The 2011 Audi A8 continues to set the full-size sedan gadget bar higher with the integration of Google Earth and terrain-mapping into its 8-inch LCD screen. Now you can find a Starbucks... in 3D!
Read MoreWelcome to the JNBQC, Door Panel Edition. Let's see how well our junked Audi 80 performed for the Fatherland!
Read MoreIn 1994 BMW dropped all six-cylinder engines for the 7-series in favor of the V8/V12 power needed to haul their bloated-by-features luxobarges. Now, inline-six fans rejoice! The 2011 BMW 740i is back with an inline-six powerful enough to haul itself.
Read MoreThe 2009 BMW Z4 is a fun li'l coupe but, like all blood-pumping wannabe Teutons, we've been pining for an M version. It ain't happening, but the Detroit Auto Show-bound 2010 BMW Z4 sDrive35is is pretty damn close.
Read MoreSome outlets speculate on three-letter Cadillac naming conventions. Jalopnik brings you proof. This shot, taken today of GM's official show display, shows the concept revealed last night is, in fact, the STS/DTS-replacing Cadillac XTS — the Metamucil of Cadillacs.
Read MoreThis 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. I spent a few days in Denver during the week, and look what I found!
Read MoreThe darkly wonderful Lamborghini Ankonian Concept is the creation of Slavche Tanevsky and, unlike most independent design studies, boasts the participation of Lamborghini and Audi designers. The future Lamborghini Reventon? We hope so.
Read MoreInsane German tuner Brabus stuffed their 750 HP 6.3-liter Biturbo V12 into a GLK and raced it around the Nardo high-speed track. The result? At 200.3 MP Brabus GLK V12, making it the fastest street-legal SUV in the world.
Read MoreDodge's parade of Viper special editions continues with the not-at-all-street-legal, track-ready 2010 Dodge Viper ACR-X — the 640 HP "value" race-prepped Viper.
Read MoreDodge unveiled two limited-production Viper ACRs at L.A.. One is designed to commemorate the car's recent record-breaking lap of Laguna Seca; the other is just there to remind you that the Viper has a bigger pants bulge than you do.
Read MoreYep, those are signatures. Hundreds and hundreds of signatures. Every single person who helped build the first Kia Sorento scrawled their name on its sheet metal. Pride, thy name is brand-new (and surprisingly attractive) Korean SUV.
Read MoreAssuming large cars exist only to compensate for anatomical deficiencies, there's now more for those of us with an abundance of "spirit." Presenting the 2011 Mazda2, created to bring Zoom Zoom to the Boom Boom.
Read MoreWhen the Infiniti M debuted it was a curiously designed Japanese Nissan hiding a powerful V8. Perhaps fearing the looks have caught up with the power, the 2011 Infiniti M's new 5.6-liter V8 pumps out 420 Louis Vitton-branded horses.
Read MoreCadillac hosted a small shindig in downtown L.A. today. Journalists were invited, drinks were poured, lunch was served. We also got a first look at the Cadillac CTS Coupe. It's very, very pointy. And ten kinds of hot. Gallery below.
Read MoreWagons have always offered the fun of a car, the utility of an SUV and the style of a yacht in a single package. Here's our list of ten strange and awesome...and still inexpensive... vintage wagons.
Read MoreYeah, we know, this kind of thing isn't really our bag. But the Sienna's chief engineer is a former kart racer who once owned an AE86 Corolla. He wants to make minivans cool. We figured it was worth a look.
Read MoreThe 2010 Mercedes ML450 Hybrid is the first full hybrid vehicle from Mercedes and, to better understand the experience of owning one, I sat in horrendous Los Angeles traffic for an hour.
Read MoreTrollhättan has one foot in the grave, and it's not clear if she's coming back. Saab History wants to organize a caravan to Detroit to coincide with next week's moment of truth. Think cars should have soul? Listen up.
Read MoreThe Discovery Channel's Planet Green seems to hate cars, maligning our favorite mode of transportation as "wrecking our culture." We say their arguments are a crock of crap.
Read MoreToday's sports cars make 100 MPH feel like you're standing still. Boring. It's much more fun to edge towards the century mark in a car that makes you feel like you're about to die.
Read MoreToday's sports cars make 100 MPH feel like you're standing still. That means you can drive faster than ever. Giving into that urge is only natural. Here's why.
Read MoreI really like vanilla. In its various subtle forms it can be arousing and enticing without overwhelming the palate. What I can't stand is beige. Instead of criticizing vanilla, we should focus our ire on beige, where it belongs.
Read MoreThe 2011 Mercedes E-Class Convertible looks like an E-Class Coupe without its toupee and with the addition of AIRSCARF and AIRCAP technology you can keep your hair, real or fake, from blowing away at top speed.
Read MoreSupercars continue to get faster and more exotic, but there's little evidence to suggest their drivers are getting any better at driving. We've been keeping score. Here's the 30 most expensive cars that crashed in 2009 (that we covered).
Read MoreAndy Willsheer is aptly named, as it took the sheer force of his mighty will to keep snapping photos of this Mustang funny car as it hurls towards his camera. His great photos and video of the accident below.
Read MoreThe media frenzy over the Tiger Woods car crash and subsequent personal revelations hasn't ended. This weekend's Saturday Night Live skit added fuel to the fire. It's fodder for bad comedy, so we collected the worst car-related groaners out there.
Read MoreThis is it. The YouTube open thread for the one-hour-and-fifteen-minute-long Top Gear South America special. The boys take to Bolivia, James May gets sick of his challenge car getting bumped and Clarkson uses condoms. Bitorrent not done yet? Head below.
Read MoreTop Gear presenter James May, in a recent column published in The Telegraph, has called for artistic depictions of cars. We explore the possibilities using his example: the Porsche 911.
Read MoreEngland is in uproar after James May's obviously staged blimp stunt on Top Gear last Sunday was revealed as a fake. The segment featured a police helicopter intercepting May as he flew into an active airport in a homemade airship.
Read MoreThe 2011 Ford Mustang GT doesn't look much different than the 2010 on the outside. But underhood? The return of the 5.0-liter V8! Only now it's making 412 HP and 390 lb-ft of torque with an expected 25 MPG.
Read MoreForty years ago Parnelli Jones won Trans Am with a black-striped yellow Mustang. To celebrate, Ford's offering fifty copies of the fully race-prepared 2011 Ford Mustang Boss 302R, complete with a race-spec 5.0-liter V8.
Read MoreIt's seems the new GM has two kinds of cars: the genuinely world-beating — like the Cadillac CTS-V, and the woefully badge-engineered — like the 2011 GMC Acadia Denali.
Read MoreMany wonderful things hail from Alabama: Good barbecue. Funky soul music. In 2011, the Hyundai Sonata will join that list. America, say hello to crimson-colored, mid-size Korean luxury. Roll kimchi tide! (It looks better in person. Promise.)
Read MoreThe 2010 Hyundai Tucson is an attempt for the brand to emerge from also-ran status in the compact SUV battle with flowing lines, better materials and more competitive equipment. Will it do the job? Well, maybe.
Read MoreWhile on your way to Detroit to save Trollhättan from the bean-counting trolls, you might as well brew a grande latte, adopt left-wing politics and raid the 80s closet for clothes.
