Volvo officially introduced a 508 horsepower S60 Concept built by Polestar Performance at the Gothenburg City Race in Sweden yesterday. The turbo sports sedan features a six speed manual and is capable of a 3.9 second run from 0-62 mph.
Read MoreIf you're going to buy a $200,000 sports car like the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, what's the point in settling for a base model? Perhaps this is the thinking behind the company only selling the new, more powerful SLS AMG GT in the United States during the 2013 model year.
Read MoreIf there is a car that embodies the "More Chrome, Bigger Fins!" ethos that dominated late 1950s automotive design in America more than the 1959 Cadillac, we certainly haven't come across it.
Read MoreA brand new Camaro SS Convertible will do 0-to-60 MPH in roughly 4.8 seconds. The brand new SRT8 Jeep Grand Cherokee will do it in about the same time. I knew that. The young woman in the Camaro SS next to me looking to sprint down the mostly abandoned section of rural Texas highway clearly didn't.
Read MoreThe Ford Focus ST is the first front-wheel drive car I would actually purchase with my own cash. I don't lust after it, or fall asleep thinking about it, it's just a really good car. And certainly way better than I expected from a four-door, front-wheel drive hatch.
Read MoreHyundai can be thought of as a group of willful amnesiacs who happen to build cars. Outside of old fellows in Argentina with oddly Teutonic accents, I can't think of a group of people less willing to talk about their past. We all know Hyundai wasn't always a name associated with not-being-a-miserable-piece-of-crap, but they've clearly moved far beyond the days of the Excel/Pony and only want to look ahead.
Read MoreThe Subaru BRZ is The Car We Demanded, Well Actually The Other Car We Demanded After We Demanded The Cadillac CTS-V Station Wagon But Who's Counting Demands? It's got a lot of good, but is it as good as we'd hoped for? We found out.
Read MoreThe 2012 MP4-12C is McLaren Automotive's first attempt at a sports car for the regular wealthy, not the ones with unicorn stables at their million-square-foot ectopods in Jackson Hole Nebula. But is it too nerdy, and not sexy enough? We found out.
Read MoreYou dream of the perfect old car, but you don't know where to start looking. Well, Jalopnik readers are here to help with the ten best used car-buying websites on the internet.
Read MoreWe've read thousands of car reviews online. We remember almost none of them. The Internet, which has done so much to make journalism diverse and exciting, has somehow only made car reviews more indistinct and boring.
Read MoreIf you're on the market for a fake Lamborghini, look no further than China. An enterprising company there is selling a Toyota-powered Murcielago lookalike for about $66,000, a mere fraction of what China's super wealthy normally pay for Lambos.
Read MoreFerrari hasn't been forthcoming lately with the press cars for some reason, so we were delighted to get the chance to drive their latest model. Well, sort of. It's a set of hair clippers.
Read MoreNew cars are fat, boring and expensive. You want a cool used car, but you don't know where to look for one.
Read MoreEveryone loves cars like the BMW E30. It's cheap, it's practical, it's a great car to drive. At some point, though, they will be too old for some broke kid to own, and they'll end up just like the old BMW 2002.
Read MoreUsually when someone decides to turn a car into a truck in the style of an El Camino or a Ranchero, the vehicle they take the sawzall to isn't particularly rare or desirable.
Read MoreJust behind war criminals but ahead of the creators of Barney, the second-worst humans in the world are people stuck in traffic. Jalopnik readers have picked the ten worst things that we do to fellow commuters on the roads.
Read MoreThose of you who read other Gawker sites probably noticed a new discussion system that breaks with the chronological system you've become acquainted with. We just launched it on Jalopnik. It's going to be great.
Read MoreSomething really amazing happened this past weekend in the world of auto racing. It's the automotive equivalent of an American walking on the moon. Did we hear about it? Not really.
Read MoreYou thought the one time you had to sleep in your car on the side of the road was bad? Wait until you hear these ten stories from Jalopnik readers of true road trip hell.
Read MoreTwo years after building a 1:1 scale version of Japanese R/C model manufacturer Tamiya's iconic and unbelievably cool 1979 "Sand Scorcher" Volkswagen Beetle, German tuning company "The Bug Box" has brought another of the company's famous models to life in full size.
Read MoreMost people can appreciate the beauty of a vintage Jeep. They aren't beauty queens or speed demons, but it seems hard to argue with their utilitarian charm.
Read MoreSomeone in East Kentucky has grafted the cab and hood of a 1962 truck onto a 1990s Pontiac Grand Am and has put it up for sale online. Jesus, Craigslist, this is more disturbing than your missed connections listings.
Read MoreWhen I introduced Car Hacks last week, I mentioned that cars can be thought of as huge rolling collections of interesting parts. This week I'm putting that idea to the test, by using some of those interesting parts to do something they were never remotely meant to do. Specifically, the parts are power seat controls, and the something to do is playing a 30-year old game of Ms.Pac-Man. And it works pretty damn well.
Read MoreToday we celebrate the most ostentatious, absurd cars that platinum record sales can buy. These are the ten most over-the-top custom rock star cars, as chosen by Jalopnik readers. Because cocaine.
Read MoreThe last story I wrote yesterday was about the bus monitor, the kids who were mean to her, and the Internet community that rallied to her aid. I was hoping that would be the last story I wrote on the subject, but I think we've all maybe lost our minds and are now turning on the kids in a way that's just as bad as what they did to this poor woman.
Read MoreJazz great Miles Davis loved his little Italian cars, but his reckless side took over one day and he crashed the car while carrying a few bags of white powder. Director and car collector James Glickenhaus just happened to be driving along the same stretch of road and jumped out to help.
Read MoreYou thought bad cars went away with the Yugo? You were wrong and Jalopnik readers are here to educate you. These are the ten most hatefully awful cars on sale here in the US of A.
Read MoreHave you ever been on a bad road trip? Like a really bad one? One where you say I am never doing that again? The trip that makes you think plane travel is not only convenient, but actually enjoyable?
Read MorePaul Boratko's been a Lego maniac since he bought his first set in 1977. In the year's since he's perfected his craft and built insane models like the awesome Vampire GT Supercar, which has a working five-speed transmission and a dash switch that lets you select drivetrain configuration. We're a big fan of his work and asked him to give us a walk-through of how he does it. — Ed.
Read MoreDesiré Wilson is known today as the only woman to win a post-war Formula One race. Well, it wasn't so much an F1 race, as a non-points-scoring championship race that was open to Formula One cars.
Read MoreBack in 2008, I conned Make: magazine into sponsoring me and three other car guys and artists to enter a car in the 24 Hours of LeMons. The way I convinced them was pretty simple: car people and DIY/maker people have lots in common, but the two groups don't have as much interaction as you'd think they would. I'd like to do my part to help change that, if I can. And that's what this weekly column will be about as well: doing interesting things with cars, with car parts, about cars, anything. As l
Read MoreWelcome to "How To Drive Fast," a new, weekly column by native mad-cunian IndyCar racer Alex Lloyd. Each week, Alex will impart the tools, techniques and mental conditioning that will get you around a racetrack quicker, and make you a safer fast driver on the road. — Ed
Read MoreEvery car in the world is for sale; you just have to offer the owner enough money. These ten classics chosen by Jalopnik readers are what they think would be the most expensive cars ever sold, if anyone went out and bought them.
Read MoreEarlier this month, someone threw down a record $35 million to buy a green Ferrari 250 GTO. We at Jalopnik think that record could be broken, and we just need the right car to do it.
Read MoreCar videos tend to follow fairly repetitive formulae. Since your time is important, Jalopnik readers put together a highlight reel that sums up just about every internet car video in 30 seconds or less.
