We have heard a lot about 'tough sanctions' on Russia following its invasion of Crimea, shoot down of an airliner full of Europeans, and the continued shadow war in Eastern Ukraine, yet apparently it's fine to sell him this 21k ton French-built amphibious assault ship. Bad move.
Read MoreEarlier this month, Foxtrot Alpha brought you an exclusive analysis of new satellite images that show the construction of a massive new hangar in a remote part of Area 51 . Now, high resolution panoramic photos have emerged of the base confirming just how monstrous this new hangar truly is.
Read MoreIn a place where heavy weaponry is scarce, yet war against a fairly well armed government has raged for years, there are bound to be some ingenious improvised arms. As is the case when it comes to the Hell Cannon, the Free Syrian Army's artillery piece not of choice, but of necessity.
Read MoreWithin the last 24 hours, Russia invaded the city of Novoazovsk on the Sea of Azov with a pair of armored columns, sending Ukrainian forces fleeing, in what is the most outright display of Russia's involvement in what has been deemed a Ukrainian civil war.
Read MoreIt look like something Doc Brown would be working on in his garage, but it is absolutely one of the most essential and sensitive technologies found on many military and some civilian aircraft today: The Ring Laser Gyroscope.
Read MoreThe QF-16 is an F-16 that's been converted to a drone and used as a target for advanced target practice. How do you test to make sure it's ready to be operational? You fire missiles at it.
Read MoreAfter 14 years of warfare that has been pock-marked with improvised explosive devices, the Pentagon has come up with a motorcycle-like infantry helmet that is meant to protect soldiers from both shrapnel and concussive blasts. Sadly, this new technology is anything but ready for combat.
Read MoreThe future of unmanned combat and America's aircraft carriers remains locked in a semi-clandestine procurement tug of war under the the UCLASS (Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance & Strike) program.
Read MoreIn some places around the globe, including the Middle East, Afghanistan, some parts of the Balkans, India and Latin America, and probably Texas, firing into the air may be a celebratory tradition, but it can also be deadly. For instance, after the Gulf War, there were 20 deaths from falling bullets fired in celebration in Kuwait alone.
Read MoreThis video, said to be filmed in Kazakhstan on July 2nd, 2013, depicts a Proton-M rocket carrying a GLONASS satellite exploding just after leaving the launch pad. The shock wave from the blast is made incredibly clear some ten seconds after the flailing rocket detonates in a huge fireball.
Read MoreThe intercept news just keeps coming. This time the encounter happened about 135 miles east of Hainan Island, and involved the Navy's new P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol aircraft and a pair of Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Su-27 Flankers.
Read MoreThings are continuing to get weird on the Russian/Ukrainian border as Ukrainian and NATO forces are claiming that Russian artillery is actively shelling positions and the magical mystery aid convoy we reported on earlier just blew through the border. Classic Putin.
Read MoreA decade ago, the Active Denial System was lauded as America's less-than-lethal 'holy grail' that could control hoards of unruly Iraqis and Afghans at great distances. Well, that never happened. Now, America's experimental 'pain ray' has become smaller and cheaper, and it may be coming to a police force near you.
Read MoreAbout 40 miles outside of Moscow, in a secluded forest near a quiet town, sits a maze of towering Tesla Coil looking generators and conduits that seem anything but terrestrial. This lightning machine, the only of its kind, now sits abandoned... sort of.
Read MoreUsually tanks are supposed to avoid mines and buried bombs, but somebody, and something, has to roll forward first on the battlefield regardless of what lies beneath. Enter the M1 Assault Breach Vehicle, otherwise known as "The Shredder."
Read MoreThe Minigun was originally designed by General Electric (you will never look at your microwave the same again will you?) in 1962 and has been in continuous use since then. M134 is all about volume of fire, as it spews streams of 7.62X51 ammo at up to 6,000 rounds per minute.
Read MoreOver the last decade, the Royal Air Force has made some very deep budget cuts while also trying to modernize its much smaller aircraft fleet. Part of this plan saw its Lockheed L-1011 based TriStars being retired. Not to worry, because you can now buy one for $1.75M!
Read MoreAs we reported yesterday, VX-23 'Salty Dogs' made history with the first seamless carrier operations between an unmanned combat drone and a F/A-18 Hornet. The video below gives us a glimpse of what the Navy's air combat capability of the future will look like.
Read MoreThe carrier is one dynamic and challenging workplace, and flying off of it remains anything but a simple task. This video beautifully captures the chaos and beauty of America's floating air bases and the airborne environment of those who fly from them.
Read MoreThe omnipresent watching aircraft of dystopian science fiction has quietly become science fact. Meet Wide Area Aerial Surveillance, the all-seeing eye in the sky that will change our lives forever.
Read MoreThe US Navy just announced that it has successfully integrated unmanned and manned carrier operations for the first time. This is huge, as it's pretty much the first step in how the Navy will work not for the next few years, but probably for the next few decades.
Read MoreThe thing about Scud missiles is that they're not a precision weapon. Their accuracy is measured in the thousands of feet. So just by firing it at civilians, you show you don't really care where it lands. And in a war with more than 170,000 dead already, that's not surprising.
Read MorePutin's power game in Ukraine has featured one set-piece after another, many of which seem to be used as decoys. This can also be said about the mysterious armada of 262 white Russian semi trucks, said to be hauling 'aid' intended for Russian speaking people living in the embattled rebel-held city of Donetsk.
Read MoreThe Turkish Air Force's jet demonstration team, the Turkish Stars, has been wowing crowds for over 20 years, and although their NF-5A Freedom Fighters may be old they are still capable of putting on a hell of a show. The team's pilots are some of the best in the world and their aircraft are kept in top condition, but still, things can go wrong at worst time imaginable.
Read MoreThe United States Air Force Thunderbirds are "America's Ambassadors in Blue," a famed air demonstration squadron. At air shows the announcers always say that Thunderbird aircraft could be ready for action within as little as a few days time. Well, as it turns out, they aren't lying.
Read MoreBoeing's B-17 has been likened to a flying work of industrial art and there is no doubt that it remains a symbol of American ingenuity and the bravery of those who fought in WWII. Still, sometimes something thought of as visually close to perfection can be improved upon, and the XB-38 variant of the Flying Fortress did just that.
Read MoreThere have been some fantastic air tanker drop videos this year, including the DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) laying down miles of fire retardant under horrible visibility, but this P-3 Orion (or L-188 Electra?) yawing all over the place while spewing slurry takes the cake!
Read MoreRussian bombers have penetrated US airspace 16 times in the last TEN days. At the same time, Russia's Navy says it chased a submarine out of its 'boundary waters' in the Barents Sea, near the home of its powerful Northern Fleet.
Read MoreThe giant TOPOL-M road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile is one frightening creation of mankind. It can hide in cities, forests, or even nuclear-attack hardened bunkers. It'll travel at over 15,000 MPH while taking evasive action and pumping out decoys on the way to its target.
Read MoreThe White House's scale has tipped in favor of direct action against ISIS and support for their victims. Yesterday, airdrops of much needed food, water and medical supplies commenced over northern Iraq, where ISIS has ran thousands of Iraq's Yazidi minority into the mountains. Meanwhile, ISIS is threatening the Kurdish capitol city of Erbil.
Read MoreIn the latest satellite imagery released to the public, dated June 30th (partial) and June 2nd (full), Area 51 continues to undergo changes, and one of them is significant in nature. This new construction project is of especially high interest, not just because of its physical size, but also because of its very peculiar location and timing.
Read MoreThese spectacular images were taken by a friend of mine and fellow photographer, Jim "Hazy" Haseltine from the back of an Oregon Air National Guard F-15D belonging to the 173rd FW down in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Eagle is the size of a tennis court, so seeing them absolutely dwarfed by anything is not normal, making these shots simply other-worldly!
Read MoreAviadarts 2014 saw Russia host China and Belarus for a large scale aerial gunnery, navigation, formation and reconnaissance competition. Held in late May, and taking place near the cities of Voronezh and Lipetsk, and at the Pogonovo testing range, Russia broadened the exercise into a more elaborate international training competition this year.
Read MoreHere's North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, looking like the happiest boy in the world in his Romeo-class submarine. North Korea was assembling these noisy boats from kits up until as late as 1995, but the truth of the matter is, the Romeo-class design is pure 1950s Soviet vintage.
Read MoreRussia, where waltzing heavy armor and tank biathlons are apparently a thing. The synchronized T-80s are cool, but the best part is when the 152mm self propelled Howitzer comes sauntering in towards the end! Only in Russia...
Read MoreSo I’m driving along the other day, and I get up behind this woman in a Passat with out-of-state plates. This poor woman: it was raining, it was late at night, and she probably had no idea how to get around in the big, unfamiliar city. She was lost, confused, disoriented, unsure of herself.
Read MoreIt was the height of WWII, aerospace technology was developing at an incredible rate. The jet engine was a fragile new technology, but it sure seemed like the future of combat aviation. Who would be first to field a jet fighter to Navy? Enter the engineers from Ryan Aeronautical and their FR-1 'Fireball' composite piston-jet fighter.
Read MoreAn American spy plane, listening out for signals intelligence high above international waters in the Baltic Sea, was forced to hightail it to Sweden to avoid intercept by Russian fighter jets, according to the New York Times. This sort of thing has happened before, but this incident is definitely weird.
Read MoreWe've seen Hornets, Eagles, Pavehawks and even Mirage F1s fly low and fast through all kinds of terrain, but now behold the ultra-nimble F-5N Tiger II tearing through the Cascade Mountain Range. Naval Aviator Kearbey Robinson of VFC-13 is your tour guide today and a huge thanks to him for posting this on Facebook for all to see!
Read MoreThe soft war between what were once two supreme members of the Soviet Union continues to simmer, and along with it some interesting and extremely dated technology is being brought to the fight, as is the case with this video depicting a TU-143 'Reys' short-range reconnaissance drone in pro-Russian rebels' hands.
Read MoreWith the venerable Mirage F1 light fighter finally being retired from French service, the last F1CRs being taken off operational duties on June 13th of this year, the Armée de l'Air appears to have commissioned a remarkable piece of footage as an homage to the nimble and durable fighter. Dassault fighter super-fans around the world rejoice!
Read MoreEbola is deadly and can spread person-to-person, but with the precise infection prevention measures that will be in place with the CDC, the spread of the virus in America is extremely unlikely. The two Americans headed home will be able to get the best supportive care available for them and the factors leading to the spread in West Africa will not be play in here.
Read MoreU.S. Recon Marines paid a little visit to the Seattle Seahawks Training Camp yesterday, dropping in via UH-1Y 'Venom' helicopters with AH-1Z 'Viper' cover and swimming their way to shore, with their guns drawn for their final landing. This demonstration, along with a Blue Angel's flyover, was part of Seafair week in Seattle.
Read MoreHow do you pack two patients that are infected with one of the world's deadliest viruses into a pressurized aluminum tube that is filled with healthy care takers and pilots for 12 hours and not get almost everyone infected in the process? You use this old ex-Royal Danish Air Force Gulfstream III that is highly modified to convey very ill people over very long distances.
Read MoreThe BMW M3/M4 are probably the most anticipated and capable new sports sedans on the market. You want one. So do we. How would you have it?
Read MoreRemember the Gallardo Super Trofeo? That was an all-wheel drive car with 570 horsepower. The new Huracán Super Trofeo on the other hand sends all its 620 horses to the rear wheels. Somewhere, Valentino Balboni is smiling right now.
Read MoreThe Maserati MC12 Corsa isn't just rare, it might as well not exist. It's so rare that if I saw one anywhere, even at a show, I'd expect an entire herd of unicorns to go marching right past. Now someone's gone and made one road-legal, and they're driving it around California.
Read MoreThe mad scientists at SRT shocked the world this summer by bringing us the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, the most muscular muscle car ever, which packs a stonking 707 horsepower supercharged Hemi V8. Now, in the ultimate proof that you can have your cake and eat it too, it comes in four door form.
Read MoreJust look at it, it's great, isn't it? This will be at Pebble Beach from McLaren Special Operations, along with a blue 650S. Oh, and the 986 horsepower, ultra-limited McLaren P1 GTR, of course.
Read MoreWhen I told a guy from VW that I think the Octavia RS is a better car than a Golf GTI, he replied "a much better car." How did the Czech version of this popular Volkswagen platform become the best version?
Read MoreThis 21" trunk organizer from Snap-On is designed for tools, but it'll be great for anything you don't want rattling around in the back. It has a 4.5 star review average, and usually sells for over $30. [Snap-on 21-Inch Trunk Organizer and Tool Carrier, $26]
Read MoreI've now spent a little more time in the Mazda Eunos Cosmo. Driving on the passenger side is weird. Here's what I've learned so far.
Read More"Remember that car? That sure was a great car. I really wish they still made that car today, because I'd totally buy one." That's a conversation that happens multiple times a day in the Jalopnik comments. Let me tell you this: years from now, the Ford Fiesta ST will be the subject of that conversation too.
Read MoreI have a few friends who own old Volvos. Of course, what I really mean by this is: I have a few friends who are constantly asking me for rides home from the local Swedish car repair place.
Read MoreNot all car dealers are stealerships. Don't believe me? Read these ten stories and see for yourself.
Read MoreIn case you aren't familiar, Automatic is a little Bluetooth dongle that plugs into your car's OBD-II port and communicates with your phone to track driving habits, mileage, and engine problems. Best of all, if you're in an accident, Automatic will automatically alert the authorities and call your family, no subscription required. As most of you know, there are cheaper dongles out there that work with some third party smartphone apps, but this is by far the most polished top-to-bottom system
Read MoreLook, I'm not going to write a whole review just to trash a car. The 2015 Chevrolet Malibu, despite vast improvements from previous models, still has a long way to go. And we'll hopefully see these in the next model! But it does have an ace with its mobile hotspot feature.
Read MoreSure you can just go to the dealer and pick up a Bentley that's sitting there on the lot. But what are you, some sort of plebe? Of course not. You need your Bentley done to your specs. And they'll do that for you. For a price.
Read MoreCertain cars carry stigmas that are sometimes fair, but often times undeserved. If you've thought ill about these ten cars then hold on, because Jalopnik is about to drop some knowledge on you.
Read MoreIf you love cars as much as we do here at Jalopnik these ten stories are the stuff of nightmares.
Read MoreWhen major storms impact a certain area, it is inevitable that flood damaged cars will hit the market and most of these cars won’t stay local to the flooding. Here are some tips for avoiding cars with severe water damage.
Read MoreA cross-country drive is an amazing way to see the country, but can be quite taxing on your car. Here's how to get you and your vehicle ready.
Read MoreCartoonists can go wild with their cars, but it doesn't always look like they think them through before the drawing begins.
Read MoreWith a new presidential limo contract soon to be awarded, it's probably a good time to look at the current terrible limo. Like America's foreign policy at the time of its introduction, "The Beast" was a clumsy solution to a delicate set of priorities that caused more problems that it solved.
Read MoreJaguar's classic Mark II could well be the most beautiful sedan ever made. Here's how Jaguar's head designer Ian Callum made it even better.
Read MoreThis summer marks the 30th anniversary of Ghostbusters, and you really can't talk about that movie — at least we can't — without talking about the Ghostbusters' car, the Ecto-1. The original was a 1959 Cadillac 'professional' car — as in ambulance or hearse. But what if the Ghostbusters had to use a new car? What should they pick?
Read MoreYou know, I could just take it to the junkyard any time. You hear that, Lexus? CAN YOU HEAR ME? ANYTIME I WANT.
Read MoreOn August 26, 1959, the British Motor Corporation released the first Mark I Mini, a humble and yet technologically innovative city car. Who could have guessed that the car would still be in production 55 years later, and one of the biggest four-wheeled cultural phenomenons ever?
Read MoreYou know those stupid sites that claim to let you see what your love-child with Miley Cyrus or Tyne Daly or Merlin Olsen would look like? Or visualize the offspring of Beyonce and Chris Elliott? Of course you don't; they're stupid. Still, I got the equally stupid idea to see what these face-morphing sites would do with cars.
Read MoreIt's been fifteen years since the last Checker cab operated in New York City, and I think the joke has gone on long enough. I don't care how it's going to be done, but the Checker cab should come back in service.
Read MoreThe biggest problem with Le Car ownership has always been dealing with all the increased sexual appeal one gets when owning the car. Sex in the back of the conventional Le Car is usually too cramped and too exposed via those large windows. If only there was a solution! Guess what, pals: there is.
Read MoreWhat would happen if an automaker read the comments of Jalopnik and gave you exactly what you wanted? Potentially a costly disaster, a lesson we should have learned from a 23-year-old episode of "The Simpsons."