Read MoreYesterday, LeBron James turned 25 and after winning against Atlanta, teammate Shaquille O'Neil announced he'd gotten LeBron a white Rolls Royce Phantom birthday present. Why don't we have friends like that? Shaq, make ours a Silver Cloud, please.
Read MoreQuestionable Fix No More Department: GM appears to have upgraded the Camaro's noise-abating caliper weights to something a bit more substantial and permanent. The stick-on lead wheel weights are gone!
Read MoreNew car technology is great right up to the point you're tagging songs and checking out graphs and then it's "Ahhhhh! WATCH OUT FOR THE NUNS!" Here are ten in-car technologies we find seriously distracting.
Read MoreThe year is drawing to a close, which means we reflect on our many failures and resolve to not to pull that crap again. What's your automotive New Year's Resolution?
Read MoreWhen Michael Schumacher sits his 41-year-old self down in a Mercedes next year, it will not be for the first time. Twenty years before, he raced a 730 HP Mercedes prototype faster than any Formula One car ever made.
Read MoreWe have no idea why off-road spotter hand signals are necessary for minivans, but now you know they exist. What? What? Come on, there's no way this could be some type of filthy innuendo. [via Reddit]
Read MoreHate bloody knuckles? Of course you do. What if we told you there was a way around 'em? Here are ten car repairs that won't make you loathe yourself — or some random engineer — in the morning.
Read MoreIn 1991, a Day-Glo-colored Mazda beat Mercedes and Jaguar to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the only rotary-powered car to date achieving the feat. Come and listen to its mad shriek.
Read MoreMap projections were created to display the 3D earth in a 2D space by distorting reality in order to preserve area, direction, distances or shape. The wonderful alternative projections below won't help you navigate an ocean, they just look awesome.
Read MoreThe recent appearance of a hyper-accurate Back to the Future DeLorean replica on eBay got us thinking: How does one build such a time-traveling monster? Who does this? And just what does it take to go eighty-eight?
Read MoreWinter brings cold temperatures. Cold slows down chemical reactions and can play hell with the performance of healthy batteries. As expected, Mini E drivers in the Northeast are seeing much-decreased range from their lithium-ion packs. Laws of physics FTW, y'all.
Read MoreNot everyone can own a Ferrari. They're expensive, fast, and constantly blow up. But making a Pontiac look like an Italian stallion to avoid the first problem is just plain wrong. Our look at the ten most blasphemous Faux-rarris below.
Read MoreThe Amatoya may be just a concept Warthog-inspired reconnaissance and fire-suppression vehicle, but with Apache-like seating and robotic water cannons it makes us want to see it douse some fires.
Read MoreThe 80-year-old Crown Point Bridge linking New York and Vermont over Lake Champlain crashed into the lake yesterday, as controlled explosions brought down the first U.S. long-span continuous truss bridge for highway traffic ever built. Today, we mourn its loss.
Read MoreHere's what not to do when your Ford Fiesta slides on ice in a tiny English village. And, yes, jumping from your car as it spins will get you run over.
Read MoreThe film Annie Hall opens with two jokes. It's appropriate given Woody Allen's role as a comedian. The first is the Marx-attributed quote about not wanting to be a member of a club you'd qualify for membership in, but the second one is what we care about. It's the joke about two elderly women at a Catskills resort complaining about the food; the first says it's awful and the second agrees it's bad "and such small portions." There was a lot of bitching in the Audi R8 Snow Plow vid Ray posted earl
Read MoreIf you know the right people and have enough bank, you can waltz into your local BMW dealer and order a car painted in a matte silver called frozen grey metallic. Welcome to BMW Individual, Munich's custom-trim and personalization arm.
Read MoreUnarguably the most famous car chase in movie history, the Mustang versus Charger scene in Bullitt defined not only the movie, but Steve McQueen's image. Here's the original script, calling for high speeds, gunfire and a ball of flame.
Read MoreAn eye-wateringly accurate reproduction of the Back To The Future DeLorean recently popped up on eBay. The photo shoot took place at Gamble House, the Pasadena home that once served as Doc Brown's residence. Mega-gallery below.
Read MoreDude lists his Tempo wheels on Craigslist. Dude posts pictures. Dude does not notice that there is something wrong with said pictures. Excuse us while we go plow the back forty. [Craigslist (poop, already pulled down!) via Motown Muscle]
Read MoreThe 5.0 Mustang is back — a displacement chosen more for history than performance. And what a history it's been. So dust off the books and tell us: what's your favorite Mustang?
Read MoreAlthough there's no news on the Honda HSV-010 Super GT challenger since last week's announcement, the folks at Motors Blog nonetheless have been hanging out at Suzuka. They caught these epic test photos and video of the 3.4-liter V8-powered NSX-that-never-was.
Read MoreNew security rules put in place by Homeland Security after this weekend's attempted underwear bombing of an Amsterdam-Detroit Delta flight have leaked below. Basically, this guy'll enjoy pretending to be an airplane more than he will actually flying in one.
Read MoreWe've seen the future of LeMons racing, but it seems only right that we wrap up 2009 with a look at the champions of the past season of 24 Hours Of LeMons events.
Read MoreAs we keep trying to make clear, the Index Of Effluency is the top prize, the pinnacle of all LeMons awards.
Read MoreThe Organizer's Choice (formerly People's Choice) trophy goes to the team that, in the eyes of the Chief Perp, really gets the point of the 24 Hours Of LeMons.
Read MoreEven though we tend to emphasize the Index Of Effluency winners, the team that takes the overall win at a LeMons race has accomplished the nearly impossible: keeping a $500 car running all weekend and avoiding penalties.
Read MoreWe saw some awesome machinery take to the track during the 2009 24 Hours Of LeMons season, but that was just a warm-up for the onslaught of great race cars we can expect during the 2010 season.
Read MoreIt isn't often that an engine makes the front page of Wikipedia, but not many engines score as high on the Ass-Kick-O-Meter™ as the Rolls-Royce R!
Read MoreLast summer, we saw this Down On The Street honoree VW Squareback get towed away and offered at auction. The penalty for attracting zero bidders? The Crusher!
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. The 1975 A's sticker on the '74 Duster was cool, but this Plymouth beats it handily!
Read MoreThis is the first photo of the 5.0-liter all-aluminum beatin' heart of the 2011 Ford Mustang GT that'll pump at a rockin' 412 HP and 390 lb-ft of torque. Merry Christmas. More below.
Read MorePaul Eisenstein's TheDetroitBureau.com claims dozens of new third-gen Toyota Prius owners have filed complaints with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, alleging brake failures. Could it be more "unintended floor mat fiery death acceleration?" Maybe not. [TheDetroitBureau.com]
Read MoreAn L.A. Times investigation into the "fiery floor mat death" issue doesn't surprise us. Most of this can be summed up in the recall timeline we published last month.
Read MoreOur friends at PickupTrucks.com put together their list of ten concept trucks we hoped would be parked on job sites by next year. Sadly, most of the list, including the GMC Denali XT above, never came to pass. [PickupTrucks.com]
Read MoreFerrari's Virtual F1 simulator is two stories of aluminum and carbon fiber, electronic actuators, ten multiprocessor arrays, 60GB of RAM, a 3500W Dolby 7.1 surround system and these nerdy glasses.
Read MoreEver since his retirement, Formula One’s most successful driver has been itching to return. Back for 2010, driving Ross Brawn’s world champion Mercedes, only one question remains: can a 41-year-old man kick ass in modern F1?
