Speed:Sport:Life's Zerin Dube brought his new Audi S4 to take pics of the VelociRaptor 600 and, before we knew it, John Hennessey himself was in it drag racing me behind his shop. Then more awesome ensued.
Read MoreThe 2011 BMW M5's twin-turbocharged 540-hp V8 is rumored to be mated only to a manumatic transmission and these exclusive spy images inside the cockpit do nothing to quiet those whispers. Does this mean the ultimate driving machine is dead?
Read MoreHennessey Performance's "standard" Raptor is supercharged, produces 500 horsepower and is called VelociRaptor 500. Their new 6.2-liter Raptor produces 600 horsepower and is called the VelociRaptor 600. Creative? No. But who needs creativity when you've got two giant bumper-mounted turbochargers?
Read MoreAfter a ride in the passenger seat, we can sum up our impression of the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon in one word: Perfect. Other words: Power, style, luxury, and five swingin' doors. The 'merican superwagon has it all.
Read MoreThe brutal heat is claiming lives, starting wildfires, and ruining shirts across the globe. It felt like 108 degrees outside in Texas yesterday. Think cold thoughts. Which car has the best air conditioning?
Read MoreOne Jeep Wrangler enthusiast’s battle with Chrysler over whether his extensive modifications violated his warranty opened up a Rubicon of debate. The secret for keeping your lifted Wrangler under warranty? Make your dealer happy.
Read MoreIt's a famous, oft told tale, but it's worth repeating here. An elderly Robert Frost gets up to read his poem "Dedication" to John F. Kennedy on the day of his inauguration. Unfortunately, the glare of the heavy snow makes it impossible to read the words in front of him. Instead, he goes to "The Gift Outright" because he can recite it from memory and it's the right length. It's also incredibly thoughtful and maybe more reflective than the poem he was supposed to give. "The land was ours before w
Read MoreLog onto Facebook and you'll notice your car-obsessed friends, and even non-enthusiasts, racing McLaren F1s in a game called Car Town. Jalopnik spoke with the game's creators to bring you these tips and tricks to building the ultimate Facebook garage.
Read MorePitchfork is doing their Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s list and trying to decide where the "The Humpty Dance" ranks next to "Summer Babe" has us in a Clinton-era nostalgic mood. What's the best car of the 1990s?
Read MoreMazda's evolved the Nagare design language that gave birth to the Mazda Furai, a concept so gorgeous it made it into our first Forzalopnik car pack, into a new language called "KODO." While attractive, it's no Nagare.
Read MoreYou can feel noble about being forced to drive a cheap, old Oldmobuick beater, but according to our readers you should feel nothing but utter embarrassment driving one of these cars.
Read MoreThere are world courts dedicated to prosecuting crimes against humanity, but there's nothing to protect our poor automobiles so, with your help, we've assembled a list of ten horrible crimes against carmanity.
Read MoreTVR may be gone but not forgotten, and they also had the decency to go out with a bang: a violent, loud, and downright insane car called the Sagaris.
Read MoreAn Indiana man who runs the largest Prius recycling center in the country wanted a plug-in Prius that could match the utility of his first car, an El Camino. The results may disturb you.
Read MoreIn June, La Sarthe hosted the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the 78th time. 57 years ago, Jaguar showed all present how to stop a racing car… driven by a drunken man.
Read MoreThe cult of cars is vast and varied, filled with all sorts of weird subcultural nooks and crannies. We asked you for your favorite car subcultures and you responded with all sorts of weird. Here's the ten most polarizing.
Read MoreWe've had a mini-Philadelphia theme week, what with Cupcake Lady and Crazy Carhoppin' Dude. I took the kids to Philly last weekend for a end-of-summer road trip, and while most of it was spent in overpriced museums, I reserved time for one authentic cheesesteak. Philly has two shops — Pat's King of Steaks and Geno's — that are supposed to serve the real deal in tourist-acceptable fashion. But I didn't want tourist-class, I wanted world-class. And I found it at Cosmi's Deli in south Philly; a non
Read MoreBob Judd, a former ad executive, recalls the insight gleaned from Jackie Stewart while the racing legend showed off the '83 Thunderbird. — Ed.
Read MoreJames Glickenhaus, builder of the likely-to-be-fabulously-fast Ferrari P4/5 Competizione, bought Steve McQueen's famous Hurst Baja Boot race buggy two weeks ago at Pebble Beach. For the uninitiated, The Boot's the intersection of GM parts, Hurst fabrication and unadulterated swagger.
Read MoreLast night I ate dinner two tables away from SNL's Bill Hader at Lansky's Deli. Since it would've been horribly rude to interrupt Les Grossman's crony mid-Beck's to ask, we'll ask you: What kind of car would Bill Hader drive?
Read MoreThe commuting chaos in the Northeast and weeklong Chinese gridlock are just two recent examples of massive transportation failure. With your help, we've identified ten of history's worst traffic jams.
Read MoreRarely do "Touareg" and "Badass" exist in the same headline, but the freshly-unveiled diesel-powered Red Bull VW Race Touareg 3 justifies the verbiage. The purpose-built racer's destined for the Dakar Rally, VW badges and all.
Read MoreLast week we asked you what blather from car unenthusiasts most troubled you and you responded with more than 2,000 comments. Here are your picks for the ten most annoying things non-car people say.
Read MoreConsummate Detroiter Thom Douglas shares his love for classic cars and his contempt for an older cohort of owners who think classics should accrue value instead of miles, making them unattainable for a new generation. — Ed.
Read MoreYes, the Nürburgring is cool. Yes, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster is cool. No, getting the Nürburgring embossed in leather on the center console of your V8 Vantage Roadster is not cool.
Read MoreI know little about architecture, so when I hang out with architects I don't spout ridiculous, uninformed opinions. Sadly, people who aren't car enthusiasts are eager to share what they don't know. What's the most annoying thing non-car people say?
Read MoreThe dashboard and underhood of your car provide a constellation of symbols — much of the iconography is standard. The symbols that aren't? Sometimes they're easily understood and sometimes they're open for misinterpretation. Here's 20 icons trending toward the hilarious.
Read MoreCars that were made to get dirty are happiest in their natural habitat: a wet, muddy road. A dusty, rutted path. A gravelly street. A dingy river crossing. Here are the ten cars you thought look the best dirty.
Read MoreThere have been some truly horrible engines made in the history of the automobile. These are just ten of them, as chosen by you.
Read MoreHaving been bombarded with waxed-and-buffed Concours galleries for a week it's time to break free from proper cars to enjoy cars used properly. What vehicle looks great dirty?
Read MoreAn automaker's model-year is typically a mixture of brand new, broken-in, and aging cars. Not all model years are created equal. Here's what you selected as the ten greatest single model-year car lineups.
