The BMW M3 GTS is the fastest M3 ever with a spicier 450 hp V8, factory roll cage, functional aerodynamic upgrades, and retina-searing paint job. At $170,000 it's the ultimate ultimate driving machine. Here's everything you need to know.
Read MoreThe 24 Hours of LeMons has a way of making otherwise-normal racers eyeball a BMW, then pick up the cutting torch and the 5-gallon bucket-o-Bondo. Longtime Jalopnik reader LTDScott has turned the already awesome "Pricks Outside" Porcubimmer into… ChriPrickstine!
Read MoreTo buy the 5.0 or the 2011 Shelby GT500? That is the question. True to the plethora-of-packages Mustang it's based on, the relative value of Ford's new 550 HP supercar-killer all depends on which option boxes you tick.
Read MoreExternally, the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is indistinguishable from the 2010 model. But under its skin lives a brand-new, 6.2-liter, 411-hp V-8. We didn't desert race it, but we did cover it in two inches of mud.
Read MoreThe Ford Focus RS is the most lustworthy European hot hatch forbidden to us Yanks. No journalist has dared put all 305 hp of its front-wheel-drive madness down on red, white, and blue soil. Until now.
Read MoreMother's Day is around the corner and, though most of us will be forking over hastily purchased cards, it would be nice to get something extravagant. Assuming money was no object, what car would you buy your mom?
Read MoreThe Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is an American luxury two-door with a 556-hp V-8 and a six-speed manual transmission. It hits 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Like tossing batteries in a blender, it's too much awesome, and I want more.
Read MoreWe love our supercars to death. We obsess over their top speeds and great power. But what is it like to actually use one? Over 500 miles of European motorway, we discover an inconvenient truth.
Read MoreGermany's Nürburgring Nordschliefe is 12.9 miles of thick, close forest; 73 corners; and 1000 feet of elevation change. Jackie Stewart called it the Green Hell. It's the world's most dangerous race track, and we drove it in a Buick Regal.
Read MoreThis is the 2011 Jaguar XJ. It looks nothing like the XJ that came before it, or the XJ that came before that. Its interior is a temple to the word "shiny." Is this what Jaguar needs to move forward?
Read MoreI tend to get pretty curmudgeonly about Model Bloat, excessive standard features, and other ills of the current generation of cars, but that sure as hell doesn't mean I think Everything About The Old Days Was Better. Far from it!
Read MoreMy favorite thing about working for the 24 Hours of LeMons is experiencing the completely stupid engine swaps done by so many teams. From a ghettocharged 351W in an XR4Ti to a V65 Magna-powered Honda Z600, they're all winners!
Read MoreThere are numerous things I've considered hoarding because one day they may disappear. I just bought a set of vintage, high-quality National Geographic maps. for instance. My dad likes to keep large glass tanks of spring water for hurricane season. It seems like you can never have enough tuna, toilet paper or prophylactics. One day I may considered about a dwindling number of good condition 240 wagons, but it seems like Craigslist is telling me I've got a while to wait. With Ford possibly killin
Read MorePaul "Fast and Furious" Walker isn't just seat decoration in a car-centric series of movies, he can actually drive. He's entered this year's Redline Time Attack race series with this — a stripped-to-the-bone, caged BMW M3.
Read MoreIgor Vovkovinskiy was certified yesterday as the tallest man in America at 7 feet, 8.33 inches. Sure, it's an honor, but this guy isn't getting into an Elise anytime soon. So what car should the tallest man in America drive?
Read MoreYesterday, we asked for the most obscure cars you could think of. You came back with a slew of glorious machines, some of which even we couldn't identify. Here are ten of the most obscure.
Read MoreThe $2,500 Tata Nano is the cheapest car in the world, but as Avinash Rajagopal of Change Observer tells us, its low price tag may irreparably damage Indian society. — Ed.
Read MoreA surprisingly large number of you were able to remember easily forgettable cars, so today's challenge involves remembering cars so rare most people don't even know to forget them. What's the most obscure car?
Read MoreI'll never forget the first time I saw an original, bright orange Datsun 240Z. It's a car you can't banish from memory, but there are many vehicles you couldn't remember if you tried. What's the most forgettable car?
Read MorePaul Newman was a racer, an actor and an all-around great guy. This V-8-powered Volvo 960 wasn't his car, but he did help build it. George Achorn of Volvo enthusiast site Swedespeed took a look under the hood. —Ed.
Read MoreWhen it comes to fighting vehicles, bigger is generally better — except when you want to be able to drive them down the street without crushing everything. The Army's latest purchase is supposed to be the best of both worlds.
Read MoreDespite NASCAR's white-washing PR, one redneck fan at last month's Talladega 500 shows off what may be the new NASCAR enthusiast uniform: cheap beer in a cozy, giant Fauxkleys, and a sleeveless t-shirt proclaiming "No Niggers In NASCAR."
Read MoreLegendary motorcycle racer and Formula 1 driver Mike Hailwood was a hero. Elizabeth McCarthy knew him better than most — she dated and loved him before his tragic death. She touchingly wrote about Hailwood, and their lives, for 8W. —Ed.
Read MoreSince 1964, Playboy's given a car to every Playmate of the Year. This year, the magazine gave Hope Dworaczyk a BMW S1000RR motorcycle. This exclusive retrospective shows how her bike stacks up against the rest of the Playmate garage.
Read MoreThe Geo Metro often serves as a punch line for small-car jokes, but even modest machines have their benefits. To illustrate this, we've invited Jalopnik reader Matt Moore to speak about the distinguished joys of the sweet Met life.
Read MoreSolving the problem of compact-engine-bay-meets-huge-ass-American-engine, Giotto Bizzarrini’s solution is beautiful, brutish and eternal.
