You're wondering how fast the new BMW 1 Series M can get around Germany's Nürburgring, right? BMW isn't talking, but some who've witnessed a timed run have an answer. And it's good news for Audi. Read on.
Read MoreThis 1985 BMW Euro 528i has a fourth generation Camaro LS1 V8 underneath the hood. Sure to inflame BMW purists, this old bimmer is a work of pure mad car scientist genius and is truly one of a kind.
Read MoreIt's been a long, arduous three years since V8 Archie kicked off his Pontiac Fiero-based Lamborghini Miura replica project, and hell if he's not all done with it. Risking cries of vehicular blasphemy, we say this thing looks damn good.
Read MoreAmerica’s auto insurers will push for new driver monitoring systems, such as in-car video cameras, as a way to cut costs and crashes. Who needs driverless cars when all drivers could soon get an electronic nanny?
Read MoreA survey of 1,000 Brits found 54% say they've attempted sex in a car, but less than half rated their auto-erotic exploits enjoyable. Obviously. Who would enjoy acrobatics in a Daewoo Lacetti? Which raises the question — what's better?
Read MoreSadly, there's an end of the skidpad scale we tend to ignore (wait, cars go below 1.0g?!) — clumsy, oafish and over-sized cars that handle like stuck pigs. Luckily, Motor Trend tests 'em! Here's the ten worst-handling cars of 2010.
Read MoreAfter decades of futility, it's finally paying off to be a University of Missouri football fan. Great offense, great coach, and a Tigers team that's no longer the doormat of states whose main exports are grains, dust and depression. As evidence, here's my interior monologue for the end of last night's Insight Bowl, where another Hyde made an unfortunate difference:
Read MoreIn case any wonderfully original Hollywood producers are considering a Back To The Future reboot or sequel, we've tapped our knowledgeable and geeky readers for this list of ten awesome alternatives to the DeLorean-based time machine. Great Scott!
Read MoreFrom new technology to social change, the events of the past 12 months will impact cars and transportation for years to come. Here's ten ways we predict 2010 changed the future of what you'll drive.
Read MoreWhile not true (yet), rumors of a "Back to The Future" remake persist. Whisperers have pegged Justin Bieber as the new McFly (debunked) and Zach Galifianakis as Dr. Brown (ok, not really). But which car should replace the DeLorean?
Read MoreNamesake for not only the eponymous 1966 supercar but most Lamborghinis, noted by Hemingway and countless dead matadors, these are the cunning, ferocious Miura bulls of Andalusia.
Read MoreSanta's Rocket Ship was used for holiday season promotions at malls in the Southern half of America for several decades before ending up in a former junkyard that is now an amusement park in Alaska.
Read MoreTwo decades before they would consider selling wagonesque sedans to the general public, Porsche took a 928 and added a bulbous rear as a gift for the 75th birthday of company founder Ferry Porsche. It was called the Study H50.
Read MoreAll men are born into sin, but some are just better at it than others and let their transgressions against God become transgressions against those who worship the automobile. With thine help, we've collected the ten biggest automotive blasphemies.
Read MoreGenerations of Detroiters used to park themselves under the jaw-dropping ornate plasterwork and opulence of a downtown movie palace called the Michigan Theater. Today, it's where they park their cars. Ironic, considering it was built atop Henry Ford's first workshop.
Read MoreSome guys have game like they read the directions. Others have cars so junky even hobos wouldn't sleep in them. With your help, we've assembled this list of ten cars that will never get you laid on a first date.
Read MoreChances are you've already heard Bing Crosby sing White Christmas or Silent Night this month, maybe you've even heard his weird Christmas duet with David Bowie from the 1970s. Now you can hear Bing Crosby sell you a 1956 Thunderbird.
Read MoreMini's entry in the 2011 Detroit auto show concept car sweepstakes is a two-door crossover design concept combining elements of coupe and Countryman with some new style tweaks. Will it be a countrymouse or a future rally monster?
Read MoreHave you always wanted a mini pickup truck but their maneuverability, off road ability and simplicity made you think twice? This stretched 6x6 Datsun Mini Truck may be the perfect solution for your unreasonable needs.
Read MoreSure to bring some warmth to these short and cold December days, this 1988 BMW 325i Commercial is half suggestive sun screen endorsement and half E30 sales pitch. Nothing like 80s BMWs and sun worship to cure the winter blues.
Read MoreRally legend "Hollywood" Petter Solberg's garage in Sweden isn't filled with top-of-mast supercars. Instead, it's all kinds of rally awesome only. It's tight quarters, so don't expect wide-angle imagery. But a glimpse of a fender sometimes speaks volumes.
Read MoreEarlier this week, an automotive blogger took to the pages of the New York Times to argue that the Detroit bailout didn't work. Why can't the New York Times op-ed page find writers who know anything about the auto industry?
Read MoreWhen we asked you yesterday to identify popular car stereotypes, it went beyond the usual "panel van owners abduct children" nominations to an even stranger place. So, weirdos, here are you ten most obscure car owner stereotypes.
Read MoreHad you bought a Cadillac Eldorado off the lot in 1979, this recording would have awaited you in the eight-track player of your "personal luxury" car with its tufted seats and yacht-like ride. You may appreciate your own personal luxuries a little more after the story of two men living in their cars, and following the story gravit8 wanted to respond to your comments:
Read MoreAre Corvette drivers right-wing nutjobs, are Prius drivers tree-fornicating lefties, are Maxima drivers flat-brimmed meth freaks, have Infiniti G coupe drivers all grown up Gotti? Driver stereotypes. What are some other ones? And how true are they, anyway?
Read MoreA first-generation Nissan 240SX remain a prize for many enthusiasts who want rear-driving, small-car fun. But after one Florida owner died, his friends disposed of his 240SX in the fashion they say he would have wanted: through a crushing. UPDATED
Read MoreIn September 1931, The New York Times asked Henry Ford and several other public figures to look eight decades in the future and predict what life would be like in the year 2011. Forgotten until now, here's what Ford forecast.
Read MoreLike busty frauleins cradling a stein of Spaten, sometimes the combination of two German concepts creates a legendary result. With your help, we've identified the ten greatest intra-German automotive collaborations.
Read MoreIts doors are made of discarded stop signs, its air cleaner's an old pressure cooker. It has the heart of a Corvette and the front end's from a '39 Dodge Truck. It's the VetteRod-Amino. This is its story.
Read MoreIn college? Looking for a part-time internship? Volkswagen's got an opening. You'll have to file papers, pick up dry cleaning and... oh, right... schedule Bugatti's press fleet and drive $1.7 million Veyrons cross-country. You know — normal intern stuff.
Read MoreCars & Coffee events give the guy with the GLHS a chance to hang with Gallardos in a judgment free zone, but someone is deserving of judgment: the assclown in the Viper trying to ruin it for all of us.
Read MoreFighting crime, winning races, and combating suburban malaise are all examples of the heroic tasks cars are called upon to perform with great frequency in animation. With your help, we've identified ten of the most awesome cartoon cars.