Read MoreFord's finalized sales terms of Volvo, the U.S. automaker's Swedish brand, to Chinese car conglomerate Geely. As one meatball falls on the floor, another is picked up... then sold to the Chinese restaurant down the block.
Read MoreBack in 2003 Fox News' chief-crazy-question-asker Glenn Beck asked fans to each send him a dollar towards his personal purchase of a Mercedes-Benz S600. Beck even set up a still-active-to-this-day PayPal account to facilitate donations. Whatever happened to that?
Read MoreWithin the next couple years your car will come equipped with an "application store" where you'll download apps to tweet your car's performance, check your emissions and order a hamburger. Below, the first 20 apps you'll download to your car.
Read MoreThere are after-the-fact clues this Corvette Z06's clutch is doomed: the driver doesn't notice the odor of frying clutch when burning rubber should be there, then pops the trunk to look under the hood. There's much pain in the video.
Read More'Tis the season to haul gifts, honey glazed hams, family members too cheap to get a cab, and, of course, a European Semi. We may not all have rollbacks, but we all move stuff. What's the craziest thing you've hauled?
Read MoreWe thought the Subaru Legacy pulling an F150 out of the snow was impressive, but here's an even more noteworthy feat: a WRX STI rescuing a European semi-truck. Judging from the backup, it's real, which makes this totally legendary.
Read MoreLooks like Honda's not letting all the money it spent developing the NSX go to waste, it's changing the name to Honda HSV-010 GT and entering it in the Japanese SuperGT Championship.
Read MoreIn a series of test runs last week, the limited-edition-of-guess-how-many Aston Martin One-77 — the new Aston that won't embarrass you to be seen driving 'round town in — recorded the fastest speed ever for an Aston Martin: 220.007 MPH.
Read MoreIf you've got the cash, Oklahoma is practically giving away Kandi Coco plug-in electric cars. With Smart-like styling and Chinese production techniques, $895 buys you a lot of street legal electric action. How does it work?
Read MoreThe Nobel Commission and President Obama received plenty of guff over this year's Nobel Peace Prize. One Dallas-area service shop decided to have some fun with it, offering one free Nobel Peace Prize with each oil change.
Read MoreAnand Mahindra, of Indian truck manufacturer Mahindra, recently tweeted a question indicating his interest in Saab and asking followers their opinion of the brand. Curried gravlax? Delicious. But wait — when did Twitter become how businesses do due diligence?
Read MoreA really sad side effect of Saab's probable demise? Life for ultra-dumb car thieves has just gotten a little easier.
Read MoreThe Snowpocalypse descended upon the East Coast this weekend, and when snow falls it encourages most people to stay off the roads. But we're not most people. What's your most heroic snow driving moment?
Read MoreOn February 27, 2006, Saab unveiled an ethanol-powered grand tourer concept which suddenly, dramatically and finally gave new meaning to that trampled and misused slogan — Born From Jets.
Read MoreFord's Borg-like Sync system will allow in-car Wi-Fi capability through user's mobile device in its next-gen system. With an appropriate USB mobile broadband modem, passengers can now tweet "I Spy" findings from the road.
Read MoreGeo… Oldsmobile… Saturn… Pontiac… and now the Saab marque has landed on The General's Death Row. But don't worry- that won't stop the scary-ass Saab zealots devoted Saab aficionados who race at the 24 Hours Of LeMons!
Read MoreHow would the Malaise Era have played out for The General if he hadn't given up on Pontiac's high-performance SOHC inline six of the mid-1960s?
Read MoreThis 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. Pulloa follows up the Punta Arenas Peugeot 404 with this Dearborn classic.
Read MoreThere's been a lot of talk at LeMons HQ about organizing a LeMons Hall Of Fame, but nobody agrees on the half-dozen or so cars that deserve first-round acceptance. Let's look at 41 LeMons Legends from the '09 season instead!
Read MoreOK, all you guys who wail and gnash your teeth every time you see a Junkyard Find that "should have been saved," here's your chance to walk the walk! If this classic Toyota doesn't sell, like, now, it's getting scrapped.
Read MoreOther outlets have trashed the embargo further on the new 2011 Ford Mustang GT's 412 HP 5.0-liter V8, blabbing about head design, VVT, all-aluminum construction and other engine tech. Plus, oh yeah, torque numbers.
Read MoreWhen a Cambridge Mass Police Sergeant arrested an irate famous black history professor for trying to get into his own house it created a bit of a stir that, in retrospect, no one seems to care about anymore. Most of us learned from the incident that Henry Louis Gates Jr is not to be fucked with and, no matter who you are, its' best to chill when talking to someone with a badge and a gun at least temporarily. Nevertheless, President Obama viewed this as a "teachable moment" and brought the two to
Read MoreThe marque once known as Svenska Aeroplan AB is dead. After looking at the seven cars that killed the brand, let's take a moment to appreciate what Trollhättan gave the world. Long live the freewheeling clutch!
Read MoreThe Camaro SS will patrol The Brickyard for the 2010 Indianapolis 500 in bright Inferno Orange with white stripes as an homage to the '69 Indy Pace Car. The best feature? A trick light-bar integrated into the rear window.
Read MoreThe Kepler Motion uses a 550 HP Ford EcoBoost V6 to power the rear wheels and a 250 HP electric motor to power the fronts. It'll hit 60 MPH in 2.5 seconds and reach 200 MPH. Now that's a hybrid.
Read MoreAssisted suicide is illegal in Sweden, explaining why Saab, a brand born from jets, died such a slow and painful death at the hands of GM and others. The seven vehicles most responsible for killing the Saab brand below.
Read MoreHawaiian dentist Young C. Park has turned his attention to detail from teeth to models, constructing elaborately exact 1/16 WWII fighter plane replicas entirely out of aluminum — complete with working control rods, chains and gears.
Read MoreWith today's news of Saab's death and Volvo's impending sale to China, what brand is left to fill "English Dept. Faculty Only" parking spaces at liberal institutions of higher ed? More bluntly, what will latté-swilling liberal Northeasterners drive now?
Read MoreThe Aston Martin DBS and V12 Vantage Carbon Black special editions come with a color coat taking 50 man-hours of hand painting to create. It's the perfect gift for the Aston Martin owner who has everything but meticulous, unnecessary labor.
Read MoreThe Mercedes Water Cannon 10K (affectionately known as the WaWe10) is capable of blasting hippies with 1,400 gallons of water a minute through three on-board cannons. German polizei have already ordered 78 of them. Expecting a riot?
Read MoreA test driver turned racer, Kobayashi drove in great style for two races until Toyota quit F1. He’s back for 2010, driving for new team Sauber.
Read MoreGM announced moments ago they couldn't seal a deal to sell Saab, its 62-year-old Swedish brand. As a result, the brand's officially dead, with GM starting a three month "orderly wind-down of Saab operations."
Read MoreShelby SuperCars revealed the new-for-2010 $740,000 Ultimate Aero hyper car in Dubai today. The new model accelerates from 0-to-62 in 2.78 seconds, tops out at a blistering 260 MPH and now gets one-piece all-carbon-fiber wheels. Seriously.
Read MoreTyler Shipman loves Pontiac Fieros so much he posed for his senior picture with one he bought for $150. Weeks later he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He'd need a miracle to finish his project car.