Read MoreOkay, it's late. I'm still settling in from a big move and my brains feel a little carbonated. That means the 6502 that runs my BrainOS occasionally comes up with some really inane stuff. Like this goofy car-related idea that I encourage all you budding sci-fi writers to work into your stories.
Read MoreHaving a coat-of-arms as your car's badge has been popular for decades. There's lots of good ones out there, with interesting details — Cadillac's little ducks, for example — but only one has what appears to be a dragon-snake swallowing some poor bastard: Alfa Romeo.
Read MoreThe first thing you should know about this last-of-its-generation Dodge Aspen is that has its roots in a platform that was 20 years old when this car creaked off the assembly line in 1980. The second is that they still couldn't get the engine right.
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 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 MoreYou have to admire a man like John Brabazon, not only for having an incredible license plate, but also for being the first person to fly a plane in Britain. And not only did he do that, but he also had a splendid plane named after him. A splendid, worthless, beautiful, useless, wonderful, horrible elephant of a plane.
Read MoreIn my continual quest to make every obscure, low-volume air-cooled VW known to all my beloved readers, I'm excited to present you one of my favorite spawns of the Beetle: The Australian Country Buggy. This thing was the Thing before the Thing was a thing. I'll explain.
Read MoreAs you may know, I’m weirdly obsessed with vehicle lighting systems. It’s unhealthy. My wife has made me leave my collection of marker lights in the closet when we’re, um, intimate. But still, I feel there’s things I need to address. Like cornering lights.
Read MoreAhh, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance: America's finest annual automotive event held under a constant stream of light mist. Oh, sure, I know the Amelia Island Concours is an excellent event with wonderful vehicles. But nothing can quite top Pebble Beach if you're discussing, for instance, overall umbrella usage.
Read MoreThere's currently a bit of controversy over the Nissan-Panoz DeltaWing design, but if you ask me, the best thing for all lovers of triangular-shaped cars to do is let the big boys fight it out while the rest of us enjoy this incredible Corvair trike.
Read MoreIn its final years of production, the Chevy Monte Carlo was an interesting car - it wasn't handsome, and it wasn't great, but it has an aura of pride about it.
Read MoreYou hear "armored passenger car" and think of something a dictator would ride in to plow through a picket line of peasants. But apparently a lot of folks want the protection without the high-profile, as proven by this incredibly eclectic selection of armored cars for sale on this Colombian classifieds site.
Read MoreIf you were to describe the Volvo 240 in a vacuum you'd get a car that sounds rather drab and boring, the kind of vehicle easily forgotten by history. Yet, 40 years after its introduction, gearheads and laypeople alike still love the 240.
Read MoreOf all the pointless new paint/new name special editions of the Veyron, only one really mattered: the 2011 L'Or Blanc. It was inlaid with porcelain, it cost $2.3 million, and it was a one-off, unique car. Until now.
Read MoreFor an auto enthusiast, taking your road test should be a great day you look forward to for years but, sometimes, it doesn't quite turn out right.
Read MoreTraffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we'll provide the jams.
Read MoreWe don't know much about Theon Parseghian other than he's self-employed and lives in King Ferry, New York. Oh, and he built this amazing amphibious Volvo 240 that just went on its maiden voyage.
Read MoreThese ten silly cars think they're people, too!
Read MoreAfter a week of RV living, I finally have made it to North Carolina, but I made one very important stop along the way: the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, TN. I've been aware of the Lane for quite a while, but I don't think I was really prepared for how incredible their collection actually is. It's stunning, no joke.
Read MoreI recently earned $1,000 by doing nothing. It was an excellent experience, and I highly recommend it to anyone who's sick of making money through normal channels, such as work.
Read MoreThe world doesn't need any more Camrys; we need more cars like these.
Read MoreThe Pagani Huayra is a stunningly gorgeous car no doubt about it. It's so gorgeous you wouldn't think it would be possible for it to look bad but lo and behold someone just bought this turd. This is the worlds ugliest Huayra.
Read MoreWith the Woodward Dream Cruise and Pebble Beach this past weekend, we here at Jalopnik have been thinking about car shows. These are ten of the biggest in the world.
Read MoreThis weekend is Pebble Beach, a weekend where folks go around the Monterey Peninsula wearing nice clothes, drinking nice drinks, and driving nice cars. And we're taking a 1990s Mazda Eunos Cosmo, Mazda's upscale, Rotary powered, luxury coupe. What do you want to know?
Read MoreThere’s certain things you’d think you can always expect to be there, and most of those things are really large geologic formations. That’s why I was pretty surprised when I finally managed to get myself to the Grand Canyon, only to find that it was gone. Well, I suppose it wasn’t really gone, but the white fog was so thick that it may as well have been. I’m sure the Grand Canyon is a majestic sight, but what I saw had all the aching majesty of a piece of fresh copier paper.
Read MoreSometimes automakers have a sense of humor. These ten cars prove that.
Read MoreI've decided to devote today's column to that dreaded Craigslist ad. You know the one I'm talking about.
Read MoreWhen I was told that our friend Nino Karotta was organizing a meetup for readers of his site Totalcar and Jalopnik in Budapest's "Heroes Square" to show us American auto journos cars we'd never seen before I expected a small group of people to show up. Instead more than two dozen cars and about 50 true heroes educated us.
Read MoreJust to cut some of the suspense from yesterday, let me just come right out and say this: emptying wastewater tanks is as wildly rewarding and fulfilling as you think it is. I’ll go so far as to say it’s cathartic. Watching all that waste fluid go sluicing down into some little hole, feeling the pulsing of the hose, which looks like a languidly vomiting sandworm — it’s hard to beat.
Read MoreCarbon fiber is nearly ubiquitous in supercars. They now all seem to have at least one carbon piece, just in case. Horacio Pagani saw this revolution coming in the 1980s when he worked at Lamborghini. The Lamborghini bosses didn't see the revolution. So Pagani took his destiny into his own hands and ignored everyone at Lambo.
Read MoreFinally leaving LA was really difficult, in pretty much every way: emotionally, physically, financially, and maybe even anthropologically. But there’s no better balm for a bruised soul than a nice long road trip. Long like trans-continentally, and in a nice 70s-era RV. We’ve officially been on the road one day, and have so far staved off Road Madness. Here’s what it’s like so far.
Read MoreI'm sure there's a good reason why you can't buy a car with a full canopy roof. But dammit, I still want one.
Read MoreI'm not kidding. The Germans might have crystals and laser headlights, but Volvo looked at the T-shaped running lights of the new XC90, remembered some bedtime stories and christened them 'Thor's Hammer'. Smashing!
Read MoreOne of the many, many things holding Detroit back is the lack of a stable tax base that comes with owning property because either so many people have left the city or people want to live in homes for free. So when people do try to live for free, it can be problematic.
Read MoreI was never a huge fan of the Jaguar XJ6 when I was growing up, but the more I stare at it, the more I think it's the most finely proportioned sedan of the modern era.
Read MoreToday every top-level rally car comes with a handbrake to help turn into a corner. Back in the day, drivers had to rely on momentum. Here's how they did the 'pendulum turn.'
Read MoreA few months back, I posted a video that shows me driving around in the Ferrari, desperately trying to get attention from women. And it shows women completely ignoring my efforts. The whole thing is depressing, and disappointing, and in the end, I crash the Ferrari into a day spa while screaming: "DO YOU NOTICE ME NOW?!?!? HUH?!??!"
Read MoreWhy is it that seeing a beat-up Peugeot 205 GTI parked on a Parisian side street melted my brain into goop and nearly pulled my heart out of my chest?
Read MoreLet me be up front and say that I actually like listening to All Things Considered. What I'm less crazy about listening to is a lot of inane misinformation about cars, just to tenuously make some half-assed point about fatherhood and manliness and a bunch of other crap that actually made me long for a pledge drive.
Read MoreFor almost as long as the history of the car, automakers have been naming their products after animals. We had a wealth of great suggestions and we're going to compile a definitive list of all animal car names later. For now, these the ten best.
Read MoreJoe Rogan doesn't just own a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, he owns a Sharkwerks tuned GT3 RS, and there's one detail about it that gets sports cars so very right.
Read MoreWe couldn't do this film festival without a sponsor and this year our sponsor, Volvo, has agreed to help us produce a film about car culture… and by "us" we mean "you." We're going to provide everything you need to make your idea a reality, we just need your idea.
Read MoreI had just pulled up to a post-race barbecue in the paddock when I was approached and asked if "that thing can do a burnout? The Rally Baby Mercedes wants to see." The barbecue was hosted by the Rally Baby team. If I wanted to eat, I didn't really have a choice.
Read MoreI tried to ignore this mock-rap video for the Toyota Sienna, in which a square suburban family raps about a minivan alongside an increasingly washed-up Busta Rhymes. It came out Friday, and people were up in arms all weekend — but for all the wrong reasons.
Read MoreThe Porsche 917K is not only famous for its successful racing career, but also how it looks. It is the epitome of early 1970s racing style, all flowing lines and swoopy bodywork. And in Martini livery, possibly the prettiest of them all, its looks alone could probably win some competitions, too.
Read MoreThis weekend, I'm participating in my first endurance race ever and I'm doing it with the American Endurance Racing series. I'm driving an E30 3-Series prepped for Spec E30. And if you don't drive a car like this in these races, you might be an idiot.
Read MoreWow, if it isn't another Ferrari expected to change hands at about a zillion dollars. It's getting boring, isn't it? Probably not this time, as I'd argue the 1966 Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta Speciale "Tre Posti" is speciale indeed.
Read MoreA round of congratulations is in order for Boston, which just supplanted Washington D.C. as the home to America's absolute worst drivers. Great job, Boston!
Read MoreDriver Thierry Neuville is rapidly gaining a reputation around these parts, both for incredible drifts and humongous crashes. But when he and co-pilot Nicolas Gilsoul went off the course at the Rally Deutschland this week, their passionate cries of " AHHH FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK" rang throughout the land.
Read More"Yep, I'm flying through the air. This is not good."
Read More"What's the deal with BMW drivers?" That's probably (okay, probably not) what Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee impresario and noted Porsche-phile Jerry Seinfeld is thinking after a clueless driver backed into his 1973 911 RSR.
Read MoreYou're watching the 1985 1000 km of Spa, riding onboard the #2 Porsche 962 of Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx as it dices with the #19 Porsche 956 of Thierry Boutsen and Stefan Bellof. One of those drivers would not survive the race.
Read MoreThe Greater Manchester Police in the United Kingdom are looking for anyone who might have information about the above incident, because holy hell does it happen quickly. Those people just look to be hopping along, when SUDDENLY MINI COOPER.
Read MoreA simply insane two car crash in Maryland has split one of the cars in two. And somehow, the occupants weren't killed. Not even close.
Read MoreLast year MotorTrend's video host Jessi Lang flew to Germany to test an extremely powerful tuned Abt Audi R8. She opened the car up on a local highway, and then her life nearly ended.
Read MoreThe BMW 'Ring Taxi is famous the world over for letting paying customers experience a lap of the Nurburgring at full-throttle with a seasoned racing driver. And going "full-throttle" sometimes means someone is going to bin it, right into the barriers.
Read MoreThe British press loves to snipe at Top Gear, in part because Top Gear keeps giving them reasons to do that. But a new column in the Telegraph crosses the line from criticism into an illogical and clueless rant about cars, driverless cars, and women.
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 MoreCar Wars is where we pit some of today's hottest cars against each other and then, in a commenting fight to the death, decide which one we'd buy. Today we have two of the best hot hatches ever sold in the United States, all for about the same price.
Read MoreI recently had the chance to spend a few hours driving around in a Honda Insight. Not the new Insight – or the "sissy Insight," as I now call it, due to its gluttonous 5-seat configuration and its greedy, environment-destroying 4-cylinder engine that's designed to actually keep pace with traffic. I mean the original Insight, the cool one; the one that weighs less than a rhinoceros and doesn't accelerate as fast.
Read MoreTetsuuuo! Kaneda's bike is real. It's called the 2015 Honda NM4, it's on-sale in America, and yesterday, I was one of the first journalists to ride it. Spoiler Alert: It really does feel like it belongs in Neo-Tokyo.
Read MoreWe like the Honda Grom, but we'll never love it like Nathan Rogers. In some kind of monkey bike-induced lunacy, he left Portland earlier this summer and headed north. Two weeks later, he rolled into Alaska. It'll take twice as long for his ass and knees to recover, so he had time for some questions. One of his answers: fanny pack.
Read MoreThere was a time, not too long ago, where anything with two wheels and 200 hp was nearly impossible to control. Now there's this: a home-build, turbocharged Yamaha FZ1 that's putting out enough grunt to spin the world sideways.
Read MorePebble Beach and the festivities that make up Monterey Car Week have gotten totally out of hand. I'm counting over 50 different events, not including private shindigs and ultra-hyper-exclusive reveals. Add in tens of thousands of people, and it's impossible to get around – let alone park. Bike is the answer.
Read MoreCrashes suck. But this is one of the few times where a bike-on-car collision turns into art. It's like Cirque du Soleil performed in the Matrix and splashed with a side of Jackass. I've watched it a dozen times and can't stop.
Read MoreA motorcycle is a ridiculously fun, but inherently dangerous way to get around. Luckily, you can dramatically reduce your risk of injury on a bike by wearing proper gear. I mean screw that though when you could use the back seat to show the world what your mamma gave ya!
Read MoreThe Sunday Times breathlessly revealed that Google is petitioning the California State government to allow the testing of autonomous motorcycles on public roads. That's not quite right. Here's why.
Read MoreEvery year a family in Black Hills holds a pool before the Sturgis motorcycle rally. Everyone throws in $5 and then randomly pulls out a number from a hat. That's their bet for the number of bikers that will die that year. And the Rapid City Journal made it front page news.
Read MoreWhen slapping a turbocharger onto a Suzuki GSXR-1000, there's a laundry list of to-dos. A reinforced tachometer needle probably isn't near the top of the list.
Read MoreDucati became the first motorcycle manufacturer to integrate Dainese's D-Air airbag system into one of its bikes earlier this year, and now we get to see how the system handles crashing into one its corporate siblings.
Read MoreCreek to ford? There are a slew of purpose built adventure bikes for the job. But just like the SUV that never leaves the suburbs, sometimes it's overkill, as this bagger-riding dad deftly demonstrates.
Read MoreAllow me to list some of the things I love: Motorcycles, turbos, diesel, and bacon. Through the wonders of Marketing, all of these things have coalesced into a diesel cafe racer that's making a cross-country trip powered by bacon grease. And yes, it smells like breakfast rolling down the road.
Read MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration is currently seeking comments on a proposed "hangar rule" which seeks to restrict the use of hangars on airport property for the storage and maintenance of flyable aircraft. However, the nation's largest keeper of vintage planes would be put in jeopardy by the proposal.
Read MoreThere's been a bit of a fight over 16-year-old Dutch wunderkind Max Verstappen, who will be Formula One's youngest driver at 17 next year. Everyone wants a piece of the super talented young driver... although maybe the losers will feel better after seeing this video of him crashing his first F1 car.
Read MoreDuring a time when we're all watching police departments hoping they won't screw up, the Detroit Police Department seems to be, well, screwing up. They're doing a fine job with trying to clean up the streets, but communicating that message seems to be a challenge.
Read MoreWhen last we heard about the sinkhole that engulfed part of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, museum officials decided to keep it open as a tourist attraction. Today, however, they changed their minds, and the sinkhole will be no more.
Read MoreABC News is reporting that a private plane mysteriously wound up in the ocean, after having entered restricted airspace in Washington, D.C. It was met by fighter jets, but did not respond. Speculations abound as to the cause of the crash.
Read MoreNowadays when you see an ad for a car with any remote semblance of performance, you get imagery of adrenaline-inducing road-holding with the occasional monster or two. But back in 1978, ads for the Ford Capri liked to tout its "safe and predictable" handling. Bummer.
Read MoreMarilyn Hartman must really love flying, or planes, or airports. She made headlines just a couple of weeks ago for sneaking onto a Southwest Airlines flight from San Jose to Los Angeles without a ticket. She has been arrested again this week, at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Read MoreWhile doing a bit of research for yesterday's Question of the Day, I came across one of those little facts that, upon hearing, makes you make one of those confused-disbelief faces the sitcoms like so much. The fact was that Superman once built a NASCAR racer. For a race sponsored by aliens.
Read MoreThere is a real airport in the suburbs. But the small, mostly dormant Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport on Detroit's east side could go for sale soon as the city's lawyers try to settle this neverending bankruptcy. Oh, and it has a racetrack.
