Four doors, five cylinders, and 525 horsepower: this is the Audi A3 Clubsport quattro concept, Audi's contribution to the Volkswagen Group's annual Wörthersee crazy-fest in Austria. Could it be a taste of the Audi RS3 we want so bad?
Read MoreAfter years of passing more conventional capabilities by, I think it is time for the Marine Corps, and the "Gator Navy" for that matter, to get serious about getting the very most out of their soon to be fielded, extremely expensive and controversial F-35B force. At $150 million a pop, they need to be more than nicer Harriers.
Read MoreThe 82nd Airborne Division has "been there, done that" in virtually every American military conflict of the last century and they continue to be one of our most potent fighting forces.
Read MoreFor about a decade there have been sightings of some very peculiar high-speed watercraft patrolling up and down the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver. It just so happens that these phantom vessels are some of the US Navy SEALs newest toys.
Read MoreFrance's military vehicle (and once upon a time carmaker) Panhard has set out to change the way the weapons industry looks at a scout vehicles with their new three person armored buggy that can pack one hell of a punch. They call it the Crab, and like its namesake it can even move sideways.
Read MoreI'm always getting asked what books I read, what movies I watch and what apps I use when it comes to military subjects. On my old site I had a section called "Rogoway's Reviews" and it's time I start posting reviews here. My first installment is quite possibly the best air combat book I have ever read, Viper Pilot by Dan Hampton.
Read MoreThere are some big tanker aircraft flying around the world, including those based on the DC-10, 767 and Russia's IL-76 design. Yet the largest aerial refueler of them all is based on the iconic Boeing 747, a symbol of American might and ingenuity. Ironically, it flies for none other than the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force.
Read MoreLibya appears on the verge of all-out civil war once again as opposing factions are squaring off in the streets of Tripoli. In the wake of the Benghazi attack, the Obama Administration and the DoD are ready and waiting to pull our diplomats and their support staff out at a moments notice. Here's how they'll probably do it.
Read MoreThe Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, sometimes referred to affectionately as "The Moose" due to its busy looking wing structure that includes four engines and upturned winglets, remains the mainstay of America's heavy hauling cargo fleet with 223 examples of the type in the USAF's inventory.
Read MoreThe Israeli Air Force is one of the most well trained and well equipped air arms force in the entire world and photographer Nir Ben Yosef visually showcases this mighty force with uncanny drama and mood.
Read MoreIt is one of the coolest jobs in the entire U.S. military, "Booms" as they are affectionately called, are the folks who directly provide sustenance to America's thirsty air power as the gas station's of the sky. From flying over war zones to fueling top secret experimental aircraft, being a Boom is truly a dynamic career choice.
Read MoreIn 2008 the USMC took dealing with the improvised explosive devices threat into their own hands and what they ended up with was a cost effective and highly adaptable jamming and communications intelligence pod that should be a model of how to satisfy future urgent "niche capability" needs.
Read MoreThe fact that the USAF is so willing to throw away 300 of the finest close air support platforms ever invented just to save the cost equivalent of 30 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters is total bullshit and both the American taxpayer and those who bravely fight our wars on the ground should be furious.
Read MoreMaybe Kim Jong Un celebrates Top Gun Day too? We knew his dad loved cheesy American movies so anything is possible right? Here's North Korea's "Air Force One" and some of their amusingly lackluster air force resources.
Read MoreIn light of it being Top Gun Day I think it would be proper to take a look back to see how the true star of the movie, the F-14 Tomcat, could have lived on in various forms far past its 2006 retirement date.
Read MoreThe North Sea is one brutal place. It can make a ship that displaces tens of thousands of tons bob around like a rubber ducky. Subsequently, the Icelandic Coast Guard has the job of operating daily in this horrific environment, and they are damn good at it too.
Read MoreYesterday, a story concerning a US Airways CRJ-200's near miss with a mystery drone while on approach to Tallahassee Regional Airport made big news. The aircrew stated that the aircraft looked like a small unmanned F-4 Phantom wearing camouflage paint. The event occurred at around 2,300 feet.
Read MoreThere was one hell of a lot of Russian airpower flown over Crimea for Putin's Victory Day visit to Sevastopol yesterday. Virtually every type of aircraft in the Russian Air Force made an appearance, including their most potent attack aircraft, the Su-34 Fullback and \the Tu-160 Blackjack.
Read MoreAfter a decade-long saga, including one serious boondoggle of a development program, America's next "Marine One" will be based on the Sikorsky S-92 super-medium twin engine helicopter. But what about the USAF's critical Combat Search & Rescue mission? Couldn't they benefit from the S-92's features as well?
Read More"Victory Day" has been rebooted since Vladimir Putin took the reins of Russia over a decade ago. May 9th is the official day that marks the end of what Russians call "The Great Patriotic War," otherwise known as WWII to the rest of us.
Read MorePost-Saddam Iraq's first tactical fighter aircraft has taken flight. Lockheed flew the Block 52 F-16D for the first time just a couple days ago, and deliveries of the first batch of four jets are said to be just a couple months away. It looks great, but...
Read MoreSpecial Warfare Combat-Craft Crewman (SWCCs) are the tough bastards who deliver, support and extract Navy SEALs via boat under the cloak of darkness or during the hellish chaos of full on firefights. No one can touch them... except for maybe a kamikaze fish attack.
Read MoreThe CH-53E Super Stallion is the Marines' big and battered workhorse. These tri-motored flying barns have seen continuous service in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and were involved in almost all of America's conflicts since they entered service in 1980. The USMC need a big ass new chopper, and the CH-53K "King Stallion" hopes to be just that.
Read MoreThe 2013 Raytheon Trophy has been awarded to the 67th Fighter Squadron, an F-15C unit that is forward based in Okinawa. The award is supposed to highlight a fighter unit that exemplifies air-to-air combat excellence and it has been given out for sixty years. This is the sixth time the 67th FS has won the coveted award.
Read MoreThe USA dominates the seas when it comes to its massive nuclear powered aircraft carriers and lumbering amphibious assault ships, but Russia takes the prize for the largest and most heavily armed surface combatant, the mighty Kirov Class Battle Cruiser.
Read MoreAviation photographer Ian Tate caught quite the sight while spotting at General Atomics' drone plant located in the Mojave Desert. He was hoping to catch one of their Predator or Reaper UAVs, but instead he caught one of the elusive test articles that the company is betting its unmanned future on, the stealthy Avenger.
Read MoreIndia and Pakistan, two proud nations in South Asia, share a tense border, along with a history that includes four wars, numerous attacks and skirmishes, and nuclear weapons. So it's fitting that one of the few road crossings the countries share closes every day with pomp, circumstance, and mildly aggressive ceremony.
Read MoreBlair Bunting’s influence on photography and advertising has been immense. His work, featuring subjects ranging from super-cars to star athletes, has redefined what “impact imagery” means. Blair has used his cred to have some awesome experiences while plying his creative trade, and recently his path intersected with the USAF Thunderbirds Flight Demonstration Team.
Read More"Drones" are changing the world's view of aviation rapidly. At first, larger models such as the Predator and Global Hawk took center-stage in the public's consciousness, but now small unmanned aircraft, some the size of lunchbox or even smaller, are capturing the public's imagination and keeping defense and homeland security planners up at night.
Read MoreBMW is honoring one of its most renowned nameplates well. The M5 "30 Jahre M5" 30th anniversary edition looks really good. Better still, it makes a ton of power. In fact, it's the most powerful production BMW ever. Happy, happy birthday!
Read MoreThe 2015 Volvo XC90 is here and with it, the Swedish carmaker’s new interior design that’s not only stunning but clever too.
Read MoreIf you're like many of us, you constantly have throat problems from driving around town shrieking "I'M SO FUCKING RICH!" This vivid yellow Bentley Continental GT V8S absolutely solves that problem, and is a pretty thrilling toddler-toter as well. People can tell you're loaded from miles away, and your kid has a blast.
Read MoreThe upcoming Challenger SRT with the Hellcat Hemi will make nineteen hundred horsepower, official reports confirm. No wait, that's not right. Fourteen thousand horsepower. No, wait. 600+ horsepower. Close enough.
Read MoreBrabus: For those times when "too much" just isn't enough. That's the best way I can explain their latest take on the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG, which gets blown way the hell up to 850 horsepower and... wait for it, wait for it... 1,069 pound-feet of torque. Lord have mercy.
Read MoreThe Nissan GT-R is a bit of a giant killer. It's a lead weight that can get to 60 in 2.9 seconds. It defies belief. But how does it compare to the featherweight McLaren P1? Surprisingly decently. For a second.
Read MoreDAMMIT KIDS GET INTO THE MDX RIGHT THIS SECOND OR WE'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR SOCCER PRACTICE! DON'T YOU MAKE ME COUNT TO THREE!
Read MoreThis stunning red McLaren F1 (chassis #28) went from California back to the United Kingdom for a whopping $10.5 million, meaning that F1s are now worth significantly more than a year ago. Damn.
Read MoreIn January at CES, Audi showed the interior of the 2015 TT with a concept they call the "virtual cockpit," a new take on their infotainment system. But it appears it actually debuted a month before with the Lamborghini Huracan and absolutely nobody noticed.
Read MoreMy life is probably better than your life. People give me cars. For free. I just ask for them. Some companies ask me if I'd take their super sports car off their hands. The Jaguar XF Sportbrake is the rare car I'm not supposed to drive, so I begged for it, and it was absolutely worth it.
Read MoreI remember staring at it on hot summer afternoons, on one of the shady blocks on the other side of the train tracks from my middle school. The leaves cast green shadows on its long white fenders. The whole world disappeared in its grill. A 1962 Chrysler.
Read MoreNo one else seemed to notice it. Less than a quarter mile away from Volkswagen's Golf launch venue was an open gate leading to a massive parking lot. And there were cones. Lots and lots of cones. Unsanctioned GTI autocross? Unsanctioned GTI autocross.
Read MoreAs a young person who isn't the scion of a wealthy energy drink family and didn't invent Snapchat, I can afford, maybe, .89 new cars. I still want the fastest car I can buy, but I need something with more space than a Miata, that's efficient, that I can park. The 2015 VW GTI continues to be the best car I can buy.
Read MoreOne of the Germans summoned to San Francisco for the U.S. launch of the 2015 Volkswagen Golf – the seventh generation celebrating the 40th anniversary of the nameplate – laughed a little with me about how it's the car for VW everywhere but here. Then the laugh turned into a sigh.
Read MoreThe Porsche 911 is a car for dentists. A car with the engine in the wrong place. A car that has evolved from the Beetle. A car that has never had a new design. A car where precision beats passion. Those all the cliches? Good. The 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S is terrifyingly fast and I have no time left for cliches.
Read MoreEven in this era of the Porsche 918 Spyder and its ilk, enthusiasts tend to look down on most hybrid cars as slow, dull, soft, and antithetical to driving fun. The proof that this might be changing comes from the most unlikely of places: the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid, a car that exceeded my expectations in every way.
Read MoreThe BMW i8 packs the straight-line acceleration of a Porsche 911, three times the fuel economy, and a hybrid drivetrain into the intelligent architecture of my dreams. It's one of the few cars to go from show to street without being diluted like prohibition-era scotch. You'll probably never drive one. That's OK.
Read MoreGiblets aren't the most delicious part of a meal, but Maserati has decided that they need to compete in the Thanksgiving meal market. Oh, I've just been told this is a car and it's called a Ghibli, not a Giblets. It also sounds like a Norseman gargling hammers. It's also delightfully frustrating.
Read MoreThe home of a Lamborghini has never been the track. They've been weapons of power and dominance on the street, a statement that mesmerizes pedestrians and, often, frightens drivers. But the Lamborghini Huracan's mission is to intimidate others on street and track, but not intimidate the driver. Is it a success?
Read MoreWelcome to the new Jalopnik Deals feature! Our Commerce Team, led by Shane, is going to be trying to save all of you money by finding the best deals on items we think you're going to want to buy (i.e., no stick-on vents). Let us know if you'd like to see more or less of something!
Read More"Who pays $70,000 for a Hyundai?" This was the question that was on my mind the entire week I had a 2014 Hyundai Equus in my garage. The Equus presents a real conundrum. It's either a complete joke or the luxury sedan bargain of the century.
Read MoreYou're single again. Things might get better if you change your car. And there are plenty of choices for the recently divorced, depending on what sort of image you want to put out there for new prospects. It's a whole new world!
Read MoreWhen you finally have grandkids, if you haven't already, and if you should be so lucky, if that's what you want, you're going to have to sit them down one day and explain what a "Mercury" was. And cars like the 7th-generation Mercury Cougar might make that a bit difficult.
Read MoreBack in 1997, anyone could walk into a Nissan dealership, slap down a few greenbacks and drive home in a brand-new 1970 or 1971 Datsun 240Z. And they didn't even need a wormhole to the early '70s, or an 88-mph Delorean, thanks to Nissan's Vintage Z program.
Read MoreIf someone had told me years ago while I was in J-School that in order to sustain a career in telling stories about my hometown, I'd have to copy and paste before-and-after photos of a few buildings, I'd have called you crazy. Oh, what a mistake I would have made back then.
Read MoreFor some bizarre reason, CNBC decided that a bad review of the Mitsubishi Mirage was Big News, and so they featured it, and the writer on their show. They were right about one thing: it is a shockingly bad review. But not of the car. The bad part is the review itself, because it's everything wrong with the way cheap cars get reviewed.
Read MoreMemorial Day weekend brings out some of America's finest traditions, like grilling, lounging poolside, and making Facebook posts about "the troops." But for hundreds of old-school BMW owners, it's a chance to gather and bond over classic metal. It was a party I had to crash, and I did it in a new BMW M235i coupe.
Read MoreAt the end of the Indy 500, the winner takes a traditional sip of milk, sponsored by the American Dairy Association. And last night we learned they're hardcore on what exactly you're allowed to drink. If you win and are lactose intolerant, be prepared to have to shit like a race horse.
Read MoreFor an American car, the Corvair was delightfully strange. Any Corvair variant will inherently be strange, too, but I think it's hard to beat a Corvair-based vehicle named after a bird with lots of overdone chrome ornamentation, focused on safety, and built by a company best known for tiny, child-sized cars you start with a rope.
Read MorePeople have been pairing cars and music since at least 1951 when Ike Turner recorded Rocket 88. A lot of classic album artwork features cars prominently, like this fine example featuring Count Basie and his Jaguar E-Type. Have you seen anything more badass?
Read MoreWelcome to race weekend. Paddock food is a meaty and often greasy wonderland of diet-wrecking treats ranging from teams' own gourmet cuisine to E. Coli burgers from a sketchy stand that was probably last given a good clean in the 1950s. Prepare your anus.
Read MoreA few summers ago, my brothers and I were riding mountain bikes on a red dirt logging road through the woods at the desolate tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan. All adults, we were on an annual bike riding vacation with no agenda. Then we found this.
Read MoreIn the world of "four-door coupes" and "dynamic sports activity vehicles" that are just lifted wagons, it's nice to know that these ten cars are out there as rolling monuments of automotive honesty.
Read MoreWhich pair would you rather have? A Volvo 240 and a 740 or a Mercedes W123 and a W124. You can mix and match sedans, wagons and coupes but you don't get to mix and match brands.
Read MoreRaph showed me this picture the other day, and was clearly confused and disturbed. Ashen and shaking, he pulled the picture out of his worn leather valise. "H-H-How?" he stammered. "What is it? Can it harm us?" I chuckled warmly, and decanted the contents of my Thermos on his head. "Let's get to the bottom of this," I assured him.
Read MoreThe Spyker-y looking Lamborghini 5-95 by Zagato got me thinking. Sure, that car looks kind of weird to me, but truth be told, if you're car has to look like something, it should look like a Spyker. Because Spykers are some of the prettiest cars around.
Read MoreA little bit ago, during one of the nighttime benders I deludedly call "Torchlopnik," I pointed out that a Hyundai engine cover reminded me of a mandrill. And that's not even the first time I've thought a car part looked like an animal. So now I want to hear from all of you — does anyone do this?
Read MoreFor the 2014 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, BMW/MINI have teamed up with Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera to make this sleek little two-seater with a MINI face, electric drivetrain, and probably not much chance of real production.
Read MoreThe huge V8 fills my ears. Branches whip close. I come over a rise and there it is again — that little white box of a BMW howling and squealing and clipping into the next turn. I'm in one of the biggest, beefiest cars on sale and I'm chasing one of the most nimble cars in recent memory. Makes sense, right?
Read MoreThere are certain cars we gush over now, only to bash them a few years later. Some cars are genuine design classics, some even get better with time. But then there are the cars you have a look at again and wonder why people were raving about them in the first place. Let's look at the Ford Probe again.
