Mike Burroughs had an BMW closer to a parts bin than a drivable car. After four weeks of chopping and customizing, Rusty Slammington was born: A Supra-powered street rod that can fit under a semi trailer.
Read MoreYou can put a Hayabusa in a dune buggy, VW Polo, your cereal. With the 'Busa swap becoming cliche, BMW's new inline-six motorcycle engine makes a good case for your next project. Ultimate driving (micro) machines are in your future.
Read MoreTeemu Peltola is a Finnish drift racer. In his second competitive year he's built one of the most unique cars ever to enter the series, a diesel-powered 1981 Mercedes station wagon. He's also taken time to tell us about it.
Read MoreThe Jeep Wrangler is a legend. The 2010 model's part of a line of pure, utilitarian, rough-and-tumble vehicles stretching all the way back to 1941. And that's exactly why you shouldn't buy it. The 2011 Wrangler is that much better.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Mile High Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. This may be the nicest street-driven Volvo 140 I've ever seen.
Read MoreWe joined the hundreds of luminaries who have sampled the all-electric Nissan Leaf before it arrives in December. It's an impressive piece of software baked into an expensive compact car. Here's how the Leaf turns driving into an app.
Read MoreBuying a used car may sound simple, but most people find it pretty intimidating. Brett and Kate McKay from The Art of Manliness put together this helpful pre-purchase guide. Even if you're a title-turnin' pro, it's worth a quick review.
Read MoreThe spirit of Colin Chapman died today, as a creepy green dude watched on. Today's E-gasmic unveiling of the 2015 Lotus Elise, 2014 Lotus Elan, Elite, Esprit and Eterne only revealed that yes, the old Lotus is dead.
Read MoreFor its 75th anniversary, Jaguar's unveiling the C-X75 Concept, an extended-range electric coupe showing off a new design direction for the leaping-kitty brand, along with a electric/gas turbine power source generating 780 hp. Your 21st century British supercar awaits.
Read MoreIn 1965, photographer Billy Ray and writer Joe Bride spent several weeks with a Hells Angels biker club in California on assignment for LIFE magazine. Their story never ran until today, because America was terrified of biker gangs.
Read MoreVolvo has a yuppie soccer mom brand image so far from exciting you'd think they marketed purely in the Limited catalog. The Volvo S60R? Maybe one of the most underrated modern cars. Here's why I love the Swedish meatball.
Read MorePetit Le Mans, the 10-hour endurance race at Road Atlanta, is this weekend. Peugeots, a Porsche hybrid, Panoz — If you've got a TV and you love cars, what the hell else would you watch on Saturday?
Read MoreJalopnik wants to find America's next top car blogger. The winner, as chosen by readers, gets a six-month contract, worth $10,000 if fulfilled, as the site's new weekend contributing editor. Do you think you have what it takes?
Read MoreNearly four years have passed since the first post I wrote for Jalopnik. It's been a good run, but I need a break.
Read MoreMany of our readers were shocked by Germany's big win in the Door Panel Edition of the Junkyard Build Quality challenge, with an Audi 80 beating a Lexus ES250 and a Buick LeSabre. Today's challenge: Speedometers!
Read MoreWe don't meant telling anyone the silly end to Battlestar Gallactica, we mean the wings and spoilers designed to disrupt air or create downforce but mostly disrupt our breakfast and make us want to upchuck. What's the most ridiculous spoiler?
Read MoreYou saw this coming, right? We argued over the merits of the best four-cylinder, the best inline six, and the best V8, and we'll get to the V6s, V12s, radials, and everything else... someday. Today, however, we choose the king.
Read MoreI've got plenty of tales of the wretched heaps I've owned over the years, but I lack sufficient photographic evidence of my Free Beater Era. Now, however, I've unearthed this old shot of the legendary Free '68 Volvo 144.
Read MoreInspired by the driftacular Gymkhana 3, we asked you to highlight the best drifting videos for a special prize. Here are the ten winning awesome drifting videos.
Read MoreSync isn't Ford's only pioneering automotive entertainment technology. On this day in 1965, Ford first offered factory-installed 8-track tape players with tapes initially only available in auto parts stores. Now they're available in second-hand stores and pawn shops everywhere. Progress!
Read MoreLast week we solved the mystery behind an abandoned Ohio car dealership caught on Flickr. Our story set off a flurry of responses from readers about similarly abandoned sales relics. Here's a ghostly gallery of America's lost car dealerships.
Read MoreAt a GM OnStar walk-through on Facebook and other new tech enhancements this past week, we saw the brand's new LiveOn marketing campaign. One element is the return of Toonces, the driving cat, to Saturday Night Live. Seriously!
Read MoreThe long-awaited, non rap-tease version of Gykmhana 3 brings much for the enthusiast to love, including spark-inducing donuts and one epic Jalopnik-inspired drift up the wall of a freaking antique French Autodrome.
Read More“There should be some special indicator light on your car for when you are in the process of doing something stupid and are sorry for it,” the wonderful blogger Mimi Smartypants writes. Totally. Here’s why.
Read MoreThis year's Peking-to-Paris Rally kicked off in Beijing today, with 97 antique vehicles prepped for a 9,000-mile trek through the roughest roads Asia can muster. Would you try to ride from Ulaan Baatar to Tashkent on an 8-hp motorcycle?
Read MoreLook what’s made its way to a charmingly seedy part of Budapest: One of the 7,300 Chrysler TC’s by Maserati. It’s horrible enough to stop a seasoned car geek dead in his tracks.
Read MoreOne Jalopnik reader was so upset with the death of the manual transmission he decided to preserve a 5-speed shift pattern on his back. Here's what he's got to say about his permanent move. - Eds.
Read MoreWhile some people prefer to fake it 'till they make it, the better policy is always to fake it while you make it. Unfortunately, numerous cars look faster than they drive. What's the ultimate poser car?
Read MoreThere's a lot to love about Japan, not the least of which is its crazy and entertaining car culture. We especially love their pint-sized Kei cars. Here are our commenter's ten favorite Kei cars.
Read MoreOne of my favorite subplots in The Simpsons episode "Bart the Mother" involves giant lizards who go on the run and start eating pigeons. Everyone's happy with this, because no one likes pigeons. When Lisa complains about the infestation she's told to chill because they'll send in Chinese Needle Snakes to kill them. Then, they'll let loose snake-eating gorillas. And then "when wintertmine rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death." It's a great, government-sponsored solutions to some prob
Read MoreDhiaa Al-Essa, a 21-year-old engineering student, drives a personal fleet of 30 supercars, including three Lamborghinis and five Ferraris. After getting a Koenigsegg Agera for next year's 22nd birthday, his garage will be worth $12 million. Slack jawed yokels, behold.
Read MoreIf you can afford a fancy new car, go ahead and buy one. If you're tight on funds, but still want to look awesome, purchase a sweet old car and instead of thrifty you can be thriftastic.
