On a conscious level, the Mercedes–Benz SLS AMG is a cynical marketing ploy designed to milk the memory of Mercedes’s 1950s motorsport achievements. But listen to one at full throttle in a tunnel and all is forgiven. The SLS AMG makes the most viscerally wonderful supercar noise since Ferrari invented Ferraris.
Read MoreSports cars are, ultimately, cars that are fun to drive. And the cheaper a car is, the more fun you're willing to have with it. Here are the ten best combinations of these perfect characteristics, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreAlthough it's generally accepted the Ranchero was the first of the car/trucks, Hudson produced a more utility based truck using the front sheet metal from their cars in the late 1940s. The result was a unique mixture of car and truck that predated the Ranchero by 11 years. This very original example of a rare Hudson truck is currently on Ebay.
Read MoreChowing down on fast food in the car used to mean going condiment free or wrestling with a foil packet equally as likely to squirt ketchup on your lap as on your french fries. Now, Heinz is offering a solution with their "car-friendly" packet. But does it work? Let's find out.
Read MoreThe Hyundai Veloster's some strange hybrid of an Aston One-77, Saturn's unlamented three-door SC2 and the beloved Honda CRX. Who'd have thought such a combination was even possible, let alone be a recipe for the most compelling economy car in a largely uninspiring market.
Read MoreWith the overwhelming popularity of 60s Camaros, you have to do something pretty extreme and out of the box to build a car that is unmistakably one of a kind. That is exactly what the builder of this unique F-body managed to do, turning a stock '68 Camaro into the Oldsmobile powered mid engine hatchback dubbed the "Cam-aero" seen here.
Read MoreThere are no jobs where you live and everything (interviews, temp work, unemployment office) requires transportation. You not only need a car, you need one that won't break down every week or shame you on a job interview. Inspired by a reader suddenly short on cash, here's what fellow Jalopnik readers suggested as the ten best cars for poor people.
Read MoreAs many luxury and performance cars get older their prices drop as their warranties disappear and they become increasingly expensive to maintain. Many times these vehicles seem like unbelievable deals until you begin to take into account how much money you will end up paying for the parts and labor to maintain and repair it.
Read MorePoverty is no joke, and getting no-jokier by the minute. Add to that, in most places, reliable transportation can mean the difference between getting a leg up and sinking deeper into financial distress. What's the best car for poor people?
Read MoreThe golden age of supercars were heady days in the West, where there were actual people who could comprehend and buy them. But what was it like to look at the Ferrari 512 and the Lamborghini Countach in a world of planned economies and Trabant futures? An ongoing project explores the automotive dreams of Communist Hungary.
Read MoreIt's common for people to park an old car in a barn and forget about it. But in central Oregon there's an entire ghost town with an abandoned car museum at its center. Inside that museum sits a Hupmobile and Plymouths that have been waiting decades for visitors who never come.
Read MoreCarmakers and car enthusiasts both like keeping their knowledge secret and inaccessible, and one way they do it is with confusing acronyms and initializations. Here are the ten grammatical codes that every enthusiast should know, as picked by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreAccording to the fine folks at the St. Thomas assembly plant, the final Ford Crown Vic will not be sold, but kept by Al Jazirah Ford of Saudi Arabia as the ultimate showroom conversation piece. If you're wondering why this matters, CobraJoe gave the proper answer today in response to a comparison between the Crown Vic and Camry:
Read MoreThe Ford Explorer, the ex-SUV crossover that started the soccer mom trend, has now been reinvented in 382,858 Lego bricks for a new partnership between Legoland and Ford. Watch this amazing time-lapse video of the epic build, Lego-by-Lego.
Read MoreIt seems car companies are more risk-averse than ever. Sure, it costs a shite-ton to make a car and returns are far from guaranteed. And yet, some companies indeed put their 'nads on the line. What's the ballsiest car company?
Read MoreOn the internet, people who love cars can come together and appreciate automobiles, offer advice, and, of course, utterly taunt every unsuspecting forum member they can find. Here are the ten most laughably vile trolls of internet car culture, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreA 1965 Pontiac GTO, '69 Shelby GT500 428CJ, '71 Plymouth GTX 426 Hemi, '70 Buick GSX. They're all in your dad's fantasy garage, and they're among the cars included in a free DLC pack Forza 4 Season Pass holders will get if they pad Microsoft's cash-flow up front.
Read MoreTrolling car forums creatively is a very specific talent. A troll must know a good deal about cars to create a scenario that forum members will respond angrily to. What's the cruelest joke ever played on a car forum?
Read MoreIt's nice to visit museums, but none of us lives in one. Even for those things we want to preserve in a perfect state of past grace, we have to acknowledge the passing of time through work. It could be by matching color codes and stitching patterns so that the possession seems free from time's march, even to an unnatural pose. But some let modern life wash over their antiques to create vehicles that can surpass their original copies. I'm not saying a stanced Porsche 356 is for everyone, but th
Read MoreThis wrecked Lexus IS F gave its life so you can read about what it's like to drive an IS-F. Oh, wait. No it wasn't. It was crashed because automakers team up with "professional automotive journalist organizations" for these annual drives that only create any journalism when someone wrecks a car.
Read MoreIf Wilt Chamberlain could drive around in a 1979 VW Rabbit, how hard can it be to find a sports car for David Robinson, of the San Antonio Spurs? Hard enough that he asked us for help. Here are the ten cars Jalopnik readers think are big enough for a 7'1" NBA center.
Read MoreIn Soviet-era Russia, families needing transportation lined up at the car office, filled out their paperwork and waited up to six years for their wheels to arrive. Many chose to instead spend those years building their own cars, from iron-clad sports cars to pods with a frying pan for a steering wheel. Here's some of the best... and worst of what Soviet-era Russia garage-builders wrought.
Read MoreAutomakers spend billions of dollars on television ads every year — more than film producers and pharmaceutical companies combined. Although we've already shown you the ten worst car commercials, we figured it was time to finally ask Jalopnik readers to sort through history's greatest car ads us the ten best car commercials ever.
Read MoreWe asked Jalopnik readers to pick the car with the most nicknames. What we got was a tour of global car culture, so take a look at the world's ten most nicknamed cars.
Read MoreConcept cars are all about being daring and exciting and forward-looking. Here are ten of history's most shameless, lazy, and strange excuses for concept cars, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreTwo years ago, video displays at auto shows were beginning to look like iPhone interfaces. This year at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the transformation is complete. Gone are the custom video panels and touchscreen PC’s: pretty much every manufacturer has ditched them for a line of iPads.
Read MoreSurfing through the flood of sparkly new concept vehicles from the Frankfurt Motor Show reminds me of how many such vehicles emerge to raucous head-scratching. What is the worst concept car of all time?
Read MoreWhen the casting is perfect, the lead car in a movie plays the foil to the character and to the spirit of the movie itself. Here are the ten best of those pairings, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreCitroën has sent itself on a bit of a retro-future trip with its Tubik concept, a 9-person "executive shuttle" concept shown for the first time at today's Frankfurt Motor Show.
Read MoreWhen designing a car, there are a thousand and one good reasons to keep the doors simple. Here are ten examples chosen by jalopnik readers from when conventional car doors just weren't good enough.
