The retro-obsessed designers at Vizualtech make a point of mentioning not everyone likes the new Jaguar design direction. Their solution? Drop an E-type-inspired body on the current XKR.
Read MoreBy 1973 the muscle car was almost entirely dead. A few cars fought through increased emissions requirements and fuel concerns to try and keep the muscle car flame burning. Buick built the Century GS455 to be one of them. According to this vintage Car & Track review, they did the best they could.
Read MoreThanks to a soon-to-be new owner of a McLaren MP4-12C, we've got a copy of the options price list for Macca's new $229,000 supercar. Let's take a look at the nitty-gritty on what all those ducats'll buy you.
Read MoreFord's last upgrades to the Mustang GT back in 2010 gave engineers a platform on which to build the best Mustang ever. So that's exactly what they did. Yes, the Boss really is back and it's epic.
Read MoreWhen was the last time you thought about the commercial van business? Unless you're a plumber, the answer's probably, "Huh?" Nissan, on the other hand, has been thinking a lot about the commercial van business lately. More, in fact, than anyone has in years.
Read MoreAs previously reported, the VW Microbus Concept is returning, though this time called the VW Bulli. The new concept rolled out in Geneva, looking sorta similar to the original Microbus Concept from 2001, but far smaller.
Read MoreSpotting old cars is one simple joy of auto obsession. But if the sight of these old cars sitting under an overpass in Montreal, Canada covered in dirt and road salt doesn't bother you, we're not sure what would.
Read More10.) 2009 Daytona 500 - Was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crash intentional? Was this somewhat aggressive accident by Dale Earnhardt Jr. intentional? We'll let you be the judge.
Read MoreSteve McQueen may not have done all his own stunts, but to get The Magnificent Seven role that launched his career he had to pull off one real crash. Here's the story of how and why he did it.
Read MoreVideo games and YouTube only takes one so far into learning the tricks of rally driving. Autopia's Jason Paur went to rally school for a real education. — Ed.
Read MoreObviously, one man's "forgotten" is another club's charter, but for most, the De Tomaso Deauville resides just under the radar. That's sad because it's one of the best looking sedans of the 1970s. Jaguar XJ6, eat your heart out.
Read MoreThank heavens winter's cold grip has loosed just enough across much of the country; otherwise it might be a hard night for those of you getting ready to camp out for the release of "Fame: Danica Patrick" comic book. Unlike most things with Patrick's name attached, this doesn't appear to have any official license or connection, given the artwork that looks less like Patrick and more like Jennifer Love Hewitt passed through several Photoshop filters. It's from the same comic-book factory responsib
Read MoreI told the blokes here at Jalopnik I was pissed at Ferrari and wanted to tell a few people. They said I could do it here. Stay with me, this might take a while.
Read MoreOne month down, one month to go and the guys at K-PAX Racing are right on schedule. That's one of the great things about these guys, they have built so many racecars that they have turned what is basically an art into a science. It's pretty awesome to watch and even cooler to actually be a part of.
Read MoreIs replica-building an authentic form of automotive self-expression or merely a case of trying too hard? There’s only one way to find out: take a Ferrari 250 GTO and turn it into a Datsun 240Z.
Read MoreRoad networks are the blood vessels of a modern city, and Libson's coastal orientation and traffic patterns create the perfect visualization for this metaphor. This work by Pedro Cruz immediately makes sense before you hear the full explanation for how he made The Blood Vessels in the traffic of Lisbon, but here it is if you're curious:
Read MoreFilmmaker Stephen Mitchell has been fortunate enough to own a few Ferraris in his lifetime, even spending a moment in the pits at Monza with Enzo Ferrari and Juan Manuel Fangio. Here he recounts daily driving a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, at age 19. — Ed.
Read MoreHere's an exclusive first look at Grem and Acer, the two newest digital automotive cast members to Cars 2, Disney's sequel to the hit flick Cars, one of the best car movies of all time. Let's meet the two aptly-named "lemons" below.
Read MoreFueled by oil money and a societal abhorrence to permanence, Dubai is a disposable culture. Even, apparently, with super cars. Although the 1980 Ferrari Mondial 8 wasn't the most beloved prancing stallion to emerge from the gates of Maranello, Tom Bird at Crank & Piston didn't expect to find one slowly rotting away in the parking lot of a Dubai housing development. Here's his story and amazing photos of this abandoned and forgotten Ferrari.
Read MoreOur cool new gallery system is a major reason for our site redesign. To show you what we mean, we put together this gallery of awesome Jalopnik car porn — representing some of the best, beautiful car photos we've taken. Feast your eyes on the awesomeness.
Read MoreThe press release say the all-new Ford Ranger Wildtrak has thorax-protecting front-seat side airbags. (We've provided a diagram if you don't know what that means, or if you happen to have an exoskeleton.)
Read MoreTwo years ago, federal officials crashed this stolen Ferrari F50 in Kentucky, seized as part of a drug bust. Now the insurance company is suing the U.S. government, saying it's stonewalling over $750,000.