Read MoreIf cars stir the soul, then car names awaken the imagination. While some automakers insist on precision of alphanumerics, these ten awesome commenter-chosen examples demonstrate the spirit, joy and emotion one can endow on a car with just a name.
Read MoreSome cars are only bearable through the prism of nostalgia, but according to you rad dudes and dudettes these ten cars still seem totally bogus two decades later.
Read MoreWhen it comes to the 1990s, our readers apparently weren't Clueless about their favorites cars, offering more than 1,000 responses. Reality Bites, so we had to narrow it down to these ten most bitchin' cars of the '90s.
Read MoreIt took 45 minutes to extricate Dustin Moholland from his modified WRX after he smacked into a telephone pole at 100 mph. He survived, amazingly, but the car is toast and his friends are surprised it didn't happen earlier. NSFW.
Read MoreThis is 20-year-old Floridian Kristin Ashley Butcher. She allegedly crashed her Nissan into the front of a house, backed out, drove home, called the cops and claimed the car had been stolen, then returned damaged. They didn't believe her either.
Read MoreOur jet-setting guest physicist travels to Brussels and returns with photographic evidence that somewhere in the bowels of the EU, bureaucrats are obsessed with a certain libertarian TV host. —Ed. note
Read MoreToday, the hosts of Top Gear UK were only a block away from Jalopnik's NYC headquarters on 58th St. While I missed them, we did help provide some readers the opportunity to meet the auto world's trio of biggest stars.
Read MoreThe mystery of Top Gear's visit to the States has been solved, with the trio bringing a Porsche 911 GT3, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, and Ferrari 458 Italia to Virginia International Raceway. Pictures below. Update: more pics, info.
Read MoreTop Gear UK's invading the US again. Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond were spotted filming along North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Ferrari 458 Italia, and Porsche 911 GT3. (H/t to the_stig's_american_cousin!) [MotownMuscle]
Read MoreThe Americanized version of Top Gear is carrying over the "Star In A Reasonably-Priced Car" segment as we previously reported, and we've just learned from our source that the star car in question is the Kia Rio. Again. UPDATE.
Read MoreJalopnik sources tell us the U.S. version of Top Gear debuting on History later this fall will include "The Stig." Hopefully this one can keep their mouth shut.
Read MoreIn a taped interview, Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson talks frankly about the Ben Collins/Stig controversy and shares how hurt he was by Collins. At the same event he also called him "The Greedy Twat" instead of The Stig.
Read MoreWhen people talk about Hennessey Performance Engineering they often complain that, while the cars are fast, they're not great at withstanding small arms fire. The solution? A custom VelociRaptor-based armored SUV they're calling the "War Wagon."
Read MoreBecause apparently buyers asked for it, here's the 2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor SuperCrew. Four swingin' doors and 12 more inches of wheelbase for full-size adult haulage, a standard 411-hp 6.2-liter V8 and all the dune-pounding goodies of the original.
Read MoreAnyone else tired of press conferences and soggy croissants? Here's a mega-gallery of action from the 2010 Silk Way Rally, the precursor to The Dakar that runs 3,000 miles across Russia from St. Petersberg to The Black Sea. Nostrovia!
Read MoreHigh Performance Pontiac magazine might want to reconsider its implication that anyone who has a 2004-2006 Holden-based Pontiac GTO doesn't own a real one, especially given that those readers are a part of whatever subscription base they've got left.
Read More"Simplify, then add lightness," Colin Chapman once said. The 2015 Lotus Eterne is incredibly complicated, but it is pretty light. The 612 HP four-seater won't just reach 195 MPH, it's a hybrid.
Read MoreI can barely type right now I'm so excited. Who knew Stephen Baldwin was going to release four of the hottest supercars ever today? The 2015 Lotus Elise will be the smallest and cheapest, but just look at it!
Read MoreThis 2014 Lotus Elan won't just have a 450 HP V8, but its design was inspired by Mario Andretti's 1978 Formula One car. We didn't realize F1 used to have roofs, but who cares when there's a lotus this hot.
Read MoreLast week during a private FIA sanctioned meet at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Charlie Nearburg set a new land-speed record of 414.5 mph with his NHRA Pro Stock engine based "Spirit of Rett."
Read MoreBeing my approximate age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status makes me predestined to like Bill Murray. Growing up watching Stripes and Caddyshack makes it impossible to not to love him. Post-Rushmore Bill Murray is even better, having mastered mixing some blood into the humor. Example? He tells the story of recording the voice overs for the Ghostbusters video game and getting the catchy theme song stuck in his head. While walking around he started humming it, only to realize everyone around
Read MoreWe continue to want to marry "Queen Of The 'Ring" Sabine Schmitz, especially after this video of her slamming someone's Porsche 911 GT3 around the Nurburgring then nearly slamming it into a wall, only to pull off an incredible save.
Read MoreHungarian engineer Oszkár Asboth invented one of the first functioning helicopters. One-hundred years later the Hungarian Drifting Association has invented topless drifting. Progress! The video's semi-NSFW because of their solution to the persistent problem of nipple chaffing.
Read MoreMost of the concepts you'll see in Paris this week will be of the Teve Torbes variety, barely distinguishable from future production models. But this isn't always the case. What's your favorite "Car of the Future?"
Read MoreThe Maryland judge who threatened to approve tickets for all Pontiac G8 owners over their stock tail lights has backed down, reportedly saying she "misunderstood." Vehicular freedom's having a good week in the Old Line State.
Read MoreIn The Graduate, an Alfa Romeo Duetto whisked Dustin Hoffman's Ben Braddock character between boning Mrs. Robinson and contrite confessionals with her daughter. With today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 164 he can bring the whole family along.
Read MoreHey, crazy American work blog reader! Do you need something to spice in your coffee? Why not spend weakening Georgi Washingtons on real ride, like fine East European tank or float surplus? Liberate your mall when weekend comes!
Read MoreThere's a good chance all of those Lamborghini teasers are the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento concept. If leaked rumors are correct this is an all carbon fiber car weighing 999 kg (2,200 pounds) with a V10 powerplant. Sixth element, indeed.
Read MoreHere are the top 20 cities in America ranked by the share of their drivers with an alcohol-related offense on their traffic record. What do they have in common? Tough cops, limited public transit and colleges.
Read MoreA judge in Harford County, Md., on Monday threw out four charges against motorcyclist Anthony Graber for recording his traffic stop without a trooper's permission, ruling public officials should "not expect our activity to be shielded from public scrutiny."