Read MoreYou wouldn't hang a da Vinci in your root cellar and you wouldn't store your spotless supercar in that big room full of boxes and inline skates that passes for a garage. Take a tour of these ten creative and expansive chambers of Garage Mahal, as selected by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreEven though the term "Rat Rod" is no longer a popular one with hot rodders, it is hard to think of a better way to describe the 1930 Ford Model A Hot Rod seen here. It's rough and it's rusty, but as the above video shows, it looks like a lot of fun in the snow.
Read MoreCraig Monahan was a New York City firefighter who ran to Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. His burned Chevy Silverado pickup survived to become a symbol of resolve, even making its way into a national television ad campaign. I wanted to know where the truck and Monahan are today. This is their story.
Read MoreSearching for a fan page on Facebook yesterday, my faith in humanity took a typographically-challenged hockey puck to the junk. People on Facebook just can't spell.
Read MoreA few things you didn't know about Vice President Joe Biden and cars: His dad had GM and Chrysler dealerships (while he, as a U.S. citizen, owns parts of GM and Chrysler). He once borrowed a Chrysler 300D for his prom, and the Secret Service won't let him drive his 1967 Corvette.
Read MoreNBC's "The Pink Panther Show" featured the unique "Panthermobile" seen here throughout its broadcasts from 1969-1976. Designed by Jay Ohrberg, who is responsible for decades of TV and Movie cars, this custom creation is going up for auction in a slightly unconventional manner.
Read MoreAlthough it is possible there are two nearly identical custom two door full size Mercurys in the world, it seems a lot more likely this topless Marauder is the same car shown by Ford at the Chicago Auto Show in 2002. There are no details whatsoever included in the Ebay listing for the car you see here, but this custom Marauder appears to be in nearly the same condition as the car shown in 2002.
Read MoreDoug Schell, an Ohio expediter and professional wrestler, has for the past few years also been the proud owner of a 1997 Ford E-250 van with 1.2 million miles on its original engine and most other original parts — that is, until July 31, when the Windsor V8 finally gave up the ghost just 14 miles short of 1.3 million miles. Too bad no one has penned a proper farewell as well-built as Zerobandwidth's last Saab Sonnet:
Read MoreEngine porn is a strange fetish of machinery-minded sorts. We're not talking mechaphile action, here, just engines with as much, or more allure as the car it propels. What's the most beautiful engine of all time?
Read MoreIf you think the traffic-choked Tail of the Dragon is good, just wait until you take a look at these corner-carving meccas. They're Jalopnik readers' own picks for the twistiest roads in the world.
Read MoreChevrolet took us to GM's Milford proving grounds for a look-don't-touch session with the company's new high-horsepower track animal — the Camaro ZL1. We didn't get to drive the prototypes on hand, but we did poke them with a stick and query engineers on their beastly spawn. Here's what we found out.
Read MoreThis spectacular photo was taken on October 2, 1948, at the first race weekend held on a converted British bomber station whose name you’ll recognize: Silverstone.
Read MoreA Wisconsin man decided to flex his newly-acquired beer muscles by testing his newly-acquired track-ready Mustang on a local street. He lost control, clobbered a Jeep Grand Cherokee and caromed into a tree. He probably thought he was taking the Zanardi line down the corkscrew.
Read MoreA Ferrari was cut in half after colliding with a power pole and crashing onto a beach Sunday along the Pacific Coast Highway near Los Angeles, killing the passenger and critically injuring the driver. Police aren't sure how the driver got the Ferrari 360, but we've got a theory. UPDATE!
Read MoreA Phoenix man became trapped inside his SUV on Thursday after he lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll over and strike a utility pole. In the process, the driver rear-ended another vehicle driven by a man named George Lindell, who later described the events to local Fox affiliate KSAZ-TV in this amazing interview that you must watch immediately. After all, "Reality hits you hard, bro." [MyFoxPhoenix; Thanks to Mike Byhoff for the tip]
Read MoreA 21-year-old Utah man who was trapped under a BMW after his motorcycle collided with it and caught fire is alive thanks to a dozen strangers who lifted the burning car off his body. Here's the amazing rescue.
Read MoreWe showed you the painful aftermath of an asshat in an out of control Lexus flying into a classic car show back in June. While a 1940 Ford Roadster was damaged in the incident, it was the 1967 Pontiac LeMans seen here that took the worst of it in this random attack of the beige. Now the destroyed LeMans has showed up on insurance auction website Copart.com, offering a sad epilogue to this story.
Read MoreBefore you get behind the wheel to have one last squeeze of summer, might we suggest familiarizing yourself with the ten U.S. cities scientifically proven to have the most crash-prone, property-denting, addled drivers in America? There's a good chance you already live in one.
Read MoreFrom now on, I'm starting a countdown clock from the launch of a new supercar to its first crash. I'm actually surprised it took this long to see how well the Lamborghini Aventador would survive an impact with a few poles.
Read MoreFord's 2012 model updates for the every-terrain F-150 SVT Raptor bless it with a few nifty new tricks, like a front grille-mounted camera. But it also decided kill the best Raptor color, Molten Orange. Why can't we have nice things?
Read MoreA Belgian-waffle truck on Street Meat Week? Sounds très dubious, until you consider NYC's Wafels & Dinges offers pulled pork over a bacon-and-syrup waffle. Two kinds of pork, eleventy forms of sweetness? Giddy up, my good marchand ambulant.
Read MorePetit Le Mans got underway today with practice starting down at Road Atlanta. Photographer Eric Cartner was there to capture the cars getting ready for the upcoming race.
Read MoreApologies to the Discovery Channel, which produced the recent special "America's Greatest Racecar" about the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, but we've been wondering the very same thing. And so we put it to you, America's greatest commentariat. What's the greatest American racing car?
Read MoreIf you're from a certain part of the Detroit-Toledo-Cleveland axis, the words "Cedar Point" mean more than a possible name for a subdivision. It's the place to go for a new and insane roller coaster every year or so, which the Raptor was back in its not-distant heyday. Speaking of Raptors, PhilaDLJ imagined what a Ford Raptor might be like if it had the instincts of its namesake:
Read MoreLast night, the newly-formed Huffington Post Media Group had to fire another writer — the second this month — for an obvious and preventable ethical breach.
Read MoreIt took a war between the Ottomans and the Holy Roman Empire to bring schnitzel to Austria back in 1683. Today, a 1999 Chevy commercial truck delivers them to Midtown Manhattan office workers. Has society moved forward in these past 328 years? We stopped by Schnitzel & Things to find out.
Read MoreHow do you build the world's most expensive car hauler? You do what Paris police did this week: Take a regular car hauler and fill it with 11 of the world's rarest supercars seized from the son of a notorious African dictator.
Read MoreThe most blasphemous objects or experiences in our society are often the most arousing. Will the 2014 BMW M3 really get a bi-/tri-turbo V6? This video from Bimmerpost points in that direction. And we feel dirty watching, but we're not stopping ourselves.
Read MoreTwo-time Indianapolis 500 champion Al Unser Jr. was arrested by police in Albuquerque, N.M., after they clocked him going over 100 mph in a Chevy Suburban while street racing another car. Ethanol doesn't just power cars on the track.
Read MorePorsche fans hope the company will return the old, 914 vibe to its lineup by producing a new entry-level, mid-engine sports car. It's not a new strategy, but it never goes unappreciated. What's the best entry-level sports car of all time?
