Jon Olsson consistently creates the most ridiculous all-weather machines on the planet. The skier-slash-designer has thrown a box on top of a modified Audi R8, a Lamborghini Gallardo, and now another RS6 that's been DTMified and boosted to nearly 1,000 horsepower.
Read MoreThere is no doubt that the idea of Iran controlling Yemen via their Houthi Rebel proxies is a nightmare for Saudi Arabia. A large part of this nightmare is the possibility that Iran could deny access to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf simultaneously, cutting off Saudi Arabia's main avenues for energy exports and causing hell for global commerce.
Read MoreThe trailer for Good Kill, a movie featuring Ethan Hawke and January Jones that dives into the peculiar existence of USAF drone pilots, particularity the shooting kind, dropped today and it looks... interesting. This will be first of a whole slew of films coming out post-American Sniper that will deal with soldier's wars, both physical and mental.
Read MoreOne of the hottest air show acts in the country is Greg "Wired" Colyer's T-33 Shooting Star, nicknamed "Ace Maker." Throughout the show season, I do some photo work with Greg and the resulting shots never seems to disappoint. Credit to my friend Julie for the video below of Greg giving us a very close look at Ace Maker in action:
Read MoreThe Middle East got even more complicated this week as Saudi Arabia launched air strikes across Yemen as parts of that country fall into the hands of a Shiite militia group known as the Houthi. The implications of this new campaign go far beyond Yemen's borders and it could be just a preview of a regional standoff over Iran's nuclear program.
Read MoreLast November, VAQ-134 'Garudas' flew off the USS George H.W. Bush for their home base at NAS Whidbey Island, marking the historic end of what was the EA-6B Prowler's final carrier cruise. Months earlier, globe trotting aviation photographer Ivan Voukadinov was aboard the Bush as the Prowler was busy jamming ISIS fighters in Iraq.
Read MoreAs part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, the ballooning "theater security package" aimed at bolstering NATO strength and deterring Russian aggression, 12 F-15C Eagles and about 200 airmen from the Florida Air National Guard will be deploying to the Netherlands and Bulgaria.
Read MoreThe Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, also known as the "Missile With A Man In It," is known for many things. It was the first operational mach two capable fighter, it was designed by the legendary Kelly Johnson and served with 15 nations for almost 50 years. One thing it is not known for is its slow-speed handling.
Read MoreJapan has inducted into service its largest warship since WWII, the 814 foot long Izumo. The activation of such a large ship, dubbed a 'Helicopter Destroyer,' has regional powers and academics alike questioning the limits of Article 9 in Japan's Constitution.
Read MoreLockheed has a new modular sensor system for combat aircraft dubbed the "Legion Pod" that aims at plugging a major hole in US air warfare capability. It provides a bolt-on Infrared Search and Track (IRST) system for optically hunting down enemy aircraft, especially stealthy ones, that our radars have trouble detecting.
Read MoreThis hyperreal picture, taken by Wesley Prirchett, titled simply "Wingman," won the US Army Aviation Photo Of The Year award. It depicts a super wide-angel view of a pair of recently retired OH-58D Kiowa Warriors skirting the colorful Hawaiian coastline, and it's nothing short of gorgeous.
Read MoreThe Navy is settling into its new maritime patrol aircraft and increased deployments abroad are part of getting the P-8A Poseidon up to snuff. Last July, VP-5 'Mad Foxes' took on their seven-month mission to Japan with gusto, with the P-8's fresh capabilities continuing to be a big hit in the region. Here's an awesome video montage of the Mad Foxes' historic deployment:
Read MoreRussia's next big super-tank, the T-14 Armata, is said to be unveiled in Red Square during this year's Victory Day Parade, but nobody has seen the prototype, until now... maybe.
Read MoreIt's Monday, which means we've all woken up to yet another day on Planet Earth. And since this beautiful planet includes Russia, and Russia belongs to a bellicose and belligerent dictator named Vladimir Putin, we can all hear another lovely, bizarre threat. This time, Russia threatened to nuke the Danish Navy.
Read MoreForce fields have been a mainstay in science fiction since just about forever. Now, the future may finally be close at hand as Boeing recently patented a "method and system for shock wave attenuation via electromagnetic arc," which aims to make invisible and instant protection from nearby explosions a reality.
Read MoreVVIP and head of state aircraft are sensitive places, and pictures from inside the confines of the USMC's VH-3Ds and VH-60Ns are scarce, but they do exist. We've assembled a collection of these photos to show you what life is life skirting the skyline in the President's point-to-point vehicles of choice.
Read MoreAs part of America's continued initiative to show greater military readiness and fighting capability in Europe in order to reassure NATO allies and deter Russian aggression in the region, USAFE has sent six of its F-16CJs from Germany to train with some of the oldest jets in NATO, Romania's ancient MiG-21 Lancers.
Read MoreThe first two Red Flag aerial war games of the year have come to a close. Both saw US air combat units combine with allied ones from around the globe to work as a team to take on the staunch defenses laid out across the vast Nellis Range Complex, including enemy SAM sites and F-16s and F-15s masquerading as enemy fighters.
Read MoreThe Secret Service has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons lately, with hookers, drugs, fence jumpers, a guy entering the White House with a knife, drones running amok and now even drunken crashes into the White House gates making headlines. The answer, at least partially? A long overdue $8 million replica White House to train on.
Read MoreOnce again, Russia has upped the air combat capability ante on the Crimean Peninsula with Tu-22M3 Backfires reportedly deploying there as part of widespread 'snap' readiness drills among Russian forces. This marks the first time a Russian strategic asset like the Tu-22 has operated from Crimea since the territory was annexed last winter.
Read MoreThe USMC inducted the AV-8A Harrier into service in 1971 and military minds in the DoD were quickly trying to think of every way they could use the "Jump Jet's" new abilities. One of their experiments was to integrate the AV-8 into a conventional USN Carrier Air Wing. This happened during the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt's Mediterranean cruise in 1976.
Read MoreChina isn't just expanding its military reach into the South China Sea, it's rapidly building completely new islands, and as you'd expect, that's generating plenty of anxiety from the other nations in the neighborhood.
Read MoreIndonesia's Jupiter Aerobatic Team, which flies KAI KT-1 turboprop military trainers, experienced a horrific crash yesterday during a practice run for Malaysia's Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA). Astonishingly, all four pilots are reported to have survived the collision.
Read MoreIn the late 1990s the US Coast Guard was constantly being outrun by cartels 'go-fast' drug smuggling boats. Enter a secret program dubbed "New Frontier" that saw the use of a new breed of helicopters and interceptor boats, launched from cutters far out at sea, that aimed to fight the enemy's speed with even greater speed and a lot of firepower.
Read MoreThe U-2 was not designed for life on the ground. It relies on fall-away "pogo" wheels that work as outriggers for its long wings during taxi and takeoff. Apparently, these wheels fall off prematurely from time to time. Easy fix! Just get out on the runway and hold the wing while the U-2 goes to full power, than try not to be blown down the runway like a rag doll!
Read MoreThey are one of the most iconic performance groups in existence, amazing millions yearly. Their shows feature seemingly super-human levels of precision. Now, one of them is going to tell you what it's like to don the blue flight suit as part of the elite of the elite, as a member of the US Navy Flight Demonstration Team, more commonly known as the Blue Angels.
Read MoreThe USAF's CV-22B Ospreys are the most capable combat search and rescue and tactical special operations transports ever devised. The video below, shot by CV-22 crews themselves, shows them in action like never before.
Read MoreOur good friend David Cenciotti posted a very cool USAF video showing a B-2 Spirit being refueled high over Montana. Watching the flying wing's control surfaces working to keep it stabilized below the KC-135 is always amazing, but the real payoff comes at the end when we see the jet's revolving refueling receptacle seemingly melt into the big jets stealthy skin.
Read MoreThe Harrier is a massive Rolls Royce "Pegasus" turbofan engine with wings. Although not supersonic, the AV-8B has almost 24k lbs of thrust to play with even though it has no afterburner. This makes it very well suited for hauling ass down low, below radar and close to the targets it was built to destroy. In doing so some crazy visual phenomena can occur.
Read MoreUPDATE: The crashed aircraft is reported to be a privately owned jet war bird, pictures clearly show a BAe T59 Hawk Trainer that has been severely burned. The aircraft is said to have impacted a vehicle killing one Marine on the ground. Although it is uncertain who this aircraft belongs to, Air USA has operated the rare T59 as private air support contractors for the DoD out of Yuma before.
Read MoreThe USAF is working on a fly-like artificial compound eye that could one day be used for seekers on missiles as well as other targeting systems. This is hardly the first time the DoD has looked to mother nature for good ideas, but compound eye technology has the potential to greatly increase the field of view and fidelity over existing systems, all at a low cost.
Read MoreWatch these Iraqi Air Force Eurocopter EC635-T2 helicopter gunships go after ISIS technicals (improvised fighting vehicles) near Tikrit the old school way, with very low-level strafing and rocket fire.
Read MoreThe USS Mustin (DDG-89)experienced high winds, blinding snow storms and heavy seas during its reverse transit from Otaru, Japan. The results are these ghostly images of a seemingly frozen AEGIS equipped Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer.
Read MoreEven some military aficionados would be surprised to know that the Navy has dedicated special operations helicopters squadrons. The Air Force's Pave Hawk and Osprey communities and the Army's notorious Night Stalkers take up much of the limelight. But now, the Navy's two reclusive squadrons are set to stand down due to a budget crunch.
Read MoreI have stood alongside runways as B-1s blasted off for training missions and one phrase can describe it: Loud as f@#k. Four General Electric F101s in full blower pushing a big gas and bomb container along the runway is pretty outrageous, but that same thing at night is downright otherworldly.
Read MoreOne of the Navy's top Super Hornet squadrons, VFA-27 "Royal Maces," have accomplished an incredible feat: Creating a cruise video that is better than their last, which was just about the best thing we have ever seen up until now. Jerry Bruckheimer eat your heart out because "That's a Shack!" has set a whole new standard for squadron montage reels.
Read MoreF-15s, F-16s, F/A-18s and A-10s from around the US have migrated west to join the Hawaiian Air National Guard's F-22 Raptors for exercise Sentry Aloha, where they will all train to fight and win as an integrated team. Hopefully, they'll also get a chance to drink something out of a coconut.
Read MoreEven in an era of combat aircraft, tanks, and an endless array of technological advances, the US Army still trains troops in the tactics of trench warfare. And sometimes they go to Poland to do it.
Read MoreThe C-130 remains the flying backbone of America's combat forces. You need a pallet of crap moved from an air base to a dirt strip? No problem. You need a flying command post? No problem. You need to infiltrate below enemy radar to refuel helicopters in mid air? No problem. In fact, Iron Horse, the USAF's oldest C-130, has done all these things and more in its colorful life.
Read MorePaul Allen was an original founder of Microsoft, started a space launch company and now owns the Seattle Seahawks, as well as one of the world's largest yachts, which comes with its own submarine. With a long list of accomplishments under his belt, he did the one thing you would do. Go looking for sunken battleships.
Read MoreTo understand America's first jet bomber, the XB-43 Jetmaster, you have to understand the XB-42 Mixmaster, an aircraft that was equally as impressive and even more exotic. Even though neither of these amazing aircraft made it to the front lines, many of their unique innovations and lessons learned from operating them did.
Read MoreIt is one of the hardest aircraft to fly, soaring at altitudes where a change of just a few knots could mean an over-speed or a stall, and landing it is an art form all in itself. The 60 year old U-2 Dragon Lady program has been a male dominated one, with just eight women being qualified to fly it, but never an African American woman, until Merryl Tengesdal came along.
Read MoreDCS World, already the ultimate air combat simulation, is about to get better. Way better. It's in the process of co-developing an F-14 Tomcat add-on, and that sound you hear is my inner-12-year-old squealing like it's Christmas morning.
Read MoreThe war on ISIS has reached America, and the front lines are all around us. ISIS is real, and ISIS is here. I know this, because one of the three guys who got caught trying to join ISIS in New York used to make my kebabs.
Read MoreWhile America's aerospace industry is hard at work creating the USAF's next generation bomber, Russia has a similar ongoing program known as the the PAK-DA. Now, after years of requirements changes, it appears that a blended wing, subsonic design, much like the one pictured above, will be the new jet's overall configuration.
Read MoreThis gorgeous shot depicts nighttime AV-8B Harrier operations aboard the USS Essex LHD-2 while the ship churns through the seas somewhere in the vast Pacific. It's amazing that even though there may not be a person for thousands of miles in any direction, this extreme ballet of technology, ingenuity and courage can be occurring quite literally in the middle of nowhere.
Read MoreIf you're one of the lucky LFA owners in Europe, you have to take your car to TMG for every oil change. It's a nice drive, but if you're too busy, I'm willing to help. See my email address below, ok?
Read MoreLook at that shifter! It's the same in all '97 race cars and if you hit a clown with it, you'll have to deal with a dead body.
Read MoreThe 2016 Mazda Miata isn't even out yet, and already it's proving itself to be a modern engineering model. Today we learned the U.S.-spec Miata's official curb weight, and equipped with a manual, it comes in at 2,332 pounds.
Read MoreI recently had the opportunity to drive a diesel-powered 1987 Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen. This is just like the plush, high-tech G-Wagen models that all the celebrities drive, except instead of an infotainment system, mine had an altimeter.
Read MoreWhat insights can you glean about a new car from just two Circuit of the Americas laps when you’re in the passenger’s seat? Not as many as you’d like, especially when it’s a car as important as the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V. I’d prefer to know everything about that car but we’re not there yet. What I can tell you is that it’s very quick, seems like an excellent handler, and it will do sick, crowd-pleasing God Bless America burnouts that make it worthy of the V badge.
Read MoreAs many of you know, I've owned a series of remarkable cars in my lifetime. Porsche. Ferrari. BMW M. Mercedes AMG. Lotus. Land Rover. Cadillac CTS-V. And now, I'm adding another highly recognizable name to my unique car history: the Chrysler PT Cruiser.
Read MoreWhen it’s time to upgrade your current ride, you’re faced with the choice of trading it in to the dealership or selling it elsewhere. While a private sale can be a hassle, it often means getting more money for your car. However, it really depends on what you have and your local tax rates that determine the most lucrative path.
Read MoreAs you read this, I am currently on vacation in Europe, a fantastic continent that I visit every so often in order to see beautiful sights, and eat amazing food, and flee all of my Range Rover problems.
Read MoreYou might think that with the unusual circumstance of having a McLaren 650S in my garage, I would have no time for a humble hatchback that costs about a tenth its price. Not so, when the hatchback in question is the Ford Focus ST. Need a fun normal car for when you’re not in your supercar? Here’s a great choice.
Read MoreIf you want to drive a luxury car, you have three options: buy new, lease, or buy used. Tavarish says the smart money buys used and buys on Craigslist for cheap, but if you want a little more peace of mind, certified pre-owned is the way to go. Autotrader ranked their top ten CPO programs, you might be surprised who didn’t make the cut.
Read MoreAmerica loves it some mid-size sedans. Wagons might be more practical and crossovers are now outselling the humble four-door, but mid-sizers remain the chariot of choice for a massive swath of the population. Nearly every automaker offers one and each comes in dozens of flavors, so how do you pick the best? We’re here to help.
Read MoreMercedes has decided that America won't accept the same A-Class small hatchback that anchors their lineup around the world. However, they do think you'd like the GLA-Class, a small hatchback with slightly more ground clearance. But what you really want is the GLA45, a nutjob rally-hatch monster that makes no sense and tons of sense all at once.
Read MoreWhat would you do if you were offered a McLaren 650S Spider — a convertible, mid-engine sports car with stunning looks, 641 horsepower, a curb weight of about 3,000 pounds, and the ability to hit 60 mph from a standstill in three seconds — but you could only drive it 250 miles?