Read MoreJaguar Heritage Racing entered four cars into the four-day, 1,000-mile endurance rally known as the Mille Miglia. The historic fleet was supported by 30 mechanics from JD Classics while the cars themselves were driven by all sorts of celebrities and the best of Jag's own crew.
Read MoreHonda finally saw fit to grace U.S. shores with a proper Monkey Bike. And you know what the Texans are doing with it? Damn right they're racing it. Welcome to the Grom Prix.
Read MoreThanks to the marketing geniuses of the world, we now live in an age where words don't actually mean anything anymore. Four-door sedans and SUVs are now "coupes" and cars have "DNA" instead of just common styling. But no word is as misused, overused, and utterly meaningless as the word "dynamic."
Read MoreRecently, there's been a lot of talk about the ethics of robotic cars. Put simply, should your autonomous car kill you if it means saving two other people? This is actually a philosophical issue that's been around for a long time, but it doesn't make the solutions any easier. What rules should robotic cars live by?
Read MoreSit down, listen, sleep on it, read the manual again — you still won't be qualified to mess with these ten monsters.
Read MoreAre you one of the very few Pagani Huayra owners? If so, I'm here to let you know your car is a girl. I got this information right from the source, the chief Pagani factory test driver, Davide Testi, who has tattooed arms the size of tree trunks. This fascinating exchange happened as I watched Huayra 55 of 100 get delivered.
Read MoreAre you unwilling to live in a house without a granite counter top? Are your credit cards maxed out? Do you call your children's teachers when your straight-A darling makes a 96 on a project? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, welcome to your new, suburban utopia Toyota employees.
Read MoreNobody actually clicks on those awful clickbait ads, right? There's just some robot chained to a desk somewhere cranking these out — I think that's how these work. Even so, I can't fathom why an innocent Stout Scarab got mixed up in this mess.
Read MoreIt took just 9 minutes a full debate about Volkswagen reliability to show up in a story about the 2015 GTI. That's not totally unexpected after other debates on German car reliability. But I hate to break this to all of you: if you're looking for a truly reliable car in its class, you don't have much to choose from.
Read MoreAMC was the perpetual underdog of America’s motor industry, and the only reason they survived as long as they did was because they were so damn clever. And by “they” I mostly mean designer Dick Teague. AMC was always strapped for cash, and Dick was a master of cost-cutting. His masterpiece of cost-cutting was the AMC Cavalier.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Car Talk, BoldRide and Make.
Read MoreWe don't have enough Dutch brothers putting new bodies on already existing cars. This is something I firmly believe. Thankfully, the Huets are around, and they want to make a Miata-based coupe. And it looks like an amalgamation of designs that would be at home running around in Liberty City.
Read MoreTobacco makers have been barred from sponsorship nearly everywhere. What hits closest to home for us is motorsports. But why were they banned? Some notion that it'll make people healthier? Well, it's bullshit and we need them back. Now.
Read MoreLet's see if anybody can beat Toyota at being terrible with the world wide web...
Read MoreDo you have an Audi A4? Perhaps you have a Seat Alhambra, or a VW Eos? What about a Skoda Octavia taxi cab? Congrats! Your car can get the wheels from an R8 V10.
Read More'Mobility' is a bit of a no-context buzzword these days and every transportation expert, city planner, and crazy architect uses it like the word will rain grant money down on their project like pixie dust. Here's what they actually mean when they say it.
Read MoreThe Indy 500 is next weekend. Personally, it's my favorite race of the year and I wouldn't miss it for the world. But since 1996, the popularity trajectory has been the opposite of positive. How can we rectify that?
Read MoreTwo things happened today, and this drawing represents the intersection of those things. First, well-known illustrator of ornate and biologically disturbing sci-fi imagery HR Giger died today. Also, a new Batmobile was revealed. The intersection? HR Giger once designed a Batmobile.
Read MoreToday we learned that the turbocharged four-banger 2015 Ford Mustang will be called the Mustang EcoBoost. Besides the people who work in Ford's marketing department, no one seems happy about this name. Let's make a better one.
Read MoreBack at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki unveiled the Hustler concept, a cute and wonderful utilitarian concept car. I liked it, and forgot about it. BUT OMG THEY ACTUALLY BUILT IT HOLY CRAP THIS THING IS AMAZING
Read MoreCalled Autovision, Ford's portable tv set was offered by Lincoln-Mercury and Ford dealers (with initial sales in the Great Lakes area) for a suggested retail price of $169.95. What a bargain!
Read MoreThere's certain designs of cars that are gone and that's probably fine: traditional town cars and gigantic-doored coupes with opera windows, for example. But there's certain classes of cars that have died out, but maybe it's time to consider a resurrection. I'm talking about a very specific type of fun car.
Read MoreHere are ten cars that couldn't, shouldn't, live the American Dream. Mostly (but not entirely) because they were crap.
Read MorePorsche fans are an odd bunch. They love their 356's and their 911's but anything that deviates too far from that formula gets shunned from the limelight. That's a shame because they've made some brilliant cars like the 924, 928, 944 and this, the 914.
Read MoreI won carspotting in Paris: here is a Facel Vega rounding the Place de la Nation on a beautiful May day.
Read MorePeople have autocrossed all kinds of bizarre cars, but how far could you push that envelope? More specifically, where can we autocross a Horch?
Read MoreForget the official statistics about your country's most popular vehicles, what's the unofficial car in your city or town?
Read MoreTwenty years ago, police in the UK had a problem. Bands of thieves were carrying out brazen "ram raids" throughout the country. A media circus would soon envelop a story that had it all: violence, fear and derring-do. And one incredible car: The Lotus Carlton.
Read MoreI feel like I might have misrepresented myself a bit in the last article. Both Mr. Regular and myself loved the New York International Auto Show. It was sensory overload taken to its logical conclusion: a hyperventilating, aggressive enthusiasm about cars you've never gotten to touch before.
Read MoreDoug says owning a Ferrari won't help get you laid. I say that if that's the case, you're just driving the wrong Ferrari. Steve McQueen had this 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4, and he got laid all the time. And now, so can you!
Read MoreWelcome to Little Car in the Big City, where I highlight fascinating cars I found walking around a town that is known for being bigger than everything else, but where every car is fighting to stand out: New York, New York.
Read MoreAlex Kelsey is a 21-year-old New Zealander who wanted his own rally car, but it's not like they just give away those things for free. So he built one. From scratch. In his barn. With a race car engine in the middle. And flames coming out the back. You wish you could be this awesome.
Read MoreMy cabover affectations are no secret on this site — I love the incredible use of space cabover designs offer, and there's nothing quite like that floating magic carpet feeling you get when you drive something hoodless. But why should those joys be limited to vans? It's time for a cabover supercar.
Read MoreHey, remember that time Isuzu made a mid-engined sports car concept with a 350-horsepower V8, suspension tuning by Lotus, seating for two adults and two kids, AND a fax machine? No? Well, they did. And we’re gonna talk about it.
Read MoreWhat happens when automaker execs huff a lot of paint? Colors like Plum Crazy happen. Here are the ten strangest color names to ever grace a car.
Read MoreThis past week I've had a Bentley Continental GTC, and I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty fantastic. I'll talk much more about it soon, but since it's the night shift and Matt's probably already drunk, I want to confide something to you: it reminds me of a Karmann-Ghia.
Read MoreYou know what I miss about car companies? They used to do this thing where they'd take their most popular car and then turn it into an off-roader by slapping on a 'rugged' body. There was the VW Thing, Austin Mini Moke, Citröen Mehari, Trabant Scamp, and more. Even our pals in India got in on the game, with the Hindustan Trakker.
Read MoreWe’ve covered a number of car hacks here, but I feel like the absolute best hack in all of motoring history has been ignored. It’s something that’s become so common, so mundane, that we forget just how incredibly clever it really is: the cigarette lighter 12V power outlet.
Read MoreThere's little doubt that Fiat Chrysler's future is ambitious. The multi-national company wants to sell many more cars than it does now, be more profitable, more nimble and more relevant. But when it comes to flashy, halo cars, they're sticking to Hemi power. Electric cars are notably absent from Fiat Chrysler's plans.
Read MoreSome cars were not designed with parking high on the priority lists. With these ten, it is safer to just keep going when you see a tight spot.
Read MoreThe Sultan Of Brunei is often called the "World's Biggest Car Collector," because, namely, he has a lot of cars. But Jay Leno hates him. And you should, too.
Read MoreChange is scary. And for car enthusiasts, we’ll experience more change in the next 10 years than we have in the past 50, according to the head of Mercedes-Benz’ Silicon Valley R&D lab. While the whole automotive world could devolve into some Syd Mead-style sci-fi dystopia, for us — the gearheads willing to embrace the 21st century — the future will not suck. As a matter of fact, it’s going to be fucking awesome.
Read MoreMost of the concern over Toyota's employees moving from California to Texas seems to not center around the traumas this might cause to uprooted families, but out of a concern over fast food. Specifically, Whataburger versus In-N-Out. Don't worry everyone, Whataburger is better, so that's a win.
Read MoreBelieve it or not, loaded questions based on subjective language won't produce the most reliable set of data to make sweeping generalizations about female automotive preferences. All these surveys are right on one thing, though: As a woman I don't care what you drive. I care how you use it.
Read MoreYou would think if you were driving a brand-spanking new Lamborghini Huracan, you'd want some attention. But when a passing photographer drove alongside to get some footage of the car, the Lamborghini driver didn't like it. He decided to go nuts, and he brought in backup.
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 might think the picture just above is terrible. You might think it grand. The sun is behind the car, the angle is kind of weird, but hey, it brings out certain elements you might like. Either way, taking pictures at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is uniquely challenging. And we might have just the person to help.
Read MoreIf you ask anybody, really anybody, doesn't matter how young, old, short, tall, fat, thin, rich, or poor, what the prototypical "big engine, small car" vehicle is, they'll tell you it's the Shelby Cobra. It's one part little tiny AC Ace roadster, and two parts ridiculous big V8. As it should be.
Read MoreThe 2016 Mazda Miata is well on its way, and we've already seen the running gear of the next generation. But having some chassis bits and some suspension on a display stand is one thing, and testing the car under real-world conditions is another. Oh, and this mule's got a turbo.
Read MorePersonally, I like things with hatches. I like the ability to haul basically all of my belongings in my car. Perhaps that because college wasn't that long ago. Given the practicality of the hatch, I can see why it's easy to write the sedan off.
Read MoreA while back a reader named Evan sent me a box full of mid-century Popular Mechanics magazines, and it's been a treasure trove of great stuff. Like this article I stumbled on to the other day about a British jeep that folds up into something that looks like a credenza.
Read MoreBased on Raymond Loewy's original design, General Motors built 1,001 of the Scenicruisers between 1954 and 1956 for Greyhound to show the world how great an American bus can be.
Read MoreWe all say stupid things, but these ten from the automotive industry can outquote your racist grandpa any day.
Read MoreI was just talking to the curator at the Petersen Museum about getting cars for the collection, and he revealed to me something that most of us don't realize: it's not the rare stuff that's hard to find — it's the mundane. Because who keeps or restores a car no one cares about? I think I found the answer to that question with this Tempo.
Read MorePerennially in the shadow of the BMW E30 3-Series is the Mercedes 190E, the "other" great German sport sedan from the 1980s. That's a shame because that car has a rather fascinating history of its own, and one that involves Ayrton Senna, remembered today 20 years after his untimely death.
Read MoreLast week, I wrote about the deceptive nature of the VW Tiguan’s taillights — specifically, that they have an amber section that isn’t used for the turn signal. The post proved much more popular than I’d have guessed, and sparked a lot of interesting debate about the use of amber rear indicators. Let’s settle this question.
Read MoreI don’t ask too much out of my taillights. I don’t think any of us do. We want them to look reasonably good and tell us important information. The only job of a taillight is to communicate — I’m stopping, I’m turning, I’m here. Simple. Maybe that’s why when a taillight is deceptive, it seems like such a betrayal.
Read MoreThe Jim Clark Rally, a round of the British Rally Championship in Scotland, has been cancelled, amid numerous reports saying that spectators were seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle. UPDATE: Three people are reportedly dead, after one of the rally cars lost control and hit a crowd.
Read MoreAmerica's deer population is apparently no longer content with simply jumping in front of our cars on country roads. They have taken their war on our freedoms to a new, horrifying level by jumping off overpasses and flying into our cars as they travel down the highway.
Read MoreHere's a fresh video showing the exact condition of the McLaren F1 crashed yesterday in Italy. I say chassis number 072 looks bad, but we've seen worse.
Read More"It's funny I can drive a 6k kart through that corner and this fool can't drive a 2 million dollar car through it."
Read MoreFor some reason, I tend to think about taillights more than a healthy person should. And that thinking recently turned into a vision — a vision of a bold new taillight function that I think could be very helpful: the non-brake-activated stop light.
Read MoreThe bespoke red/white McLaren F1 known as the pair of the 'Project 8' 12C of McLaren Special Operations was crashed this morning in Italy during a tour of four cars including the one driven by Rowan Atkinson.
Read MoreHere's a recipe for some lovely bits of destruction. Take one truck, stall it out on some train tracks. Now take a gigantic freight train, and throw on some Stryker armored personnel carriers for added oomph. Sit back, whip out your phone for posterity purposes, and wait. It's ridiculous.
Read MoreStuck throttle, high-speed crash, and a violent explosion: this driver escaped it all.
Read MoreAn incredibly historically valuable Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing was pretty much destroyed yesterday at the Mille Miglia by a passing BMW (of course). It was one of the really nice ones, too, with the black paint and red interior. Aw, what the hell.
Read MoreI have no idea how the Ford Explorer ended up on top of the Volvo in this four-car crash on Interstate 90 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, but somehow everyone walked away without a scratch. Physically, I mean. A Ford landing on my head might leave some emotional scars.
Read MoreReaders who are faint of heart should click away: this is footage of Jim Clark's 1967 Lotus 49 crashing at a practice for the Monaco Historic Grand Prix this past weekend. It's ok to cry – you're in a safe place.
Read MoreReal talk: Sometimes the streets in Russia try to eat cars. It happens.
Read MoreI don't own a Lamborghini, but if I did, this is a thing I would find myself saying often: "I'm just gonna go ahead and park it myself."
Read MoreThough you may not have heard of it, oval-track racing known as Autograss is one of the most popular of all the cheap forms of racing in the United Kingdom. And one racer just had the best spin off the track of all time. I'm pretty sure his eyes are not in his head anymore.
Read MoreThere's a reason they stopped running Formula One races at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and it's because that circuit is dangerous as hell. The drivers brave enough to do amateur track days there find this out the hard way all the time.
Read MoreThere are Top Gear franchises all over the world, from America to Hong Kong. Which one is the worst?
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 MoreIf we stop getting Top Gear in the U.S., you may find yourself saying "THANKS OBAMA!" At least, that's the goal of one law firm riled up over Jeremy Clarkson's latest controversy.
Read MoreThe entire universe was in uproar this past week, when news emerged that Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson kinda-sorta-but-not-really mumbled the n-word in a rehearsal last week. The next time he gets in trouble may be his last, Clarkson wrote in his weekly column for The Sun.
Read MoreThose of you carefully following the story of if Jeremy Clarkson may have actually used the "n-word" on an unaired Top Gear segment should probably take a moment and listen to Clarkson's video explanation/apology: it actually sounds completely reasonable.
Read MoreThe British newspaper The Mirror claims they have un-aired BBC footage of Jeremy Clarkson using a racial slur, while, of all things, deciding between the Toyota GT86/Subaru BRZ twins. Clarkson has denied this, James May denied this, and, once again, the source is The Mirror.
Read MoreFord calls the new Transit Connect a wagon, but let's face it: it's not a wagon at all. Instead, it's a seven-seater minivan starting at $25,000 with a 2.5 four-cylinder, or a bit more with the 1.6-liter Ecoboost.Honestly, the first thing Ford wants you to do with the 2014 Ford Transit Connect Wagon is the following:
Read MoreWe know how much the 2015 Ford Mustang will cost, but we're still not exactly sure how much power it has. Ford will only say that the V8-powered GT will have "more than 420 horsepower." Let's hope it's a lot more, because we just heard that the Horse just gained around 200 to 300 pounds.
Read MoreWe received a whole bunch of tips about that interesting Solar Roadway idea, and we were intrigued, until we realized that the Solar Roadway would probably be incredibly expensive, just to start. But a lot of genius ideas for your car sound really good, at least at first, on paper.
Read MoreOne of the interesting things about travel by air is that it's perfectly acceptable to drink alcohol at any time of day. If you have an adult beverage on a flight, what's your drink of choice?