Read MoreThe first of the Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder films, Silver Streak is not the best (that would be Stir Crazy), but it's still hilarious and features two comedians on top of their game. Also it takes place on trains. We love trains. It's sort of a reminder that, in the '70s and '80s you could look ridiculous and still be a sex symbol if you were funny (ahem, Elliot Gould). I mean, who could imagine Wilder as Willy Wonka before he made the role his? Today, you need to start your career when you're 11
Read MoreGeneral Motors has to replace the battery packs in every Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Saturn Vue hybrid sold since 2007, some 25,800 U.S. vehicles. The problem? It doesn't have enough packs to fix what's broken. UPDATE below.
Read MoreA 2008 Bugatti Veyron sold on Saturday at a Barrett-Jackson auction for $700,000 — a reasonable price for a 1,001-hp supercar with 12,000 miles. After the hammer fell, the buyer placed a new bid of "just kidding."
Read MoreNothing says welcome to New York City like a wing vomiting sparks as your airplane touches down at night. Just minutes before this video, the pilot radioed the news to JFK's air traffic control: "The right gear is stuck up."
Read MoreWinston Churchill, the standard-bearer for all things Anglo, was not-so-secretly a Francophile as likely to sip Champagne as take a drag from his cigar. In the spirit of liking freedom and France simultaneously we ask: what's your favorite French car?
Read MoreHi, I'm Ms. Motor. For the next week, I'll be here to try and add a feminine voice to Jalopnik. And by feminine I mean not at all.
Read MoreLast night you learned Murilee's heading off into the sunset. But wait, there's more ch-ch-changes here at Jalopnik. Hey, it's a mid-cycle refresh.
Read MoreWhen we did the Junkyard Build Quality challenge with door panels, the Audi 80 won handily, with top-shelf fasteners, few hidden corners cut, and well-thought-out design. We're moving into sportier— and pricier— territory here, with a 1993 BMW E36 yielding its speedometer to Shawn's crude-yet-effective junkyard toolkit.
Read MoreOK, the Germans and Japanese have had their turns. Now it's time to see if the United States can grab the Junkyard Nightmare Build Quality Challenge trophy back from the Germans!
Read MoreThe '93 BMW E36 did pretty well in the Speedometer Edition of the Junkyard Build Quality Challenge, with excellent marks for component quality, but the Germans are vulnerable in the areas of complexity and general pain-in-assness. We'll see if Nissan can do better, with this '93 Infiniti J30 up next.
Read MoreThe Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Blancpain Edition, the newest super car from Sant'Agata Bolognese, merges raging bulls with watches to turn the Super Trofeo race series car into a road-legal vehicle.
Read MoreWelcome to Down On The Mile High Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the City That Rust Sorta Ignored: Denver, Colorado. What better way to follow up a Breezeway than with a mid-60s Ford wagon?
Read MoreFour months after a press event featuring an early crash avoidance test's embarrassing failure, Volvo's had a second PR mishap. This time, it involves their new pedestrian avoidance technology. As you can see, it does everything but avoid pedestrians.
Read MoreSo the new masters of Chrysler will be bringing their sporty little European machine to these shores... but can they overcome the terrible "Fix It Again, Tony" image the 124, 128, Strada, and X1/9 established a generation ago?
Read MoreAfter getting my Project Van Hell '66 Dodge A100 last weekend, I was a bit apprehensive about removing its rod-knockitty engine through the doors. I've done plenty of engine swaps, but never out of a mid-engined van. No problem!
Read MoreThe National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships, presented by Toyo Tires, were held at last weekend at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. Check out which cars (and drivers) became champions.
Read MoreWe think of it now as a Malaise-era symbol of things gone wrong, but in its day the Chevrolet Vega sported some of the wonkiest technology General Motors could accomplish. Aluminum engine blocks and eventually a dose of Cosworth engineering gave the Vega an edge over other tiny cars of the day — before its rust and quality problems destroyed the franchise. The Vega even had a different kind of car hauler: the Vert-A-Pac, a custom-designed rail car that could hold 30 Vegas nose-down compared to
Read MoreThe owner of a rare 1981 BMW M535i came home last month to find his car had been smashed by an out-of-control Volkswagen. Now the insurance company says the BMW is only worth $1,500, totaled. Enthusiasts? Man the barricades!
Read MoreWelcome back to Garage of Horror, where we share your worst-wheeled experiences. Today's installment: What happens when the oil-change guy isn't just evil, but an evil B-movie hypnotist?
Read MoreSome 41 children died in the United States this year from being left alone in a hot car. Safety advocates want rules requiring new technology to solve the problem; automakers say there's nothing yet guaranteed to work. Or is there?
Read MoreGlobal Vehicles alleges Mahindra delayed EPA certification on their built-in-India pickup trucks to purposely cancel the contract granting exclusive rights for distribution in the United States. Now Global Vehicles is fighting back — by placing a $35 million order?!
Read MoreThis is the Ferrari 599 SA Aperta, the drop-top roadster version of the 599. Want one? Tough. Even before it makes its public debut next week in Paris, Ferrari's already sold every one of them.
Read MoreAmong the U.S. armed forces, one of the most honored traditions belongs to the concept of "never leaving a man behind." In real life, sometimes leaving someone behind might be not just more honorable, but better for all parties involved. As Kevin showed in his comment on "I Am Not A Very Good Drinker," climbing into the rear of a vehicle, such as a Ford Ranger with a camper top, cedes a lot of control:
Read MoreLenny Woods, a black businessman whose name graced the groundbreaking Stone Woods & Cooke Swindler drag car racer in the 1960s, was found dead in his failed California Ford dealership Tuesday after an apparent suicide. He was 64 years old.
Read MoreIn the movie Aliens, the Power Loader is a heavy-lift exo-suit for moving equipment. The Colonial Marines use 'em to load ships and Ripley uses it to kick the Queen bitch's ass. Now you can make your own for Halloween.
Read MoreCarroll Shelby is a name that's lost some luster over the years. Now that name is going onto a coffee maker. OK, that's it, the luster's completely gone.
Read More"The beer is supposed to be green, and we can't legally sell it" the bartender explains as he pours. This inevitably leads to me proving you can travel in the back of a Nissan 350Z and why I probably shouldn't.
Read MoreThe Texas State Fair media days are going on right now, and the event's become synonymous with big truck launches. Big, shiny, pretty, luxurious, twin-turbo launches. It begs the question: Are trucks getting too fancy?
Read MoreFord has issued a technical service bulletin for six-speed manual-equipped 2011 Ford Mustang GTs built before 4/25/2010. Seems at high engine RPM, the clutch pedal might not return from the floor after a shift. Save the manuals?
Read MoreWorkers from a Detroit Chrysler plant visited by President Obama two months ago were busted today for drinking and smoking pot on their lunch break. Although they're now suspended, a former employee tells us it won't change a thing.
