped a Czechoslovakian Motorlet M-701 turbojet to the truck bed, creating a 2700HP jet-powered truck. It's the coolest truck we've ever seen. Video below.
Read MoreFrom most outward appearances, this Chevy C10 pickup is a totally crusty heap, much abused by its uncaring owner. That impression is very, very wrong. Would you believe this thing runs 12.3 second quarter-miles?
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