Read MoreIs the man in the back of this pickup passed out drunk or just relaxing while drinking? Either way, he forgot to wave at the Google Street View camera car as it drove past.
Read MoreIf you ever want to feel like you've accomplished little in your life just look back at what the Babylonians were doing with algebra about 4,000 years ago. While most of us lean on calculators to do the advanced number crunching, Babylonians were putting together things like Plimpton 322. It's a table from about 1800 BC with a series of numbers and solutions that may be Pythagorean triples or maybe something even more complex. And it's written in clay tablet form, which leaves little room for er
Read MoreWatch in horror as a group of snowmen and snowwomen are senselessly massacred by evil snow plows in Madison, Wisconsin. Heroic college students even attempt to prevent the slaughter with snowballs, but to no avail.
Read MoreHam radio appears to be more of an addiction than a hobby to the seller of this $500 Dodge. Every surface is covered with $25K in communications equipment for every conceivable band (FM/UHF/HF/VHF/SPACEMAN). A gallery of technological affliction below.
Read MoreBest10 week can't, won't, and don't stop: The end of our superlative-focused lists? Hell no! Here's the list every Jalopnik new-car buyer should keep close at hand — our Best10 cars you can buy right now.
Read MoreRemember when everyone was excited about the prospect of a diesel hybrid C30? They did it! Minus the diesel part. Hold onto your Detroit Auto Show hats, it's another electric car concept.
Read MoreNever seeing someone list a used car with pics taken from Google Street View, we couldn't trust them. So when we saw this ad listing a 1978 Lincoln with Street View pics we had to call the seller.
Read MoreOne ton. One thousand HP. For sale. Why are you still looking at that holiday gift catalog?
Read MoreFolks, this is it. The first trailer for Iron Man 2. Watch carnage taken to a whole new level — like Tony Stark's "F1 car" getting whipped in half by a very perturbed-looking Whiplash played by Mickey Rourke. Awesome.
Read MoreThe BMW 1-Series is going electric with the ActiveE Concept — the next chapter in BMW's "Megacity" project — will be produced for large-scale fleet testing. Can you handle ze power?
Read MoreWhen we were just lads in elementary school our teacher played for us the song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" about a kid who despised being at camp. It was based a parody based on Ponchielli's La Gioconda. We didn't know who Amilcare Ponchielli was then. Actually, we didn't really get Opera. But we got funny, and even though borscht belt comedy was a world away, we knew Allan Sherman's bit was hilarious. Sherman achieved only short-lived fame and few could probably name him despite the lasting po
Read MoreThe owners of El Camino Shopping Center in LA-area Woodland Hills filed a lawsuit banning vintage car owners who gathered there around the Coffee Depot for Sunday-morning shows. Apparently they hate cars, hate car lovers and don't deserve your business.
Read MoreJalopnik's Best10 week marches on with ten people who thrived while the industry was on its knees, ten guys who made a difference in difficult times. Powarrrr!
Read MoreNew-fangled LED traffic lights last longer, pierce the darkness more effectively and consume 90% less energy than incandescent bulbs. That's also their drawback. They're not hot enough to melt snow that sticks to their lenses, causing dozens of accidents.
Read MoreDozens of videos were posted on YouTube this year showing a valet at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown St. Louis doing donuts, peeling out, burning out, revving engines and spinning tires in expensive cars. You know, being normal valets.
Read MoreOfficial Caption: "Justin Timberlake, Brand Ambassador for the all new Audi A1, met Audi CEO Rubert Stadler and Peter Schwarzenbauer, Audi Board Member for Marketing and Sales, in Ingolstadt." OK. Your turn. Do better in the comments below.
Read MoreIn addition to the gold-painted SLS AMG we showed yesterday, Mercedes-Benz also premiered the limited-to-79-units Middle East-only G55 AMG KOMPRESSOR "Edition 79" at the Dubai Motor Show — a reference to the year, 1879 1979 — the G series started.
Read MoreIn June, Aston Martin released a photo of its Cygnet concept, a Toyota IQ-based city car with a Vantage grin. Today Aston's dropped images of a seemingly production-ready Cygnet with an expected $32,000 price tag.
Read MoreWe've been waiting for the Mini SUV, tentatively dubbed Mini Crossman, and the Detroit-bound Beachcomber concept is another hint at what the small crossover will look like. At least we hope so, because this all-wheel drive concept rocks.
Read MoreThere are dumb bad ideas, dangerous bad ideas, and bad ideas that are staggering achievements of genius. The Brimstone Quadracycle is the latter. A custom-built, four-wheeled motorcycle with a V8 cranking out up to 750HP. It'll even tow a trailer.
Read MoreThe 2011 Ford Fiesta made its Irish debut on their version of The Apprentice last night. We've seen the car, but the U.S. reveal didn't involve a "sleek and attractive" B-lister eating floor. Oh no, it's contagious!
Read MoreThere have been many wrestlers with crossover careers in film and television. From Andre The Giant to The Rock, they're massive and are often well-trained as performers. We wouldn't exactly consider "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to be as famous as an actor as he has been as a professional wrestler, but he manages to appear just about everywhere. You may have seen him in the Highlander tv show or, more recently, on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia as the wrestler "Da' Maniac." His best role? As the transi
Read MoreIn today's advertising world the question isn't whether your car commercial has a famous spokesperson, indie music or flashy graphics. The question is, when you turn on one of these ten sexually suggestive car commercials, does it return the favor?
Read MoreRather than wait for the SLS AMG to get chromed, Mercedes is introducing one at the Dubai Motor Show pre-luxo'd in AMG Desert Gold paint. "Bout to grow a beard dude, so much cake even the money look weird, too."
Read MoreWhy Bugatti feels every new paint scheme requires a "special edition" tag and an annoying name is beyond us, but they love them in Dubai, so here you go: three new over-priced specially-named Bugatti Veyrons.
Read MoreLeave the minivans to the buff books, the sales stars to the wire services, and the hybrids to the green freaks. As Best10 week continues, here's Jalopnik's Best10 of the past decade.
Read MoreIt's been a year of change and, dammit, we've gotta blame someone. Tomorrow Time names their "Person of the Year" but we care more for: who was the biggest auto industry power player this year?
Read MoreThe organizers of the first-ever electric motorcycle race on the Isle Of Man, the TTXGP, are bringing electric car racing to the streets of Paris next June. The cars may be electric, but don't expect them to be slow.
Read MoreToday at 10 a.m. PST, two-and-a-half years after the plane was supposed to leave the ground, Boeing will send the first carbon fiber-bodied 787 Dreamliner into the air north of Seattle for its first test flight.
Read MoreIn the last month, super big box retailer Best Buy has announced partnerships with both Mitsubishi (for EV vehicles) and now with Ford (syncing customers with SYNC). What's Best Buy up to?
Read MoreJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier is one of the pioneers of manned flight, having convinced Louis XVI it was probably better to have the first manned balloon flight there to be undertaken by someone with a little grandeur instead of two certainly frightened prisoners. The flight was a success and de Rozier became the Neil Armstrong of his day. And these weren't your fancy, synthetic balloons of today. We're talking about sheepskin and wallpaper contraptions powered by iron stoves. Scary stuff. He
Read MoreNeed a luxury 4-seater to haul your hot air balloon? This 19-foot-long creation, built from the front of a good Range Rover and the back of a crashed one, is custom built to haul them.
