Welcome to Found Around The District, where we highlight fascinating cars we find around a city where people are too busy fighting through traffic and hunting for parking to drive anything interesting: Washington, D.C.
Read MoreYou missed out on the massive BMW E30 M3 appreciation-fest of the 2000s — during which prices catapulted upward, by percentage, more than the Elephant Man's eye teeth. But with prices flattening, perhaps just temporarily, now may be the best time to secure your piece of Bayerische Motoren history. Ten years on, mark my words, a good 1987-1991 M3 will be harder to find than a Black Lotus card from Magic: The Gathering. Not that I'd know what that is.
Read MoreCar enthusiasts love the Jeep Cherokee XJ for roughly the same reason rebel armies love the AK-47: It's reliable, cheap, effective, and absolutely classic. Therefore, the reveal of the crossovery 2014 Jeep Cherokee led many Jeep faithful to reach for their nearest available rifle and point it directly at their computer or themselves. They were wrong. The new Cherokee is an improvement in many ways.
Read MoreDespite a price that puts the brawny CLA 45 AMG at roughly the equivalent of two V6 Mustangs, there's no way to get a new über German car any cheaper than the $47,450 suggested price.
Read MoreWe've seen it already, but just in case you've missed something, this is everything you should know about the new 2014 Range Rover Sport, the best off-roader for London's city center. Having said that, New York is the model’s best-selling city.
Read MoreOk, so the US won't get the wagon (just yet). You can wait until you do, or go for the S60 or the XC60 R-Design with the T6 turbo with 329 horsepower and 328 foot-pounds of torque. R-Design Volvos are good looking cars.
Read MoreNot like you need another good reason to buy a McLaren MP4-12C (hint: we love it), but someone has conspired to take the world's best camouflage and affix it to one. And it's for sale. We're already getting emails from people who think it's a tester.
Read MoreEver since the Maybach debuted, the Mercedes S-Class has slightly lacked in top-of-the-line prestige at Daimler-Benz. Judging by these interior shots of the new 2014 W222 S-Class, it looks like that’s finally changed. Now it's more like the hi-tech interior of a private jet, just as it should be.
Read MoreWelcome to Found Around The District, where we highlight fascinating cars we find around a city where people are too busy fighting through traffic and hunting for parking to drive anything interesting: Washington, D.C.
Read MoreFirst of all, there's no way to leave this story feeling good, really. Sorry about that. So, apparently a whole cache of Paris Hilton's personal financial information was leaked online, and one of the voyeuristic treats in there was information about her car loan, through Toyota. I know you're probably thinking "that's for her Yaris, right?" but it's actually for her one-of-500 Lexus LFA supercar. Which seems to have started as a birthday present? A birthday present she's paying over five grand
Read MoreEveryone, set your faces to stunned. If this magazine scan is accurate, Ferrari won't be the only one dropping a hypercar bomb on the world at the Geneva Motor Show. Say hello to the Lamborghini Veneno.
Read MoreHow I Met Your Mother has been on for so long that it's sort of easy to forget Neil Patrick Harris isn't the different-girl-every-night, theory-for-every-situation guy in real life. Probably. Or the drug-addicted, sociopath of a former child actor from the Harold and Kumar movies. Probably.
Read MoreWhen you're on the way out, you have particular needs as a driver. Jalopnik readers know ten cars perfect for those twilight years.
Read MoreIt’s the most beautiful four-door sedan you can buy. It’s the Aston Martin Rapide, and for 2014 it’s gotten a new letter – the letter S. And that means… what, exactly? Is the Rapide S a thoroughly modern luxury four-door GT, or just the same, old crumpets? There's only one way to find out. Read on.
Read MoreI can’t wait to start seeing ads for low, low lease rates for a new BMW 320i. Something just tells me it’s going to be the car that’s going to get a lot of people to go to a BMW showroom and leave with a 328i instead. It’s probably because when I went online to build one I ended up very far from that $32,550 base price that’s supposed to lure everyone in.
Read MoreIn Italy, old Fiat 500s are ubiquitous the way aging VW Beetles are everywhere else. They weren't around for as long – from 1957 until 1975 (as opposed to the Beetle's much longer five-plus decade run) – but they make a lot of sense on narrow Italian streets, so a lot of people bought them over the years. Here in the land of plenty, such tiny cars are almost non existent.
Read MoreHave you ever wanted to drive an ambulance, lights blazing and sirens wailing in rush after glorious rush to rip people from the jaws of death and take them to the hospital? It can be pretty cool, but usually, driving an ambulance is all about getting a patient to the proper care with the least amount of patient-upsetting craziness possible. After all, you don't want someone to die of a heart attack after you've already saved them from dying of a heart attack.
Read More(What will Google Cars mean for car buyers, as well as established buying guide websites like Edmunds and Cars.com? Derek Kreindler from The Truth About Cars weighs in.)
Read MoreWelcome 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!The Audi 5000 (100 to the rest of the world) is one of the most famous Audis, for better or for worse. Thirty years on, it still looks fantastic and serves as a reminder of what Audis look like before they started getting all covered in LEDs. The current A6 is a sharp-looking car, but its predecessor is still just as, if not more, attractive.
Read MoreMahindra doesn't sell any cars or trucks in the US. At all. So when they flew me out to India to show me what they do, I was naturally wondering if maybe they were planning on making another try for a spoonful of the vast US market. I asked everyone I could, and I either got very noncommittal replies or outright denials. Personally, I think this is a shame, because I'd buy a little truck like this in one of my labored heartbeats.
Read MoreIn the great pantheon of automotive TV commercials, one ad stands above all the others. It harkens back to a time when men were real men and women rode around in their luxuriously-appointed Japanese sportscars. It is visually stunning and features an incredible soundtrack. It is ridiculous beyond all comprehension and absolutely unforgettable. It is dripping with sex. I am, of course, talking about the 1980 Datsun 280ZX Black Gold ad.
Read MoreMan, American cars. They're so uncool and lame and stuff, am I right? They don't have good designs or performance like sweet sexy expensive cars from Europe. Europe is a place where people are more sophisticated and so their cars must be better, obviously.
Read MoreYou're at a car show and an awesome car drives past. You're walking down the street and you see a Ferrari F40. You're at a race and a driver makes a crazy pass. Excellent, but did you screw up your cameraphone video?
Read MoreMany of you enjoyed the Red Bull Go Fast Mix put together for Jalopnikreaders exclusively by DJ EROK, but pointed out not every song was available for everyone. EROK heard your calls for sonic justice and, like a DJ Batman, pounced onto his Soundcloud with an improved mix for the people, which we've embedded below.
Read MoreA couple weeks ago, I was invited to inspect the few cars that survived the filming of the Citizen Kane of driving-fast-to-fight-crime-or-something movies, Fast and Furious 6. In that post I mentioned there was one car I felt merited its own post, and, true to my word, this is it. That car is the genuinely bonkers "Flip Car."
Read MoreWe've been following the increasingly bizarre scam artists at Super Replicas, now tracing things back to a religious extremist and accused pedophile. How bad are they at actually building cars though?
Read MoreThe Subaru WRX has been around since the early 1990s, and while 50 percent of the world's population wanted one of these daily usable rally cars throughout the years (the other half being the Mitsubishi Evo fanatics), Subaru rewarded us by making it worse until just now. The ultra hot WRX Concept is here to change all that, but before that can happen, let's see what's behind us. Or in most cases, in front, covered in mud.
Read MoreSaab-o-philes of the Internet: Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig wants you to know that he's sorry. He's sorry that his music video, which featured two burning Saab 900s that were much-beloved by their former owners, offended you so much. He says if he had his way, the band would have taken baseball bats to a vintage Bugatti instead. Wait, what?
Read MoreWhile America is discussing the 2014 Kia Soul in New York, the Koreans are looking at a brand new hatchback concept called the Kia CUB at the Seoul Auto Show with no B-pillar and a mustache.
Read MoreHow much money does Red Bull have? They travel with their own DJ who makes custom playlists for the drivers and team for every race. He's EROK and he's made a list just for you, Jalopnik reader, for when you need to get pumped before a big race. It's just part of the secret sauce that makes Red Bull Racing so damn fast, and now you've got some of your own.
Read MoreThe new 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is a lightened, track focused pony car with a 500 horsepower V8 and no radio. But its name has been around since 1966. Let's take a quick look at the family.
Read MoreThere has never been a car that says “Yes I have Chlamydia and yes I have coke” quite like the Vector W2 Twin Turbo. Its PR photos are as hilariously bad/good as you’d expect. No, they’re actually better/worse.
Read MoreI'm a huge fan of the 24 Hours of Lemons racing series, so I was delighted to be asked to judge (along with Jalop alum Murilee Martin) at this past weekend's race, the Sears Pointless. Judging a LeMons race is always a good time — you get lots of bribes (usually booze and Hot Wheels) and a nice heady intoxication of undeserved power, as judges can easily make or break a racer's weekend. And sure, I was there for booze, toy cars, and sad power trips, but more than that, I was there for the cars.
Read MorePatrick was rightfully distraught when he found out the classic Saab 900s burned in Vampire Weekend’s agonizing video were not junkers or rusted-out, water-filled masses of old Swedish iron. Why not kill all of us who scour eBay, AutoTrader and Craigslist for old 900s, huh?
Read MoreTry as they might, some cars will never be cool. You know it. Jalopnik readers know it. Everyone but hopeless marketing departments know it.
Read MoreToday we head the story of a Detroit kid rebuilding a genuine $35 Hemi. Of course, he isnt' the only ones to have torn an engine apart and put it back together.
Read MoreOur recent stories on those shady scam replica-car builders reminded me of something I've been meaning to write about for a long time: an amazing project from artist Tobias Rehberger that's all about making replicas of cars. And not your usual, boring, beautiful, carefully-crafted, hyper-accurate replicas; these replicas are the imperfect products of human memory and flawed communication, and as a result, are fascinating.
Read MoreUnless you're driving a vintage Ferrari through the hills of Italy with a support truck following you the whole way, there's no perfect way to take a road trip. Jalopnik readers can at least help you prep.
Read MoreIsdera is a supercar company that spends more time talking about building cars than actually making them. They're like the Vector of Europe. You shouldn't see any, let alone one lapping the Nordschleife.
Read MoreIt’s almost reassuring to know that since the absolute earliest days of human motorized travel, there have been people writing about cars, and people calling bullshit on what’s written about cars. These exchanges should seem incredibly familiar to most of our readers even if they happened nearly 200 years ago. The characters are even the same: the company, touting a new model with a largely faked image of the car, and the clever and snarky commenters who spot the manufacturer’s bullshit and call
Read MoreAfter a stunning racetrack debut complete with scantily clad, real life pinup girls, Speedycop and the Gang of Outlaws' airplane car made a respectable finish at this weekend's 24 Hours of Lemons race. We watched the Spirit of Lemons' build with anticipation, wondering how it would fare in an actual weekend-long schlep on a racetrack. It wasn't fast, but it didn't fall apart, and there's something to be said for that.