Read MoreIf you pay nearly $312,000 for a car, it had better be pretty special, right? Fortunately, the McLaren 650S Spider has special in spades. Besides its insane turbo power and glorious handling, a lot of that specialness is in the little details. Here are some of my favorites.
Read MoreNo car has transformed as radically over the course of its nameplate as the Volkswagen Beetle. It started life as a plebeian, practical family car with the engine in the back driven by Germans and then hippies and then crazy people, and then it morphed into a super cute front-wheel drive premium lifestyle accessory in the mid-1990s.
Read MoreFor American enthusiasts, no style of car is as coveted and sought-after as the diesel wagon with a manual gearbox. Why can't we have torque, efficiency and room to carry all of our stuff for relatively cheap like the rest of the world? Luckily, we're on the eve of the launch of the new 2015 Golf SportWagen, and it's definitely the best diesel manual wagon Americans can buy.
Read MoreRather than make this a straightforward review of the 2015 Bentley Mulsanne Speed, which sounds dreadfully boring, I'm simply going to list all the things that make it completely, utterly ridiculous — in a good way.
Read MoreAs many of you know, I recently purchased a Hummer. For those of you who don't know much about the Hummer, allow me to explain: this is a hardcore, serious, off-road-ready military vehicle designed to do battle in camel-infested nations, except mine has a CD player.
Read MoreI find the dashcam market absolutely puzzling. And this is even after I accept that they're useful for people outside of Russia who may never encounter naked people or half-eaten trucks on the road. But the truth is this isn't a market with clear leaders or even players, and knowing what to buy is tricky. Maybe we can help.
Read MoreGood news, everyone! Today is FRIDAY! Actually, it's now Tuesday, and I'm writing this like 11 days in the past. That's because I am currently on vacation in a country where Internet is reserved for a lucky few, such as cafes where they make you order a baba ghanoush to get the WiFi password.
Read MoreYes, good people of Jalopnik, it's true: Friday is upon us once more. The week is almost over, the weekend is almost here, and that means the time has come for Letters to Doug, the weekly column where I almost answer your automotive questions.
Read MoreThere’s something hauntingly beautiful about the graveyards where cars, planes, trains, bikes, and boats go to rest.
Read MoreWhy waste all kinds of time and money designing something original, when you could just rip off something else?
Read MoreAs some of you may know, I'm very fond of hard-working pickup trucks, and occasionally have inspired/inane ideas about how to make them better (or, worse, depending). Well, I has another. And this time, it's not a truck, it's a truck accessory. I think I've solved the passionate bedliner v. camper shell debate once and for all.
Read MoreThis year's Goodwood Members' Meeting brought together 16 of the 28 McLaren F1 GTRs in existence, including six of the Long Tail cars from 1997. I'll never forget the sight. Or the noise.
Read MoreThe other day I reported on a brand-new supercar company, Lyons Motor Cars. While it seemed like they were earnest and have put a lot of effort into their plans, the harsh reality is that their car has about as much of a chance of becoming real as does the Annihilator, the "Fully Customizable Dream Car" proposed by a bonkers Kickstarter campaign.
Read MoreLast week my friend sent me a message. "What are you doing this weekend, do you want to come to Spa and the Nurburgring with us?" This friend is Maxige78 who owns a Ferrari 599GTO at the moment. I wasn't sure whether to go at first. Then Max mentioned his friend was bringing his LaFerrari.
Read MoreOh, hey. Didn't see you there. Did I mention I was interviewed extensively for Damon Ristau's (the guy who made The Bus Movie) new documentary about the Beetle, The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car? No? And I didn't mention that Ewan McGregor's in it, too? Really? I should have. Because it looks like it'll be great.
Read MoreIf you're a car enthusiast, consider these ten videos essential viewing.
Read MoreJerry Lewis’ 1960 movie The Bellboy is widely regarded by cinemaphiles as the Citizen Kane of severely inept service-industry worker movies. And I think that includes the Fat Boys’ magnum opus, Disorderlies. What most people don’t realize is that it has one of the best fake VW engines in all of cinema.
Read MoreMercedes used AMG’s Rote Sau to score a second place at the 24 Hours of Spa in 1971, but the car’s racing career was over once they couldn’t find legal tires for it anymore.
Read MoreAlarmingly, it’s been 30 years since Pee-Wee Herman set off to the basement of the Alamo to find his beloved, purloined bicycle. Now, after all this time, a new Pee-Wee Herman movie is coming, via Netflix, and it looks like the great PW Herman has upgraded to a car. And not just any car — a Fiat 600.
Read MoreFor decades, the big sedan was unquestionably what the American auto industry did best. Then the SUVs came and everything changed. What happened?
Read MoreAyrton Senna would have been 55 years old today. Considered by many to be the greatest driver of all time, Senna was killed in a crash in 1994. If you haven't already watched the amazing 2010 documentary about his life, that should be your first stop. But after that, check out these 6 clips we've assembled of the master at work:
Read MoreBack when Group B rally cars were running virtually unrestricted, faster than sense or safety, newscasters called them 'supercars.' What if you took that Group B tech and applied it to a traditional supercar concept?
Read MoreIf things had gone a little differently in our world, like the oil crises of the 1970s never really improved, we may have focused on electric cars much more. And that may have made Tesla-like cars come much sooner. Like that Globe-Union Endura up there. It’s like an alternate-universe 1970s Tesla Model S.
Read MoreIt's amazing what you can do with duct tape, zip ties, shoe laces, pantyhose, logs, coke bottles, and a bit of Macgyver spirit when it comes to fixing your car.
Read MoreI recently had the opportunity to drive an original Mini back-to-back with my original Hummer. This was a very unusual experience, and it felt a lot like that scene in Castaway where Tom Hanks is floating through the ocean on a raft made of sticks until he's rescued by a cargo ship the size of greater Baltimore.
Read MoreThere's a new movie coming about aliens sending a bunch of old 8-bit, pixellated video game characters to Earth to kick our asses. Like almost every alien-kicking-our-asses movie, it looks pretty fun. This movie also gives the modern Mini Cooper its first real acting roles, where Minis will play the role of Pac-Man ghosts.
Read MoreEarlier this month, I wrote about how much I liked the idea of flexible, modular cars, and how I thought they should, you know, exist. It turns out something very much like I was imagining did exist, at least in concept form, back in 1982. It was the ItalDesign Capsula, and I think I love it.
Read MoreAs you all know, I'm all about the Big Questions. The important issues of relevance and impact that need thought and solutions. Which is why I'm bringing up this alarmingly important question now: what cookie makes the best car badge?
Read MoreActually, it's not just a particular car that needs to exist, it's a whole new segement. And, sure, you'd think that every possible car segment has already been thought of, and while this one may have been considered before, it's not really available. What is this segment? It's the box. But not just any box. The luxury box.
Read MoreAs many of you know, the Internet is an exciting place, full of magic, and wonder, and delight, and a disturbingly large collection of tentacle porn. Thanks to online communities it's also a good place to invent a version of yourself that's better, older, and more interesting.
Read MoreWho ever said car dealerships had to be bland and dreary? These ten have the right idea.
Read MoreI was hoping more companies would adopt Singer and Icon's methods of building insanely great retro vehicles upgraded with modern comforts and technology. It looks like Florida-based Revology is the next builder to join those ranks, and they're doing it with some classic American iron.
Read MoreThis cute workhorse has 302 miles on the clock and the seat protectors and rubber floor mats left right where the British Motor Corporation put them back in 1968. Also, Dunlop cross-ply tires!
Read MoreUPS trucks (technically, they call them "package cars." I bet they call fortune cookies "book crackers," too) are one of those common sorts of vehicles that just blends into the surrounding environment. Big, useful rolling turds bringing us our Hoagie of the Month Club selections and car parts we got off eBay. But they're worth a closer look.
Read MoreA few days ago, our own Patrick George wrote about the rumors that VW is considering dropping the slow-selling Beetle from its lineup. This got me thinking, because I still remember the joy I felt when VW re-introduced the Beetle name back in 1998. But, really, it's just a Golf in a costume. So what should a modern Beetle really be?
Read MoreDick De Luna is a septuagenarian gentleman who intends to keep moving rather fast for at least another 20 years with this, his 1948 Nardi-Danese 6C 2500 shared with his wife as a navigator.
Read MoreManufacturing videos are great at giving us a window into the often-mysterious process of how cars are made. These ten in particular are the most fascinating.
Read MoreThe earliest XJ220s are past their 23rd birthday by now, and throughout all those years, it wasn't Jaguar who kept them alive, but Don Law Racing. Meet the father and son behind the amazing garage that went racing and built the ultimate XJ220, the LM.
Read MoreWe here at Jalopnik love our friends in the animal kingdom, but it seems like they don't always mix well with cars.
Read MoreDespite driving a Volvo sedan nowadays, my dad has always been a station wagon man. That makes perfect sense because he's a smart guy and wagons are the smartest choice one can make. The Fiat Tempra SW? Not so much.
Read MoreHello, friends! Welcome to a new series where I’ll try to make you feel inspired with a photograph of the inside of a trunk! I’m so sick of being inspired and uplifted by sunsets and lighthouses and soaring asshole birds. Enough already. Let’s get inspired within the dark, dank confines of a car trunk. Trunkward ho!
Read MoreNot only is this Renesis rotary-powered NA Mazda Miata the only one in the world, but was part of an actual legally binding contract and hurdle for C.J. Wilson to purchase another Mazda dealership. This is how it came to fruition.
Read MoreIn a non-stunning bit of completely unsurprising news, it was revealed that the crashed and abandoned yellow Lamborghini in Dallas was, in fact, a rental car. That slight rocking motion you feel in the earth is all those heads nodding in understanding. Of course it was a rental. Now it all makes sense.
Read MoreI have an unnatural obsession with the little Fiat 126. I have wanted one desperately since I first laid eyes on one. Here's the question: are they terrible?
Read MoreWhat good is the internet if we don't use it to drool over things we can never have? Today's Weekend Wallpaper is the Lamborghini Aventador, which can be yours for a mere $397, 500. Made of carbon fiber with aluminum front and rear frames, this model is about 100 pounds lighter than its predecessor and is reported to hit a top speed of 217 mph.
Read MoreNaming a new car is one of the biggest decisions you'll never make. Unlike that spoiler you installed after watching Fast And The Furious, you can never take it away. That name is going to be with the car forever. So here are some helpful tips to ensure you can live with your choice.
Read MoreIt's impossible to deny the mark John DeLorean left on the auto industry. From the Pontiac GTO to the overhead-cam six, we owe more to DeLorean than his namesake DMC-12. And coming up on the anniversary of his death, here's a great long-read about the man behind the machines.
Read MoreI’m not even going to try and pretend this is a new idea, or even my idea. But it’s an idea that I’ve always liked, and have always been surprised it never managed to make it into reality in any significant way. It just seems to make so much sense. It’s the idea of a car that can be easily made to do pretty much anything.
Read MoreThis year's Geneva show was one of contrition for your vertically challenged, vaguely brown UK correspondent. I had cause to come face-to-face with two people I felt wouldn't be too happy to see me. The first was the boss of Porsche's Weissach nerve-centre, Wolfgang Hatz, and the other was Christian Von Koenigsegg.
Read MoreThe age of the fullsize body-on-frame family van is very much over. Do you mourn its passing?
Read MoreCar culture isn't just made up of famous events that get tons of coverage, there are many lesser-known events that are just as great as the big ones. These are the best you've never heard of.
Read MoreI didn't grow up loving cars. I didn't have any Hot Wheels or driving games or afternoons spent in the driveway wrenching with my dad. So how did this — all this — happen?
Read MoreThe life of a supercar, as we're told, is nothing but hammering the Route Napoleon by day and cruising the Riviera by night. That's the fantasy. What's the reality?
Read MoreIf you're considering a career being a car mechanic, please do not under any circumstances read this post. We're all completely baffled by these stories.
Read MoreWhen you mention the EPA and automotive performance in the same sentence, most people who love cars will cringe and shudder, awakening hideous visions of smog-control plumbing that made engines look like rhino intestines and 5.7-liter V8 Firebirds making an anemic 155 HP. But the truth is the EPA is the unsung hero of modern speed.
Read MoreThe 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS has a 4.0 with 500 horsepower and 354 lb-ft of torque, a lighter body and a top speed of 198 mph. The 2016 Ruf RGT has a 4.2 with 525 horsepower and 369 lb-ft, a lighter body, and a top speed of 200 mph. Plus a manual, and the widest rear tires Michelin makes.
Read MoreMidnight. Los Angeles. An impossibly low and wide silver machine glides through the empty streets, the city lights reflecting off its stainless steel body as it looks less like a relic of the 1980s and more like an artifact from a future that never happened.
Read MoreBy now, you've probably seen the video where I use a Hummer to crush a Chrysler PT Cruiser. If you haven't, then boy, that was a hell of a spoiler.
Read MoreDriving an old car is one thing. Living with one is another.
Read MoreMy thoughts while watching this video: “Oh. Another bad driver. Even managed to wipe out in a Porsche Cayman. Welp, looks like they’re going to try to keep going. Should just pull over. Why do they keep spinning out? What’s wrong with them? Oh – oh yeah. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. That’ll definitely do it.”
Read MoreLet me put it this way — you really, really don't want to put two wheels off at Turn 9 at Big Willow.
Read MoreOne of the joys of owning a McLaren is that when you have routine warranty work done, the manufacturer picks it up from you, does the work, and drops it off with no problem at all. And to transport it, they even put it on a truck for you. And that’s great, until that truck stalls out on train tracks, and a train destroys it.
Read MoreSomehow this asshole managed to get his keys into the ignition and attempted to drive him and his girlfriend home on Saturday night in DeKalb, Illinois. The other guys at the bar laughed and videotaped him driving off... right into the path of an oncoming car.
Read MoreNote to Lexus' engineering team: if you ever decide to come out with a 3000HP IS F, you may want to consider some aero modifications. That's pretty much what Bahrain's EKanoo racing team learned, when their 3000HP Lexus IS F drag car took a short, abortive flight at the Bahrain International Circuit recently.
Read MoreA spike strip spelled the end for 24-year-old Roman Bernal's high speed chase across four counties in Northern California yesterday. Bernal didn't seem too troubled by it though.
Read MoreBefore you think of doing something stupid in your car, just remember that someone is probably filming it for all of the internet to laugh at you.
Read MoreIt turns out that even though the McLaren might well be the easiest super sports car to drive and own, it's still something you can crash on a rainy day.
Read MoreThe famous 11 foot 8 bridge keeps a surveillance camera going to capture all of the unsuspecting truck drivers who crash into it. Now the camera has caught a hit-and-run in action, and the Volvo 240 at fault.
Read MoreCrashing a car is always embarrassing. But is it so embarrassing that you should abandon your $200,000 Lamborghini on the side of the highway? Apparently one Texas Lamborgini owner thought that was exactly the case.
Read MoreA man police say lost control of his Ford Mustang during a Los Angeles street race and killed two people after crashing into a crowd surrendered to authorities on Saturday night, according to news reports.
Read MoreYesterday, Jalopnik published a leaked farewell email from Andy Wilman to staff, which many people took as him resigning. Today he clarified it wasn’t a resignation email nor meant for public consumption.
Read MoreThe Top Gear as we know it is dead with Jeremy Clarkson’s firing, and as further proof of that we have this leaked email to current and former staff from Executive Producer Andy Wilman confirming that he’s done with the BBC but “at least we left ‘em wanting more.”
Read MoreBecause the world is filled with kind, rational, level-headed human beings, the Director-General of the BBC is under police protection over what was determined to be a "credible" death threat from someone angry over Jeremy Clarkson's sacking from Top Gear. Ugh.
Read MoreEver since Jeremy Clarkson was fired from Top Gear, fellow co-host James May has been a bit vague about what his future plans are. Apparently, they now include playing little tunes on his recorder. And it is hilarious and amazing.
Read MoreNorth Yorkshire police may be investigating Jeremy Clarkson assaulting Top Gear producer Oison Tymon over a sandwich, but Oison himself has no desire to press charges, as his lawyer has announced.