Read MoreWith summer rolling in, you're probably tempted to get a convertible, but be warned that not all convertibles are created equally. Jalopnik readers found ten convertibles that are so bad they'd make a rental Sebring feel like a Ferrari.
Read MoreWhen I saw this video, my initial response was, "Oh cool! A turbo diesel Grand National!" But when the thing started with a clattery growl, belching a cloud of thick black smoke, I reevaluated my first impression.
Read MoreIt's common knowledge that Cadillac cars were once refitted to serve as ambulances (and still bring out the dead as hearses). But did you know that an Eisenhower-era custom shop once turned Caddys into RVs? "Lefty, find us a KOA near Vegas, ya friggin' mook."
Read MoreThe PR and Marketing teams at Jaguar have had the equally exciting (the cars are amazingly sexy) and horrifying (they found gum where?) experience of watching their car company portrayed on AMC's Mad Men.
Read MoreDrag racing is a high-tension sport. Even the smallest mistake while waiting for the Christmas Tree to hit green will put you to shame. None are more embarrassing than these ten videos that Jalopnik readers put together.
Read More"It gets driven hard and it gets driven often"—these might not be statements you typically expect to hear from the owner of a 1955 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing but it's hard not to smile when you do.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-created Smart, for all its tiny charm, isn't a great car and it sells horribly. I think I have a solution to both problems: turn it into a dune buggy.
Read MoreEven for many car enthusiasts, the ultimate expression of off-road competition isn't real life Baja racing but rather a rather simple video game from the late '80s called Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road but known to most as simply Super Off-Road. Now it's coming back.
Read MoreAmerican tactical vehicles have become huge and complicated over the years, to the point that considering a Jeep Wrangler as an alternative is almost counterintuitive. But that's where the American military's offroad prowess all started, after all, even if U.S. military planners show little inclination for going in that direction.
Read MoreThere are few concepts more prone to disaster than an exotic car test drive. Combine a salesman staring down a large payday with a driver determined to push the limits of an powerful unfamiliar car and things like the fiery crash you see here are bound to happen.
Read More"Let's keep the shiny side up" were nearly the last words from the GM employee responsible for the safety briefing ahead of a drive for journalists through the windy roads of Georgia. One writer for a buff book didn't take that advice seriously enough and rolled a brand new Cadillac ATS into the woods within a few miles from the race track we were driving to that morning.
Read MoreAs you already know, hagwalah is dangerous and will likely kill you or tear off your limbs if you crash. The Saudi government is speeding up the process by sentencing a joyrider to death by beheading for killing two people in a stunt.
Read MoreThey've barely made it to dealer lots, but it appears an intoxicated 16 year old has already managed to crash a 2013 Dodge Dart into a house in Rochester Hills, Mi.
Read MoreMere weeks after Hollywood train wreck Lindsay Lohan crashed a rented Porsche 911 into the back of an 18-wheeler on the Pacific Coast Highway, it has come to light that she violated the terms of an insurance policy by driving.
Read MoreGareth Roberts was a rising star in the rallying world, with a promising future as a co-driver to look forward to. He died on Saturday at a rally in Sicily when he and his driver, Craig Breen, crashed into a guardrail. He was 24.
Read MoreThere's more to racing than cars and there was no more compelling moment in this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans than when driver Satoshi Motoyama tried in vain to fix his crashed DeltaWing racecar, weeping as he failed to get it back in the race.
Read MoreThe annual Daisy Dukes Contest at this weekend's HyperFest at Summit Point in West Virginia was delayed after a driver in a Corvette collided with a deer that made the mistake of trying to outrun a Z06 across the track. Warning: Semi-Graphic Video.
Read MoreWhile most people are still waiting for their Scion FR-S it appears from these pictures someone has already managed to crash one. It's official—the wait for the inevitable first FR-S crash is over.
Read MoreAn unlicensed Montana teen was going 100 miles per hour when he reportedly hit a moose in Idaho's Silver Valley yesterday. To make matters worse, his whole family was in the car with him: two five-year-olds and three adults with suspended licenses who were all riding in the backseat.
Read MoreA young girl was ejected from a vehicle crash when robbery suspects fleeing the Lubbock, Texas police flipped their SUV Saturday night. Miraculously, she got up and ran back toward the wrecked car, which somehow had landed upright after rolling completely over.
Read MoreAcceleration is like fire: a good servant and a cruel master. Acceleration when you want it is one of the true joys of motoring. Acceleration when you don't is a nightmare. Alarmingly, it's a recurring nightmare, with the most recent incidents occurring just last month, and the largest recall in automotive history, from Toyota, was not long ago at all.
Read MoreIn Italy, collisions between two- and four-wheeled vehicles are par for the corse. If there are no injuries, non c'e' problema, as they say.
Read More480 minutes — that is approximately the length of time it took one new Mustang owner to turn a perfectly good 2012 GT/California Special into the mangled insurance write-off you see here.
Read MoreThe tall pedal goes and the wide pedal stops. It seems like a simple enough concept, but as this unbelievable video footage showing a Porsche 911 Turbo illustrates, it's still tough for some people to fully grasp.
Read MoreIn what has to be the most delicious and poetic accident we've ever heard of, a truck carry thousands of gallons of Hungry Jack pancake syrup crashed last night along a part of Interstate 75 in Kentucky known as Buttermilk Pike, spilling its sticky and sugary load all over the appropriately named road.
Read MoreSubarus are pretty amazing cars. As the owner of a beater '86 GL wagon, I'm biased, but now I have solid proof that they kick ass.
Read MoreAt about 2 PM yesterday afternoon, a man in a filthy 6th-gen Chevrolet Monte Carlo drove into the front revolving doors of GM's headquarters in Detroit, the Renaissance Center. The Ren Cen, as it's known to close friends, suffered damage to some glass panels on the front and one of the main revolving doors.
Read MoreA truck ferrying 400 sheep overturned on an overpass in Laverton, Australia, sending nearly 400 terrified sheep plummeting to their doom onto the traffic below. No humans were hurt as the 100+ pound animals tumbled onto passing cars, but only about 10 of the sheep survived.
Read MoreDuring a Top Gear live event in Durban, South Africa yesterday a world record was broken for the first double loop in a vehicle.
Read MoreWhen the people at Top Gear saw the Highcroft DeltaWing, they said, "hey, we could do that!" Instead of going back to eating chips, they actually built one in just 39 days. You know what? It's not bad.
Read MoreMotorcycles are lighter, faster and cheaper than any equivalent automobile, but most people choose to drive and not ride. We got ten excuses from Jalopnik readers why they stick to cars.
Read MorePassengers on Amtrak's Cardinal service (Train 51) heading toward Chicago, Illinois from New York have been stranded in West Virginia since approximately 8:00 pm due to last night's storms, Jalopnik can confirm. Amtrak says 232 passengers were on board when downed trees forced them to stop. It'll be another few hours before some of them are able to move again on buses, while others are stuck on the train for an indefinite amount of time.
Read MoreOne of the great things about the automotive world is the fact there is no shortage of different kind of cars to learn about. With this in mind we want to know what car previously unexplored car you are currently the most intrigued by.
Read MoreHave you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
Read MoreIt's hard to know if the town you grew up in was something special, or if you just remember it differently because it's where you grew up.
Read MoreThis past week, Hyundai brought me and a bunch of other auto journalists to a fancy, wood-slathered resort in San Diego to show off some of the new cars they've been building like the Veloster Turbo. As you'd expect, they did lots of feeding of us hungry, hungry writers. I took advantage of the opportunity with the Hyundai insiders to ask the questions and give the suggestions I know you would, if you had the opportunity. You'll thank me one day, I'm sure. With a hug and a tepid beer.
