Last year, sales of BMW's midsize sedan hit 5.5 million. The outgoing 5er, known as the E60, represented the car's fifth generation. I have at least five personal stories to tell about the 5-series. Coincidence? I think not!
Read MoreAfter the lease on her second BMW X3 ended this winter, my mom replaced it with a 2010 Cadillac SRX AWD. I sat down with her to get her every-mom review. —Ed.
Read MoreAt long last, the U.S.-spec Ford Fiesta is here. It is slightly heavier than its European counterpart, but it's still the best small car you can buy in this country. Welcome to the party, America.
Read MoreCadillac's chiseled, sexy CTS coupe surprised everyone when it debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in 2007. Now we've gotten an exclusive first ride. Is GM's latest baby everything we had hoped?
Read MoreJapanese engineers thought that allowing Matt Lauer to ride the Honda U3-X on the Today Show this morning was "too risky," but I sweet-talked them into letting me roll through Times Square on it. Cybernetic unicycle, meet New York.
Read MoreLet's cut to the chase: This is a 563-hp Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, those are its amazing doors, and I took this picture in Mexico while hanging out of the car at 50 mph. Safety is for pansies. Viva velocidad!
Read MoreLike most concept cars, the Chevrolet Camaro convertible isn't real. It moves under its own power, but it's by no means a polished and finished product. Still, if someone offered you the chance to drive it, would you say no?
Read MoreI often find myself attracted to a certain car and then, on reflection, decide only an asshole could drive one. Pop your collar, put on some yachting shoes and answer: what would you drive if you were an asshole?
Read MoreAccused International crime-kingpin Alexander Surin's new nickname is "Don Car-leone" after his arrest included the seizure of millions of dollars in exotic cars. That nickname's different than his secret forum screenname we found flaunting his automotive collecting prowess. UPDATE.
Read MoreAs Saab contemplates its future, Kilometer Magazine takes a drive in one of the most important and quirky vehicles in its history: the 1978 Saab 99 Turbo, one of the first cars to combine safety with turbocharged performance. —Ed.
Read MoreTechnology, along with laziness and market research, is killing the oil dipstick. Is this important? Should you care? Will we miss it when it's gone? Yes, yes, and an emphatic yes. Here's why.
Read MoreDan Neil was famously fired for describing sex in the backseat of a Ford as "loving, consensual and - given the Expedition's dual airbags - safe." It's roomy, but we can do better. What car has the most sex-friendly backseat?
Read MoreOur hero of the day is Palestinian car geek Mahfouz Caberetti, who restores vintage Detroit and Stuttgart iron in the most useless spot on Earth for restoring cars: the Gaza Strip.
Read MoreAaron Severson, editor of Ate Up With Motor, explains what happens when a bunch of tech-mad Frenchmen buy an Italian supercar factory and drink too much at lunch. This is the history of the space-age Citroën SM. —Ed.
Read MoreThe problem with most airplanes is they require pilot's licenses and the problem with most hovercrafts is they can't float high enough to clear obstacles. Rudy Heeman solves both with the flying hovercraft. You will need a boat license.
Read MoreWhen you're a 5-time DOTS honoree with no space for the '69 El Camino you just picked up, what's the next step? We say it's the addition of a parked-for-25-years S10 drag-racer project!
Read MoreThe problem with fun, affordable cars is by the time they hit the used market they're almost always "modified" for performance into oblivion by amateur wrenchers. Warn the people! What's the most molested car?
Read MoreHugo Becker of BMWBLOG breaks down the history of front-wheel-drive vehicles in the face of a wrong-wheel-drive Bavarian future. — Ed.
Read MoreManuel Uribe once weighed 1,320 lb, making him the fattest man on Earth. Driving's difficult as he's confined to bed, so he converted this '89 Astrovan into a truck. He needs a forklift to lift him into it.
Read MoreThere are numerous awful vehicles resembling Cylon Raiders from Battlestar Galactica. Fortunately for humanity, an amusement park mechanic has built this sweet, V8-powered homemade street legal Colonial Viper to protect us from them.
Read MoreThe New York Auto Show, one of the United States' largest, continued a growing association with violence last night. How'd the auto show become such a flashpoint for violence? Are car guys to blame?
Read MoreIn the spirit of Chase Jarvis's excellent book The Best Camera is the One That's With You, I've recently started shooting cars with my iPhone 3GS. Who knew that tiny little lens had soul?
Read MoreLast week's utterly ridiculous Dragon Vette was spotted again and to nobody's surprise, now has even more add-on body cladding. It's also getting a Procharger Supercharger. Sure, because why not add extreme to absurd?
Read MoreIt's big, it boasts a body designed by the Italian design house responsible for the Maserati 5000 GT and Alpine A106, and it packed Buick V8 power under its vast hood. And, uh, mumble mumble Lucas Electrics mumble mumble.
Read MoreA fatal wreck near Stuttgart involving a camouflaged 2012 Mercedes ML and a stranded Mazda — the latest in a line of similar accidents — has German authorities lashing out at "Rambo" test drivers treating German roads like "the Nürburgring."
Read MoreAccording to Chris Johnson, the cops have it all wrong: He didn't flee the scene of an accident to get a tattoo and kick a cop in the balls. He did all that, but he had, you know, reasons, too.
Read MoreGoing 70 on the highway, will a big-ass wing on your Subaru make a performance difference? Sorry, no. How about if you're heading into the esses at VIR without realizing your ex-big-ass wing has just failed? Uh-oh…
Read MoreThe Porsche 9ff GT9-R, a priceless one-of-a-kind car designed to take the speed record for street legal car, crashed during hard braking at 217MPH on Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire, England. It's said to be totaled.