Read MoreThe greatest sports cars happily make compromises in comfort for gains in handling. The greatest luxury cars happily make compromises in handling for gains in comfort. Needless failings, however, are a different question.
Read MoreSpring signifies things like birth, growth, love, and all of that inspirational BS. But it also means warm weather. And warm weather is road trip weather. What better way to celebrate than to take an SRT Viper GTS and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT for a 1,600 mile jaunt to get our friends from Gizmodo's brand spankin' new TV show to SxSW? And, more importantly, which car is the better roadtripper?
Read MoreIt’s easy to judge a car by the specs alone, but Jalopnik readers know how a dull exhaust can dampen the whole experience.
Read MoreI'll never understand all the love for Eleanor.
Read MoreHere's an incredible thing I learned from the people who made Fast and Furious 6: they used between 300 and 400 cars. Of all those cars, this intimate little group is all that's left. With those sort of numbers, it's amazing cars are still excited to land roles in these movies.
Read MoreToday we heard that Toyota is coming out with a new Highlander at the upcoming New York Auto Show, and it gives us a chance to assess of one the most dominant segments in the car world: the crossover.
Read MoreThis beautiful brown beast is the 2013 Ford F-250 Super Duty Platinum. It's gigantic. It's loaded down with luxury features like heated and cooled leather seats. Its turbodiesel V8 has more torque than God would have if God were a pickup truck. It costs $63,000. Everyone I met down in Texas was in love with it – except for the asshat who keyed the hell of it.
Read MoreThere's more to life than a Corvette. Jalopnik readers know ten unexpected, awesome midlife crisis cars.
Read MoreAs we found out watching Kimi the driving instructor mumble his way into a crash today, giving directions on how to drive is hard. What's the worst you've done?
Read MoreCan you see the number "925" engraved under the the tiny Aston Martin wing on the top of the normal size Aston Martin wing? That's there to tell you it's made of sterling silver, and the Vanquish glued to it is in fact a Centenary Edition.
Read MoreThe pre-history of automobiles is really pretty murky. As much as Mercedes-Benz likes to claim the invention of the motor car, the truth is much more complicated, with many different inventors adding parts to what eventually became the car. Most people would point to Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot’s 1769/1771 artillery tractor as the first real self-propelled vehicle. The truth, however, seems to be that nearly a century before that, a Jesuit missionary in China actually built the first self-propelled v
Read MoreIf you think the worst European tuner cars were produced in the eighties, think again. Thanks to Brabus, Mansory and Hamann, the Geneva Motor Show had plenty of bizarre Mercedes G-Wagens proving the horror is far from being over. If we ever get to test drive one, we promise to wear gold chains.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz 600 is an imposing car, and lots of imposing people owned them – dictator-types. You look at the thing and it’s massive, especially in long-wheelbase form. Nearly 21 feet of Mercedes, which also weighs about 4 tons.
Read MoreA lot of us car enthusiasts like to bitch and moan about modern cars. They don't have any character, we might say. They have too many electronic nannies. They look boring. They have numb steering, they're too big and too loaded down with features that take away from the act of driving. Things were better back in the day!
Read MoreIn case you didn't know this, men aren't the only ones allowed to buy cars anymore. Women do it too now, sometimes all on their own! But carmakers used to look at women in a very different way, as we can see from this Volvo ad that's straight out of the "First Couple Seasons Of Mad Men" playbook.
Read MoreAs Google's doodle reminded me, today is International Women's Day. It's kind of alarming how much I rely on something called a "Google Doodle" to know what's going on. So, in honor of women, I'd like to talk about one woman who's been a hero of mine for many years: Bertha Benz, the first person to take a real road trip in a private, petroleum-powered car.
Read MoreI'd been in the Petersen Automotive Museum's basement once before, many years ago, illegally, and thanks to an old Volvo P1800 key that magically fit in an elevator. But that was in the dark, and avoiding the gaze of a security guard. So when I got the chance to get a real tour of the vault, I was pretty excited, especially after they confirmed it would be with the lights on, and the security guard would leave me alone, as long as I, you know, kept my pants on and didn't act like too much of a l
Read MoreJust because you're rich doesn't mean you can handle your million-horsepower hypercar. Jalopnik readers know that this usually ends embarrasingly, and on video.
Read MoreYou read the magazines, you read the online car reviews, you compare prices on the car configurators. You know what you want before you step into the showroom. So why does it take hours to buy a new car?
Read MoreNow, I've really got nothing against Wheels, the automotive blog of the New York Times, but the logo they use for the blog is so wrong for an automotive blog I had to say something.
Read MoreCould there be anything better than uncovering a priceless classic sitting lost in your garage? Jalopnik readers know the ten greatest barn find fantasies ever made real.
Read MoreThe latest trailer for Iron Man 3 dropped yesterday, and I had two major takeaways from it: First, the movie looks like it's going to be insanely awesome. Second, Tony Stark has apparently ended his dalliance with Acura and gone back to his first love, Audi.
Read MoreAfter today's buyer's guide, you might wonder what it would be like to actually drive a BMW E30 M3 every day. Well, here's a first person account.
Read MoreVolvo make Volvos, right? Volvos don’t get the blood boiling. But in a world where most carmakers outdo each other in aggression, Volvo’s quiet stance is quite remarkable.
Read MoreYou know how sometimes you'll catch yourself, say, doing your taxes or considering life insurance or pouring your fortified wine into an actual glass and you'll think to yourself, "Damn! So this is what adulthood feels like!" Well, if you ever want to make sure you'll never have those disgusting thoughts again, this should be your next ride.
Read MoreForget the LaFerrari – the Pininfarina Sergio is be the best Ferrari you'll see today.
Read MoreFerrari will make 499 examples of the new LaFerrari. Ha! Jalopnik readers know ten limited-run supercars that make it look as common as a Camry.
Read MoreEach subculture of car enthusiasts has a different sensibility. Rat rod dudes love rust, Alfa Romeo guys groan when you say it. Is there one bunch of car people that ends up with the coolest collections and best builds?
Read MoreMcLaren: "The P1 is the result of decades of aerodynamic research." Lamborghini: "We hired a seven year old that likes cars to design the Veneno." Lamborghini got it right. The Veneno is the next fantasy car for kids and adults alike. Here's why.
Read MoreWelcome to Found Around The District, where we highlight fascinating cars we find around a city where people are too busy fighting through traffic and hunting for parking to drive anything interesting: Washington, D.C.
Read MoreRecently, I had an epiphany, but not a good one. "We haven't had an American car on Weekend Wallpaper in far too long," I realized. "This needs to be corrected immediately." But what car should I choose? A Camaro? A Mustang? A Charger? Some old-school muscle car? Perhaps some kind of Saleen?
Read MoreLast weekend, the weather in the District of Columbia was rainy, gross and cold, as it often is this time of year. So I did what any freedom-loving American man would do: I stayed inside and watched the Back to the Future trilogy. And right after Marty wandered into the 1955 version Hill Valley for the first time, this realization dawned on me: Damn, there are some seriously great cars in these movies.
Read MoreSince we exclusively busted open the 2014 Jeep Cherokee early, everyone's wondered if the Alfa Romeo-based CUV could ever achieve the "Trail Rated" status of other Jeeps. The Trailhawk is the answer to that question.
Read MoreGetting publicity in the auto industry is easy. You build something, invite journalists, feed them shrimp and boom! — page inches. But what if you're an also-ran RV company in the late '60s looking to kick the competition in its smug, Winnebago ass? You build a custom, butane-powered motorhome powerful and tough enough to race in the punishing, off-road Baja 1000. Then you paint a weird mural on the side. Then you invite the journalists.
Read MoreThis past weekend was the Texas Mile, a twice yearly speed fest where hundreds of modified cars descend on Beeville, Texas, to try and set records for the fastest standing mile. Hennessey's Ford GT broke its own record and went 267.6 in a mile. The world's fastest Camaro was also on hand, but downforce became lift on a run, which caused a devastating crash and totally obliterated the 2,800 horsepower car.
Read MoreOn Monday night, a couple crashed a 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago that was purchased hours earlier. They then ran away, leaving the hugely expensive car abandoned on the road. The strangest part is that they haven't been found yet, and its been three days. What's up?
Read MoreRemember the Japanese car crash from 2011 that destroyed eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes and a Lamborghini, and was thus dubbed the most expensive car crash of all time? Now, 10 people involved in that $4 million crash are headed to court, and prosecutors may decide to charge them with violating traffic laws.
Read MoreYou might be one of those poor saps who rubbernecks at car wrecks on the side of the road. You've likely wondered how the whole crash site gets cleaned up, even all the little debris?
Read MoreA few more details have emerged this morning after last night's deadly crash at a sprint car race in California that claimed the lives of two spectators.
Read MoreI think it's fair to say that the folks at South Point Hyundai in Austin aren't having a very good time at SXSW.
Read MoreAn Aston Martin DBS was totaled today in the UK when a woman driving a pink Vauxhall Corsa lost control leaving a gas station and somehow managed to plow into the side of the Bond car. Ouch.
Read MoreIf I were to roll a car seven times, I can't say I would want to be in a Honda Fit. The thing is, this guy's Fit held up remarkably well when that happened to him, and he even managed to catch the ordeal on his dash camera Russian-style.
Read MoreExplain something to me: We have laws in this country that regulate all kinds of potentially dangerous substances, from toxic chemicals to alcohol and drugs. But why don't have stronger anti-Slurpee laws? It's time for the government to crack down on these frozen sugary death-drinks!
Read MoreIn today's edition of 'more money than driving skill' we see a 562 horsepower Ferrari 458 Spider attempt to overtake a family sedan on an Italian highway, only to pirouette into a guardrail.
Read MoreI have to hand it to you guys. After reading our story yesterday on the bizarre claims and lies about celebrity endorsements made by Panama-based Super Replicas, many of you Jalops chimed in with even more evidence that the company that promises $20,000 exotic car replicas is defrauding people.
Read MoreWhen we were first alerted to the existence of poorly shot, poorly edited YouTube videos made by a replica car manufacturer that featured Tanner Foust and clips from Top Gear, it raised a number of red flags. What was Foust (and Steven Spielberg) doing endorsing this company? Can they really make you a Saleen S7 for $20,000? How come they never feature any completed cars on their websites? This was our first foray into the the bizarre world of Panama-based Super Replicas, lately known as "Top Ge
Read MoreThere's going to be a new show after Clarkson, May, and Hammond finally find the source of the Nile and sort out that a WRX is clearly, not-even-worth-debating the only car suitable for the journey. (At least of the three cars they chose; dollars-to-donuts their crews are in Land Rovers and 70-Series Land Cruisers). That show is called 'Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers,' which I hope you will watch, not just because I'm in it for a bit, but because I think perhaps you haven't had enough of watching a
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreYou probably really liked the two-part Top Gear special that concluded last weekend for two reasons: one, it was suitably Top Gear. And two, it was conducted with three wagons.
Read MoreEven though the last episode of Top Gear aired on Sunday night (Or next Monday for us here in America), their work never ends. We've received word that Jeremy Clarkson and James May are in New Zealand filming for next season. And guess what? The locals are angry and protesting.