Read MoreOk GM, we need to talk. Your new cars are good, you've got interesting tech features and your quality's competitive. Crap like this Chevy Volt dance undermines all your efforts. We're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you.
Read MoreAs we approach the end of the decade, it's time to look back. To start, say hello to Bad: Unless you hate yourself, hate your money, or simply enjoy life too much, here's ten cars you shouldn't be driving.
Read MoreFriday we wanted to know the worst car of the decade. Today, just in time for Best10 week, the flip-side question. Let's prove Time wrong about the "Decade From Hell" by reminding us: what's the best car of the decade?
Read MoreThanks to Back To The Future, the DeLorean is an international icon. But what if you want to travel back in time from the UK? Now, DeLorean Motor Company will build you a right-hand drive version. Here's the first shots.
Read MoreWelcome to the JNBQC, Door Panel Edition. Detroit has some catching up to do, and we're all rooting for The General's contestant here!
Read MoreWelcome to the JNBQC, Door Panel Edition. We'll see if our junked Lexus can maintain the Emperor's honor, after a dominating performance by Germany in the previous round
Read MoreWe were all suitably impressed by Belgium to India in a Chrysler Newport and Argentina to Alaska in a Renault 12, but who among us would be willing to drive a Saab Toppola from Sweden to Vietnam and back?
Read MoreI keep meaning to review a couple of books that every car freak should read (Nader's Unsafe At Any Speed and DeLorean's On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors, but this book has shoved them aside for now.
Read MoreWe saw a few outtakes from my deservedly brief stint as a filmmaker last week, and now I've dug up a 25-year-old VHS tape of the crypto-car-centric 1984 epic The Phone Police.
Read MoreWhat happens when you follow the siren song of Silicon Valley and relocate there from Sweden to take on a high-tech job? Why, you're forced to leave your beloved '67 Volvo Duett behind!
Read MoreMany of us have looked at a beat-to-hell sedan, then reached for the Sawzall and created an open-air summer cruiser. Then, when the weather turns cold/rainy, it gets junked. But if you're Belvedere Adrian, you keep driving it for decades!
Read MoreDid the 1958 film The Lineup influence the makers of that better-known San Francisco car-chase movie a decade later?
Read MoreSince New Zealand is the home of the Original Hoon, it made sense for Toyota to show New Zealanders how they could pound the living crap out of the Hilux. That's why they turned to New Zealand legend Barry Crump.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. When did the Suburban make the switch from "bouncy truck" to "edge sprawl commuter?" Not by 1972!
Read MoreI look at a lot of Craigslist listings for cars when doing research for Project Car Hell and/or potential 24 Hours Of LeMons racers, and it's ice-water-in-Hell refreshing to find a seller who's honest about his or her Hell Project.
Read MoreIf this picture from yesterday's YDIW gallery looks like a snowy driveway to you, you're not an Audi fan-boy. If you were, you'd know it represents the ultimate wet dream of you and every BMW-hating Audi owner the world over.
Read MoreInspired by a Luigi Chinetti-owned 330 LM used in an obscure Fellini film, the Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta is a 599 GTB Fiorano-based one-off Pinfinarina designed for the son of the creator of cable TV. Pictures of the gold beauty below.
Read MoreThere are laws preventing automakers from making outrageous and false promises about their vehicles — but these laws don't apply to car names. With the help of our readers we've identified the ten most optimistic car names of all time.
Read MoreTelling the story of Ford's attempt to trump Ferrari at Le Mans is easy; it's well known and tailored to car enthusiasts. A.J. Baime's Go Like Hell so exceeds expectations you should skip this review and buy a copy.
Read MoreThe "March of Dimes" campaign created by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was both groundbreaking and immensely successful. It was one of the first such efforts to take on the funding of health research and awareness not as a task for wealthy families, but as the duty of every American regardless of wealth or status. It was, appropriately, Rooseveltian. Because of its operating style, and the use of celebrities, it achieved its goal of raising public awareness and creating a vacci
Read MoreIt's the holiday season and we don't care if you've been naughty or nice because we've got a big bag full of automotive FAIL waiting for you underneath our Doing It Wrong Hanukkah bush.
Read More7.3-liter V12’s don’t grow in peach orchards. Before AMG gave Pagani the monster engine to propel the Zonda, they built it for one of their own cars: the ferocious SL73.
Read MoreWith holiday auto executive house-cleaning in mind, it's time for a crash course in comments etiquette. What can you do? What should you definitely never do? What, in effect, do we want from you, fellow Jalopnik gearheads?
Read MoreDuring last week's Mercedes-sponsored tour of Jay Leno's garage, we discovered Jay likes old Benz cruise missiles. Now one is scheduled to get a fire-breathing, 6.2-liter, 518 HP AMG V8. Details and engine porn below.
Read MoreIf you're like us, you watched the Wagon Attack 2 video and remembered the dream you have so ridiculous you can't tell your family. Time to share. What's your "Jalopnik Awesome" fantasy?
Read MoreGM today confirmed Buick GMC General Manager Michael D. Richards has quit after just nine days on the job. Although no news on who'll replace him, sources have forwarded us exclusively the following personal farewell e-mail from CEO Ed Whitacre.
Read MoreWe're not entirely sure how Geiger's getting these Cadillac CTS-V units to tune. More than likely via the gray market. But however they're managing to snag 'em, Germany's Geiger Cars is giving 'em blacked out looks and even more power.
Read MoreWards has once again named its ten best engines. Surprise-surprise things are getting smaller. Diesels and four-cylinders are well represented, many a-turbocharger, hybrids, some V6's and only one, lonely V8 engine and that's Korean. Let's take a closer look.
Read MoreThe Hennessey Venom GT concept sounds like the result of the world's greatest bet; A 1,000 HP twin-turbo LS9 V8 stuffed into the back of a 2,400-pound sports car. First photos and enticing details below.
Read MoreThe folks at Ford may have engineered the largest tweet-up ever for the Ford Fiesta, but they're still lacking in the spelling department. Of course, we'd rather quote Autopsies.com than Autospies.com. Can you spot the other error? (H/T to Parkington!)
Read MorePorsche knows its customers are mostly overpaid, insecure idiots willing to fork over as much as they're asked. "Uhh... yeah, $1,700 for a lithium-ion starter battery sounds right." Even better, you'll still need a lead-acid battery for winter. [MotorAuthority]
Read MoreIf you want to fully appreciate the not-completely-overblown corporate wizardry of Steve Jobs just look back on the Disney/Pixar relationship. Even if Pixar would have had a difficult time moving forward without Disney, the company under Jobs' control was able to outlast no less than Micheal Eisner because of a great product mixture and knowing when to be a dick and for how long. Sure, Disney ended up acquiring Pixar but in the process Jobs ended up with more shares than anyone else and a place
Read MoreThe whole Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition with whale penis leather saga continues the weirdness. After announcing they'd nip the penis leather interior following outrage from PETA and Pam Anderson, they've built a "Penisgaurd" Volga to demonstrate their whale-penis-love.
Read MoreThe Disney-produced "Magic Highway" animated short presented how 1950s futurists viewed future transportation. It's equally prescient (LifeFlight, sprawl), ridiculous (nuclear cars, air-conditioned roads) and patriarchal (mom to the mall). But what from these highways of future past came true?