Read MoreSweden's Björn Waldegård was the first person to win the WRC's driver's championship back in 1979. Today it was announced he has passed away from cancer.
Read MoreA day after reporting a $97.6 million loss for the second quarter, Malaysia Airlines announced the reduction of 6,000 jobs — 30 percent of its workforce. They also lost $140.8 million in the first quarter, and are undergoing a full overhaul of their corporate structure and business model.
Read MoreAs if being an U.S. Astronaut aboard the International Space Station isn't already cool enough, Reid Wiseman is having all of the fun up there while shooting epic videos and photographs.
Read MoreA lot of people go to track days to have some fun and learn more about their cars in a performance environment. But there's also a group of people who don't know what the hell they're doing and try and make every corner a race. What's the worst use of a track day caught on video?
Read MoreThis might not be the glorious reveal we were hoping for, but these are the first really real photos of the Aston Martin Lagonda, courtesy of a partnership between the automaker and Oman Air.
Read MoreThe best way to get people to plunk down the cash on an electric car is to alleviate range anxiety and make it convenient. That's the main driver behind Tesla's rapid expansion of its Supercharger network, along with this, a new partnership to put Tesla's basic chargers where its customers spend time.
Read MoreSure, speed bumps can be the bane of our existence, but we understand the need. Two in quick succession seems like overkill and three is just a dick move. But five? FIVE?!
Read MoreEver heard of a "Totally Integrated Power Module"? If you have lately, odds are it's because you're a Chrysler owner. The obscure-sounding part has reportedly meant expensive repairs for hundreds of owners, a class-action lawsuit, complaints to federal regulators and now an internal investigation by Chrysler themselves.
Read MoreYou have many questions about how the Swedish plan to succeed in the future. I've come back from Stockholm with the answers, and more.
Read MoreNear Los Angeles International Airport sits a historic 300,000 square foot building that once housed the world's largest airplane — the Hughes H-4 "Hercules," also known as the "Spruce Goose." Now over 70 years later, Google is reportedly eyeing the vacant space in order to house offices.
Read MoreWe've got not one, but two good deals on backup camera systems today. The Peak system includes a viewing screen, but the cheaper Esky model has a wider angle camera (170 degrees vs. 110), and a license plate frame mount.
Read MoreWhat do you do when you have a Formula One World Championship in your name and currently race for Mercedes? You get your AMG V12-powered Zonda 760LH and you rip through the Monaco tunnel to hear it scream.
Read MoreNow that Bernie Ecclestone is free of a bribery charge after paying an unprecedented $100 million to a German court, he says he has decided to put the matter behind him so he be a living example of kindness and goodwill to all people. Just kidding! It's revenge. Cold-ass revenge is what he's gonna do next.
Read MoreEmergency-light and accessory company Whelen is releasing "smoked lenses" for their LED police lights, adding a little more ominous aggressiveness to the look of their vehicles. Not totally sure if it's meant for style or stealth, but these lights would certainly be easier to hide than other flashers.
Read MoreI'm not going to lie — I love cartoon cars. Maybe it's my inherently juvenile nature, but there's something that will always get my attention about a really well-executed cartoonificated car. And, thanks to my love of awful things, I also really love the terrible ones. But which terrible cartoon car is the worst?
Read MoreSince Alfa Romeo is an Italian car company, people often write about their cars being graceful and stylish and beautiful or whatever other national tropes they could remember. The thing is, Alfas often look kinda weird.
Read MoreIt's just that, well, we've been waiting for so long.
Read MoreThe Queen of the Nürburgring loves her personal Porsche 997 GT3 RS. But how does it stack up against the new 991 GT3? Only one way to find out: drag race.
Read MoreA jury in Southeast Texas yesterday declared that a bereaved father accused of shooting and killing the drunken driver who crashed into his two children was not guilty of murder, according to news reports.
Read MoreBird strike incidents cause millions of dollars in damage to planes annually, and trained birds of prey have been used to deter bird flocks around airports for a long time. As a cheaper and more manageable alternative, a company has developed the Robird — a drone that mimics the flight of a real raptor.
Read MoreI just... I can't believe this isn't sped up.
Read MoreIf it wasn't so blatant, it wouldn't be so hilarious.
Read MoreApparently Ferrari was none to pleased with the custom badges and associated floor mats on Deadmau5’s 458 Italia Purrari. So much so that Ferrari North America sent the self-admitted button-pusher a cease and desist to have the custom emblems removed.
Read MoreAn F-15C crashed earlier this morning in the mountains of western Virginia, and hours later, the pilot seems to have vanished without a trace. Part of the reason offered has been because it's so hard to communicate in that part of the country. But communications are silent in the National Radio Quiet Zone on purpose.
Read MoreAny house listing that starts with a red Ferrari 458 in the driveway is going to be good, but we didn't expect this.
Read MoreDmitry Grishin really wanted a Model S. And being the man behind Mail.ru, one of Russia's largest online portals, he had the means. But how do you get a car into a country with no Tesla dealerships, no maintenance facilities, and minimal charging infrastructure? Money, of course.
Read MoreMobil is offering up to $12 off five quarts of motor oil (or $15 off oil and a filter) via a mail-in rebate. Walmart seems to have the best online prices on eligible items right now, but you can basically buy the oil from anywhere. If you see a better deal, let us know.
Read MoreA key improvement to this year's Jalopnik Film Festival is the inclusion of work submitted by filmmakers, reviewed by a panel of judges that will include Matt Miller, Tamir Moscovici, Spike Feresten, Jeff Zwart, and James Glickenhaus. Best. Judges. EVER.
Read MoreI've always liked that the tuning company BRABUS has been willing to work their tuning alchemy all across the Benz line, from Smart cars to G-Wagens. So it makes sense that eventually they'd get to the Sprinter. And what they've doing to the vans should help make limos feel like endangered emus.
Read MoreIf your city is a clogged, smoggy, water-shortaged mess today, what do you think it's going to be like in another few decades?
Read MoreWhen Toyota announced the re-release of the 1980s Landcruiser you could hear enthusiasts cheer and then, suddenly, shriek when they realized it was Japanese only. Total automotive blue balls, but there have to be worse examples, right?
Read MoreAn F-15C fighter jet flying near the Washington, DC-area has reportedly crashed near the town of Deerfield, Virginia, according to the local News-Leader. UPDATE
Read MoreThe McLaren P1 is fast. Shockingly fast. Unbelievably fast. But can a tiny little lightweight BAC Mono single seater outrun it at Silverstone?
Read MoreThe Nissan GT-R is all great and fine and dandy, but it's big, and heavy, and the engine is right up at the front. What you wanted was something sleek, something lightweight, and you wanted the engine in the middle, where it belongs. And it had to be French, for some reason. This is the Renaultsport R.S. 01.
Read MoreWait wait wait — before really looking at these, please, I beg of you, make sure your design-pleasure glands are healthy and able to produce sufficient amounts of appreciatonin. If not, I can't be responsible for what will happen. Because these are fantastic.
Read MoreYesterday, I did some digging into the meaning behind one of the most distinctive and puzzling car maker logos around: the Alfa Romeo 'dragon-eating-a-dude' crest. I was curious about Alfa's official company line on the badge, and, happily, they told me.
Read MoreAndy House, the exotic car salvage yard owner that crashed his Bugatti Veyron into a Texas lake, has pled guilty to wire mail fraud in federal court, and now he's facing up to 20 years in prison for what basically amounts to insurance fraud.
Read MoreMalaysia Airlines is still flying through turbulent skies, and reeling from two tragic plane crashes within a span of only 4.5 months. Amid investigations of both crashes and talks of privatization, its own passengers are sharing evidence of how the airline is failing to attract business.
Read MoreJust go to about 1:30 in to watch two guys nearly destroy their boy-racer dreams when a sudden caution flag makes them hit the brakes.
Read MoreI've flown on many aircraft types, from modern widebody jets to vintage turboprops, helicopters and even a military transport plane. But of those hundreds of flights, nothing I've flown on in the past compares to the Zeppelin LZ N07-101 I flew on Saturday. It's Goodyear's newest airship, dubbed Wingfoot One.
Read MoreI know we posted a similar socket wrench set yesterday, but this deal is truly insane. [ Craftsman 30-Piece Socket Wrench Set, $10]
Read MoreI've flown on many aircraft types, from modern widebody jets to vintage turboprops, helicopters and even a military transport plane. But of those hundreds of flights, nothing I've flown on in the past compares to the Zeppelin LZ N07-101 I flew on Saturday. It's Goodyear's newest airship, dubbed Wingfoot One.
Read MoreEven if you don't live in a state where excessive speed is looked upon as a crime on the same level as sexual battery, it's safe to assume that street racing well above 100 mph will mean a trip to jail just about anywhere. So what happened with these high-speed tuners in Texas?
Read MoreMost major cities are decades, if not centuries, old. Their infrastructure was based on a small population and estimates of where it could grow to. Some have already outgrown those estimates while others are coming in to their own. What cities prepared the best for a hugely populous future?
Read MoreThere's a particular moment in a car's history where the name finally burrows into the collective unconscious of the world as a whole.
Read MoreOn Sunday, ice water went flying on a United Airlines flight, and it wasn't related to a charitable cause. The use of a seat recline-stopping device called a Knee Defender caused an altercation between two adults on a United flight, causing the plane to be diverted.
Read MoreEarly this morning something weird popped up on Google. If you did an image search, the first few pictures would be displayed properly. But if you scrolled down just a bit, every other image was replaced by one single one, of a Russian car crash. And so far, no one knows why.
Read MoreThanks to (what appears to be) some some trigger-happy comrades at Autoblog.nl, a huge amount of images of the all-new 2015 Volvo XC90 have leaked. Here they are, and the important-to-Volvo SUV looks to be modern and with a big emphasis on interior styling.
Read MoreARE YOU READY TO GET PUMPED?! Welcome back to Project Car Crossfit, where we're going to take that pile of junk in your garage and make you sweat.
Read MoreLast week, a few more signs were added to a pole outside Linwood E. Howe Elementary school in Culver City, CA to clarify new drop-off and pick-up procedures. No big deal, except now it's 15-feet tall.
Read MoreA little more than a year ago, I bought a W220 Mercedes S-Class, and although it was a somewhat luxurious car, it was never the next-level of luxury and opulence that I had hoped for in my initial $3000 purchase. Here's how I changed that.
Read MoreThey're three-wide down the Hanger Straight at Silverstone, and one Mazda MX5 Cup racer pull up closer and, well, see for yourself.
Read MoreGone are the days of no-frills flying. Even Southwest, who once embraced "no frills," now offers WiFi and streaming TV on most of its planes. As budgets and profit margins remain tight in the airline industry, their profits are going toward on-board improvements like WiFi, entertainment options, and power outlets at your seat.
Read MoreWhen the all-new Mazda3 came out, two questions were on the minds of enthusiasts everywhere: "When do we get a Mazdaspeed version?" and "Will it finally get all-wheel drive?" Today, a new report addresses that second question with a solid "maybe."
Read MoreThe Escort Passport 9500ix is a top-of-the-line radar detector, and it's basically priced as such. Sears has it today for $400 though, which is $50 less than Amazon, and a solid deal if you're in the market. [Escort Passport 9500ix Radar Detector, $400]
Read MoreI'm so confused by so much of what I'm seeing here. I think they're speaking Dutch, which may be corroborated by the "AMSTERDAM" painted on the Corolla's door. But this stunt — with the fire, the absent roll cage or fire suit — is absolutely, clinically bonkers.
Read MoreThe Miata is, by definition, a roadster. But ever since the M Coupe concept debuted in 1997, the people have been thirsting for a Miata Coupe like a swan thirsts for whatever it is swans drink. And if Automotive News is right, we're getting that coupe. Get ready swans.
Read MoreIf you're a fan of the Salvador Dali 'melting stuff' artistic conceit, I suggest taking a drive to Centreville, VA and checking out the rapidly melting highway markings. From above, they sort of look like long strings of ribbon or something. They're pretty festive. And potentially dangerous, I suppose.
Read MoreWhile I love a good Mazda Bongo Brawny (pictured above) or a Humber Super Snipe, there are some great car names that don't just resonate with the nerdiest of car nerds.
Read MoreThere's a rumor circulating right now. A great rumor. A rumor that says that there will be a new Mazda RX-7 debuting in 2017 and an even more amazing Mazda RX-9 coming in 2020. Yeah, that's almost definitely not gonna happen. Sorry.
Read MoreSometimes it's hard to see the real qualities of a car behind all of its stereotypes.
Read MoreAdmittedly, the words "Ferrari" and "V6" don't really go hand-in-hand, unless we're talking about the old Dino sports cars or sick 3VZ-FE-swapped MR2s with body kits to make them look like F355s. But as every automaker's engines get smaller and turbo-y-er, Ferrari is said to be mulling V6 power as an option on their 458 Italia successor.
Read MoreDespite being in ruins, piled with trash and possibly sitting atop decades of chemical waste, the Packard Plant remains structurally sound and open to possibility. Its new owner realizes this, and so do architects who see its unlimited potential.
Read MoreHigh-level trolling: Subaru is not above it. How else do you explain the all-wheel drive, turbocharged, rally bred sedan they've taken to calling the Subaru WRX S4? A month after its shadowy preview, the full car has debuted online, and I'm insanely curious what Audi has to say.
Read MoreDrifting is nice and pretty and artful, but you don't see it in many top-tier racing series because it can also be kinda slow. Unless you're in a gargantuan beast of an Australian V8 Supercar, and it's raining. Because then it's like Michelangelo placed his blessing upon speed itself.
Read MoreToday's Formula One Grand Prix of Belgium was fairly uneventful for most people, as these things go. Except for the Mercedes team, which right about now seems like they're ready to kill driver Nico Rosberg, for colliding with and ruining the race of teammate Lewis Hamilton.
Read MorePrior to this weekend, I had never been to the christening of anything but a baby. So when Goodyear invited me to the christening of their new Zeppelin, Wingfoot One at their historic airship base at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio along with the chance to ride on it, (*weather permitting) I was all over it!
Read MoreNASCAR updated a bunch of its rules to try to make things a bit safer in the wake of the death of Kevin Ward, Jr. But if you thought that the tragic incident would've helped cooler heads previal, just for a little while, then you don't know NASCAR. Because Denny Hamlin just threw his HANS device at Kevin Harvick.
Read MoreLocking wheel nuts could help prevent theft of your precious rims and tires, but they're not ideal, and in certain situations, can be easily defeated with just a few tools. But if this new electronic wheel locking system actually works, it might take away your wheel-theft worries for good.
Read MoreUber and United Airlines have partnered up, for a match made in traveler's heaven. You can book an Uber ride via United's mobile app, to pick you up from the airport and drive you to your destination. To sweeten the deal, United is giving an extra 1,000 MileagePlus points when Uber trips are booked through its app.
Read MoreThe early 1970s were a glorious time for muscle cars. Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Plymouth, even the forgotten AMC all jumped into the game. But few muscle cars were as sinister as the Challenger, as even cops with speech impediments knew.
Read MoreAnyone with the cojones to launch a new car in this day and age has our utmost respect. It's a fool's errand, but we'll give them points for gumption. But crowdsourcing a supercar that's ran out of development cash? That just reeks of desperation.
Read MoreLet's say you find $80,000 hidden in the abdomen of a horse carcass you find in your apartment. What are you going to do with that money? Buy a house and 3/4 acre of land in Shitsylvania, or are you going to do the smart thing and buy a 650 HP 2015 Corvette Z06 for $78,995? I think we both know how this ends.
Read MoreI just bought a car with a rear view camera, and it's amazing. If you don't mind installing it yourself, you can add your own to any car for $13 today. The major caveat is that you'll need your own screen, but this is definitely a good place to start. [ Esky Waterproof NTSC Universal Car Rearview License Plate Backup Camera, $13]
Read MoreForget about getting airborne! Hopefully, you won't be doing that with your Huracán. You will want to turn however, and there seems to be a problem with that at speed in Lamborghini's latest supercar.
Read MoreTwo Kentucky firefighters were seriously injured yesterday trying to help the Campbellsville University marching band pull off a big Ice Bucket Challenge stunt, when the aerial ladder they were running was electrified by power lines.
Read MoreCars, sort of like people, often end up stuck in an outside-imposed identity just because of one little detail or event. A kid eats one booger publicly in kindergarten, and you know that kid is the booger-eater at least until 6th grade. So what cars have been unfairly stuck in one specific identity?
Read MoreWell, that's one of the reasons why some couples choose not to have children.
Read MoreWord of warning: you will probably begin to question all of your life's accomplishments after reading this list.