Read MoreAlmost any book about engine rebuilding says, over and over again, "Tag your hoses and lines, and take pictures!" It's good advice. No one wants to forget how things go back together and end up with a pile of extra nuts and bolts.
Read MoreYou've seen Greg Tracy drive, you just didn't know it. The six-time Pikes Peak champ has been the wheelman in movies like The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Bourne Ultimatum, and The Italian Job just to name a few. He's also going to attempt a world record double loop stunt for Hot Wheels Saturday with Tanner Foust at the X Games.
Read MoreCars are not just transportation devices, they are jukeboxes, lunch spots, gym bags, trash cans, coffee shops, and playgrounds. How can you keep your car from looking like a bum lives in it?
Read MoreEven the most entrenched car lovers hate the soul-crushing reality of commuting. We asked Jalopnik readers what it would take to get them on public transit, and these are their ten answers.
Read MoreLet's face it: when Akio Toyoda became CEO at Toyota, nobody really knew what to make of it. Was he just representing the family's interests? Would he be a puppet for management? Or was he a Hail Mary pass to pull Toyota out of its slump?
Read MoreIn 1967, public attendance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was higher than it had ever been before, perhaps even in the history of motorsports. One year later and attendance had dropped to less than a quarter than that '67 high. Why?
Read MoreSince today's the first full day of Jalopnik's new discussion system, Kinja (a portmanteau of kinky and ninja, I'm guessing) I wanted to treat today's Car Hacks as something of a test. I'd love it if these posts could become their own discussion groups of sorts, as commenters and us writers can talk about ideas, share pictures, give advice, berate, flirt, whatever. Like this is our big, communal garage where we all show up to work on stuff, get help, or show off what we've done.
Read MoreWhat do you get when you cross a European style GT coupe with a big American cruiser? You get something like the 1954 DeSoto Adventurer II concept, a Ghia-bodied, Hemi-powered monster that never saw production.
Read MoreThe picture is just too perfect: a rainbow drag racing car, with two wholesome guys leaning proudly over their handiwork. It thumbs its nose at gay stereotypes in the best way possible. But what's the story behind this epic shot?
Read MoreMeet Irina Olkhovskaya, one of Playboy's 55th anniversary cover models. But she isn't just some has-been bunny, she's a car show host.
Read MoreIn 1901, Thomas Edison developed the recharcheable nickel-iron battery, a technology he hoped to see implemented in electric cars. But a slow rate of energy output and slower charging time saw it superseded by lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries in standard and electric cars alike.
Read MoreLaw enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year.
Read MoreCommuter culture is killing car culture. Traffic makes driving into a chore. Why do we persist in jamming up the highway in our own little transportation cubes?
Read MoreOne of the great pre-war marques was Delahaye. They were among the exclusive few French carmakers who competed at the top flight of grand prix and endurance racing, and sold some of the most opulent cars of all time.
Read MoreYou love their derby hats, now check out what Bowler can do with a Range Rover Sport. Here's a hint: "All bloody hell breaks loose."
Read MoreHot, dry, and windy: the key ingredients for wildfire. Colorado's Front Range has been no stranger to those elements and their deadly offspring this week as crack fire crews battle blazes in Ft. Collins, Boulder and Colorado Springs.
Read MoreWhat if you lived in a magical place where you could buy old cars straight from the factory? Jalopnik readers thought of these ten classic cars that they would buy new if given a chance.
Read MoreEver wanted to go back in time, but you knew you could only go with one crazed mad scientist? Worry no more, the DeLorean limo lets you bring all your friends along as you defy the supposed linearity of the space-time continuum.
Read MoreWhen Hearst bought Car And Driver and Road & Track it became clear that at some point the be-ampersanded buff books would have to be streamlined to make more money for the company. Then, earlier this year, they announced the plan was to move the California-based R&T to Ann Arbor to be closer to its bros. That was only part one. Part two has been revealed and it involves basically firing everyone.
Read MoreRemember Nelson Piquet Jr's NASCAR art truck painted by Death Spray Custom? Now you can build your own out of paper.
Read MoreHillclimbs are fairly insane. You drive as fast as you can, right next to the edge of a cliff.
Read MoreLast Friday, June 22, 2012, the Wankel rotary engine's last remaining and steadfast devotee, Mazda, produced their final rotary engine in their Hiroshima plant. The Wankel engine never really fulfilled its promises and hopes, though over its history over 25 major automobile, motorcycle, tractor, and aircraft companies, ranging from Suzuki to Rolls-Royce, were actively researching, developing, and/or building the piston-less engine.
Read MoreOnce they heard the story he had to tell about what happened to him late last week, friends of North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club's "findurpath" (aka James) implored him to send this video along to Jalopnik.
Read MoreWe've mastered the racing line, but now we need to understand the techniques necessary to operate a car at its limits. This is the aspect that turns you from a wannabe racer, that is regularly ridiculed by all your competitors in the local autocross, to the guy standing atop of the podium, swigging the urine-tasting swill of Wal-Mart's own bubbly.
Read MoreA Burlington woman died Monday after dousing herself in gasoline and setting herself ablaze at a filling station.
Read MoreWith his effort to get speed cameras installed in New York City stymied by the state legislature, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city should use public shaming to keep speeders from breaking the law.
Read MoreMuch as we enjoy some new cars, as our reviews show, there's something to be said for cars born before the glut of safety and emissions controls that define modern automobiles.
Read MoreLaw enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year.
Read MoreIf you're ready for the latest iteration of Ford's meanest truck, the time has come. The 2013 F-150 SVT Raptor has arrived.
Read MoreWith the cab-forward proportions of a 250 LM and the detailing of some Pluto-bound spacecruiser, it's no wonder the R8 Spyder still one of the most desirable cars in the world, even though its design is nearly four years old.
Read MoreI found this '78 Oldsmobile in an abandoned gas station Guánica, Puerto Rico. I started taking pictures when the owner walked over and started talking to me about his car. But I don't speak any Spanish, and he didn't speak any English.
Read MoreWhat began as an innocuous tweet about Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh turned into a Twitter boxing match, with the politician delivering most of blows to an intern at Automotive News — an auto-focused industry publication.
Read MoreYour smartphone can be your second brain, but it can also turn you into a person with no sense of direction, poor social skills, and next to no privacy. Fixing these problems is easy, but first you need to know about them. Here are all stupid things you're doing with your smartphone.
Read MoreThe owner of this white Honda Civic hit his girlfriend, dragged her by her hair, and then attempted to run over a crowd of angry onlookers. That's when the mob trashed and flipped his car. Was this justified?
Read MoreSecond is first, first is third, and third is second. That's how the most common U.S. street names stack up in a list compiled by the National League of Cities.
Read MoreWidebody Porsches, a tuned S30 Datsun, a Top Secret GT-R, a 600 horsepower Hayabusa, and an Aventador straight-line racing at an old airstrip in Fukushima Sky Land Park. If you thought Japan only did drifting, get ready to have your mind blown.
Read MoreJust when we thought we had seen all the world of car fires had to offer, a 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon manages to surprise us. The van performed the seemingly impossible this past week when it drove itself uphill into a nearby condo after setting itself ablaze.
Read MoreOne of the most interesting parts of the automotive world is the variety of different ways a life spent obsessed with cars can manifest itself. From high end car shows to low buck garage bastardization, all car lovers channel their passion in different ways.
Read MoreAfter launching her Buick Century into a sand trap Monday evening, 46 year old Patricia Maione had a rather interesting explanation. According to the Massachusetts woman it wasn't her alleged state of intoxication to blame for the crash, but a faulty GPS.
Read MoreHave you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
Read MoreOne of the greatest features of the Targa Florio was that the practice laps around the 44.6-mile Sicilian road course were not closed off to traffic. Top flight prototypes shared the roads with oxcarts. It was insane.
