The new BMW 5 Series is built on the same platform as the 7 Series, which explains the variety of ever-larger backsides. The latest? The BMW 5 Series Touring. Attractive, right? Don't worry, we're probably not getting it here.
Read MoreYesterday, we told you about a British man that found two delivery mileage E30 M3s and a Ford RS200 in a barn. Turns out there was a Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II in there as well.
Read MoreHonda's heeded the chorus of "Eeews!" over the Accord Crosstour's design, bringing the euro Accord Wagon stateside as the Acura TSX Sport Wagon.
Read MoreIn pursuit of greater fuel efficiency and more power, the 2011 Mercedes S63 AMG adopts a 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8. So why the hell is it still called the S63?
Read MoreDriving from Los Angeles to a wedding in San Diego is normally a two-hour/125-mile trip, but when you're driving a Porsche 911 Carrera S, detours are mandatory. In my case, it took five days and 1,404 miles.
Read MoreFor the last year, every Mustang review has essentially read, "an involving, exciting sports car, but it's slower than the Camaro." In the muscle market, it's power, not handling, which sells. Luckily, the 2011 Ford Mustang fixes that. Moar power!
Read MoreThe 2011 Ford Super Duty's a gamble. Ford's newest heavy hauler abandons the well-known Navistar-supplied Powerstroke diesel for a brand new all-Ford designed powerplant supposedly delivering monstrous power, squeaky-clean emissions, better fuel economy and the same price. Seems suspiciously impressive.
Read MoreFord perversely uses "EcoBoost" to describe their direct-injected and turbocharged engines when everyone knows fuel economy is merely the side effect of more power. The Hennessey MaxBoost 435 is a Lincoln MKS with the right name and 435 HP.
Read MoreThe flipside of yesterday’s 20 most expensive cars to insure in America list is today’s Insure.com-provided list of the 20 least expensive cars to insure. Like saving money? Get ready to own a lame crossover or minivan.
Read MoreWant to make your friends gag with jealousy and hate you for your backyard engineering skills? Emulate what Kent Hausauer has done with this Chevy 350 — run two turbos to a supercharger intake and get drunk on stupid power.
Read MoreThis is the first time we've seen the refreshed A-Team van in person. Is it as fantastic as we had hoped? Of course. Don't you love it when an auto-show plan comes together?
Read MoreIndividuals with weak constitutions, young children and pregnant women may want to leave the room. What you're about to see is the single worst custom Corvette in history. We present — the Dragon Vette.
Read MoreWe've invited Paul Crowe of Kneeslider over to give us his argument for why motorcycles are better than cars. Let the flame war begin. — Ed.
Read MoreThe first-generation BMW M Coupe is a raw, angry sort of beast, the kind of asylum-think car we cannot help but love. It's a machine devoted solely to the art of being bonkers. Let's take a look at its credentials.
Read MoreA bill that will permit motorcycle "lane splitting" sits stalled in the Arizona legislature. Legalized lane splitting could have saved the lives of three motorcyclists killed in yesterday's horrific Phoenix crash caused by a careless dump truck driver.
Read MoreFor decades, Volvo was the world's leading maker of station wagons and a stoic defender of the segment. Yesterday, we broke the news that the Swedes are finally throwing in the towel on our shores. Today, we mourn and reminisce.
Read MoreArtist Jeremy Dean created the ultimate vehicle for wealthy, privileged Americans in a post-financiapocalyptic, post-oil war imaginary and heavily satirical future: the Horse-Drawn Hummer. Here is its story.
Read MoreAaron Severson, editor of Ate Up With Motor, wrote this excellent, well-researched history of everyone’s favorite mid-engine mulletmobile — the Pontiac Fiero. It offers an interesting and comprehensive look at the car’s too-short life. —Ed.
Read MoreSince the GM EN-V debuted today, here's another balancing act which has caused furled brows over its necessity. The Taurus Concept is a compact, urban-targeted, open-top, saddle-ridden vehicle balancing on two wheels. Wait, isn't that a motorcycle?
Read MoreTerrence Steven McQueen was born eighty years ago today. Three decades after his death, the King of Cool has lost none of his luster. This one goes out to him, Peggy Moffitt, and a certain Ferrari Lusso.
Read MoreBen Slocum was co-driver of the $500 Craigslist rally car profiled in yesterday's WRC Rally Mexico story. We've asked him to give us his take on this amazing David-and-Goliath story. This is it. — Ed.
Read MoreThis UK eBay auction for a craptastic used 2005 Renault Clio has drawn more than 148,380 viewers and even has its own multi-thousand-fan Facebook page, yet the highest bid is less than $3,000. Why?
Read MoreProfessional motorsport is a cold, hard place. If you want to run with the big dogs, you can't just build a car in your mom's garage and show up, right? Wrong. One guy did just that. Here's his amazing story.
Read MoreAs author Jason Vuic points out in The Yugo's introduction, the Yugo wasn't really the worst car in history. How did it capture the role of Worst Car Ever in the mind of most Americans? This excellent book explains all!
Read MoreThe Ford Granada is the unsung hero in the company's portfolio. It's completely unassuming, largely unknown, and capable of accepting any drivetrain a Mustang can swallow and more. Here, some nutter has put a Koenigsegg-style, 1700-hp twin-turbo V-8 in one.
Read MoreThis is a Subaru STI. This is an ice-covered dirt track in the middle of Utah. And this is a man driving a car with a dab of oppo. This post? This is our guide to hooning a Subaru.
Read MoreChuck Norris turned 70 last week. Rumor has it he bought himself a Nissan GT-R for his birthday because, frankly, they're so much alike. Here's how:
Read MoreNo matter how the Great Toyota Recall and Jim Sikes saga ends, two things are certain: one, American drivers are sheep, and two, yes, this will happen again.
Read MoreWe got a really great judicial bribe at last weekend's Sears Pointless 24 Hours of LeMons race: a beat-to-hell, unregisterable, not-legal-for-public-streets Ford Tempo. After honoring Ford_Tempo_Fanatic with a Tempo DOTS recently, we found ourselves in something of a dilemma.
Read MoreWhat’s even sadder than the cynical deluge of hybrid supercars is that the only event from last week's Geneva Motor Show covered by the mainstream non-automotive press was Justin Timberlake introducing the Audi A1 at a press conference.
Read MoreThis week's Geneva Motor Show features greenwashing finally invading the exotic-car realm — Lotus, Ferrari, and Porsche all debuted a hybrid. These cars won't save the planet, but they might just get a few rich dudes laid.
Read MoreEver wonder what it's like to blow a clutch up huge? The driver of the "Baby Burrito" Honda CRX found out on the drag strip when his clutch exploded and took off the front of the car. Carnage clip below.
Read MoreA dump truck driver admitted he was "fishing for papers" when his rig crashed through nine motorcycles this afternoon in Phoenix, killing several riders.