Read MoreFrom Foxtrot Alpha: After years of passing more conventional capabilities by, I think it is time for the Marine Corps, and the "Gator Navy" for that matter, to get serious about getting the very most out of their extremely expensive and controversial F-35B force. At $150 million a pop, they need to be more than nicer Harriers.
Read MoreHolding up traffic is not a good idea. Holding up traffic and standing in the street to beat the living crap out of a rival construction crew is not a good idea. If you want to make that idea even worse, arm everyone with hammers. And only hammers.
Read MoreYou know how you were going to spend your Saturday taking a boxcutter to an old tire and film the whole thing, just to see what would happen? It turns out you won't have to, as somebody did it already. Here's a hint as to what happens: it explodes in your goddamn face.
Read MoreAgainst all odds, the crowd-funded solar road project was a remarkable money-acquiring success. It's clear there are some pretty significant technical hurdles, so we reached out to electrical engineer David Forbes to help us put it all in perspective.
Read MoreEarlier this year California ran out of the 40,000 HOV stickers that allow plug-in hybrids to drive in carpool lanes. So CA Assembly member Al Muratsuchi has introduced AB2013, which would make another 45,000 stickers available immediately. This continues to be idiotic.
Read MoreIf you don't need new wiper blades now, you probably will fairly soon. Might as well stock up while Sears has them for half price. [50% off Valvoline Wiper Blades]
Read MoreThe past few weeks have seen a few stories about a car that doesn't even exist yet — the Rezvani Beast. After we published a critical account of Rezvani's business practices by a former designer for them, they contacted us to clear the record and appear to have contacted him to get him to stop talking.
Read MoreWe're so spoiled today, aren't we? If we want to drive across the country, we just hop in our comfortable, air conditioned, computerized cars, get on the highway, and go. It wasn't always that simple.
Read MoreThe Internet is the greatest communication tool since the invention of screaming at people from a balcony. The downside is that it allows wrong information to spread unfettered, like a virus. Here's one example involving Wikipedia, the Chevrolet Corvette, and diesels.
Read MoreTurbos are great, right? You know what's even better than a turbo? TWO turbos. And better than that? Four. Wait, that's crazy. Three. Like the Audi RS5 TDI Concept has, and one of those is an electric turbocharger. With these three amigos, Audi is getting 385 HP and a crazy 553 lb-ft out of the diesel V6.
Read MoreCosworth has announced they're moving away from supplying individual parts and moving towards full tuning setups. Their objective is to become an approved upgrade partner for manufacturers, and the first in line is Subaru's FA20 engine with the Stage 1 Power Package, good for 230 horsepower.
Read MoreA lot of people hear "car enthusiast" and automatically think "raging asshole." But while there are indeed selfish douchebags who make gearheads look bad, I'd wager the vast majority of us are decent and friendly people who care about what they drive and each other.
Read MoreWhile we like original ideas and unique design, these ten controls should be obvious in any car to keep us safe and happy.
Read MoreThanks to the crowdfunding efforts of cryptocurrency users, racing fans and lunatics everywhere, a Dogecoin-themed Ford is now racing in NASCAR. Now there's an effort underway to expand Doge to the kickass Australian V8 Supercars series.
Read MoreAlternatively, 'Watch a Lamborghini Aventador Get Stoned.' Ouch! What's going on here?
Read MoreRyan Hunter-Reay had a pretty good excuse to miss his friend's wedding. Maybe he really wanted to go, but this sounds like a great way to get out of events you might not have a good reason for missing. How can I reuse this?
Read MoreVolvo honoring the anniversary of its first sports car attempt, the Volvo Sport, is kind of like GM honoring the 40th anniversary of their never-finished rotary engine project or Mazda celebrating 20 years since it canceled its luxury Amati brand. Volvo is weird.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from BBC, Speedhunters and Automobile.
Read MoreAs we first reported Automobile fired its editor and much of its staff, and its parent company Source Interlink axed other employees (and possibly magazines). We also learned that Source Interlink was becoming The Enthusiast Network, or TEN. We've now obtained a copy of what appears to be the newly renamed company's organization chart.
Read MoreWords like "insane" or "ridiculous" don't do the Porsche 918 Spyder justice. Not really. That's why Mike Spinelli describes it as a car for people who want to live in a world "where cyborg elves battle genetically-modified, pure energy assassins with pulse rifles."
Read MoreFor over half a decade there have been sightings of some very peculiar high-speed watercraft patrolling up and down the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver. It just so happens that these phantom vessels are some of the US Navy SEALs newest toys.
Read MoreWe've all dropped nails and screws into hard to reach places before, but this lighted magnetic pick-up tool will make it much easier to retrieve them. At $6, why not? [Lighted Magnetic Pick-Up Tool, $6]
Read MoreWe knew the Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro concept has 525 horsepower worth of five-cylinder awesomeness. What we didn't know until today is that most of the trunk lid is a giant freaking air brake. Look at that thing go!
Read MoreThere were four recalls from Ford today, including two big ones affecting 1.1 million SUVs sold in North America. The trouble for Escape, Explorer and Mercury Mariner owners is a power steering system that could fail.
Read MoreGiving credence to yesterday's rumor, Automobile magazine's Michigan offices have been closed, much of its staff has been let go, and the Editor-in-Chief Jean Jennings has been fired. This comes along with Source Interlink (now called TEN or The Enthusiast Network), owner of Motor Trend, apparently closing other magazines.
Read MoreNow, I know this may be one of those things that's more noticeable to us auto writers, what with our sex-worker-like hopping from car to car, but we do see a lot of dashboards. And certain controls seem to be placed with the careless abandon of a thrown dart. What control needs a standard placement?
Read MoreLove him or hate him, local billionaire Dan Gilbert knows what to say to get Detroit talking. At the Mackinac Policy Conference, an annual convention where Michigan journalists pay $2,000 to endlessly tweet selfies with semi-famous people on a car-free island, Gilbert suggested the idea of an automotive-themed attraction in Detroit.
Read MoreThe Hyundai Veloster is a funky, spunky little hatchback, but it's not exactly the best performer in its class. You know what would fix that? A mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout and 300 horsepower. Too bad Hyundai will never do that. Oh wait, they just did!
Read MoreSome of us with cars like to keep them mostly blemish-free. Others grow more attached the more their car is beat to shit. There are a lot of readers of this site in that second camp.
Read MoreFerrari, Maserati, and Lamborghini made their fair share of cool mid-engined supercars in the '70s, but not were quite so interesting as this, the BMW M1.
Read MoreAs General Motors continues to slog through the Summer of Recalls, federal regulators say they believe it's likely more than just 13 people died in crashes tied to the ignition switch defect. Here's one example of why that might be the case.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from CNET, Forbes and Road & Track.
Read MoreThis is what a repossessed Rolls-Royce Phantom looks like. It's also probably one of the cheapest Phantoms you'll ever see. Because it's practically worthless.
Read MoreOn Hyundai's website, they like to boast that the 274 horsepower 2.0-liter turbo four in the Genesis Coupe is more powerful than the Scion FR-S. Well, the base engine is about to get a lot more powerful for 2015, because the V6 will reportedly be the only available motor.
Read MoreYou might not need it for anything car-related, but this is an insanely good price on the compact Rockwell BladeRunner. It usually sells for at least $150. [Rockwell BladeRunner, $105]
Read MoreThere are probably more that a few people who might balk when offered the opportunity to fly on a 62 year-old plane, but I'm not one of those people. So last week, I got to fly on Honeywell Aerospace's Convair 580 — directly toward the mountains in Phoenix.
Read MoreA source tells Jalopnik that Roush Enterprises is the mysterious Detroit-area company building Google's driverless car, adding to their portfolio of performance parts, military vehicles and NASCAR stock cars.
Read MoreWhat happens when you take a Chevrolet Corvair, drape it with a gloriously sextastic body, and incorporate actual safety features into a car that desperately needed them? You get the only Fitch Phoenix, and it can soon be yours.
Read MoreFirst of all, I should just say that you have to feel for Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He's a brilliant man, and he makes one mistake and we're all over him like flies on a rib roast. But that's okay — mistakes are useful for smart-making, and we called in our own captive physicist to explain exactly what went wrong.
Read MoreNot all rental car companies are staffed by incompetent morons and run with red tape. When you need to rent a car, look for one of these signs.
Read MoreThere are a lot of things you should be rightfully afraid afraid of in Russia, like meteors , and everyone who lives there. Add one more thing to that list: beavers.
Read MoreA little, buried factoid in the hubbub over Google's little automatic bean-mobile, which drove the Internet crazy last night: It's being built here in the Motor City*. Now we need to know who's behind it.
Read MoreThe DeltaWing is one of the most radical and innovative race cars to hit the track in decades. But why can't we have a version for the street as well? DeltaWing chairman and racing mogul Don Panoz says we can, and it might just look like this.
Read MoreSkoda is celebrating the 40th birthday of its RS performance brand, which all started with this: The 1974 200 RS, built to compete in top-class rallying.
Read MoreI had plans for this evening. I really did. But then Zero Hedge has gone out of their way to be so fabulously wrong about how the world works I had to take a break to refute their latest attack of nonsense.
Read MoreTesla shares may still be solid after last year's massive jump, but Standard and Poor's isn't impressed. It just set the company's bond ratings to B-, aka "junk."
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from The New York Times, The Washington Post and Hooniverse.
Read MoreTime For Three, a classically-trained string trio, was desperately trying to make it to a festival gig in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but one thing stood in their way: the pilot of their US Airways flight. What followed was perhaps the most beautiful form of complaint to an airline I have ever heard.
Read MorePerfect for garages, this overhead storage shelf can adjust to hang on a slanted ceilings, and holds up to 250 pounds. Garage space is always at a premium, so you may want to pick up a couple of these. [HyLoft 45"x45" Overhead Storage System, $49]
Read MoreSad news to report out of Katy, Texas, where a local TV station was reporting on a flooded road and a snake trying to dodge traffic/kill tires. The snake was actually doing OK until it met a Chevy Malibu, which promptly attacked the snake. And it was all captured on video.
Read MoreWhen a tornado was bearing down on the residents of the energy boomtown of Watford, North Dakota, the only thought for safety these guys had was getting into their pickup truck. That couldn't be more wrong, and they're lucky they survived.
Read MoreWhat if, instead of asphalt, our nation's roads were covered in solar panels designed to power our homes and businesses? It's a crazy idea, but evidently it's one a lot of people like. A proposal by one company has crowdfunded $1.38 million on Indiegogo over the past few weeks.
Read MoreCaterham, the company that builds the evergreen ex-Lotus Seven and also some back-of-the-pack F1 cars, is not for sale. But hey, they are looking for investment! For just 350 million pounds ($589 million USD), you could get yourself into the lightweight/race car business.
Read MoreWhen an episode of Neil deGrasse Tyson's (frankly excellent) Cosmos gets postponed for the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 race, Neil deGrasse Tyson got revenge the only way he knew how – by dropping knowledge. But one of those tweets might have been just a bit wrong.
Read MoreThe Acura Integra, a car that went out of production in 2001, is still on America's top-ten most-stolen cars list.
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, my pilot friend, Mike* answered some questions for us about life as a pilot. The response was so huge that I asked him to answer some more for us, and he obliged. This time, we learn about unruly passengers, white-knuckle flying, and unions.
Read MoreI was going to ask what's the best car sharing program, but there aren't enough of them yet to fill up a good top ten. So in the meantime, what's the best car rental company?
Read MoreV8 or not, these ten cars are more American than a hamburger filled with beef jerky and marshmallows.
Read MoreBentley's as-yet-to-be-named new SUV is dribbling out in drips and drabs, because that's apparently Just What Manufacturers Do These Days, presumably. But from this light (get it? It's a pun! Because it's a video examining light, and it's also light on details) teaser video, it looks like the design is all set.
Read MoreUnless you've been living under a rock for the last four months, you're well aware that the Chevrolet Cobalt is at the center of a controversial recall over a faulty ignition switch. Naturally, this has tarnished the reputation of the mighty Cobalt, but maybe they are still good for something.
Read MoreThe stylish Mini Touring Superleggera Vision isn't the only roadster BMW debuted at this weekend's 2014 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. This is the BMW Concept Roadster, and it's so light and simplified it only has two wheels!
Read MoreLike carjackings in Corktown and police presence on Belle Isle, you know things aren't an issue in Detroit until white people start to complain about it. (Sorry, but yeah.) Today's hand-wringing is the rising rents in downtown Detroit.
Read MoreAlso, that old BMW already set off, dude. He's about halfway through the drag strip by the time you thought about going. This is just a losing situation all around. Have you ever tried driving something with four wheels? I hear those don't flip over as easily. I'm just here to help. Really.
Read MoreEveryone grab a Thums Up and pour it out on the ground, because it looks like production of the improbably archaic Hindustan Ambassador may finally be lurching to a halt. Saturday, production was stopped at the West Bengal factory, citing debt and lack of demand.
Read MoreThe 'Scandinavian flick' was pretty much invented by people who raced two-stroke Saab 96s and mastered by drivers pushing the more advanced 96 V4s to their limits. This is the latter case.
Read MoreIt's Memorial Day and Fleet Week in New York, an American won the Indy 500, and flags are everywhere. As we remember those who served to protect our freedoms, let us remember what these freedoms have bought us. What are the most 'Murican cars ever made?
Read MoreThe Maserati Guyfieri Alfieri went to Lake Como to make some noise with its 4.7-liter V8. For lunch, they had pasta.
Read MoreBoeing announced this week that it's new 737 MAX series, which is still three years from entering service, has surpassed the 2,000 order mark. The company said this week that 39 customers have ordered the planes, with a total of 2,010 orders valued at $290 Billion at list prices.
Read More"These kids need to get outside more!" should never be uttered by a cranky old man after reading something like this. Police in a Detroit suburb arrested a very, very young man twice in two days for riding around with car thieves in stolen vehicles.
Read MoreWelcome to Little Car in the Big City, where I highlight fascinating cars I found walking around a town that is known for being bigger than everything else, but where every car is fighting to stand out: New York, New York.
Read MoreThree years ago, US Marine Staff Sergeant Liam Dwyer stepped on a mine in Afghanistan, receiving a number of shrapnel wounds, and losing his left leg. Today, he won his class at the Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge race at Lime Rock.
Read MoreIf I have but one regret from today, it's that I missed the most spectacular photo from the Monaco Grand Prix of all.
Read MoreThere is a certain class of person, you know who they are, that sees the Zagato-designed Spyker C12 and says, "you know what that Spyker needs? That's right. More Lamborghini." The Lamborghini 5-95 by Zagato, then, is the oddball mixture created just for them.
Read MoreA man in a black BMW went on a rampage near UC Santa Barbara last night, and seven people are now dead, including the shooter, according to the AP. The gunman engaged into two separate shootouts with police before crashing his car with a bullet wound to the head.
Read MoreAs General Motors dribbles information out of its maw in drips and drabs, new information is constantly coming to light. And just yesterday they notified federal investigators that the number of crashes that the company's faulty cars caused was not 32, as they previously said, but 47.
Read MoreYou won't find Fordite digging through your backyard. It's also called Detroit Shale, but it's not a mineral or a gemstone. It's actually dozens of layers of baked paint culled from auto factories and polished into everything from pebbles to earrings. It could be the most Jalopnik jewelry in existence, if there is such a thing.
Read MoreJason first drove the BMW M235i on a track at the beginning of the year, and now we have one for a week's worth of testing. Expect a full review soon.
Read MoreThose families waiting for Cadillac dealers to sell some three-row SUV that isn't an Escalade are going to be disappointed and directed to buy a Buick Enclave instead. Reports from GM now say a three-row Cadillac crossover, to do battle with the popular Acura MDX, is dead.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Road & Track, Driving and Boing Boing.
Read MoreIf your treads are getting a little low, you can take $30 off a $400 Tirebuyer purchase, and stack on any manufacturer rebates that come along with them. Tirebuyer seems to have solid prices throughout, and they even deliver the tires free to one of their authorized installers. [$30 off $400 Tire Purchase, Promo Code ROADTRIP30]
Read MoreYou'd have to be living underneath an internet rock to not have noticed Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case For Reparations" in The Atlantic circulating this week. However, a Michigan congressman who has been making the case for reparations since taking office in 1964 is staring down an abrupt end to his career.
Read MoreThey clearly don't call it a "Hellcat" for no reason at all. The Dodge Challenger Hellcat sounds like Satan's pet feline decided it was going to gargle all the engines in the world, boiled in acid, and then scream out the resulting mix. It sounds scary.
Read MoreU.K.-based green energy company Ecotricity is taking Tesla to court claiming the electric automaker stole charging locations and broke an NDA in what the company's founder describes as a "smash and grab raid" on its intellectual property.
Read MoreEarlier this month, FCA laid out a grand plan for each division with Lancia curiously missing from the big announcement. Now we know what's happening to the beleaguered brand: It'll be whittled down to one, lonely model — the Ypsilon — by 2016, sold only in Italy.