Read MoreA long, long, long day of inspecting so-called $500 cars for this weekend's Goin' For Broken 24 Hours of LeMons (moved to Thunderhill after Reno-Fernley went bust) has finally been wrapped up, and the car selection is staggeringly good.
Read MoreEvery so often, a car comes along that blows your mind. Slightly less often, that car has an amazing story behind it. The last Duesenberg SJ is one of those cars, and this is one of those stories.
Read MoreAs Captain Kirk and T.J. Hooker, William Shatner personified on-screen cool, but he's also awesome in real life. Want proof? Just check out this list of his ten favorite cars.
Read MoreThe Godfather Roadster's an event horizon of chrome, white-wall tires and bad taste so profound you cannot see the Cadillac XLR upon which it's based. It's on eBay for $50,000 and bidders have yet to hit the reserve.
Read MoreGerman political philosopher Karl Marx, born 182 years ago today, argued all history is a battle between the classes and is the father of communism. If he were alive today, what would Karl Marx drive?
Read MoreEvery spring in Central California the Volkswagen religious come out to show their Sunday's Best. Here is a quick recap of the Spring Fling.
Read MoreIn this Jalopnik exclusive video — the driver of a Pepsi semi-truck is cut off by an out-of-control Nissan Sentra, overturned and then thrown across the median into oncoming traffic in Dallas. Update.
Read MoreSmall vehicles like the GEM e2 and Tiger minitruck advertise low cost and efficiency, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety thinks they shouldn't share the road with regular vehicles. Here's the dramatic test footage to back up their point.
Read MoreA Minneapolis driver's claiming a dog driving a Toyota Prius t-boned his VW Jetta in a parking lot. Wrap your noodle around the silliness while we explain how this is actually possible.
Read MoreThis Astra Nüburgring Edition ironically wiped out while racing around the Nürburgring. The cost? About $5,300. Of course that doesn't include the price of the air ambulance, a visit to the hospital and, of course, a new car.
Read MoreThe modern high-performance car is an amazing beast, a fast, comfortable way to cover great distances at high speed. Most of them are also remarkably safe — these accidents, courtesy of Wrecked Exotics, left their drivers all but unharmed.
Read MoreThis light plane practically bounced off a Volvo XC60 when it hit the SUV during a crash landing. The Volvo's two occupants were on hand for a drag race at the airport and, after being hit, saved the pilot's life.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson's beach may lead to the frigid waters of the Irish Sea, but the nearby roads lead to driving nirvana — the Top Gear presenter's property is a lighthouse on the speed-limit-free Isle of Man.
Read MoreWant to write about cars? Love British magazines like Evo and Autocar? Jack Baruth at Speed:Sport:Life recently took a look inside the world of one of the most glamorous positions... in the world. Here's how you get in. —Ed.
Read MoreThese two parents spotted the Top Gear crew filming an upcoming challenge and went a little bit insane. Although we'd be excited if we saw Jeremy Clarkson in a Citröen-based house too, we don't think we'd be this excited.
Read MoreThe most complicated and technologically advanced supercar in the world turns five years old in 2010. In honor of that birthday, we've decided to revisit some of the Bugatti Veyron's more impressive statistics. This is what $1.7 million buys you.
Read MoreFlash animation, the reason behind the names of those corners, a Stig's-eye view, and a dose of good 'ol TG wit: This is the official tour of Top Gear's decommissioned British airfield. Powarrrr!
Read MoreFew things light our collective fire — no pun intended — like rocket-powered motorcycles. Spot Motorcycles recently took this lighthearted look at the jet/missile/firecracker/flame-bike's fiery origins. —Ed.
Read MoreThe last lap of this year's Indy 500 provided the most excitement when Mike Conway's #24 car collided with an out-of-gas Ryan Hunter-Reay, sending Conway backwards into the catch fence. Here's the terrifying replay.
Read MoreMy kids had a box cart race. I had a NASA endurance race on the same day over 250 miles away. My wife said, "You'll have to choose." I said, "I can do both… maybe."
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We haven't seen many Impalas in this series, and today's car is our first Impala convertible.
Read MoreThe National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) Round 2 was held at Thunderhill Raceway Park. And, to keep things interesting, they ran the track in reverse.
Read MoreThe 29th race in LeMons history took place last weekend, and we saw BMW tie Toyota for second place in the overall-win category (Mazda holds seven LeMons titles versus five apiece for BMW and Toyota).
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. I don't know much about motorcycles, but I do know that we need more Russian vehicles!
Read MoreOr maybe I should just call myself a Jaguar XFR. There have been numerous times when Wes Siler, brave as he is, talked me through some new situations. From having never seriously driven a lot of fast cars beyond minimal autocrossing to being put behind the wheel of exotic concept cars and on the track, he's always been there to remind me that it can't be that hard if the overweight auto writers from the Abilene Express-News can do it. Surprisingly, after doing some serious shit to a few cars, th
Read MoreRemember the Maybach Exelero? The one-off, 700 HP, $8 million master car was built by Maybach for Fulda Tires back in 2005. Now, they're being made for the general public for just $670,000. But, there's a catch.
Read MoreIt's Memorial Day weekend, so we're thinking about friends and family who serve, but because we're transpo freaks we can't also stop thinking about what they serve in now. What's your favorite modern military vehicle?
Read MoreThe 2010 Camaro SS will pace this year's Indy 500 in a boring twist for a boring race. To spice things up we asked you to name some better options. Here are our favorite ten alternative Indy 500 pace cars.
Read MoreAll the time that I've been contributing to Jalopnik I've been hiding a terrible secret. Finally, it's time to reveal my true identity. Sadly, doing so means this is my last day as a daily Jalopnik contributor.
Read MoreThirty-five years ago, the U.S. government built a fleet of cars that were safer than anything on the road. Twenty-five years ago, the government shredded them in secret. Two escaped the crusher. This is their story.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force's experimental X-51A Waverider set a hypersonic flight record when it flew at Mach 5 — five times the speed of sound — for more than three minutes. The previous scramjet record was a mere 12 seconds.