Read MoreThe 19th season of Top Gear wrapped up last night, which means it's time for speculation from everyone and their uncle on how the show can be improved. The Telegraph says that the show is getting tired and stale, and that Top Gear needs a new presenter, specifically a female. Balderdash and poppycock, I say. Top Gear needs nobody, regardless of gender.
Read MoreTop Gear just wrapped up its latest season searching for the source of the Nile in East Africa. Jalopnik readers know where they should go next.
Read MoreTop Gear is about to wrap up their season driving from Uganda to Tanzania, searching for the source of the Nile. Where should they go next?
Read MoreThis is the original Ford GT40 Ken Miles drove first across the line at the 1966 24 Hours Of Le Mans. And it’s in front of the lens of Top Gear USA tonight. Oh yes.
Read MoreLook! It's another episode of that show with all the cars, Top Gear! And this time, they're going to Africa!
Read MoreChildren! They're the worst thing ever, those filthy little beasts. They're like tiny little magnets for dirt and grime who want nothing more than to ruin your car seats with their melted crayons and juice boxes. But now the geniuses at Honda have a solution for the next time one of your screaming mouth-breather bastards decides to get cookies all over the place: a built-in vacuum cleaner!
Read MoreWe all know Subaru drivers. We think they're outdoorsy types who are environmentally conscious. They might be rugged and, perhaps, lesbians in the Northeast. Therefore, the 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid must be the best thing ever.
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreWelcome to Found Around The District, where we highlight fascinating cars we find around a city where people are too busy fighting through traffic and hunting for parking to drive anything interesting: Washington, D.C.
Read MoreApparently fed up with critics who say that the Subaru BRZ isn't getting the job done for enthusiasts on its own merits, the folks at Fuji Heavy will announce on Monday, April 1 that the next Subaru BRZ will have an all-wheel-drive turbo diesel convertible version in 2015.
Read MoreHood scoops! Do 'em right and your car looks like a furious, forced induction-having ass-kicking machine. Do 'em wrong and it makes the car absolutely absurd.
Read MoreAfter reading our stories about the backlash from Vampire Weekend torching some Saabs like a pile of leaves, my buddy Shaun emailed me to say that he would much rather they had set fire to a couple of Acura RSX-es instead.
Read MoreIt's always great whenever athletes start making music! Now, easily hateable Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton seeks to join the pantheon of noted superstars-turned-musicmakers that includes Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal by putting out his own album, one that his producer says is "off the hook." Seriously. This is a thing.
Read MoreIf you're gonna steal $200,000 worth of Muenster cheese to sell on the black market, you may as well steal it from Wisconsin.
Read MoreHere's the situation: You're a Chrysler engineer. Your boss Lee Iacocca told you and your buddies to make a sports car that can run with the Trans Am and the Supra. Unfortunately, the year is 1984, so all you've really got to work with is the K-car platform. So what do you do?
Read MoreThe New York Auto Show was wonderful this year, with a stunning WRX concept, a controversial new Cadillac, and a stripped-out seven liter Camaro. My joy was overflowing, and I just had to start touching things. Inappropriately.
Read More“My ethics told me I had to leave. I had to follow ethical standards. I still love the company. It was my life.” Henrik Fisker sounded angry about what had been going on, but he refused to say much beyond that by way of specifics. What is clear, though, is that past few months have been rougher for the company that bears his name, Fisker Automotive, than at any point in its brief history.
Read MoreLong before Photoshop and Illustrator and all of the many powerful photo manipulation, illustration, and layout software we have today was available, people publishing magazines had two choices: look like crap or have lots of talent. And there were plenty of examples of both. But today I'd like to focus on just one little bit of non-crap, this ad for car accessories from the February 1968 issue of Road and Track.
Read MoreHere's a Lamborghini Aventador in Tampa, Florida perfectly, perfectly, covering two parking spaces. Good thing the driver folded the mirrors.
Read MoreThere are the kinds of drivers who make a u-turn on the highway and cut off half a dozen lanes of traffic to get to an exit. Jalopnik readers know what cars they're probably going to drive.
Read MoreAh, unintended acceleration. It's the herpes of the automotive world, something that just never seems to go away. Never mind the fact that it's often caused by drivers mixing up their pedals — it's something that scares the crap out of car buyers and has huge financial consequences for carmakers. It nearly put Audi out of business in the U.S., it gave Toyota the biggest black eye they've ever had, and now it looks like it's Ford's turn to share some of that pain.
Read MoreWith 28-tons of steel armor, bulletproof glass and a 12-liter Rolls-Royce V12 diesel, Margaret Thatcher's bus could take what Ireland threw at it, unlike President Obama's tuned up Cadillac. It didn't have fuel issues either.
Read MoreHey, remember when the Wall Street Journal made waves by reporting that the 2014 Jeep Cherokee was based on an Alfa Romeo design? That's a fascinating tidbit. The problem is, it's not true, according to the American guy who designed it.
Read MoreSubaru kind of had a banner today at the New York Auto Show today. They debuted two cars that just perfectly encapsulate their two main audiences: granola-loving hippies who need all-wheel-drive and rally hoons one speeding ticket away from losing their driver's licenses. The Subaru WRX Concept took care of the latter; the former should be perfectly happy with the Subaru XV Crosstrek.
Read MoreTuesday night was the big unveiling of the 2014 Range Rover Sport here in New York City. Daniel Craig, aka James Bond, was paid $1 million to drive the car into the unveiling. He then said nothing and left. Stealthy or shitty?
Read MoreI like to think that all of the television network heads got together Stonecutters-style and decided that if someone could make a cop show set in Detroit and make it successful, the winner would take home a $1 prize Duke Brothers-style. Here's the latest.
Read MoreThe Ford Raptor is a favorite of ours. More horsepower is also a thing that we like. So what if you give a Raptor to those lunatics at Shelby? You get this, the Shelby Raptor.
Read MoreWhen we began our investigation into Super Replicas, the Panama-based company promising perfect supercar replicas starting at Toyota Corolla prices while using fake celebrity endorsements, one of our biggest questions was this: Who are the people behind this company? Who makes their laughable YouTube videos? Who builds the websites that promise almost any supercar you want for under $50,000? Now, having secured their business registration documents in Panama, we know the truth. And the story of
Read MoreI don't know why I didn't think of this earlier. Tons of people can't be trusted not to text, surf the Internet, tweet and/or sext from their cell phones when they're behind the wheel, so why would we expect them not to use Google Glass when they're driving? So while Google's "augmented reality" glasses aren't even out yet, at least one state lawmaker hopes to nip this shit in the bud before it ever happens.
Read MoreSometimes the insane engineering projects the military industrial complex attempt actually work. Sometimes they don't. In between, there's testing, and Jalopnik readers have the ten most unreal videos of these projects.
Read MoreWhile we're busy covering all the premiers at the New York Auto Show, there's also an automotive party going down in Seoul. Hyundai hit the stage with this, the HND-9 Concept, and while it looks a bit like a Lexus LF-LC, if this is a guide to Korea's future sports car we're in.
Read MoreSlowly but surely, we are seeing the technology of Fiat trickle down into the Chrysler brands they now own. Case in point: a Dallas-based automotive journalist's 2013 Ram 1500 that caught fire during a test drive. Ferrari performance in an American pickup truck! What more could you want?
Read MoreThe sedan formerly known as the Infiniti G37 will start at $36,450 for the base model, a whopping $900 cheaper than the old car. Going deeper into the alphabet makes things less expensive, it turns out.
Read MoreNot a crossover. Not a lifted longroof, but a real station wagon. Volvo is bringing the facelifted V60 to America.
Read MoreWhen you think of the Nissan Pathfinder, odds are you think of this car. Or maybe even this car. But it's not that car anymore — the once-rugged, truck-based Pathfinder has gone over to the dark realm of the crossover. And today at the New York Auto Show, we saw the last of its toughness disappear forever as a hybrid version was unveiled.
Read MoreYou know image annotation? You love image annotation. You annotate the hell out of things. What if we did that with text? Introducing text annotation. We've copied over an entire press release for you to annotate.
Read MoreHaving previously only really dabbled in U.S.-market diesels, BMW says they're going for oil burners in a big way starting with the 2014 BMW 328d. It's huge on torque and fuel economy.
Read MoreThe Camaro z/28 is back with an LS7 V8 and 500 horsepower. Carbon brakes, AC is optional, and tons of weight was taken out.
Read MoreIf you needed a sedan that has 550 horsepower AND reeks of British loveliness, your pickins have been slim as of late. But have no fear, Jag is here to make your qualms go away.
Read MoreAn NYPD cop was chasing an unregistered dirt bike rider through the Bronx when a friend jumped on the back of the motorcycle. The cop car then crashed into the bike, injuring one rider and killing the other. Now there's video of the NYPD actions.
Read MoreYes, that's a tank firing while jumping through the air.
Read MoreAfter presenting the rather brave Track'ster Concept last year, Kia has unveiled the production version of the brand new 2014 Kia Soul at the New York Auto Show. Designed in California, Korea's popular hatchback looks better than ever.
Read MoreThe 2014 Cadillac CTS: We've leaked it. We've teased it. We've revealed the whole thing. Now we show you what it looks like in person as it debuts at the New York Auto Show tonight. And you know what? It makes me say "God Bless America."
Read MoreWe tend to think of bad drivers as the ones who charge down the road, wrecking everything in their path. Is it just as bad to be too courteous?
Read MoreOne car on my dream list as a kid was a Subaru WRX 22B STI. I was never able to get one, cause, y'know, it never came to America. The last few didn't remind me of the 22B either, which left my desires unfulfilled. Well, this concept is shades of the 22B. Say hey to Subaru's WRX Concept. DAMN.
Read MoreWith run-flat tires and space-saver spares for the extra trunk space (and cost savings), one can really appreciate that starting from 1953, a car maker came up with a solution which gave customers a full-sized spare without wasting luggage space.
Read MoreFitting for a car loved in China, Buick redistributes Regal's HP wealth: GS loses 11, Turbo gets 39, so both now have 259. And AWD! The addition of the Haldex AWD system is a very nice change especially for the GS, which was known for its shoulder-hating torque steer.
Read MoreWhoda thunk that Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan would have the scoop on new cars? This is straight from them. Seriously.
Read MoreWe already know the best first cars, so what about the best cars for those on the other end of the age spectrum? What's the perfect car for an old person?
Read MoreDriver education is pretty woeful in this country, so Jalopnik readers put together a list of ten things every driver needs to know. Are you familiar with them all?
Read MoreJust like we told you after speaking to McLaren's Development Chief during the Geneva Motor Show three weeks ago, McLaren is launching its entry level car as early as 2015.
Read MoreSo, it's come to this. Some big corporations, including Roger Penske and the Detroit Three, have donated $8 million to the city of Detroit to fund new police cars and ambulances because the city is just that broke.
Read MoreThe best part of flying (other than getting places really fast) is when you get pressed into the back of your seat during takeoff. Well, how much harder would the plane push without all those other passengers and their luggage?