Read MoreThe first car you fell in love with was quite possibly in a cartoon. Before advanced CGI, it was the easiest way to recreate our automotive fantasies. What's the greatest animated car?
Read MoreBros don't love cars like they love plaid shorts, spray tans, and secretly touching the junk of other bros, but they have them. And with your help, we've identified the ten most brotastic cars.
Read MoreWhat would a dealership lot full of cars from the 50s and 60s frozen in time for 30 years look like? Exactly like these 1984 pictures of Winnie Hogg's Dodge dealership in Quarryville, Pa. Here's how it happened.
Read MoreStation Wagons are generally designed more for utility then looks. That doesn't mean that some station wagons didn't end up looking pretty excellent. Which station wagon do you think looks the best?
Read MoreWe have no idea how or why this came about. We're just happy to know that at one point in time people gathered enough Messerschmitt KR200s to commandeer a dirt track and hold a race to the death...of pride.
Read MoreThe right hood ornament on a car can produce a spirit of ecstasy in the viewer, creating in them the desire to immediately mount the car it's mounted on. With your help, we've identified these ten awesome hood ornaments.
Read MoreThis is where body-on-frame construction and a transversely mounted V12 pay off: a pod racer prototype built in 1970 from half a Miura and lots of magic mushrooms by the German ekranoplan designer with the Italian name. Only $74,999!
Read MoreOne might think that residents of Colorado Springs, Colo., might be among the most experienced in the country when it comes to winter weather driving. This video of a 20-car pileup Thursday afternoon as it happened suggests otherwise.
Read MoreThis 53-year-old man was crossing a street in eastern Turkey when he stepped in front of a cab-over fuel truck. His choices were to get crushed or run like Frogger. He choose run, and actually survived.
Read MoreIt's winter prank season, and it looks like the urchins of Southern Colorado are going up a level on their end-of-year douchbaggery. This time the plastic-wrap trick cracked a windshield. Next time, it could waste a biker. That's happened before.
Read MoreA drunk driver in southern California wedged his Ford Fusion between two apartment buildings late Saturday, leaving the Ford suspended about five feet off the ground. No one was injured, but one resident's real estate deal was seriously hurt.
Read MoreIf you believe Hollywood stunt coordinators, gas trucks are everywhere and your family sedan's a light tap away from turning into an all-consuming fireball. With your help, we've ignited this list of the ten cheesiest fake Hollywood vehicular explosions.
Read MoreI'd like to say that no one was harmed in the making of this video, but when you go through so many car-on-car, car-on-bike, and bike-on-bike collisions in such a short amount of time, well, that's just being unrealistic.
Read MoreBefore the Jump Jet was retired and its flight manual posted online, Top Gear presenter James May rode in one and experienced the awesome aerodynamic freak show known as viffing: vectoring in forward flight, the Harrier's signature move.
Read MoreWhat happens when a spurned funnyman, a Pulie-winning automotive scribbler, an ex-NBA star and an online video impresario with the facial hair of a Civil War colonel bring the heat to a much-maligned automotive TV show? It's anyone's guess.
Read MoreWelcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1964 Mercedes Unimog.
Read MoreFrom oil-saturated Gulf of Mexico waters to the ice-covered Hudson River, the U.S. Coast Guard saved more than 4,300 lives last year. Here are the 11 best videos of daring rescues, choppy sea-crossings, and one truly frightening battery replacement.
Read MoreA Delta Airlines flight from Detroit to Phoenix on Thursday had to make an emergency landing in Colorado Springs due to engine failure. Some 225 passengers were forced to exit via the escape slides, and one kept his camera running.
Read MoreOutdoorsy retailer Eddie Bauer has come up with a special version of the humble Airstream camper, complete with all the goodies any adventurer could possibly need. Except for a knife. Every adventurer needs a knife (or six.)
Read MoreA 612 Scaglietti replacement will appear at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Members of the Ferrari elite have already seen the hyper-new GT, and they're impressed, despite it being the first Ferrari with all-wheel-drive. Here's what else we know.
Read MoreAs far as we know, this is the only official, Diesel-equipped VW that can pull wheelies. Of course, it's the only one that can pull stoppies too, as evidenced by the gallery of Dakar practice action photos below.
Read MoreBefore they become barn finds or scrap metal, old vehicles stumble into a purgatory, stashed somewhere by owners who never find time to fix them. Here's the story of two men who gave their father a Christmas gift of time.
Read MoreDrivers in China have a reputation for being both awful and crazy, but could you pass this ridiculous Chinese driving test? Find out below.
Read MoreNew York conducted itself like some third-rate 'burg during and after last weekend's blizzard, failing to take even the most routine and common-sense precautions against getting overwhelmed by snow. The post-mortems are rolling in, and the verdict is run-of-the-mill incompetence.
Read MoreSome people didn't believe the stunning snow scenes from Japan. What kind of monster machines do they use to clean roads from snowfall as tall as a four-story building? A Gundam plow machine? Now you can watch how they do it.
Read MoreIt's not even January, and already millions of Americans have had weeks of snow driving. Every winter, astute owners raise the question of whether it's time to buy snow tires. BMWBlog's Shawn Molnar offers his take. — Ed.
Read MoreHere, decades ago, the Concorde stood in prototype form. The plane, even as a small model, was a a symbol of future travel—the way we'd all luxurious fly supersonic someday. Half a century later, that dream's dead forever.
Read MoreAlvin Joiner, a.k.a. Xzibit, a.k.a. recursive Internet meme guy, owes nearly $1 million in delinquent federal taxes. His excuse for not paying them? The cancellation of Pimp My Ride. Seriously.
Read MoreWhat started as curiosity about a roadside fire eventually led members of the FerrariChat forum to this: the snowbound Connecticut residence of a 25th Anniversary Lamborghini Countach, parked outside for the winter. Don't all exotics come with rustproofing?
Read MoreWell-known Los Angeles-area Ford Mustang customizer Joseph Gosinski was murdered inside his Torrance, California shop on Christmas Eve. According to the County coroner, the 44-year-old died from a gunshot wound. Police don't suspect robbery. So who killed him and why?
Read MoreAmid all the many year-end roundups, many have forgotten that 2010 was the model-year launch of BMW's 5-Series GT. That's the company's five-door, don't-call-it-a-hatchback midsize. And BMW's not the only luxury hatchmaker these days. What's your favorite five door?
Read MoreSnowplows? How about Porsche's diminutive, mid-engined targa top to tackle the blizzard? It won't be fast and it will require winter RWD skills, but look at that orange paintjob long enough and you're halfway to summer already. Photo Credit: Joost Smeets
Read MoreCalling Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher F1 rivals is like saying the Assyrians once had a bit of a tiff with the Syrians. This cute Merc ad dials up the boys' history for comic effect. But what a freaking understatement.