Read MoreIn an exclusive interview with John Hesling, executive producer of the recently-announced-as-heading-to-the-History-Channel motoring show Top Gear USA, we learned this new American show plans on meeting or exceeding the bar set by the UK original. Wait, there's more.
Read MoreAs we reported first earlier this year, Top Gear USA, the twice aborted attempt at colonization by the famous BBC franchise, will hit the history channel this fall. Here are the three hosts. Update!
Read MoreLast week we shared news the BBC's Top Gear was filming on an active volcano. Turns out it's Eyjafjallajökull, the same volcano causing European airplane havoc. Luckily, cast and crew escaped just hours before the volcano erupted. Amazing gallery below.
Read MoreTop Gear's Jeremy Clarkson is everyone's favorite unapologetically egotistical car critic. Rarely does one of his reviews emerge without containing something eminently quotable. Here are 25 of his best and most obnoxious emissions, courtesy of Ridelust.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's one for the Mustang purists!
Read MoreA senior Nissan Executive railed against buyers of the GT-R, a performance vehicle built by his own company, in the online forum Corner-Carvers. The executive referred to owners as "Jackasses" and "Parkinsons-ridden testicles with arms." UPDATE!
Read MoreNissan's 40th-Anniversary 370Z BRE — as in Brock Racing Enterprises — Edition was unveiled last night at the Classic Motorsports Mitty at Road Atlanta. Did we mention how much we love John Morton? [AutoTrader Classics]
Read MoreComputer-controlled, multi-axis assembly robots are the Carpocalypse's forgotten unemployed. Once, they built our cars; now, they sit dormant. What else are they good for? Here are ten jobs that might be a good fit.
Read MoreMost minor league car enthusiasts know the difference between a Countach and a Diablo, so to ascertain if someone is truly auto-literate you gotta throw something tricky at them. A shibboleth. What's your automotive shibboleth?
Read MoreIf it weren't for the anachronistically-named mixtape I'm not 100% sure I'd need an Internet connection (okay, it's sort of important for work). This week I was really looking forward to the new one dropping from NY rapper/producer Theophilus London. His last mixtape was This Charming Mixtape — a nod to Elvis Costello and the power of a beat machine. When I heard his new mixtape was to be called I Want You I presumed it was another Costello ref, but the sample is actually Marvin Gay. Still prett
Read MoreThe owner of the controversially plated and tarted-up pickup is incensed, claiming his license plate isn't a coded white supremacist message as Virginia claims. Nope, it's a tribute to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Tony Stewart, his favorite NASCAR drivers. Update!
Read MoreLast week's rig explosion caused this 600-square-mile oil leak off the shore of Louisiana. Now the slick's a major threat to the rest of the Gulf of Mexico, forcing the Coast Guard to begin setting it on fire. Here's how.
Read MoreYa'll must know a lot of assholes, because when we asked you what you'd drive if you were one there were 850 responses. Let's balance the scales, eh? What would you drive if you were a saint?
Read MoreJon Sibal renders next-generation cars before they're revealed — a commodity coveted by auto insiders, analysts and car-crazed fan-boys. Now he's fighting Car and Driver, Hachette's money-makin' machine, to acknowledge his work was stolen. Here's his story. — Ed. UPDATE!
Read MoreNational Security Adviser Jim Jones had to apologize for repeating a joke about a Jewish salesman. The joke is about a Jewish merchant who refuses to sell water to a Taliban soldier but offers him a reasonably priced tie. The thirsty Taliban soldier gets upset so the merchant tells him there's a restaurant on the other side of the hill that'll sell him water. The angry Taliban soldier returns an hour later and walks up to the merchant and says "your bother tells me I need a tie to get into the r
Read MoreRather than display a Puerto Rican shooting victim's body in a boring casket for the wake, morticians at one San Juan funeral home presented the corpse on the man's Honda motorcycle.
Read MoreThis weekend automotive forums were abuzz over a story alleging a new government appointee's targeting "environmentally unfriendly" high performance vehicles. They'd be rightfully frightened... if it weren't a hoax. The perpetrator, a former Road & Track editor-in-chief, confessed to Jalopnik.
Read MorePete Vack of Veloce Today wrote this compelling summary of one of the coolest books written about Alfa Romeos. We love Alfas, so we couldn't resist. Hell, even if you don't love Alfas, you should probably buy it. —Ed.
Read MoreA runaway Toyota Camry smashed through the wall of an Advance Auto Parts in Shreveport, Louisiana yesterday nearly taking out Corvette owner. His harrowing report of nearly being maimed by beige below.
Read MoreI've had the pleasure of seeing Andrew Bird live a few times, starting in 2002 when he'd just gone solo and later as his craft evolved. A classically trained violinist, Bird's music started out mostly with live bits on violin and guitar with some whistling in between. Eventually, Bird started incorporating a looping machine so he could build lush, live sounds on stage without the need for a large band. This works because of Bird's precise rhythm and sharp ear. If you're not paying attention you
Read MoreThe Hunan University State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body bus is epic. So much so we're naming it for the prestigious and made-up Jalopnik Best of Show for Tremendous Advancements in Non-Normative Wheel Layout award.
Read MoreIf this guy was actually the complete masochist he wants us to think he is, he'd be using the 8.0-liter V10-powered motorcycle to tow the Dodge Viper. [Thanks PCBootleger!]