Read MoreI've never seen the film Fortress all the way through, but I've seen a clip of it and read the wikipedia entry so I know enough (though I will watch it some day). Bottom line: Christopher Lambert is imprisoned with his wife after trying to have a second child against the strict one-child policy. But it's the future, so the prison is full of clones and run by a computer. Eventually, they're saved by a computer virus and some quick-thinking. People who have seen it say it isn't the worst movie eve
Read MoreThe 75-year-old, 1,781-foot-long, 9-span, iron truss bridge spanning the busy rail yards of Hammond, Indiana is scheduled for replacement. The state is looking for someone to take it off their hands. The catch? You have to preserve it.
Read MoreGary Brolsma, a.k.a., the "Numa Numa Guy," made his claim to fame uploading a video of himself unselfconsciously lip-synching to a Romanian dance song in 2004. Brolsma's new job? Delivering press fleet cars to journalists in New York.
Read MoreThe Micro Camera is a key fob-shaped camera which weighs only half an ounce, can record an hour of 480p video and HD audio and only costs $20. Its cheapness and size may make every car video way more awesome.
Read MoreThe top auto safety expert for the nation's insurance companies says U.S. Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood is getting "irrational" about the dangers of distracted driving. His explanation: Texting and talking may just replace other bad driving habits, like reading newspapers.
Read MoreThe sticky-fingered Joker who stole the World's Worst Batmobile didn't get away, thanks to the work of some eagle-eyed Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreIt's hard to talk about director/writer/historian Peter Bogdanovich without feeling like a pompous poser. This task is made more difficult because he was recently in an episode of How I Met Your Mother playing himself in an episode about pomposity (and to be clear, if not slightly pompous myself, I knew he was associated with self-satisfied intellectual-ism long before the show). But hey, I like Peter Bogdanovich. I like his role as the go-to-guy for Orson Welles history and, you know, I can't h
Read MoreThe death of Ford's Crown Victoria leaves a gaping void in law enforcement garages. This weekend, new high-tech models from Chevy, Dodge and Ford were tested for the first time by the Michigan State Police. Only Jalopnik has the results.
Read MoreThe Peugeot Asphalte Concept bowed in 1996. The Peugeot 20Cup Concept debuted in 2005. Now the Peugeot EX1 emerges for this year's Paris Motor Show. All takes on the same concepts, all with the same likelihood of never becoming reality.
Read MoreWhether to move inventory or mark the occasion, automakers enjoy sending off their generations with ultimate special editions like the Porsche 911 Speedster (maybe). Remember, every ending is just another car's beginning. What's your favorite final edition car?
Read MoreLast weekend, 236 Caterham 7 owners assembled themselves into a giant "7" logo. Below, check out the close-up and find out why.
Read MoreThe 2011 Volvo S60 and V60 Sportswagon get the R-Design treatment — not to be confused with the regular "R treatment" or anything that adds substantial performance. Their Chinese overlords are happy enough with suspension tweaks and aesthetic unimprovements.
Read MoreAs expected, the Porsche 911 Speedster is back in a new limited-to-just-356 units model. The special edition Porsche marries a slightly more powerful engine than the 911 Carrera S with a tick of every possible checkbox you can think of.
Read MoreMore than 100 people were hurt when a section of spectator stands collapsed during a drag race in Brazil's Parana state on Sunday.
Read MoreIt's hard to fit the film Defending Your Life into Albert Brooks' early cannon, because it's fairly straightforward and has less of the tinge of remorse found in Modern Romance or Lost In America. Other than a few serious moments, the film is mostly a Elise-light comedy about reincarnation and judgment day. The idea, though, of the dead reviewing their lives and having to defend why they don't have to go back to Earth and try again his humorous and RyGuy takes it to the extreme in is reaction to
Read MoreBMW has announced an Apple iPad holder accessory for back seats. Users get a swiveling holder for portrait and landscape orientations while using the in-car wifi Connected Drive System. Keyboard and flash games not included.
Read MoreBMW may call this the "Concept" 6 Series Coupé, but we'll call it what it is: a near-perfect first look at the 2012 BMW 6 Series. What's it show? How about a simplified, de-Bangled exterior and updated interior.
Read MoreLeaked documents from last week's dealer product event claim power output on the newly-6.4-litered 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is a whopping 475HP. Dodge brand CEO Ralph Gilles even claims it'll break the three second range in the 0-to-60. Umm, how?
Read MoreThis is the the Lotus Elite, the new "compact" convertible GT sports car we been told to expect from the close-to-our-bossom blossom-named-brand. What we weren't expecting? A folding hardtop, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and an unheard-of-for-Lotus weight. Beefcake!
Read More"It seems that the MGC's biggest problem was that it was the answer to a question no one was really asking," according to Ate Up With Motor's Aaron Severson in his latest article.
Read MoreThese vintage Car & Track reviews are addictive, so let's follow up an econobox AMC review with an AMC muscle car review.
Read MoreThe National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships at Miller Motorsports Park crowned some champions, then took those crowns away after technical inspection.
Read MoreWhen I lived in Georgia, I learned that sticking your hand into a junkyard car's trunk is a good way to get a trip to the emergency room with multiple cottonmouth bites. Snakes aren't the only junkyard wildlife, though!
Read MoreIt has been proven at Pike's Peak, it makes sense at the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships where drivers are looking for downforce. But will front wings find their way to cruise night?
Read MoreCitroën Mehari-driving Franzouse did a double-take when he saw this Fiat 500 parked in front of a Fiat dealership in Paris.
Read MoreAll four crew members injured during the helicopter crash on the summit of Pikes Peak yesterday were released from the hospital by last night. The crew was filming the driverless Audi TTS autonomous car when the crash happened.
Read MoreThe National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships are being held at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, this weekend. Jalopnik is here to bring you a pedestrian's view of the paddock.
Read MoreHappy days came back Friday to Spring Hill, Tenn., when General Motors announced it would rehire 483 laid-off workers to build four-cylinder engines. On hand to cheer the news: Three Republican lawmakers who opposed the bailout that saved GM.
Read MoreOh, Woody Allen. Often misunderstood on this continent, and perhaps a bit too nebbishy/neurotic for some, there's something wrong with you if you don't enjoy Sleeper. Set in the 22nd-century, the movie isn't caught up in the idea of the future and the problems are basically the same as the ones we have today. There's a dictator, some rebels, and a plan to overthrow the establishment. Mostly it uses a new millennium to give life to some old gags. In fact, the technology of the future is pretty
Read MoreWith Audi R4" rumors floating higher than a helicopter ride over an Austrian ski jump, we feel like someone needs to put 'em all in one spot. That said, here's our first look.
Read MoreOfficials say a helicopter crashed on Pikes Peak during an Audi commercial shoot today, injuring four. The helicopter was shooting the Driverless Audi TTS. Medical crews are en route, but having difficulty reaching the victims by helicopter. UPDATE.
Read MoreWhether we're born with an innate love of automobiles or not, environmental factors fan the flames. Just ask an Andretti. What made you a car guy (or gal for the 4% of the Jalopnik readership who is female)?