Read MoreThis week's East Coast blizzard that shuttered airports and trapped subway riders was just the latest in a long technological battle by modern cities against snow, as the National Snow and Ice Data Center reminds us. — Ed.
Read MoreThese folks probably thought they were one of the lucky few to get a flight into New York City...until they landed. Here's the story of how one British Airways flight sat overnight on JFK's runway for eight hours.
Read MoreWe Jalops stick together, so listen up South Carolinians. Tuning shop TDC (Top Dead Center) Auto of Roebuck was robbed last week. The gloved perps used the shop's own tools to steal parts from several cars. Those dirty, rotten burglars.
Read MoreOn the fourth day, God created heavenly cars. On the fifth day, God created mighty engines. On the sixth day, our commenters combined them and created the ten crazy engine swaps we want to see.
Read MoreStrength Training For Performance Driving is a must-have for the mustachioed 80s NASCAR driver and, helpfully, includes instructions for how to get your pump on in a cheap motel like the one I'm staying in. Mark Martin's advice inside.
Read MoreIn 2008, Jim M. Sweeney sought to register the trademark CORVOLTTE for "electric vehicles, namely, automobiles". General Motors opposed registration saying it would cause confusion with its mark CORVETTE. Through laziness, GM almost lost their trademark by using Wikipedia.
Read MoreEthanol producers are now in bed with NASCAR, turning America's most popular motorsport into a tool of greenwashing persuasion designed to make being pro-ethanol synonymous with being pro-American, pro-NASCAR. Here's The Daly Planet to explain. — Ed.
Read MoreSay what now? The headline may contain words unlikely to share each others' company, but the build is real. It's from Sweden's SVK Customs, and by "it," I mean a Ferrari 550 GTR: carbon-fiber body, BMW heart, drift-car steering angle.
Read MoreOur readers have a lot of problems with you automotive designers, you body shops, and you crappy drivers. Gather round the Festivus pole as we celebrate 2010's automotive grievances.
Read MoreGM closed the doors of its Willow Run Plant officially last week, writing the final chapter in the story of a building with more history than you might think.
Read MoreI was lucky enough to have the opportunity to partake in a few motorsports events, snap a couple of blurry photographs, mistype some finishing results, and report back here on Jalopnik. Here is a top 10 list of those adventures.
Read MoreAccording to this 1987 Chevrolet dealer promo, the Monte Carlo SS has the "unmistakable look of racing know how". GM built the Monte Carlo SS for "motorsports enthusiasts" who have the unmistakable look of being 80s models.
Read MoreProving that you can find almost any vehicle you want on Ebay if you give it enough time, here is a slightly hotrodded 2008 Koenigsegg CCX. Evidently the owner decided 806hp in a 2600 pound package just wasn't enough.
Read MoreThe holiday season brings car commercials showing new cars with red bows sitting in the driveway as surprise gifts. Wouldn't that be nice? What red ribbon covered new car or truck should have been sitting in your driveway this morning?
Read MoreIn what is equal parts must have accessory for new Camaro fan boys and strange mixture of car love and technology, check out the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro PC Rides Computer found on craigslist just in time too late for Christmas.
Read MoreAccording to this classic 1960s Toyota Land Cruiser commercial, the Land Cruiser had the "toughest, guttiest and keepgoing-est power package ever built into a 4X4". How better to prove it than with some unnecessary off road abuse footage?
Read MoreThis week we learned about an amazing new Navy (and NASA) electromagnetic launch system that moves a jet 240mph across a 300 foot runway. What we didn't know is this ulta-advanced technology was developed by Disney. As in Mickey Mouse.
Read MoreOld surgeons don’t necessarily lead a life of brown Buicks. This is Sid Watkins, Formula One's first race doctor, and his official red NSX.
Read MoreThe rumor mill once hinted at Mercedes-Benz buying Aston Martin. Not likely. But will the two team up on a project level? That's the talk from Financial Times, reporting Aston may build the next Maybach in a swap for drivetrains.
Read MoreBBC News turned its video cameras on Russia's homegrown supercar, the Marussia B2, as it rumbled around the company's ex-Soviet factory in northern Moscow. Marussia Motors just bought a controlling stake in Virgin Racing too, so you know it's well-endowed.
Read MoreWe've just learned that Toyota inked a $10 million settlement with the family of a California Highway Patrol officer, his wife, his daughter and his brother-in-law, who were all killed in a fiery crash in San Diego last August.
Read MoreIf you're gonna speed on public streets don't tape it. If you do tape it, don't upload it to YouTube with the title "1000+ HP Corvette Doing 195+ mph." Otherwise, you'll end up in handcuffs like this 30-year-old from Oklahoma.
Read MoreAmong the many gifts "Seinfeld" bestowed, the celebration of Festivus warms our cockles the most. Each December 23rd, we gather around the aluminum pole for miracles, feats of strength and, naturally, the airing of grievances. So what are your grievances?
Read MoreIt took deputies in Northeast Florida three attempts to nab 74-year-old Elizabeth Millonig for speeding, but not before she tried to stab one of them with her keys and kick another in the groin. Don't mess with this old lady.
Read MoreThis Saturday's a day where some choose to celebrate the semi-deification of a baby born out of wedlock in a barn in Israel by taking the day off from work tomorrow. We'll be doing the same. Taking some time off that is. Not the whole celebration of semi-deification part. Well, not all of us at least. Some of us may be celebrating today like it's just another day for "Buddy Jesus." What do we know?
Read MoreFancy yourself a Landie lover? Here's the full family tree from 1945 to 2009. Just move the LRX from "concept" over to production and it's as current as you can get. Click through to embiggen the intricately-detailed image. [via LandRover]
Read MoreAll of us here are big fans of the Mercedes-Benz C63, so the idea of a restyled C-Class for 2012 stomps on our power-of-suggestion center. But hold your horses, gents, we have to check in with the lesser models first.
Read MoreX-Raid's rally team worked up this Mini Countryman to fly over, as well as traverse, the blinding white dunes of Argentina's Fiambala, the vast Atacama Desert and the death-defying descent into Iquique in northern Chile. It's the 2011 Dakar, Mini-style.
Read MoreI knew a rather large kid in high school with one of those giant, fuck-off manbeards at age 16. When I say he was large I don't mean fat, I mean Nordic. We called him "Wookie" and were ever grateful he chose band and not football and was therefore not inclined to beat us for calling him "Wookie." Other than being unmurderously affable, "Wookie" was good to know because he had a perfectly maintained red Acura Legend coupe with a tan interior. It was gorgeous. And to top it all off he had the lice
Read MoreIt's a "holiday sweater" because most hybrid drivers are Wiccans and don't celebrate Christmas. It's made in Austin because the city's full of people with enough time to knit a car sweater. And it's beige-ish because it's a Prius.