Read MoreWhen Tony Deloach crashed into a parked car he forgot about the cocaine-laced rolled bill in his Camaro until an officer found it. Deloach then screamed "I'm high on cocaine!" and tried fleeing on foot. He didn't get far.
Read MoreTop Gear USA, the American version of the popular British motoring show, must have been popular enough for HISTORY as Jalopnik just confirmed the network's picking up TGUSA for a second season with hosts Rutledge Wood, Adam Ferrara, and Tanner Foust.
Read MoreOne week ago, an Australian research firm emailed reporters a study showing speed limits should be raised in the name of safety. Jalopnik and several other sites wrote about it. Yesterday, we learned it was a hoax.
Read MoreAlways wanted the reliability and fun of a Miata but didn't care for the styling or naturally aspirated of one in stock form? If so, this 2000 Mazda MX-5 Miata fitted with an aftermarket body and supercharged engine could be the small roadster of your dreams.
Read MoreSuze Rotolo died last week at the age of 67, but she'll be forever a teenager thanks to the album cover of "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan." She was Dylan's girlfriend in his early days in New York, and spurred several of his best songs, from "Boots of Spanish Leather" to the one above, "Ballad in Plain D." But its that single picture that's endured, for the way she leans into Dylan while walking through the snow that's less about the cold around them than the warmth between them. Certain images h
Read MoreWhile it's arguable whether or not the phrase "It's a Duesy" was originally adopted in reference to the Duesenberg, the quality of the cars had given the saying an additional meaning by 1934 when this JN model, currently for sale on Ebay, was built.
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 1962 Chevrolet Corvair
Read MoreIf you were to pick a year where in your opinion most car manufacturers were the closest to getting it right, what would it be? What is your favorite model year of cars ever made?
Read MoreWhile the modern day luxury excellence of Mercedes Benz and the memory of the long defunct and very quirky Studebaker don't have a lot in common these days, it wasn't always the case. If you wanted to test drive a Mercedes in America between 1958 and 1963 there was one place to do it: your local Studebaker/Packard dealership.
Read MoreHere's the first live photos of the new raging bull — the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. To coincide with the first person-to-supercar shot, we've also created this first look — to give you everything you need to know. And yes, it does include the first shot of its scissor doors.
Read MoreRegular weekend readers likely recognize this rust free and original 1970 International Scout 800A from Found off the Street, our weekly look at old cars lurking around the cape that rust remembered, Cape Cod, Ma.
Read MoreFor some reason fast cars and cocaine seem to go together like razor blades and rolled Benjamins. After this week's cocaine-fueled Camaro crash, we thought we'd put together some of our best coke-fueled stories into one easy-to-recall eight ball-like package. No, not stories we've written high on coke. Stories about... OK, look, you get the picture. More »
Read MoreNational Geographic's "Ultimate Factory" series took its cameras to the Bentley plant in Crewe, to show how the wood-trimmed interior of the Mulsanne comes together through a combination of diligent craftsmen and robotic mills. Even for those who may not enjoy manufacturing porn as much as we do, it's a mesmerizing process. GreenN_Gold also showed off some fine craftsmanship, in a comment on the inanity of calling office equipment "the Dale Earnhardt of shredders:"
Read MoreWhile some men simply can't handle a post-divorce burst of liberty, one spent nine years turning his Brazilian home into this: The ultimate expression of Formula 1 fandom, including display cases for 500 F1 model cars.
Read MoreFifty-three years ago this week, Cuban rebels led by Fidel Castro pulled one of the great political stunts of the modern era — kidnapping Juan Manuel Fangio. Joe Saward tells how it happened on his Grand Prix Blog. — Ed.
Read MoreBillionaire T. Boone Pickens tried to convince the world CNG was the fuel of the future, but the possibility of a Civic-heavy future excited no one. He should have started the conversation with this — the Speedriven 800-hp CNG-powered V12 Mercedes roadster.
Read MoreCheck out the suspension compression on this Ferrari FF as it bounds across a snow-covered track. Its shooting-brake profile really pops against the white background. And then watch it motor through rain and, finally, sun. Must be a mailman driving.
Read MoreYou know when a job ad on Craigslist is headlined "Really hard work, a jerk of a boss, and low pay," there's something special behind it — namely, the most brutally honest, over-the-top help wanted ever. When's the last time your boss compared himself to Gary Busey?
Read MoreJoel Appleman was driving to work in Central Pennsylvania when he came upon an Amish horse team pulling a tanker truck safely out of the snow. Fortunately, he had his camera and captured the conquest of old technology over new.
Read MoreThis is the Fiat Tagliero Building. Built in 1938, it is an architectural ode to the automobile like Fiat’s Lingotto factory in Turin. It's also the most magnificent gas station ever built.
Read MoreReading this detailed exegesis on every T-shirt used in "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" — including its origin and where to acquire similar versions — leaves me with the same feeling I got watching Mike Rowe clean out the San Francisco sewer by hand: I'm glad someone's doing this, but I'm even more glad this is not my job. "Pilgrim" was a good movie, not great, and the degree of scrutiny needed for such detail-digging would get tiresome quickly. Happily, there are other entertainments that reward
Read MoreLast Sunday, 20-year-old rookie Trevor Bayne became the youngest winner of the Daytona 500 in Nascar history. His first experience with the track? Driving the iRacing video simulator at Daytona a year earlier, with Michael Waltrip giving him pointers.