Read MoreA while back, a reader sent me a page from the US Airman's Manual that included the above instructions for pushing someone's intestines back into their abdomen. Time to explore this manual a little deeper.
Read MoreThe last feature film of Orson Welles was F Is For Fake — a weird, pseudo documentary about famous art forger Elmyr de Hory and biographer/not-biographer Clifford Irving. The film is confusing because it includes real people and situations, as well as fake ones, as well as real people (like Clifford Irving) who were later found out to be fakes. It's considered a film essay, and though viewers at the time were turned off much of the same techniques are commonly used in television and film now (Cu
Read MoreWelcome back to Garage of Horror, where we share your worst wheeled experiences. Today's installment features two interesting variations on that classic automotive theme: Fail, Britannia!
Read MoreChrysler-Fiat maestro Sergio Marchionne admitted to dealers this week that the company had "historically ignored" quality complaints, but vowed that the new Chrysler would banish its ghosts with better technology, such as 9-speed automatic transmissions.
Read MoreIn 1967, the UK government converted seven vans into movie theaters to showcase British technology. The only survivor has been restored and is ready to roll.
Read MoreThis is Jennifer Gille. Early Sunday, the 29-year-old hailed a cab in New Orleans, then tried to order a ride home to Michigan. When the cabbie refused, she stripped naked and stole the cab. No beads for her!
Read MoreThe Spartan V has no AC. It has no turn signals or windshield wipers and no doors. It's spartan. It does have a tube-frame, carbon fiber body, and a 170-hp Ducati 1198s engine. It only weighs 660 lbs. Awesome.
Read MoreThe great thing about the "good old days" is, typically, they were in the past and so the memories of the bad parts are replaced by vague remembrances of the best moments. Or the "good old days" were good because you benefited from some sort of inequality. For instance, almost no point before the 1960s was the "good old days" in America for anyone who is black. We like to look forward, but we have to admit this photo of classic Toyota does make us pine like robertfoster for the good old days. Ho
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal got an exclusive out of yesterday's mostly snooze-inducing reveal of new Chrysler products: the much-talked about 2012 Dodge Viper was shown to dealers and it's sleeker and more luxurious than the last Viper.
Read MoreJames Hartzell, the man credited with creating the best U.S. car commercial in history died Saturday. Here's why we'll never see another "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" again.
Read MoreRallying's a test of nerves, grip, and the ability to follow directions screamed at you seconds before their application. For this reason, it's probably not a great idea to have a telephone pole in the middle of a rally stage.
Read MoreThis may look like a rural gravel road, but it's not. It's the surface of a Louisiana waterway covered with hundreds of thousands of dead fish, crabs, eels and stingrays — even a dead whale.
Read MoreThe combination of yesterday's Jalopnik-inspired Gymkhana 3 and the image of Hibino's one-wheeled drift have put is in an over-steering mood. What's your favorite drifting video? The best respondents will get an awesome prize.
Read MoreWith power output of 408 hp — 23 more horses than the 911 Carrera S — the new Porsche 911 Carrera GTS heads straight to the top of the Carrera lineup. Dude, seriously? Just man up and buy a GT3.
Read MoreGM's OnStar system has just taken a leap into connectivity, adding audio Facebook updates, voice texting, and apps that control your car from your phone. Suddenly, your most expensive gadget might be your car.
Read MoreAs we hinted last week, OnStar's new Facebook application will enable drivers to verbally dictate a message to update their status on the social networking site. It's easy and seems to be fairly safe to do. Video below.
Read MoreThe debate over who wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare has been debated for centuries, and while many scholars today consider it a dead letter, many learned folk still believe the true author of "Hamlet" was Edward de Vere, the 17th Duke of Oxford. Despite a battering amount of evidence to the contrary, the rank of devoted Oxfordians include former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens among others. Whether it was Shakespeare or de Vere, every author can benefit from the oc
Read MoreA clever two-bit Guy Fawkes attached a parking boot to the wheel of an LAPD squad car yesterday. Firefighters eventually removed the parking restraint in between bouts of uncontrollable laughter. (H/T to rlawuers!) [Photo: Mel Melcon/LATimes]
Read MoreEyewitnesses reported a strange aircraft leaving large, oval patterns over Houston on September 11th of this year. The odd contrails caused conspiracy enthusiasts to form all sorts of strange theories — none were correct. It turns out it was NASA.
Read MoreThe 2010 Shelby GT500 Super Snake made a slightly outrageous 750 hp. For 2011, Shelby's offering an 800-hp option. C'mon, when there's an 800-hp option is there really any option at all? You gotta check that box.
Read MoreLast year, we drove the Ariel Atom at Lime Rock Park. It’s time for another rendezvous on an abandoned Soviet airfield where we've found the Atom is still the sharpest and simplest driver’s car ever made.
Read MoreI'm not the first to make a reference to this, but it's amusing that on nearly every crime procedural on television that, no matter what the crime, there seems to be semen somewhere. Guy steals a car? Check for semen. Bank robbery? Semen on the safe deposit box. Overdue library book? Semen on the book's spine. It makes these shows sort of ridiculous, but when you let David Caruso star in anything it's going to get ridiculous. It took a would-be forum fanboy Horatio Caine to solve the mystery of
Read MoreThis Creamsicle-painted tester caught gassing up at the Nürburgring is supposedly the R8 GT RS, the hard-edged version of Audi's supercar with a stripped interior, bigger brakes, aggressive aerodynamics, bigger side scoops, tighter suspension and apparently 600-hp. Delicious. [AuoExpress]
Read MoreThis collage of license plates came from a March gathering of Tesla Roadster owners, including the aforementioned LOL OIL. Group smug, anyone?
Read MoreHundreds of abandoned classic cars grow like trees in a misty Scandinavian forest that looks like it's straight out of a fairy tale. Here's how, with some U.S. Army help, 200 cars found their way into this forest to die.
Read MoreA unicorn is best described as a vehicle sold in the U.S. but rarely seen. Whether because they were rare, unloved, unpopular, or mistreated they've mostly vanished from the American carscape. What's your favorite automotive unicorn?
Read MoreHolley, a performance auto aftermarket parts manufacturer, helps make our world a faster place. But talented at social media? Not so much. Here's how one commenter unraveled a fumbled deceptive Holley viral marketing ploy on GM fanboy site LS1Tech.
Read MoreWhen you bring a 40-year-old air-cooled Volkswagen to a LeMons race, you expect to finish way, waaaay down in the standings. When your Type 3 Fastback pulls off a 39th-place (out of 123) finish, you get the Index of Effluency!
Read MoreRemember the Mid-Drive Crisis Mitsubishi Mirage? They all laughed when it entered the track! Well, nobody is laughing now, because the innovative Mitsu with the mid-mounted driver's seat now sits at the top of the Yeehaw It's Texas LeMons standings!
