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The Bedlinered Audi A4: Update
The bedlinered Audi A4's been updated. How can you improve on a maintenance-free coating? Paint, shiny silver paint. Oh, and by removing the awful bedlinered wheels too.
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Celebrate 75 Years Of Jaguar With Our 7.5 Favorite Jags
Jaguar is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion we've put together our favorite examples of the breed — all seven-and-a-half of them. The best from the leaping-cat breed below.
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What Was The Best Sedan-To-Wagon Conversion?
Some cars are born wagons, some achieve wagonhood, and some have bad-ass wagonhood thrust upon them. The Jalop in the street knows that wagons beat sedans nearly every time, but which wagon improved the most over its donor car?
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2011 Lincoln MKX: No Buttons, All Nose
The 2011 Lincoln MKX distances itself from the previous iteration's hyperminimalist nose with a truffle-hunting schnoz ripped right off the Lincoln MKT. Do we care? No. Mostly because they created a nearly button-free environment inside.
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Sawzall Chop-Top Volvo 244 Doesn't Survive Winter, Meets Highly Predictable Fate
We all know how the normal trajectory goes with a homemade convertible: First, a car already teetering on the brink of the junkyard meets a couple of dudes with a case of beer and a Sawzall…
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Buick Regal GS Show Car: AWD, 255HP And Still A Four-Banger
Say hello to the Buick Regal GS Show Car, or "Show Car," as it's a look at the 255HP, high-pressure turbocharged, direct-injected four-cylinder, all-wheel-drive, six-speed manual Buick Regal GS absolutely everyone is expecting GM to build.
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Kia UVO Beats Ford SYNC To Less-Annoying Voice Commands
In our experience, the novelty of screaming voice commands at your SYNC-equipped Ford to get it to play one freaking song wears off after a day. Kia's new MIcrosoft-based UVO system beats SYNC to the punch with a solution.
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Cadillac CTS-V Coupe: Back Seats Are For Poor People
Cadillac's an old man's brand full of floaty, slow, soft luxury cars. Screw that. This is the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe — packing a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 with 556 HP, a six-speed manual, and not-enough-room for full-sized rear-seat passengers. Screw 'em.
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Buying (3)
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Commuter Cars Tango: First Drive
On paper, 805HP, 1,000lb-ft of torque, no gear changes, a center of gravity under the floor and a 0-100MPH time of 12 seconds sounds like automotive Valhalla. Then you drive the Commuter Cars Tango. Terrifying and exhausting, to start.
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Saab On The Brink: Mr. Smith Sonett Goes To Washington Motown
Today, Saab's Swedish board voted to liquidate the brand. No telling if Trollhättan will quirk again, but shortly after everything went to pot, we took a 1972 Saab Sonett to GM's headquarters. Perspective? Yup. Also, that freewheeling clutch is weird.
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2010 Audi S4
The 2010 Audi S4 drops the 4.2-liter V8 for a 3.0 supercharged V6 with less power and a strange "T" badge. Is that the recipe for a sport sedan finally capable of besting arch-rival BMW and making our 2010 Best10?
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Culture (9)
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Keep Your Damn iPad Out Of My Car
Even the best factory infotainment system is a heavy piece of techno-vanilla designed to inflate a car's sticker price and already bloated waistline. I look forward to the day we'll replace it with something better. Sadly, the iPad isn't it.
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The Dog That Killed Hoonage: A Call For Simplicity
Cars are growing too complex, and we're not the first to complain about it. We probably can't stop the rise of the self-driving car, but we need to stop and remember why we first climbed behind the wheel.
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How My Youthful Junkyard Scrounging Habit Got My High School Evacuated By The Bomb Squad
After reading the tale of the science-geek kid whose innocuous Gatorade-bottle-based motion-detector project got the bomb squad on his ass and his life ruined forever, I was reminded of my own similar experience involving a '75 Ford LTD seatbelt buzzer.
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On The Passing Of Buttons And Switches
We love cars with row-upon-row of gleaming toggle switches and buttons. They're anachronistic and possibly a bit elitist, but they enhance the feeling of a direct connection between you and your machine. Sadly, they're going the way of the dodo.
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Chrysler Saves 100 Cats In Sebring Plant, Still Can't Save Self
Chrysler has teamed up with an animal rights group to save 100 feral cats at the Sterling Heights, Michigan Chrysler assembly plant because they can't seem to be bothered to save their cars, workers or company. WTF is Chrysler doing?
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Don't Believe The Hype: The CR-Z Is Not A New CRX
Honda wants you to believe that the CR-Z is the reincarnation of the legendary CRX. It should have been — and it even looks right — but it's no CRX. How do I know? I own one.
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Lacking Products, Old Media Fellates "Optimism" Instead
There's hardly any new cars on show here in Detroit, but don't worry, journalists that rely on the car industry to feed them have found another way to justify their meal tickets. Apparently, the big story this year is "optimism."
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Why Do Most Car Movies Suck?
Are cars in movies these days? Yes. Are they fun to watch? Not so much. Cars and movies are roughly the same age, but they've never really gotten along. What's wrong with this (motion) picture?
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Engine Covers Are The Devil's Work
Gone are the days when most cars wore their hearts on their valve covers. Tidy simplicity has given way to plastic soul and the art of the cover-up. It's time to revolt: Kill this junk. Kill it now.
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Crashes and Safety (5)
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Ferrari Falls Ass-End First Off Truck At Dealership
A Ferrari F430 Spyder fell from the top level of a delivery truck at Ernie Boch's luxury car dealership outside of Boston. The only funny part? Watching the windshield wipers running in the video below.
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EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Owner Buys Replacement $1.5 Million Veyron
The man who drove his $1.5 million Bugatti into a Texas lake replaced the broke n' busted hyper car Friday with another $1.5 million Veyron. Here's the first picture.
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First Ford SVT Raptor Wrecked In Suspension-Ripping Rollover
Oh no! Someone's rolled an Ford F-150 SVT Raptor after just 1,917 miles, completely tearing the front passenger-side suspension out and smashing the hell out of the cabin. It's going to auction, expected sale price: $6,200.
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Lamborghini Gallardo Tangles With Many Parked Cars In LA's Laurel Canyon, Much Bondo Needed
The Laurel Canyon neighborhood in Los Angeles has been the stomping grounds of countless drug-addled bad drivers (including such crashy legends as Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Keith Moon), so the locals are probably accustomed to scenes like this one.
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That Most Absurd Of Car Accidents
Fifty years ago on this day, French philosopher Albert Camus smashed into a tree and died in that most American of French cars: a Facel Vega HK500.
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Entertainment (1)
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Jalopnik's $5000 Top Gear USA NBC Pilot Episode Challenge
With the Late Night Wars carpet-bombing NBC's 10:00 slot, the network's hurriedly scrounging for filler. One show they're not contemplating? The ill-fated cargasm, Top Gear USA. Was the pilot so horrendous it's unwatchable? We've got $5,000 to find out.
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2011 Ford Explorer: What To Expect
UPDATE: The new 2011 Ford Explorer's been revealed. Take a look at the new crossover here. Times, they are a-changin' and the era of the body-on-frame Explorer is coming to an end. The 2011 Ford Explorer is going car-like, with a unibody frame and front-wheel bias. How do we know? A chatty Chicago assembly worker.
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Craigslist Love: The Joys Of The 1965 Ford F-100
One man recently decided to sell his Ford F-100. He wrote some words. Those words are alternately touching and hilarious. This isn't his truck, but no matter — this dude deserves a pretty picture. Craigslist: The modern man's Roman forum?
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Hatchbacks, Minivans and Vans (1)
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The Toyota FT-CH Hybrid: A Baby Prius That Doesn't Put Us To Sleep
Toyota's FT-CH concept was styled at the Japanese company's European design center in Nice, France. Like many things of French origin, it confuses the hell out of us. If this is a Toyota hybrid, why isn't it...dull?
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Honda CR-Z: 122 HP, 33 MPG, Worst Of All Worlds
The Honda CR-Z is more than what lovers of simple, compact, sporty, lightweight Japanese cars were asking for. It's a simple, compact, sporty, Japanese car with an underpowered engine, heavy batteries, all for just 33 MPG. Not worth it.
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News (209)
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You Pick The Winner Of The Worst Online Car Listing Contest!
We had a pretty decent response to last week's call for terrible vehicle listings, and now we'll have the rabble vote on which one best captures the spirit of the Bad Car Listing. Jump away to check out the entries!
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Sun Rises At ChumpCar, Some Cars Actually Survived The Night
The fight was on all night at the ChumpCar World Series 24 hour enduro at the Streets of Willow Springs. I'll give you two guesses who was leading when the sun came up, but you'll only need one.
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Shorty Mini Stows Inside Your RV, Should Be Great For Campground Burnout Contests!
Why drag a car behind your bus-conversion RV when you can stow it inside? Sure, we've seen that concept before, but the Shorty Mini out-awesomes the Volkner by several orders of magnitude.
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The Ad Campaign That Doomed Plymouth: The Cute Neon Says Hi!
