0
Stop Everything, There's An Audi RS4 Avant In America
Because Audi hates joy and freedom, they won't sell the RS4 Avant here in the USA. Our friends over at Quattroworld just saw an RS4 Avant here in the USA. Wait, what?
Read MoreArchive for November 2012
Back to Archive IndexAudi (1)
Brands (3)
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Is An Energy Drink You Can Drive
HELLO I AM DRIVING A VERY EXPENSIVE MERCEDES-BENZ CAR. IT IS A MERCEDES-BENZ SLS AMG BLACK SERIES. OH, YOU HAVE AN SLS GT? I'M SORRY DOES YOUR CAR HAVE 622 HORSEPOWER? I DIDN'T THINK SO. GAHHHHHHHH!!!
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Will Kill You In Your Sleep
Sleep with one eye open if there's a Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series in your garage. It's a brutal killer. Just look at it. It's an SLS AMG GT3 if the SLS AMG GT3 is being hunted by Interpol.
Read MoreThe 2014 Nissan GT-R Is Slightly Better And Therefore Still Insane
Godzilla. A name that conjurers up memories of bad lip-synching, symbolic monsters, and the Nissan GT-R. It's fast. Scary fast. Slap yo' mama in the mouth fast. For 2014 (2013 JDM) they've kept the same 546 horsepower as the last year but "improved response in the mid- and upper-rpm rev range" and made some suspension tweaks to lower the 0-60 time to a why-the-fuck-would-you-buy-a-supercar 2.7 seconds.
Read More
Buying (10)
Used Car Face Off: War Of The Stick-Shift Wagons
Welcome to Used Car Face Off, where we find two similar or similarly priced used cars and ask you which one you would buy. Choose wisely!
Read MoreWho Really Buys A Car On Black Friday?
I can understand stuff like socks and electronics and Christmas sweaters, but a car? And why at 5 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving?
Read More2012 Nissan March: The Jalopnik Review
The Nissan March (Micra in many countries outside of Asia and Latin America) is an entry-level small car that does a sobering job of making you realize that we don't really take small, cheap cars seriously in the US. And that's a real shame. This little car is stylish, fun, and is packed with cutting-edge technology like a really good corned beef sandwich is packed with lovely corned beef.
Read More2013 SRT Viper GTS: The Jalopnik Review
Chrysler's SRT performance unit has tweaked and relaunched the old Dodge Viper under the SRT brand. Is it a rehash of the V10 beast with the Neon-esque interior that precedes it, or has SRT written a new chapter in the book of Viper? We found out. Boy howdy, did we.
Read More1968 Jaguar 240: The Jalopnik Classic Review
The Jaguar Mark 2 is bad. It's the sort of car that lets people know that its driver is a boss. Its elegant curves and (for its vintage) powerful engine are the reason why it became favored by British criminals as a getaway car during the 1960s.
Read More2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet: The Jalopnik Review
Iconic is a tired word. In the past, it was reserved as a word of reverence for ground breakers and revolutionaries that radically transformed the future. You know, the icons.
Read More2014 Subaru Forester: Around The Block
The Subaru Forester has long been the vehicle of choice for outdoorsy people, competent, no-nonsense lesbians, and Vermonters (not to be confused with Vermonsters, a colossal tub of ice cream incapable of purchasing a car), and I don't think that's going to change with the new 2014 model. It's been updated in some pretty significant ways, but it retains the fundamental qualities that have made it a niche favorite.
Read MoreUsed Car Face Off: AMC Ambassador Vs. Buick Riviera
Welcome to Used Car Face Off, where we find two similar or similarly priced used cars and ask you which one you would buy. Choose wisely!
Read MoreThe Ten Best Used Vehicles For Exploring The World
Near endless forum threads and email discussions surround the best used expedition vehicle choice, so we compiled a complete and complex group of options and then debated, tweaked and lined them up in order. This is not the 'safe' list of just Toyotas and Land Rovers, but a list that reflects vehicles available to purchase in the USA and then driven around the world.
Read More2014 Audi R8: The Jalopnik Review
For decades, Audi was synonymous with rally excellence. In the 2000s, Audi turned its focus to sports car racing, where it tortured the entire grid at Le Mans, abusing the field 11 times in 13 years.
Read More
Culture (41)
What's The Best City To Have A Car Chase In?
Which urban obstacle course is going to provide the most entertaining and interesting car chase?
Read MoreThe Best Car Logos Of All Time
Carmakers always want to project symbols of pride, durability, and strength with their logos. Some end up boring and others end up brilliant. Jalopnik readers have picked the very best of all.
Read MoreThere Are No Volvo Wagons In Los Angeles And That Ain't Right
Walk around Volvo's LA Auto Show display for a few minutes, like I did, and there's one noticeable omission. Pasadena moms and Santa Monica and Santa Barbara surfer dads who run around in turbo V70s and are coming to the show will be disappointed: There are precisely zero wagons on the stand.
Read MoreWhich Automaker Has The Best Logo?
Forget power, forget handling, forget even looks or quality or comfort or coolness. Which automaker has the coolest logo, the best visual sign of their brand?
Read MoreThe Jalopnik Gift Guide To Car-Related Kid Toys And Car Art
I admit, this gift guide is a bit schizophrenic, in that I'll be covering both fun presents for kids and art-related car gifts. But, in my defense, I have a two-year old kid who loves cars and a BA in Art History, so this was kind of going to happen no matter what.
Read MoreNo Car At The Lincoln Stand Is Newer Than 1961
As a brand, the reasoning for Lincoln's continued existence is questionable. Nothing they currently produce is interesting in any measurable way. Lincoln was once the Cadillac of cars, now it's the Mitsubishi of luxury brands at best.
Read MoreThe Kind Of People You Find At A License Plate Swap Meet
Ask yourself which sort of car related club would be the most broad based and have a wide and varied membership. Hot rods? Orphaned cars? Microcars. Not surprisingly, it's the one that focuses on something that you will find on almost every vehicle on the road – license plates.
Read MoreForgotten Cars: The "J" Stands For "Just Fine, Thank You Very Much"
Welcome to Forgotten Cars, where we highlight fascinating cars and engines that are obscure, unrecognized and lost to the passage of time.
Read MoreDallas' J.R. Ewing Knew How To Ride In Style
Actor Larry Hagman died Friday at the age of 81 and he leaves behind a long list of film and television appearances.
Read MoreWhat's The Best Car For A Long Road Trip?
This week, my fancy lady and I undertook the seven hour drive from Austin to the artsy, cool-restaurant-having West Texas town of Marfa. We went in her Sentra instead of my WRX for two reasons: her gas is cheaper, and her car didn't have a busted power steering pump like mine. Not as much fun, though.
Read MoreHow To Make Your Car Sound Like A Freight Train
The massive land yachts of the that rolled off of Detroit assembly lines until about 1980 are mostly gone. Mostly, that's a good thing. They handled like crap, took up a lot of space in parking lots, and guzzled gas.
Read MoreWhat Happens When You Pair Classic Cars With Their Namesakes?
Ever wondered what it would look like if Abe Lincoln stood by a Lincoln, or if Queen Victoria ever met a Ford Crown Vic? Two guys decided to find out.
Read MoreHow To Get A Ride In A Vintage Ferrari And Meet Fabulously Rich, Absurdly Kind Car Enthusiasts
I spent my Sunday riding shotgun in a one-of-800 Ferrari in part of a million dollar convoy of the finest vintage sports cars money can buy. Here's how I did it.
Read MoreThe Freaky Frankenstein VW Beetles Of South Africa
Right off the bat, let me make something absolutely clear: this is only freaky if you’re a hard-core air-cooled VW geek. Many of you won’t even realize what the big deal is, but if you’re a hard-core Beetle person, lay down a dropcloth since your mind is gonna be blown.
Read MoreCheck Out The Stripped-Down Vintage Porsche Built By Bugatti's Head Of Design
You'd think that the head of design at Bugatti would have some kind of über complex hypercar as personal ride. Nope, it's a back-to-basics Porsche 911, one of the cleanest builds we've ever seen.
Read MoreHow A TVR Turned Me Into The Biggest Gearhead Of All Time
Back in the summer of 1995, at the tender age of 10, I sat shotgun in my father's TVR Griffith, headed to the traditional establishment that all respectable Brits frequent every Sunday: The pub.
Read MoreThis Is The Best-Named Option In The History Of Motoring
In general, cars today are qualitatively pretty damn great. They're generally faster, more efficient, safer, more comfortable, and just about everything better than how they once were. But they're also so goddamn serious about it.
Read MoreThomas The Tank Engine Is Destroying All Cartoon Vehicles And Creeping Me The Hell Out
You may not know this about me, but I’ve just decided that I’m our nation’s foremost authority on the subject of vehicular anthropomorphization. It’s a topic I take quite seriously, and have published my strong opinions on these subjects before. As you may guess, to maintain the title I’ve so carefully decided to bestow upon myself requires a never-ending devotion to research. I’m pleased to say that I’ve recently arrived at a new, bold conclusion in the dynamic and exciting field of making vehi
Read MoreMake Your Car Look Like An Evo In The Name Of Fuel Economy
Ever wonder what those bumps on the roof of a Mitsubishi Evo are? Those are for going fast, of course, making the car more aerodynamic at speed. So why would you buy those same bumps on the aftermarket to improve your fuel economy?
Read MoreFlash Back To 2003 By Dancing Badly In A Mitsubishi Eclipse
Surely you guys remember this one.
Read MoreThe Most Ridiculously Expensive Factory Car Options
Car companies learned a long time ago that if they sucker you in with a low base price, they can skewer you on the options list. Jalopnik readers know the ten most ridiculously-priced factory options of all.
Read MoreCheck Out The Most Eccentric Car Collection In The World
If you've hung around here long enough, you know Junkman as the commenter-turned-Jalopnik-motoring-conscience and tireless procurer of awesome, oddball vehicles — some even seen here first. More than anyone we know, Junkman, aka Myron Vernis, has truly turned the Jalopnik dream into reality.
Read MoreThe Man Behind The Forza Series Explains Why Forza Horizon Exists
My Corrado isn't fast, but it's mine. If I drive it right, If I cross the yellows to straighten the road out and keep my speed up, it feels quicker than it really is. I need to be mindful of oncoming traffic but when I turn he music up and let it rip I manage to beat the faster cars.
Read MoreThe Talking Cars In This Late '60s Safety Video Are Terrifying
Since it's the start of the week (I go by the Zoroastrian calendar), I'm guessing your first thought is "how did people in late 1960s America keep their children from getting crushed by massive mid-century iron?"
Read MoreI Love You Harbor Freight, But You Smell Like Plastic Hell
As I'm typing this, somewhere nearby is a transmission jack that I own. There's also a mini tire changer and a portable wheel balancer and a five-ton gear puller. Five tons! That's a frigload of tons!
Read MoreHow To Watch An F1 Race If You're A Clueless American
Formula One, the world's premiere motorsport, is returning to the United States this weekend after a five year absence. Watching F1 is different than watching any other form of motorsport. It's faster. It's technical-er. And to the outsider, it's boring-er.
Read MoreThe Ten Greatest Car Races Of All Time
Every time you watch a car race, you hope to see cars going wheel-to-wheel, underdog drivers making huge upsets, with careers and championships on the line. Jalopnik readers know ten races where all these dreams came true.
Read MoreWhat Is This Ferrari 250 GTO Doing In Angola?
One of motorsport's more dramatic pictures, this is British driver David Piper's Ferrari 250 GTO in Angola, 1962. It was part of a trip filled with victories, but defined by controversy.
Read MoreForgotten Cars: The Mazda Millenia And Mazda's Other Other Engine
Welcome to Forgotten Cars, a new feature I'm trying out where we highlight fascinating cars and engines that are obscure, unrecognized and lost to the passage of time.