Read MoreIs Hyundai building the CRX Honda didn't? You'll have to wait until the Detroit Auto show to know for sure, but this video for the Hyundai Veloster mentions a dual-clutch tranny, direct-injected engine and 40 mpg consumption. [via Hyundai-Blog]
Read MoreAcura's aggressive "keen edge" beak-like front fascia design, launched in mid-2008 with the 2009 TL, is a love-it-or-hate-it look. And oh, how it was hated. That styling is the single most-cited reason shoppers walked away from the brand.
Read MoreWhen the nog is gone, the presents unwrapped, and Aunt Betty's on her ninth retelling of life in rehab, you know it's time to bug out. With your help, we've identified the ten best vehicles for escaping your family.
Read MoreIt's the worst story ever told. A thief takes off in a newly restored Mustang and runs it into a brick wall, as the owner/restorer looks on. What happens next is a Xmas miracle, or pretty damn close to one.
Read MoreThought you were done with carbon fiber after the side mirrors, hood, roof, wing and trunk lid? You were wrong. Here's the latest and greatest in unbearable lightness of being — the carbon fiber toilet seat. Really. [CarbonFiberGear via jyx]
Read MoreAmong cars we're looking forward to driving, the Porsche 911 991 tops the list. Why? Because no one's on message like Porsche, despite an increasingly diverse lineup. But will the faster, lighter 911 debut in Detroit? That's a potboiler, kids.
Read MoreWhen shopping for Christmas gifts there's been sort of a reminder of how life has changed now that I'm not a poor college student. For instance, I no longer pay close attention to how much the wrapping paper I buy is and factor it into how much I planned to spend on the gift. Actually, I'm buying wrapping paper now and not recycling it from old gifts or using copies of the Texas Travesty, so there's another change. What I'd spend on an entire gift for someone I may now spend on a stocking stuffe
Read MoreThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's capturing bighorn sheep with a helicopter and transporting them to the Big Bend State Park as part of a project ironically funded by hunting the sheep. Everything's bigger and better in Texas, even environmentalism.
Read MorePlayboy Playmate Giuliana Marino learns to go off-roading in a Land Rover Defender 90. Why? Who Cares? Warning, brief NSFW images of her looking at herself naked in German Playboy. It's like Black Swan, but with Land Rovers. [via Autotopias]
Read MoreSteam-fired Navy planes are so passe. Over the weekend, the Navy used a huge electric charge to catapult a manned flight into the air.
Read MoreUnless you're Sally Draper, the first experience you had behind the wheel probably involved the term "1/24th scale." Car toys make car geeks, and with your help we've identified the ten best car-themed toys to find under the tree.
Read MoreI don't know how much firepower this secret Soviet laser tank has, but it sure looks like the kind of thing I'd like to have handy in case of alien invasion.
Read MoreFord says it'll build ten variants of its C-platform by 2012. Sounds like a story we've heard before. Let's look at how Ford's platform-sharing compares to a few K-car variants that saved Chrysler's bacon back in the 1980s.
Read MorePhotographer and videographer cshimala attached a GoPro HD camera to the dash of his car, drove through traffic, and then used a mirror filter to create this trippy, almost venetian view of downtown Chicago.
Read MoreThe Harrier made its final flight with the British RAF last week, marking an end to the jet famous for being able to take off and land vertically. The jet's recently declassified flight manual shows just how extraordinary it was.
Read MoreFor Toyota, 2010 was a year that'll live in infamy. The year'a biggest car story was the automaker issuing safety fixes for every Toyota-brand model car and truck sold in the United States. Here's the damage in one easy-to-see graphic.
Read MoreHe can't ollie, but Team O'Neil instructor Wyatt Knox did figure out another way to grind a 1992 Subaru Legacy using a felled tree, an icy approach and a dab of oppo. Well yes, someone had to try it.
Read MoreSpeed trap app Trapster's major limitation is a lack of map data. Last week's sale of Trapster to Nokia-owned map provider NAVTEQ will fix this one glaring oversight. In return, NAVTEQ will finally be able to amass real-time parking data.
Read MoreIn 2004 Russell Datz, Fred Seibert and Emil Rensing produced a one-minute car news show starring Danica Patrick for the newly-launched Spike TV. Now called Fast Lane Daily, at 1000 episodes today, it's the second longest-running YouTube show ever.
Read MoreA man accidentally brought his loaded .40 caliber gun onto an airplane. He didn't know he had it. Neither did the TSA, who completely missed it during its scan and allowed that plane to fly. Apparently, this happens a lot.
Read MoreFiat's Lingotto factory was completed in 1923. Unlike any other automobile factory to date, the factory featured a spiral assembly line that moved up through the building and a concrete banked rooftop test track.
Read MoreLas Vegas is the city of sin and of some wicked cars. We hit The Strip, enjoyed the sights and ended up doing battle at a local go-kart track.
Read MoreWelcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a pair of 1970s International Harvester Scout IIs
Read MoreWhen people think about the malaise era, great cars are not always the first things that come to mind. Although it wasn't the best automotive decade, some great cars were still produced. What is your favorite car from the 1980s?
Read MoreA Washington woman took her 1964 Volkswagen Bus home from California last week 36 years after it was stolen in Spokane, WA, and one year after she had unsuccessfully tried to buy it back.
Read MoreThree-quarters of a century ago, a single iconic airplane made its first flight. Wired.com's Jason Paur explores the impact of the Douglas DC-3. - Ed.
Read MoreThe maker of DSG is buying the maker of Haldex AWD. Two great tastes that taste great together. [BusinessWire]
Read MoreAll the dating gurus advise against pulling up to her house and honking. That's just rude. But how rude is making her ride in a 1973 Buick with three on the tree? What did you drive on your first date?
Read MoreOne year after GM killed the latest reincarnation of the El Camino — the Pontiac G8 ST — we've learned that the "Ute" still may live. And if it does, it'll be a Chevy.
Read MoreWhen spy shots surfaced of the pre-production 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible sporting an AM/FM whip antenna positioned on the rear deck lid, mullet-wearing fan-boys began to bitch. So Chevy called in an unexpected problem-solver — a Ham radio geek.
Read MoreThe E9 3.0 CSL was a homologation special built for European Touring Car Championship eligibility. As opposed to other BMW designations, where "L" meant lang (long), the "L" in CSL meant leicht (light). See, size does matter. [via SaveTheEnzos]
Read MoreThe GMC Sierra All-Terrain HD Concept's a badass, no doubt. It's big. It's macho. It's American. And unlike the Ford Raptor or Ram Power Wagon, you can get it with a diesel engine.
Read MoreIt's one thing to customize your mass-produced ride for which there are thousands of parts available. It's quite another to breathe life into someone else's insanity, like mating two rare post-war German microcars. Here's the story of the Frankenschmitt.
Read MoreAs we reported yesterday, the trailer for Forza Motorsport 4 contains video taken from another filmmaker without his permission. The cause? A well-meaning but short-sighted director with a first language that isn't English.
Read MoreOne of Porsche's entries for the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was a racing pig. Developed with French help in a quest for harmony between downforce and drag, it was the fastest thing on track. Until dawn on Sunday.