Read MoreDetroit Piston star and fan favorite Ben Wallace faces a five-year felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon after police found an unloaded pistol in a backpack in back of his 2007 Cadillac Escalade while being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Saturday in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Read MoreIf a writer for a top automotive website took money or gifts from an ad agency to promote an automaker's celebrity contest, would it raise eyebrows? It would certainly raise ours. Today, Autoblog writer Jeff Glucker wrote about Nissan's Britney Spears contest. Trouble is, he's working for the agency that's running it.
Read MoreA 1961 Chevy Bel Air 409 Bubbletop was designed and built for speed freaks. Why else would you stuff a 409-cubic-inch V8 with dual four-barrel carbs under the hood of something with such an aerodynamic design? Speed. And girls. And sex. And the inevitable day when she breaks your heart and takes half your stuff. Photographer Sam Murtaugh explains.
Read MoreComedian/ventriloquist Jeff Dunham has reached that level of fortune where the world opens its arms to every possibility, like turning his character Achmed into the creepiest-looking hot-rod hood scoop in recent memory. Speaking of weird things in engines, the squirrel pup-infested BMW drew a surfeit of good comments, including Dr_Watson's:
Read MoreThe world got treated to some old-school car business back at the Frankfurt show when VW CEO Martin Winterkorn inspected the competition at the Hyundai stand. He was not pleased.
Read MoreIt's rare we use the email subject line from a PR representative for a headline, but nothing else comes close to describing it. It's got a name that sounds like a weird sex product, costs a ton of money, and is something you buy at Meineke, a car lube joint, but put on your face. It's called FaceLube — and it's real.
Read MoreFrites 'N' Meats survived a crash and propane-tank explosion to remain one of the most popular "second wave" NYC food trucks. But do their burgers and Belgian-style fries continue to live up to the rhyme? We found out.
Read MoreThe internet teaches me many things. Most importantly it teaches me that my desk is lacking in aerodynamic aids. Seriously, these crazy Australians had wings fitted to the front of their couch.
Read MoreIt was like a scene out of "The Great Escape" this weekend at the BMW Car Club of America's driving school. The driver of a Z4 M sports car felt his car behaving "squirrely" on the track so he pulled into the pits. Popping the hood, he discovered a half-dozen baby squirrels inside his BMW's airbox!
Read MoreAn All Nippon Airways passenger plane carrying 117 passengers on board experienced a little bit of a scare earlier this month. Why? Because a numb-brained pilot accidentally almost made a Boeing 737-700 fly belly up, as in upside freaking down.
Read MoreQuestionable programming decisions have made Speed the television network equivalent of bacon-flavored tampons. So it's news when they make a great choice like broadcasting the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars race on October 8th.
Read MoreFie, fie on government and its sticky DNA of red tape! Thank the stars the New York Department of Motor Vehicles is cutting some freedom holes in its bureaucratic wet blanket by dropping the vision test from license renewals. Can you see me now?
Read MoreEarlier today, The Detroit News triggered a righteous dustup when it reported that Ford had pulled this ad featuring criticism of the federal auto bailouts under White House pressure. But Ford says it's not the case — and put the ad back on the Internet.
Read MoreTraditional food trucks are grassroots arrangements — a retiree, a pot of chili and a steam tray of hot dogs. Go Burger's parent is a hospitality company known to non-New Yorkers as the BLT Steak chain. But does corporate backing mean a better truck burger is at hand? Let's find out.
Read MoreThe Formula One season’s endgame began on the night streets of Singapore. There were no surprises, only time and the occasion to reflect on the strange and beautiful season we’re witnessing. Warning: spoilers.
Read MoreIn 1967, the first Ford Falcon came off the line at Ford's St. Thomas Assembly in Talbotville, Ontario. Here is video from two weeks ago of the plant's final days — as it builds the very last of Ford's venerable Crown Victoria sedans.
Read MoreIn the face of a full-on revolt from users and pressure from Congress, Drudge Report and other media outlets, General Motors' OnStar service just announced it was reversing plans to keep tracking vehicles of its 6 million subscribers if they cancel the service. Now once it's off, it's off.
Read MoreSometimes, the more boring a car is when it rolls off the assembly line, the more amazing it can be in the real world. This is a naturally aspirated, 2.3 liter, four-cylinder Volvo 240 wagon with an automatic.
Read MoreEarlier this month we brought you exclusive photos from the record-setting Dodge Viper ACR Nürburgring lap. Now we've got video. Enjoy the sounds of Mopar Nation smacking around the Corvette ZR1 and Lexus LFA with this blisteringly fast 7:12.13 "Ring Run." That's a record for any major automaker's car around the track.
Read MoreWhat with the stratospheric development and production budgets involved in manufacturing cars it's no surprise that most companies keep things to Toyota-grade conservatism. That's the rule. Here are the exceptions: The ten most risk-affine, rash, bold car companies history has yet seen, as picked by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreThe latest infoporn from Hunch.com delves into the site's proprietary user data system to uncover the characteristics of people who can drive cars with a stick shift vs. those who can't.
Read MoreEmpires may rise and fall, but it's the thrill of competition that moves humanity forward. Some set their sights on turning a Scion tC into a rolling disco, complete with trunk-mounted turntable. Others take a fun taunt and fire a winning return serve, as Teampenske3 did to LeeMC's original (and nicely done) remark slagging American football and Dodge Journey-related ads as inferior to British pastimes:
Read MoreLos Angeles may claim the first food trucks serving Korean barbecue tacos, but Eddie Song's Korilla BBQ truck is New York's own version of the genre. It was also ranked among the Village Voice's Top 10 Vegetarian Street Foods, but we won't hold that against it.
Read MoreThis weekend, Dodge bombarded America's football viewers with commercials advertising clues to find one of three free Dodge Journey crossovers hidden across the country. Unfortunately for one New Yorker, the last clue was his phone number. But he had nothing to do with the contest. Dodge Marketing FAIL. UPDATE!
Read MoreWith federal aid for green-tech startups under assault in Washington, Tesla Motors took to the webs last week touting how its $465 million federal loan had helped create hundreds of jobs — but it didn't reveal that it's now asking for more government money. They also won't reveal why they want it or how much they're asking for.
Read MoreTo celebrate the days when people dressed up not only for driving but also for racing, British bespoke tailors Henry Poole have created a driving suit for Aston Martin’s design director. It has the coolest inside pockets in the world.
Read MoreBack in the '80s, drivers in NYC knew the routine. Stop at a light, get swarmed by guys wielding squeegees and buckets of questionable liquids. Slip one a buck to back off — blackmail by piss — and drive on to the next stoplight, and the next squeegee guy. Well, 19 years after Giuliani claimed to exile them from the island, they're back.
Read MoreNissan Europe's working on a top secret project to give their itty-bitty Juke SUV a Godzilla-sized boost. Internally, they've dubbed it the "Super" Juke and not only do we have exclusive first details, but also this exclusive sketch of the super-crossover.
Read MoreSleepers come in many forms, from well disguised muscle cars to monsters in economy car clothing. After witnessing the insanity of the 728 horsepower Camry we started thinking about the variety of different options when it comes to creating a sleeper. This weekend we want to know about your ideal vision of a seriously fast car that looks like anything but. How would you build the ultimate sleeper?