Read MoreIn 1980, a tiny French team's boss sat into the car he designed himself and pushed the pedal to the floor as long as he could so his co-driver could finish the 24 Hours Of Le Mans two laps ahead of Porsche's turbocharged 908/80 with Jacky Ickx and Reinhold Joest behind its wheel. Ickx (first) announced his retirement not long after the champagne wasting.
Read MoreBack in the '80s, when video games first really became a force in popular culture, society went on a sort of massive video-game themed bender and video gamed up everything they could get their hands on, from music to breakfast cereal to TV shows. One of the first really popular driving games, Pole Position, wasn't free from this, and the result is the awe-inspiringly awful 1984 animated show, Pole Position.
Read MoreYou know Vauxhall today as Britain's Opel with the steering wheel on the right, but back at the beginning of the motoring era, they made cars that were faster than Bentleys. The OE-type 30-98 was one of those.
Read MoreA drizzle of rain, a sprinkling of team orders, a dash of slapstick, and Sebastian Vettel being Sebastian Vettel: the F1 race in Malaysia was a bit of a handful. Here’s a selection of the most interesting photos from the wire services.
Read MoreThere are things about driving that you can learn from a text book, but then there are certain things you can only truly learn from driving on the road. What is that one rule of the road that every driver needs to know?
Read MoreAll the buzz in the world of "sports" is 15th seed Florida Gulf Coast University making it to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament, the first 15th seed to do so. It's this month's sports feel good story. And who is FGCU's most famous graduate? According to Wikipedia it might be former beauty queen AND a monster truck driver Courtney Jolly. Hell yes.
Read MoreThe 2014 Cadillac CTS is on its way to the New York Auto show this week, but a few official photos of the car dropped on the Internets a little early. Here they are!
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreRemember that North Carolina sheriff's deputy who resigned after a video of him brake checking a driver went viral? It looks like he could be back on the job soon.
Read MoreWelcome to Found Around The District, where we highlight fascinating cars we find around a city where people are too busy fighting through traffic and hunting for parking to drive anything interesting: Washington, D.C.
Read MoreIt's that time of year again! And no, I don't mean Pakistan Day, although that's nice too. Today marks another running of the Texas Mile, the biannual festival of speed in a town just north of Corpus Christi. And wouldn't you know that those crazy bastards at Hennessey Performance went and set themselves another speed record there yet again?
Read MoreWe are living in a golden age for wheels, my friends! Thanks to significant advancements in various scientific fields I don't understand, wheels are lighter and cooler-looking than they've ever been.
Read MoreMaking a ridiculous ad on Craigslist has emerged as a kind of art form for the new millenium. Besides having a practical purpose — helping someone unload whatever loathsome piece of crap they happen to drive — they also serve to give us Internet-people some much-needed LOLs. Maybe they'll be deemed worthy enough for art museums one day.
Read MoreCars are fascinating, but at the end of they day, they're just machines that people create. They're nothing without the fascinating people behind them. It takes a dedicated person — or more often than not, a team of people working together — to make an extraordinary automobile.
Read MoreEver been stuck in a nasty traffic jam and wished you could fire up an emergency siren and watch the cars around you make themselves scarce? I think we've all had that fantasy once or twice. But the mega-wealthy class in Russia have figured out how to turn it into a reality.
Read MoreMan, I feel like I missed an obvious Classic Ad Watch choice last weekend, and I'm here to apologize for that.
Read MoreIt rains a lot in Malaysia, which makes for a race weekend that can typically be called "all higgeldy piggeldy," it's a technical term. It sure did rain during qualifying, but Vettel just didn't seem to notice.
Read MoreHere's the best-case scenario I was hoping for when I saw that Vampire Weekend torched some Saab 900s for their new "Diane Young" music video: I was hoping that the two 900s were old, decrepit, maybe found in a junkyard or damaged beyond repair in Hurricane Sandy, and that they were being sent to a better place. This is apparently not the case, and the real story will upset you a great deal.
Read MoreYou've hung out with us at small pubs in NYC, in parking lots in Austin and even at a leather-bikini car wash in Detroit. This time we're throwing a big shindig in NYC on the last day of the New York Auto Show press preview. Join us, won't you?
Read MoreFord of India's current tagline is "Go Further." If you're their advertising agency, that's apparently code for "Go Too Far."
Read MoreIt seems like when it comes to great American guitar makers, foreign manufacturers are faster to sign partnerships than GM, Chrysler or Ford. Remember that Volkswagens can have a Fender audio system nowadays? Well, Gibson and Nissan went one step further...
Read MoreWhile this race car wearing Alpine's traditional livery is powered by Nissan's VK45 V8 engine, everything else about it is very French. Hopefully, that won't mean that it will surrender before the end of the 24th hour.
Read MoreThere are barn finds, and then there are barn finds. Okay, technically this was a warehouse find, but it falls under the same category. And it's remarkably awesome: the Mercedes-Benz race car piloted by racing legend Juan Manuel Fangio to victory in both the 1954 German and Swiss Grands Prix. It can be yours if you have a couple million dollars burning a hole in your pocket.
Read MoreThree weeks ago, I brought my new puppy home. Wiley was eight weeks old and seriously did not like riding in the car. I held him in my lap, but he screamed like a wild monkey the entire way. This weekend, I took him on a four-day camping trip to Big Sur. He loved every minute of it. Here’s how.
Read MoreI've been flying a little more lately and it's become obvious how much of a range there is in the quality of the planes that are flying around, even within a single airline. But what's the worst commercial passenger plane still in regular use?
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz W113 "Pagoda" SL was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1963, and while I'm pretty sure they mentioned that at this year's party, we were too distracted by Usher's red shoes and a Mercedes Apple. So here's a short recap of the first safe sports car.
Read MoreIs there anything worse than a car that tries to be cool, but fails miserably?
Read MoreThe Circuit of the Americas in Austin isn't just a great place for racing, it's also a great place for drama, legal fights, dueling egos and other assorted weirdness. The latest round of this came last week when MotoGP champion Kevin Schwantz said circuit officials tried to kick him out of the circuit when he tried to attend a test session there.
Read MoreWhen the Scion FR-S came out, I figured that was the end for the TC. I was all prepared to say a tearful goodbye. But wait a sec. What is this? A new TC coming next week? In the words of Moe Szyslak, "Whaaaaaaaaaaa?"
Read MoreNot that we'd advocate skirting the long arm of the law or anything, but if you've got any open tickets with the city of Detroit's 36th District Court right now, it's a good time to show up at court.
Read MoreWe've seen loads of pictures of the 2014 Corvette. We know the specs. But we don't yet know how much it costs. However, this contest from General Motors may shed a little light on that.
Read MoreThe Jalopnik Mainframe, safely located in its airtight pod 75 feet below Gabe Kaplan's Hollywood Hills hot tub, has been working overtime for me, processing an algorithm telling me what the average Jalopnik reader loves more than anything. This morning, my Telex' bell clanged, announcing that I finally had my answer: birding. Just as I suspected. Based on that, the contest we'll be having for the rest of the year will be birding related. I knew you'd be excited.
Read MoreSince 1446 (estimated), Jeep has been gathering up Jeep-fetishists in Moab, Utah for a week-long Easter Jeep Safari. In keeping with the Easter theme (rebirth of saviors, rabbits, eggs) they usually take the opportunity in the Deseret desert to show off some concepts. This year they're showing six concepts, but sadly none are as exciting as the Forward Control concept (FC Mighty) they showed last year.
Read MoreI can't stop watching these infrastructure demolition videos. Let's just infinite-loop them, shall we?
Read MoreThis morning we saw a North Carolina officer brake check a South Carolina driver into a rear-end collision. Now the officer has resigned, and claims he was baited into the crash.
Read MoreOh man, who's excited for Aussie V8 Supercars to come to the Circuit of the Americas down in Texas? I know I am, and now the race has an official name: the Austin 400, which will run on a shortened 2.3-mile section of the track in just two months.
Read MoreIn spite of the millions and billions automakers spend on developing cars, they still make mistakes. These are Jalopnik readers' greatest annoyances.
Read MoreAh, the former Soviet Bloc. It's like after Communism collapsed, they all got together back in the Politburo one last time, got liquored up and pledged to make as much amazing stuff for Web consumption, just as soon as the Web gets developed and popular. And boy are they doing it. Today we have a photo from Almaty, Kazakhstan of a military helicopter driving down a road.
Read MorePresident Obama is on his way to Israel for a state visit. His limo, the Beast, made the trip with him. Apparently it just broke down because it was filled with gas instead of diesel. Whoops.
Read MoreThere's really no excuse for giving another driver a brake check at highway speeds, no matter how annoyed you are at the car closely following you. That we're watching a sheriff give a brake check in this video just makes things worse.
Read MoreJim Glickenhaus is kind of revered around these parts. He thought the Ferrari Enzo wasn't all it could be, so he made the P4/5. Then he had a version made to go racing. Ferrari didn't like it, so he stood up to them. Now, he has an ultra lightweight ride on the way. It's name? P33.
Read MoreNew York City student Santiago Munoz spends five hours a day commuting to and from high school, recognized by the United Nations as the longest school commute in the world. Now the NY Housing Authority is giving his family a closer apartment, but his commute still takes around three hours.
Read MoreThis is a Mitsubishi Celeste from the seventies. It's the last car we saw at this year's Geneva Motor Show before leaving the building, and we wanted it more than most new things around.
Read MoreFormula One pit stops are some of the most precise and choreographed events in all of motorsports. They take practice to be like that. A lot of practice.
Read MoreFrom the "things that aren't really all that shocking" department, Porsche has confirmed that the RS variant of the new 911 GT3 will not have a manual gearbox. Sure hope you kids like paddles.
Read MoreLet's say you, John Q. Reader, just bought a 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago. You go out for a drive in your new car with a special lady friend. You crash said Lamborghini. What do you do? Apparently, you get the hell out of there and leave the car behind.
Read MoreWithout even making an electric car themselves, Lotus has inadvertently made quite a few over the years. First there was the Tesla Roadster. Then Chrysler had the Europa based Circuit EV. There was a Detroit Electric-branded Elise a few years back. And now Detroit Electric is attempting a comeback with a limited edition sports car. And yes, it's another Lotus.
Read MoreWhat's better than watching an explosion? Watching a controlled explosion. Jalopnik readers have ten amazing bridge, road, and assorted infrastructure demolition videos just for you.
Read MoreNot only are we giving you three fairly cross-processed wallpaper-sized photos of the SRT Viper TA, but also everything you should know about this Corvette ZR1 beating track monster.
Read MoreFormula One cars just don't go sideways like they used to, right? This (unintentional) slide by Vettel shows that isn't always the case.
Read MoreIt's pretty well established that Craigslist is the de facto place to go to get pretty much anything: slightly vomit-stained sofas, sousaphone lessons, furtive handjobs in cars, the cars themselves, and now it seems even allegedly haunted Porsche bits from the car former Jackass star Ryan Dunn died in.
Read MoreThere are many reasons for disliking both the Fiat Multipla and the grandson of famous Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli. One is considered to be just a hideous car while the other is the essence of the Italian playboy (born in New York). So it's definitely annotation time with this shot!