Read MoreAccording to one UK newspaper, the man behind the wheel of yesterday's Pagani Zonda S crash that, at $449,000 in damage, triggered one of the UK's biggest auto insurance claims, was none other than triple-F1 champ Sir Jackie Stewart.
Read MoreWho's to blame? There's been a lot of debate on the LeMons forums about who bears most of the responsibility for the wreck. You decide, below.
Read MoreThis is Francesca Lavezzo, the improv comic from the Bay area who crashed her Honda repeatedly into a Ferrari dealership. After tasing her, police now believe she wasn't angry at Ferraris, just high.
Read MoreIt's no secret Ferraris are renowned for their ability to drive women crazy. Unfortunately, a Portland dealership full of them drove one woman so insane she used her green Honda to punch a few holes in the showroom this morning.
Read MoreA strange concept it is, handling. It’s probably the most important aspect of a car, yet it’s the hardest to describe. In his latest column for The Telegraph, Top Gear host James May offers a concise summary.
Read MorePower a 1995 Ford F-150 with a 14.0L Cummins N14 mounted in the bed? What could possibly go wrong? That's what Jim Harris said before he dropped a Peterbilt engine into his son's F-150. There are heroes among us.
Read MoreHyundai used to be an automotive punchline, but with the new Hyundai Sonata Turbo dishing up a cracking 274HP and 269 lb-ft of torque and 34 MPG from a twin-scroll turbocharged 2.0-liter direct-injection four-cylinder we wonder: who's laughing now?
Read MoreThe Acura TSX Sport Wagon just debuted in New York. A compact, sporty station wagon? What's not to like? Plenty, starting with the lack of both a V6 (or a diesel) and a manual transmission.
Read MorePeople often forget Chrysler attempted to maintain the popularity of fourbangers in their Caravan minivans by adding a turbocharged 2.5-liter mill to create the Turbo Caravan. While the 150 HP isn't particularly impressive, it was quite a bit of power and almost appealing when coupled with the rare five-speed manual transmission. With some tweaks they've been boosted to run 12-second quarter-miles. Long live Iacocca! But no, this COTD isn't from the new A-Team Van but rather our post about bacon
Read MoreChrysler's Mopar division went hog-wild on new off-roading rigs for the 44th Easter Jeep Safari. There's a quartet of Wranglers, the bitchin' Nukizer concept, a high-clearance Powerwagon and the Raptor-like Ram Runner. Glad to see someone at ChryCo's still kicking.
Read MoreThe story of Bill Caswell's Craigslist-powered WRC adventure struck a chord with a lot of people, and many of you asked how you could help. Here's your chance: Want to win an XBox and a ride in a rally car?
Read MoreIt's no shock a vehicle like the Ford Fusion Sport comes slushbox only, but Lamborghini killing manual transmissions hits us hard and forces us to ask: whither the manual?
Read MoreTwenty-five years ago, BMW Technik was established to "develop innovative, forward-oriented vehicle concepts" like this never-before-seen Z1 shooting brake. Looking at the concepts that never reached production is like gazing into a world where BMW never became BBW.
Read MoreWe're going to stop short of calling this the world's worst custom BMW, like we did with yesterday's gag-inducing Corvette, but this poor 328 is certainly right up there with the world's tackiest. It's like a faux-chrome trim factory exploded.
Read MoreDavid Byrne has a talent for surprise, whether with Talking Heads or on his own. I had the pleasure of seeing him with the Tosca strings for a taping of Austin City Limits and it was incredible. His latest project, Here Lies Love, is a collaboration with Fatboy Slim to tell the story of Imelda Marcos. Yes, a concept album about the first lady of the Philippines with appearances by Santigold, Tori Amos, Steve Earle and Cyndi Lauper. It works. I've always sort of liked the 365/412 despite its weir
Read MoreLamborghini plans to drop manual transmissions from its entire range and make its cars more fuel efficient in an effort to better serve the increasing lameness of its customer base. What's next, automatic sex tape generators? [CarAndDriver]
Read MoreThis weekend I watched a VW Golf race to 200 MPH, a 250 MPH Lamborghini with a parachute and a diesel-powered Ford Mustang. I also saw police officers nodding their heads in approval. It's not heaven, it's the Texas Mile.
Read MoreWhat do we think — is this a sysadmin's license plate or just a script kiddie with a really good sense of humor?
Read MoreThis Pontiac Grand Am Craigslist ad proclaims: Some people would say "Sir, you have torn half the interior out of your car," to which i would respond, "you sir are a drunk AND your wife is a common harlot." Updated.
Read MoreThe best bars are typically hidden in quiet corners of neighborhoods filled with strips of drinkeries, like Delilah's in Chicago hidden from the Fratdaddy haunts on Clark. College bars aren't typically the best, but they're abundant and filled with college students so you can usually find one to suit your needs. There's the fake I.D. undergrad bar, the get-drunk-and-make mistakes sorority night spot, emo places full of pseudointellectual discussions and the rare townie-cum-gradstudent bar. I'd l
Read MoreThis is the 2011 Inifiniti QX. Look upon it and laugh. Not at the Mitsuoka-like styling. Rather, laugh at how Nissan's premium brand is quickly becoming the bloated, pudgy, uninspiring replacement for Buick.
Read MoreLast week, we told you the amazing story of how Bill Caswell took a $500 Craigslist BMW to a World Rally Championship event. Now a Jalopnik reader has dropped the car into Forza Motorsport 3. Wanna drive it?
Read MoreThe #carcrashes tag has gotten a bit overworked recently, prompting us to wonder if anyone we know is about to become a minor Internet celeb. Who is the worst driver you know?
Read MoreAs if the Ford Focus RS wasn't truly wicked enough, the product planners at Ford are sending off the current generation with a matte black bang: The 350 HP, limited-edition Ford Focus RS500.
Read MoreThis is it. The Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is officially heading to production. This is the "show car" version of the 556 HP supercharged Corvette-engined Caddy-badged Jesus wagon we'll be seeing live this week in New York. Daddy like.
Read MoreThe Hennessey Venom GT is no joke. ZR1 Engine. Up to 1,200 HP. Less than 2,400 Pounds. Better power-to-weight than a Bugatti Veyron. Lotus-derived chassis. $600K pricetag. It's so batshit crazy the sales price includes an "orientation" session.
Read MoreWe're pretty sure things got quite exciting at the offices of Impact Racing on Friday, when the foundation used by most racing organizations to certify safety gear announced they were decertifying Impact Racing's products.
Read MoreWelcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You say picking one of two choices hurts your brain? Fine! We'll give you four choices today!
Read MoreSay you're at the junkyard and you need some component that's buried beneath a bunch of tedious-to-remove parts you don't care about. You can break out the Implements Of Destruction and tear the bastid out… but the ethical dilemma!
Read MoreJalopnik headed out to Sacramento Raceway Park in Northern California to enjoy some Wednesday night street legal tire-smokin' mayhem. Does the rent-a-racer stand a chance against Corvette Z06s and boosted-to-hell-and-gone VTEC Civics?