Read MoreThere's been a massive shake-up at SPEED TV's automotive variety program The Car Show with former NBA great and current TV not-so-great John Salley axed from the show, along with 30 minutes of the formerly hour-long program, as Jalopnik exclusively learned. Details below.
Read MoreAlthough there is no shortage of expensive and exotic cars on Ebay, there is always something a little funny about ultra rare and exclusive vehicles being offered alongside 14 year old Honda Civics. When it comes to exotic cars, few are more exclusive than the Ferrari FXX seen here, especially considering the fact this one has only traveled a mere 7 miles.
Read MoreThere is no denying the fact getting 728 horsepower out of a Toyota Camry is an impressive feat which has undoubtedly taken countless hours and quite a bit of dedication. Having said that, we're not entirely sure how we feel about Canadian tuner Dynamotorsport's insane creation.
Read MoreMaybe you were swamped at the office this week and couldn't check your favorite Gawker Media sites. Or maybe you're about to work a double and need one last distraction. Whatever the case, we've got you covered. Here are some of the best videos we watched during the week that was.
Read MoreThis third generation Camaro probably looks awful wherever it's parked, but we imagine it looks particularly bad sitting between the rows of drool worthy cars at this weekend's Barrett-Jackson auction in Las Vegas.
Read MoreIt's lovely how Ferrari tells the origin story of the black prancing stallion logo as if it's revealing a secret stolen from the Vatican. Enzo only told it once; you're lucky to even observe it. Starting out authentic is easy; maintaining it is the hard part, as BMW's learning with fake sounds. Bill Caswell, the floor is yours:
Read MoreWhen we drove the 2012 M5 on a frozen lake we felt the Bavarian stormer was great but a little disappointing in its engine sounds. BMW's fix: a new piece of technology that pumps synthetic engine noise into the cabin. Is it better to know someone's faking in advance?
Read MoreWhen carbon fiber was first trotted out in solid rocket motor cases and tanks in the 1960s, it was poised to not only take on fiberglass, but also a whole host of other materials.
Read MoreWe all love cars here, but how is it all your friends can be so wrong about them? I mean, they like that car? Seriously? We asked Jalopnik readers to pick the most divisive cars on sale today. Here are the top ten.
Read MoreFord's Trackey setup for the Mustang Boss 302 promised to unlock the pony car's racing side with special software engaged by a separate key. Yet nearly a year after being announced, Trackey still isn't for sale, thanks to bickering between Ford and California environmental regulators.
Read MoreThe best reaction to a car crash ever caught on video has been granted entry to the Valhalla of online video with this, its very own AutoTune treatment. FOOM.
Read MoreHundreds of Missouri motorcycle stunt riders took to the freeways of St. Louis late last week for an event they called the "Ride of the Century." For at least one member, the event produced the photo of the century. UPDATED
Read MoreSolutions to modern problems sometimes can be found in a distinctly classical place. The Magnolia Special was built to recapture the grace and romance of 1930s European roadsters — internal combustion and all — yet it emits 40% less CO2 than an equally powerful gas-burning automobile. And it does this using technology as old as internal combustion itself.
Read MoreReverse Graffiti, sometimes known as "grime-writing," involves erasing away the soot, dirt, and pollution on a surface to create an image in the negative. Artist Moose Curtis and Fotorater founder Marc Cameron teamed up on commission from the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin and set four eco-cars in reverse on the walls of Munich.
Read MoreWhatever the provenance of this vehicle, spotted outside a Texas bowling alley, we can't help but tip our hats to the audacity of it. Someone is either drinking Drano on a regular basis, or has licked one too many tree frogs.
Read MoreNick Croken was sailing off of Canada's Pacific Coast when he came across this bizarre sight: A decommissioned warship connected to a trash barge, atop which sat a pristine Audi RSQ prototype like the one used in the Will Smith sci-fi action flick I, Robot. He turned to Jalopnik for answers. Here's what our exclusive investigation turned up.
Read MoreAs a self-styled tastemaker I strive to make hard judgments. Something is good or something is bad. Gray areas make for bad copy. Unfortunately, this coach-built Ferrari 456-based F-340 Competizione is a confusing mix of the enchanting and off-putting.
Read MoreThe car business is like the mafia, only slightly more cutthroat. Good brands sometimes get strangled by the competition, pushed out of the market, or taken over whole. Here are the ten brands Jalopnik readers wish didn't end up in the orphan car graveyard.
Read MoreFor years, General Motors' OnStar service has been a stoic electronic nanny, there to help if your car's crashed or stolen, but otherwise pleasantly unobtrusive. Now OnStar wants the right to sell data about GM owners' driving habits — even if they've canceled the service.
Read MoreWith his crunchy right foot still ensconced in a pink cast, Travis Pastrana has a lot of free time to dream up elaborate pranks on Ken Block and get ready for next year's NASCAR season. Thanks to iRacing, Pastrana is focusing on his oval-track stock car debut next year. It's impressive compared to Sprint Cup wannabe Danica Patrick habit of building anticipation through controversial quotes, one Don Guacamole has a hard time imagining other racers following:
Read MoreI spend hours each day sifting through videos of people doing insane stunts with cars. This video of a few Saudis darting in-and-out of traffic while firing assault rifles into the air tops them all. It's reckless. it's horrible. It's scary as hell. It's also damn impressive.
Read MoreAirships may soon soar in the cold skies of northern Canada and Alaska, bringing supplies to remote mining communities where planes can't always fly and roads are cost-prohibitive.
Read MoreDarn them Brazilians, always crashing into things with their reckless driving! And those pesky Japanese, what with their radioactive food. Don't blame Danica Patrick for fearing the world, blame the world for being so scary.
Read MoreMichael and Kenny Ham want to protect the world from zombies, expensive electric cars, and a reliance on oil. Their solution? The ApocalypsEV, a solar-powered dune buggy that's also the cheapest car in America. Here's their plan — Ed.
Read MoreMeasuring a car's speed by the miles it covers in an hour is as obsolete as the buffalo nickel. Drivers need a speed measurement that reflects our go-anywhere-fast lifestyle. We must replace miles per hour with feet per second. Before it's too late.
Read MoreRemember when the Tata Nano, the world's cheapest production car, was going to conquer the world like an Indian Model T? Tata's now built a gold-encrusted Nano worth $4.6 million as a publicity stunt. I don't recall Henry Ford needing to do that.
Read MoreIn the history of the automobile, promising car brands have come and gone — some yielding to industry shifts, others to bad management and still others to the dominance of the big three. What's the coolest dead car brand?
Read MoreEarlier this year we brought you the story of the world's greatest license plate, which was approved by the Virginia DMV and then harshly revoked. Looks like someone's outwitted the DMV and sneaked a slightly modified version of the famous "EAT THE" Kids First vanity license plate past the state censors.
Read MoreOf all the videos to come out of the Vancouver riots, the most striking was a woman defending a BMW from the hordes of angry protestors. Now we know the rest of the story: Not only wasn't the car hers, amazingly, she didn't even know the owner.
Read MoreA few years ago, Brooklyn artist Jonathan Brand sold a 1969 Ford Mustang he rebuilt with his father to pay for an engagement ring. In his latest work, entitled "One Piece at a Time," he's reconstructed that Mustang, piece by piece, at 1:1 scale, using nothing but paper.
Read MoreFrom the snake oil sales of the 1800s to the questionable MPG enhancers of today, there's always a way to separate a sucker from his money. We asked Jalopnik readers to come up with the ten most ridiculous fuel-saving gimmicks this gas crisis has ever seen.