Read MoreMaybach's happily tying itself to the reckless decadence ahead of the next great depression by commissioning photographer David LaChapelle to create some really messed-up NSFW Maybach Zeppelin photos. A little girl at an orgy scene? Really?
Read MoreA $700,000 Cizeta V-16T was seized in San Juan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents claiming it was violating multiple US import laws. Sadly, the car's one of the most interesting, and largely unknown, supercars in the world.
Read MoreMercedes Splitview — a system allowing for simultaneous navigation system data displayed to the driver while DVD video's displayed to the passenger on the front seat LCD screen — is finally arriving as an option on US-spec S-class luxobarges.
Read MoreLike saying night is day or Pink Floyd isn't the greatest rock band of all time, saying Henry Ford didn't invent the assembly line goes contrary to conventional auto wisdom. But he didn't. It was actually Ransom E. Olds.
Read MoreThe tiredest of autojourno clichés is "Lord Vader, your ___ has arrived." But why do we never ask: what would Luke Skywalker drive?
Read MoreOver the last 25 years, various generations of "The Christmas Truck" have brightened the holiday season, figuratively and blindingly literally, for residents of Central Iowa. Here's the story of the virgin birth of this brilliant piece of low-tech yuletide celebration.
Read MoreThe Jalopnik reader is a discerning car connoisseur, and every day, we discard a slew of tips deemed sub-prime. From our new daily look at the in-house meat grinder — here's four scraps that didn't make the cut.
Read MoreEver read about the 350Z ruined after a shop installed a bodykit with wood screws and bondo? The owner's finally made it right with new bodywork, new paint and a new shop. That camber is on the "to do" list.
Read MoreIf you're one of the million gamers laying virtual tracks in Forza Motorsports 3, the Hot Holiday DLC pack offers ten cars with a combined 5,649 HP. Below, discover why you'll want these bruisers in your virtual garage.
Read MoreTomTom's taking traffic congestion to the future, aggregating speed data from its in-car navigation systems to pinpoint precisely which cities have the worst traffic congestion. Here's their scientifically-derived 20 most traffic-clogged cities. The results may surprise some.
Read MoreDesperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher turns 45 today, officially making her an attractive, older woman who dates younger men, i.e., a cougar. So in honor of Lois Lane, we're asking: what would a cougar drive?
Read MoreWe were lucky enough to snag a tour of Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage during the LA Auto Show. Supercars galore? Sure, but you know what? We want the Tatra. And the motorcycles. And the...oh hell, we want it all.
Read MoreThe just-released-moments-ago JD Power Customer Satisfaction Index indicates Jaguar, Cadillac, Lexus lead the 2009 pack of brands. Also, 12% of new sales are lost to other brands because of poor customer service at the dealer level. Wait, car dealers suck?
Read MoreThis is the crank for the Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine designed primarily for large container ships. Producing over 100,000 HP, it's the most powerful and efficient diesel engine in the world today.
Read MoreThere's nothing more embarrassing than having your big, macho American RWD truck towed out of the snow by a friend in a Legacy GT Spec.B. Quick, someone record this. [via Connerthecat]
Read MoreThe Jalopnik reader is a discerning car connoisseur, and every day, we discard a slew of tips deemed sub-prime. Here's our new daily look at the in-house meat grinder — and five scraps that didn't make the cut.
Read MoreParents of the world, pay attention: If you don’t act soon, your child may not grow up to be a gearhead. Nip lameness in the bud! Get motor oil flowing in those veins! Buy one of these ten toys now!
Read MoreHoracio Pagani’s first and only super car is a cornucopia of baroque executed in carbon fiber. One detail stands out: the outlandish side-view mirrors. Can you show us one that's more sexy?
Read MoreAudis are either finely crafted German luxury cars or glorified Volkswagens, depending on your opinion. This opossum, however, thought an A4 was a house and nested in the engine bay, scaring the hell out of a tech doing regular maintenance.
Read MoreSanta Claus is depicted as piloting a sled pulled by reindeer, a vehicle not impressive since the 18th century. The Germans have Kringle in a Focus RS. Given the world-traveling requirements for space, speed and style what would Santa drive?
Read MoreAfter lingering in limbo for months, Silverstone, the site of the first ever Formula One Grand Prix is back on the calendar in a 17-year deal as the location of the British Grand Prix.
Read MoreIf there’s one photographer whose pictures of cars approach the lofty heights of art, it’s Richard Morris.
Read MoreThe fastest quarter mile time for a Cadillac CTS-V is held by “The Vette Doctors” with a 10.32 second run at 136.72 mph! Previously owned by the Hennessey CTS-V, will we get to see a grudge match between the two super powers? Only time will tell. Read more about the fastest Cadillac CTS-V in the USA at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.
Read MoreBeijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp (BAIC) has obtained a 20 billion yuan (US$ 2.93 billion) line of credit from the Bank of China, believed to be the funds needed to buy over Swedish automaker Saab from current owner GM, according to Reuters.
Read MoreSince I've already plugged all this crappy analog video hardware into my computer in order to digitize the glory of a '79 Ford Granada, we might as well continue to unearth car-related tidbits from the Murilee Martin Videotape Archives.
Read MoreThis 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. Not many DeLorean owners painted their cars' stainless-steel exteriors; this is a rare find indeed.
Read MoreWith ten races during the 2009 season, 24 Hours Of LeMons HQ decided it was time to deal out season awards. They even used some sort of pseudo-scientific point system to determine the winners, which gave BMW a big win.
Read MoreÜber Bird team captain and PCH Poster Child Mad_Science has vast quantities of photographs of old and interesting street-parked SoCal machinery for us.
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. We saw our last 1940s Alameda vehicle four months ago, so it's time for another.
Read MoreThis 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. Top Gear honored the Delta Integrale last weekend, and now it's our turn!
Read MoreDriving mix tapes were fun, and you can't beat having überbytes of music on an MP3 player, but the randomness of radio can turn a pleasant driving moment into one-a-them epiphanic experiences.
Read MoreWelcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! I haven't been able to do as many PCH posts as I'd like, so let's have a 4-fer-1 today!
Read MoreLadies and gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled weekend programming to bring you shocking footage. Despite all evidence to the contrary, we're able to provide video proof a Jaguar product can indeed go 100,000 miles. Suck it, Joe Lucas.
Read MoreMaybe if Super 8 film hadn't been such a comprehensively terrible medium, I'd have kept making films; who knows, by now I might have become The King Of Eastern European Dental Fetish Porn!
Read MoreWhat made the 2009 LA Auto Show a big deal? Small cars. The onslaught of big SUVs and green marketing seems to have passed. The full wrap-up of the 2009 LA Auto Show is a click away.
Read MoreBoth Jalopnik's Ray Wert and Ben Wojdyla hail from the long lost land of Detroit, which is why they're simultaneously so defensive and sarcastic about their birth place. Few other cities are so recognized as utter failures yet so appreciated for authentic character than Detroit by the same group of people. The rest of us have had fun times in Detroit... though we've also seen dead bodies on the street. You wouldn't think it's ever some sort of great advantage to be from Detroit, but GasGuzzler i
Read MoreChrysler's Italian masters at Fiat fired BBDO Detroit, bringing in an Italian agency to do one commercial for the 300C gansgter-mobile. The ad stars Mikhail Gorbachev and calls for Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's release. My name is-what the fuck?
