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  • 560 Horsepower, 1355 Miles: From Daytona To NYC In An Audi RS7

    BAM. BAM. BAM. The woman in front of me clacks a pack of cigs against the gas station minimart counter before paying. I put down a few bucks for my first coffee of the trip and walk out into the night. It's 4am and our Audi RS7 sits idling in the cold Virginia air. We have five hours of driving ahead of us and seventeen behind us. Even with heated seats, air suspension, and 560 horsepower, this 1300 mile road trip is destroying me.

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  • The 2014 Mini Cooper Is The Future Of BMW

    Do you want to know the deepest, darkest secrets of the future of the BMW brand? With the possible exception of the i3 and i8, these secrets don't lie under the hood of any car with a roundel badge; they're hidden within this guy, the 2014 Mini Cooper. No, seriously.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Yes, You Can Hoon A $70,000, 420 HP Cadillac On Ice And Snow

    A little ice and snow on the roads never hurt anyone. (Wait, no. Yes it has. Never mind.) But the prevailing wisdom among many Americans is that the dead of winter means a fun, powerful, rear-wheel drive car must sit in the garage. I, and this 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport, proved them wrong.

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  • Just How Easy Is It To Rent An Exotic Car?

    Justin Bieber was pulled over and arrested for numerous offenses earlier today in a rented Lamborghini Gallardo that included DUI and resisting arrest. He's 19 years old and he had a suspended license. So how the hell did he get in the car in the first place? Welcome to the world of high priced exotic rentals.

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  • The 2014 BMW M235i Coupe Is What You Hope All BMWs Will Be

    LA is lousy with BMWs. After seeing innumerable X3s and X6s parking across multiple parking places, it's easy to forget some very crucial things. Things like the fundamental goodness of humans and BMW's remarkable ability to make incredible sports coupés. Luckily, the new BMW M235i will remind you of half of those things.

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  • Owner Of Camaro ZL1 Crashed By Dealership Is Getting A New Car

    Debbie and John Hooper were devastated when their Chevy dealership crashed their beloved Camaro ZL1, then couldn't find a suitable replacement for the wrecked car. Now the Hoopers claim that GM and another dealer from Michigan have stepped up and found them the right car.

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  • 2014 Kia Soul: The Jalopnik Review

    If there was ever a modern car that was defined by its marketing campaign, it's the 2014 Kia Soul. You can't go anywhere in the boxy little hatchback without someone mentioning those hamsters. Thankfully, there's more to this car than cute TV commercials.

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  • 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S Wagon: The Jalopnik Review

    Hot rod wagons are a nasty fetish to a very particular group of people, just like fantasy football or horse pornography. Mercedes knows they aren't going to sell a billion E63 Wagons in America, but they're making a very particular group go nuts. That includes most automotive journalists and readers of this website.

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Culture (62)

  • Try To Explain The New NASCAR "Chase Grid" In Less Than 500 Words

    After last year's Chase For The Cup confusion, NASCAR has overhauled the way it picks a champion. You can read about it here and, maybe, understand it. There's now something called "The Chase Grid," which sounds like a terrible '80s Tron spoof starring Chevy Chase. Can you make it clear to us in <500 words?

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  • Jeep Patriot Craigslist Ad May Be Poetry Or Descent Into Madness Or Both

    One of the best things about Craigslist is the always-exciting chance of the absolutely unexpected. An ad for a used PlayStation could present you with a picture of genitals, or a rant about reptillian control of the National Weather Service. Here, an ad for a Jeep Patriot gives you a look into the depths of an unhinged mind.

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  • So, How Are Electric Racecars Supposed To Work?

    We all know that electric cars can be fast — very fast — and that they have the potential to make outstanding racecars. Except one big, looming issue, the same cruel monster that haunts every electric car — how far can they actually go?

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  • Now You Can Own Ayrton Senna's NSX

    How would you like to own a copy of the greatest Japanese car of all time owned by the legendary racing driver who had a hand in its development? At a British auction in February, you could have a shot at owning what could be considered THE Honda NSX.