Read MoreEveryone around here knows Claude Lelouch for Rendezvous, everyone else knows him for his non car-related endevours. But is that fair? Cars play a role in his films, as he explained to The New York Times: The car is a very important element in my life, because in fact it is my office. It's where I do my writing. I wrote ‘Roman de Gare' on a round trip between Paris and Rome. I take my little tape recorder, and I leave behind my house, my family, my friends - because I have to be alone to write.
Read MoreNevermind from-afar spy photos, here's the Ferrari 599 GTO completely in the nude. With a presumed 680 HP and lower weight it's not just Italy's worst kept secret, it's the hottest prancing horse since the Enzo. One more picture below.
Read MoreMark Duren was driving his daughter home in their Toyota Camry when out of nowhere a fellow motorist flipped him off and started ramming his car. The reason? Duren had an Obama-Biden campaign bumper sticker on his bumper.
Read MoreThere's apparently a lot of shame around these parts with more than 1,000 responses to our question asking what vehicles you were ashamed to want. Bring the pride back. What vehicle are you proud to admit your want?
Read MoreOh VTEC Kid, serenading those ladies with sounds of your favorite Honda VTEC engine will never entice them to you, no matter how accurate your turbo bypass or downshifting imitation might sound.
Read MoreThere are two kinds of public oration: speaking and speechifying. The rigid definitions of the terms don't provide much elucidation, but it's clear to the audience which one they're hearing when they're hearing it. You invite someone to speak, but someone speechifying usually just shows up unannounced and often unwanted. People politely clap or maybe even stand after a speech, but proper speechifying is greeted with shouts of "Amen" from older women fanning themselves with folded church circular
Read MoreNew Jersey, in a fit of impotent pointlessness, has made it mandatory for probationary drivers under 21 years of age to affix a removable red sticker to their car's license plate. Way to go New Jersey, that'll really do nothing.
Read MoreKen Blockcrashed on day two at Rally Mexico with his new Focus WRC. That's okay, because a fan with a rally-bodied Mk1 Focus still thinks Block's Monster Racing ">Fiesta's cool enough to copy anyway.
Read MoreDriving slowly in the fast lane is more than just annoying, it's also illegal in many states. Wanna know if your 45-mph, Buick-borne grandma is breaking the law on the interstate? Just consult our handy map.
Read MoreAccording to this leaked Volvo dealer product update, the V70 wagon's getting the axe after 11 years of production. The V8-option in the S80's also going bye-bye and the V50 wagon's not long for this world.
Read MoreAll day long we talk about cars we'd like to own, love to own, have to own. Then there are these other cars, the ones we desire but don't talk about. What vehicle are you ashamed to admit you want?
Read MoreWhile Elvis Costello, The Roots and The Foo Fighters make both great recordings and produce great shows, not all bands can live up to their studio produced albums in person and, conversely, not all bands can live up to their great live performances. Usually the former applies to pop acts and the latter to punk or loud metal bands. A weird example of this is the Old 97's, a band I never really listened to but was compelled to see at an outdoor music festival in between acts I actually cared about
Read MoreGunnar Heinrich, editor of AutomobilesDeluxe, recently mistakenly filled a press fleet Cadillac SRX Turbo with regular unleaded fuel. The result? A catastrophic "mega knock event." His semi-harrowing tale of sudden unintended highway deceleration below. — Ed.
Read MoreCadillac hates old people, resurrects "Art & Science" design language. [AutoExtremist]
Read MoreThe Georgia law making it illegal to drive slow in the fast lane is awesome, but why stop there? Assuming you were a state legislator what motor vehicle law would you pass?
Read MoreThe BMW M3 is from 1986. The house? 2009. Both are clever, well-designed, focused, a perfect match across a quarter century.
Read MoreThe Georgia legislature just passed a bill making it illegal to drive below the speed limit in the left lane without letting faster cars pass. If the senate doesn't pass this we're torching Atlanta, again. (H/T to Tony!) [Augusta Chronicle]
Read MoreThis is the GM EN-V, short for "Electric Networked-Vehicle," an autonomously-driving tech-heavy two-seater pod co-developed with Segway and designed to one day replace cars for short trips in cities. Will it work?
Read MoreLawyers suing Toyota claim a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) from 2002 proves the company knew there was an electronic cause for the current unintended acceleration issue. It doesn't. But that's not stopping CNN from claiming it does.
Read MoreOne of our favorite bad science fiction movies from the 1980s was Runaway starring Tom Selleck as a cop afraid of heights who fights an evil robot-programming madman played by Gene Simmons of KISS. Cheesy doesn't begin to describe the story, acting and special effects. It makes Knight Rider look like Avatar, especially given what JuanOxido thinks K.I.T.T. is inspiring today.
Read MoreMustangforums member "luckydawg003" wasn't so lucky when he took his remote starter-equipped, manual transmission Mustang GT to Brandon Ford in Florida for some service. They remote-started the car in gear and it ended up submerged in a holding pond.
Read MoreThis is the new Ferrari 599 GTO, a Ferrari 250 GTO tribute that's essentially a lightened 599 GTB with new styling, less weight and around 680 HP. The expected price around $400K means it's much cheaper than a real GTO.
Read MoreThe Koenigsegg Agera is the latest speed machine from the Swedish super car maker and the online configurator's gone live, showing off a rainbow of color options. We'll take ours in the nude. Carbon fiber clear coat please.
Read MoreWe called the Taurus-based Ford Police Intereceptor "Robocop's replacement." Buy why have the sequel when you can have the original? Be part-man, part-machine and all awesome and buy the original Robocop Ford Taurus for around $19K.
Read MoreImagine sitting in the cockpit of an X-15 rocket plane at six times the speed of sound—one mile per second—and have this happen. Just a day at work in 1961 for test pilot Bob White.
Read MoreCensorship rarely has the desired impact. How many albums did NWA sell every time someone held a press conference to complain about Straight Outta Compton? They banned Steinbeck's books in his hometown of Salinas twice, and now the only thing to do in the town is see the Steinbeck Museum. And, as Jimmy Kimmel had demonstrated, unnecessary censorship makes everything more comical. We also think it makes Sam Smith unbearably awesome chronicling of the $500 Craigslist rally car that much more hila
Read MoreThe Tata Nano, the cheapest car in the world, is awash in bad press after four brand-new cars have caught fire in India. Is Tata about to become the Indian Toyota?
Read MoreMongoose Motorsports produces an unauthorized replica of the legendary 1963 Corvette Grand Sport. GM doesn't like that. They're suing the Ohio-based company for trademark and IP infringement claiming irreparable damage done to the Corvette brand and their bottom line.
Read MoreThe post-apocalytpic tanker truck is a great idea but we think the same commenters who helped put together the definitive post-apocalytpic vehicles list can do better. What discarded vehicle makes the best post-apocalyptic home?
