Hey BMW 3-Series. Look at you on your sixth-generation day, less bulky, more design-forward, more Hofmeister kinky and lighter than before. And awww, look at your cute little four-cylinder engine. You just want to squeeze it, don't you?
Read MoreSuperboat builder Marine Technology, Inc. has cranked out a flotilla of oddly themed speedboats over the past few years, from Mercedes SLR wraps to Looney Tunes. But this latest effort — a 2,700-hp deathboat styled with Corvette cues and badges — somehow works.
Read MoreYes, that's exactly what you think it is — a double cab version of the amazing Jeep Brute conversion kit we drove four years ago and fell in love with. All I can say is: Do want. Do want very badly. Do want so very badly I'm thinking of sleeping outside of American Expedition Vehicles shop until one's ready for me to drive — like an Apple fan-boy lined up outside the Fifth Ave. Apple store for a new iPhone.
Read MoreIt's impossible to not love the one-off Lamborghini Marzal, but the Gandini-designed Bertone masterpiece has been largely seen only in the feverish dreams of vintage car enthusiasts since its 1967 debut. Here's a chance to get a view from the inside, with that Miura-sawn-in-half straight six whirring away behind the four seats.
Read MoreAlthough there is no shortage of Lada Riva's in Western Europe, coming across one of these boxy sedans in the US is very rare. We found this modified example for sale on Ebay with a buy it now price that could probably get you several dozen Lada's in many other parts of the world.
Read MoreIn 1984, Stig Blomqvist won the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire in the Audi Sport Quattro, driving mostly sideways. In 2011, Audi reps allowed me to nurse a road-going version, wheels forward, around a private racetrack. Blomqvist may have had more fun, but my heart was nonetheless attempting to burst through my chest.
Read MoreOur first "car wars" bit was quite the conversation starter, so we thought we'd keep the blah-blah going with another three-way. Let's move laterally across the spectrum of performance coupes: the Ford Mustang Boss 302, Cadillac CTS-V coupe and BMW M3. Which would you buy?
Read MoreThe new genre of "lower-case halo cars" — specifically the Porsche Cayman R, BMW 1M and Audi TT RS — are pricey, but they've got their priorities in the right place, with nimble handling, supercar acceleration and manual transmission only. The question is, which one would you buy?
Read MoreChris Paine's 2006 documentary film, Who Killed the Electric Car, was a rallying cry for fans of electric vehicles who'd felt betrayed by government and industry. Does his sequel, Revenge of the Electric Car grab the mantle and run? We got an early look to see for ourselves.
Read MoreThe new 2012 Audi TT RS has loads to brag about: Ludicrous power, astounding grip and a luxurious interior that smells of nutmeg. It's even manual only (in the U.S.). But does the TT RS live up to Audi's turbocharged, inline-five legend? And can you even get one? We found out.
Read MoreThe DeLorean's long been associated with technology and performance, despite being saddled with a French-Swedish powerplant that made those associations slightly laughable. This weekend I drove the Electric DeLorean. I'm not laughing anymore.
Read MoreAlthough Mack is an extremely recognizable name in the world of big rigs, few people know the company took a brief and commercially unsuccessful trip into the world of smaller trucks in the late '30s.
Read MoreSure, Audi's E-Tron is the sexiest electric car concept ever, but is it worth its weight in electrons as a true driver's weapon? We headed to the twisties of Southern California to find out if Audi's getting it right.
Read MoreThere's a standoff downtown with heavily armed criminals. The SWAT team's been called in and they have two ways to get there: an unimposing bread delivery truck with flashing lights or a scary-but-slow converted tank. Alpine Armoring's come up with a compromise: a bullet-proof, blast-resistant rolling bunker that looks like it just drove off the set of a Michael Bay film.
Read MoreLaying eyes on any International Travelall in excellent condition is a rare treat on its own, but this is far from just any International Travelall. This particular 4x4 was built to late actor John Wayne's custom specifications for use on his ranch. If putting the Duke's Travelall in your garage seems like an appealing proposition the truck is currently listed on Ebay, but be prepared to have a showdown with the staggering seven figure asking price.
Read MoreAfter my first quick hands-on this past June with Forza Motorsport 4, the latest iteration of Microsoft's Turn 10 Studios' racing franchise for the XBox 360, I claimed they were attempting to create the next generation of car enthusiasts. I was wrong. They actually want to rule all of Metropolis.
Read MoreWith off-the-mark fuel economy and iffy styling, the last-gen Impreza found itself behind a couple of curves. Indeed, 41% of buyers who'd considered but didn't choose the previous Impreza cited styling as the reason. But will the 2012 Subaru Impreza change all that? Let's find out.
Read MoreThis car may have started life as a 1953 Triumph Mayflower, but after being heavily modified there aren't many clues to the car's humble English beginnings. These days it's named Ruby and it doesn't look like a humble Triumph, or really any other car we've ever seen.
Read MoreThere are many important questions to ask before considering a used car like, "Do the T-tops leak?" and "Is that the original screaming chicken on the hood?" With the help of Jalopnik readers, we've narrowed these queries down to the ten most important questions to ask when buying a used car.
Read MoreIf front-wheel drive is wrong-wheel drive, Volkswagen and its many offshoots may be the wrongest automaker in existence. Even Lamborghini wasn't safe from VW's quattro-biased hands. Jalopnik contributor and rear-wheel aficionado Kevin McCauley's sick of it, and ain't no diff's gonna make a difference in his mind. — Ed.
Read MoreI get a tingle every time I see Steve McQueen's Highland Green '68 Mustang leaping over the hills of San Francisco, and there's a special place in my heart for the Audi S8 from Ronin, but the Ecto-1 is still my favorite movie car of all time.
Read MoreHe might not be as fast as Tanner Foust or as handsome as John Hamm, but he got you and your mom and your mom's mom to start talking about cars. Here are what Jalopnik readers consider to be Clarkson's ten best lines from Top Gear... in the world.
Read MoreMost Formula One cars end up on display or in the private collections of the über wealthy. A car like the McLaren MP4/6 Ayrton Senna drove to the F1 World Championship in 1991 should be in a museum. That's why I thought it was so strange when I thought we found it collecting dust in the space above the shipping-and-receiving office of an aerospace company in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read MoreIf you're looking for the most absurdly practical vehicle ever built, look no further than Franco Sbarro's Windhawk, commissioned for Saudi Arabia's head honcho and the true sport of kings, falconry.
Read MoreTiny, boring Luxemburg is not the first thing that comes to mind for spotting supercars. That’s until you consider its economics and location: a rich tax haven less than an hour from the Nürburgring. Now we’re talking.
Read MoreFor me it's not a moral dilemma. Indeed, another young racer has died on TV, cut down as millions watched, leaving those who love him with the kind of grief we outsiders can only conceptualize, not actually feel. Watching or not watching the crash that killed Marco Simoncelli (or Dan Wheldon) won't bring him back, and as human beings, we're hard-wired to a certain ghoulishness. It's who we are. That's not my issue.
Read MoreAlmost nothing provides cheap and light power to cars like a transplanted motorcycle engine. Here are the three- and four-wheeled production vehicles Jalopnik readers think are the ten most awesome motorcycle-engined cars.