Read MoreWhile on a Memorial Day Weekend highway cruise, sportbike rider Chris Moore was arrested. He was not speeding. He does not appear to have been breaking any law. Thanks to Moore's helmet cam video, the Sheriff's department has opened internal affairs investigation on the arrest.
Read MoreThis was the first year that the 24 Hours of Le Mans had super slo mo, million-frames-per-second footage. In case you were wondering, it was awesome.
Read MoreThe Smart brand made news this week when they smartly outmaneuvered a blogger on Twitter when he suggested the crap of a single bird could destroy one of the cars. Not so, they said. It would take 4.5 million pigeon poops to destroy a Smart.
Read MoreChevrolet is on fire this year, literally. After a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into Chevy Volt battery fires, the bowtie is in the hot seat again, this time for its so far much lauded 2011 and 2012 Cruze models.
Read MoreBMW calls this video for the 2012 BMW M5 "High Performance Art" as it goes beyond the simple premises and cinematography of most car advertisements. It takes us back to the good old days of BMW Films, when the automaker made videos with as opposed to of the car. Gorgeous. Fantastic. Perfect.
Read MoreWatching gnarly police chases, especially ones with cheesy editing, voice-overs, and sound effects is an America pastime. Let's savor Jalopnik readers' picks for the ten best police chases of all.
Read MoreRemember the Saabs left to rot at a New Jersey port? They're going up for auction next week, along with Saabs in other parts of the country. It's still very much buyer beware, but where else can you get a new car for potentially 50% off MSRP?
Read MoreIt's official. Bank of America is a big, evil corporation.
Read MoreEver since VW threw out "Fahrvergnügen" in 1990, us Amis have been a little obsessed with weird sounding German car words. Doppelkupplungsgetriebe anyone?[jump]
Read MoreThe men who videoed a road rage beating on the I-5 in LA earlier this month were chastised for recording instead of helping. Now the two men shown beating the offending motorist have been arrested, likely due to the viral cell phone video.
Read MoreFor years, San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge was a deathtrap. Cars would zip past one another at 65 MPH, separated by a thin line of yellow traffic cones, and head-on collisions were routine. However, a new barrier system—laid by a massive vehicle known as a Zipper Truck—will keep passing drivers from landing in each other's laps.
Read MoreEvery automaker is bound to respond differently to an insulting comment lobbed at one of its cars: ignore it; lash out angrily; or just go along with what was said and try to make it funny.
Read MoreAs anyone who's had to perform military service in a warzone knows, overseas deployments tend to involve hard work and long working hours. But the down time can be just as intense, with many of the troops turning to video games and pirated DVDs to keep their minds from drifting wistfully homeward while they're away.
Read MoreWe do not yet live in a completely Orwellian dystopia where all cars are autonomous and the police can remotely shut down your vehicle at will, so let's celebrate the best old fashioned police chases while we still can.
Read MoreIf you ever decide to steal a car, you might want to make sure its owner can't trap you inside with the click of a button. You should also probably be sober and wearing a shirt.
Read MoreVideo of a bus monitor in Greece, New York being berated by a bunch of students landed on the Internet yesterday. In just a few minutes this group of kids manages to muster all the insecure cruelty that usually lurks beneath the surface of most preteens and propel it directly at this sad woman.
Read MoreMany of the greatest cars every built were designed principally by one person. As a car company, however, it is much easier to design by committee.
Read MoreU.S. Coast Guard officials are saying that there may be a connection between last week's fake Jersey Shore maritime distress call and a similar hoax call they received in Galveston, Texas last month.
Read More(Wes Siler will entertain you every week with stories of being Wes Siler. Warning: may cause random impregnation. — Ed.)
Read MoreRobert Kirkman will celebrate the 100th issue The Walking Dead with what else but his own zombie killing machine. Based off of a Hyundai Elantra Coupe, this may be the first factory-backed undead combat vehicle the world has seen.
Read MoreIt's been three years now since American taxpayers forked over billions of dollars to put General Motors through bankruptcy. The new version of GM is back on its feet, making money again, even if its shareholders would like to see their stock do better.
Read MoreWhen you have more money than Scrooge McDuck and more blow than a Maserati dealer, you need a slick set of wheels. Such is the life of the rock star. What's the most ridiculous auto in a rock star's hands?
Read MoreProvinssirock is one of Finland's biggest rock festivals, attracting some 80,000 fans every year to the small city of Seinäjoki. This year, that number included one naked, burnout-happy motorcyclist. Let's break down the multiple reasons why this is the worst idea ever.
Read MoreIt was a little depressing to watch Toyota and the DeltaWing fall out of the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year to let Audi steamroll the race with little drama through the rest of the classes. At times, though, the beauty of the race took over.
Read MoreI've always wondered if cars like to be driven. I'm never sure if they like going out on the open road, or if they tire of long, steep grades and slow, hot traffic jams.
Read MoreSometimes you need to get somewhere in a hurry, but a car can be an expensive accessory, particularly if you live in a downtown setting. Thankfully, there are plenty of alternatives to just taking a bicycle to where you need to go. Including plenty that look just look downright stupid.
Read MoreWhen Aston martin unveiled their AM310 supercar concept at Villa d'Este, everyone knew that it would become the company's next flagship. Now Motor Authority has leaked the production version and it's not quite as super as you might have imagined.
Read MoreLaw enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year.
Read MoreYou can enjoy even the worst road trip, but there are some drives that every gearhead wants to experience. We got Jalopnik readers to put together the ten ultimate destinations for the motoring soul.
Read MoreAn eagle-eyed reader in San Diego spotted a Merkur XR4Ti, Cadillac Allante, and Subaru SVX all parked with a film crew in front of his office building. The man in plaid clearly gave them away as Top Gear USA, but what's going on here?
Read MoreAt a certain point, you'd rather listen to the "we can't play, but at least we're loud" band around the corner than whatever overproduced shit is on the radio. At a certain point, you just want to play garage rock yourself.
Read MoreBy now it is public knowledge that there will be no replacement for Google's public transportation routes built into the Apple Maps in iOS 6. Indeed, if you're holding an an iPhone running iOS 6 (that somebody maybe has left in a bar) and you try to plan a route from point A to point B you'll find that you can drive there easily using Apple Maps' turn-by-turn 3D navigation. You can get walking directions. Or you can jump to sections—it doesn't exist yet, by the way—that will supposedly show you
Read MoreOh, Will.I.Am. Part of us wishes your goal to launch your own car company would result in something awesome instead of something continuously hilarious. But only part of us.
Read MoreWhat happens when you cross a prancing black stallion with a fire breathing dragon? You get the Ferrari 458 Italia China Limited Edition. The price was just revealed as an outrageous $870,000, which a number of people can afford.
Read MoreSummer is here and you want to dust the cobwebs out of your wheel wells. Where exactly are you supposed to go?
Read MoreJust because you have a deep-seated fear of gas stations, doesn't mean you can't have a nice ride. Here are ten cars picked by Jalopnik readers that show you don't have to settle for a Prius.
Read MoreEvery win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is historic, but the Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro's 1-2 victory was especially noteworthy as the vehicles were the first hybrids to win the prestigious auto racing marathon. Let's just not confuse these with your grandma's Prius.
Read MoreAfter being reminded this past week of the hassle and expense of transporting a vehicle to or from a relatively small island, we immediately understood why most people usually bring a car to an island and leave it there.
Read MoreA 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage that was used as a camera car during filming of "Le Mans" will be the featured attraction at RM Auction's Monterey sale this August.
Read MoreHave you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
Read MoreScottish Authorities are still on the hunt for a man who used an axe to do more than £40,000 ($62,712) of damage to a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti last month.