Read MoreRoundabouts aren't great for high-volume locations. This new design, called the "Vortex Junction," handles a plethora of intersections and many, many plethora of cars in a simple, ingenious layout. The future of grandma-and-Griswold-confusing intersections, below.
Read MoreWhen you're applying Bondo in adobe-like layers to the flanks of your latest project- an Oleg Cassini Edition Matador with a quad-ghettocharged 343 under the hood- do you want the hyper-airbrushed Pirelli Girls on your garage wall? Hell no!
Read MoreWebster's dictionary defines "perspective" as "a true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion." This is accurate, but, like most dictionary entries, it lacks emotion. We prefer to think of the word as having a greater, more enticing meaning. My dad, in his infinite, bourbon-and-old-British-car-fueled wisdom, once called perspective the key to everything. I like that.
Read MoreThis bus owned by a German tour company features a six-foot-long bed for each of its passengers. The company claims to operate some 3400 "Betten auf Rädern," or "beds on wheels." Want to see Africa lying down?
Read MoreTom Cruise’s $30,000 toy Indy racer for his kid? Please. Consider this: an all-platinum Datsun Fairlady Z created by a Japanese jeweller to mark the 40th anniversary of model maker Tomica and the Fairlady Z itself.
Read MoreThis is the carbon fiber passenger tub bonded to the tubular Chromalloy backbone chassis that underpins the Iconic AC Roadster. Also visible? The huge carbon and steel reinforcements that keep the 800 HP V8 engine from twisting this in half.
Read MoreA development mule for the new Ferrari 612 has been spied in Sweden equipped with a longer wheelbase, different exhaust, hood bulge and a new front bumper. Rumors of AWD and a Ferrari HY-KERS-based hybrid system abound. [WorldCarFans]
Read MoreRiding buses may be efficient, but Dutch students are building something they call "The Superbus" to fix some of the minor problems like smell, speed, and number of weirdos. It's an all-electric, carbon-fiber-and-aluminum missile carrying 23-passengers in luxury at 130MPH.
Read MoreThe appearance of an LS1-powered BMW E30 M3 on eBay has raised an interesting point: Controversy-prone engine swaps are not always a bad thing. If you had to pick one engine to put into everything, what would it be?
Read MoreFerrari World Abu Dhabi will be the world's first Ferrari theme park. Tuesday we showed you its roller coaster. But today we saw the whole building. Frankly, we're now scared. It's obviously not a theme park, it's a Cylon baseship.
Read MoreEveryone makes mistakes. Sometimes, when you're doing fifteen different things at once and talking on the phone and trying to make sure you're doing enough work to keep your job afloat, you miss things. Information slips through the cracks. Thankfully, because this is the Internet, there are people — oh holy mouse with flowers, are there people — to correct you.
Read MoreSo, uh, this is a little... yeah, we can't make any jokes. Some of them are too easy, some are too stupid, and some are just too mean. But we have five words for you: You must watch this. Now.
Read MoreThe eBay'd $29,100 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is still sitting at the dealer, who's alleging more shenanigans with eBay listings, saying the same loss-of-reserve issue happened with a Mustang too. eBay's found no faults and given us an official statement.
Read MoreUtah prosecutors allege Jeffrey Mowen ran a Ponzi-scheme and took over $10 million from investors. Those ill-gotten gains funded a 200-plus vehicle collection now heading to auction. These cars finally prove money, no matter how it's acquired, can't buy taste.
Read MoreTanner Foust recently drifted his way up a section of Los Angeles's famed Mulholland Highway. The video is everywhere, but I was once lucky enough to ride with him. Wanna know what it feels like to be inside the car?
Read MoreAt a BMW press conference, Dr. Norbert Reithofer has dropped a dab-of-oppo-less bomb of an unorthodox Bavarian future. Mein Gott!
Read MoreDave Phipps has been building remote control systems for his 1969 Pontiac GTO for years. His masterpiece? Using a system called RedEye to remotely control the car's ignition, radio, doors and more with an iPod Touch.
Read MoreThe McLaren MP4-12C was officially unveiled today, a moment that, like most things McLaren, made us think of the man himself. Bruce McLaren is long dead, but his undeniable coolness lives on. Which car company has the coolest founder?
Read MoreOmar Ramos-Lopez was fired from his job at a Texas car dealership, so he got even. All of the company's cars was equipped with an ignition interrupter controlled over the internet, so he went online and remotely disabled them.
Read MoreLexus will lease, not sell, the $375,000 LFA supercar. But after seeing details of how the lease works it sounds like a pain in the ass. $12,400 monthly payments? One low $298,000 payment? That's just the start.
Read MoreTwo days ago we told you about a ChallengerTalk forumite who may have been getting screwed by a dealer on a cheap eBay'd 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8. The dealer claims an eBay malfunction caused the cheap deal. Here's what happened.
Read MoreOn January 16, 1920, America became a dry country. The 18th Amendment, a.k.a. the National Prohibition Act, a.k.a. the Volstead Act, made it illegal to produce or distribute alcohol within the United States. It was a dark and depressing time for many, and it marked the beginning of our great country's descent into the cultural weirdness of the 1920s.
Read MoreIn response to Virginia raising some of its speed limits to 70 mph, TomTom has compiled navigation data to determine average highway speeds by state. Do any of these seem a bit slow to you? [WSJ]
Read MoreThis may not be a real Ferrari, but no matter — it's still one of the most gorgeous things we've ever seen. Pontoon-fendered 250 Testarossa body, you had us at hello.
Read MoreInsure.com has assembled a new list of the 20 most expensive cars to insure in America. Like speed? Say goodbye to your hard-earned skrilla.
Read MoreIt's been an interesting week for the barn find. The homologation mother lode that appeared on Monday provided a lot of food for thought. Maybe this is sacrilege, but: Is there a barn-find car that you wouldn't want to drive?
Read MoreGM's working on a system using data gathered from vehicle sensors and cameras to project compact ultra violet laser-generated images directly onto the entire surface of the windshield. It's sort of like they're bringing the world of Tron to you.
Read MoreCall us crazy, but we like Juan Pablo Montoya. For all the man's issues — he can occasionally seem petulant; his NASCAR performance has been less than stellar; his stint in F1 was rife with unnecessary drama — he remains a racer at heart. He is a been-there, done-that, will-drive-anything dude, and his egalitarian approach to motorsport reminds us of heroes past.
Read MoreThanks to a craptastically-configured auction, a member of the ChallengerTalk forums snagged a steal-of-a-deal on a usually-goes-for-$45K Dodge Challenger SRT8 for just $29,100. Now the Signal Hill, CA car dealer's trying to back out of the deal.
Read MoreMichael Schumacher might want to watch that new red helmet of his. The last man to wear one in a Mercedes grand prix car, Manfred von Brauchitsch, was nicknamed Der Pechvogel: the unlucky bird.
