While the rest of the world waits for Audi to pull the sheet off the 2016 Audi R8 (and hopefully reveal it's better-looking than this) those lucky bastards at Top Gear Magazine got to ride shotgun while racing driver Frank Stippler whipped it around Ascari. They also dropped some interesting new tidbits about the car.
Read MoreThe short takeoff and vertical landing capable F-35B, which has handicapped the entire Joint Strike Fighter design since its inception, has another major problem, it can't fit a full load of Small Diameter Bomb IIs in its weapons bay. What's worse is that even though the USMC will declare the F-35B operational this year, it won't be until 2022 that the problem will hopefully be fixed.
Read MoreThe C-17 has been in production for 25 years, with 279 Globemasters emerging from Boeing's (and once McDonnell Douglas') historic Long Beach factory. Yesterday, the final aircraft had its wings mated to its massive fuselage, ending not just the production run of the C-17, but the 72-year-old plant that produced it.
Read MoreThat picture right there is what would happen if you dropped the world's largest nuke, the Soviet Tsar Bomba, in its theoretical 100 Megaton configuration onto the Foxtrot Alpha World Headquarters. Don't worry, if you only use the as-tested 50 MT configuration, Scranton might still make it.
Read MoreYou have to hand it to this guy when it comes to making an exit in style. This surreal photo shows a soldier from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group saluting while hanging in mid-air just outside a C-130 that is flying high over frigid Germany.
Read MoreThe massive mock-up of an American aircraft carrier spotted nearly a year go accomplished its final mission today: being blown apart in a monumental Iranian war game in the Persian Gulf.
Read MoreCope North is one of the largest multi-national air power exercises in the Eastern Hemisphere. Every year, air forces from around the region deploy to Andersen AFB, located on the island of Guam to sharpen their skills, hone their inter-operational abilities and strengthen foreign ties among established and emerging power players in the region.
Read MoreRaytheon's 155mm M982 Excalibur extended-range guided artillery shell is being shrunk down to fit into the Mark 45 five inch deck guns that are deployed aboard the Navy's Cruisers and Destroyers. This miniaturized sea-going Excalibur, known as the N5, could triple the range of current five inch shells and offer pinpoint 'danger close' fire support like never before.
Read MoreThe original Wikileaks US State Department cable dump a few years ago was illuminating at best, and embarrassing at worst. But a new batch of cable leaks is set to be released, this time from Al Jazeera (working with the Guardian), and it's set to be a whole lot bigger. Documents from intelligence agencies like the CIA, Britain's Mi6, Russia's FSB, and Israel's Mossad are all included.
Read MoreThe Air Force's unappreciated close air support jet, the A-10 Warthog, may be best known for plinking tanks with missiles and bombs and shredding enemy positions with its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon, but one of its most important and dangerous missions is Combat Search and Rescue, otherwise known as CSAR.
Read MoreLast October there was a nearly fatal collision between two F-16 Vipers from the 125th Fighter Squadron of the Oklahoma Air National Guard. All we knew at the time was that one of the jets went down in a field after the pilot safely ejected, while the other managed to land with a damaged wing. But "damaged" was putting it lightly. Half of the wing was completely sheered off.
Read MoreU.S. Air Force serial number 61-0007, a B-52H known by its nose art as "Ghost Rider," was brought out of seven years of storage at the Defense Department's boneyard in Arizona. Its new mission? To replace an active B-52H that was badly damaged by fire while on the ground at Barksdale Air Force Base and make the USAF arms treaty-dictated fleet of 76 B-52s whole once again.
Read MoreNobody knows exactly where “Rat 55" lives or precisely what technology it uses to accomplish its mission, but it sure is an exotic beast. The USAF’s secretive NT-43A testbed is a highly modified 737-200 that goes far beyond ground-based radar and infrared signature testing on stealthy aircraft by plying its trade high up in the sky in their target aircraft’s natural operating environment.
Read MoreA very shaky ceasefire is in place in some parts of Eastern Ukraine, while in others, Ukrainian troops are running for their lives under heavy shelling. The toll from prolonged fighting on Ukrainian troops is showing. Case in point: this soldier who slipped from clinging to a BMP-1 as it retreats at high speed from rebel-dominated territory.
Read MoreHow do you top up the tank while on a Combat Air Patrol over Syria? This clip from the DoD shows you how it's done, with F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets suckling up to a KC-135's 'iron maiden' refueling basket.
Read MoreLCDR Joe "Smokin" Ruzicka, the last F-14 Radar Intercept Officer to fly the Tomcat Tactical demonstration, is back to walk us through exactly what it took to strap on a 70k pound F-14 Tomcat in the dark of night and successfully get flung off the front of a US Navy super carrier via one of the ship's mighty steam-piston catapults.
Read MoreIn what is a growing front in the war on the Islamic State, Egypt has admitted that it launched airstrikes against the group in Derna, Libya, a port city 150 miles east of Benghazi. The Egyptian military says that the attack is in response to a gruesome video showing Egyptian Coptic Christians being beheaded en masse.
Read MoreKim Jong Un took to the skies in his remodeled Cold War era IL-62M to see a high-rise construction site located along the the Taedong River in Pyongyang. One of the North Korean Air Force's two known IL-62Ms appeared last year after having received new paint, although the mechanical reliability of the old jet has been suspect.
Read MoreThe USAF is kicking around 'creative concepts' under which it could re-engine its fleet of 74 ever evolving B-52H Stratofortresses. With the bombers remaining in front-line service until at least 2040, and considering that flying with eight 1960s vintage TF33 engines is far from fuel efficient (burning 3k gallons an hour), re-engined B-52s should make great financial sense.
Read MoreExpedition 45's crew poster is outrageous. Six of the most capable human beings on this planet dressed up like six of the most capable creatures from other planets, Jedi Knights to be exact. Lightsabers, satellites that look like X-Wings and even a straight up Death Star are present. Now if I could only get my Jedi Mind Trick working so that they would take me with them.
Read MoreContrary to popular belief, not all military training is devised to make you uncomfortable and miserable at the same time. Much of it is designed to make you uncomfortable, but still show you that you can keep your spirits up. Even if that involves making you sing Sexual Healing in a pool of frozen lake water.
Read MoreMost of us know something of the Jeep’s origin story, with the military sending out a list of requirements and an insane 49-day deadline, and only plucky little desperate American Bantam actually got a vehicle in by the deadline. But what’s less known is the insane vehicle that inspired it all: the Belly-Flopper.
Read MoreThe USAF's leadership wants the A-10 Warthog retired seemingly at all costs. Now it appears that USAF went far beyond broken logic and used-car salesmanship to make their anti-Warthog case, cooking the books and apparently putting an informal gag order on officers that may otherwise tell the truth about the jet's indispensable performance to Congress.
Read MoreA star ace of the Israeli Air Force is finally being put out to pasture. F-16A 'Netz' (Hawk) tail number 107, one of the first delivered to the IAF, has no less than 6.5 confirmed air-to-air victories, as well as a partial kill on one Iraqi nuclear reactor as part of the daring and historic Operation Opera. Its air-to-air record remains unmatched by any F-16 ever built.
Read MoreŠiauliai Air Base is the heart of NATO's air policing mission over the Baltics. Every six months a new NATO member brings a contingent of fighters to defend the skies over Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and ever since Russia invaded Crimea they've been busy. But it does make for some spectacular photo ops.
Read MoreWhen you were a kid did you wish a certain game was possible but the hardware of the era just made it a whimsical pipe dream? Well, for me, that game is close to being a reality. Soon, the makers of Lock On Modern Air Combat are going to send virtual fighter pilots up over Southern Nevada. Nellis AFB and Red Flag, here we come.
Read MoreThis chase plane footage, shot from a Hornet pilot's helmet cam, shows an upgraded Block IV Tactical Tomahawk being launched from an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer against a moving surface target. Receiving target location updates via data-link is a new trick for the Tomahawk, and will make the war-time staple a much more flexible and deadly weapon.
Read MoreBack in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the American military had a dream. That dream was to create a nuclear rocket launcher, and with it, the world's smallest nuclear rocket. The M-28/29 "Davy Crockett," and this massively tiny explosion (at around 3:35, if the video doesn't load properly), was the result.
Read MoreThe Office of Naval Research has spent years developing a robot to take on every sailor's worst nightmare — fire aboard their vessel. The bipedal Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR), has a human form so that it can navigate the tight spaces of a ship. One day it may lead damage teams into shipboard infernos or even get the Captain coffee.
Read MoreThe net (i.e. the Facebook newsfeed of your Uncle Louie) is abuzz with reports that a tactical nuclear weapon was detonated in war-torn Donetsk, Ukraine, with videos showing a bright flash followed by a rising mushroom cloud in the distant. The videos appear to be real, but they're not showing a nuclear reaction.
Read MoreTwo refit Iowa Class battleships, the nuclear guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach, a Spruance Class destroyer and what looks like a pair of Knox Class frigates all churn through the ocean as a wall of haze-gray painted steel. All of these ships have since been retired but the exotic mix of classes that made up Reagan's '600 ship navy' is still an awesome sight to behold.
Read MoreJordan has released a video montage showing the kickoff of its retaliatory air campaign against ISIS in Syria. Over 20 Jordanian F-16s struck ISIS targets while US F-22s, F-16s, surveillance and tanker aircraft supported them. Although the idea of such a campaign represents a powerful show of force, the video hints at a much grimmer and more questionable story.
Read MoreOne of the most anticipated weapon systems of the last quarter century looks like it is nearly ready for action. The Electromagnetic Railgun made its public debut this week at the Navy's Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington D.C. and it is literally a BIG hit.
Read MoreWhen you have to get a person from one big ship to another, and a helicopter is not available, you get the ride of your life in a steel chair attached to a wire that gets winched over the churning ocean. The 'high-line personnel transfer' has been around for over a century. During smooth seas it can be a scary but fun ride, but in rough seas it can be downright horrifying.
Read MoreSikorsky's S-97 Raider spun its rotors and pusher propeller for the first time today. Although the innovative light attack and scout chopper does not have a customer yet, its technology aims to replace the vast majority of the Army's helicopter fleet while offering double the speed and greater range.
Read MoreThere is a good chance that we will wake up to a very different anti-ISIS campaign over the skies of Syria in the coming days. Following the gruesome execution of their downed F-16 pilot, Jordan, led by its Special Forces impresario King, says it will bring 'every weapon it has' down on ISIS. This could include the soldier-King himself, as rumors swirl that he may fly in extended air raids.
Read MoreIt's one of the most dynamic extraction and infiltration techniques in the Special Operations community. Known unofficially as the "Delta Queen" maneuver, a massive twin-rotor Chinook lowers its empennage into the water, drops the ramp, and a team of special forces in their rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) "beaches" directly into the Chinook's cabin.
Read MoreIn 2008, Lebanese terrorist overlord Imad Mughniyeh was killed by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria. Twisted metal wreckage was all that remained of his Mitsubishi Pajero. And according to a report from the Washington Post, the CIA built and tested the entire system at a secret facility, somewhere in North Carolina.
Read MoreIt was one of Lockheed and the Navy’s naval experiments of the 1990s and it still looks cutting edge today. Sea Slice was born to test technologies surrounding a low-draft, high-speed and super-stable modular surface combatant, the grand father of the controversial Littoral Combat Ship if you will. Now this $15 million quad-hull corvette can be yours for a paltry $180K.
Read MoreLt. Col. Fred "Spanky" Clifton is one of the most experienced aggressor pilots ever, having flown the F-15, F-5, F-16 and the notorious MiG-29. He's been in dogfights with pretty much every fighter out there and is a graduate of the prestigious Fighter Weapons School. Now he's here to share his expertise with you.
Read MoreHow many American consumers are looking to purchase a new long-range stealth super-bomber? None. So why would Northrop Grumman spend big bucks on producing such a glitzy ad and pay to have it run in Washington DC and Dayton, Ohio during the Super Bowl? Defense contractors have learned a thing or two from Steve Jobs.
Read MoreHelicopter performance can be very deceiving. Large, fat and ungainly choppers can also be super-fast and highly maneuverable, even compared to their streamlined little cousins. The Sikorsky H-53 exemplifies this this truth with its massive six bladed rotor and large four bladed tail rotor. The video below shows the Sea Stallion going through aerobatic testing during the 1960s.
Read MoreThe BMW 228i is the company's smallest two-door, and theoretically its least highway-friendly car. So what's it like running one from Detroit to the wrong side of NYC in ten hours?
Read MoreRowan Atkinson is selling his Dark Burgundy McLaren F1 after owning it since new. 41,000 miles and two crashes later, here are his thoughts on why the F1 is the greatest supercar ever made.
Read MoreYes, ladies and gentlemen: another week has passed, Friday is upon us, and that means it's time for Letters to Doug, the weekly column wherein I provide good, sound advice to loyal Jalopnik readers, and then you tell me how wrong I am.
Read MoreThe current Mazda3 is a very good car by all means, but while Americans can't have it with less than 155 horsepower, the European situation is slightly more depressing.
Read MoreTurbocharged and ready to fight the BMW M3 and M4 with a nasty Detroit attitude, the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V will start at a similar $61,460. Wanna know about the options? You've come to the right place.
Read MoreI have finally figured out what the new turbocharged, hybrid, all-wheel drive, 550 horsepower 2016 Acura NSX will really compete against: the original NSX. Not in sales, mind you, but in expectations. There is no way the new NSX will escape comparison with its famous father.
Read MoreInfinitis are boring. Infinitis are for marketing VPs. Infinitis have no appeal. Infinitis are just uprated Nissans. These notions are all part of the grand public mythos of Infiniti. And all of them are false.
Read MoreLadies and gentlemen, the day has come: it's time for a new list of unreliable CarMax cars. You know what this means: I'm excited. You're excited. And CarMax is probably going to raise the warranty prices on each of these by 50 percent the moment they see this list.
Read MoreA Corvette Z06 is a pretty good deal for what it is, but it's not exactly cheap. It starts at about $80 grand, and as you can imagine, there's some pricey options: racing stripes are $950, a carbon fiber ground effects package is $3995, and a fire extinguisher is as much as a Chevy Cruze. What, what?
Read MoreI’ll admit, when I moved to Chapel Hill, NC from LA last year, I was pretty despondent about leaving LA’s amazing carscape. I’m delighted to say that I was more pessimistic than I needed to be. This was proven conclusively when I passed a house, not five minutes from my own, that was infested with Citroëns. Seeing this place was just what I needed.
Read MoreYou have a problem. You want a performance car, but you don't have the means to get a Ferrari or even a Corvette Z06... unless you want to live in it too. But don't fret, Mr. or Mrs. Gearhead, because the automakers have plenty of budget choices for you. This is our roundup of what you should buy and what you should stay away from.
Read MoreI'm a fan of the 2-Series. It's not only one of my favorite new BMWs to come along in years, but one of my favorite new cars, period. That's why I was eager to see what happened to the 228i when you chop the roof off, stick on a folding cloth top, and add nearly 300 pounds to it.
Read MoreI was being so good, doing all the unglamorous car reviewer stuff. Driving in a congested area, inching through start-and-stop traffic, running over rough asphalt. After about 30 minutes I'd had enough. I switched the driving mode to Insane and mashed the throttle away from a deserted traffic light. Bad idea.
Read MoreEven as automakers try to fill every ridiculous niche they think up (looking at you, luxury crossover "coupe"), there are massive holes in the US market that need filling.
Read MoreA scream rang from across the canyons. A dull roar, really, dull only because I haven't yet punched it, sitting Right Here in an Aston Martin Vanquish, and I am in a devastating, crippling traffic jam that only the Malibu hills could provide: Ferrari 430, McLaren MP4-12C, Nissan GTR, Maserati GranTurismo convertible, a sibling Vantage Volante, and then the crème de la crème, today's MVP—an early Acura NSX, on stretched tires wrapping BBS wheels, OG NSX BBS, and the lot are blatting and popping
Read MoreBefore I went to Iceland to review the Land Rover Discovery Sport, I had one goal in mind: drive a Lada. I’ve always been fascinated by the old Soviet-bloc cars, and I’ve hardly ever even seen one in person. I knew Iceland had some, and thanks to the good people at Geysir Car Rental, my inane dream was made an inane reality.
Read MoreAs many of you know, I’m currently importing a Nissan Skyline GT-R the United States. This is a long and intricate process that involves a wide range of port workers, sailors, government agencies, customs employees, and enough forms to bury them all in a large pile of official documents.
Read MoreWell, everyone, it's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday, and that means it's time for today's version of Letters to Doug, which is consistently Jalopnik's finest column each week, assuming you don't read any of the others.
Read MoreElvis Presley had a slew of cool (and also not-so-cool) cars, from scads of Cadillacs to the most famous of them all, the yellow DeTomaso Pantera he used for target practice. But he also had a taste for the obscure, and was actually the first owner of a Stutz Blackhawk.
Read MoreIt's a sad day today, because everyone's favorite (non-ALF) alien had passed. And while Leonard Nimoy wasn't necessarily known as a huge gearhead, he seemed to have good taste in cars, and has at least this one good car-related story. It involves Spock, Kirk, a bike, and a Buick Riviera.
Read MoreGood news, ladies and gentlemen: Friday has arrived. The week is over, and it's now time to kick off your exciting weekend plans by falling asleep in front of the TV this evening around 9:30 p.m.
Read MoreEarlier today I followed the link in our story about the jewel-encrusted car key that took me to the Simply Abu Dhabi website. Flipping through their online magazine, I found a McLaren ad that left me very confused. The screenshot of the ad is above there. Is McLaren okay? Should we send over someone to check on them?
Read MoreThe '97 McLaren F1 XP GT is the original Long Tail built for homologation. It's one of only three road-going Long Tail F1s, and this Deep Bottle Green version, owned by McLaren and protected in the confines of its Technology Centre in Woking doesn't get out much. Until now.
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, family trips to Europe would always blow my mind — not the architecture, not the museums, not the languages. The vans! They have such tiny little vans!
Read MoreSome of you may recall that a while back, I had my longtime automotive companion ‘73 Beetle stolen, and then recovered thanks to the amazing work of our readers. I’ve felt like I had a debt to pay, and I finally am able to. So, SFMikee, want to hear about your prize?
Read MoreCars, like pretty much everything, attract their share of crooks and liars. We've covered modern ones here before. But it's worth going back to the early days of motoring to learn about one of the original — and still one of the most brazen — motorized charlatans: Edward Joel Pennington.