Read MoreThis week saw the announcement at Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference of a partnership with nine automakers — probably the biggest tech-car partnership this year. You'd think the car companies would be ready for this big moment. You'd be wrong, as our undercover tech reporter explains. — Ed.
Read MoreIf you've been watching the NBA Finals in the New York City area, you've probably seen a commercial that's been terrifying Yankee fans and non-Yankee fans alike. The ad shows various people living their various lives, surrounded by various items adorned with that familiar Yankees logo and pinstripes. Because the Yankees are nothing if not subtle. And then along comes Derek Jeter for about five seconds to say, "Everything looks better in pinstripes." The pitch is for a chance to win that heap of
Read MoreMethamphetamine use has declined over the past couple of years, but it's still a big problem in America. The 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 350,000 people used the drug regularly. The Drug Enforcement Agency arrested nearly 31,000 people, reporting 10,000 meth lab incidents that year. It's a nasty drug that tends to leave behind a trail of withered bodies and charred buildings.
Read MoreRefresh, refresh, refresh, 5-4-3-2-1-0. Autodynamics's no-reserve eBay auction for a 2008 BMW 3-Series M3 Dinan was over. At $33,700, Rene Beunier was the top bidder, and he was pretty stoked to get it for about $7,000 under typical dealer cost. When he called the dealership to arrange the deal, the receptionist accused him of "hacking eBay." After more protracted wrangling, the dealership is threatening to sue Rene for "tortious interference" and "defamation," unless he pays up $1,500.
Read MoreOur favorite speed trap-tracking app has just given itself a complete overhaul. Trapster 5.0 is complete, with a new interface, 3D tracking and day/night modes. It should all make it easier to stay one step ahead of your next ticket.
Read MoreThe vast majority of women you meet in motorsports are on the communications side, but it doesn't have to be that way. Former motorsports PR diva Lindsay Orridge decided that if she's tough enough to save Tiff Needell from muggers, she's tough enough to get in there and race with the boys.
Read MoreGas prices have settled nicely into the zone of "ruinously expensive," but that doesn't mean you have to settle for a Prius. There are plenty of cars that get good gas mileage, but aren't penalty boxes to drive.
Read MoreLeaving such luxurious destinations like Homestead, Florida and Millville, New Jersey behind, the Grand-Am circus visited Lexington, Ohio for another excellent road course race tucked away in the middle of nowhere.
Read MoreThe Maserati brothers had to sell of their company in 1937 due to financial trouble, but they stayed on for another ten years working under contract. When that was up, they founded O.S.C.A., one of the coolest car companies of all time.
Read MoreA business student with car trouble in central London learned an expensive lesson when his broken-down Ford Mondeo had its hatch opened via a controlled explosion, then ticketed, then towed. Nobody likes to see a person's car so mistreated like this, but there is a bit of idiocy at work here.
Read MoreYou know how you've always wanted to like cars, but they never had that dropped-to-the-ground-by-a-gigantic-toddler look that you crave? Well, wish no more, pal. Check out the Kawashima Celica, shown at this year's Nagoya Exciting Car Showdown in Japan.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upped the ante on its investigation of fuel tank related fires on 5.1 million 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees. They've gone from preliminary investigation to engineering analysis — their version of going from threat level yellow to orange — and widened the probe to 5.1 million Jeeps.
Read MoreIt's possible the Tesla Model S is a great car that lives up to all of its promises. You won't find that out by reading reviews from the early drives of the car, which we've learned — and the company has basically confirmed — Tesla has limited to 10 minutes per outlet.
Read MoreOne of the most present ways that humans encroach on animal territory is with roads and cars. Animals often have incredibly strange adaptations to these four-wheeled interlopers, as Jalopnik readers have discovered.
Read MoreThe Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the world's fastest production car, with an unchallenged top speed of 268 mph. Other cars may be faster in certain ways, but it's the king until someone knocks off its crown.
Read MoreI think the safest assumption here is that Toyota has perfected both mind-reading and time travel, and sent a probe to my 8-year old's brain to get new ideas. That's the only way to explain the unfettered awesomeness of Toyota's new concept car, the Camatte. Unveiled at the Tokyo Toy Show, the three-seater is designed to be driven by a child.
Read MoreDeveloping market "quality" gets a new poster boy here, in a chintzy little yellow car whose bumper was completely caved in by none other than a bicycle wheel. You can practically hear the self righteous hipster cheer (it's ironically silent) issuing forth from downtown Brooklyn right now.
Read More"Sure you could buy that 458, but really, you'll rarely ever go on the track with it. You'd be happier just listening to the V8 top-down in this shiny new California." BAM. You just got talked into the worst decision of your life.
Read MoreWhat better place to introduce a new car than at the 24 Hours of Le Mans? For better or worse, that was Nissan's PR schtick for the Juke Nismo, which ran beside the racy Juke-R as one of the marque's compact performance dynamos.
Read MoreFresh on the heels of its F-150 XLT and Lariat models' release, Ford announced today that it will debut its 2013 FX4 trim level at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at the Michigan International Speedway Sunday. It will be the race's official pace truck.
Read MoreHow's your cute gland doing? Is it healthy? Well-exercised with a steady diet of Internet kittehs and puppiehs? I hope so. For the love of God, I hope you're not lying to me. Because what you're about to see here is going to push your cute-appreciation gland to it's absolute limit. The video, right up there, is going to show you a little Austrian two-year old correctly identifying a half-dozen cars. In adorable two-year old toddler German.
Read MoreNo one's happy to see deer getting hit, but cars are more than just roadkill machines when it comes to interacting with animals. What's the weirdest interaction between animals and cars?
Read MoreBMW E30s are fouling their injectors and rear-drive Corollas are rusting away. Luckily, Jalopnik readers know ten post-2002 cars that you'll be able to pick up as a replacement for your tired hoonmobile in a few years.
Read MoreLaw enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year.
Read MoreMax Page, the 7-year-old star of Volkswagen's Star Wars-themed 2011 Superbowl spot, goes under the knife Wednesday for a heart condition he's had from infancy.
Read MoreWhen I was growing up, I used to hang out with this bratty but good kid. We would get into trouble, but because I was the nice kid and he was the bad one, he'd get the shaft.
Read MoreI was about to go on the most reckless drive of my life — cutting lanes, driving on the wrong side of the road, flying past pedestrians at over 100 miles an hour. There would be police cheering me on. Something is happening in New Jersey.
Read MoreFood trucks seem like they're all over the country these days, but a lot of them look like like mail trucks with cut open sides and kitchens. When I was down in New Orleans last month, I found the coolest one I'd ever seen.
Read MoreIt's official. Yesterday's M/V Blind Date explosion was a hoax. Since rescues like that cost about $300 per hour, U.S. Coast Guard officials are righteously pissed and have offered a $3,000 reward for information leading to the capture of whoever made the phony call.
Read MoreApparently whoever posted this video on YouTube decided that it would be better to film a hybrid with gas pouring out of the bottom than it would be to flag down the driver and have them shut off the engine. This is true asshattery, folks.
Read MoreGeneral Motors is making it a performance Buick and it will be available later this year. It's no Grand National or GSX, but this Buick is not the stodgy old people car the marque has been known for over the past three decades.
Read MoreYesterday's Apple World Wide Developer's Conference isn't a place where you'd expect a lot of car news (other than fake Stig), but the megacorporation revealed how they'll make the iPhone an even more ubiquitous part of your life with announcement of Siri integration with numerous car manufacturers and turn-by-turn navigation. It's great news for a lot of car companies and bad news for one.
Read MoreDouble Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel stopped by Letterman last night, flying coach down from the Montreal Grand Prix. Vettel was significantly funnier than the old clown, talking about big balls and dropping a very censored f-bomb on the air.