Read MoreA Texas race team has sued General Motors for antitrust violations, saying it conspired with tire maker Michelin to hobble a private competitor to GM's factory-owned Corvettes in American and international road racing.
Read MoreWe saw it in its full livery at the Detroit Auto Show. We next saw the Cadillac's CTS-V Coupe SCCA World Challenge GT racecar getting a good shaking by Johnny O'Connell and Andy Pilgrim at Sebring. Guess what? It's back!
Read MoreSince the moment I first saw a CTS-V Sport Wagon parked outside of the Hennessey headquarters in Sealy, Texas I knew a quarter-mile run video was coming. But a Porsche 911 Turbo versus a 650 HP Hennessey-tuned Caddy station wagon? Ridiculous.
Read MoreThink of cars and Southern California and 1956, and the first thing that comes to mind is definitely not an infinitesimal Italian road racer. The photo archives of Orange County tell a different story. In those years of wild pastel paintjobs, one Abarth 207A Spyder made it all the way to Anaheim, California.
Read MoreCanada's stereotype as an easygoing land will only be re-enforced by these videos showing a stoner giving a 15-minute lecture to a police officer that dared pull him over. It's like a PSA for Tasers.
Read MoreThe 2011 Ford Explorer's currently only available with a naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6, with a 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine on the way. But a page on Ford's website is hinting at a Ford Explorer SHO with the 3.5-liter turbocharged EcoBoost engine.
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM-ish. It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreThe Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid combines too many things I like to be ignored (Volvo, diesel, wagon, AWD). This is Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream served by Allison Brie on the hood of... a Volvo wagon.
Read MorePete Hottelet is the entrepreneur whose $25,000 may help bring a Robocop statue — that may look like the bust above — to Detroit.
Read MoreDetroit snapped back into winter last night, with over ten inches of snow and temperatures in the teens. None of which stopped one Honda S2000 owner from making a top-down commute.
Read MoreDuring Sunday's Daytona 500, an ad appeared on Craigslist to sell the Lincoln hearse that carried NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. body during his funeral for $8,800. It sold. Now, the seller tells us exclusively he now regrets it.
Read MoreEvery gamer who's ever lapped a track in Forza or Gran Turismo has wondered how the real track would compare. Canada's Sympatico.ca Autos gave driver Brian Makse the chance to compare the games to the world's toughest racetrack. — Ed.
Read MoreFor some strange reason, Buick wants to spend nine paragraphs letting you know the Regal Turbo is flex-fuel capable. There ya go. [GM]
Read MoreOne cylinder and worlds apart from the line of historical German three liters shown in this 1984 Mercedes Benz commercial, after 27 years the claims of the 300D's contribution to Mercedes Benz's dynasty seem a lot less of a stretch.
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 1972 Datsun 240Z
Read MoreThe cars we consider cool usually didn't leave the factory with two sets of doors. Today let's look at the cars that did but are still, at least to us, undeniably cool. What is the coolest four door car ever made?
Read MoreJalopnik's commenters and tipsters are incredibly important to us. Don't believe it? Here are some of the biggest stories we've ever had... all brought to us by tipsters (send us one now). As a thank you, and to show you guys how important you really are, here's a year-by-year account of how tipsters hooked us up. Memories.
Read MoreWhat has four wheel drive, four doors, a sky high body lift and Virgil Exner styling? With the exception of this 1956 Plymouth wagon currently listed on Ebay we're pretty confident the answer is absolutely nothing.
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM. It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreSubaru of Canada made this ad using sumo wrestlers lounging on the hoods of new Foresters. Funny, but not as much to a customer who bought one of the Foresters and found sumo-related dents after he took it home.
Read MoreFrom Nebraska's Carhenge to Georgia's Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue, America's roads boast strange monuments. No roadside attraction however, is more odd than the Texas Forbidden Gardens, a one-third-sized replica of China's Forbidden City. And after this week it'll be pulverized.
Read MoreOn Wednesday night, Chicago police arrested three men after they were caught vandalizing seven Toyotas at the Chicago Auto Show. While it sounds like dumb kids gone wild, the alleged vandals claimed they were angry about American jobs shipped overseas.
Read MoreNational Geographic's Inside the Secret Service takes a rare peek inside the vehicles of the enigmatic government agency, highlighting everything from blazing fast J-Turns to the painstakingly thorough screening process for cars assigned to protect UN diplomats.
Read MoreRep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) alerted Capitol Police Thursday after a threatening fax arrived at her office attacking her proposal to strip Pentagon sponsorship from NASCAR teams.
Read MoreGM's just announced details on its new Sync-fighting infotainment system called MyLink. As in "Chevy" MyLink and "Buick" MyLink and "GMC" MyLink and...well, you get the picture. Basically, it does everything Sync does. It's a shame it took 'em three years to do it.