Read MoreAs Regular Car Reviews so eloquently put it, dishonesty is a cardinal sin in the automotive industry. Small cars that try to look big and sporty, big cars that try to look lithe and light. So what car or truck looks like it should?
Read MoreSome of the gnarliest engines in racing history were made for the Indy 500. These are the ten nuttiest.
Read MoreA whole bunch of Nissan and racing executives just got together in a bar (seriously), to announce the launch of the latest contender at the ultimate glory of winning Le Mans. Built to take on Audi, Porsche, and Toyota at their own game, it's called the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO.
Read MoreA funny thing happened when Detroit Police divers searched for a car in the river as part of an investigation: They found 16 more they weren't looking for.
Read More[Hundreds of Sevens are expected to assemble at Throckmorton Airfield as host to the Lotus Seven Club International meeting on 31 May, 2014. The Seven extravaganza, expected to be the biggest of the year, will be backed by Caterham Cars which will showcase several vehicles including a Caterham F1 Team car. Photo: Caterham]
Read MoreHope you're gained some kind of acceptance for the way the Volkswagen Passat looks right now, because the one we get in the U.S. is probably going to be sticking around for a few more years. On other continents, the Passat is ready for a redo and these are the first sketches of the new car. Damn, it looks OK.
Read MoreFlorida, America's Most American State, gets made fun of quite a bit around here over its residents' proclivity for drug-fueled fighting, public sex and car crashes, often at the same time. But Floridians do have one redeeming quality: they Google "Mazda Miata" more than any other state. Great job!
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Automotive News, Wired and Hooniverse.
Read MoreMany critics were incensed last week over the $35 million fine General Motors was hit with for failing to promptly inform federal officials about safety defects with their cars. But if a bill introduced today becomes law, other automakers will have to pay a lot more.
Read MoreApparently. BMW didn't learn a lesson from GM: When destroying a fleet of electric cars, avoid parading their crushed carcasses on the back of a trailer for the world to see. It's just in bad taste, and former owners are reacting like it's a funeral procession with open caskets.
Read MoreEveryone should own at least one smartphone dash mount per vehicle, and at $6 you may as well keep some spares as well. [Gmatrix Universal Smartphone Dash Mount, $6]
Read MoreWith the latest round of recalls announced yesterday, General Motors recalled 15.8 million cars in North America in 2014, more cars than they sold in the last five years combined. And they may not be stopping anytime soon.
Read MoreRecently, we wrote about some seemingly spam-like emails we had been receiving suggesting we write about a rebodied-Ariel Atom called the Rezvani Beast. That story prompted two things: a nice response from Rezvani PR, and a sobering warning about the company from someone who says he was once involved.
Read MoreOh my god this is perfect. Robyn in a blue Volvo V60 is a fantastic combination of great things from Sweden. I guess it's fitting that the two put together made some kind of ad that looks like a depressing Swedish police drama.
Read MoreSince 1911, the Indianapolis 500 has been an American Memorial Day tradition. Like the Kentucky Derby and horse racing, it's the one event where people who don't even care about the sport end up watching. The difference? The damn horses don't go 240 MPH.
Read MoreFor decades, the Indy 500 was one of the very fastest, most prestigious motor races the world over. It attracted not only top talents from Europe and factory efforts here in the US, but also bonkers works from small-time, innovative garages. And we got some nutty engines out of the whole thing.
Read MoreConsidering the zeal with which they've been recalling old and new cars to fix various issues, I think it's fair to say General Motors' renewed focus on safety has been more than just talk. Now they're trying something new on a few select cars: requiring seat belts to be buckled for the car to work.
Read MoreVauxhall's hot hatches are pretty much the best in business (depending on who you ask), so why won't GM start shaking up Buick's lineup by importing cheap performance to get a slice from the Abarth 500/Focus ST cake?
Read MoreA man in Westland, a western Wayne County suburb of Detroit named after the local shopping mall, is angry with his city's emergency responders after a photo of two workers posing in and outside a truck he crashed started circulating online.
Read MoreOutstanding news for anyone who loves drifting, Japan, and unassuming Toyotas that decimate vastly more powerful cars: a new Initial D movie is coming this fall! And here's the first full-length trailer.
Read MoreWhat, BMW owners who didn't buy their cars because they're the ultimate rear-wheel drive machine? Shocking! And they love the 2-series Active Tourer compact MPV? What's the weather like in hell today?
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Business Insider, Petrolicious and Thrillist.
Read MoreIt's pretty crazy that spending more than $200 million to CGI the late Paul Walker into Fast & Furious 7 was more cost effective than just starting the film over from scratch without him. Now the studio behind the latest Fast it pushing hard for an insurance claim reportedly in excess of $50 million.
Read MoreAfter being convicted of his seventh drunken driving charge, and leading police on a chase, AND crashing his Ferrari 360 into a house and a parked car, you'd think the judge would lock up Washington State man Shaun Goodman and throw away the key. You'd be wrong.
Read MoreEven if you never film an awesome meteor, a dashcam can save your bacon when dealing with insurance claims and police reports after an accident. For $87, why not? It even includes a free 16GB Samsung MicroSD card. [OjoCam Pro Mini 0801 Dash Camera with GPS & G-Sensor, $87]
Read MoreGoogle makes money off ads and Google wants to infiltrate your car. You know where this is going, and now there's an SEC filing to prove it.
Read MoreLook, I'm sure Pastor Maldonado is a nice enough guy. But the Venezuelan driver for the Lotus F1 team is a bit, um, "erratic," to put it lightly, and he's grown quite a reputation for crashing spectacularly, and crashing often. So much so that he's the butt of many great jokes. Jokes like these.
Read MoreYou know how people talk about the glory days of hot rodding, of wild engine swaps and late night racing all ending in some kind of huge party? Yeah, that's what's going down at East Coast Bash at Englishtown, NJ this weekend.
Read MoreHate all the recalls lately? Feel like companies should pay for putting you in harm's way? Too bad. According to Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, they won't be paying much at all for their failures. You will.
Read MoreThey say that every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings. Similarly, every time someone buys an electric Fiat 500e, Sergio Marchionne loses $14,000.
Read MoreHI MY NAME IS RAPHAEL AND I LIKE OLD CARS. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY VALVE CLEARANCES.
Read MoreA very important city that's definitely not in Metro Detroit but still crucial to the U.S. auto industry is facing the same bankrupt fate as Detroit proper. Flint's been through hard times, but it may be nearing the bottom.
Read MoreMazda's 25th Anniversary Edition Miata went on sale yesterday. All 100 cars sold out in 10 minutes. Why the hell did it take so long?
Read MoreWith Audi's launch of an A3 powered by a brand new fuel, it's time for us to look back and talk a bit about the first series production car using ethanol. As usual, it's a Fiat from South America.
Read MoreLast year I said that the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class was the best-looking C-Class ever made. That was before I saw the wagon. I stand corrected — this is the best-looking C-Class ever made.
Read MoreFrench railway operator SNCF has to spend $68 million on widening platforms after mixing up measurements and ordering hundreds, maybe thousands, of new trains that are simply too big for the stations.
Read MoreFollowing the arrival of the first Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cells at the ports of Los Angeles, the retail sale of America's first mass-produced hydrogen car is expected within the next several weeks in Southern California. Free refills, y'all!
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Road & Track, Engine Labs and Jon White.
Read MoreDon't check your calendar, this isn't 2011. Or 2009 for that matter. It's 2014 and the latest group trying to put the people of Sweden back to making Saabs has run into a financial roadblock.
Read MoreSo the new thing in muscle cars appears to be air intakes where you least expect them. Earlier this year, Chevy showed us the "flowtie" they stuck to the Camaro Z/28. Dodge has arguably gone one step further in fooling us with an intake that looks like a light. That's intake one-upmanship.
Read MoreOn October 15th, 1997, RAF fighter pilot Andy Green got behind the wheel of a twin jet-engined wondership known as the Thrust SSC, and smashed through the sound barrier. And this is what it looked like onboard.
Read MoreIf you've got several oil drums of change set aside to take to the CoinStar machine in order to get your new 2015 Mustang, we now have the numbers you need to shoot for. Things start at $24,425, which is close to 100,000 quarters, so bring a friend to help you carry all that change.
Read MoreI'm assuming a fair number of you like to change your own oil, so our first deal today is a no-brainer. All you have to do is buy a container of highly-rated Royal Purple oil, and you'll get the filter for free. Easy as that. [Free Filter with Oil Purchase, Amazon]
Read MoreFirst, let me say that, reportedly, everyone ended up basically okay here. And then, I'd like to add that that driver can really rock a headscarf. But, more importantly, watch the damn road and don't selfie-while-drive. Ever.
Read MoreBig Data is your all-knowing best friend. It's used to predict everything from Supreme Court outcomes to Senate races to what you should watch on Netflix tonight. Now it's being used to fuel your classic car Craigslist binges and ensure you don't get fleeced on that Ferrari 288 GTO that's going up for auction.
Read MoreMarco Andretti is a third generation driver with the most famous name in motorsports. He's only 27, but he's been racing for ages. And now he's here to answer all of your most important questions before the Indy 500 on Sunday.
Read MoreDid you think that after Washington Redskins running back Alfred Morris got his 1991 Mazda 626 factory restored, he would just park it somewhere and buy a fancy new car? No way, man. He takes it on cross-country road trips during the winter.
Read MoreWith the announcement of today's recall of 2.4 million more cars, trucks and SUVs, the total number of General Motors recalls in the U.S. now exceeds 13 million. To put that into perspective, recalls now exceed the number of cars they sold in the U.S. in five years.
Read MoreThe new supercharged, 600+ horsepower, 6.2l V8 that you'll be able to get in the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat needs a lot of air. How much air? Enough that they put an intake RIGHT IN THE CHALLY'S EYEBALL.
Read MoreNow it's time for your General Motors recall of the week. And it's only Tuesday, too! This week's recall includes another 2.4 million cars and SUVs being called in to fix a variety of potential safety issues.
Read MoreYou're looking at a diagram of the spaceframe for the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 roadster. It is interesting for three reasons.
Read MoreLook, by no means am I a property expert, but all the signs are there. If you're interested in getting a house for little to nothing — from fixer-uppers to move-in readys — and don't mind big, bad Detroit, now's the time. Here's why.
Read MoreOne of the ideas from Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan during his campaign was to sell empty lots in the city for a small price to be used for the owner's (legal) discretion. Looks like Duggan is keeping his promise, as such a program is coming to fruition.
Read MoreWhen we think of good places for people who enjoy driving, we often think of endless back roads with minimal traffic and high speed limits. But there's more to it than that, like legal protections for motorists, state-imposed costs and financial responsibility requirements. Not all places in America are created equal for drivers.
Read MoreSiemens delivered 40 Combino Plus trams to Budapest back in 2007. These happen to be the world's longest passenger trams at 177.13 feet, although one is a little shorter now thanks to this accident. The 'giant caterpillar' is down, and here's what happened.
Read MoreLast week Variety reported that LA-based Cecchi Gori Pictures is trying to get a long-stalled biopic about Enzo Ferrari back on track. What should it be about and who should be in it?
Read MoreThe Scion FR-S and the Subaru BRZ have been widely hailed as some of the best (relatively) cheap, fun cars of the past few years. But they've always had one major complaint. Their engines are a bit, how shall we say, underpowered. Famed British engineering firm Cosworth aims to change that.
Read MoreThe launch of the Porsche 911-rivaling Mercedes-AMG GT continues to be drawn out, now that Mercedes has released website for the car featuring a video and this very dark photo.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from The Atlantic, The Truth About Cars and Hemmings.
Read MoreWhile driving down Wilshire Boulevard to take some pictures of something fun (you'll see soon), I noticed this heavily-camo'd car. I stealthily snuck up to it in my loud, bright yellow car and snapped some pictures. We think this is the 2015 Chrysler 300.
Read MoreYou know how it is in Saudi Arabia: You're just driving along, minding your own business and trying to avoid the camels, when ALL OF A SUDDEN some yahoos in a Dodge Charger start Hagwalah-ing all over the damn road.
Read MoreDeep within the heart of every Volvo S80 fitted with a V8 engine, lives a V8 engine. Surprising, I know. And when you disconnect the exhaust pipes on an otherwise bone-standard Volvo S80 V8, you unleash the eight-cylindered beast that lives with in. And it bellows like a monster.
Read MoreKurt Busch is a NASCAR driver, but this weekend he's planning on becoming the fourth driver to attempt The Double, racing in both the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in one day. He's not so used to IndyCar yet, so this is what can happen when a driver loses his concentration just for a fraction of a second.
Read MoreIf you don't already own a set, Rhino Ramps are just about the easiest way to get your car off the ground when you need to tinker underneath. Kmart has a pair for $10 off today. [Rhino ramps (Pair), $35]
Read MoreLast week, we received a huge response from readers when we posed the question of whether or not pilots hop in bed with flight attendants regularly while flying together. My friend, Pilot Mike said he'd never really witnessed it, but many of you replied and said otherwise. Let's look at some of your responses.
Read MoreSuper Replicas' websites trumpet perfect copies of Ferraris and Lamborghinis powered by anything from Toyota V6s to BMW V12s, all depending on the size of your imagination and your wallet. The reality is far less glamorous, according to exclusive videos shot in secret and featured on Jalopnik.
Read MoreSixteen. That's a number. More specifically, its the number of variants that Porsche currently has for the 911. Well, get ready for that number to break 20: The GTS is coming.
Read MoreAfter the Detroit Silverdome/Pontiac Silverdome dustup between Jalopnik Detroit and Gawker this weekend, quite a few readers questioned why Detroiters got so offended if a city in question is technically part of the metro area. There's a reason for that: Most cities in Metro Detroit are worlds apart.
Read MoreI still have scars on my right knuckles when I spent the better part of an afternoon trying to replace a single spark plug in a WRX. But that's nothing compared to what it takes to replace an alternator on a V10-powered Volkswagen Touareg.
Read MoreSometimes, you wish your car had active camouflage...
Read MoreI've heard more than one American Volkswagen employee grumble that the company's way of setting sales targets is taking existing figures and adding zeros to them. VW execs have said they want to sell 800,000 vehicles in the U.S. by 2018, but now they may be dialing back those ambitious goals a bit.
Read MoreGlobal Rallycross raced in the desolate and inhospitable location of "Barbados" this weekend at the Top Gear Festival. And right out of the gate, the racing in the final was close, clean, and competitive HOLY CRAP KEN BLOCK JUST FLIPPED INTO THE WALL.
Read MoreThe billionaire that waged a bankruptcy bidding war and scooped up Fisker Automotive has pledged to beat Elon Musk at his own game: making electric vehicles and selling them around the world. Billionaire fight!
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 MoreThe thing about living in Detroit is that when something goes viral locally, you pray that if it reaches a national level it gets translated to the masses properly. And it's a fucked-up game of Telephone that Gawker writers fail at every goddamn time.
Read MoreFlorida seems like a strange place to take an airplane if you want to test its functions in the coldest possible temperatures, but the McKinley Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base is the place to go. Everyone from Boeing to Bombardier and the U.S. military tests their planes here.
Read MoreI usually enjoy reading Zero Hedge because the insights are often interesting and I think pessimism is an underrated virtue these days. However, this guest article on unsold cars is so demonstrably false I had to take a break from my Sunday morning to dispute it.
Read MoreWelcome to Little Car in the Big City, where I highlight fascinating cars I found walking around a town that is known for being bigger than everything else, but where every car is fighting to stand out: New York, New York.
Read MoreThe Boeing 787 Dreamliner is experiencing a scary, ongoing problem that nobody can seem to solve — the cockpit windows are cracking at an alarming rate.
Read MoreAnd I dare say they did it better.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Streetsblog USA, Bloomberg Businessweek and Vox.
Read MoreIf there's one constant about AMS Manufacturing, the brains behind that 1,700-hp Nissan GT-R, it's that they want to make everything go faster. Take a stroll through our archives and you'll see. That same mentality applies outside the factory as well.
Read MoreThe Daihatsu Mira Walk-Through Van is one of those things that could only come from Japan, a place where a coffin is considered to be a flat.
Read MoreMake your own crazy dashcam videos with this 1080p model from Timetec. It's listed at $300, but once you get to the final checkout screen, you'll see a $100 discount.
Read MoreNow it's time to play one of our favorite games around these parts: What The Hell Is This? Our subject is the 2015 Ford Mustang, specifically what seems to be a high-performance variant seen testing in Dearborn. The catch is that it doesn't sound like it has a V8, so what the hell is it?