Read MoreSeveral times a year, bikers gather at the Suck Bang Blow bar just outside Myrtle Beach, S.C. to drink, schmooze, and hoon the crap out of their Harleys. But Horry County officials have had enough, and banned the club's periodic group burnouts after more than 15 years of celebratory Harley noise and tire smoke.
Read MoreThere is nothing in the Western world which quite prepares the Naples neophyte for the sensory overload of the city. The one in Italy, not the one in Florida. Neapolitan driving is a prime example of paravehicular traffic, where, instead of formal rules, drivers react to their immediate vicinity. The result is a densely packed flow of cars, buses, scooters and pedestrians which appears utterly chaotic at first sight.
Read MoreIt was just announced at Apple's 2012 World Wide Developers Conference that the company will work with nine automakers to integrate their Siri voice recognition magic robot into production cars. Remember when we reported on Apple looking for automotive engineers. This might be why.
Read MorePlease welcome our latest contributor, Bill Caswell, he of the $500 Craigslist Rally Car (and the movie about it) and exciting adventures and even more exciting misadventures. Bill will be writing a weekly column for us about the world of cars as seen through his crazy eyes. — Ed.
Read MoreLaw enforcement and emergency services agencies can now get a Ford F-150 made to suit their needs. With a special interior and a heavy duty alternator, the Special Service Vehicle (SSV) package can accommodate everything from bulky communications equipment to firearms.
Read MoreMore than 40 classic cars owned by former Ford board member Mike Dingman were sold today as part of a two-day auction event in Hampton, NH that also offered an unbelievable collection of automobilia and neon signs. The last vehicle sold just a short while ago and we thought we'd share the results of a few of our favorite offerings that crossed the block at today's sale. All sale prices are what the cars were actually hammered sold for and do not include the 10% buyers premium that will be added.
Read MoreIf you fall onto the tracks, don't try and jump up, just go to the end of the platform and walk up the stairs. That's the unofficial word from the MTA, who also remind you that whatever the hell happens, don't jump in to try and save someone.
Read MoreHard as it might be to believe it seems there are actually some people who don't care for the sound of a revving Lamborghini V12—as one Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 driver recently discovered on the streets of London. Warning: NSFW Language
Read MoreSpend as much time thinking about cars as we do and it seems only natural to start using specific vehicular traits to describe idiosyncrasies of people, places and things that have little to do with cars.
Read MoreIt's no secret that barn finds are currently in favor with car collectors, but once a car is unearthed after a lengthy storage the question becomes what to do with the car.
Read MoreWhile some might consider towing, impounding and disposing of a 2002 Saturn to be an act of automotive mercy, one Ohio woman believes the damages and losses incurred when it happened to her are worth a whopping $500 Billion.
Read MoreConsidering the Model A has been the Hot Rod platform of choice for decades, coming up with a unique way of modifying one is no small task.
Read MoreHave you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
Read MoreLast Friday was officially my first day as Editor-in-Chief, which means it was also the last day for my mentor and hero Ray Wert. Now that he's going to change advertising forever it seems time to give him the only kind of tribute his tormented brain can appreciate: senseless brutality.
Read MoreSometimes you just have to appreciate a nice, clear concept, delivered clearly. With clarity. This little flowchart of How To Drive Properly has been floating around on the Internet and Twitter for some time, but we thought it was worth making a nice clean version.
Read MoreA Drexel University mathematics professor, Dr. R. Andrew Hicks (the R is probably a constant for a radius or something) has developed a new patented design of automotive side rear-view mirror with a much larger field of view, without the distortion of present wide-angle mirrors.
Read MoreIt appears America's automotive parts thieves have transitioned from catalytic converters to the lowest hanging fruit yet: your wheels.
Read MoreSomewhere in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, sits a secret underground car collection that's rumoured to contain over 60 extraordinary cars. The collection is said to be owned by Humero Roca, who recently fled from Bolivia and, depending on the source, sought refuge in either Miami or Spain.
Read MoreSeeing a huge classic car collection go up for auction makes me wonder if someone died. But 81-year-old Mike Dingman, a 21-year veteran of Ford Motor Company's Board of Directors, is alive and well and wants to thin out his fleet a bit.
Read MoreNot long after its spring debut, the Scion FR-S is already facing quality issues. Last month, Scion issed two "tech tips" for the Scion FR-S: one for tail lamps with moisture in them and the other for potentially ill-fitting body panels.
Read MoreThe Brothers Magliozzi, known to most of us as Click and Clack from NPR's popular "Car Talk" mechanic show, will stop recording live episodes of the program in September after 25 years on the air.
Read MoreRemember Jim Crow? Remember dysentery? Remember how nobody had invented the Doritos taco yet????? Man, things were terrible back in the day.
Read MoreWhile looking through the New York Times Magazine spread on Dwyane Wade, the Miami New Times blog wondered what exactly was on Wade's bookshelf in one picture. It turns out he has a fair collection of muscle car literature.
Read MoreTexans are one step closer to being able to drive 85 MPH legally on certain stretches of road, with the state's department of transportation announcing this week that they're testing out sections of a toll road between Austin and San Antonio to determine if it can handle the speeds. Yeehaw!
Read MoreThere's a story on the front page of Reddit and elsewhere on the net that appears to show a woman being covered in oil from a tiny oil rig at a Shell party launching a real-sized drilling platform.
Read MoreIt finally happened. Lotus CEO Dany Bahar has reportedly been fired by parent company DRB-HICOM effective immediately after being suspended for "conduct" last month.
Read MoreWhen 18-year-old Aaron Deveau was texting while driving last year, having to spend a year in jail for it was probably the last thing on his mind. But when he crashed into another car, fatally injuring its driver, that's exactly the sentence a Massachusetts judge handed down.
Read MoreThe burning sear of a vinyl seat left in the sun and the cold blast of AC are upon us. Summer is coming, and you'll want a convertible to enjoy it. Which one should be avoided at all costs?
Read MoreI've railed against the proliferation of touchscreens on the dashboards of almost every new car before, and always because of one very good reason: you can't use them by feel.
Read MoreFerrari's oft-rumored replacement for the once unstoppable Ferrari Enzo supercar — sometimes called the Ferrari F70 — is the company's chance to rip the mantle of world's craziest car away from the Bugatti Veyron.
Read MoreAt around 5:40 on Tuesday night in Pompano Beach, Florida, 35-year-old Tracy Mabb stood on a highway intersection and completely exposed her body to passing drivers in a "complete vulgar and indecent manner." This is her mugshot.
Read MoreLet's take a look at the Triumph TR3. Is it designed with advanced aerodynamic modeling? No. Does it have the newest of the new in terms of technology? No. Is it still achingly desirable? Yes.
Read MorePolice stopped every car at a red light on Monday in Aurora, Colorado, handcuffed every adult, and detained them for two hours. The police found the criminal they were looking for, but were their actions legal?
Read MoreThe last time we checked in with what TVR was doing, the Scamander was the rough prototype of recently deceased designer Peter Wheeler's dream amphibious lunar rover thingie car. It was weird and had blade paddles sticking out from its wheels.
Read MoreThere's a pretty high bar for weird trades when it comes to both VW Microbuses and Craigslist. The VW Type II's long association with the counterculture must have made for some engaging trades over its many decades of history, involving all kinds of drugs and patchouli-scented sex acts.
Read MoreFrom Scott Speed to Dick Trickle, race car drivers often have ludicrously silly names. Which one is your favorite?
Read MoreWouldn't life be easier if you could just get into your flying car and soar over traffic jams straight to work? We asked Jalopnik readers to come up with ten examples of this awful dream, killing people and ruining lives.