Read MoreRemember the 12-year-old kid behind the Porsche 928 turbo concept? Well, "Porsche Kid" has put together a full breakdown of what he expects from Porsche's 2013-14 lineup with photos below.
Read MoreTired of looking at Lincolns bolted to walls? Done with the shiny new hotness? Because we love you, we've put together this list of what to do when the show gets boring. (Hint: It helps if you're not sober.)
Read MoreIt's snowing in Houston. The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore is here. It's the Snowpocalypse and everyone is freaking out. Quick, help! What's the best winter vehicle?
Read MoreCome one, come all: It's time for a rousing edition of Guess That Engine. Know a piston skirt from a pressure sender, a con rod from a cap screw? Here's a slew of chances for you to prove it.
Read MoreToyota built a 2010 4Runner for last month's Baja 1000. The truck finished second in the Stock Mini class, and the Big T brought it to L.A. still covered in Mexican dirt. Amen.
Read MoreBloomberg's reporting this morning new GM interim CEO Ed Whitacre's making big changes fast, drawing up a new management blueprint in "four hours" that ousts Bob Lutz from the role of "Maximum Marketer." UPDATE: Changes below!
Read MoreMeet Sandy Sanderson from New Zealand. Needing something to keep himself occupied after breaking his wrist in a motorcycle accident, he started building amazing model cars from discarded aluminum cans. His incredibly intricate work below.
Read MoreMercedes knows its drivers may lose their keys or even their cars but never their iPhones. Lose your giant luxury SUV at the mall? There's an app for that. Click through to see how it works.
Read MoreJanuary's issue of Car and Driver magazine sees what many would term a "major" redesign. We've asked Eddie Alterman, the new C/D editor-in-chief, to walk us through some of the layout changes of the newly-redesigned buff book. — Ed.
Read MoreAuto shows suck. Half the reveals are lame crossovers and the dry ice and laser shows, when even used anymore, could give someone epileptic fits. It all reeks of the industry trying too hard. How would you fix them?
Read MoreOMG!!1! This must've totally been Ford's proudest. Moment. Ever. [PRNewswire]
Read MoreThe web search engine with the extraneous exclamation point's put together an early list of the ten most searched-for cars of 2009. Unexpectedly to some, online auto searches seem less about sales and more about what makes car fan-boys excited.
Read MoreJapan's Kei cars are universally cool. So small they fit into a separate tax segment and require no proof of parking, they're a Tokyo urbanite's best friend. Now the new Nissan Roox looks like it's trying to fit in anywhere.
Read MoreThe Porsche Boxster Spyder is 176 lbs lighter than a Boxster S and 10 heavier than the original 989 Boxster. We told you how it got lighter by using loops instead of door handles. Now see it in person.
Read MoreWhen you open your press conference by stating you don't believe electric cars are the future you can't then show the Audi e-tron Concept, right? Well, then it must just be for ze fascination mit electric power, ja?
Read MoreAll good things must come to an end and the Mercedes McLaren SLR is no different. The total run of 2000 units will end with the final cars being the no-compromise, hirsute-motoring Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss. Appropriate in our opinion.
Read MoreTypically, automaker stands on press days are filled with free booze, some sort of obscure delicacy from their home country, press kits and saucy booth professionals. But at the LA Auto Show, all Chrysler's got is a box of rocks.
Read MoreHonda's Personal-Neo Urban Transport Concept is confusingly called the P-NUT, even though its McLaren F1-like three-point seating and rear-mounted powertrain are designed to make passengers feel like they aren't packed in like actual peanuts. Also, it's a little too familiar.
Read MoreWhat you normally find under the bulbous hood of a Saab 92 is a 2-cylinder, 2-stroke lawnmower motor barely able to keep up in traffic. This one's got the V6 from a modern Saab 9-5.
Read MoreThis is the VW UP! Lite concept, debuting moments ago at the LA Auto Show. It's a four-seat, front-wheel-drive, diesel-electric hybrid with 70MPG fuel economy. While it's not production-intent, Ze Germans have announced plans for an ultra-efficient compact by 2011.
Read MoreAndrew Ross Sorkin, author of the book "Too Big to Fail," brings us this personalized license plate belonging to Morgan Stanley Vice-Chairman Rob Kindler who thought it appropriate to make a joke of the current financial mess. [AndrewRossSorkin.com]
Read MoreYesterday, GM CEO Fritz Henderson resigned (or fired!) and was temporarily replaced by a random old white guy with no car company experience. Clearly Ed Whitacre's the wrong person for the job. So, who should run GM?
Read MoreThe Fiesta-fighting, US-spec version of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, GM's mass-market fuel-economy star, debuted yesterday in L.A. We were there to catch some live shots. More to come later today.
Read MoreCar and Driver's annual list of the "10Best" cars sold in America includes the BMW 3-series and the Honda Accord (as usual). Except this year the Ford Fusion Hybrid joins the Cadillac CTS/CTS-V in representing America.
Read MoreAlso at the Infiniti M launch was the 2010 Infiniti G37, which follows its big brother with a lower profile nose and headlights lower to the ground as, according to one Infiniti exec, "God intended them."
Read MoreThough we saw leaked images of the 2011 Ford Fiesta yesterday, today we've got complete details on Ford's second Europe-to-US entry. The Fiesta hits our shores as either hatchback or sedan with a new dry-clutch automatic transmission and 40MPG highway.
Read MoreSarah Henderson, daughter of Fritz Henderson, the just-resigned-minutes-ago GM CEO, posted some choice words about Ed Whitacre, the random white guy taking her dad's place at the top of the just-emerged-from-bankruptcy automaker, on the automaker's public Facebook page!
Read MoreBack in 1969 Honda introduced a bike called the CB750. Lauded at the time for advanced technical features like its SOHC inline-four and single disc front brake, its lasting impact came from its ability to not leak oil everywhere and to go around corners without rust causing it to fall apart halfway round. It was that combination of speed, handling and not-leaking-oilyness that eventually destroyed the British motorcycle industry. The limeys at Triumph, Norton et al just couldn't get their heads
Read MoreAccording to the Detroit Free Press, the 2010 Detroit Auto Show will see a limited return for Nissan, but more interestingly Aston Martin, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini and Porsche will have completely separate, invite-only displays at the MGM Grand Casino.
Read MoreThe 2011 Audi A8, unveiled last night in Miami, is loaded with gadgets — everything from handwriting recognition, terrain-predicting transmission controls and automatic turn signals. It's like Inspector Gadget's car — if he were a chauffeur-driven investment banker.
Read More2009 was a bad year for the auto industry, but a good year for Nice Price or Crack Pipe. Today, it's time to look back on the year and pick the best -or worst - of the bunch.
Read MoreNice Price or Crack Pipe loves us some WRC Group B homologation cars, which brought new life to the venerable series. Today's 5-cylinder Audi Quattro still looks like a white knight, but does it hold any dark secrets?
Read MoreFor many British cars of the 1960s, if it still runs today, it's a triumph. Now, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a running Triumph that may be a herald of top-down driving to come.
Read MoreHot versions of mundane econo-boxes preceded the Rabbit GTI, but none became iconically emblematic of the breed as did the VW. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if this '84 puts a rocket in your pocket.