Read MoreThis Chase Scene From Quantum Of Solace Is Still Sublimely Awesome
When we asked you to name every single James Bond car ever, it did my heart good to see so many of you chime in to stick up for 2008's Quantum of Solace. Nearly every review I've seen of Skyfall so far has mentioned what a "dud" or a "disaster" its prequel was, and I don't think that criticism was fair at all.
Read MoreThe European Car Market Isn't As Perfect As You'd Think
The grass is always greener for car enthusiasts, and Americans always lust after the cars of Europe. We don't get a bunch of their excellent models, but we have a few things that Europeans can't get their hands on.
Read MoreWould You Drive A Citroen DS Through The Sahara?
For a long time, it was unquestionably the most technologically advanced car in the world, an incredibly complicated luxury cruiser. So naturally it went rallying.
Read MoreEvery Single James Bond Car Ever
Crowds of James Bond fans will be lining up to see Skyfall tonight in glorious IMAX. They'll be watching Bond back behind the wheel of a classic Aston Martin (more money that way). And It's on the occasion of a Bond film we get to nerd-out and talk about the cars.
Read MoreWhat's The Worst Use Of LEDs On A Car?
The original R8 started a trend that, even with all its power, it couldn't dream of stopping.
Read MoreThe Worst Factory Bodykits Ever Made
There are thousands of private tuners that will ruin any car with a horrible bodykit. Jalopnik readers know ten factory kits that outdo the worst of the aftermarket.
Read MoreWould You Drive This New Maserati If You Had To Listen To Taylor Swift?
If you're a pop music fan, this one's a no brainer. For others it might be a little more challenging...
Read MoreThis Might Be The World's Only Hand-Controlled Porsche 356 Speedster
Cefalù, Sicily — Vincent Tourneur always dug Porsches. They're fast, they're sleek, they win races. But when he stepped out of an aircraft one day only to find that the landing stairs hadn't yet been placed in front of the plane's hatch, the resulting fall rendered him a paraplegic.
Read MoreWhat's The Worst Factory Bodykit?
Many car buyers love to ruin, er, sorry, "enhance the performance of" their vehicles by adding some tacky aftermarket scoops and vents to it. But some automakers will sell you a horrible bodykit fresh from the factory!
Read MoreSome Asshat Abandoned A Pristine $2 Million Supercar In A Swiss Parking Garage
The Koenigsegg Trevita is one of the fastest, rarest, and hardest-to-pronounce supercars in all the land. And with a price over $2 million, it's also one of the most expensive ever made.
Read MoreCars That Look Amazing At Night
Is there anything cooler than watching a low line of LED taillights scream past and fade into the night? Jalopnik readers don't think so. They've picked out the cars that look the absolute coolest in the dark.
Read MoreThis Saab Is The Most Obscure James Bond Car Of All Time
Want to go for the most obscure James Bond car? It isn't the Toyota 2000GT that they specially turned into a convertible so Sean Connery could fit. But it is a car that, deep down, I know everyone likes.
Read More
Chevrolet (2)
2014 Chevrolet Corvette: First (Virtual) Drive
On January 13, 2013, Chevrolet will unveil the long awaited C7 Corvette, which is the next generation of America's greatest sports car.
Read More2014 Chevy Spark EV: The Electric Car For Millennials
When Chevy let us take a little ride in the Spark, they really drove home one point: This is a car for young people that don't normally buy cars.
Read More
Crashes and Safety (7)
A Truck Driver Sneezes Destruction Onto 10 Cars
Have you ever sneezed while driving? You can't see a thing. Two or three sneezes in a row can mean utter blindness for what seems like an eternity. That's what happened to Antonio Zamora as he drove a three-axle truck through a town near Oakland, Calif. on Thursday.
Read MoreWatch A Drunk And High ER Doctor Launch An SUV Out Of A Whole Foods Parking Lot
Typically, emergency room doctors do everything they can to save lives. But 56-year-old Kristen Howard nearly did the opposite. Although she was named doctor of the year at a Massachusetts hospital in 2009, she nearly killed a 78-year old man Friday when she T-boned his car.
Read MoreMorons Who Crashed Matching Corvettes In Thanksgiving Drag Race Indicted For Felonies
I remember sitting in my brother-in-law's living room last Thanksgiving Day, enjoying holiday meats laced with tryptophan when I noticed an urgent message form a guy I went to high school with saying he had video of two silver Corvettes crashing during an illegal street race on the pine-lined avenues of The Woodlands, Texas. Home.
Read MoreAn Army Truck Killed A Pedestrian While Delivering Relief Supplies In NYC
The cleanup effort in New York City is grinding along slowly, but a National Guard unit from Ohio experienced a major setback when one of its drivers accidentally ran over an elderly pedestrian on Canal Street.
Read MoreThis Woman Survived One Of Modern Racing's Most Brutal Accidents
This is an MRI image of Maria de Villota's skull after she crashed the Formula One car she was testing into the back of one of the team's trailers in early July. She lost her right eye, her senses of taste and smell, and may never race again, but she survived and is opening up about what happened.
Read MoreThis Truck's Passengers Walked Away After Being Hit By A Speeding Train
Two men in a large truck had the luckiest day of their lives when a speeding freight train plowed into the back of their rig. The truck was completely destroyed, but by some miracle, the pair walked away from the wreck.
Read MoreWatch A Plane Crash Into A Volvo And Lose
The amazing strength of Volvo cars and the amazing stupidity of people not paying attention were put on display Saturday when a Volvo drove in front of a propeller plane in the middle of a landing. The plane hit the Volvo and the car was fine.
Read More
Entertainment (5)
Top Gear Is About To Race A Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Across A Tampa Bridge [UPDATE: FILMING CANCELLED]
Remember the other week when Top Gear was traveling from Las Vegas to Southern California in some wonderful supercars? Of course you do!
Read MoreLet's Go In Search Of The World's Worst Car With Jezza And Captain Slow
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson Calls The Toyobaru 'One Of The Best Cars I've Driven In Ages'
Underneath it all, Jeremy Clarkson is a car guy. He gets it. He loves the Toyobaru almost as much as we do. A sports car balanced towards driving joy, not towards pure numbers. The numbers thing, the how-fast-can-we-drag-race-a-bunch-of-cars, is the realm of people who think more is better, not better is better. The Guy Fieris of the world.
Read MoreReddit Is Now Creeping Out Over A Photo Of Jeremy Clarkson's Daughter's Breasts
Jeremy Clarkson's daughter, Emily, is 18 years old. She also has boobs. The people on Reddit's r/TopGear have capitalized on both these features, creeping out over what appears to be a self-posted pic of Emily and her cleavage.
Read MoreThe One Where Jeremy Clarkson Straps Rocket Launchers To A Porsche 944 Turbo
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past.
Read More
Ford (1)
The Ford Transit Connect Wagon Can Swallow Your Entire Family
There is nothing you can buy in this country that delivers comfortable seven passenger people hauling and over 30 MPG on the highway. Ford wants to change that with a squat, roomy, efficient, seven-passenger people hauler.
Read More
Honda (1)
2013 Honda Civic: Let's Try This Again
If you were waiting for a Honda Civic that won't bore you death, your time has come. Sort of. Honda's freshened-up Civic looks like what it is: an update of the previous generation's Civic that skips the 2012 deathly beigemobile.
Read More
News (243)
Jaguar F-Type: Pure Car Porn
We have seen the beauty that is the Jaguar F-Type in person and lordy, it looks as good as it does in the pictures. Enjoy it in its freakishly orange sexiness.
Read MoreThe 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander Makes Me Feel Like I've Taken Too Many Painkillers
You know that feeling you get when a doctor prescribes an opium-based painkiller you're not used to? It's a dull, detached feeling. You're not quite asleep, but you don't really care about much.
Read MoreThe Jalopnik Guide To Cheap, Last-Minute Gifts For Gearheads
It's that gift-giving time of year and you, lazy bastard that you are, haven't bought anyone anything yet. Here are five cheap things you can get in no time to stuff the stocking of your car enthusiast friend.
Read MoreYour Future Car Could Have One Of These Amazingly Bright Colors
Are you near a window? Good. Is it near a road? Okay, great. Look out that window for me. If your're looking at most American roads or parking lots, chances are disappointingly good that the sea of cars you're observing, face smushed against the glass, is largely composed of neutral colors. Silvers, whites, greys, beiges, with the occasional mix of deep blues and maroons and darker reds.
Read MoreWatch A Hellaflush VW GTI Absurdly Lift A Wheel To Get Into A Parking Lot
In today's bit of automotive acrobatics, we see a slammed GTI enter and exit a sloped parking lot on three wheels. Check out how little suspension travel is on this thing.
Read MoreThese Concept Cars Have Been Around Too Freaking Long
The Lexus LFA feels old. It may have only gone into production in 2010, but it was on the concept car circuit for five years before that. That's an eternity.
Read MoreSomeone Spent Loads Of Money Making This Corvette Ugly, Then Crashed It
I'm going to preface everything I say about this 2006 C6 Corvette with unadulterated, overly-critical speculation about its previous owner. Whoever that person was is most likely a moron. How do I know? I saw why it has a salvage title, issued by the State of Florida, naturally.
Read MoreThe Last Italian Supercar With A Manual Gearbox Is A High-Revving, Orgasmic-Sounding, Drift Machine
Name all of the Italian supercars that you can currently buy with a proper manual gearbox. Do it. Now.
Read MoreThe Jaguar XFR-S Is The Fastest Jaaaaaaaag Sedan Ever
Why does the Jaguar XFR-S exist? The company's sales have rebounded dramatically after a few dismal years. They've got more great products than maybe ever. A limited-edition 550 horsepower V8-powered XFR-S isn't going to make insane profits for the company, even with its $3,500 carbon fiber wing.
Read MoreThe 2013 Honda Civic Is Proof That Honda Maybe Cares Just A Little
As buzzkills go, few were greater than the 2012 Honda Civic. It was boring. It wasn't fun to drive. It was outclassed by nearly every new compact car. It also sold like crazy. Thus enter the 2013 Honda Civic, which is designed to address the concerns of people who don't buy the car.
Read MoreFisker Halts Karma Production After Running Out Of Batteries
You can sell toys with a "batteries not included" stipulation, but apparently that won't fly with electric cars; especially not a $100,000 ride like the Fisker Karma. So Fisker is suspending production of its luxury plug-in hybrids because its battery manufacturer filed for bankruptcy.
Read MoreWould You Take A Viper Over A ZR1?
It's an all-American throw down this morning. Will it be the newest snake in town or the outgoing top dog Corvette?
Read MoreMore Cars Need To Take Dashboard Inspiration From The Comics Of The Sea
Yesterday, we saw the Acura RLX for the first time in its 16 headlight glory. If you didn't know, that's a lot of headlights.
Read More2013 Dodge Charger Daytona: I Just Blue Myself
As you can see, Ralph Gilles is stoked on the new Dodge Charger Daytona, a nameplate that is back (for real) for only the second time since the pointy-nosed, high-winged 1969 model debuted. Ralph Gilles is rad, so we think his excitement is worth taking note of.
Read MoreWe Talk To VW's Super Dreamy Head Of Brand Design, Klaus Bischoff
Hey there Klaus Bischoff, Wie geht's? We heard you're the guy who has kept all of Volkswagen Group's brands looking different and interesting, even though they're all pretty much the same under the skin. Mind if we ask you some questions?
Read MoreZurich Will Have Drive-Up Sex Booths Soon
Zurich, Switzerland is about to put a new spin on the term "booth professional." The city decided that streamlining the ho stroll into a neat, user-friendly package will make the sex trade safer for both its proprietresses and its patrons: drive-up sex booths.