Read MoreI was able to slither into E3 this year, thanks to my friends at IndieCade, and, following all of your unconscious mindbeams, I made straight for the Forza Horizon booth. After waiting in a long, sweaty line I was finally able to try it out firsthand, and, even better, talk to the head of the studio about the game.
Read MoreRay Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.
Read MoreWhile Elon Musk is launching rockets into space, his old pet project electric car company is launching its first Tesla Model S sedan to its first "customer" — Tesla board member and investor Steve Jurvetson.
Read MoreThe richest of the rich descended on Greenwich, CT over the weekend to show off their four-wheeled superluxury. From the Ferraris in the parking lot to the Bugattis in the show, it was a glamorous celebration of the car.
Read MoreThe photo you see here was sent to us two weeks ago by a reader named Dan, who works in Manhattan Beach, Calif. This is the message Dan sent with it:
Read MoreHark! Open headers bellow in the distance — the call for a new Jalopnik intern is made. This is your chance to prove that you can do this job better than anyone else. It's time to put yourself out there.
Read MoreNationalism, for reasons beyond my understanding, is still the dominant means of talking about cars. This is wrong.
Read MoreDespite past recalls, your Fisker Karma may still be trying to set you on fire. Fisker is recalling 19 Karmas for improperly-mounted hose clamps, just like they did last year.
Read MoreWhen someone asks if you're a God, you say "YES!" When Bentley asks if you'd like to go lead the starting lap of the Nürburgring 24 in the CEO's Continental GT Supersports while it's being driven by former DTM champ Eric Van De Poele, you say "Hell YES!"
Read MoreFor Amir Eshel, the new head of Israel's Air Force, the Holocaust is too close for him to accept a Volkswagen staff car. His mother lost a lot of relatives, so despite excellent Israeli-German military relations, Eshel refuses to use a German car. He opted instead for a Chevrolet Malibu.
Read MoreGM Engineer Brad Doerr's fiancée Holly would normally be out on the track with him and their Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon for a day of auto-crossing, but she was a little busy getting primped for the wedding they'd planned just two hours later. So there he was, alone, out on a fairly tame course when all of a sudden his seatbelt tightened and he heard a bang.
Read MoreFord introduced their 252 hp Focus ST in a unique way, by organizing a street rally and asking spectators to send in their video clips. The final result is professionally edited amateur footage of Tanner Foust and Greg Tracy whipping the speedy little cars around Key West's narrow streets.
Read MoreMazda is developing a new MX-5/Miata and they reached out to Jalopnik readers for input. We sent Mazda our readers' ten best suggestions ranging from the serious to the downright insane. Now we can share responses from Mazda and Mazda's Dave Coleman.
Read MoreThe GMC Syclone was the great muscle truck of the early ‘90s and anyone who spends the time rebuilding a restoring one of these rare classics deserves praise. Matt Quinn got his stolen instead.
Read MoreMost of us are so brainwashed by the powerful truck-usage lobbies that we can't even consider any other options to moving things. Got a huge utility pole to move? Then you need a truck, right? But consider this: maybe you don't. This bunch of clever utility workers in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province of China sure as hell don't. They just needed an idea and an iron ox, both of which they had.
Read MoreFord introduced the 2013 Ford F-150 today, and aside from a slight change to the grille, it looks a lot like last year's model. But take heart, Blue Oval engineers — truck buyers are statistically more likely to buy your truck than anyone else's, so in Ford's case, status quo seems to be sexier than planned obsolescence.
Read MoreHyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik told Inside Line that the Hyundai Veloster Turbo will retail for $1,600 more than the base model. That's $19,675 — just a hair under $20,000.
Read MoreWe're doing things a little differently today for Question of the Day. Mazda is developing a new Miata MX-5 and reached out to Jalopnik readers for input on the next generation of the company's beloved sports car. Why? Because, as Mazda puts it, "Jalopnik readers matter" and, also, because you all tend to answer "Miata" when presented with most questions anyways.
Read MoreHundreds of cars gleam in the sun, neatly slotted in the parking lot grid, an enormous keyboard waiting to be struck. A black and orange Shelby GT rumbles in, the timpani taking its place. A silver Prius takes up position alongside it. A 2008 Dodge Durango chirps out a single staccato note as its driver walks away.
Read MoreThe first running of the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix since 2008 was red-flagged this afternoon after a piece of the track started to crumble, causing driver James Hinchcliffe to go flying into the wall. As you can see in the video, he was not happy about it.
Read MoreA court in Hamburg Germany has ruled the 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Roadster that was seized by authorities earlier this year rightfully belongs to the heirs of the car's first owner, German industrialist Hans Friedrich Prym.
Read MoreOne bid is all it can take at a car auction to end up owning a vehicle you may not exactly have planned to purchase. According to the seller of this 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird, that is exactly how he ended up the proud new owner of this rare Mopar at last month's Mecum Spring Classic.
Read MoreMagnus Walker might not look like the typical Porsche aficionado, but there is little room for doubt of the man's true P-car devotion after watching this video.
Read MoreA 19 year old mother is being charged with child abuse and aggravated DUI charges after she drove home with her 5 week old child strapped in a car seat on the roof early Saturday morning.
Read MoreThe automobile is not designed to fly. Sure, it might seem like an obvious statement but Hollywood stunt drivers, rednecks on YouTube and various high flying motorsports have all done their best at times to convince us otherwise.
Read MoreThe classic Gulf powder blue with marigold orange trim is one of the most iconic racing liveries in history. Both colors have appeared on a variety of cars that aren't purpose built for the race track since it first appeared on the famous Mirage Ford GT40s in 1967, but the most recent instance we've come across is on this newer 911.
Read MoreWe've told the story of the legendary Austrian F1 driver Niki Lauda before, but it always deserves a retelling. He crashed and burned on the Nürburgring and was back competing for the title in just six weeks.
Read MoreA tail rudder from the fastest airplane in the world could be yours — for a cool $1 million. The seller didn't say if it was a spare part, or if it was once part of a functioning SR-71 Blackbird, which is an important distinction given the cost.
Read MoreThis apple-green 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is now the most expensive car in the world. The 250 GTO is revered by Ferrari collectors as the bees knees, and a private sale last month broke all previous price records, proving how much people are willing to slobber over a piece of artistically crafted machinery.
Read MoreFor over half an hour last Sunday night, drivers on Highway 484 in Ocala, Florida watched Ashley Holton masturbate on the side of the road. They pulled illegal U-turns to watch and honked, only encouraging her. She was arrested once deputies arrived.
Read MoreStraight-line drag racing seems painfully simple to most of us. It's much more complicated than we think, and a lot can go wrong. Hilariously wrong.
Read MoreIt is said that it's not the cough that carries you off, but the coffin they carry you off in. Regardless, before you're pushing up daisies, you might want something like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe LTD Flower Car to carry them in. The question is, will its price mean that it's dead to you?
Read MoreThe rotary may no longer be welcome at Mazda, but it does continue to find good homes elsewhere. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe English cottage of a Ford Anglia is just such a home, but does it come with a price tag that says don't bother knocking?
Read MoreWhile not quite small enough to be a petri dish, Mazda's littlest sports car certainly does engender experimentation. With its RB25, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe MX-5 is a willing research subject, but will its price prove that where there's a will there's a way?
Read MoreMuch like a four-door Cinderella, BMW's 7-series has never been invited to the M-Car ball. Sometimes all it takes is a fairy godmother to make things right, and while today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe E23 demands more of a lead foot than a glass slipper, will its price turn it into a pumpkin?
Read MoreFollowing the 2002, the E21 3-series was seen as a lackluster successor, especially in its 4-cylinder only U.S. guise. Fortunately today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe E21 is said to carry the silky smooth 323 motor, and more fortunately, the rare Baur targa top. Will its price however drop it back to traditional levels of E21 want?