In the mid-90s, Chrysler had finally built an all-American compact car that struck fear into the Japanese auto industry. The Neon was pretty quick, looked good, and sipped gas. Then… disaster!
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What If The Chevy Vega Had Been A Good Car?
A pretty good case could be made for the Chevrolet Vega as The Worst Car GM Ever Made. The maddening thing? The Vega could have been a Toyota-killer, just when The General most needed one.
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The Top 22 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Phoenix
The fewest cars ever in a LeMons race (thanks to the insanely short two-week period between announcement and entry deadline), and the first-ever two-time overall winner. Most importantly, the first-ever LeMons Corvette! Welcome to the Auction Weekend Gavel-Tap LeMons!
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Tesla To Kill Electric Roadster In 2011
Who killed the electric car? Well, a closer evaluation of today's Tesla's IPO filing with the SEC reveals Tesla will. They plan to kill the Tesla Roadster after 2011. No, seriously.
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You Can See Yourself In A Mirror Polished DeLorean
The recently Forza'd Delorean DMC-12 is probably best-known for its brushed stainless steel body, but what would happen if you spent weeks carefully polishing it? A spectacular mirror finish to put those chrome-crazy oil sheiks to shame.
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Commenter Of The Day: Metamorphosis Edition
There's a moment in most lives when you realize everything that happened before was merely prelude and everything that happens after will be completely different. Some people have many of those moments. It's a metamorphosis. It's Saul on the road to Damascus becoming Paul. It's Buddha seeing a dying man. According to stoke it's also a kid finding the Forzalopnik DLC.
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The Ferrari F10: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
After a dismal 2009 season, Ferrari are determined that their 2010 F1 car, the F10, succeeds. Below, Ferrari chief designer Nicholas Tombazis explains what steps they've taken to erase 2009's failure from the car.
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Alexander Ovechkin's Slightly More Creative License Plate
When we posted a picture of the license plate on Alexander Ovechkin's Mercedes Sedan it didn't take long for everyone to remind us of the boastful vanity plate on his other super Mercedes.
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The NSFW, Not-So-Tire-Related Making Of The 2010 Pirelli Calendar
What has less to do with selling tires than the 2010 Pirelli Calendar? The making of the 2010 Pirelli Calendar video. Hot sloth-on-sloth action below. NSFW.
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How Would You Cheat In The 24 Hours Of LeMons?
With the news that Corvettes have finally entered LeMons, the floodgates are likely to open for other semi-exotic hardware. The 'Vette was probably legit, but cheaters have almost certainly won LeMons before. What would you try?
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Forzalopnik: Your Winners Are Here!
The final hour has passed. After a week of polling and passionate commenting, you've made your decision. Here, officially, are your 14 choices for the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack. We think you'll be pleased.
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TIMELINE: Toyota's Floor Mat And Gas Pedal Recall Nightmare
Last November we ran a Toyota recall timeline related to floor mats. Now, thanks to Toyota adding faulty accelerator pedals to their nightmare, we've updated the timeline and color-coded it so you can separate one fiery death scenario from another.
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Friends, Jalops, countrymen, lend me your gears; I come to praise the Volvo, not to bury it. The evil that voters do lives after it; The good is oft interred with their valves; Let it not be with Volvo! The noble Voters Hath told you Volvos were ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Volvo answer'd it. Here, under leave of Voters and the rest — For Voters are an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men — Come I to speak in Volvo's funeral. It was my rid
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The Forzalopnik Roundup: One Last Time
We've almost reached the end of Forzalopnik Week, and it's time to get down to brass tacks: The Golden Ticket cars need you. This is your last chance — get out the vote!
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Commenter Of The Day: We're Doing It Live Edition!
Everyone was sort of shocked at the video of Bill O'Reilly absolutely freaking out while hosting Inside Edition years ago. And whether you like him or despise him, if you've ever worked in the news you know there are those days. If you could hear what's said between staffers in a newsroom, on a TV set or in a chat here on a crazy day your ears would start bleeding from all the profanity. You just become desensitized after a while. The same goes with hybrid news... until they hybridize a Ferrari.
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2010 Pirelli Calendar: Seriously, What Does This Have To Do With Tires? (NSFW)
We have Terry Richardson to thank for the not-so-subtly pornographic pictures of just-of-age girls in the 2010 Pirelli Calendar. We have no idea what this has to do with selling tires, but here's the whole thing, uncensored. Super NSFW!
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Finnish Lego Maniac Builds Awesome Tributes To American Muscle
There are few people in this country who appreciate American hot rods more than the wonderfully inventive Johannes Rojola of Finland. A gallery of his detailed and creative builds of V8-powered 1970s muscle machines, and his philosophy, below.
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Meet Opee, The Baja-Racing Dirt Bike Dog
Equipped with his very own helmet cam, Opee the motocross dog rides shotgun as his owner races the Baja 500 and hopes one day to go down in the Guinness Book of world records as the fastest dog on earth.
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Forzalopnik: The Very Last Poll
Break out the war paint and rally the troops — this is the final vote for Jalopnik's Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack. You know you want it. You know you need it. Vote Golden Ticket or die trying.
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Who's On The Right Track, Lincoln Or Cadillac?
History tells us that Henry Leland founded both of America's major luxury brands, and there were times in the Seventies when the deVille and Continental were fundamentally identical. CTS and MKZ? Not so much. Who's got the better mousetrap?
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Forzalopnik: Wednesday Winners Take The Bouquet
The light on the horizon grows dim, and Judgment Day is at hand: Voting for the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport Downloadable Car Pack is almost over. One more vote takes place today. Here are Wednesday's champions.
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How To Stop Your Toyota Floor Mats From Killing You, Redux
Remember last year's recall of 3.8 million Toyotas for floor mats that may cause fiery death? Guess what? Toyota's announcing it's recalling another 1.1. million for the same reason. Time to whip out the fiery death avoidance flow chart again.
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Ford Posts Profit, Mulally Does The Happy Dance
Ford said today it earned a profit of $2.7 billion in 2009, a stunning improvement over its historic, $14.7 billion loss in 2008. It's the company's first full-year profit since 2005. But, they're not out of the woods yet.
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The Rhodesian Pookie Is Not A Tiny Toy Dog
The term "Rhodesian Pookie" sounds like it would refer to a designer dog fit only for riding in puppy purses, but no, it's a very cool VW Beetle-based, armored landmine detector created during the Rhodesian Bush Wars. Used F1-tires anyone?
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Commenter Of The Day: Bubbles Edition
One of the most compelling characters on the HBO super-series The Wire was Bubbles, an informant always in the grips of his addiction yet always somehow charming. More than just act the part, the actor who plays Bubbles looks like a strung-out junkie. His appearance in the show is so touchingly dramatic an actual junkie handed the actor some of his crack saying "you need this more than I do." The show itself is too nihilistic to be about redemption, but in any story of the human condition it fea
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GM Offers Incentives To Toyota Buyers Looking To Avoid A Fiery Death
Claiming their dealers have received "thousands of calls" from Toyota customers wanting to make the switch, GM is making their Japanese competitor pay for their fiery-death recall by offering incentives to Toyota customers if they buy a GM product.
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The Forzalopnik Roundup: Is It You?
It's been three days since we started the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack vote. The last vote begins tomorrow at noon. Here's the latest update. Rally the troops!
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Greedy Hedge Fund Managers Suing Porsche For $1 Billion
Reason number one why the ‘10s are worse than the ‘80s: greedy hedge fund managers are suing Porsche not because they drove backwards into a tree, but because the company's surprise takeover of VW caught them with their pants down.
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Forzalopnik: Round Two, Group III
This is it — the final vote of the semifinals, the second-to-last poll, and the tail end of the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack vote. Want to make a difference? Save the Saab 99 Turbo!
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Forzalopnik: Round Two, Group II
Round Two of the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack vote continues: Welcome to your latest batch of cars. As Thomas Jefferson once said, democracy is nothing more than mob rule. Hi, mob! Get busy!
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Forzalopnik: Round Two, Group I
Today is Round Two of the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack vote. Democracy, meet glorious hoonage and the art of commenter dissent. Voting ends tomorrow — now's your chance! Golden Tickets and semifinals below!
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Forzalopnik: Tuesday Winners And The Commenter Golden Ticket
It's been a long, arduous journey, but take heart: Voting for the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack is half over. Round Two begins shortly, but for now, here are Tuesday's winners. Also, some very good news.
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Whatever Happened To "The Cyclops?"
At the center of "The Big Bus," a 1970s cheese-ball spoof-flick, was a monstrous beast of a land yacht dubbed "The Cyclops." It was a "nuclear-powered," double-decker bendy-bus destined for a plot-line filled with treachery. But where's the bus now?
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Toyota Halts Sales Of Eight Vehicles... For Your Protection
Toyota's announced a halt to sales of all eight models involved in the sticky-accelerator-pedal-could-lead-to-fiery-death recall announced last week. The same ones they said last week would be just fine if sold new at dealerships. Details below.