Read MoreI desperately want – no need – a compact commercial van. There's just something about an all-in-one, hauling, sleeping, road-tripping machine that hits all the right fuck-you-society spots. And now I have a template for the support vehicle. It's a Transit Connect Wagon built by DIYers and filled with lots of silly expensive enablers to bring my stupid ideas into existence.
Read MoreEarly next year, NASA plans to begin flying a Predator drone over the California desert at the Armstrong Flight Research Center along with two manned aircraft, which will intrude into the Predator's airspace.
Read MoreThis is what happens when you leave a tank parked on a city street.
Read MoreIn the last Plane Porn episode, we got to see the many retro liveries of U.S.-based airlines. Many of you reminded us all of the fact that other airlines around the world also have retro liveries. As I began researching those, I was quite surprised to see how many are out there!
Read MoreGREAT NEWS: Friend of Jalopnik, car nut, and comedy writer Spike Feresten has a new show coming to The Esquire Network this fall, The Car Matchmaker. Knowing Spike, it sounds like it'll be a lot of fun. We'll have plenty more from the show and Spike closer to the premiere. Stay tuned!
Read MoreToday we learned that GM has a list of phrases that are not allowed to be used during vehicle evaluations after hearing about their $35 million fine for delayed recalls. Phrases like Corvair-like and Hindenburg are banned. And probably because they were used at some point in the development process.
Read MoreIf there's a smoking gun in this whole GM fiasco it might be this: An internal PowerPoint presentation released by the government that makes it clear the company went to great lengths to discourage people from talking frankly about safety problems, even if that problem scared them, their family, and was obviously a screw up.
Read MoreThere's a certain something when you're rolled up on by five police cruisers while you're sitting half naked in your car.
Read MoreSaying General Motors broke the law by failing to notify regulators of an ignition switch defect tied to 13 deaths, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the automaker will face a record $35 million fine and is ordered to make "significant and wide-ranging internal changes."
Read MoreThere's plenty of reasons to not have those cloying stick-figure family stickers in your window: they're insipid, dorky, and kind of saccharine. But you know what they're not? Dangerous. Even though fear-mongering local news stations want you to think so.
Read MoreUniversity of Alabama running back Derrick Henry posted an Instagram (the kids and their social media!) of his new car: A Dodge Challenger. Former West Virginia University QB Pat White then jumped in, saying 'Bama has given out cars for years and he turned down a Corvette they offered.
Read MoreI think it's fair to say that over the years, there have been some crazy Volkswagen GTI concepts. Remember the one that looked like an R8, or the one with the W12 engine? Good stuff. Now Volkswagen has another nutty one coming our way, and it's headed to Gran Turismo 6.
Read MoreIn addition to $100,000 in prize money and an Oris Artelier Date Diamonds watch with 72 diamonds, 2014 Playboy Playmate of the Year Kennedy Summers also won a 2014 Mini John Cooper Works Roadster. She looks overjoyed.
Read MoreBMW is hungry for more space to build more and more derivatives of its cars. Expanding its South Carolina crossover plant was step one, but the company wants another North American plant and Mexico is reportedly the front-runner in that bid.
Read MoreOh no, the Audi A3 Clubsport Quattro concept doesn't have a manual. Yes, it has 525 horsepower, all-wheel drive, five cylinders and has a big "quattro" on the front. But you're still going to complain about the lack of a manual.
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Corvette. It is, in some ways, the physical embodiment of American speed. It is an icon. To many, it is sacred. That's why I can't even begin to understand — in fact, don't even want to understand — why this Corvette owner would commit such an unspeakable act of treason against his wonderful machine. Look inside, and see the unforgivable sin he has committed against this car.
Read MoreIf your battery is starting to wear down, Sears is taking 20% off a ton of DieHard batteries today. Even if you don't need one imminently, this is a good opportunity to stock up so you'll always have a spare handy.
Read MorePop songs have been blamed for a lot of things, from the "My Way Killings" to Ozzy-induced suicides. And now, one Lorde song has caused Maybach ads to go up 233 percent after a fleeting reference to the lifeless corpse of an overpriced S-Class.
Read MoreLightning Motorcycles has dominated the all-electric class at Pikes Peak, taken the prize for fastest electric superbike at Bonneville, and now it's ready to capitalize on those successes. The LS-218 cometh, and it stands to take the crown as the world's fastest production bike.
Read MoreThis is a story of hubris, determination, emissions, an Impala, and, of course, the amazing Soichiro Honda. It's a reminder that innovation can beat strength, and that the most defining characteristic of any giant is not its size, but it's susceptibility to cleverness.
Read MoreThe application process for the much-covered Write-A-House project in Detroit, in which writers take residence in restored homes in the city, opens today. If you're not down for the Amtrak train residency, how about something more solitary?
Read MoreBentley just released this short spot about the design details in their cars called "intelligent design." It's a gorgeous and interesting film, but the most amazing part is that it was filmed entirely on an iPhone and edited on an iPad.
Read MoreThe venerable J.D. Power has just released its annual North American Airline satisfaction study, and results are showing that flyers are more happy with airline service than ever before. Does that sound right to you? Maybe we've all just given in and lowered our collective expectations?
Read MoreBMW only built 8,000 Z1 roadsters between 1989 and 1991, but have no fear, you can still buy yourself a brand new one if you have around $100,000 sitting around.
Read MoreOur lord and savior, the Scion FR-S, is receiving a makeover for 2015 that will make it totally different from every other FR-S. And by "totally different" we mean it has a new antenna on the roof and different exhaust tips. They've also made it more dynamic. So that's good.
Read MoreIt's a day ending in the letter Y, so it's time for more General Motors recalls. This time they're recalling 2.7 million more cars, including Corvettes, Malibus, CTS-es and full-size trucks for a variety of issues.
Read MoreThe 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class scored the maximum five stars on the Euro NCAP crash test not only because of its occupant or pedestrian protection qualities, but also thanks to its crash prevention systems. Which almost works perfectly. Almost.
Read MoreI recently spent a week in a new Porsche Cayman S. It looked great, handled great, sounded great, and was capable of fulfilling every speed-desire in my heart. It was also nearly $89,000. So is the new Porsche Cayman GTS, with 15 extra horsepower, really worth it?
Read MoreSitting kills. At least that's what the medical reports are trumpeting. It's also one of the reasons why activity trackers like the FitBit, Jawbone UP, and Nike FuelBand have gained so much popularity. And now, they're able to track another sedentary activity: driving.
Read MoreHow do you top the legendary Porsche 959? In the late 1980s, the engineers at Porsche were hard at work trying to find a way to do exactly that. And this is one of the few surviving relics from their journey.
Read MoreElon Musk is a perfectionist, so it's no surprise that he's willing to admit that the original Tesla Roadster was a mishmash of parts that looked great on paper, but didn't quite mesh in the real world.
Read MoreUgh, this is pretty awful. A Brea, CA 20-year-old borrowed his friend's motorcycle, drove it into the street, and very quickly veered into oncoming traffic, where he was hit by a Mercedes SUV. He had no helmet on, and witnesses say no lights on, either.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from The New York Times, Medium and Grantland.
Read MoreThis year's field at the top of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will feature some big names — Porsche, Audi, Toyota — but keep your eye on Nicolas Perrin. He used to work in F1, and now he's designing an open-source LMP1 car.
Read MoreIf you haven't seen it, a cat did the most amazing thing today. Who says nothing good comes out of Bakersfield?
Read MoreFrankly, I'd be surprised if any of you didn't already own some kind of OBD-II scanner, but today's a great chance to upgrade to a Bluetooth model if you haven't already. This one is guaranteed to work with the powerful Torque Android app to collect advanced driving statistics and diagnostics. If you want something a little simpler, there's also a wired model on sale for a few bucks less.
Read MoreThe 1913 Indianapolis 500 was the third running of the race. Frenchman Jules Goux and his riding mechanic Emil Begin were driving a Peugeot. And during every pitstop they drank champagne to stay hydrated. Yeah. It's said they drank six bottles. Must have been thirsty. But is it true?
Read MoreMy friend Mike* is a First Officer at a regional airline here in the U.S. He's graciously agreed to answer some questions exclusively for Flight Club about being a pilot, as well as addressing some of the rumors that we hear as travelers about everything from sex to slowing your plane down on purpose.
Read MoreThe Lotus Carlton was way too fast and powerful for the prudes in England, but Texans can handle it just fine. Somehow — and don't ask me how! — a Carlton made its way down to the Houston area, and now it needs a new home.
Read MoreHere's what we know: Toyota and BMW are teaming up to make a new sports car. Here's what we don't know: literally everything else.
Read MoreA young kid riding his bike in Bakersfield, California was attacked by a neighbor's dog in the driveway. Amazingly, the boy's cat came to the rescue.
Read MoreWhat do you get when you cross a BMW M235i with a DTM car, a Z4, and the famous M colors? A car that looks awesome, would drive like a dream, and is totally not real at all. Meet the BMW Vision Gran Turismo.
Read MoreThis week, Airbus is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of its A300's entry into service. The A300B was the first commercial airliner produced by Airbus — a joint venture between France and Germany. It first flew on September 28, 1972, and Air France took delivery of the first production plane on May 10, 1974, registered as F-BGVA.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from BBC Autos, Driving, and Racer.
Read MoreVia our military blog: In light of it being Top Gun Day I think it would be proper to take a look back to see how the true star of the movie, the F-14 Tomcat, could have lived on in various forms far past its 2006 retirement.
Read MoreThis past week's episode of HBO's Silicon Valley featured a subplot where a character was essentially abducted by a driverless car. While it's certainly funny to watch people on TV taken places against their will and put in grave danger by a malfunctioning robot, could this actually happen?
Read MoreThe Oatmeal is one of the most popular webcomics on this whole interconnected fax-machine-and-hair-dryers network we call the "inter-net." And it must be paying off pretty well for Mr.Oatmeal, because he has a Tesla. And he freaking loves it.
Read MoreThis is not how the airspace around Chicago normally looks. A fire at a TRACON facility in Elgin, Illinois put a stop to all flights in and out of Chicago's major airports, O'Hare and Midway. Flights are currently experiencing major delays and diversions to other cities.
Read MoreNot SVO. Not ST. Not "Mustang Turbo," probably because it's made by Ford and not Dodge circa 1986. We have a name for the turbocharged four-cylinder 2015 Ford Mustang, and it is "Mustang EcoBoost." And we have more details on the options you can order across all trim levels.
Read MoreLadies and gentlemen, meet the new face of vehicular crime fighting (and apparently Superman fighting) in Gotham City. This is the Batmobile that will make its debut in Zack Snyder's Batman Vs. Superman, the sequel to Man of Steel due out in 2016.
Read MoreExclusivity. Luxury. Opulence. Cocaine. When you want to communicate these things to your customer base, nothing works better than baby tigers. Unfortunately, PETA took issue with a plan to use the cubs to promote the new Porsche Macan crossover.
Read MoreThe manual transmission is dead, they say. All the high-end overpowered cars are going to paddle-shift gearboxes, they say. It's the way of the future, they say. But some of us still prefer the old-school act of shifting gears with a stick and clutch, and a few heroic automakers are happy to oblige with a ton of power as well.
Read MoreJetBlue is introducing a new binary-themed livery on N709JB, one of its Airbus A320 aircraft. Featuring a dark blue aft fuselage with zeroes and ones, and named "CONNECTED TO 01000010 01001100 01010101 01000101" — binary code that translates to: "Connected to BLUE."
Read MorePay it forward, I guess. Since two of the Detroit Three have been rescued from bankruptcy, they now have the opportunity to help out the city that houses several of their employees. Rumor has it General Motors and Chrysler (and Ford, too) are putting together a hefty donation to the city's troubled art museum.
Read MoreSubaru has had a phenomenally successful run in the U.S. over the past few years, regularly exceeding sales projections to the point of struggling to keep pace with demand. Now that America is addicted to that Subaru crack, they've got even bigger plans for us.
Read MoreSo, you wanna be an astronaut? Virgin Galactic says they can help you accomplish that for $250,000, and boasts they have over 800 space tourists lined up to go to space. However, the qualification for claiming you actually went to space is under debate.
Read MoreAnd now, a dispatch from the Jalopnik Department Of Crazy Rumors: We're hearing that the new Batmobile from the upcoming Batman Vs. Superman film, likely to be unveiled today, might be hybrid. Say whaaaaaat?
Read MoreThe Phantom Drophead Waterspeed Collection is full of firsts for Rolls-Royce, but the 'Maggiore Blue' V12 alone was worth their effort. Prepare your eyes for a magnificent ride.
Read MoreIn addition to dropping some sexy Golf SportWagen news on us this morning, Volkswagen also released the final U.S. specs for the 2015 Golf R. 290 horsepower, zero to 60 mph in about 5 seconds or less, and some great news for track rats everywhere: stability control can finally be killed.
Read MoreThe widow of Roger Rodas, the man driving the Porsche Carerra GT when it wrecked, causing the fiery crash that killed actor Paul Walker, has filed a lawsuit against Porsche, stating that design and mechanical flaws in the car caused the accident.
Read MoreThis past weekend was the VMax200 Hypermax event in England, where supercar owners get together on a runway to go fast and do other supercar stuff. It's where this happened. These two Ford GT's came and brought the America, in the best way possible: burnouts.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Grantland, Road & Track, and Hooniverse.
Read MoreOkay, Honda fanboys. Prepare your jimmies, they're about to get rustled. In addition to the (supposedly) forthcoming 2015 Acura NSX and the recently greenlit Honda S660 baby roadster, Honda is reportedly preparing an S2000 successor to slot between them — but it will be radically different from the last one.
Read MoreBest Buy's deal of the day is a powerful 650W Alpine amplifier to upgrade your car's sound system. This model goes for $200-$300 basically everywhere, so strike while the iron's hot.
Read MoreBlack Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am was kicked out of a United Airlines lounge over the weekend, and like many of us do, he took to Twitter to voice his displeasure. He claims he was given the boot after United accused him of having a fake Mileage Plus membership card. Really, he just doesn't understand how airports work.
Read MoreThe Ferrari Enzo is one of the fastest cars to ever come out of Maranello. The Koenigsegg CCX thinks that's cute.
Read MoreGM has been teasing LTE data connections on its cars for over two years. Now, it's official. In June, the Malibu will be the first car GM car with OnStar 4G LTE, granting traveling salesman high-speed data for between $5 and $50 a month.
Read MoreWhat's it like to own a Ford RS200? Apparently, awesome is where it starts.
Read MoreAs if the dual NCAA Basketball titles were't already cool enough, University of Connecticut alumnus and U.S. Astronaut Mastracchio delivered the commencement speech to this year's School of Engineering graduates on Saturday, while orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station.
Read MoreWhen Toyota bought a 2.4 percent stake in Tesla back in 2011, part of the deal was to supply battery packs, motors, and electronics for the RAV4 EV. Three years later, Tesla says that deal is done at the end of 2014.
Read MoreSpinsy-winsies. Decorative plate-scab. Fancy turning crank. Oblong chrome nipple with "5" on it. Art. This 1993 Volvo 245GL has everything you'll ever need in a car.
Read MoreThis 2006 Mercedes E55 AMG owner and his lawnmower, 1. Nissan 350Z, 0.
Read MoreThis is sort of a hard one to write, because normally, I miss the freewheeling days before 1967 where you could get anything. You'd open up an Esquire and order an NSU Prinz right out of the back. But even so, there's some cars that really should have just stayed home.
Read MoreMost highways are pretty boring, but these ten are not most highways.
Read MoreThe latest Cadillac CTS is phenomenal. The Cadillac ATS is the best small sport sedan America has ever produced. That's all well and good, but there's always room for more — more power, more handling, more noise, more more. And more is coming in 2015.
Read MoreIf you're going to set up a road blockade to stop a Ukrainian armored personnel carrier, you're going to have to make it beefier than this.
Read MoreThe McLaren F1 will always be one of my favorites. That could be because it was the pinnacle of performance when I was growing up, but I also love it because it's so analog compared to today's hypercars. And its naturally-aspirated V12 sings an angry song right up to the redline.
Read MoreWhen you're talking about Monaco, Lamborghinis and Ferraris are so dull, so boring. Everyone and their uncle's boyfriend has one. If you really want to stand out, you need something ridiculous. Something hilarious. Something obnoxious. You need a C5 Corvette with aftermarket exhaust.
Read MoreA plane crash of any sort is pretty nerve-wracking. Doubly so if it's about to crash into your house. But this plane crash in Australia ended surprisingly well, when the pilot deployed his chute. And not just for himself, but for the entire plane.
Read MoreEvery couple of years, like clockwork, we hear a rumor about a new, tiny BMW roadster. It's normally dubbed the BMW Z2, and it's normally supposed to slot in below the Z4. Car and Driver has the rumor again, but this time it's coming with a lot of weirdness. Three-cylinder, turbo weirdness.