Read MoreSenna may be the highest grossing documentary this year, but the only other person in the theater with me yesterday for a mid-afternoon screening of it was one old woman who "doesn't like racing." She was the perfect person to see it with.
Read MoreFord is bringing the new Focus to SEMA for the first time this year, so here's a breakdown of the all bro, all the time funky paint and flash rims that are going to be on display. Beefcake Fiestas and Focii abound.
Read MoreMotorcycle engines may not have been engineered for the demands of a four wheeler, but that's never squelched their employment in some pretty sweet car-like shenanigans — particularly on the racetracks of the world. What's the most awesome motorcycle-powered car?
Read MoreThe anticipation, the starter whine, the expectant idle, the awaited roar -– it's like foreplay for gearheads. Here are the displays of power Jalopnik readers consider to be the ten most awesome car start-up sounds.
Read MoreYou've already sold the emerald-encrusted Veyron and you're looking for a new way to show Mr. Rare Earth Magnate the next country over what real money looks like. Here are the ten ultimate displays of car guy wealth, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreAuthor Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series doesn't just draw from Cussler's own imagination, but also his garage — a sprawling antique car collection that includes such notables as the ever-lustful Cadillac V-16. MaxxCravesTheOldGizmodo will never earn enough to buy even a Caddy V-16 badge off his Jalopnik comments, but this one about Russian truck racing is still worth remembering:
Read MoreThe eight car-pileup at the Nürburgring, Germany's Mecca-like public race track, earlier this month was terrible, but I'm not surprised. I drove the track a few days later and found it to be the same wonderful gearhead nirvana I'd remembered, just with an extra dose of crazy.
Read MoreRich car guys have always had the means to build private racetracks and Taj Mahal-like garages. But what about the mack daddy of car guys? We're talking guhzillionz — Occupy East Asia money. What's the ultimate display of car guy wealth?
Read MoreHolden, the Australian-born unit of General Motors, has gone back in time like Doc Brown, restoring its very first concept car — the 1969 Holden Hurricane. Not only does it still look insanely gorgeous over 40 years later, but the advanced technologies it displayed — a rear-view camera, route guidance system and digital instruments — show yet again why GM's down-under division was years ahead of its time.
Read MoreThere's a lot to look forward to in Need For Speed: The Run. They've got Porsches, an interesting plot, and, oh, did we forget to mention a completely digital Christina Hendricks? That's a lot of polygons. But doesn't it feel like something's missing?
Read MoreThe not always lovingly received, but always lovely to be around Booth Babe behind Do You Come With The Car takes a moment to touchingly express her reaction — as the wife of a pro race car driver — to Dan Wheldon's death. And more importantly, to explain why she lets her husband continue to race. — Ed.
Read MorePrints and paint, but no photoshop. The founder of the excellent formfreu.de, Markus Haub, transforms vintage racing pictures into the coolest car art we've seen all year.
Read MoreDear movie stars and rock gods, leave the Bentleys and the AMG Mercs at the dealership and take note of these celebrities and their gearhead garages. Behold the awesome of the ten coolest living celebrity car owners, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read More53 years ago today, Chevrolet introduced the1959 El Camino to the automotive world and it hasn't been the same since. In direct response to the popularity of the Ford Ranchero, Chevrolet had decided it needed to stake a claim in the world of the automotive based utility vehicle.
Read MoreConsidering vintage Cadillacs are rarely the first choice for a hot rod platform, it's hard to believe this is the second old Caddy sedan we've seen with a Cummins diesel where it's factory V8 once was. While the other diesel Cadillac sedan we saw was a SEMA show car, this 1960 Cadillac currently listed on Ebay is pure ratty hot rod.
Read MoreThe Nürburgring may be the darling of every automotive PR flack in the business, but there's more to the world than some old German toll road. Here are the ten best places to test a car that aren't the 'Ring, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreBecause the Internet is full of people anxious to prove or disprove events, even those supported by photographic evidence, we're following up on our earlier report about a Google Street View driver with an active middle finger. The guys who took the photo claim it's real and are peeved the Internet doesn't believe them.
Read MoreIt's hard enough getting around on the roads as it is, so we're grateful road sign designers exit to make traveling even more difficult. Here are the ten most baffling road signs aimed at making your commute that much more bizarre, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreAudi's win over Peugeot in this year's 24 Hours of LeMans wasn't just another brick in Audi's wall of dominance in endurance racing. It was also the first time a LeMans-winning team has been headed by a woman.
Read MoreBefore Bugatti was resurrected by Volkswagen, and even before Romano Artioli brought the brand back in 1991 with the EB110, two Californians built this car, a 1970s vision of French ultra-luxury.
Read MoreI've raced against some of the best drivers in the world and some of the strangest cars, but nothing prepared me for living out my Days of Thunder dreams against a pair of tween brothers in a half-sized NASCAR racer.
Read MoreSony has a plan to make you forget all about the launch of that other racing sim today with the announcement of new downloads featuring 15 cars and two additional tracks as well as other in-game changes for Spec 2.0 of Gran Turismo 5 launching today. We hope you like four versions of the Nissan SKYLINE.
Read MoreBecause every conversation, on any topic, turns political these days it seems most have isolated themselves from differing opinions to just avoid the trouble. That creates nothing more than an endless navel-gazing echo chamber. But a chance encounter with a Ranchero-ized metallic green Lincoln Continental was a reminder there's a place pluralism still reigns.
Read MoreI'm no Francophile. I like certain French directors and adore certain French women. I can't stand French hip hop but I'll be damned if I don't love a French car. The stranger the better. And most French cars are weird in a way that American cars should be.
Read MoreUndoubtedly one of the weirdest BMWs the world has ever seen, this one of one 1969 BMW "Spicup" Convertible Coupé sold last week for €460,000 ($615,986) as part of Bonham's auction at the BMW Museum.
Read MoreCars themselves don't talk down to you, drone on about parts catalogues, or generally piss on everything you love. They leave that to their owners. Here are the ten types of car owners that take all the fun out of cars, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreIf you're a child of the early '80s, there are two cars that sprung from the cathode TV sets and permanently lodged in your little brain. One was the General Lee, and the other was K.I.T.T. — which can now be yours for the right price.
Read MoreYou've heard them ranting about this year's meetup in some struggling beach town, or bragging about trolling missions to other carmakers' fan forums. You've seen them gathered en masse at the fairgrounds, slugging whatever replaced Four Loko and yammering on about cold-air intakes. What car has the most annoying fan club?
Read MoreRich people: Who are they, and how do they keep taking our money? More importantly, what do they drive? Come check out the top ten cars identified by Jalopnik readers as being the top cars all those snot-nosed adolescents wish they were driving.
Read MoreTom Wellmer's parents bought him an 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL for his college graduation. He drove it until the transmission gave out, then he parked it in a garage in California. That was 40 years ago.
Read MoreWait, is he making a U-turn there? Yarbulglrugh! There are like five lanes of traffic that guy's cutting off – what a dumbass! Here are the top ten favorite cars of the absolute worst drivers, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreThis is the Trekka, the only car ever designed and manufactured in New Zealand. It looks like the facsimile of a Land Rover Series I, it had a 1.2-liter Škoda engine, and it was built in 1966 to give overtaxed Kiwis wheels.