Read MoreWhat happens to a well-loved and highly acclaimed TV show when it loses its star? Historically, the prognosis isn't good. But even with the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson after FacePunchSteakColdCutFracasGhazi, the folks at Top Gear say the show will go on.
Read MoreJust a day after being sacked by the BBC, Jeremy Clarkson was spotted riding his bike near his home. A mob of reporters stopped him to ask if he was worried about going to jail. Clarkson instead said people should leave Oisin Tymon, the producer he assaulted, alone. And he's right.
Read MoreAfter it was announced that the BBC would not be renewing Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson’s contract, co-host James May announced that his next step would require “a lot of careful thought.” That’s so far pretty much all he’s said. But a lot of people have been suckered in by this imposter Twitter account.
Read MoreThe third biggest loser in this sad saga of Top Gear is the wider car media, and the business that surrounds it. Of course the first is the vast fan base that has followed the show for many years. The second, assuming the brand struggles to survive, is the team who work on it - and I can’t imagine how they feel right now. But sitting here it strikes me that so many people also engaged in this business of writing or making films about cars haven’t stopped to understand just what Top Gear did for
Read MoreWith Jeremy Clarkson fired from Top Gear, it appeared as if the worst had already come to pass. But this all might be far from over, as now the North Yorkshire police are investigating the incident which got him fired to begin with.
Read MoreWith the firing of Jeremy Clarkson, the main host and driving creative force behind Top Gear, it’s a bit unclear as to the future of both the show and co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond. Both co-hosts are, however, now being forced to weigh in.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson berated a Top Gear producer throughout the evening of March 4 before he attacked him physically until a witness intervened, the BBC said in their investigation of the incident that led to Clarkson’s termination from the famed motoring program.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson has officially been fired as the host of Top Gear following a fight with a producer of the show, Oisin Tymon. BBC Director General Tony Hall confirmed the sacking in a statement, saying that the decision “was not taken lightly,” and that the BBC is looking to renew Top Gear in 2016.
Read MoreAccording to the Telegraph, Jeremy Clarkson will be fired from the BBC after the “fracas” with a Top Gear producer.
Read MoreI bet that’s a sentence you never thought you’d read anywhere, right? Let me assure that you did not, in fact, wake up in Bizarro World this morning, or that if you did then I’m right there with you. Amid Jeremy Clarkson’s FacePunchFracasGate scandal, the embattled Top Gear host has an unlikely defender in the form of one of his most ardent critics: Piers Morgan.
Read MorePeople are pissed that Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended from Top Gear and the rest of the season has been cancelled. Apparently they're so pissed that they're driving a tank to the BBC. This is a real thing that just happened.
Read MoreIf you've been living in your underground bunker for the last week, you may not have heard that Top Gear has been suspended due to a 'fracas' involving Jeremy Clarkson, a producer, and dinner. A report now says that the BBC offered to have James May and Richard Hammond finish the season without Clarkson, but the pair refused.
Read MoreSee that guy? That's 1999 Jeremy Clarkson, and he's very disappointed. He's disappointed because people keep reading something he wrote back then and mistaking it for news that future him is leaving Top Gear now, in 2015. That makes him a sad Clarkson, and so he has to go console himself by listening to Smash Mouth or Fastball or whatever.
Read MoreThough the BBC has yet to officially give their ruling about anything, and all that's been said is the vaguest of dinosaur-related metaphors, a Sun column written by Jeremy Clarkson is sparking a vast amount of speculation that he's leaving the show, and Top Gear itself may be gone. Is it true? Maybe, but it barely matters, really.
Read MoreWe're all used to The Stig putting his (its?) hands on some of he most amazing supercars in existence, but the sixth episode of Top Gear features a Hennessey Velociraptor. How awkwardly fitting if this is the last Top Gear lap ever.
Read MoreThe recent mess that Jeremy Clarkson has gotten himself into because he allegedly punched a producer who didn't have his dinner ready should be a warning to all auto show hosts out there. I know sometimes you just want to punch that hunger away, but you've got to be smart about it. I'm here to help you.
Read MoreWhen will we get to see the final three episodes of this season of Top Gear? Thanks to the scandal I've nicknamed "ClarksonFacePunchGate" (alternatively: "ClarksonFacePunchGhazi"), not anytime soon.
Read MoreWhile it's not official that you've been fired from the BBC over recent incidents, you've hinted that your current situation has you constantly looking over your shoulder. That doesn't sound like fun. Come work for us, it'll be a much better experience.
Read MoreThere are few more controversial people in the automotive world than Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson. Yesterday, Clarkson was suspended from Top Gear by the BBC for allegedly throwing a punch at a producer, reportedly because dinner was late. But is this sort of behavior regular? Or does this sound like a fabrication?
Read MoreAccording to the admittedly not 100% reliable source the Mirror, the Top Gear producer who was attacked by a wild Jeremy Clarkson is 36 year old Oisin Tymon. Tymon has been an assistant producer on Top Gear since 2008, and the recent incident of talent-on-producer violence was caused by a late dinner. Really, Clarkson? A late dinner?
Read MoreNow we find out exactly what went down with the "fracas" that got Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson suspended from the show: he apparently aimed a punch at a producer. Also, more of this season's episodes have been postponed.
Read MoreNo television show is as synonymous with cars and car culture as the original BBC version of Top Gear. Unfortunately, no car show host is as prone to controversy as Jeremy Clarkson. Over the years Clarkson's abrasive and decidedly un-PC sense of humor has managed to piss off... well, pretty much everyone.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson has been suspended from Top Gear by the BBC following an alleged dispute with a producer. The show will not be broadcast this Sunday, and it puts the future of the hugely popular series in doubt. UPDATED
Read MoreI know it only has a 660cc turbo three-cylinder engine. I know that engine only puts down 66 horsepower. I don’t care. The Honda S660 looks like it could be a lot of fun under the right driving circumstances. Honda’s new baby roadster just launched in Japan, and here it is in production-spec.
Read MoreNot only does the 2016 Honda Civic Type R look better in white than it did in that grainy magazine ad photo that leaked out this morning, it also has way more power than we imagined. How does 310 horsepower strike your fancy?
Read MoreThis Florida State Trooper in an unmarked Monte Carlo, attempts to pull over a motorcycle with a questionable technique. The resulting traffic stop includes the police car pinning the bike against the shoulder barrier, after which the officer tries to evade the citizen filming the encounter.
Read MoreWhen riding a motorcycle, its normally assumed that you are invisible to every other driver on the road and a grain of salt must be taken when your path is violated. This biker just couldn't let it drop when his lane was breached by a white sedan and he paid the most hilarious and idiotic price.
Read MoreRoyal Canadian Mounted Police tried to stop an unidentified motorcyclist for reckless driving when the dude ran for it, leading cops all over the city of Surrey and straight through the front door of Wal-Mart and down escalators. Oh yeah; he got away and cops still can't find him.
Read MoreBMW drivers parking like asshats is nothing new. But BMW drivers parking in the middle of the damn road makes for a perfect "Oh Shit!" storm for a rider and his Ariel Atom cohort.
Read MoreA recent patent filing by BMW suggests it's bringing back a cruiser for the first time in over 10 years. But the engineers at Motorrad apparently aren't content with sticking with its tried-and-true boxer, so the plan – at least on paper – is to attempt to cram a third cylinder into the classic, air-cooled v-twin configuration. Because Germans.
Read MoreThe Washington State Senate has passed EB 5623, a law originally designed to allow motorcyclists to split lanes in slow moving traffic. But amendments to the bill prove that the state's legislators are hopelessly clueless.
Read MoreWe've seen a spate of "smart" helmets that incorporate tiny screens to show everything from navigation to rearview camera feeds, but none of them pull data from the motorcycle's onboard computer. A couple of Intel engineers decided to change that with a new chipset and a smartphone app that answers to "Hello Jarvis."
Read MoreIf you've got a love for American iron on two wheels and about $15-$20 million burning a hole in your pocket, Mecum has an auction coming soon that you need to attend. The auction house is presenting what may be the best and most complete collection of rare vintage American bikes ever assembled anywhere.
Read MoreThere would be no Volkswagen without the Beetle, and occasionally VW remembers that and decides to have some fun with the modern Beetle. That’s exactly what happened at the NY Auto Show, where VW showed four special Beetles: the R-Line, the convertible Denim, the Pink Color, and the Convertible Wave. But is it actually only 60 years?
Read MoreWhat is it about four-door sedans? How are these still, somehow, more desirable in America than a smart, practical, 5-door hatch? Well, they are, there’s nothing we can do about it, and since Scion seems to want to sell cars, they need one. So here it is: the Scion iA.
Read MoreParenting: Here’s how it works in Florida.
Read MoreUnlike nearly every other automaker, Hyundai has kept relatively quiet about the development of its autonomous driving technology. But at an event today in Seoul, the automaker announced plans to introduce its first round of self-driving technology beginning later this year.
Read MoreAs great as the current 991 iteration of Porsche 911 is, and it continues to turn out some amazing variants, a GT2 and GT2 RS version has been conspicuously absent so far. But Porsche’s boss for hi-po cars says it will be back someday, just not for a while.
Read MoreAston Martin needs to do something to get its emissions in check and keep its glorious V12s alive, so it’s launched a research project for an electric version of the Rapide and it’s looking to Silicon Valley for partnerships.
Read MoreI told you it would leak early. Meet Cadillac’s new flagship sedan, the lightweight, turbocharged 400 horsepower 2016 Cadillac CT6.
Read MoreI was recently sitting around in my underwear, browsing the Internet for used cars at 4 a.m. This will come as a complete shock to those of you who know me, because I’m usually in bed by three.
Read MoreMy torrid forbidden love affair with Honda’s JDM-only S660 Roadster has only intensified in recent days, and after watching this track test video, it shows no signs of slowing down.
Read MoreWhile Goodwood’s public parking lot might appear to be full of them, as Ferrari 365 GTB/4s are getting more and more expensive every year, many of these wonderful Pininfarina creations get turned into stationery garage queens. But not this one.
Read MoreThe Wörthersee meeting in Austria is the biggest annual Volkswagen gathering, and the company always makes sure the fans have enough crazy concept cars to take pictures of. This year’s GTI will be designed by a group of apprentices aged 17-25, so prepare your Matchboxes!
Read MoreWhat you’re looking at is a proposed highway that would link London to New York, going the long way round. It’s been making the news lately, and it’s certainly crazy.
Read MoreDo you want us to send the product tooling? That’s what Bentley designer Luc Donckerwolke posted on Lincoln designer David Woodhouse’s Facebook page, a comment that was swiftly deleted but captured by the excellent Car Design News. Let me tell you, Bentley went off on Lincoln.
Read MoreJust 12 hours or so before its official debut at the New York Auto Show (or sooner if it leaks, which it probably will) Cadillac showed off a photo of the 2016 Cadillac CT6 hiding under a sheet. That's kind of silly since everybody kind of knows what it looks like, so let's explore instead why the CT6 is a big deal.
Read MoreThe McLaren 570S is the entry level model in the English supercar maker's lineup. Aimed straight at the Porsche 911 Turbo S and the Audi R8 V10, the 570S is McLaren's first foray into a higher volume segment. And it looks bananas in person. Here are the close up details.
Read MoreWell, I mean, people have some idea. The Buick was driven on the bike path. It's just that most people can't figure out how someone would be clueless enough to drive a full-grown Buick all the way onto a bridge bike path on Lake Shore Drive by Chicago's Navy Pier.
Read MoreIt turns out that cats like refreshed and refurbished old Porsche 911s as much as humans do.
Read MoreThe Beast of Turin Fiat record car will run up the hill with its 28.5 liter four-cylinder at Goodwood this summer at the Festival of Speed, and here’s its first drive in 104 years with Lord March himself in the passenger seat. It’s a loud one.
Read MoreThe new top-of-the-line Range Rover, the $200,000+ SVAutobiography (via Land Rover's SVO division), is a 543 HP rolling bank vault of luxury and weaponized swank. More importantly, it finally has a way for the 1% to be able to really sit back and enjoy a cockfight parking lot tailgate, with this amazing 'Event Seating.'
Read MoreWhen Ford's head honcho Mark Fields debuted the new Lincoln Continental, he said the car was aimed at China, and he stated the brand had only entered the Chinese car market last November. That's not quite right, though Lincoln might wish you'd forget about it.
Read MoreMcLaren's new entry-level sports car isn't just another Porsche 911 competitor; it's basically a detuned version of the 650S for around $100,000 less.
Read MoreJust to be clear, South, not North. I think the only Veloster mules they have in North Korea are actual mules named 'Veloster.' But this particular mule appears to be testing an actual, engine-behind-the-driver Veloster, presumably driving the rear wheels. In short, something that sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.
Read MoreWe, the uncultured, unwashed masses mocked the creative genius that is Vin Diesel, when he roundly proclaimed that Fast and Furious 7 would win the Academy Award for Best Picture. But we were clearly in the wrong. For no other than the great Helen Mirren, DBE, has said it is her “greatest ambition” to be in the next one.
Read MoreGetting your car towed is, objectively, horrible. And once it’s on the truck, that tends to be the end of the argument you’ve got with The System. Even if you get to your car before the truck drives away, that’s it. Unless you’re this Jeep owner. In which case you just drive away anyways.
Read MoreThat's the new McLaren 570S you're looking at. You're not supposed to see this picture.
Read MoreEmpty roads, stunning scenery and a drive in the most appropriate car of them all: An Aston Martin N430. On days like these, I wish I stayed in the UK.
Read MoreThe new 2015 Mercedes-AMG C63 is the successor to a lot of ridiculous rolling engine thunder and tire smoke, so the new one better be good enough to light your pants entirely aflame. And while it probably will be, we now know it’ll cost $63,900 for all of its 469 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque.
Read MoreElon Musk has taken to Twitter to tease a new product line from Tesla – that's not a car – due to be shown next month.
Read MoreStep 1: Take a barn find 1948 Buick Super Convertible. Step 2: Give it the Corvette ZR1 supercharged V8 with almost 700 horsepower. Step 3: Call it Derelict. Not Derelicte, just Derelict!
Read MoreWe were there for most of the 16 McLaren F1’s great moments at the 73rd Goodwood Members’ Meeting, but nobody got closer to the action than McLaren themselves. Here’s how their weekend went.
Read MoreThe 2016 Mazda Miata, the newer, lighter, sexier, and better-er version of the classic roadster. And today on Live With Kelly And Michael (don't ask why I'm watching that) the price was announced as $24,915. Not too bad.
Read MoreChris Harris is the luckiest chap in the world. Chris Harris is the luckiest chap in the world. Chris Harris is the luckiest chap in the world. Chris Harris is the luckiest chap in the world. Chris Harris is the luckiest chap in the world.
Read MoreThe outgoing Chevrolet Camaro is good at a lot of things, like burnouts and sending people to jail for speeding and keeping up with Porsches on the race track. One thing it isn't is light — your average Camaro SS comes in around 3,900 pounds. Fortunately, the 2016 Camaro stands to lose "more than 200 pounds" on its new platform.
Read MoreHaving a plane to fly is terrific. Having your plane fly away without anyone at the controls is terrifying. That's exactly what happened to this Canadian man. Fortunately, the only casualties were emotional.
Read MoreNow, before we all jump to very reasonable and probable conclusions about intoxication, please keep in mind this woman was driving a Sebring, and passing out cold is just part of the driving experience. That said, it's lucky she didn't get killed/kill anyone, and that CHP officer handled this remarkably well.
Read MoreThe Flying Fortress was made famous in its role in the Daylight Strategic Bombing Campaign of WWII and the post-war movies, like Memphis Belle, that made it an icon. Now this B-17 is no longer avoiding anti-aircraft fire or enemy fighters but has exchanged its explosive warheads in order to drop people from the bomb bay.