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM. It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreThree 20-something suburban Chicago men using screwdrivers and razors tore up interiors of several Toyotas at the Chicago Auto Show Wednesday evening. Look, we know you hate beige, but don't mess with the merchandise if it's not yours.
Read MoreA network of blogging mothers offered each of its members $10 to write a positive story about Toyota's recent exoneration by the U.S. government over sudden acceleration and promote similar pieces. After complaints, Toyota says it had nothing to do with the plan. UPDATED
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM. It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreNASCAR driver Brian Vickers abandoned his 2010 season after suffering a pulmonary embolism. Now he's back with an interview in Maxim sure to shake the sport's stodgy fans. He drinks, he hits on chicks, he calls Jeff Gordon no fun.
Read MoreThe De Macross GT1 is what happens when a wealthy Korean businessman decides he doesn't like the current crop of supercars and enlists the help of some Canadians and an 800-hp supercharged Roush V8.
Read MoreThe old journalism saw says when you assume, you make an ass out of "u" and "me." Yet plenty of people have assumed that Ford's torrid love affair with turbocharged engines would eventually grow to include the Mustang, even though Ford itself has refrained from saying so. Thanks to one enterprising college student, we can stop assuming.
Read MoreWhen he was a kid, Luca Rusconi's father took him to the 1975 Italian Grand Prix, where Ferrari engineers escorted him into the pits and showed him the car Niki Lauda drove to a world title the next day. 34 years later, Rusconi designed a scale replica virtually and built it with Legos. Here's how. — Ed.
Read MoreKirkham Motorsports usually needs about 30 hours of computer-controlled machining to turn a 383-lb. aluminum billet into a 64-lb. engine block for its self-designed 427. Luckily for manufacturing geeks, they've shortened the process to seven minutes for this video.
Read MoreThe registry of distinguished Lexus LFA owners now includes one Paris Hilton, who received it as a 30th birthday gift from her boyfriend. Which one will be turned in for a newer model first? Thanks Aurel!
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM. It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreFormer General Motors product czar "Maximum" Bob Lutz left the company last year, but new GM CEO Dan Akerson's been trying to get him back. The only thing standing in his way according to The Daily Beast is the U.S. Treasury Department, which fears the move could be perceived as a golden parachute.
Read MorePolice in southern Wisconsin have reopened a 28-year-old unsolved murder, hoping a fresh look at the evidence could lead them to the killer of a 34-year-old mother. If you can identify a pickup truck and a jack base, you could help.
Read MorePhiladelphia police arrived on the scene of a car crash to discover the female driver naked, dancing, and performing downward dogs while hollering, "I'm free! I'm free! Thank you, God!" Video is somewhat NSFW.
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM. It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreAside from the car sales section of Craigslist, I spend a lot of time in the home repair department, stalking the day someone will part with the raw materials that I need to finish one of the roughly 374 projects that need to be done around the house but have yet to be tackled. Just like on the car side, the vastness of the listings would suggest pretty good odds for some real bargains, yet actual finds are rare. Even if you have the materials, they're no good without the know-how for using them
Read MoreIt's not that a pack of snowmobiles can comfortably take to the streets of Detroit in winter that amazes us about this video. It's that Detroit has become so empty, snowmobiles can now also hit the freeways.
Read MoreFiat's Lancia arm showed off today the Chrysler-based models coming to Geneva next month. Considering Fiat's controlling stake, it's no surprise the new Europe-only Lancias are rebadged Chryslers. What is surprising: Lancia appears to have done the rebadging in Photoshop.
Read MorePay no mind to the heavy lids on this Anime character's peepers, Nissan's Etherea concept car isn't sleepy — it wants to do bad things to your eye hole. Imagine this as an entry-level model of the future, says Infiniti.
Read MorePerhaps Lefrance Defrank thought hiding his car from the woman he was cheating on at the car dealership he worked at would avoid it being torched. It didn't, and the resulting fire spread across new vehicles on the lot.
Read MoreManhattanite Peter Helfer found his Audi covered in ice from a broken water main. His car was on newspaper covers, on morning news shows, and all over the internet. Here's how it happened, in his own words. — Ed.
Read MoreRenault marks the 50th anniversary of the Renault 4 this year with a series of events around the world. It never officially made the United States — except back in 1965, when the company sent four women to drive from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska.
Read MoreLast week we met the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. Although many thought the model designed to compete with the Mustang GT500 would be the next Camaro to wear the famous Z28 badge, Chevrolet opted for ZL1. Here's why.
Read MoreKeeping with our "Gentleman's muscle car" theme of our vintage Car and Track road tests over the past couple weeks (1971 Oldsmobile 442 and 1969 Studebaker Avanti II) let's take a look at the 1969 Plymouth GTX. If you are a Jalopnik reader who has a strong zest for living, this 1969 Plymouth GTX test could be your bag.
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 1940 Plymouth and a 1940 Buick Limo.
Read MoreBank of America's account websites are experiencing an unprecedented online security breach and the bank hasn't fully rectified the problem. That's right, your online financial data and full account access may be in the hands of someone else.