Read MoreIt's a question for the ages, with as many answers as there are people on the road. Cars favored by the least-able drivers among us. Let's see of we can sort this out en masse. Which cars do the worst drivers drive?
Read MoreIt's well known the original Corvette based Chevrolet Nomad was destroyed sometime after it was featured in the 1954 GM Motorama. Since you can't own the original this masterfully crafted replica is about as close as you can get to owning the real thing. This replica took the car's owner and creator over 7 years and almost $400,000 to build and now the amazing result is listed for sale on Ebay.
Read MoreSurfboard designer Roberto Ricci can afford a $210,000 Aston Martin Rapide luxury sedan. Unfortunately, there was no money left over for sense, driving skill, or an attitude adjustment.
Read MoreTorque steer is a bitch. I once almost planted a Mazdaspeed3 in Lake Michigan after I enthusiastically laid my Onitsuka Tigers on the go pedal up a Lakeshore Drive onramp. I don't know how this teenager managed to plant his Mazdaspeed3 in the ground, but I've got a good guess.
Read MoreSupercar ownership may seem like nothing but good times to those of us who don't have one, but even after you absorb the massive cost of owning and maintaining one it's not all hooning and impressing members of the opposite sex.
Read MoreSome say he dreams entirely in Times New Roman and that he was once engaged to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's corset. All we know is, his name is Jeremy and he can deliver a line as well as Jimmy Carr. What's Jeremy Clarkson's best line on Top Gear?
Read MoreTesla Motors has lost a major part of its high court libel claim against Top Gear, the BBC's hit motoring show, but is still suing the corporation for malicious falsehood over an episode that showed the company's Roadster model running out of battery during multiple runs around their Dunsfold track.
Read MorePart of Forza Motorsport 4's tie-up with Top Gear, the BBC's hit motoring show, is a walk-through review of 24 special vehicles by the show's co-host, Jeremy Clarkson. The videos that I not-quite-painstakingly unlocked while playing the game, were buried deep down in yesterday's review of the game. So if you missed them, let's rectify that situation — because they're too cool to miss. I mean, it's basically like watching 24 never-before-seen Top Gear car reviews.
Read MoreThe History Channel revealed yesterday they planned to extend the second season of Top Gear USA and new episodes are already in production. The question is will you, the automotive obsessed at large, be watching it?
Read MoreA minor traffic accident involving Jackass star Brandon "Bam" Margera in Pennsylvania's scenic Chester County turned bizarre when the driver at fault reportedly became giddy who he'd hit.
Read MoreCommon sense is a gift that often goes unappreciated, especially by people who don't give a shit. Those who deliver such wisdom passionately can sometimes let a detail slide, here and there. When that happens, expect some wiseass to step in.
Read MoreIt’s only race two into Formula One’s first significant post-season since 2004 and the tedium is already mounting. Even if the new track in India is pretty damn good. Warning: spoilers.
Read MoreWith a life-saving infusion of Chinese cash on deck, Saab's ready to return to its beloved, idiosyncratic self. These pictures, nicked from a fundraising presentation earlier this year, give some outline to its brighter future.
Read MoreOur friends over at FT86Club got their hands on a Toyota FT-86 / Scion FR-S / Subaru BRZ training sheet and we finally have a look at the specs of the most anticipated sports car in a long time. Just expect some aspects to get lost in translation coming over the Pacific as a Scion FR-S.
Read MoreSometimes "bad ideas" become vital bits of DNA that form the makeup of a car's brand. Something that, if it were ever improved on or removed, would ruin what makes the car special? What "bad idea" is essential to a car's character?
Read MoreWelcome to the world of burning, speeding, crunching pixels, where you're free to live out all your automotive fantasies. It turns out, lots of them involve explosions. Here's what Jalopnik readers picked as the ten best video game crashes.
Read MoreNissan's revealed some new features this morning on the new "NV 200 Taxi" — aka, the "Taxi of Tomorrow" — aka, the "Taxi that friggin' sucks." Here's the "new" details we're learning today:
Read MoreMiami-Dade police officer Fausto López was arrested and charged with reckless driving after leading Florida Highway Patrol on a seven-minute chase at up to two miles a minute while commuting to an off-duty job... in his police car.
Read MoreDue to the fact 1978 Chevrolet Corvette Pace Cars were predicted to be a future collectible, many were put into long term storage and driven very rarely. This particular example was driven only 13 miles.
Read MoreThe 1955 Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine that Elvis Presley used to transport his band to shows all over the Southern United States will go up for auction at Bonham's Classic California sale on November 12.
Read MoreIf you've always wanted to pilot a battleship but aren't willing to work your way up through the ranks, here is the solution. Currently listed on Ebay, this twenty foot long jet driven replica of the battleship New Jersey is a unique alternative to the real thing.
Read MoreFor almost as long as there have been cars, there have been emblems to identify who made them and what model they are. Some of these emblems are as cool and classic as the cars they identify while others are little more than plastic text with a sticker on the back. This weekend we want to know what vehicle you think wore it's model name best. What car has the coolest model emblems?
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 go back to work and could use 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 MorePositive to positive and negative to negative are two very important things to remember when jump starting a car. Otherwise you could end up with two very burnt cars, like the ones seen here.
Read MoreIt appears that images of the Toyota FT-86 — or, as we'll be calling it here in the United States, the Scion FR-S — the car the super number one best automaker from the land of the rising sun claims is the spiritual successor to the AE86, have again leaked from the sieve known as Japanese buff books.
Read MoreBrian Williams co-hosted The Today Show this morning, where he was served coffee in an oversized mug (hilarious), bantered about Twitter ineptitude (adorable), and kicked it with Gabby Sidibe (sigh/swoon). Like everything the news anchor does, his temporary gig was endearing as hell, and hotdamn did he look handsome. This just in: you have a crush on Brian Williams. You want to have, like, 10,000 of his babies.
Read MoreThe F-22 has been okayed to fly again, after being grounded, cleared, grounded, then cleared once more—all within a year. And yet, the Air Force hasn't fixed the plane's life threatening flaw. It doesn't seem like it cares.
Read MoreTurn 10 has released this trailer for the November update to Forza 4's menu of stunningly-rendered cars, featuring in-game footage of gorgeous — if predictable — selections: the Aventador, a 458 Competizione, Audi's R15, an Aston Virage, a...GMC Typhoon?
Read MoreMany have speculated on why the late Steve Jobs never put a license plate on his cars. Was it because he preferred to pay whatever fines he incurred just so he could "Think Different"? Nope. He got away with it — legally — thanks to a California loophole.
Read MoreFrom riced-out Civics to sagging ‘70s Firebirds, there are plenty of cars with racey looks, but no performance to back them up. Here are ten modern cars that Jalopnik readers think talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.
Read MoreThese brochure scans of what appear to be a final production model of the Toyota FT-86 / Scion FR-S may finally show what the real car looks like and end the protracted concept car nightmare parade. Maybe. Sort of. Hopefully. Do you like it?