Read MoreThis morning we got word that Group Lotus might be on the brink of shutting its doors forever. Not really a new rumor, but Lotus also has a history of strange PR moves. How would they take care of this one?
Read MoreLocals gathered along the shores of Lake Marble Falls in Central Texas this weekend to watch the largest explosive bridge demotion in history. As impressive as it was in person, it's doubtful any of them were able to see the implosion in the detail you're about to see in this amazing HD slow-motion footage shot at 300 frames per second by photographer Kirk Drummond with a RED Epic camera.
Read MoreOur favorite livery won with our favorite driver behind the wheel in Melbourne. Also, Hamilton did well with his new ride, Red Bull was not faster than the others, while McLaren has a lot to improve in the next two weeks. Wasn't bad for a season starter, was it?
Read MoreGreat news, die hard Breaking Bad aficionados. The 1984 Toyota Tercel driven by plucky meth cooker Jesse Pinkman can be yours, provided you're willing to take a trip to New Mexico.
Read MoreAfter Denny Hamlin spun out former teammate Joey Logano at today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Food City 500 race, things got a little physical.
Read MoreRemember how Mercedes-Benz and Nissan-Renault have that partnership where they share engines and other technology? If these rumors are true, it may take root in a very interesting new car: a compact that will reportedly be called the X-Class.
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreNationally syndicated columnist Cal Thomas — the guy who once argued that no new mosques should be built in Western countries — decided it was his turn to offer some redundant and insipid national perspective on Detroit's current fiscal fiasco.
Read MoreIf you didn't watch the 2013 Australian Grand Prix yet, you missed one hell of a race. And it all ended with The Iceman on the top step of the podium. The best part? He said the win was 'easy.'
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I asked you to show us the greatest brown cars of all time. We like brown because it's classy, understated and not terribly common. So now let's shift gears a bit and focus on a color that is a little more commonplace, but isn't often done right. How about the prettiest blue cars of all time?
Read MoreLooks like there's drama between Consumer Reports and the Honda Civic yet again! How sad. They had just become friends again.
Read MoreLast year, weekend editor emeritus Tom Joslin asked you folks what sort of car has you intrigued lately. If you're like me, that changes from week to week, so I thought it would be fun to do a little update to his question.
Read MoreI absolutely love looking at visions of the future from years gone by. You know, like the magazines from the 1950s that predicted we would all live on lunar colonies by 1968 and smoke cigarettes that gave us superpowers. Sometimes, these predictions are utterly ridiculous in retrospect; other times, they're scarily accurate.
Read MoreBeing an officer of a the law is a hard job. Sometimes you get it right, and sometimes you mistakenly issue a parking ticket to a snow sculpture because you think it's a real car.
Read MoreSince it's looking increasingly likely that we're getting another four-cylinder turbo Mustang soon, I thought it would be fun to revisit the ads behind the original one: the 1984-1986 Mustang SVO.
Read MoreIt's one thing to break 200 mph. It's a totally different ballgame to do it on ice.
Read MoreEarlier today I was all about the Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6. Little did I know that there was a far better contender.
Read MoreReally, these are like Sasquatch pictures. But it's a lot easier to find pictures of a Sasquatch (or Wood Ape) on Google image search than this thing. And this Mosler J-10 Sport is about as scary: a six-wheeled chimera of a Jeep, Chevy S10 pickup, and small boat trailer.
Read MoreThe 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the most prestigious and grueling endurance races of the year. But before you race the 12 Hours of Sebring, you must qualify. Here is how they'll set off tomorrow.
Read MoreI've advocated for the small van as an appealing car design on several occasions, and while I'm still absolutely an advocate for the well-executed little-room-on-wheels, actually seeing this idea taken to its conclusion is still a bit jarring. But, I talked the talk, so let's walk the walk and really look at the OneDoorCar concept from designer Alexander Createric.
Read MoreThis is Alexei Volkov, known in Zelenograd as "The Punisher." When he gets cut off in traffic, he punishes the offending driver. With over 100 crashes, he is fast becoming the city's newest folk hero.
Read MoreThe conventional wisdom is that kids these days don't dig the AM and FM radio as much as their parents and grandparents did. They're too busy listening to tunes on their smartphones or even on satellite radio. But does that mean that we could see an end to FM and AM radio being offered on new cars in the next five years?
Read MoreSound is hugely important for how you like a car. Even if there's massive performance on tap, if a car sounds like a vacuum cleaner, you just aren't going to fall in love with it.
Read MoreYou'd think that after over a century of development, car controls would be totally standardized by now. Jalopnik readers know ten wildly confusing features that don't fit the mold.
Read MoreYou may have spent your entire winter holed up on a project car and forgotten that there's other stuff to do out there. But don't worry. Where skiing is concerned, sometimes it pays to lag. Deals and more pleasant weather conditions can sweeten your better-late-than-never experience. Here are some of the best places to go late season.
Read MoreThe new Corvette Stingray looks like it's from 30 years into the future compared to the outgoing C6 Corvette. Inside and out, it's a pretty sharp car. But you know what would be even more wonderful? If it also came in that most under-appreciated of bodystyles, the shooting brake.
Read MoreThe folks over at 4C Forums got their hands on a rather interesting document featuring the luscious upcoming Alfa Romeo 4C mid-engine sportscar. I'm not sure it's legit, but if it is, it tells us some things we didn't know yet about the car that's being pegged as the key to Alfa Romeo's revival in the U.S.
Read MoreOkay, show of hands: Who wants a decently-powerful diesel rear-wheel-drive car with a BMW badge on it? If you raised your hand, BMW has good news for you: the 328d is set to debut in a few weeks at the New York Auto Show.
Read MoreLaw enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run last year, among others.
Read MoreAs a near-professional grade eavesdropper, I get to be privy to a lot of conversations. Just a few days ago I heard two people talking about how, when they're driving sometimes, they get these strange, persistent urges to just yank their steering wheel and crash their car, dramatically and disastrously. As I walked past, I allowed myself an indulgent moment of smugness. I rolled my eyes and thought about how those people were loons, not like me, so very sane and rational and free of any bad thou
Read MoreOne question has plagued man for ages: What's faster, a Jeep, a Viper, or a Potato? It seemed like nobody would ever get an answer. Well, with a little help from the boys over at Gizmodo's brand new TV show, we have been able to answer that age old question once and for all for you, the people.
Read MoreOver the protest of city officials and many residents, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder today made the unprecedented move to appoint an emergency manager who will run Detroit's failing finances and hopefully bring the city back from the brink.
Read MoreForget the brilliant but probably outrageously expensive (and so far only moderately produced) XL1 for a second. That's using a bit of diesel anyway! The greenest vehicle from Volkswagen doesn't need fossil fuel. Meet the electric up! city car, or e-up! to its friends.
Read MoreWe met Christian von Koenigsegg, the father of Sweden's hypercars, while he was hanging out at Spyker's stand at the Geneva Motor Show. He told us something quite juicy there — that in about 10 years or so, automobile engines won't have camshafts anymore. He's been working on his camless engines for a while.
Read MoreI'm a hardcore BMW E46 M3 fanatic, which means that I find the E92 M3 too big to be the real deal. The size of all Wiesmanns, on the other hand, looks just about right. Now they have a new one: it's called the GT MF4 Clubsport, and it's the best of them all.
Read MoreIf you're reading this it means you've made a wonderful choice or a terrible mistake. Either way, you're here and you're starting to realize it's what you've always wanted from an Internet website. You've found out there are other people just like you. Here are 37 reasons why you should like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and otherwise read Jalopnik.
Read MoreCars should be straightforward and easy to understand, so you don't have to figure out complex tasks at 80 miles an hour. They're not always so simple.
Read MoreOur roads are filled with overworked, underslept, drunk, distracted drivers. Jalopnik readers have ten tips for dealing with them.
Read MoreTwo days ago we saw Pepsi's viral ad featuring Jeff Gordon scaring the crap out of a car salesman. We all had a good laugh. Then we found out yesterday that Jeff Gordon wasn't even driving the car and everything was fake. We all felt a little betrayed. Guess what? It doesn't matter at all.
Read MoreMorgan had their biggest stand yet at the Geneva Motor Show, and everything they make was there. So why did I choose this image to illustrate my point?
Read MoreHi, we're Land Rover. You might remember us as the hard ass SUV company that the Queen used to give accolades about, for it's rugged design and capability. You might also remember us for our abilities in the UK Service, as well as on hunting exhibitions the world over. Perhaps you'll remember that Princess Diana had one of our original Range Rovers.
Read MoreIn the world of supercars, your guts can tell you pretty accurately if the people behind the project can make it or not. Vector Motors is the latter.What you see here is the Vector WX-8 prototype displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2007. Gerald A. Wiegert promised 1800+ horses from a 610 cdi twin-turbocharged big block and a top speed of 300 mph. While that's just silly, in other cases, it's the financial situation or experimental technologies that doom a supercar's fate somewhere along th
Read MoreSee that column of black smoke up in the sky? That means all those Cardinals still haven't picked a new Pope. That also means you still have a chance, if you're a male Catholic. It won't be easy — this year's race to the right hand of God is hotly contested, with some serious celebrity endorsements. Like Dennis Rodman, who is heading to the Vatican to campaign for Peter Turkson, who could possibly be the first black Pope. If the fact that Dennis Rodman, just back from palling around with Kim Jon
Read MoreWill North Carolina have to relinquish its "First in Flight" license plate slogan to Connecticut? Evidence suggests that a German-born inventor began flying around the New England state nearly two and a half years before Orville and Wilbur Wright launched their now famous Flyer 1 at Kill Devil Kills, N.C. in 1903.
Read MoreHow would you like to see a whole family of models spawned from the Scion FR-S/Toyota GT-86/Subaru BRZ like what BMW has done with Mini? If your answer is "hell yes," then you'll be happy to know that Tetsuya Tada, the chief engineer of the Toyobaru, wants that to happen as well.
Read MoreHey look, it's the 2014 Range Rover Sport. We weren't supposed to see you until March 26th. Whoops!
Read MoreYesterday Pepsi released an ad featuring Jeff Gordon terrifying a used car salesman by taking him on a vomit inducing test drive. Like any of these videos, it's a fun watch... if a little fake. But it's actually way faker than we initially thought: Jeff Gordon did not drive the car and every single person in the video was an actor.
Read MoreThe worst drivers never seem to be the ones getting tickets. Jalopnik readers want to change that, and here’s how they’d do it.
Read MoreCiting differences with management, Henrik Fisker is reportedly quitting Fisker Automotive, the company he co-founded in 2007.
Read MoreEver take a taxi cab ride and say to yourself, "You know, this is all fine and dandy, but it's just not sexy enough?" I know I have. An unsexy ride in a taxi cab can ruin your whole day. Fortunately, one hero in New York has a solution to this problem: the Sexy Taxi Song.
Read MoreSaudi Arabia is a special place. It has many venerated traditions, one of which unfortunately, is that every woman must have a male guardian, or mahram. The mahram is usually a woman's husband or father, and their permission is required for most things, including travel. Yes, believe it or not, this is a real thing. In 2013.