Read MoreI'm fairly impatient, so most shows get watched within 24 hours of airing. I even somehow managed to see episodes of the fourth season of Friday Night Lights before they aired on NBC (and then watched it on NBC and let it run on HULU, someone's gotta notice, right?). I watch Top Chef when it airs and I like to catch new episodes of Community. But then there are those shows you just can't watch episode by episdoe, so you store away for the summer rerun season. Acorn shows. I acorned the first fou
Read MoreWatching a gifted driver manipulate a true performance car is like watching art being made. It's like Yo Yo Ma playing cello, only louder and typically outdoors. Here's what you consider the ten most amazing driving videos.
Read MoreKrush Groove had everything as a film about hip-hop: Shiela E., Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, and even Debbie Harry. You know what it didn't have? A plot. I love all the performers and the soundtrack is fantastic, but the film's lacking one major device: a plot. I think something happens. There's some rapping. the Fat Boys run around for a bit. Some kids I knew in high school got it thinking it would be epic. It's just not. As an 80s music film it doesn't hold a candle to Prince's Pur
Read MoreI was at the 2005 National League Championship Series game in Houston on October 17th. It was an exciting game and going our way in the 9th inning when everyone started to celebrate. One game away from the World Series. One out away from the World Series. One strike away from the World Series. All closer Brad Lidge needed was one strike against Albert Pujols of the Cardinals, but I still turned and glared when the guy behind me said "We're going to the World Series." I wasn't ready to pop any co
Read MoreSome cars just look right, no matter when they're from. These ten, chosen by you haven't been made for a few years, but still look as good today as they did when they were new.
Read MoreMost cars show their age quickly, while others mature more gracefully. But a rare few don't seem to age at all. What older car looks as good as new?
Read MoreCraigslist never ceases to amaze. There's always something awesome, something unusual, and something downright strange up for grabs. Here are your picks for the ten strangest cars for sale on Craigslist right now.
Read MoreThe Mansory Bugatti Veyron Linea Vincero d'Oro. If you needed any more proof Mansory's objective is to carpet-bomb good taste and restraint into oblivion, here it is. It's gold, carbon fiber, and more gold. Did we mention gold?
Read MoreAs summer moves into August and temperatures skyrocket, we asked you to name cars with the best air conditioners. Here are ten of the chilliest cars for a blistering summer day.
Read MoreRidiculous engine swaps provide for some of the most beautifully convoluted motor-and-car combinations. Here's ten you identified as the most truly bizarre.
Read MoreYou might remember this post three years ago in which I laughed at a woman on a Segway pushing a baby stroller for being lazy. Well, I'm a giant asshole, and I want to apologize to Melissa Hofstetter. I'm sorry Melissa.
Read MoreThe Power Wheels Racing series is simple: Take any Power Wheels vehicle, modify it, and race it. The all-electric series results in last-minute, hacked-together racing machines of dubious quality, questionable safety, and spectacular entertainment. It's the perfect Maker Faire motorsport.
Read MoreAn identified 50-year-old man is in critical condition after leaping from car-to-car along Philadelphia's busy Schuylkill Expressway yesterday. Jalopnik reader BmoreDLJ was in one of the cars he climbed on top of before being struck and shares this chilling tale.
Read MoreA massive fire at London's Heathrow Airport last month claimed a $469K custom Ferrari 458 Italia being transported from Saudi Arabia to London. Now the company responsible for shipping it is only offering $46K for the damages.
Read MoreA compressed natural gas-powered bus exploded Monday and injured 17 while waiting at a traffic light in Seoul, South Korea. The CNG tank ruptured, tearing the bus apart and shattering nearby windows. The whole incident was capture on video below.
Read MoreThis smurf-blue McLaren F1 plowed into two stopped vehicles on Germany's A48 autobahn on Friday. The accident took out the car's left front corner. Cost if you do this to a Honda Civic? A couple grand. Here? Six figures.
Read MoreA British tabloid caught pictures of the Stig on the Top Gear clock at the Nürburgring Friday — while attempted Stig autobiographer Ben Collins was at home, driving the new models from Little Tikes. (H/T to everyone!) [Mirror]
Read MoreAndy Wilman, Top Gear's top producer, took to the interwebs to defend the BBC's fight to keep The Stig from publishing an autobiography. His take: Corporate greed wants to kill the Santa Claus of speed.
Read MoreSome say Top Gear's elusive masked driver is former Formula Three driver Ben Collins. Some say the Sunday Times unmasked Collins today based on the financial reports of his company. All we know is... they're apparently right. Told ya so.
Read MoreSome say he's a washed-up Formula 1 driver, others say he's Ben Collins, all we know is the BBC will sue him if he publishes an autobiography outing himself as Top Gear's Stig. (H/T to Bob1967!) [The Guardian]
Read MoreTop Gear's Jeremy Clarkson repeatedly rolled the three-wheeled Robin reliant in a stunt this season to great comedic effect. It wasn't so funny when hooligans decided after watching the episode they'd flip 78-year-old Barry Cloughton's Reliant — twice.
Read MoreYou've seen the trailer, now hear the stars of American version of Top Gear give Jalopnik some dirt on the upcoming show in an exclusive interview, including how two of them nearly died in the backseat of a Camry.
Read MoreThis is the first trailer for the U.S. version of Top Gear on History, giving us a first taste of the American spin on the BBC's wildly popular motoring show. A peek at the cast, cars, and challenges below.
Read MoreFord's unveiled a fully-upgraded 2012 Mustang Boss 302 with a revised-intake 5.0-liter V8 delivering 440 horsepower and 380 lb-ft of torque, upgraded clutch, brakes, adjustable suspension, bitchin' side pipes and race-inspired interior. Very boss, indeed.
Read MoreAfter a weekend filled with under-the-table secret recalls, the Ferrari Flambé may finally be coming to an end. An official recall of the Ferrari 458 Italia is coming by tomorrow morning. UPDATE: You heard it here first: It's official!
Read MoreMatt Stanford parked his Mustang drag racer behind Varsity Ford in Ann Arbor, Mich., where a thief managed to snatch it. Cops reunited it with its rightful owner a day later. Here's why you don't steal race cars.
Read MoreIn 2008 we showed you this automotive family tree. Two years and a Carpocalypse later, everything's changed. So we've created an up-to-date automotive family tree. Except now brands and automakers are so interconnected it's more like a giant circuit board.
Read MoreWhen the Soviets mated a GAZ-53 truck and a DT-75 bulldozer the result was a go-anywhere transforming tracked ambulance. Incredible. The Soviets may have been America's mortal enemy, but damn, they built some really cool stuff. [English Russia]
Read MoreHow’s this for a dream home for car geeks: a large warehouse in Sydney converted into a home with ample space to park a car, any car, smack in the middle of the living room.
Read MoreGrab the keys and run! Hey, if you're gonna get fired over a car like this guy, might as well go out with a bang in one of these awesome commenter-approved cars.
Read MoreGeneral Motors has asked for a U.S. trademark on the phrase "range anxiety," for the purpose of "promoting public awareness of electric vehicle capabilities." Get ready for GM to question whether you can trust your family in an all-electric car.