Read MoreThis Is The 2014 Chevy SS, Kind Of
As we've known for a while, Chevrolet is going to be bringing a rear-wheel drive sports sedan known as the SS to the US market for 2014.
Read MoreSomeone Is Hijacking Canadian Mail Trucks To Steal Holiday Loot
With Black Friday sales behind us and the holidays quickly approaching, the volume of goods being sent through the mail is reaching its yearly peak. Unfortunately for a couple of Canada Post drivers in Surrey, British Columbia, someone decided to rob their trucks.
Read MoreThe Most Terrifying Roads In The World
Some roads these days are built to be as safe as possible. But back in the day, it seemed like some roads were designed to be as terrifying as humanly possible. Jalopnik readers have found those insanely terrifying roads.
Read MoreIdentify This Pick-Up And Help Solve A Fatal Thanksgiving-Weekend Hit-And-Run In Chicago
Law 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 MoreThe Acura RLX Has A Sad, Sad Beluga Whale On Its Dashboard
What did you say to that sweet, adorable Beluga whale that's embedded in the new Acura RLX's dash? What did you say to it? Look how sad that poor whale is. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Read MoreWould You Take A 911 Over An R8?
Though oft compared, these two cars are strikingly different. Which will you be having?
Read MoreAudi Is Bringing Tons Of Diesels To America And That Pleases Us
It finally happened. And we're jumping for joy.
Read MoreWhat If Mazda Isn't Importing A Diesel Mazda6?
We love the 445 lb-ft diesel Mazda6 that we spotted today at the LA Auto Show, but what if it's all a ruse?
Read MoreAcura RLX: This Thing Has Sixteen Freaking Headlights
Acura just unveiled their new flagship sedan, the RLX, and there's two things you'll notice right away: it's kind of boring looking, but, damn, does it have a lot of headlights. Like eight per side. Sure, they're small LED units and not the colossal sealed-beams of yore, but still, it's some pretty aggressive face-jewelry for what is otherwise a fairly elegant if restrained car. It sort of like if Helen Mirren smiled to reveal a massive, diamond-studded grille.
Read More2013 VW Beetle Convertible: Time To Get Your Checkbook, Daddy
Are you a high school teenage girl? Yes? Quick, go get your dad, because here's the new Beetle Convertible!
Read MoreWatch The Volkswagen Golf R's Computer Control People's Lives
The new Volkswagen Golf R looks like an amazing car. It has all wheel drive, a 256 hp turbo four banger, and it even looks good. It excels in all things but one: you can't turn off the freakin' stability control.
Read MoreVolvo S60 Polestar Concept: The First 508 Horsepower Swedish Sexy Liveshots
No, you're not dreaming, a racing company has built a 508 horsepower Volvo S60. It's the Volvo S60 Polestar Concept and we had to see it with our own eyes to believe it's real.
Read MoreThe Mazda6 Diesel Is Coming To America
The show floor hasn't quite opened yet, but crack Jalopnik operatives have dressed in our special trash can costume (a trash can with feet holes) and got photos that prove that Mazda's new SKYACTIV-D diesel engine will, in fact, be an option for the Mazda 6. This was widely speculated, and now we have proof it's going to happen.
Read MoreWhat's The Most Terrifying Road To Drive On?
What's the road that, no matter how much you love driving, requires you to pack an extra pair of underpants?
Read MoreThe Longest Straight Roads In The World
We all love driving on a twisting, curving road. But for getting from point A to point B in the fastest time possible, you need to cut those corners and go straight.Jalopnik readers have found the straightest roads in the world.
Read MoreFiat 500L: The Fiat That Thinks It's A MINI Countryman
We've said before that the MINI Countryman is a strange offering from a nameplate that gets its mojo from smallness. But we understand the company's desire to attract customers who can't quite give up the idea of owning a minivan.
Read MoreThe Fiat 500E Is An Electric Car You Can Only Buy In California
California's population was at about 37,691,912 profoundly weird human beings as of last July, meaning it makes up roughly 12% of the entire population of the United States. If you're one of these 12% you can buy yourself a Fiat 500E electric car. The rest of you can fuggedaboutit because Fiat won't sell you one anywhere else.
Read MoreWould You Take A C63 Over An M3?
The Teutons are always at each other's throats, so who will it be in The Horsepower Wars: Compact Edition?
Read MoreThe 2014 XFR-S Is The Sinister Jaaaaag Sedan With More Powwerrrr
Jaaaaaag can't seem to do anything wrong lately. The F-Type looks sensational. The XKR-S makes a sound that causes tsunamis.
Read MoreTMG Sports 650: A 650 Horsepower, Twin Turbo Lexus LS
Toyota's Teutonic performance group, Toyota Motorsports GmbH, has a long, rich history of making Toyotas go faster, and they've now turned their speeditization gaze on Toyota's flagship of quiet, comfortable cruising for aging, successful dentists, the Lexus LS.
Read MoreThis Early Steam Car Used Mechanical Feet To Move
The history of cars goes way back before Benz's motorwagen, despite what the marketing folks at Mercedes-Benz want you to believe. One of my favorite periods in automobile development was in the early 1800s, when steam technology was just starting to mature, and rail locomotives and road-going steam vehicles were first being experimented with. Like any good period of exploration, there were lots of bonkers ideas.
Read MoreIs BMW's Vision Of The Future Insanely Boring?
BMW's "i" subbrand is their vision for the development of an urban future. Thus far they have unveiled two concepts in the brand: The i3 city car and the i8 hybrid supercar.
Read MoreAsk A Playboy Playmate, Author, And Car Enthusiast Anything You Want
Pilar Lastra is a Playboy Playmate. She was a model on Deal or No Deal. She's a successful radio host. She's also the author of a book called Treat Me Like Your Car, which is a man's guide to treating a lady as well as his car.
Read MoreThe Toyota Previa Is The Greatest Minivan Ever
Mid-engined. Supercharged. All wheel drive. This sounds like the recipe for one of the greatest supercars of all time. But it isn't. It's the recipe for the world's greatest van: The Toyota Previa.
Read MoreWhere's The Longest Stretch Of Straight Road In The World?
Rutledge Wood is apparently driving a Bugatti Veyron down a long, straight bridge in Tampa today. It's a reminder that in a world where cars like the Veyron exist, there's a need for long, straight roads. But what's the longest and straightest?
Read MoreThe Most Ridiculous Speed Limits
Speed limits are the ultimate constraint on the roadways. Some places it's too low. Others, even though we thought it was impossible, are just way too high. Jalopnik readers have picked the most outrageous in the world.
Read MoreHow To Win The Holiday Parking Game
Who in their right mind would try to park at a mall during the holidays, or search for street parking in places like Chicago with all those tourists around?
Read MoreYou Can Own A Real, Working Transformer
Admit it. Ever since you were a kid you'd have committed any atrocity if it meant you could own a real robot that turns into a car and vice versa. Because it's incredible. The Transformers concept is such a wildly appealing idea that not even a series of abominable movies can stunt the raw desire flowing through every gas-soaked vein in a gearhead's body.
Read MoreIf You Buy A Truck From This Idaho Dealership You Also Get A Free Gun
It's a simple equation, really: Truck + gun = awesome. The Mountain Home Auto Ranch in Mountain Home, Idaho capitalized upon this uniquely American math to sell trucks this month with its fourth annual "Buy a Truck, Get a Gun" sale. Who needs 0 percent APR financing?
Read MoreInfiniti To Pay Red Bull Millions Of Dollars To Help Sell More Red Bull [UPDATED]
Yesterday, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing won his third straight Formula One Driver's Championship. Red Bull also just won its third straight Formula One Constructor's Championship a week earlier.
Read MoreFlorida Meth Dealer Offers Woman A Ride, Then Masturbates In Front Of Her
What is it about Florida that makes people want to masturbate all the time? If I were a palm hair removal cream salesman, I know where I'd concentrate my efforts. This latest Florida highway masturbator story is a perfect example of why.
Read MoreThe Astounding Story Of How A Car Worth $600 Racked Up Over $100,000 In Parking Tickets
It might just be a world record.
Read MoreMyanmar Plans To Scrap Buses In Service Since The 1930s
President Barack Obama's recent visit to Myanmar (or Burma, as it's often called) isn't the only sign that things are changing there. The country's principal city just put a ban on Chevrolet buses that have been ferrying Burmese passengers to and fro since before World War II.
Read MoreHennessey Venom GT2: A 1,500-Horsepower Texan Hypercar
We called the original 1,200-horsepower Hennessey Venom GT a "Veyron-killer" on account of its German-slaying power-to-weight ratio.
Read MoreWhere's The Most Ridiculous Speed Limit?
Some speed limits are theoretically designed to keep you from killing yourself. Others are there to keep you from using too much fuel during a gas crisis. And still others are completely arbitrary.
Read MoreAn Animated GIF Guide To The Greatest Rally Drivers Of All Time
Exhausted. Triple-digit speeds inches from trees and cliffs. In the rain, through the night, over jumps — It's no surprise many consider rally pilots the greatest drivers of all, and now Jalopnik readers have picked the best of the best.
Read MoreDear Aston Martin Driver: Prepare To Be Internet-Shamed Over This Asshat Parking Job
Here was my thought process as I drove around parking lot of the Kerbey Lane in North Austin yesterday:
Read MoreSPOILER ALERT: A Man Just Won The Formula One World Championship
The Formula One World Championship just came to a finish after an absolutely astounding Brazilian Grand Prix.
Read MoreAfter Eight DWIs And Blowing A .446, This Texas Man Was Sentenced To Life In Prison
Should getting arrested for driving while intoxicated get you sentenced to life in prison? How about if you've been caught doing it eight times?
Read MoreAutomotive Icon Jennifer Lopez Opens This Insane 100,000-Sq.Ft. Audi Dealership In Dubai
Exciting news out of the United Arab Emirates this week as famed automotive industry icon and noted Fiat enthusiast Jennifer Lopez was tapped to open Audi's latest mega-dealership in Dubai.
Read MoreThis '62 Plymouth Makes A Valiant Effort At Being Original
Welcome to Found Around Town, where we feature cars we find in a city where interesting ones are rare because everyone drives a Prius or rides a bicycle: Austin, Texas.
Read MoreHow Much Horsepower Should The BRZ STI Have?
More rumors are trickling out about a purported hopped-up STI version of everyone's current favorite rear-wheel-drive Subaru, the BRZ.
Read MoreDon't Want Your Car Stolen? Buy A Prius And You're Good To Go
Man, nothing ruins your day like getting your car stolen. I hate when that happens to me! I can't get to work or run errands, and then I have to take hours out of my schedule to go on a vengeance quest against the people who stole it. So inconvenient.
Read MoreThe Hot, Torrid, Turbocharged Romance Between Chrysler And Mitsubishi
When we brought you our feature on captive imports last month, many of you wondered why we didn't delve into the relationship between these two companies.
Read MoreDid A Warranty Corvette Engine Replacement Result In This Guy's Blown Transmission?
A month ago, Thani Al Mazrouei heard an unpleasant noise coming from his 2008 C6 Z06 Corvette's engine, and took it to the closest Chevrolet dealership to have it checked out. It turned out to be a problem with the crankshaft, so the dealership replaced the engine under the car's warranty.
Read MoreThis Craigslist Ad For An '83 Yamaha Makes Bad Photoshopping Look Inexplicably Awesome
It will be difficult for any Craigslist ad to ever come close to upsetting the epic Jesus-tap-dancing-Christ Pontiac Grand Am one that ran last Spring. But that doesn't mean we don't appreciate a little bit of effort in that direction.