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  • The Correct Way To Pronounce Koenigsegg

    Some of the most mystifying cars made today come from the small Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg. They also posses one of the most difficult names to pronounce correctly. Thankfully, the Youtube channel Pronunciation Manual is here to help.

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  • Inside Ken Lingenfelter's Perfectly Ridiculous Private Car Collection

    Ken Lingenfelter's heart must be almost dangerously large given the number of cars that have a special place inside of it, from American muscle to the best sports cars Europe ever built and one extremely strange Corvette. What happens when you build a collection of 190 vehicles out of nothing more than love and nostalgia? Heaven.

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  • The Ten Most Prostituted Car Platforms Ever

    A car platform can cost billions of dollars to develop, which means automakers try to get value out of the existing ones as possible without the consumers realizing their new luxury car is related to a 30-year-old Iranian taxi cab. Here are ten most prostituted car platforms.

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  • Your Ridiculously Awesome Rolls-Royce Phantom Wallpaper Is Here

    I never the desire of luxury automakers to stick their engines, the heart and soul of their cars, under vast acreage of plastic. That's one of the (very many) reasons why I've always liked cars from the hyper-luxury automakers. They let you see all of that engineering beauty and perfection for yourself.

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  • The Five Weirdest Drivers Ever To Hit The Daytona 24 Hours

    The Daytona 24 Hours, now known as the Rolex 24 at Daytona because sponsorship, is the premier event of the American GT-racing season. You would think it attracts some of the best drivers in the world, and it does. But for some reason it also attracts some of most unusual drivers in racing.

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  • The Most Notorious Moments In Celebrity Automotive History

    Bill Gates used to get into a lot of trouble for using certain turbocharged Porsches as God intended. We forgive him because he helped pushing through "show and display" laws, making Jerry Seinfeld very happy. But there are some celebrities who were plain idiots on the road, and here are ten of the worst.

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  • The Ten Weirdest Automotive World Records

    Records are meant to be broken. And whether that record is eating pizza or putting 28 gymnasts in a Mini Cooper, all are equally important and impressive. These are the 10 wildest automotive world records.

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  • Hey Car Designers, What The Fuck Does 'Emotional' Mean?

    Wow. Such PR. Very buzzword. Many catchy. So bullshit. The word "emotional" and whatever it stands for has a kudzu-like hold on the automotive industry at the moment and it's frustrating for consumers because no one knows exactly what the hell it means.

    By Aaron Foley Read More

  • The Ten Ugliest Police Cars In America

    Police cars should be easy to recognize and project authority. They need an interesting, cool design that makes them stand out. Here are ten departments that really missed the mark with their cruisers.

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  • What's The Ugliest Police Car Design In America?

    When Austin, Texas chose a new police chief a few years back, one of his first edicts was that the city's patrol cars would have a black and white color scheme instead of the colorful graphics they had used for years. He had several reasons for this.

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  • Your Ridiculously Awesome BMW M6 Wallpaper Is Here

    We all have our own biases, I'll be the first to admit. I really, really did not like the second generation BMW 6-series. It looked fat and slow, in every way possible. But the third 6er, especially in M form, looks as far from that as possible. It looks lean, slick, and fast.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • The Man Who Invented The Telephone Was A Secret Speed Freak

    On February 14th, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell got his name put in the history books when he beat fellow inventor Elisha Gray to the patent office with his new creation, the telephone. And while the telephone's importance to humanity is neat, it's not exactly Bell's most adrenaline-pumping idea. For that, you need water. And speed.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • You Won't Believe This Crazy Car Wore A Lincoln Badge

    Lincoln had a big, fancy, upscale lounge-looking display at the Detroit Auto Show this week that screamed "We're not a dead brand yet!" but their lineup says "We could use some fresh ideas!" Why not go with one of the weirdest cars ever to wear a Lincoln badge?

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  • The Detroit Auto Show Was Green Where It Needed To Be

    Among U.S. car shows, there's been an increasing trend towards stuff you can actually buy, with bizarro concepts largely killed by the bankruptcy. There was no shortage of real cars at this year's Detroit Auto Show, even if that meant there were no spectacular advancements in alternative energy.