Read MoreThe owner of this 1969/2 Citroën DS21 says this car was to the car industry what Nirvana was to the music world. They both make a big impression but good luck trying to understand them.
Read MoreYour favorite car company may have built rockets, robots, and even video game consoles.
Read MoreBored with your cushy, overpowered luxury sedan? Do modern "dynamic" designs fail to live up to your expectations of dynamism? Have you grown weary of the endless hordes of dull, anonymous, unoriginal cars you see everywhere? That's because the wrong people are running car companies. These kids should be the ones doing it.
Read MoreReplace these historical figures' horses and chariots with cars and they'd be auto racing in no time.
Read MoreMy coworker just stated that the Lexus GS in F-Sport trim is "one of the best looking 4 doors in production." I want to tell him that he's wrong, but aesthetics are subjective and I figured I would open up the statement to the floor, so to speak.
Read MoreThese are the crafty tips and tricks you need to know to help you and your car survive winter.
Read More"No car is as hyped up as the AE86," Mr. Regular says in the latest Regular Car Reviews test of a rather legendary vehicle. But can that vehicle really live up to its legend? Will it make your wildest touge drift dreams come true, or is it just a Corolla that happens to be rear-wheel drive?
Read More"Bury me in my car when I die." A lot of us have said that in jest, especially when we come to own an awesome car like a Subaru XT6 or whatever. But one woman in San Antonio, Texas actually did it, and if you're ever in the Alamo City you can stop by the cemetery where she's buried in her 1964 Ferrari and pay your respects.
Read MoreIf there's one thing modern-day Jeep loves, as a company, it's their own face. That round-eyed, slotted-grille iconic Jeep face that they love so much, they've even given it a name: Sarge. But here's the dirty truth: that iconic Jeep face wasn't designed by Willys — it started as a Ford design.
Read MoreIf someone were to ask you how any of these worked, the simplest response would be just tell them magic. They work with magic.
Read MoreMany cars are Toyota Celica, and many Toyota Celicas are car, but what car is most Toyota Celica?
Read MoreYeah, I know the trend right now is to bash turbocharging as we wail and moan about the inevitable death of natural aspiration. But automakers have done some really cool stuff with forced induction over the years.
Read MoreForget Apple; did you know that the people that made AK-47s built cars? Now you do.
Read MoreWith the announcement of Ferrari's turbocharged replacement for the 458, the 488 GTB, and the news that all nearly all 911s will become turbocharged, it's clear that the days of the naturally aspirated performance car are numbered.
Read MoreThere's two basic ways to have a bespoke Rolls-Royce created just for you: either work really hard at making or being born into a lot of money, or, be a dog. Personally, I'd take the latter option, as it offers some engaging ball-licking opportunities as well. So, if you're a dog, heads up: Rolls-Royce has a concept just for you they're taking to Geneva.
Read MoreThe car above is about as close as you can get to a universal 1960s car. It is almost entirely devoid of discerning features, markings, or anything that might stand out. It's about as ordinary a '60s car gets.
Read MoreKei cars don't usually make it out of Japan, which is why they're sometimes called "Galapagos" cars, like those tortoises uniquely adapted to their own island. But when they do, the result can be pretty special, as is the case with the Suzuki Cervo, which left Japan to become the Suzuki SC100, or more memorably, the Whizzkid.
Read MoreA lot of people have been calling Dodge's Hellcat twins 'overpowered.' What does that mean?
Read MoreThe ridiculously long supercar race down under may be over, but you can still feel the excitement of the Bathurst 12 Hour by pretending that you've got some Mercedes, Bentley, Ferrari, Aston Martin, and McLaren (amongst others) coming towards you at epic speeds!
Read MoreMuch like the “people” they once were, gearheads tend to exhibit a vast array of opinions and ideas. Even so, there’s a few things that seem to be universal: old Lucas Electric jokes, the respect of the BMW 2002, and a cold, seething hatred of the rubber-bumper’d MGB. At the risk of a stabbing, I’m going to say this: I don’t mind the rubber-mask MGB.
Read MoreI've always liked the rational, humble, and only slightly bonkers (for a French car) Renault 5, which we knew briefly in the US as the Le Car. Surprisingly, this little Gallic econobox has been raced at Dakar a few times, but only once in this truly mad hexapod version. Let's talk about that one.
Read MoreThe other day, I made what I assumed was the hardest taillight-identification quiz known to man. I now know I was wrong. Very wrong. The hardest, most badass taillight identification quiz happened in 1990, on a BBC game show. This is the high-water mark for competitive taillight IDing, my friends. Watch and learn.
Read MoreWhen it comes to British cars made purely of plastic and V8s, I'm a TVR guy. Then again, once I saw a Marcos parked on the street in London, I had to salute the mad geniuses who made it happen.
Read MoreI would like to dedicate this question to the dude I saw around the corner from my apartment the other week, trying in vain to drive his Volvo XC70 out of a snowy parking space. He could not understand why only his front wheels were spinning.
Read MoreYou can face jail time for illegally importing a car not sold in the US under 25 years old. These ten cars are so good, we'd run the risk anyway.
Read MoreWhat you see here is an electric prototype based on the old Saab 95 that was used for a brief period in the city of Linköping before ending up in the museum. But can it be the weirdest postal vehicle ever built?
Read MoreWe've told you before that Volvo 850s looks better when you beat the crap out of them, but this sort of professional destruction is not what we had in mind. Prepare to be amazed.
Read MoreDuring its five season run, Breaking Bad had the best cars on television. (These days that award probably goes to Archer, of course.) None of Breaking Bad's cars were flashy, high-end exotics like some Michael Bay movie, they were just unusual, fascinating choices that seemed to suit the people who drove them. I'm happy to see its prequel, Better Call Saul, will carry on this tradition.
Read MoreWe're not saying these are true, but we're not saying they're false either.
Read MoreIf your business is restoring and selling old Italian race cars, you end up spending half of your day at home managing emails and researching the classics you're after. That means you also see more of how your kids grow up.
Read MoreHave you ever tried to convince an anti-vaccination person that they're wrong, and there's no real science behind their views, and they're just making everything worse for everyone? Not shockingly, it usually doesn't work. But you know what might actually help people on the fence decide? This great automotive-based analogy: the Anti-Brakers.
Read MoreMr. Regular calls the Subaru SVX "one of the most amazing cars ever made in the nineties," and he bets you never heard of it. He would lose that against me, just like how Subaru lost $75 million trying to sell a luxury GT in America before any of the rally success.
Read MoreWe all know that Daniel Craig (and his stuntman) will drive the new Aston Martin DB10 in Spectre, but Jaguar Land Rover confirmed that the villain's ride will indeed be the C-X75 supercar we were hoping for. Also, look at that badass Defender!
Read MoreTraffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we'll provide the jams.
Read MoreWelcome to Weekend Wallpaper, this time we have for your perusal a McLaren 650S coupe. Right now, this car is sitting on display in some kind of teal blue vinyl wrap (sell this thing to deadmau5? McLarnyan?), but I much prefer its original "Storm Gray" as captured by reader Evan Wawrzyniak.
Read MoreWith Brian William's reputation and career in a tailspin thanks to some not-so-accurate tales of derring-do and helicopter attacks, I've realized that I'd better get ahead of my long history of self-aggrandizing lies before I get found out and disgraced. So, in the interest of salvaging my career, I'm coming clean.
Read MoreBugatti announced, loudly, that the final Veyron made will be shown at the Geneva Auto Show this year. And I just checked my big, insulated duffel bag, and it seems I'm just fresh out of shits to give. What Bugatti will really be showing in Geneva is the Least Important Car at The Show.
Read MoreGreat news! Another week has passed, and Friday is once again upon us – and as many of you well know, that means precisely one thing: if you practice Orthodox Judaism, you are not allowed to operate an automobile after sundown.
Read MoreImagination - it's the thing that's gets extruded from children with every Best Of Honey Boo Boo marathon. It's also the thing that allows a person to come up with absolutely mind-blowing artwork, like this impossibly detailed image of a menacing Back To The Future time machine, restyled as a DeTomaso Pantera.
Read MoreEvery now and then Craigslist comes through and provides something truly magical. And not magic like a way you can turn exposing yourself into a box of every Alf episode on VHS, but magical like a '78 GMC van covered in Star Trek murals. One of which features Spock, and a topless alien woman. That kind of magic. [Warning: Boobs]
Read MoreIf someone told me to go out and buy the most reliable car I could get, I wouldn't go for a Camry or a Civic, I'd get a classic Mercedes-Benz.
Read MoreI'm guessing if you saw my byline up there, you've already made an instinctive grab for your preferred vomit bucket. That's smart, because what I'd like us to consider today is sort of gross. But it may not be such a terrible idea, if you really think about it. It has to do with advances in growing biological organs and using them in cars.
Read MoreSo Chrysler isn't the only one into sticking crazy Easter Eggs in their cars. Ford's fond of doing it too, at least in their press photos. Check what's playing on the 2016 Ford Focus RS's infotainment system.
Read More"What the FUCK," he says to himself, realizing two big rigs are about to collide right in front of his eyes.
Read MoreLos Angeles Police say they have identified the driver of a Mustang involved in a street racing crash that killed two people and seriously injured one more. ABC7 has also obtained video of the moment the crash happened.
Read MoreYou fell asleep, and hit a pole. Your face is all messed up. You've got a broken arm. A broken femur. Two broken kneecaps. Two broken ankles. After the paramedics arrive, you know exactly what to do. Take a video selfie, and share the experience with the world.
Read MorePeople tend to forget that the Nürburgring is a public road, and while it is the place where all your magic track fantasies can come true (or kill you) public traffic laws are still in effect. This video from our friends at Bridge To Gantry shows why.
Read MoreTwo women survived with only minor injuries after they found their Toyota RAV4 flying gracefully through the air like a swan. The driver, who was cut off by another vehicle, swerved to avoid a collision and hit a snowbank, sending her and her companion flying 60 feet off a bridge to a riverbank below.
Read MoreA few nights ago, a car stuck on the tracks of a commuter rail line resulted in an incident that took the lives of six people. Why the car was stuck, and what exactly went wrong, isn't clear just yet. But while the first piece of advice if you're in a similar situation is to get the car moving, sometimes that isn't possible. So the NY Times has what to do.
Read MoreOne of the big misconceptions about street racing is that it's all done by idiot kids in Honda Civics. Another is that if you have a nice car, then you must be a good driver. But here we have a Nissan GT-R racing against a Ferrari 458 in Taiwan, until everything completely and inevitably falls apart.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what would happen if you drove your car off a cliff? Volvo did.
Read MoreHere's a perfect example of why everyone thinks car photographers are absolutely mental.
Read MorePorsche is confident enough to give Top Gear a 918 Spyder for the test we've all been waiting for, but surprisingly, the same cannot be said about McLaren or Ferrari. How is this going to happen? Luckily, we know a guy who might just be able to help.
Read MoreHi everyone. Top Gear doesn't air in America until tomorrow night. You want to watch it tonight, right? That's what we're here for.
Read MoreDie-hard Top Gear fans, such as myself, have been softly complaining for years now. The greatest car show on Earth is still the greatest car show ever, but it hasn't been as great as it once was. Something was gone, but exactly what was missing was a bit intangible. But this past Sunday it returned, for an incredibly brief moment.
Read MoreHere's the 2016 Ford Explorer in its cop costume, otherwise known as a "Ford Police Interceptor Utility." Upgrades on the civilian version go a little deeper than those LEDs, but I bet you'll still be able to outrun these suckers. Kidding, please do not do that.
Read MoreFord may be an American-based car company, but for too long they've kept one of their hottest offerings out of the hands of Americans. No more. Meet the 2016 Ford Focus RS, the 320 horsepower all-wheel drive monster hatch we've been waiting for.
Read MoreA 33-year-old man was admitted into an emergency room after a motorcycle crash in Germany. Doctors noticed the berries to his twig were hard, swollen, and blue, while his left leg was shorter than it should've been. Why? "Femoral-Head Dislocation to the Scrotum." Yes, the top of his femur was sheared off and shoved into his ballsack.
Read MoreCalifornia may be the only state in the country that allows motorcyclists to split lanes, but if bills proposed in Oregon and Washington pass, both states could join their West Coast sibling in helping riders free themselves from the tyranny of traffic.
Read MoreNo, Ducati is not offering a new, ultra-exclusive variant of the 1098 called the SPACE RANGER. They should, but that's besides the point. The point is that Suzuki is apparently a stakeholder in the company that makes this 300cc ode to Ducati's superbike.
Read MoreChoppers are over and cafe racers are on their way out. We're seeing more tracker/scrambler-style bikes, but they still harken back to a bygone era that's more fashion than function. Icon isn't having it, and its latest pair of customs are pointing a way forward.
Read MoreMost of the customs at Portland's The One motorcycle show tend to put style over substance. The crew from BMW Motorcycles of Western Oregon wanted to do something different, and the result is the Logger Bike. The name pretty much says it all.
Read MoreThere are only 50 Buell XBRR Daytona Superbikes in the world. When they landed in 2006, they cost upwards of $30,000 and were confined to racetracks, but that didn't stop a couple of tools from stealing one, doing a burnout, and promptly wrecking it in a ditch. Resurrection, thy name is John Player Special.
Read MoreAsk a dozen people what Yamaha makes and they'll tell you everything from motorcycles to pianos. They're right. Yamaha has its hands in dozens of industries, so why not combine a couple to see what you come up with? That's how you get to the Yamaha Root. Sorry, "?".
Read MoreIf you've been waiting to obsessive over every weld, every bolt, every carbon fiber and unobtainium bit on Honda's latest entries in MotoGP, today is your day.
Read MoreJapanese automakers have been shoving all sorts of devices into vehicles, especially kei cars, for years now. We've seen many a wacky concept come out of design studios, and a surprising number of them have actually made it into production. Well, Nissan may have just taken it to a whole 'nother level with their new "Ultimate Smart BBQ Vehicle."
Read MoreThe past few days have seen a lot of thought and scrutiny about Audi's new supercar, the R8. And while I happily boarded that juggernaut myself, I had a moment of intense clarity: the R8 I'm really interested in hasn't been built in nearly 40 years. It's the Renault R8.
Read MoreThe first photos of the Lexus LF-SA concept have leaked ahead of its official reveal in Geneva, and if you're wondering what the hell it is, think Mini, but chockfull of nutty Japanese flavor.
Read MoreSo you know how everyone's going batshit about the ambiguous color of a dress? Because now that everyone in the world can now talk about the same shit at once, we're going bonkers? Well, Holden's quick-acting ad team may have made the best advertising-bandwagon-jumping response yet:
Read MoreWatching eight-year-old boys play the game you lot insist on calling soccer is a peculiar pastime. As a spectator you are vaguely aware that the humanlings are governed by some sort of laws and rules, but it is hard to decipher what those are. Furthermore, despite each child being regularly reminded that they have a role to play, a specific space to occupy on the field, they cannot resist simply running after the inflated pigs bladder. They simply swarm after the ball as it gets hacked around th
Read MoreThe integration of cars and smartwatches hasn't hit the mainstream, and for good reason. Most are clunky, the app selections are limited, adoption rates are low, and most automakers still haven't decided if its worth their time. Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks the Apple Watch could change that.
Read MorePrepare your mind for some next-level stupid: a judge in Brazil overseeing an extremely high-profile insider trading trial has been thrown off the case because he went joyriding in the defendant's seized Porsche Cayenne Turbo S.
Read MoreSlight correction there, actually. This key, done in a diamond-encrusted style that serves as an homage to the flag of Saudi Arabia (of course), costs at least $46,000. That's where pricing starts, and it only goes up from there.
Read MoreThere's a reason Ikea does so well: the flat-packed, plywood items they sell are efficient to ship, well-designed, and pretty cheap. So why not use these same basic methods for a go-kart? That's what the people at Ply-Fly must have thought, because they have a Kickstarter for a plywood, flat-pack, owner-assembled go-kart. You even use an allen wrench to put 'em together!
Read MoreJamie Barrow is known as Britain's fastest snowboarder, which makes him uniquely qualified to get towed by a 1,200 hp Pilatus PC-12 across the runway of the Engadin Airport in Switzerland.
Read MoreVolvo's CEO says a bunch of all new models will be launched before February, 2019. Following the new XC90, there will be a new S90 and V90 replacing the S80 and the V70 next year. And that's just the start.
Read MoreTesla makes the best automotive easter eggs, from stereos that go to 11 to hidden little features in its massive 17-inch display. But this? This just wins.
Read MoreNow we've seen the 2016 Audi R8 in the flesh-metal-composite, we can use our reborn imageslidification technology to really see the differences in this redesign. As far as redesigns go, this is evolutionary instead of revolutionary, and I'm not quite sure exactly how I feel about it.
Read MoreWhat happens when your Porsche 911 Turbo S catches on fire down the street from the Hot Rod Magazine offices? The video of your woe goes online.
Read MorePolice in Los Angeles are seeking the driver of a Ford Mustang and witnesses after they say the vehicle lost control and plowed into a crowd of people during a street race, killing two and seriously injuring another.
Read MoreHere's how big Tesla Motors has become in the past year: every established luxury automaker seems to be pushing out an electric or high-concept hybrid that inevitably gets described as a "Tesla Fighter." Audi's going to do it with an all-electric 2016 R8 e-tron. For real this time.
Read MoreThe largest plane in the world is currently under construction, and it's extremely awesome. But it's not done yet.
Read MoreTesla Supercharger stations in the US aren't exactly plentiful, but you can generally find some sort of charger to top off you electron tank. But if you have a Tesla in rural Sichuan Province in China, you have to get a little creative. And illegal. And dangerous.
Read MoreYep, that picture that leaked out yesterday was definitely the 2016 Audi R8. Today we have the rest of it, including more pictures and full slew of specs. Meet the lighter, faster, more efficient next generation of Audi's supercar.
Read MoreI have a slight fondness for NYC's oldest subway cars, the rickety Budd R32s that trundle along the city's C line. They started operation in 1964 and are still in service.
Read MoreAmong the 25 "global mobility experiments" Ford announced this year at CES was a ride-sharing service the automaker is testing with its employees in Dearborn. But the plans aren't just limited to an app. Ford is contemplating making a dedicated vehicle for the program.