Read MoreIt's safe to say that the 707 horsepower 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcat have been massive, runaway successes for Dodge. That's why it's such a shame some dealers took more orders than they could deliver. So due to the car's popularity, Dodge will add 1,000 more Hellcats to the car's production run.
Read MoreThis is a BMW 740Ld xDrive. It's my current test vehicle. And I freaking love it.
Read MoreA beautifully preserved 1830s steam train is thought to be lurking under a busy thoroughfare in one of the posher parts of Brooklyn. But in 1861, it was sealed up, seemingly for eternity. Everything was set to excavate it just a few years back, until petty personal politics seem to have destroyed any chance of that.
Read MoreLet's say you find yourself with a V6 2013 Camaro out of some rental fleet. How much could you abuse the car in just 24 hours? These guys appeared to have found out.
Read MoreFor as long as they've existed in the vehicular landscape, three-wheelers have occupied a sort of nebulous space between motorcycles and cars, and not just because of their wheel count. They're usually legally classified as with motorcycles, which has meant a few headaches for Elio Motors, the startup automaker that aims to produce a three-wheel vehicle that they claim will be "the next big thing in transportation."
Read MoreAt a press conference earlier this week, a French prosecutor stated that the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 most likely deliberately crashed the plane. The co-pilot was alone when the aircraft began its slow descent and the door to the cockpit had "locked automatically." Many questions are being asked about how the cockpit door locking mechanism works and why the captain was unable to get back in.
Read MoreWe’ve seen race car drivers scare the crap out of their own mothers before, but let’s be honest, it’s easy to scare your mother. Bring home one little completely inconsequential deadly tropical disease, and she’s rushing you off to the hospital. But jaded old driving instructors? That’s serious business.
Read MoreAston Martin is taking Henrik Fisker to court over the Thunderbolt concept, with the automaker claiming he blatantly copied trademarked design elements in his one-off creation and misrepresented the underpinnings of the coupe. [UPDATE]
Read MoreGroup C cars are basically closed cockpit Formula-1 cars that had to run for 24 hours at full throttle before the party ended in 1994. These Le Mans veterans are the coolest, and I've never been so close to them before. Warning: I came back with tons of pictures!
Read MoreThis is Jebel Jais, a 22-mile stretch of pavement climbing to, well, not really anywhere in particular.
Read MoreThose of you who keep track of all the chronic masturbators I write about on Jalopnik may remember this creepy-ass, Chevy truck-driving public Onanist. Well, good news! Thanks to an ID on his truck, he's been caught! And his last name is Dick, and was caught after exposing himself in a place called Tickle Creek. How is all this so perfect?
Read MoreOne person was killed and at least three people were injured when a section of a bridge above Interstate 35 collapsed after it was struck by a too-tall 18-wheeler in Texas, according to public safety officials and news reports.
Read MoreI knew it. GM's been sitting on hovercar technology for years, and they're just about to release it. How do I know? Because some IT person got sloppy and pushed the HoverTrax images to Chevy's website before the announcement at the New York Auto Show. I mean, just look! That's a hovering Trax!
Read MoreYesterday, we reported that Mahindra, makers of the legendary Thar, were in talks to buy Pininfarina, the legendary styling house and designers of some of the most beautiful cars ever built. Today I spoke with a source close to the deal, and learned some interesting things — and I'm making one very exciting guess.
Read MoreThe 2016 Ford Focus RS is not in production. (Not yet, anyway.) That sort of explains why this production-spec 2016 Ford Focus RS cost something in the area of half a million dollars.
Read MoreCatching a slower car is one thing, but making the pass is another. What's the finest pass ever seen by human eyes?
Read MoreAs of yesterday, Jeremy Clarkson is without a job. Here at Jalopnik we've decided to help Jezza with a list options for his next big move.
Read MoreThe 2016 Mazda Miata! It's cute! It's fun! It's got a big smiley face! No you're wrong it's here to KICK YOUR ASS. At least, that's what I gather from Mazda's news about an "aggressive" Club Edition Miata coming to the New York Auto Show.
Read MoreThe best bespoke BMW manufacturers of the world already had a 198 mph car, but with the new Edition 50 models, they created a bunch of super sedans and wagons capable of rolling at 204mph on their iconic wheels. M5 who?
Read MoreCongresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton is a fiesty firebrand, and a largely respected non-voting delegate for her constituents in Washington, DC. She also doesn’t appear to understand the concept of angled parking, hitting another car in the process, and it makes you sad for the 77-year old more than anything else.
Read MoreThis is the only photo we have of the Kia Optima, which will officially bow at the New York Auto Show next week. Kia says it’ll offer more space and technology than the outgoing model. All we know is that it’ll look way better than any Kia has a right to.
Read MoreVariety interviewed Vin Diesel, who made the bold, delusional claim thatFurious 7 “will win best picture” and that “nothing that will ever come close to the power of this thing.” Immediately after making these statements, I imagine Vin Diesel then drank the entire contents of a nearby fishbowl, eyes locked with the reporter.
Read MorePininfarina, the Italian styling house best known for designing all your favorite Italian cars plus a few Coke machines, has been on rocky financial footing for a while now. A savior might be in the offing, however, in the form of massive Indian conglomerate Mahindra.
Read MoreA Washington State Patrol trooper with very good vision and a healthy respect for the famed Dos Equis shill spotted a driver using a Most Interesting Man in the World cardboard standee as a fake passenger to use the HOV lane.
Read MoreEU Agency for Aviation Safety chairman Pekka Henttu claims to be close to the investigation into the Germanwing's crash, and to have unofficial information as to the contents of the cockpit voice recording. He suggests the crew may have been unconscious contrary to official reports, but believes there is no reason to speculate.
Read MoreOne of the things we dream about is the day Lincoln will get its balls back and return to the bold American style it used to offer. If this mysterious development website is any indication, we may not have to wait much longer. A new Lincoln Continental might be on the way.
Read MoreToday, it was announced that Jeremy Clarkson's contract will not be renewed by the BBC, which means it's the end of Top Gear as we know it. But not the end of Clarkson. What should he do next?
Read MoreOne of the best things about ride-sharing services is you can match the car to your destination. Headed out to the opera? An Uber Black fits the bill. Meeting friends at the bar? Lyft is a solid choice. But what if you want something even more specialized? I mean really specialized?
Read MoreI took the advice of a former colleague this weekend and endured the hoards at an Apple Store to check out one of the most mundane things imaginable: a trackpad. I pressed down and it clicked, as expected. But it didn’t actually “click,” it just felt that way. First thought: Neat! Second thought: I wonder if this could work in a car?
Read MoreThe Jaguar XF has soldiered on nearly unchanged since it’s introduction nearly 8 years ago, and today it’s finally getting the upgrade it deserves, with less weight, more room, and even a manual-diesel combo.
Read MoreMembers of the Goodwood Road Racing Club had the chance to display their rarest, most extraordinary and beautiful cars at the Chicane Paddock during the #73MM. But instead of checking that out, I went to the public parking lot to see what the common man uses when visiting Lord March.
Read MoreWhat’s better than power? More power, obviously. And in a nice little surprise, it turns out the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V has even more power than General Motors initially thought it would. It’s faster, too.
Read MoreThe Derek Bell Cup at the 73rd Goodwood Members’ Meeting was for 1000cc F3 cars from between 1964 - 1970. Highlights included lots of great vintage racers and one “OMG HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN” moment.
Read MoreSaleen calls it a “game changer.” It’s the most powerful production(-based) Mustang ever created. And the tuner says that if I don’t write about the 302 Black Label, I have no journalistic integrity. And if I don’t drive it, I’m hiding in a hole next to… Saddam Hussein? Okay, then.
Read MoreYesterday, I was pretty excited to see this shameless BMW i3 knockoff at the Shandong EV Expo in China. And today, our friends at CarNewsChina who are covering the show have found something even better: an electric, four-door latest-generation VW Beetle knockoff, complete with a badge that’s half Volvo and half Nissan.
Read MoreThanks to YouTube and other video hosting sites, there is an infinite amount of cool automotive videos to watch, but which ones are essential viewing for car freaks?
Read MoreSay, what’s going on with that BMW-Toyota joint sports car project that’s been in the works since 2012? It’s apparently chugging along as both companies figure out exactly what they want to get out of it. According to a new report, that could mean different sized sports cars for each brand.
Read MoreUnlike Christian von Koenigsegg, Horacio Pagani didn’t have everything new displayed at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Yet there’s another Zonda headed to Japan with a 7.3 liter AMG V12 producing 760 horsepower and all the right noises. It’s called the ZoZo.
Read MoreAn Airbus A320 operated by Germanwings was involved in an accident in mountainous area in southern France. The flight carried a crew of six and 142 passengers.
Read MoreThere’s not a whole lot to this video, just some gorgeous shots of 993s driving around Vancouver. But when one of them is the RWB Super Musashi, can you really complain?
Read MoreHave you always wanted a BMW i3, but for religious or moral reasons you're against speed and quality? If so, today's a fantastic day for you, my friends, since you can move to China and buy yourself a Jinma JMW2200. Think of the money you'll save! And, if everyone who sees it is really, really drunk, everyone will think you have a BMW!
Read MoreThe latest news in the never-ending saga of De Tomaso’s rebirth is its reported sale to a Swiss holding company that plans to bring a two-door, mid-engine sports car to market. Maybe something like the rendering above, which Henrik Fisker drew up late last year.
Read MoreAlright that’s it, shut the doors and lock this shit up because Special Editions are over. As evidence I submit the Toyota Corolla Altis ESport Nurburgring Edition; a red-seat-piping package commemorating a 7th place finish in a Nurburgring race, apparently.
Read MoreThe car above is the Aston Martin Vantage GT3. At least, it used to be.
Read MoreA few days ago, the California Highway Patrol tweeted out this pretty remarkable picture of their precision driving team in formation with what I can only assume is a precision flying helicopter. I don't think I— or most Californians — ever realized they had a precision driving team.
Read MoreDriving absurdly fast on public roads with general traffic on them is a colossally stupid idea, and this time it looks like the car agreed, committing suicide instead of being part of continued stupidity. The Kansas Highway Patrol arrested a man yesterday for going 176 MPH on Interstate 35, and caught him because his engine blew. Which I think was the engine’s plan.
Read MoreLetting 1930s GM teach you how a transmission works is great and all, but 1930s technology was limited in that it couldn’t actually show you the internal bits of a transmission in motion. Luckily, humanity has advanced to the point where there is a new solution, for your internal-transmission-workings desires. It’s called Lego.
Read MoreA trio of Dassault Falcon 7X executive jets, packed with observation equipment, journeyed to the North Atlantic at nearly 50,000 feet in order to chase a rare chance to see the black sun.
Read MoreJohn Oliver's most recent segment on Last Week Tonight was generally about the 'fuck barrel' of draconic municipal fines in this country. It should come as no surprise that a great deal of these fees start with speeding tickets and traffic infractions. It should come as even less of a surprise that the system is a total nightmare.
Read MoreAt least one fake taxi has been prowling New York City streets, skimming and stealing credit cards. And while you think that you, the eagle-eyed observer, would never be caught dead in a blatantly fake taxi, you’re wrong. Because this fake taxi was damn near a perfect replica of the real deal.
Read MoreThere are lots of potential problems that every person runs into while stuck in the midst of their first project car. How did you get past them?
Read MoreEngine geeks everywhere mourn the decline of the inline-six engine and its inherent smoothness and sweet sound. Once a remarkably common setup, it’s been largely replaced by the more packaging-friendly V6. But now it seems that those rumors about a Mercedes-Benz inline-six revival appear to be true.
Read MoreIs it the cold? Is it the cold that somehow freezes the parts of their brains that should make Canadians into assholes? Is that why, when you hear that a guy driving drunk pulled over and called the cops on himself, it's not a shock to hear he's Canadian? Maybe it's something in poutine?
Read MoreThe 73rd Members' Meeting was a sold out event, but in case you weren't one of the roughly 18,000 people who made it to Lord March's racetrack this time, the folks at Goodwood Road & Racing have a treat for you:
Read MoreDo you hear that? What you're (not) hearing is the sound of an electric car that isn't a Tesla. BMW's i3 is made of carbon fiber and drives like a dream.
Read MoreThis is just a tribute. Couldn't remember the greatest F1 picture in the world, no, no. This is a tribute, oh, to the greatest supercar-turned-racecar in the world, all right?
Read MoreOne of the best parts about writing in this modern age of internets, TV-Phone watches and all that is the instantaneous communication. I love that I can write something and then have a conversation about it or what an idiot I am right away. The speed of response is new, but the comments aren’t. Here’s some from 40 years ago.
Read MoreThis Lexus LFA is a drift car. I repeat: a drift car!
Read MoreHonda Aircraft recently debuted their first production HondaJet, and the over-the-wing aircraft design is anticipated to revolutionize the light jet market. The engines are also new and so is the company created specifically to build them. Honda Aero is the first new company approved to build jet engines in 23 years.
Read MoreGeneral Motors is trying something different with the upcoming Cadillac CT6. It makes liberal use of aluminum to keep weight down and boost fuel economy, and it will spearhead a new generation of V6 engines for Cadillac.
Read MoreWhat happens if you don't change the oil on your Audi TT for 84,000 miles? Take a look.
Read MoreI've always maintained, loudly, and with a lot of dramatic hand motions, that Jalopnik readers are the best readers of anything, anywhere. That goes for bibles and copies of The Utne Reader, too. They're great because they sometimes send me books with amazing information, like how VW had hybrid tech back in 1979.
Read MoreBecause filmmakers somehow didn't say everything they needed to say in the previous three movies or the TV series, The Transporter is back for another round of Audi drifting and punching people's throats. Just don't look for Jason Statham this time.
Read MoreJust a few nights ago this Laser Red 2002 Audi S4 was stolen in Washington state. Yesterday the cops found it in their very own parking lot, and the reason why gets an epic criminal facepalm. But the car was only recovered because enthusiasts had spread it all over the internet.
Read MoreAnd no, I’m not talking about Paris Hilton’s crazy brother, although he’s a strong contender for the title.
Read MoreWhat do you do when you’re Nissan and you just put the world’s first ultraviolet-energized glow-in-the-dark paint on a Leaf? Drive it on the Netherlands’ glow-in-the-dark motorway, of course. It’s like TRON, but in real life. All it needs is some Daft Punk.
Read MoreAmerica's roads and infrastructure are partially funded by gasoline taxes. So what happens when electric vehicles are adopted en masse? According to research out of Carnegie Melon University, a loss of nearly a billion dollars in tax revenue in less than a decade.
Read MoreThis weekend we're releasing a 2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited to its natural habitat, Vermont, to get the last scraps of the ski season. That should give us an opportunity to suss it out on highways, country roads, and figure out whatever "X-Mode" does. So what do you want to know about it?
Read MoreHow do you get a 2015 Mustang to tear things up on a frozen lake? You're going to need some custom 20" tires with 3200 studs fitted by hand. Yes, this is crazy wonderful.
Read MoreAir India hosted a job fair earlier this week in hopes of filling at least some of the 197 vacant pilot spots for its Airbus fleet, alone. Not a single applicant showed up. Not. One.
Read MoreElon Musk and Richard Branson are already kinda-sorta competing in the private space race, but for delusional billionaires, that's not enough. Branson says he might want to compete with Tesla now, except he said the exact opposite the same day.
Read MoreElon Musk said the next major software update to the Model S is set to include a raft of new driver's aids, but he also mentioned a "complete UI overhaul." With any luck, it should look a lot like this.
Read MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just granted Amazon Logistics, Inc. an experimental airworthiness certificate to allow the company to operate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for research and development and crew training.
Read MoreEverybody knows America’s Honda Civic isn’t the same one Europe and other markets get. It’s different, see, and that’s probably what will keep the insane 2016 Civic Type R out of our hands. But the days of cars unique to different markets is largely over; we’re in the era of the world car now, and that may be a good thing for Americans who want a Civic hatchback again.