Read MoreHibernating cars and a general lack of automotive stimuli this time of year has us perusing craigslist and counting seconds until spring. Although it happens every year, recently we've started considering something automotive that would provide us with a little amusement in the depths of winter without costing enough to care about the inevitable damage year round use will cause. What is the most automotive amusement $1500 or less will buy you on craigslist?
Read MoreAs if it's not bad enough to come outside and find a bear sitting shotgun in your Volkswagen Jetta, to then find out the bear spent his time defecating in your Jetta really is the crap icing on the cake.
Read MoreAs this vintage Triumph ad points out, bucket seats and flashy wheels are as close to a real sports car as some people ever get. Not so with the Triumph TR4A, it lets you know what a real sports car is all about.
Read MoreChicago isn't a show for journalists, or even for enthusiasts. It's a show for consumers, for ordinary people. The Windy City's auto expo reportedly brings in more Joe Public foot traffic than any other new-car show in the country, and its floor is laid out accordingly: There's a lot of quasi-fun stuff to do and a lot of weird cars to poke.
Read MoreIt's very simple, really. The best racing cars tend to be gorgeous. And while the 2011 crop of F1 cars is generally very handsome, it is Mercedes’s W02 that's the flat-out drop-dead beauty.
Read MoreAlthough the just-unveiled Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will be the top-end performance package of the Camaro, Chevy's reborn muscle car, it won't be the last high-powered special edition. The Z28 is still coming, and GM wants to know what you think it should be.
Read MoreDon't we all fondly remember the deprivations of childhood as the sufferings which made us such tough responsible people today? And yet once we become parents, many of us strive to eliminate all want from the lives of our offspring; we may have been happy with a rock, a stick and a creek for toys, but our children will have their character forged in the smithy of an Xbox. As for those who've never wanted for much, there's The Honey Badger's bank-shot comment on early life with a Ferrari by way o
Read MoreOf all the defunct car companies, De Tomaso holds a special place in my heart for its often strange combination of American muscle and often strange but always glorious Italian styling (see Pantera and Mangusta). Someone must have stolen my dream journal, because they're bringing it back as a CROSSOVER!
Read MoreWelcome to the Chicago Auto Show! Have you been here before? No? Here's a primer: There's a lot of bitching and moaning. It's cold, and journalists complain about that. There also isn't a lot of news here, which is to be expected, but journalists complain about that, too. And finally, the boiled Vienna Beef hot dogs in the media center taste like refried squirrel ass. (No complaints on that one, oddly, and there was a line stretching out the door. The media: go figure.)
Read MoreEvery so often, I like to transport myself back to the heady days of the late '90s, when Ben Stiller was still cool and no one was tired of Jack Black, and a talking motorcycle could help the world's smartest astronaut solve crimes committed by aliens. "Heat Vision and Jack" should have taken reams of names and dispensed a pickled peck of whoop-ass, but instead we got "Envy." Speaking of, the little bout of envy between Dearborn and Modena gave dmcshinobi a similar kind of flashback:
Read MoreThe Hyundai Veloster Rally Car, unveiled this morning, is about 20 pounds of awesome in a ten-pound bag. Click through the gallery for an up-close look at all that makes the racing Veloster such a darling.
Read MoreLike a young Jennifer Grey, the 2012 Acura TL is on the receiving end of a major nose job. Unlike the Dirty Dancing actress, the TL will actually benefit from the change.
Read MoreDodge again dips into the past and pulls out a classic color for the Challenger R/T. Mopar fanatics will recognize "Green With Envy" from 1969 Chargers and Superbees. It was a limited color then, and it is now. Act fast.
Read MoreThe 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, debuting today at the Chicago Auto Show, is the most powerful and technologically advanced Camaro ever built. It's not a muscle car anymore. No, now it's a mullet-wearing muscle missile straight from Tron's grid.
Read MoreThis is it. It's the new Dodge Charger SRT8, and like its lesser-powered sibling, it gets entirely new sheet metal for the 2012 model year. But the changes aren't just skin deep. Under the hood, there's a new 6.4-liter HEMI V8 heart delivering more horsepower and torque than the 6.1-liter HEMI V8 it replaces. Heaping a dose of higher horsepower and sleeker design on a four-door sedan that's already a fan favorite? Yes, please.
Read MoreAt some point in recent years, a ghost in the urban planning machine put up 700 rogue stop signs in Cranston, Rhode Island, (pop. 80,000; stop sign pop. 2,600). They're totally undocumented, and the city can't figure out where exactly they came from. But after an investigation by a specially appointed committee, they're planning to leave 580 of 'em right where they are.
Read MoreThis is a screen cap of Spirit Airlines latest email ad campaign urging consumers to "Go South for VD." Hmm, what an attractive way to make Spirit Airlines email opt-in participants truly feel like heading someplace on vacation. I know I'm just itchin' to get out of the bed and head to the clinic to get shots before I head south of the border.
Read MoreThe U.S. government's ten-month probe into Toyota validates the initially unpopular argument we at Jalopnik put forth at the start of this unintended acceleration witch hunt: This was a case of people pressing the wrong pedal. In every way, this was Toyota's beige-ification of cars biting them back, and hard.