Read MoreThere's a point before homelessness but after eviction where owning a car means avoiding the shelter lines. This is the story of two men at that point, trying to maintain an internet connection and hope while living in their cars.
Read MoreThe base Ford Mustang GT gets a price drop of $500 for the 2012 model year, bringing the 5.0 'stang's starting price down to $29,995. Full pricing and options list for the GT, GT500 and Boss 302 below.
Read MoreIt started with an Australian member of MBWorld posting used headers for sale on the forum's classifieds. It ended with the director of a performance chip company calling the police. What happened in between? Classic Aussie rules forum mob beatdown.
Read MoreThe trailer for Microsoft-owned Turn 10 Studios' Forza Motorsport 4 features clips stolen from someone else's automotive web-series — including a clip of actor Paul Walker. UPDATE!
Read MoreDo you know car people? Are you a car person? There is a world of awesome holiday gift opportunities out there beyond Porsche watches and Nascar cufflinks. Here's our selection of the weird and wonderful.
Read MoreSide-by-side tracks are commonly associated with tanks, but they're far more interesting when coupled with Fiats, motorcycles, and wheelchairs. With your help, we've picked out what we think are the ten craziest tracked vehicles.
Read MoreRenting a brand-spankin' new Chevy Cruze from Avis for just over three months will set you back $18,382. The base price of Chevy's new econobox is $16,275. A good rental value? Not so much. (H/t to Karl!) [KaffeenInTheirVitamins]
Read MoreOne of the highlights of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed was Peter Fonda making his first appearance at the event, riding his now-destroyed Harley to Born to Be Wild blaring from the speakers. We were there.
Read MoreSpiky-headed weight-loss guru Susan Powter once pleaded with the country's overfed citizens to "stop the insanity." Some heeded her advice (Kelly Osbourne), some didn't (David Anthony Higgins; anyone who's eaten multiple KFC Double Downs). The auto industry didn't either.
Read MoreI do, you do, we all do. All we need is $32,000 each and a couple hundred bucks a race, and we can all join the new Spec Racer Atom series. C'mon, let's do it.
Read MoreWhen Hollywood's not blowing cars up they're outfitting them with spectacularly unrealistic gizmos and weapons. Plot hole? Just fill it with an invisible mode or turbo boost. With your help, we've identified the ten most ridiculous Hollywood car gadgets.
Read MoreWikiLeaks cables reveal the crew of an American Airlines jet was detained in Venezuela in 2008 after making a minor joke over the plane's PA about President Hugo Chavez, forcing American to fly the plane empty to get them home.
Read MoreBush Stadium in downtown Indianapolis was built in 1931 as a field for Negro and minor-league baseball teams. Today, it's a historical relic holding hundreds of rusting vehicles traded under "cash for clunkers," a spooky memorial to waste.
Read MoreHey everybody, what's the hap? Anything new in your neck of the woods? Oh us? Oh, we're just fine! Having to pull a few midnight shifts and ask our mothers if they wouldn't mind changing their maiden names to avoid getting their identity used to release WikiLeaks cables, but otherwise great! And you? What's that? Wasn't this one of the worst days to launch a continuing reign over the commenter of the day prize? Well, yes and no. Yes, things weren't great today. And no, reading great comments fro
Read MoreWe know you might have questions and concerns about the weekend site hacks of our commenter database — we've got ears and answers. Editors and tech are here for all the Q&A you can handle. Ask us anything.
Read MoreFor my first QOTD following Matt Hardigree's torch passing I'm turning to an evergreen subject: movie cars. Not just movie cars, but all the over-the-top techie stuff that made them so. Which is the most ridiculous movie (and TV)-car gadget?
Read MoreAutomotive enthusiasts are on the verge of accessing a new epoch in performance cars, with everything from hot hatches to mind-bending supercars coming to market. With your help, we've identified the ten most hotly anticipated new cars.
Read MoreIt was ten years ago today when GM announced that Oldsmobile would be phased out. In honor of the company's demise let's take a look at what could have been your Father's Oldsmobile; the 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.
Read MoreA lone and scrappy Nissan Sentra SE-R run by LeMons / ChumpCar alumni ran against Honda and Mazda factory efforts at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Here is how they Survived the 25.
Read MoreWelcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1968 Volkswagen Baja Bug.
Read MoreThis brand-new car — a Buick Regal GNX with 164 miles on the odometer — is 26 years old. It's even still sports its original $29,389 window as it sits on a California dealership floor. What happened?
Read MoreA couple had full-blown intercourse on the Vienna metro. When other passengers realized what was up, they fled—then, slowly but surely, crept back to watch, cheer, jeer, photograph, and film it. Is this a triumph or a travesty?
Read MoreClick to viewThe Tron trailer, perfection. The music video for the lead single off of Daft Punk's Tron soundtrack? Perfection, with a dash of digital techno funk. And jousting lightcycles, and Olivia Wilde, and 'k gotta go watch it again bye.
Read MoreEven though everyone's idea of a fast car is a little different, we all have a pretty good idea of the fastest one we have ever got behind the wheel of. What is the fastest car you've ever driven?
Read MoreA project funded by the European Commission is working to develop an infrastructure for self-driving cars. The system, called SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment), will allow cars to autonomously travel in a convoy. Also, testing begins NOW.
Read MoreSaddle up and take a look at what the Datsun truck lineup had to offer for 1982. The little trucks were advertised as being rugged and thrifty, just like the unnamed cowboy spokesman who owns 3 of them.
Read MoreWhat has 17-liters, 40-inch tires, 18 spark plugs, disc brakes and a chain drive system? The 1915 Van Blerk Special Speedster. Although this big beast is currently for sale on Ebay, it doesn't come cheap.
Read MoreWhat would happen if an astronaut started floating away from the International Space Station? How would NASA rescue them? Here's what they would do.
Read MoreCharles M. "Chuck" Jordan died today at the age of 83. He was responsible for overseeing some of GM's most iconic designs. Here is a remembrance from the man who holds his job today. — Ed.
Read MoreYeah, so this is my last Commenter Of The Day for a while. As you may have noticed, I've been doing this since Johnny left and after 1,000 of them I'm going to be taking a break. Now that we've got actual staff, Mike's going to be trying out QOTD, I'll be doing AOTD (still) and Justin will helm COTD. You can suck up to him. This is a great change because Justin's the #1 promoter of comments across the entire Gawker network. He loves you, he really loves you. Now that I have this opportunity, I w
Read MoreWith the holidays here and car shows fast approaching, It's the season of anticipation both for gift getters and car enthusiasts. Since we'll find faults with them some day, which new car model are you looking forward to?
Read MoreThe second of Jalopnik's two car packs for Forza Motorsport 3 is here! You'll be able to buy the pack, chosen primarily by Jalopnik readers, this Tuesday, December 14th through the XBOX Live Marketplace.