Read MoreAn average American car contains about 55 pounds of copper wiring. An electric car has three times as much mostly thanks to their rotors, and here's how those miles of wire disappear in an engine bay.
Read MoreWe're a little less than two months from the debut of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, but General Motors is letting a few interesting new details trickle out. Also, we know what it sounds like now, and it had better call me Ms. Jackson and not Janet, because it's nasty.
Read MoreIn addition to Tesla's over-the-air software update to address range anxiety, Elon Musk finally offered up more details on its AutoPilot program, including its test route, where Tesla has almost completed a trek from San Francisco to Seattle hands-free.
Read MoreTesla's big announcement to end range anxiety with a software update basically makes it impossible for a driver to run out of range unless they're wearing diapers.
Read MoreFear is not necessarily a bad thing. Fear is what kept us from being eaten by lions and teams of badgers and things for millennia. And sometimes it makes sense to have a healthy fear of a car. Some cars just seem like they'd be happier killing you instead of taking you to get more Snapple. So what's the scariest car ever built?
Read MoreSad news in the Mini world today: it seems that some reporters, or at least their anonymous inside sources, jumped the gun a bit when it comes to the Mini Superleggera Roadster. It's not confirmed yet, and a smaller Mini is now unlikely to happen.
Read MoreA record 200 Bentley enthusiasts spent four days in Finland doing what we all want to do to these heavy beasts, which is bend the crap out of them without risk of dying. Having frozen lakes with six-foot thick ice certainly makes Finland the ultimate winter playground.
Read MoreDuring the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, it made sense to use an experimental BMW as an escort vehicle for long distance runners. Everybody got to breathe fresh air and BMW got some nice PR. Four decades later the i3 arrived, but this was the original electric BMW.
Read MoreElectric planes won't happen until battery technology improves by leaps and bounds. That's spurred researchers at NASA to take a different tack, testing a new style of wing that integrates over a dozen small propellers to boost efficiency, reduce drag, and make electric propulsion feasible for light aircraft.
Read MoreAC Schnitzer's goal of making bad decisions into a viable business model consistently delivers. The latest bit of evidence is this BMW Z4 with the M50d's diesel shoved into the nose and tuned to put out 620 lb-ft of torque. That should do.
Read MoreMáté and I had a great time at the northernmost winter tire testing center in the world, in February in Finland. The following set of 50 photos serves as a pictorial diary of a nearly one-week trip beyond the arctic circle, where Finland's snow tire makers test the hell out of all kinds of rubber.
Read MoreThis is the only picture Pininfarina has of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 Pininfarina Coupe. Mercedes' massive online database doesn't even mention its existence. But the car is very real, and an 82-year-old Dutchman has it.
Read MoreIreland-based discount airline Ryanair's executive board has just approved plans to start a new transatlantic airline that'd fly between "about a dozen" European and as many US cities for ridiculously low rates. It could be operational in five year's time.
Read MoreNew York City continues its path towards becoming rich people Disneyland as there are now more Uber cabs in the city than actual yellow cabs.
Read MoreIf you're reading this, chances are pretty good that at some point in your life, you owned a car that was less than reliable. And chances are pretty good that car broke down on you at least once. The chances are still pretty good that, at some point, you scrambled out some kind of improvised, roadside repair. I want to hear about those.
Read MoreLet's pretend you're the last person on earth and you've got a reasonable supply of fuel. What do you drive? These are our top choices.
Read MoreCan you believe the Jaguar XF has been around since 2008? It's not exactly ancient in car years, but it's getting long in the tooth. Fortunately for people who find themselves bored by the prospect of a 5-Series or an E-Class, Jaguar has an XF replacement coming soon, and it harnesses the amazing potential of aluminum.
Read MoreEver since Mini showed off the stunning Superleggera Roadster concept last summer, the masses have been begging them to make it a reality. Since then we've gotten nothing but a solid "Maybe," but a new report says it's happening after all. Wooo!
Read MoreBeing Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock must have been fun while it lasted. Between the Downton Abbey-themed office, the Katy Perry concerts on the taxpayer dime, and lavish trips around the world, the Congressman must be awfully bummed he has to resign today. He'll probably really miss the insane mileage reimbursements, too.
Read MoreNokian Tyres introduced winter tires in 1934 in Finland, and eighty years later – when they aren't chasing ice speed records on frozen lakes – they are still busy testing tires flat out while looking for reindeer on the biggest and coldest playground you've ever seen. Welcome to White Hell.
Read MoreAt the height of General Motors' ignition switch fiasco last year, the company commissioned former U.S. Attorney Anton R. Valukas to review what happened. His 325-page report may have been brutal, but now lawyers suing GM say they've found new documents that contradict that report and prove the existence of a "cover-up."
Read MoreFerrari is not recalling the LaFerrari. No sir. They are merely upgrading the fuel tanks so that the cars have less of a risk of catching on fire. That's a pretty swell upgrade.
Read MoreIt's St. Patrick's Day, where we all celebrate things that are green!
Read MoreOn the most recent episode of the show Last Man On Earth, there's a scene where a love for VW Beetles is mentioned, and then a lovely 1971 (or maybe '72 — I need to see the back) Super Beetle is found, presumably to be used as that character's car. Which makes me wonder — what car would you pick if you were the only person left?
Read MoreHappy St. Patrick's Day, you hooligans! As we count the seconds until we can start drinking at 5 o'clock, or noon, let's take a moment to appreciate all the best green cars out there.
Read MoreThis airline passenger of questionable sanity/sobriety, on a flight from Nicaragua to Miami, goes on an epic rant then gets caught lighting up. In two separate videos, tragically shot vertically, our crazy lady is shown puffing away before stashing her still-lit smoke in the seat pocket, and then it got weird.
Read MoreWhen you buy a car, what's really happening is that you're entering a relationship with your car. And that's how it should be — you and the car, growing with and learning about one another. But what do you do if that car's parents prove to be abusive and controlling? I'm asking for my friend, a nice kid named 'everyone who owns a Dodge.'
Read MoreMy experience with the 2015 McLaren 650S Spider is limited by both time and mileage, but I'm trying to get the most out of it while I have it. I have found it to be a shockingly civilized, comfortable and livable sports car when you don't want to drive like a crazy person. I even turned it into my grocery getter!
Read MoreThe other day I used a pair of scissors to turn a block of packing foam into a Baymax toy for my son. He liked it, and for a few moments there I felt like a pretty cool dad. Then I saw this dad's astounding 942 lb working 18 HP bulldozer he made for his kids, and I realized that, really, I'm a big pile of crap. This thing is astounding.
Read MoreThere's nothing good about traversing the labyrinth known as the modern day international airport. Aside from incompetent airline personal and the debacle known as TSA, we are now subject to price gouging, according to a lawsuit claiming retailers are charging a whopping $5 for a bottle of water.
Read MoreWho says you need a muscle car to do burnouts?
Read MoreIn 1967, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph commissioned a show car from Bertone built on a widened Jaguar E-Type 2+2 chassis. It's an interesting concept, but what would Jalopnik commission today?
Read MoreI live a largely blissful, happy life filled with joy and ease. Why is this? Because I don't have to drive every day, and I don't have to put up with the raging morons that traffic the world's roads.
Read MoreElon Musk says he's "about to end range anxiety" through a software update to the entire Tesla Model S fleet. It's happening this Thursday, and the sound you hear is the Speculatron5100 grinding to life as everyone tries to figure out what the hell Musk is planning.
Read MoreLike any real Austinite, I planned on hunkering down in my house with the windows covered in newspaper until the insanity that is SXSW came to an end. At least, that was the plan until I got this thing in my driveway. Now I have a reason to leave the house.
Read MoreThe Chicago Department of Aviation's Airport Noise Management System recently revealed that noise complaints near the international airport are at an all time high. An official report cites that 63 percent of the 39,000 complaints in January came from just six addresses.
Read MoreHenrik Fisker is back in the business of modifying cars for the style-obsessed one-percent, and this time he's taking an Aston Martin Vanquish and adding his patented blend of putting style over substance.
Read MoreVolkswagen's Autostadt complex is worth a trip for the glass car silos alone. What else could make getting a Golf that exciting?
Read MoreLet's end the week on a silly little quiz, why not? Aw, come on, it'll be fun. Okay. See that rusty hunk of crap up there? It's a subassembly, with drivetrain of a particular vehicle. Can you name the vehicle this thing is from?
Read MoreOkay, we knew this was happening, but we're still jazzed about it. In a speech to investors yesterday, Volkswagen Group chairman Martin Winterkorn confirmed that a new Porsche Boxster Spyder will debut this year. And it will probably be the Boxster you want.
Read MoreEveryone thinks the drivers where they live are the worst drivers in the world. While the usual offenders seem to be in Russia, China and Florida, this supercut makes me wonder if South Carolina should be a top contender as well.
Read MoreAttorneys for the family of 29-year-old Brooke Melton announced Friday that they reached an out-of-court settlement agreement with General Motors, ending a second wrongful death lawsuit in a case that exposed the ignition switch defect in the first place.
Read MoreGood news, ladies and gentlemen: Friday is here, and that means it's almost time to begin your weekend by sitting in bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic and screaming at other drivers, even though they can't hear you.
Read MoreAs the motorcar enters the post-manual-transmission epoch, I predict something bizarre happening: the re-emergence of the manual transmission. I'm not taking the piss. It's going to happen.
Read MoreMost car dealerships are fairly bland, beige-over-grey affairs. The coffee is stale, the handshakes are hollow.
Read MoreIf you owned any one of these pairs of complimentary cars, all of your vehicular needs would be met.
Read MoreIf you're like most people, the first thing you think when confronted with an object is "I wonder if I can draw some penises on that?" One unknown hero of dick-doodling looked up at the sky and thought the same thing. One person dreamed of drawing some penises on the very face of God, and then actually did it.
Read MoreWhen Audi announced that the 2016 R8 would arrive in two flavors of V10, everyone surmised that a V8 was coming at some point as well, just like on the previous version of the company-defining supercar. Now the head of Quattro says that won't be the case.
Read MoreYou're looking at an official press photo of the Ferrari 348 GT Competizione. Looks good, right? Direct your eye over to the front grille. Note the hair.
Read MoreThe Fast and the Furious conglomerate of movies is known for their egregious use of CGI and quite frankly some poor decision making, but according to a recent behind the scenes look from the latest Furious 7 sequel, this reputation might need reconsideration.
Read MoreChevrolet Volt owners are inadvertently leaving their plug-in hybrids runnings in their garages, causing the battery to drain, the engine to fire up, and leading to two carbon monoxide-related injuries. Now GM is recalling around 64,000 Volts.
Read MoreIf you've watched Formula One on American television at anytime in the last 20 years, then you've heard the voice of cantankerous Brit David Hobbs. But he's more than just a TV commentator, he was an F1 driver in his own right. And now he's here to answer any questions you may have on F1 in 2015 and racing in general.
Read MoreNobody likes flying. It's something we're forced to do, either for work or to escape it. We are cattle, herded into metal fart-tubes, forced to endure shoddy conditions and passive aggressive workers. And we get to pay for the privilege. Your experiences are bad. These are probably worse.
Read MoreHonda billed the CR-Z as a small, efficient and fun hybrid sport coupe worthy of being the successor to the giant-slaying CRX of the 1980s. In reality, it was none of those things, and lately Honda is lucky if they sell 300 of them a month. But now Road & Track reports that Honda's next CR-Z might be a proper do-over.
Read MoreThe VW Group has been tepidly testing the waters of alt-powertrains for a few years, with each of its three core brands – Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen – playing with hybrids and EVs. Now it's starting to get serious, and that includes electric and hydrogen-powered Porsches.
Read MoreThere's no such thing as a jack of all trades in the car world. No car can give you everything you want when it comes to style, design, practicality, and fun. But maybe with two cars, you could cover all of your bases.
Read MoreYes, modern automatic/dual clutch transmissions are faster and more fuel efficient than manuals, but who cares? These cars would be incredible with a stick and three pedals.
Read MoreThe all-electric compliance crossover born out of the Toyota-Tesla marriage is having an issue. According to Toyota, the RAV4 EV could inadvertently shift into neutral because of fault with the Tesla-made software, forcing the automaker to recall all 2,500 models floating around California.
Read MoreFerrari has built some rather hardcore cars for public consumption. The question is which one was the most extreme.
Read MoreWhile America's three or four Velocity Network viewers were fawning over an illustration of what might be a Corvette Zora, Jalopnik reader Johnnyma45 found something that could turn out to be actually real: a shady image of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro. Or is it?
Read MoreIf you were around Anaheim this past Saturday, and heard a series of rapidly pattering footsteps and then a loud crash, like a bag of ground beef flung at a window, don't worry. It was just some naked guy running full speed into some cars. Whew! You must feel relieved.
Read MoreCops in Delhi, India are reportedly having trouble shutting down a rising trend of underage, unlicensed children driving their parents' fancy cars to school. Schools figure it's a police problem, the parents are like; "What? School's only just down the road."
Read MoreProminent urban filmmaker Rob Whitworth has created the hyperlapse to end all hyperlapses by taking the idea to the next level. The journey begins high over the colorful city from the flight deck of the world's largest airliner. Dubai Flow Motion is a mesmerizing tour of one of the most unique cityscapes in the world.
Read MoreIf you were a kid with an unusual name, you know the sting of not being able to find your name on those racks of novelty bicycle license plates. I suspect whoever is in charge of the E-Z Pass vehicle list must have felt this exclusion, because it's one of the most insanely comprehensive marque lists I've seen. Anywhere.
Read MoreA man in Akron, Ohio has pooped on 19 cars parked in driveways in the last few days. Pooped. Like, out of his butt. I don't really know what else to say.
Read MoreWXYZ Detroit has a helicopter circling highway I-94 near Dearborn, Michigan right now and it's streaming live video of the most hellacious conflagration I've ever seen. A tanker truck reportedly hit a car and exploded at around 11:00AM EST, taking several smaller vehicles with it.
Read MoreLeonard F. Yankelovich just told me his title at Dartz was 'RFE' — Responsible for Everything. He also asked me, several times, if it was okay for him to post NSFW pictures in here. I said yes. So, get ready for what may likely be the bonkers-est Q&A we've ever had.
Read MoreThere are a number of cars out there these days that are offered with the latest in super fast automatic transmission tech. A lot of them are technically amazing, but we can't help but think that some would be better with a manual. Which need a row-your-own option?
Read MoreLord Bamford is one of the only guy who owns two Ferrari GTOs, and when it comes to his 1963 250 GTO, it’s been raced or driven on the road every year since he bought it in 1969. Its history is intertwined with the Goodwood Circuit’s.
Read MoreIt's not exactly clear what happened to make the guy in the white Suzuki punch the guy in the black Jetta. Neither car is damaged, so no accident seems to have occurred. Even so, Suzuki gives Jetta a pretty good sucker punch through the window... and ends up in cuffs two minutes later. That's pretty efficient!
Read MoreSo, Apple just had their big event thing where they showed off their incredible ability to remove ports from laptops and make some $10,000 wrist walkie-talkies. Apple puts on a good show, and automakers probably paid attention. Which might mean we'll start hearing car companies start saying stuff like this.
Read MoreIt's no secret that the air quality in China is pretty awful — anyone in China can see and feel the highly polluted air pretty much anytime. But the Chinese government would rather you didn't notice, which is why they've blocked access to the popular documentary Under the Dome. But you can still watch it, right here.
Read MoreHere's the thing about life in 2015: we have cameras following us everywhere. This means maybe you should think twice before throwing shit at other drivers on the highway and brake-checking them in your sweet Subaru WRX hatchback.
Read MoreThe V-22 Osprey has dominated the rotary wing, vertical take-off market for years, but its only available to the military. Now, AgustaWestland is on pace to begin production of the AW609, the first civilian tilt-rotor, at its plant in Philadelphia while moving most of the flight test activity from Italy to the U.S.