Read MoreDespite New York possessing the demographics, infrastructure, history and desire to support a stateside return, Formula 1 announced this week the next U.S. Grand Prix is headed to Texas. Here's how — and why — New York get screwed.
Read MoreA 2010 Camaro SS will pace this weekend's running of Indianapolis 500 — a safe but ultimately uninteresting choice. What should the Indy 500 use as a pace car?
Read MoreYesterday, we told you about 7-foot, 8.33-inch Igor Vovkovinskiy and the transportation difficulties that come with being the tallest man in America. Based on your suggestions, here are ten cars for America's tallest man.
Read MoreWhen you're trying to sell an intercooler, or any car part: DO NOT TAKE PICS OF IT WHILE ON THE TOILET. We didn't think we had to spell that one out, but a forum member at DSMTuners proved us wrong.
Read MoreIt's not easy being green. It's not easy being black and blue. It's not easy being short, or fat, or thin, and it's especially not easy being tall. Sure, you might get a sweet gig playing for the NBA if you've got the right skills. Mostly, it just makes owning a sports car a very difficult proposition. This is the dilemma facing the tallest man in America, and our own Macfarlane.A can relate.
Read MoreSemi truck driver John Tomlinson became an internet video sensation after cruising along Britain's A1 with a Renault Clio stuck to his bumper in February. Now a traffic commissioner's absolved him of fault and letting him keep his license.
Read MoreBP's "top kill" plan for fixing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill involves enormous ships, a mile of undersea piping, and a 30,000-hp mud pump. How does it work? Let's find out. UPDATE: Live footage of the process!
Read MoreAccording to Japan's Best Car, Toyota's delaying the FT-86 a staggering two years 'til 2013, citing another design tear-up and ongoing concerns over a weak market. We think they're terrified of enthusiast buyers and positive product reviews. (Thanks Luis!) [7Tune]
Read MoreAmanda McBride made news this week when she gave birth while driving a Chevy Cobalt. Now Chevy is rewarding the mother with a stroller, safety seats, and a year's supply of diapers.
Read MoreThis is the Nightwind 2, a compact, unmanned aerial vehicle made of carbon fiber. It's powered by an amazing new direct-injected, 88-cc, two-stroke hybrid boxer engine developed by Ricardo, and it's going to change the future of UAVs.
Read MoreThe U.S. Grand Prix is back. Austin, Texas will serve as the host city of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix from 2012 through 2021 in a purpose-built facility.
Read MoreT&J Towing, the company who sued a student for $750K over this Facebook group complaining about their service, has lost half its business since the incident and now claims it's the victim.
Read MoreFifth Gear co-host Tom Ford managed to drive a stock BMW 320d ED from the Chunnel exit in France to Munich, Germany and nearly the entire way back on one tank of diesel. That's 1,013 miles, a 68.9MPG average.
Read MoreThis video of racer Giorgio Bartocci almost burning alive in a Lamborghini race car after an awful crash this weekend is both graphic and infuriating, as you can see the "safety crew" idling about as teammates extract the burning driver.
Read MoreIf you're a serious 24 Hours of LeMons fan, you know that the Index Of Effluency (given to the team that overachieves beyond all expectation with an all-around terrible car) is the real top prize. Who's leading after Day One?
Read MoreThe weather was about what you'd expect for South Carolina in May, mechanical failures stacked up dead cars like cordwood, and the Penalty Box had plenty of clients. But some cars neither blew up nor spun out.
Read MoreOwners of various Alameda Down On The Street honorees sometimes contact us to let us know how their cars and trucks are doing. Lately, we've heard from a couple who have really spiffed up their rides.
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. Yet another of The General's old soldiers keeps working in Alameda.
Read MoreThe Türbö Schnitzel XR4Ti has competed in several LeMons events here in South Carolina, with predictable results each time: KABOOM! Obviously, an XR4Ti must have a turbocharged Ford engine, but there's no law that says it can't be a V8!
Read MoreWhat most quiet Southern towns want more than anything else is to block off downtown on Friday afternoon, run a parade of 89 so-called race cars down the main drag, and then endure a LeMons BS Inspection. Welcome to Camden!
Read MoreVolvo announced the death of the venerable V70 Wagon recently, but we're looking forward to the upcoming V60 wagon joining this chart. The more things change the more they stay the same. [JulieGabrilska]
Read MoreThis year's Billetproof Michigan moved to Ypsilanti's lovely Riverside Park, and the new setting brought out some gorgeous rides from all over. It's an onslaught of awesome, billet-free hot rods below.
Read MoreFeaturing a roof-mounted racetrack outside and 56 separate bars inside, the 708,661 square-foot Autopia Europia in Istanbul, Turkey will be the largest car dealership in the world. It's currently under construction, but here's a peek at the automotive wonder.
Read MoreIt's what every tailgate aficionado dreams of, but never actually follows through on. One enterprising VW owner installed a working beer tap on his Jetta's trunk. As long as it's disconnected while driving, it doesn't violate open container laws! [TCL]
Read MoreWhen Ashley Lineberger renewed her license she was surprised to find the replacement listed her street address as "EAT ASS." After informing the Florida DMV she doesn't live on "EAT ASS" they tried to charge her for a new one.
Read MoreAn English bad boy steals a police car and what's the first thing he does with it? Has his mates film him hooning it, of course. Since this is England, we're guessing an Anti-Social Behavior Order is headed his way.
Read MoreThe US Grand Prix could be run within spitting distance of New York City according to the president of Monticello Motor Club, who says Formula One is considering his new track in the Catskills.
Read MoreAn old Toyota truck does massive burnouts in the middle of a highway while an SUV drives around on two wheels in the distance. It isn't Grand Theft Auto, it's just any given Wednesday in Dubai.