Read MoreThere is no shortage of impressive and awesome in-car footage from fast cars making fast Nürburgring laps, but few can compare to the insanity of this video.
Read More16 years after his beloved 1969 Camaro was stolen, Edward Neeley located his long lost car by chance while searching the internet for a car to replace it. Neeley calls the fact he found the car, which he had first purchased 30 years ago at the age of 18, "divine intervention".
Read MoreTomorrow a 31 truck auction made up of rare and usual Land Rovers will be held outside Birmingham, England. While most of the trucks are unique and interesting in their own way, the star of the show is undoubtedly this very rare and very cool Cuthbertson tracked Series II Land Rover.
Read MoreMaybe you were out savoring the last days of summer this week and couldn't check your favorite Gawker Media sites. Or maybe you've just got some free time this afternoon and an itch to catch up on things. Whatever the case, we've got you covered. Here are some of the best videos we watched during the week that was.
Read MoreEver seen a Corvette and wished it looked more like a vintage pickup truck? We haven't either, but that seems to be the line of thought that brought this odd vehicle to life. Currently listed on Ebay, this third generation 'Vette has the face of a vintage pickup truck and the body of an aging beauty with way too many modifications.
Read MoreVelocity stacks. That's all you need to know about the new Heritage series for owner-drivers announced yesterday by the ALMS. More? How about 700+ horsepower, a big block V8 and a synchromesh gearbox with an "H" pattern. Be still our overflowing little, chrome hearts.
Read MoreA vintage P51 Mustang crashed into spectator seating at the Reno National Air Races earlier today. Reno officials described the aftermath of the crash as a "mass casualty" situation. UPDATED 4:45 PM EST
Read MoreThe Kentucky Department of Transportation requres slow-moving Amish buggies to sport an orange, reflective triangle to warn oncoming traffic — just like those on tractors and other farm vehicles. But some Amish believe their religion forbids the displaying of bright colors, and so several of them now sit in a Kentucky jail.
Read MoreChevy Cruze? Ridiculously cool? Has your faithful Jalopnik editor started pouring anti-freeze in his Earl Gray again? Over in Europe (where the history comes from) they've managed to make the Cruze interesting by campaigning it in the British Touring Car Championship and giving Jason Plato the keys. Red Bull should sign up as a sponsor.
Read MoreThe view of the world from the guy working on your car drew an enormous number of quality comments, both attaboys and waitaminutes. But it was Need_for_Sheed that came closest to the Will Rogers standard of shade-tree philosophy:
Read MoreWhen flood waters rise, all you can do is prepare for the worst, including parking your car on higher streets. But what if your car is impounded by police in a low-lying lot, like these 1,500 vehicles in southern Brazil?
Read MoreIt's one thing to overlook mismatched fenders on a Jeep Wrangler when one side has unpainted plastic black and the other is glossy painted black. But how do you explain one with three white fenders and one black plastic one? Jeez. Did we really pay good government money for this company?
Read MoreHere's more proof the spy photos of a re-styled 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe are real. The new Korean coupe was spotted again with a more Veloster-ish nose in full view.
Read MoreIf there's any transaction more fraught with fear of scams than buying a car, it's getting one fixed. Mechanic Jeremy Waters explains why people need to be a little more trusting — at least in his shop —Ed.
Read MoreDaimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, the star of Chrysler's 2006 "Dr. Z." ad campaign, is under investigation for suspected involuntary manslaughter. Except it's not what you think. UPDATE!
Read MoreGas prices are either headed higher, or ready to drop a bit, depending on which economist you ask. But either way, it's still over $3.50 a gallon. And everyone wants to make a buck on your continued misery. What's the lamest mileage-boosting product on the market?
Read MoreIt's been less than 24 hours since a $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo went bathing in the Atlantic and already we've got a beautifully edited video of the accident and a balanced, philosophical response from the driver and co-driver of the rare FXX clone.
Read MoreEarlier today, Jalopnik was the first to bring you photos of the custom Ferrari Enzo that went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. Now we've got a first photo of the rare supercar sliding into the water.
Read MoreToday, the Ford Crown Victoria, a slope-nosed metal box with an unquenchable thirst for gas built with manufacturing methods Henry Ford would have recognized, died after 32 years of production. Here's why its passing marks the sad end of a great American era.
Read MoreA rare custom Ferrari Enzo (itself already more rare than steak tartare) — claimed to be the world's fastest — crashed into a Canadian lake earlier today as part of the Targa Newfoundland race. No word on any injuries, but the doors are open so that's a good sign.UPDATE
Read MoreIf you have a thousand Benjamins burning a hole in your pocket, may we recommend heading to your local Ford dealership? Ford has unveiled the track-prepped sibling to its Focus ST sports compact, the ST-R, with a price tag just under a hundred grand.
Read MoreAfter 32 years in production, the last Ford Crown Victoria will roll off the assembly line today. It's a record that surpasses all other North American vehicles, including the Model T. Its final destination, however, isn't a museum in Detroit or a American collector. It's being sent to Saudi Arabia.
Read MoreWe give vehicles nicknames in order to recognize special traits, unique history, or just to impugn the driver. Some vehicles are so spectacular they encourage numerous aliases, but which car has the most nicknames?
Read MoreEven as the Lamborghini Aventador just begins to hit the world's fenceposts, there's already a new model to top it — one that, at $4.8 million, may be the most expensive car in the world. Well, most expensive scale model car anyway. Yes, that's right, it's a one-eighth size scale model — that may end up being sold for 15 times the cost of the real Lamborghini it's based on.
Read MoreThere is something wonderful about Alpina's understated approach to tuning. Alpina takes a series production BMW and turns it into a discreet, high-power driver's car without any of the high-strung pretense of BMW's own M-cars.
Read MoreChrysler's SRT team went to the Nürburgring today with one mission — to kick the ever-living crap out of the Lexus LFA and the Corvette ZR1. They succeeded. The 2010 Dodge Viper ACR set a new major automaker production car (excluding artisanal automakers like Gumpert and Radical) record run of the Nordschleife in just 7:12 and change.
Read MoreWith another Frankfurt auto show disappearing in the rearview camera, it's a good time to take the best comments from the show for one last left-footed trot in front of the judges. Here for the third-place ribbon is Batshitbox's brief note on Rowan Atkinson's strange pose:
Read MoreFiat is still milking the trend that Porsche figured out a long time ago: when it comes to sporty cars with image, people will pay a whole lot more to get a whole lot less.
Read MoreBritish cars are now a lie. They're a fancy title meant to make us forget most of the famous marques are now owned by German, Chinese, Thai, American, Indian, and even Kuwaiti companies. But the obviously Porsche Cayenne-based Eterniti Hemera takes this deception to absurd new levels. Guten Tag, Mates!
Read MoreThe French upper crust once lived so luxuriously the masses decided to chop their heads off, perhaps hoping to find gold inside the aristocratic piñatas. Yet the dour, simple Germans have owned the luxury market. Can an MPV place the French back atop the throne of conspicuous consumption? Sadly, no, because it's just a concept.
Read MoreIt's an old playwriting trope that if you show a gun in the first act, it has to go off by the end. Note to Rolls-Royce: If you show off a 9-liter V-16 at an auto show, you have to let "Mr. Bean" turn it over. At least once.