Read MoreBoeing's first 787 Dreamliner made its first commercial flight today. After years of delays the future of aviation has arrived. And according to reviews, it was a totally pleasant flight. Even if the 787 can't totally fix flying, it might make it a whole lot better.
Read MoreWe asked our readers to design a wrap for the DeLorean Motor Company's new supercharged Stage III car in Forza 4 and more than 75 of you answered the call with a stunning array of wraps that range from brilliantly colorful to deeply disturbing.
Read MoreWe recently wrote about the inspiring and rather epic road trip of Ji?í Hanzelka and Miroslav Zikmund, the two Czech engineers who drove across most of the world in a Tatra 87. Jalopnik reader John Long from Toronto was also familiar with Hanzelka’s and Zikmund’s story—and he was inspired on an entirely different level:
Read MoreWe've worked through cars that are faster than they're perceived to be. But what about cars that look fast but are indeed slow — at least according to the guy with the stopwatch. What's the most overestimated car on the road?
Read MoreHow else is your TV hero going to crash into all those cardboard boxes, through those panes of glass, or over that explosion other than with some awesome car? Here are the small screen cars Jalopnik readers think are the ten best vehicles ever to open a television show.
Read MoreI'm not keeping stats on these wallpapers, but if I had to guess I'd say the track most represented is Laguna Seca. And the car most represented is probably a Porsche. Thanks to the Rennsport Reunion and the great work of Bill Ibsen we've got this great 917 photo that covers both.
Read MoreThrough the haze of decades, the history of relatively obscure classic motor cars can get sketchified. Especially in the weird world of 1960s European sports cars powered by American V8s. This is where the highly-knowledgeable automotive historian sings for his supper, as it were.
Read MoreAlthough in recent years Ford has made a serious attempt at being the model of American reliability, competing well against Japanese makes that have dominated for decades. But according to Consumer Reports, three models — the new Explorer, Fiesta and Focus — are blemishing that record.
Read MoreThe official announcement that New Jersey finally gets its own fist-pumping Formula One race in 2013 comes in just two hours. But I didn't want to wait. So last night I took my own "first drive" of the probable 3.1-mile road course in a Jaguar XKR convertible. This is it.
Read MoreHorsepower is cheap these days, so you'll never know what grocery-getter is about to smoke you at the lights. Here are the ten sleepers Jalopnik readers call the most underestimated cars on the road.
Read MoreWhen I retire at 80, and take over some family land outside of Branson, I'm going to open a museum dedicated to American consumer innovation. It'll have fill-your-own Combos machines, a video tribute to Billy Mays and this Lincoln monster truck-amino limo, with nothing but Lee Greenwood on the stereo.
Read MoreMazda's vision for the next-generation 2013 Mazda 6 sedan will be first shown at next month's Tokyo Motor Show in the form of this — the new Takeri concept. It looks like it's laughing at us. That's good. That's very good.
Read MoreOn November 2, Rockstar will release the debut trailer for the fifth main game in the Grand Theft Auto series, according to the developer's site.
Read MoreLast month, the Pentagon gave the OK to the nation's fleet of extremely expensive F-22 jets, despite failing to fix the plane's oxygen deprivation problems. They decided to just see how things went. They didn't go well: it's broken again.
Read MoreHalloween isn't always the most wholesome holiday, and it's the one evening out of the year where you have to worry about flying eggs and toilet paper (among other things). If you're worried about your car suffering through a few holiday "tricks," Consumer Reports suggests preparing with a fresh coat of wax.
Read MoreBefore Libya became the recently killed Muammar Gaddafi’s silly desert kingdom for 42 years, it was an Italian colony which hosted the Tripoli Grand Prix, the fastest motor race of the 1930s. Fed up with four years of Silver Arrow dominance, the Italians changed the rules for the 1939 race to make sure an Alfa Romeo or a Maserati would win. Little did they know that Mercedes–Benz would take up the gauntlet in spectacular fashion.
Read MoreThe Electric DeLorean isn't DeLorean Motor Company's only project. They're also working on a supercharged version of the classic stainless steel sports car set to debut at SEMA next week. All they need is a design to wrap it in, which is where you, and a copy of Forza Motorsport 4, come in.
Read More"Million Mile Joe" LoCicero finally hit one million miles in his 1990 Honda Accord this past weekend and the fine folks at Honda rewarded him with a parade and, more importantly, a brand new Honda Accord. You know, so he'll stop giving people the wrong idea.
Read MoreMcLaren Automotive released a new video claiming they ran the Nürburgring's Nordschleife in a lap time of 7:28 in the MP4-12C with Sport Auto executive editor Horst von Saurma at the wheel. It's not an official manufacturer ring run, so naturally it raises some questions, especially for those who don't know Horst von Saurma from Maria von Trapp.
Read MoreYou pull up to the stoplight, you look over and smirk haughtily as the other driver revs a poky-sounding engine of the plebes. The light changes and you get dusted by Janet from accounting, who's late for her 11:15. What's the most underestimated car on the road?
Read MoreThe boys over at Camaro5 have managed to snag a copy of the official 2012 Camaro ZL1 Dealer Reference Guide. The 18-page reference book for dealers to order the bowtie badge-bedecked brand's new insanely fast muscle car gives up all the details we haven't already liberated from the clutches of Chevrolet engineers ourselves.
Read MoreMarco Simoncelli, a rising star in the world of MotoGP, died Sunday at Sepang. He was just 24. Warning: Video of his gruesome crash, below.
Read MoreOne of the stars of this weekend's Branson Auction, a one owner 1964 Shelby Cobra, sold for an impressive $475,000 before auction fees yesterday. CSX 2305 is one of the few single owner Cobras known to exist.
Read MoreWhen the far ahead of its time 1936 Cord 810 was introduced it changed the automotive landscape forever. One of the innovations featured on the 810 were the previously unseen standard hidden headlights (operated by crank), a feature that would be used on cars for decades afterwards. This weekend we want to know which car you think carried the option best. What is your favorite car with hidden headlights?
Read MoreAlthough any Volvo 1800ES is a pretty rare find, an example with only 90 original miles on it like this one is beyond rare. We sincerely doubt any other 1800ES in the world has traveled so few miles and remained in such perfect example as the orange car seen here.
Read MoreFormula One, the international motorsport that has struggled mightily to gain a foothold here in the United States wherein their open-wheel cars make both left and right turns, is officially coming to New Jersey in 2013. Yo, Pauly D's totally gonna try to jump Tamara Ecclestone, right?
Read MoreEuropeans — especially the Brits — seem just that much more evolved with celebutante decadence than us Yanks. In place of Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, they get F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone's daughter Tamara exposing herself while rolling about alluringly on a bed of £50 notes, wearing a pair of heels that will give Max Mosley painfully sweet dreams for some time to come.
Read MoreThe earlier video showing how 40 gorgeous Porsche race cars were assembled for a once-in-a-lifetime photo op was jaw-dropping in itself, but it had some issues. The cars were standing still. There was next to no sound. Racing cars aren't just supposed to sit there and look pretty; we have concept cars that do that for us.