Read MoreLynx Engineering only built 67+1 Eventer V12s between 1982 and 2002, and registration number CYJ621Y is serial number 002, the first car sold to the public. Silverstone Auctions now expects to sell it for under $50,000 at The Autumn Sale.
Read MoreFrom the father of two kids and a guy who has crawled in the cargo holds of hundreds of planes, please take my advice —put your child's car seat or booster seat in a bag before it goes under the plane. If you knew the conditions down there, you'd understand and never again give it a second thought.
Read MoreIt's called AstaZero, a closed course where Volvo will test its future safety systems to ensure no one is killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo by 2020. These are noble goals and an amazing facility, but all I want to do is dodge faux moose on the skidpad in an over-endowed 240 wagon.
Read MoreWe've moved beyond the geewhizOMG phase of autonomous cars and into the dirty, nasty, contentious world of legislation and regulation. The California DMV has issued its rules that Google (and others) have to abide by, and with that fight over, now we know what the crew from Mountain View wanted to hide.
Read MoreEveryone loves the Honda Accord! Especially thieves, and who could blame them? It's practical, reliable, fun to drive, and very popular. That's why the Accord topped the NICB's list of stolen vehicles for 2013.
Read MoreThese ratcheting tie downs have a respectable 1100 pound load limit and 3300 pound breaking strength, and you can get a four-pack for just $20 today. [ Highland 12' Heavy Duty Ratchet Tie Downs, $20]
Read MoreYep, you read that correctly. We now live in a world where a 310 HP Mustang can do 31 MPG on the highway. That's a pretty good thing, even if that Ford gave it the wrong name.
Read MoreI know, as a car enthusiast, I can't expect mainstream media to focus on cars in the same way or with the same intensity as I would. I know this. But still, I think we can expect at least a minimum of accuracy. The Daily Mail doesn't seem to agree, since they call a hardtop Hindustan Ambassador a "sports car" and a "convertible."
Read MoreAn Icelandic volcano is in the news again. In 2010, it was Eyjafjallajökull, which caused the cancelation of over 100,000 flights and cost airlines $1.7 billion. This time, it's Bardarbunga. An eruption of Bardarbunga could potentially disrupt flights once again, as well as melt the glaciers under which it resides.
Read MoreToday marks the 40th anniversary of the Volvo 240 being shown to the media for the very first time, and what better way to celebrate than by showing us your favorites!
Read MoreUnnamed sources have stated that Ford is planning to produce a dedicated hybrid specifically to compete with the Toyota Prius sometime around 2018. This would be Ford's first dedicated hybrid car, and not a hybrid that's derived from one of their gasoline models, like the hybrid Fusion, or that Pinto your uncle modified.
Read MoreHow cool are minivans? Cool enough to get a thousand horsepower.
Read MoreThe same weekend that hundreds of muscle cars shut down two highways at the same time in the East Bay, one brazen Camaro whipped donuts on the Golden Gate Bridge. This is a landmark moment in sideshow history.
Read MoreAndré Lotterer is possibly the unluckiest racing driver in the world right now: he's getting race seat in F1 for the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix at Spa. What's so unlucky about that? It's for Caterham.
Read MoreThe AP is reporting that a US Special Forces team was sent into Syria last summer to find American being held there, presumably including freelance Journalist James Foley who was recently seen being beheaded on an ISIS released video tape, but did not find them.
Read MoreCopper theft has been running rampant across the U.S for years, with everything from plumbing to cabling being stolen and sold as scrap. So as security tightens at building sites, thieves and junkies are turning to the copper cabling in electric car chargers to make a buck.
Read MoreAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott expressed optimism in regard to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. He said there's a "reasonable chance" of finding the plane during the 23,000 square mile search of the ocean floor — about the size of Lake Huron.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is tasked with keeping our roads and highways safe, and generally they do a very commendable job. They recently started a new campaign to prevent teen drunk driving, and I think the subtext of it is impressively realistic: if you're drunk in the woods, don't drive; just stay there and fuck.
Read MoreFollowing the deaths of his wife and child in an Israeli airstrike, Hamas leader Mohammed Deif has announced plans to attack Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, beginning on Thursday at 6:00AM local time (11:00PM EDT tonight). Reports across the web are saying rockets have already been fired at the airport, but are not confirmed.
Read MoreCommonly known as the highest road in the world, the Khardung-la pass at 17,582 feet is dizzying and dangerous. But it is "child's play" compared to how it once was, before climate change began erasing its defining glaciers.
Read MoreIf summer has done a number on your wiper blades, Sears is selling Valvoline replacements for 70% off today. [ 70% off Wiper Blades]
Read MoreHave your preferred vomit-spitoon handy? Is your valet at the ready to empty it, post-haste? Good, then you're ready to read the latest pre-Paris Motor Show press release from Infiniti. You also may want to connect some belts to your eyes to harness all the energy you'll make as you roll them.
Read MoreI will be the first to admit that I have a lightning phobia, along with heights. Both are rational, because both can easily kill you. But when it came to lightning, there was always The Car, an impenetrable metal fortress. But not anymore, as lightning can now go through windshields and melt your face.
Read MoreI was waiting at the DMV when the examiner walked in, threw her clipboard onto the counter, and began berating a middle-aged guy in a language I did not understand. Apparently his wife was there for her first exam, and he figured his old lady didn't need any lessons before getting behind the wheel.
Read MoreThe Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat isn't just a 707 horsepower salute to American awesomeness and a rolling middle finger to common sense. It's also a really good deal for its price. Like, insanely good.
Read MoreEver since the original Cadillac CTS debuted more than 10 years ago, Cadillac has had its sights well and truly set on defeating the titanen of luxury – Mercedes, BMW, and Audi. But it hasn't been able to do that without a big flagship. So now Cadillac is going to bring the fight to the mountaintop.
Read MoreFernando Palazuelo is the next Detroit media savior in a local media landscape that has too much of a savior complex. I'm still highly skeptical, but Palazuelo says he'll have the Packard Plant up and renovated in the next 15 years. He will start to move some dirt around in September.
Read MoreAfter complaints that their cabbies had "no idea where they were going," The Guardian reports, Melbourne instituted a new taxi driver test. 233 out of 234 people failed, and the only person who passed had a bit of a trick up her sleeve.
Read MoreDesign-Generation is a Polish collective that specializes in making short, baffling films. And this one is no exception. It starts out promising some nice, honest Euro soft-core in the great outdoors, and turns into something maybe a touch nightmarish.
Read MoreShutting down an intersection in the East Bay for a donut-filled sideshow is nothing new. Shutting down two highways and the country's fifth-busiest port all at once is a different story.
Read MoreThese highly-rated floor mats are marked down to their lowest price ever, and include plenty of grooves to easily cut them down to size. [WeatherTech Trim-to-Fit Front and Rear Mats, $35]
Read MoreRemember that little announcement where we said you'd have to do is have an idea and then someone would help you make a short car film to be screened at the Jalopnik Film Festival? That someone is no less than Douglas Sonders. The deadline is 11:59 PM August 25th!
Read MoreYou're Spanish Volkswagen subsidiary Seat. You put out a front-wheel drive car that manages an awesome 7:58.4 lap time on the 'Ring. What do you do about it? Gloat? Well, you definitely do that, but you also put out a special performance pack to celebrate this act of driving really fast.
Read MoreI'm walking down the 18th green of Pebble Beach and see this little guy. No, not the adorable rascal in the black suit on the left, but this 1911 Hotchkiss limo, the mechanical manifestation of my godmother shrieking at me just as a large glass bowl of jellybeans crashes to the floor.
Read MoreSprint cars are notoriously dangerous and hard to control, and that's due to a number of factors. High power, low grip, and a crowded field all play their part. But it's even more perilous for track workers, who have to dodge a flying race car, on occasion.
Read MoreWhen Max Verstappen starts his first race in Formula One he will be just 17 years old, the youngest F1 driver ever. Here's how you get picked for the world's top motorsport when you're barely old enough to drive.
Read MoreWith his parents' impending divorce and not enough funds to cover the (increasingly expensive) costs of college, a Texas student spent his freshman year living in his car. He's graduating now, but only a few people knew his secret.
Read MoreRegular Car Reviews needed a new car after their trusty old Toyota Echo was cruelly destroyed by fate. Thanks to you, they could buy a Honda Fit for $5,000 and a few gallons of silicone for significantly less. All is well.
Read MoreWhen you think about space tourism, Virgin Galactic is probably the first and perhaps the only company to come to mind. But don't let the marketing budget fool you. Another Mojave-based company is in the race, and they're running it faster, cheaper, and more efficiently.
Read MoreEveryone here should be familiar with car jump starters, but this one looks more like a phone charger (it does have USB after all) than a typical unit covered in handles and knobs. If trunk space is at a premium, this is a great, compact option. In fact, it's Amazon's #1 selling product in the entire automotive category. [PowerAll PBJS12000R Rosso Red/Black Portable Power Bank and Car Jump Starter, $80]
Read Morevia FoxtrotAlpha: The omnipresent, watching aircraft of dystopian science fiction have quietly become science fact. Meet Wide Area Aerial Surveillance, the all-seeing eye in the sky that will change our lives forever.
Read MoreSteering wheels are hugely under appreciated. They're the most direct connection between car and driver, feeding unending amounts of information into one of the most dense areas of nerve endings in the body. Just as importantly, they're a technological barometer of what was necessary to keep the engine chugging along, and damn, some of these were complicated.
Read MoreSomeone pissed off Dodge President Tim Kuniskis last week by asking about a rumor that that only 1,200 Challenger Hellcats would be produced. So we're getting more, that's fine. But what other cars should we have gotten more of?
Read MoreEverything about a Pagani Zonda is both glorious, and ridiculous. But if you want to reach the pinnacle of glorious ridiculousness, you need to engage in the mundane, the silly, the embarrassing. Like when the battery dies in your million-dollar-plus hypercar, and you need to give it a bump start.
Read MoreLast Monday, a Lincoln Towncar carrying a woman and her one-year-old granddaughter T-boned an 18-wheeler after attempting to merge. The huge resulting crash, massive explosion, and raging inferno is the trifecta of horror for any driver. Or, at least it would be, if not for one heroic truck driver.
Read MoreIn the immediate post-nuclear age, horror film directors embraced the plot device of cars, trustworthy, workaday conveyances on which humanity has come to rely, attacking us on the highways on which we feel safest. What are their best attempts?
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 never know what you'll find in the parking lot at Pebble Beach. Holy shit Youabian Puma!
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 More"Do they still make cars in Detroit?" "Do they only drive American cars in Detroit?" I've had a year and a half of these questions in the comments of Jalopnik Detroit. If this doesn't convince you, I don't know what else will.
Read MoreWe’re excited to announce a unique opportunity for filmmakers from all backgrounds, all over the country, to enhance their portfolios and have an original short film produced for the Second Annual Jalopnik Film Festival, sponsored by Volvo. Here are the details.
Read MoreWhen Honeywell invited me out to Phoenix this May, one of the many cool things they told us about was their IntuVue 3D radar. They said they fly into thunderstorms to test out their concepts. Being a weather nut, I said, "Take me with you!" This week in Dallas, they fulfilled my request.
Read MoreWe at Jalopnik Detroit heard a little rumor that the team from one automaker challenged the team at another automaker to a horsepower showoff with some super-fast product. Problem is, one team seems to have cold feet.
Read MoreSinger's latest contribution to the advancement of the human race is its first 4.0-liter flat-six, a 390 horsepower screamer based on the company's thoroughly reworked 3.6. And it was the only thing that could pull me away from the F40 on the other side of the Quail lawn.
Read MoreThe McLaren P1 has to be one of the most radical and extreme supercars ever made. But this, the McLaren P1 GTR is said to be "optimized to offer more extreme performance." This is a P1 on meth, heroin, with a dash of ketamine.
Read MoreSpinelli and I somehow pealed ourselves out of bed to watch the parade of German machinery take to the lawn at the Legends of the Autobahn. It's one of the best shows in Monterey, but this year's event was missing something. Specifically, Porsche.
Read MoreFor over a year, Ford Focus ST owners have been documenting dozens of cases of stalling and erratic engine behavior. After repeated inquiries by Jalopnik and Ford's own internal investigation, the automaker is issuing a recall for nearly 160,000 vehicles to solve the problem.
Read MoreThis dude nearly gets run over by a wide-sliding rally car. Does he give a fuck? No. Not a single fuck was given.
Read MoreThere's too many great race car noises to definitively say which is the best, but this Mazda 787 is certainly up there.
Read MoreMotorTrend just started yet another midengine Corvette rumor (read it right here) and please kill me now.
Read MoreYou know what doesn't get featured quite enough on Jalopnik? Alfa Romeo rally videos. This is a travesty, but thankfully I'm here to save the day!
Read MoreTesla just announced that they are extending the warranties of all 85kWH Model S drivetrains to eight years and infinite miles. Yes, infinite miles. Challenge accepted, Elon Musk.
Read MoreGooding & Company is holding an auction this weekend at Pebble Beach which gives car geeks like us to talk about cool old cars, so let's talk about our favorites. I'll start with three of mine.
Read More/DRIVE's Chris Harris feels the same way about the last-generation Volkswagen Golf R that I do: It was a phenomenal car, but maybe not superior enough to a GTI to justify its price. He says the new, more powerful MK7 Golf R is much better. And a lot more fun.
Read MoreWhen it comes to thunderstorms around an airport, it's better to have a line of storms move through, versus scattered storms. Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International recently received the latter. Watch as planes slalom their way between cells, or go into holding patterns to wait for landing clearance.
Read MoreThis 900 watt Alpine amp should be more than enough for any car (or party bus), and it's marked down to its lowest price ever. [Alpine PDX-V9, 4-Channel Extreme Power Density Digital Amplifier, $433]
Read MoreI read Matt's kind words yesterday about Eastern-European car enthusiasts and thought I should explain to you what makes it great over here. Apart from these people being just the best, of course.
Read MoreOur friend Andy Didorosi tells us that although the "bait car" we discussed here was a valiant effort, it could get him in some trouble. So here's take two: The bait bike.
Read MoreAs you may have realized, it's impossible at the moment to upload rich media like photos in the comments. This sucks and is because some people on the Internet are dicks. Thankfully, tech has a solution to this that'll also help with the spam problem: Pending Replies are back.
Read MoreFive months ago, I bought a 1993 Lexus ES300 with an ultra-rare factory five speed for $600. Here's the car's first drive after coming home, and it was a doozy.
Read MoreThe Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat has 707 horsepower, which is enough to send the car up to a reported 204 mile per hour top speed. Is that faster than your car? Here's a quick guide.
Read More...and that's not a bad thing. At all. As the historic car show cruises into its 20th year and the classics become newer, more and more younger enthusiasts will be around to keep the tradition alive.
Read MoreEvery year, some company with more ambition than experience puts out a press release and a rendering and a litany of promises about revolutionary, all-electric performance. Then silence. It's the cult of ego and vaporware. Renovo is not a member, and it's out to prove it with an electric Shelby Daytona with 1,000 lb-ft of torque.
Read MoreThis clip arrives courtesy of Justregisteralready who remembers the B-film "Short Time," a 1990 Dabney Coleman comedy vehicle. In a world, where 75 percent of cars are made by the Chrysler Corporation, one cop defies the odds to bring down two hoods in a Pontiac.
Read MoreThe name Gigi Galli isn't well known in the drift scene, but maybe it should be.
Read MoreWhen Icon's Jonathan Ward calls up a few friends to put on a car show, you know it's going to be amazing. But I wasn't expecting this. It's the most Jalopnik car show at Pebble this side of Concours d'LeMons, and Ward and Co. managed to pull it off in less than three weeks.
Read MoreThis blazing whirlwind of tumbleweeds is the result of a prescribed burn blown out-of-control fueled by high wind. But it looks like the dramatic entrance of some kinda movie-villain devil, encircled by hellfire and... flying Frosted Mini Wheats?
Read MoreWe finally have a mass-produced, ordinary car that will break 200 miles an hour. It's the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, and we don't know what will happen when it goes on sale.
Read MoreHey, see that dealership lot full of Lexuses and BMW over there? By the middle of next year, it will be a smoldering crater in the ground. Scorched earth. The Tesla Model X will mop the floor with other luxury cars like they're Baghdad and it's 2003 again, baby.
Read MoreMalaysia Airlines has suffered yet another public relations black eye, as a passenger has accused a flight attendant of sexually assaulting her during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Paris.