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  • The Most Horrendous Corporate Grilles

    Doug DeMuro issued a pitch-perfect takedown of that much-loathed, much feared scourge of modern automobile design: the corporate grille. As he explained in his piece, this is almost never a good idea.

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  • The Nissan IDx Is A Pornographic Interpretation Of A Modern Datsun 510

    It sure was nice of Nissan to use their controversial dream-invasion technology to find out what cars we desire most and not just broadcast all our pervy nighttime fantasies, unlike some carmakers I could mention. Here's some nice car porny pictures of the results of that research, the IDx concepts we saw in Detroit.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • The Ten Best City Cars Ever Made

    Designing a city car is harder than you think. Such a vehicle has to be good value, economical, safe and stylish while being as practical as possible. Here are ten cars perfect for conquering a metropolis.

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  • Is Skoda Secretly Volkswagen's Best Brand?

    We don't get Skodas in America. That's really too bad. As far as I can tell, Skoda has the most dynamic, interesting, and fun lineup amongst all of the brands that the VW Group owns. And I mean all of them.

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  • The Secrets Of The Equus Bass, The Best Muscle Car Mashup You Can Buy

    Looking at the Equus Bass (guitar, not fish) is a little disorienting. The car-recognizer parts of your brain start firing, but all at once. It's like every major American muscle car was placed into a giant blender and cast into this. It's like one of those composite cars in Grand Theft Auto. Also, it's fantastic.

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  • Acura Is Slowly Committing Suicide

    This was originally going to be a piece in which I congratulated Acura for inventing a 2006 Lexus IS350 with their grille on it, a vehicle they refer to as the TLX Concept. But I won't do that. There's no point in poking fun of Acura anymore.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • What's The Greatest City Car Of All Time?

    What happens when you live in a big, crowded, traffic-filled city, but the thought of using public transportation with all the other smelly poors makes you throw up in your mouth a little bit? You need a city car!

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  • The Ten Best Cars Of Famous Politicians

    Politicians have chauffeurs and big sedans usually painted black, with optional armor plating. But some of them drive interesting cars too once the shift is over, and these are the ten best.

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  • The 2015 Chrysler 200's Interior Was Inspired By An Eames Chair

    While walking the floor at the Detroit auto show, I caught up with Chrysler design chief/the automotive industry's resident badass Ralph Gilles about what was in designers' heads when approaching the redesigned 200. They found their inspiration in, among several other things, classic Eames lounge chairs.

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  • The Ten Hardest Car Names To Pronounce

    Numbers are boring, most violent animal names are already taken. What do you do? Use lots of vowels and letter combinations the British can't decode. Welcome to the ten hardest names in the car industry!

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  • The Best Car Tattoos Of All Time

    Last week, we saw a Chrysler LeBaron tattoo, and I immediately set out to declare it the "worst tattoo" I had ever seen. But I was wrong. And for that, I apologize. It is not the worst, nor is it even bad. That's because it's just come full circle again, and it's amazing. And there are a lot of amazing tattoos out there.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • A Brief History Of The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (And Why It Matters)

    Pictures of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 first leaked yesterday, and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. People loved the aggressive intakes, the menacing spoilers, and the "I'm gonna get ya" face. Readers were also surprised that the Z06 was such a drastic step from the base Corvette. But if you know history, you shouldn't be.

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  • Blue, Fast And Mean: The History Of The Volkswagen R32 And Golf R

    The original Volkswagen GTI is credited with starting the entire hot hatchback phenomenon. But somewhere along the line, the mad scientists at Volkswagen decided their hot Golf wasn't quite as hot as it could be. The result is hardcore performance brought to you by the letter "R."

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  • Dear America: You Suck For Not Buying These Amazing Cars In 2013

    I've got a bone to pick with you, America. And this time it's not over the usual reasons like drone strikes, credit default swaps, various Kardashians, or how the breakfasts at IHOP don't look nearly as appetizing as the photos in the menus. It's over the cars you chose to buy in 2013.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • What's The Most 'Detroit' Car Ever?

    Ever since I read the accidentally leaked 2015 Chrysler 200 press release, I'm stuck on this one sentence: "Surprising details include a rendering of the City of Detroit skyline embossed on the rubber mat in the bottom of the pass-through storage of the center console."