Read MoreWith the 20R Sprite project awaiting its new rear suspension at Evil Genius Racing and a lot of unused parking space at my new home in Denver, I was feeling the Project Car Hell Jones something terrible!
Read MoreWhile the Chicago Machine is the name of the Windy City's Lacrosse team, it's also a name for the Cook County Democratic Organization. Do not screw with them. I sort of thought the entire thing was a joke until I moved to Chicago and did work in politics. While their influence wanes and waxes, they're always there. Let know one tell you otherwise. There's a Mayor Daley in City Hall, and though there won't be one soon, the person there will inherit a job second in power only to the President and,
Read MoreTesla needs a contract driver to shake down models for new customers in Britain. Assuming he knows Excel, we hear Ben Collins has some spare time.
Read MoreOur story of the VW Amarok motorhome begins in the 234th year of the United States, or 2010. In a modernist condo in Palo Alto, there lived a guy named Gary Jr., whose Brioni suit exuded something people called "expensive."
Read MoreWant proof that old Jeeps — the original military-spec off-roader — were a work of engineering genius? Watch six soldiers drive up, hop out, tear one apart, put it back together and drive away in four minutes.
Read MoreIf people actually purchased the cars they say they'd buy the Saturn Astra would be America's most popular car instead of the product of a dead brand. What car do you say you'll buy but never will?
Read MorePlayboy model Tiffany Livingston was flying to New York when she felt disturbed by turbulence. To solve the problem she decided to bolt from her seat and attempt to open the emergency door mid-flight. Good thing she believes in destiny.
Read MoreLast night, as residents of the sleepy San Francisco suburb of San Bruno sat down to dinner, their world exploded in a fireball. Here's a closer look at the carnage.
Read MoreUsed to be when you said the name "Tiger Woods" you'd hear reverential tales of overcoming adversity to conquer one of sport's most closeted insular societies. Woods was the Cinderella story to end all Cinderella stories — a man who came from nothing to utterly dominate his chosen field. Then he kinda had a problem staying faithful to his crazy-hot Swedish wife. These things happen. They don't happen to the vast majority of everyone who's ever lived, but they happen. HycoSpeed thought he'd be th
Read MoreA Datsun 510, flat olive drab, with a giant single-turbo 2JZ. Stopping power comes from C5 'Vette-sourced Baer rotors paired to Viper Brembos hidden behind those great Racing Hart C2 wheels. HOVA! (H/T @saylnch!) [6speedonline via TCL]
Read MoreDetroit's usually portrayed as a crime-ridden city blighted by urban decay and corruption. That's true. But it's not the whole story, not by a long shot. Detroit Lives shows the Motor City as it is: a diamond amidst the rough.
Read MoreCars built to look fast but go slow are nothing but a disappointment. A strip tease ending in a wet fart. We asked to identify the biggest disappointments ever built and you delivered up these fake, phony poser gems.
Read MoreThe owner of what's likely the world's largest trove of old Cadillacs — some 335 cars in all — wants rid of them and a parts warehouse. The hitch: How close are you to western Canada? UPDATE Visible from space!
Read MoreThere was a show on NBC I suspect was meant to be the next Friends but turned out to be the next South Of Sunset — a show so bad it was canceled during its first episode. It was your typical story about a group of young, single NYCers trying to get through life with only their never-mentioned jobs, gigantic apartments, and unrealistic good looks. The twist, in this case, was that each episode was book-ended in a story about the main character answering questions (100 of them) about her life for
Read MoreWelcome back to Garage of Horror, where we share your worst wheeled experiences. Today we re-learn autodom's oldest message: Everyone, absolutely everyone, is trying to screw you, even in Canada.
Read MoreThe LAPD stopped Lakers Forward Ron Artest in Los Angeles while driving this Indy Car-inspired open-cockpit car. Surprisingly, TMZ says he wasn't pulled over for speeding but for an expired registration. But what is it he's driving, exactly?
Read MoreSomewhere in Ohio sits an abandoned Chrysler dealership with old cars parked on the showroom floor, like a prop leftover from a nuclear bomb test. The only evidence of its existence were a set of eerie Flickr photos. Until now.
Read MoreFiat isn't expected to bring the Alfa Giulietta to these shores for a few years, but a truckload were spotted heading north on I-75 toward Chrysler HQ. Why all black? To match Sergio's sweaters. (H/T to Andrew!)
Read MoreThe 24 Hours of LeMons, Jalopnik's favorite weekend racing series of vehicles ostensibly assembled for $500, has drawn protests from Miami-area Cubans over using pictures of Che Guevara in an offhand fashion. ¡VENCEREMOS! UPDATE: Che may have been banished.
Read MoreNeed proof the Mazda Miata is the answer to every automotive need? Check out this little guy hauling a disassembled airplane kit. There is nothing a Miata can't do. (H/T to Jagvar!) [ThereIFixedIt]
Read MoreNevada, where America dumps its nuclear-proof refrigerators, retirees and certified used strippers, needs cash like a penny slot addict. One gubernatorial candidate says giving drivers a 24-hour pass to travel 90 mph could gin up $1 billion. Color us intrigued.
Read MoreVideo of the Transformers 3 accident that put extra Gabriela Cedillo in a coma was leaked to RadarOnline. The footage shows Cedillo's car being pulled along a barrier, but does it contradict the studio's claim she wasn't in the shoot?
Read MoreFormer Northwest Airlines Capt. John Hansen flew the airline's Boeing 747 route from Detroit to Toyko for years. In 2002, the plane tried to kill him and 400 passengers. This is the never-before published story of how he saved them.
Read MoreThe 2011 Bentley Continental GT now offers a eco- and poorer-person friendly 4.0-liter V8 as an option. The rest of us will order a 567-hp, 516 lb-ft 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12. Now to paint it pink and cover it with rhinestones.
Read MoreAs police officers and other law enforcement agencies equip themselves with a wider array of vehicles, some lawbreakers have found a new tool to perpetrate their crimes: Fake police trucks.
Read MoreThe SSC Ultimate Aero II, which you saw exclusively first on Jalopnik, is aiming for a Bugatti-besting top speed of 275 mph with the help of a 6.8-liter twin-turbo V8 according to Top Gear.
Read MoreLast winter, we asked for your opinions on the Most Legendary V8 Of All Freakin' Time and the Most Legendary Inline Six... and then I totally spaced on what may be the most important Legendary Engine question of all!
Read MoreThe movie Tron must have had a profound effect on GM's marketers, who apparently decided that the semi-computerized Quadrajet on the Firebird's 305 engine was really a time machine!
Read MoreIs it really true that nobody knows how to drive a stick these days? I tend to doubt the "automatic transmission is destroying our ability to drive" gloom-and-doom crowd, but who can say? Time for a totally unscientific poll!