Read MoreThe story of a journalist's son crashing a Porsche press car is making the rounds today, but what's notably lacking from the writer's account is an explanation of how the kid did it. Here's what one source tells Jalopnik.
Read MoreThe completely random "Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals" sketch on Saturday Night Live prompted a bit of showdown between Wahlberg and Andy Samberg, with Wahlberg half-heartedly joking to punch Samberg in his nose but eventually coming on the show the next week. It speaks to the power of impressions when they're simple and repetitive — a la Chevy Chase constantly falling down as President Ford or Dana Carvey spastically waving his arms as President George Bush Sr. So is Mark Wahlberg actually a je
Read MoreIn today's episode of Dubious Achievements, we examine the world's first white carbon wheels, as featured on the DMC Quattro Veloce Lamborghini Murcielago. Oxymorons and wheel fins go together like Italian supercars and cocaine and peanut butter and ladies.
Read MoreTesla will announce a deal with Toyota to build electric cars at a press conference later this afternoon. Although it's not yet clear what the specifics of the deal will entail, we can speculate all sorts of fun things. UPDATE
Read MoreThe oldest race on the Formula 1 calendar is also one of the most glamorous and most dangerous. The 68th running of the Monaco Grand Prix took place last weekend. Miss it? Here's why you should pay attention.
Read MoreAdmit it: The Yugo is strangely fascinating. Jason Vuic's book Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History is equally fascinating. Wired.com recently spoke with Vuic about the car's legacy. —Ed.
Read MoreIs Hawaii's solution to illegal street drifting an increased support for draconian law enforcement or enactment of anti-hoon legislation? Nope. Anti-skid road surfaces that have the added bonus of making the roads safer for everyone and faster for enthusiasts.
Read MoreHere's a nice Ferrari 308 GTSi selling on eBay with a suspiciously low bid. Why? Oh, it's got a Pontiac Fiero engine. We present to you the world's first reverse Fauxrarri.
Read MoreAn exotic car is a vehicle that's very rare, expensive, fast, and/or powerful. But just because someone spends a ton of money on a car doesn't mean it isn't awful. What's the lamest exotic car?
Read MorePontiac produced this xenophobic video 40 years ago to scare the crap out of its assembly line workers and encourage them to "show up to work each day" to build quality automobiles. It didn't work.
Read MoreChrysler's officially pulled the wraps off the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it's sporting a redesigned stiffer chassis, actual quality materials inside and a spankin'-new 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 delivering 23 MPG. It's also not unattractive.
Read MoreBy now, you must realize that you can never own or race this car. The awesome power of the internet has put pictures of every inch of it onto every imaginable forum. This will only get worse with time.
Read MoreYesterday's "Question Of The Day" struck your obvious repressed displeasure with new gar gimmickry nerve. So, is there a new car feature you actually like?
Read MoreIt is 2003, and a 19-year-old named Travis is about to climb into a rally car for his first real test. What follows will change the sport forever. This is how it happened.
Read MoreI own a 2001 Land Rover Discovery II SE7 and I love it — even though it's always broken.
Read MoreAn Australian man has built himself a fully functional miniature Sherman tank. It has working treads and a rotating turret, and he drives it around his back yard. Now he wants to help you build your own. Here's how.
Read MoreThere are many reasons people get frustrated with SUV drivers. Crowding parking spaces like a linebacker in a port-a-john's one of them, as we see the white Suburban here doing. The gray Expedition taking four spaces? Well that's just asshattery.
Read MoreFord's tire-shredding 2011 Shelby GT500 drops its Virginia International Raceway lap time nine seconds in this video after dropping 120 pounds with a new aluminum block on its 550-hp supercharged V8.
Read MoreEveryone talks about how the Ford Fiesta will do against other compact cars. But now that it's been EPA-certified at 29MPG city, 40MPG highway, we're thinking it can take on bigger cars — and kick their asses.
Read MoreNew cars are loaded with features designed to sell new cars and keep old products fresh. WIth few exceptions, most of these "improvements" are crap. What's the most pointless car feature?
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz Classic Center is one of the finest restoration facilities in the world. Vanity Fair's Brett Berk recently stopped by to drive a vintage Gullwing, giving Jalopnik this exclusive behind-the-scenes peek. —Ed.
Read MoreThis Factory Five '33 Ford wears a very loud shade of Lamborghini green, but it's not just posing, it's green enough to turn anyone envious. Under the hood's a CNG-fueled LS7 exhaling at 650 HP though four catalytic converters.
Read MoreThe 1968 Porsche 912 is a thing of beauty. But what if you neuter one with a barely-60-MPH-top-speed-generating 12 HP electric motor? Not this. Instead, here's how one Hollywood producer turned a Porsche into a slower-than-a-Prius electric pile of compost.
Read MoreCBS just gave the green light to 5-0, a reboot of classic island cop show Hawaii Five-0 written by the team behind the recent Star Trek revival. Better news? Jack Lord's actual '74 Mercury Marquis is making an appearance.
Read MoreI'm honestly not sure if I spent more time in high school playing Drugwars on my TI-86 or doing my Algebra homework (my report card probably indicates the former). As a simple turn-based strategy/trading game where you play a drug dealer it's quite enjoyable and easy to play numerous times. It also looks like you're working. Because of my inattention to class I barely understood the post on defeating traffic with math and then got stuck in traffic today in Houston. What I lack in ANOVA understan
Read MoreHey, America! Get off the phone! Get off the phone! Get off the phone! Thank you. That is all. [Big Oak Studios via IGS]
Read MoreIf you don’t mind the atrocious handling, the office gray paintjob and the association with mankind’s greatest mass murderer, you can party like a mustached Georgian with nukes and an evil empire to command.