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Commenter Of The Day: Doris & Diabetes Edition
Woody Allen's one-act play God, in addition to being a send-up of Greek theatre, features a small treatise on the benefits of not having freedom. Diabetes, in an argument with his slave girlfriend Doris, points out it's dangerous to be free because "If there's a war, who do you think gets killed? The free people. But we're safe because no matter who's in power, they all need someone to do the heavy cleaning." Perhaps we've robbed you all of this benefit by allowing you to vote for the next Forza
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The Forzalopnik Roundup, Day Two: Be A Man And Do It
We're two days into voting for the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack, and you could cut the tension with a knife. The polling is half over. We need you!
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Separated At Birth: Lamborghini Miura Vs. Hair Trimmer
The Miura’s signature eyelashes around its headlights draw many comparisons. But what exactly is their function?
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Forzalopnik: Round One, Group VI
This is it: the last first-round vote for the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 3 Downloadable Car Pack. Tomorrow's polling will pit yesterday's winners against today's, narrowing the ranks before the final vote on Thursday. Have a say! Cast your vote!
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Saab Is Saved... För Nöw
The long-negotiated deal between GM and Spyker has finally gone through; Saab will be sold to the Dutch supercar maker. Should Saab fans rejoice or worry that this is just another cruel twist in Saab's long, quirky road to børking?
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Forzalopnik: Round One, Group V
High noon is a drama-filled time. To add to the excitement, here's the latest vote for Jalopnik's Forza Motorsport 3 car pack. You can make a difference — oversteery, fun-filled democracy in action below!
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Are There Too Many Kinds Of Corvettes, Or Not Quite Enough?
To mis-paraphrase Henry Ford: The original Corvette came in any performance variant you wanted, as long as it was slow. No longer. There are at least three different "performance" Vettes, none of which really sell worth a damn. Why?
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Hyundai Genesis Coupe eBay Deal Off, Bring On The Lawyers
As a follow up to last night's update, the Hyundai bid heard round the world has gone full-lawyer in a sad demonstration of what happens when a deal is founded on mistrust.
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Forzalopnik: Round One, Group IV
It's Tuesday, and if you were here yesterday, then you know what that means: another batch of Forza Motorsport 3 cars to vote on. Want to have a say in Jalopnik's Forza downloadable car pack? Jump in!
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Forzalopnik: These Are Your Monday Winners
You came, you saw, you voted: The first Jalopnik/Forza Motorsport 3 polls have closed, and thirty cars move one step closer to the Jalopnik Downloadable Car Pack. Did your favorites make it? Hit the jump to find out!
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D.C. Restaurant Gives Ford Prestigious Award For Not Sucking
The Sequoia restaurant in Washington, DC announced today Ford is the recipient of its "Don't Give up the Ship!" award in a one-page ad purchased in the Washington Post. Why? They didn't suck as bad as GM and Chrysler.
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Hyundai Genesis eBay Deal Going Sour, Bidder Talks To Jalopnik
One man's saga of trying to buy a Hyundai has gone sour. As promised, we've been on the phones all weekend trying to help, rather than acting as bystanders rehashing forum posts. Our exclusive talk with the bidder below.
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Commenter Of The Day: Ghost Bitch Edition
The film Over Her Dead Body is about the ghost of a deceased woman who tries to interfere in the relationship of her fiance because she's pissed at being dead. At least it's what it looks like in the trailer. We didn't actually go see the movie because, though we like Paul Rudd, Eva Longoria Parker doesn't make movies we generally enjoy. What would have made us see the film? The original title: Ghost Bitch. The producers eventually went with the safer choice. Today there were a lot of Forza-rela
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"My GF Wont Let Me Spend My Money On A New Engine Until My Motor Is Dead"
If that's not the best (worst?) opening line for a forum thread, then we don't know what is. Can you guess what's next? Yep, incompetent attempts to destroy said motor using rocks and antifreeze.
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The Forzalopnik Roundup: Uncle Jalop Wants You
Attention, Jalopnik readers: We need your help. Want to be a part of Forza Motorsport 3 and help choose the cars for Jalopnik's downloadable car pack? Here's a quick recap. Get out and vote, vote, vote!
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Exclusive Reader Photos From Formula One's Blackest Day
Jalopnik reader solracer was in attendance at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the motor race which saw the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna, along with a major accident which almost killed Rubens Barrichello.
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Forzalopnik: Round One, Group III
Jalopnik and Microsoft are teaming up to release a car pack for Forza Motorsport 3, and you get to pick the cars in the pack. The first and second votes are here and here. Now, without further ado, the third!
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Forzalopnik: Round One, Group II
As we announced earlier, Jalopnik and Microsoft are teaming up to release a car pack for Forza Motorsport 3. Better news? You get to vote for the cars. Miss the first vote? Go here. Head below for the second!
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Which Carmaker Really Cares The Most About Motorsport?
"On any given weekend, there's more Mazdas on the road-race tracks of America than any other brand of vehicle." So Mr. Dempsey tells us in the oft-repeated Mazda commercial. It sounds good and may be true. But is it relevant?
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Forzalopnik: Round One, Group I
As we announced earlier, Jalopnik and Microsoft's Turn 10 are teaming up to release a custom-built car pack for Forza Motorsport 3. You, the faithful Jalopnik reader, get to pick the cars that will be included. Here's your first chance!
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Jalopnik, Forza Motorsport 3 Partner On Two New Car Packs
Microsoft's Turn 10 Studios, makers of Forza Motorsport 3, announced two new add-on car packs today. One will be chosen by the readers of the snarky and irreverent car blog Jalopnik. Hey, wait a second — that's us!
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Storm Causes $1.5 Million In Damage At Russo-Steele Auction
A massive storm that struck the Russo and Steele auction grounds Thursday caused, according to estimates, $1.5 million in damages. That includes a massive tent protecting the classics falling, scratching and denting 600 cars. Gallery of carnage below.
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Lowrider Tank: Fake But Awesome
This wildly modified M1A-Abrams lowrider is fake, but we kinda wish it wasn't. The in-all-caps interview with the imaginary creators below.
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Did The 1964 Pontiac GTO Lead To GM's Downfall?
Now before you all die from brain bubbles because one of the Greatest Symbols Of The American Way Of Life is a-gittin' blasphemed, take a deep breath and hear me out. Cool as the '64 Goat was, it poisoned GM.
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And The Winner Is...
LeMons history was made in Arizona this weekend, with Eyesore Racing the first-ever team to take the overall win twice.
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Create The Worst Online Used Car Listing, Win A Fabulous Prize!
The Lucas Electrics Photoshop Contest was such fun that we've just got to have another one. Your mission: to create the worst, most maddening online used-car listing that your twisted mind can conjure up!
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Three LeMons Champs To Run ChumpCar At Willow Springs
Three 24 Hours of LeMons overall winners are scheduled to race each other next weekend at the ChumpCar World Series 24-Hour Enduro at the Streets of Willow Springs. Who will win?
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1972 Ford Pinto At Death's Door, Still Ignores Your Explosion Jokes
The Ford Pinto was once one of the most common cars on America's roads, which seems impossible to believe nowadays; you'll probably find 50 times as many streetworthy '72 Beetles or '72 Datsun 510s as Pintos today.
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Innovations In LeMons Judicial Cruelty: The Joe Arpaio Penalty!
The 24 Hours Of LeMons Supreme Court always tries to develop region-appropriate penalties when the LeMons Traveling Circus hits a new venue. For a race in Maricopa County, the inspiration wasn't hard to find.
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Once-Respectable Racers Defile Their Nomex Suits With LeMons Race Patches
Your racing suit needs to be covered in patches, so everyone can tell you're serious. This way you'll get the proper respect when you show up to Executive Pointe Luxury Raceway for a weekend of Spec Achieva racing.
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1992 Ford Mustang LX
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. When was the last time you saw a late Fox Mustang LX that looked this clean?
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Go Ask Alice: BS Inspections Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Phoenix
The easiest day of BS inspection the LeMons Supreme Court was wrapped up fairly early on Friday afternoon, with only about 20 vehicles showing up at Firebird International Raceway for the first-ever Auction Weekend Gavel-Tap 24 Hours Of LeMons.
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First-Ever 24 Hours Of LeMons Corvette Gets Zero BS Penalty Laps!
Since the very first 24 Hours Of LeMons race, we've heard speculation about the possibility of a LeMons Corvette. You can get cheap beat-to-hell C4s, sure... but can you get one to fit under the 500-buck LeMons budgetary limit? Yes!
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Commenter Of The Day: Global Conveyer Belt Edition
The earth experiences what scientists refer to as thermohaline circulation but most people know as the global oceanic conveyer belt. The water deep below the surface doesn't sit still. Differences in temperature create movement, just like in the atmosphere, and water with varying salt content moves to balance denser and lighter particles. The most commonly known example of thermohaline circulation is the Gulf Stream, which spreads warm water from the Gulf of Mexico upwards towards Iceland and No
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Air Traffic Delays Now More Costly For America Than Hurricanes
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently announced that, from 2000 to 2008, airline flight delays took more from America's pocketbook than the combined cost of every hurricane in the country. Thanks, air travel. We love you, too.