Read MoreA reality TV show that pranks celebrities by planting fake bombs in their cars is causing a stir in Iraq. But a couple months ago, U.S. soldiers filmed themselves planting a live grenade in an Iraqi's trunk as a 'prank.'
Read MoreWhile I was paying homage to my Midwestern roots a couple weeks back, I did more than just drink Leinies and go to a classic Door County Peninsula drive-in. Vintage farm tractor show!
Read MoreWhile the penumbral financial backers of my DUI Telepresence Crown Victoria Figure Eight Racing series shovel rubles into briefcases, I'm moving on to an even bigger Greatest Racing Series Ever™: Last-man-standing road racing of the three great automotive Ambassadors!
Read MoreAs investigators attempt to determine the cause of the Transformers 3 accident that sent a 24-year-old extra to hospital with brain injuries, Paramount, the studio behind the film, is suddenly contradicting eyewitness and police reports.
Read MoreWe like our humor dark, but this is dark: In Iraq, a reality show puts fake bombs in celebrities' cars, then tricks them into believing they're going to prison for terrorism once they're "discovered" at security checkpoints.
Read MoreAfter 35 LeMons races, a Volkswagen has finally taken the overall win! With a small field due to the usual first-time-at-new-track deal, the race for the win on laps became a Supra-versus-Golf affair early on.
Read MoreWe enter the scene at the moment after impact: Lindsay Lohan's shiny black Maserati drives away as a baby begins to cry. A paparazzo says this shaky video depicts Lindsay Lohan hitting a stroller, then fleeing. But does it really?
Read MoreSaleen rotated his wrench on a number of deserving blue ovals in his day, mostly notably a number of high performance 'Stangs. Fortunately or unfortunately it didn't stop there. He also built a Saleen version of the Ford Ranger, the Ford Explorer, and even a Ford Windstar minivan with a supercharger, upgraded brakes, suspension, and some awful trim pieces. It was just a prototype and, because Ford's minivan plans changed, it never went into production. Therefore the car ended up with Tim Allen,
Read MoreThe Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Detroit last weekend pushing green jobs for the U.S. economy. On Monday, the Cadillac Escalade carrying him around the city was stolen and stripped. Does building replacement $1000 rims count as "green jobs?"
Read MoreWhat do you do with a pile of 15" tires when you have only 18" wheels? You get a bead stretcher of course. This week's troll asks NASIOC for help finding one. We always find 'em near the blinker fluid.
Read MoreGreat news! Here's the first photos of the Chevy Cruze hatchback. Moving on... hey, wait a second... that back end doesn't look half-bad. Turn around and show us your face.
Read MoreA horrific accident on the set of Michael Bay's Transformers 3 sent a female extra to the hospital in critical condition and raises questions about the destruction-filled shooting. Update.
Read MoreA chatty yet anonymous Jalopnik reader caught this mini-parade of taped-up Porsches (including a facelifted Boxster) running through the streets of Beverly Hills. Is the 991 (or 998 depending on who you talk to) getting some botox?
Read MoreAn M5Board forum member took his 2007 BMW M5 to the dealer for brakes and fresh oil. Their 20-year-old tech crashed it during a test drive. The dealership's offering him $2500 in parts. The problem? There's $30,000 in damage.
Read MoreI love stories about old baseball. They all involve games with dozens of runs scored, someone getting punched, and an immigrant with a farm animal cursing a team. One such source of great stories is Jimmy "Pony" Ryan of the variously named Chicago White Sox (my favorite being the Orphans). A bit of a hot-head, he was famous for punching multiple reporters, players, and a clumsy train conductor. He's also the only player ever to hit for the cycle in a game — a 21-17 game against the Detroit Wolve
Read MoreCraig Henderson drove from Blaine, Washington to the Mexican border — a distance of 1,478 miles — without stopping to refuel. He burned 12.4 gallons for a record-breaking 119.1 mpg in a car he originally designed in 1984.
Read MoreHere is six minutes of glorious Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, back from the days when it was nothing but an epic battle between BMW E30 M3’s and Mercedes–Benz 190 E 2.3-16’s.
Read MoreRahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama's chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner's new book. This could get messy. Especially because there's more.
Read MoreWhat's in a name? Juliet thinks a rose by any other name would still smell fairly nice, but Shakespeare's tragedy says otherwise. She dies because of her name. It's important, especially in the automotive realm. What's the coolest car name?
Read MoreGeneral Motors won't start the hard sell of its shares to investors, called a "road show," until Nov. 3, one day after mid-term elections, and the actual IPO now expected Nov. 18. Why? Politics, of course.
Read MoreThe 2011 Dodge Durango adds a third row of seats for Chrysler's third attempt at making a competitive mid-size SUV not named Jeep.
Read MoreWhen I was in college I had a newish Vaio desktop (with a 1-gig AMD! OMG!) and a Sony monitor and was fairly happy with myself. It was kind of purplish, but awesome. When my The University of Texas at Austin dormmate Eddie installed Counter Strike on it I suddenly had less time to study or try to get dates. Between the two of us, I had the vastly superior computer setup and therefore I'd sometimes find him playing at my desk. No biggie. If he'd share his ill-gotten beer I could certainly share m
Read MoreWelcome back to Garage of Horror, where we share your worst wheeled experiences. Today's installment asks the classic question: Is this damn car trying to kill me? Or am I trying to get myself killed?
Read MoreA swelling count of patients weighing more than 400 pounds have forced paramedics across the United States to beef up their ambulances. The new stretchers can carry 1,600 lbs., about what a Euro-version Smart car weighs.
Read MoreIn May, GM filed a trademark application for the word "STINGRAY" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for use on "Motor land vehicles, namely, automobiles." Is Chevy transforming the Corvette into a real split-window Stingray for the seventh generation?
Read MoreThomas Magill apparently attempted to end his 22 years of life by jumping off a high-rise building on the West Side of New York yesterday, only to survive by landing on a 2008 Dodge Charger parked 39 floors below.
Read MoreWe'd like everyone to wish Dan Akerson a happy first day as CEO of GM in the comments below. We'll send him a card with all the well-wishing later today. Seriously. Below, my message.
Read MoreThe organizers behind the U.S. Grand Prix revealed the first diagram today of a new 3.4-mile track in Central Texas that sports 30 turns, 133 feet of elevation change, a 0.75-mile long straight, and looks, appropriately, like a giant bong.
Read MoreThe Ford Police Interceptor Utility, the Blue Oval's latest police-grade offering, starts with the 2011 Explorer, stuffs in the heavy-duty high-tech goodies from the Taurus Police Interceptor and adds a few more tricks. It's an Explorer built for a beating.
Read MoreBack in the day, Oldsmobile was America's best selling car. More recently, Ford's full-sized pickup has held that top spot. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe F100 is a melange of those brands, but is its price America's best?