Read MoreIn a deal of the century conspicuously like the movie Deal Of The Century, someone's selling a $17.5 million cargo-scanning particle accelerator on eBay. The bonus? Seven Lamborghinis for free! Plus, it's guaranteed to "not kill a stowaway." UPDATE!
Read MoreWhat would comedy be like if Douglas Kenney was alive? Hard to say, but the man who helped found National Lampoon and served as a co-writer of both Caddyshack and Animal House can be judged by the company he kept: Chase (in his most fertile era), Ramis, the Murrays, and O'Rourke to name just a few. After a not-so-positive initial response to Caddyshack, Kenney fell deeply into depression and substance abuse. He retreated to Hawaii where he was found dead, at age 32, at the bottom of a cliff. Har
Read MoreThis is the story of how a busted hunk of hot rod hopes spurred one man to honor another man's dying wish.
Read MoreI love the BMW E30. If you read this site, you probably love it too. Here’s a great little homebrew video of one, in a genre which used to be called “road test” before Top Gear came along.
Read MoreOne of the draft window stickers released today will give buyers of 2012 models efficiency data for gas and electric vehicles. U.S. regulators want you to decide: How do you like letter grades? UPDATE: Automakers give it a "F."
Read MoreThe ZR1-thrashing security guard is definitely fired, but maybe for a guy making $10-an-hour it was worth it. What car would you lose your job over?
Read MorePakistan’s troubles with unruly floodwaters began not in July, but way back in January. That’s when a landslide obliterated 15 miles of the Karakoram Highway and created the Attabad Lake.
Read MoreThe security guard who rose to Internet fame for hooning a Corvette ZR1 on camera and uploading the video to YouTube is in a heap of trouble. The car's owner tells us they'll be calling the Dallas police this morning.
Read MoreIt's not just airport security that can see you naked with their full-body scanner, AS&E's Z Backscatter Vans do the same thing. Only difference is that, well, vans are mobile vehicles that can hit the streets and target anyone.
Read More13-year old motorcycle racer Peter Lenz died Sunday after he fell off his bike and was run over by a 12-year-old motorcyclist at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He's the youngest competitor to die at the famous racetrack.
Read MoreTarga Trophy cars roared through 300 miles of twisty San Francisco Bay Area back roads as drivers competed for glory. Three squirrels, one bird and a Ferrari suspension died in the process.
Read MoreSaturday was a long, sweaty, buggy racing session at the Mutually Assured Destruction Of Omaha LeMons, with engines nuking head gaskets all day long.
Read MoreIt's one thing to beat on a Malibu, but a security guard at a dealership auction committed the cardinal sin of hooning an as-of-yet unsold $110,000 Corvette ZR1. And then recorded it! This guy is toast. UPDATE
Read MoreThe Targa Trophy is this weekend and to kick things off teams ran the I-5 gauntlet from Beverly Hills to San Francisco. Surprisingly no Ferraris burned to the ground and nobody went to jail.
Read MoreI spent my senior year in high school working as the ticket-booth guy at the soon-to-be-defunct Island Auto Movie, and so I feel profound pain over the Death Of The American Drive-In Theater. But the drive-in isn't dead in Wisconsin!
Read MoreFerrari's finally decided to issue a recall on the Ferrari 458 Italia after at least four fires in three months, according to a letter allegedly received by an owner. Ferrari's apparently blaming a design flaw instead of their owners. UPDATE
Read MoreA 29-year-old amateur ghost hunter chasing a ghost train was killed by a real train near Statesville, North Carolina. It was in the same spot exactly 119 years after the fatal accident he was hoping would produce the ghoulish locomotive.
Read MoreI’ve turned 30 today. My wife and her mother got me a set of bespoke cufflinks in the shape of Wankel engine rotors. Life is officially awesome.
Read MoreRecently, much to our annoyance, some publications have misused some key automotive design terms. So, we worked with two automotive designers to create a handy guide to help you confidently point out the difference between your tumblehome and CHMSL.
Read MoreTransformers 3 has taken up residence at Detroit's old Packard Plant, a return to the city so prominently featured in the series' first installment. Stationed outside the abandoned behemoth are giant guns, plane wreckage and phony jet engines.
Read MoreAll this poor 29-year-old from Melbourne, Australia wanted was to recycle a barbecue he'd seen wasting away on the side of the road. Sadly, you can't do something this ridiculous and not become an internet sensation and police target.
Read MoreWhile not something we stay awake thinking about at night, it's still an odd linguistic nuance to ponder. Since it's a Friday, let's spend time answering a semi-useless question: why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Read MoreMiss USA 1962 Amadee Chabot poses in a paint booth, spraying her Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II in an ad for Watson's Do-It-Yourself Paint And Supply. We have never seen a better ad for a more boring store. [SpeedOnBigBoy]
Read MoreIf you've always wanted to be a Road Warrior or watch two men enter and one man leave, then get your ass down to Southern California for Wasteland Weekend, a Mad Max-themed weekend featuring DJs, post-apocalyptic vehicles... and Bartertown.
Read MoreThe Lotus Evora S is a more properly sorted machine with a supercharged, 350-hp 3.5-liter V6, a tighter suspension and improved aerodynamics. According to the CEO of Lotus "It's an instinctual car, the experience is pure."
Read MoreA highly-promoted feature in the 2011 Ford Explorer are its new inflatable rear seat belts. The not-so-highly-promoted working stiffs that helped make it happen? Human cadavers. Here's how automakers still quietly use dead people to make your car safer.
Read MoreIndian conglomerate Mahindra cleared one set of U.S. regulations last week for selling its diesel-powered pickup in the United States. Based on these pictures from a Jalopnik reader, the Scorpio SUV may not be far behind.
Read MoreThere have been some images circulating on the seedier, more Russian side of the Internet showing a hapless Mercedes driver with his forearm horribly branded by a Mercedes logo from an airbag deployment. Trouble is it's totally bullshit.
Read MoreWelcome back to Garage of Horror, where we share your worst wheeled experiences. Today we have a twin-pack of tales from Wal-Mart, everyone's favorite retailer, employer, potential Jeff Gordon sponsor, and symbol for everything that's wrong with America.
Read MoreUnable to resist the lure of ever-increasing cylinder counts, BMW stuck a V8 in its current M3. The act marked the beginning of the end for their greatest straight six ever: the S54B32.
Read MoreFreedom. Liberty. Chocolate frosting. Three of our nation's cornerstones were "smooshed" by the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday, when it seized the truck of the popular Cupcake Lady. Do not get between Americans and their convenient desserts.
Read MoreRobert Bleier's a normal suburban dad with a gift and a challenge. His gift is for painting stunning landscapes starring the DeLorean. His challenge is a cancer fight entering its third round. For Bleier, the two are inextricably linked.