Read MoreIt's been over a year since the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee was unveiled at the New York Auto Show, but it's still not scheduled to go on sale 'til next month. Here it is circling a parking lot.
Read MoreBad driving isn't endemic to a specific location, but there's no arguing that poor drivers tend to congregate on the coasts. This selection of ten horrible Los Angeles drivers comes courtesy of Mike at L.A. Can't Drive. —Ed.
Read MoreThis lawnmower is set to shatter the current land speed record for grass cutting contraptions next month. Its 100 MPH target speed is 25% faster than the current record.
Read MoreOne of the pleasures of working for the University of Texas literary and arts magazine, other than the time a bunch of poets smoked out the office, was reading through the submissions. While a large number of pieces were the typical "I'm in college so everything that happens to me is the most important thing that ever happened in all of human history" tomes, there were the occasional standouts. And since we had a fairly open policy regarding submissions they'd come in from all over the country.
Read MoreThis bright yellow Heffner Twin-Turbo Ford GT set a standing-mile record with an insane 266.93 MPH pass during this weekend's Exotics Rally Miami One Mile. Yeah... 1,900 HP and 41 pounds of boost will do that.
Read MoreLike most Chinese copies, the furries of the Beijing Motor Show — from Pandas to bus people — are both creepier and more hilarious than the originals. Here's western culture's strangest fetish viewed through a cheaply constructed Chinese knockoff prism.
Read MoreThis one-off Alfa Romeo TZ3 was purpose-built by Zagato as a gentleman's racer. The rakish kamback profile is based on classic Alfa racers, but performance is totally modern thanks to its weight: just 1,870 lb.
Read MoreFord hand-built 20 second-generation Mercury Sables with lightweight aluminum bodies and potent Taurus SHO V6 engines. The few of these rare rolling all-aluminum technology testbeds still around are now potentially headed for a Ford crusher. This is their story.
Read MoreJust like $500 ain't what it used to be neither is 500 HP. Once the high-mark for exotic cars, soccer moms now pilot 555 HP BMW soft-roaders. Given what's out there, would you buy any car with 500 HP?
Read MoreYou know about the Police Brutality 1963 Thunderbird blowing its transmission at the Detroit Irony race, but you may not know the glorious ending to that story. And you've heard of Cadillac's V8-6-4 engine? How about a 4-2-1 Fiero?
Read MoreIf you were into hot-rodded Beetles during the Late Malaise Era, as I most certainly was, you probably remember the small-print ads for the "Pinto Beans" adapter kit from the back pages of your favorite VW magazines.
Read MoreWhat better way to kill a Sunday afternoon than to get out of the house (blatantly ignoring the honey-do list) and head out to a local hot rod show?
Read MoreThe Baksheesh Table at the Detroit Irony 24 Hours of LeMons was fairly groaning under the weight of all the beer bribes— they love their beer in Michigan— but one team mixed it up with a December 1977 Playboy
Read MoreThe 26th race in LeMons history took place at Michigan's Gingerman Raceway last weekend, and we saw plenty of LeMons firsts. For example, the first one-speed "automatic" transmission, and the first twin-turbocharged, mid-engined full-size van. Madness!
Read MoreDo you need four-wheel drive (or even rear-wheel drive) to go crashing around on dirt roads? As I learned putting hundreds of miles on fire roads in the Trinity Alps behind the wheel of a CRX, hell no!
Read MoreThe wall above Audi of Hong Kong is so gigantic it visually consumes their dealership. BMW clearly understood that, buying the space to use for a gigantic middle finger-like billboard over their German competitor. The billboard wars just went global.
Read MoreMayor Bloomberg has announced plans to close 34th street between 5th and 6th avenues to traffic, creating yet another pedestrian plaza and installing a two-way bus lane on what will now become a one-way street. Screw you, car drivers.
Read MoreSome people just love their Porsche Boxsters. There's no shame in it, they have a lovely chassis, so complimenting the car with a vanity plate is understandable. When you love a thing you just can't get your mind off it.
Read MoreThe Ferrari 599 GTO looks like the fastest prancing stallion ever because, with a Fiorano Circuit time of 1:24, it is. The red-and-black firecracker bowed in China today and we obsessed over every inch.
Read MoreThe Ferrari 599XX claims to have just became the first production-derived sports car to break the seven-minute barrier at the Nurburgring, lapping it at an astonishing 6:58.16. But is it really a record?
Read MoreThe 2007 Concept CS was a Shanghai surprise of refined Bangle-era BMW styling. Now, three years later, the German brand's trying to again redefine their look and feel with the Concept Gran Coupé — that'll make an elegant 6 Series.
Read MoreLet's get one thing straight: I have no idea what the Crossroads Quartet is. Or was. Or why, for that matter, they chose to put a jokey cartoon clunkmobile on their album cover. The image came up in a Google search for the phrase "tell it like it is," and I couldn't help but laugh. It's like James Garner, three of the Monkees, and a guy who looks like a young Don Johnson all decided to form a crappy singing group and record their harmonized warbles in glorious stereo surround. And a car fits int
Read MoreThe Virginia DMV recalled this now-infamous racist Ford F-150 license plate after negative buzz on the web pointed out the coded pro-Hitler message. Seriously, Virginia, you needed the Internet to realize this guy might be racist?
Read MoreAn Acura forum member posted an idiotic screed about his wife's jealousy of his car, an Acura TL. His wife found it, hacked his account and used it to divorce him.
Read MoreThe 2011 Volkswagen Phaeton continues to be one of the most over-engineered, understated ways to hit 186 MPH. Perfect for Chinese businessmen who don't want American peasants to realize who their real masters are.