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Were You At The Great Detroit Auto Show Fire Of 2010?
Reports from those on hand at the Great Detroit Auto Show Fire indicate no fire alarms went off, information was poorly shared, and Cobo Hall was altogether ill-prepared for the incident. Were you there? Have pictures of the aftermath?
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How To Be An Auto Show "Booth Babe"
Now that we have the preliminaries out of the way, my dears, let's talk about where auto show models come from. Strap on those push-up bras. This might get messy.
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What Automotive Skill Do You Most Want To Learn?
Cars are complex machines and the great advantage they have over, say, cribbage, is it would take a lifetime to amass every mechanical, cosmetic and driving skill. We are all students. What automotive skill do you most want to learn?
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Exclusive Jalopnik Audit Of Clunked Exotics Finds Initial News Reports False
Our exclusive audit of government documents reveals many of the sensational news stories of exotic vehicles crushed under the Cash for Clunkers law were completely false. Our full exclusive report below.
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Will Trade 5.0 Mustang For 2 Lbs Of Weed
A San Francisco man's put a "5.0 Mustang" on Craigslist hoping to trade it for 2lbs of marijuana, claiming he needs it for leg pain (acetaminophen doesn't work?). This has to be either cops fishing or a total moron.
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Conan O'Brien Loaned Bugatti Veyron For Free
As we first reported, the $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron used on the Tonight Show was actually loaned to Conan O'Brien for free. According to the museum, it's now so famous they may move it to their Hollywood wing.
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Toyota Recalls 2.3 Million Vehicles For Sticking Accelerator Pedal
Facing the ever tightening noose of a forced recall, Toyota's issued a voluntary recall to address complaints of unintended acceleration leading to Fiery Death, which was originally blamed on loose carpets. In total, eight models are effected, details below.
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Commenter Of The Day: Or I Shall Taunt You A Second Time Edition
In the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, King Arthur, played by Graham Chapman, receives a charge from God: The Supreme Being wants them to seek out the Holy Grail. Arthur traipses out into the British wilderness, gathers a handful of knights to help him with his quest, and soon comes upon a castle. The castle is staffed by French knights, one of whom is played by a mustachioed John Cleese. The French knights don't know where the grail is, but they pretend to, taunting Arthur and his me
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The Fordson Snow Machine: Tractors Are Good At Everything
Did you know that someone once fitted a Fordson tractor with a set of snow-cone treads? Did you know that YouTube has silent film of it? Did you know that silent-movie people could do donuts on a tractor? Us neither.
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Hank The Deuce Almost Changed The Blue Oval To What?
In 1966, Henry Ford II asked famed graphic designer Paul Rand to update the Ford corporate logo. This is what he came up with. Why didn't it take?
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UPDATE: Petersen Museum Loaned Bugatti Veyron To Conan
Our theory about where Conan O'Brien got the Bugatti for his crazy expensive sketch was correct. We now have confirmation from the Petersen Automotive Museum that they did loan the car to the Tonight Show for last night's sketch.
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Hello 98 Minutes Of Dakar Rally Footage, Goodbye Afternoon
The 2010 Dakar Rally ended last Saturday, and despite virtually no U.S. cable coverage, we've got video of all fourteen stages from Argentina's lowlands to the brutal Atacama desert. In total, 98 minutes of rally awesomeness. Suck it, productivity.
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NBC Pulls Conan's Crazy Expensive Bugatti Clip Off Internet
NBC pulled Conan O'Brien's devious Bugatti Veyron Mouse sketch from last night's "full episode" replay of the Tonight Show on NBC.com and Hulu — apparently unwilling to pay royalties for Conan's "crazy expensive" car-starring sketch. Video evidence below.
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NYC Horizonless Map Projection Is Tripping Us Out
We're big fans of map projections, so this view of Manhattan from 3rd Ave and 7th looking uptown has us giddy. The horizon is usually wasted space, and using it to portray useful data is quite clever. [Here & There]
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Where Did Conan Get That Bugatti Veyron?
Bugatti only built and delivered a couple hundred $1.5 million-and-up Veyrons and there's only a handful in California. So when Conan O'Brien trotted out the Bugatti Veyron Mouse on last night's Tonight Show, we wondered: where'd he get it? UPDATED!
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Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?
The folks at Fiat, the automaker "saving" Chrysler, thought it would be great idea to drop a press release headlined "500 Gets In The Pink." Har, har, har, it's a pink car and a crude double entendre!
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Citroen U55 Cityrama Currus: From Flash Gordon's Future
In 1950s Paris, tour operator Groupe Cityrama commissioned French coachbuilder Currus to create hyperfuturistic double-decker buses built atop a Citroen U55 truck chassis. The result? The Citroen U55 Cityrama Currus, Flash Gordon's bus.
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Conan O'Brien's $1.5 Million Bugatti Veyron Mouse
Conan O'Brien introduced the Bugatti Veyron Mouse as a new Tonight Show character Thursday night, not because it was funny, but because it was "crazy expensive" for NBC. To be funny he'd have to crash it into a lake. UPDATED!
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Kentucky Hyundai Dealership Threatens To Sue eBay Buyer If He Doesn't Shut Up
Daniel Sanchez, the buyer at the center of the Glenn Hyundai eBay debacle, told Jalopnik he's been contacted by Glenn Hyundai and told to remove all mention of his buying experience from "the internet" or face legal action.
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Commenter Of The Day: A Touch Belated Edition
Yeah, so Commenter Of The Day is a little late today. It happens. In fact, we started to write a mea culpa when we realized what we were writing was a post from June 2008. So, let's just say we were working on a big story. In fact, if I remember correctly, we've posted a COTD as late as 11:55 PM EST. There's more than an hour to go! Anyways, Carplanetzone1 made us laugh with his comment about the whole situation.
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Kentucky Hyundai Dealer Won't Honor eBay Auction Deal, Calls Buyer "Psycho"
A GenCoupe forum member's up-in-arms over a Hyundai Genesis Coupe he claims he won on eBay Motors from a Kentucky dealership. We spoke to the dealership. They claim the buyer is "a little psycho." Accusations are flying, but who's right?
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Ayrton Senna On The Very Edge
Bereft of Honda power yet still supernaturally fast, Senna here is zooming for his record-breaking sixth and last win at the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix.
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Renault Avantime: For Sumo Champions And The Rest Who Enjoy Boundless Space
An eccentric, failed French minivan-coupé first owned by a Brobdingnagian sumo champion is actually one of the greatest grand tourers ever made.
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What's Your Favorite Pre-Fiat Chrysler Product?
Rumors of Chrysler merging into Lancia is a sad reminder of where the company is right now. Let's get happy and remember a better time. What's your favorite pre-Fiat Mopar?
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Mini Countryman: First Four-Door Further Bastardizes Brand
The first four-door Mini, the Countryman, is officially here, continuing the tradition BMW started with the Clubman of watering down this beloved brand until it's almost completely unrecognizable. What's next, a Mini minivan called the "Familyman?"
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MacGruber Movie Has A Hero In A Miata, We Are Not Conflicted
In MacGruber, Forte's antihero tools around in a red first-generation Miata. If you haven't seen the Saturday Night Live sketch that the movie is based upon, here's the gist: MacGyver-like goof attempts to defuse some random bomb or tricky situation, spends time getting sidetracked by personal issues, invariably dies when he cannot focus. He seeks out action, a'la a broke-ass James Bond, in a first-generation Miata.
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REPORT: 2014 Mustang To Get IRS, Global Sales
In an effort to save money, Ford says all future platforms must be global. But what of the Mustang and its all-American RWD coupeiness? Motor Trend's being optimistic about its fate and says the next version could even go global.
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Commenter Of The Day: Lance Berkman Twinkie Power Edition
Having seen many games at Wrigley Field we can confirm it's rough in the outfield for anyone not wearing Cubbie Blue thanks to the Old Style-soaked bleacher bums. Some ignore it. Some try to react. Some, like Astro Lance Berkman, play along. Back when Berkman was in the outfield some fans, making light of his weight, threw a Twinkie on the field. Being both hilarious and in possession of a big appetite, Berkman scarfed it down to the approval of the crowd. It was all fun-and-games until the next
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The New York Library's Digital Photo Archive: Spills! Chills! LaGuardia!
We recently stumbled upon the New York Public Library's digital photo archive. The library houses thousands of cool images, and its online archive is an eye-popping way to suck up an hour or two. Fiorello LaGuardia in a microcar, anyone?
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The Worst-Case Scenario Pocket Guide: Cars By David Borgenicht & Ben H. Winters
Every so often, a book comes along that redefines your notion of literature. The Worst-Case Scenario: Cars is not that book, but it does teach you how to drive down a flight of stairs. What more do you really need?
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Fastest Street Legal Car In Israel A Fiat X1/9?
Amid the souped-up Subarus and maxed-out Mitsubishis one of the fastest street-legal cars in Israel is actually a 10-second Fiat X1/9 powered by a heavily modified 2.0-liter Lancia Integrale motor. The Middle East is crazier than you thought.