Read MoreFour years ago director Chris Paine slapped General Motors with his award-winning documentary Who Killed The Electric Car. Now he's back with a new movie — Revenge of the Electric Car. Here's the trailer. Oh and, yeah, I'm in it.
Read MoreBMW 1-Series M starts at near $45,000, of E30-style wideness. [Edmunds InsideLine]
Read MoreProsecutors in St. Louis have charged two men after they hit and ran over a 17-year-old girl who was acting as the flag girl for their illicit street race. Now associates of one are trying to defend him online.
Read MoreIn the middle of the tiny desert town of Marfa, Texas is a growing art collective dedicated to the pursuit of modern art. There are numerous galleries and pieces ranging from fascinating to slightly contrived. The best instillation is the permanent structure "Prada Marfa" by Elmgreen and Dragset. As the name suggests, it's a Prada store in one of the least affluent places (well, formerly) in Texas. The southwest setting mixed with the minimalist architecture is striking and the building is full
Read MoreWhat price would you pay to avoid infamy? A Utah man has one answer: $132, the cost on a job he forgot to complete for a customer whose gripe spread to scores of online forums. Meet the Internet's justice servers.
Read MoreFormer Bugatti designer Daniel Simon built the light cycles for Tron: Legacy. [MotorTrend]
Read MoreWhen car designers attempt to be futurists they typically come up with fascinating vehicles both revered for and, often, burdened by, their own advancement. With your help we've identified ten cars ahead of their time.
Read MoreWith Volkswagen attempting to put Porsche in its place, we spent the morning reminiscing of the many times ze German teamed up to build things (instead of destroying them). What's the best intra-German collaboration?
Read MoreThe Clelia II, an Antarctic cruise ship with 160 people onboard, lost an engine in a severe storm off the coast of Argentina and has to limp to port. Even big boats have problems with 30-foot waves.
Read MoreWe measure ourselves against our heroes. It's natural. Now here's your chance to literally do just that with Steve McQueen, the "King of Cool," who lets his Mustang make a NSFW Great Escape below. Seriously, NSFW. There be dong below.
Read MoreThe slow automotive product planning process requires car designers to act as futurists, predicting what will be important years later. It's fascinating when they succeed and often better when they don't. What car was ahead of its time?
Read MoreFor the 2011 season, a Malaysian team in black and gold livery named Lotus will be joined by a Malaysian team in black and gold livery named Lotus. Don't panic, we've got the org chart.
Read MoreOh hello, you beautiful ducts! Here's the first shot of the Ferrari 458 GT2, amid testing in Fiorano with Risi Competizione's Jaime Melo at the helm. Don't look it directly in the eye. It looks perturbed.
Read MoreAll due respect to the Chevy Volt and Tesla Roadster, but the 1920s-inspired Takayanagi Miluira Retro EV just became my electric car of choice. Good thing it's a one-seater, so I don't have to share.
Read MoreI knew a high school newspaper editor who would abuse the Intro To Journalism students who wanted to get a story into his little 13-inch tab. He thought he was awesome, and to green Freshman who fancied themselves would-be Woodward and Bernsteins, he was. He'd break down these kids ad make them cry, just because he could. He made one poor girl try 12 drafts before declaring he'd print it if she could write one good sentence. Eventually, she did, and he was left trying to decide how to publish wh
Read MoreThe U.S.S. Fort Worth, the third ship in the U.S. Navy's new class of Littoral Combat Ships, launched in Marinette, Wisc. on Saturday. Who knew they treated 3,000 ton warships like toy boats in a bathtub? (H/T to Jstas!)
Read MoreThe fast pace of television and film production often requires shortcuts, like using stock footage of different cars to fake an accident. Thanks to YouTube, these crappy bits of history are now searchable. What's the cheesiest fake car explosion?
Read MoreFormula 1 will drop V8s in 2013 for more efficient 1.6-liter turbo fours married to energy recovery systems for a total of 750 hp — about 550 less than the last F1 turbo fours. (H/t to LuckyChuck, diddiyo!) [Planet F1]
Read MoreThe just-released specs for the New Stratos read like a "Dear Penthouse" letter; strangely ideal, impossibly athletic and therefore hard to believe. A 5 lb/hp power-to-weight ratio's just the beginning. We suggest you lock your bedroom door before reading on.
Read MoreWith Ford looking to fill the void left by the Lincoln Town Car in the livery and limousine market, Ford's hoping the Lincoln MKT crossover can do it. Even for hearses. Here's the full story on who made this one.
Read MoreHere's the first interior photo of the eight-wheel, dual-rotary juggernaut first profiled here weeks ago, and now dubbed the Greatest LeMons Racer of All Time, or GLCOAT. This is only the start of the engineering mystery underneath its fiberglass skin.
Read MoreThe only way to stop this reckless teenager terrorizing Ohio in a stolen dump truck last Sunday was to let the teen crash it. Watch the police wait and hope he doesn't take out all their squad cars.
Read MoreIt's my great pleasure to welcome back to the team the man who started this great site we all call home. Please give a hearty hand to Jalopnik's new Senior Editor, Mike Spinelli. — Ed.
Read MoreIs something lacking in your automotive relationship? Do you find yourself checking out other cars when yours isn't looking? If you lust for performance or long for value, you need a 1989 Saab 900 Turbo.
Read MoreThese two white Mustangs of the 1960s sure aren't slouching in their old age. They still look pretty damn comfortable taking corners during a vintage road race in New York. Photo Credit: omniNate
Read MoreThis swamp buggy is the slightly scaled-down version of the Critter Gitter, the luxury hunting vehicle featured last month. A little less fancy, sure, but we think it's still an effective Zombiepocalypse survival vehicle for those on a tighter budget.
Read MoreAn open air sculpture installation in Vancouver, Canada full of three-foot long Volkswagen Beetle sculptures was vandalized last week. One of the sculptures has even been stolen for the second time this year.
Read MoreAfter all the teasing, here's the first photo of the 2011 Chrysler 300. It's a more refined and less cartoonish-looking baller-mobile than the original. It's also built on basically the same car first unveiled five years ago.
Read MoreThe 25 Hours of Thunderhill is about to begin. We know that 82 cars will see the green flag but after 25 hours of racing, how many will actually see the checker?
Read More1970 was the last year of the second generation Dodge Charger. Available for the first time with the 390 HP 440 six-pack V8, according to the advertising it would help you dump your wife-to-be for some swinging 70s babes.
Read MoreIf we are marked to die, we are enow to do our bros loss; and if to live, the fewer the bros, the greater share of honor. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one bo more. By Jovi, I am not covetous for BMWs, nor care I who doth slam upon my cost; it yearns me not if bros my Ed Hardy wear; Such outward things dwell not in this bro's desires. Bit if it be a sin to covet crispyness, I am the most offending bro alive. No, faith, my cuz, wish not a bro from Jersey. God's peace! I would not lose so grea
Read MoreA tent atop a Citroën. Yup. It's exactly why we love the little frogs. [globe-driver via hotvvheels]
Read MoreCosplay allows fans to recreate a fantasy life by dressing up as their favorite characters. Automotive cosplay also exists, and with your help we've identified these ten awesome fictional vehicles come to life.