Read MoreThe success of "Good Vibrations" led Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys to attempt an entire album produced with the same multi-layered, studio constructed sound. The album was to be called Smile and, though many tracks were recorded, it was never fully released beyond the many bootleg versions to be found in the collections of avid music fans. Whether the album failed because its creator Brian Wilson went around the bend or because it was too advanced for its time is unclear. Wilson eventually rel
Read MoreFiat announced plans today to give Ferrari six new models and Maserati a new entry-level M5-rival, all by 2014. The U.S. is also getting some Alfa Romeos starting in 2012 — including the MiTo. Here's the full stack of plans.
Read MoreChoosing a Lamborghini is not an easy flip of the coin between a Gallardo and a Murciélago. Towering above them all is the R8: not the Gallardo-based Audi R8, but Lamborghini’s very own R8 tractor.
Read MoreThis is the Jeep SRT8 the brother of newly-anointed Fiat Chairman John Elkann drove to today's press conference where his 34-year-old brother's new job was announced. The bumper sticker reads "Italian Motherfucker." Is every Italian-American trying out for Jersey Shore?
Read MoreWhenever it's time for a President to appoint a Supreme Court Justice there's always question of whether there's a "litmus tests" on controversial issues; one factor that can completely remove a choice. Do you have an automotive litmus test?
Read MoreRemember how everyone was super giddy for the youthful and affordable Toyota FT-86 sports coupe? It'll be just like that... except neither youthful nor affordable. At least it's still RWD.
Read MoreThis color (or false-color, we can't tell) image of a WWI French military truck is first and foremost, neato. Second, we don't know what the heck it is. Do you? Let's see those guesses in the comments below. [NMVSite]
Read MoreBMWBlog brings us the inside line on what it takes to film a top-flight car commercial: six DSLRs, three BMW M3s, and two twitchy, aggressive race car drivers. — Ed.
Read MoreIs your yard cluttered with retired Boeing 727s? Do you dream of stylish sea travel capped with the potential for fiery death? The Hydro Lance Corporation has a solution to your problem: giant, untested pontoons!
Read MoreThe Dakar Rally is full of insane trucks and motorcycles crossing rough terrain and even crazier support trucks keeping them operational.
Read MoreOn a per-passenger basis, the average SUV uses more fuel than a Boeing 737, an Amtrak train, and the average bus combined. Also, 40 Burger King Whoppers hold as much energy as one gallon of gas. Click to enlarge. [Good.is]
Read MoreLet's say you've snagged a rolled Subaru WRX for $1,950 Canadian and you have a Honda Civic you're bored with. Why not chop both up, lay the Civic body on the WRX frame and create an AWD, boxer-powered Hondabaru?
Read MoreCar racing once had mainstream appeal, and magazines were once capable of selling millions of copies without turning their covers into word soup. These classic Sports Illustrated covers perfectly embody that golden age.
Read MoreThe man driving the souped up electric Barbie car reminds us of how far we went to simulate driving in the awful period before we were licensed drivers. What did you drive before you could drive?
Read MoreLonger than an S-Class and wider than a Maybach, the Citroen Metropolis is the French company's idea of the ultimate luxury car for China. Don't worry cute Pandas, the Metro is an environmentally friendly 460 HP luxobarge.
Read MoreWe feel about the portly 5-Series GT the same way Indiana Jones feels about snakes. But the just-revealed Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake Concept? Better than finding a new iPhone in a bar. Glorious photos of the sexy wagon inside.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo TZ3 is a purpose-built race car from the Zagato design house created to celebrate 100 years of Alfas. The sexy aluminum body covers a tubular carbon fiber chassis and an undisclosed powertrain.
Read MoreThe Toyota Tacoma Pikes Peak can hit 60 MPH in 1.6 seconds thanks to a 1,000 HP 2.1-liter engine. But it's only geared to do 132 MPH. Imagine how crazy that is. Oh wait, don't, there's video.
Read MoreA few years ago, we were given a rare peek inside Lamborghini’s factory in Sant’A’gata Bolognese. The cars assembled within those walls are some of the finest, and loudest, in the world. Bella, bambinos. Bella.
Read MoreIf you plan on being fabulously cool, here is something you cannot wear to tell time: Steve McQueen’s 1970 Heuer Monaco.
Read MoreRhys Millen is so serious about breaking the world-famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb' 10-minute barrier and reclaiming his family's honor he's building a tube-framed and carbon fiber, 1,850lb, 750 HP stroked 4.1-liter V6-powered monster called the Hyundai Genesis PM580.
Read MoreLast week, GM announced a production stoppage on Chevy Colorado/GMC Canyon compact trucks due to defective Chinese-made microchips. If one poorly made Chinese part can down a car plant, what if the entire car is Chinese?
Read MoreWe're trying to figure out how TechArt's "Black Edition" matte black vinyl wrap, 22" wheels, and aero kit cosmetic upgrade for the Porsche Panamera makes the car look so much better. It's like a matte black cocktail dress.
Read MoreSome guys do things just to make other people cringe. Engineer Christian Newman decided to do it with an eye-searingly greenish-yellow, carbon-fiber and kevlar-infused E30 BMW with a transplanted Nissan GT-R straight six. His reward? Scorn, and 286 WHP.
Read MoreThese latest UK Met Office predictions show the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull's air travel havoc-wreaking ash cloud moving its smoky tendrils closer to North America and the United States. It's comin' right for us!