Read MoreThe logistics involved in maintaining the constant flow of machinery in and around an airport is a thing of modern beauty. Add in a breathtaking mountain backdrop lined with a golden sun and Salt Lake City International Airport is basically an highly choreographed work of art.
Read MoreThe Rising Tide car wash in Parkland, Florida is pretty much like every other car wash you ever go to. You drive your vehicle there, some nice people put it through a series of machines for you, more nice people finish it up, and off you go. Except 35 of its 43 total employees are on the autism spectrum.
Read MoreThe California DMV is in charge of overseeing autonomous car testing in the state. Part of that includes ensuring the people operating the fleet of robo-cars are properly trained, but because the DMV is incapable of getting its shit together, that means some companies only require a couple hours of training before testers get behind the wheel.
Read MoreI don't like the last Toyota made in the 20th century very much in stock form, but the Cruising Deck Concept is a very different story.
Read MoreThis image of the 2016 Audi R8 just popped up on Carscoops. Like them, we aren't totally sure if this is it, but it sure looks like it's the real deal. What do you think?
Read MoreOne of my biggest regrets from last year's LA Auto Show is that I didn't get to cruise around in the Toyota i-Road, because it looks like just an insane amount of fun. Now I'm wishing I live in Tokyo, because they're about to get the i-Road for a new car sharing project.
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines voluntarily grounded 128 Boeing 737-700 aircraft yesterday after they discovered the airplanes somehow managed to miss a required inspection for the backup hydraulic system for the rudder. The FAA has allowed the airline to continue to fly the aircraft for up to five days while they are checked.
Read MoreToday, we're going to discuss the art of registering an imported car with your local department of motor vehicles. I call it an "art" because, like any good art, there's a fair amount of agony, and pain, and suffering, and at some point you get really close to clawing out your own eyes.
Read MoreApple probably isn't getting into the car business. At least not in the way we know it today. It's getting into the mobility business, where you dial up a ride on your smartphone, Uber-style, get to where you're going and move on with your life. No monthly payments, no insurance, no maintenance and repairs. That's what Apple could bring to the game, and it's obviously not alone.
Read MoreI'm not sure if you've ever noticed this about cars, but they're actually made up of a crapton of smaller bits and sub-assemblies and things. It's true! And, even on the absolute latest, most modern car, some of those parts are a bit long in the tooth. Like wheels — thousands of years old. But they still seem to work ok. But what parts are due for a refresh?
Read MoreWhen Jalopnik started back in 1883 as a telegraph-based horseless carriage news service, we had always planned on branching out into job recruiting. I'm happy to say that after over a century of planning, it's happening! And in the best way possible: Lego wants to hire a Jalopnik reader to be a graphic designer.
Read MoreThe extremely-limited edition Jensen GT is the first new Jensen in 13 years. But Jensen says this is only the beginning, as the people behind it intend to launch a new Interceptor in 2016.
Read MoreBetween driving stick, fixing old trucks, and scaring the hell out of sexist monarchs, the Queen's gearhead cred is firmly established. But Elizabeth II can't always be bothered to drive, so now's your chance to get up on all that sweet, juicy Royal gossip.
Read MoreMcLaren’s latest baby, the 675LT is a 666 horsepower track-focused toy with an active airbrake they dare to call a “Longtail” and a titanium exhaust system that will certainly keep our ears happy. Here’s all you need to know about the newest member of the “McLaren Super Series.”
Read MoreThe architects at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have made something special for an unnamed bajillionaire in Denmark with a penchant for design and a car collection to match.
Read MoreIn the same factory where they used to construct the spectacular $400,000 Lexus LFA, workers now assemble the $57,000 hydrogen fuel cell Toyota Mirai. Here's how they do it, by hand.
Read MorePiaggio has successfully removed the pilot from the Italian aircraft manufacturer's popular twin-engine, turboprop, pusher-type executive transport. The P.180 – affectionately referred to as "the flying catfish" – has been redesigned into an unmanned aircraft for the Italian Air Force, and it's got a new name: the Hammerhead.
Read MoreIf you're wondering what the next A6 wagon will look like, your answer has arrived in the form of the Audi Prologue Avant concept. And it looks pissed.
Read MoreA Brazilian Airbus A321-200 operating as TAM airlines flight JJ-3307 had to return to Rio de Janeiro and perform an emergency landing after sustaining substantial damage upon entering an embedded thunderstorm wrought with hail.
Read MoreWanna know how to be an auto writer in the year 2015? Besides doing the occasional powerslide in a press car, you just write these sentences over and over: "(Blank) will get a turbocharged 2.0-liter four" or "(Blank) will get a turbocharged V6." The next car to fill in the second blank might just be the 2016 Audi R8. Seriously.
Read MoreHow do you prove the strength of your new crane? Pick up another crane. How do you prove the strength of that crane? I think you can see where this is going.
Read MoreIsn't it kind of universally accepted that you aren't going to achieve the fuel economy numbers advertised on your new car? (Not if you're a reader of this website and drive the way we do, anyway.) But since automakers keep getting nailed for misleading fuel economy claims, the Environmental Protection Agency is revising guidelines for how cars should be tested.
Read MoreYesterday, Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen stopped by for a fantastic live Q&A session. The problem is, he got far more questions than he had time to answer in just an hour. So he's answered some more, and just told us that Cadillac will debut an entirely new family of V6 engines next month. Whoa.
Read MoreParts of Texas are enduring a bit of a cold spell, with flights canceled and roads freezing. But despite all that, Fox 4 – Dallas-Fort Worth's news leader – took the time to film a guy sliding around a mall parking lot before getting busted by the rent-a-fuzz. But here's the best part: he's a Russian native looking for a taste of home.
Read MoreWhen Audi gave the world a 610 hp supercar with freakin' laser headlights, the U.S. government said no, thanks. So guess what they would say to this?
Read MoreAw, dammit! Why did I go heat up that burrito before clicking the BUY NOW button on Bugatti's website? Looks like I just missed out on buying the 450th and last Bugatti Veyron. This last Veyron, called the "La Finale" (that's Franco-Dutch for "the finishment") was sold, shockingly, to a Middle Eastern collector.
Read MoreThe Shanghai Auto Show will do without booth pros this year. Here's why.
Read MoreApple CarPlay and Android Auto are set to infiltrate dashboards around the world this year and next. Nearly every automaker has committed to offering one, the other, or both. But Toyota remains one of only two hold outs.
Read MoreRecent reports that the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is scheduled to make it's first flight this May were quietly squashed with a notice that this announcement was not from within the company. As the first test flight has already been pushed back three times, does this spreading misinformation point to even more delays?
Read More"Success comes to those who work for it." That's what the latest Car Bros. video says about Damien Stonebrook, and it's spot-on accurate. He grew up around exotic cars thanks to his rich Cinemax director dad, and after crashing the M3 convertible he got for his 16th birthday, he knew he had to go the Ferrari route.
Read MoreCadillac CEO Johan de Nysschen joined us today to answer all your burning questions, and while we threw everything at him from the standards about stick-shift wagons to donked SRXs, he did drop a bit of knowledge about the upcoming CT6. Specifically, it's going to have GM's only twin-turbo V8.
Read MoreOne of the most bizarre events in racing history happened on this day in 1958, when Cuban revolutionaries kidnapped Juan Manuel Fangio, possibly the greatest and most gentlemanly racing driver ever to live. Here is that story, explained in full.
Read MoreThe leadership at most automakers tend to be quiet, shrinking violets. Only occasionally do you get one that makes their multitude of opinions public information. Thankfully, Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen is not the quiet type. At all. And he's here for the next hour to answer your questions. This will be fun.
Read MoreWe're all pretty lucky, really. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that everyone reading this was born in an era when access to automobiles was relatively cheap and easy. But let's take a moment and spare a thought for all those poor bastards unfortunate enough to be born before cars. I bet some of them could have been amazing drivers, right?
Read MoreNew York City's viral speeding outlaw Adam Tang aka Afroduck is currently a fugitive, having fled the country to his native Canada in the middle of his trial for setting the fastest lap of Manhattan. Months later, it looks like he got away with it.
Read MoreA video posted to a Cadillac website shows a car that we've never seen before, but it's clear it's the Cadillac CT6 flagship as it's both recognizable as nothing else in the lineup and A8-sized. It's gotta be the CT6, right?
Read MoreNo, we don't have pictures of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS (though we have seen it before). But what we do have are the specs. How does a 4.0 liter flat-six with 500 horsepower, seven-speed PDK, wider wheels, a wider body, and lightweighting sound to you?
Read MoreKatayama Yutaka (editor's note: family name first), former executive of Nissan USA and responsible for building the Datsun/Nissan Z (known as the Fairlady in Japan) into a well known brand in the 70s, has died at the age of 105.
Read MoreI enjoy fan fiction. It allows the viewer to craft their own version of a story that has long since concluded. Here we have a look at a re-imagining of what could have been if Doc Brown sold some of his plutonium at higher market prices and bought himself something a bit faster than the original Delorean. Yes, please.
Read MoreLast October there was a nearly fatal collision between two F-16 Vipers from the 125th Fighter Squadron of the Oklahoma Air National Guard. All we knew at the time was that one of the jets went down in a field after the pilot safely ejected, while the other managed to land with a damaged wing. But "damaged" was putting it lightly. Half of the wing was completely sheered off.
Read MoreIf you still need convincing that the EPA does not fuck around with emissions compliance for imported vehicles; know that they just deported some 700 generators, ATVs, "mini trucks," and other assorted small motors for not being up to American standards.
Read MoreUS Customs and Border Patrol has confirmed they'll start using body-mounted accountability cameras on their officers in West Texas, New Mexico, Florida, Washington, Oregon, and Michigan. The ACLU has been working to make this happen since 2012, soon we'll see what exactly becomes of it.
Read MoreThis blade-toting Audi A5 driver gets to a whole new level of asshole when he slashes this trucker's tire, effectively disabling the rig in the middle of traffic. This is some of the most pathetic and childish behavior I've ever seen caught on a Russian dash cam... and that says a lot.
Read MoreWith the fighter market stale of any new blood, this highlight reel from famed aerial photographer, Paul Bowen and cinematographer Roger Tonry, is a fresh perspective for a marketing campaign featuring the AT-6C turboprop light attack fighter. Strap some guns on the T-6 Texan II and you've got a sexy little fighter.
Read MoreThirteen people. Nine vehicles. Six cameras. Five hours of hooning. Untold gallons of fuel. Putting together our dinky little video of incredibly awesome snow hoonage with Consumer Reports took a lot more work than you think.
Read MoreThose of you stuck in the arctic wasteland that is the East Coast and parts of the Mid-West right now have probably had a few hypothermia-induced fantasies about how to clear out the snow in front of your car. However, that flamethrower rig you've been concocting won't work. Allow XKCD to explain.
Read MoreThere was an unspoken rule when I started doing this job back in the 90s – as a British journalist you were supposed to be kind in your reviews of British cars. The editor didn't follow you home one night and threaten you with a terrible death if you did happen to tell the audience that the latest Jaguar S-Type was in fact a bucket of poo, but you were subtly nudged in the direction of positivity. And if you weren't amenable, your raw copy was.
Read MoreTakata, a company that pulled in $1,268,556,432 in revenues in the fourth quarter alone of FY2014, is now being fined $14,000 a day for not fully cooperating with NHTSA in its investigation into why Takata made airbags that could kill people. Everything is terrible.
Read MoreIf you're like me, and spend your time going between 40-year-old cars and brand new cars, you're constantly struck by just how much cars have changed. But, if you're not always ping-ponging between automotive decades, sometimes it's hard to see this. That's why I thought it'd be handy to have this chart.
Read MoreIn the frozen tundra formerly known as the eastern half of the United States, prepping your car for winter has never been more important. So, what are your best car hacks for surviving winter weather?
Read MoreGulfstream's new ultra long-range G650ER set a record while flying around the world in one stop in an ass-numbing flight from New York to China and finally Savannah, Georgia.
Read MoreBloomberg is reporting that Apple is pushing its automotive team to begin production of its rumored electric car in five years, a few years after Tesla is supposed to begin selling its Model 3 and Chevy put its 200-mile Bolt EV on sale.
Read MoreTesla Motors tried to legalize direct sales in the Lone Star State in 2013, but came up way short against the car dealers and their deep pockets. Now they're back with a lot of money, and today two bills were filed in the Texas Legislature aiming to allow for direct Tesla sales.
Read MoreWhen Fiat announced it was selling shares of Ferrari there was a little bit of concern that Piero Ferrari, son of company founder Enzo Ferrari, might end up dumping the 10 percent of the company he still owns as well. But that was totally unlikely from the get-go for complex reasons, and Piero just confirmed it.
Read MoreAll cars with a data connection have a SIM card. It's the same little plastic and metal sliver that slots into your phone to connect to the network, make calls, receive texts, and download the latest Beyoncé track. And American and British spies hacked into the largest supplier of SIMs in the world.
Read MoreWatch Skip Stewart of Skip Stewart Airshows do an extreme knife edge pass within an arms length from a Lamborghini Gallardo in his trademark highly modified 1979 Pitts S-2S Prometheus muscle biplane.
Read MoreWe're not going to find out anything more about Apple's car-related project until the company is ready or it decides to leak out more information to the usual suspects. But now we know that Project Titan is employing a broad range of engineers, including powertrain, transmission, and safety specialists.
Read MoreNobody knows exactly where "Rat 55" lives or precisely what technology it uses to accomplish its mission, but it sure is an exotic beast. The USAF's secretive NT-43A testbed is a highly modified 737-200 that goes far beyond ground-based radar and infrared signature testing on stealthy aircraft by plying its trade high up in the sky in their target aircraft's natural operating environment.
Read MoreIt's been commonly said that la crème-da-la-crème of carmakers of the world will build you anything you want, as long as you have the money. Thanks to a new report from Bloomberg, we now know that's actually true. Rolls-Royce, at least, will build and change anything your heart desires. Except for two things.
Read MoreHere was the plan: take a $112,000 Mercedes E63 AMG S Wagon, a Subaru STI, a BMW 228i, and a 1973 Volkswagen Baja Bug, and blast sideways on a snow-covered private test track hidden in the woods of Connecticut. Simple, right?
Read MoreAbove is a Lenco transmission, one of the most specialized, wonderful, weird transmissions I've ever seen.
Read MoreSome regulations help make cars safer, cleaner, and more efficient. Not these ones. They're pointless. Let's end them.
Read MoreI've got a general rule about not writing up Kickstarters, but these prints showing the evolution of GM, Ford, and BMW's front ends in wireframe-style are just too damn good. There's even one for Porsche, which may or may not settle any arguments about Stuttgart's designers taking a 50-year nap.
Read MoreStuff like this makes me almost never want to own a truly fast car again. When you take it in for service, how do you really know the mechanics aren't taking it on some insane joyride? That's exactly what happened to one Ford Focus ST owner in England, something he only found out through a dash camera.
Read MoreAutomakers haven't shown they're doing all they can on the security front, and one 14-year-old at a hackathon proved that by accessing a car's computer after a trip to Radio Shack and a night of soldering.
Read MoreImages and video of the brand-spanking-new Swiss built Pilatus PC-24 have been spied undergoing testing for the first time at Buochs airport and graciously shared to their Facebook page. This is the company's first attempt at building a jet, riding the coattails of their wildly successful PC-12 single engine turboprop.
Read MoreDan Akerson, General Motors' former CEO and a guy that had zero experience in the auto industry before taking the helm, doesn't think Apple should get into the car business. Because of course he does.
Read MoreElon Musk has never been a proponent of the universe's most abundant element, hydrogen. Well, at least in the context of a fuel source for an electric car. This is not a new stance for him, but it is one he reiterated last month at a press conference. So, why, exactly, is he such an H-phobe, and is he right?
Read MoreThe buried locale formerly known as the "city of Boston" has seen a record 80,000,000 feet of snow this winter, and with it, life has seen changes. Not all at once, and some of them have been very gradual. But the biggest change may be the source of all that commuter traffic. Namely, the vehicles lying on their sides.
Read MoreWe love us some sweet, sweet freedom down here in Texas, unless that freedom involves selling your car directly to your customers without having to go through a dealership. Our laws aren't big on that kind of freedom, and the last time the Texas Legislature met, Tesla Motors was way outgunned in the direct sales fight. Things could be different this time.
Read MoreAre you near Clackamas or Multnomah counties in Oregon? Do you have an urge to see a very creepy red-headed, naked man masturbate by a black 2001-2004 Chevy S-10? If so, this is a magical time for you, since there's a man of that description who's reported jerking off in front of his truck 14 times so far.
Read MoreFIRE! NOISE! VIOLENT AMERICAN SPEED! These are the things you'll get if you slap two turbos onto a Dodge Viper TA. Also, 1,042 horsepower at the rear wheels. Hellcat? More like Hell-kitten, amirite?
Read MoreThere is a grave injustice that has been visited on the American people for years. It's one that exposes this country's founding myth as a lie and reveals that none of us is truly free. We're just cogs in the system, nails that get hammered down if they dare to stick out.
Read MoreRolls-Royce has finally confirmed that it's making an SUV. Except it's not an SUV. They're calling it a "high-bodied car" that "can cross any terrain." That certainly sounds SUVish, no?
Read MoreThis is the brand new, limited-edition Aston Martin Vantage GT3. It's like a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, but with twice the cylinders.
Read MoreLotus is calling it an "all new supercar", but let's not kid ourselves. The Evora 400 is a bodykit, an engine upgrade, and a reworked interior designed to keep the lights on in Hethel.
Read MoreHeads of State, dictators, kingpins, and mafioso, Mercedes has given you the greatest gift of all. Twenty-one-and-a-half feet of hyper-extended Maybach excess packed so full of luxurious decadence it should have a dedicated harem compartment next to the nose candy dispenser. This is Pullman.
Read MoreIn less than 30 seconds, a 92-year-old driver managed to pinball around a parking lot, taking out 9 cars at a Piggly Wiggly in Mayville, Wisconsin. and local cops say he won't be cited.
Read MoreWhat do Tesla, the Sierra Club, and the Koch Brothers have in common? Car dealers, if you can believe it.
Read MoreInfinity tumbling is the most difficult acrobatic paragliding maneuver to perform, with the pilot flipping over the vertical line of the paraglide sail in consecutive loops. Add a passenger to the equation and the risk more than doubles.