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM. It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreFederal documents obtained by Jalopnik through a Freedom of Information Act request support today's conclusion by the federal government and what we've said all along: unintended acceleration events, like the infamous "Runaway Prius" were not caused by electronic boogeymen.
Read MoreHelmet cams have become a staple of modern entertainment, giving viewers a feeling of participation never before allowed in the history of moving pictures. But the history of the helmet cam has been shrouded in mystery, until now.
Read MoreFrom directing "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Cannonball Run," to breaking 56 bones in his career as as a stuntman, Hal Needham has lived a life only Hollywood could create. In his new autobiography "Stuntman!," Needham spills his secrets.
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM 6:00 today (sorry, we're running kinda late). It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Never mind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read More"The point is you've reached the point of no return!" Tura Satana didn't have much to work with in "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" but she made the most of what should have been just another drive-in slop. Satana, who died last week at the age of 72, did her own stunts, and generally menaced the movie into cult greatness. Jip1080 had a vision for another kind of entertainment, based on the start-up of Top Gear's China edition:
Read MoreRenault kicked off their "Va Va Voom" campaign for the little Renault Clio with Audrey Hepburn, Rhianna, Marlon Brando, and a little tease from burlesque performer Dita von Teese. Is this for the stripper model?
Read MoreA Porsche GT3 with an automanual transmission? There go those winds of change blowing again. A Rennlist member who's spoken with a Porsche higher-up says the next GT3 will get Porsche's dual-clutch PDK transmission. The consolation prize is 480 horsepower.
Read More"Truth be told, I think (Mazda) MX-5s are, well, sh*t," says EVO magazine's Chris Harris, helping European car fans stay warm by building a nice flame war.
Read MoreThere are those who fear winter and flee to supermarkets at the forecast of a few flakes. Then there's this group of snowmobile drag racers building a 3,000-hp Funny Car to hit 200 mph while traveling over 1,000 feet of ice.
Read MoreNew research from Australia, the land of hoons and hoonage, says encouraging people to speed and removing speed limits could mean safer highways. Speeders, rife with adrenaline, apparently have significantly reduced reaction times and increased hazard perception. Crikey!
Read MoreWow. I can't believe how amazing the Super Bowl ad from Chrysler starring Eminem is that just aired. With a tagline of "Imported from Detroit," the commercial seriously gave me chills.
Read MoreHyundai's fourth quarter Super Bowl ad is set in a make-believe city filled with competitive cyclists on bicycles from the late 1800s, small black-and-white TV sets, Zack Morris cell phones and Pong. We're then asked the question of "What if we just settled for the first thing that came along?" Then, apparently we'd never get the Hyundai Sonata hybrid.
Read MoreIf bongo solos and Studebakers are your thing, you are guaranteed to enjoy this week's vintage Car and Track road test of the 1969 Avanti II. Even If bongo solos and Studebakers aren't your thing, chances are you will still enjoy Bud Lindemann's review of the second coming of the Avanti.
Read MoreAlthough a car's horsepower is the statistic you hear about more often, many argue Ft-Lbs of torque is the one that matters. Because our personal cars produce more torque than horsepower, I guess we agree. How many Ft-Lbs of torque do you own?
Read MoreSlammed within an inch of the ground and covered in fake patina, you might not like this 1968 Porsche, but chances are you will have an opinion about it. Selling later today on Ebay, this 911T "Outlaw" could be yours.
Read MoreFor 1966 Dodge unleashed a full advertising campaign detailing the Dodge Rebellion. Although we aren't sure exactly what Dodge was rebelling against, it involved secret meetings, Dodge Monacos and the very 60s blonde spokeswoman of the rebellion. Sign us up.
Read MoreAfter a few dark years, automakers will be flooding the zone of this year's Super Bowl with more fancy advertisements than ever. But why wait for the game? Enjoy your viral marketing now, and our ratings from one to five stars on each:
Read MoreWelcome to 60-0, our new end-of-day roundup post you can find every weekday at 5:00 PM (starting Monday... today we were running a bit late). It'll lasso up all the fast-moving auto stories from around the Internets and drag 'em to a screeching halt right here in one easy-to-find post. Nevermind those other car sites — we've got everything you need right here.
Read MoreSergio Marchionne, chief executive of Chrysler and Fiat, said today that the rescue of Chrysler by the U.S. government included "shyster" loans with tough interest rates. Do you really want to go there, Sergio? UPDATED
Read MoreOn the outer edges of east Russia stands a monument to human ingenuity and thirst for oil. Underneath the blue building pictured above is the world's longest oil well, running 7.67 miles below the surface, finished in only 60 days.
Read MoreIf you've ever been confronted by a nut that needed just a little more torque than you could provide solo, you know the value of a cheater bar. Most aren't as hefty as this one being deployed on an Seabees' bulldozer, but they can be a real useful shortcut, even if it's somehow consider cheating. Today's story about rule-bending in the Gran Turismo/Nissan contest brought a cheater's confession from Brandegee:
Read MoreAmerica's most in-demand police vehicle is a ten-officer 16,000-pound armored tank that takes bullets like Superman and drives 80 mph. The federal government buys dozens each year for local police departments. Do America's local police need tanks?