Read MoreSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed: The Kotaku Review
In a year in which I reviewed demanding motorsports simulations like F1 2012, and NASCAR The Game: Inside Line, with Forza Horizon thrown in for good measure, I can guarantee the toughest racing game I'll play is Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed.
Read MoreUnleashing The Holy Fury Of A Toyota Four Banger
If there was any justice in the world, any justice at all, nobody would buy a Toyota sedan. There are more exciting turnips than a Camry. Still, the cars are undeservedly fast.
Read MoreIs A Gorilla Loose In Texas?
In 2010, a gorilla escaped from its penn at the Dallas Zoo and wandered about for around an hour. It didn't hurt anyone or anything, so we all shared a hearty laugh and went on living our lives.
Read MoreThese Poor Aston Martins Were Ruined By Hurricane Sandy
I was down at Autosport Designs recently, and spotted a couple of cars out back. It turns out they were Hurricane Sandy victims, an Aston Martin Lagonda and Vanquish, both of which were fully submerged. Of course, until insurance settles up, they're not going to do anything with them, just two of what must be hundreds of collector cars damaged in October.
Read MoreJames Bond Just Got A New York State Driver's License
You may have seen Daniel Craig flip an Aston Martin as James Bond in Casino Royale, but that didn't convince the New York Department of Motor Vehicles to give the actor a driver's license without meeting all of the requirements they have of other foreigners who apply for one.
Read MoreThree Things You Didn't Know About The World's Worst Custom Camaro ZL1
Our friends at RIDES magazine have a detailed look at the Gold 'KING ZL1' Camaro we dubbed (in a republish) the World's Worst Camaro ZL1 in their next issue. It turns out there's more to the story than we ever imagined and they were nice enough to share the information with the fans, haters, and bemused among us. — Ed.
Read MoreThe Chinese Are Using Children In Bikinis To Show Off Cars
Whenever you go to an auto show, you're sure to see a bevy of beautiful women surrounding the cars on stage in order to attract attention. This is nothing new.
Read MoreHow NASA Scientists Would Cook Your Turkey
Most of you will use ovens to cook your turkeys tomorrow. But most of you are not NASA. We asked their engineers and science writers how they would cook a turkey to perfection using their high tech gear instead of traditional methods. Then we asked Josh McKible to illustrate their recipes.
Read MoreTen New Cars We Are Thankful For
There are plenty of shitty, boring cars flooding dealerships right now, but Jalopnik readers know a few cars that are worth being thankful for.
Read MoreVolvo S60 Polestar Concept Is A 500+ Horsepower LOLVO You Can Own
You know in modern racing games where you can automatically spec up a car with random mods until it reaches some hilariously high horsepower number. Then you give it a wild paint job and hit the track. Enter the Volvo S60 Polestar Concept, which is exactly that but real. And something you can sort of buy.
Read More10 Reasons We're Thankful For The 2013 SRT Viper
Who reads car reviews so late at night? But that's what you get in the world of (now broken) manufacturer embargoes. The Jalopnik Review of the 2013 SRT Viper GTS will be going up tomorrow morning. But for now, here are a few reasons why, this week, we're thankful for it.
Read MoreSomebody Needs To Get Kimi And Skip Bayless In A Room Together
Skip Bayless is successfully taking over ESPN and we have found the perfect person to take him on in one of his debates: Kimi Räikkönen.
Read MoreTrade Anything, Even Carpet Scraps, For A Ford This Black Friday!
Normally, I treat Black Friday the same way I treat Tu Bishvat— I've heard of it, know generally what it's about, but leave the actual observance to the harder core Jews or consumers. This year, however, I saw something that makes me much, much more interested in the "holiday": this ad, from a Ford dealer in Laramie, Wyoming.
Read MoreFBI Arrests Man Who Conned Investors Out Of $455,700 For A Race That Was Never Going To Happen
When you tell someone you're going to bring home an endurance race, you'd better do it, especially if those you've promised it to gave you a bunch of money.
Read MoreA Road Crew In Quebec Put A Power Pole In The Middle Of The Road
This has to be the most ridiculous example of work crew autonomy gone wrong we've ever seen.
Read MoreThis Man Is Trying To Make The World's First Road-Racing Airplane
You'd think if you were sitting on a Geo Metro made into a 12-foot limo, you'd have your LeMons racing plan pretty well wrapped up. Of course, if you said that, you wouldn't be noted LeMons loon Speedycop and his Gang of Outlaws.
Read MoreDoes Sex Trafficking Really Increase During Sports Events?
Sex trafficking is a vile and mostly omnipresent crime. Girls that have runaway from home or have been kidnapped will be forced into the sex trade. They can start as young as 12 years old.
Read MoreWhich New Car Are You Most Thankful For?
When most of us sit around the family table this Thursday to enlarge ourselves on complex carbohydrates, we may start the meal with a prayer and a recollection of all the things we're most grateful for. Many will say they're grateful for other people, maybe even those in the room with them. Some of these odes of gratitude will be lies.
Read MoreThe Ten Best Ways To Improve Your Winter Driving
Don't want to be one of those asshats tiptoeing down a snowy highway at five miles an hour? Don't want to find yourself digging your car from a snowdrift?
Read MoreWould You Have An F-Type Coupe Over A Roadster?
The Jaguar F-Type looks almost exactly like the C-X16 Concept that preceded it. Save for the roof it lost.
Read MoreNobody Remembers The Chevy Firenza Can-Am
We all love American cars, Japanese cars, European cars, and Australian cars, but nobody remembers African cars like the Chevrolet Firenza Can-Am and its Ford rival, the Capri Perana
Read MoreWoman Wrecks Car While Shaving Pubes In, Duh, Florida
I bet within the decade neurologists will discover some evolutionary quirk of the human brain that causes wildly erratic behavior when the brain is surrounded by water on three sides. That's the only thing that can possibly explain what happens— and keeps happening — in Florida. This time, holy crap is it a good one— a woman wrecked her 1995 Thunderbird into the back of a pickup because she was, no kidding, shaving her pubes.
Read MoreA New Supra May Be Part Of Toyota's Grand Anti-Beige Strategy
The Scion FR-S has been a boon to people who enjoy cars for something other than their daily schlep to work, and hearkens back to a time when Toyotas were something other than dishwashers with wheels and seats.
Read MoreWhat's The Best Way To Improve Your Winter Driving?
As just about every character in Game of Thrones would say, "Winter is coming."
Read MoreThe Coolest Auto Trains And Ferries Ever Built
The car business is a multi-trillion dollar international industry, and it requires companies to ship cars all over the world. Jalopnik readers know the coolest ways to move cars on rail or by sea.
Read MorePassenger Jets Are Wearing Mustaches For Prostate And Testicular Cancer Research
It's Movemeber again — sure November, but also Movember — and that means you're likely to see more mustachioed faces than at other times of the year. The November mustache craze has gotten so crazy, it's even spread to passenger jets.
Read MoreMichael Schumacher Liked Texas Enough To Buy A Ranch There
Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher may have finished this weekend's U.S. Grand Prix in 16th place, but he didn't walk away empty handed. It turns out that the German liked Texas so much, he bought a 500-acre ranch there this weekend.
Read MoreBradley Cooper Shamed By Race Fans For Taking Handicap Trolley [UPDATE: It Wasn't Him]
(UPDATE: Bradley Cooper's publicist contacted us to let us know Cooper was not at the race, which means he wasn't bogarting someone's golf kart, which means there's someone out there who is lucky enough to look like Bradley Cooper that isn't Bradley Cooper.)
Read More117,429 People Attended Austin's First F1 United States Grand Prix
Americans won't watch Formula One. Why the hell are you having a race in Texas? Who would schedule an F1 race opposite football? Who would schedule an F1 race on the same weekend as the big NASCAR race? There are no Americans. Texans have no one to root for. Who would possibly show up?
Read MoreWhat's Old Is New Again With The Porsche 968 And The Jaguar XJS
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past.
Read MoreSee Your Lexus Dealer About Your Midlife Crisis Today
If you leave cable news on in the background while you work, like I do, there's a chance you'll see an ad for the 2013 LS. I'm not gunning to be Jalopnik's car commercial critic, but let's consider what we're seeing in this ad versus what used to be able to sell a Lexus LS.
Read MoreLewis Hamilton Has Won The Inaugural U.S. Grand Prix In Austin And An Awesome Hat
We have a winner of the first Formula One race in the United States since 2007, and it is McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
Read MoreUsed Car Face Off: Lord Love A Lincoln
Welcome to Used Car Face Off, where we find two similar or similarly priced used cars and ask you which one you would buy. Choose wisely!
Read MoreIn Austin, F1 Fans Swept Up In "Checomania" For Mexico's Sergio Perez
During Saturday's qualifying rounds, I could hear the crowd chanting as I walked through the grandstands even with the earplugs in my ears to dampen the sound of the screaming Formula One engines.
Read MoreStart Lobbying Mercedes For A U.S.-Bound CLA Shooting Brake
Clearly, the US isn't getting what the rest of the world is going crazy for. That's usually the case, but I feel like in the case of the third-generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class, it's criminally unfair. It's a good-looking small Mercedes, which certainly hasn't happened since skinny ties were cool the first time. Maybe that's why it's setting order records for the company, to the tune of 90,000 takers so far this year.
Read MoreThe F1 Drivers' Parade Will Feature Classic 'Merican Muscle Cars
In honor of Formula One's return to the United States, the race's drivers will make their parade lap on steely American chariots glistening in the cool Austin sun. Vettel will take the pole in a 1962 Chevy Corvette with his teammate Mark Webber in a 1971 Buick GS400.
Read MoreEverything You Need To Know For Today's Formula One United States Grand Prix
After years of waiting and expecting it to never happen, it's here: Today is race day at the Circuit of the Americas for the first United States Grand Prix since 2007.
Read MoreThis Classic Ambassador Is For Ramblin' Men (And Women)
Welcome to Found Around Town, where we feature cars we find in a city where interesting ones are rare because everyone drives a Prius or rides a bicycle: Austin, Texas.
Read MoreAsk Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh Anything You Want
We've finished qualifying here at the Austin F1 race and the McLaren team managed a second position with Lewis Hamilton just barely behind Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button further down after a technical problem during qualifying kept him out of the top ten.
Read MoreSebastian Vettel Spanks Everyone In Austin F1 Qualifying
The first ever Austin F1 qualifying session is over, and Sebastian Vettel has edged out Lewis Hamilton by one tenth of a second to take the pole position. Despite the close 1-2, Vettel did to the session what I did to a plate of carnitas last night.
Read MoreThings To Do When You're Stuck In Austin Traffic And The Race Started An Hour Ago
You guys like cars, right? Well, if you're going to the Circuit of the Americas for Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix, then I have some exciting news — you're going to spend a lot of time in a car.
Read MoreWhat Racing Car Would You Daily-Drive?
Who among us is living the dream like that Japanese man who drives a Porsche 962C? He fell in love with the car watching endurance racing in the 1980s, and when he got the chance to actually own one later in life, he went for it. And he doesn't just keep it sequestered in a garage, either — he drives it all over Japan.
Read MoreThis Blacked Out, Train-Like Yamaha Craigslist Bike Will Make You Feel Like Christopher Walken
Every now and then, a Craiglist ad comes around that does more than just try to sell a product or score a random hookup with a complete stranger. Sometimes, Craigslist ads move us, and force us to become better people inside.
Read MoreOne Early Problem With Austin's New F1 Track? It's A Bit Slippery
Drivers and fans alike here in Austin have said that the Circuit of the Americas has lived up to the hype as one of the best race courses in the world.
Read MoreIsrael Uses This Scary-Looking Unmanned Truck To Patrol Its Borders
As the Israel vs. Hamas situation heats up in the Middle East, the Israeli government is watching the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip very closely. This Robo Cop-looking unmanned truck is one of the pieces of equipment the Israel Defense Force uses to patrol the border.