Read MoreIs it possible for a $300 Volkswagen Quantum Syncro to survive all weekend in a road-course endurance race? No. How about taking 9th place overall, in front of E30s, RX-7s, Integras, and other allegedly faster cars? Again, and emphatically, no.
Read MoreThe first race of NASA's 2010 Western Endurance Racing Championship series is in the history books. Some cars were victorious, some cars died, trophies were distributed and post-race beer was consumed.
Read MoreWhen you finally give up on your hopeless LeMons Fiero and decide to upgrade to a more reliable machine, what do you choose? Do we even need to ask that question?
Read MoreA ZPost forum member shares his story of the dangers of slipping an iPad behind the front seat of a BMW Z4. Especially when the Z4 has two disparately-sized drivers. Can someone say Apple sauce?
Read MoreSome 24 Hours of LeMons teams simply give up when faced with mechanical woes; we've seen teams load the car on the trailer after a fuel pump failure. Not so with Police Brutality!
Read MoreThe Forum Wars is the show that puts two different nerdy forum posters car guys from different automotive forums to do battle on the track. Let's see if they can drive like they type.
Read MoreWhat's the smallest pickup you can buy new in the USA? The 3,000-plus-pound Ranger? If that's more truck than you need, you'll have no choice but to shop for a pre-Cupholder Era used truck… or move to Mexico!
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's the first 411 I've seen on the street in at least a decade.
Read MoreWith only about 57 entries showing up to the first-ever LeMons event at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, Michigan, the LeMons Supreme Court was able to scrutinize each entry with extra suspicion.
Read MoreSteve Saleen's SMS has taken a crack at the new 5.0-liter Mustang with the naturally-aspirated, SMS 302 Mustang producing 440HP/400lb-ft of torque and the roots-supercharged 535HP/450lb-ft SMS 302SC Mustang. Of course there's a whopping-big spoiler and also the upcoming 351X.
Read MoreEuthanasia and euphemism both share the Greek root "eu" which means "good" thereby meaning euthanasia roughly translates to "good death." It's not the way we'd like to go (hello Audi RS6 Avant + cliff), but an understandable alternative for some. Unfortunately, euphemisms are often worse than the actual literal description they're trying to euphemize. Is "buffing the bishop" really less salacious than "I'm going to go masturbate?" Everyone has to urinate, but does everyone need to "drain the sna
Read MoreOdd question to ask, right? But judging by the numbers, yes. Is that all there is to it?
Read MoreBefore Steve Millen, winner of the 1994 24 Hours of Daytona, could compete in this weekend's Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, he had to attend a beginner's driving school. Here's a first-hand account he wrote exclusively for us. —Ed.
Read MoreA friend surprised me this morning by announcing he'd like to save a Plum Crazy Challenger SRT8 for the future. It's a choice befitting the name but an interesting thought: what new car would you throw in a vault?
Read MoreWhile warming up yesterday for the Chinese Grand Prix, a massive suspension failure sent both front wheels of Sebastien Buemi's F1 car rocketing off in opposite directions, leaving Buemi to stare at a wall he now can't avoid. Video below.
Read MoreThe 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the oldest motorsport events in the country, a day-long torture test that takes place on one of the roughest circuits in the world. Amazing glow-in-the-dark eye candy below the jump.
Read MoreIf you're passing through the Central California coast and you see a sign advertising "Hearst Castle" do yourselves a favor and stop in for a couple of hours. Though not actually a castle — it more resembles a small Spanish village complete with faux-church — the compound shows off the kind of opulence you'd be hard pressed to find this side of Dubai. The "backyard" as Hearst called it was miles and miles of California and the front yard was pristine beach as far as the eye could see. Things cha
Read MoreA 2008 Porsche 911 GT2 in rural Nevada. I took this two years ago while driving from Los Angeles to Pahrump. I'd tell you what I did here, but then I'd have to kill you.
Read MoreJustin Kurtz started the "Kalamazoo Residents Against T&J Towing" Facebook group after claiming the company erroneously towed his car. Now the group's 7,300+ strong and T&J Towing is suing the Western Michigan University student for $750K.
Read MoreTom Vanderbilt, traffic expert and author of the bestselling book "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do," shares with us these ten things to know about New York City driving. Who knew Columbus Circle was so special? —Ed.
Read MoreA new, easier-to-produce variety of methamphetamine is made using cars as mobile meth labs, thereby combining Michigan's two biggest industries. Maybe we've watched too much Breaking Bad but we must know: what car makes the best mobile meth lab?
Read MoreThe 2011 Ford Explorer will be built on the same platform as the Ford Taurus. No transfer case acting as the four-wheel-drive system's linchpin. That's not stopping Ford from releasing this teaser shot touting the potential for off-road prowess.
Read MoreAs volcanic ash spreads from an eruption under a glacier in the Eyjafjallajokull region of Iceland, the British have taken the drastic step of locking down the country's airspace. Here's why.
Read MoreWhen you go to a showplace of cinematic stories do not, dear friends, change your mind at the ticket distribution office and select another talking picture. I'm not sure what I was going to see when I explained to my wife that we'd be better off catching The Ten but I was wrong. The Ten seemed like a perfect fit given my enjoyment of The State and appreciation of Wet Hot American Summer in college. Nope. Just because you like those two things does not mean you'll enjoy The Ten. The eight people
Read MoreESPN magazine talked to Bill Caswell, the man behind our $500 Craigslist rally car story, to get the skinny on what he needed to make it happen. He's also on the network's blog. Here's what it takes, kids.
Read MoreGOOD.is brings us the story of an LA resident so disturbed by a freeway's poor signage that he built his own sign and secretly affixed it. It stayed that way for almost ten years. Until now. —Ed.