Read MoreSony and Nissan are giving drivers a chance to race in real life by competing in Gran Turismo 5 GT Academy. The problem? Someone's discovered a "cheat" in the current time trial.
Read MoreI'm always skeptical about little green men and their flying machines. There's always one nutter/hoaxer claiming to have captured an UFO on a blurry film. This time, however, it's hard to dismiss because multiple people caught it at the same time. Updated.
Read MoreA tipster for Brazil's Noticias Automotivas caught these 2012 Honda Civics departing the factory in Suzuka, apparently heading stateside based on the intermingled Fits and Insights.
Read MoreJust before NBC cancelled "Star Trek" back in 1969, executives toyed with the idea of boosting the show's financial returns through a series of product placement deals. While never approaching creator Gene Roddenberry with an actual plan, the idea at the time was to use the Enterprise's time travel storylines for continuing visits to the present, where the crew could interact with modern-day goods. Why an automaker such as Buick could only dream of the boost to the engineering prestige of its Ri
Read MoreCall it the Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon, Snostradmus, or just SnOMG, it's snowy outside and people are abandoning their vehicles. Why? We have no idea. Here's proof from the Sno*Drift 2011 Rally showing just how easy it is for any vehicle — whether they be FWD, RWD, or AWD — to conquer the snow.
Read MoreAn unidentified collector with a fetish for classic liveries has assembled a collection of 14 famous cars that raced under the famous blue/white/orange colors, including the first Gulf-liveried car to race at Le Mans. Finally, a sheik with good taste.
Read MoreBlizzaster 2011 continues all across the United States. The gigantic snow storm has resulted so far in 12,000 canceled flights, up to 60mph polar winds and thousands of car accidents like this one. Updated.
Read MoreSo, what's new with everyone? All bundled up for the big snow in your respective homes/dorms/correctional facilities? It's a little chilly around Casa Jalopnik, and that's even before we go outside. Hi-yo!...wait, is that a pitchfork?
Read MoreThere's nothing like firing up a naked V12, unencumbered by sheetmetal. Here are 12 ear-stroking specimens, starting with a tiny, hand-built V12; 87cc's worth of air-cooled miraculousness. German hobbyist Ralf Drendel created this tiny masterwork just because he could.
Read MoreYou'll notice Jalopnik's front page looks quite a bit different today. There's this one big story taking up most of the page, and an infinitely scrolling list of today's headlines in a column down the right side of the page. The page itself is a lot simpler and lighter, which means it will load quickly. And at last we have a way to display big, gorgeous images and videos on the front page of our site. That's the point.
Read MoreLike Carroll Shelby before him, Steve Saleen is a former racer who has made a name for himself building performance cars. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Saleen Focus N2O may not have the cachet of Carroll's name, but is its price noteworthy?
Read MorePatience is a virtue, and for the seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW 535iM, who has been trying to unload his car for two years, his tenacity rivals that of the biblical Job. But, do good things come to those who wait?
Read MoreMazda used to say in their ads that while other cars go boing, boing boing, theirs go hmmmmm. Well, for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe RX7, that might need to be changed to hissssssss, because it rocks a Cobra V8. But will its price make you go hmmmmm?
Read MoreFor a good part of the 20th century, and into this century, you could buy a new Buick Century. You can't any more, but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Century is from the last century, and as it's a rare convertible edition, you might ask yourself, does its price make sense for me?
Read MoreToyota has gained respect for the rock solid durability, and rock-climbing capability of its evergreen Land Cruiser models, while Tonka is beloved for its toy trucks with oversized wheels. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe grocery-getter asks, what if you combined the two?
Read MoreIn social classes, nobility implies privilege, and those of noble lineage are considered the holders of power. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Noble M12 is powerful, and would likely be a privilege to drive, but is its price too bourgeois?
Read MoreLike many kids, you may have once imagined that under your bed lived a monster which one day would eat you. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Miata is a monster that lives in the garage, but does its price bite?
Read MoreLegend has it that years after the end of WWII, Japanese soldiers were still turning up on remote Pacific islands, unaware of hostility's end. Similarly, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe diesel Dasher is a refugee from another era, but does its price mean war?
Read MoreCanada is often marginalized as being ‘America's hat.' However, if they allow cars like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Sierra Cosworth up there, you might just want to change that insult to America's helmet.
Read MoreThe Lamborghini Countach is perhaps the all-time most uncompromising car for speed and jaw dropping appearance, and one today can set you back six figures. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Kitborghini lets you have all that... at a compromise.
Read MoreOriginally feted for its added lightness, the Lotus Seven has always been a heavyweight of the homage car business. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Birkin is just one of a bunch, but will its price make this Seven the one?
Read MoreWe began the week with a Porsche, so it seems only fitting that Nice Price or Crack Pipe end it with one as well. This one's a N'awlins' 911, and you might find its price is ripe for a Louisiana purchase.
Read MoreIf perchance you should happen to be gangster – as I know I am - you might just need a conveyance that fits your urban-contemporary lifestyle. And while not a ‘lac, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi A8 is fittingly down.