Read MoreHas The Department Of Energy Been Playing Electric Car Company Favorites?
Small, California-based start-up automaker XP has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Energy that accuses the Department of outright favoritism to major established car manufacturers for federal grants and loans. The grants and loans are part of a program to encourage the development of electric vehicles, and currently only Ford, Fisker Automotive, Nissan, and Tesla Motors have been awarded any loans or grants.
Read MoreIs This 1931 Ford Cabriolet The Original Monster Truck?
More than three decades before Bob Chandler spawned the monster truck craze with his legendary Bigfoot monster truck, the Glendive, Mont. Post Office commissioned this monster car to be built get the mail through deep snow.
Read MoreAn Animated GIF Guide To Selecting Your Favorite F1 Driver
Unbelievably, Formula One is here in America and cars are already screaming around the circuit the Austin F1 circuit. Who are all these little foreign dudes in the weird cars, and which one should you, as an American, be rooting for?
Read MoreAudi's Electric R8 Concept Uses An iPad In Ways Other Cars Wish They Could
When Audi shared its F12 e performance R8-based prototype with us, the point was to show off the company's burgeoning prowess in components such as batteries and drive systems for electric mobility.
Read MoreUFC Fighter's Manager Escaped Fiery Death When His BMW Mysteriously Exploded
The life of a UFC fighter is fraught with danger; we can't imagine an inadvertent flying kick to the throat ending well. But usually their managers are pretty safe from such attacks.
Read MoreFord Built An Engine So Small They Were Able To Send It Through Airport Security
Going through TSA checkpoints when flying is always a chore. You have to chug your booze, take off your shoes, belt, aluminum underpants, empty your pockets, and take your laptop and engine blocks out of your carry-on bags.
Read MoreWhat's The Coolest Auto Train Or Auto Ferry?
Unfortunately, you can't drive your car across bodies of water. That's where ferries and trains come in.
Read MoreHoly Shit The Austin F1 Grand Prix Is Really Happening
As I walked into the paddock at the brand new Circuit of the Americas I immediately ran into a local F1 fan I first met back in February when I visited the scarcely started track. The joyous look on his face probably mirrored mine. A look that said "Holy shit this is really happening."
Read MoreThis Plane Crashed Right Next To A Brazilian Freeway And No One Died
Motorists on a busy freeway outside of Sao Paolo, Brazil got a bit of a shock this week when a small plane crashed right next to the roadway.
Read More28 Ladies Crammed Into A 2012 MINI To Claim A Guinness World Record
Have you ever wondered how many people would fit inside a MINI? Me neither, but November 15 being the eighth anniversary of Guinness World Records attaining best-selling copyright book status, people have been doing all sorts of kooky things to gain entry.
Read MoreThe Mercedes Ener-G-Force Is The Awkwardly Named Future Of Off-Roading
The Mercedes G-Class has been around in the same basic form for about 78 years now. Ok, the number is actually closer to 33, but it is getting long in the tooth.
Read MoreWould You Trust Yourself In A One-77 On The Nurburgring?
Famously dangerous track, meet famously expensive car. Are you confident enough in your skills to put the two together?
Read More2013 Ford F-150 Raptor SVT: Will It Baby?
Let's just get this out of the way right up front: nobody at Ford was ever thinking about the Raptor in terms of a baby-toting car. That's absolutely fine. This is a vehicle designed for doing things off road in a flashy, loud, fun way, not puttering around town doing family things.
Read MoreThe 50 Formula One Twitter Accounts You Should Follow
In order to prepare for the Austin F1 race this weekend, we recommended that you log onto Twitter and start following some teams and journalists in order to get all the behind the scenes info.
Read MoreLamborghini Party Promoter Tried To Airlift Yacht To Austin's Lady Bird Lake
Still don't believe the Austin F1 race will be an excessive excessfest of excessiveness? A 24-karat gold clusterfuck of decadence? Here's a small anecdote from Austin's public radio station about a guy trying to airlift a massive yacht into Austin's tiny Lady Bird Lake.
Read MoreWhat's The Most Ridiculously-Priced Factory Option?
It's in the word: automakers make autos. But they also make a bunch of ridiculous stuff you can add to their autos.
Read MoreLet's Find This Dying Teen A '72 Chevelle
Making vast, sweeping generalizations about wildly diverse groups of people is rarely a good idea, but I'm going to do it anyway: gearheads are good people. Sure, car people can be clickish, argumentative, stubborn, and pedantic, but every time we've reported on or put a call out to our readers to help someone in need, they've come through with genuine grace and generosity. I'm hoping we can do it again.
Read MoreBMW Hits The Bobsled Track, GM Goes Electric, And Ford Sees A Profit Squeeze
This 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 MoreHow Do We Fight The Automotive Nanny State?
Driving is supposed to be about freedom, but as the years go by, being ‘free' behind the wheel increasingly becomes a myth. How do we fight back?
Read MoreThis Is The Westboro Baptist Church's Bizarro Reason For Protesting In Austin This Weekend
The Westboro Baptist Church are the sensible folks best known for their controversial and basically hateful treatment of the homosexual community, dead soldiers, Jewish institutions, and we assume sunlight and happiness.
Read MoreThis Stretch Of Nebraska Interstate Has Two Speed Limits
Looks like Nebraska road crews either suck at communicating or are happily screwing with the state's drivers. A Jalopnik reader spotted this confusing pair of speed signs on I-80 in Western Nebraska this week.
Read MoreDonuts In The Zombie Orphan Supercar
Time to make the donuts in this Farboud GT. No wait, it's a Farbio GTS. No, it's actually a Ginetta G60, the undead, always-orphaned supercar.
Read MoreToyota Ad About Escaping Nanny State Tyranny Shut Down By Nanny State Tyranny
We called Toyota's Brazil-like advertisement about the escape from an overprotective society that discouraged self expression and driving joy one of the best car ads in years. Without a hint of self-awareness or irony the British government has banned the ad because "the ad portrayed speed and the way the car could be handled in a manner that might encourage motorists to drive irresponsibly."
Read MoreWho Is The Greatest Formula One Driver?
Formula One is recognized as the highest class of motorsports, and accordingly it gets the highest class of drivers. Who's the best?
Read MoreThe Best Automotive Applications Of LEDs
LEDs can make for some of the tackiest modifications to any car. Luckily Jalopnik readers know ten designs that make them look like a dream.
Read MoreOne Federal Agency Wants To Make Driving Into A Nanny State
The National Transportation Safety Board wants you to think that it is constantly looking out for you. Part of that crusade is an attempt to mandate technology to make driving safer.
Read MoreParis' Mayor Wants To Ban Old Cars
What would Paris be without old Citroëns, Peugeots, and Renaults? By now, they're part of the landscape, immortalized on film countless times against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower.
Read MoreThis Man Was Busted On The Autobahn With The Craziest Mobile Office We've Ever Seen
We have seen some fairly surprising feats of distracted driving here on Jalopnik, but we've never seen an in-car office like this one in Germany.
Read MoreHonda Is Bringing Back The Gold Wing And The Classic CB
Superbikes and big, Harley-style cruisers are both badass in their own way, but there's also something to be said for retro. Along with the Big Three, Triumph and others, Honda appears to have jumped on the retro styling bandwagon.
Read MoreIs This Museum Selling A Fake Days Of Thunder Car Tom Cruise Never Drove?
Remember in 1990 when Tom Cruise was in Top Gun again, but this time he was strapped into NASCAR cars instead of fighter jets? Well, that movie has its own title and story and everything— Days of Thunder. Cruise plays NASCAR racer Cole Trickle (named in tribute to racer Dick Trickle, the man with the funniest name in all of motorsports), and, most significantly, the movie has lots of cars.
Read MoreWhat's The Best Use Of LEDs On A Car?
Audi is the old master here, but has anyone learned to top them?
Read MoreThis Is Awkward: David Petraeus Is In The Next Call Of Duty As America's New Secretary Of Defense
A sex scandal may have prompted David Petraeus to resign from running the CIA last Friday, but the new Call of Duty predicts that he's got a really bright future. The new first-person shooter features the former general as the Secretary of Defense in the year 2025, serving loyally to a female President who looks a whole lot like Hillary Clinton.
Read MoreThis Is How Your Wife Reacts When You Buy A Scion FR-S Without Telling Her
The Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ have been getting a lot of love from pretty much any car fan with a pulse. And it's very deserved.
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn't Believe Stories About Rocket Fuel For Cars
A few days ago this article about the "European Space Agency working on using rocket fuel in cars" was brought to my attention, and I'll admit it made me a little excited. Perhaps not exactly visibly, but close. Upon reading the article, however, I was disappointed. I'll explain why, and also try to help you, curious readers, locate key words used in these sorts of articles that often mask more mundane truths.
Read MoreVirginia Police Impounded A McLaren And A Dozen Other Cars For Reckless Driving
The mountainous roads surrounding Virginia's Shenandoah Valley aren't the world's most treacherous, but they are fun to drive, and they're easy to get to from Washington, D.C. So it's not all that surprising that car enthusiasts from the D.C. area's teeming, affluent suburbs occasionally make their way down there.
Read MoreHow To Win A Post-Race Fight
Did anybody even notice that Kevin Harvick won the penultimate NASCAR Sprint Cup race this past weekend? Or that Brad Keselowski is on the verge of clinching his first title? Hell no, because we were all too busy watching Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon and a million of their respective crew members beat the crap out of one another.
Read MoreThe Kansas DMV Will Still Let You Get A RIMJOB And Other Banned License Plate Quirks
Kansas released their 1800-combination list of banned personalized license plates, and it makes for a surprisingly fascinating read. It sort of like what you might get if you locked your prudish grandmother in a room with Tosh.0 playing for 12 hours. Lots of indignant rage, but not a whole lot of understanding. How else can you explain a list that bans RAMJOB (both with and without a trailing space) but not RIMJOB, America's favorite slang for analingus?
Read MoreCower In Fear Of The Tire-Shredding Terror Tractor
Burnouts in a muscle car or a hot rod is cool and all, but burning rubber in a mother fucking tractor? HELL YES.
Read MoreAntron Brown Started The Day On Fire And Ended It As The First African American Racing Champion
On fire is a double entendre where Antron Brown is concerned. His engine caught fire and burned his hands Sunday, but he was on fire — figuratively speaking — on the track, too this year. When the smoke cleared, Brown was crowned NHRA's Top Fuel champion.
Read MoreEnterprising Thief Steals A Chinese Food Delivery Car And Keeps Delivering Food To Customers
Car thieves these days seem to all be the same. They steal a car, sell off the parts, and then move on to the next victim. That's not really all that creative.
Read MoreThe Best Crate Motors On Sale
Because not everything in the world is terrible, some carmakers are willing to sell you an engine all by its mighty self. Jalopnik readers know the best you can buy.
Read MoreA Camo'd 2014 Chevy Corvette Spied Testing In Gran Turismo 5
Yesterday, a camouflaged version of the next generation 2014 Corvette appeared in Gran Turismo 5. Could the car debut in GT5 before it does in real life?
Read MoreLamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster: A Sexbox Hard Top For Hardcocks
Take the Lamborghini Aventador, remove the roof, add some hexagonal vents and windows, and you've got the 700-hp Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Roadster. If the Ferrari California is a "Shitbox soft top for softcocks" the new Aventador is precisely the opposite.
Read MoreWould You Drive A Diesel Lamborghini?
By the transitive property of Volkswagen Automotive Group, Lamborghini is releasing a diesel in approximately 18 months.