Read MoreThe upcoming Alfa 4C has been controversial to say the least, particularly in terms of styling. Would a retro design fix any doubts about the car?
Read MoreYou've had the dream, we've all had the dream: a perfect car museum filled with classics is empty for the night and you have the keys inside. That's what these two kids got to do at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.
Read MoreLast week the advertising agency Campbell-Ewald, which had the Chevrolet account for almost 90 years, announced they were relocating to Detroit from Warren, an inner-ring suburb whose mayor recently claimed is a "cleaner and safer city" than Detroit.
Read MoreAfter seeing those bizarro-world disguised Silver Shadows in that Grey Poupon commercial a few weeks back, we Jalops have been hyper-aware of the secret underworld of car-identity modification. Our very own Mike Spinelli found this excellent freak-mobile while closely scrutinizing commercials for secret coded messages to him from the future ghost of William H. Macy. The commercial was for Ameritrade, and the car was a BMW 2002 with the face of a Chevrolet C-10 pickup truck.
Read MoreLewis “I Really Like To Name-Drop Ayrton Senna” Hamilton may have a flashy new car at Mercedes but he’s also got some issues with self-importance. In a slightly surreal interview with The Guardian, he talked about building a museum for his trophies and his self-designed helmets, his new dog, and his new $30M plane.
Read MoreAfter being excited about the idea of a Rolls-Royce fastback, we were a bit disappointed by the final result. The Wraith isn't that radical after all.
Read MoreUsed car salesmen are used to bad drivers, but they probably aren't used to feeling like their lives are in danger. That's where disguised Jeff Gordon comes in.
Read MoreIf we hear anything from Russia about cars these days, it's typically followed by the words "dash cam." While this car has a dash cam, everything else is different. That's because these enthusiasts found a way drive it with an iPad.
Read MoreThe City of Detroit's finances are in such a wreck that in order to save it from completely falling off the cliff, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder could appoint an emergency financial manager, maybe even today, to balance the books and get things back on the right path.
Read MoreThere are a lot of little things that annoy me on the roads. One is a slow driver in the left lane on the highway. Seems like that annoys Maryland cops too, because they just ticketed a woman for doing 63 in the fast lane in a 65 zone. Good for them.
Read MorePeople did not buy the Stanza Wagon for its looks.
Read MoreI think pretty much everyone agrees the BRZ/FR-S/Toyota 86 triumvirate is a good time on four wheels, and we're just at the cusp of what will likely be a vast ocean of race-bred variations. It looks like the Monsterization machines over in Fukishima Prefecture have been working overtime, and the result is the Super 86.
Read MoreYes, that’s a Ford Escort flying through the air into a Lancia Stratos, pushing the Italian car out of the racing line. It is one of the most hilarious moves I’ve ever seen in motorsports, I just don’t know what race it’s from.
Read MoreWhat’s faster: a 1980s BMW 325ix, or…a Leopard tank? One TV show tried to find out.
Read MoreOur long, local nightmare is over: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, already a felon, has been convicted on 24 federal charges of racketeering, wire fraud, extortion and bribery today, practically guaranteeing a lengthy prison term and bringing a close to a chapter in the Motor City's history annals that read entirely too long.
Read MoreNBC is taking over Formula One coverage in America this year from longtime broadcaster SPEED. At first I was skeptical. Now I can't wait. It looks like the coverage will be what every single F1 fan has wanted for years. This is a good thing.
Read MoreDuring the two press days of the Geneva Motor Show, we got the opportunity to talk to some of the most interesting people in today's automotive industry. Horacio Pagani was one of them, and he told us what he likes and what he doesn't. If you work for McLaren you might want to stop reading now.
Read MoreYou realize half your life is over. You've worked hard. Maybe too hard. All you've got to show for it is a reasonable house in a reasonable neighborhood with a reasonable interest rate and a reasonable amount of money in your IRA. But have you lived? Time to start draining the money market account and buy something to make up for the loss.
Read MoreJason Carr was a man who loved NASCAR, football, hunting, and dogs. When he died in a car crash in 2009, his widow wanted to honor his passions by plastering them on his headstone. His granite, couch-shaped grave marker was to sit in the cemetery of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in North Vernon, Indianapolis with a NASCAR logo on top for all to see — until a priest said "forget it."
Read MoreThis is still a car site, but let’s talk about pedestrians for a bit.
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreI’m a big fan of the Volkswagen XL1 that was officially unveiled at Geneva and I am still considering what I’d offer someone at VW in order to get behind the wheel of one. Do I have to jump out of a balloon? But in less than 10 years, the Golf of that era might have a lot of the same tech and design touches of that are packed into the limited production XL1. At least that’s what the car’s engineer, Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, says.
Read MoreAnd now, it's time for a tale of good parenting and family values — Florida style.
Read MoreWhile we're on the subject of old cars vs. new ones, I'd like to share one of my biggest gripes with modern cars. You see something you're excited about, you pop open the hood, and then you gaze in awe at... a plastic engine cover. Come on!
Read MoreGo ahead and sit down if you aren't already, because I have some news that may upset you: it is possible that our beloved Toyota GT-86 (aka Scion FR-S, aka Subaru BRZ, aka The Toyobaru) could get a hybrid version in the near future. Gasp!
Read MoreRemember this week when reports surfaced that the next Ford Mustang will have an available 2.3-liter four-cylinder turbo engine, but only in Europe? That may not be the case after all. Fans of the Mustang SVO, rejoice!
Read MoreThe Geneva Motor Show was a rich show for the car enthusiast, with insanely powerful hypercars from Ferrari, McLaren, and Lamborghini. On top of all that, the carmakers brought out some of the most beautiful professionals we've seen at any show.
Read MoreToday we got a primer on how to drive naked. That’s fine, but there are bigger issues we need to tackle.
Read MoreFor years, stock car driver Tia Norfleet was heralded as a shining example of diversity in the historically not-so-diverse NASCAR. She has been touted in the media as the first black woman to race in NASCAR. But how much sanctioned racing has Norfleet done exactly? About one lap in a low-level event last year, despite her claims to the contrary.
Read MoreYou might think that classic American cruisers are all about the length of the hood, made aircraft carrier-sized to fit 37 liter V8s. Wrong! Trunks are the best part.
Read More(You know what's better when you're naked? Damn near everything, and that includes driving. But there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. Sam Gomez of GayWheels.com has some helpful tips for your next clothes-optional road trip.)
Read MoreTons of journalists are at the Geneva Motor Show eyeballing all the hypercars that were unveiled there, but I'm especially glad to see this report from Drive's Chris Harris. Why? Because at some point, I want to see videos of him getting sideways in all of these cars, if he can manage it.
Read MoreAccording to the current standards, the XL1 will do 261 miles per gallon. Realistically, it's more likely to do half of that. The truth is out there, but one thing is for sure: Volkswagen's two seater is an engineering masterpiece.
Read MoreThe '91 Caprice was a lot of car. More than 18 feet long and tipping the scales at 4,300 pounds, it was huge. As John Davis noted, it was also there to show all those dopey minivans everyone was driving who was boss. Plus, at about $97 per inch, what a great buy!
Read MoreLast night we had a great party in Peacthree City for Jalopnik and Gizmodo readers . There was conversation, baked potato pizza, and the ever generous and spirited Globe shoe model Rutledge Wood regaling us with stories of untamed Mexico. What we lacked was a Viper. That didn't stop nearly a dozen fans from hanging out in our hotel lobby for Travis to pull up in the car much much later. Everywhere we go, we attract car people. To wit, after lunch we found this modified Nissan GT-R and its owner
Read MoreWe've all had crappy jobs, but some are more memorable than others. For me, the most memorable — and really the most enjoyable — minimum wage job I've ever had was also the most brief. A Volkswagen shop owner in Virginia Beach hired me to strip a bunch of derelict Beetles and chop up their rusted carcasses with a Sawzall.
Read MoreTen million is just a number, you can't really put a price on the F1 LM XP1. McLaren won't sell it to you anyway. Lewis Hamilton wanted it badly, but he had to make do with a Pagani Zonda 760 RS.
Read MoreJust because you can do something doesn't mean that you necessarily should. Hence the curious lack of venison-flavored gum with an appletini-and-wasabi center. The same goes for technology as well. There's a vast array of incredible things that we're capable of, technologically, but not all of those things make sense. Proximity keys for cars are one of those things.
Read MoreYou know how we're always bitching and moaning about how Europe gets cooler cars than we do? If these reports are accurate, then there's one more we can add to that list: a turbocharged four-cylinder Ford Mustang with 300 horsepower.
Read MoreNo fancy headline, no clever story. This is just two-and-a-half minutes of glorious exterior and interior shots of Ferrari's new LaFerrari hypercar at the Geneva Motor Show.
Read MoreThe new Jaguar F-Type is one handsome car, but how good does it look next to the classic Jaguar sports cars of the 1940s, '50s, and '60s?
Read MoreIn Geneva this week, Ferrari offered more insight into its recent collaboration with Apple. (No, not that apple, which is all Mercedes). The House of Enzo showed a Ferrari FF with two iPad Minis built into the front seat-backs for rear passengers' enjoyment. It's also got Siri smartphone integration.
Read MoreLet's say you have a 470 horsepower Jeep and an open invitation from NASCAR to come hang out for a few hours. What do you do? You go play on their race simulators and make an ass out of yourself practicing a pitstop. That's what you do.
Read MoreNew new cars. Too heavy, doors too high to cock your elbow out, weird plastics, the works. It’s not a problem old Morgans have. Come and join us in the oldest new car on the show floor, the Morgan 4/4.
Read MoreSo, as we all know, Hugo Chávez died yesterday. Now, despite the hidden right-wing-leftist-anarcho-monarchist subtexts I include in all my posts, we're not really a political blog, so we'll just say that Chavez' legacy is, at very best, checkered. So, despite whatever reservations I may have about the man and his long tenure as Venezuela's Grande Queso, I do have to donate props to the man for one thing: as far as I know, he was the one of the only recent world leaders to drive a VW Beetle.
Read MoreThis just in from the drug-fueled vehicle-related rampage capitol of the United States: A 21-year-old Florida man has been arrested after police say he went on a nude rampage through an apartment complex, tried to steal a woman's car with a child inside, and jumped on the hood of a police car all while declaring he loved cocaine. Which he needed more of, apparently. (We'll agree to disagree there.)
Read MoreStick a Suzuki GSX-R engine into a tiny offroad buggy, let it loose on a snow-covered forest rally stage and you have the Finnish Crosskart Championship, possibly your new favorite motorsport.
Read MoreYou all no doubt remember Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian superbadass who jumped out of a balloon last year 128,000 feet above the earth and hit 843.6 mph with his body because Red Bull asked him to. Now he has been called to perform an equally dangerous task: drive the obscenely efficient Volkswagen XL1.
Read MoreThe barn find is the ultimate prospect for a car collector – it offers a kind of untouched, deflowered vehicle. They are the virgins of the auto world.
Read MoreIt seems like Google has covered the entire world with its all-seeing gaze, but Jalopnik readers know ten amazing roads worldwide that aren't on Street View.