Read MoreYou can keep everyone charged up and happy on long road trips with this three-port, 32W USB car charger. It's a newly-released item, but promo code FB9WX7J8 knocks the price down under $13. Don't let the Apple and Samsung labels fool you; this will work for any USB-powered gadget. [Bolse 3-Port 32W USB Car Charger, $13 with promo code FB9WX7J8]
Read MoreA Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Brussels last Friday lost almost 5,000 feet in altitude as the captain slept during a scheduled rest period, and the first officer used her tablet computer.
Read MoreWe've been heavy on Dodge Hellcat news lately, primarily because the 707 horsepower Challenger and Charger are completely ridiculous. And we like ridiculous around here. But at the car's debut, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis said something that really stuck with me.
Read MoreFiring rubber bullets at unarmed protesters. Lobbing tear gas canisters at news trucks. Ordering no-fly zones over cities. This wasn't the scene in some war-torn country, but rather in Ferguson, Missouri last night. And while the situation may seem shocking, the truth is that it's nothing new in America.
Read MoreMetro Detroit is still pulling itself out from under water. The freeways are finally clear after the region was hit by torrential rain, but people are still dealing with flooded basements — some full of sewage — and other damage. Our governor can relate; he had holes in his vacation home roof once.
Read MoreIn recent years, Alfa Romeo has lost its way. Nobody knows that better than Alfa Romeo itself, which plans a switch back to a rear-wheel drive, performance-oriented lineup. And one of their cars could take on the biggest game of all: the BMW M3.
Read MoreAnd here I was thinking that the only thing Motor City kids were up to these days was blexting. Here's a video of a couple guys walking around Detroit's North End neighborhood with some scary-looking rifles. Who knows why?
Read MoreDodge has officially snuffed out my fever dreams of a 707 horsepower V8 AWD compact car, giving a clear denial of a Dart Hellcat at their recent press conference.
Read MoreFrom Foxtrot Alpha: Boeing's B-17 has been likened to a work of industrial art, and there's no doubt that it remains a symbol of American ingenuity. Still, sometimes things thought of as close to perfection can be improved, and the XB-38 variant of the Flying Fortress did just that.
Read MoreIf all you need is a basic mechanics tool set to keep in your trunk, or loan out to a friend, it's tough to beat 39 pieces for $20. [Duralast 39 piece 1/4in. Drive Mechanics Tool Set, $20]
Read MoreUber's latest update for its mobile apps finally solves one of the biggest problems with the service: drivers having no damn clue where they're going.
Read MoreUsually getting pulled over is terrible, for reasons virtually all drivers know. But on extremely rare occasions, it can be a life-saving blessing, as this Kalamazoo, Michigan woman learned. She had just begun to choke on a hot dog (seriously), when the cop that pulled her over gave her the Heimlich maneuver.
Read MoreTired of staring at gloomy shots of the 707-horsepower Charger Hellcat cooped up in a garage? Here are the high-res press pics. And check out those wheels!
Read MoreIf there's one thing I hope you learn from reading Jalopnik, it's that you shouldn't speed in Virginia because the state treats excessive speed as a serious criminal offense instead of a traffic citation. Washington Nationals player Jayson Werth may soon learn that the hard way.
Read MoreThe lovable loons over at Dodge just revealed the 707 HP Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat with the absurd supercharged 6.2 V8 from the Challenger Hellcat and that got us thinking about fast sedans.
Read MoreEveryone who has played Gran Turismo, Halo or Grand Theft Auto has thought "wouldn't this be amazing in real life" about some of the cool vehicles in those games. These are ten that need to exist.
Read MoreYou should know by now that hardscrabble, downtrodden Detroiters lose their shit whenever: 1. A trendy store opens 2. A celebrity says something nice about the city or 3. A national commercial shows the city in a positive light. A recent Apple ad with No. 3 is putting our inferiority complex on full display this week.
Read MoreBeing friends with Detroit Bus Company head honcho Andy Didorosi on Facebook is kind of like being friends with a mad scientist. Every other status is about grabbing some weird combination of parts — or a whole vehicle — to figure out what to do with it. And his current project is no different.
Read MoreVirginia International Raceway, a racetrack in California Saskatchewan Nepal Virginia, it's definitely Virginia, invited everyone down last month to see if they could find the fastest private track car in all the land. And boy howdy did they ever, because one Viper GT3-R would've had pole in last year's ALMS race. UPDATE
Read MoreCaterham just expanded its US lineup by jamming two new Sevens between their entry-level 280 and the hardcore 620R. The 360 starts at $44,900 while the 480 can be yours for $52,900. And no, those prices don't include any sort of drivetrain. That sounds right.
Read MoreAt first I thought the Lamborghini 5-95 by Zagato was more Spyker with Lamborghini added, but now I'm convinced it's more Lamborghini with Spyker added. Either the way, the more I see of it, it's just so.... ugh. So Zagato made one in yellow.
Read MoreTesla made the trek to Las Vegas for Def Con, the preeminent security conference in the U.S., and while it didn't provide a car for the festivities, it did send its "hacker princess" to look for recruits.
Read MoreYou're looking at the "Demon Rouge," a 1952 Fiat 8V rebodied in 1954 by Italian coachbuilding house Vignale under the direction of Italian coachbuilder Michelotti. It is, uh, interesting.
Read MoreIf one were to make a list of automakers that simply can't catch a break, I think Saab would be at the top of that list. Now the Swedish car company — or at least, what's left of it — is about to be dealt another huge blow as its new owner faces possible bankruptcy.
Read MoreNeed to clear off a few scuffs? You can save $5 on 3M's Scratch Removal System by clipping the coupon. [3M Scratch Removal System, $15 after $5 coupon]
Read MoreIn my fire department, I'm proud to say officers stress safety above all else. They're constantly reminding us to work smooth and never sacrifice safety for speed. But this hasn't been instilled in the mind of every probationary member yet. That's why we train, and why I almost lost my head to a hose coupling.
Read MoreBy the time this picture was taken in 2001, the car hiding in the background wasn't a secret anymore. But in its day, it was one of Audi's greatest behind-the-scenes projects.
Read MoreA lot of the debate surrounding the tragic incident that led to the death of Kevin Ward, Jr., is just how much visibility former NASCAR champion Tony Stewart had in his sprint car when he struck Ward. This is a view from the cockpit of one of those vehicles.
Read MoreYou got served... a ticket for some out-of-control dance moves! That's a terrible joke, but a nice reminder that there are plenty of policemen and women who have good attitudes about interacting with the community. And sometimes just can't fight the urge to dance.
Read MoreCurrently, my ability to race a DeTomaso Pantera at Imola may only extend to GT Legends, but there's always a slim possibility that I could make that dream come true. Some video game car experiences are sadly restricted to the virtual world, and that should change.
Read MoreA new start-up airline has launched service between Newark and Paris. The airline, LaCompagnie (The Company) describes itself as a "boutique airline, created for business travelers" with an aim toward democratizing trans-Atlantic Business Class travel.
Read MoreYou would think that people would know a black-and-white Maserati with 'Punish and Enslave' written on the side isn't a cop car. That didn't stop a Massachusetts police officer from charging the sports car owner for impersonating a cop.
Read MoreWe got a lot of fucking rain yesterday — more than usual, according to meterologists — and the majority of the freeways are shut down. Lots of basements are flooded, and there are hundreds of abandoned cars on the roadways.
Read MoreJaguar's Special Vehicle Operations division will build the six Lightweight E-Types the company forgot to finish in the 1960s, and the prototype car was just completed for its Pebble Beach premiere. Get ready for an unfathomable level of sexiness inside.
Read MoreFilmmakers, videographers, shooters, editors: You have great footage, we've got a film festival. And it's really easy to submit your stuff. Have a great idea but don't have the means to produce it? Volvo has your back. Here's everything you need to know.
Read MoreIf you're more interested in weekend track days than gentlemen racing, McLaren has just the tool for you. It's the 650S Sprint, and it takes all the great bits from its GT3 sibling, and pares it down to just the right amount of nutty.
Read MoreConsumer Reports, like Edmunds, plunked down the coin for a new Model S to get the full ownership experience. And like Edmunds, CR's Tesla has suffered from a range of minor issues that continue to illustrate that the devil is in the details.
Read MoreFrom Car Buying: Last month I attended the BMW Ultimate Driving Experience at Met Life stadium in northern NJ. I got to toss around a brand new BMW 228 M Sport, met some really cool people and discovered that, yes, in spite of some odd choices as of late, BMW is still committed to the "ultimate driving machine" philosophy.
Read MoreWhoa, there, Mr. Honda Dealer! You think you can just advertise the cars on your lot however you damn well please? No, sir. There are rules, and the Honda Police are here to make sure you follow them. Or else.
Read MoreWe've been accused of ragging on dealerships quite a bit, but the truth of the matter is that stories of people getting up, going to work, and doing a good job don't always make the news. But more often than not, the whole car buying experience doesn't have to be so bad.
Read MoreMany of the military projects that we think of as space alien coverup schemes are actually pretty easy to explain. (Well, some of them of are alien coverup schemes. Just not all.)
Read MoreSeeing a Nissan GT-R in person is a treat. Seeing at a local car show is, well, not. Not that there's anything wrong with bringing one, it just seems like at this point it's the thing you bring when you can't think of anything else. As noted Lamborghini enthusiast Rob Dahm points out.
Read MoreWe're mere weeks away from the debut of the 2016 Mazda Miata in California, a magical event where we will finally glimpse the next generation of the answer to every question. Until then — or until it leaks — we're left dreaming about what's under this sheet.
Read MoreMost of our collective knowledge of Stevie Wonder colors him as a child prodigy who grew to become one of contemporary music's unmatched titans. But a pair of siblings who set him on that path are living their lives unrecognized, impoverished and out of touch with their famous friend.
Read MoreDrivers around Michigan's capital city were temporarily held up recently when a trailer hauling more than 24 tons of human poop somehow spilled half of it across 2,000 feet of pavement. Ew.
Read MoreThe sheriff in Ontario County said that at the moment, he does not expect to file criminal charges against NASCAR driver Tony Stewart following an incident at a sprint car race that killed 20-year-old driver Kevin Ward Jr.
Read MoreSometime around two in the morning I saw the video – a young Kevin Ward Jr. pulled under Tony Stewart's tire and thrown to his death at a small dirt track a few hours north of me. It's what I, and what we all couldn't see, that still defines the wreck.
Read MoreNASCAR driver Tony Stewart went silent following the incident that caused the death of fellow sprint car racer Kevin Ward, Jr., even as the rest of the racing world responded. He just released his first statement in regards to the death of Ward, and it's pretty much what you'd expect.
Read MoreSprint car driver Kevin Ward, Jr., was killed in an incident at Canandaigua Motorsports Park involving former NASCAR champion Tony Stewart last night. The wider sports world is still in shock, but the world of NASCAR is reeling from not only a death, but the actions of its own.
Read MoreAt the DefCon security conference this weekend in Las Vegas, cyber security professionals shot down the notion that a plane could be overtaken by someone hacking into the controls through the network within the cabin of the aircraft. However, other concerns remain.
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 MoreFormer NASCAR champion Tony Stewart will compete in today's Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen, according to the AP. The race comes less than 24 hours after he was involved in an incident resulting in the death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward, Jr., last night. UPDATE
Read MoreNumerous reports have racer Kevin Ward, Jr. killed in altercation with Tony Stewart at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in New York that ended with Stewart running over the driver. Ward, Jr. was "dead on arrival" at a local hospital according to the local sheriff.
Read MoreOkay, United — you're busted. The video you posted to YouTube a couple of days ago shows a really cool paper airplane being built. It looks to be a Boeing 787, and we can see that the artist seems to have spent several hours assembling it. But I can't let you get away with calling it "origami."
Read MoreThe picture above is not, unfortunately, the oldest bridge in New York City. It's a picture of the Manhattan Bridge, arguably the prettiest in the area, under construction in 1909. While that's plenty old, it's still not the oldest bridge in New York. Not by a longshot. And you'll never find it.
Read MoreHave you ever walked by a driveway, and could just tell from the languid way the pavement curved how badly that driveway wanted it? Of course you have. Who hasn't been erotically aroused by a hot, sexy driveway? Most of us somehow manage to restrain ourselves. But not 41-year-old David Gray.
Read MoreFrom Car Buying: A New Jersey dealership group is being investigated by the Division of Consumer Affairs for deceptive advertising and sales practices, including selling rental cars as new vehicles. It's no wonder why the dealer lobby didn't want Tesla in the state.
Read MoreOh, you crazy Michiganders! Is there nothing you can't think of to get your jollies? More insanity from the mitten state comes in the form of a woman arrested after getting high on cans of hairspray.
Read MoreWhen it comes to automotive weirdness, Citroen is usually the Reigning and Forever King. No one comes close to challenging them. That weirdness usually extends to their ads, as well, which usually just leave us scratching our heads. But when they weren't being weird, they were being brilliant.
Read MoreHm, looks like this Prelude is running a little rich.
Read MoreAston Martin will bring four bespoke 'Q' cars to Pebble Beach including this DB9 Volante with a pink interior. I still prefer James Bond's Q's options.
Read MoreSince 2009, California gave a $2,500 tax rebate on zero-emissions vehicles like the Tesla Model S and Prius plug-in hybrid. And here's something that should surprise no one: The majority of those rebates went to households earning $100,000 or more. Now that could change.
Read MoreBecause everyone in Oppo apparently owns one of these now, I decided we should get our hands on one too.
Read MoreWith the conversation about the Jalopnik Film Festival starting now, and lasting at least three months before the big day, we should start by compiling an official canon of all of our favorite car films, action sequences and clips. Think of these as the benchmark cuts.
Read MoreLocal Motors is most famous for their insane, terrain-devouring, open source Rally Fighter, but lately they're branching out into other projects. Their latest venture is way up the Jalop alley because it will be a platform for a stripped-down track car. And you might even get to design how the car will look.
Read MoreThis Royal Purple radiator additive has solid customer reviews, and claims to maintain a cleaner system and extend the life of your water pump. $10 is the lowest price Amazon has ever offered on a bottle. [Royal Purple 01600 Purple Ice Super-Coolant Radiator Additive, $10]
Read MoreDodge's new Charger Pursuit has a sixties-inspired livery, a 370 horsepower V8 with all-wheel drive, and all the gizmos Mopar could find on its shelves. It's not something you would want to mess with.
Read MoreThe Tesla Model S is a legit sports sedan. Smooth, fast, good looking, and fun to drive. It has the whole combination. But thanks to the lack of a transmission and how it puts power down, it can fool a dyno into thinking it has 2,000 pound feet of torque. Damn.
Read MoreThe great Teutonic Horsepower Wars of the 2000s propelled the top AMG, M, and RS cars to supercar-levels of performance. But what if you want a little more stealth and a little less drama in your sports sedan? How much performance does something like a 550i get you? I decided to investigate.
Read MoreWe, as humans, have a tendency to get a little speculative when it comes to the secret goings-on of our militaries.
Read MoreHonoring Ettore Bugatti and the Type 41 Royale, the sixth and final 'Legends' Veyron will join the other five at Pebble Beach to show you what $19 million (before taxes) looks like. It also might be the most beautiful Veyron ever built.
Read MoreJordan Haskins is not going quietly into the night. After some soul-searching, the Saginaw native busted multiple times for breaking into government vehicles and masturbating inside them is re-entering the race to fill a state House seat.
Read MoreHere's the problem with recalling nearly 2.2 million cars: it's hard to find them all. So it's not surprising that General Motors is having a tough time tracking down 139,562 cars as part of one of its ignition switch recalls.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants you (well, automakers) to know that they aren't messing around when it comes to reporting safety defects! In an action similar to what they did to General Motors in May, regulators have ordered Hyundai to pay $17.35 million in civil fines.
Read MoreAfter Travis asked how you'd option your Porche 911, that got us to thinking about the best online car configurators. And one stands head and toes above the rest: The Morgan 3-Wheeler.
Read MoreBoeing has announced the development of a new alternative jet fuel, based on a hybrid tobacco plant. The aircraft manufacturer has partnered with South African Airways to develop the sustainable fuel, which should also enhance the South African economy without encouraging cigarette smoking.
Read MoreWant to start your old beater remotely like the fancy cars on TV? You can do it today for under $200, with free installation. [Viper Remote Start System with Interface Module and Geek Squad Installation, $190]
Read MoreIt finally happened - you're a freaking multi-millionaire and want to spend your hard-earned cash on the supercar of supercars. Surely the world-record setting 253mph+ Bugatti Veyron is the car to get, right? Not so fast. Here's a few reasons why owning this car would be one of the dumbest things you could ever do.