Read MoreWatch NASCAR's Clint Bowyer And Jeff Gordon, Their Teams, Everyone Try To Kill Each Other
Jeff Gordon barely gets out of his car following a wreck this afternoon before Clint Bowyer's team mauls him and his team, minor league hockey-style. This came after a disabled Jeff Gordon crashed into Bowyer and Joey Logano. The video shows it all.
Read MoreWe're Not Convinced That The Hyundai Santa Fe Is For "Cool Dads"
It's always a little embarrassing when a car's ad overshadows the car it's selling. I saw this the other day and almost immediately forgot the car it was trying to sell. The people in the ad, though, were memorable.
Read MoreHow The California Highway Patrol Swapped Crown Vics For Volvos — Almost
We're all trying to come to terms with the fact Ford Crown Victorias won't be sneaking up behind us on the highway. And by coming to terms, I mean slowing down just about anytime you see something in the shape of a Crown Vic. Some day, they're all going to be gone and we're going to be left guessing if our state's patrol is going to stop us in a Charger, Caprice, Taurus, etc. Rough.
Read MoreFive Bond Car Gadgets That Really Should Have Gone Mainstream
People like to say that you should look at a Mercedes-Benz S-Class to figure out what sort of things are going to be on mainstream cars within a decade. Stuff like ABS and airbags showed up on the big Merc long before they did on, say, a Golf.
Read MoreMan Gets Nailed For Drunken Driving Twice At The Same Time Thanks To Daylight Savings
In my day job as a police reporter, I once met a man who was complaining to the state that his criminal record showed three DWI arrests in the same day. Obviously it was an error, he told me, and after investigating a little bit I found he was correct. No one could get more than one drunken driving arrests in the same day. Right?
Read MoreThis American Hero Used His Prius To Light His House After Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy and its aftereffects have left scores of people in the Northeast still without power. But even a giant hurricane can't stop the power of American ingenuity — even if it required a Japanese car.
Read MoreThis Pink Coupe Is Pontiac-Tually The Coolest Car In Town
Welcome to Found Around Town, where we feature cars we find in a city where interesting ones are rare because everyone drives a Prius or rides a bicycle: Austin, Texas.
Read MoreWill Hot Racing Wife And Actress Ashley Judd Attempt A Senate Run?
Hey everybody! Remember how much fun you didn't have during the 2012 elections? Well now that they're over, there are depraved, masochistic individuals out there who are already pondering what none of us want to think about: What's in store for the 2014 elections? Yes, more politics! Get excited!
Read MoreWhat Car Should Be Made Forever?
We got some awfully depressing news this week when Ford announced its acclaimed Boss 302 Mustang won't be making a comeback for 2014. Ford says they only ever planned to make the Boss 302 for two years all along, just like they did with the original in the 1960s.
Read MorePolice Say This Michigan Man Shot Up Cars On Interstate 96 And Terrorized Drivers
Hey everybody, how are you doing out there? You holding up okay? You feeling stressed or frustrated with your everyday life? Me too sometimes, but I need to make something very clear: no matter how pissed off you get, don't go out onto the highway and fire your guns at random cars. It's not cool.
Read MoreAlleviate Your Suzuki Depression With These Super-Manly TV Commercials
Not gonna lie, Jalops. It's been a rough week for your friendly neighborhood weekend editor.
Read MoreTwo Rare Ferraris And 1,174 Horsepower
Welcome to Midnight Oil, where we keep you awake with pornographic images of cars that are sure to haunt your dreams.
Read MoreThis Is The Reimagined Chevy Test Track Ride At Disney World
When I was 21 my friend's parents invited me to go to Disney World with him. It was sort of a joke, since he'd been able to take other friend with him when he was younger and technically it was sort of my turn. But I was 21, fresh out of college, and had some vacation to burn. Why not say yes?
Read MoreJudge Rules Virginia DMV Can't Revoke This Anti-Muslim Plate
Remember the guy whose ICUHAJI vanity plates were confiscated by the Virginia DMV on the grounds that they were offensive to Muslims? He fought the decision, and a judge ruled that the DMV had to either return the tags or come up with a better reason for taking them away.
Read MoreThe Jaguar F-Type Isn't Getting A Manual Transmission... Yet
Even before the Jaaaaag F-Type showed it's sexy face and beautiful behind to the world, rumors were running wild that the car would come with a manual gearbox.
Read MoreThis Kid Painted His Room To Look Like The Inside Of A Beetle
This week's Car Hacks is interesting because it's one of the very few that doesn't involve an actual car or part of a car at all. It does, however, involve a lot of creativity, novel thinking, and an unashamed love of cars.
Read MoreA DC Cyclist Used His Helmet Cam To Nab A Hit-And-Run Driver
The cultural war between those who want to bike on public roads and those who think public roads are for cars only rages on. But a victor has emerged from one particular battle: a cyclist who was knocked over by a motorist one day.
Read MoreThese BMWs Score An Ass-Hat Trick
Parking isn't all that hard. By using the steering wheel, you can deftly place a car between the two painted lines on the pavement, leaving adequate room on each side for other people to park.
Read MoreIt's Not A Video Game: 128 MPH Through The Forest
One hundred and twenty-eight miles an hour with trees inches away. Run this video at 1080p and it just looks like a videogame.
Read MoreThank This Woman If You Like Seeing Out Of Your Windshield
We try to regularly cover remarkable women of motoring, from the eye-patched and dramatic to the decidedly mundane but important, to the terrifyingly bonkers. Today's woman I suppose falls in the mundane and useful category, but there's not a driver alive who hasn't used this woman's brilliant and largely unsung creation: the windshield wiper.
Read MoreWhat's The Best Crate Motor?
Whether you have a Miata shell or want to make a V8 blender, the crate motor is your answer.
Read MoreThe Worst Automotive Applications Of LEDs
Ever since Audi started sticking LEDs into their headlights, every carmaker and customizer has thought that LEDs make a car look expensive and classy. Jalopnik readers are to prove this isn't always the case.
Read MoreA Week With The iPad Mini
The iPad is too expensive. The Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7 are too cheap. That seems to be the logic behind the iPad mini, the filling of a crucial void in our tablet lives. But after spending a week with it, I'm pretty sure the mini is less Goldilocks than it is Rapunzel: beautiful, flawed, and ultimately not worth the trouble.
Read MoreResidents Claim Central Parking Locked Cars In Garage Before Sandy, Charged Owners For Trapped Cars
New York and New Jersey are still recovering from Sandy and many companies are trying to help storm victims. Central Parking Corporation doesn't appear to be in that category.
Read MoreAston Martin Reportedly Looking For A New Home
The Kuwaiti investment firm that bought U.K.-based Aston Martin for $805 million in 2007 may be looking to unload the company. News of the potential sale was leaked to Bloomberg News by an anonymous insider, but Aston Martin's communications staff is, predictably, denying that a sale will take place.
Read MoreEurope's No. 1 Cheap Airline Wants To Offer Standing Room Only Flights
If you've ever traveled around Europe, then you're familiar with Ryanair. The Irish low cost airline has a fleet of 300 Boeing 737-800s, and gets thousands of people from European point A to European point B every day.
Read MorePretending To Be Jimmie Johnson Is How You Win Races
You've always been told to "be who you are," and not to pretend to be someone you're not. Wise words, indeed. But if you are a second-rate driver, it's probably worth pretending you are a five-time champ like Jimmie Johnson, instead.
Read MoreDodge Can't Tell The Difference Between Its Own Car And A BMW
Chrysler Co. has a spotty history in social media. Sometimes they're brilliant and sometimes they drop the f-bomb on Detroit drivers. It seems like today they just left the intern in charge. It didn't go well.
Read MoreThis Craigslist Post Suggests A Life Rich In Awful Choices
It's amazing how much can be suggested in just a few, well-chosen words. Sometimes, if you're lucky, you'll encounter a string of words so evocative, an entire portrait is painted in your mind, giving you an eavesdroppers' view into someone's life. Craigslist is a great place to find these wonderful phrases, economical with their words but generous with their imagery.
Read MoreCadillac Discovers What Happens When You Fuck With Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is to food what Martin Luther was to Catholicism. Technically, he's an insider, but he disdains the popular and false idols (Paula Deen/Guy Fieri) and tries to bring what seemed sacred and exceptional to the masses.
Read MoreThis Florida Mom Left Her Baby In The Car While Stealing Cheese
Anna Alvarez, 31, is being charged with shoplifting and child neglect after employees at a Florida supermarket caught her stealing three packages of cheese while her 5-month-old baby waited in the car. Alvarez told police she was stealing the cheese to feed her children.
Read MoreMaria De Villota Is One Stylish Badass
We have immense respect for Maria De Villota, who lost her eye in a freak accident while testing an F1 car. She's back on her feet, smiling and (we say this because we love her) totally stylish.
Read MoreThis Is What Happens When You Accidentally Drop A 200-Ton Locomotive
This American-built EMD GT46C-ACe weighs more than 200-tons. When port workers in Owendo, Gabon, in Central West Africa, were unloading it from a ship, one of the support cables snapped and the thing fell at least 20 feet.
Read MoreWhy Is This State Trooper Driving Backwards Into Interstate Traffic At Full Speed?
Driving backwards on the shoulder of a four lane highway seems incredibly dangerous. Doing so with your foot planted firmly on the accelerator is even worse.
Read MoreWatch An 84-Year-Old Racing Legend Try Forza For The First Time
One thing I left out of my talk with racing legend and 1970 LeMans winner Hans Herrmann was that I convinced him to try a quick lap on Forza. Because, you know, all octogenarians love video games.
Read MoreMotorsports Legend Explains How He Lost The 24-Hour Of Le Mans By One Second
Sometimes having a kid brings unexpected benefits. In this case, my two-year old, Otto (known for his Porsche-hood-standing skills) is friends with another two year old, Lino, whose mom is a friend of my wife, and who is married to a man whose father happens to be 1970 LeMans winner and all around racing legend Hans Herrmann.
Read MoreFisker Lost $30 Million Worth Of Cars In Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy had absolutely devastating effects on the Northeast last week. And as we exclusively told you, that included a fire that destroyed 16 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrids in Port Newark, New Jersey.
Read MoreThe Best Subway Systems In The World
We know that Stockholm has the best metro in the world because every line ends with a slutstation. That said, Jalopnik readers know the best of the rest.
Read MoreI'm Larry Webster, New Editor Of Road & Track, Ask Me Anything About How We're Going To Save The Magazine
Earlier this summer Hearst announced it was basically firing everyone at Road & Track, moving the magazine to Ann Arbor, and putting former Popular Mechanics editor Larry Webster in charge. His mission? Completely overhaul the magazine.
Read MoreThis Trip To Santa's Workshop Is Further Proof That MINIs Are Toy Cars
Today, MINI announced that toward the end of the month, they will send a convoy of their diminutive cars to the Arctic circle with a load of children's letters for Santa Claus.
Read MoreBailout Helps Obama, Ford And GM Help Australia, And VW Helps Us Waste Time
This 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 MoreWould You Drive This Patriotic Mustang To Canada?
Red, white, blue is in the sky. Some of us might think we want to GTFO.
Read MoreHow To Watch The Election Results If You're A Gearhead
Apparently, there's some sort of election happening in the US tonight— I want to say a bond referendum thing? Maybe something more? News to me.
Read MoreVW Gave $2,250 To Obama, Mercedes Gave Over $2,000 To Ron Paul
Germans are fairly keyed-in to American politics, but their car industry has made some curious donations to the presidential race. Did you know Mercedes-Benz is supporting Ron Paul this year?
Read MoreHow Good Is A Subaru STI At Being A Plane?
Today we learned that United's 787 Dreamliner isn't exactly revolutionary, but it's quiet and fuel efficient. Could it really be as good on gas as, say, a Subaru STI? One of our readers decided to find out.