Read MoreShockingly, people haven't exactly lined up to spend between $37,000 and $52,000 on a V8-powered family sedan that's so visually bland it makes a Crown Vic look like a Countach, even if that sedan happens to be great to drive. Perhaps a Camaro 1LE-inspired option will help boost Chevrolet SS sales. Maybe? (Probably not.)
Read MoreAs many of you know, I recently moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where – and I am told this by several longtime residents – the drivers are the worst. I find this interesting, however, because I had previously lived in Atlanta, Georgia, where many native Atlantans had assured me that local drivers are the worst.
Read MoreThere's been, to use the technical mathematical term, a crapload of speculation recently that Apple is developing a self-driving car. Almost all of this is stemming from one lousy picture of a sensor-and-camera-laden minivan. Never mind that the van is rigged for mapping, or any "facts" like that — Apple isn't registered for an autonomous car in California.
Read MoreKoenigsegg is introducing a new car called the Regera. Originally, we had heard that it was a model line that would come in below the Agera, some kind of entry level Koenigsegg. Boy were we wrong. It's a hybrid with 700 horsepower of electric power and Koenigsegg says it's the "fastest accelerating, most powerful production car ever." Damn.
Read MoreLCDR Joe "Smokin" Ruzicka, the last F-14 Radar Intercept Officer to fly the Tomcat Tactical demonstration, is back to walk us through exactly what it took to strap on a 70k pound F-14 Tomcat in the dark of night and successfully get flung off the front of a US Navy super carrier via one of the ship's mighty steam-piston catapults.
Read MoreWith rumors swirling about the newest flying car, I mean self-driving car, I mean Apple car, I'm forced to wonder how many times a very much non-automotive company has sold an automobile?
Read MoreThe United States Postal Service is reviewing bids for America's new mail truck this summer, but we here at Jalopnik have already done the hard work for them. You're welcome, USPS.
Read MoreDespite being a decade old now, a stock Bugatti Veyron 16.4 will still out-accelerate almost all cars you can throw at it. But not a Stage 3 Gallardo, which is sort of funny once you start to think about it.
Read MoreFurther proof that wagons are cool hip and trendy these days: Kia's new Sportspace concept car, built to preview their next family car, is a longroof.
Read MoreThis 1965 Ford GT40 is a regular contender at the Goodwood Revival, and is said to be one of the most original cars in existence. It's next race will be at the Members' Meeting next month.
Read MoreExcuse me while I drool over this upcoming Rocket Bunny kit for the Nissan S14.
Read MoreWe've been promised lots of things in The Future. Some of are panning out (see: autonomous vehicles) and others are still pipe dreams (see: flying cars). But we're getting closer to Jetsons-style home automation, and one enterprising Mac nerd isn't waiting around for automakers and consumer electronics companies to make it happen.
Read MoreI'm sorry, but in my opinion it was also a shitty one. Even if Regular Car Reviews disagrees.
Read MoreMore than a century after it opened, America's first airplane factory will become active again with a project to build a modern Wright Flyer. The new Wright Flyer will look like the original Wright Model B, but meet modern airworthiness standards.
Read MoreBrian J. Byers was driving his 2001 BMW while a little loaded, ran a stop sign, and slammed into a guard rail. Luckily, no one was hurt, so he limped the damaged BMW back home. Still drunk. Which may be why he did what he did next: returned to the accident scene to pour water on the road to make it look like the wreck was caused by ice, not drunk and stupid.
Read MoreWhen we're all wheelchair-bound amorphous blobs skirting between our PepsiBucks injections and the latest PixNey flick, how will our mechanical watches keep running? Rinspeed has you covered.
Read MoreAfter cringing through GM "spokesman" Rikk Wilde's laughably bad — yet surprisingly endearing — World Series presentation, then watching the company turn it into a great ad campaign, we thought "Ok, maybe they know what they're doing." Closer examination confirms... maybe not.
Read MoreIn some ways, you really have to admire the douchebaggery-double-down that this Lamborghini Gallardo owner pulled off. It's not just a jerky parking job across two spots, or parking in a handicapped space —this guy parked in the access aisle between two handicapped spots, making two — possibly four — handicapped spots unusable. Impressive.
Read MoreSwiss Air Force aerobatic jet demonstration team, Patrouille Suisse, teamed up with a Swiss International Airlines Airbus A320 in a wondrous formations flight through the Swiss Alps to kick of the 2015 Ski World Cup International Lauberhorn Races in Wengen.
Read MoreI kind of feel bad for the 252 horsepower Ford Focus ST these days. Over the past couple years it's become almost completely overshadowed by its smaller, cheaper, racier brother the Fiesta ST, and now there's a ton of hype around the upcoming Focus RS monster hatch.
Read MoreIn the electric car game, and possibly even in the luxury sedan game, the Tesla Model S is like the best gunslinger in the Old West right now. And that means tons of competitors are lining up to try and take it down, like Chevrolet and BMW. But if this rumor is true, the most plausible Tesla fighter could very well come from Porsche.
Read MoreThe pug-like Grumman we've seen shuttling mail around American neighborhoods since the 1980's is finally bowing out. The USPS is already collecting bids on the next-gen mail van... so what the heck should they go for?
Read MoreThese cars will be what Joey was to Friends, except not terrible.
Read MoreWhen Morgan introduced the Aero 8 in 2000, it was their first brand new car since 1948. Now, it's 2015, and they've made a new one. Oh, and it sounds like they kept the side pipes connected to a V8. Lovely.
Read MoreThis is the Citroën DS 5, their new flagship car that "carries all the genes of the DS brand" and is here "to revive the tradition of French premium vehicles." It's also a four-door hatchback.
Read MoreFrom this photo released by Audi this morning, I believe we can infer one of two things: either Audi is taking a radical design approach to the 2016 Audi R8 by making it look like a spooky ghost, OR this is the actual car hidden under a sheet. I wonder which is true?
Read MoreEver wonder why the government always sends planes into a hurricane to gather data, but doesn't really do so for regular thunderstorms? Let the Weather Channel's crazy hologram explain that it all has to do with the direction of the wind.
Read MoreSnowy conditions slid the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile off the road near the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 944 and Fairview Avenue in Enola, Pa., today. This isn't the first time the giant wiener has fallen prey to white slippery substances on the road.
Read MoreContinuing the tradition of Honda making shit that Torchy can't have (but I might actually be able to drive), there is a new concept for one of the N family of Honda kei cars: the N-One 'Natural' Concept. And it's spectacular.
Read MoreWhen you get a congested highway full of tailgaters, fast-lane hogs, and throw a cop in the mix, something's bound to go down. I'm not sure whether to call this a spectacle of quick reactions or just lucky people in a pit of dumbfuckery, but it sure is something else to see.
Read MoreOkay, so, I don't now much about Specs. In fact, I had to ask Torchy exactly what the heck a Spec was, but I have made some pretty awesome anime music videos in my time, so I understand the labors of love that are fan videos. And the folks at Digital Giant apparently really, really love the Tesla Model S.
Read MoreI want to go to Iceland. Looks fun. Like a vast, dark, charming Wintery hell.
Read MoreI'm not an expert on composites, but the way I see it, Duroplast was a smarter choice than fiberglass, yet Trabants were the only cars made out of this cotton-based plastic while fiberglass went widestream with the Corvette.
Read MoreEver wonder what ventriloquist Jeff Dunham drives? Of course you have — you're human. Like most of us, I'm sure you assumed that he drives a filthy Ford Aspire with a home-made wooden rear extension that's packed with ventriloquist dummies, puppets, and empty bottles of cheap gin. That's not the case at all!
Read MoreThe long-promised but yet-to-be-delivered upgrade to the Tesla Roadster is coming this year, and while Tesla still hasn't told its earliest adopters exactly when they can get the update or how much it cost, the automaker just completed a non-stop, 340-mile trip.
Read More"Fuck you Travis Oval-piston-face." The words repeated and scorched the inside of my head and the anger grew and swelled and assumed a magnitude which left me no longer in control of it.
Read MoreThe Dutch Dockwise Vanguard is a semi-submersible heavy lift ship built in 2012 by Hyundai Heavy Industries that can carry 110,000 tons. That makes it the largest marine transport vessel in the world. Oil company Eni Norge gave them a call.
Read MoreThe British Red Bull Air Race Champion wasn't the only pilot to received penalties, but his venture below 10 meters earned him a disqualification from the race director during official qualifying for the Master Class in tomorrow's season opener in Abu Dhabi.
Read MoreWhere there's smoke, there's fire, and a flurry of reports, spy shots, and "leaks" point to Apple working on something car-related. But nobody has any idea what it is.
Read MoreYou know all about how prototype camouflaging works nowadays, but would you believe that what you see here is an Alfa Romeo Montreal mule? Classic prototypes were way cooler.
Read MoreI'm going to admit that I got sucked into all the Hellcat frenzy. How could you not when Dodge gave us a 707hp monster muscle car for sixty-grand. Now that the tire smoke has cleared, I've come to the conclusion that the Hellcat is a bonkers car to drive, but a stupid car to buy. Here is why you shouldn't get one right now.
Read MoreA star ace of the Israeli Air Force is finally being put out to pasture. F-16A 'Netz' (Hawk) tail number 107, one of the first delivered to the IAF, has no less than 6.5 confirmed air-to-air victories, as well as a partial kill on one Iraqi nuclear reactor as part of the daring and historicOperation Opera. Its air-to-air record remains unmatched by any F-16 ever built.
Read MoreSometimes, in a particular company's lineup of cars, there's one standout car that, whether appreciated or not, carries within it more potential than its parent company can see. It can even get to the point where you could actually see how it could spin-off into its own brand. Like Rhoda from the Mary Tyler Moore show, but with cars.
Read MoreThis French-built, open cockpit ultralight was designed specifically with the adventure pilot in mind. I think a nine state journey, spanning 9000 miles, traversing mountains, rivers, and seashores qualifies as a certified adventure, and I want to try it.
Read MoreThese are the things that define the car of today.
Read MoreIt's awfully hard not to like the Infiniti Q60 Concept. It's quite likely the sexiest-looking car the brand has ever produced, and while it's still a concept at this point, the production version should be very similar. Now it seems it will have power as well as beauty.
Read MoreYou're not a kid anymore, really. A car is no longer some novelty that you can barely believe you're allowed to use — it's a tool, it's a passion, it's your freedom — it's a big part of your life. That's why you should get rid of these five things, if, somehow, you still have them in your car.
Read MoreNo, not the video game. This is a story about real life grand theft auto, and it's remarkably sweet.
Read MoreThe new Ford GT concept is nothing short of breathtaking in person. I admit that blue paint the car debuted in is sharp, but this silver... dear lord it's like the very spirt of speed bottled into a bullet! Indulge your eyeballs on this glorious gallery.
Read MoreSpecial Editions of the 2016 Toyota Corolla and its big brother the Camry have just dropped at the Chicago Auto Show. They come in bright colors with matched interior accents, and a subtle "SPORT" button on the dash to unlock "more aggressive driving dynamics." So, youths, are you in?!
Read MoreMost of us know something of the Jeep's origin story, with the military sending out a list of requirements and an insane 49-day deadline, and only plucky little desperate American Bantam actually got a vehicle in by the deadline. But what's less known is the insane vehicle that inspired it all: the Belly-Flopper.
Read MoreMuch of the arguments before the United States Supreme Court would bore the average layperson to tears. But in a case before the Court concerning traffic stops a few weeks ago, Chief Justice John Roberts apparently admitted something absolutely nuts. He's never been pulled over by a cop before. Ever.
Read MoreAutomotive depreciation is kind of like Robin Hood: it makes models that would regularly be available to only the rich, accessible to those with even the most laughable of bank account balances. But what good is it if the car has notoriously expensive mechanical issues? Don't worry, I got your back.
Read MoreVehicle security is just as important – if not more so – than its fuel economy, and new legislation has been proposed to put that information front-and-center on new cars.
Read MoreThe USAF's leadership wants the A-10 Warthog retired seemingly at all costs. Now it appears that USAF went far beyond broken logic and used-car salesmanship to make their anti-Warthog case, cooking the books and apparently putting an informal gag order on officers that may otherwise tell the truth about the jet's indispensable performance to Congress.
Read MoreA totally legit Russian research & development production company that makes actual space suits for real astronauts and ejection seats for Sukhoi and MiG fighter jets has now patented an escape system for light airplanes.
Read MoreVolkswagen and Audi have been putting most of their eggs into the battery-electric basket, despite a few hydrogen-powered concepts in the past. But it wants to diversify, and VAG's next big move is a new fuel-cell patent deal with one of the most auto-focused hydrogen propulsion companies around.
Read MoreJennifer Brinkley had a typical summer morning planned on July 15: get up, get dressed, and take her son to tennis practice. That changed when six body armor-clad Department of Homeland Security agents and local police officers showed up at her North Carolina home and blocked her driveway. They were there because of an arbitrary law promulgated 26 years ago to guard the prerogatives—and profits—of automakers and car dealers. Specifically, they were there to take Brinkley’s truck.
Read MoreI don't know about you, but I wake up every morning disappointed that my world doesn't look like Tron. Maybe I'll buy a Nissan Leaf to spice things up a bit. The automaker's UK arm showed off its electric car with the world's first ultraviolet-energized paint as an option, which will make it glow at night. Neat!
Read MoreToyota announced a redesigned version of the GT86 (which we in the states know as the Scion FR-S or Subaru BRZ) with a great-looking new front end that I think gives it the classic look of an old 240Z or an E-Type. It's called the Cb, which I'm told stands for "Cool Beauty." I'm also told it's "for women." Come on, really?
Read MorePorsche has confirmed that pretty soon, just about every 911 will be a 911 with a turbo. (Where that leaves the 911 Turbo is unclear.) Like everyone, their engines are going smaller and turbocharged, and legendary racing driver Walter Röhrl, of all people, let loose with the details.
Read MoreThere are elements that define the modern driving experience, the modern automobile. Transmissions that shift themselves, dashboards that read you directions, keys that work from your pocket.
Read MoreWe hate these cars so much we want to send them back. And when deport these cars from the US, then we'll have more room to import Skyline GT-Rs! That's how it works, right?
Read MoreHonda's Marketing VP Jeff Conrad just said the upcoming second-generation Honda Ridgeline will have "truck-like proportions while maintaining flexibility that made the Ridgeline [blah blah award] Truck Of The Year." So, a little bigger and still unibody?
Read MoreChevrolet's last all-electric commuter car, the Spark EV, was only sold in California and Oregon. Chevy's new one, the Bolt, is privileged enough to be purchased in every state of the Union.
Read MoreSome gearheads love horsepower. Some love torque. Some love RPM. This car is for that third group.
Read MoreThe Ford GT was the most delightful, pleasant, and AMERICAN surprise of the Detroit Auto Show. Today at the Chicago Auto Show, it has emerged that the Ford GT will be built, and it'll be built in Canada. This is excellent news, eh?
Read MoreFord will be part of the U.S. Government-created Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, aiming to accelerate research and development of low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber for its future products. Watch out BMW, you won't be alone soon.
Read MoreHarry Metcalfe says this electrical nightmare is in fact great, because "everything is dead easy to fix". I guess he means as long as you work for Jaguar Land Rover like he does and have a proper crew of experts at hand.
Read MoreGetting a car in the Soviet Union of the 1970s was very similar to not getting a car in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Most of the time was spent not having a car. Waiting lists could be a decade long, and most people just waited it out. But not Boris Karavkin, an artist from Minsk. He just built his own damn car.
Read MoreElon Musk has said in the past that he wants the Tesla Model 3 to be "different from any other car on the road." But to avoid the production delays that have affected the Model X SUV, Tesla is going to start with a more simple Model 3 and then expand the line into a range of products.
Read MoreThe air quality in Paris is among the worst in Europe. It's so bad that last year the city banned cars one day to try and bring down dangerous levels of smog. Under Paris' new mayor, banning certain cars in certain areas will be the new normal in a few years.
Read MoreTomorrow marks exactly one year since a sinkhole opened up underneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, swallowing eight rare and unusual Corvettes like in some tragic Greek mythology story except with Corvettes. But time marches on, and today, the sinkhole is no more.
Read MoreJustice has a name, and thy moniker is "minivan driver."
Read MoreTesla is out with its fourth quarter financial results for 2014 and the end of the year, and it's finally released numbers on how many people have raised their hands for its new – and severely delayed – Model X SUV. It's a lot, and it's one of the reasons Tesla thinks it will sell 55,000 vehicles this year.
Read MoreThe expansion of BMW's i sub-brand is inevitable, and the next obvious model in the pipeline is a sedan, likely wearing an i5 or i7 badge. But despite calling BMW's new electrically motivated sedan a "Tesla fighter", Car reports that it's going to use an internal combustion engine to extend range.
Read MoreAs many of you know, I'm currently in the midst of importing a Nissan Skyline GT-R to the United States. Some of you have asked why I chose the Skyline GT-R, and so today I must reveal the answer to this question: because I still have thousands of leftover Gran Turismo 2 credits I can use to buy sweet mods.
Read MoreNow, perhaps deep in some underground government lab there exists a harder taillight-identification quiz, but if there is, I haven't seen it. We've done taillight-identification quizzes here before, but I've upped the difficulty on this one pretty significantly. But you're good — no, great at this. You should give it a go.
Read MoreThere are cars that we'd risk prison time for just to get them into America. But what cars should have never been in America in the first place? What should we kick out?
Read MoreHonda has promised that the new 276 horsepower (or more) Civic Type R will not only be the baddest hot hatch around, but also the most extreme Honda ever made. How fast will it go? Up to 167 MPH, the company announced today. As they say in Japan, "That's a spicy meatball!"
Read MoreMotores Patelo, the little one-man miniature engine shop that could, is a true gift to the world. Handcrafting real, working piston engines from scratch, and setting the assembly of those engines to swelling movie scores, is the kind of work that sets humanity apart from the animals. And its come up with its toughest challenge yet.
Read MoreAre you tired of hauling your glorious state flags of Texas around at a meager 100 or 150 MPH? Of course you are — who wouldn't be? Well, you have reason to be delighted, since the good folks at Hennessey have just run their supercharged HPE700 Mustang at an alarming 195 MPH.
Read MoreOh, what? You thought the BMW M2 would be revealed at the Geneva Motor Show next month? Well, that ain't what we got. Instead I have something for you that is very, very different. Meet the 2-Series Gran Tourer, an all-new model.