Read MoreThe U.S. government proposed a new mandate today requiring backup cameras on all new vehicles by 2014. It's the latest front in Ray LaHood's war to protect us from ourselves. You know what else works? Paying attention. [AP]
Read MoreOne of the guests at the deranged Caucasus wedding party with the AK–47-equipped Rolls–Royce was boxer-turned-warlord-turned-Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov (left). He’s one serious car guy. Lamborghini Reventón serious.
Read MoreCinematographers for GE captured airplanes landing in a precisely orchestrated order using the company's new Required Navigation Performance (RNP) system and combined them in one shot. It's like watching the game Flight Control in real life, but with more accuracy.
Read MoreBefore the world of watches is taken over by e-ink (if it ever is), those in the market for a watch will have to contend with the availability of ana-digi watches that combine the classic look of an analog watch with the benefits of a flexible LED display. These range from the expensive $7K Tag Heuer to the cheap knock-off Seikos. As with anything sporting a digital display, it never looks like a super expensive watch, making it a watch I don't feel compelled to pay a lot for. When I look at the
Read MoreThis 2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 was the beneficiary of several upgrades that boosted it to nearly 800 horsepower — until the engine decided to experiment with external combustion. Dynomite!
Read MoreIn the depths of the financial collapse, the U.S. Federal Reserve pumped $3.3 trillion into keeping credit moving through the economy. It eventually lent $57.9 billion to the auto industry — including $26.8 billion to Ford, Toyota and BMW.
Read MoreAmazingly, this German kid does not kill his friends, but he comes awfully close. No parent should let their child flog a BMW M3 around the Nürburgring without supervision. Especially when they're this talentless.
Read MoreHarley-Davidson took a hitherto secret $2.3 billion taxpayer bailout in 2008/2009. [HellForLeather]
Read MoreThe most successful driver Formula One has ever seen came back from a three-year retirement to drive the successor of last year’s world championship car—and had his worst-ever season amid, arguably, F1's most exciting season. What went wrong?
Read MoreWhen transporting drugs in your vehicle, remember to always signal. Otherwise you might end up like 18-year-old Art Taylor who, upon being pulled over for not signaling, freaked out and swallowed a bag of cocaine. His mugshot says it all.
Read MoreThe reality that they'll never get to pilot the fictional crafts from their favorite movie or TV shows isn't enough to stop some fan-boys/girls from trying to recreate the fantasy. What's the best fan-boy-(or girl)-built fictional vehicle?
Read MoreThe reward of getting a great deal on a used car's sometimes overshadowed by the reality that you've made a mistake. We polled our experienced readers and created this list of the ten top tips for buying a used car.
Read MoreThe 2011 Pirelli Calendar, diverging from last year's Terry Richardson soft-core, features designer/photographer Karl Lagerfeld's take on Greek mythology, with Julianne Moore as a goddess. It's still full of naked women (and men!) selling tires, but classier naked women. (NSFW)
Read MoreThe Quebec dealership that wrecked a Lamborghini Gallardo after a tire alignment, then declined to compensate the owner for his lost value has come to terms after the owner's online appeals. Who says you can't fight back?
Read MoreThe Breadvan could have a Peugeot diesel and it would still be the coolest punk racecar ever built. Thankfully, it hasn't got a Peugeot diesel. It's got a 3.0-liter V12 whose sound is utterly beyond adjectives. Volume at 11, go.
Read MoreRally driver and shoe mogul Ken Block's turned his Gymkhana videos from internet sensation into a racing series, Fiesta motorsports kit, and a rally career. Now he's taking a break to answer your questions in the comments below.
Read MoreAwww, isn't this tiny, four-cylinder copy of the Corvette LS7.R's architecture cute? The 1,645cc V4 is destined for a new American performance bike, but only weighing 130lbs, it could be near ideal for engine swaps or kit cars.
Read MoreA Florida Corvette driver and his 12-year-old son spent part of Thanksgiving with police after forgetting their beat-down of an 83-year-old man in a Target parking lot might be caught on video. Here's that video.
Read MoreManchild Matt Farah says the 710 hp STaSIS V10 R8 is so good it leaves him speechless. Unfortunately, when he can't speak he lets out an unnerving maniacal laugh. It's the only thing that'll make you want more commentary.
Read MoreAfter 32 years of development, the Covini Engineering team claims this is the production version of the six-wheeled C6W that's finally being unveiled this week. The future is now.
Read MoreCalifornia developer "Big" Mike Harrah already owns a 3,000-hp hot rod powered by a PT boat's V12. His next project? A Peterbuilt-based rod with a 24-cylinder Detroit Diesel, churning 3,400 hp via superchargers and nitrous. Un. Holy.
Read MoreSome of the best cars are ones no longer made. That means turning to the used car market. Many of us have done it. Many of us are planning to do it. What's your best used car buying tip?
Read MoreAhmadinejad and his antisemitic cronies are fuming with anger after discovering the Star of David on the roof of Iran Air headquarters at Tehran's airport. The building was originally built by Israeli engineers prior to the the Islamic Revolution.
Read MoreIt's the last day of 2010, making this the last Nice Price or Crack Pipe of the year, and we're going out on top. You've heard of Save the Enzos, well now it's time to start saving for the Enzo.
Read MoreAlfa Romeo's Milano is like the homely guy/girl who, contrastingly, really knows how to rock your planet. This Nice Price or Crack Pipe Verde represents the hottest U.S. iteration of the fugly sedan, but is its price unattractive as well?
Read MoreMany of you use the Miata as Nice Price or Crack Pipe's baseline of value. Seeing as Mazda's sports car is the coin of the realm around here, what do you think of one for thirteen grand?
Read MoreIn the song Fire Jimi Hendrix sang move over Rover, and let Jimi take over. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Range Rover is decked out to blast some Hendrix, but will its price make you think it's a dog?
Read MoreNot many may remember Al Pacino's gay murder mystery, Cruising, but needless to say, Pacino gets his man in the end. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pinto Cruising Wagon may be more memorable than that, but is its price?
Read MoreOne of the great mysteries of preadolescent life is how St. Nick manages to squeeze down so many chimneys all in one night. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe supercharged Z4M, in Santa Red, is one possible explanation.
Read MoreWicked, the Broadway musical is a re-imagining of Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Wicked Porsche Twin Turbo has also been re-imagined, but is its price as fat as its ass?
Read MoreOne of the great things about old Lancias is that their names sound like a lady's naughty bits. And as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Fulvia (see?) might prove, they can be great in other ways too.
Read MoreThe reason ‘70s porn star entourages never caught on was because C3 Corvettes only seat two. However, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corvette America custom 4-door could be how the whole gang-bang rolls.