Read MoreAyrton Senna was shilling everything from motor oil to Hondas back in the day, but that doesn't mean his arch-rival, Alain Prost, wasn't shilling anything. Here, he is apparently shilling for soap-on-a-rope. I think.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Racer, Forbes, and The New York Times.
Read MoreI don't know about you, but when I steal a car, I normally wait for the dark of night to do the deed. These guys basically said "fuck it" and stole it in the middle of the day and were filmed the whole time. That takes balls.
Read MoreIf someone were to ask you what the greatest mid-engined car is you might answer that it's a Ferrari 355, a Lamborghini Countach, or maybe even an Audi R8. Well, you'd be wrong. It's this, the Toyota Previa.
Read MoreA Romanian man driving from Italy back to Romania was stopped by the Hungarian Police at the border after their search revealed that the entire BMW X6 in the back of his Mercedes Sprinter was in fact a stolen vehicle wanted in Italy.
Read More"What are those? Aston Martins? Yes, just stack them. Yes, that'll be just fine." Those are probably the words of the elegance hating truck driver who transported these three lovely cars in the most heinous way possible. (Update: The cars were in a flood, more below)
Read MoreHey BMW i8, you think you're so great with your laser beam headlamps? Well, the Audi R8 is about to do it too! How do you like them apples?
Read MoreWant a car in Shanghai, but don't want to pay as much as $15,000 U.S. for a license plate? Then you need a Tesla Model S, friend!
Read MoreThe jet-powered Bloodhound SSC will make its 1,000 MPH world record attempt in 2016. And when driver Andy Green evacuates his bladder while blowing beyond Mach 1, if he's lucky, he won't be looking at these gorgeous gauges from Rolex. If he is, there's a good chance he's going to die.
Read MorePearlie Golden, a 93-year old from Hearne, Texas, failed her driving test this week. When her nephew tried to take her keys away, she pulled out a revolver, waving it in the air. The police were called, and in the end, five shots were fired, at least two hitting Golden, killing her.
Read MoreBesides Steve McQueen's impeccable coolness, everyone knows the best thing about 1968's Bullitt is the famous chase scene between Det. Frank Bullitt's Mustang GT and the nefarious black Charger R/T. What if it happened at England's Silverstone Circuit instead of the streets of San Francisco?
Read MoreMercedes doesn't want you busy with other stuff while driving. They think you should be comfortable, know where you're going and, um, well fed. And apparently you should constantly be thinking about how you feel.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler declared on Tuesday that the Chrysler brand would no longer go after premium customers, leaving Alfa Romeo and Maserati to carry the load. On one hand, it's a smart business move for clear brand identity. On the other, it's the disappearance of another Detroit luxury brand.
Read MoreThe website Dirty Hero has dug up a fantastic old treasure trove of hand-drawn custom van styling tips that originally appeared in a 1976 edition of Hot Rod Magazine Vans. They have the full text too, and it's a reminder that vans need to make a comeback.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Motoramic, Petrolicious, and Hemmings.
Read MoreTanner Foust and Rutledge Wood of Top Gear USA graced Jalopnik HQ with their presence this afternoon, and were kind enough to jump on Kinja to answer your questions! Here are some of the more profound nuggets we learned about them and the show.
Read MoreMissouri's state legislature has just one week left to go in its current session, and it looks like lawmakers will spend that time trying to stop Tesla Motors from selling their cars direct to customers — an attempt Tesla says came out of the blue.
Read MoreThis past spring I was getting dinner with some friends in northern Massachusetts when I laid my eyes on an early-2000s Alfa Romeo Spider in a parking lot. For our friends in Europe this probably isn't a big deal, but for an American HOLY CRAP SOMEONE HAS A NEWISH ALFA IN THE US. My brain melted.
Read MoreNothing about driving in our nation's capital is easy. Endless traffic, hilariously low speed limits, people who drive like it's the first time they've ever done it and confusing diagonal streets make Washington D.C. a motorist's nightmare. You might even get arrested for accidentally wandering onto the White House grounds.
Read MoreSan Francisco is a lovely city, but it's getting a pretty nasty problem with douchebag infestation, and this new app, MonkeyParking, sure as shit isn't helping. Essentially, the app lets you auction off whatever public parking spot you find. You know, just like a real monkey, only more of a greedy asshole.
Read MoreThis is really, really satisfying. It's from some 1978 Dutch TV show, and it appears they're having a distance contest for 2-wheel driving. There's lots of competitors, Fiats, DAFs, what I think is an Opel, but the little 3-wheel Messerschmitt really shines.
Read MoreA Missouri senator is busting the US National Guard's Constitutionally-empowered balls today for failing to sign up a "single new soldier to its ranks" in 2012, reports USA Today, via the fat taxbux it spent on a NASCAR sponsorship to support a recruitment effort.
Read MoreThe nation's third-largest airport, LAX, is in the midst of a renovation project called "LAneXt," that will last the next few years. The last major renovation for the airport happened before the Summer Olympics 30 years ago, and officials say this multi-billion dollar project will be painful.
Read MoreLexus needs a suggestion on their shade of orange for the 2015 RC F, and I suggested Gillette Fusion HydraGel Moisturizing Orange. Believe it or not, car color names get even stranger than that.
Read MoreHey peeps. We're here in NYC for the History Upfronts (Big Ad Sales Event) so we wanted to come by Jalopnik and get some interesting glares from the hipsters that work here.
Read MoreRacing is expensive, and sponsors expect performance outside the track as well. Here are ten bad examples of drivers turning into salesman.
Read MoreRecently, Lexus asked its Facebook fans to help come up with a name for a shade of orange on its upcoming M3-fighting 2015 Lexus RC F coupe. I have an idea for that, as well as a plan for the marketing tie-in of the century.
Read MoreThe Ariel Atom is a continuously evolving product, and following the V8 and the Mugen versions is this, the limited-edition Atom 3.5R with more power, an improved chassis and a sequential paddle-shift gearbox that can change gears faster than physics would suggest.
Read MoreA man in Santa Barbara, Calif. is trying to fight a parking ticket he received while doing his job, which was to install signs informing people of the 75-minute parking limit that he happened to violate.
Read MoreBehold one of the most fantastic collections of cars ever assembled for auction. This year's Auburn Spring auction has everything for everyone. I mean, it even has an NSU Ro80. Come. On.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Wired, Road & Track and Digg.
Read MoreMotor Trend's Jonny Lieberman, the primary source of most important automotive news these days, has one more magic bombshell for us today: our beloved Jaguar F-Type is apparently getting not only a manual transmission, but also all-wheel drive. I am very excited about one of those things and somewhat excited about the other!
Read MoreBack in the '90s, if you wanted an interesting Japanese car, you were probably directed towards a Mitsubishi showroom. These days, if you want a new car you're generally going everywhere except a Mitsubishi dealership.
Read MoreFormer Jalop Jonny Lieberman interrupted our IM session yesterday, blowing me off by saying, "Sorry, I just got a MEGA SCOOP!!!" That MEGA SCOOP is Porsche's product plans for the next three years, and it involves lots of hybrids, lots of tech, and a Cayman GT4. I repeat, Cayman GT4!
Read MoreI don't ask for much in life. A good job, happy family, and all of my idiosyncratic automotive desires made real. That doesn't seem too much to ask, right? For a while, it seemed to work, as Porsche was working on a new flat-four engine. Well, that may not be true. And there's no Santa, either, because he's dead.
Read MoreA year ago, Tesla Motors' first quarter earnings report was one of their rosiest ones ever, with the company posting its first ever profitable quarter. That's not the case this time around. Today the nascent automaker posted a quarterly loss of nearly $50 million.
Read MoreIf you are aspiring to be a bizarro-world version of a superpower, and you can't get many allies but you can get plenty of enemies, no two-bit B6/B7+ armored Mercedes S-Class limousine will do. No, if you want to beat the Beast, you need a custom limo of your own. This is Russian President Vladimir Putin's new ride.
Read MorePeople crash their cars on the Nürburgring all the time. But not you, Ford Fiesta ST driver. You're awesome and you excel at not giving a fuck.
Read MoreOf all the strange cars I've driven in cities — a Bugatti Veyron and a Morgan 3 Wheeler amongst them — nothing has so captivated onlookers as this. It's a Cessna that once skipped through the air, but now glides along the road, the shimmering body hiding the mechanicals of a Toyota Van. Screw your Ferrari, get a damn plane if you want to impress people.
Read MoreYesterday I sort of accused the PR department of Rezvani, potential maker of re-bodied Ariel Atoms, of using a bunch of fake addresses to send me emails impairing us to write about their new car, the Beast. And they responded, surprisingly classily!
Read More"One day, mom, I'm gonna get you that car you've always dreamed about." Plenty of us have said something like that, but top NFL draft prospect Teddy Bridgewater just made good on a promise he made when he was 9 years old.
Read MoreEveryone has their pet peeves. Unsurprisingly, two are shared by a lot of American drivers: Tailgating and left lane hogging. There's no word on if the people who hate tailgating are left lane hoggers.
Read MoreHere's another reminder of the confusing situations teachers and students find themselves in thanks to hastily written zero-tolerance policies: A teacher at a Detroit high school was fired for using a broom to break up a fight between two boys.
Read MoreVery few things can faithfully encapsulate the organized chaos that is a real, professional pit-stop. Maybe an Ethiopian intersection, but that's about it. Graham Rahal's IndyCar team decided to do their best at just that, by affixing members of their pit crew team with the all-seeing Google Glass.
Read MoreThe McLaren P1 is not what you'd call a slow car. But there's always room to go faster, and it sounds like McLaren might take a page from the Ferrari playbook with the introduction of a track only P1. Initiate ludicrous speed.
Read MoreI was actually very impressed with the way Fiat Chrysler presented their five-year plan yesterday. It was informative, transparent and effective at showing the world what they have in store. And I'm saying that even without one of the free tablets they gave to reporters as a gift!
Read MoreThe Mercedes CLA is a really hot seller these days, and lukewarm reviews haven't really dampened that. The sensible people at Consumer Reports, however, think you should buy cars that aren't the CLA for $35,000. Because they really didn't like the little Benz very much.
Read MoreOne of the more appealing concepts to come from Honda in a long time was the Honda S660, the small, mid-engined roadster that debuted at last year's Tokyo Motor Show. Now we know it's been given the green light, and it will be made at the plant that produced its predecessor.
Read MoreGood news! As Russian forces bear down on eastern Ukraine, the country's air force has been sending long-range nuclear bombers, like the Tupolev TU-95, to approach American interests around the world. And those US interests include Guam, where we have a big base, and a place called "California."
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from IEEE Spectrum, The New Yorker and Cabinet Magazine.
Read MoreLast we heard from Ethan Couch, the boy with the eminently slappable face who killed four people, but didn't serve a lick of jail time because he suffered from "affluenza," or the condition of Mommy and Daddy having too much money, he wasn't paying much for rehab, either. But the victims will get something.
Read MoreYou there! Do you sit alone all day in a darkened room, softly crying because the Honda S2000 is dead? I have great news for you! No, it's not coming back. The news isn't that good. The news is that even though Honda won't make us an S2000, you can make your own for free. Out of paper!
Read MoreSRT is dead. The Dodge Grand Caravan is dead. There's a plug-in hybrid minivan with 75 mpg. Alfa Romeo is back for real this time. And so much more we had trouble keeping up. This is the wrap-up of FCA's 12-hour long presentation of its five-year business plan today, brand-by-brand.
Read MoreYou know those scenes in certain comedy movies or TV shows where a character wants to pretend like people are interested in something, so they run around in the crowd and shout things in different voices to pretend they're many people? That's the template the Rezvani PR department uses.
Read MoreThe Porsche 911 Turbo S has ten more horsepower and better traction than the Jaguar F-Type R Coupe thanks to its all wheel drive system. It also costs twice as much while not giving you any noise. Deal, or no deal?
Read MoreLast week I may have not-quite-so-accidentally called drag racer Ashley Force Hood a "crazy cat person." The truth of the matter is, she is so much more than that. She's a drag racer, scion of a competitive dynasty, and yes, a feline enthusiast. And now she's here to answer your questions.
Read MoreWho says you need a Miata to autocross? Not this guy. Meet the Buick Loadmaster, a Roadmaster pickup that takes autocrosses and spits at them.
Read MoreIn what has to be the most ironic crashes ever, a PA-25 Pawnee crashed through the roof of a home in Northglenn, Colorado on Monday afternoon, starting a fire in the home. It's ironic because 1. He was towing a GEICO Insurance banner and 2. He used to live there.
Read MoreA lot of people, even people who have cars they can see out of, have a hard time parking. But what car is inherently difficult to park?
Read MoreConspicuously absent from Fiat Chrysler's five-year plan announcement today is Lancia, once a storied maker of innovative rally cars now relegated to the sad status of being Chrysler of Italy. Is a Lancia death announcement coming today?
Read MoreOver the past 30 years, Alfa Romeo has made some amazing cars. Beautiful cars. Competitive cars. But most of them missed the point of what the brand is really supposed to be about, and now they're working to get back to that.
Read MoreThe hits from Fiat Chrysler's five-year plan announcement keep on comin', but they're being relatively coy about their plans for that first brand's lineup in North America. They do cop to a 500X crossover and an unknown "specialty" vehicle. Our educated guess: it's the Miata-based roadster they've been talking about forever.
Read MoreChrysler's experiment of making SRT it's own brand and making the Viper its halo car is done. SRT and the SRT-branded Viper are dead. Long live the Dodge Viper.
Read MoreWe're in the middle of Fiat Chrysler's announcement of their five-year plan, and while it isn't being broadcast online, some of the slides from the presentation are already up. Among the big news: a long awaited Dodge Dart SRT is coming. Finally!
Read MoreThe fine folks at Midwest Drift Union always put on a good event, as we've seen a few times in the past. Here we've got a video from Streets in Detroit, which just went down at the old train station recently last year apparently.
Read MoreAre you in the market for some foreclosure frames or some subprime spectacles? One Detroit company has just the pair of glasses for you, made from the crippling abandonment of the city's neverending supply of vacant homes.
Read More"Hey, Rhys Millen, meet us down by the docks tonight. We got something to show you. And come alone," Hyundai's ad guy probably said to the race car driver. Hyundai then proceeded to try to not kill Rhys Millen, first with swinging shipping containers, then with spikes, and finally, with a Cadillac Escalade.
Read MoreAs if you needed any more reason to buy one of our favorite cars at Jalopnik,the Subaru WRX or its wilder brother the WRX STI, the IIHS just named it a Top Saftey Pick for 2014. Great news for the owners of the WRX, who will inevitably put their cars in a ditch.
Read MoreEven Porsche isn't immune to the German disease that is the "crossover coupe." On the heels of Mercedes' BMW X6-knockoff and the upcoming Audi TT crossover thing, Porsche is now rumored to be developing a Cayenne with a sharper roofline – a Cayenne it so desperately wants to call a "coupe."
Read MoreThe 2013 Raytheon Trophy has been awarded to the 67th Fighter Squadron, an F-15C unit that is forward based in Okinawa. The award is supposed to highlight a fighter unit that exemplifies air-to-air combat excellence and it has been given out for sixty years. This is the sixth time the 67th FS has won the coveted award.
Read MoreBasically you're going to need a $60,000 heavy-duty pickup if you're going to safely make a truck bed swimming pool. Or you could go above-ground pool, but that's just tacky. Think bigger, guys.
Read MoreWhen it debuted in the mid-1980s, the E28 BMW M5 was known as the fastest production sedan in the world. The current F10 M5 is certainly no slouch either, and for its 30th birthday, it will get a power bump to nearly 600 horses.
Read MoreEvery year during Cinco de Mayo, there's a tradition where men and women gather around Impalas, Regals, Caddys and other rides for "Blessing of the Lowriders," an only-in-Detroit event where steel, salvation and stereotype-breaking meet.
Read MoreI'm pretty sure this won't be the solution for all auto theft, but it seemed to work pretty damn well in this case: three teens who stole a replica of the Flinstones car were caught and sentenced to dress as the modern stone-age family in front of the comic book store they stole it from.
Read MoreEddie Andreini, 77, died on Sunday afternoon as the result of a crash of his Stearman biplane during a performance at the "Thunder Over Solano" air show at Travis Air Force Base in California. But was a poor response ultimately to blame for his death?
Read MoreFiat Chrysler Automobiles has a lot of brands these days. Now they're trying to figure out what to do with them. This week, FCA's five-year plan will be made public, and now we have some idea of what they're expected to announce — and it could be good for fans of American muscle
Read MoreConventional wisdom would have it that one needs a bike to do a stoppie, but the hero in this video said something like "screw conventional wisdom! I'm gonna do it in my van!" and now we have this. Don't try this at home, kids.