Read MoreMania over the new 2013 Dodge Viper has given way to pure insanity, with outlets reporting that the next generation super Mopar's going to appear at a regional press event in Florida next month. Yeah, we don't think that's happening — and you should believe us, because at least two of us here are crazy enough to think even Sports Night's coming back one day. So we'll believe anything if there's a shred of hope it'll happen.
Read MoreThere's never been an appreciable audience for online video reviews of appliance cars. That hasn't stopped AutoTrader from making dozens of drowsy vids spiked with enough hot actresses and models to fill a Hummer limo. Because when the cars are boring, people will still check out the pretty faces, right? Right? Here's a look at the girls of AutoTrader.
Read MoreOur friend Nino Karotta, who’s shown us how to live the thug life in a big black Benz and how to become a Formula One driver in one day, is back with a new TV show, and he’s already subjected the new BMW M5 to an unhealthy amount of destructive testing. It’s seven beautiful minutes of visceral V8 noise, consumed Michelins, and enough complex-compound sentences to make your head buzz even if you’re immune to V8’s of the BMW variety.
Read MoreWhen Fisker Automotive won heaps of praise from Vice President Joe Biden and a $529 million loan from the U.S. government, officials touted the Karma luxury sedan as getting up to 100 miles a gallon, going 50 miles on a full battery charge and offering "supercar" performance. None of those targets were met — but Fisker's moving ahead, your tax dollars in hand.
Read MoreNew York City's subway transports more than 1 billion passengers along 660 miles of track each year. Still, most of us know very little about the hundreds of blue-shirted men and women responsible for getting us to and from our destinations safely and efficiently every day.
Read MoreThere was Sept. 11. Then there was Oct. 22, when Grand Theft Auto III released, at a time when the United States was extremely high strung about things like the violence and moral relativism for which the series is known. Rockstar Games' Dan Houser, in a rare interview, said that the game did strip out some content as a concession to the tension of the current times.
Read MoreIn one of the more bizarre animal automotive rescues we've seen, a Texas mechanic freed a red-tailed hawk from the grille of a Lexus it was jammed into after a high-speed highway collision. The result? "Grille Hawk" — the most adorable photo of a hawk ever.
Read MoreWe're wary of self-driving cars in general, and Google's driverless car technology is anything but proven, but we do have to admit that seeing Google's behind-the-scenes process is extremely cool. Join us as we cautiously examine how Google's trying to make self-driving cars work.
Read MoreThe world is sadly missing its Oleg Cassini Matadors and its Bill Blass Lincoln Continentals, but at least we have a Neiman Marcus Ferrari FF.
Read MoreIs GM planning a run at the movie business, throwing its corporate weight behind a remake of the 1981 movie Cannonball Run? That's what insiders are saying about a project that could become the largest, and edgiest, product placement deal in history. UPDATE!
Read MoreAfter years of delay, Fisker Auto has cleared one final hurdle with the achievement of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions approval, and the first cash for a Fisker Karma has traded hands. How much gas those wealthy Karma buyers will save is still a mystery, but not for much longer. UPDATE Mystery over.
Read MoreAs Justin Hyde just explained, he's leaving us later this week to head out and claim a stake in the automotive online in-market frontier, and we wish him the best of luck. Justin was an integral part of our team, and we are greater for having him here. He'll be sorely missed but we know he'll do amazing things at Yahoo! Autos — as he creates the new biggest auto blog. But, although we lose one Justin, another Justin rises to join the automotive Wolfpack.
Read MoreAfter 14 months and a couple thousand posts, this is my last week at Jalopnik. Hand over your yearbooks for a minute, and I promise to keep my pen drawings safe for work.
Read MoreWe're always being promised a future that never quite gets here. It's time for a change. Take a look at these ten automotive innovations, chosen by Jalopnik readers, that haven't gotten off the ground yet, but we're told they still could. Yeah, sure they will.
Read MoreRacing drivers don’t die anymore, right? Wrong. They do. Hours after a wonderful second Grand Prix in the southwestern archipelago of South Korea, Dan Wheldon died in an IndyCar. Warning: spoilers.
Read MoreA glider that crashed in Washington state last week, killing the pilot, was part of a commercial ad shoot for General Motors, the company told the Associated Press. The crash occurred as the glider was starting to ascend after being towed down an airport runway.
Read MoreI missed the multi-camera replay from yesterday's horrific IndyCar race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where Dan Wheldon died. After watching it this morning I can't help but think just how lucky it was that only one driver lost their life.
Read MoreChampion off-road racer Rick Huseman was killed this afternoon in a plane crash near Barstow, California. While unrelated to the death of Dan Wheldon, it's another sad occasion in what will long be remembered as a dark day in motorsports history.
Read MoreTwo-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon has died of injuries he sustained in a massive 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Indy 300 earlier today.
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 go back to work and could use 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 MoreTruck drivers from Virginia and fictional British secret service agents don't have much in common—except for the way they avoid being identified by enemy agents paying tolls on the George Washington bridge.
Read MoreSeeing a twin-turbo sand rail turn into a human rock tumbler on the side of a dune can trigger some doubts about why people go racing at all. If so, Menacho_ can restore that faith in this comment on Lotus' foray into karting:
Read MoreSomeday, automakers may have to confiscate all cameraphones when they preview new models at dealer meetings. But, you know, whoops. Instead, we may have just found out that Audi's planning a special edition S5 4.2.
Read MoreEvery so often, from deep within the bowels of Craiglist's car ads emerges a pitch written above a grade-school level. This one from Vancouver for a 1990 Nissan Skyline embraces the awesome potential of the drift day special it's hawking. We. Approve.
Read MoreThere are two ways to let customers who have ordered a limited-edition version of Forza 4 know that you can't deliver it. One is to apologize and try to keep as much of their money as possible as Best Buy did. The other is to make them happy with a free copy of the game, like Walmart is doing.
Read MoreNormally the travails of two lawyers with a minor defect in their BMW 1-Series wouldn't be enough to even lift our fingers from the Xbox controlers, but when you're threatening lawsuits because your navigation system doesn't show your house, it's time to press pause.
Read MoreNorwegian drifting champ Kenneth "Fastkenny" Moen has quite the following in Europe and stateside for his handling skills, which is what makes the combo of a drift and hillclimb so appealing. A mountain is about the only thing missing from Alan Wilzig's personal track, one Jstas could easily imagine as his home drift center:
Read MoreWe all know "euro-spec" BMWs, Volkswagens, Mercedes-Benzes, and Audis from the 70s, 80s, and 90s that came with more power than the imports that came to the States. Why didn't America get any of those awesome cars? It turns out, like always, it's the Germans' fault.
Read MoreRockstar Games revealed today that it would be honoring Grand Theft Auto III's 10th anniversary with a special edition. Later this fall, it's coming to an array of portable devices for Android, but fewer ones for iOS.
Read MorePopular lore suggests that the street layout of Washington, D.C., was designed so that the streets emanating from the White House would intersect with landmarks in the area to form a pentagram. The designers of the district were Freemasons, and the pentagram is one of a plethora of symbols important to the fraternity. Is there any truth to this strange tale of Washingtonomancy, or is it mere coincidence? Let's take a look.