Read MoreWhy Unionized Auto Workers Have The Election Day Off And You Don't
Politico thought it got itself a scoop this morning, when it reported that Chrysler was giving its workers the day off to vote.
Read MoreBMW Is About To Unleash Oodles Of Diesel Goodness On America
We love diesels. They're torquey, easy to live with, and have some of the best fuel economy on the road. The best part? They aren't wimpy little hybrids.
Read MoreGourmet Food Trucks Feed Storm Battered And Starved Coney Island Residents
Coney Island took a beating from Superstorm Sandy. Way down by the Atlantic Ocean at the south end of Brooklyn, flooding and high winds exacted a heavy toll on the seaside community. Most residents are still without power, and gasoline and food are scarce.
Read MoreThe Lady Who Drove Around A Schoolbus On The Sidewalk Ordered To Wear An 'Idiot' Sign
Justice has been served to the Cleveland woman caught on video by a schoolbus driver as she drove on the sidewalk to get around the bus as children were climbing aboard.
Read MoreWhat's The World's Best Subway System?
You can decide based on size, cost, beauty, or anything else, but you must choose just one. Many will play; only one can win.
Read MoreThe World's Most Impressive Tunnels
Why go over mountains and rivers when you can just go under them? These are the works of infrastructure Jalopnik readers identified as the most stunning and stubborn works of roadway engineering the world over.
Read MoreSuzuki: A Way Of Life Through Death
Today, with a heavy heart, we remember Suzuki, the "little Japanese car maker that could" which actually couldn't and finally ended its own life, Kevorkian-style, at the tender age of 27 [1985-2012].
Read MoreThe 2013 Maserati Quattroporte: This Is It
It's nearly impossible to make a statement when buying a large European luxury sedan. Buying an A8 instead of a 7-series doesn't mean you prefer dry humping to oral sex or anything of any significance. All it means is you're a rich person, you like big vehicles, you are never going to buy a Cadillac.
Read MoreYou Can Get A Herbie-Themed Volkswagen Beetle... If You Live In Spain
Of course there's going to be a New New Beetle dressed up to look like Herbie, the car from Disney's 1968 classic film. It's too easy not to do. Draw on red and blue stripes, slap a number 53 on the hood and voila! New New Herbie.
Read MoreWould You Drive A Classic 911 During A Superstorm?
Most classic cars owners keep their prizes stashed away in clean, dry garages. Some people take a slightly different approach.
Read MoreForget It Jake, It's MotorTrend
Today, we found out that someone on the Motor Trend payroll also represents an oil company. What, exactly, is wrong with that?
Read MoreThree Toyota Prius Hybrids Also Burned In Fisker Karma Port Fire
Last week we Jalopnik was the first to report on more than a dozen Fisker Karmas catching fire and burning to the ground in a New Jersey Port overrun by Superstorm Sandy's storm surge. We've now learned that three Toyota Prii burned in a separate incident at the same port.
Read MoreLion On A Mercedes SLS AMG! Lion On A Mercedes SLS AMG!
Much like Ferrari's new lion-based 458 Italia security system, here is a lion sitting on top of a Mercedes SLS AMG. Wait, what?
Read MoreThe Amazing New Car Tech That Enables You To Drive Like A Moron
After attending Nissan's Advanced Technology Briefing earlier this month, I can confidently say that Nissan's R&D department is absolutely doing its job. I saw many examples of cutting-edge automotive technology (though they're dragging their feet on hovercars) and most of what I saw points to a more efficient, engaging automotive world, where standards of quality rise ever-higher across the board.
Read MoreWhat Can I Do To Help After A Disaster?
Dear Lifehacker, Hurricane Sandy was rough on me. Now that my power is back on and I'm getting things back to normal, what can I do to help people who are still struggling?
Read MoreJames Bond Makes More Money When He Drives Something British
James Bond has never really had a sidekick. Unless you count his car. From the very beginning, when Dr. No debuted in 1962, 007 has battled the baddies in a ride that stands out from all others in the movie.
Read MoreMotor Trend Journalist Also Taking Money To Be A Spokesperson For An Oil Company
Motor Trend’s Jessi Lang says she is a journalist who wants to help “build relationships” between that publication and its readers while covering the auto industry. She’s also being paid to represent oil company Phillips 66 as a spokesperson who is trying to help influence young people to buy their gas, something Motor Trend doesn’t appear to be telling its readers.
Read MoreWhere Is The World's Most Impressive Tunnel?
With all the tunnel-flooding stupid Sandy has done, we thought it time to review some of the world's coolest underground roads.
Read MoreRenault And Caterham Get Together In Best Hookup Since Peanut Butter & Ladies
There was no good reason for Renault to revive its classic sports/racing car division, Alpine. Renault did it anyway, and now they've partnered 50/50 with Caterham to design the car. You're excused if this all sounds like a dream come true.
Read MoreNo, Nissan, Having A CVT Will Not Improve Your Sex Life
In their new ad campaign for the redesigned 2013 Sentra, Nissan focuses on all the ways the car's features will improve your game with the ladies. We're going to have to call out one of the ads today because it just doesn't pass the truth test.
Read MoreUsed Car Face Off: Safari-Mobile Or Luxobarge, Which Rover Is Right For You?
Welcome to Used Car Face Off, where we find two similar or similarly priced used cars and ask you which one you would buy. Choose wisely!
Read MoreIf This Foot Race Is Any Indicator, Traffic At Austin's F1 Race Will Be Obscene
On Saturday, about 5,000 runners made a go of the Circuit of the Americas racetrack southeast of Austin for the first ever Formula Run race. (Yes, people in Austin do that kind of thing.) I'm no runner myself, but considering the elevation changes at that track, this was probably a lot of fun as well as one hell of a workout.
Read MoreThis Lincoln Continental Mark III Is A Massive American Pimpmobile
Welcome to Found Around Town, where we feature cars we find in a city where interesting ones are rare because everyone drives a Prius or rides a bicycle: Austin, Texas.
Read MoreYour Ridiculously Awesome Integra Type R Wallpaper Is Here
Who among us hasn't lusted after an Integra Type R at least once? And we were right to do so. If you were to make a shortlist of all the greatest front-wheel-drive cars of all time, surely the ITR would be at the top, or at least near it.
Read MoreHow Will The New York Subway Tunnels Get De-Flooded?
The flooded subways have essentially crippled transportation in New York City and some of the surrounding areas. So how are recovery workers supposed to get some 400 million gallons of water out of the tunnels?
Read MoreSebastian Vettel To Start At Back Of Grid In Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Huge breaking news out of the qualifying round today for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: reigning Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will start the race at the back of the field after a qualifying violation, according to news reports.
Read MoreHere's At Least One Great Reason To Be Glad Lancia's Not Dead
The few hours on Friday when car enthusiasts thought the Lancia name was to be killed by act of Fiat was a sad, sad time. No one really knows why, because when was the last time any of us even drove a Lancia? I don't think I've ever been near one in my whole life.
Read MoreWhat Long Lost Car Feature Do You Miss The Most?
Some would say that you and I are living in a sort of golden age of automobiles. Right now, in 2012, cars are generally faster, safer, and more efficient than they have ever been before.
Read MoreClassic Ad Watch: The 1990 BMW 850i Was 12 Cylinders Of Power, Strangeness And Pretension
As you may have heard, BMW recently celebrated 25 years of building V12 engines. Our collective hats are off to the boffins in Munich for this important accomplishment.
Read MoreJalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup: Nov. 3-4, 2012
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreCool Cars Of The Blackout
Answering the question of ‘will it hurricane?' these are some of the coolest cars I found in blacked-out Lower Manhattan. Up top is a '70s Lincoln Continental. Below are the GranTurismo MC Stradales of Maserati of Manhattan and a new Dodge Challenger across the street. Then there's the proud blackout Tesla. At the bottom are three East Village residents: an International Scout, which was certainly parked outside for Sandy's worst, a BMW 3.0CS, and a ‘67 VW Bus.
Read More"What's Bad About It?" "It's Fucking New York" - A Report From People Who Do Not Want To Be Here Bailing Your Ass Out
"I DROVE A SEMI HERE –" I'm talking to a tough guy with a biker mustache working with a group of trucks pumping water out of buildings near the South Street Seaport, deep in the Lower Manhattan blackout. There's a din from the generators running around us, but he's just talking in that loud way that a lot of my favorite Americans do.
Read MoreThis Monster 4x4 Is A Terrible Waste Of A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
This Monster 4x4 Is A Terrible Waste Of A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
Read MoreHow To Siphon Gas
If you’re still without power, there’s a good chance it may take a while to get it back. Some places may take a week or more. If that’s you, I’m assuming you’re reading this via the network of squirrels you modified to receive WiFi or 3G signals with drywall screws in their cranium, and then squeaking the content of web pages back to you in morse code. Good thinking.
Read MoreWhy You're Better Off With An Electric Car In Blackout Manhattan
Electric car detractors often talk about ‘range anxiety,' where potential owners supposedly worry about getting stranded having run out of battery power. I've always thought this was bullshit. Who could test my theory better than the owner of an electric sports car in blacked-out downtown Manhattan?
Read MoreTake The Hyundai-Kia Reimbursement Money And Run, Says Lemon Law Lawyer
Earlier today, Hyundai-Kia announced a massive refund for approximately 900,000 cars the EPA says had overstated mileage claims (car companies typically send the mileage numbers, based on computation, to the EPA). It's a huge PR loss for the company after all the cheerleading they did over the fact that they had four vehicles that got better than 40 MPG.
Read MoreSEMA Is A Great Place To Gawk At Military Vehicles
Not long ago, AM General HMMWVs were the bees knees in military vehicle technology. The U.S. military has moved on to more heavily-armored, bomb resistant trucks, but the Hummer still stands as one of the badest ass wide track offroad trucks in existence.
Read MoreChrysler Exec Calls Donald Trump "Full Of Shit" On Twitter
Ralph Giles is the VP of product design at Chrysler as well as the CEO of SRT and SRT Motorsports. This would already make him a badass even if he didn't have a candid Twitter account he uses to call out bullshit.
Read MoreSubaru Trademarked "Boxer"?
If you look at Subaru’s website, you’ll notice something. They have lots of information on the site about the kind of engines they produce— horizontally-opposed ones. They and Porsche are the only major automakers still making flat engines like this, and it’s great Subaru makes a big point about it. Hell, they’re my favorite kind of engine!
Read MoreWant A Hot Shower In A Blackout? Get A Business Class Ticket
Hurricane Sandy hit Jersey City pretty hard. During the storm on Monday night, we had about three to four feet of water on the ground. I watched as water killed every car in the lot across the street, their alarms and horns blaring until they were drowned.
Read MoreHumans Still Beat Robot Cars On The Track, Just Barely
Over at Thunderhill Raceway Park in California, a very John Henry-kind of event took place, as a pro raceing driver and an autonomous car battled it out on the track.
Read MoreESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: How The Worst Car You Can Buy Today Saved Me From Living In Slight Discomfort
At approximately 19:44 on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012, I realized that Lower Manhattan (where I live) had sucked a big one for the last 24 hours. And according to announcements from the MTA, Con Ed, and King Bloomberg, it would continue to suck for the next few days. I made a decision to flee.
Read MoreThis Is America's New Ballistic Missile Submarine
The U.S. Navy's fleet of aging Ohio-class nuclear missile submarines are finally up for replacement after more than 30 years in service. The new nuclear-powered, ballistic missile toting submarine isn't scheduled to be on deck until 2027, but in federal terms, that's practically light speed.