Read MoreTop Gear host James May recently spent several hundred words analyzing his cat Fusker and addressing the definition of handling. Unlike cats, we don't have nine lives. Most people have had some sort of handling-related near-death experience — what's yours?
Read MoreOn January 1st, Autoblog/Engadget/Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis announced he'd give away one still-imaginary Tesla sedan if his newly-created Twitter account got more followers than Ashton Kutcher. He failed miserably. Also, he probably never planned to give the car away. Update!
Read MoreFederal regulators are studying whether recent Toyota sudden unintended acceleration problems are caused by cosmic rays. Seriously. Full NHTSA email below.
Read MoreOur Mr. Hardigree is on vacation this week, wending his way across California in an attempt to convince the people of the Golden State that everything, including Matt Hardigree's love for the common man, is big in Texas. (Update for the uninformed: He currently lives outside of Dallas, or Houston, or somewhere thereabouts. We prefer to keep his exact location a secret so as not to incite riots.)
Read MoreAt a press conference today, Toyota agreed with NHTSA's earlier assessment, offering up eight reasons why Jim Sikes account of his "runaway Prius" is completely full of crap.
Read MoreThe RS Owners Club story begins with an amazing find: an E30 M3 with just 37 miles, yet concludes with something even more amazing: a second E30 M3 with 57 miles and, wait for it, a Ford RS200.
Read MoreWith a rash of new teams, an unretired Michael Schumacher, and a very balanced field, the 61st season of Formula One has kicked off in the sands of Arabia. Spoilers below.
Read MoreAutomotive history is rife with those who have taken advantage of society's collective gullibility. If Jim Sikes is in fact a four-wheeled balloon boy, he's pretty high on the list. What's history's greatest automotive hoax?
Read MoreSome have noticed a pattern between Toyota sudden acceleration cases and the age of drivers. We did too, so we updated their numbers and turned them into a pretty chart. We like pretty charts. Updated!
Read MoreConfirming the congressional memo we shared yesterday questioning the story of runaway Prius driver Jim Sikes, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officials say "we have not been able to find anything to explain the incident that Mr. Sikes reported."
Read MoreWelcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You want a great big Teutonic luxury car, but you also want pizzazz? And you want it cheap?
Read MoreYou've raced in a few 24 Hours of LeMons and ChumpCar events which means you've already got a roll-cage installed in Mom's Oldsmobile. Where do you go from there? NASA's Western Endurance Racing Championship series.
Read MoreThe Morris Oxford/Hindustan Ambassador has been in production for 56 years, which means it has 9 more to go in order to beat the Beetle. How do you market such a classic?
Read MoreWe first raised doubts about the financial motivations and character of Jim Sikes, the runaway Prius driver, last week. Now there's evidence, in a draft memorandum obtained by Jalopnik from sources familiar with the investigation, that Sikes perpetrated a hoax.
Read MoreThe U.S. automakers have been licking their chops to take a hard swipe at Toyota over unintended acceleration. None had the balls to actually do it. SNL, however, does — with this anti-Toyota commercial Ford wishes they could really run.
Read MoreRace Numero Quatro of the 2010 LeMons season left a trail of connecting rods, oil, and bumpers all over Infineon Raceway's once-pristine surface, and we saw our first-ever LeMons Citroën. Want to see the other 146 entries?
Read MoreSince reporting the questionable past of runaway Toyota Prius driver James Sikes there's been a deluge of tips coming in about his character, including the following from a former business partner who alleges Sikes stole from their company.
Read MoreLike Richard Heene, father of the now-infamous "balloon boy," Jim Sikes, the financially-strapped runaway Prius driver, stepped eagerly into the spotlight after his bout of "unintended acceleration." What similar consequences await Sikes if this turns out to be a hoax?
Read MoreWe've asked Jeff Archipley, a Gawker community intern, to take a dive into Jalopnik's #offtopic forum and fish out some juicy morsels. He knows nothing about cars. Let's laugh together below. — Ed.
Read MoreThe 2012 Ford Police Interceptor unveiled today is the latest in a long line of Ford squad cars. Here's why the sight of even a civilian Crown Vic now induces Pavlovian application of brakes in all motorists.
Read MoreYears of keen observation has made me a living, breathing radar detector yet, despite my cop-sensing abilities, there are still a few law enforcement vehicles that cause my right foot to jerk off the gas. What police car scares you?
Read MoreA forumite at DirtyImpreza.com needed a new set of mud flaps. Instead of hitting the aftermarket he decided to improvise, buying a set of IKEA flexible cutting boards (DRÄLLA) and crafting affordable solutions for modern hooning. STÄNKSKYDD? [DirtyImpreza via TCL]
Read MoreFord's Crown Victoria-based police interceptor will finally end production late next year. This is its replacement — the 2012 Ford Police Interceptor. Other than the movie Robocop, it's the first time Ford's Taurus has served as a purpose-built patrol car.
Read MoreEarlier today we broke a story about the San Diego runaway Toyota Prius driver James Sikes recently declaring bankruptcy. Now, a review of records shows a link to a sex site for couples and a series of mysterious thefts. UPDATE!
Read MoreNot enough room at home to house all your cars, beer, flat screens and buddies? Buy a garage condo and the wife will never nag you to store her minivan in there again.
Read MoreEvery city has its local TV advertising celebrity. Maybe it's a car dealer who wears funny clothes or a mattress salesman who cuts them in half with a chainsaw. In Houston, we have both of those but the hero is furniture salesman Mattress Mac. A recovering drug addict who opened up a small shop with his wife, it grew into a Houston furniture empire fueled primarily by his tagline: "We'll save you MONEY!" It's awesome. Today we brought you the bankruptcy of Jim Sikes and Oddfish is surprised he
Read MoreIn the mood for a one-of-a-kind Pontiac now that the brand's dead? This 1985 Pontiac Trans Am Experimental Kammback is for sale and fits the weirdo bill. It's a GM experimental with a wagon-back bolting right into the hatch opening.
Read MoreFerruccio Lamborghini didn’t start out as a builder of supercars. His first success came in the form of tractors and agricultural equipment. Here’s a look at the long and illustrious history of automaker-built tractors.
Read MoreJames Sikes, the San Diego runaway Toyota Prius driver, filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and now has over $700,000 in debt. According to one anonymous tipster, we're also told he hasn't been making payments on his Prius. UPDATE!
Read MoreWriting for the web means abusing superlatives, but no OMGWTFBBQ can describe how amazing the legal opinion in Jarvis v. Eliot. It's a tour de force of jurisprudence quoting freely from Richard Petty, Days Of Thunder and Talladega Nights.
Read MoreWandering the aisles of my local auto parts store last night it struck me how much crap I wanted to buy. Haynes manuals for cars I don't own? Sure. Ford-logo barstools? Why not. What's your favorite auto store binge purchase.
Read MoreForget flying down a ski run, this Lamborghini Gallardo goes up an intermediate blue run, then back down — passing cross country skiers as it goes.