Read MoreVolkswagen was built on the curvaceous back of a tough, simple, practical family car with its engine in the back. The current Beetle is a pretty far cry from that car, and it's also not a strong seller. As VW gets serious about cutting costs, could the Beetle be on the chopping block?
Read MoreI'm fairly sure that if you have access to 192 sticks of dynamite and a Chevrolet Celebrity, this kind of thing just sort of happens.
Read MoreI went to see Zenvo at the Geneva Motor Show to check on how they're doing, because when you're a pretty much unknown Danish manufacturer trying to sell cars for $1.8 million, success is not necessarily handed over on a silver platter. They've sold five cars so far. Five.
Read MoreToyota sold 10.23 million vehicles in 2014, beating out General Motors and Volkswagen for the title of World's Largest Automaker. But that isn't enough for Apple, which apparently doesn't consider Toyota to be a "major car brand."
Read MoreWe deal with concept cars all the time, so, really, the idea of a 'concept tire' shouldn't be too strange. It sounds a bit weird at first, but when you think about it, it makes sense for the same reasons concept cars do: flashy showcases for cutting-edge technology. And this one, the Goodyear BHO3, does have a good trick: generating electricity.
Read MoreIt won't take much for developers to port existing iOS apps over to the Apple Watch, and it looks like BMW is the first out of the gate with its i Remote App for the i3 and i8.
Read MoreThe Porsche Cayman GT4 comes with what appears to be an additional foot pedal next to the ordinary gas and brake pedals. Not only that, there's sort of strange lever rising out between the seats. What are these mysterious features? Automotive journalist Chris Harris got to the bottom of the matter.
Read MoreOkay, we can all rest easy now. The Belcher's family car, featured in the popular and charming animated show Bob's Burgers, can now be definitively identified as a specific make and model. Our long national nightmare of uncertainty is over, and we can all now enjoy the warm bask of certainty.
Read MoreLet me tell you a hilarious story about the time my dog almost fell out of a car window.
Read MoreElio Motors is getting closer to turning their "definitive" 2016 model into reality, and here's our first look at what's going to power it: a 0.9 three-cylinder based on the Geo Metro's engine.
Read MoreWhile I believe there's nothing wrong with the looks of a Ferrari F12, even your most annoying neighbor can have one in exchange for about $320,000. That's not the case with Touring Superleggera's brand new Berlinetta Lusso.
Read MoreElon Musk is apparently making good on his promise to cut jobs in China after another dismal sales month.
Read MoreTruck Nutz bills its product as "the ultimate truck accessory," and it's certainly one of the most ubiquitous. Oversized pairs of testicles can be seen adorning the bumpers of vehicles throughout the country, teabagging America's parking lots and free-balling our freeways. Who do we blame/thank?
Read MoreWith all the buzz surrounding Google's self-driving technology and this week's rumors that Apple is developing its own electric cars, it might seem like the cars we love are turning into the Borg. But there's one Silicon Valley stalwart that isn't interested in expanding into the auto market: Facebook.
Read MoreI sat down with BMW's Head of Design Adrian van Hooydonk at the Geneva Motor Show. We chatted about the BMW i cars and X6Ms wearing the same logo, smaller Minis, and the future of the brand. One thing was clear: BMW plans to go all the way with carbon fiber. But it's going to take a while.
Read MoreTraffic Jam Jimmy of WBFF Fox 45 Baltimore, BALTIMORE'S NEWS LEADER, is a traffic man of the people. And you know that, because when weather reporter Candace Dold tosses to him for a traffic update, he's going through the McDonald's Drive-Thru. And weirder yet, the station just keeps going with it.
Read MoreWhile I was running around like a headless chicken at the Geneva Motor Show to bring you as much news as I can, photographer Daniele Madia took his time and grabbed his macro lens to create something for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Read MoreYep. You read that right. And that other tagline sure is appropriate — you really do gotta see this. I mean, how often does one car company unveil another car company? That's pretty rare. Seriously, are they trolling us? Do they use chimps to run their chyron machines?
Read MoreWhen an ad team for a supercar maker needs to sell something, I mean really needs to sell a product, they pull out the nuclear option. No, not actually nuking their car, that would be too genius. The real trump card is the soft, classical piano. And then once that's done, you unleash all of the fury.
Read MoreThis is most obvious when looking at airplane history, but vehicle technology takes huge leaps in wartime. Little makes us as good as developing transportation as our desire to kill each other.
Read MoreThe SR-71 wasn’t like other planes. It didn’t retire like them either.
Read MoreYesterday I did a quick Skype interview with San Francisco TV station KPIX about that Mercedes-Benz concept car that's been prowling around their city. A viewer on Twitter sent me this screenshot. Jelopnic. You know, it's a combination of Jello and picnic, since our site is a Jello-picnic enthusiast site.
Read MoreIf you're going to make a really small city car, you've really got only two options to style it: unashamedly utilitarian or out-and-out clamshit crazy. It's pretty easy to see which way Fiat went with their 1972 X1/23 concept, and, personally, I think it works.
Read MoreOne of the drivers who appeared on Discovery's horrid "Street Outlaws" show has been arrested and charged with murder for his part in a street racing crash that claimed the lives of two people in Los Angeles.
Read MoreCalifornia-based 350Green LLC was supposed to build an extensive network of car charging stations around Chicago and other cities, putting them ahead of the electric vehicle curve. Instead, federal investigators now say, the company's CEO and president defrauded Chicago and other governments out of nearly $3 million in grants for work that was never done.
Read MoreSecurity camera footage from the Trackspeed Racing classic car shop shows a pair of thieves using a Land Rover as a battering ram, then hooking it up to a beautiful 1972 Ford Escort MK1, and yanking it right off the showroom floor. This is some straight-up Hollywood style insanity.
Read MoreYou know how on some websites when you enter your name, you often get the privilege of selecting an honorific for yourself from a pull-down menu? For most of us, it's usually just a boring old Mr. or Ms., maybe a Dr. if you're lucky. Not McLaren buyers. This may be the best pull-down honorific list I've ever seen.
Read MoreI sat down with Lamborghini's Head of Research and Development Maurizio Reggiani in Geneva to talk about V12s, SUVs, Audi R8s and the magnificent Asterion Concept from last year. And it seems like the Asterion is nowhere near the top of the list for Lamborghini to build.
Read MoreThe BMW i8 is like no other car on the road. Kids see it and think the Millennium Falcon just arrived. Adults think they've time traveled. So how is the Millennium Falcon at some good old fashioned snow drifting? That's what we found out on the second episode of Neat Stuff In Cool Cars.
Read MoreIt’s not all in your head. You aren’t going crazy. Each day, as you stand there desperately clinging to a greasy pole, just trying to get to work, and you encounter yet another delay, you can tell yourself that it really is happening. The New York City subway is getting worse. The numbers prove it.
Read MoreIn the last few years, Christian von Koenigsegg has gone from relative obscurity to a leader in supercar innovations. But even though his company has become more well known, many don't know what a Koenigsegg is. Well, basically, the company is Christian's life.
Read MoreThe Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance. The Dakar Rally. 24 Hours of LeMans (and its LeMons parody). I wouldn't call these events "household names," but they're staples of the gearhead calendar. So what are the greatest automotive events most of us don't know about?
Read MoreOn February 22, a 49-year old woman accidentally drove into the path of an oncoming train. The tragic accident claimed her and five other peoples' lives, and while the exact reason why she drove into the path of the train isn't known, Mercedes-Benz automatic gearshift design is a suspect. Let's see why.
Read MoreFaced with the daunting prospect of building a van that wasn't quite as large as a full-size van, like the Ram Promaster or the Chevy Express, but not quite as small as a mini-minivan, like the Nissan NV200 or Ford Transit Connect, Mercedes has come up with a brilliant solution. It is the Mercedes-Benz Metris, and it is a minivan.
Read MoreWhile Henry Michael Gevorgyan has been charged with two counts of murder in the wake of a Los Angeles street racing crash that killed two people, his lawyer and defenders on social media say he wasn't the one driving the Mustang that lost control and plowed into a crowd of people.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, the new Ford GT was advertised as La Ford at the Geneva Motor Show. Today, it wasn't anymore.
Read MoreInstead of a comeback car, Borgward only had a classic Isabella Coupe on its massive stand at Geneva to remind us all how long it's been since they disappeared. We'll have to wait until September when they reveal their (most likely electrified) SUV at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Read MoreIn the 1980s, international rallying was virtually unrestricted. The cars became more and more powerful until a series of horrifying fatal crashes led to the series' cancellation. It's a story worthy of a film. In fact, one is getting made right now and it stars the dude from Game of Thrones.
Read MoreThis Brazilian built regional jet barely makes it to a smooth patch on the landing strip, clearing the fence at Maho Beach in St. Maarten with a razor thin margin of error. While these kinds of hairy landings are common on the Caribbean island, this ultra slow motion video really exposes this close shave with disaster.
Read MoreAll 238 people aboard a Turkish Airlines A330 are safe after the aircraft somehow ended up in the grasslands beyond the runway. Conflicting reports state that it either ran off the end of the runway or completely missed the runway on its second attempt at landing in what appears to be poor weather conditions.
Read MoreAs a person who has crashed a number of cars in a number of situations, let me tell you that I have never found a better way to wreck than in the snow.
Read MoreYou work hard. You deserve nice things, like a Porsche. But not just any Porsche — the baddest, meanest, trackiest Porsche ever, the 2016 GT3 RS. The one with 493 horsepower from a naturally aspirated flat six, a top speed of nearly 200 mph, and a kit that makes it basically a street legal race car.
Read MoreI hate getting speeding tickets. That sinking feeling you get in your gut when you realize, crap, I'm boned, is just about the worst there is. And compared to some of us Jalops, I've had it easy. It also looks like I've had it easy compared to one particular Finn who got a $60,000 ticket. That's insane. But, on further inspection, maybe not crazy.
Read MoreMechanics have a lot of morons come into their shops with faults that should render a car undriveable or even leave the driver dead. There are also people who make demands that just can't be met. What's the worst story you've ever heard?
Read MoreThe automotive world is full of hoaxes and tricks and vaporware dream cars that never actually happen. Here are the best ones we wish would come true.
Read MoreWhen it comes to innovations in automotive design, technology, and forward-thinking ideas, few countries are on the cutting edge the way China is. The rising nation seems like an endless fountain of originality that constantly keeps us wondering what new ideas they'll come up with next. Case in point: the all-new electric Aoxin Ibis sedan.
Read MoreRemember the guy who made that amazing poster of all those famous movie cars? He has a clean-line, fun style and a great eye for the character of a car? Right, him. Scott Park. Anyway, he's now made a poster of the first 88 cars you see in the BTTF series, and it's fantastic.
Read MoreThis is the new, sort of limited-edition Audi R8 E-Tron. It has a promised range of 280 miles, but not many vents. Except for a significant one.
Read MoreCall the Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6 a Jaguar F-Type-fighter if you need to, but it's not. This is something different. Something plush. Something way more expensive.
Read MoreThe number of automotive recalls last year broke records. Every week it seemed like another automaker was pulling back cars by the millions to fix defects ranging from minor to potentially deadly. But while 2014 led to big recalls becoming the new normal, it pales in comparison to some of the biggest recalls in the past.
Read MoreThe Airbus H160 is the world's first all-composite civil helicopter, a lightweight chopper that promises a 185 MPH cruising speed and a comfortable, whisper quiet ride when it takes flight later this year.
Read MoreWhen Fiat announced that it was spinning off Ferrari, selling its shares to the public, and laughing all the way to the bank, there was some concern over what would happen, and who would win the battle for control. But no matter who wins, and no matter how many shares you own, it won't be you. Not by a long shot.
Read MoreAre you a fan of Soviet/Russian cars, and have been continually disappointed by their lack of any mainstream attention on American media? If so, boy are you going to be happy, because Ladas were just talked about for an extended period of time on the Netflix show, House of Cards. It just wasn't all that flattering. Or accurate.
Read MoreFord will be keeping annual production of the GT low, with plans to only produce 250 examples each year and priced right around $400,000.
Read MoreWith both the Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3 set to arrive in 2017, Ford is finally getting ready to unveil its own electric vehicle packing a 200-mile range. UPDATE: Ford says the report by Automobile is not accurate.
Read MoreThis buffalo in Yellowstone heard what we did to his people, and he is very, very upset about it. To the point where he will attack your car.
Read MoreThis winter officially sucked, and everyone ended up getting dumped with more snow than should be physically possible. But somehow that didn't manage to stop the inevitable churning onslaught that is the American economy, as pretty much every automaker saw sales increases in February.
Read MoreThe old Audi R8 e-tron never moved beyond being an interesting and record-setting science experiment. But with the all-new 2016 Audi R8, Audi's doing electric performance for real this time — you just have to ask for it.
Read MoreLast year, nano_Flowcell showed the Quant E, a genuinely striking-looking gullwinged supercar that they claimed had a 300 mile range and made over 900HP. This year, they're back at Geneva showing the Quant F, which they say will have a 500 mile range and make over 1000 HP. Sadly, there's still no good proof any of it really works.
Read MoreCars sit in that wonderful sweet spot of being both extremely common and also complex enough that they generate a nice ecosystem of mythology around them. And there's plenty of great car myths around — Chevy Vegas had washing machine motors, VTEC is something that can kick in, yo, and overdrive is like a turbo boost. So which one would you want to be true?
Read MoreThey said they were going to do it, and apparently they did it. Honda claims a prototype 2016 Civic Type R destroyed the record for quickest front-wheel drive car to lap the Nürburgring by a pretty significant margin. Are you convinced yet that the new Type R is badass?
Read MoreMorgan's anniversary Aero comes with a 376 horsepower V8 from BMW, a revised chassis, a tasty mixture of wood and carbon fiber and a price that made it sell out until January in the first few hours of the Geneva Motor Show.
Read MoreMazda and Fiat have been cooking up a new roadster based on the 2016 Miata platform for a while now. First it was supposed to be an Alfa Romeo, then it was punted over to Fiat after Alfa decided to make their own roadster. (Apparently Mazda wasn't Italian enough for them.) But now we have an official name for the Fiat roadster: the 124 Spider.
Read MoreThe 2016 Honda Civic Type R should totally make it to America, because it's the tuner car with a factory warranty you've been all waiting for.
Read MoreIf there's one thing Suzuki does better than anyone else, it's making tiny 4x4 off-roaders that combine that very tricky combination of cute and tough. They've done it again at the Geneva Auto Show, with a little white 4x4 concept called the iM-4. It's cute and white, like a baby polar bear, and like a baby polar bear, it might maul you.
Read MoreThe Nissan Sway Concept is what Nissan sees for the future of hatchbacks and what will appeal to the European market. Ignore that Nissan uses buzzwords like "emotional, edgy, and exciting," this is what we can expect from the brand's small cars in the future.
Read MoreI have this recurring fantasy wherein I take a sports car and give it the old Baja treatment by raising it up with a little suspension and throwing big tires on it. Maybe a Porsche. Maybe an Mazda MX-6. Never in my wildest fantasy did I think to apply this to an Aston Martin, but that's exactly what those crazy Brits have done.
Read MoreThe SCG 003 can only make it to the US imported as used automotive parts and registered as a kit car, but that's okay. It's beautiful, it's fast and it's engineered very cleverly. An amazing piece of kit that is set to make history.
Read MoreThat's right. The 1,500 horsepower Koenigsegg Regera, almost certainly the world's fastest GT, has no gearbox at all. Meet the new era of direct drive.
Read MoreYou know what this is? In a way, the idea of the legendary TVR Speed-12 finally making it into (very limited) production in a spectacular Aston Martin. That's quite something.
Read MoreMagna Styer is Austria's engineering powerhouse that's been busy building, among other things, the G-Wagen for Mercedes-Benz since 1979. Their latest concept is the MILA Plus hybrid sports car that's fast, green, and easier to produce than the BMW i8. So, let's make it happen people!