Read MoreWordsworth's poem, The Prelude, was intended as prologue to his work, The Recluse. In contrast, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Honda Prelude drops its top, ensuring its passengers are never cloistered.
Read MoreIf the waistband of your tighty whities advertise any designer other than Flute of the Room or possibly Hanes, then you just might have designs on today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom 733i.
Read MoreOne of John DeLorean's mistakes in designing a unique, personal coupe, was making their stainless steel coats indistinguishable from one another. Well, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe DMC-12 is different, but will its price have you seeing red?
Read MoreOver the years Toyota has trotted out a series of small cars from Starlets to Yaris', with even some Echos in between. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Paseo is one you may have missed, but is its price noteworthy?
Read MoreWe Heard You Like LS in Your LS so Nice Price or Crack Pipe is putting an LS1 in your LS so you can LS while you LS.
Read MoreIt's not every day you come across a professionally converted W123 convertible, but for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe, we've got a Brickyard Benz you might just Indiana jones over.
Read MoreWhen Pandora opened her eponymous box, all hell broke loose. Similarly, the Rolls Royce Camargue is boxy as hell, but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom hardtop convertible would make even that old Greek bitch happy.
Read MoreHistorically, Italian Coupes played the roll of Cinderella to their portly sedan stepsisters, and that's exactly the case with today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Fiat 130 Coupé. But instead of a glass slipper, this car requires a fat wallet.
Read MoreToday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and to show our respect, our Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender is an all-American icon that has benefitted from its Japanese invasion.
Read MoreBefore CDs and iPods, music was sold on records and tapes, and a common vinyl format was the 33 RPM LP. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Alfa Romeo 33 is uncommon, but it might make some beautiful music.
Read MoreThe original RX-7 breathed new life into Mazda's sputtering ‘70s sales. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1980 LS edition is all original, but does its price leave you breathless?
Read MoreCustom C3 Vette wagons, hell, we can't get enough of them. But, will today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '74 Vette's price have you saying enough is enough?
Read MoreShooting brake, sport wagon, two-door estate, avant, there are many names for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Lancia HPE. Of course, the most common form of address for the spawn of Fiat's up-scale division is %$*@#-ing car!
Read MoreThe Valkyrie was a plane decades ahead of its time, pushing the aeronautical engineering of the early 1960s well beyond what had been thought possible. It was even slated to become the world's first nuclear powered bomber.
Read MoreHowever you spend the evening marking the rolling over of our common odometer (jury-rigged from zero by a collection of hunchbacked historians), we hope you enjoy it sanely enough to come back Monday. This year's final COTD goes to sirbasilfawlty, who has his own plans for 2011 and beyond involving a certain Italian vehicle:
Read MoreWe each mark the holidays in our own fashion, whether traditional or by watching grown men dress in burkas and injure themselves in the Syrian desert. In the Catalonia regions of Spain, the traditional Christmas display includes the "caga tio," a log with a face painted on one end and a blanket over the other, which is "fed" goodies through Christmas Eve. At the appointed hour, children gather around and command it to produce presents from its butt, singing:
Read MoreIt's around this time every year that the newness of any holiday present starts to wane just enough for a few judgments to creep in. Which is why sometimes the best presents are the ones new only to this era, such as the "Little Professor" calculator we'll be taking home. It's not a 74-step Battle Ops Transformer, but it worked so well in one childhood, it deserves a chance with another. Seeing through the hype around the East Coast's big winter storm made electricworry show off his professorial
Read MoreI'll cop to being a Christmas music junkie; nothing growing up quite meant the season was here like seeing the ancient Perry Como record come out of the drawer. The Da Yoopers, the cultural touchstone of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, have this low-rent holiday ode to oxidated GM products to stand as their second-greatest musical accomplishment outside of "Second Week of Deer Camp." Whether its a lead sled or a fine Bavarian coupe, cars can take us back in time, something Zaphod_has_a_heart_of_go
Read MoreHas the time come to start writing the retrospectives of the Baby Boomers, comparing what they thought of themselves to what they actually accomplished? Maybe we lead off with Dennis Hopper hawking retirement planning to perhaps the last generation of American workers who may be financially secure enough to enjoy the final years of their lives. Whether the actual Captain America bike went up in an Austin fire, Scoutch says the attention paid to the "Easy Rider" generation got him fired up:
Read MoreThese days, thanks to Mattracks, you can put a continuous-track system on almost anything (paging Ken Block). But the history of cat tracks is long and rife with far headier awesomeness. So what's the coolest vehicle with caterpillar tracks?
Read MoreToday's been fun, huh? Mel Brooks co-wrote Blazzing Saddles with a number of writers, including Richard Pryor. In the famous scene where Madeline Kahn's Lili Von Shtupp attemps to seduce Cleavon Little, us viewers see her ask if his schnitzel is really as big as would would expect. The lights go out and she exclaims "It's true! It's true!" What's missing is a line Richard Pryor wrote to follow it: "Baby, you're sucking on my elbow." It just goes to show the Germans are constantly confused. Just
Read MoreNo, there isn't a toaster capable of engraving the melancholy visage in charred carbohydrates on part of a well-balanced breakfast (actually, the Japanese have this technology). The Poe Toaster is a man who comes bearing French Cognac to toast the grave of Edgar Allan Poe on his birthday every year for the last 60 years. Every year except last year, on his 201st birthday. No one is sure why he didn't come, unless this is the end of the Poe Toaster. No one knows for sure who the Poe Toaster is as
Read MoreA Formula One racing car has to conform to regulations which fill a dense 72-page booklet. Technical illustrator Craig Scarborough explains next year's new rules in layman's terms, with amazingly intricate and detailed illustrations. —Ed.
Read MoreOh, now THAT'S hawt. Paris Hilton's reportedly lending her name —and that of a famous Ibiza dance party — to a motorcycle racing team. Considering Spain and motorcycle racing are BFFs, this may not be the worst idea ever.
Read MoreThe final race of the 2010 NASA Western Endurance Racing Championship (WERC) season was completed during the first six hours of the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. See which teams came out on top.
Read MoreThis is an illustration from physics professor Peter Alway's 1995 book Rockets of the World. That little black-and-yellow smudge in the second row, that's the V–2. Hit the jump for mega-size.
Read MoreThis video is an amazingly detailed close-up of three Space Shuttle launches tracked by multiple cameras shooting at 60,000 frames-per-second. What we view in a couple of minutes is stretched to 45 minutes of glorious high definition slow motion.
Read MoreHe and his mates were out hooning in a borrowed MK4 R32, when they hit a 30-mph corner at 100 mph. They survived, the R32 did not. But the 4Motion lives on in a MK4 Jetta coupe. You heard right.
Read MoreWant to retrofit an iPad in place of your Mustang's stock Sync-ified infotainment console? You'll need to relocate Sync to the ceiling, but with some basic carpentry skills the install is surprisingly easy.
Read MoreWelcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a special personal project car hell edition 1972 Plymouth Valiant.
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