Read MoreHundreds of you shared the cars you tell people not to buy, but we're not going to end the Carpocalypse if no one purchases anything. Let's stimulate the economy. What car do you tell people to buy?
Read MoreThis DeLorean isn't fitted with an original PRV V6. Instead, it's packing a 500 cubic-inch Cadillac V8 behind the driver and a 2.0-liter Honda B20A in the nose. The seller's only including one engine with the sale, but which one?
Read MoreEquipped with four in-wheel electric motors, the Electric Raceabout can hit 60 MPH in less than five seconds. And with suspension borrowed from the Audi R8, it should probably handle pretty well.
Read MoreWho is America's greatest driving threat — reckless teen drivers on cell phones or blue-haired hunched-over-the-steering-wheel grannies? TheAutoInsurance.com breaks it down for us with some good ol' fashioned infoporn.
Read MoreConsumer Reports issued a rare "Don't Buy" warning for the 2010 Lexus GX 460 for what they claim is an unacceptable tendency to oversteer during in-corner throttle lift in aggressive driving. Sounds like a feature to us. Video below.
Read MoreEvery automaker enhances their official images in Adobe Photoshop, often adding billowing smoke clouds to burnouts. Just like Lexus did here. Hilariously, they forgot a key detail. Lexus, here's a hint: Who's driving? [Lexus.ca via TheCarLounge]
Read MoreJeff Koons isn't just the artist behind BMW's latest art car — he's also created some seriously erotic artwork. Take this piece, depicting his porn-star ex-wife, titled "Dirty Jeff on Top." Is this the kind of artist BMW wants? (NSFW)
Read MoreNot every vehicles has a RamBox, center console, or even a trunk to store crap. But almost every car has a glove compartment. What's in your glove compartment?
Read MoreWith 46-inch tires and a diesel engine shared with construction equipment, the EcoRoamer looks and sounds terrifying. Its size belies its sophistication — it also uses a NASA-designed water-purifying system and broadcasts WiFi a mile-wide. Let's take a look inside.
Read MoreA truck carrying boulders through Derbyshire Peak District in the UK accidentally dropped one onto an unsuspecting Yaris. Luckily no one was injured and thankfully this Toyota won't be doing any unintended acceleration. (H/t to Andrew!) [Mirror]
Read MoreAs our own Mr. Smith has explained, the camera in the iPhone 3GS is pretty damn good for taking photos of cars. For even better photos, spend an extra 99¢ on pseudo-Polaroid app ShakeItPhoto.
Read MoreThis is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Looks like we've got an International DOTS-O-Rama going on, so let's head to Southeast Asia.
Read MoreAlong with the iconic I Love Lucy, the 1950s CBS comedy The Honeymooners is largely acknowleged to be the template for the modern sitcom. In it, Jackie Gleason played Ralph Kramden, a blustery, short-tempered New York bus driver. His long-suffering wife, a sharp-tongued woman named Alice, was played by Pert Kelton (later Audrey Meadows). Ralph and Alice spent much of their screen time together arguing or dealing with the aftereffects of Ralph's get-rich-quick schemes, but that's not what most pe
Read MoreOver nine million General Motors pickup trucks built in the '70s and '80s have a tendency to explode in otherwise non-fatal accidents. This is FairWarning.org's detailed look at how an added "feature" made those trucks deadly. —Ed.
Read MoreThe pilots of crashed US Airways Express Flight 2495 were talking about Corvettes, Rolls Royces and Jaguars just seconds before an aborted January takeoff in Charleston. Such conversations are expressly forbidden. Here's the transcript.
Read MoreSpyker wants to reinvent the supercar, combining the fragile performance of a Ferrari with the go-anywhere ability of a Land Rover Defender. This Spyker Super Sports Utility Vehicle will be powered by the former and perform like the latter.
Read MorePaul Shippey drove a Smart ForTwo across Canada's Dempster Highway, one of the roads featured in Ice Road Truckers and the only all-weather road into the Arctic Circle. This is his crazy story, which originally appeared on Wired.com. —Ed.
Read MoreEver hit the highway and notice that people drive differently? Some states haul more ass than others. Here's DriverSide.com's list of the ten speediest states based on tickets issued per capita. —Ed.
Read MoreToday we answer the question asked by countless dozens — does an iPad work with a Sync-enabled Ford vehicle?
Read MoreA Florida man recently appealed to the public to help find his missing wife. One day later, she turned up dead in a car that was videotaped being pushed into a lake. Guess who the pusher looks like?
Read MoreOwning the world's largest Dodge wasn't enough for Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, so he built the largest Jeep — this Willys replica. That's just the start. Read on to find out why he's an Arabian Chuck Norris.
Read MoreThe Switzer P800 Nissan GT-R is fast, but 700HP at 3800lbs wasn't good enough. The Ohio-based tuners have reworked the car and bumped output to 800HP and chopped weight by 200 lbs. Meet the Switzer P800 Nissan GT-R Track Animal.
Read MoreShortsighted planning brought an end to America's great railway stations, robbing the country of great architecture and contributing to highway overcrowding. The Infrastructurist recently chronicled the most beautiful victims. —Ed.
Read MoreAs if creating a line of world-beating racers stretching back from last Sunday to 1985 wasn’t enough, Red Bull’s technical director is rather happy flooring it at Le Mans in a product of his great rival Ferrari.