Read MoreWe weren't supposed to see the Koenigsegg Regera until tomorrow. But this Instagram from Lovecars just came out along with their story. Guess what? It has 1,500 horsepower and can hit 248 MPH in less than 20 seconds. 248 in less than 20 seconds. HOLY SHIT.
Read MoreRolls-Royce will do damn near anything to its cars given enough cash. That's bred a fair amount of tasteless monstrosities, so Rolls seems to be swaying owners in a more classy direction, and it starts with over 30 feet of hand-woven silk.
Read MoreChrysler estimates that 2,211 Dodge Challenger and Charger Hellcats are roaming this wonderful world of ours, and every single one has just been recalled due to a possible fuel leak. And it has nothing to do with gas evaporating the moment you lay into the throttle.
Read MoreRemember when Google Maps started letting you compare travel time between "driving, walking, public transport?" Probably not, because we take it for granted. Now Ford is experimenting with a vehicle-and-nav-system pairing that's just as versatile.
Read MoreThe new 4.0 liter, 493 horsepower Porsche 911 GT3 RS is here, in all of its glory.
Read MoreHey, that turned out okay. Get used to the way the Volkswagen Sport Coupe GTE Concept looks, because it's being billed as the future of VW design. Watch as it zooms into the future! There are lasers in the future!
Read MoreThe Ford Focus RS is a wonderful, wonderful thing — a 320 horsepower, AWD bruiser Escort Cosworth of a car. It is a hooligan's car, right down to the drift mode.
Read MoreThis is the new Lamborghini Aventador 750-4 SV, the version with less weight and more power.
Read MoreBoeing built 12 of the massive long-range 314 flying boats for Pan American World Airways which the airline used to carve out its niche at pioneering intercoastal routes from Havana to Honolulu and even Hong Kong to New Zealand. It became a pathfinder over the world's trackless jungles, deserts, and, of course, its oceans.
Read MoreHow fast is too fast? This seems like too fast.
Read MoreWhen the Bugatti Veyron was first introduced in 2005, Bugatti said they'd only sell 450 of the 1,001 horsepower behemoth. "They'll sell out in no time," we collectively thought. We were wrong. But now, 10 years later, Bugatti has finally sold the 450th Veyron, and the La Finale is the inverse of the first one they sold.
Read MoreBefore they show off the new CTS-V and ATS-V at the Geneva Motor Show this week, Cadillac decided to make a quick trip through Germany for some impromptu trolling, as documented on Cadillac Europe's Twitter feed.
Read MoreOkay, so the world is getting a convertible Evoque. Neat! I guess. It's weird, but you know at least some people will buy it. Plus, we like weird cars because they're better than boring cars.
Read MoreIt's amazing how close (and yet so far!) we are to so much amazing tech.
Read MoreA cop in Doncaster, England reportedly parked his unmarked police car in a neighborhood to look for a suspect. By the time he got back to the car, he'd forgotten he'd driven that one and freaked out thinking he'd found a stolen police car.
Read MoreKoenigsegg will debut two cars this week. The most anticipated is the Regera, which is supposedly the fastest thing the world will ever see. The other is the Agera RS. While we don’t have specs yet, it sure looks like the body has used all of the carbon fiber in Sweden.
Read MoreCould Honda really be kicking a new performance renaissance? The 2016 Acura NSX and this car, the new 2016 Honda Civic Type R, have me hoping that's the case. Before its official debut tomorrow at the Geneva Motor Show, here's more of the hatch that Honda is calling their most extreme Type R model ever.
Read MoreWhat starts as a normal and exciting day of adventure and fun, turned into a near death experience for an unsuspecting sky diving student. Free falling at 9,000 feet is a terrible place to have a seizure.
Read MoreSo Paris is rolling out an ambitious plan to ban older cars from its city center. I actually think it's an interesting experiment in traffic and smog control. But what if you're a sexy, interesting person who drives a classic Citroën DS? Then you're in luck!
Read MoreIf you live in the Pacific Northwest, your life practically revolves around playing in the snow. At least that's how I imagine it. But if certain global atmospheric anomalies steal all your snow and dump it on the the rest of North America, then drastic measures are in order to fulfill your daily fix.
Read MoreHeads up, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Brat is being sold by a fellow Jalop-in-Arms, so let’s be nice. Not too nice however, as we still need to know if his price is batty rather than Bratty.
Read MoreOne if by land, two if by sea, and eight-grand if by today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jeep-bodied jet ski. Could that be a number that would have you getting onboard with this crazy water-going American icon?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW is an old-school Neue Klasse. It’s also apparently very low mileage, but will its price ultimately match its miles?
Read MoreIf you've ever played Portals 1 and 2 you'll know the benefit of having a door at just the right spot. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maserati gives you not one, not two, but four handy portals, but does its price take the cake?
Read MoreLarge and in charge is how you might describe today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bentley. This formerly exclusive ride could be yours for less than the cost of a Kia Rio, but based on its shape, is its price still too large to say charge it?
Read MoreThe LFA not withstanding, Lexus has never been known for ball-flapping performance, and that rep goes for the SC300 as well. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe SC isn't exactly stock however, and you're going to need to decide at what price this cool car's ball flapping should begin.
Read MoreOh what a world we live in when even the most plebeian can potentially afford a V12-powered luxury sedan. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 750i is just such a twelve for the masses, although its custom body will assure that you still stand out.
Read MoreDid you know that the Eagles started out as one of Linda Ronstadt's back-up bands? If you don't know who Linda Ronstadt is then maybe today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Eagle will additionally have you asking AMC what? That doesn't mean you still can't get familiar with this '80s flier.
Read MoreBuilt to commemorate the original, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Hurst/Olds isn't your father's Oldsmobile. That is, unless it just so happens that your father was wicked cool in the '80s, then it just might be. Will this one's present price however, make papa proud?
Read MoreThe seller of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 190e says he's the second owner, and that no expense was spared in the car's rebirth as an AMG-looking badass. It will have to be seen if the result is with expending what he's asking to be number three.
Read MoreIs your name Richard Petty? No? Well, that must mean that you're not the King. That doesn't mean you can't drive like the King. Well, actually you most likely can't - but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pontiac will at let you pretend, and that's got to be worth something.
Read MoreLet's check off all the wonderful attributes today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Benz possesses- a longroof roof; five speed stick; a sweet straight-six; three-row seating; and a rep for having been built for the gods. Oh, and it's sort of brown too. How much do you think all that might just be worth?
Read MoreBuick dealers here once sold Opels, while today most Buicks ARE Opels. In between then and now, they sold cars like this Nice Price or Crack Pipe Grand National, and you'll need to decide if this one's selling price is equally grand.
Read MoreIf you thought two-speed transmissions were only popular in the fifties and sixties and on circle tracks, then let me introduce you today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Honda. It features the brand's early two-speed Hondamatic, and we'll need to decide if that auto makes its asking price Hondatragic.
Read MoreLet's check off the features of today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Toyota-based RV: V6 engine; 5-speed stick; sleeping accommodations for 4; and, most importantly of all, a private place to take a dump. Let's see if the finishing touch for this home away from home is its price.
Read MoreMastery of the Porsche 911's handling is a well-earned badge of honor. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 996 is claimed to give you more to master, but will its price prove to be its master stroke?
Read MoreLike Batman, Canada seems to get all the wonderful toys. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe JDM Forester is just such an example of a car that Canucks get that the U.S. can't. No matter where you live however, you can still weigh in on whether this cool toy has a wonderful price.
Read MoreToday's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maxima was once a diesel. Owing to the RB25DET presently living-large under its hood the only thing on it that now smokes are its back tires. Will that make it worth ten-large however?
Read More'Ludes are not a popular drug any more, nor are Preludes popular cars – at least not at Honda which stopped making them some time ago. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Si is from back when they did, and it has 4WS too. Will its price however, prove a worthy prelude to purchase?
Read MoreBabus is one of the biggest Mercedes tuners not named AMG and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe E320 wagon is supposed to carry that modder's looks and handling upgrades. Will its price however, upgrade your interest?
Read MoreIts ad claims today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mustang GT should have been crushed, as it's said to be a pre-production company executive edition. We'll see if that, and its very unique vanity plate, will prevent its price from becoming a crushing blow.
Read MoreThe average selling price of a new car in the U.S. is now over thirty one thousand dollars. That means today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Viper is below average - price wise - but will that make it an above-average deal?
Read MoreThis here is proof that there is nothing too crazy to load into an airplane.
Read MoreThe Porsche 911 GT3 is a beast, wailing down the road with an incredible 9000 RPM engine. In terms of suspension refinement and adjustability, though, it might be one-upped by its little sibling, the Cayman GT4. Here's how.
Read MoreYes, the car you're looking at above is a Porsche. Not a Volvo, not a Nash, not a Volkswagen, not an Aston Martin, and not a Fiat: a Porsche. It's undermining everything I thought to be true in this world.
Read MoreYes, ladies and gentlemen, we've again reached that point: the week is over, Friday is here, and that means it's time for this week's Letters to Doug, wherein you ask me a series of highly exciting automotive-related questions and I ignore almost all of them.
Read MoreBernie Ecclestone suggested that the answer to not enough women in Formula One would be to have a separate F1 championship for female drivers only. Yeah! Because "separate but equal" totally worked out the first time, right?
Read MoreGiving us further proof that Acuras look far better in race spec than in Grandpa-spec, Acura released this pretty picture of an ILX that they plan to reveal at the New York International Auto Show alongside their flagship NSX supercar. Behold, this is the endurance racer they're taking to the 25 Hours of Thunderhill.
Read MoreEven NASCAR semi-admitted that its qualifying format for the Daytona 500 this year was a mess, saying that the sanctioning body was "open to discussions" on how to improve it. Personally, I think Clint Bowyer said it best. Anyway, they just changed their superspeedway qualifying format, hopefully for the better.
Read MoreWhile the Nürburgring Nordschleife is the last place I'd expect to have noise limits, there was one in place for the ill-fated VLN Race #1, where two of Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus' SCG 003 cars were racing this weekend. Both cars got black flags for noise. Turn down for what?
Read MoreThe Deutsche Motor Sport Bund has ruled that GT3 and GT4 cars have been temporarily banned from Nürburgring competition following yesterday's tragic accident, where one spectator was killed.
Read MoreAccording toFox Sports, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Larson was taken to the hospital yesterday after fainting in an autograph session. Hoardes of people are certainly a nerve-wracking experience, but this was apparently a serious enough faint for him to miss today's race.
Read MoreSebastian Vettel isn't just following in the steps of Schumacher and driving for his dream team this year. Oh, no. He's the man who finally broke up the streak of "which Mercedes is going to win today?" Give this Ferrari-driving pointy-finger enthusiast a hug for me, will ya?
Read MoreLike Pirelli World Challenge, the Blancpain GT series has a ton of different cars, all competing on the same track. Blancpain GT uses GT3 cars as well, making it a wonderland of variety. They've recently struck a deal with PWC to bring Blancpain GT champions to America. Rejoice!
Read MoreTaki Inoue, perhaps the worst driver in F1 history, makes what seems like a joke about Nissan GT Academy program grad and significantly better driver/human, Jann Mardenborough, who crashed earlier in an a fatal accident at the Nürburgring that in no way appears to be his fault.
Read MoreMost of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg looks like your average street course: tight walls, high fences and big city buildings in the background. But then, a surprise: it opens up around the pits. You can see the Pirelli World Challenge and IndyCar races on TV, but here's what it looks like from inside the car.
Read MoreThere's a rumor floating around the NASCAR paddock that teams are drilling tiny holes in their tires to maintain a more even tire pressure throughout the race, according to USA Today. I'm not sure how that would work without exploding into a horrifying tire-ball, but then again, I'm not a master of clever cheatin'.
Read MoreA Nissan GT-R driven by Jann Mardenborough flipped off the track and into the spectator area at this weekend's VLN endurance race at the Nürburgring in Germany. The driver survived without serious injuries but one spectator was killed and more were injured. [UPDATED With Video].
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreToyotas are plain and conservative cars, unexciting more than anything else. Here's one taking a corner in excess of 195 miles an hour. Wait, what?
Read MoreID pictures are the worst. Well, unless you sneak something awesome onto your ID. Then they're pretty awesome. James Hinchcliffe's 2015 IndyCar credential pic looks like it was taken mid-battle with some Deadites. Is he secretly Evil Ash from Army of Darkness?
Read MorePirelli World Challenge is one of the fastest growing series right now, and they've got their second race of the season coming up this weekend at St. Petersburg. So, who's racing there, besides the already famous dudes like Eversley and Estré? We sat down with a few drivers to ask how they got into PWC at their season opener.
Read MorePassing is the most exciting part of any racing, and these passes are the best ever recorded.
Read MoreMcLaren Honda Formula One driver Fernando Alonso has been cleared to race after suffering a concussion in testing, and boy, did he have some bombs to drop about that accident during Thursday's press conference. It wasn't from a gust of wind: the steering actually locked up and sent him into the wall.
Read MoreSo, maxi pads: they're these things for menstruation. A woman's miserable-time. Surely, you've seen the commercials, or if not, Deadspin has a thorough explainer. Only, for obvious reasons, Nico Rosberg doesn't use them like that. He told Sky Sports at the extremely muggy Malaysia race that he uses them to absorb sweat.
Read MoreShut. The. Front. Door. Shut down the Internet. Drop everything. And look at this. Porsche just showed off its trio of Le Mans-bound 919 LMP1 race cars, and they finally painted one in the right color. This car is pretty much guaranteed to win. Place all bets on #17. (Oh, and they’ve got black and white cars, too.)
Read MoreI'm not entirely sold on the part of the 2017 V8 Supercars rules that allow non-V8 engines to run yet, because I'll admit: I love that sound. On the other hand, I'm all about the part of the 2017 regulations that allow non-sedan body styles, however, because we could be getting a Volvo wagon. REJOICE!
Read MoreUSA Today's For The Win blog snuck in a tasty little nugget in their celebrity Final Four tie-in interview with Bar Refaeli: she thinks NASCAR driver Danica Patrick would, in fact, make a great model.
Read MoreWhen we last heard an update on the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo, the car was going to sit out the first two rounds of the World Endurance Championship for further development work. One thing to fix was a front roll hoop that didn't pass the FIA's crash tests. Per Darren Cox in the Q&A today, that item just passed.
Read MoreNissan has been a busy company lately, both with their ongoing GT Academy program as well as their crazy World Endurance Championship LMP1 racer, the debut of which has been pushed back to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We'll let you ask what's going on with that live for the next hour or so with Nismo head Darren Cox.
Read MoreAfricanized swarms of bees took to the back of Derrike Cope's hauler at last weekend's NASCAR Xfinity Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 at the Auto Club Speedway. One word: NOPE.
Read MoreUgh. Southern California has eleventy billion places to go shopping, and only one race track left in Los Angeles County, according to Speedhunters' loving tribute to Formula D's races there. Can't you put your oversized exercise room for old people somewhere else?
Read MoreNow that's how you build a roll cage.
Read More"Was that invisible debris?" and "I think the officials may be hallucinating in those hot helmets this year" seem to be common laments of NASCAR fans, giving way to conspiracy theories galore about NASCAR throwing flags just to spice things up. So show us: what are the most bizarre caution flags thrown in racing?
Read MoreThings are going great for Lewis Hamilton these days, thanks for asking! He won last year’s Formula One driver’s championship in what was unquestionably the most dominant car on the field, and he’s off to a great start in 2015 after last weekend’s win at the Australian Grand Prix. How does the Mercedes driver celebrate? By buying himself a Ferrari, of course!
Read MoreAudi will be switching from the two-megajoule to the four-megajoule sub-class this year within the LMP1 class in the World Endurance Championship. What does that mean? This year's R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans prototype racer gets more hybrid power, delivering more of electric boost for longer periods of time.
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr.'s number 78 Chevy had a bit of a run-in with Tony Stewart's number 14 Chevy during today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Auto Club 400. So, Stewart let Truex know in the pits after the race—rather heatedly. (At least no one threw any punches or grabbed onto any firesuits this time.)