Read MoreAn Alabama woman on Friday received an anniversary gift — a brand-new 2011 red Chevrolet Camaro. On Monday, Christina Bellah allegedly jumped into the driver's seat, sped away and totaled it within a few minutes.
Read MoreThe Godzilla-loving folks at NAGTROC claim upgrades to the 2012 Nissan GT-R are far more substantial than we had initially expected. The 2012 model gets chassis tweaks, revised suspension and an all-new rear-wheel-drive-only mode. Burnout control perhaps?
Read MoreAfter four fires in two months Ferrari has finally come around to the idea that something may be amiss with the 458 Italia and launched a probe. But the Italian automaker doesn't want to rule out driver ineptitude.
Read MoreThe first part of the eagerly-awaited Gymkhana 3 features less Fiesta hoonage and more Ken Block looking hard while the Cool Kids rap in the background than we'd like, at least he blows the krypton out of some fluorescent lamps.
Read MoreRichard Losee's crashed-then-reborn twin-turbocharged Ferrari Enzo made its first Bonneville Speed Week showing and spun at 188 mph while attempting class-A certification. Nobody was injured, but Losee has to settle for the class-B license — for now. Updated
Read MoreThe 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS's predecessor was a recent high-water mark of form over function with beautiful details and proportions that helped start the coupe/sedan craze. The 2012 sports a fancier interior and a facelift with dowdier features. Progress?
Read MoreThe 60-mile Chinese traffic jam may be the longest example of gridlock, but it's not the only time our often fragile transportation infrastructure's failed us. What's the all-time worst traffic jam?
Read MoreFord Racing's announced a 2.3-liter supercharger kit for the 2011 Mustang 5.0-liter V8, which makes a staggering 624-hp and 536 lb-ft of torque. Cost? $7,499. Sorta makes the $18,000 supercharged 550-hp Shelby GT500 option seem overpriced. [MustangsDaily]
Read MoreAn attendee at this year's QuakeCon gaming festival in Dallas sold one of the 100 raffle tickets for a $48,645 Shelby GT500 for just $200. Moments later they drew it as the winning ticket. Video with predictably NSFW language.
Read MoreThe National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) held Round 4 at Thunderhill Raceway. The 2-hour enduro pushed the limits of man, machine and… hood.
Read MoreThe three-wheeled Lomax has a top installed over roughly three days by trained engineers,so when it started raining heavily at the Dream Cruise, improvisation was necessary, like just opening an oversized umbrella. A VW Karmann Ghia copied the idea.
Read MoreCruising Woodward in a Flxible or an Airstream? We say Flxible by a nose, given that nose is loaded with retro-futurist charm. Plus as a side benefit you get to constantly explain why there's a missing "e" in the name.
Read MoreBack when I was more serious about photography (i.e., when I thought it was cool to huff Dektol fumes in a darkened closet), I would reload disposable 35mm cameras with Tri-X 400 black-and-white film and shoot images like this.
Read MoreSome of you might have wondered where in hell Rocket Surgery Racing found the 1956 Renault 4CV that served as the basis of their Index of Effluency-winning LeMons car. In the conveniently-located Warehouse Of French Hell Project Doom, of course!
Read MoreEarlier this year, we saw this '79 Datsun King Cab pickup in a Northern California self-service wrecking yard. Here's another one, in a different yard but with the same sad story: truly small pickups are just too small.
Read MoreThe new Camaro may be retro-kitschy, porky, and have an interior only Playskool could love, but it certainly doesn't deserve this kind of abuse. Thank 313 Motoring on the non-313 side of 8 Mile road for this one.
Read MoreDavid Rock has become YouTube royalty with videos of epic, hoontastic stunts on his Canadian farm. He's also a convicted sex offender and now at the center of a flame war that's escalated to death threats.
Read MoreHaylee Arnell of Riverton, Utah managed to break at least seven laws Wednesday night when she drunkenly plowed head-first into a cop car while driving the wrong way alone in an HOV lane. And it's all on video below.
Read MoreA half-scale remote-control airplane collided with a real aircraft over a Colorado airport last weekend. While there were no injuries, the incident exposed the growing tension between pilots and model aircraft enthusiasts and their ever-larger RC aircraft.
Read MoreNewbies to suburban Detroit's famous Woodward Dream Cruise may think the world's largest single day car event exists only within its officially-sanctioned 24-hour boundaries. Veterans know it's a week-long event and the best cruising days are happening now.
Read MoreWhen Chrysler spun-off trucks into their own Ram brand it created a problem for Dodge: The logo is a ram. Our sources claim Dodge plans to kill the "ram" in a new logo that'll likely look like this.
Read MoreDenislav Shishev's an 18-year-old Bulgarian who probably does more before breakfast that you do all week. In 2009 he took a wrecked BMW M Coupe and put in a 530-hp BMW V10. Now he races it professionally.
Read MoreEarlier this year, the United Auto Workers decided to sell its money-losing 1,000-acre resort and golf course. Now, while GM files for its IPO, new UAW leadership is pulling the resort off the market. Here's a look inside.
Read MoreThe Bentley Continental GT is getting long in the tooth, no longer the must-have accessory of the pocket-dog and power-broker set. Accordingly, a brand new supercar will debut on September 6th. Here's a sneak peek.
Read MoreDetroit's famous Woodward Avenue turns into a giant, slow-moving car show this weekend. Here are ten of your picks for great cars to take on the Woodward Dream Cruise.
Read MoreMoments ago, the "General Motors Company" filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering. It's the first time GM has offered an IPO since 1916. Walk through all 250+ pages of the filing with us.UPDATE
Read MoreThe U.S. auto industry may have climbed back from the Carpocalypse, but it's still liquidating much of its old pieces, from forklifts to entire factories. David Traver Adolphus of Hemmings Blog shows what's on the block.
Read MoreThe 2011 Sonata has been a smash hit for Hyundai, already selling about 100,000 copies and winning near-flawless praise from auto reviewers. Yet many owners are now turning into D.I.Y. greasemonkeys thanks to the world's weakest horn.
Read MoreThis weekend's Woodward Dream Cruise is a highlight of the Detroit calendar. It's a time to show off your classic ride to people who know and care about car culture. What would you drive to the Woodward Dream Cruise?
Read MoreCould anyone possibly consider the 1982 Chrysler LeBaron the paragon of freedom? We’ve joined forces with Budapest-based American journalist Erik D’Amato to discover the magic of American iron in post-communist Eastern Europe. —Ed.
Read MoreTo misspell a vanity plate? Embarrassing. To have the correct spelling twice within two feet? Mortifying. To own a Toyota Sequoia? Incomprehensible. We're betting this hapless driver doesn't even know there's a problem. (Hat tip toDusty_Duster!)
Read MoreCapt. Brian Bews, the pilot who survived ejection mere feet from the ground at an air show last month in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, has finally caught the attention of NBC's Today Show. Here's Capt. Bews' story.