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  • The Ten Most Futuristic Cars Ever Made

    Some cars are just way ahead of their time. That can lead to financial disasters, but also create the best vehicles ever made. The following ten definitely came from the future.

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  • The Pontiac Stinger Was A Beach-Going Funmobile With A Garden Hose

    The 1980s are not remembered as a high point for General Motors. Their vehicles from that decade were mostly sad machines that lagged behind European and Japanese rivals and reeked of questionable quality. But even then, the General could put out some innovative and unique ideas from time to time.

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Car Design (1)

  • The 10 Worst Car Company Logos Of All Time

    We think of car companies as leaders in style and design, but more often than not these manufacturers are conservative, bland appliance makers with logos to match. And even some of the cool auto firms have ultra-boring signage.

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Car Types (1)

  • A Little Bit Of Snow Is No Problem With A Little Bit Of Subaru

    Ninety percent of drivers are above-average, according to a recent poll I just made up based on common claims I hear on the Internet. That figure goes beyond 100 percent when the driver has four-wheel drive and winter tires, or so I'm led to believe. In reality, it doesn't hurt to have both on a Subaru.

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Honda (1)

  • The 2015 Honda Fit Is How To Do A Hatchback Right

    Lighter, shorter, more spacious, and equipped with possibly the best readily-available GPS system possible: the 2015 Honda Fit looks like a lesson in doing a hatchback right. Forget that, it's a lesson on how to do any car right.

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Nice Price or No Dice (22)

  • For $5,000 Make Your House A Caddy Shack

    For something as slow, frumpy, and basic in its utilitarian intent, the old VW Rabbit diesel pickup sure does have a lot of fans. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1981 edition is the rare one that hasn't been shown affection in the form of questionable mods, but will you all be fans of its price?

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  • For $24,990, That Escaladed Quickly

    If you're a Russian mobster legitimate businessman, an up and coming rap artist, or a Dallas housewife with a love of fresh air and birds shitting on you, then today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Escalade will be right up your alley. But will its price be up there too?

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  • For $15,000, See The Aero Of Your Ways

    From Chrysler's Superbird to the Ford Talladega, NASCAR has been influencing special edition wind cheaters for decades. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pontiac Aero Coupe is one of the last, but will you find this Grand Prix to have a grand price?

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  • For $2,750, Go Beyond The Egg-Spected

    Consider, if you will, the Ferrari 512BB, Lamborghini Countach, and DeTomaso Pantera, heady names all, and each one of them featuring a longitudinal mid-engine layout. You can add to that list today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Previa, but will its price also put it in an exclusive crowd?

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  • For $15,000, This Mustang Is A Gas

    Like those cooking shows where contestants are challenged to fashion a tasty meal out of things like okra slime and horse hooves, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mustang is an example of making do with what you have. Of course, its price may or may not just do as well.

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  • For $15,000, Let's Pretend

    When it comes to lady boobs, McLovin IDs, orgasms, and crab meat, fake just doesn't cut it. Well, maybe the boobs do, I'll get back to you on that. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Porsche Speedster REPLICA on the other hand looks to be a cut above, but you'll still have to decide if its price does too.

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  • For $9,950, Its Like Night And Daytona

    Dodge's '80s Daytona did the seemingly impossible- it made an FWD American pony car acceptable. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe C/S AGS is about the ultimate expression of that K-car coupe, but is its price also impossible?

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  • For $5,500, Have Some Capri Fun

    The chemical element Mercury is represented by the symbol Hg and the atomic number 80. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercury Capri is only a '79, but will you find it to be priced to move like quicksilver?

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  • For $71,999, Is This V A Victory?

    The Cadillac CTS-V wagon is one of the most brutally entertaining cars I've ever driven. Of course, as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Canepa Express proves, sometimes too much is never enough. Will that however, apply to its price as well?

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  • For $18,000, Join The Dallas Fliers Club

    Metallica playing with the London Symphony and whiskey paired with vanilla ice cream are just two examples of things you might not think go together, but actually do. You might add to that list today's Texas-located Nice Price or Crack Pipe 2JZ-powered Wrangler- as long as its price is equally well matched.