Read MoreWe were sent a tip, from Canada, claiming that a man in a Chevy Malibu was busted going 226 KPH, or 140 MPH, on a highway in Nova Scotia. I immediately discounted this, as the thought of any Malibu doing 140 is frankly absurd, let alone in Canada. But then I saw the buried lead. It was a rental.
Read MoreAfter another dismal sales month in China, Elon Musk is ready to fire the executives running the show in the country.
Read MoreThis week's Top Gear, which had a bit on homemade ambulances, made a bold claim. Host Jeremy Clarkson, known as the "Giant Ape" to his colleagues, actually said that New York City volunteer ambulance service Hatzolah has a response time of only four minutes. But he's wrong. It's faster.
Read MoreVolkswagen has announced plans to invest in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, but it's a paltry $10 million and it's only good through next year.
Read MoreGhia only built two Cadillac Coupes based on the '53 chassis, and the amazing Petersen Museum happens to own one of them. It doesn't get more L.A. than this.
Read MoreA talking pile of human waste dressed in clothing and calling himself a "Saudi Historian" and going by the name Saleh al-Saadoon actually said on a televised interview that he felt American women drive because being raped is "no big deal to them." Incredibly, this drooling simpleton seems to believe this.
Read MoreThese pictures have been bouncing around the car-loving internet for a few days, and are both painful to look at and impossible to ignore. The story is the destructive work was from a cheated-upon wife, though there's no real proof. What is obvious, though, is that whoever did this is a master of really fucking something up.
Read MoreVirgin's Australian airline has officially stripped its budget brand as well as the paint from its last Boeing 737-800 with the original Virgin Blue livery. They were so happy to get rid of the old ass paint scheme that a timelapse video was made to commemorate the occasion.
Read MoreA man in Mississippi recently faced up to 20 years in prison for importing a 2001 Nissan Silvia S15 and the collective response from the Internet was, all that just for a Silvia?
Read MoreHow badly does Cadillac want the 2016 ATS-V to compete with the new BMW M3 and M4? Enough that they're priced extremely close. Cadillac this morning announced the starting prices of their hotted-up ATS sedan and coupe.
Read MoreDubai isn’t like America in many, many ways. Take their police fleet, for instance. Here, we get mad if our cops even mention buying a new car. There, the police have a collection of the most expensive and fastest supercars in the world. And they made a film about them.
Read MoreI told you driving a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat wasn't easy! People act like all you have to do is mash the throttle for instant tire-melting American glory, and then they wonder how they end up in a ditch. Imagine that: a 707 horsepower, rear-drive car that's kind of tricky.
Read MoreImagine, if you will, an alternate 1973. A world like ours, but with one exception: Volkswagen selected this sliding-door Golf for production instead of the conventional, swing-out-door one. How would that world then differ, from the cascading effects of this one decision?
Read MoreThe Nissan Silvia S15 is currently banned for road use in the United States. Good.
Read MoreThe Ferrari 488 GTB is a new Ferrari that has an engine that has a lot of power. But how much power, exactly?
Read MoreI'm aware that public transport, and therefore the fleet or rolling stock is not that important for most Americans. But in Europe, we can easily get more attached to our trams than our cars since we use them more. That's why I was sad to see my daily rides go to hell in the outskirts of Budapest.
Read MoreHow seriously does America take its ban on importing cars that are younger than 25 years old? Ask Kendall Noble of Ocean Springs, Mississippi. For importing a 2001 Nissan Silvia into the U.S., he faced up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Read MoreFor the few vehicles that actually support Apple CarPlay, an iPhone has to be connected to the car over USB, but that looks like it's going to change with a new software update.
Read MoreYou like the 997 GT2, right? Of course you do. How about one with an engine tuned by SharkWerks to produce 775 horses at the crank?
Read MoreThe alarmingly-named Tesla Crash website has a logo with a wrecked car (not a Tesla) and blood-red, splattery typography. You'd think it'd be a warning site about how Teslas have a secret "Murder Mode." It's really just a bunch of Connecticut car dealers afraid of not getting to make more money.
Read MoreAfter an uneventful exit, this tandem skydiving pair make an unexpected close encounter with the very same airplane they jumped out of. So close was the collision that the reserve parachute was needed and most likely a new pair of pants as well.
Read MoreThe troupe of happy-go-lucky gadabouts who make up Ryanair's ground crew exercised their rights as human beings by drawing a giant snowdick on the powdery tarmac of the runway. Philistines soon complained about the glorious snow-penis, but Ryanair, to their credit, handled Snowdickgate like a champ.
Read MoreThere's just some things that you never see coming. Like the time I found that, thanks to a simple mistranslation, I spent a decade praying to Count Chocula. Or, even more improbably, the German carmaker Borgward, gone for 54 years, will be making a comeback at the Geneva Auto Show. Borgward? Really?
Read MoreIn a broad-reaching report by 60 Minutes about DARPA and the Internet of Things, the Department of Defense has shown that it can hack General Motors' OnStar system to remote control a last-gen Chevrolet Impala.
Read MoreAmerica's Favorite Uncle, Vice President Joe Biden may have had one of his favorite cars in his European motorcade—and he probably didn't even know it! The motorcade briefly had a Tesla Model S as part of the caravan. For the press. I bet Uncle Joe is sad he missed it.
Read MoreIs this the new Audi R8? Yes, this is probably the new Audi R8. According to Instagram user Dreboog, he was able to get ahold of the leaked photograph of the front (as well as unreleased photos of the sides and the rear). Of course, he is not naming his source.
Read MoreFord is coming correct with the 2016 Focus RS. The old RevoKnuckle suspension system was fine for mitigating torque steer on the previous front-wheel drive, but with the new car they've added a potent all-wheel drive system. And it won't just stay on the RS, either.
Read MoreMy father-in-law's reaction to being pummeled with 691 horsepower of instant-on electric acceleration in the Tesla Model S P85D was fun, but this, this is educational.
Read MoreIntrepid Jalopnik reader Chris came across something very unusual on Ford's Facebook page this afternoon — a car that, at first glance, looked like it could be the race-ready, Le Mans-going version of the Ford GT. I think it's a weird-ass Photoshop. The question is, why?
Read MoreThe White House is looking to hike the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's defect investigation budget after automakers doubled the previous recall record last year with almost 64 million vehicles. But it also wants to get EV incentives up, which has about as much chance as Fiat making a dime on the 500E.
Read MoreColin Chapman's famous adage "simplify, then add lightness" is basically the Gospel around these parts. Engineers go to incredible extremes to take out unnecessary weight in a car, all in the name of performance and efficiency. What's the coolest example you've seen?
Read MoreHave you ever bought a Rolls-Royce? Specifically, have you ever bought a strangely small Rolls-Royce that had kind of bad paint, a headliner ripped all to hell, and desperately needed a muffler for, oh, about $1100? If so, my friend, then I’m afraid you’ve been had, because that wasn’t a real Rolls at all! Luckily, this court decision is here to protect you.
Read MorePlenty of people like to think of the Tesla Model S as a massive smartphone on wheels, with its huge battery, monolithic touchscreen, and constant software updates. So to hear that Tesla has snagged more employees from Apple than anywhere else shouldn't come as a surprise.
Read MoreFirst there were cars. Then the Miura brought us the supercars. Then the hybrid ushered in the age of the hypercar. But what the hell is a "megacar"? We have no idea, but it's what the maniacs at Koenigsegg are promising us.
Read MoreI can't tell you what type of Toyota it was, but it instinctively looked sub-Camry, and yet by the same token supra-Corolla. There are some funny looking cars in Dubai. Its confident arrival outside the hotel didn't jangle any internal-alarms, and I hopped in with high hopes for a relaxing, expedient journey.
Read MoreYou know what most cars are made of? Steel? Aluminum? Fiberglass? Sort of. Really, they're made of parts. Glorious, funny-shaped parts, by the barrel-full. So here's something to think about: are there any of these parts that are especially good for something other than being on a car?
Read MoreSome cars are so innovative they redefine the segment, sometimes even the whole industry. These cars are the opposite of that.
Read MoreKia's planning on unveiling their Soul-based Trail'ster e-AWD concept at the upcoming Chicago Auto Show, but they're just so damn excited they couldn't help but release this picture, seemingly taken by a dog. This should be a fun concept, and, unlike the other Soul-based "-ster" concepts, maybe it'll actually get made.
Read MoreIf you need to own the smallest tri-jet in production, you should seriously consider this new Falcon from Dassault. The 900LX variation on the French-built corporate jet beautifully incorporates high-mach blended winglets, creating quite possibly the most versatile aircraft in the world.
Read MoreYesterday morning, in Exeter, NH, this happened. Somehow. No one was hurt, and no one really understands just how this Chevy Spark managed to crash so it ended up doing a nose-stand in the snow. Was a giant playing mumbleypeg with it? Did the owner train it to do yoga? Can it do other tricks?
Read MoreThe big question for me about the new Ford Focus RS is: can it do sweet AWD donuts? The answer: yes, at least when Ken Block is driving.
Read MoreJames Robertson walks 21 miles every single day to commute to work. He hasn't had a car since his broke down... 10 years ago. His story became public this week and was met with an outpouring of support from around the country. Now, James is set to get more than $300,000 from a GoFundMe campaign. He's also getting a Ford Taurus. For free.
Read MoreRight now I'm writing this with blood dripping from my nose because when I first saw this image of Honda's tiny kei-class pickup and its little, impeccably-designed camper, I leapt at my screen in an instinctive attempt to get to the car. Of course, I impacted the monitor hard, and fell off the back of my desk, legs kicking uselessly in the air.
Read MoreEvery so often a car comes along and blows its competitors out of the water. Big flashy debut, big sales success. That's a gamechanger. And then all the other automakers rush to copy it. What do you call those cars?
Read MoreCity subways cease passenger operations when there's a little bit of snow falling on the ground. But city subways don't carry the weight or the sheer cajones of a Canadian National freight train. No tiny little bits of solid water can stop the relentless onslaught that is a goddamn train.
Read MoreCars and smartwatches are a natural fit, so if you're trying to show off your coding and design chops, you could do a lot worse than combining the two hottest tech products of the moment – the Apple Watch and Tesla – to show how they could work together.
Read MoreThe MiG-17F made it's mark over the skies of Vietnam doing battle against U.S. aircraft like the F-4 Phantom II. Now, its great heritage and extraordinary maneuverability has made it a favorite airshow performer. Here's the uncanny amount of work involved to keep a 40 year old soviet fighter flying all summer.
Read MoreThere comes a time in the life of every Land Rover owner when he thinks about his children. Specifically, he thinks: "What's a more reliable way to get my children to school: Drive them in my Land Rover? Or let them carpool with a heroin addict?"
Read MoreWith the Focus RS release yesterday, and persistent rumors of a Fiesta RS floating around, it's safe to say that the air has been saturated with RS-speculation and interest. Which is why I wasn't too surprised to receive a leaked slide of Ford's upcoming RS plans. But I was very surprised at what I saw.
Read MoreWatch this outstanding display of utilitarian performing arts. as these brave and under appreciated pilots take to the early morning skies and demonstrate the magic of flight while simultaneously killing bugs. Quite possibly the most aggressive flying a civilian pilot can do and get paid.
Read MoreFinally, a Chevy Express that lives up to its name.
Read MoreApple is apparently upping its mapping game with at least a few minivans kitted out with a combination of LIDAR and cameras spotted in both New York and California. But this likely isn't Apple's first foray into autonomous vehicles.
Read MoreIt's not like we're starving for cars to buy, yet, for certain particular tastes and niches, finding the vehicle you want can prove far trickier than you'd expect. The car market — I'm thinking about the US market, but feel free to imagine whatever you want — has a few big, gaping holes. So what do you think the biggest hole is? Mind out of the gutter, also.
Read MoreThese are the coolest places in the world where you'll find automakers developing their newest cars. Well, you could. If you were allowed in.
Read MoreJust a little over six months since the last fatal TransAsia ATR-72 crash, Flight GE235 crashed shortly after takeoff. The turboprop aircraft, with approximately 58 souls on board, was able to climb to 1,350 feet, before contacting air traffic control announcing "MAYDAY ENGINE FLAMEOUT."
Read MoreStreet racing is so dumb. Seriously. It's one of the dumbest and most irresponsible things you can do in a car. Yet the drivers of this Hellcat and GT-R decide they'd rather risk the lives of everyone around them to street race. Thankfully, the cops were also there and they put a stop to it.
Read MoreThe Porsche Cayman GT4 debuted last night to universal excitement over its raucous performance, manual-only transmission, and super speedy 'Ring time. Except... did Porsche fake its debut video running the Nürburgring?
Read MoreRM Auctions has a big event coming up in Paris and oh man. Oh man. Ohhhhhh man it is so full of Grade A super want mega need machinery I don't know where to start.
Read MoreI was invited to Topaz Detailing last week to take some photos of the supercars they're putting paint protection film on. These are only very quick snaps, but I hope you enjoy them anyway.
Read MoreLondon's Metropolitan Police is out with a new study that estimates over 6,000 cars were stolen in the city using electronic key spoofing technology, accounting for an average of 17 vehicles lifted each day.
Read MoreBefore new cars are released, manufacturers often give prototypes to their established factory drivers, if for nothing more than a little fine-tuning. In Gymkhana master Ken Block's case, Ford gave him a brand new 2016 Ford Focus RS prototype, just so he could drive it like a nut through the company's own factory.
Read MoreProving that he's not some one-trick lying pony, Lance Armstrong branched out from his trademark lying about taking performance-enhancing drugs to try lying about hitting some parked cars according to police reports. After a night out in Aspen, Armstrong lost control of his Yukon, hit a couple parked cars, and sent his girlfriend out to take the blame.
Read MoreI wanted a Lancia Delta Integrale. I really did.
Read MoreIf this radar detector saves you from just one speeding ticket, it'll have already paid for itself. [Cobra XRS9370 High-Performance Radar/Laser Detector with 360-Degree Protection, $58]
Read MoreI have one problem in my life (and ONLY one problem, don't talk about the Other Thing), and that is that I both don't have an ice-racing race car, nor do I live near an ice racing track, and also, it is winter. But I just heard about ice karting, and now it is all I want to do forever and ever into eternity.
Read MoreLt. Col. Fred "Spanky" Clifton is one of the most experienced aggressor pilots ever, having flown the F-15, F-5, F-16 and the notorious MiG-29. He's been in dogfights with pretty much every fighter out there and he's an instructor at the prestigious Fighter Weapons School. Now he's here to share his expertise with you.
Read MoreThat is, if you haven't fallen in love with the 320 horsepower, all-wheel drive 2016 Ford Focus already. And if you haven't, I would encourage you to check your pulse.
Read MoreOh ho ho! Someone's gonna lose their job over this one! The whole internet is collectively shitting their internet-pants over this dazzling wower of a leak of pictures the new Opel Corsa OPC ahead of its official reveal and ... aw, screw it. I can't even pretend to give a shit. Sorry, Opel, but today wasn't the best day for this.
Read MoreA police variant of the 2016 Ford Explorer was inevitable, cops can't buy enough of the current one. Here's what it looks like lurking in the dark, we'll see the whole thing and find out all about the "cop engine, cop suspension, cop brakes" and such at the Chicago Auto Show next week.
Read MoreNissan has long tagged their Maxima large sedan as the "4 Door Sports Car," but it hasn't really been that in a long time, if it ever was at all. But with this new 2016 Maxima, the car Nissan surprise-revealed in their Super Bowl ad, it kind of looks the part.
Read MoreHere's our first glimpse of the 2016 Ford Focus RS, the turbocharged beastie that's set to spark thousands of forum flamewars and more than a few cases of buyer's remorse. And we're finally getting it in the states, probably.
Read MoreWell, this is interestingly timed. Hot on the heels of a report claiming Uber is beginning to work on self-driving technology, Google is supposedly in the process of developing its own ridesharing service.
Read MoreWe're pretty amped about the debut of the 2016 Ford Focus RS tomorrow, and even more amped that it's coming to America. But surprisingly, there's still quite a but we don't know about it, especially when it comes to how it will put down all that power.
Read MoreMore than 25 seconds after a departing Blackhawk Sikorsky UH-60 takes off from Runway 33 in Fort Collins, Colorado, a student pilot attempted to land a Cirrus SR20 and was tossed like a rag doll after descending through the massive rotor downwash.
Read MoreThe Nanjing fire department has reportedly spent $1.5 million on a new fire truck with two front ends and the Chinese media is pretty excited about it. Nanjing's vehicle is the first predecessor of the the Janus 4000; an incredibly capable and mission-specific rescue tool born from an unholy tragedy 16 years ago.
Read MoreLast year, Ferrari released the California T, the first turbocharged car from Maranello since the F40 some 25 years earlier. Tomorrow, Ferrari will unveil its updated 458M, a mid-engined V8 Ferrari that is supposed to have 650 or more horsepower thanks to a little hair dryer attached to the engine. It'll probably be magnificent.
Read MoreMounting a smartphone in a car shouldn't be complicated. It just needs to be sturdy, secure, and adjustable. The Ram X-Grip dominates on all those fronts, and does it with military-grade construction, an array of modular accessories, and a grip that accommodates damn near any smartphone on the market.
Read MoreFUN FACT: When I was a 16-year-old dumbass I had a TRD badge on the trunk of my first car, an automatic Toyota Corolla, because I was REALLY INTO CARS and had seen The Fast and The Furious way too many times. (I'm not proud of any of this.) But now Toyota thinks actual TRD tuner models can lure in the youths.
Read MoreYou know how much you love that heady brew of probably spine-eroding chemicals that makes up new car smell? Sure you do — I've seen you sneaking into dealerships and cramming your face in a glovebox for one good huff. Well, Lincoln found that in China, the new car smell they prefer is... nothing. A stench void. Olfactory nothingness.
Read MoreLast night Nissan formally announced that they will compete in the World Endurance Championship with a front-engine, front-wheel drive racer that has 1,250 horsepower and looks like the love child of a GT-R and a Jag E-Type. It's the kind of trip to Crazytown that makes us love racing in the first place.
Read MoreWho needs to build private racetracks when we've got incredible public roads like these?
Read MoreHow many American consumers are looking to purchase a new long-range stealth super-bomber? None. So why would Northrop Grumman spend big bucks on producing such a glitzy ad and pay to have it run in Washington DC and Dayton, Ohio during the Super Bowl? Defense contractors have learned a thing or two from Steve Jobs.