Read MoreA Southwest Airlines flight attendant took custody of a child after her mother slapped her because the girl wouldn't stop crying. God, what is going on with flights these days? It's like the Wild West out there!
Read MoreToyota is concerned dealers are selling used cars without conducting recall-related repairs, according to an internal email leaked to Jalopnik. The same email also warns of Inside Edition conducting "ambush interviews." Why is Toyota worried?
Read MoreA Wyoming man created a stir among Porscheophiles when he put a fleet of more than 60 vintage Porsches up for sale. But John Small's offer has enthusiasts debating the line between collector and hoarder.
Read MoreOn the heels of the preliminary NTSB report, we now have an amazing new set of eyewitness photos of motorsport legend Jack Roush's plane crash. We've animated them to give further insight into exactly how the plane went down.
Read MoreAfter days of teasing pictures we've got the full story of the new Lancia Stratos, straight from the backer's mouth. It's a Ferrari F430-powered retro sexmobile, built by a German billionaire after twenty years of dreaming.
Read MorePickuptrucks.com's 2010 Heavy-Duty Shootout has dropped and it's their biggest comparo ever: nine heavy duty trucks, 3402-hp, 5845 lb-ft of torque, and copious truck abuse. We pitched in and got our first look at the impressive GMC Sierra Denali HD.
Read MoreAndrew Therrien was one of the first spectators killed by an off-road truck during Saturday's California 200 disaster, but before he died the single father pushed three people to safety, including his 3-year old daughter.
Read MoreTesla Motors "founder" Elon Musk has a propensity for boasting about his electric car business, but the company's latest SEC filing shares the risks he doesn't like to talk about, including having the Roadster's advertised range cut 30%.
Read MoreAs a car guy, there is nothing more relaxing that walking through a park and watching other car guys polish endlessly to keep their cars shiny while eager children feel the need to touch everything.
Read MoreA racing truck lost control and drove into a crowd late Saturday night during the California 200 Mojave Desert night race, killing eight and seriously wounding at least 12 others. Witnesses describe the aftermath as a "nightmare" scene. UPDATE.
Read More34 races in, and a Nissan Z Car finally took an overall LeMons win! They said it could never happen, but then they also said that Saabs and Taurus SHOs couldn't win. Let's check out the competition!
Read MoreThe new Lancia Stratos has given in to the frenzy it's caused and posed pretty for the camera. Not only that but we have details too, like how it's got a Ferrari V8, ceramic brakes and a cost-is-no-object development budget.
Read MoreAttention! The intern supply at Jalopnik is dipping dangerously low, and we need replacement bodies to replenish the supply! If you've got two thumbs, 8 fingers and can string some sentences together, you might be The Next Jalopnik Intern.
Read MoreFlat out, power-sliding in a Corvette ZR-1 at a hundred miles an hour was probably the wrong place to mockingly ask NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya if he was "having fun turning right." Don't worry, he punished me for it.
Read MoreWelcome to Garage of Horror, where we share your worst vehicular experiences. In this episode: Losing your wheel, not your senses.
Read MoreErik Holtz, 25, of Fairport, N.Y. is wanted for aiming his Mitsubishi at a police officer and evading three pursuits last Saturday. While on the lam, the Fast And The Furious wannabe's taunted cops via car forums and YouTube.UPDATE
Read MoreAnthony Graber is the 25-year-old Maryland motorcyclist charged with invading the privacy of a state trooper he filmed during a traffic stop. The prosecutor behind the charges says police have a right to privacy that he's willing to enforce.
Read MoreYou've saved the life of mysterious stranger in a cheap suit who says he'll let you go back in time to any year and own a car dealership. But what year? What brand had the best one-year model lineup?
Read MoreThree wheels aren't usually better than two, but once in a while they're more fun than four. Yesterday we asked for your favorite three-wheeled contraptions, and here's ten of the best.
Read MoreAmid rumors of a mid-engined C7 Corvette, comes this photo of an extended wheelbase Corvette with modified bodywork and a lot of space behind the front seats. Is this a mid-engined next generation 'Vette mule or a freak one-off? UPDATE!
Read MoreHere's what can happen to a 1968 Chevy Corvette after 10,000 hours of obsessive fiberglass and mechanical work. And it can be yours for $10 bucks shy of $80,000.
Read MoreEvery car nut dreams of building the ultimate garage and showing it off to friends/forum members/strangers. This Audi aficionado's garage is impressive, but let's be honest, it's really all about that sexy RS2.
Read MoreSyd Mead's Land Yacht was commissioned by Playboy Magazine as the ultimate go-anywhere, do-anyone ride in an alternate Blade Runner-meets-Ladies Man future. Despite the 70's look, its predictions of modern driving technology are surprisingly accurate.
Read MoreTaco trucks offer authentic, cheap and delicious food, yet fear of the unknown sends most of us straight to Taco Hell. Follow this simple guide and you'll be running out for more salsa verde instead of running for the border.
Read MoreWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade; When PETA complains about the chimp used in your commercial, digitally erase it — kind of. This might be the best Dodge commercial yet. Before and after commercials below.
Read MoreA team of university researchers has been able to hack into a car's warning systems via wireless sensors, sending fake tire pressure messages at highway speeds and eventually frying an onboard computer. The dawn of the carhacker approaches.
Read MoreLater this month, fans of the TV series "Lost" will be able to bid on more than a thousand trinkets from the show, from beer cans to Hurley's Camaro. Just reading the descriptions may trigger a few angry flash-sideways.
Read MoreYou know you’ve got a serious track Ferrari on your hands when even the taillights have been ripped out to make room for extra vents.
Read MoreHey, remember the 80s? Or the 60s? Or the 40s? Here are the ten totally retro rides you budding retronauts thought were most indicative of the past.
Read MoreThe parents of 19-year-old Canadian Vladimir Rigenco bought him a 2006 BMW M5 and, not surprisingly, bad things followed: 90 mph in a residential zone, bragging about it online, someone tipping off the cops, ticket, probation, no more driving.
Read MoreData from black boxes in 58 Toyotas involved in sudden acceleration cases shows no evidence of any other defects beyond sticky pedals and chunky floormats, according to a report U.S. regulators gave Congress today. But you already knew that.
Read MoreEyeball-rattling grunt and cars launched by the hand of God: Drag racing is one of the most awe-inspiring things on wheels. Wired.com's Chuck Squatriglia recently took a closer look at Top Fuel racing — the pinnacle of the sport. —Ed.
Read MoreThink back over the last decade and consider the best and worse cars to camino-ize. Right near the bottom would be the gen-II Chrysler Concorde. One company thought otherwise and poured countless hours into building the Concordepage.
Read MoreThere were more than 1,300 answers to our question: "what older car looks as good as new?" Now we're inverting our challenge: What's the most retro car?
Read MoreFormer Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and ex-NASA head Sean O'Keefe are reported to have been two of nine people on this plane, which crashed last night in southwest Alaska. Five people were killed, according to U.S. officials. UPDATE.