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  • For $37,500, This Delorean Should Make Marty McFly

    One-point-twenty-one gigawatts may make a Delorean go back to the future, but with 570 horses today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Buick powered edition will make you want to stay firmly in the present. That is, if its price is past perfect.

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  • For $7,500, Get Buggered

    Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom VW may be a home on the strange, but it's fully equipped - with even an outhouse! It's up to you however, to decide if its priced for anyone to give a crap.

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  • For $20,000, Truck Off!

    No only has Ford's F150 been the nation's best selling vehicle since about the Civil War, but Ford just introduced a spankin' new one this week. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom job is an old-school dirt racer, but will you find its price to be totally F'd up?

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  • For $22,900, Defender? I Don't Even Know Her!

    In Led Zeppelin's The Rover, Robert Plant sings I know to trip is just to fall. Coincidentally, in today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Land Rover, you could trip out over its kit, that is if you'll fall for its price.

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  • For $10,500, Star In The Datsun Hazzard

    The Dukes of Hazzard was set in the Deep South. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Datsun Sunny is from the Deep-Deep South - as in Australia - and you'll need to decide if the price for this odd homage is southern comforting.

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  • For $99,900, Engage Ridiculous Speed!

    Originating in Italy, made crazy powerful by the Germans, and now here in the U.S. of A., today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Koenig Ferrari is an intercontinental guided muscle. Will you find however, that its price is right on target?

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  • For $3,500, Behold The DayJeepona

    Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate is a Daytona on a Jeep. Or maybe it's a Jeep in a Dodge disguise? Whatever it is, you'll need to say if this custom's price is a match made in heaven.

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  • For $7,500, Will You Find This Snake Charming?

    Much like Windows Vista, and actress Jennifer Grey's nose job, people love to hate on the Mustang II as a woeful product transformation. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Cobra II may prove that ire to be unfounded, but will you still hate its price?

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  • For $10,000, Save The Whales

    Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Olds is a Custom Cruiser. It's also a custom cruiser, get it? Whether you want to hit cruise night in it will totally depend on what you think might be customary to pay for a wagon like this.

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  • For $6,000, Is This Mustang A San Francisco Treat?

    The San Francisco Giants may not engender the kind of rabid fan base as do New York's Yankees or the Boston Red Sox, but as today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe homage Mustang proves, there are still those who demonstrate that fan is derived from fanatic.

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  • For $4,500, Go Cruising Topless

    Unlike in the Navy, the PT in today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Chrysler doesn't stand for Patrol Torpedo or Physical Training. Considering its price and custom de-lidding, you'll need to decide just what it does stand for.

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  • For $2,500, LUV To LUV Ya Baby

    If you love something, set it free. If it comes back it's yours forever, if it doesn't it was never meant to be. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe LUV isn't quite free, but is it still cheap enough to perhaps make yours forever?

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Porsche (1)

QOTD (3)

  • What's The Worst Beater You've Ever Had?

    Y'know, I have a hard time thinking of Raphael's car as a hunk of crap. Yeah, it's old, smelly and breaks in amusing ways, but it's at least an awesome aircooled Volkswagen. Those are easy to fix! That's not even fair. I had a deceptively shiny car that sucked at being a car. Get off my lawn.

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  • What's The Worst Award-Winning Car?

    One of the joys of automotive criticism is that everyone's got a different opinion. A car can be great or a car can be terrible, depending on who you're asking. But every so often, all of us auto journos get our heads together and decide that one particular car is unanimously wonderful. And then we are wrong.

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  • What Car Needs To Die This Year?

    A new year is a fresh start, and often that means finally cleaning out some crap. For me, it means clearing the mass of old car and arcade machine parts out of my driveway, while for others it means feeding uncles to dogs. What does it mean for the car world? As in what car should die this year?

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Racing (3)

  • Your Definitive Chart Of All The New F1 Noses And What They Look Like

    There's been a lot of talk about the new noses on the 2014 F1 cars — mostly about what sort of gentials they resemble. As much as I love genitalia, the immediate gonadal assumption of the new noses isn't really fair or accurate, which is why I'm happy to present this comprehensive chart of the 2014 F1 noses.