Read More"It pays to be indulgent sometimes," said Sabrina Ertell after her son's bedroom was hit by a plane, in a crash which killed all 5 on board. Her 11 year-old son, Augusto had argued to be allowed to sleep with his parents that night, and likely would have been killed in his own bed if the parents had not relented their stance on the matter.
Read MoreI think it's fair to say we haven't heard much from the Chevrolet Volt in a while. These days, its upmarket version the Cadillac ELR has driven much of the conversation, and not always for the right reasons. But General Motors announced a new Volt will debut at next year's Detroit Auto Show. What's it's deal?
Read MoreAirports. People hate them. But some airports are worse than others and some airport experiences are worse than others. What's the worst experience you've ever had in an airport?
Read MoreNo, you don't need leather covered air vents or an infotainment screen that can tweet for you. On the other hand, you do need these ten options.
Read MoreNormally I'm not a fan of writing stories about online petitions to the White House. They're often as frivolous as the petitions themselves and rarely go anywhere. But a new one has popped up that I just can't pass on, and I think maybe the Jalopnik community could make an impact here.
Read MoreLil Wayne has been sued for more than a million dollars by Signature Group LLC of Miami, who says the rapper / sports agent / entrepreneur owes the company for missed payments, charges and fees on a leased Gulfstream jet.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz just upped its stake from 4% to 5% in storied British carmaker Aston Martin. That may not sound like a lot, but it's a big burst of cash for Aston. This might not all sound like much, but I think Mercedes is going to buy Aston outright sooner rather than later, and here's why.
Read More/DRIVE is doing this new thing where they'd like you to pay $3.99 a month for their videos. I'm about to tell you why you should. Or rather, Chris Harris is, with a video review of the 2015 BMW M3 that can't be missed.
Read MoreThe Ferrari 355's flat-plane V8 is one of the most powerful engines of its era, and one of the best-sounding as well. Turns out it's pretty in its own right.
Read MoreThe production value of car commercials is probably the highest in the industry, and BMW's Epic Driftmob is no exception. /Drive is here to show you what it takes to end up with a 2 minute video.
Read MoreIt's been a long damn time since we've heard anything from Caparo, the company that took the tired trope of an "F1 car for the road" and made it a reality. Now we know why. It's called the T1 Evolution, and adult diapers should come standard.
Read MoreThis hitch-mounted tray holds up to 500 pounds of gear, and it's only $59 right now. [Highland Hitch Mounted Cargo Carrier, $59]
Read MoreAn unnamed man who was arrested by Swiss authorities on suspicion of stealing confidential medical information about Michael Schumacher was found dead in his jail cell earlier today, according to the BBC. The man was a manager at Rega, a Swiss air ambulance service.
Read MoreHow much difference can a transmission make? Aston Martin just upgraded the Vanquish and the Rapide S for the 2015 model year with ZF's Touchtronic III eight-speed automatic gearbox, making everything about them faster.
Read MoreWhenever any of us go on an online car configurator to build a car we can't afford, there are options that we always equip. What option is indispensable?
Read MoreFor as much as people love to complain about airline food, they really miss it when it is taken away. That's what is happening to American Airlines' First Class passengers, as the carrier has announced the end of hot meals on shorter domestic flights.
Read MoreOn the bottom of this picture, we see a standard Porsche 924. Skinny wheels, narrow track. At the top is a race-ready, road-legal 924 GTS. Big power, big wheels, big tires, and a widebody kit to keep everything from poking into the open air.
Read MoreThere are two things you're guaranteed to see in Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit: Lots of Fords and lots of Arab-Americans. You should know Ford has its world headquarters there, but the city is also home to the largest concentration of Arabs outside the Middle East. So of course the government is monitoring it.
Read MoreFormer Washington D.C. mayor, current D.C. city council member and current Mayor For Life Marion Barry is in some hot water with the government of the city he represents over a couple unpaid parking and speeding citations. And by "a couple," I mean "$2,800 worth."
Read MoreAs you've probably heard, Patrick spent three days in jail after doing 93 mph in a 55 zone in the middle of nowhere in Virginia. If you also think that's insane, avoid going to Virginia, or if you must, try using any of these five fine automobiles.
Read MoreThis week only, seasons 10-20 of Top Gear UK are only $10-$12 each on Amazon. All of the seasons are available on DVD, while 14-17 are also available on Blu-ray. [Top Gear Seasons 10-20, $10-$12 each]
Read MoreExpendables star and certified badass Jason Statham nearly drowned on the set of the movie's third installment after the truck Statham was driving lost it brakes and plunged 60 feet into the icy water of the Black Sea.
Read MoreForza Horizon 2! It's a game where you get to race cars. Good cars, too. Not the ones that are lame. Here are some more of the good cars you'll be able to drive in the upcoming Xbox game.
Read MoreThe first thing you learn is that the nerves before getting back into a race car for the first time in a while are nearly enough to make you taste your breakfast twice. The second taste will be far less delicious.
Read MoreDon't you hate it when you're driving at night and some jerk driving the other way forgets to turn his headlights off? That might not be an issue anymore in the city of Shenzhen in China where drivers who don't turn off their high beams will be forced to stare at them for five minutes.
Read MoreLast month the automotive world was stunned, kind of, over the rumors that the almighty Volkswagen Group was contemplating becoming even almighty-er by acquiring a controlling stake in Fiat Chrysler. It didn't pan out. Is this why?
Read MoreSadly, there are no cars named after dugongs or nudibranches, but there are many other animal-titled cars to choose from. Can you name them all?
Read MoreA fighter jet had to escort Qatar Airways flight QR023 from Doha down to the ground at Manchester Airport minutes ago after the commercial pilot reported a "possible device on board." Here's how the whole thing unfolded.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz S600 Guard is a V12 powerhouse armored to VR9 spec, meaning they can shoot at it, blow it up or throw nasty gas canisters around it all day long and you'll be fine inside, with a glass of champagne at hand.
Read MoreWhen last we heard from our intrepid Formula One honcho and Muppet King friend Bernie Ecclestone, he was on trial in Germany on accusations that he bribed a banker. Now the trial is over because Ecclestone just ponied up $100 million to the court.
Read MoreLast year's inaugural Jalopnik Film Festival was a gratifying and moving day of car film love and the only thing we wanted to change was that we wanted to make it bigger and better. How do we do that? The Jalopnik Film Festival, Sponsored By Volvo, will allow you to make and submit your films. It's going to be awesome.
Read MorePhiladelphia resident Brian Yan might be the recipient of a new world record. He went from parking his car to getting a ticket in under a minute. Maybe quicker.
Read MoreIf there's any brand on sale today that should go electric, it's Mini. An all-electric Cooper would appeal to the brand's favored demographic of chic, hip, environmentally conscious urbanites. With BMW supplying a modified drivetrain from the i3, it seems like a no-brainer. And it could be coming next year.
Read MoreHave you been waiting for just the right time to pull the trigger on that Chevrolet Cobalt or Pontiac G5 of your dreams? Now might be that time, friend! Prices on General Motors cars recalled for the ignition switch defect have never been lower.
Read MoreThough the end times are clearly upon us as BMW begins putting front-wheel drive cars on the market, they aren't giving up on the people who enjoy power that goes to the correct set of wheels. And the next BMW 7-Series will be the future of their rear-drive cars.
Read MoreA good cleaning station for your garage is a must, and I dare anyone to find a more badass looking paper towel holder anywhere. [Gladiator Clean Up Caddy, $16]
Read MoreYou never really get a good night’s sleep in jail. In the middle of my second night inside, I woke up on the uncomfortable plastic mat in my cell, my neck and back aching. I looked down at my orange jail scrubs and up at the buzzing fluorescent light and thought, “I am here because I drove too fast in a Camaro ZL1.”
Read MoreYou know those old 1980s movies like Death Wish 3 where New York City comes off as some dirty, crime-ridden, lawless hellhole? Sometimes when I look at crime stats from that era, I think it really was like that. The good news is crimes across the board have dropped in the Big Apple, especially auto thefts.
Read MoreIn just under two weeks, I'll be abandoning my post as Jalopnik's Capitol Bureau Chief in D.C. to become Jalopnik's Chief Circuit of the Americas Press Car Crasher in Austin, Texas. And that will involve another road trip halfway across the country.
Read MoreHennessey has sold 16 Venom GTs so far with production ending at 29 units. Those cost $1.2 plus taxes. The Venom F5 will be even more expensive, but honestly, what did you expect for 290+ mph?
Read MoreEmirates has become the first major airline to halt flights to Guinea, in the west African region affected by the recent Ebola outbreak. Upon announcing the stoppage of service, the airline said, "The safety of our passengers and crew is of the highest priority and will not be compromised."
Read MoreBefore we got the current Focus ST, America had this: a three-door hatchback, naturally aspirated, faster than a contemporary Civic Si. Welcome to the easily-forgotten Focus SVT.
Read MoreWhile the Hennessey Venom GT hit 270.49 mph, John Hennessey thinks "something in the 290mph range will be possible" so he's building an even more powerful car called the Venom F5 after the strongest tornados on the Fujita scale. Red meat. We crave sustenance.
Read MoreFrom Foxtrot Alpha: With the venerable Mirage F1 light fighter finally being retired from French service, the last F1CRs being taken off operational duties on June 13th of this year, the Armée de l'Air appears to have commissioned a remarkable piece of footage as an homage to the nimble and durable fighter.
Read MoreFriend-of-Jalopnik Robb Holland just became the first American to score points in the extremely competitive British Touring Car Championship since, well, what appears to be the great Dan Gurney. Unless Bill "The Goobs" Gubelmann managed to do it in 1975, and nobody said anything about it.
Read MoreA trucker heading towards Baronovichi, Belarus, hauling a load of brand-new Fords, decided that a good way to pass the time on the road was to drink a whole bunch of vodka. You know how crazy it gets when you get five stars stealing a truck in Grand Theft Auto? This is even nuttier.
Read MoreAviation industry analysts have voiced concern that the recent swarm of wide-body aircraft offerings and orders for Boeing and Airbus have amounted to too much of a good thing. Could they be shooting themselves in the foot by giving airlines too many options?
Read MoreAn explosion at a General Motors wheel component supplier factory in Kunshan, China, killed at least 69 people yesterday, and injured at least 200, according to multiple reports.
Read MoreThe Nürburgring Nordschleife has really become the talk of the automotive town in the last few years, and frankly it's becoming a little ridiculous. You've got manufacturers gunning production car records, FWD records, and even economy records. It's getting out of hand, and that's why we need to ruin it.
Read MoreIf you have what's known as Old Money, meaning Really Very Ancient Old Money, you tend to live in New England and your great-great-great-grandparent has their own Wikipedia page and you drive a Range Rover. But if your money is slightly more youthful, you'll want the 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe.
Read MoreA deadly gas explosion in Kaohsiung, Taiwan killed at least 28 people yesterday morning, combusting with enough power to destroy whole city blocks and lift cars onto the roofs of buildings. And now footage has emerged from local cameras, completely with terrifying pillars of fire.
Read MoreIf this photo taken by Twitter user @joseph_007_ is any indication, it looks like BMW is cooking up a Competition Package for the M3/M4. Did somebody say fender flares?
Read MoreAn early 1990s Toyota Camry is world-renowned as not only the car your parents probably had growing up, but also as the one of the beigest of beigemobiles ever created. It is your generic "car," when one has to think of some "car." So the fact that it might be a herald of the 21st century was frightening.
Read MoreAs I've moaned to you before, I'm in the middle of a big move. One of the few tasty golden corn kernels in the otherwise unappealing turd that is the process of moving is that sometimes you find things you forgot you had. Like this fantastic Tintin-themed 2CV brochure.
Read MoreA Thomson Airways flight from Enfidha, Tunisia to Edingurgh, Scotland had to be diverted after a woman allegedly became belligerent, slapped a child, was "swearing blue murder" and attacked a flight attendant with her prosthetic leg.
Read MoreAsk a dozen people what the future of racing will look like and you'll get a dozen different answers. But if you take the best ideas, hand them to renowned racecar designer Sergio Rinland, and tell him to create something amazing, you get this. And no brakes.
Read MoreOh, CNN. I have to admit, I love it when you talk about cars. And car hacking is always exciting to read about through mainstream media's filter of pants-soiling fear mongering. And this time, CNN's really doubling down on the stupid, with a video that shows car hacking that's only an issue if you give a hacker your keys.
Read MoreA recurring theme has run throughout my time at EAA AirVenture this week — aviation is so expensive. I can't afford to fly. General aviation is by no means a cheap hobby or means of transportation, but Nextant Aerospace is aiming to defer that cost by selling remanufactured planes.
Read MoreWe've been wanting to try out an advice-type column for a while, because it seems like a fun way to engage with our readers, whom we adore. So I'm going to do it. These questions can be car-related or not, but just keep in mind you're getting advice from me, a career idiot. So that should keep things fun.
Read MoreThe west side of Michigan is an endless source of tulips, Dutch surnames, religious zeal and large, bedridden men who make calls about bomb threats in trailer parks. Let's travel to the left part of the mitten for this very odd dispatch.
Read MoreI'll admit, there's some thing about a really big fiasco that I find appealing. Not a disaster, but more of something along the lines of a good, rich clusterfuck. That's what this drunk dump truck driver accomplished when he slammed his raised dumper right into the Burlington Skyway in Canada.
Read MoreWe see decent deals every now and then for the GoPro Hero3+ Black edition, but less often for the cheaper (but still excellent) Silver model. If the Silver is more in your price range, Best Buy is throwing in a $50 gift card and 16GB MicroSD card with your purchase today. [GoPro Hero3+ Silver with 16GB Memory Card and $50 Gift Card, $300]
Read MoreI know, yes, technically, it's awful. I know that it's both stealing needed parts away from a genuine vintage restoration while simultaneously debasing the modern design. I know all this, intellectually. But for some reason, I can't make myself really hate this retro-ized 600SL.
Read MoreIf your dream is to take your children to school all while annihilating your tires with the miraculous power of the 707-horsepower Hellcat engine, you may not have much longer to wait. We think the Charger Hellcat is coming to this year's Woodward Dream Cruise near Detroit.
Read MorePolice in Atlanta say that 32-year-old Ronald Thomas stole as many as 150 vehicles over the past few years to sell their parts. The way he did it — and got away with it so long — is kind of brilliant.
Read MoreThe Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung was rocked by a series of gas explosions Friday morning, killing 25 people, injuring 267 others, toppling buildings and flipping vehicles over in the streets.
Read MoreAirbus makes over half the world's single aisle and wide body aircraft - and honey. That's right, honey. What's the link, you ask? It's quite simple.
Read MoreThere's a risk in critiquing any new technology as unnecessary because technology creates its own necessity. We all managed to live without smartphones ten years ago, now most young Americans couldn't do it. I don't think Nissan's "smart rearview mirror" — basically an LCD monitor instead of mirrored glass — is technology most of us need.
Read MoreWe've heard the jokes, seen the eye-rolling, and thought, "No, you just don't understand." Some cars just carry too much cultural baggage, and sometimes it's completely undeserved.
Read MoreCadillac's chief global marketing officer Uwe Ellinghaus stopped by yesterday to hang out with the Jalopnik commentariat and talk about how the luxury brand wants to take the fight to its German rivals. Before he split, I had one question for him.
Read MoreFrom Foxtrot Alpha: How do you pack two patients that are infected with one of the world's deadliest viruses into a pressurized aluminum tube that is filled with healthy care takers and pilots for 12 hours and not get almost everyone infected in the process? You use this old ex-Royal Danish Air Force Gulfstream III that is highly modified to convey very ill people over very long distances.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 450SE has been dubbed by its builder the 'Frankenbenz' owing to all its 6.9-sourced parts. That's a big motor, and you'll need to decide if this custom Benz also has a big price.
Read MoreTwo Mazda-based sports convertibles were born in 1989, the Miata, and the Australian-built Capri. One of them was the answer to all of life's problems, while today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercury proves, there's a big difference between nurture and nature.
Read MoreWhen someone says Brazilian, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Butt floss bikinis? Rio Carnival? The impending Summer Olympics from hell? Well, after today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Brazilian Puma, maybe what you'll be thinking is where's my wallet.
Read MoreWe all love BJs, right? How much would you pay for a BJ, I mean a really good one? Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Land Cruiser is possibly the nicest BJ40 you could ever receive, but is its price too much of your wad to blow at one time?
Read MoreThe Porsche 914 was originally intended to supersede both Volkswagen's Karmann Ghia, and Porsche's own 912. Neither accession occurred, but you can still decide if today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 914 is worth replacing your hard-earned cash.
Read MoreBack in the '80s, all the car mags hailed Honda's CRX as the sports car reborn. Of course some think a sports car needs a topless edition to be all that, and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe car represents the aftermarket's attempt to make the CRX so. Will that prove to make it something you might be in the market for?