Read MoreThe Concept One: it's good looking and technically promising, but three feet thick with hyperbole. Its builders say the electric supercar will have 1,088 hp, 2,802 lb-ft of torque and a theoretical top speed of eleventy trizillion (give or take). Count Von Koenigsegg, call the front desk.
Read MoreLife must be hard for a high-visibility, successful, small-lineup automotive brand like Mini. Everyone loves your products, but there just aren't enough for people to buy! Our hearts bleed for you, Mini.
Read MoreThe Frankfurt Motor Show takes place over the span of several convention buildings, each as big as a typical American structure. This leads to extreme crankiness on the part of models, executives and reporters, especially when the halls are heated to a nice even steam. It can get a little warm on the outside to, especially when companies like Land Rover start messe-ing with their iconic models. Kavandje has warned them:
Read MoreDon't ask when, or how much, but this is happening: Ford will build a hot-hatch version of the Fiesta under the ST line that will sport a 180-hp turbo engine. The hoon may be strong with this one.
Read MoreTurns out Europe's Photoshopping prognosticators didn't need to create a mockup of the upcoming Maserati SUV concept — the brand's first ever — from scratch. They could have simply dusted off an old Giugiaro design. Because that's what Maserati did — even giving it the same name of that 2003 SUV concept — the Kubang.
Read MoreTo hear Fisker tell it at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the world is clamoring for not just its Karma range-extended electric vehicle but this new variant: a four-door wagon dubbed Surf that it plans to sell in 2013. But why hasn't it actually delivered a car yet?
Read MoreBMW's Vision EfficientDynamics, shown at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, has spawned two further cars, the i8 and the i3, which are set to propel BMW into a future of glass, electricity and, yes, laser lights.
Read MoreRemember the various reports of "suspicious activity" on planes on the anniversary of 9/11? Here's the story of one of the people who was detained—apparently for being half-Arab and sitting next to two Indian men who got up to use the bathroom in succession. Very suspicious!
Read MoreIt’s time to say goodbye to the European season of Formula One at Monza, the track where racing looks like racing footage on stimulants. It was everyone’s last chance to stop the Red Bulls. But tell that to Sebastian Vettel, not about to be stopped. Warning: spoilers.
Read MoreFrank Stephenson ranks among the most accomplished living auto designers with a portfolio that includes the revived Mini Cooper, Fiat 500 and the McLaren MP4-12C. How does such a talented man spend his free time? By trolling for fights on an Internet forum.
Read MoreRussel Gonzalez was stranded on the wrong side of a five-lane Houston freeway back in 1997 when, suddenly, an aging brown Honda Accord pulled out behind him. The man inside spoke a few words in a heavy Nigerian accent, delivered Gonzalez safely to a gas station, and drove off. This month the man reappeared, once again to help a stranded Gonzalez.
Read MoreFor a nation built on speed, America lacks a U.S.A.-made small sports car that could bring the sexy back to its Corolla-stuffed freeways. Next year, Ford wants to bring sexy back with this: the production version of the 2012 Ford Focus ST.
Read MoreMost Nürburgring lap records are meaningless bits of controversy revealing little about the real-world performance of the tested vehicle. Most. How quickly one can transport a cow tied down to the back of a Viper-powered SRT-10 Ram is extremely important.
Read MoreThe last thing you want to hear before you climb into an aircraft with no doors and no roof is how cheap it is to operate, but it's the first thing the Police Chief tells me before strapping me into the back seat of his new crime-fighting tool: America's first police gyroplane.
Read MoreA car's doors are among its most pedestrian attributes, and yet, sometimes carmakers take them to flamboyant extremes to add design interest and personality. (And sometimes it's even a function-over-form proposition.) What car has the most awesome doors ever?
Read MoreEleven super cars simultaneously drag racing each other down a quarter-mile of empty airstrip sounds less like reality and more like the product of a car guy's fever dream. But one auto buff book did just that. Here's the epic video.
Read More[Beams of light from the Tribute in Lights reach into the sky above lower Manhattan. Image by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images News]
Read MoreFront wheel drive cars are known for a lot of things, but being fun to drive is not one of them. Most car lovers will agree the FWD configuration can't compete with a RWD or AWD car when it comes to driving enjoyment. Having said that, this weekend we want to know what vehicle can provide the most automotive amusement even though it delivers power to the front wheels? What front wheel drive car is the most fun to drive?
Read MoreIf you came across an old Crosely dealership sign made from the outer four inches of either side of a 1949 Crosley convertible, welded together and shortened, what would you do with it? Most people would probably hang it in their garage, but Crosley collector Paul Gorrell had a slightly more interesting idea. Using a combination of craftsmanship and ingenuity, Gorrell turned this interesting Crosley dealership sign into a fully functional scooter.
Read MorePeople working alone can lose their focus on the task at hand and make some questionable choices. Oh by the by, here's a 1993 Mustang LX street/race car for sale upon the list of Craig in the greater Detroit area with bitchin' engine upgrades and what appear to be green sperm painted on its sides, all for just $13,000 or the trade of a camper. NO JOY RIDES. Our winning comment of the day proves that working together can produce superior work; welcome Les Spiegerable and Rusty Van Horn back to th
Read MoreFederal officials are currently investigating a potential car bomb plot that Al Qaeda has planned for this weekend, the anniversary of 9/11. The car bomb plot is "credible" but not confirmed and is supposed to target bridges and tunnels.
Read MoreA massive piece of public art depicting what is essentially a crude wooden bicycle may look silly, but remember that this is the chukudu, East Africa’s homebuilt truck of necessity, life, and death, which can carry 1,300 pounds of cargo.
Read MoreAs terrorists seized control of four airplanes on Sept. 11th, 2001, Ben Sliney, chief of air-traffic-control operations at the FAA's command center in Herndon, Va., gave the unprecedented order to ground 4,000-plus planes across the nation and redirect any in the sky to the nearest airport. It was his first day on the job.
Read MoreEven a decade later, there's still astonishing things we've never known about September 11th, 2001. Like that a woman fighter pilot was ready to knock Flight 93 out of the sky if it came toward Washington — using nothing but her own plane.
Read MoreA 60-year-old maid in Lokeren, Belgium, was crushed to death yesterday when the folding convertible top on her employer's BMW mysteriously closed on top of her neck. Police believe she was cleaning the car at the time, which offers little solace or explanation as to how this can happen. Good morning world, meet your new phobia.
Read MoreIron Man 2 mostly served as a reminder that Tony Stark is kind of a dick, a sentiment The Avengers will only reinforce when Stark arrives in this poorly disguised Acura NSX replacement. It's another reminder to Acura's fanboys they'll probably never get one. Handsome dick.
Read MoreThe "Senna" documentary has become enough of a sensation that more of its fans are following the lead of Jalopnik commenter CaughtYouLooking and paying their respects to Ayrton Senna with body ink. Here's what they're coming up with.
Read MoreSometimes, it's not what you drive, but how you get it to the track. The history of racing is rife with awesome transporters, most notably during the heady 1950s and 1960s. What's the coolest race transporter of all time?
Read MoreUnderground Racing built a reputation for performance customized cars with vehicles like a 1000-hp twin-turbo Lamborghini. Now, a customer that complained about the quality of the company's work claims the tuning shop retaliated by threatening to release a video of the married customer bragging about sleeping with a stripper.