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  • Weekend Motorsports Roundup, January 25-26, 2014

    Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?

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  • How Formula One's Amazing New Hybrid Turbo Engine Works

    A 1.6-liter V6 turbo revving at 15,000 rpm with unlimited boost that turns small drops of fuel into 600 horsepower aided by an electrical system that pumps out another 160 electron-charged horses. This is the pinnacle of engine development.

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Reviews (2)

  • This Is How The Nissan GT-R Got So Expensive

    When the Nissan GT-R was unleashed upon the world back in 2008, it could be had for about $70,000 or so, making it one of the most potent performance car bargains on the planet. Since then it's only gotten faster, but its price tag has blown up as well. How'd that happen?

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  • Chinese News Issues Bizarre Farewell From Sad, Dying Lunar Rover

    Things aren't going so swell for China's lunar rover. About halfway into its three-month mission to study potential nuclear launch sites explore the moon for science, the Yutu rover is suffering from a possibly fatal breakdown. And the way the Chinese state news agency broke this to the people is... well, different.

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The Morning Shift (21)

  • Devalued-Yen Rules Everything Around Me, DREAM!

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • The Detroit Big Three Is Dead, Again

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Is The New Chrysler

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • You Can Now Drive Your Tesla Coast-To-Coast For Free

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • Mary Barra Is Going To Squeeze Every Last Dime Out Of GM

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • Everything You Need To Know From The Detroit Auto Show - Day 3

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at some point we randomly decide since it's the Detroit Auto Show. 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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  • Everything You Need To Know From The Detroit Auto Show - Day 2

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at some point we randomly decide since it's the Detroit Auto Show. 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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  • Carmakers Are Keeping Your Data

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • 2013 Was The Best Year For Cars Since The Recession

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • This Car Website Is Worth $7 Billion

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • Fiat Now Owns All Of Chrysler

    This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:30 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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  • Yes, You Can Off-Road The 2015 Chevy Silverado 2500 Z71

    While most of the other journalists at GM's Heavy Duty truck drive this week were busy sucking down caesar salad and fiddling with cruise controls, I was crushing rocks and roosting photographers in a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Heavy Duty Z71.

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  • Ford Planning Massive Production Boost For 2015 Ford F-250

    Full-size pickup sales are on the rise in the US with about 1.9 million big trucks delivered in 2013, a 17% increase from the previous year. Ford's banking on continuation of the tread and plans to beef up their Super Duty production substantially this year.

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  • Blinged Out Big Rigs And The Women Who Love Them

    It can be hard to put women next to vehicles without creating an association of objectification, but the models in Roger K. Snider's ball-gown glamor semi truck calendars seem pretty proud to be part of the project.

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  • We Need More Wild And Wide-Eyed Entrepreneurs Building Trucks

    The car world has plenty of high-performance builders operating outside the realm of the major marquees— We see things like the Equus Bass pop up almost every year. They're the ones breaking barriers of design, and I want these people to start applying their batshit ideas to trucks.

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  • Ford Subsidising Shops For 2015 F-150 Aluminum Repairs

    Many conversations about the 2015 Ford F-150 have surrounded the potentially high cost of repairing its largely-aluminum body. To the anxiety of dealers and consumers, Ford announced it will pay 20% of what shops will spend on training and gear to fix the new pickup, up to $10,000.

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  • Sweet Mother Of Off-Road Fiero Ferrari Jeep Conversions

    Someone sent us another half-completed Fiero conversion on Craigslist this morning and I damn near deleted it... but my perverted curiosity implored me investigate. What I found was the unholy spawn of a Wrangler, a fauxrarri, and GM's little targa.

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  • FTC Spends 2 Years Deciding Punishment For Nissan, Decides 'Fuck It'

    The FTC settled its grievance with Nissan and their ad agency TWBA for the "unrealistic" ads they made for the Frontier in 2012, prohibiting them "from using deceptive demonstrations in advertisements for pickup trucks." Since that was already illegal, this settlement is just as bullshit as the ads themselves.