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What's The Most Consistently Awesome Car?
The photos of six generations of 5 Series Bimmers was a sad reminder that not every car maintains greatness through multiple generations. Some do. What's the most consistently awesome car?
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Mini Countryman Crossover: First Photos
Someone leaked shots of what is clearly the new MINI Cooper crossover and they show off everything about the new car — except whether its called the Mini Countryman or Mini Crossman. More pics of the biggest Mini below.
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The $15,000 Bugatti Pen Is Mightier Than Your Puny, Non-Supercar-Affiliated Sword
Italian firm Ferrari da Varese wants to sell you an officially licensed $15,000 pen dubbed the Bugatti Type A. It features something called a "writing engine" and contains both palladium and sapphire glass. Ettore, we're sorry.
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Commenter Of The Day: Nancy Hanks Edition
Abraham Lincolns parents weren't famous or notable other than for being parents of a future president. His father Thomas Lincoln worked hard as a farmer and was successful by standards of the day but was in no way remarkable. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, is even less well known because she died in her early 30s from drinking bad cow milk. Despite her fairly standard early 19th century life, Nancy Hanks not only gave birth to Abraham Lincoln, she also is distantly related to actor Tom Hanks,
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Andrew Bynum's GT-R Makes Michael Phelps' Benz Look Like A Bitch
In the world of star athletes there are celebs like Michael Phelps, satisfied with shiny black wheels, and then there are the afflicted. For example: Laker's Center Andrew Bynum with his "Giant Killer" Nissan GT-R and its $20K body kit.
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Did You Know Packard Built A Twin-Six?
We've all heard of GM's industrial-grade Twin-Six, but did you know Packard built a Twin-Six decades before and put it in passenger cars? Indeed, and here's a runabout with one in the nose for sale in Houston.
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In A Parallel Universe, This Is The New Honda NSX
Honda's new enthusiasm-free corporate policy killed the new NSX, but it'll still be racing in Japanese SuperGT under the Honda HSV-010 GT name. HSV stands for "Honda Sports Velocity" in Japan and "Hybrids Sans Velocity" in the U.S.
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Auto Show "Booth Babe" Smacks Men Down, Spills Secrets
We've asked "The Booth Babe," the anonymous auto show model behind the hilarious "Do You Come With The Car," for a behind-the-scenes scoop on the world of auto spokesmodels. It's a series we're calling "Tales From The Turntable." —Ed.
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Leno's Garage Or Conan's SHO?
Although normally we wouldn't care about navel-gazing media gossip, the late-night war between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien brings up an important question on your automotive collecting philosophy: Leno's garage or Conan's SHO?
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Mysterious 1-Series Testing, Possibly M1?
Although overly pudgy, BMW's got a high-potential chassis in the 1-Series. We've heard rumors of a More aggressive 1-series with a carbon fiber roof and bigger brakes. Sorta like this one seen testing in the M-division's hometown of Garching. M1?
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Results Of The LeMons Torture Test: Volvo, Alfa, Saturn The Most Reliable $500 Beaters!
With 21 LeMons races in the books, we've learned a few things about which vehicles can take the torture. We've analyzed the LeMons records of 38 vehicles and ranked them according to performance. How does your car measure up?
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LeMons Torture Test Results: Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
Based on anecdotal evidence, we assumed that the P71 Crown Vic would be one of the top five most reliable LeMons cars, because that 4.6 Modular engine never breaks, but in fact it came in 13th place out of 38.
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LeMons Torture Test Results: Porsche 924/944
On paper, the 944 looks like it should utterly dominate low-budget endurance racing, what with its perfect 50/50 weight distribution and sophisticated suspension setup.
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LeMons Torture Test Results: Saab 900/9000
We've seen plenty of Saabs, thanks to the folks at Saabs Gone Wild, and most of them have two things in common: they're fast… and they blow up!
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LeMons Torture Test Results: FWD Toyota Celica
You'd think that the front-wheel-drive Celica, with its Toyota build quality and reliable A or S engine, would do pretty well in a punishing endurance race. You'd be wrong!
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No Snow Tires Needed: NSU Kettenkrad Down On The Copenhagen Street
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. What's the perfect "motorcycle" for cold Danish winters?
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$500 Race Car Virus Continues Its Spread: TransMaro Wins ChumpCar Infineon
The ChumpCar World Series race was held last weekend at Infineon Raceway and Jalopnik was there to catch all the action.
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1967 Austin-Healey Sprite
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. How is it that I've spaced on putting my own car in this series?
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Biggest Disappointment For Car Lovers In Recent Decades: GM Or Toyota?
Which is more frustrating for the hopeless car geek: a car company that once ruled the universe brought to its knees by decades of bad decisions, or a car company that sold its soul in order to build better appliances?
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2011 BMW 3-Series: What Big Eyes You Have
After all the hype here's the 2011 BMW 3-Series, featuring the same wide-eyed treatment seen on the 2011 5-Series and sporting the new N55 turbo inline-six pumping out 300 HP and 300 lb-ft of torque.
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1978 MG Midget
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen four Alameda MGBs, but never a Midget… until today!
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Cast Your Votes For The 24 Hours Of LeMons Wall Of Blame!
With 21 total LeMons races in the books since the first one in 2006, it's about time to start honoring lifetime achievement… and you get to vote on the potential 24 Hours Of LeMons Wall Of Blame inductees!
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Veyron Owner Finds Private Jet Travel Cheaper
According to Autocar, an anonymous Bugatti Veyron owner has found maintenance on his 253 MPH hypercar so expensive he trailers it to his favorite roads, then flies there in his private jet to save money.
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Lux Performance Taking Orders On More Powerful Crippler II
Yesterday we saw The Crippler, an overpowered Rascal-like hoonmobile. Today we heard from its builders at Lux Performance who told us about Crippler II, a machine with more power and a 60MPH top speed. They're taking orders and taking names.
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Commenter Of The Day: Liturgical Tradition Edition
A liturgy is a prescribed form of religious ceremony or observance and in this country we tend to divide churches into those following a liturgical tradition and those that are not. For example, Catholic churches have a very strict liturgical tradition and you can go to a church in Seattle or Miami on a Sunday morning and much of the format will be the same. A non-liturgical church, even within the same tradition, can be very different from one to the next. The religious significance of this is
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NASTruck Puts Twin Cosmetologists In Trucks, Officially Becomes Three-Ring Circus We Always Knew It Was
As if NASCAR's truck series wasn't already ridiculous enough, a pair of fried-and-died "blondes" fresh out of cosmetology school plan to hit the track. Meet Angela and Amber Cope, two individuals we couldn't make up if we tried.
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Häkkinen Vs. Schumacher: The Greatest Overtaking In Formula One
Much is written about the dwindling of overtaking in modern Formula One. Don’t tell Mika Häkkinen, who in 2000, performed the greatest modern undertaking move on a momentarily hapless Michael Schumacher.
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Welcome To The Detroit Auto Show, Now Give Us All Your Money
A group of men visiting from Los Angeles to attend the Detroit Auto Show were robbed at gunpoint after dining at Detroit's famous Slow's Barbecue. Jalopnik was just there Monday night. Hell, it could have been us!
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New Daytona 500 Pace Car Outed As 2011 Mustang GT
The 2011 Mustang GT doesn't just bring back the 5.0-liter V8, it's also the first Ford to pace the Daytona 500 in 40 years. Hmm... Camaro at Indy and Mustang at Daytona? Let the Muscle Pace Car Wars begin!
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GM Looks To Offer "Build Your Own Engine" Program For Corvette ZR1
Remember when Jalopnik built a 638 HP LS9 V8 for a Corvette ZR1? Cool, right? Well, GM's considering a program to let ZR1 buyers do just that. It's a totally awesome idea that's every super car buyer's wet dream.
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Jan Gabriel, 1941-2010: No More Sundays
Jan Gabriel, the Chicago-area motorsport announcer who popularized the phrase "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!", died last week at 69. He got his start as a sock-hop disc jockey and eventually moved into automotive television. Fittingly, he passed on a Sunday.
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Commenter Of The Day: Ennui Edition
Ennui is that most spiritual of boredoms, felt in the soul. The word is borrowed from the French — a culture who can make malaise even seem like a movement more than just something that happens. I'll give you an example: when I worked in a cubicle I was occasionally bored but when my life became a cubicle I was experiencing ennui. The 2012 BMW M5 seems like a reasonable cure for boredom, but Maximum_Sarge sees something deeper in the lack of a wagon option.
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Gallery: 2010 Dakar Rally Argentina
The Volkswagen Touareg of South African driver Giniel De Villers and co-driver Dirk Von Zitzewitz of Germany attends the symbolic start of the Dakar 2010 in Buenos Aires on January 1, 2010. Photo Credit: Alejandro Pagni/AFP/Getty Images
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Hyundai May Build 4WD Bronco-Like Wrangler-Fighter
The Bronco's long gone. Land Rovers are expensive. Chrysler's got no money. Seems like a perfect time for an automaker to take a run at the rock-crawler segment. Hyundai US CEO John Krafcik told us they may do just that.