Read MoreJunkyards are the everyday temples of the gearhead, offering parts for cheap and a sense of mystery about what you might find inside. Here are the ten most amazing junkyards in the world, as selected by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreJames Rogers had been building his perfect car, a black Ford Escort RS Cosworth, only to have it stolen while it was getting a simple repair. Help us find a fellow enthusiast's one-of-a-kind petrolhead masterpiece.
Read MoreWant to join the Jalopnik Forza Motorsport 4 Car Club? First, you need a copy of the game. Second, leave your XBox Live Gamertag in the comments below and we'll add you to the club. Well, at least until we run out of space in it, anyway. Then we'll just take the people with better cars than us.
Read MoreThousands of Americans who danced on stage to this song in high school stagenasiumaterias may suffer a momentary reverie/seizure at hearing this melody and the messages it carries about comity with neighbors, grammar and horticulture versus animal husbandry. In much the same vein of bridging what divide us, WarShrike put on his own Rogers and Hammerstein version of why the cyclist and the driver should stick together:
Read MoreThe U.S. government revealed Tuesday it had stopped a plot by an Iranian agent to assassinate Saudi Arabia's U.S. ambassador. The suspected mastermind? A failed Texas used-car dealer who dubbed his mission "Chevrolet."
Read MoreIf you've ever wondered how strong moving water can be, just look at how the steel cargo containers of the Liberian-flagged Rena are getting bent, torn, and crushed.
Read MoreWhile everyone else is resigned to a future of neo-Spartan tribal warfare over dwindling resources, GM is still clutching hopefully to the most 1970s of sci-fi visions: pod cars. This is the latest version of GM's Electric Networked Vehicle concept, aka Sir James Dyson's coffin.
Read MoreBicycling enthusiasts across the country started shouting at General Motors on Monday over this ad in several college newspapers pitching GM discounts as a way to avoid the suckitude of biking places. Within hours, GM apologized and promised changes. Here's why it's so sensitive.
Read MoreFirst introduced in 1999, the Chevy Trailblazer was originally nothing more than an upscale trim level for the Chevy Blazer. Then, in 2002, at the height of our free-spending, 0% financing and cheap gas days, it was upgraded to its very own platform. Seven years later, it was thought that in a world of four-buck-a-gallon gas, it was discontinued, and we thought it would never live again. We were all wrong. Because now GM's bringing it back.
Read MoreGeneral Motors hasn't historically been what you'd call an automotive infotainment innovator. That is, until now. This video, the first public glimpse of the interior of the new Cadillac XTS luxo-barge, lifts the veil off GM's luxury brand's new gorgeous Apple-like future.
Read MoreA massive steel worm with a bright patina of yellow paint covering its blade-edged face started its journey through Manhattan's Upper East Side on May 14th, 2010, chewing up 60 linear feet of earth each day. 17 months later, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), stripped of its paint, has emerged — but now, instead of a giant piece of construction equipment, to people on the UES, it's the realization of a promise made more than 80 years ago.
Read MoreThe dudes from Japanese car site Cliccar get out of their boring civvies and got dressed up as Mario and Luigi. Then, they hopped in two street legal X-Karts and took to the avenues and boulevards of Tokyo.
Read MoreSince we're taking driving into account, the usual Jalopnik diet of scotch, bacon, beer, and more bacon is a no-go. Here are the ten best places to grab food on the road, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreContrary to popular culture, auto auctions aren't all broken-down cars and police impounds: in reality, they're often leased vehicles that have been returned to dealers and decommissioned rental fleets. If you do your homework, stick to your guns, and get a proper inspection at the auction, you can walk away with a remarkable deal.
Read MoreFor the past decade, the Chrome Czars car club of Chicago has held an annual show dubbed "The Hunnert Car Pile-up" to appreciate street-driven hot rods, like this slammed 1961 Suburban. This year's show was the last, not for lack of participation and apparent success at getting people interested in home-built rods. Mazarin argued in today's comment that boosting Nascar would require something else to disappear — Darrell Waltrip's signature catchphrase:
Read MoreWelcome to the Suzuka edition of our financial advice column. Today is a wonderful day for all of those who’ve taken our recent tips. But before you blow all that newly minted money, here’s some Formula One. Warning: spoilers.
Read MoreMimes: What are they good for? Oh, so many things! They bring laughter and joy to everyone who encounters them. They help the white makeup industry stay financially afloat. Sometimes they make precious balloon animals. And most importantly, they know how to combat traffic in high-density urban areas, which is why Caracas, Venezuela has just unleashed 120 of them into the streets.
Read MoreThe Forza Motorsport 4: Limited Collector's Edition is chock-full of extra cars you'll love driving in Forza 4... assuming you didn't order the game from Best Buy. It turns out the big box electronics retailer sold many more of the special edition than they actually had. Now they're going on a pre-order killing spree. Did you get screwed?
Read MoreRoad trips are as much about stopping to eat as they are about actually getting somewhere. Science suggests 100 calories on the road equal a single calorie in regular life (make that "junk-food science"). What's the ultimate road food?
Read MoreDon't you hate it when you have to park your car all the way outside the building you're going into? Don't stand for this malarkey any longer! Enjoy a tour of these ten bold innovations in automobile-architecture synergy, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreChevy announced today the most-powerful convertible ever built with a bowtie — the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 convertible — will debut at next month's LA Auto Show. Because when the good Lord created burnouts, he wanted you to smell 'em too.
Read MoreA Michigan woman is suing FilmDistrict Distribution LLC, the outfit that distributed Drive, and the theater where she watched said Ryan Gosling action-drama thriller, all because the trailer had made it seem like the movie was gonna be just like Fast and Furious (not the gun-trafficking operation but the street-racing movie series) and it wasn't totally wasn't at all. WTF, LIARS.
Read MoreWhen you purchase a new Mercedes CLS 350 CDI it makes sense that you would want to keep your shiny new Benz clean inside and out. What makes absolutely no sense is taking a hose to your brand new leather interior, like this Italian Mercedes owner.
Read MoreImagine going into the Russian woods to pick mushrooms and stumbling upon rows of abandoned military equipment. According to EnglishRussia that is exactly what happened to one Russian photographer. These amazing pictures are the result.
Read MoreWhat if you could trade the vehicle you drive every day for absolutely any vehicle in the entire world? Before you figure out where you are going to keep your (insert dream car here), even in this extremely hypothetical situation there is a catch—you have to use your new vehicle to do absolutely everything you currently use the car you drive everyday for, all year long. What car would you realistically trade your current daily driver for?
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 MoreBy all accounts, Terminal 6 at NYC's JFK Airport is an architectural gem. Today, however, it sits unused. And soon it won't even exist.
Read MoreIt's Fleet Week here in San Francisco and that means Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron aka The Blue Angels are back in town for the celebration. This is what it takes to convert a battle-ready F/A-18 Hornet into a marvelous stunt-flying Angel.
Read MoreUpdated. Bushwick resident and YouTube user TheFallGuy53 was minding his own business, sitting on his front stoop, when suddenly, an apparition of light. A UFO, lurking in the north Brooklyn sky!