Read MoreEver find a treasure at a garage sale? Well, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1999 Saab 9-3 was bought from GM's Heritage Collection blowout, and while covetable, will its price make it not destined for your garage?
Read MoreC3 Vettes are typically more cruiser than bruiser, but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '75 is painted a metallic shade of bruise, and you might find its price makes it a plum deal.
Read MoreOn the Scoville Scale of Chilli Pepper heat, the Cayenne pepper ranks about midway. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Porsche Cayenne is likewise the mid-model S, and you can decide whether its price is hot or not.
Read MoreFor many, going to a topless beach can be a memorable experience. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ferrari 400i is memorably topless, but will its price make you want to tell the seller to go pound sand?
Read MoreRemember the nursery rhyme Piggies, the one where your littlest toe runs home crying? Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Fiat is a little tow that you could drive home, but will buying it cost an arm and a piggy?
Read MoreFew cars survive their maker's demise, but the Studebaker Avanti seemed so advanced perhaps it managed to exist on borrowed time. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 4-door Avanti is uber rare, but is its price worth borrowing for?
Read MoreIn some Spanish speaking countries, the word pajero is slang for wanker. While we never officially got it in the U.S., today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution is here, and it may be fap-worthy.
Read MoreTime consumes us, despite all our toils to the contrary, whether its the allure of cosmetic surgery or the swapping of an older model for a younger one. But that should not stop us from choosing to live today as if time did not matter, like choosing a comment of the day that happened after the previous edition went to bed, but before the traditional Eastern Standard Time passing of midnight. It's exactly the kind of plucky decision-making that Sir Sonoma produced in an epic comment on yesterday'
Read MoreDon't like NASCAR? Not watching today's race right now? That's OK, you'll probably still enjoy this vintage footage from the 1960 Daytona 500. Watch as 37 vehicles crash in what we believe to be the biggest smash-up in NASCAR history.
Read MoreApart from inventing an aerodynamic device and becoming the last man to win a Grand Prix in a car of his own design, what has Dan Gurney ever done for Formula One? Why, he introduced the full-face helmet in 1968.
Read MoreIn the words of host Bud Lindemann "In keeping with this recreational vehicle type show" Car and Track would occasionally take a vacation from the test track and head off road. That is exactly what we see in this week's 1973 Jeep CJ5 "off track" test.
Read MoreThe Mini Rocketman concept goes where no modern Mini's gone before: backwards in size. Yep, this Mini fights model bloat and chops some notches off the brand's ever-expanding belt. It's definitely not the Mini you think you have at home.
Read MoreFor nearly two decades, the Soviet Union attempted to beat the United States in the space race with its own fleet of space shuttles. Here's the story of the final Soviet shuttle's last ride.
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? Photo Credit: Reuters
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? Photo Credit: Reuters
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? Photo Credit: Reuters
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you know, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you know, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreWith our redesign comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you. It's all of the most important automotive news on the internet in one place at 9:00 AM. Or you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreWith our redesign comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik every weekday at 9:00 AM. It's all of the most important automotive news on the internet wrapped up neatly with a bow for you every morning.
Read MoreWith our redesign comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik every weekday at 9:00 AM. It's all of the most important automotive news on the internet wrapped up neatly with a bow for you every morning.
Read MoreWith our redesign comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik every weekday at 9:00 AM. It's all of the most important automotive news on the internet wrapped up neatly with a bow for you every morning.
Read MoreWith our redesign comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik every weekday at 9:00 AM. It's all of the most important automotive news on the internet wrapped up neatly with a bow for you every morning.
Read MoreWith our new design comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik every weekday at 9:00 AM. It's all of the most important automotive news on the internet wrapped up neatly in a bow for you every morning.
Read MoreWith our new design comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik every weekday at 9:00 AM. It's all of the most important automotive news on the internet wrapped up neatly in a bow for you every morning.
Read MoreWith our new design comes the return of Morning Shift, our one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik every weekday before 9:00 AM. It's like the most important automotive news on the internet wrapped up neatly in a bow for you every morning.
Read MoreWith our new design comes the return of Morning Shift, a one-stop daily morning roundup of all the auto news that's actually important to you — right here on Jalopnik at 9:00 AM, just when you get into the office.
Read MoreWhat has animated pitchmen, a guy in a monkey suit, a damsel in distress and a truck with seats that are "soft like she-ape"? While we can't imagine what else might fit this criteria, this 1969 Dodge truck advertisement certainly does.
Read MoreIn a land uniquely suited to simple pickup trucks, Argentines use a homebuilt contraption of Borgward, wood, and artisan panels called the Rastrojero.
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 1970 GMC Jimmy.
Read MoreWe're going full speed, Wile E. Coyote on a giant ACME rocket style, headed towards the finish line three weeks away. Looking at our C30 now you're thinking "Wait a sec… it's taken you guys four weeks just to get the car down to a painted shell with roll cage!?!"
Read MoreK-PAX Racing's attempting to turn an off-the-line Volvo C30 into a world-beating race car in 60 days. Driver Robb Holland's going to give us weekly project updates. Part three: hooning the stock car, welding a cage. — Ed.
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