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Audi S4-Rivaling 2011 BMW 335is Specs Leak
What do you do when you're the former king of sports sedans but suddenly find yourself playing second fiddle to the upstart 2010 Audi S4? You tweak the boost a little and call it the 2011 BMW 335is.
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What Car Would You Preserve Forever?
There are many cars, apparently, you'd all drive into the ground. It's a good thing. But some cars deserve to be treated a little more gingerly. What car would you preserve forever?
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Peugeot SR1 Concept Takes Aim At Brand's Future
Peugeot's been strumming the same styling chords for a pretty long time now — lumpy, lots of overbite and wide grinning grilles. The Peugeot SR1 Concept will debut at Geneva with a busy but stylish new design direction.
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Commenter Of The Day: American Male Edition
Take a look at this image. We're guessing the average American car buying male is about 2 positions to the right of the geek hunched over his computer. What's become of us? It's clearly not an overall human evolution problem; as Jedchev points out in Sam's article about sheeple flocking back to SUVs, the average Australian male is more like the dude with a stone knife.
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Hummer Lines Go Silent Until Chinese Sale Complete
After the the brand has existed for months in sale-or-no-sale purgatory and seeing product demand fall to a quarter of capacity, GM's decided to halt production of all Hummer products until sale to its Chinese suitors is complete.
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Vultures And Bombshells Make For Great Mercedes Advertising
Back in the 50s, the only advertising a gullwinged Mercedes needed was a Mexican vulture through the windshield. Fifty years later, the bird has been replaced by a Bavarian bombshell styled like an avian robot of doom.
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What Car Do You Want To Beat The Snot Out Of?
Most cars ask merely to be driven, but a few want to be pushed harder. The best ones demand to be utterly destroyed in a feat of driving mayhem. What car do you want to beat the snot out of?
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Commenter Of The Day: Jaded Edition
We have the best job in the world, but after enduring the same boring conversions about "sales conquests" and automaker videos talking about making their cars "Twitter friendly" you get a bit depressed. You haven't slept. You just saw a press conference with Nelly. You waited in line to eat a stale bagel. You're 400 posts into the day. There's not a lot anyone can do to avoid the feeling except sit down to read our hilarious commenters. On the top of the heart-warming humor was this zinger from
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Drunken Maserati-Driving Texas Woman Crashes Head-On Into Cop
21-year-old Alex Ford crashed a Maserati Quattroporte she'd borrowed head-on into Officer Tracy Sheets after allegedly street racing while drunk driving. Based on the video, Ms. Ford seems like she was working down a list of moronic life decisions. [KTBX]
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2010 Detroit Auto Show Round-Up: The Full Monty
The Detroit Auto Show was slightly less depressing than last year, thanks to an onslaught of, like, five unawful cars. Every car we covered can be found in the Jalopnik round-up below.
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Does Anyone In Detroit Have An Old Samsung Charger?
When I checked out of my room at the Renaissance Center, I was running on two hours of sleep and forgot the charger for my ancient, powered-by-vacuum-tubes Samsung phone. Wait: One carmaker tried to help! Did it work? No!
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Chinese Automaker BYD Claims They'll Sell Car In U.S. This Year!
What's the more outrageous claim: the full-electric BYD E6 MAV will go on sale in the United States this year; it'll easily pass U.S. crash regulations; or, BYD will be the world's largest automaker by 2025?
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REPORT: Save The Rancheros! Ford May Kill Falcon Ute
We have Ford's new global platform strategy to thank for the awesome Focus and Fiesta, but the drive to simplify its worldwide product lineup could have an unexpected downside. It could kill Australia's Falcon Ute. Oh noes!
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Ford's 6.7-Liter Powerstroke V8 Is Crazy Like A Fox
You are looking at purified awesome: This is Ford's latest Super Duty diesel, a turbocharged, reverse-flow, 6.7-liter V8 designed without the help of an outside contractor. It's nicknamed "Scorpion." Notice anything weird about those cam buckets?
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Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept: The Cadillac Of Luxo-Barges
The Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept was designed as a luxury sedan/personal headquarters — built for luxury and connectivity. It's like a giant Vertu cell phone encased in a cocoon of blubber hiding in a sleek, stylish spaceship-like metal muumuu.
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We Call Bull: Ford CEO Uses Wrong Word For Plural Of "Taurus"
At a Fortune magazine interview with Ford's Alan "Boeing! Boeing!" Mulally, the always-smilin' CEO used "Taurii" as the plural for Ford's Taurus car model. Unfortunately, according to Ford and the New York Times, he's wrong.
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Commenter Of The Day: 99 Problems Edition
On of our favorite BS moments from last year's campaign was when Geraldine Ferraro accused then-Candidate Obama of sexism for brushing the "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" move made popular by Jay-Z and his song "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" in reference to Hillary Clinton's accusations. It was clearly a misunderstood moment because Geraldine probably has never listened to The Black Album. It was hilarious given the response was to trivial complaints. The new 2012 Ford Focus is nice, giving WRX-tyrannosaurus
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What's Your Worst Passenger Experience?
We spend our lives pining to be in the driver's seat, but alcohol ingestion means it's not always possible. If Schumi's driving it'll be fun, but in the wrong hands it's often miserable. What's your worst passenger experience?
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2012 Ford Focus: The Comeback Kid
This is the all-new 2012 Ford Focus. From our perspective it's one of the greatest automotive comeback stories in a long time. After too many indifferent refreshes it's finally, and awesomely, everything enthusiasts have been begging Ford to build.
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GMC Granite Concept: God Is In The Details?
Despite some killer design details, the GMC Granite tries to mix "professional grade" looks with city-slicker size. The result? A concept that screams professional-grade hipster.
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Question Of The Day: Your First-Ever Car Ride?
A couple years back, we asked this question and enjoyed the hell out of the responses. Now we've got several octoquillion new readers, so let's drag this QOTD out of the junkyard and let the new guys tell their stories.
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Bugatti Going To Auction After Spending 70 Years Under Water
Despite spending the majority of its life under a Swiss lake, Bonhams expects this 1925 Bugatti Brescia Type 22 Roadster to go for between $100,000 and $130,000 at auction. Only 20 percent of its parts are salvageable.
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Go Ahead, Midwesterners, Laugh At The Californians Struggling In The Snow!
When I wrote about my gambling journey over Donner Summit last week, many of our readers from colder climes expressed puzzlement over the CHP's tire chain requirements on I-80 under not-very-snowy conditions. What's the deal here?
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Jalopnik, Gamers Toss Tesla Roadster Sport Around Racetrack
By far the best piece of consumer electronics we tried at CES was the all-electric Tesla Roadster Sport brought to the show for winners of a Dark Void contest. Not quite as cool as a jetpack but certainly less dangerous.
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How About A Straight-Eight-Powered Ford Tempo? T-Drive!
You know what's wrong with most engines? The transmission is forced to take the power from the end of the crankshaft. But, hey, what if you were to take the power out of the middle of the crank? Transverse-mounted I8!
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Minnesotan Pulls Sunken Trucks From Lakes
It's about 9 degrees across Minnesota today, but even that kind of cold can't prevent trucks from occasionally falling through frozen lakes. Luckily, Minnesotan Jeff Bosek comes to the rescue with his recovery services. Read more at PickupTrucks.com. [Pickuptrucks.com]
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Commenter Of The Day: Return Of The Jedi Edition
This is Dustin May, most of you probably know him as engineerd. A while ago, Dustin got himself wrapped up in a virtual panty raid (ha, nerds) and, along with the rest of the miscreants, we banned him. That was bad, we like Dustin. He's probably smarter than we are and that shows in his comments. Today, in Ray's Manifesto of Awesometude, he came back and he came back with a story illustrating how Jalopnik's gone wrong and what it means for us to make it right:
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Even In Winter, GM's Wintergarden Is Depressing
The riverfront side of the GM Renaissance Center holds a five-story-tall atrium known as the Wintergarden. It has palm trees. You can see Canada. Until today, I'd only ever been there in the relative cheer of summer. Snow season? Oy.
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The Awesomeness Manifesto
Much like the auto industry, Jalopnik has lost its way. It's time to get back on track with a simple mission: regain our snarky, just-shy-of-libertarian voice, and then use it to create a new generation of car enthusiasts. Let's roll.
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First A-Team Trailer: Yes, It's The Same Ol' GMC Van!
As ridiculous as it sounds, the A-Team movie remake includes the only cast member we care about: the classic GMC A-Team van. Also, B.A. Baracus in a Lamborghini clearly pities many fools. Leaked trailer below.
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Ford To Detroit Auto Show: "Yeah, We've Got Somethin'"
Ford recently invited us to see its Detroit Auto Show stand during its final stages of construction. We weren't let in the rest of the hall, but we did see something State Farm calls a "driving pod." Doubleyoo tee eff?