Read MoreMatt Jordan's exploration of how many ways his teenage self attempted self-murder through hooning spurred many great comments, including this one from Jude Butler about one man's respect for the AMC Gremlin:
Read MoreA computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.
Read MoreA few years ago, a professor at Pasadena Art Center College of Design was planning to build a drivable Sega OutRun cabinet. He did it, and it works.
Read MoreNot that long ago, American teen-agers were handed the keys to two tons of trouble and loosed upon on the roads. This is one man's story about the fun he had not getting killed despite himself. — Ed.
Read MoreIn 1971, NASCAR banned Chrysler's winged cars, forcing teams like Bobby Isaac's K&K to park their fastest rides. K&K owner Nord Krauskopf decided to take the team's Charger Daytona to Bonneville for one last romp. They'd end up setting 28 world records.
Read MoreEarlier this week, we ran a piece asking whether safety at local race tracks and drag strips was up to snuff. One thing many tracks lack: a heroic driver willing to risk himself freeing a competitor trapped in burning wreckage.
Read MoreVolkswagen said today it would recall nearly 170,000 diesel-powered Golfs, Jettas and Audi A3 to fix a fuel line that could leak. What makes it more interesting is just how hard VW had to work to find the defect.
Read MoreCar culture has gone global — are you keeping up? Find out what the kids are hooning in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.
Read MoreSteve Jobs is dead. The Apple chairman and former CEO who made personal computers, smartphones, tablets, and digital animation mass-market products passed away today. We're going to miss him. Deeply, and personally.
Read MoreYou thought after your 18th birthday you'd grown out of having sex in the back of the car. Not so for 71-year-old senior citizen Rita Daniels who was arrested for getting it on in the back of her Buick with a guy she picked up at a bar.
Read MoreOne member of the Japanese Nostalgic Car board put it best. "Those cars don't even look real they are in such great shape." Indeed, the German owner of two Toyota Tercels, 1980 and 1984, has kept them in ridiculously perfect condition.
Read MoreGeneral Motors North American President Mark Reuss just claimed that the Chevy Camaro ZL1 has lapped the Nürburgring's Nordschleife in 7:41:27. That time places the upcoming top-of-the-line Camaro ZL1 a few tenths quicker than the Lamborghini Murciélago LP670-4 SV. Not bad, GM.
Read MoreWith today's announcement of the 2012 list of nominees, the North American Car and Truck of the Year has further solidified itself as the laughing stock of auto industry awards. This year, the jurors, through their infinite wisdom and automotive expertise, have selected the Mini Countryman as a nominee for "Truck of the Year." No, I'm not making this up.
Read MoreMany people equate electric vehicles with glorified golf carts, and I've long considered it a professional duty to prove them wrong. It's rather addicting, especially when it means driving something like the Yokohama HER-02 EV Sports Concept. Holy hell, this little rocket goes like the devil.
Read MoreWe like to think that attentiveness and good car control are what keep us safe on the roads. Sometimes, though, skill ain't got nothing to do with it. Here are the ten most sphincter-clenching examples of blind luck keeping death at bay, as chosen by Jalopnik readers.
Read MoreWas it rude of me to assume that all TSA agents were baby eating, power tripping assholes who were put on earth to make your life miserable? Whoops! Turns out they're not all like that. In fact, some of them can even be extremely helpful and go beyond the call of duty to make your life easier. WHAT!?
Read MoreA busy drag racing season's been highlighted by more than just quick times, with a series of high-profile incidents revealing tracks with empty ambulances, locked firetrucks, and untrained volunteers. BangShift wants to know: is your local drag strip safe or just pretending to be? — Ed.
Read MoreAmerican Le Mans Series privateers Dave and Andrea Robertson are apparently ready to pack it in. That means we may have seen the last of the Ford GT, a car Ford never intended to go racing, on a competitive racetrack. That's just sad.
Read MoreSome of you may have noticed that Nibbles had a Nebuchadnezzar-sized case of the Mondays in the comments section today. His bloodlust appears to have been sated for the moment, and we hope things improve tomorrow before we have to run back to Petsmart for more feline fuel. Of those who made it past, PS9 did the service of putting to words best what many felt after Jeremy Clarkson's Forza4 preview:
Read MoreSpoiler alert: If you don't want to see how last weekend's Petit Le Mans turned out in all of its madcap, high-speed glory, look away! Don't even go near a car blog! We suggest you turn off the computer and take up knitting.
Read MoreElon Musk's Tesla Motors threw a swanky party this weekend to show off the upcoming Model S electric sedan, promising to build a version that could beat a Porsche 911 to 60 mph. But the Model S also brings this — the return of rear-facing jump seats.
Read MoreSince yesterday's eight-car crash during a public day on the Nürburgring — known as touristenfahrten — more details have emerged about the cars involved and how the construction zone likely contributed to the multicar mishap.
Read MoreGeneral Motors has repeatedly claimed a sales target for 2011 of 10,000 units for the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt sedan. But, nine months into the year, they've only shipped 3,895 off the lot. In fact, in September sales numbers, released an hour ago, GM sold only 723 Volts. Will GM fail to meet its own sales predictions?
Read MoreIf your hands are already soaked with sweat in anticipation for the release of Forza Motorsport 4 on October 11th (in North America, Oct. 14th in Europe), we've got some good news.
Read MoreAn eight-car crash on the Nürburgring Nordschleife earlier today sent one driver to the hospital with serious injuries, claimed a rented Corvette Z06 and put one of the new BMW M3 "ring taxis" out of commission. It also caused more than $130,000 in property damage.
Read MoreChecker Marathon 26 years (1956-1982) Many different engines, but the Marathon stayed the same.
Read MoreVolkswagen Type 1 65 years (1938-2003) The Beetle was built in Germany from 1938 through 1980, which would have put it in second place on our list, behind the Mini but just in front of the 2CV. However, production in Brazil (1950-1996) and Mexico (1955-2003) gives the little Ferdinand Porsche-designed ass-engine air-cooler a whopping 22-year-edge over the Mini.
Read MoreAs a general rule, new cars are expensive, especially the performance models that car lovers lust after. Even if you can't afford to purchase the car you lust after when it's brand new, as long as it's not something super rare or exotic, chances are eventually you might get a chance at owning your dream car for a reasonable price.
Read MoreAccording to the infallible news source that is TMZ, the 1957 Chevrolet 150 that was the focus of a night of predictable cross over shows on the History channel was damaged when it burst into flames yesterday.
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 go to work 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 MoreIt's huge, it's the only one in America, and best of all it fits in a two car garage. Meet the massive TAM-110. Currently listed on Ebay, this rare monster sets a new standard of drool-worthiness and obscurity in the already awesome world of Armageddon-proof ex-military trucks.
Read MoreTrick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat is a common demand heard from pirates, hobos, or this season's political candidate de jure, this being Halloween. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Buick Roadmaster has a 6-speed conversion that's pretty trick, and which should make driving it a treat, but is its price a little too scary?
Read MoreUpon its introduction, Triumph's TR7 was touted as the shape of things to come. In reality, things to come included third-world build quality and eventually shuttered factories. The company's V8 edition did prove a fitting finale however, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe TR8 could be the shape coming to your driveway, if its price proves nice.