Read MoreOklahoma-based coachbulder Classic Recreations is back in business one month after state law enforcement raided the shop and impounded vehicles. The cars have been returned and company's owner wants to change a vague law he says harms reputable shops.
Read MoreLast September, a Long Island-area Nissan GT-R owner awoke to find all four of his wheels missing. Now it's happened in Queens. It's a regular crime spree. Save the GT-R wheels?
Read MoreDid you know Ford announced around Father's Day they'd be selling complete reproduction 1966 Ford Bronco bodies? Neither did we, but now we know they're headed for a public debut at this year's SEMA show.
Read MoreSaab was the smallest of GM's troubled brands, but the only one to survive, due largely to the incredible support coordinated by one enthusiast on a tiny Australian island 10,000 miles from the carmaker's Swedish headquarters. Here's his story.
Read MoreSheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Bin Mohamed Al Nahyan needed a new car. Something to simultaneously broadcast his obscene wealth, play in the sand dunes, and make rolling over poor people easy. Thus was born the Black Spider.
Read MoreDubai is one of the most opulent places on earth, and its remarkable subway system reflects this fact, with palatial stations, high-tech trains, and first-class accommodations. Alex Ion of DeviceMAG took this look at the system's high points. —Ed.
Read MoreLeMons racing's highest award, the Index of Effluency, goes to the vehicle that achieves the most from the least. This time we saw a Daihatsu Charade finish 34th and a Plymouth Belvedere finish 33rd... but one car beat them both.
Read MoreJerry Flint, the official curmudgeon of the auto journalism world whose career dated to the Eisenhower administration, died Saturday. We fly our ascots at half-staff in his honor today.
Read MoreNASA Time Trials allow for almost any car to compete for the fastest lap time on a legitimate race course. One guy rolled up in his daily driver Lexus and crushed everyone.
Read MoreThe Honda Prelude has been one of the real heartbreakers of LeMons racing— plenty of power, great handling... and a head gasket that might as well be cut out from cereal-box cardboard. Today, however, a Prelude leads!
Read MoreAfter sweltering in the Northern California sun all day at the aptly-named Arse Sweat-A-Palooza 24 Hours of LeMons race, all coherence has been boiled out of my brain. Let's get right to the photographs.
Read MoreJoel Demos is a Republican from Minnesota running a long-shot campaign to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the U.S. House. To raise cash, Demos hand-pulled a monster truck. The truck's name? Jesus.
Read MoreI grew up on a farm. Occasionally drunks would swerve off the road and take out huge swaths of corn. Never once did a rally driver plow through our fields. Especially in a Fiat 500 Abarth.
Read MoreTom Cruise's crazed two-wheels-off-the-ground record-setting lap around British motoring show Top Gear's track wasn't a surprise to those who've seen him race. One of Cruise's driving instructors gave us an exclusive look into his terrifying, short-lived, and accident-prone racing career.
Read MoreThe Chevy Cruze that will finally wash onto U.S. shores soon will not get an SS badge version despite previous rumors and some overseas sticker packages. This is progress.
Read MoreIf you want to be awesome, surround yourself with awesome. Next time you're stuck behind your desk at work, set one of these inspiring commenter-approved wallpapers on your desktop, take a deep breath, and dream.
Read More"Joseph" Giuseppe VIola promised the SV 9 Competizione would be a combination of American muscle and Italian styling. He also promised his investors they were making money. Now Viola's likely prison-bound and investors are likely out millions.
Read MoreHave a car-related horror story you'd like to share? Embarrass yourself, get screwed over, or just plain do something stupid? Dealer moments! Mechanic moments! Funny moments! We want 'em all!
Read MoreHaving received a ticket and thinking the stop was over, 70-year-old Robert Whatley calmly drove away from the British police. A misunderstanding ensued and the cops followed him down the road. When he stopped again they bashed in his windows.
Read MoreGM's built a concept surf wagon version of their diminutive Chevy Spark for the Paris Motor Show complete with a surfboard rack and wood-paneled vinyl wrap. Huh, we thought Pierre don't surf.
Read MoreYour choice of cars says as much about your transportation needs and fiscal health as it does about what kind of gearhead you are. Your choice of desktop images is more revealing of your automotive aspirations. What's your car wallpaper?
Read MoreWe've loved the White Zombie electric-powered '72 Datsun 1200 for a while. Now our appreciation's turned to infatuation after watching it school a Nissan GT-R with a 10.4-second quarter-mile pass. Holy electrons, Batman!
Read MoreFor 30 years, engineers in GM's Aerodynamics Laboratory have improved automotive fuel economy with this, the world's largest wind tunnel designed for automotive applications. This week, on the tunnel's 30th birthday, here's an amazing look inside.
Read MoreIt's a universal truth in high school that you're defined as much by who you hang with as you are. Maybe it's universal in adult life, as well. I remember a few friends who thought they were cooler-than-thou because they'd hang out with some upperclassman and even a few college kids. They'd hang out with me, too, when they didn't have better plans. I was a sort of last resort compatriot. It didn't particularly bother me, but I remember one of them pitching a fit when they realized that their coo
Read MoreJonathon Schoenakase of Quincy, Illinois was arrested last Saturday outside a local bar. His crime? Operating "Courtesy Rides" — a service offering free rides to bar-goers to prevent drunk driving. The reason? Taxi companies lobbied to make it illegal.
Read MoreStolen or written-off cars in Australia are being given new life by criminals falsifying documentation, changing VINs and exporting them to other countries for illegal sale. Police digging into the problem claim they've found millions in contraband cars.
Read MoreSeeing a Lexus with its rear tires steeply cambered by an overladen trunk, John Scott, a Wisconsin car enthusiast, had a brilliant idea. Now his concept for negatively cambered tires may literally reinvent the wheel.
Read MoreThe new 5.0-liter V8 beating heart of the 2011 Ford Mustang GT will be available August 15th as a crate engine from Ford Racing Performance Parts. The new 5.0-in-a-box carries a suggested retail price of $6,999.00.
Read MoreEpson employees took advantage of their papercraft skills and giant printers to build an impressively detailed 1:1 cardboard replica of an Acura/Honda NSX Super GT race car. Build photos of what we consider the sexiest recycling project ever below.
Read MoreLili is an 8-year-old Hungarian girl who blogs in English (!). She drew a rabbit driving a race carrot and got McLaren’s world champion driver Jenson Button to sign it. This is her ultra-cute story.
Read MoreThere's only one place to get credits in California's Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Program: Tesla Motors. Last year selling credits netted Tesla $8.2 million — 85% of the electric carmakers's gross margin. Wired:Autopia explains how that's all about to change.
Read MoreIt doesn't take a genius to see an MGB and think "2JZ," but it does require a special kind of lunacy to look at a Toyota Supra and think "1.6-liter BMC." What's the all-time strangest engine swap you've seen?