Read MoreNissan faked us out, showing us not only the new GT-R Nismo LMP1 car, but also showing clearly the new 2016 Nissan Maxima, looking very similar to the concept with, you know, real door handles.
Read MoreHelsinki is Europe's northernmost capital, so being welcomed here with bit of a snowstorm on the first day of February didn't come as a surprise. As you can see, the locals also choose their vehicles wisely.
Read MoreCressida is a character from the Trojan War, an event that also gave us the iconic Trojan Horse. Like that ancient trope, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Cressida contains a surprise. You'll have to decide if its price will make it worth letting through the gates.
Read MoreThe ad for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bronco claims it was once used for geology work. It's also got a 3 on the tree and a cool camper top, but you'll have to decide if its seller is nothing but a gold digger.
Read MoreThe Scrambler has long been one of Jeep's more sought-after editions. Add in the Cummins diesel that has been bolted to today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender and the only thing that you might think is left to do is to see if its price makes it worth the scramble.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender is an unfinished project… from the '60s! It's as idiosyncratic a throwback as Austin Powers and twice as British, but will its price prove to be groovy, baby?
Read MorePaul Revere is famous for alerting the colonial militia of the impending British invasion, and, when not being tattletale, for being a silversmith. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Sterling represents another British attempt to gain a foothold on American soil, and is named after Britain's currency. Will its price however, require too much of your silver?
Read MoreDriving today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mustang might require a small pickup as wingman, following wherever it goes, and carrying a sign that reads 'Wide Load.' That's because this pony sports some cool, and hells-big, fender flares from back in the day, but will its price also be seen as 'a load?'
Read MoreComing across today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW for sale in the U.S. is like finding Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, and a contrite Kanye West all playing tiddlywinks together in your bathroom. Unicornish as it may be, is its price also a rare sight?
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 405 is appropriately painted a shade of French blue. A popular car in its time everywhere but here, it's now a rare sight no matter what the hue. Regardless, let's find out if its price makes this one French in Action!
Read MoreThe seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bluebird says he's testing the waters with his price, and is in no hurry to sell. We will of course let him know if he's a fair price, or if he's all wet.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercedes is claimed to have at one time been big in Japan. It is in fact big everywhere goes, and since it's here now and for sale, we'll need to decide if its price makes it a big deal.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ferrari is said to have once been owned by the rock guitar legend Edward Van Halen. You'll need to decide if that provenance, along with some other factors means its price also totally rocks.
Read MoreAmericans may have a hard time trying to buy today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 5.0 M-Coupe by Hartge, but that doesn't mean they can't Google an exchange rate and see just how much they should care about what they're missing.
Read MoreOne of the original complaints about Porsche's 924 was that it lacked enough power to properly represent the brand, and the company's answer to that was the 944. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 944 wanted even more and so its builder has looked outside the brand, to Chevy. Will this LT1-powered Porsche also power up on the price?
Read MoreThe seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Peugeot claims it's the "one to have." It is a pretty interesting ride even if you aren't a Francophile, but will its price have you saying Merci or Merde?
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ford Bronco puts the 'can' in American, but will its price put the 'dumb' in freedom?
Read MoreThe original window sticker for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi lists its MTV-era price at eighteen grand. It still looks pretty showroom fresh, and its price now is almost a third of when new. Will that price however, to be enough for you to have the good kind of sticker shock?
Read MoreSusan Lucci is famous for being perennially nominated for a daytime emmy but not winning until 1999. Similarly, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mazda Luce Royal Classic never won the award for stateside sales, until this one showed up on the Craigslist. Let's see if you find its price to be award-worthy.
Read MoreIt seems that nobody is buying the new Chevy SS. Maybe that's because of cars like today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe '95 SS, which just so happens to rock a six-speed. Check it out, and see if its price has you thinking this SS is a super star.
Read MoreThe answer may always be Miata, but what if the question is how do I stand out from the rest of the Mazda sports car-driving crowd? Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Diniata does stand out, oh yes it does, and you'll need to decide if its price is also outstanding.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW has just about everything a true Jalop could want: a longroof body; V8 engine; 6-speed stick; and the potential chance to get a new insurer. Let's see if we can add its price to that list as well.
Read MoreSee that little yellow thing in front of that plane? Yeah, that's a Volkswagen Tiguan.
Read MoreWith the anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 approaching, our stablemates over at the Gawker asked which conspiracy theories about it we buy. But why limit ourselves to one flight? There's a whole world of conspiracy theories out there. Like the General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy.
Read MoreAww, yes: Harris Hill Road. My car lives here. I live here. (I have an apartment for stuff, but...haha, no.) This race is like the 12 Hours of My Couch. My Porschelump 944 should DOMINATE! Just kidding. I have no idea what I’m doing in race traffic. Not. A. Clue.
Read MoreGood news for Travis Kvapil! According to WXYZ, the Team Xtreme race car Kvapil was supposed to race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was found early today by the side of the road northwest of Atlanta in Gwinnett County, Georgia, twenty miles from where it was stolen.
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Read MoreLotus has announced that Carmen Jordá is its new development driver for the year. Could she beat Susie Wolff to a Formula One drive? We're not sure, but it's pretty awesome to see another woman nudging closer to competing in F1.
Read MoreThe truck and trailer containing the number 44 Team Xtreme Sprint Cup race car driven by Travis Kvapil was stolen out of a Morrow, Georgia, Drury Inn parking lot where the team was spending the night.
Read MoreSeveral National Hot Rod Association drag racers who appeared on the worst idea for a show ever, Street Outlaws, have been warned that their competition license may be suspended for going on the show. Problem is, several members are still booked to appear on the show and this sudden change in policy enforcement comes at just the wrong time.
Read MoreWe got the first official pics this afternoon, and now we have more info. Guess what? The Mercedes-AMG GT3 will race with an engine we all know and love: the 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 from the SLS AMG. Welcome back, old friend.
Read MorePhotos of the Mercedes AMG-GT3 have leaked out onto this new fangled internet, and it looks pretty damn great. Hopefully it has the performance to match those sinister looks, because it's wading into an incredibly competitive field.
Read MoreWhat better place to set a movie about a con man's biggest stunt than in racing, where you know that everyone's trying to bend every rule possible to eke out an advantage, anyway? That's what they're doing with the new Will Smith movie Focus, and it looks like it works. Best of all, actual IndyCars will appear in the film.
Read MoreNo, there isn't a deal for the Formula One German Grand Prix yet, either at Hockenheim or at the Nürburgring. That being said, Nürburgring official Carsten Schumacher admitted to Swiss mag Motorsport Aktuell that the circuit is willing to host the grand prix at a financial loss—provided they can eat the cost.
Read MoreMcLaren confirmed in a statement today that driver Fernando Alonso has gone home from the hospital to his family's home in Spain. He will continue recovery there, but will be forced to miss the last preseason Formula One test.
Read MoreIf this Formula One car looks familiar, well, it sure looks a lot like the leaked render we saw ten days ago. Regardless, it's official this time: this is the new Force India VJM08 race car. Force India is the only team who hasn't gotten test time in their new car for 2015, and now they will be late with it to Barcelona, too.
Read MoreTo say that the Pirelli World Challenge series is growing would be a massive understatement. They have more manufacturer interest than ever before as well as a few teams who would usually be running United SportsCar who've joined in the fun. How awesome is the field this year? Look at this test day.
Read MoreKyle Busch and wife Samantha look happy to be leaving the Halifax Medical Center in Florida. Busch was released following a horrific accident during the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday. He will be transferred to a North Carolina hospital for further treatment.
Read MoreA suspension wasn't the only thing spawned by the Kurt Busch protective order ruling last week. Pit stall vandalism, regrettable tweets and even an IndyCar statement have been among the fallout from NASCAR's decision to suspend Kurt Busch indefinitely. Here's a rundown of everything you may have missed.
Read More"So, you have to commit and you have to have big balls, right?" Right. Rallying in a nutshell, right there. Drift pro Frederic Aasbø and Speedhunters caught up with WRC 2 driver Anders Grøndal before Rally Sweden and gave us the most mind-bendingly ridiculous ride-along footage I've ever seen.
Read MoreMcLaren Formula One driver Fernando Alonso is still in the hospital under observation for a concussion from his preseason crash at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The team has officially blamed unusually high and gusty winds at the circuit as the reason for the unusual accident.
Read MoreJoey Logano took home the win today at one of the most exciting runnings of the Daytona 500, ever.
Read MoreFernando Alonso was airlifted to the hospital after crashing his McLaren in preseason testing at Barcelona earlier today. He went off at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya's Turn 3, smacking the right side of the car hard. McLaren race director Eric Boullier confirms that he was concussed in the accident.
Read MoreSeven cars in total were damaged after Tony Stewart got loose coming into Turn 4 on Lap 41 of the Daytona 500. Stewart drifted into Ryan Blaney. Behind them, Matt Kenseth and Michael Waltrip made contact, sending Kenseth in to the wall. Sorry, Stewart and Kenseth, it is not your year. Update: Smoke is back in the game! Update 2: No, no he's not.
Read MoreKyle Busch found one of the remaining hard barriers on a NASCAR track that isn't covered by an impact absorbing SAFER barrier during today's Xfinity Series race at Daytona. Busch hit the concrete wall inside Turn 1, suffering a right lower leg compound fracture and left mid-foot fracture from the impact.
Read MoreNASCAR heard Kurt Busch's appeal today regarding the indefinite suspension he was given over conclusions drawn by the Commissioner of the Family Court of Delaware that Busch likely strangled ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. That appeal was just denied.
Read MoreHere's some carnage that was as wide as the track at Daytona. Holy crap. Twelve trucks. Twelve. Only so little space. Holy crapballs. It's a track-wide wall of bent truck metal and sparks.
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Read MoreBefore a protective order was issued against Kurt Busch, Stewart-Haas Racing assured fans that they had a back-up plan in case Kurt Busch could not race. After NASCAR's decision today to suspend Busch indefinitely, we know who that back-up plan is: Regan Smith.
Read MoreA Delaware court today concluded that embattled NASCAR driver Kurt Busch "more likely than not" strangled his ex-girlfriend and smashed her head against a wall last year. The driver has also been suspended indefinitely from racing.
Read MoreThe racing version of the muscular little German beast that is the Mercedes-AMG GT is coming. But by turning into a true competitor, itseems to have eaten all the steroids and turned into the meanest monster this side of track. This is the face of the Mercedes-AMG GT3, and it'll eat your soul.
Read MoreDanica Patrick got wrecked not once, but twice by Denny Hamlin this week, including during the last Daytona Duel race. Hamlin tried to explain his side of the story, but she's clearly not having it. Nuh-huh. Oh, and Kurt Busch totally cupped Danica's face after she had words with Hamlin to calm her down. (Too soon?)
Read MoreWinter rallies pose another challenge that you may not think of: everything is white. Driving into the sun is bad enough. Driving into the sun surrounded by blindingly white snow is a whole 'nother problem. Watch World Rally Championship driver Andreas Mikkelsen do it right.
Read MoreIn a bold move, Formula One has gotten straight to the cancer killing its appeal to fans and removed it before the season even starts. Starting this year, drivers will no longer be able to change their helmet designs mid-season. No longer will you, the fan, have to put up with drivers trying to express themselves.
Read MoreOh, your car has a stick shift? Just one?
Read MoreThe Chevrolet IndyCar aero kit for the DW12 is, uh, angular. Lots and lots of angles and flaps—so much so that it reminds us of the Formula One racers from almost a decade ago. Moreover, we're still not really sure why this is the big issue the series chose to tackle for 2015.
Read MoreLet me explain everything that's going on in this little clip, where reigning double WRC champion Sébastien Ogier proves himself to be a wonderful, spectacular asshole.
Read MoreEver felt as if you needed more 'Murica in your Twitter bio? Like you've been out-'Murica'd by France? This Twitter bio generator is here to fix that in true NASCAR fan style, for freedom, 4x4s, country music, sweet tea and Junior. #RACE4CHASE. Boogity.
Read MoreThere has been a lot of debate recently over the future of Formula One cars. More power, better designs, and faster speeds all factor in, but so far there hasn't been much to show for all the talk of improvements. Ferrari wants to change that, and they come up with this crazy gorgeous beast.
Read MoreA Delaware judge granted Patricia Driscoll a protective order against ex-boyfriend and NASCAR driver Kurt Busch today. The outcome of a criminal domestic abuse investigation carried out by the police has yet to be released, but the judge's ruling comes two days before Busch is set to participate in the races leading up to the Daytona 500.
Read MoreWe can't stop staring at this car. You can't stop staring at this car. Here's some shots Tavarish took of it from the Chicago Auto Show. Nissan may have just brought a show-car version of its GT-R LM NISMO LMP1-class Le Mans prototype race car, but there's still plenty of details to drool over.
Read MoreWhen you think of Citroën rally cars, the last thing that comes to your mind is the lovely DS, yet that's just what someone chose to tackle the Baja in the inaugural 1967 running of the National Off-Road Racing Association's Mexican 1000. This film, "27 Hours to La Paz," chronicles that first race.
Read MoreQualifying for the Daytona 500 is total madness, as drivers actually want to go out last. The guy behind a bunch of other traffic usually posts the fastest time. NASCAR's bizarre group qualifying format where the first qualifying groups can leave the pits as late as they want just caused a huge wreck.
Read MoreTwitter user Jose Manuel Salazar claims that this render of a Formula One race car is, in fact, Force India's 2015 VJM08 car. Is he right, though? We'll find out with the start of the season. While Force India will be letting Pascal Weirlein test their car at Barcelona, it will be in their 2014 VJM07 instead.
Read MoreIt's not even the first race of the season. It's a pre-season exhibition race: the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway. Of course, we've already got Kevin Harvick confronting Joey Logano without taking his helmet off in pit road after the two exchanged hate-taps on track after the race.
Read MoreFourteen cars of the twenty-five-car field were involved in this huge crash during lap 45 of 75 of the Sprint Unlimited preseason exhibition race today. Who said exhibition races weren't exciting? They were lying. Never listen to them again.
Read MoreI know a lot of people who are particularly bashful about their weight, but it's something you can't do in NASCAR. You're required to weigh in before practice so that the minimum weight of your car can be determined. Stewart didn't do that before going out for practice for the Sprint Unlimited race. Uh-oh.
Read MoreTired of all the whining around Valentine's Day years ago, I decided to celebrate the majestic yak on February 14 instead. Turns out, it was a most worthy choice. Do they race chalky-tasting candy hearts or cut flowers that will go limp in a week? Nope. Advantage: yak.
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Read MoreAs we all know, any judgement against Kurt Busch regarding his domestic assault allegations will invoke the iron-fisted wrath of NASCAR, who certainly doesn't want to appear as if they condone that sort of thing. Luckily for Stewart-Haas Racing fans, they have a plan for if Kurt can't race.
Read MoreHow effective is the GT Academy, where Nissan picks the best gamers from Gran Turismo to train and turn into real-life racing drivers? We'll see this year at Le Mans. By putting GT Academy grads in their LMP1-class race car, we'll finally see them go head-to-head with some of the best driving talent in the world.
Read MoreMost of the World Endurance Championship rules that govern crazy Le Mans prototypes like Toyota's and Nissan's remain unchanged from 2014, yet a regulations clarification is the biggest news of the offseason. It appears as though someone (perhaps last year's winners) had body parts that flattened down at speed.
Read MoreBMW is back again with another safety car for MotoGP, but in 2015, they're unleashing their dark side. Gone is the white livery with tri-color stripes that the past few cars have used. Instead, the new safety car is a BMW M4 Coupe in sinister-looking black.
Read MoreYou know how you're just a vulnerable little helmet full of people-meat in an open-wheel race car? Yeah. So, when the field in front of you smacks into each other and disintegrates into Formula Confetti, you're some mix of very lucky and very talented if you can dart through a few holes in the chaos.
Read MoreWhen I first saw the Mercedes-AMG GT, I have to admit that I was a little underwhelmed. Without the SLS's gullwing doors, it was a pretty shape, but felt like it was missing something. Now Mercedes will make a GT3 version, and that's all been fixed in the sketches. Everything looks better in GT3 trim!
Read MoreWhoa whoa whoa, this is moving a little fast, don't you think? I mean, all I did was give you a hug yesterday and now you expect a what? Ohhhh, wait. We're not talking about Hamilton's ex-ladyfriend. We're talking about Silverstone, the fastest-moving race-"dibs" of all time. They just got MotoGP back for 2015.
Read MoreNASCAR's Hall of Fame was supposed to be a great temple to the sport, filled with throngs of devoted fans during each hour it was open. Except the fans never showed up, and the great temple has been hemorrhaging cash. Which really wouldn't be a big deal, except now the City of Charlotte, North Carolina is paying for it.
Read MoreRain and mud cut the January Lone Star Rallycross event short, which caused another problem with the tow vehicles parked in the soft grassy parking area. They got stuck. Most of the rallycross cars, however, didn't get stuck in this mess. Behold, a Subaru towing a Silverado out of the mud.
Read MoreYou know what's frustrating? When there's an epic battle going on for multiple places in a race, but the cameras stick to the car in first place as if that's the only one who matters. That's exactly what happened with the Bathurst 12 Hour, and luckily, a fan fixed it for us. Three-wide. Smack-pass. This is nuts.
Read MoreMotoGP originally planned to host its British Grand Prix at the new Circuit of Wales. It's not built yet, so Donington Park agreed to host the race this year. Donington now claims that the Circuit of Wales didn't meet its agreed payment deadlines for the back-up venue to host the race, so that plan is now kaput.
Read MoreCourtney Force posted her career-best time of 3.995 seconds on the quarter-mile track of Auto Club Raceway at Pomona this weekend during the Circle K NHRA Winternationals. Here's what ludicrous speed looks like in a Chevrolet funny car designed to look sort of like a Camaro.
Read MoreWe've already mentioned that Bathurst will bite you, but this particular BMW E46 M3 GTR crash merits its own special mention. The first safety car of the race was caused by—you guessed it—a kangaroo hit. Roo snipers, you have failed us. Here's what it looks like to hit a skippy at speed.
Read MoreEx-Formula One driver Bruno Senna will be joining the McLaren GT team as a factory driver for selected events this year. Fans of Ayrton's nephew, rejoice!