Read MoreCost of a cheap, used construction hoist: $40,000 before shipping. Cost of a cheap, used Bajaj scooter and some rope: Rs 40,000 and you can drive it to the construction site. If necessity is the mother of invention, cheapness is its overworked father.
Read MorePorsche GT3 Cup driver Jeroen Bleekemolen did something stupid while qualifying for this weekend's Baltimore Grand Prix: he drove himself off the track into a narrow run-off zone and lost a tire. Then he did something brilliant: he got out of the car and put the tire in his passenger seat. What?
Read MoreAccording to a report by U.S. computer security software-maker McAfee, increasingly computer-dependent cars could soon become a hacker target. But software-selling fear-mongering only masks the real threat: It's you.
Read MoreThe good news for one Texas man near the massive wildfires is that his home was merely singed, and his family escaped uninjured. The bad news was what the fire took instead — some 175 classic cars, including a Shelby Cobra and about a dozen Corvettes.
Read MoreTwo months ago we showed you the first sketch of the Jaguar C-X16 production concept car. Now that we have these very first pictures and details of this pretty-kitty precursor to a future hybrid-powertrain-driven Jaguar sports car, we find ourselves legitimately excited at the idea of a hybrid. Here's why.
Read MoreA bear in Lake Tahoe broke into a Toyota Prius parked in a local driveway. He got angry, as bears do, and shifted the Prius into neutral — though probably not on purpose. Then, the hybrid rolled into a neighbor's house. Smug bear attack!
Read MoreCould motorcycle manufacturers be unacquainted, unfamiliar or just plain uncomfortable with female anatomy? If motorcycle seat design is any clue, the answer to that question is yes. Bike makers, Hell For Leather's Ashlee (and her Labia) has a bone to pick with you. — Ed.
Read MoreWho killed the electric car? Cars.com's Kicking Tires blog killed one this past week. Here's what happens when you drain the battery of an all-electric Nissan Leaf all the way to dead. — Ed.
Read MoreIn the winter of 1944, five Dutchmen dressed like college professors escaped from the Nazi-occupied Netherlands under the cover of darkness, in a small boat powered by a Chevrolet straight six and the fuel tank out of a Hispano-Suiza racecar. Here's how they did it.
Read MoreIt's 11:00 AM. If you don't get your fix of Answers of the Day soon you're going to completely lose it. You have a fever and the only cure is more AOTD. Sadly, Martin Grossinger, our highly skilled intern who usually puts it together has abandoned Jalopnik after two summers to continue his pursuit of a higher education. Do you have the guts to take his place?
Read MoreLast month two Pacific BMW dealership employees posted video of themselves dangerously flogging a brand-new BMW 1M at high speeds on residential streets on YouTube. It ignited a firestorm of hatred against the dealership in Bimmer fan forums and on Los Angeles local television news shows.
Read MoreToday is Labor Day and as a salute to the men, women and robots that make our cars for us — both here and abroad — we're taking a look at some of our favorite stories about how our cars are made.
Read MoreThere are cool craigslist finds and then there are vehicles found on craigslist so bizarre and fantastic it is nearly impossible to resist the temptation of purchasing them. Clearly this E30-amino project for $1900 currently listed on Tulsa, OK craigslist falls into the second category.
Read MoreWhen people hear things like Cobra, Z28 and R/T they automatically think performance, or at least an attempt at performance. This weekend we want to know about the interesting less recognizable performance options, now forgotten by all but those truly obsessed with cars. What is your favorite forgotten performance package?
Read MoreJustin's life brought him to the UK from the US and so he brought his life with him. Specifically, he brought this stellar E39 with him. And when he saw Jeremy Clarkson driving along Black Mountain Road in Wales, naturally he had to let his E39 live by taking it there.
Read MoreIt only seats one person, has a 30-hp motor, takes 11 seconds to get from 0-to-60 mph and has a range of 40 miles. Stop the presses. Ok, you've heard this one before, but VW's intent on making this concept car a transformative event, so here goes.
Read MorePresident Obama, like he does with all top sports teams or athletes, has invited last year's NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and the 11 other drivers who competed for the championship to a White House reception next week. Usually this is an invitation that you accept, always, unless you're deathly ill in bed with athlete's butt or whatever it is people catch these days. And yet only seven of the 12 will be attending. Hmm.
Read MoreGeneral Motors today announced it's bringing back former Vice Chairman Bob Lutz to provide counsel to the senior leadership team of the company. Although Lutz has been providing advice to GM executives informally since retiring from the company in 2010, we think maybe they realized just how much they needed a, you know, actual car guy.
Read MoreThe teen drivers arrested for racing 13 supercars worth $2 million in Vancouver this week — in what we've dubbed the "rich kid street race" — face just a small fine and suspended licenses. But Canadian authorities may have a far tougher punishment coming — seizing and selling their rides.
Read MoreUpscale versions of the Jeep Wrangler now eschew the bare plastic trim for painted wheel arches and roofs. But one owner, after taking his 2012 Jeep Wrangler Sahara home, noticed that the wheel arches on one side weren't color-matched. In fact, they were the wheel arches from the 2011 model year Wrangler.
Read MoreCurious how the authorities are ramping up for the 9/11 tenth anniversary? Robert Wilonsky, editor of The Dallas Observer's Unfair Park blog was flying from Los Angeles to Dallas when he was stopped by federal authorities and questioned... after his flight. Read on for his completely ludicrous tale. — Ed.
Read MoreA new report from Munich reveals that, while Audi was busy trying to shove 300 LEDs into the snout of an A7, BMW's been working on the real future: laser headlights. My cat is going to flip out.
Read MoreHow are 13 drivers in Canada with enough money to pilot a $2 million collection of supercars dumb enough to go street racing in broad daylight on a work day? The answer: They were just clowning around after high school.
Read MoreTrent Kimball, CEO of Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC), was tired of customers asking if his company's bullet-resistant glass in its armored cars actually resisted bullets. So he did what any reasonable CEO would do: he asked his employee to shoot at him with an AK-47. It's loud, scary, dangerous, and completely awesome.
Read MoreIn the sales slap fight between the all-electric Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, the Leaf has the Volt by the wrists and asking why it keeps hitting itself. Chevy's response: Wait 'til next month.
Read MoreAccording to the police, this guy is one crazy drunk suicidal bastard who grabbed a live power line struck down by Hurricane Irene and attacked another driver in the middle of the storm with it. How in hell?
Read MoreAmerican luxury today lacks the grandeur and optimism of the past, a fact driven by a generation raised with no appreciation for hoods long enough to land a Dreamliner, or the mystique of the opera window. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Lincoln Mark V serves as a stoic reminder of what luxury once was, but is its price a little too reminiscent?
Read MoreThe E10 Cherry was Nissan's first front wheel drive car ever, while its successor, the F10, popped Datsun's front-drive cherry in the US. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1977 F10 Wagon might not be your first choice for a classic Datsun, but will its price make it the last?
Read MoreThe number 33 appears, unexplained, on the side of Rolling Rock beer bottles. It's also the name of both Alfa's gorgeous 33 Stradale and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 33 Sportwagon. The latter can better the Stradale in carrying home cases of Latrobe's finest, but should it also carry a lower price?