Read MoreZipcar, the rent-by-the-hour car sharing service of choice for broke urban Millennials, has one hugely glaring and annoying flaw: after you check out a Zipcar, you have to put it back where you found it. Now they're about to unveil a new program that will fix that.
Read MoreThere have been plenty of oddball experimental planes, but very few of the weirdos actually made it into production. The exception is the North American F-82 Twin Mustang. A weird combination of two P-51 Mustangs caught mid-mitosis, 270 were actually made.
Read MoreBailouts, bad products, and a total misunderstanding of the brands they ran. These ten terrible auto executives nearly ruined the auto industry as we know it.
Read MoreEvery year during Cinco de Mayo, there's a tradition where men and women gather around Impalas, Regals, Caddys and other rides for "Blessing of the Lowriders," an only-in-Detroit event where steel, salvation and stereotype-breaking meet.
Read MoreSmall Pox has been eradicated in the wild, but small quantities of the deadly virus are kept on file just in case it attempts a come-back. Considering the dearth of Chevy Vegas on the road, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe hatchback is sort of like that safely guarded stockpile, only far less deadly.
Read MorePart of me desperately wants to believe that the drivers all see the speed bump coming, but they don't care, because it's Russia, and no one's going to live that long anyway. Might as well spend all your time on Earth trying to get some air.
Read MoreLike many things in the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways has gone above and beyond what most of us will ever expect. Today, the airline showcased their new "Residence" First Class suite. Most of us will never get to fly in it, but let's give it a look anyway.
Read MoreWelcome to Little Car in the Big City, where I highlight fascinating cars I found walking around a town that is known for being bigger than everything else, but where every car is fighting to stand out: New York, New York.
Read MoreSources are saying it was a Cold War era U2 spy plane that shut down the ATC Center in Palmdale, California on Wednesday afternoon.
Read More"O.J. Simpson is not extremely comfortable." You don't say.
Read MoreBecause fans of lunatic off-road machines with boosted V8s would protest, Mercedes is continuing to update its very old and very awesome G-Class. But to keep it remotely current in today's automotive landscape, the company is reportedly going to redo everything about it – except for the way generally it looks.
Read MoreIf you're a fan of cylinders, I have some bad news to bear. Your average, run-of-the-mill pickup truck on the road these days likely has a V6, since more and more buyers are going smaller and straying away from V8s.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Japanese Nostalgic Car.
Read MoreGenerally, I'm pretty okay with lending my cars to people, though I know many gear heads who aren't. Even so, I don't think I've ever heard a better argument against lending your car than the story of Ryan Holle, who loaned his car to his roommate and found himself doing a life sentence as a result.
Read MoreThe New York Times this afternoon is reporting that General Motors has begun talks to settle more than 300 claims of deaths and injuries related to the ignition switch recall, and may in fact be planning to compensate victims of the crashes tied to the issue.
Read MoreWhen it comes to inclusion and equal treatment of LBGT employees, Toyota is at the top of the list. And it helps that the majority of Toyota employees live in a tolerant state like California. But could that change when the company's U.S. headquarters move to Texas in a few years?
Read MoreSpeaking of our old pal Dany Bahar, Group Lotus has finally named his successor. Unless his plans include committing widespread acts of genocide, I don't think he can be any worse than the man he replaces.
Read MoreThis is a Rolls-Royce Phantom II chassis with a thousand horsepower Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 Airplane engine, and a coach-built body, doing a burnout. Hoonage of the highest order.
Read MoreIf you happen to be in Goodwood for the weekend, visiting the Rolls-Royce factory is a very pleasant must. It's nothing like your average car factory as it's quiet, clean and full of people still dedicated to the art of assembling cars by hand.
Read MoreWe can't all be astronauts, and not every CEO can be Steve Jobs. The auto industry is just like any other: it's had a few excellent and truly notable leaders, and some who just genuinely sucked at their jobs.
Read MoreThe Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum of Hamilton, Ontario is using eBay to auction the opportunity of a lifetime for an aviation or military history lover. The winner will help fly the last Canadian-built Avro Lancaster bomber (pictured above) to England.
Read MoreLong unappreciated in the Prancing Horse world, the Ferrari Dino 246 GT is finally gaining the love and attention it deserves from critics and collectors alike. And now, some lucky collector has the chance to own a very special Dino — and it's one that screams "start me up!"
Read More#1: McLaren P1, #2: Porsche 918, #3: Ferrari LaFerrari.
Read MoreA rider at the mountain bike world cup in Cairns, Australia fell and injured himself, then asked a friend to take his bike for him. The buddy then attempted to run the rest of the course himself, with no safety gear whatsoever. Things did not go well.
Read MoreIf there's one thing Lexus would really like to be known for, it's quality. They didn't become popular by building a bland and haphazardly built car. But even in the high stakes Chinese luxury market, it doesn't appear Lexus is going to even let their cars be made there, in order to keep tabs on quality.
Read MoreThe Nissan GT-R is fast as hell on the road, less so out of the sales lot. It's a small seller, and that's fine. Which is why sales in Canada absolutely exploding is a little surprising. What's more, it's selling better there than in the big ol' U.S.A.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Road & Track, The Atlantic Cities and Five Thirty Eight.
Read MoreBrazilian low-cost airline Azul has dedicated an Embraer E-190 to legendary Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, who passed away after a tragic wreck during the San Marino Grand Prix twenty years ago on May 1, 1994. The nose of the plane depicts Senna's trademark helmet paint scheme.
Read MoreBMW got into motorcycles in the 1920s, and they've turned out more than a few legendary bikes since. Today their two-wheeled lineup is more diverse than ever; I've just had a chance to experience the spectrum on their stripped-down screamer and fully-fluffed luxury liner.
Read MoreAyrton Senna wanted children in Brazil to have access to an education. The short film Ayrton's Wish, created in partnership with Gran Turismo 6, documents how Senna's legacy has been carried. Director Tamir Moscivici, who was also behind KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide, will be in the comments answering questions.
Read MoreInternet, meet Archie. Archie, meet internet. Archie is a man from Australia who likes luxury goods. He likes luxury goods so much he even created a Youtube channel called ARCHIELUXURY to talk about them. In this video he talks about the last real Porsh, the 993 C2S.
Read MoreIn San Francisco, a place that's normally pretty welcoming to Teslas, a number of Tesla owners have found this tinfoil-headgear-feeling flyer left on their cars. It's not known who's leaving them, but they're full of exciting stuff, like how Tesla owners are drunk perverts who cause wars. Let's look at it in detail.
Read MoreAn effort to bring public art displays to a small Michigan town backfired when one of the displays, a sculpture called "Blue Human Condition," was found to be too offensive to its more prudish residents.
Read MoreIt's no big secret that the Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ aren't exactly flying off dealer lots in Europe. The Twins have been largely successful in the U.S., but they're quite a bit more expensive in the Old World and thus have been lagging in most markets. Maybe this big UK price cut will help.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times recently ran a story about how classic Japanese car values are taking off in the market. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Fairlady Z is not just Japanese, it's a JDM homie, but does that help its price look like it's not a ripoff?
Read MoreIt seems that the Canadian city of Victoria has been keeping something on the down-low, that being today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '86 Caravan that they've been maintaining in pristine condition. Will its price however, have you saying oh Canada?
Read MoreUsain Bolt is considered to be the fastest man in the World, earning him the nickname of 'Lightning Bolt.' In contrast, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Isuzu is perhaps the slowest way to get from point A to point what's the point. Will it however, prove worth lightening your wallet?
Read MoreIn California a BAR sticker on your formerly non-compliant car is like a golden ticket into Willy Wonka's factory. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Soarer has passed the BAR, but does its price make it golden?
Read MoreThe Pontiac Fiero holds the distinction of being the only mid-engine car to pace the Indy 500 in the race's 98-year history. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe replica is in pristine condition, but is its price ready to set a sales pace?
Read MoreWith its Nissan mill, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW Z3 is possibly the the most potent match up of Germany and Japan since… well, a very long time. Is this re-engined roadster however worth its asking?
Read MoreDo you know why hipsters like ice? Because it was water before it was cool. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jeep is probably the world's first Tumblr-ready restoration, but you'll still need to decide if its price also needs to tumble.
Read MoreFord sold the Escort in America in the '80s, but they never sold one like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe XR3i. This one's topless and RHD, but will it price have you saying: welcome to America?
Read MoreFord's F150 has been the best selling vehicle in America for more than three decades. Volvo, once part of Ford, never had a chance at that title, but that might change with something like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Amazon pickup. That is, if its price proves a best seller.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 325iX comes with your choice of 2-different sets of BBS or some black steelies for its four-driven wheels. That choice sets the price, but will even the lowest have you set on thinking it's a deal?
Read MoreDepreciation is a hell of a drug. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercedes S600 once was the marque's range-topper, but oh how the mighty have fallen.You'll just need to decide if it's fallen enough.
Read MoreAll super heroes demand an unassuming alter ego for when they go out to grab a cup of joe. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corolla is as unassuming as they come, but packs a pretty super secret under its hood. Will its price however, also require disguise?
Read MoreWith its drop top and automatic transmission today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW E30 325i is ready for you, or your sorority sister's summer fun. Will its price however prove the least of its issues?
Read MorePorsche's 911 has always been an electrifying ride. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe cabriolet takes that to the extreme, trading its gas-passing flat six for 144 volts of captured lightning. I wonder if you'll find its price equally electrifying?
Read MoreThe seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Saab says that he's prefer to sell to a previous Saab owner as he thinks they will best appreciate this rare SPG. We'll have to see if YOU'D prefer that he'd just lower the price.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe E21 has a lot going for it, including being an IS and featuring a sweet set of Recaro seats. You'll have to decide if its price is worth standing up and cheering for.
Read MoreZephyrus is the Greek god of the west wind. Sharing its name with that minor deity, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercury Zephyr might just put the wind in your sails. That is, if its price doesn't totally blow.
Read MoreDo-doot-do-do-do-do-do, who likes longroofs? We like longroofs. If you pack a longroof, hack that longroof... Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo 740 turbo isn't half the car it used to be, but that doesn't mean you might not find its price to be full of it.
Read MoreToday's Nice price or Crack Pipe Van is not only something you could live in down by the river, it's actually named after a river! Of course you'll need to decide if this English immigrant is worth the trip to the bank.
Read MoreThe Subaru WRX is venerated for its rally heritage, embodied in its high-revving turbo mill and all-wheel drive. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '02 throws that all out the window and instead goes the LS2 route. And of course, now that it's done, it's for sale.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo really looks like it took its styling cues from the post-war Ford. This one also looks like a rat rod, and in fact it's really kind of ratty, but will that make its price seem like playing cat and mouse?
Read MoreThe Global Positioning System constellation of satellites has been helping lost travelers find their way for a while now, but they only really started showing up in cars in the mid- to late- 1990s, and in big numbers even later than that. But the first automotive navigation system was offered over thirty years ago.
Read MoreLast Monday, I flew out to California for an event at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. But I landed so early in the day at LAX, I decided to make the best use of my time by watching planes land from the famous In-N-Out Burger on the east side of the airport.
Read MoreCertain planes look like they need magic to get out of a no fly zone. But weird as these ten are, they all went into production, and flew, sky high. Don't forget to fasten your seat belts.
Read MoreThe loop, the Autobahn that takes you to 300, starts with a street always clogged with traffic.
Read MoreGeneral Motors has been on a bit of a recall frenzy lately, and with another 2.7 million recalled today, the number of cars without defects is just getting smaller and smaller. But what's the worst one they ever built?
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 where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreDear sweet Jesus, stock Citroën Saxo racing is the real motherflippin deal.
Read MoreThroughout the history of motorsports, racing drivers have devised catchphrases to put racing into context. Often, their words can apply not just to racing, but also to life in general. Here are 10 life lessons racing drivers have taught us over the years.
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 where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
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 where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
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 where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreMotorsports has been a male dominated world since forever, but some pioneering women called the Speed Sisters are chipping away at that status quo with determination to develop their talents behind the wheel and make car racing more accessible to other females who will follow them.
Read MoreWelcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today, we have reports from Speedhunters, Vanity Fair and Anthony Bourdain.
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 where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreTen lucky Japanese drivers can get their hands on a Seven designed by Caterham F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi, with a 125 horsepower Ford engine, a six-speed manual, a limited-slip differential and carbon fiber bits. An appetizing package.
Read MoreMy dog Virginia made friends with a lot of people in my neighborhood, and one of Virginia's regular visitors was Lenny Citrano, whom some of you may recognize as that guy who usually plays a mafia goon in movies and TV shows. Lenny also owns a beautiful Porsche 356 SC, and he let me drive it.
Read MoreThere's a difference between building a motorcycle in your shed and bringing an electric hyper-bike to market. Lighting is somewhere in between. They've got racing victories and investment and what seems like solid tech, but there's still a "guy in a garage" vibe that doesn't mesh with my survival instincts at 200 MPH. I want them to prove me wrong.
Read MoreThe hottest Nissan 370Z just got hotter, and dare I say better looking too. The refreshed for 2015 Nissan 370Z Nismo made its debut today at the ZDAYZ festival in North Carolina, and it's a nice visual improvement over the old car.
Read MoreThese ten cars are saving the manuals with more power! That's the best way to do it.
Read MoreThe new Golf SportWagen is bigger and lighter than the "Jetta" SportWagen it replaces, and with a 1.8-liter turbo gasoline or a 2.0-liter diesel mated to a pair of manuals or a DSG, it's sportier and more economical too. Just get it in brown.
Read MoreThere's probably no better visual metaphor for the class structure than the traditional Town Car. Driver exposed to the elements up front for all to see, the wealthy owner carefully installed in a cushioned jewel box in back. The Petersen has a great Town Car exhibit now, and, even better, they let me use one for an afternoon.
Read MoreBy now, you’ve probably spotted a few Dodge Darts on your local roads; after all, they have been on sale for practically six-months. The first drives of the Dart came around the time we were adjusting our review format, meaning we haven’t yet unearthed its digits. Given the buzz surrounding the resurrection of the Dart, we figured it’s about time we did. So here it is: The Dodge Dart, Jalopniked up and everything.
Read MoreYesterday, potential supervillain Elon Musk unveiled the new manned spacecraft from SpaceX, the Dragon V2. It's a large-crew capacity capsule, and will be the first of its kind to actually fly. This fundamental idea was inspired by a 60s space thriller that was so awful MST3K lampooned it. But it brought up some good points.
Read MoreSpaceX has just officially announced their new manned-variant of their Dragon capsule, and it looks like a pretty sweet ride. So far we've seen some details, and we generally know what the layout is, but this is the first full view of the capsule so far. Should be a nice upgrade from the old Soyuz.
Read MoreRussia announced today that they would be terminating their involvement in the ISS as of 2020, something we guessed would happen. Some news outlets framed this as them just ending their participation, others suggested they'd "kill" the station. The US has been planning on using the station until 2024. Can we do it without them?
Read MoreWhile followers of the Subaru BRZ school might be interested in the STI badges that adorn the 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue, they'll be disappointed to learn this special edition is a body kit and some blue bits, not more power. Hey, you were warned.
Read MoreBack in 1997, Mercedes-Benz showed off the F 300 Life Jet. Like most concepts it was an impractical flight of fancy fueled by weak German pilsner and strong German coffee. But 16 years later, the Life Jet inspired the suspension wonks in charge of the new S-Class Coupe, and now the luxo-sled leans into corners.
Read MoreHey, not all autonomous cars have to be koala-like pods with faces that vaguely resemble clowns who want to eat you! Some of them roll in the utmost luxury and style. And you don't get more stylish and luxury-ish than the Mercedes S Class.
Read MoreThe most dangerous thing about autonomous cars isn't snow or rain or Neo hacking the mainframe. It's the meat bag behind the wheel. Specifically, it's the "handoff" from car to driver, and that's why Google nixed the steering wheel, brake, and accelerator on its self-driving prototype.
Read MoreGoogle just showed the world their new self-driving car, and it looks pretty much like a cross between an Isetta, Honda's Asimo robot, and a Koala. Matt, the Editor King, told me "our readers are going to hate it." Maybe. But, if you think about it, the design is brilliant. Well, almost brilliant.
Read MoreThe future is here, but is it a bright one with Google's autonomous ride? These are the fears of an autonomous future that are keeping you awake at night.
Read MoreLess than 24 hours after Google showed off its first ground-up self-driving vehicle, the CEO of Uber confirmed what we all assumed: its on-demand car service will go autonomous.
Read MoreNew technology is scary, and the idea of a car with no steering wheel or pedals is certainly very new. So let's get our worst fantasies out of the way — what do you fear most about the Google Car?
Read MoreGoogle just unveiled its latest autonomous car, and it's a bulbous two-seater, with no steering wheel, gas or brake. This is the future, pod people.