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  • The Pentagon Is Throwing A Free Army Truck Giveaway!

    Approximately 13,000 mine-resistant ambush-protected trucks have "outlived their original purpose" and are now being given away as-is for free by the US military. Get your ass down to the local motorpool tell 'em Andrew sent ya!

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  • How Much Is The Dakar Rally Really Doing Right By The Environment?

    The Dakar Rally route crossed the high-altitude salt flats of Uyuni, Bolivia for the first time this year, making some new enemies who are concerned about event's collateral damage to a fragile ecosystem. Yet Dakar organizers maintain that their initiatives do more than enough to offset the impact of the race.

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  • 2015 Lincoln Navigator: This Is It

    The 2015 Lincoln Navigator has a face like a freight train, but Ford hopes the new EcoBoost-powered full-size SUV will deal some damage to GM's recently redesigned Escalade and Yukon Denali when it goes on sale.

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  • Is The 2015 Nissan Titan Diesel Almost Ready?

    Three camo'ed Nissan Titan pickups were spotted by someone who swears he heard the telltale rumble of an oil burner. Is the truck's new Cummins diesel and its first redesign since introduction finally almost upon us?

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  • These Are The 2015 Ford Broncos Jalopnik Readers Want

    We asked what you reckoned a 2015 Ford Bronco should look like and got some great submissions. MontegoMan562's design was far and away the most recommended with 86 Stars, but since he had the advantage of being first in I thought it was only fair to celebrate everyone who made a contribution.

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  • Red Bull Racers Talk About What 900 HP Is Like In Snow

    We got some quality time with star off-road racers Bryce Menzies and Ricky Johnson at the Red Bull Frozen Rush race last week, who offered their thoughts about drifting on ice, studded race tires, and the nuances of man-handling a Pro4 truck down a ski slope.

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  • Robby Gordon's 2014 Dakar Race In One Picture

    Sun baking down, components red-hot, and I'm sure vultures were about to start circling any moment: it was a sad scene for Gordon's race rig as it laid static somewhere between Calama and Iquique, Chile during the Dakar Rally that just wrapped up.

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  • Iveco Beats Kamaz In Dakar Stage 12, Has One More Chance To Win

    The 12th stage of the Dakar Rally was 349 kilometers long, the first two hundred of which was rocky soil followed by big sand dunes. At this point cars and quads are pretty much in the bag, but the truck and bike podiums hotly contested going into the last stage tomorrow.

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  • What Should A 2015 Ford Bronco Look Like?

    I haven't seen a 2015 Ford F-150 story without a comment pining for a new Bronco. You know what? I wanna see it too. But Ford won't oblige, so I'm challenging you artists of Jalopnik and Truck Yeah! to design the best damn 2015 Ford Bronco you can imagine and share it in the comments.

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  • Best & Worst Truck Features From The 2014 Detroit Auto Show

    PR bots were spewing a lot about "revolutionary" truck features at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. Some were cool, others looked slapped together with parts from a $20 AutoZone trip. Now we wanna know what you think of these features and what you want on your next truck.

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  • Cool Trucks You Might Miss At The Detroit Auto Show

    The 2015 Ford F-150 and 2015 GMC Canyon aren't the only interesting pickups at this year's Detroit Auto Show. Fans of towing, hauling, and general truck-yeah badassedness won't want to miss these rigs that were relegated to "also ran" status by car-centric show coverage.

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  • Badass Tunnel Bots And The Border Patrol Agents Who Love Them

    In the last fourteen years, the US Border Patrol has found more than 170 tunnels they believe are used for smuggling contraband between Mexico and the States. Since American law enforcers don't want to enter the tunnels themselves, they're sending in cute little robots to do their dirty work.

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  • Why The 2015 Ford F-150 Is Better For The Environment Than The Prius

    If you look at fuel economy in miles-per-gallon, the statement above sounds insane. Look at it in gallons-per-mile, and the societal benefit of improving a guzzler's efficiency outweighs improving a fuel sipper. That means the 2015 Ford F-150 could do more to reduce fuel consumption than the Prius.