Read MoreMost car-related laws are in place to keep us safe. Some, however, are just plain annoying. Here are ten laws that you think should be rethought.
Read MoreNearly four decades after the Lancia Stratos was unveiled, a new modern reinterpretation was caught by spy photographers while testing at Fiat's Balocco test track. Is this the return of the legendary bred-for-rally Lancia?
Read MoreCars, buses, subways, and trains; Pretty much the extent of high-speed publicly-accessible mass transit. Now the Chinese have dreamt up a new mixed-up alternative, the traffic-straddling bus. It rides above roads, with cars passing beneath and costing little to implement.
Read MoreThe Highway Loss Data Institute is out with new stats on which vehicles are most likely to be stolen. Bottom line? One out of every 100 Cadillac Escalades get stolen — and nobody steals the Toyota Prius.
Read MoreHeavy-duty truck buyers want more power and the 2011 Ford Super Duty's 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel's providing it with new best-in-class ratings: 800 lb-ft of torque and 400 HP. Below, a chart of how far the power wars have come.
Read MoreSecurity gaurds at the Luxor Las Vegas casino mistook a lightly camouflaged Mini Countryman prototype for a car bomb Saturday night, shutting down the garage and disrupting a Playboy model's swan song. Exclusive photos of the sad, booted Mini below.
Read MoreContinuing the racial insensitivity we've come to expect from ESPN, a race announcer finished an interview this weekend with NASCAR crew member Kenyatta Houston — who is black — by asking him to "tap for us" before the race. Seriously.
Read MoreIn 1971 the Soviets commissioned the Kamov Design Bureau to develop a one-man, collapsible helicopter to fit into a 500mm torpedo tube and be assembled in 15 minutes. The result was the KA-56, and it almost worked.
Read MoreBallsy California photographer Brian Flanagan took these photos of NASCAR team owner and motorsport legend Jack Roush's plane crash as the plane was actually crashing. We can now see just how lucky Roush was to escape with his life.
Read MoreAs we reported earlier, the racing version of Jim Glickenhaus's wicked Ferrari P4/5 is currently under construction and set to compete in next year's 24-hours of the Nürburgring. Glickenhaus recently emailed us this rendering and a few key details.
Read MoreLegislators often have trouble writing laws about simple concepts like the licensing of barbers. Give them something as complex as an automobile and watch out! What's the worst automotive law?
Read MoreAutomotive history is full of impressive individuals, but some are so heroically talented that they deserve their own category: badass. Here are ten men you believe to be serious badasses.
Read More6:48 versus the ultimate record of 6:11 means a quasi-production car is now within 10% of the time set in the fastest Porsche sports prototype by a man who made Ayrton Senna look timid. Let’s dive into some numbers.
Read MoreThis is 30-year-old Gurcharn Sahota. He runs a car washing business out of his parents' garage. Now, before you start laughing and calling him a failure, consider this: He regularly charges up to $11,000 to clean a single car. Here's how.
Read More"Life Size Mousetrap," is a 30,000 lb, 16-piece Rube Goldberg machine designed to smash cars by dropping a two-ton safe from twenty feet high. Video below.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Mile High Street, where we admire vehicles found parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. Ford downsized the Thunderbird for the '77-79 models, but they didn't downsize the glitz!
Read MoreIn Donnie Brasco, and undercover cop goes in so deep, he almost loses himself in his alter ego. Today's NIce Price or Crack Pipe Zimmer really a Fiero in disguise, but will its price make you say fuggedaboutit?
Read MoreThey used to say Mazdas go hmmmm, due to their sweetly smooth Wankel engines. Today's NIce Price or Crack Pipe REPU looks about as sweet as they come, but will its price make you go hmmmm?
Read MoreLancia and WRC wins go together like Monica Bellucci and full-figured. Today's NIce Price or Crack Pipe Pipe Delta Interale joins the Stratos, S4 and 037 in desirability and historic interest, but could this one's price be too full figured?
Read MoreIn the 2009 flick Splice, two scientists discover that their monster's new genes make her ass look stingy. Today's NIce Price or Crack Pipe E30 Touring is also a piecemeal affair, but at least its DNA is all BMW.
Read MoreFord's Fox platform was the gift that keeps on giving, spawning the longest-lived Mustang ever, turbo T-birds and hot-rod Lincolns. Despite that Catholic conception rate, it all started with cars like today's NIce Price or Crack Pipe Fairmont. Sorta.
Read MoreOn the TV show Sweat Equity, Amy Matthews makes DIY home improvement look easy, and looks pretty good herself. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ferrari needs some DIY to increase its equity, but will its price make you sweat?
Read MoreLong before touch-tone phones replaced rotary dials, Dodge gave us pushbuttons for our trannys. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '64 Dart has its Torqueflite all buttoned up, and its top goes down, but is its price a bulls eye?
Read MoreThere's some things they make in Brazil that are really good — food served on swords, racers, and bikinis. Based on today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW you might want to add pickups to that list as well.
Read MoreIf your Z is old enough to sport a Datsun badge, it's also likely to sport some replacement parts. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 280 rocks the D, but is it more than the sum of its parts?
Read MoreThe simplicity of Bruce Meyers' original Manx made it easy to counterfeit. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe SR2 is his follow up, and a design that truly stands apart. But would you part with $8,900 for it?
Read MoreFiat has an unenviable reputation in the U.S.. The Abarth name here is less well known, but is revered among the enlightened. Put them together and you get something like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ritmo. É buono?
Read MoreMercedes Benz isn't known for unleashing their untamed offspring on the public, however in 1979, they did just that. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe450 SLC lightens its load by adding aluminum, but is it worth lightening your wallet?
Read MoreSome say that it is cursed, that it caused a business to fail, and proved too controversial even for eBay. But now, in an exclusive engagement on Nice Price or Crack Pipe, comes. . . the Delirious 250 GT-Faux.
Read MoreIt may signal the end of the relationship when one partner comes home to find the other wearing their clothes. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe turbo Miata wears Z3 threads, and it's ready to start a relationship with you.
Read MoreSure, the Yugo has joined the Edsel as an automotive punchline, and its diminutive size implies it may imminently unleash a profusion of clowns. Despite all that, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Cabrio asks, who's laughing now?
Read MoreWhen introduced to the U.S. in 1980 the Jetta became the first notchback VW ever offered for sale in this country. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Coupe seems a fine example, but is its price a coup too?
Read MoreAfter semi-retiring from pro racing, Bob Bondurant opened a respected driving school, teaching everything from street safety to road racing. Today's Nice Nice Price or Crack Pipe Crown Vic sports Bondurant School lineage, but does its price make the grade?
Read MoreSupposedly, when one person accidentally stuck their Hershey's bar in somebody else's jar of Jiff, a new taste sensation was born. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 12A-powered Corolla wagon is also an amalgam that might prove equally tasty.
Read MoreIn any healthy relationship, communication is paramount. In the ad asking you to partner with today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Supra, a picture seems worth a thousand words, but that doesn't stop the seller from adding a thousand more.