Read MoreListening to Pulp's hit song "Common People" in the car yesterday I immediately reconnected with the song's central premise: privileged rich people don't see the world the same way the rest of us do and no amount of pretending to be poor or rejecting their inheritance is going to change that. "You'll never live like common people/ you'll never do what common people do/ you'll never fail like common people/ you'll never watch your life slide out of view/ and dance and drink and screw/ because th
Read MoreIf you've got a legitimate Shelby Cobra chassis and body, pay your storage unit bills or at least claim it before it becomes the property of the towing company paid to remove it. A free, original Cobra? Nice price.
Read More2.3 liters, 4 cylinders, 16 valves, 4 throttle bodies, 197 HP. That's all the E30 M3 needed to become a legend. Sit back, turn your speakers up and bask in 10 minutes of light is right.
Read MoreThe British Labour party massively failed in their attempt to attack the 1980s by selecting a great car in what was, honestly, a decade fraught with crap. Let's do better. What was the worst car from the 1980s?
Read MorePhil McGovern of Crank And Piston tells his story of a Jaguar XJ220 sadly left in the Qatari desert to die. —Ed.
Read MoreOn the Internet everybody is a liar, some just lie more convincingly than others. I don't have stats to back this up but I don't need them. I write on the Internet for a living and read thousands of comments and forum posts a month and, like many of you, can often tell when someone is exaggerating or lying. Ever see a picture of a girl or guy on MySpace or Facebook and it's at a concealing angle? The person is probably unattractive, but it'll take meeting them in person (ugh!) to prove it. Unfor
Read MoreFour wheels good, two wheels bad. That's the axiom car guys go by. Of course, it's exactly opposite for motorcycle fiends. What if cars had two wheels and balanced on their own? The Schilovski Gyrocar did it in 1914.
Read MoreWe asked you not to do it, but someone still went ahead and slapped an iPad into the dash of their Toyota truck to create what's likely the world's first iPad car installation not involving duct tape.
Read MoreNew Viper owner and Viperclub.com forum member "Lanceromance" thought he'd do a little bragging after besting a Corvette in a street race. One problem: it was a lie, the owner's husband does own a Viper and called him out.
Read MoreIn response to Toyota's unintended acceleration debacle, BMW engineers decided to calculate the equivalent horsepower of a 3-series' brakes: roughly 2,500 HP. That's right, every 3-Series ships with more than twice the power of a Bugatti Veyron.
Read MoreCalled "Drift," Nissan Canada's latest commercial for the Sentra SE-R features nothing but 1/10 scale RC cars. The epic ad was even filmed using other RC cars and an RC helicopter. Sounds more fun than driving a Nissan Sentra SE-R.
Read MoreY'all picked some genuinely great cars for the first Forza Motorsport 3 Jalopnik-branded content pack, but some of us have this sickness that makes us want to race the likes of the Leyland P76. Let's make our voices heard!
Read MoreYour response to the concept of a LeMons Babes & Beaters Calendar was overwhelming, so I've got the first month ready for you!
Read MoreYou can trace the beginning of ridiculously sybaritic rap covers to Pen and Pixel, a Houston-based design firm that defined the Dirty South hip hop aesthetic. My friends in high school always looked for the best Pen and Pixel-style CD cover and even mocked up my friend Dan with chains standing in front of two blinged-out Bentleys, which themselves were in front of a sea of diamonds with dolphins jumping out of it. To quote the Houston Press:
Read MoreWe've asked Victor Lin, a Gawker Media 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 MoreWhen our Wes Siler said the 2011 Kia Optima was almost sort of interesting, oddseth replied he'd buy it if he ever gets "stupid and boring enough." So, what would you drive if you were "stupid and boring?"
Read MoreSo many drinking references, can you tell it's an auto show week? Beer tasting with my in laws is great because, it turns out, one of my new cousins is a huge beer freak. Like hosts-his-own-massive-Oktoberfest kind of beer freak. He brews his own and drinks everyone else. In fact, I was at a wedding for another cousin and he held a beer tasting with bottles he stored in an ice-filled hotel bath. Most of it was created by some friends or in microbrew trades. There was so much I joked "What's next
Read MoreAutomotive PR people use April 1st as an excuse to issue fake press releases and get revenge on journalists who do things like telling people to "point and laugh" at their cars. This is our guide to this year's goofiness.
Read MoreThere was a time, before flat billed baseball caps, when rallying required more than shoe company sponsorship. It required a complete and utter disregard for human life, especially your own. Here's a look at "old school" rallying.
Read MoreWhat kind of crazy world is it when Kia is releasing the most desirable new non-performance car at the NY show? Ambitious styling, high-tech engines, MacPherson front and multi-link rear suspension add up to a possible killer mid-size.
Read MoreHyundai's newest luxury sedan, the Equus, was just revealed at the New York Auto Show with the announcement it'll forgo the mostly ignored paper owner's manual in favor of an iPad, allowing customers to make vehicle service appointments wirelessly.
Read MoreApril Fool's Day is when people who aren't funny try to fool people who aren't paying attention. Sadly, sometimes we make the biggest fools out of ourselves. What's your most foolish automotive purchase?
Read MoreHomologate [ho'malegat]: verb. 1) approve for sale in a particular market or use in a particular class of racing. 2) express agreement with or approval of. 3) set something up to be loved by Jalopnik. STI sedan, anyone?
Read MoreOne bite of an asp did in Cleopatra. Similarly, a turn behind the wheel of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Viper may be enough for you to be bitten by its power, but will its price do it in?
Read MoreParts cars are the second class citizens of the automotive world. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe GTI is a different kind of parts car though, and from the looks of it, its parts are first class all the way.