Read MoreYou've heard of Godzilla, and the other Monster Miatas, but have you ever seen a Lexus-powered one? Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe MX5 may be your first time, but does it come with a price that'll make that first time hurt?
Read MoreThey say that one is a lonely number. When it comes to cars, specifically a one of one like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Shelby CSX clone, it's not lonely, it's exclusive. Will its price also prove to be one of a kind?
Read MoreOh sure, you could have a modern Sprinter, but what you really want is today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe classic MB people hauler. That being the case, hopefully its price won't mean hauling too much cash out of the bank.
Read MoreIn Yoga, there's a cross-legged meditative asana known as the lotus position. In the car world there's also a Lotus position, which involves reaching for your wallet. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Elise might make you grab your cash, if that is its price doesn't make you assume another position.
Read MoreOn the classic TV sitcom The Honeymooners, Jackie Gleason's character, Ralph Kramden, was famous for saying to people 'pow, right in the kisser.' Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Nissan Pao is a JDM special, but you can buy it here, if its price isn't a punch in the teeth.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ford is green on the outside and gold within. The classic mid-sized wagon looks to be in great shape, but will its demand for your green and gold leave you feeling blue?
Read MoreAt what point does price supersede common sense? Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe factory turbo BMW E23 is cheap, but will its copious description of fabulousness and foibles make its low price seem daunting?
Read MoreThere's a new Mad Max movie coming next year, but if you can't wait until then today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Land Cruiser might just let you get your post-apocalypse on. That is, if its price isn't maddening.
Read MoreDespite their name, you actually can have 'nacho chips.' You can also have today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW Type 3 Notch. That is of course, unless it's asking is not yo' price.
Read MoreToday's flame and lake pipe sporting Nice Price or Crack Pipe Chrysler Fifth Avenue might have been an odd choice for a custom rod, but at least its 'odd rodder' name pays homage to the fact. It's Friday, and you'll need to decide if this weird ride's price is also worth paying.
Read MoreFrankenstein's monster was one of a kind, and so is today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Isuzu Trooper. Could its price Price to be the kind that might easily make this truck the one for a new owner?
Read MoreThe ad for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Volvo S60R claims the reason for the sale is because the present owner has a kid on the way. You'll need to decide if it's bespoke appearance and its price will have you saying ooh baby!
Read MoreI bet that most of you tend to like to be in control. I'll bet even more of you would like to be in today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jeep Forward Control. Of course nobody would want to if it's price proves totally out of control.
Read MoreThe summer solstice may have long passed, but could you pass on today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pontiac Solstice with its LS3 engine? That will likely depend on whether you give its price the Sun's up or a Sun's down.
Read MoreLike Rodney Dangerfield, Pontiac's Fiero never seems to get any respect. I think it's high time it did and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 3.8-powered edition is a good way to start. You'll need to decide if its price is also respectable.
Read MoreThe way people talk about the Porsche 911 approaches cult status, which always put me off towards the car. But a few months back I got to drive one for the first time - a 1969 911T - and I get it now.
Read MoreSomething we do a lot of in our spare time is configure cars. Cars we can't afford. Porsche's car configurator is one of the most immersive and fun to play with. So today we're focusing on the 911.
Read MoreWatch this video and tell me you're not in love with "Taz Racing," which has loony Brits taking dinky little Fiat 126s and stuffing twin-cam Toyota engines and Chevy V8s inside to create the cutest little dragsters. But damn they're fast, too.
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 MoreI'm standing at the base of one of the most legendary corners in all of auto racing, the uphill right-left sequence named Eau Rouge. I'd never driven it before but four-time F1 champ Sebastian Vettel has and he's waiting in a hopped up Infiniti hoping to crush me. Then it starts to rain.
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 MoreAmerican Alexander Rossi will compete in this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix. It's been a while since we've had a driver in F1, so here's the whole story behind this guy.
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 MoreIt's not so much that there are jumps on the sweeping roads of Rally Finland - it's more like the earth just disappears beneath you, sometimes halfway through a corner.
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 MoreThis is the first new Jetta built on the up-to-date MQB/Mk7 Golf platform. Only it isn't a Jetta. Leave it to VW China to make things hopelessly complicated.
Read MoreThe Citröen 2CV is an entertaining steer, even with half the ponies of your lawnmower. But swapping in a 95 horsepower motorcycle engine makes it pure lunacy. And we love lunacy.
Read MoreIt's no secret that the relationship between Jim Glickenhaus and Ferrari has been a bit, um, strained. So when Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus announced plans to build its first ground-up hypercar, there were questions about what engine would be stuffed in the middle. Now we know.
Read MoreThe Saleen FourSixteen is faster and louder than any Tesla Model S you've seen before. Smoking BMWs is only the beginning, Steve Saleen also added cup holders and a price tag starting at $152,000 (minus rebates).
Read MoreIf I wanted buy a GT40 for track time, rad doughnuts and sweet burnouts, I'd probably go with a replica. Oh, and it would be perfect if it matched my little bunny friend, too. Behold, the Superformance GT40.
Read MoreI'm one of those people whose automotive obsessions change on a weekly basis. Hourly sometimes, even. What can I say? There are a lot of great cars out there. And lately I have found myself lusting after a Ferrari 308 GTB or GTS. This video reinforces that.
Read MoreYesterday, NASA announced that they'd reached a milestone in the development of America's next major space transportation system, the SLS (Space Launch System). They'd reached Key Decision Point C, which is a crucial review and approval point. The SLS looks promising, but NASA isn't talking about some important things.
Read MoreLike anyone else who periodically tries to convince their spouse to eventually die on Mars with them, I was very excited to hear about a revolutionary new spacecraft propulsion system, from NASA, no less. It seemed too good to be true, so I steeled myself for disappointment and asked our physicist, Stephen Granade.
Read MoreAn engineering firm has just installed a remarkable new bridge, near Bristol, England. But it's not the typical concrete or steel bridge. It's made of light, high-strength composite materials, like those used for the wings of the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787.
Read MoreThe comments in the most ridiculous parking sign story got me thinking, which is never a good thing. Why are we stuck with static signs stacked end-on-end? What if these signs could change throughout the day depending on the time and regulations? Enter the solar powered e-ink display.
Read MoreResearchers at Michigan State University have created a new type of solar concentrator that sucks up the sun's rays but – and this is the important part – it's transparent. That puts us one step closer to making our windows solar collectors, although we're still not there quite yet.
Read MoreDuring my recent trans-continental drive, after about hour 300 of slogging across America's infinitely-wide state, Oklahoma, I found myself daydreaming about the possible benefits of an autonomous car. But I wanted to keep this archaic old RV, so I thought what about an autonomous driver-bot? This should be a thing, right?
Read MoreThe self-driving cars are coming. Make no mistake about that. The powers-that-be may not drag us Jalops kicking and screaming from our manual-tranny E30 beaters, but there are a lot of other buyers interested in their potential benefits. So how do people really feel about self-driving cars?
Read MoreIf you spend an inordinate amount of time screaming people's names into your dashboard in an attempt to get your car's horrible voice recognition system to make a simple phone call, prepare to be vindicated.
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 MoreReid Bigland, up until this morning, was the president and CEO of the Ram brand, and that made sense. First of all, his name was Reid Bigland, and he looked the part. Now he's in charge of possibly the most delicate mainstream cars in the world.
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 MoreThe Toyota FT-1 was one of the most surprising auto show debuts I've ever covered, but it's was also one of the most polarizing. People either loved or hated its aggressive design. Now, for Pebble Beach, the FT-1 has ditched its boy racer red paint for something a little classier.
Read MoreWhether you're swan diving into a rusty rabbit hole or soaking up the last of summer, happy Labor Day from Truck Yeah! Show us what you're wrenching on or driving on this long weekend.
Read MoreSo you've spotted a prime project car; owner will let his tragic heap go cheap and maybe it's even got a title. But it's wedged deep in the depths of some hoarder barn with no power and no brakes. Don't worry, getting it home isn't impossible. Just an incredible pain in the ass. Hop in, let's do this.
Read MoreCoffee shop or alien invasion force posing as coffee shop "Starbucks" is planning its next wave of onslaught in their quest for world domination; food trucks to serve you in the few remaining areas you can't already see a Starbucks from. Wait, actually, they'll be close to other Starbuckses.
Read MoreMinus the armored ones. Still, the Swedish say six years from now, nobody should get killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo. Is that even possible?
Read MoreThe 2015 Ford F-150 is easily the angriest and boxiest rendition of the truck in its history, but believe it or not it's also the most aerodynamic. Scraping down as much wind resistance as possible was done by taking advantage of details where air could be directed.
Read MoreVolvo's next rolling living room will hit US showrooms in April starting at $48,900. Don't hold your breath for diesels or a manual gearbox, but the most powerful plug-in hybrid T8 is coming to America, with Apple CarPlay and Android support to follow soon.
Read MoreOver the last few years, some enterprising Ultra4 racers have been trying to figure out how to get more people into off-road racing. For most, cost is the biggest barrier. Their solution is "Bro-Lites;" spec-built Ford Rangers that are cheap, easy to fix, and an absolute riot to run through a corn field.
Read MoreThere was a time when a Toyota Land Cruiser was more than an anonymous-looking luxobarge made somewhat irrelevant by the existence of Lexus. It used to be a rugged, rough-and-tumble SUV built for climbin' and haulin' and kickin' asses. Now, because the off-road gods love us, Toyota is re-releasing their mid-1980s Land Cruiser 70 as a brand new car.
Read MoreEdward Michael "Bear" Grylls; former SAS reservist, Mount Everest climber, and recognized pee-drinker of the hit survival TV show Man Vs. Wild is now shilling luxury SUVs for Land Rover in pretty much the most logical co-branding effort ever.
Read MoreWeeks ago Ford told Ram to cease and desist making "best-in-class" heavy-duty towing claims. Ford says their new F-450 competes with (and bests) the Ram 3500, but Ram says phoey, and they're juicing their 6.7 Cummins engine by an extra 15 lb-ft of torque to take top-output for the 2015 model year.
Read MoreThe 6.7 Power Stroke engine in the 2015 Ford F-250, F-350, and F-450 picks up a massive 40 horsepower and 60 lb-ft of torque thanks largely to a exhaust design that happens to look like a scary snake.
Read MoreLand Rover has been threatening to mess with the design of the timeless (archaic) Defender for years, and now rumor has it they've settled on a new look that we'll see in 2015. But apparently it won't look anything like the Power Wheels/FJ Cruiser lovechild "DC100" concept we saw in 2011.
Read MoreIn the dark of the moon on the 6th of June, a whiskey-fueled argument between truckers was escalating. Rubber Duck reckoned he ran his rig better than Big Ben, Ben smashed a bottle over The Duck's head... They both got tossed out the front window but the question remained; how do we figure who's the best trucker on the road?
Read More2015 Chevrolet Silverado crew and double-cab trucks are getting "Rally Edition" options, which give the truck a body-colored grille, black bowtie badge, black trim and some sweet racing stripes.
Read MoreJust after World War II, Willys Jeeps and Dodge Power Wagons were first to sell 4WD trucks to consumers. GM, Ford, and even Studebaker saw the demand for trucks with a transfer case, but before they could offer their own 4WD systems cost-effectively they outsourced it to the aftermarket.
Read MoreProject Car Hell isn't so much a place, as it is a state of mind. Actually, it sort of is a place. A place where you're damned to be wrenching and fighting rust until the end of eternity against a restoration project of impossible odds. Well, I've just swam across the River Styx.
Read MoreIf you want a grossly gaudy ride to the prom that looks fresh off a rack at Toys R Us, get a Hummer H2 and slap 20 feet of fuselage between the wheels. Real rough n' tumble off-road party goers will pick this jacked-up Lincoln Town Car every time.
Read MoreThe 2015 BMW X5 Security Plus, set to be revealed at the Moscow Auto Show later this month, is the next iteration of the company's armored SUV line. Sure looks like a standard X5, but all the body panels and windows have all been replaced with a variety BMW claims is "AK-47 proof."
Read MoreReid Bigland is moving from his position as the Head of Ram Truck Brand to take command of Alfa Romeo in the NAFTA region. Taking his place at Ram is Chrysler veteran Robert Hegbloom.
Read MoreSpotted this ancient Nissan (Datsun) pickup, beached in an AutoZone parking lot like a sea turtle about to lay eggs. The half-restored look is weird, even little offensive to my conservative sensibilities. Yet I find it undeniably alluring.
Read MoreAs returning readers will recognize, I'm pretty much obsessed with a little 4x4 called the International Scout. Mostly because they're just delightful looking, so I've spent all week pawing through these pictures from the biggest annual gathering of the trucks anywhere– generally known simply as "Nationals."
Read MoreLast night, a completely unsolicited email came in from a reader who "works at a big commercial trucking company" and wanted to share a particularly ridiculous trucker mishap story. "Did I want to share it with the readers?" Of course!
Read MoreWe've been titillated by some photos of a 2014 Ford Raptor with "manufacturer" license plates and a lot of badges from Mustang tuner Steeda. The companies could be working on a special truck together, or somebody at Ford has just juiced up their personal vehicle.
Read More2012 to 2013 Land Rover Evoques and 2010 to 2015 Land Rover LR2s, as many as 40,551 SUVs, are being recalled because the cars can't tell if someone's sitting in the front passenger seat. With that system not working correctly, the passenger airbag might not go off in a crash.
Read MoreRemember that part of Bad Boys II where Will Smith and Martin Lawrence destroy a town, jumping through it in a Hummer H2? Well it looks like off-road racer BJ Baldwin is pretty much recreating that calamitous awesomeness in Ensenada. In his trophy truck.
Read MoreI put the 2014 Mercedes G 63 AMG through the most extensive evaluation Truck Yeah! has done yet. It went to the city. It went to the country. It went off-road, it hauled ass, it had sex with a semi-truck, and drag raced an ULTRA4 buggy. And I pretty much hate it.
Read MoreGM operates in Russia as a joint venture with local outfit AvtoVAZ, selling the Chevrolet Niva based on the "classic"/archaic Lada Niva. For 2016 they're modernizing the design, and if this concept slated for the Moscow Auto Show is to be taken seriously, it's gonna be jacked up and ready to hit the snow.
Read MoreThis poor motorist must have been having the worst day of his life, because it looks like failing to get his new Jeep Grand Cherokee out of a snowy parking space pushed him right over the edge and into a blind rage.
Read MoreBronco! Bronco! It was a simpler time in advertising; and apparently the first Ford Bronco was originally sold as a "four-wheel drive sports car" until the term "Sport Utility Vehicle" could be coined.
Read MoreThe Land Rover Range Rover is pretty much an unstoppable luxury machine against which all other production off-roaders are compared. Now, what might be the best one of all; the first ever built is for sale, fresh off a six-year restoration.
Read MoreBefore Volvo melted into just another European sedan brand, they were known for two things; "squareness" and "safety." What you might not know is that they also made army trucks, like the 1975 C303 we just had around the off-road course at Monticello Motor Club. And as we found, out it's damn near unstoppable.
Read MoreThere's a certain subset of people that find the Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, and the old BMW X5M and goes, "no, those are German. I want something tasting more of... the Queen." Enter the new Range Rover Sport SVR, with 550 horsepower.
Read MoreThe 24 Hours of LeMons is part motorsports, part theater. Nobody does the theater part better than Speedycop. You know, the guy who made the upside down Camaro. Well, here's a perfect Jurassic Park Explorer recreation from him. And it's going racing this weekend.
Read MoreGM's Australian automaker Holden, famous for beastly "El Camino"-style cars with pickup beds and massive engines, is shutting its doors in 2017. But before the company goes out of business, they're reportedly cranking out their fastest-ever utility car.
Read MoreThe 2014 Dodge Durango R/T is one of my favorite SUVs. Just enough noise to scare the neighbor's chihuahua, practical enough to spare you from public shaming when you roll up to a gas station or your grandmother's house. Now you can get the $29,000 base model to look like the $39,000 sporty one as a $1,600 option.
Read MoreHonda is investing $8.5 million to its Power Equipment factory in Swepsonville, North Carolina with the goal of "innovating production processes and adding new products" like snow blowers and generators.
Read MoreToyota has heard you moaning that their TRD Pro trucks are overpriced mall crawlers with shiny exhaust pipes. So to prove their rigs are for real, Toyota is entering this 2015 Tundra TRD Pro in the Full Size Stock class of this year's Baja 1000.
Read MoreYesterday GM unveiled starting prices for their base, mid-grade, and, range-topping trims of the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. Stacking them up next to their "mid-sized" rivals (the Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma), pricing looks pretty competitive.