Read MoreBored of the deluge of perfect photographs pouring out of motor shows? We’ve taken some old and strange film cameras to Geneva to show you another side of cars. Well, of supercars anyway.
Read MoreThe 2011 Nissan GT-R receives a number of improvements including a slightly revised suspension and more standard features. Unfortunately, the base trim was dropped and possibly only 315 are bound for the U.S., all $84,060 GT-R Premiums.
Read MoreNot get all meta on you but I'm a little tired so I can't quite think of what reference I want to make to GV_Goat's worthy COTD from today's post on Ralliart's closing. The obvious one, given the Atreyu shiz, is The Neverending Story but it's a bit on the nose and, honestly, I don't remember enough about it to give an answer without leaning on Wiki which, contrary to expectation, I try to do as irregularly as practical. There's also sort of a Dylan Thomas/fight against the dying of the late thin
Read MoreEven a Swiss Army knife-equipped MacGyver couldn't hide that a major chase scene from the show's first season was lifted wholesale from the 1969 film The Italian Job. Luckily, mullets and Minis go together like cheesy music and ‘80s TV.
Read MorePowered by 228,800 Lb-Ft of thrust, this Lun-class Ekranoplan was designed to carry two-million pounds of Europe-invading soldiers and vehicles and six nuclear missiles at speeds up to 340 MPH. Thank God Reagan defeated the Soviet Union.
Read MoreThis is the Nissan NV, a trio of Titan-based vans available with a 4.0-liter V6 or 5.6-liter V8 and a freaky "High Roof" option. It comes in half-ton, 3/4-ton and full-ton flavors and will make the perfect taco truck.
Read MoreMitsubishi's performance subsidiary Ralliart, responsible for supporting the company's past WRC and Dakar efforts, will wind down operations this month. With poor sales they've decided to kill the arm of the company helping make fast cars faster. UPDATE.
Read MoreThe National Truck Equipment Assocation's annual Work Truck Show is trucking along this week. Ever wonder what kind of warning labels end up on heavy-duty vehicles? These are the ten freakiest. Remember, kids: Watch out for those water pools!
Read MoreThe Corvette Z06 Carbon makes for a great, albeit assumedly pricey (no word yet on official pricing), track-day car. For those of us on a budget: what's a great, affordable track day daily driver?
Read MoreDear all of you, the last few days have been quite fantastic and I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your kind thoughts, messages and other paraphernalia.
Read MoreHere's the full 24-minutes-long 911 tape between the California Highway Patrol dispatcher and the runaway Prius driver. Dissect away. NSFW language.
Read MoreWord is, the first product of a Spyker-owned Saab could be a modern re-interpretation of the ‘50s Saab 93. There's also talk of a Saab-bodied Spyker supercar. Here's what those cars could look like.
Read MoreWhen Wired.com's Autopia recently chose a list of ten perfect snowpocalypse vehicles, the site's readers howled in protest. After enduring a pummeling over their choices, the staff invited those readers to come up with their own list. Here it is.
Read MoreI was having a conversation with a friend the other day about cliches, maxims and other writing traps I'm always trying to avoid when my companion pointed out most of the ones I was referencing come from Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Mark Twain or Jesus. There's "blessed are the poor" and "the lady doth protest too much" and "I have never let schooling interfere with my education." Also, from Shaw: "sincerity is everything, once you can fake that the rest is easy." We don't know if Vavon205
Read MoreA confused Wall Street Journal cited a Toyota PR person, reporting that the 2008 Prius, seen yesterday accelerating out of control in California, will be the subject of a "future recall." They were wrong — it's already been recalled.
Read MoreMade of carbon fiber by Williams, this elevator cabin was not there for Sir Stirling last Saturday when he plunged three floors to break both ankles.
Read MoreSure as night becomes day and tides come in, so too will hoons put cars on truck chassis and goof around in the snow. This truck-engined VW Passat example seems in perpetual danger of tipping and yet there's only triumph
Read MoreNew information about yesterday's runaway Prius indicates the CHP had to tell the driver to use both the brake and the emergency brake. More proof of beige biting back.
Read MoreFew machines represent The Future like the flying car, and no publication has championed the fantasy more zealously than Popular Science. Here's a look back at its feverish, 77-year-long vision.
Read MoreAccording to the seller, this Nissan 370Z Convertible was purchased for his daughter by a wealthy admirer. Unfortunately for the amorous Nissan fan, the girl is "not a fool and decided the boy was." Ouch.
Read MoreThe other day I saw a beautiful W123 Mercedes diesel sedan with the same paint and trim as my first car and felt a little pang in my heart. What car do you wish you could get back?
Read MoreThe Haltom City, Texas police department's built the first patrol car out of a new Camaro SS. They could've just added a light bar. Instead, they worked with a local Texas custom shop to build one epically cool patrol car.
Read MoreAn out-of-control Toyota Prius was brought to a halt today in San Diego by a California Highway Patrol car putting itself in front of it like a brake. According to the CHP, the car suffered from a stuck accelerator. UPDATE.
Read MoreIf you ever once think Jalopnik is acting a touch sensationalistic in their reporting of a story you should watch your local TV news (also, you're probably paying attention). The best station for this in the Houston area is KPRC, which has the hilarious America's Most Wanted-esque feature "The Wheel of Justice." KPRC reporters and producers help "law enforcement agencies put wanted criminals behind bars." The CSI-style graphics, quick cuts and aura of vigilante justice put us to shame. They even
Read More"It's ironic that the United States was the most vocal in saying they didn't want the car, but the CR-Z still made its world debut at the Detroit motor show," — Honda CR-Z's chief engineer Tetsuo Iwamura.
Read MoreToyota today slammed the mechanics behind Brian Ross' ABC News report on unintended acceleration, showing how they were manipulated by recreating the same fault on a Chevy, Mercedes, Honda and Ford. Here's how the hoax occurred.
Read MoreOn today's episode of "Where In The World Are Uwe Gemballa?" everyone's favorite missing German tuner is on the run in Luanda, Angola. Plus, a special guest appearance by Czech fugitive billionaire Radovan Krejcir! Cue Rockapella.
Read MoreGet old-time hot-rodders together and utter the name "Turbonique." The entire conversation will shift to legends and half-truths of the '60s company supposedly created by NASA subcontractors to create a consumer market for rocket technology. Now there's video.
Read MoreRetired Formula One driver and all-around hero Sir Stirling Moss fell three stories down an open elevator shaft yesterday, chipping four vertebrae, breaking both ankles and cracking four bones in his foot. Don't worry, according to doctors he'll be fine.
Read MoreThis was by far the easiest Index of Effluency decision in the history of the 24 Hours of LeMons.
Read MoreThe Austin Mini had the fourth-longest production run of any car in history, behind only the Volkswagen Type I, the Morgan 4/4, and the Morris Oxford/Hindustan Motors Ambassador. By 1989, it still had 11 more years to go!