Read MoreIn the movie She's All That, a glasses-wearing nerd girl is turned into a hottie on a bet. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Renault has had a similar transformation, but will its price mean it's not all that?
Read MoreIn Top Gear's test of the 458, Jezza berated all prior V8 Ferraris for not being as good. The successors to today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW have also reached greater heights, but none has equalled its foreboding looks.
Read MoreThe PT Cruiser started the whole retro-car trend. It's gone now, but should they ever do a retro version of that retro car, let's hope they use today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom V8 as the template.
Read MoreThe great thing about Edgar Wright's films, like Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead, is they manage to be genre spoofs that aren't spoofs at all. For one, the production values are better and there's never Carmen Electra. But it's more than that. Unlike a typical spoof, like Scary Movie, it isn't just a bunch of tropes tied together loosely with a plot. It's a real movie of the genre, not about the genre, that's just self aware. The characters understand the conventions of the films they're in, demo
Read MoreSeeing as we're both shameless and autopluralistic, we're happy piloting cars most people wouldn't sit in. But there are limits to what even we'd drive. What car would you be embarrassed to be seen driving?
Read MoreCar abuse comes in many forms. There's lackadaiscal maintenace, abusive driving habits, and just plain ol' malicious neglect. What's the worst way you can think of to abuse a car?
Read MoreNot as a knock to anyone here who enjoys literature aimed at pre-teen girls, but I've never read a Harry Potter book (I've seen a couple of films). Perhaps I'd find it life-altering, but I think I'm too old for that. Unless there's a small child sitting next to you, or you are a child, carrying a copy of it around basically says "Hey, I've got some sort of problem in my life, because I don't care what people think about me." It's for this reason I don't entirely get E30fernando's joke about the
Read MoreThe song "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen was written by guitarist Brian May who, we can assume from the song is an enthusiast of girls with large posteriors. Or is it just a passing fancy? Does he subscribe to magazines about fat bottoms? Does he frequent websites with fat bottoms? Hard to say. We spoke of non-car enthusiasts in today's AOTD, which promoted many, like GV_Goat to wonder what is the nature of an enthusiast?
Read MoreLate-night TV screens tuned into Sportscenter were filled a few years ago with images of an average suburban father and a pleased wife. Why were they so happy? "Smilin" Bob had a giant wang thanks to Enzyte. Or so really pathetic men were led to believe. Instead, the product apparently did nothing and the men behind the company were indicted for numerous charges of fraud and money laundering. Eventually, the company's owner was found guilty and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Even his mom was c
Read MoreThe scariest John Carpenter film is not slasher Halloween, but Memoirs of an Invisible Man starring Chevy Chase and Daryl Hannah. The flick's about Chevy Chase accidentally becoming an invisible man and running away from the CIA. It's pretty ridiculous and the team of writers (led by William Goldman) and the great director combine to make something altogether horrible. It's also the worst Ralph Ellison adaption ever. We'd rather see a movie about the Dodge's invisible PETA Monkey, and as proof h
Read MoreWith great power comes great responsibility, yet there are numerous powerplants produced for cars their creators would like to take no responsibility for. What's the worst engine of all time?
Read MoreIn the film Office Space, the character played by American-Way-of-Life-hating Jennifer Anniston works at a Bennigan's-esque restaurant called Chotchkie's. It's not real (it's actually The Alligator Grill in Austin, Texas), but like most crappy 90s restaurants, the money otherwise spent on palatable food was instead used to buy knicknacks and "flare" for the restaurant and servers. Saddened by this and forced to endure a cluttered work environment, Anniston's character finally snaps. It's a prett
Read MoreIf you didn't watch last night's Mad Men and are planning to do so please DO NO READ THE REST OF THIS. SPOILERS AHEAD. K, now that it's out of the way, here's what happened. Uppity and repressed British boss Lane acts like a jerk to resident office head-turner Joan, so he sends her flowers in an effort to not look like so much of an ass. But it backfires. When Joan sees the note attached to the flowers calls her "Darling" and ends with "Kisses" she storms into her office. Alas, it was the wrong
Read MoreBritish alternative rock band The Verve had a hit with "Bitter Sweet Symphony" back in the late 1990s. Unfortunately for them, the song sampled heavily from The Rolling Stones and they'd improperly secured the rights to it meaning the royalties and the money for the song went to the Stones instead of to them. To confuse matters even more, numerous companies (Vauxhall, Nike) used the song without the band's permission leading to other legal battles. The Verve's lead singer had an infamous pop at
Read MoreFor the most part, I don't know a lot about how human society works. The closest I get to real knowledge on the subject involves a telephone call — I have a friend who earned his master's degree in urban planning, and if I have questions regarding why groups of people act the way they do, I call him. Because urban planning is not sociology or philosophy, he is mostly incapable of answering my questions, and instead spends his time bitching about how his hometown refuses to do anything intelligen
Read MoreSo now that the phones at Murilee Martin Image Consulting, Inc., keep ringing with offers of vast sums from dealmakers who want a piece of this idea, I feel comfortable sharing the Next Big Thing In Racing with y'all.
Read MoreRather than let his wrecked Enzo go to waste, one owner has converted his rarer-than-filet-at-Peter-Luger Italian stallion into a 1,000 hp salt flat beast. When we said "Save The Enzos," this twin-turbo Ferrari Enzo was exactly what we meant.
Read MoreHoly. Shit. This is the Morgan EvaGT. The gorgeous new 2+2 weighs only 2755 lbs, sports a 306-hp BMW straight six, gets 40 MPG, and has set our pants on fire. Morgan, you've really outdone yourself this time.
Read MoreAmerican company TranStar is planning to build the TranStar Dagger GT: a supercar fitted with a 2000-hp, twin-tubocharged 9.0-liter GM V8. They're setting out to break the 300 mph production car barrier with an insane hypercar.
Read MoreThe much-rumored Infiniti Performance Line launched today with the Infiniti IPL G Coupe, a slightly more aggressive version of the standard G37S with a tweaked 348 hp V6 and "lets go racing" look. But will it please the Infiniti enthusiast?
Read MoreThe Lotus Exos T125 is an F1 race car in all but a few ways. The company's building twenty five of 'em, selling each for a cool $1 million and forming a private racing league for the owners. Totally. Awesome.
Read MoreNext Monday, a small group of crazy Danish geniuses plan to launch their own homebuilt rocket into space, after towing it to the launch site via their homebuilt submarine. Who needs NASA?
Read MoreIn "Packing for Mars," author Mary Roach details the strange science of putting humans in space. In this exclusive excerpt she details how we're practicing for driving on Mars in a remote and barren wasteland here on Earth. — Ed.
Read MoreNASA's Human Training Centrifuge — an awesome piece of the space race history — was for sale on eBay and nobody bid. For just $12 million, you could've had the largest human centrifuge ever built and trained like an astronaut.
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