Read MoreStarting at around $60,000, the Alfa Romeo 4C won't be cheap in the US. Than again it's going to be a bargain compared to Alfa's previous adventure, the V8-powered 8C. But after examining the three cars they brought to Geneva, I could see where they plan to save a few Euros.
Read MoreGood news: You may not be able to fit in the open-top Toyobaru, but you can fit in the new Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan.
Read MoreHow do you say "massive PR clusterfuck" in Chinese? That's exactly what one Buick dealership in the Liaoning province is facing after it used the image of a murdered infant in an online advertisement recently.
Read MoreI jumped into the McLaren P1 yesterday and since that's very spartan in order to save weight, I was wondering what Lamborghini put into their $4.6 million carbon fiber dream. Turns out this is what the three lucky owners got for their money.
Read MoreIf Germany is the Land of Chocolate, then Switzerland is surely the Land Where Crazy, Expensive, And Crazily Expensive Cars Are Revealed. There is also chocolate in Switzerland as well, so they get the best of everything. Did you miss Day Two of the Geneva Motor Show? Then come along with us as we take a look at some of yesterday's biggest hits.
Read MoreWe've made it extremely clear that we've wanted nothing more in life from Chrysler than a Jeep pickup truck. We love Jeep pickup trucks. Because America. Now Jeep is indicating that they're into it, too. Are you screwing with us Jeep? Are you trying to scramble our brains? We take this very seriously.
Read MoreWith hypercars spilling out of Italy and England, it's all quiet on the NSX front. Why?
Read MoreOperation Kidnap Kenny B is underway. He has seen the next Mustang. We will get whatever information out of him we can.
Read MoreIn the last 24 hours we entered a new golden age of unreal supercars, ushered in by the McLaren P1, Porsche 918 Spyder, and Ferrari LaFerrari. They are all their own unique interpretations of the ethos of each brand. But they all have one thing in common: They're all hybrids.
Read MoreOnce you realize that pretty much everything around you, no matter how seemingly small and insignificant, has a story behind it, the world becomes much more interesting. Your car is packed full of parts with good stories behind them (the tragic tale of Sir Nathan Airfilter comes to mind) but the one I'd like to talk about today is for the humble spark plug. Though we now employ them, slave-like, to ignite our fuel hundreds of times a minute, their ancestors were once used to make Victorian-era l
Read MoreWe showed you some pics of ItalDesign's sort-of neo-Stratos-like supercar-in-hiking-boots yesterday, though at the time we referred to it as the X-GT. It now appears the official name is the Giugiaro Parcour. It's as wonderful as it is insane.
Read MoreSomeone, somewhere, must have decided that Aston Martin grilles sell cars. First Ford ripped off the look for it's Fusion revamp. Now, Subaru — after turning it's Legacy wagon into a bulbous minivan a few years ago to sell more cars — may join the club; the Aston Martin grille club.
Read MoreThe all-seeing Eye of Google Street View has covered most of the US by now, but a few distant roads remain unseen.
Read More(Gran Turismo has both original tracks and real world circuits. Jordan Greer over at GTPlanet has discovered that one of the most popular original circuits might actually be based on a long lost race track in Iowa. This is the story in his words. - T.O.)
Read MoreThe Nova Scotia physics professor who was charged with impaired driving and dangerous driving has struck a plea deal that will keep him out of jail, but off the roads for a while. Today Brandon van Zyl, owner of the 2011 Maserati Quattroporte involved in a crash in New Glasgow last fall, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of driving in a careless and imprudent manner. That carries a 6 month licence suspension and a $1000 fine. The original charges could have put him in prison for up to 5 years.
Read MoreMuch of the Geneva Motor Show happened while you were sleeping, which didn't stop us from covering it. Wondering what happened? Scroll down through this page or use this as your cheat sheet.
Read MoreThe LaFerrari looks amazing sitting on the Geneva show floor. The name sounds stupid. Here is the first video of the car on track. The engine sounds unreal and it looks fantastic on the move. The name still sounds stupid.
Read MoreThe LaFerrari has more power than the McLaren P1, it's also a hybrid made entirely of carbon fibre, it will do 62 mph under 3 seconds, and they will only make 499 while already having about 700 orders. So yes, it's sold out. But what goes on in Sergio Marchionne's head?
Read MoreIf you’ve always wanted a humongous sort-of-British fastback, Rolls-Royce has now got you covered with the 623-hp Wraith. The most powerful Rolls ever made is also the most Mustang-y.
Read MoreWe've heard the new Ferrari Enzo replacement, which we've been calling the Ferrari F150, may be called the LaFerrari. That's not a joke. This image above cropped up and, while it may be a render, people are calling it a very accurate image of the car. Oh, and we've got real stats (we think). Power. Speed. The whole LaEnchilada.
Read MoreIn case you haven't heard, the fiscal order in Detroit is a little sloppy. Governor Rick Snyder announced last Friday he's going to appoint an emergency financial manager to get things straightened out (barring a response from city council that adequately shows they can fix what's wrong without one, or if state and local officials successfully fight the appointment — which, probably won't happen).
Read MoreVW's been teasing us with 1930s World-Of-Tomorrow-looking teardrop-shaped streamliner experimental efficiency cars since 2002's L1. The latest revision, and the first one slated for any kind of production was just unveiled at Geneva, the XL1. VW says the two-seater will get about 260 MPG, and they're planning on making at least 250 of them to start. Oh, also I think it's the first passenger car offered for sale without a conventional rear window since the Tatra T87.
Read MoreThe Porsche 911 is all well and good. The 911 Turbo is fantastic. But people that like driving, well they get the 911 GT3. Here's the newest one. Holy shit this looks great. (UPDATE: It's better than you thought.)
Read MoreIt's been 151 years since the USS Monitor — the U.S. Navy's first iron-clad warship — sank in the Atlantic Ocean near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But the remains of two sailors found in the wreck's turret in 2002 will finally be laid to rest with full military honors this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
Read MoreThe Internet: it’s a good place to buy a mustache or meet a goat prostitute, but is it a good place to sell your car? Jalopnik readers know ten ads that indicate yes.
Read MoreJust passing someone on the road is so boring. Pull out to pass, accelerate, pull back in. Yawn. Thank God we have Russian Subaru drivers.
Read MoreAs Ferrari, McLaren, and Porsche ready their reserved, eco-friendly hypercars, Sant'Agata preps the Lamborghini Veneno, a $4.6 million middle finger of a car.
Read MoreHow deep is your lust for the insane $4.6 million Lamborghini Veneno? A Czech auto forum has uncovered even better photos of the three-off hypercar that debuts at the Geneva Motor Show this week, so it's looking like this thing is for real after all.
Read MoreAlarm systems are commonplace now, as pretty much every car has one or is available with one from the factory. And they honk and wail when someone bumps into your car outside Chili’s and no one bothers to notice your car screaming.
Read MoreWell, color me disappointed. Even though I recently managed to save up 810,000 British pounds so I could buy a Pagani Huayra (I moonlight as a gentleman art thief in the UK when I'm not working for Jalopnik), the car is now out of my price range as it has jumped up to 1,029,430 pounds. Blimey!
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz CLA, the good-looking entry level sedan that was unveiled with Kate Upton-filled fanfare during the Super Bowl, isn't just another car for the luxury brand. It's crucial to their future, and that of their embattled chairman, Dieter Zetsche.
Read MoreClearly, I was born at least 10 years too late. Aside from, well, people who write about cars and the friends I have who know how to operate a clutch pedal, cars are of shockingly little interest to most people my age. And here’s more evidence to prove that.
Read MoreDrag racing on public roads: It's fun, it's illegal, it's stupid, it's dangerous, and anyone can do it. Even a pair of Iowa school bus drivers who had a bunch of elementary school kids on board.
Read MoreWell, it was fun while it lasted. As we have known for some time, the motorsports-only SPEED network is on the way out so parent company Fox can replace it with a general sports network that they hope will compete with ESPN. Now we know that network's name: Fox Sports 1.
Read MoreAnother weekend of NASCAR racing is underway, but last weekend's crash at Daytona remains on everyone's minds. Today, NASCAR officials said they are examining the placement of gates that separate the grandstands from the track.
Read MoreMark Shaefer is a Jalopnik reader with a problem. It is, however, an enviable problem, and one I hope we can all help him solve.
Read MoreThe other day, I was out walking my dog when I noticed one of the newer Subaru Legacy sedans. Like most Subarus, it wasn't an especially good-looking car, but one thing about it really struck me: the color. It was brown. "Damn," I said to my dog. "That's an especially nice shade of brown."
Read MorePricing hasn't yet been announced for the upcoming 2014 Corvette, but if it's anything like the outgoing Corvette C6, it will start around $50,000. But there's a possibility that Chevrolet is working on an even less expensive "budget Corvette."
Read MoreA funny thing happened to the al-Qaida terrorist network over the last decade or so. While the so-called "War on Terror" waged by America and her allies has been extremely costly in dollars as well as lives, it has largely resulted in the cleaning of al-Qaida's clock. Today they're generally considered a shadow of their former selves, and that's why they're lowering their expectations a bit.
Read MoreThe last couple years have been a bit rough for Spyker, the Dutch supercar manufacturer that tried but failed to rescue Saab and lost a ton of money in the process. Now Spyker says they spent 2012 restructuring its debt and improving its finances, and they're poised to make a "resurgence" with a news sportscar concept at the Geneva Motor Show.
Read MoreSubaru first started bringing the WRX to the U.S. back when I was in high school. God, I wanted one so badly. It had a turbo engine! It had all-wheel-drive! It had a stick shift! It could give BMW and Audi a run for their money at a fraction of the cost! That car was a true game changer.
Read MoreJust a reminder, Adrian Sutil, returning F1 driver for Force India, was found guilty of cutting a man in the neck with a broken champagne glass.
Read MoreGood Lord, I am so glad that the whole "Harlem Shake" thing is on the way out. To say that it was "massively irritating" is the understatement of the year. (It seems to have been replaced by a meme that involves putting screams into a video by someone named Taylor Swift.) But before the shake goes away forever, it has triggered an investigation from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Read MoreSpring is nearly here and we're anxious to trade the dark hipster monastery that is the Gawker office for the beautiful open highways of America. And what better escape vehicle than an SRT Viper GTS? We're going on a road trip, y'all, and we're bringing some friends. Come hang out with us on our SRTxSW adventure.
Read MoreWade Beauchamp just finished writing his book, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, and like anyone who's just finished writing a book, he was ready to do anything but type more stupid words into a stupid computer, already.
Read MoreHonda is testing the brand new Civic WTCC for the '13 season. After completing the last three races of the 2012 championship, a two car works team will try to beat the competition with 2009 World Touring Car Champion Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro behind the wheel.
Read MoreFormer AT&T boss and 10-month GM CEO Ed Whitacre has a book out about how he saved GM. I've already lampooned that notion, but it's nice to see 'Maximum' Bob Lutz chime in, if only because Lutz was there and because Lutz is a jet-flying, Global Warming-denying madman who always speaks his mind. Lutz, predictably, calls Whitacre's story a "fable."