Read MoreThe folks at LeMons HQ have become quite weary of the BMW E30. However, it remains possible to get your allegedly 500-buck E30 into even the most overcrowded race. How? Do what Team Special Deliverance did and Ford Ranchero-ize it!
Read MoreWe saw some great stuff at yesterday's Sears Pointless LeMons BS Inspection, including a Citroën DS and a bunch of don't-try-this-at-home V8 swaps, but the NASCAR Meyer Wienermobile Corolla may have made the strongest impression on us.
Read MoreNot sure how many cars the LeMons Supreme Court inspected for violations of the $500 budget rule today; supposedly 150 or so showed up, but many failed the safety test and never made it to us. Anyway, it was plenty!
Read MoreGiven the number of teeny bopper comedies John Hughes wrote and directed, the film Planes, Trains, And Automobiles is a notable and entertaining diversion. Rated "R" for a scene with Steve Martin saying the word fuck like a million times with a rep of the fictional Marathon rental agency (who is the actress who plays the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off), it's actually thematically similar to Home Alone but contains very few adolescents or teens. It also touches on a truth about traveling,
Read MoreIn what's becoming our favorite budding Internet sensation, we pay tribute to the North Korean ladies who substitute a hypnotic dance for working traffic lights at Pyongyang, North Korea's many intersections.
Read MoreThese ten cars — the March Forza Motorsport 3 DLC — constitute the first of our two Jalopnik-branded downloadable content packs. You came, you saw, you guessed, and you just might have won. Our exclusive look at the cars below.
Read MoreMissing German Porsche tuner Uwe Gemballa is now under investigation by authorities in Stuttgart on suspicion of financial impropriety. Also, his family's suspended the reward for information regarding his whereabouts. Both revelations will turbocharge rumors he's not a kidnapping victim.
Read MoreLet's review what's going on here: This is a Model T. It's powered by a Boeing T50/Model 502 gas turbine, the same thing the government once put in helicopters and anti-submarine drones. Now you can buy it on eBay. Gah!
Read MoreMany people don't realize neither testament of the Bible was initially offered broken out neatly into little verses. For instance, there was no one hanging out at the Colosseum holding up a sign with "John 3:16" printed on it. It makes sense not to because, depending on how you break up a text, you can change the meaning. Also, it reduces the message into soundbites and removes context so they can be made to make contradictory statements. For example, using the Bible P161911 was able to confuse
Read MoreCalifornia State Senator Roy Ashburn, Republican and vocal gay rights opponent, was busted for DWI in his state-issued Chevy Tahoe by Sacramento police. He'd gotten drunk at a gay bar. Also, there was an unidentified man in the passenger seat.
Read MoreAn AtariAge forum member got a bug up his tuckus and decided to turn his 1995 Toyota Celica into a replica of the Celica ST205 GT-Four from the classic video game Sega Rally Championship. Here's how he did it.
Read MoreOne of the most annoying high school trends we remember was the proliferation of W.W.J.D. bracelets. But, as annoying as showy religion of any kind can be, it's a good question: what would Jesus drive?
Read MoreRecently, when auctioneers went to assess the estate of a deceased engineering firm owner, they found forgotten, dusty old cars in the garage including a Maserati Khamsin, Bentley Mulsanne Turbo R and a Jensen Interceptor III. The man had taste.
Read MoreDespite our initial beliefs, not all Morgans are made of wood. The $187,000 Aero Supersports, shown in Geneva in all its naked beauty, is all metal, BMW and sidepipes. What it lacks is glass: champagne flutes, to be exact.
Read MoreFifty-six years after he won the last Formula One Grand Prix held in Switzerland, the Maestro is applying a dab of oppo yet again at the Geneva Motor Show.
Read MoreThese photos of a Lotus Evora on an unidentified film set in the French Alps show the same skis and gold-on-copper paint job as the Lotus Esprit Turbo from For Your Eyes Only. UPDATE!
Read MorePolysemy is one of those little linguistic quirks that make learning a foreign language, especially English, so much fun. As if homophone weren't confusing enough (two words that sound identical but have different meanings), polysemous words are those with identical spellings but meanings that are similar but not identical. Yeah, big fun. A chest, for instance, can mean a human chest or furniture but both share the same concept and similar meaning. Another word is blank, which could be either an
Read MoreE-Type [e-tahyp] noun. 1. An elegant, phallic grand tourer often found in the garages of the rich and famous. 2. What pulled up on the right in "Dead Man's Curve." 3. Something you ditch on eBay in mass quantities. Huh?
Read MoreA leaked document obtained by the Mopar-loving forumites at Allpar provides purported production dates and details for every new Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram product including the Ram Hybrid, a possible Sebring name change and info on the Fiat 500.
Read MoreChildhood amnesia varies in length but eventually we all walk out of the fog and into awareness. Rather than ask about the first person you recall we want to know something actually important: what's the first car you remember?
Read MoreThis grotesque mish-mash of automotive design themes is the Sbarro Autobau — a "tribute" to Swiss racing driver Fredy Lienhard. We assume the designer hates him because this is truly the ugliest car we've ever seen.
Read MoreThere's apparently no stopping the Toyota recall as owners of "repaired" Toyota vehicles are claiming the "precision cut steel reinforcements" aren't doing the job, their cars are still accelerating and seniors are having "nightmares."
Read MoreA word of advice: This is exactly what it says it is, and it's not for the faint of heart. It took place in Berlin, but we haven't determined when. We'll say it only once: This kind of sucks.
Read MoreThese dirt bikers are riding a trail atop a cliff that's no more than a foot wide. The video is appropriately titled "Big Balls Trail Ride."
Read MoreNot content to offer just watered-down dispatches from the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, we've harnessed the power of cheap Eastern European labor the interwebs to bring you video of every single reveal and press conference today.
Read MoreWhen I was little, I spent a great deal of time worrying about things that might get me when I wasn't looking. I'd lie in bed and worry about death, or meteors falling from the sky, or that kid that I purposely hit in the head with my lunch box in kindergarten. (He was asking for it. Long story.) All of these things, it seemed, could end me at any moment and without any warning.
Read MoreStop-motion cars, cross-linked interactive videos, and a guy who sounds like he was born on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! YouTube has been used for a lot of cool promotions, but as far as we're concerned, this one takes the cake.
Read MoreToday's debut of the Bentley Continental Shooting Brake is a reminder of how awesome the breadvan is a form factor. What other car needs to get the shooting brake treatment?
Read MoreThe Bentley Continental Flying Star wasn't built by Bentley, but rather Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera for a customer with exceptionally good taste and a need to haul golf clubs at 200 MPH.
Read MoreThere's a lot we don't know about the hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder concept. Is its 500 HP combined or gas-only? Does performance really tail-off as charge runs down? So what do we know? Porsche might actually build this.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta concept references the Duetto and with power coming from a 1750cc turbo four, it might preview a new Spider production model. We hope it does, because this is one drop dead gorgeous sports car.