Read MoreThere was a time when supercars raced at Le Mans, when the fastest road cars in the world competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Here's the story of how the Porsche 911 GT1 killed the series and homologation specials it spawned.
Read MoreFor some reason unbeknownst to non-marketing mankind, this photo of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen sharing a Fiat 500X is the top news story on Scuderia Ferrari's website right now. Ferrari claims that heavy snow has given its drivers the change to have fun in the car, but I don't see evidence of snow or fun.
Read MoreThe Swiss arm of HSBC was one of the most private banking institutions in the world until systems engineer Hervé Falciani leaked data related to over 100,000 suspected tax evaders from his employer. Motorsports stars Valentino Rossi, Flavio Briatore, Fernando Alonso and Heikki Kovalainen were on the list of hacked accounts.
Read MoreThe star of RM Auctions' listings for any racing nerd was this beautiful Porsche 911 rally car. It was auctioned off on Wednesday, but not before Richard Meaden at Evo got to drive it. What's it like? It's one of the most raw driving experiences he's ever had.
Read MoreIf there's one moment you watch from this year's crazy Bathurst 12 Hour race, it's the very end. A late safety car bunched up traffic, instantly transforming a lengthy endurance race into a four-minute sprint.
Read MoreThe Bathurst 12 Hour with its record twenty safety cars would like to remind us all: Mount Panorama Circuit will bite you—hard. The infamous Australian track didn't get its reputation as one of the toughest places to race in the world by having tons of runoff or being gentle on cars.
Read MoreNeed a Daytona Prototype, a Prototype Challenge or a Prototype Lites car for TUDOR United SportsCar? Love bright orange? 8 Star Motorsports is short on funding this season and just put a ton of their IMSA-legal toys up for sale. Their crunch is your gain, amigo.
Read MoreThe British Touring Car Championship is beyond rowdy: fact. There's not a lot of mechanical sympathy in the BTCC, that's for sure. Only problem: we don't get it on television. That's about to change.
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Read MoreWhen my Porsche 944 decides to pull Feats of Bosch and our communications system's parts go missing or fall apart, that usually means a trip to one store: Radio Shack. Count me in with the so-called geeks and nerds who are deeply saddened by its demise. How are we supposed to kludge together last-minute fixes now?
Read MoreDespite yesterday's Formula One Strategy Group decision that Marussia (now operating as Manor GP) cannot come back on the 2015 grid using their 2014 car, a statement released by the team today indicates that they plan to race anyway.
Read MoreNissan and Porsche announced their 24 Hours of Le Mans driver lineups this week. Sorry, there will be no more Formula One cross-overs besides Nico Hulkenberg. No Jenson Button. No Fernando Alonso. If you need help coping with this, I recommend a good, long cry with your Fluffy Bunny.
Read MoreSix-time Australian V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup had a media outing at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney to announce that Red Bull Racing had re-signed him for another three years. Of course, they tried getting photos of Whincup, his trophy and a black-headed python. Oops, that backfired.
Read MoreAccording to RACER, embattled Formula One team Marussia was this close to a surprise return to the Formula One grid this year. Because it's so late in the development season, the team requested the F1 Strategy Group if they could run their 2014 chassis. That request was just denied.
Read MorePerjury allegations! "Trained killers!" Sorry, kids, the roller coaster of crazy that is the Kurt Busch ex-girlfriend domestic assault protective order hearing is about to end, but thankfully, the closing arguments still delivered our regularly scheduled dose of nuts.
Read MoreKangaroos on the track at Bathurst's Mount Panorama Circuit have been a big problem in previous years. So, race promoters have reportedly come up with the most Aussie solution ever: snipers.
Read MoreEveryone knows and loves the classic Corvette racing yellow and black. Customer team Larbre Competition just updated that paint scheme with this wild yellow, black, green and white livery for their new Corvette C7.R. And oh yes, the World Endurance Championship's favorite 'Vette squad is back in a Chevy.
Read MoreHaving the history's largest repository of information at your fingertips you'd think would transform you into some enlightened, ideal human. Not me. Mostly for me it's meant that I can learn about weird cars I never knew about. And so I have. If you're not familiar with Fageol, I'm honored to introduce you. You'll be pleased.
Read MoreDespite their success at promoting their business partners at Crowdcube crowdfunding Caterham's return for the last Formula One race of the season, the administrator over the team has opted to put the team's assets up for auction. They're done.
Read MoreThe BMW M6 GT3 debuted in the flesh today with the biggest windshield banner I've seen in quite some time. I mean, that's like, half the windshield, guys. I know it's angled, but c'mon. It looks like they've left the poor driver a glorified porthole.
Read MoreDuring this morning's World Endurance Championship press conference, FIA Endurance Commission President Sir Lindsay Owen Jones said "Ford has already announced their return to Le Mans, but not the WEC officially, but I think Gerard [Neveu] will be able to convince them to come back." Oh, really?
Read MoreNASCAR star Tony Stewart just bought the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car series, but he said Tuesday on SiriusXM's "Tony Stewart Live" show that he has no plans to race in it. In fact, he's not sure he'll ever be able to race a sprint car again after last year's accident that took the life of Kevin Ward Jr.
Read MoreAccording to The Mirror, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton is no longer dating a Pussycat Doll. He and Nicole Scherzinger been together for several years now, but she's reportedly leaving him because he won't commit to marriage. Time to prepare for the #emopocalypse on the #TeamLH Twitter.
Read MoreAAAAAAHHH MOTHERLANDDD! I, Daniil Kyvat, wrestle Formula One cars as if they were a bear! Oh, hey, that's a wall. Uh. Uh. We brought a spare, right? NYET? Turns out, Red Bull's mad dash to get the car ready for testing at Jerez meant that they only had one front wing on hand. Oops!
Read MoreThere are a few golden moments in motorsports, not the least of which being the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) in the late ‘80s. It was one of the most sideways, door-banging series of all time, and we often forget one of its heroes.
Read MoreIMSA announced today that BAR1 Motorsports' #16 car, a hilariously liveried "SpongeBob SquarePants" Prototype Challenge entry, failed to meet the minimum drive time required for one of their amateurs at the Rolex 24 at Daytona. IMSA isn't cutting them a break on it, either.
Read MoreSome of these were successful, others not so much, but all will be remembered for their incredible boldness.
Read MoreBernie Ecclestone's letter to the Rhein-Zeitung newspaper claims that a German Formula One Grand Prix even at the back-up venue of Hockenheim won't be "commercially viable" because "attendance has been so low for the past few years." Ouch.
Read MoreAccording to Curt Cavin of the Indianapolis Star, there won't be a replacement for IndyCar's now-cancelled date at Brasília. The March 29 race at St. Petersburg will now be the first IndyCar race for 2015. Simply put, nothing could work on this short of a notice.
Read MorePorsche, more than almost any other Le Mans team, keeps pretty close ties between the engines in its race cars and those in its road cars. So, uh, what's going on with the V4 in the 919 LMP1 hybrid?
Read MoreSportscar365 caught some extra footage of Nissan's Le Mans race car at Circuit of the Americas that didn't all make it into the Super Bowl commercial yesterday. Here's that LMP1 in action. Enjoy.
Read MoreWhat could make a Mazda3 more delicious? Candy, for one. Also, a V8 stuffed in there for good measure. Have we mentioned that the fellows at MARC have done this before with a humble V8, rear-wheel-drive Focus, and that they're running all of these cars in the Bathurst 12 Hour this weekend? Aww yes.
Read MoreWe've finally seen it in Nissan's Super Bowl ad, and now Nissan finally released detailed shots of its World Endurance Championship LMP1 competitor along with more video of it in motion. This is the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, the radically different car which Nissan hopes will win Le Mans.
Read MoreWhen you strip off the bodywork, the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 car looks even more unreal.
Read MoreWonder what that magical, be-winged beast from Nissan's commercial is? It's the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo car that Nissan plans to campaign in the World Endurance Championship's top LMP1 class. We've seen it running before, but it's finally here, revealed and in the flesh.
Read MoreRed Bull brought its RB11 2015 Formula One car out in camo to test at Jerez this weekend. Sure, it's a bit terrible in terms of sponsor visibility, but can we keep it anyway? Seriously? The camo looks fantastic.
Read MoreSky Sports sent Ted Kravitz to check up on the progress for the Formula One race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, and brings some bad news: yes, they're chopping up the Peraltada to go into a thoroughly cheesy stadium section.
Read MoreAfter extensive testing in Italy and Croatia, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus will present one of its two finished SCG003C race cars as well as the road-going SCG003S version that will be ready the take on the streets of New York City by the end of this year.
Read MoreWith a lot of other high-end manufacturers getting into the track-only special game, Aston Martin clearly just saw that the waters are too tempting not to jump in. Enter the Aston Martin Vulcan, a surprise 800 horsepower bombshell of a V12 track day monster. With everything you need, and nothing you don't.
Read MoreThe McLaren P1 GTR is the purest essence of a British hybrid trackday wondercar, with nothing you don't need and all of that 986 horsepower and a fat wing you do. Every version we've seen has technically been a "concept," but this gorgeously-liveried spec is the one you can actually plunk down cash for and purchase.
Read More“Hello, Abarth, my old friend,” I told the shiny red little egg as I greeted it in my driveway. “I’ve come to hoon with you again.” I’m always happy to see the Fiat 500 Abarth. Tons of cars are better and faster, but very few offer the pure stupid unfiltered fun that this one does.
Read MoreBehold! The Cayman we've been waiting for! The GT4 has everything we've ever wanted in Porsche's mid-engine sled. It has the 991-derived 3.8-liter flat six, components shared with the GT3, and only one transmission option: a manual. Oh, and it ripped through the Nürburgring in 7:40 – right on par with the last-gen 911 GT3.
Read MoreSince the introduction of the 308 in the mid 1970s, the entry level Ferrari has been powered by a naturally aspirated V8. That all ends today. Meet the Ferrari 488 GTB, a 3.8 liter turbocharged monster with 660 horsepower that gets to 60 in three seconds. I don't think Ferrari knows what "entry level" means.
Read MoreSo, Torchy’s got his bug, Doug has had his Ferrari (now will have GT-R?), Stef has her Porsche, and I have my Honda Logo TS. I have no idea what the heck Matt has (probably a type of Batmobile—Mattmobile?). The others? Uh... I should ask. In any case, we love each of our very different cars and that’s what makes Jalopnik great.
Read MoreThere's been a bit of hooning on the moon before (Apollo 16, see below), but there's never been anything involving more than one wheeled vehicle that could really be thought of as a 'race.' But that looks like it's about to change, with the possibility of a three-way rover race coming in 2016. FINALLY.
Read MoreChrysler is a company now known for making dowdy family cars, pickup trucks, and the occasional Hellcat. But long before the modern-day era of staid sedans and Italian ownership, there was the Chrysler Space Division. And the Chrysler Space Division made rockets.
Read MoreWhen Google announced its new artificial intelligence system could play, learn, and beat some old-school Atari games, my first reaction was, "Cool. Call me when it can play Spy Hunter." Actually, what about Gran Turismo? Because that's obviously part of the plan.
Read MoreI know we all like to bitch and moan about how cars aren't simple, stripped-out, super light machines we can all fix in our own garages with a starter set of tools. I do it too. But a lot of new car technology is actually pretty useful, and successful in making them safer and more efficient.
Read MoreJapan's largest automakers are teaming up with the government, local universities, and electronics companies to make a concerted go at developing and standardizing self-driving car technology beginning later this year.
Read MoreSome of these parts have been more or less unchanged for the entire history of the car, so maybe it's time for a rethink
Read MoreJ.D. Power is out with its latest Vehicle Dependability study, and while unbearable voice-recognition systems continue to be an issue, Bluetooth problems are now at the top of the list.
Read MoreI feel like if you're driving a classic 911, your experience should be about the journey, not the destination. But if you really have somewhere to be and don't want to get lost, and are tired of fumbling with your smartphone when you're driving, Porsche has a new-school solution for your old-school car.
Read MoreFor self-driving cars to work, they've got to do it all, and that includes navigating city streets where one of the biggest issues isn't just other cars, it's pedestrians. Humans have a sense of what a person will do based on their movements. Computers, not so much. Toyota has an idea how to fix that.
Read MoreVolvo announced this morning that it's about to let 100 real, actual, normal members of the public sit behind the wheel of new XC90s — and not drive them. That's because these cars are completely autonomous, and only in the virtual hands of the inept and mechanical-ham-fisted public can robo-cars truly be tested.
Read MoreThe Department of Transportation is out with its Beyond Traffic 2045 report and it's fucking bleak. It's also telling that U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sat down with Google's Eric Schmidt to introduce the report, because the feds are hoping technology is going to pick up the ball they keep dropping.
Read MoreImagine Los Angeles-like traffic in Omaha, Nebraska, or getting passed by train after train as you wait at a Long Island Rail Road stop because the cars are too full, or shipments of food unable to get where it needs to go thanks to endless highway gridlock.
Read MoreA patent filed by Ford details how it could use finger prints, retinal scans, and voice recognition to make your car keys obsolete. Sounds good. But what about security?
Read MoreUber is reportedly building a robotics research lab in Pittsburgh, PA – home of Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute – to "kickstart autonomous tax fleet development." So it begins...
Read MoreThe role of the critic has long been ridiculed and lambasted for all the obvious reasons – so few of those who chose to comment on anything motorized could ever produce something approaching the quality of that which they were criticizing. The motor car is perhaps the best example of this phenomenon – at its most flamboyant the modern motor car is an amalgam of can-bus, titanium hybridity whose sophistication suggests it should be placed on a plinth and worshipped as a symbol of human excellence
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
Read MoreThis is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place 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 2015 Jeep Renegade will be on display at the Geneva Auto Show, with a finish fresh off a fancy microwave and an adorable off-road trailer made out of another Renegade.
Read MoreJohnson Valley, California hosts some of the wildest and most accessible off-road racing events in America. That's fun to watch, but when the sun goes down things get downright batshit out there. See a new side of the desert in this gallery of eye candy.
Read MoreThe highways of storm-ravaged north Texas have been exceptionally slippery this year, and constantly shut down by large crashes. So the good samaritans of the Chisholm Jeep Club have been posting up, winches ready, waiting for stuck citizens to save.
Read MoreFor Volvo, the 2016 XC90 is not just a new model, but also the most important step in the relaunch of their brand and a luxury SUV that has to make it big in America in order for them to succeed. Clearly, they couldn't screw this up. They didn't.
Read MoreThe last of the mighty Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6s are being built this month, and if your order isn't in already you're just gonna have to wait 'til they start showing up on eBay. But that doesn't mean they're done with extreme off-roaders... on the contrary, Mercedes might just be getting warmed up.
Read MoreTwisted Automotive is to Land Rover Defenders what Singer is to air-cooled Porsches. Once you've seen their products, only slightly twisted Defenders will do. With an LS3.
Read MoreAs a European grown up in a narrow street in one of Europe's 16th century inner-cities I consider everything over the size of a BMW X3 a big truck. So you can imagine when I first came eye-to-eye with the Mercedes-Benz G500 4x4² show car I was a little impressed, no, frightened of the thought to drive this monster over narrow Spanish roads and mountain passes to a Mercedes-Benz off-road testing facility near Granada.
Read MoreGiant light bars give you useful visibly in foul weather and the pitch-black of remote trails. But let's be real; 99% of the time you can navigate the night just fine with the two headlights god gave you. Who cares, extra lights will instantly make your car look extra awesome.
Read MoreAlmost nothing has been confirmed about the 2017 Jeep Wrangler, except that Americans will be buying 'em faster than a barbecue overdose can stop our red-white-and-blue-bleeding hearts. So here's a current-knowledge breakdown of the aerodynamic, aluminum, hybrid SUV that the next Wrangler might be.
Read MoreWe all saw GM's Super Bowl ad: "if you had 4G LTE OnStar in your truck you could stream the game!" I shrugged. How good could WiFi be, bottled into a cellphone signal and piped through a pickup truck? Well I'm testing it in a 2015 GMC Sierra right now, and I think I'm ready to make it my new business address.
Read MoreI always liked the Infiniti Q30 Concept. It was one of those cars that blurred the lines between crossover and hatchback, putting it in a segment that's real hot right now, and it also looked pretty sharp. Now we get a look at the version that falls squarely on the crossover side of things, but it still looks cool.
Read MoreLooks like there was a factory or extremely clean aftermarket camper conversion for the first-generation International Scout, and I think it's just dethroned the Toyota Chinook as the most adorable microcamper sold in America.
Read MoreLast summer we accepted an invitation (challenge?) to drive somebody's privately owned big rig around New Jersey. Turns out there's a reason you're meant to spend six weeks at trucker school before being unleashed on the public in one of these monsters... it's harder than it looks.
Read MoreTo say that the 2016 Volvo XC90 is a big deal for the Swedish brand is kind of an understatement. It's the vehicle that will usher in a new era of design, technology, safety and luxury for Volvo, all while hopefully giving their global sales a much-needed boost. In this country, that will all start at $48,900.
Read MoreThe venerable Grumman LLV mail truck is soon getting its AARP membership card, so the USPS wants to replace it with something a little newer and fancier. You know what that means? Cheap surplus. So what are you going to do with that mail truck you should totally buy?
Read MoreWatching a live race in any league of motorsport is one of the best possible ways to spend a day, but embedding yourself in the windblown beer-spillin' sunsoaked insanity that is the desert race atmosphere can change your life. For the better, if you do it right.
Read MoreYou've probably heard the Lada Niva is a pretty crafty off-roader, but in terms of handling and acceleration it leaves a bit to be desired. Lada still wanted to go racing though; that's where Ferrari and a crazy chain-drive transmission comes in.
Read MoreThe 2015 Ram Laramie Limited is comfy as your favorite spot in the couch with the time-formed ass indent, but it'll never be as classy as this perfect original-spec 1961 Toyota Land Cruiser. Get closer to this preserved masterpiece in our gallery.
Read MoreThe US Postal Service runs about 200,000 Grumman Long Live Vehicles (LLV) all over the country, which you'd recognize as the pokey little vans that look like they're made of Legos. After some 30 years of braving snow, rain, heat, and gloom of night, Uncle Sam has a long list of specs they want for the next mail truck.
Read MoreThey're gonna (grunt) make a (grrrr) new Honda Ridgeline and they say it's (muscle flex) gonna be a real pickup this time.