Read MoreLand Rover built a whopping 181 Discovery Sport prototypes and put 750,000 miles on them. Here's a peek into a rather intense vehicle development program.
Read MoreWe're finally going to be able to buy the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and its slightly-fancier brother the 2015 GMC Canyon soon... starting from $20,995 and $21,880 respectively. Are you still enticed by GM's answer to your demands for pickup truck downsizing?
Read MoreEvery once in awhile, we're titillated by a new Ford Ranger pickup or Everest SUV caught cruising around here in the US. Is this beautiful "Wildtrak Orange" Ranger just a Ford staffer's transportation (probably) or a test mule for some new running gear?
Read MoreWe just had another opportunity to pit comparably-equipped Ford, Chevrolet, and Ram's heavy-duty pickups against each other lugging 12,000 pound trailers up and down enormous hills. And you know what? I liked a little something about each of them.
Read MoreIf you had three wishes, they'd be "small, diesel, pickup truck" right? I had a chance to get those granted for a taste of what the future Nissan Frontier might feel like. So far it feels like a little puppy with a big personality, in the very best of ways.
Read MoreI'd been dying to shakedown a glorious Gelandewagen forever. Haven't we all? We'll now I've got a G 63 AMG no less, with a big chrome brush guard and Florida license plates. So I'm taking it to place it will really be appreciated; Vermont! I'm gonna get me some Subaru skulls.
Read MoreFiat's are great cars... when they work. The problem is they have this reputation of spending more time on the lift than on the road. But what if you combined Japanese reliability with Italian style? Can the VTEC keep this 1977 X1/9 kicking?
Read MoreIt is no surprise that San Francisco is the number one metro area for EVs, but I would have never guessed that Atlanta would be number two. It seems Georgia dealers have not taken too kindly to this EV popularity and are now petitioning the state legislature to get Tesla shut-down.
Read MoreYesterday. I asked the financially responsibly lot of you about what supercars you would buy on eBay with a maximum budget of $50,000, and you certainly delivered. Here are the cars that are the automotive equivalent of a fine steakhouse, for the price of a value meal:
Read MoreI am shopping for a new car and I keep seeing dealers advertise an "internet price." Often it is lower than the other dealers. Sometimes the ad says "call for internet price," but it won't say a number. Is it really the lowest price?
Read MoreIf you are too young to remember Knight Rider, I feel bad for you. Not that it was great show, because every episode was essentially the same. But it did have "super advanced" car and David Hasselhoff in leather. You can't have the real KITT, but you can own something pretty darn close.
Read MoreGood news! That 10 percent of your paycheck you've obviously been saving for the last few decades is finally ready to do some good. Even though you're not mega-rich, that doesn't mean you can't have a ride that says otherwise. What's the best bona fide supercar $50,000 can buy on eBay?
Read MoreThis isn't a new car-buying strategy on how to torture salespeople with toddlers, though that may be crazy enough to work. It's about how one dad is turning his tyke into a gearhead, without going broke, by visiting the showrooms. Even though they aren't making a purchase, the dealers are pretty cool about it.
Read MoreWorking really hard to buy your childhood dream car is awesome. The police putting said dream car on a truck and taking it away from you is significantly less awesome. Friend of Jalopnik Rob Dahm recently had his 2001 Diablo taken away by the nice people of law enforcement, and here's how he handled it.
Read More"Best In Class" has been a favorite phrase for car commercials and billboards forever, particularly in the pickup truck market. Now that Ram and Ford are raging especially hard over who's "Best In Class For Towing," it's time to settle the real debate: does anyone give a damn?
Read MoreHurricane Sandy was a huge burden to a number of states on the east coast, and the flooding that resulted in New Jersey was of epic proportions, ruining tons of cars. But one dealer didn't care, selling customers cars that were flooded in Sandy without even telling them.
Read MoreI used to think the Mercedes CLA250 was a fairly unique car. Then I visited a local town at the Jersey shore and saw a half dozen of them within 5 minutes. Now if you wanted a Mercedes with some real street presence, you could spend a fraction the price of a CLA on this 1973 Mercedes 280SE.
Read MoreA little more than a year ago, I bought a W220 Mercedes S-Class , and although it was a somewhat luxurious car, it was never the next-level of luxury and opulence that I had hoped for in my initial $3000 purchase. Here's how I changed that.
Read MoreI really like the new BMW 228i but it is out of my price range. It would seem that a CPO 128i might be a good alternative. I have a budget of about $25,ooo and would be willing to use 5 grand for a down payment. However, I don't drive that much and I'm thinking that leasing might be an option. What should I do?
Read MoreNot long ago, Car Buying's Tavarish showed you how to make an Audi sedan sound just as awesome as a Lamborghini. I have no shame in admitting that I lack both the time and the skills to do that conversion. So if you are like me and want a bad-ass, ear-splitting, luxo-barge you can buy this one.
Read MoreWhenever I see one of these Dodge commercials I want to go to my local dealer, lay my money down on a Hemi V8, and burn rubber all the way home. Whoever makes these ads knows how to appeal to the tire-smoking, music-blasting, 19 year-old in all of us.
Read MoreA San Jose couple that owns a used car dealership in the Bay Area is facing 80 charges, in what the California DMV is calling the state's "largest odometer tampering case that we've found involving an actual licensed automobile dealer."
Read MoreThe traditional shooting brake is one of the most elusive-yet-desirable car platforms in recorded history. This Volvo 1800ES ramps up the want by being perhaps the most elegant example of what can be done when you mix coupe-grade fun with wagon-grade practicality.
Read MoreThere is an old adage that applies to buying things, especially used cars and that is, "Buyer Beware." I never thought that would mean, "Buyer Beware Of Fucking Snakes!" One UK woman just got a crash course in the updated mantra after she bought a used VW.
Read MoreSub-prime lending has been on the rise recently and experts are conflicted as to how it will impact both the industry and the economy. What is a growing concern is sub-prime lenders with predatory or otherwise unscrupulous business activities such as First Investors Financial Services Group.
Read MoreNo, it's not a real car, but it's the replica that can single-handedly make you the coolest die-cast collector in history. Dear readers, I present you with the expert level of "fake it 'til you make it".
Read MoreThe auto industry is constantly trying to capitalize on the next big "target market." Seeing as female buyers influence more than 80% of carbuying decisions, dealers and automakers are trying figure out what makes them tick, but it is really not that complicated.
Read MoreIn a world of Hellcats and million-horsepower ultracars, it's nice to have something that just works, without being garish, flashy, or overtly outlandish. Here's a charming little French wagon that would put a smile on the face of anyone's inner Jalop. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the Earth.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I asked what cars on eBay under $20k are due to appreciate in the coming years, and you replied with 10 gems that have drained my bank accounts, credit cards, and emergency piggy bank. Having said that, here's 10 more cars that could make you some real cash:
Read MoreCarMax has used some effective marketing to position itself as a "cut above" your traditional used car lot. The jury is still out on whether or not CarMax gives you the best value, but their business model is very successful. Now Sonic Automotive wants part of the action.
Read MoreIf there is one automaker that has a keen understanding of supply and demand it is Ferrari. They are only making 499 copies of the La Ferrari hypercar, and buyers are willing to pay up to $1.68 million, on top of the $2 million price tag for the car.
Read MoreWhen you drop your car off for service, you leave with the assumption that the car will stay at the dealership, and not be "borrowed" by one of the technicians. One Canadian Audi owner had his car "missing" from the dealership and would not get an answer until the cops were called.
Read MoreIf there's anything in this world worth keeping, it's an Aston Martin. Unfortunately, the lovely men and women that make laws regarding automobile safety don't agree, and unless Aston does something drastic, the manufacturer could close its doors indefinitely.
Read MoreLast week gave I you dealerships folks an opportunity to tell the most off-the-wall and unbelievable customer stories. What surprised me the most is the amount of criminals that make their way into the showroom. So I decided to dedicate an entire post to some of the more unsavory characters.
Read MoreI can't imagine you'll ever see anything quite like this again. Somebody is selling a 1991 Geo Metro Convertible on Craiglsist with only 548 miles for the low price of $8000.
Read MoreIf you're like me, the closest thing to a realized dream would be buying a piece of old property and uncovering some forgotten relic of automotive history. That's why this ultra-rare BMW E30 M3 Roberto Revaglia Europameister on eBay is the definition of a dream come true.
Read MoreI don't know much about hunting, but I do know something about car dealerships. So I'm fairly certain that when you "make a killing" at a dealer, you don't mean you put an arrow through Bambi. Apparently, Olympic wrestler Dremiel Byers has a different understanding than I do.
Read MoreThe old adage goes: Fast, Cheap, Reliable - pick any two. Although I appreciate the sentiment, allow me to knock that outdated phrase into the middle of next week. I present the BMW Z3 M, a car that's not only fast, cheap, and reliable, but impressive everywhere else. Here are a few reasons why you should buy one
Read MoreToday's Morning Shift reported that Chevrolet and Ford are offering unprecedented 72 month loans with zero interest. But is carrying a loan for this amount of time even if the money is "free" a good move?
Read MoreOur Truck Yeah! man Andrew drove the $136,625 Mercedes G63 AMG, he was less than thrilled with it. Anytime an automaker charges over 100 grand for an SUV, it better be amazing. I'm really more of a wagon guy, but if I were going to spend that kind of dough on a luxury truck, I say the only choice is Cayenne Turbo.
Read MorePretty much everyone buys a car at some point in time. Car dealers face folks from all walks of life that come into that showroom. Most of the time a dealer will help a buyer select a car, go on a test drive, and negotiate pricing, but sometimes some real characters make their way onto the lot.
Read MoreWhen it comes time to finally let go of your ride, selling it can be hassle. You have to take pictures, write a description, and get it online. It's almost enough to say screw it and keep it. CarLister has just launched a new app for Apple and Android devices that will list your car in about a minute.
Read MoreIn yesterday's Answers of the Day, we had the best dealership experiences which proves that the car dealers are really not all bad. I know for a fact there are plenty of great Jalops who work on the lots who love cars and try to do the right thing for their customer.
Read MoreHere's the car that your 7-year-old self thought was the absolute end of the world. Well, here we are, 2 decades later, and that sugar high of a dream can now be your tire-smoking reality, in the form of this this low mileage example. You know you want to.
Read MoreHere's a Craigslist ad that will restore your faith in humanity. It features a 15 year-old Toyota 4Runner that is not only meticulously maintained, but has a detailed, honest description with high quality photos that rivals that of most professional car dealers. Ladies and gentlemen, this is how you sell a car.
Read MoreLuxury car purchases are out of reach for most people. That is why so many folks either lease or go the pre-owned route for high-end hardware. Many people dismiss leasing because you never retain ownership of the car, however that doesn't mean you can't generate "equity" to use later.
Read MoreEveryone wants a Lamborghini. It's just something about that refined, screaming engine note that excites our inner narcissist. What if I told you that you could have that iconic supercar sound in an unassuming luxury sedan for a fraction of the cost? Here's how to do it.
Read MoreLast month I attended the BMW Ultimate Driving Experience at Met Life stadium in northern NJ. I got to toss around a brand new BMW 228 M Sport, met some really cool people and discovered that, yes, in spite of some odd choices as of late, BMW is still committed to the "ultimate driving machine" philosophy.
Read MoreHere at Jalopnik, we don't judge. We won't care if you're on the wrong side of the law because some nefarious crime boss needs you for one last job, but one thing's certain - you'll need a set of wheels. I challenged you law-bending citizens to find the best getaway car on eBay for under $5k. Here's what you found:
Read MoreSome things, no matter how good on their own, should never go together. Spaghetti and chocolate, Michael Jordan and baseball, Honda Civics and Craigslist. However, this 1976 BMW 2002, with an Audi 1.8 turbo engine, isn't one of them.
Read MoreIf you wanted to spend about 25k a "lightweight" rear-drive coupe there is the popular choice of the Toyobaru twins, but that is the safe bet. Or you could get the original Japanese sports car such as this 240z in "excellent condition."
Read MoreIn a shocking bit of news there is another New Jersey dealership group being investigated by Division of Consumer Affairs for deceptive advertising and sales practices, including selling rental cars as new vehicles. It's no wonder why the dealer lobby didn't want Tesla in the state.
Read MoreWe've all had the fantasy - leading a 30-car police chase through the desert or making a daring escape through winding city streets, Gone in 60 Seconds style to save your idiot brother from being turned into the world's squishiest license plate. Here's the challenge: find the world's best getaway car for under $5000, on eBay.
Read MoreYou've been tempted by them before; abandoned cars in barns, junkyards, and on roadsides in "rusty but restorable" condition. Whoever owns it is willing to let it go for pennies, there's just one catch– the car doesn't have any paperwork, and without it you'll never be able to get a license plate. Or can you?
Read MoreHere on Car Buying, I get harassed questioned all the time about how maintenance-intensive and costly Italian supercars are, even after I tell them I'm not that DeMuro guy. Fortunately, I've managed to gather some info to put some commonly-held myths to rest.
Read MoreThis is the Ferrari 330 2+2 Speciale; it is not the prettiest Ferrari in the world. It does have a V12 engine with a really long roof, and unlike a 250 GTO breadvan that would auction in the range of eleventy-billion dollars, this one is set to fetch between 400-600k at Pebble Beach.
Read MoreJordan Belfort, aka The Wolf Of Wall Street, is set to give the keynote speech at the annual Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition. For an industry that is trying to shake their slick salesmen and ripoff artist image, some dealers are questioning the choice of speaker.
Read MoreRick Cohen the former owner of North Shore Motor Group in Great Neck, NY was found guilty of fraud for swindling customers out of $10 million over the course of 4 years. He will serve a four-year prison sentence.
Read MoreIt finally happened - you're a freaking multi-millionaire and want to spend your hard-earned cash on the supercar of supercars. Surely the world-record setting 253mph+ Bugatti Veyron is the car to get, right? Not so fast. Here's a few reasons why owning this car would be one of the dumbest things you could ever do.
Read MoreBack in June I reported that a number of consumer groups were pressuring the FTC to investigate CarMax for deceptive advertising. Yesterday an article from AOLautos revealed that more than 1500 consumer complaints have been filed against the dealership group, but is it really a big deal?
Read MoreLast week YouTube user MacAbuzer posted a video and claimed that the local Ford dealership caused damage to his Mustang. At first the dealership responded with a justification of their actions, it now appears they made an offer to buy the car back.
Read MoreRecently we published this video and a testimony from the owner who claims that the dealership caused damage to his Ford Mustang. The dealership has responded on their Facebook page.
Read MoreLast week, I posed a challenge: find cars on eBay that would appreciate in value over the coming years, with a maximum budget of $20k. It seems I've successfully figured out a way to crowdsource financial advice for free apparently. These are the ten cars our readers think could make you money.
Read MoreThe bad thing about Bentley Continental GT coupes is that they pretty much all look the same. But the great thing about a used Conti GT, is it pretty much looks the same as a new one. This 2004 W12 can be yours for only $52k. Yay depreciation!
Read MoreDue of the massive Takata airbag recall, Honda has issued a stop-sale on any new cars that are impacted, but they can't hold back pre-owned vehicles. Some used vehicles are not recalled, but may be affected. Honda is telling dealerships to have customers sign a liability document.
Read MoreAs some of you may know, I am generally fond of the W220 Mercedes, and this car is a prime example why it's such an insane value for money. 604 HP, 738 ft-lbs of torque, and a realistic 0-60 time in under 4 seconds, bone stock. Ladies and gentlemen, this is why depreciation is a very, very good thing.
Read MoreAs gearheads we all have that recurring fear when we hand our keys over to someone else. That fear that they will not respect our beloved chariot and may return it in less than ideal condition. For this Mustang owner who took his car in for service, that nightmare came true.
Read MoreCarlos Uruchurtu, general manager of George Chevrolet in LA, had a problem, his hard-working sales staff would do their best to get a customer into a car only to have the deal fall through when it came time to get a loan. Uruchurtu came up with a plan to pay his staff even if a customer didn't drive home with a car.
Read MoreI feel like I spent most of 2013 trying to dispel the myths that Millennials don't like cars, aren't interested in cars, don't buy cars and can't fix cars. Or at least, the idea that some of those issues aren't economic in nature. Well, the Millennials are starting to prove everyone wrong.
Read MoreToday is the first of the month, a date that is significant for two reasons: it's the day Jalopnik writers blow their paychecks on sway bars and more skinny jeans, and it's the day automakers report their sales figures from the prior month. And July wasn't a good look for Volkswagen in the U.S.
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