Read MorePorsche tuner Uwe Gemballa's tuning shop closed last week after 30 years of business following his mysterious disappearance in South Africa. Now friends say Gemballa may have "chose to disappear" after an argument with his wife.
Read MoreWhen I was younger, I found tomatoes not in the form of ketchup or pizza sauce unappealing. Now I love' em. Cars are similar: many I once disliked suddenly seem ripe for the picking. What car has grown on you?
Read MoreTired of being stuck in traffic? One writer broke down his daily Houston commute using a year's worth of detailed data and inferential statistics, and determined how to beat local traffic using nothing but math.. — Ed.
Read MoreAn amazingly detailed 45-gigapixel panoramic shot of Dubai reveals what looks to be a yellow Ferrari sitting on a terrace of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. At 615 meters up, it's likely now the world's tallest parking garage.
Read MoreEven though it blew both head gaskets at the Goin' For Broken LeMons, the Pendejo Engineering XJS managed to knock out a fourth-best (out of 108 cars) lap time of 2:16.339.
Read MoreThe second-annual Goin' For Broken race turned out to be a serious nail-biter, with the cruising-to-massive-victory Death Cab V8olvo blowing up with 40 minutes to go and an E30, a Miata, and an SE-R battling for the win.
Read MoreThe 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SE convertible from The Hangover is up for auction next week. Despite transporting Mike Tyson's tiger, it's in good shape. The convertible joins the El Camino from My Name Is Earl and other famous cars.
Read MoreEven for a metal-suited superhero film, Iron Man 2 destroyed an awful lot of cars. The list contains everything from smashed Rolls-Royce Phantoms to formula cars sliced in half by laser whips. Here's how the magic is made.
Read MoreThe 44.5-liter, V-12-powered, Mercedes-Benz T80 would have made a land-speed-record run in January 1940 had the Nazis not kicked off World War II five months earlier. Damn Nazis. Amusingly, here it is as a speedboat. [via Strange Vehicles]
Read MoreWhen talking about a mutual friend the other day it was impossible not to comment on the fact that this guy was, in fact, a huge asshole. But there was something about him that made it not bother us. It reminded me of the saying: "he's my kind of asshole." The key was the guy's ability to say what everyone was thinking even if it wasn't appropriate. It's rude and often offensive. But it's hard to thwack someone for saying what everyone was thinking. So maybe our own spy plane-obsessed Sam Smith
Read MoreBrett and Kate McKay from The Art of Manliness assembled this concise guide to safely jumping out of a moving car. Personally, we prefer to go down with the ship, Titanic-style, but this is good stuff to know. —Ed.
Read MoreDon't believe the Porsche 911 GT2 RS really spanks the Nissan GT-R around the Nürburgring? Buy a copy of Gran Turismo 5 and you'll be able to test the limits on three different configurations of the Green Hell.
Read MoreFifty years ago, the United States Air Force discovered its top-secret Lockheed U-2 spy plane was nightmarishly tricky to fly. To keep aircraft from crashing, they began using high-speed chase/guide cars during take-offs and landings. Government-issue Camaro Z/28, anyone?
Read MoreNone of us blame Jeremy Clarkson for exiling himself, as some days we wish we could do the same. Decision time, Wilson. What's your deserted island car?
Read MoreRally driver Mark Tapper, while running Rally New Zealand in a well-sorted Mitsubishi Lancer, was distracted by some "cunt with his ass out" ahead of a corner causing him to roll his car. NSFW.
Read MorePeople in the automotive industry, mostly people who make cars, often say "there are no truly awful new cars." Wrong! There have been, are, and will always be bad cars. What's the worst car you've ever driven?
Read MoreFifty years ago this month, Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the USSR in his Lockheed U-2. The legendary spy plane outlived its successor and is still flying today. To paraphrase Iceman, "We like you because you're dangerous." Amen.
Read MoreWhen men were men they didn't order coffee from Starbucks, they brewed it with a fire they built, from beans they'd crushed, in a mug advertising the name of a tool manufacturer. When men were men (and women were women) they didn't call a repairman when the washing machine broke, they took the whole thing apart, by hand, with no tools and rebuilt whatever was broken. When men were men they didn't exchange virtual business cards, but shook hands and when they did the dirt on their palms communica
Read MoreSociety may despise drinking and driving, but that doesn't mean that the ads attacking it have to be humorless or macabre. These 13 public service announcements get the message across better than the rest.
Read MoreYesterday's QOTD revealed that many of you have a taste for used performance cars. (Big surprise, right?) Buying a used sports car can be rewarding, but it can also be a disaster. Which used performance car would you never buy?
Read MoreThis video of a hyper-modified VW Beetle with two electric motors and 1200 ft-lb of torque racing to an 11.24 second quarter-mile victory over a Tesla Roadster has everything — except engine noise.
Read MoreThe owner of this Honda Accord Hybrid seems unaware or unconcerned she just parked on top of a rare 40th Anniversary Nissan 370Z belonging to a member of The370Z forum. Hey, welcome to your new club.
Read MoreThe racing version of Jim Glickenhaus' custom, Pininfarina-penned Ferrari P4/5 is no longer merely a fanciful rendering. The team just picked up this F430 Scuderia donor car to serve as the platform for the track-ready Ferrari P4/5 Competizione.
Read MoreBritish comedy, like soft cheese, doesn't always age well. For all the timeless humor (or maybe humour in this case) of a Monty Python And The Holy Grail there's a comedy like Keeping Up Appearances that no one under the age of 70 with access to a station other than PBS will watch. It's not yet clear where Fawlty Tours fits into this spectrum. If you like John Cleese you'll love him as the bumbling hotelier Basil Fawlty. If you're just someone who thought Spamalot was funny it may sail past you.
Read MoreThe base price of the limited edition Lexus LFA is $375,000 MSRP. The even more limited edition Nürburgring Package will run $465,000 thanks to a $70K sport package and $20K matte black paint.