Read MoreWhile the news this week has been all about Saab possibly going tits-up, Nice Price or Crack Pipe thinks that the Born from Jets car maker wouldn't be so screwed if they had built something like today's candidate.
Read MoreWith the Starion, Mitsubishi battled the 6-cylinder cars from Nissan and Toyota by turbocharging their four-banger. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an '85 that's gone to Pep Boys to get reinforcements.
Read MoreVolkswagen used to name their cars after winds. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a 16V Scirocco, and it's up to you to see if it blows.
Read MoreThey don't build ‘em like the used to, and in Saab's case they probably won't be building them at all any more. Still, as Nice Price or Crack Pipe has found, there's still plenty of Saab to go around.
Read MoreAt one point Audi released a five-cylinder engine because four ist too small, und six ist too big. Now Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an S4 with a V8 crammed under its hood. Ain't progress grand?
Read MoreBig Bird won't fit in it, Oscar wants to put his junk in the trunk, and Elmo says it's too red. Regardless of that, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if this M6 is worthy of your street?
Read MoreOn Super Bowl Sunday, a TD can bring the crowds to their feet. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a 300TD from the year of Super Bowl XX that just might make you cheer.
Read MoreThree of the sweetest words to many auto enthusiasts are mid-engine-Italian. But, as Nice Price or Crack Pipe has found out, those words sometimes can sting.
Read MoreIn German, Bitte means please. As Nice Price or Crack Pipe knows, Bitter means rare and cool executive coupes, including today's SC which has a price that may please.
Read MoreCheerleaders have spirit, yes they do, they have spirit, how ‘bout you? Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe is shaking our pom-poms for a Dodge Spirit, to see if it's anything to cheer about.
Read MoreBrett Goodman wants to sell you his car, but only if you're serious. That pretty much leaves out Nice Price or Crack Pipe, because we can't keep a straight face looking at the price.
Read MoreThere are lots of marathons that you can run in — Boston, New York, etc. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Marathon that's not only big enough to run in, but one that you could also drive.
Read MoreDo you like the limbo, snakes in the grass, and Datsun Pickups? Well, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has something that's sure to blow your mind, and it'll be a low-blow too!
Read MoreThe E34 M5 is a Q-ship, with basically only badging, valances and wheels to separate it visually from its less-M siblings. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has found a clean '91 that's still running under the radar.
Read MoreThe Acura NSX was a vehicle of firsts — first production car with titanium connecting rods, etc. And today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you the opportunity to be the first on your block to own a convertible one!
Read MoreFerraris are not typically a family affair, offering room for two and enough luggage space for a one-night stand. Well, today Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an '89 Mondial that's kind of the mom-jeans of Ferraris.
Read MoreNot just Pumas come from Brazil, and today Nice Price or Crack Pipe continues to mine the South American Menagerie for contestants, with a foxy Volkswagen.
Read MoreBrazil's given the world many things — an ethanol-based infrastructure, meat served on a sword, and bikinis — my god, the bikinis. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you one more Brazilian gift to the world- the Puma.
Read MoreThe new Porsche Boxster Spyder makes 10 HP more than the regular Boxster S but, more importantly, at 2,811 Lbs it's 176 Lbs lighter. Here's how Porsche shed that weight and how it could have lost more.
Read MoreIt came as a shock to Canadian autojourno-in-arms Michael Banovsky that former Elastica front-woman and English alternative sex symbol Justine Frischmann now lives in Boulder, Colorado. Obviously, we must ask, what car would you pick Justine Frischmann up in?
Read MoreVanilla is the ice cream choice of people afraid of making other choices. It's the default setting. It isn't bad but it's far from good. Many cars, unfortunately, fit into this category. What's the most vanilla car of the year?
Read MoreThe end of the decade only comes once every, umm... every eight years or something. To better appreciate an era of serious highs and lows we wanna know: what's the worst car of the decade?
Read MoreWe've seen our fair share of questionably modified sports cars, but little tops this subtly awful FAIL of a Corvette. Click any photo to see the horror and hear the confused seller's logic.
Read More9ff's in the business of consistently terrifying us, first with the 973HP re-engineered Porsche 911 they dubbed the 9ff GT9, and now with the 9ff GT9-R, which boasts a jaw-dropping 1120 HP and 257 MPH top speed. Bruce Über Alles.
Read MoreBMW announced pricing yesterday for the hybrid version of its 7-series sedan. For just $103,125, you can place one of these fat, green, and powerful babies in your driveway. That'll show the Joneses. Gallery and press release below.
Read MoreSeeing the four-banger-only 2011 Hyundai Sonata in person, it looks sleek and stylish and beautifully detailed. However, in these press images, it looks awkward and lumpy. We can't figure out why.
Read MoreAccording to England's EVO Magazine, there's a lighter, track-ready version of the Toyota FT-86 planned that will drop the price from around $27,000 to $22,000 while adding stiffer suspension and stronger brakes. We'll take two.
Read MoreIt's no longer hearsay: the 2011 Ford Mustang will get a 5.0-liter V8 as God intended. Thanks to Twitter and Facebook embargo breakage we also know this monster will have 412 HP. The Muscle Car Wars are heating up again.
Read MoreWhen I reviewed the Lexus LFA I failed to do it justice. It's just incredibly difficult to summarize everything that combines to make this car so special. These engine sounds do a much better job. Bonus: Top Gear LFA photo!
Read MoreSubaru's STI Special Edition is essentially an ordinary STI with the suspension of the Japanese-market STI Spec C and the longest vehicle name in all of creation. Details, gallery, and press release below.
Read MoreThose of you who read my posts about easy Honda speedometer replacement and hellish Ford window regulator replacement know my oft-repeated rants about German over-complexity, Detroit quality corner-cutting, and Japanese cheap-but-well-thought-out engineering. Where do I get my facts? The junkyard!
Read MoreNever mind that the Angry Hamster Honda Z600 finished in 140th place at the 2009 Arse Freeze-A-Palooza, because the team took home the coveted Dangerous Homemade Technology trophy and generally knocked us on our asses with their car's awesomeness.
Read MoreSince I'd already fixed an annoying problem in my Crown Vic, I figured I might as well fix an equally annoying problem in my '92 Civic: when the temperature dropped below about 50°, the speedometer stopped working.
Read MoreYour crappy 1977 Ford Pinto with the serious-looking six-point roll cage wants to race in the 24 Hours of LeMons and ChumpCar. Jalopnik is here to help you pass tech in each series.
Read MoreA couple weeks ago, when I debuted the Ghost Ride The Whip Box at the '09 Arse Freeze-a-Palooza LeMons, I decided I needed to roll my Crown Vic's balky driver's window down all the way… and heard a terrible CLUNK!
Read MoreThe 2011 Toyota Sienna gets its chiseled looks and Gillette-like front end from the Toyota Venza, but makes room inside for eight people and now comes equipped with optional all-wheel drive for families that live in snowy climes.
Read MoreEarlier this month GM announced "Chevrolet Wi-Fi" by Autonet Mobile as an option on seven Chevy vehicles including the Silverado pickup. Weirdly, despite the Chevy Volt being, like, the most technologically-advanced vehicle ever built, it won't get the option.
Read MoreHeaded to Montauk with the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor there was one thing I had to get: a picture of all four wheels off the ground. I got it, but it turns out that's not the Raptor's point.
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