Read MoreBreaking: Ford CEO Alan Mulally Goes Nowhere... Just Like Women Execs Who Work At Ford
Ford announced this morning that CEO Alan Mulally is staying on through at least the end of 2014. It promoted Mark Fields to chief operating officer, a scoop that Bloomberg got a few months back. A bunch of other guys at Ford received promotions, including Jim Farley, now the global marketing boss, who also gets a bonus: Lincoln.
Read More
Nice Price or No Dice (18)
For $7,995, Won't You Take Me Down, To Funkytown
The concord grape is one of the few fruits native to North America, and a damn tasty one at that. Similarly, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Concord is a native American Motors, however will its price have you fruiting your looms?
Read MoreFor $2,000, This SloVolvo Could Be Yours
With his song Brick, angry piano banger Ben Folds shifted gears from his usual bombastic fare for a haunting and introspective lament. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo 245 Diesel is itself a brick, and also lets you shift gears, but the question is, will you find its price lamentable?
Read MoreFor $9,900, Pace Yourself
In an alternate universe today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe AMC Wagon could have served as mysterious older brother to the scarf-wearing androgyne, Speed Pacer. In the real world however, the Pacer's options weren't nearly as flashy as the Mach Five's, but perhaps this one's price will have someone speed racing for their checkbook.
Read MoreFor $14,950, Shop On The Aisle Of Capri
Capri Sun is a fruity pouch drink for the kids while grownups are more likely to prefer one of those vegetable concoctions that are so good at masking a dash of vodka. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercury is a Capri that's definitely not for the kids, and one that apparently isn't for the seller's wife either.
Read MoreFor $135,000, You Gotta' Be Cruella To Be Kind
When you think of cottages the first thing that probably comes to mind is lumpy cheese. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Panther DeVille however, is also a cottage product, but will its price prove to be far too much cheddar?
Read MoreFor $3,500, MERC,RIMS,MUSIC,TV
To be a Marquis is to be a member of the noble class of frogs. That being said, while you may not have to be a Marquis to drive today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Marquis, you will need to determine if its price reflects nobility, or perhaps no-bullshitry.
Read MoreFor $3,999, This Is Sparta ZX!
Richard Straman and the the Queen of Hearts both liked to say Off with their heads! but eventually it was the former that Motor Trend commissioned to un-coupe Nissan's 300ZX. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Straman creation is one of only about 350, but is its price worth losing your head over?
Read MoreFor $1,600, Cop A Deal
Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Crown Vic finally gives you the opportunity to check out the view from the front of a police car instead of the back. Will its price however, still prove criminal?
Read MoreFor $9,600, Dial M For Motorsports
With the introduction of the E36 M3, BMW refocused the model's position in the marketplace, going from boy racer to gentleman GT. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe M3 is presently owned by a gentleman Jalop, but don't let that stop you from letting this Bimmer boss know whether his pricing is worthy of a gentleman's agreement.
Read MoreFor $17,995, It's The Cadillongroof
Wikipedia says the 2010 CTS Sport Wagon is the first non-hearse Caddy longroof sold in America. Elvis and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1972 Brougham would beg to differ, but does this yellow wagon's price also need some editing?
Read MoreFor $4,800, This 2002 Is A Bay-Em-Wankel
Unlike Mercedes Benz and NSU, BMW never dabbled in rotary engines. That oversight is rectified by today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 2002, but will its price have you saying a little dab'll do you?
Read MoreFor $13,800, Rule Britannia
Lotus has fired their CEO and has cancelled the proposed 2014 Esprit. That needn't affect your own esprit de corps because for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe we have a Union Jack-wearing '88. Its price however may jack you up.
Read MoreFor $10,000, Show Some Canadian Civic Pride
The seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe first-gen Civic says he's just testing the waters with his ad. At ten grand Canadian do you think he's already gone off the deep end?
Read MoreFor $2,500, Is This Rip Van Wankel?
Keith Richards, Tom Hanks' Castaway character, Barack Obama, these are all survivors. You can add to that list today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mazda RX7, but will its price survive your vote?
Read MoreFor $12,500, Have I Got A Proposition For You
Retro TV shows and movie remakes are all the rage right now. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Chevy Van is a perfect set piece for re-imagining a beloved Saturday morning cartoon icon, that is if its price doesn't have you sayin' Ruh-Roh.
Read MoreFor $3,500, Tercelibrate Good Times, Come On!
A turbo on a Tercel may temper that model's tendency for torpidity, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Toyota does claim two hundred and forty three ponies at the tires. Will its price however, be worth taking a vow of Tercelibacy?
Read MoreFor $21,995, Make A States-Ment
Today is election day in the US of A, and along with deciding our nation's direction for the next four years, Nice Price or Crack Pipe needs you vote on this Caddy parade car. Of course, like any candidate, money will be the deciding factor in this contest.
Read MoreFor $9,800, Become Malibu Barney
While à la carte means according to the menu, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Canadian Malibu is serving up its pre fixe menu à la crate, as in with a crate motor.
Read More
Planelopnik (1)
I Was A Passenger On The First Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flight In The U.S.
On Sunday, November 4th at 7:20 AM, United flew their first passenger flight with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It was a smashing success and a total sham all at once.
Read More
QOTD (2)
What Cars Do You Love That Automotive Journalists Hate?
Today we showed you the refreshed Honda Civic, an updated version of the fantastically boring Civic that is currently still selling quite well. It seems that there are plenty of people who like the Civic, even though many car writers loathe it.
Read MoreWho Is The Best Rally Driver Of All Time?
Who has best mastered the Scandinavian flick? Who's the most audacious? Or, perhaps, we just need to know who is the best at not driving off cliffs.
Read More
Racing (11)
How I Got To Drive A Real McLaren Formula One Car
On a bitterly cold December morning in 2004, a slightly spottier version of me sporting a ridiculous haircut was readying to pilot a 980+ horsepower McLaren Formula One car at the legendary Silverstone racetrack. It would be my first time driving such a machine and I remember the emotions exceptionally well.
Read MoreWeekend Motorsports Roundup: November 24-25, 2012
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreHow Felipe Massa Taught Me To Race The Circuit Of The Americas
Ever since the map of the Circuit of the Americas came out, I've been wondering: What's it like to drive on that thing? When am I gonna get my chance to go through those winding corners and crazy elevation changes? When, Lord? When? When's gonna be my time?
Read MoreWeekend Motorsports Roundup: November 17-18, 2012
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThe Greatest Formula One Drivers Of All Time
Formula One is the top series in motorsports, with the greatest drivers in the world. Who then, is the greatest of the great? Jalopnik readers think they know.
Read MoreThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway Was Saved From Destruction 67 Years Ago Today
November 14th, 1945, Tony Hulman, a businessman from Terre Haute, IN., purchased the famed but rundown Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Eddie Rickenbacker for $750,000. It was this purchase that brought the fabled Speedway back from the ashes of World War ll and turned it into the World's Greatest Race Course.
Read MoreThis Chart Explains Why Formula One Cars Are So Damn Fast
Formula One racing is really two races happening at once, one fast and one slow. The fast race is the one you'll watch on TV or in person, and the slow one is the race between technological development and the rules.
Read MoreWhat Was The Most Exciting Race Ever?
What's the one, the one you couldn't take your eyes off of, or the one you wish you could have attended?
Read MoreYour Guide To Surviving F1 Weekend In Austin
After two-and-a-half years of hype, promotions, construction, legal fights, planning, protests from residents and grandstanding by Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One will at last make its triumphant return to the United States in just one week. For real this time. Seriously! We promise.
Read MoreWeekend Motorsports Roundup: November 9-10, 2012
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreFormula One's Favorite Driver Mumbles And Swears His Way To A Victory
Kimi Räikkönen is the most human racecar driver in the highest and most highly paid form of motorsports, Formula One. He's also the funniest. Here's why.
Read More
Reviews (4)
Koenigsegg One: 1 Has 1 HP Per Kilo, And Only For China
If you're looking for the absolute fastest car you can buy, and don't quite have enough cash for a Veyron, boy are you in luck. Well, in luck if you're one of five other lucky people in China. Because Koenigsegg's incredible new car, the Koenigsegg One: 1, will very likely be the fastest car you can buy (0-60 in a superbike-like 2.5 seconds), cost about $2 million US, and they're only making five. For China.
Read MoreThis Is The World's Worst Custom Camaro ZL1
To paraphrase Rene Magritte, this is not a car. Yes, it is a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 convertible, and it has an engine which can turn those 30-inch Forgiato gold saucers into forward motion. But the transformation by a Tampa tuning shop into what it calls the King ZL1 has placed the Camaro into the kind of debate heard around avant-garde galleries: Is it a piece of art, or a piece of garbage?
Read MoreThis Is Eric Clapton's Custom $4.7 Million Ferrari
Eric Clapton's one-off Ferrari SP-12 is finished, and it looks fantastic. It has the guts of a 458 Italia, but the body is Pininfarina's interpretation of what a modern-day 512 Berlinetta Boxer should look like.
Read More
Technology (1)
Why Do All These Electric Cars Have Grilles?
There's more and more electric cars being shown at auto shows and released every year. They're here to stay, and I'm all for it— the more ways we can power cars, the better. Bring on the steam, atomic, and orgone energy cars. But these new electrics are bringing with them some interesting design challenges that right now are without clear answers, and the cars are still saddled with a century of design traditon.
Read More
The Morning Shift (16)
New Jobs At Ford, Buh-Bye At Toyota, And More RWD Alfa Romeos
This 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 MoreEverything You Need To Know About The LA Auto Show — Day Two
This 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 MoreEverything You Need To Know About The LA Auto Show — Day One
This 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 MoreAudi Prepping 282 MPG Car, GM Has A Genius Idea, And Joel Ewanick Gets Himself A Job
This 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 MoreThere's A Bidding War For Aston, Tesla's Jacking Up The Model S Price, And Lots More Unforeign Cars
This 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 MoreFiat Stock Fizzles, BMW Bikes On Fire, And Polestar's Volvo S60 Concept
This 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 MoreAudi Plans 2013 Diesel Blitz, Jaguar Teases XFR-S, And Austin Adds Up F1 Tab
This 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 MoreChina Boosts Chery, Ford Coupe Stalls, And McLaren's Can-Am Can
This 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 More2013 Toyota RAV4 Due Next Week, Lambo Deciding On SUV, And GM Standing By Opel
This 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 MoreBMW Plans A Retro-Bike, GM And Peugeot Are Taking A Break, And Car Loan Backed Debt Sees A Spike
This 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 MoreNew Jersey Gets Gas, VW Employees Get Deals, And Fiat Gets A Fist
This 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 MoreVW's Piech Keeps His Grip, Lambo Aventador Drops Its Top, And Detroit Gets BMW X4
This 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 MoreFord Plants Are Bursting, Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series Is Bright, And Gas Rationing Is A Burden
This 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 MoreVW Goes All Out For Golf, BMW 5-Series Gets Fresh, And BMW M6 Gran Coupe Revealed
This 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 MoreAmerican Suzuki Dies, Toyota Prius Overhauls, And America Votes
This is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read More1st Gear: Now Mark Fields Has To Earn The Top Ford Job
Forbes reports on the position Mark Fields is in, now that he has been named the chief operating officer at Ford. The promotion puts him in line to succeed Alan Mulally, but Ford chairman Bill Ford also made it clear that Fields will have to earn it. Still, Bill Ford pointed out that Fields has been through the wars over the past few years. You might remember that he played a key role in drafting The Way Forward, the turnaround plan that was supposed to get Ford through the last decade. But when
Read More
Wrenching (1)
How To Assemble A Stupidly Basic Road Trip Tool Kit
Summer road trip season is over, but let's be honest. Who really wants to drive around in the summer? The roads are crowded with hordes of fast food-gobbling families packed into unwieldy, road clogging SUVs. Plus it's hot. Blech.
Read More