Read MoreMitsubishi VP Don Swearingen sat us down to say Mitsubishi is here to stay [proud and confident! read his teleprompter]. Then a couple dancing robots pulled the cover off the GC-PHEV: an insanely cool high-tech off-roader that just might make their brand cool again if they'd get the gall to make it happen.
Read MoreI must be a bad Texan because deep down, I'm not really a truck guy. I get why they're great and why so many people depend on them for work, but I don't enjoy driving most trucks.
Read MoreHaving set sales records every month for over two years, Honda is rewarding 2016 Acura RDX with a meaner face, more aggressive stance, and a few extra LEDs for good measure. The 3.5 V6 picks up more power and 1 MPG, complemented by a stiffened chassis meant to improve safety and handling.
Read MoreThe 2016 Honda Pilot is a linear continuation of the original SUV's mission; a safe, efficient manner in which to transport your family. This time they're adding a new engine, more gears, and way more power outlets.
Read MoreHonda's Marketing VP Jeff Conrad says the upcoming second-generation Honda Ridgeline will have "truck-like proportions while maintaining [it's] flexibility." It's going to be larger, higher off the ground, and "coming in two years." Is this America's next true small truck?
Read MoreWith hype around the 2015 Jeep Renegade maxing out, Kia reckons it can come play with its own spin on the micro "off-roader" idea. The Kia Trail'ster concept has meaty cladding, a roll-back softtop, and a drivetrain that makes it a very interesting proposition, especially if you value efficiency over dirt driving.
Read MoreSomebody slipped pictures of the 2015 Ram 1500 Laramie Limited out before the truck's slated debut; check out the refreshed truck from every angle right here! Spoiler alert: the improved aesthetics begin and end with a "RAM" badge the size of an ocean liner's registry tag.
Read MoreA complete photo gallery of the 2016 Honda Pilot has leaked ahead of the SUV's world debut slated for tomorrow. Looks more "CR-V on steroids" than ever before, and the proportions remind me of the newly minivanified Nissan Pathfinder.
Read MoreGM gifted Super Bowl XLIX MVP Tom Brady a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Z71, probably because they've had oddly good luck with sports PR. But Brady passed off his prize to teammate Malcolm Butler, turning a simple publicity stunt into a convoluted one and looking classy doing it.
Read MoreMiddle of the night. A hotel bar at the feet of the Andes Mountains is silent, save three tour guides huddled 'round a fourth pour of watery beer and a coffee-stained map. "This pass will get us around most of the border patrol," said our local fixer, his finger on a sinuous mapline. Most is the key part of this.
Read MoreReggae legend Bob Marley's 1977 Series III Land Rover pickup was almost as cool as the man himself. Yet it spent some thirty years waiting in vain for somebody to stir it up and satisfy its soul. See what I did there? You should also see this beautiful restoration video and how happy the truck made Marley's kids.
Read MoreWhy does BMW make the X6? Why is it called a "Sports Activity Coupe" when it has four doors? Why would anyone think that a sloping roof looks good on an SUV? Why would buyers want a vehicle with SUV ride height but far less practicality?
Read MoreCharles Spencer "Spen" King was recruited to the Rover Company from Rolls Royce in 1945, with the charge of creating a gas turbine car engine. That didn't pan out, but his design for the Range Rover sure did. Unfortunately, Spen was grumpy about that for the rest of his life.
Read MoreRene Aguirre has raced this jacked-up 1964 Ford Galaxie in NORRA's vintage off-road races down the Baja peninsula, but it looks almost as amazing sitting still as it does jumping dunes. Actually nah, let's watch it throw dirt in slow-motion.
Read MoreThe 2015 Chevy Colorado is the most refined mid-sized truck in America right now, and packs plenty of capability. But for some reason you just don't care. Toyota sold almost twice as many Tacomas last month and the brand-new GM only beat the geriatric Nissan Frontier by 74 sales.
Read MoreThey say that there are no truly bad new cars anymore, and with the redesign of the Smart ForTwo that might actually be true. But that doesn’t mean that all new car choices equal a great bang for your buck. Case in point: the 2015 Chevrolet Trax, Chevy’s new mini-crossover.
Read MoreJeep's Super Bowl ad ran soundtracked to Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land following all the versus you had to sing in elementary school. Here's the thing — they missed the later verses, and that's insane, because the message aligns perfectly with (what should be) Jeep's view on private property.
Read MoreTo those of you who snicker at truck beds under six feet; I just carried gear to support nine off-road motorcycles, about 50 gallons of fuel, three weeks worth of luggage for eleven people, and a Kawasaki KLR from one side of South America to the other in a truck bed about the size of a really nice cooler. Here's how.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler thinks the 2016 Fiat 500X can appeal to Americans in a way that the city-dwelling 500 and ungainly, not great 500L never could. It's a good design, and since it's based on the Jeep Renegade, it should be quite capable. Just expect to pay more for it than its Jeep sibling.
Read MoreWhat's weirder; that some dude outside Philly is hocking this "straight-out-of-Twisted-Metal" beater SWAT truck or that the NY/NJ Port Authority is the former owner? Also, "no tire kickers."
Read MoreThe Volkswagen e-Golf is, at its core, a Volkswagen Golf. That's not some metaphorical, figurative thing either. This isn't about "the platform," or "the feel" – it is a Volkswagen Golf. Except for the fact that it's powered by electricity. And I love the electricness of it, but the problem is the Golfiness.
Read MoreA Michigan couple on a fixed income saved up to purchase a $2500 minivan from a seller on Craigslist. But when the seller gave them a false title and the minivan turned out to be stolen, they were out a car and their money. Now a local dealer has stepped in to donate a car and make things right.
Read MoreThe 1990s was the decade when everything just made sense. It was the decade that spawned Rugrats, Blossom, and SpongeBob SquarePants (Google it!). It also gave us some of the best cars ever made. Your challenge this week is to find the best '90s cars on eBay for less than $9,000. Do not disappoint.
Read MoreWhen you're on a long road trip, you get used to certain sights, namely the regular cars that endlessly populate your field of view. However, sometimes a certain something can break the monotony and make you think to yourself "Did I just get goatse'd?" This ensemble of rally-ready insanity is exactly that.
Read MoreA few decades ago, Mazda took chances. From its iconic RX-7 with its witchcraft-spec Rotary engine, to its physics-defying Miata, Mazda was the automaker to go to if quirk was indeed your bag. However, there was another, less well-known option that made Mazda a bona fide triple threat - the amazing Mazda MX-6. Here are a few reasons why you need to buy one right this second.
Read MoreRight now car buyers are being convinced by some clever marketing to spend way too much on their next Subaru. I feel it is my responsibility, no, my duty, to reveal a brand new secret to saving money on these cars. All it takes is some focus, diligence, and a keen sense of situational awareness.
Read MoreSuppose you are in the market for a million dollar supercar, but are underwhelmed at the current selections with their hybrid wizardry and electronic gizmos. You want something collectible, but allows you the opportunity to cheat death every time you clip an apex. You need a 1996 Porsche 993 GT2.
Read MoreI have been pretty vocal about Volkswagen's new website that was supposed to be more "tablet friendly" and mimic "dating sites." The most frustrating part for customers was that they could not "build" a car and know how much it costs. While I highly doubt VW cared about my criticism, they did fix their website.
Read MoreEver break a crankshaft? It's not the easiest thing to do and it will cost you quite a bit to repair. But that's nothing compared to the cost of Hadley's crankshaft. That one affected future generations, to the tune of billions of dollars.
Read MoreIn life, the chances to truly make your dreams come true are few and far between. That's why, when faced with a decision as to what luxury sports coupe to get with your hard-earned dollar, you need to aim high. Ladies and gents, here's a Ferrari 550 Maranello in amazing shape, and at $49,995, it's way less than the price of a base model Jaguar F-Type.
Read MoreWhen you have a record year for car sales such as what happened in 2014, you can also expect a record number of auto-loans. Credit reporting bureau Experian says that Americans borrowed a staggering $886 billion dollars last year to finance new and pre-owned vehicles, but they maintain this is no cause for alarm.
Read MoreThe '80s was a weird time for the automobile. Manufacturers, in their coke-fueled glory, were designing amazing cars that defied convention and set trends for decades to come. Out of the sea of potential Miami Vice runabouts were the ten best on eBay that you picked for this challenge, under an $8,000 budget.
Read MoreThe collector market for BMW E30 performance cars has officially reached ridiculous status. Just when we thought the $58,000 E30 M3 was the peak of the bubble, now a super rare Alpina B6 3.5 on Ebay might command the highest sale price to date for an E30 BMW.
Read MoreDavid Beckham. Jennifer Lopez. Simon Cowell. These are just some of the members in one of the most exclusive, star-studded organizations you can ever join - The Rolls Royce Phantom Owners Club. Fortunately, entry to this club is no longer reserved for the mega-rich, as you can buy one for nearly a half-million dollars off its original MSRP. Pass the Grey Poupon.
Read MoreFuel prices are still down and most buyers aren't investing in efficient transport. Dealers are having a hard time moving diesel cars, given their higher upfront cost in addition to the premium at the pump. But for those of you that like oil-burners, now is the time to strike. Here are some of the best diesel deals.
Read MoreThe '80s were a simpler time - turbochargers were all the rage, emissions were getting stricter, and engines were producing more power than ever thought possible. That's why it's your duty to put on Safety Dance, don some zebra print overalls, and find the best '80s cars for less than an $8,000 budget on eBay.
Read MoreWhat's the maximum amount of cylinders you can have in a car without being some insane Bond villain or an aspiring Jay Leno? That's right, 12. Last week I asked you displacement-loving bunch to find the best cars on eBay under $25k with a 12-cylinder powerplant, and here they are. Get ready, it's gonna get good.
Read MoreMany of you who have gone car shopping have encountered some interesting characters on the sales-floor. But for the past four years Chevrolet has been taking advice from Mickey Mouse and Goofy in order to make your car-buying experience more pleasant. I guess it really is a small world after all.
Read MoreDespite concerns raised by financial analysts, organisations within the auto industry are not worried about a so-called sub-prime auto loan bubble. Credit reporting bureau Equifax, not only refutes the possibility of a sub-prime crisis, but also suggests that these loans are helping car buyers.
Read MoreAbout a year ago I leased a Subaru BRZ; I thought it would be awesome. Now I'm annoyed by the lack of power and could really use something with more space. How would I go about getting out of the lease? Should I suck it up and pay the penalty, or stick it out and wait until the lease is over?
Read MoreGood decisions are made when people plan ahead and account for as many circumstances as possible. Bad decisions are made when people stay up too late, decide that their life needs spicing up, so they arrange to do things that they've never done with people they've never met. I'm not sure which one this falls into.
Read MoreNo this wasn't some fake prank for advertising. Two women went to a Michigan car dealership to supposedly take a car out for a spin. They ended up getting some fast-food, holding a salesperson against his will, and having a run-in with the police. And they didn't even buy a car.
Read MoreLet me explain how power in a car works. Think of torque as the work being done, and horsepower as the rate at which that work is applied. Simply put, torque is the force that gets the car moving. How much torque does this insane Mercedes S-Class have? Way more than a Challenger Hellcat, at the price of a mid-range Ford Taurus. Life is good.
Read MoreThe dealer wanted $4,400 to fix his Toyota hybrid. He did it for $7. Show this story to every person you know who claims you can't fix new cars yourself anymore.
Read MoreI'm going to admit that I got sucked into all the Hellcat frenzy. How could you not when Dodge gave us a 707hp monster muscle car for sixty-grand. Now that the tire smoke has cleared, I've come to the conclusion that the Hellcat is a bonkers car to drive, but a stupid car to buy. Here is why you shouldn't get one right now.
Read MoreFor credit challenged car buyers, often the only choice is to purchase from a buy-here, pay-here dealership. They are notorious for saddling buyers with high-interest loans and repossessing the car with little grace period when the buyer can't pay. A Florida woman had her car taken with her nine-month old baby inside.
Read MoreMore is always better when it comes to all-you-can-eat shrimp, Chuck E. Cheese tokens, and cylinders in your car's engine. That's why this week's challenge has you power-hungry super-sleuths finding the best 12-cylinder cars on eBay for less than a $25,000 budget. Is this even possible?
Read MoreFirst off, if you're a regular Jalopnik reader, this article isn't exactly for you. You know this. I've even been a jerk and made fun of folks who don't know this, because, again, I'm a jerk. But we've realized how many folks still don't know this, so we want to help. So we're starting JaloPSA, where we have simple, sharable tips for your car-ignorant friends.
Read MoreVolkswagen's all new MQB platform has already spawned some likable cars such as the Audi A3 and Golf/GTI. But many long-roof lovers have been holding out for the all new Sportwagen. Formally the misnamed "Jetta Sportwagen," the MK7 version will have more space, more power, and less weight.
Read MoreAutomotive depreciation is kind of like Robin Hood: it makes models that would regularly be available to only the rich, accessible to those with even the most laughable of bank account balances. But what good is it if the car has notoriously expensive mechanical issues? Don't worry, I got your back.
Read MoreThe Kia K900 has not been the most successful luxury sedan in terms of sales. So Kia tapped NBA superstar LeBron James to give the car some much needed exposure. According to a teaser picture from LeBron's Facebook page, it looks like King James is getting his own special edition K900.
Read MoreWhenever someone buys a new car automakers use survey data to determine which dealers are treating customers right and which ones aren't. Now Subaru is going after a California dealership that they say falsified these reports in order to hide their poor customer satisfaction.
Read MoreThat looks like a Datsun 240Z, doesn't it? It's not — technically it's a Nissan Fairlady Z. And it's not just any run of the mill Z, either. It's something special, and it's going to be up for grabs at an RM Auction soon.
Read MoreIn my short time writing about cars in this little corner on the internet, I have amassed more than few criticisms about my unorthodox approach to used luxury car buying advice, but the reality is: I'm not simply "lucky," luxury cars can be a great value, and there is a method to this frugal madness, starting with these four essentials.
Read MoreRecently we reported that Cadillac is throwing all kinds of money at the ATS and CTS sedans due to slow sales, while Escalade production can't keep up with demand. As the unofficial Jalopnik new car correspondent, I did some searching and found you can get killer deals on Caddies, but will it help?
Read MoreFrom time to time I hear from someone whose car disappeared, only to find out it was towed away. And now, there is a huge storage fee to be paid to recover the vehicle. Or worse: The car was auctioned to pay the fees. Is this legal? Hang on. It gets worse.
Read MoreRise and shine. It's time to make the donuts. Last week I asked my faithful, frugal, and fastidious readership to find the best rear wheel drive cars for less than ten large on eBay. What you found was nothing short of "Dude, sweet." Here are the best cars with the right bits, for the right price.
Read MoreYou want a Koenigsegg, but you don't necessarily have the money to buy a brand new one. You can afford a used Koenigsegg, but you want the peace of mind that comes with a factory warranty. Well, guess what? Koenigsegg has a factory backed certified pre-owned program. Dreams do come true!
Read MoreNissan is looking across the border to find away take market share from its rivals such has Honda and Toyota. The automaker is already very successful with Hispanic car-buyers; they now plan on bringing Mexican dealership groups into the US, to focus on key markets and give Nissan an edge.
Read MoreIf 1970s car culture had a face, it would be the Jensen Interceptor. It was the quintessential car for the mustachioed, bell-bottomed man looking for fun in all the wrong places. Recently, the prices for these iconic cruisers have skyrocketed, except for this '74 Series III, which does need work, but it'll be so worth it when and if it gets done.
Read MoreThe M3 convertible is sort of an odd-duck; people either love them or hate them. You either revel in their open-top goodness or rail against the excess weight and reduced stability. For those of you in the first camp, now is your chance to get an original E30 M3 and an E93 M3 in one shot.
Read MoreMost car buyers and most dealers, if they are honest, know that extended warranties and service plans are largely a waste of money. Statistically few buyers will get the full value out of their coverage. This is a problem for the dealer's finance office, which makes money from these add-ons, so they are coming up with new tactics.
Read MoreAs winter hits its icy stride, conventional wisdom implies that rear-wheel-drive cars simply can't hang. Fortunately, we know better and can take advantage of the clear buyer's market. Your challenge is as follows: Find the best car on eBay for less than a $10,000 budget that can convert its rear tires into smoke. Mmm, donuts.
Read MoreLadies and gentlemen, welcome to one of the most beautiful cars ever made, for any price. Every single angle absolutely oozes an unmistakable sense of style, with a sprinkling of brute force to keep things interesting. All this universal appeal can be had for less than the price of a used, moderately-equipped SUV. It does not get any better.
Read MoreA while back I wrote a post about LeBron James endorsing the not terribly popluar Kia K900 luxry car. While I give L Bron credit for actually driving the car in real life, I was skeptical on whether or not his endorsement would have any meaningful impact on sales. It has at least sold one car, I now know.
Read MoreUsually when someone feels they have been ripped off on a car deal, they will take their rage to Facebook or perhaps the local news might get contacted. If it is really bad they may get an attorney involved. A Rhode Island man decided to settle the score by smashing the seller in the head with a big piece of wood.
Read MoreVersatility is pretty important in today's modern automobile. For example - you want to head down to the mall to replace a pair of shoes that just started talking, but sitting in traffic sucks. Now you can buy an insanely affordable off-road Ford Raptor and drive it through the woods. If time is money, this is the best option ever.
Read MoreBack in the 1950's and 60's automakers took their cars to the track with the mantra of "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday." Today, car companies continue to make marketing connections between racing and their production cars, but given the differences in technology and viewership, does it even matter?
Read MoreYesterday, I received an update on the new GTI I ordered back in October - "Will be built week 10." So I won't be having hot-hatch fun until sometime in March. This morning, I caught some news that make the wait a little easier. It turns out VW may be seriously sandbagging the output claims on the MK7 GTI.
Read MoreAs gas prices fall, more people are considering larger displacement vehicles to drive to and from the buffet. Newsflash, Cletus - it makes more sense than ever to buy a car that gets great mileage, while still giving you a swift kick in the back every now and again. Here are the ten best cars for less than $4,000 that you chose and voted for.
Read MoreThe Subaru WRX is a fantastic hoon machine, but it must be kept in the right hands. One brand new owner says he took his car into the dealer for check-engine light and an easy repair only to have someone there "borrow" the car to take it to class and then wreck it.
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