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UPDATE: Aussies Back Down On Anti-Hoon Confiscations
Bowing to public pressure after a mechanic got someone else's Lamborghini impounded, West Australian police may slightly amend their anti-hoon laws to impound only vehicles that are owned by the hoons in question. They're still keeping that Lambo though.
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Will Bernie Ecclestone Buy Saab?
Formula One’s overlord has teamed up with a Luxembourg private investment company to submit a bid to GM to buy Saab. But does the General think the bid's credible?
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Chevrolet Aveo RS Concept: Big Mouths Are Hot
The problem with the current Aveo is its crushing mediocrity. But after looking at the Chevy Aveo RS show car earlier today, it's clear this lightly-disguised preview of what's to come is styled much more aggressively than the last one.
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Commenter Of The Day: Dumbledore Is Gay Edition
Sometimes, things aren't what they appear. The old wizard doesn't live alone because he's never found the right woman, he lives alone because the magic world doesn't approve of homosexual schoolmasters. The onetime maker of the ultimate driving machines that now focusses almost exclusively on bloated abortions like the 5-Series GT might not deserve our worship anymore, it might deserve our derision.
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Brabham BT46B Fan Car: Making Lemonade From Lemons
The BT46B—also known as the Fan Car—was a cunning Gordon Murray racer, designed to one-up the dominant Lotus 79 in the 1978 Formula One season.
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More Cars Junked Than Sold For First Time Since WWII
According to a report by the Earth Policy Institute, roughly 14 million cars in the US were scrapped during 2009, while only 10 million were sold. Why? It wasn't Cash for Clunkers.
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What Car Should Never Have A Four-Banger?
Scott Burgess, in The Detroit News, claims the V8 is dead (for passenger cars) and vehicles like the Regal GS show the V6 isn't far behind. We hope he's wrong. What car should never have a four-banger?
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2011 Nissan Juke Crossover Not A Fake-Out
The 2011 Nissan Juke, inspired by the Applesque beach buggy Qazana concept, is the company's attempt to rid the European continent of small boring hatchbacks... with yet another crossover. It's like fighting drowsiness with an Oprah Winfrey biography.
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Chilean Privateers Running Ford SVT Raptor In Dakar Rally
Two crazy Chileans are running a mostly-stock Ford F-150 SVT Raptor in this years Dakar Rally, successfully completing at least four stages. They don't have Ford sponsorship, but should expect a case of pisco at their hotel if they finish.
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MyFord, MyLincoln Touch Systems Re-Establish Ford Techno-Wizard Domination
Just when everyone else was catching up to Ford's standard-bearing infotainment system, the propeller heads in Dearborn have unveiled their next-generation human machine interface, and based on what we've seen it's really, ridiculously good.
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Ok, screw this, I'll write my own Movie. OG Jalopstyle. We'll start with the opening chase scene (how the best car-action movies start) and then just make it up from there) Scene 1 Opening sequence starts out fast. We are given a view of the early morning Bay Area fog. A camera pans down a quiet open street in Alameda CA. We hear a distant, high-pitched rumble from the distance. The distinct squeal of tires is heard from with in the fog. Several blocks down from our perspective, a black Honda Ci
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$294 Bill Shows Why Mercedes Diesels Will Piss Off U.S. Consumers
The hidden cost in owning a clean diesel Mercedes? Filling it up with AdBlue urea solution at an outrageous price of $32.20-per-gallon. Consumer Reports felt the pain after receiving this $294 bill for a top-off in their diesel Mercedes GL350.
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What Do You Wish Was Being Unveiled At Detroit?
Last year's Detroit Auto Show? A misery fest of Carpocalyptic proportions. The 2010 Detroit Auto Show should get more reveals when it starts on Monday, but what do you wish was being unveiled at Detroit?
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Lotus Files Patent For Lighter, Simpler DSG
Consistent with their overriding philosophy, Lotus has entered a patent application for a lighter, simpler and more compact version of the complex dual-clutch transmission.
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Noble Teases New ZR1-Powered Supercar
Think Lee Noble's sitting around twiddling his thumbs after the Noble M12? No! So what's he doing next? Designing a Corvette ZR1 LS9-powered, 2,645lb supercar to replace it, naturally. These are the first teaser images from Fenix Automotive.
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Ken Block Ditches Subaru, Will Rock Ford For WRC, X Games
It's official. The amazingly talented Ken Block, he of the sideways Subie, is ditching the AWD brand to race a Ford Fiesta in Rally America/X Games and a Ford Focus on the bigger World Rally Championship stage.
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Flavio Briatore's Lifetime Ban Overturned, May Return To F1
Guess who’s back: Renault’s former team principal Briatore, banned for life from motorsports for his role in the Renault race-fixing scandal, has had his ban overturned by a French court.
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OnStar Phone App Officially Makes Chevy Volt The "Jesus Car"
The auto industry's first working smartphone application will allow Chevy Volt owners connection and control of vehicle functions. This makes it finally official — if the iPhone's the "Jesus Phone," then the Chevy Volt is the "Jesus Car."
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Sell Our Saab: The Rally
Today in Detroit a motley crew of Saab enthusiasts gathered in the shadow of GM's corporate headquarters to tell the company one thing: Sell Our Saab. It was cold and snowy and dreary, but also kind of fun.
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30 Years Of Tamiya R/C Cars
In 1976, Tamiya took apart a brand new 911, using what they learned to create their first remote-controlled car. This poster? What they accomplished over the next 30 years. [Overshadowed via Save The Enzos]
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Ex-NBA Star Tries To Frame Non-Existent Passenger For DWI
Former Nets star Jayson Williams, who accidentally shot someone and tried to cover it up, crashed his Mercedes G-Wagen this morning while allegedly driving drunk. Williams claimed he wasn't the driver, but there was no else in the SUV. [WCBS-TV]
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Napirajz: A Weird And Often Vehicular Descent Into The Eastern European Psyche
Nobody draws souped-up Euro tuners like Dániel Merényi, a Hungarian artist who builds titanium bikes in the Italian Alps by day and wreaks graphite mayhem by night.
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Clyde Barrow And His Ford V8
They don’t even make American criminals like they used to. Can you imagine Bernie Madoff writing a letter to Bob Lutz about a Cadillac’s Palm Beach cruising powers?
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Shelby Sued, $20K GT500KR Hoods Really Only Cost $4K
Shelby's latest lawsuit, involving the supplier of $20,000 GT500KR carbon fiber hoods, makes us wonder if expected legal fees are included in their prices. The original cost of those carbon fiber hoods? $4,000. Now that's one serious up-charge.
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Opel/Vauxhall Meriva: Giant Jelly Bean Gets Suicide Doors
Opel and Vauxhall are trying to trick us into saying the just-revealed Opel Meriva is cool by giving it suicide doors. It won't work because it's still a giant jelly bean. But man does it have some cool doors.
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What Should Be Top Gear's New Reasonably-Priced Car?
What do Tom Jones, Mark Wahlberg and Usain Bolt have in common? They've all flung Top Gear's soon-to-be-replaced reasonably-priced car, a Chevy Lacetti, around the test track. What should be Top Gear's new reasonably-priced car?
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Garmin ecoRoute Hd Lets Your GPS Silently Judge Your Eco-Driving
The Garmin ecoRoute hd is a transmitter connected to your car's onboard diagnostics port that sends all sorts of car data to a Garmin nüvi GPS unit to assign a score based on your eco-driving cred.
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Honda New Small Concept: Nano-Fighter With An Obvious Name
Honda is in a battle with Tata and other automakers to be the next little big thing in developing markets like India. The excruciatingly literally-named and production-intent Honda New Small Concept is how they'll fight 'em.
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Robert Kubica To Remain With Renault
After Renault’s awkward semi-exit from Formula One last fall, the future of their just-signed Polish talent was suddenly in doubt. No longer.
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Snow Mods: Ten Cars Aerodynamically-Enhanced By Mother Nature
The Snowpocalypse brought a foot of snow to Brooklyn. Combine the snow with high winds channeled by the city's grid-like streets creates the perfect recipe for Mother Nature custom-built white aerodynamic-enhancing body kits.
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Play Dress-Up With Your New Challenger
It seems like the new Camaro and Mustang have stolen the Challenger's dim spotlight. No More! Dodge has revealed some strap-on aftermarket silliness for the Mopar muscle car. Who needs real performance when you can get the appearance of performance?
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The Auto Forum Guide To Buying A Car
What car should you buy? One car forum fan-boy has boiled down all of internet auto forum car-buying conventional wisdom into one time-saving chart. [PhotoBucket via The Car Lounge]
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What Car Would You Kill This Year?
2010 — an exciting new year for the car industry to potentially continue its carpocalyptic slide. Luckily, there's still a lot of crap out there. What car would you kill this year?
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Separated At Birth: Pagani Zonda Vs. Mercedes-Benz C11
Michael Schumacher’s 250 MPH Le Mans race car may be turning 20 this year, but you can still see it on well-endowed public roads. Only now it’s a street car.
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Murilee's Favorite Posts From Ought-Nine
Everyone does the "Greatest Hits" retrospective thing at the end of the year, right? Right! I'll admit that some of these posts weren't big hits, traffic-wise, but they were the ones that made me proudest. Enjoy.