Read MoreWithin hours of our posting of CorvetteBlogger's video of Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter eviscerating Automobile magazine, the auto buff book's fired back with a sensational salvo of their own. Their statement below.
Read MoreThe 2011 VW Polo GTI — a sub-Golf-sized mini hatchback — weighs 2,632 Lbs. The original 1976 VW Golf GTI Mk1 weighed 1,830 Lbs. But, the new Polo hits 62 MPH nearly two seconds faster. Progress?
Read MoreSam Smith explained earlier why the Bugatti Veyron is so crazy expensive. Unfortunately, it'll always be expensive. Most cars, thankfully, get cheaper before they get expensive again. What car are you waiting to see depreciate?
Read MoreSerious LeMons fans know that the Index Of Effluency— given to the team that accomplishes the most with the crappiest car— is the true top prize, and the Dust-N-Debris Dodge Shadow utterly dominated the IOE this time around.
Read MoreEven after an SE-R Sentra (OK, fine, an SE-R 200SX) won a LeMons race last year, conventional wisdom held that Nissans can't really compete in the series. Forget conventional wisdom, because the Rogue Squadron SE-R just beat 107 cars!
Read MoreClueless New Yorkers today mistook a lightly camouflaged BMW X3 prototype — carelessly left running in front of the Museum of Natural History by a BMW executive — for a car bomb and promptly shut down parts of the city.
Read MoreYou know you're in the Malaise Era when the best quarter-mile times for the wildest street cars money can buy are barely into the 14s. But still, who doesn't want an '81 Aston Martin Volante or BMW M1?
Read MoreThough we rarely see 124 Spiders on the street nowadays, they are still out there. Here's one that hung on long enough to see five different decades.
Read MoreWith Prickstine, the Bavarian Ranchero, and so many other twistedly great cars at the Goin' For Broken LeMons, it takes something special to stand out from the crowd... which is exactly what the Cannonball Bandits are doing right now.
Read MoreWith over a dozen cars wearing the Cone Of Shame (a traffic cone bolted to the roof, indicating that the team is one black flag from being booted from the race), it's easy to forget that some teams race clean.
Read MoreWhere would we be without the Chrysler experts at Allpar? We'd never have found the Chrysler A57 Multibank or IV2220 Hemi V16, for starters. Today we'll mainline the pure, un-stepped-on Allpar, with this history of Chrysler Europe. —Ed
Read MoreWhat else needs to be said? The Angry Hamster Z600 team loaned us the Short Bus, and you'll need a tactical nuke to blast us out of it. No, we can't do wheelies, because there are no seat backs.
Read MoreThe LeMons race season has entered a particularly crazy stretch, due to the break triggered by Chief Perp Lamm's wedding, and so we have races on back-to-back weekends. Here are the results from last weekend's New Orleans event.
Read MoreThe Man, in this case literally Mr. Lube, is trying to keep women down, suing Ms. Lube for trademark infringement. "It is very representative of the machismo and the male chauvinism that exists in the trade," says Ms. Lube.
Read MoreAlthough the driving public now considers $3 gasoline to be normal, another "gas crisis" is inevitable. To help you avoid a knee-jerk beige-buying reaction, we've assembled this list of fun and fuel-frugal sports cars you can buy now.
Read MoreA Canadian dealership allegedly conned a mentally disabled woman into paying $63,000 for an ex-demo Mazda6. Worse, she’d only gone to the dealership to get overcharged for a new set of tires.
Read MoreThe BRE Datsun 240Z a few weeks ago reminded me how much I love old-school slide film. This is a 1972 Porsche 917/10 that I shot on Kodachrome in 2006. Could anyone else stare at this all day?
Read MoreEveryone's favorite Chevy Camaro Autobot Bumblebee was caught chilling with Megan Fox on the set of Transformers 3 sporting a giant carbon fiber spoiler and other new parts. We're guessing they thought Fox didn't need any aesthetic upgrades.
Read MoreHeston Blumenthal, the mad scientist of contemporary British cuisine, cooks with liquid nitrogen and serves food with built-in iPods. He’s also got a thing for M5’s…health and safety be damned.
Read MoreAccidentally drive into a river? Get caught in a flash flood and can't see daylight? Here's The Art of Manliness guide to escaping from an underwater car. Read it and don't drown! —Ed.
Read MoreThere's a line about ugly people, something like "it's what's on the inside that counts." Fortunately, you don't have to look at the outside of a car when you're inside of one. What car looks better on the inside?
Read MoreHaven't you always wanted a fire-breathing jet engine to power your car/motorcycle/Vespa/skateboard? Of course. Here's a handy, step-by-step guide. Have fun, and don't burn the house down! —Ed.
Read MoreLast week the Mullin Automotive Museum purchased a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic from Dr. Peter Williamson's estate for between $30M and $40M, making it the most expensive car ever sold. This makes our prospects of ownership ever-more-depressingly dim. [WSJ]
Read MoreThe McLaren F1 is one of the rarest and most coveted supercars in existence. Here's 21 of them. It's the automotive equivalent of seeing eight bigfoots, 13 leprechauns or 37 unicorns together. [CarsUK]
Read MoreNotorious gangster John Dillinger's thank you letter to Henry Ford for making a great getaway car's widely considered to be a hoax. It isn't, but Ford covered up the real letter, likely parading a forgery for decades.
Read MoreHave some V8 engines and an odd original VW Beetle flat four trashing up your back yard (or front)? Here's a chart from MSD showing various cylinder firing orders. It's practically invaluable. [MSD via BangShift]
Read MoreHave you been sliding your 2005-2006 Corvette steering column up and down and up and down and... well, you get the picture. Have you? Then it might cause you to die in a horrific crash. It's being recalled. Details below.