Read MoreA palindrome is a word or phrase that is spelled the same both forward or backward - like taco cat or as I pee sir, I see Pisa. The name of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW is a palindromic 535, but could you go either way on its price?
Read MoreAudi's executive class sedan has changed its name so many times you'd think it was participating in the witness protection program. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '93 Quattro goes by S4 due to its sporting pretensions, but does its seller need to name a new price?
Read MoreWhen Honda was designing its all-aluminum super car, the NSX, they turned to Ayrton Senna for help in tuning its handling. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1992 Acura may not demand the mad skills of Senna, or his lifetime winnings to buy, but would you be able to handle its salvage title?
Read MoreSomewhat incongruously there's a professional ice hockey team based in Wolfsburg, Germany that is named after a ‘70s American TV show - Grizzly Adams. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Scirocco is both a Wolfsburg edition, and pretty cool, but will its price ice the deal?
Read MoreGeorge Clooney and Alejandro deTomaso share something in common - they're both known to have stuck something American into an Italian beauty. And while today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe ‘72 Pantera may be no Elisabetta Canalis, it's price might make it within the reach of more than just Dr. Ross.
Read MoreThere used to be this joke, back when Mercedes' parent corporation bought Chrysler, that went something like this: how do you pronounce Daimler-Chrysler in German? Daimler, the Chrysler is silent. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe SL500-bodied Sebring is no joke, but will the price make you wonder if the seller is serious?
Read MoreIf you should choose to dine exclusively at fast food joints, you will likely shorten your life by decades, and when you do die, you will require a hearse with Kenworth on its grille. In contrast, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Benz W123 can sup on the dregs of burger joints with impunity, but will its price make it a happy meal?
Read MorePerhaps due to their ubiquity, the 1994 Honda Accord is consistently in the top ten list of most stolen vehicles in the U.S.. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Accord Pickup will standout in a lineup, but is its price a steal, or a crime?
Read MoreThe failure of Chevy's Vega was possibly not just due to its reputation for horrific durability, but also - with only two-door sedan, hatchback coupe, and wagon offerings - for its dearth of body style choice. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Vegamino, with it's mid-mounted V8 fixes that problem, but is its price still full of fail?
Read MoreWhen the world's great auto makers leave you wanting, maybe it's time to go it alone with a kit car. And if your yearnings extend to gull wings and Asiatic dragons then perhaps it's time for this Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bradley GT II. You might however, hanker for it having a lower price.
Read MoreThe Indianapolis 500 has an actual yard of bricks, and the annual winner does chug from a cold bottle of milk. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mustang is also part of the Indy tradition, but will its price garner it a DNF?
Read MoreFew cars have established themselves as epochal and overshadowing of both predecessor and inheritor as has BMW's E30 3-Series. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 325i looks amazing, but will its price and salvage title make it less than epic?
Read MoreLike Rodney Dangerfield, Volvo's innocuous C70 don't get no respect. Well, that's about to change - for the car at least - because today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo is too pimped to be diss'd, but will you find its price equally respectable?
Read MoreThere are certain things that you wouldn't think go well together, like chicken and chocolate, and yet Mole Poblano con Pollo is freaking fantastic. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe formerly air-cooled Porsche 914 seems a perfect mate for a wet and wild SBC, but does its price match expectations?
Read MoreHonda makes a mid-sized pick-up that being the somewhat awkward Pilot-based Rimjob Ridgeline, but they lack a mini-truck. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Civic fills that tiny truck product gap, but is its price too much to pick it up?
Read MoreElf is eleven in the Deutsch, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Riley is truly a Mini that goes to eleven. The seller says it's like a minuscule Rolls Royce but is its price not mini enough?
Read MoreThe two for one offer is a marketing gimmick older than the Shamwow and more compelling than than an amped up Oxiclean pitch. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe K-car offers both Town and Country, plus a but wait there's more Neon SRT4 engine. Will its price however, keep you from calling now?
Read MoreIf you jones for alfresco backwards freeway rides and off-road acumen, then Subaru's original Brat can't be beat. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe California ex-pat Brat isn't too beat up, but is its price warrant a beat down?
Read MoreThe 997's seven years are now officially over. The new Porsche 911 — 991 to Jalopnik readers — is very much like all 911's over the past 48 years. Only a little better at everything.
Read MoreIt's one thing to pull back the curtain on the creative choices that went into a cherished part of our childhoods. It's quite another to fiddle so much with those memories as to raise the question of whether they ever existed, or if in the future whole college departments will study the alterations to the "Star Wars" canon like they delineate "Leaves of Grass" or "Happy Days" spin-offs.* Let's just say what with Vader's new shouty side, we're down with Swine's comment on the Star Wars-themed Cel
Read MoreAutomotive marketers sometimes have to stuff big ideas into small acronyms so the buying public can digest them. The best ones become so prominent people know the acronym without having any idea what it stands for. What automotive acronym should every enthusiast know?
Read MoreScott Tucker used questionable business practices to become a millionaire. Now the mysterious and secretive businessman from Kansas is spending his fortune to become a famous auto racer.
Read MoreAdrenaline and small brains are the makings of nearly all race interviews, but it doesn't have to be that way. Here are the ten greatest interviews given by racing drivers, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreApparently unable to find a food truck selling haggis, David Coulthard took his frustration out on some Texas cattle near the upcoming Circuit of the Americas. Luckily, some nearby passersby with HD cameras managed to catch this heinous act of hooliganism on video.
Read MoreTo see the most interesting document at the Frankfurt Motor Show, one had to get a particular stool at Lotus then not sit down on it. Beneath a layer of glass was a page from Colin Chapman’s notebook from the summer of 1975 which contains many of his iconic quotes about Formula One cars. Some are simple, some are cavalier, and some, in light of the fate of some of his team’s best drivers, are frighteningly callous.
Read MoreRace transporters are more than just big trucks for carrying fast cars; they're also a way for rich car collectors to spend even more money on immaculate restorations of 1950s and 1960s vintage automobilia. Here, though, are ten transporters that would warm the heart of even the coldest cynic.
Read MoreThe McLaren MP4-12C has won nothing but plaudits from those who've been fortunate enough to drive one. Among those fortunate enough to pay at least $230,000 for one, there's a different story emerging — about broken parts, defective doors and unkept promises from the factory.
Read MoreNew photos released by NASA today are the sharpest ever taken of the Apollo landing sites on the moon, showing the parked lunar rover and the tracks it made. It even shows the research equipment and the footpaths of Apollo astronauts four decades on. Any doubters left?
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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? Since today's the second day of the Frankfurt Motor Show, we've decided to make the top six stories the six most important unveilings from day one of the show. The rest of the news is in "Reverse."
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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel 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 parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read More1st Gear: Saab Loses One Metric Börk-load Of Money Saab's owner, Swedish Automobile NV, says its losses widened further in the second quarter and that it still hasn't secured the funding needed to keep the ailing car brand afloat. Swedish Automobile — previously known as Spyker — on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of nearly $220 million compared with a loss of $86 million in the same period last year. Revenues shrank to $147 million from $283 million in the second quarter of 2010. Well,
Read MoreWhile we've spent a lot of energy on the badness of two wheels, it's worth playing one more: This instructional video from Australia for changing the oil in a Yamaha SR500 has educational value far beyond the intended audience — just as BlueLightSpecial picked up a few tips from an early ride in a fast car that paid off on a visit to a Virginia track:
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