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Project Car Hell, Cheap Straight Eight Edition: Buick Or Packard?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You know what's missing from your grim, purposeless life? Straight Eight power!
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More Fun With Timelapse Photography: Reno To Berkeley To Alameda In 4 Minutes
Since the first BumperCam, last summer, I've been experimenting with timelapse cameras. We've seen timelapses of LeMons BS Inspections at Nelson Ledges, MSR Houston, and Thunderhill, not to mention the Alameda to Los Angeles In 90 Seconds video.
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Down On The Alameda Street: Murilee's 9 Favorite Finds From '09
The pace of Down On The Street slowed down quite a bit when I switched to the weekends-only gig early in 2009, but the year gave us more than 100 interesting Alameda vehicles. How about an end-of-the-year roundup deal?
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1987 Plymouth Reliant K LE
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. The K-Car saved Chrysler when it got bailed out the first time, but examples are rare today.
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Brain Bucket (What You Need To Know)
After reading post after post about racing in the 24 Hours of LeMons you've finally drunk the Kool-Ade and you're thinking about doing some crap-can racing. You'll need a brain bucket, Jalopnik is here to help.
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Nice Price or No Dice (20)
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Mind-Bender Weekender For $14,500!
The VW Bus has lots of fans, despite being simple transportation with the aerodynamics of a brick. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you a wasserboxer brick that's not so simple — and in fact comes with the WRX.
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Pull Out Your Thing For $8,600!
Ralph Nader may have hated the Thing, but Patty and Selma can't get enough of the Thing. Now, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know what you'd pay to play with your own Thing?
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Transplant A Turbo 280Z Into Your Driveway For $8,500!
Nice Price or Crack Pipe thinks an engine transplant, like that of a heart, can go terribly wrong without the right donor. Here's a 280Z with the heart of a younger, stronger Nissan at a price you might not reject.
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Flip Somebody The Bird For $9,995!
Voted 1989 Motor Trend Car or the Year, the Thunderbird SC brought supercharging to Ford's coupe for the first time since 1957. Now, Nice Price or Crack Pipe brings you a Super Coupe that could be your own personal COTY!
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Cruise The Land In A $5,650 FJ40!
The weather across the county has been pretty biblical this past week. If you want to ford the flooded boulevards, Nice Price or Crack Pipe thinks you might want to be driving something that could part the red-light sea.
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Take Econ 100 For $3,000!
Not all Ford pickups start with "F," even though some of them were Falcon-based. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe picks up on the economics of buying a 1962 Ford Econoline pickup.
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Spyder-Pig, Spyder-Pig... For $23,500!
With their compound eyes, multiple legs and silk-weaving antics, arachnids are pretty complex creatures. Now Nice Price or Crack Pipe wonders if an equally complicated Mitsubishi Spyder can lure you into its web.
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Finally, A Place To Put Those Sisal Mats — For $11,750!
It's hard to believe, but there was a time when BMW wasn't the aspirational ride of douchebags mid-level executives everywhere. Nice Price or Crack Pipe remembers, and today has the car that turned all that around.
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You Can Call Me Al — For $22,000!
While not in the same league as Ferrari, Lamborghini or Porsche, Honda's all-aluminum take on the mid-engine sports car has its fans. Now Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if Accord money would put you in an NSX?
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Bonneville In Name Only For $25,000
When Pontiac decided to name one of their models after Bonneville, the home of many a land speed attempt, you'd think they'd have kept the car true to its name. Still, Nice Price or Crack Pipe likes big-ass boats too.
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Raise Your Lighters For A $275,000 Camaro IROC Z!
A celebrity connection can make any car's value pop. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to see if you think this six-figure Z28 rocks, or if it just gives you the blues.
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Bob Ross-Approved BMW For $8,884!
Do you like happy little trees? How about big German sedans? Well, today we're opening up the art gallery for a show whose theme is: Nice Price or Crack Pipe.
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Oy, It's Not A Vega For $2,200!
G'day mate. If you come from a land down undah' Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a 1978 Holden that'll make you didgeridoo yourself.
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Jesus And Mary-Certified Gran Torino For $4,600!
Ford may be racking up the accolades at the Detroit Auto Show this week, but Nice Price or Crack Pipe remembers a time when they weren't just award-winning, they were Gran.
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Flame On With A '77 Celica For $6,200!
Americans may have invented the pony car, but that didn't stop Toyota from making one of their own. While Nice Price or Crack Pipe loves us some Celica, this flamer may take some getting used to.
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Park Your Ass In A 372-Mile LeSabre For $16,500!
Nice Price or Crack Pipe thinks that extremely low-mileage old cars are like the Coelacanths of the Used Car market — you never expect to come across one, and when you do, you don't know what to do with it.
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For $10,000 Get A Fiat Din... Er, 128?
Santa Cruz California is known for its liberal take on things such as public nudity and gateway drug use. As Nice Price or Crack Pipe has discovered, their Fiat-selling policy is also pretty progressive.
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Put Some Prance In Your Pants With A $25,900 Ferrari 308 GT4!
Alfredo Ferrari died at age twenty four. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe offers up a homage to his memory that has survived seven additional years, and with a price that might make it a fitting tribute in your garage.
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Be Impulsive For $4,500!
Despite Joe Isuzu's hyperbole, people used to avoid buying Isuzus as though they were chock full of grandma porn. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe gives you another chance to buy one, but is this Impulse just a regular Joe?
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Drive With Elan For $13,750!
The word Elan derives from the French élancer, meaning to dart. Nice Price or Crack Pipe is starting out the new year with a Lotus that's pretty good at darting in and out of traffic.
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Porsche (1)
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Porsche 956/962: Three Warped Minutes In Derek Bell's Mach .3 Office
It’s big. It’s fast. It’s held the lap record on the Nürburgring for 27 years. Ready?
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QOTD (3)
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What's The Ultimate Redneck Car?
The $275K IROC-Z seems an awfully steep price for something destined only to impress trailer park residents. You can do better. What's the ultimate redneck car?
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What's The Best-Looking Econobox?
With the debut of both the unexpectedly not-ugly Chevy Aveo RS and predictably handsome Ford Fiesta, it's clear small and cheap doesn't have to be ugly and boring. What's the best-looking shitbox?
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Question Of The Day: Most Legendary Inline Six Engine?
Now here's a QOTD that's sure to get the single-interest fanatics swinging their sabers at the neck-pipes of perceived infidels, but we're hoping that y'all can dredge up some, like, objectivity here: Which I6 engine is most legendary?
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Super Sleeper: How To Build A Corvette-Engined BMW 3-Series
The Corvette LS1's a great engine, the E30 BMW 3-Series is a great chassis, but they were never meant to go together, right? That didn't stop a pair of maniac motorheads from doing it. Here's how to build one yourself.
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2011 BMW 3 Series: What To Expect
The 2011 BMW 3 Series will be facelifted, not overhauled, but amid the usual upgrades will be something we're excited about: a more potent Sub-M3 iS sport model similar to the Z4 sDrive35is.
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Sports Cars (2)
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Forzalopnik Editor's Pick: 1970 Chevrolet El Camino 454 Super Sport
As we close the book on Forzalopnik Week, it's time to reveal one last machine: The Jalopnik editor's pick. Half of it is a car. Half of it is a truck. Could it really have been anything else?
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Saleen SMS620 Camaro: First Images
Apparently since no good Camaro should go un-tuned, here's the SMS 620, the latest from some guy named Steve Saleen. It's packing a built 6.2-liter V8 wearing an SMS292 supercharger and good for 575 hp and 600 ft-lb of torque.
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Subaru (1)
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PCH, Japanese AWD Edition: Subaru SVX Or Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Remember the Late Reagan/Early Bush I Era, when you had a huge selection of fragile, nervous AWD Japanese machinery?
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Technology (3)
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Improved Timelapse BumperCam Proves Reliable, Still Getting Good Race Photos
The first BumperCam, an ancient Kodak bolted to the rear bumper of a LeMons Volvo, took good photos but its large size made it vulnerable to crash damage. Not so with BumperCam II, survivor of three punishing races!
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Waste Oil Is Free: Use Car Radiators For Cheap Household Central Heating
You say you're tired of paying the gas company for natural gas to heat your shack while at the same time throwing away perfectly good, energy-laden hydrocarbons every time you change your engine oil? Problem solved!
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Junkyard Boombox Virus Spreads: Meet The Catbox, Featuring Genuine Lucas Electrics!
More than two years have passed since I built the car-battery-powered Turbo II, Junkard Boogaloo boombox, and finally some other masochist innovator has decided to experience the headaches joy of a homemade boombox afflicted blessed with genuine Jaguar components: Catbox!
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Volkswagen (1)
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Also On Craigslist, Conan O'Brien's Old Volkswagen For $95K
Joining The Tonight Show on Craigslist is a person claiming to have Conan's high school era 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI. The price? A Pope Car-like $95,000. And good news, according to the poster it runs "like a raped ape."
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