Read MoreWith its rear-mounted engine, no post-war car is more atypically American than the Chevy Corvair. Today's turbocharged Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corsa coupe is a prime example of the Corvair's wakadoodleness, but will its price prove equally unconventional?
Read MoreIn physics, quantum mechanics theory describes wave function and was first developed in 1925 by the German physicist, Werner Heisenberg. Coincidentally, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW Quantum wagon has Syncro mechanicals and can carry your surfboard to the waves on its handy roof rack. It's price however, may be a theory you choose not to accept.
Read MoreThe incestuous relationships between the Italian super car makers in the 1960s is legend. Today's also legendary Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1967 Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada is the offspring of that industrial interbreeding, but will its price require a vecchio amante danaroso?
Read MoreWhile not the first 4-wheel drive car, AMC's Eagle is arguably the first crossover ever. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '81 wagon may look like something out of the John Deere catalog, but is its price something to get cross over?
Read MoreRevisiting past glories can sometime end up sullying not just the visitor, but the original memory. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1979 Trans Am attempts to make the car what its predecessors once were, but does its price mean throwing your money down its past-glory hole?
Read MoreJapanese sports cars, unlike that country's delicious sashimi, have pretty decent shelf lives. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Toyota Supra still looks pretty tasty even after 18 years. Its price and lack of a turbo however, may make you say fugu you!
Read MoreIn Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady Professor Henry Higgins manages to turn cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle into a right proper lady. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Datsun Fairlady has also been transformed - into a custom roadster, but should the seller learn to lower the price?
Read MoreSome car companies build a reputation over time, while others create their mystique one model at a time. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi V8 Quattro leapfrogged the German brand into über sedan territory, but is its price, reputable?
Read MoreThe French make some of the best food in the world, and in fact both their fries and toast have become staples of the American gastronome. Sadly, French cars never found as much favor, despite such offerings as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Peugeot 504 estate. That's too bad, but could the reason be that this one's price is hard to swallow?
Read MoreOn Monday, when you heard Mangusta, and then saw the Qvale, I guess it was a little like expecting the finest pasta primavera, and then getting served Sbarro. To make up for that, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mangusta is the real deal. The question is, does its price mean you'd be getting served?
Read MoreThere's a chasm that lies between the major auto makers and kit car builders, call it the taint between the big boys and the homeboys. That's because it's pretty obvious that one t'aint t'other. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jag SS evoking ‘Duke' closes that gap a bit, but is its price tainted?
Read MoreFor a doll, Barbie sure has a lot of cool clothes and shit, kinda' making you wonder how she could have afforded it all. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Audi TT looks like it might have pulled right out of Barbie's Dream Garage, but will its price force her back on the street?
Read MoreScorpio is the eighth sign of the Zodiac and is also considered to be one of the water signs. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Merkur Scorpio rocks a V8, but does its price mean the seller is all wet?
Read MoreThe original Mangusta was named after the one animal that was brave enough to stand up to the deadly Cobra. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Qvale Mangusta sports a Cobra engine, but will it price make you say Qvale who?
Read MoreOver the years, the bow-tie brand has been the Heartbeat of America, Like a Rock and espoused seeing the U.S.A. in a Chevrolet. Seeing the U.S.A. in today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corvette convertible might get your heart beating a little faster, but will its price mean you won't be getting your rocks off?
Read MoreFinding a survivor ‘70s GM product, and then discovering it has one of the company's diesel engines under hood is sort of like starting a semester abroad and then finding out your roommate is Amanda Knox. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pipe Olds Cutlass is just such a discovery, and like Amanda, its price might just keep you up at night.
Read MoreIf you were to mash up Pixar's Cars and George Romero's Night of the Living Dead into a zombie carpocalypse, you could potentially populate it with Toyotas, so lifeless are most of the company's products. An exception to that stereotype, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Supercharged MR2 would be the life of the party, but will its price kill the deal?
Read MoreJaguar's legendary E-Types are, unarguably, hot cars, but could they also be hot rods? Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Series I Roadster seeks to find out, but it comes with price that might prove too hot to handle.
Read MoreRichard Petty's long relationship with Chrysler ended with the Dodge Magnum, and in fact for the first time since 1960, Petty racked up nary a single Grand National win in 1978 while driving that car. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Magnum comes from that same winless year, but will its price earn the checkered?
Read MoreI promise that after today, our comments of the day for the rest of the week will be as un-serious as possible, but for today the best conversations still involved Dan Wheldon, including Armchair Racer's reaction to The Booth Babe's post on life as a racer's spouse.
Read MoreBrian Vickers took Nascar back to its rough-and-tumble short track days this past weekend at Martinsville, VA. It didn't look like the other drivers were too happy about it as he crashed out five times.
Read MoreYup, it turns out, from this first shot from the official press conference that's about to start, that we were absolutely correct about the layout of the New Jersey F1 race course. And here it is.
Read MoreAlan Wilzig is just like you and me. He has a family, he loves cars and motorcycles and he's got a mile-long, 40-foot-wide full racetrack in his front yard. Did I say just like you and me? Ok, maybe not.
Read MoreDarrell Waltrip won Nascar's Winston Cup three times and stands fourth in race wins among all Nascar drivers. Yet it only took half a lap in an Australian supercar around Mount Panorama to unleash his inner Snagglepuss. NOT THE CORKSCREW!
Read MoreThis is just your everday home-built rig for running race simulations. It's one anyone could build for a few thousand dollars and a basic understanding of PVC cement. Except the rig you see below helped Tommy Milner win the 24 Hours of LeMans.
Read MoreEasy there, Johnny. Lexus's GS 350 with F Sport package will be a highlight of this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, but don't expect IS-F or LFA levels of performance. This is about rims, brakes and a tighter tune on the adaptive suspension.
Read MoreFor several years, DeLorean Motor Company of Texas has been reconstituting the fruit of John Z.'s troubled loins (phrasing!). Now it's working with electric-car startup Epic EV to put an all-electric DMC-12 into production by 2013. You know what that means: Onboard power for the Mr. Fusion.
Read MoreIt may still have it's trademark bubble car shape, but there isn't a whole lot else on this Fiat 600 that is the same as when it left the factory in 1955. Where there was once a backseat is now a 170hp engine from a Honda 1000rr. Finding a mid engine 1955 Fiat for sale is anything but a common occurrence, but it comes as no surprise when it we do find one it's for sale on Ebay.
Read MoreNo doubt the defense industry is one of the greatest technology incubators the world has ever seen. But does any of that trick fighter-jet stuff ever end up in the cars we drive? The answer is yes. Heads-up displays (HUDs), for one.
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?
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 MoreIf you've owned a car for awhile, chances are you've locked your keys inside. You can pay to have a professional break into your car for you, or you can just learn how to do it yourself to save both time and money.
Read MoreSince retiring from competition, Finnish ex-rally driver Kari Mäkelä has been busy building badass Michelotto rally-car replicas out of classic Ferrari 308s. Let's take a look at what goes into a typical build. Strap in; you may be here a while.
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