Read MoreAll-wheel drive, handling by Lotus, 16-valve turbo motor, the Isuzu Impulse seemed to have it all, but it wasn't enough to ensure the company's eventual survival. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '91, however, is Gloria Gaynor.
Read MoreThere are certain expectations inherent with a W123 Mercedes- it'll be incredibly well built, it'll never go out of style, and, if a diesel, it'll be slow. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe V8 300TDT gets two out of three.
Read MoreLotus is introducing an expensive new V8-engined Elite at Paris, implying the new Lotus position is bent over. However, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Eclat gives you most of the bragging rights at a fraction of the price.
Read MoreCivil War hero and besotted president Ulysses S Grant graces the front the U.S. $50. A less notorious drinker is today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi 50, but will it take too many Grants to bring it home?
Read MoreBack in the day, AMC's advertising had people exclaiming So that's a Matador! Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 304-powered Wagon is even more rare now, but will it have you saying so that's a Nice Price?
Read MoreBrembo, Dinan, BBS, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe E36 M3 reads like a who's who of automotive aftermarket nobility. The question though, is whether you think this brand-conscious BMW's price is a king's ransom?
Read MoreTarzan was a swinger, but he left the driving up to Jane. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Dodge Dart is also a Swinger, but it eschews the verdancy of the jungle for drag strip Christmas trees.
Read MoreThe Lamborghini Diablo is one sexy beast, and may even act as an automotive aphrodisiac. While today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender isn't the real deal, neither is its price, but does that make it more of a roofie?
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW New Beetle Turbo may look like your standard flower vase-wearing Chardonnay-sipper, but with its overbite intercooler, it only drinks high-test.
Read MoreWhat was the best part about Dukes of Hazzard? If you said Daisy Duke, give yourself a shwing. If you said the General Lee's welded-closed door entry then check out today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Camaro, you freak.
Read MoreIn the 1982 horror-fest, The Thing, an alien monster absorbs and mimics all that comes within its tentacled path. The film's conclusion is left open-ended, but Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW may prove to be a satisfying finale.
Read MoreChrysler's C2 small-car program begat twin European and American offspring. The Simca version won the European COTY in 1978, but as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe GLH shows, the yanks won the horsepower. Lucky yanks.
Read MoreThey say that imitation that is the sincerest for of flattery, and as well that flattery will get you nowhere. If those homilies are both true then today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Custom Cloud ain't going anywhere.
Read MoreRays and skates are typically bottom feeders, gorging themselves on whatever they happen to come across. Today, we've come across a '75 Stingray for Nice Price or Crack Pipe, and while an old fish, its price is pretty rock bottom.
Read MoreFor many, the score was Mustang II, muscle car fans zero. But time wounds all heels, and for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe we're seeing if it's really that bad, and if this one's price is even worse.
Read MoreEverybody is enamored with the NSX, Acura's ode to aluminum. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '96 has had a total makeover, and while its price's ardor-worthiness is questionable, its widebody makes for even more of it to love.
Read MoreVolvo says they're cutting back on wagons because the cross-overs are eating their lunch. Well, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1993 940 turbo looks clean enough to eat off of, but will its price make you cross-eyed?
Read MoreFor '83 alone, Buick took a break from the Grand Nationals to make the T-Type. As today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe turbo Regal proves, that's almost as grand, but will this car's price fit you to a T-Type?
Read MoreIconic, idolized, and ass-engined, Porsche's evergreen 911 has proven over the years to be aspirational and yet reasonably obtainable. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1976 Targa aspires to be obtained, but does it require too much green?
Read MoreI'm not the world's greatest math student, but I did enjoy the logic and applicability of physics so I pushed myself beyond the my comfort zone to take a more difficult physics course than my scores would support. Thankfully, I had an instructor willing to giving points for incomplete work. It's a great concept. I could be partially at fault, but as long as some of it wasn't completely awful there would be points. Credit. If I worked for NASA and screwed up an equation and it sent the ISS crashi
Read MoreI've heard, but cannot be bothered to verify, that the TV envirocartoon Captain Planet is what Ted Turner considers to be his life's greatest achievement. It's an amazing claim until I think about how brainwashed I personally was by the cartoon. I still cut up discarded six-pack rings, I recycle, and I think "heart" is one of the essential earth elements.The best thing about the show, other than the ridiculous environmentalism, was the guest stars voiced the bad guys! Martin Sheen, James Coburn,
Read MoreThe Japanese Kei car is limited by a diminutive size (just 11' x 5') and a meager displacement (660 cc), but these limitations created an entire universe of awesome small-car engineering. What's your favorite Kei car?
Read MoreThe 1990s were mostly an awesome decade with bitchin' cars. Unfortunately, some lameness crept still crept in. What's the worst car of the 1990s?
Read MoreHovercrafts, designed to operate on both land and water and be masters of neither, are odd little beasts. They've got odd performance characteristics and ponderous handling. So that means when you race 'em, things get pretty crazy.
Read MoreDetroit's Dorais Velodrome bicycle racing track, like much of the city, laid abandoned for decades. Recently, a group of volunteers reclaimed it from the overgrowth and created the perfect place to race old motorcycles.
Read MoreWe've said before we're swearing off the hype machine surrounding Danica Patrick. Still, there's at least one important question — can she win? Leighton Irwin of The Garage Blog says this year may give us the answer. —Ed.
Read MoreThe 2013 Lotus Esprit is no longer a light, simple car. It's a complicated and extremely fast one, reaching 205 MPH flat out. Unfortunately, that means its now got a lot of competition.
Read MoreThe standard has been raised in the world of bonkers motoring. Behold, the Ariel Atom 500. The Honda inline-four is replaced by a naturally-aspirated 500-hp 3.0-liter V8. Considering the Atom's slightly heavier than an eyelash, this will be spectacular. Updated.
Read MoreThese exclusive first photos show the SSC Ultimate Aero II, the second generation of America's fastest supercar. It's gotta new look and a new mission: reclaim the title of world's fastest production car from the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. UPDATE
Read MoreA system of traffic lights designed to optimize flow during average conditions never works perfectly because the "average" never happens. So Researchers in Dresden, Germany are working on smarter sensors that react to actual, not estimated, traffic flow.
Read MoreWith some help from Rambler Marlin-racin' Cadillac Bob and his trailer, my latest Hell Project has now arrived in the garage. Once I started taking stuff apart, I got a vivid reminder of how incredibly uncomplicated Detroit trucks once were.
Read MoreProving Texas is still just one big ridiculous stereotype, Chrysler debuted the Ram Laramie Longhorn luxotruck today. It's got more leather than Max Mosley's basement and silver belt buckle seats. Belt buckle seats! I hate all of you.
Read MoreFirst of all, I know most of you are already yelling "HAYABUSA," but that's what everyone says when they see this car. We need more creative engine-swap suggestions for this fine Italian thoroughbred.
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