Read MoreThe saga over what Jeremy Clements said is no longer about what he said. That a NASCAR driver blurted out "the n-word" to a reporter is news, although not particularly surprising or interesting news. What is interesting is how much of this story revolves around the timidity of MTV reporter Marty Beckerman and MTV in general, and how that timidity has harmed everyone around them.
Read MoreFor generations, hopelessly asocial men have bought cars in the hopes of attracting women. Jalopnik readers know that more often than not, the plan backfires in the harshest way.
Read MoreFour-wheel drive. Everyone seems to have it these days and, frankly, it's getting a bit boring. Mercedes realizes that too. But unlike everyone else, they're here to make a difference. That's where the brand new G63 6x6 comes in.
Read MoreAll week long, NASCAR fans have been wondering exactly what racially-charged comment driver Jeremy Clements made to an MTV blogger last weekend that resulted in Clements' indefinite suspension from racing. Well, now we know... sort of.
Read MoreAs is a common occurrence for many gamblers, Honda has been having a run of bad luck rollin' the bones on its recent model introductions. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe ’90 CRX comes from an era when the company seemingly was endowed with hot dice and was on a roll. But, will this Si's price mean it's crapping out?
Read MoreThere’s been so much love for the Merkur XR4Ti these days, that I’ll bet it makes Ford wonder where the hell were you guys in the ‘80s? This Nice Price or Crack Pipe Euro Thrash is here today, and it’s up to you to say whether its price is anything to love.
Read MoreSaabs have always been eclectic, from the ignition lock between their seats, to their cute little mid-car mud flaps. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe ’91 900 SPG is no exception, but will you take exception with its price?
Read MoreVery few consumer-targeted trucks have ever come with stacks. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Dodge D150 L’il Red Express Truck is just so exhaustively featured, but is its price stacked against it?
Read MoreEverybody loves a makeover and today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe second generation Supra is not only representative of that marque’s transition from sporty tourer to brawny super coupe, but has itself been overhauled. The question is, does its price also need a makeover?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender is a fourteen grand Ferrari. Those words are rarely spoken outside the context of a roadside smoldering heap, or when being quoted the cost of a major tune up, so one has to ask, what’s the catch?
Read MoreChevy’s Blazer was voted 1995‘s Truck of the Year by noted automotive authority, Playboy magazine. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe ’97 Blazer might like to play, owing to its LS1 power, but would you be a big boob to pay its asking price?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pierre Cardin Evolution 1 is massively rare and ‘80s fabulously fashionable. But while it’s haute couture, is it priced to make someone want to slip into its designer genes?
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Toyota says it’s a Turbo Tercel done right- and readily anticipates challenges to that statement. Right now it’s up to you to determine if it’s also a Tercel priced nice.
Read MoreThe second generation Toyota Celica was the first production car design from the company’s California-based Calty design center. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe '78 is their Liftback design, but is its price designed to give you a lift?
Read MoreWhile Coors Light may be more famously known as the Silver Bullet, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe RENNTech E60 RS could rightfully claim that title. And as alcohol and automobiles don’t mix, we’re going to see if this tuner Benz’s price can persuade you into putting down your beer and picking up your checkbook.
Read MoreIf you hold faith in the smooth lyrics of Isaac Hayes then Shaft was a bad mofo. If you likewise believe the ad for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe SBC Z then you can be one too. And not only that, but a Bad Ass one! That is of course if you don’t think that its price would be like getting the shaft.
Read MoreSo many of Pontiac’s mid-enginers have been perverted into faux-rraris and the like that it’s refreshing to find one that’s stock. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Fiero isn’t stock however, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take stock of its fresh price.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Range Rover has had its bed made. It’s up to you to say whether its price is worth sleeping on.
Read MoreAlejandro deTomaso was like a graffiti artist, always willing to append his name to damn-near any automotive enterprise. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Dodge 024 may be one of the Argentinian’s lesser scribbles, but does its price make it worth signing on the dotted line?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Triumph is probably one of the best condition TR7 coupes you could find. That’s likely due to it having only 15,000 miles, but begs the question does that make it worth fifty cents for each of those miles?
Read MoreWe all love Mini trucks, right? Well set your hearts to flutter because today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe mini truck is a real Mini Truck. Will your heart however, also love its price?
Read MoreThe mantra of a certain eclectic Texas town is to keep Austin weird. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1970 Bug is Austin-located, and with a Mazda 13B is kind of weirdly wonderful. Hopefully for its seller, the price won’t weird you out.
Read MoreTop Gear is presently in the middle of a cracking two-parter about the lads traversing Africa in three estates they bought for 1500 quid each. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Civic Wagon is even less than that, but do you think it’s worth it to try and catch up with Jezza, Captain Slow and the Hamster?
Read MoreFiat used to own SEAT, but these days the company that's as Spanish as paella is a subsidiary of Volkswagen. At no time, under either of those companies, did the US get a chance at Seat ownership. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ibiza intends to change all that, but only if enough of you own up to liking its price.
Read MoreIntroduced in late 1975 as the US member of GM’s global T-platform, the Chevy Chevette was for a time the lightest production car built in America. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Chevette is somewhat more hefty owing to its Buick mill, but will that addition ensure its price fits to a T?
Read MoreEver been on a tiny, cramped plane and wondered how it's still in service? Jalopnik readers know every last one of these planes, and here are the ten worst.
Read MoreThe Porsche 918 Spyder is a big part of the hypercar barrage that is coming our way over the next 12 months. And Porsche has decided that buying the 918 is the equivalent of finding a golden amulet, one that makes you better than the rest. That's why Porsche has created the 918 Spyder VIP program.
Read MoreThere are a lot of bad drivers on the road. Which brands do they gravitate to more than others?
Read MoreGerman Sebastian Vettel is 25, which makes him a little younger than me. In 103 grand prix starts, Vettel has won 27 races and three championships, which makes him more successful than me in F1. He's also already established himself as one of the all-time grand prix greats. But Vettel was basically bred to be an F1 champion since the day he was born and is probably the luckiest son of a bitch on the grid.
Read MoreLike you, I know that awkward moments create the finest humor. That's why the podium for the Malaysian Grand Prix was so amazing.
Read MoreJames Hinchcliffe is a rare IndyCar driver: He has a personality, and it's a likable one. He calls himself the "Mayor of Hinchtown," which, as far as I can tell, is not an incorporated municipality in any state. Well, he just had a dynamite run in St. Petersburg to win his first ever IndyCar race.
Read MoreTeam orders. They have been allowed in F1 for a few years now. They aren't used as much anymore, but that doesn't mean they don't still exist. In the case of Red Bull Racing, they're in place, but it seems like three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel doesn't really care. At all.
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreElliott Skeer is an 18-year-old race driver competing in the Mazda MX5 Cup — that's the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup — for CJ Wilson Racing. This past weekend at Sebring, Skeer, aka the baby-faced assassin, took the race's second 18-lap round, thanks to a dramatic pass on the last lap.
Read MoreThere is no denying that Lewis Hamilton is one of the most brilliant Formula One drivers and motorsports talents of all time. Hamilton was a child prodigy, signed to a contract with McLaren when he was just 13 years old. He nearly won a world championship in his first season in F1 and beat the sophomore slump to win a championship in his second. But other than those feats, he's one of the most annoying, entitled, and whiny drivers on the grid.
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreBrian Deegan has a kind-of passion for racing that seems downright bizarre after hearing a portion of his credentials for life-threatening experiences.
Read MoreThroughout the How To Drive Fast series, I’ve offered opinions based on the experience I’ve amassed during my 17-years behind the wheel. The whole basis of this column is to help you drive faster, and learn the tricks and techniques utilized in the quest for victory. But for this piece, I turned to my friends for help: This is how to achieve the perfect lap, and it’s told by four of the fastest drivers on the planet.
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreTucked away in a factory, deep in the heart of England, a group of engineers worked tirelessly through the winter. Their dream was to craft a World Championship winning machine, capable of re-writing the history books. They garnered the most powerful engines, enlisted the world’s fastest drivers, and constructed an ingenious chassis that combined to produce a car so dominant it’s known today as the greatest Formula One car of all-time: the McLaren MP4/4.
Read MoreWelcome 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 MoreEvery time I see the Scion tC, one thought comes to my head. It's kind of like the Infiniti G37 on a budget. Sure, the tC is a front driver, but for some reason I see a similarity. There is now a new tC, and it still looks like the G37's gateway drug.
Read MoreGoodbye Art and Science, hello Bronx High School of Science. It's the 2014 Cadillac CTS, now fully leaked and in all its new-luxury glory ahead of a formal unveiling at the New York Auto Show this week.
Read MoreThe Land Rover turns 65-years old this April, so I thought it's time to dig deep into the archives to find the best photos from its muddy history. The one above is from 1948, the year when this British icon was presented to the public at the Amsterdam Motor Show.
Read MoreYou think you were excited about what Lamborghini was unveiling at Geneva? We talked to two of the three gentlemen who bought a Lamborghini Veneno for more than $4 million before they ever set eyes on the real thing. That's love... and a lot of faith in Lamborghini's designers.
Read MoreMcLaren's stand was always busy at the Geneva Motor Show, with great people around including Ron Dennis himself. They also had the best dessert, champagne, the MP4-12C with and without a roof and the F1 LM XP1. Of course the main attraction was the P1 hypercar, and we talked to someone who probably knows more about that than anybody else: Paul Mackenzie, leader of the P1 development program, and head of Special Operations at McLaren.
Read MoreDo you like Batman? Do you like Pagani Zondas? Who am I kidding, of course you do, you're a human. Now, one intrepid Argentinian has combined his love of both into one. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Zonda!
Read MoreYou know how sometimes you get a really stupid idea in your head, and it won't just go away until you, somehow, act upon it? Not only is this the story behind 90% of swastika tattoos, but it's also the story behind this post you're reading right now. In this case, the idea is this simple question: if you had to make an actually-produced spaceship into a car, what would be the best choice?
Read MoreWe were confronted with the idea of a 501-day mission to send two people on a flyby of Mars. There's only one way to make this work and it involves porn stars.
Read MoreRemember Dennis Tito? He's the millionaire who became the first space tourist back in 2001, who bought himself a ticket on a Soyuz heading to the International Space Station. Now he's got some big new space plans: he wants to send two people on a Mars flyby mission in 2018. If he can pull it off, there's lots of interesting things that will happen even if you ignore the fact that two people will swing around Mars.
Read MoreWhen he's not making electric cars, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk's other venture is trying to privatize spaceflight. And his company, SpaceX, took a big step in that direction this morning when they launched the Dragon capsule into orbit with the goal of bringing more than one ton of supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station.
Read MoreFor as long as it's been around, the Subaru WRX hasn't really been about aesthetics. It's the kind of car where once you get behind the wheel and start driving, the way it looks on the outside becomes irrelevant. That's good because most WRX-es have ended up looking like Corollas with hood scoops and absurd wings. The Subaru WRX Concept aims to change all that.
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important - all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important - all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important - all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
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