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  • The 2015 Ford F-150 Looks Even Better Live

    At the 2015 Ford F-150 reveal Bill Ford trotted out what he hopes to be a "tougher and smarter" look for their iconic pickup. With tidy proportions, an imposing face and a glorious panoramic sunroof, that look is good.

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  • 2015 Ford F-150: This Is It

    The 2015 Ford F-150 has been revealed. The weight savings are massive, 2.7 liter EcoBoost engine is a reality, and the look is pretty far off from the Atlas concept we've been dissecting for the past year.

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  • The 2015 GMC Canyon Is A Legitimate Tacoma Fighter

    You've seen the PR photos and read the specs, now Truck Yeah! has witnessed the official unveiling of 2015 GMC Canyon. There's now finally a real alternative for those of you who wanted a smaller truck but didn't like the Tacoma or Frontier.

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  • 2015 GMC Canyon Specs And First Photos

    Photos and details of the 2015 GMC Canyon were released at midnight confirming some of our theories, but there will be a manual and it sure does look sharp with that Sierra front grille.

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  • 2015 GMC Canyon: What We Know

    Fans of the small truck rejoice, the 2015 GMC Canyon will soon be here to help the 2015 Chevy Colorado fill the void in your heart that yearns for new understated American pickups!

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  • 2015 Ford F-150: What We Know

    The 2015 Ford F-150 is one of Truck Yeah!'s most anticipated debut scheduled for the Detroit Auto Show next week. Here's everything we know about it before the cover finally comes off on January 13.

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  • Why Winter Storms Can Cause Semi-Truck Traffic To Increase

    Severe storms make most of us run from the highways and put off even short distance trips to the grocery store, instead choosing to live off of ramen noodles rather than die trying to buy a microwavable burrito. Yet, counter-intuitively, winter storms can correlate with increases in commercial trucking.

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  • 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Deemed 'Moose Worthy'

    The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has passed the speed-swerve "Moose Test" hosted by the Swedes at Teknikens Värld with flying colors. This is good news, even if you don't have moose in your neighborhood— upgraded emergency handling is a big step for the SUV.

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  • ICON's Ravishing Restomod Pickup

    Jonathan Ward's latest masterpiece out of the ICON factory is a classic five-window pickup. While it made its first appearance at SEMA a few months ago, it's just so darn pretty we had to give it some attention on Truck Yeah!

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  • Jalopnik Presents: Truck Yeah!

    Ladies, gentlemen, readers from all over the world – prepare to spit out your coffee in excitement because our sublog Truck Yeah! is live, and you're about to discover a new source for all-things truck that will put hair on your chest and exhaust aggro-A'murican clichés like only Jalopnik can.

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  • Tough Dakar Start For Robby Gordon

    Despite getting in few flying photo-ops, Robby Gordon's new much-anticipated "HST Gordini" stuck Robby and Team Speed Energy with a disappointing start to his 2014 Dakar attempt.

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  • Where To Watch The Dakar Rally

    Dakar has 13 cameramen, three helicopters, five TV cars, and a 250 person media crew documenting the 2014 race. Here's some key info on where to find everything they'll be recording.

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  • Wildest Off-Road Conversions

    Truck lovers have been called conservative, but that hasn't stopped some from building insane off-roaders out of just about anything. The pickup conversions you showed us were amazing, now let's see what kind of automotive bastardizations you've seen wheeling.

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  • When Buying New Is Smarter Than Buying Used

    Last week I made the assertion that "Buying New is for Suckers," of course I was only half-serious about that title. Most of you agreed, and reiterated that you can get more car for your money if you are willing to roll the dice. However, some of you rightly pointed out that buying a new car might be the better option.

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  • Buying New Is For Suckers

    Gearheads sometimes catch a lot of heat for not buying new cars. Hey, it's not our fault we are savvy shoppers…. (or broke). The reality is we know that buying used is just a much better value. For example, once I convinced a client to get a CPO C-class for the same money he was going to spend on a loaded Camry. Like many of you I spent way too much time window shopping the various auto listing sites. While I am not Doug "Buys Crazy Cars from CarMax" DeMuro, I decided to come up with a list of

    By Tom McParland Read More