Read MoreThe Ferrari HY-KERS concept, the first hybrid from the prancing stallion, is essentially a Ferrari 599 with a strap-on 107HP electric motor. So, a Geo Metro's worth of electric power and a screaming V12. Hey enviro-nerds, the paint's green, right?
Read MoreThe ultimate challenge in any game of Bingo is to hit the blackout, i.e. filling up your card completely. This typically makes the game last longer as the number of balls that have be drawn to hit 20 spaces increases. Well, challenge isn't maybe the right word. It's not challenging in any real sense because, other than keeping track of cards with numbers printed on them, it requires no real mental energy. It's the sport of people too mentally weakened or unskilled to play Blackjack. If you can t
Read MoreThe plug-in hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder supposedly makes over 500 HP and returns 78 MPG thanks to a 3.4-liter V8 and three electric motors. We're guessing that's been figured the same way as the Chevy Volt's 230 MPG fuel economy.
Read MoreThe time has come to reveal the second of our two Forza Motorsport 3 downloadable content packs. This time, however, we're going to make you work for it. Wanna win some free stuff?
Read MoreThe other day Sam posted pictures of a modern Ferrari F1 piston he found in his closet. Well I looked at my coffee table and realized I had a piston and two valves out of a Ferrari 250 GTO.
Read MoreOh, look... the Ford Focus Wagon. The fifth variant of the new Ford Focus is yet another stylish, attractive and functional Euro-wagon we won't be getting stateside. America, why do you hate small, utilitarian vehicles?
Read MoreOur ever-growing cult of cars has always danced to a different Carnival drum. That's why today we're pleased to announce Jalopnik's first overseas colonization, Jalopnik Brazil! The Portuguese site's ready to give a Capoeira-style kick to the Brazilian car world.
Read MoreMotor racing in the 1930s was scary. Now remove the tires, add banked corners and ice, and you get bobsleighing. How scary can that be? Consider: contemporary racing drivers wore no helmets. Unlike bobsleighers.
Read MoreIf you've played the King of Sweden game, you know you can drive the wheels right off that little car. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo will make you feel like a king, and hopefully keep its wheels on.
Read MoreThe 365 GT4 2+2‘s predilection for automatics meant a reputation for it being considered soft. Not all were slushboxes however, and this Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender's five-speed may make your choice today kind of hard.
Read MoreMyopia being one of the most common eye problems in the world, many people might not be able to focus on today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender. That's too bad, because dismissing this SVT Ford would be very shortsighted.
Read MoreC4 is a plastic explosive with a detonation velocity of 18,000 mph. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a C4 Corvette, and its Lotus designed LT-5 engine makes punching the gas pedal nearly as explosive.
Read MorePontiac's dispatched almost as many screaming chickens as Colonel Sanders. But despite that avian connection, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe firebird is a hawk, not a hen, and you have to decide if its price is fair or fowl.
Read MoreThe Wankel engine has always proved that Mazda marches to a different beat. As it's getting toward convertible weather, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a flambe-painted '89 drop-top at a price you might find hard to beat.
Read MoreModern Mercedes diesels feature Bluetec which treats emissions like jellyfish stings, making them better by whizzing on them. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a blue '79 300SD, the purchase of which could also mean a golden shower.
Read MoreThey say that sometimes, you miss the forest for the trees. Well, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Ford wagon with a whole forest of phony trees on it, and it's pretty hard to miss.
Read MoreIf your everyday car is too dull, get a BMW 3-series. If the 3-series doesn't do the trick, get an M3. If that still leaves you hankering for more, Nice Price or Crack Pipe suggests LS.
Read MoreIn Ready or Not, Here I Come, Schoolhouse Rock taught us just how much fun counting by fives can be. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe knows you can count on a BMW 5-series to bring the fun.
Read MoreNot everybody knows the DeLorean was built in Ireland. As today's St. Patrick's Day, and Nice Price or Crack Pipe is not above the wearing of the green, let's see if this DMC12 lies at the end of your rainbow.
Read MoreSome people like their eggs sunny side up, and some like them over easy. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a second-generation Celica that let's you have it both ways.
Read MoreSome people drive inordinately large vehicles in order to compensate for shortcomings below the waist. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a customized Ford that will let everybody know that your name could easily be Hugh Johnson.
Read MoreZombie car brands, like their brain-slurping human counterparts, are not typically fastidious regarding their appearance. However, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Plymouth that's been dusted off and looks like it'll do more than just shamble.
Read MoreSomeday people will look back upon the Camry with fondness and desire, and when that day arrives, I hope to be long-dead. Until then, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has its predecessor for you to get all nostalgic about.
Read MoreUsually, buying a high-priced escort means not traveling solo, and ensuring a good time. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if it's a good time to hook up with a low-priced Escort, or, to go it alone?
Read MoreIf the Queen ever knighted the Lotus Elise, its title could be Sir Costsalot because even used, it's pretty pricey. Well, today Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an Elise that's on the cheap - and its title is salvage.
Read MoreWhether Fast or Square, VW's Type 3 was all about the back. One back we in the U.S. didn't officially get was the Notch, but Nice Price or Crack Pipe has one that might make you say baby got back.
Read MoreThey say that, to make an omelet, you're going to have to break some eggs. Well, today Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an egg-shaped Mercedes, and if you want to make it, you'll need to break out twelve grand.
Read MoreBefore Honda discovered Jazz, or got Fit, they had a pet Bulldog. Right now, Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know if $5,500 for this Kei Cur will get your tail wagging.
Read MoreKermit the Frog once intoned that it isn't easy being green. As much as Nice Price or Crack Pipe respects the opinion of our friend with a hand up his ass, this bio fuel-ready Volvo wagon could prove him wrong.
Read MoreSeeing how Ford's Aerobird performed on NASCAR's speedways caught GM off guard. With a plastic nose and a glass fastback, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pontiac helped GM's Sunday prospects, and, for $8,000, could help yours all week.
Read MoreIf you want a good deal, it always helps to wait for a sale. Today, Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Lancia seller who's offering a 2-for-1 special on Zagatos, but it doesn't look like they're going fast.
Read MoreWe're not going to tell you how it got there. We're not even going to tell you why it wasn't on the New York Auto Show floor. But we will tell you about the awesome techno-marvel that is its flywheel.
Read MoreAre you a track day fiend looking for a Corvette Z06 dressed up in carbon fiber tchotchkes and ceramic brakes like its bigger, badder brother, the Corvette ZR1? Enter the Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition.
Read MoreFedEx is aggressively investigating alternative propulsion for its worldwide fleet and this vehicle might just be the most interesting: an honest-to-goodness all-electric delivery truck with a 100-mile range and cool look.
Read MoreWe've been led to believe that the driver's seat on street cars should be one side or the other, but why? Team Mid-Drive Crisis converted their LeMons Mirage to mid-drive, and we can see that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Read MoreIf you know how to read it, your car's Vehicle Information Number will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about your ride. What secrets do those 17 letters and numbers hold?
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