Read MoreThe P71 package upgraded pretty much all the Crown Vic's hardware for police duty, with the exception of the engine's cylinder count. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Crown Vic rectifies that oversight with a Triton Ten under its hood, but does its price tag also have too many added numbers?
Read MoreDo you like classic rock? How about classic VWs? Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe classic rock radio station promotional VW brings them together in one KISS-themed package. Its price however may be the KISS of death.
Read MoreFor a nation known for its inclement weather, Great Britain sure built a lot of great cars for enjoying the sunshine. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Triumph looks to be a shining example of just such a car, the question of course is whether buying it would be such a bright idea.
Read MoreTribute bands may not always look like their honorees, but they usually do a good job of at least sounding like them. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '81 Porsche 930 is outwardly a tribute to the legendary 959, but does its price think it's the real deal?
Read MoreThere's always a party at Ford, it's only the venue that changes. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Festiva represents a party sort of like our political third parties in that no one really wants to come. This one may be different, but will its price have you wanting to party on?
Read MoreIn what is possibly the most annoying car ad practice, the seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe uber modified Saab says he's entertaining offers. Well, la-de-freakin'-da, we're not here for his entertainment, we're here for his judgement.
Read MoreThe concept of an afterlife for sinners filled with suffering and pain is a prime motivator for believers keeping on the straight and narrow. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Chevy — audaciously dubbed the Hellcamino - may be seen as sinful, but will its price also appear set by Satan?
Read MoreJackie Onassis loved driving her BMW New Six, it reportedly being her favorite car. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 3.0S was once the top of BMW's lineup here, but will this one's price and condition have you exclaiming Jackie OMG?
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mazda B2000 is described by its seller as a True Sleeper. That's because under its unassuming hood there now spins a lusty 13B. The question is, would paying this sleeper's price keep you up at night?
Read MoreVW's Type 1 may no longer be the People's Car, but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Beetle is a car for people who like Subaru motors. It's up to you to determine if its price is people friendly as well.
Read MorePawn shops serve a vital function in our currently questionable economy - reliable reality TV fodder! Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe special ed Mustang has been moldering at American Jewelry and Loan for more than a year, but will its new lower price make you want to go for pawn broker?
Read MoreWhile Greece may currently be facing a jobs crisis, for decades Lincoln kept Roman numerals employed in the naming of their luxury coupes. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe MK VIII represents the last of that breed. But will its price suggest that buyers should grease the seller's palm, or just keep roaming?
Read MoreI don't know if manta rays prowl the Mediterranean Sea surrounding the Isle of Capri, but I do know that today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Opel Manta once vied with Ford's Capri for import coupe sales. This one's a rare survivor, but will its price survive your scrutiny?
Read MoreCommon in parts of England and the East Coast of North America, polydactyl cats have more than the usual number of toes. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jag XJ-S is an English cat with more than the usual number of cylinders, but will its price have you tip-toeing away?
Read MoreForget about who'll be Mitt Romney's running mate, because today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender is the only Veep that matters. Of course, that's only if you don't have to be Romney to buy it.
Read MoreCarroll Shelby (R.I.P.) named his AC-based sports car after a snake that could strike with lightning-like speed. In contrast, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Python shares its moniker with an asp that best known for slowly suffocating its prey to death. Hopefully this rare one-off's price won't likewise strangle your enthusiasm.
Read MoreTraffic really shouldn't be that bad. Everyone is going largely in the same direction, and we could all just proceed smoothly forward. It's never that simple.
Read MoreWe love even the shittiest road trip, but there are many times when the thrill of the road tests our resolve and our sanity.
Read MoreThere's a little white lie in the car world that there are no bad cars anymore. This is bullshit. There are still shamelessly terrible cars just waiting for you on dealer lots.
Read MoreWhile we were backstage at the Montreal Grand Prix, we got a chance to get up close with the wheel and tire tech of F1. You will never see a more advanced set of rims than these.
Read MoreIt wasn't his original intention to become a dancer. Ronnie Underwood just took a class to improve his hand-eye coordination on the track when he was younger. Years later, the same thought occurred to him again when he saw a studio across the street from a track where was supposed to race. Why not dance a bit again to strengthen his skills?
Read MoreIf you want to carve a mesmerizingly fast curve, you'd better understand how to determine the most efficient line around the bend. No matter if you've mastered cornering techniques like Michael Schumacher, if you are not on the correct racing line, you will be no faster than a NASCAR driver attempting to turn right.
Read MoreEver since sponsors started splattering stickers on everything, racecars have been generally hideous, but there are some exceptions. Sometimes there is perfect harmony between art and business, as these ten classic expressions of speed picked by Jalopnik readers demonstrate.
Read MoreThere are tons of terrible liveries out there. There are so many awesome racecars covered in busy, jumbled, covered in stickers and bad advertising. Sometimes, though, it all goes fantastically right.
Read MoreIf you were reading any of these names in a script, you'd call the writers lazy. We got Jalopnik readers to pick out the ten most ridiculous (yet awesome) race car driver names, and they're wonderfully absurd.
Read MoreA hundred dollars? In Monaco? Surely that will buy little more than a candy bar to gnaw on while counting Ferraris. Actually, it will buy three hours of Formula One up close. If you know how to spend it. Here’s our guide for 2013.
Read MoreBMW E30 wagons aren't easy to find. Trust me, I've been on the lookout. Even harder to find are E30 M3 wagons, but that's because they don't exist.
Read MoreYesterday's launch of the Tesla Model S electric sedan was a highly choreographed affair, with most of the media merely happy pawns on Elon Musk's great chessboard. As we predicted, most media outlets got ten-or-less minutes to review the car.
Read MoreYesterday we found out that Aston Martin's new flagship supercar isn't as fast as its steroidal competitors. Do we care? Hell no — just look at this thing.
Read MoreAlthough the condition of most remaining examples would suggest International Scouts left the factory already in the process of rusting, this 1963 Scout 80 currently listed on Ebay is proof these early utilitarian SUVs once existed with clean sheet metal.
Read MoreNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory held its annual open house earlier this month, and like any good space dork I was there. There, of course, was all manner of exciting and interesting stuff to see, tended by scientists who seemed genuinely surprised and delighted by the fact that so many locals want to come gawk at their robots and celestial maps.
Read MoreSometime very soon, China will be launching three Taikonauts to their new space station, making them only the third country ever to accomplish such a feat. The station, Tiangong 1 (it means Heavenly Palace, which sounds like a place I have a take-out menu from) was launched back in late September of last year. If you were to compare it to the first space stations launched by the old Soviet Union and the US (which everyone will), it seems incredibly modest and small. But that would be doing the C
Read MoreNASA is no longer flying space shuttles, but when the cameras turn away from the breathtaking 747 carrier flyovers or flotillas the real heavy lifting begins. Massive cranes have to delicately lift the shuttle from place to place.
Read MoreJeezis. This is why we can't have nice things. After the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise was flown spectacularly into New York a bit over a month ago, yesterday it was just a touch less spectacularly floated on a barge through New York Harbor for temporary storage in New Jersey.
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 MoreWhen you own a car, at some point or another, you're going to want to put things on your roof. It's the best way to carry oddly shaped, unwieldy, and extra items that might not fit in the car but that you want or need to carry.
Read MoreAside from changing a flat tire and checking the oil, there's no more basic automotive skill than changing your oil. Sure, it's easier — and sometimes almost as cheap — to swing by Jiffy Lube to have your car's black gold freshened up, but that's not the point.
Read MoreAmerican culture is a car culture, but we've gotten to the point where too much of our income goes to pay for our four-wheeled friends. Not this hombre.
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