Read MoreThe "Sport Mode" button: Useless or fantastic? In this era where every function on your car is regulated by a computer, they have become an almost ubiquitous presence on everything from humble economy cars to high-end luxury and sports cars. But do they really add anything to the car?
Read MoreOnStar — it's not just for Batman anymore! (Does anyone remember that? No? Okay, forget it.) And one woman says she's glad she had the system on her car after an OnStar dispatcher found a clever way to save her life last year when she wasn't able to communicate.
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 every weekday morning. 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 9:30 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?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every morning. 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 9:30 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?
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 9:30 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?
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 9:30 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?
Read MoreBritish software outfit Oovee has been tweaking and beta-testing their off-road simulator SpinTires for many moons. Now that the full-featured version is almost ready to go, I'm ready to believe this game might be the first and last title for ultra-realistic, aesthetically beautiful, off-road adventuring.
Read MoreThe New England Motor Press Association just bestowed the "Yankee Cup" award on the 2015 Ford F-150, reckoning it's "tougher, smarter and more capable," based on information that could only have come from Ford & Friends. Which only begs the question; what's the point of that?
Read MoreMany of you good readers have brought this 1998 Honda Accord to our attention today. With good reason— it's re-goshdarn-diculous. Who builds these wacky home-brewed, zombie-cars? Why? And what are some of the greatest ones you've ever seen?
Read MoreAudi has teamed up with outdoor company heimplanet to build an rough-weather-ready geodesic retractable tent for the Q3 SUV. I'm not sure how deep into the great outdoors a Q3 could really get, but you'll certainly look cool wherever you pitch this bad boy.
Read More"View's a little different from up here," said an SCCA instructor kung-fu gripping the passenger handle of the black-striped red 2014 Ford F-150 FX2 Tremor. I was criss-crossing the race line on his track like Barney Gumble at a sobriety test and of course, he was right. Truck yeah we went auto-crossing in an F-150.
Read MoreOver 100 vehicles got a salt bath at Huguenot Memorial Park in Jacksonville, FL over Memorial Day Weekend when a car got stuck and blocked the only escape from rising tide. Somebody complained "they were not warned."
Read MoreLast night we learned the Barrick Gold Mine has been working 2015 Ford F-150 prototypes since 2011. They weren't the only company testing the trucks, but nobody knew what exactly they were driving.
Read MoreVolkswagen went happy hardcore once again for the Wörthersee festival with the Amarok Power Concept. Rumor has it that the 5,000 watt DJ set can only play Scooter.
Read MoreEveryone who seems to know agrees that Rob Lowe has joined Danny Glover, Lucas Till, and some other less-famous people to make a live-action/CGI hybrid action/comedy movie about monster trucks. I know, right?
Read MoreSemi-truck driving seems like exactly the kind of repetitive, yet awareness-intensive activity that robots were born to bear the burden of. Why bother with a self-driving PowerWheels koala bear when 'bots could be taking the efficiency of ground transport to a whole new level?
Read MoreIf you ever wanted to do build a badass off-road course, and then run it with the same vehicle, I think you've found your weapon of choice.
Read MoreThe California Highway Patrol just ran down a big ass stolen Freightliner truck carrying an empty container (trash dumpster?) For those of you who didn't watch it live with us... it was some GTA IRL shit.
Read MoreWith a retro-futuristic art deco design and perfect patina, this 1941 Ford Cab-Over-Engine "Aero Fuel Truck" might be the best thing unearthed on eBay all year.
Read MoreTwo weeks ago we saw the first picture of Sad Ben Affleck Batman standing next to his fancy new Batmobile. Since then, a new photo has surfaced that purportedly shows the car from 2016's Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice. And it looks like a gigantic Rally Fighter!
Read MoreYou might have forgotten Mitsubishi even sells pickups, but the rest of the world hasn't. The Three-Diamond company has moved more than 1.1 million L200 trucks out of their Thailand factory since 2005, and are promising a low-emissions next-generation truck this fall that should look like the GR-HEV concept.
Read MoreBrabus has put their special tuner touch on Mercedes' mini-SUV the GLA, and I dare say it's refreshingly conservative by their standards. Big ass forged wheels, a body kit, engine tuning and an option to lift or lower the cute ute are part of the package.
Read MoreGM issued an official order for dealerships to stop sales on the 2015 Cadillac Escalades last week over malfunctioning airbags, and rumor has it they've ordered dealers to stop selling the whole line of trucks and large SUVs until a new undisclosed issue is investigated.
Read MoreSkoda is bringing a sweet "Xtreme" version of the Yeti SUV to Volkswagen's big gathering in Wörthersee, which harkens to those wild 90's beach car concepts we lusted after on cereal boxes. Don't let your RAV4 hang around it or she'll come home with a Gatorade-green tramp stamp tattoo.
Read MoreFord has claimed more than 100 new patents building the 2015 F-150, meaning the truck will advance more in this generational changeover than it has between any previous generations.
Read MoreSome maniac is on the loose in London "on a quest to transform great cars into 'Ultimate Wheels,' and he's just taken an angle grinder to a 1989 Ferrari 412, begetting the first Ferrari El Camino-style pickup. It's actually much prettier than it sounds.
Read MoreIt doesn't matter how I ended up strapped into an Extra 300L stunt plane with US Unlimited Aerobatics Champion pilot Jeff Boerboon on the joystick. When you get a chance to ride in something like that you say "yes," and don't pussy out when they make you wear a parachute.
Read MoreThe 2015 Lincoln Navigator will start at $62,475, seriously undercutting the $71,695 2015 Cadillac Escalade. The new Nav's also looking at 9,000 pounds of towing capacity with the only engine option: a 3.5 EcoBoost V6. Did I hear you say "Maybe I could get used to that cheese-slicer face?"
Read MoreJust a couple dudes havin' a great time running with fishing rods, giggling over maps, and feeding deer. Looks like every camping trip I've ever been on! Adorable.
Read MoreFord has announced the 6.7 Power Stroke diesel in 2016 F-650 and F-750 will be available in three power levels, starting with the highest standard output in class. As the only commercial truck company building engines and bodies, Ford thinks they'll be able to deliver a more seamless package than anybody.
Read MoreIt would appear that the fire department of Daran, Isfahan, Iran, has at least one operational fire apparatus, but not a single firefighter on staff who knows how to fucking run it without needlessly putting themselves in extreme danger.
Read MoreCaught in action at an "anti-terror drill" in Beijing on May 15th, this is unmistakably a Ford F-250 Super Duty in Chinese SWAT Police livery on their 6th Ring Road. Ford doesn't sell the Super Duty in China, so how the hell did that happen?
Read MoreFord and Navistar had been collaborating since 2001. Nav had the factory, Ford had the money, and they each got their own brand of medium-duty commercial trucks out of the deal. But Ford's broken off to go proprietary, and just like that former friends become rivals.
Read MoreI'm pretty sure that 75% of the Jalopnik readership is composed of warlords, dictators (deposed and serving), and various other fiercely important players in highly dangerous environments. I know I am. That's why I'm proud to present the global introduction of INKAS' new armored personnel carrier, the Huron.
Read MoreI have driven Trophy Trucks and I have flown the F/A-18. People always ask me which is more fun. I always tell them that the Trophy Truck is more fun – by far. And when they ask why, I say, "Because it's pure, visceral freedom." —Kent Kroeker
Read MoreOn Friday night I parked the 2014 Dodge Durango we're evaluating legally on a well-lit Brooklyn street. On Saturday I came back to two ravaged starboard doors and a scratch running the length of the side. No note, no way to ID the perpetrator. Nothing to say but "Well, S###."
Read MoreThis week Truck Yeah! will be evaluating the 2014 Dodge Durango R/T. Oh yeah, it's got de Hemi. So far I've only driven it from Manhattan to Brooklyn, a miserable charge in any vehicle, but I'm finding a lot to like about this SUV. What do you want me to take a closer look at?
Read MoreNissan has partnered with Amazon.com to titillate the masses with yet another mysterious container holding a vehicles and other goodies. This time they've dumped a massive Amazon Locker in downtown San Francisco and have announced there's a new Rogue SUV inside.
Read MoreStill relentlessly crapping out glittery shit like Hedonism Bot with explosive diarrhea, Brabus has built a "flagship shop" in London. There you can look their tasteful vehicles (don't touch, peasant!), sip some espresso (better not call it x-presso... peasant), and potentially leave five hundred grand poorer.
Read MoreTruck bed-cap company A.R.E. is diversifying its lineup of cargo accessories with the "Rod Pod," a plastic tube that holds (you guessed it!) fishing rods. They want $495 for it, and at that price I'll go ahead and spend three hours in Home Depot trying to make my own, thankyouverymuch.
Read MoreIn honor of the 2015 Ford Transit van coming online, the company has dusted off their old photo albums and dug up all the best awkward movements the van has gone through growing up. You know, just like the first time your signifiant other met your mum.
Read MoreLand use isn't something that usually gets brought up in high-profile political debates, but access to legal off-road trails is invariably a political issue. If you want to preserve that access, you've got to know who to vote for. That's where the Trail Political Action Committee (TPAC) comes in.
Read MoreTo win some much-needed attention in the Side-By-Side ATV market, the 2015 Honda Pioneer 500 will be the first vehicle of its type to come with a paddle-shifted electronic transmission.
Read MoreRemember that Mercedes G 63 AMG 6x6 we saw dressed up like an evil Tonka Truck, peeking out of a jet plane? It was built by Russian luxo-warmachine factory "Dartz" for a customer who wanted them to recreate the 6-wheeled monster military truck from Die Hard 5.
Read MoreA reader driving on a New York's Meadowbrook State Parkway, which prohibits commercial truck traffic, watched this rig destroy itself by scraping against one overpass after another until it was finally reduced to derelict status on the roadside.
Read MoreThe Official 2014 Baja 500 route has been announced; it'll be a 446.9 mile loop starting and ending in Ensenada with a long run down the Mexican west coast, sprints back and fourth across the Diablo Dry Lake, and a charge back north through the hills in the middle of the peninsula.
Read MoreMarine Sgt. Andrew Tahmorressi has been locked up in Mexican jails since March, when Federales arrested him for possessing firearms on their side of the border. Tahmorressi maintains he's incarcerated over a misunderstanding, and some members of Congress want to suspend US aid to Mexico until charges are dropped.
Read MoreA dash cam recorded a pickup truck tailgate then side-swipe a sedan on San Diego's Interstate 8 last Saturday, sending both vehicles tumbling like a cartoon animal fight in the breakdown lane.
Read MoreThe Overland Expo is an annual gathering off all things off-road and adventure travel. Think ComicCon but with khaki shirts and Merrells instead of Batman blouses and Starfleet uniforms. So yeah, I went last year and had the Best Time Ever.
Read MoreGerard De Rooy, almost-winner of last year's "big truck" class at Dakar, is reportedly competing in this year's Baja 500 as per his team's Facebook page. Problem is, he's nowhere to be found on the official 2014 Baja 500 entry list and the registration deadline is tomorrow. Somebody get that Dutchman an entry form!
Read MoreCharlotte Heights, North Carolina played host to the The Off-Road Championship on the weekend of April 25th, which gave them even more hours of epic jumping, rollovers, and fire-belching-exhaust-pipes footage to make one hell of a one-minute highlight reel.
Read MoreA truck burned down on Seattle's I-5 this morning and exacerbated the misery of many morning commutes, but the odd thing about this car-b-que is the burning trail of fuel pouring off the truck. Diesel needs pretty extreme levels of heat to ignite... making this a rare sight indeed.
Read MoreToyota "didn't have room" for me at their TRD Pro party in Las Vegas last month, so we'll have to experience it vicariously through Roman Mica. He was the first non-Toyota employee to take the TRD Pros into the dirt, and he was kind enough to tape it for us.
Read MoreOklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is leading an initiative to put more natural-gas burning vehicles in 22 government fleets. As a result her state just ordered 256 natural-gas burning 2014 Ford F-150s, and the city of Dallas bought 65. They're hoping to realize reduced running cost and curtail greenhouse gas emissions.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, Chrysler issued "Recall N23" to sort a software problem on the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Commander. But a group of vocal owners claim their SUVs lost low-range as a result of the "fix," and have been battling Chrysler Corporate over it for months.
Read MoreIt ain't Photoshop or a Transformers teaser— enormous spires of fire are real, and somebody just put an amazing photo of one about ready to devour an old Ford pickup on Instagram.
Read MoreFCA head shed Sergio Marchionne said "my gut it tells me we'll still be building a steel truck in 2018," at yesterday's all-day investor meeting, but he acquiesced that he wants aluminum "in the portfolio," and didn't deny the Wrangler was the best place to put it.
Read MoreTo increase sales by 40% over the next five years, Fiat Professional wants their tiny 2014 Strada pickup and a new mid-sized 2016 pickup to takeover the Latin American, Middle Eastern and African markets. The new truck's launch happens to coincide with the next new mysterious product from Jeep.
Read MoreThe 2015 Ram ProMaster City will be introduced this year, a small commercial van based on the redesigned Fiat Doblo. Ram's ramping up marketing and dealer support for their redundantly-named van lineup as it expands.
Read MoreJeep is planning world domination of the SUV market over the next five years with the 2014 Renegade, an all-new replacement for the Compass and Patriot in 2016, redesigns of the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee in 2017, and a Suburban-sized SUV reviving the Grand Wagoneer badge in 2018.
Read MoreBedliner brand DualLiner has gone to the trouble of creating a complex infographic explaining why filling the bed of a pickup with water to create a mobile hot tub is unsafe and you shouldn't do it, no matter how "fun it looks on YouTube."
Read MoreNow that weed is legal in a few American outposts, business ideas are flowing to make sure that sticky green stuff is accessible. Case in point: Magical Butter's food truck, which whips up "four-star food items" infused with marijuana.
Read MoreSome dude in Tyler, Texas is getting inundated with calls and emails about a 1983 Eagle Bus he claims did tour duty for musician, poet, and living legend Willie Nelson. With air-brushed eagles and a chapel interior it certainly looks the part. Think it's the genuine article?
Read MoreOn the first of every month, automakers crap out reports on how many vehicles they've hocked in the previous thirty days or so. Truck Yeah! has waded through the buzzwords to break down where every truck stands in the US marketplace right now.
Read MoreTurns out buying an International Scout is tougher than I'd thought it'd be. When I finally land on one that feels right, a buyer flakes or somebody scoops it. But the biggest obstacle to getting a Scout has been my own indecisiveness; I can't decide which body style I like better!
Read MoreRam raised a lot of eyebrows when their sales passed the Chevrolet Silverado by 285 trucks last month, but the Bowtie has regained a comfortable lead selling over 6,000 more Silverados than Chrysler sold Rams in April 2014.
Read MoreA wood-and-urethane igloo hotel has stood sentinel on the Parks Highway to Alaska's Denali National Park for over forty years, never once being occupied or operational. Tourists love posing with it, but nobody seems interested in running it, even at a bargain-basement price of $300,000.
Read MoreThe full name of this car is the Volkswagen GTI Roadster, Vision Grand Turismo. Or the Volkswagen GTI Roadster, Design Gran Turismo. I'm not sure which, since the press release gives both names. It doesn't matter. What you need to know is that it's a chopped-down GTI, with over 500 horses.
Read MoreThere's a difference between being cheap and treasuring value per dollar spent. One is knowing where the best burger joint is, and the other is going up to other tables and asking for unwanted leftovers and spare ketchup packets. Understanding this distinction is the reason why almost exactly one year ago I purchased a used Mercedes-Benz S500 and drove it daily. Here are a few things I learned along the way.
Read MoreThere are a few cardinal rules when buying a car to resell: Don't buy one with potentially expensive mechanical issues. Don't buy electrically complicated cars without proper diagnostic equipment. And never buy one that needs expensive bodywork. Unless, of course, it's a BMW E39 M5. This is the story of how I bought and sold the Ultimate Driving Machine.
Read MoreGet your hydraulic lifts ready and prepare to drop some engines: these are the hardest cars to service you'll ever come across.
Read MoreA cheap daily is usually a car that wears its battle scars with pride, like a soldier having fought several battles in an ongoing war. If you use that as a measuring stick, this Civic is the most decorated Honda in existence. If dents are a sign of character, consider this the automotive equivalent of Nelson Mandela. If imperfection is a sign of beauty, this car is Scarlett Johansson. If you're not catching what I'm throwing, this car is beat the hell up.
Read MoreOne thing Honda has mastered without a shadow of a doubt is reliability. It's no small feat that out of the tens of millions of VTEC systems they've installed in their cars, not one has ever failed. This translates into a plethora of 20 year old Hondas on the market. How reliable could they be, and could you have an iconic, fuel efficient and fun-to-drive Honda for a grand AND make a profit on it?
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