Read MoreIn response to overtures made by Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management, Ltd., Jersey City, New Jersey has announced a track layout for the proposed return of the United States Grand Prix. (What? You were expecting Newark?)
Read MoreToday's Question of the Day asked at what point does the turd enter the punchbowl of car customization? For your consideration we present the "Wildest Custom Z On The Planent." Our be-mulleted alter-ego kinda loves this thing.
Read MoreDoes the barcode on this Ferrari F10 make you want to pick up a pack of Marlboros? According to English doctors, it's designed to do just that. They claim the Ferrari F1 livery violates a tobacco sponsorship ban.
Read MoreOnce, Detroit's carmakers wanted to be the nation's aircraft kings. For a short time during World War II, they were. Then things fell apart. Dr. Daniel Uziel of The Future of Things explains what happened. —Ed.
Read MoreThis weekend's attempted Times Square bombing reminded us of the dangers of "the workhorse of urban terrorism" — the car bomb. Mike Davis gave TomDispatch this history of the first modern car bomb, mere miles from Times Square. —Ed.
Read MoreCar people! Hear me now and remember me later: Too many clutches have suffered at the hands of untrained hoons. The carnage must stop, and I will teach you how. Onward, to knowledge!
Read MoreAlice Mannion's 1998 Volkswagen Beetle just turned over an astonishing 400,000 miles. Impossible! Everyone knows VWs fall apart after 100,000 miles. Right?
Read MoreWe've got some lovely screen shots Test Drive Unlimited 2. The follow-up to the original has, you guessed it, faster cars, better graphics and more ways to simulate the digital lifestyle of an auto journalist.
Read MoreHenry Ford envisioned the Model T as a vehicle for the working man. Now his company's trucks come from the factory with the ability to find the nearest Thai restaurant. What's a working man to drive these days?
Read MoreThe Ruskie wildmen at Dartz, not content resting on their formerly-whale-penis-leathered laurels, are prepping a James Bond-inspired, gold-encrusted armored SUV complete with seats from Boris Yeltsin's plane. Act now and they'll throw in an actual golden gun with gold bullets.
Read MoreThe Mitsuoka Orochi is the ugliest car in the world, but the addition of new wheels and a bodykit make this the most attractive example — which is like being the least awkward member of the British Royal Family. [Minds-Farm]
Read MoreWhile Eyesore Racing has managed to take three winner-on-laps LeMons trophies, we never believed any other team could do it more than once. We were proved wrong today, when the Texas-winning Race Hard Race Ugly BMW 325iS triumphed.
Read MoreIn past races, those Cajun chefs have been more proficient with the seasonings than with the steering wheel. Black flags aplenty! Not this time, though— we started the day with their two E30s in the top ten. Then, disaster!
Read MoreFalling squarely into the "Don't try this at home" department comes the latest ill-advised engineering breakthrough: LeMons Line-Lock! Say you're taking your LeMons RX-7 drag racing and want to show those 900-horsepower Novas some real burnout action. Here's how!
Read MoreWe just got back to the hotel after plowing through another crawfish feast served by the Chauvin Cajuns... which we really needed after all the excitement of the day's racing. The Celica that won last year leads... for the moment.
Read MoreThe Audi R8 GT gives Ingolstadt's übercar the 560 HP and 398 lb-ft of torque to match the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560. Its production run of just 333 units — half the mark of the beast — gives it demonic powers!
Read MoreWe put up Chevrolet's old-school classic, the Corvette (green in color), against Ford's new-school Ford Fusion Hybrid (gray on the outside, green on the inside), and ran ‘em both hard in a road rally.
Read MoreWe just finished a huge meal of serious jambalaya, courtesy of those E30-drivin' Cajuns from Chauvin, Louisiana, and that capped a long, humid day of busting cheaters and rewarding the effluent.
Read MoreHere at the Cain't Git Bayou 24 Hours of LeMons, at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana, we just saw our first-ever Hemi-powered Chrysler. Since there's a dragstrip here, the quarter-mile trash-talking started immediately.
Read MoreThe Sphinx may remain an enigma, but the hot wind that has eroded it for centuries is well known as the khamsin. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maserati is as hot as its namesake, but is its price enigmatic?
Read MoreThe Allman Brothers espoused being a Ramblin' Man, Led Zeppelin needed to Ramble On, and in Ramble Tamble, CCR sang down the road I go. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe American may not run, but it's a Rambler too.
Read MoreSaabs have always been eclectic, from the ignition lock between the seats, to their little mid-car mud flaps. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '86 900 is no exception, and for $4,500, it'd let your Swedish freak flag fly.
Read MoreThe term Q-ship originated in WWI when merchant vessels carried hidden armament to attack and sink enemy subs. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Sentra also looks sedate, but hides a turbo 2.5-liter. Would you sink thirteen large for it?
Read MoreThe 1885 Benz Patent Motorwagon is generally considered to be the first production car. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 190E Cossie represents over 100 years of evolution since then, but could its price make it potentially your next car?
Read MoreBorn in the ‘70s, the 935 was the factory racing version of the 911. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 911 shares the 935's slant nose and flared fenders, but unlike its progenitor, you can race this one alfresco.
Read MoreWe've seen V8lvos here before on Nice Price or Crack Pipe, and for some reason, they always seem to be blue. Today's is no exception, however its claimed 290-whp does seem pretty exceptional.
Read MoreIn the ‘70s, Mazda had an ad campaign saying that while other cars go boing, boing boing, Mazdas go Hmmmmmm. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe RX2 hails from that era, but its updates might just make you go boing!
Read MoreAt one time, the GMC Syclone was rumored to be faster than the Viper, Corvette, and even a Ferrari. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe pickup is still plenty fast, but will its price make you say what the truck!?
Read MoreIn Japan, the 510 was called the Bluebird. That's fitting as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 510 is blue, but will its condition and price make you want to flip the seller the bird?