Read MoreGM's effort to emulate VW in the small car market created both the Corvair and Ralph Nader's career. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Greenbrier may be unsafe at any speed but it's still pretty sweet looking just standing still.
Read MoreIn poker, one-of-a-kind means you'll probably lose your shirt. But in the Nice Price or Crack Pipe game of chance, being one-of-a-kind can be a benefit, although you still could go home shirtless.
Read MoreTypically, when cars from the old country make the trip across the Atlantic, they get their cojones lopped. However, that's not the case with today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bimmer, which should sound off like it's got a pair.
Read MoreLittle trucks are cool. Painting your mini truck camo is cool. Being named Skeet is cool. But selling your camo truck for under a grand and having it appear on Nice Price or Crack Pipe means you're the ice man.
Read MoreDorothy had only to click her heels together to get back her to Kansas home. That probably wasn't as much fun as driving today's Lawrence-based Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo, as I don't think Dot's shoes had a V8.
Read MoreVirginia may be for lovers, but if your amorous predilections are of a more automotive nature, today Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a classic Pontiac from Florida that the seller claims will let you get your freak on.
Read MoreBefore Tata introduced the poor to the travails of new car buying, there was the Citroën FAF. Before the FAF there was the Greek-built Pony, and today Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants to know what's a grecian urn?
Read MoreThe Chevy V8 has been the go-to engine for transplanters, and we've seen quite a few Frankencars with them here on Nice Price or Crack Pipe. Today however, we've got a candidate that was actually born with one.
Read MoreLike the precedent 2002, the E30 BMW is well loved for its simple shape and honest performance. However, about today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 325i it can simply be said that its E36 transplant makes it honestly better.
Read MoreSome have accused the second generation RX7 of being the softest of the breed. Of course, a monster V8, like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate has, can make it much harder. And, it might make you hard too.
Read MoreIf the concept of a Buick sports car makes you put on your Moe face and go whaaaa? you're not alone. With fewer than 22,000 total sold, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Reatta wasn't fooling anybody.
Read MoreIn the 1980s Omni magazine attempted to make science fiction sexy. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Dodge Omni-based Charger from the ‘80s that proves going topless is still the best way to be sexy.
Read MoreIdaho's state bird is the Mountain Bluebird. Datsun's 240Z is a derivation of the Bluebird sedan. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Ford-powered Z from the potato state that might just flip your blues the bird.
Read MoreWhen the Bangle-ized E65 7-series was released, the values of the preceding E38s immediately rose. Things have obviously settled down as this Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender 740i has a price that's styled for mass appeal.
Read MoreWhile finding a Lancia that's unable to move under its own power may seem more the rule than the exception, Nice Price or Crack Pipe thinks that this Scorpion with your choice of engines could prove very motivational.
Read MoreThe late Donald Frey must have had a thing for horses. The Mustang was his idea, as was today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bronco. That Ford truck's good for horsing around in, but are you willing to pony up?
Read MoreWilliam Randolph Hearst created his San Simeon castle by importing the best of Europe's ancient architecture and having Julia Morgan find ways to incorporate it. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Ford Sierra that would make Hearst proud.
Read MoreThe Esprit's handling was always leading man material, but its engine was little more than a walk-on extra. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has an S2 that's had a cast change, and it says the SHO must go on.
Read MoreToday, manufacturers think luxury means heated and cooled seats, voice command and one-touch trunk closure. But Nice Price or Crack Pipe knows that true luxury means hidden headlights, landau roofs, and driving dynamics that are like a Nyquil-induced coma.
Read MoreI'd argue the biggest hazard of automotive reviewing isn't fellating the manufacture or overusing personal experience — bad ideas though they are — it's falling into a formula. It's so easy to copy-and-paste one review into another to create a template for describing cars. Especially boring cars. Differentiating a mid-size sedan from its bland competition can be quite the challenge, but it's always best to reference obscure 17th century Prussian poetry instead of re-writing the same review. Lean
Read MoreOn the road to meeting the "love of your life" there are many "likes of your life." Think about your car and then think about your relationship. Do you love your car more than your significant other?
Read MoreConsumer Reports was worried enough about Lexus GX 460 they told readers not to buy it. We'd have focused on it being bloated and expensive. Whatever the reason — what car do you tell people not to buy?
Read MoreThere are vehicles designed to tackle the roughest trails in the world. Those are called off-roaders. And then there are vehicles designed to tackle dirt roads with maybe some pebbles. Those are called oft-roaders. What's your favorite soft-roader?
Read MorePorsche recently announced it would offer a thirteen-pound lithium-ion starter battery for select models. The battery saves 22 pounds over a conventional lead-acid unit. Here's what you get for your money.
Read MoreHalfway between the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and the track-only Ferrari 599XX is Maranello's latest prancing stallion — the Ferrari 599 GTO. It not only looks epic, it's got the stats and pedigree to match the aggressive design.
Read MoreAstronauts, America's beloved cowboys, are pissed about the Obama Administration killing manned spaceflight programs. Sounds like the right time for GM to brag about its astronaut-replacing R2 space robot NASA's sending into space this year. Launching tone-deaf PR in five...
Read MoreWhen your rings go bad and crankcase pressure starts a-buildin' up, you'll get oil a-gushin' out of any escape it can find: dipstick tube, filler cap, wherever. Cars dumping oil on a race track get in trouble. What to do?
Read MoreGuides for winterizing your car pop up like clockwork every fall, but no one ever talks about summer preparation. Thinking about some sun-drenched driving? Here's how to make sure you're ready.
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