Read MoreLong before the Prius, a hybrid car was a foreign make with a honkin' big American V8 dropped into it. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pantera is just such a hybrid, and its performance is bred to be high.
Read MorePorsche purists derided them, Tom Cruise sank one, and Artz/Nordstadt turned one into a fat rabbit. While the 928 seems to have been the Rodney Dangerfield of Porsches, Nice Price or Crack Pipe respects them just the same.
Read MoreThe Tyrannosaurus Rex was once the most fearsome creature on the planet, but that didn't stop it from going extinct. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has its Canadian resurrection, and ‘Busa power makes it just as formidable.
Read MoreThe five-second rule says that's how long before something dropped starts picking up the nasties. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Buick does the quarter in 13 seconds, but even though it's kinda' nasty you can still pick it up.
Read MoreDiogenes the Cynic wandered ancient Greece looking for an honest man. You, on the other hand, need search no further than Nice Price or Crack Pipe to find a Fairlady.
Read MoreIf a Porsche is too plebeian for you, a Lotus too languid, if even a Modena is too mundane, then Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a Noble idea that's just for you. That exclusivity comes at a price, however.
Read MoreThe Magnificent Seven is a remake of Kurosawa's violent classic The Seven Samurai. In a similar vein, today's Vauxhall-poweredNice Price or Crack Pipe Caterham is a remake of an iconic Lotus, but it too may be magnificently violent.
Read MoreThe Testarossa, once the wild-hair of Maranello's lineup, has become one of the most affordable ways to join the 12-cylinder Ferrari club. But with today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '87, would that club beat the crap out of you?
Read MoreLiterally translated, Côte d'Azur means blue coast, but it's also known as the French Riviera. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Buick Riviera is also azure, and has so few miles it could easily coast for years to come.
Read MoreArizona's controversial new Illegal Immigrant law is gaining national attention. Also drawing attention is today'sNice Price or Crack Pipe Starlet GT that's claimed to be here legally, but looks foreign enough to elicit demands of your papers please.
Read MoreWe've read what it feels like to fly the SR-71 Blackbird. Now learn how to do it yourself. Here's the Air Force's official, and recently declassified, operations manual for the gorgeous, evil-looking spy plane. Who wants to go 2112 mph?
Read MoreThis is the Porsche 911 GT2 RS. It's a 620HP, Nurburgring-devouring beast. Seven minutes, eighteen seconds 'round the 'Ring to be precise. It's the fastest road-going Porsche ever and exactly what all those Cayennes have been paying for.
Read MoreOne of the best organizations to join in college is the one responsible for bringing musical/comedy/entertainment acts to campus. In addition to getting to meet the acts themselves, you learn a lot about dealing with strange situations. For example, when a certain famous bearded comedian tries to charge you for an opening act he's supposed to provide you point out he only filled half the time for his set so you can only pay him half as much. You learn to negotiate way the "organic vodka" clause
Read MoreChina's Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644 and was one of the most powerful and socially influential ruling governments in history. Under their rule China went from a loosely tied land ravaged by Mongol hordes to a civilized, orderly society developing art and music, undertaking huge works projects like the Forbidden City and building a vast Navy. Unfortunately in Western cultures the entire era is almost exclusively known for its development of finely crafted porcelain pottery. The Ming vase
Read MoreHow many families are going to be ripped apart by Facebook? I'm not going to be the 1,203,471st person to tell you to get off of the social site (go here for why and here for how to do it without losing all your friends), but it's pretty clear everything went awry not when the company's leaders tore down any semblance of caring about privacy but when we started letting parents on the site. It's not their fault, really, but how we react to them. Either kids forget/don't imagine the implications o
Read MoreThe Ford shareholder who complained yesterday about the company's "weenie cars" may be what's wrong with society, but they make a good point. Big vehicles are fun and totally American. What's the largest vehicle you've driven?
Read MoreBefore Formula 1 entered the modern era, it was a place where wild ideas ruled. Mattijs Diepraam of 8W penned this in-depth look at the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34, one of the most crowd-pleasing race cars ever built. —Ed.
Read MoreDucati's legendary 916 all but set the blueprint for the modern superbike, changing the way the motorcycle industry approached both styling and technical sophistication. Kilometer Magazine assembled this history of one of Italy's most fascinating machines. —Ed.
Read MoreNASA Engineers put on a show for fans last week, hooning two brand-new Lunar Electric Rovers in public. The Rover's 12 pivoting wheels allow it to drive "crab-style." That's NASA speak for sideways.
Read MoreA patent application filed by IBM engineers reveals the company's developing technology that will allow governments to shut down the engines of private automobiles via traffic signals. It's like Skynet... only much worse.
Read MoreCarShark's a computer program that'll let someone hack into a car's onboard computer system to kill the brakes, disable the engine, blast music and otherwise wreak electronic havoc. It's both clever and absolutely frightening. Here's how it works.
Read MoreThrough the magic of technology, the 1986 Chrysler New Yorker could to talk to its driver. Similarly, the Speak & Spell children's learning toy could school you with a mechanized voice. This is what happens when you put them together.
Read MoreTwenty-year-old Chad Conway recently beat out hundreds of other college students to become Tesla Motors's only undergrad intern. He got the gig because he's an electric-car freak, restoring this 1980 ComutaCar in high school. This is his story. —Ed.
Read MoreCarburetors may be simple, old-school, and dirty, but they're also cool as hell. BangShift forum member John Cerone walks us through the process of overhauling one of Detroit's most iconic fuel-squirters — the Holley double-pumper. Long live cheap speed! —Ed.
Read MoreA Jaguar XFR recently suffered electrical failure while in my care, and its electronic shift lever became locked in Park. When the time came to tow it, the car had to be in neutral. Here's the trick to shifting it.
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