Read MoreThe best car in the 12 Hours of Sebring paddock wasn't one of the party trucks that wandered around with fans yelling "WOOOO" in the bed, or any kind of latest-and-greatest supercar. Nope. Not even close. It was this 1986 Porsche 911 jacked up on nubby tires with a million rally lights up front. I'm...I'm in love.
Read MoreAll of the Mazda MX-5 teams that participated in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race this weekend were found yanking out their engines after the race on Friday night. Why? According to IMSA, it was time to do a routine audit to make sure everything was in spec. Yes, getting audited sucks for race cars, too.
Read MoreWell, this is one way to keep track of the race when you can only see it from one turn for long periods of time. Here are a couple other little things I found on the photo trail around the track.
Read More"There's no such thing as endurance racing anymore," explained Sébastien Bourdais, who drove the number 5 Action Express Racing that won the 12 Hours of Sebring overall today. "Just a long sprint." If anything proved that theory this weekend, it was the late battle in the GT Daytona class.
Read MoreThe number 16 Prototype Challenge car of BAR1 Motorsports just ran a dude over on live TV. BAR1's car was trying to leave the pits side-by-side with the Krohn Racing P2 car and unfortunately, there was a crew member in the way working on the Fifty Plus Racing car.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThe absolute greenest (look at it, man) car on the grid won pole for the 12 Hours of Sebring: the number 57 Ligier JS P2 Judd of Krohn Racing. Olivier Pla put down a stonking fast lap that put Kermit's race car on pole. Krohn just started racing the JS P2 this year, having switched from last year's Ferrari 458.
Read MoreModern race cars often come equipped with cool suits that circulate water through tubes close to the driver's skin, making hot, muggy locales like Sebring somewhat bearable. Sometimes they fail. Stevenson Motorsports' number 6 Chevrolet Camaro became a rolling sauna on the grid, but they won anyway.
Read MoreYet again the world is reminded that nothing is sacred in Formula 1. The German Grand Prix isn't on the 2015 race calendar.
Read MoreWe last heard of the DeltaWing Technologies' consortium of mad scientists in their plans to build a road car for car sharing. Not only is the arrowhead-shaped road car moving right along, but they plan to make a GT race car based on that shared pointy chassis.
Read MoreWelcome to the 12 Hours of Sebring, the one place where you wish you'd dressed up as a cow and where all kinds of marvelous wonders await you on track. Oh, and supposedly I have to lick a car.
Read MoreAh, late afternoon: a time for all the half-priced queso you can drink eat. There's one problem with most happy hours, though: driving afterwards tends to be a bad idea. That is, unless driving is the happy hour. Behold, the Sports Car Club of America's "Track Night In America" program.
Read MoreBMW plans to modify a Z4 GT3 not only to accommodate world's toughest double-amputee Alex Zanardi, but other drivers as well. According to Axis of Oversteer, the team will participate in the 2015 Total 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, but the team has an interesting design challenge to make it work.
Read MoreAs you know, Brakim Racing is building a Lamborghini Gallardo into a gravel rally car. And that means it is going to need a cage. And here it is, a complete wonder.
Read MoreWe've all seen the massively powerful, big-budget builds of Formula Drift. Even beater missile cars used for practice are completely nutballs with power nowadays. But what if you just want to go drifting, and don't have a crazy expensive build to hoon? Behold: the street legal drift series.
Read MoreThe reveal of Chevy and Honda's new aerokits have made this one of the most important IndyCar off seasons in recent memory. But do the cars look sufficiently different? Our pal Marshall Pruett from Racer has provided the following shots for you to see for yourself.
Read MoreWhen you've got a hatchback that puts out 310 horsepower and maybe obliterated a front-wheel drive Nürburgring record, how can you not take it racing? That's what Honda plans to do with the new 2016 Civic Type R. The updated car will replace its predecessor for the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.
Read MoreAustralian driver Marcos Ambrose switched back to V8 Supercars for 2015 after spending a few years in the United States running in NASCAR. After the V8s' races at the Australian Grand Prix this year, Ambrose did the unthinkable: he asked his team if someone else could drive in his place.
Read MoreRookie driver Sage Karam crashed in the first few hours of IndyCar's testing at Barber Motorsports Park today. According to USA Today, the crash was bad enough to injure his right wrist, and the team is unsure if he will be able to return to the test.
Read MoreYou can keep your Porsche 944 Turbo Cups with all their turbo lag and misery. I prefer the smoother, more predictable powerband of the naturally aspirated 944s, and the biggest engine Porsche ever put in a 944 is my holy grail. That, of course, is the 944 S2, and one of just seven IMSA Firehawk 944 S2s is for sale.
Read MoreWhat happens when you have a toe link failure flat out at 110 mph? Uh, it's not great.
Read MorePhoenix International Raceway hasn't been kind to right rear tires during today's CampingWorld.com 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Sam Hornish Jr. ate the wall earlier after his right rear tire failed, but it was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s tire that was the most explosive failure of them all.
Read MoreIf there's a do-not-miss set of races to watch from the Pirelli World Challenge weekend at Circuit of the Americas, it's the touring car group: TC, TCA and TCB. The craziest race of them all was the last TCB (or B-Spec) race from the weekend where these small, hyper-aggressive little cars bump and spin in the wet.
Read MoreThe Formula One Australian Grand Prix itself was a bit of a turd, with more excitement over which unreliable car would drop out next than the actual racing. One man was there to save the day. One extraordinary man. I'm talking, of course, about the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Read MoreTissue damage has sidelined Williams Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas for the Australian Grand Prix. The FIA just announced that Bottas has been declared unfit to race today.
Read MoreIf you distilled every joke about Europeans and their fancy-schmancy racin' cars down into one, single video, you'd end up with something like the Formula E Anthem by Nacho Cano.
Read MoreIf you've ever wondered what happens if you fly of the top of the banking on an oval track, well, it's not pretty. Stock car racer Will Kimmel flew off Turn 1 at Mobile International Speedway during today's ARCA Mobile 200, ramping the barriers and hitting a fan's truck in the process.
Read MoreCanada, we need to have a talk. I love your Timbits with every strawberry-glazed fiber of my being. I do not love your music. It's bad enough when you foist the likes of Celine Dion and Justin Bieber upon an unsuspecting world. It's even worse when your Formula One drivers decide to release an album.
Read MoreTo commemorate their first victory in the United States at Sebring 40 years ago, BMW whipped out a classic livery that's unmistakably BMW for the BMW Team RLL Z4Ms: the livery of its 1975 3.0 CSL, lovingly known for its outlandish wings and flares as the "Batmobile."
Read MoreHere's another surprise from my experience in a Formula E car: the electric racers don't charge using power from the grid. Juice is supplied by a generator, but it's not running gas or diesel or some kind of synthesized alien blood. It's using a pollution-free, non-toxic glycerine. I drank some and wasn't bent over a toilet afterwards. UPDATE.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreA new spirit of collaboration marked the discussions happening between the Sauber Formula One team and driver Giedo van der Garde after yesterday's court proceedings. Van der Garde submitted a Contempt of Court application after Sauber failed to secure him a drive, but that matter has been settled out of court.
Read MoreOf the 106 McLaren F1s ever made, only six have been destroyed so far, to the best of our knowledge. McLaren Special Operations boss Paul Mackenzie told me how they intend to keep it that way.
Read MoreThe formula for Formula racing hasn't really evolved. F1 continues to be a 200-MPH soap opera and only die-hards pay attention to the feeder series below it. Formula E offers something different. It's close-quarter racing brimming with cutting-edge technology that, for the first time in decades, is not only approachable, but could be applicable to the future of performance. And after tossing a Formula E car around the track, I'm actually excited about an open-wheel spec series. I tasted the futu
Read MoreThere was no decision Friday as to whether Sauber would be held in Contempt of Court for their inability to get Giedo Van der Garde into the race drive he had been promised. That court case is expected to continue tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. AEDT, on Saturday morning in Australia.
Read More2014 Sauber Formula One test driver Giedo van der Garde sued his ex-team to get a drive for this year–and won. Sauber signed drivers who brought more money to the team on top of their already contracted pair, and now Sauber could have their equipment seized if they don't comply with the ruling to let Van der Garde drive.
Read MoreLast month, John Cohen was relieved to recover his #44 Team Xtreme race car that was stolen before the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. Now Cohen is in trouble of his own: an arrest warrant has been issued over his failure to pay money owed from one lawsuit, right as another lawsuit was filed against him over the purchase of a race car.
Read MoreAccording to Associated Press reporter Jenna Fryer, Kurt Busch has been reinstated by NASCAR and will be eligible to participate in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The fact that no criminal charges were pressed over the domestic assault allegations against Busch was a key factor in NASCAR's decision.
Read MoreNASCAR driver Brad Keselowski's number 2 Team Penske Ford was found with banned modifications to the fenders and side skirts at last weekend's Kobalt 400 race. As a result, Keselowski's crew chief Paul Wolfe has been put on probation for the rest of the year.
Read MoreScuderia Cameron Glickenhaus will enter the N24 with two SCG003s, and will also give away six pairs of VIP race tickets to support The Possibility Project, a non-profit that empowers teenagers in New York City. Here's your chance to be there when they make history.
Read MoreWings on wings on wings on wings: that's the theme for Honda's IndyCar aero kit. If your reaction to Chevrolet's version of the aero kit was a resounding "meh," perhaps this VTEC-kid-inspired set of venetian blinds will grab your attention.
Read MoreSome cars have gremlins. Other cars have, erm, acquire possum. If you ever need a good reason for why your race car is parked, crunched and/or no longer in the race, you can always blame someone who won't mind at all: Fluffy Bunny.
Read MoreNow that spring is here, I can go to almost any race track in America and watch fast cars duke it out. Sports cars. Supercars. Prototypes. NASCAR. Even Formula One later this year. But where do I go if I want to watch a bunch of cheap economy cars drive their little engines out in some epic track battle?
Read MoreIn proof that Porsche loves us and wants us to be happy, they didn't just slap "GT4" badges on the back of the latest, greatest Cayman for the lulz. According to Sportscar365, they're going to build a race car out of it.
Read MoreTony Stewart's Eldora Speedway briefly showed this message around 2:00 p.m. Saturday purporting to be from ISIS. The message appeared in place of its usual graphics, complete with irritating autoplay audio of an Arabic song.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreGood news for Gordon fans: he's not only on pole, but he set a Sprint Cup track record for Las Vegas Motor Speedway doing it. According to USA Today, Gordon's car hit a speed of 194.679 mph in a 27.738-second lap of the 1.5-mile speedway. I wouldn't be surprised if the back end of his car is now plaid.
Read MoreAll of those beautiful rally yumps and drifts rely on one crucial component: tires. When you have a busted tire, it makes everything completely miserable. Ride along with the Troy Motorsports Ford Fiesta R2 as it struggles to move in a straight line on the Scotia North stage of the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood.
Read MoreRally Mexico has not gotten off to a good start. Ford's WRC team lost contact for 17 minutes with their crew after Estonian driver Ott Tänak rolled off the road into a lake.
Read MoreMy 944 has a problem: when the gas tank starts to empty, the back end gets light. I've ruined its perfect 50-50 weight balance by taking off the heavy glass hatch. I don't have any fancy-schmancy metal ballast just lying around, however, I could probably source quite a few Truck Nutz.
Read MorePirelli World Challenge features one of the most diverse fields of sportscars in America. The Pirelli GT3 Cup Trophy (read: all wonderful Porsche Cup cars) is running this weekend, too. Patrick and I will be covering the event all weekend long, and here's why you should pay attention (even from home).
Read MoreAccording to Associated Press motorsports reporter Jenna Fryer, the Delaware Department of Justice has announced today that they will not be pressing criminal charges against NASCAR driver Kurt Busch over allegations that Busch strangled and smashed ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll's head against a wall.
Read MoreNissan and Audi both used Sebring to test this week, as the bumpy, older surface of the track makes for a good representation of what to expect at Le Mans. Unfortunately, the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO was sent packing before the end of their test due to a broken carbon fiber piece on the car.
Read MoreBack in the late '80s, Ford had two versions of the Group A Sierra it could run in rally: there was the XR4x4 that had AWD but a weak old motor, and there was the RS Cosworth that had power to match its rivals but only RWD. This combination didn't make a WRC champion; it made a beast.
Read MoreA Kurdish-backed racing team who barely missed out on the podium at this year's 24 Hours of Dubai is having to call it quits for now due to the instability in the Middle East. Economic activity in Kurdistan has come to a halt due to threats from ISIS, and thus, the team's financial support has dried up.
Read MoreEveryone knows the grid walk is one of the most glamorous parts of a Formula One race. Apparently this is due to the official policy: grid access passes should be handed to celebrities, people of note and "glamorous ladies," whatever that means.
Read MoreThe Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 car is front-wheel drive. Except when it is sending power to the rear wheels in an utterly incomprehensible setup that may or may not resemble a Unimog.
Read MoreEver wondered how all the spiffy graphics get onto a race car? The ones that tell you exactly who's funding this party? Here you go. This is how Carl Edwards' number 19 Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup car goes from a naked metal tub to a bright blue and white race car.
Read MoreNothing will make you appreciate ABS and traction control quite like this video.
Read MoreMcLaren brought both its new trackday special P1 GTR and its original F1 road car together to the Geneva Auto Show, and the difference between the two feels like a century apart.
Read MoreWhat would it look like if McLaren entered Le Mans? G24 Studio put McLaren design cues on the usual LMP1 body shape, and the results make me yearn for an alternate future where McLaren decides to run the World Endurance Championship. This car is one of the most beautiful things you'll see all week.
Read MoreThe Audi R8 LMS has been making Porsches look bad in GT3 races ever since 2009 and here's the second generation of the car. The main focus appears to be safety.
Read MoreAfter a bizarre testing wreck blamed on wind sent Fernando Alonso's McLaren-Honda into the wall and the driver to the hospital with a concussion, doctors have now recommended that the former world champion skip the upcoming Australian Grand Prix.
Read MoreNo one expected the Marussia Formula One team to make it on to the grid this year, yet here we are in March, watching the team name Will Stevens as its first driver and going full steam ahead on its plans to make it to the Australian Grand Prix. Ovo Energy founder Stephen Fitzpatrick is largely the reason why.
Read MoreMax Chilton will join the illustrious ranks of ex-Formula One drivers who've said, "screw you guys, I'm racing Le Mans." Per AUTOSPORT, Chilton just scored a full-time drive in the completely nuts Nissan GT-R LM NISMO LMP1-class World Endurance Championship racer along with Alex Buncombe.
Read MoreNBC Sports reports this morning that Kurt Busch has signed NASCAR's terms and conditions for the series' consideration of his reinstatement as a driver following his indefinite suspension. The suspension still holds in the meantime, however, there is the possibility that Busch will return to the grid.
Read MoreStadium Super Trucks is, by far and away, the perfect race series for someone who cares for nothing about racing. Do you really care which driver hates which? No. Do you really care whose dad was whose? No. Do you even care who wins? Not really. But it's loud, it's fast, it's slidey, and, oh yeah, SWEET JUMPS.
Read MoreThe best weather we had all weekend for the 24 Hours of LeMons' North Dallas Hooptie race at Eagles Canyon Raceway was a few inches of powdery snow during the practice day. Needless to say, the race didn't happen, but a few of us went out for practice laps, anyway.
Read MorePoor Jeff Gordon. He announced he would be retiring after this year and hasn't had a good race yet. Today's race was relatively tame by NASCAR standards, but nope. Gordon's car got crumpled into a sad little NASBALL once again.
Read MoreHas Lotus Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado crashed today? Yes. Maldonado ate it outside Turn 4 in testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya today. Thankfully, Maldonado is okay, however, his personal crash counter had to be reset.
Read MoreI called the original iM concept Matrix Part Deux. That wasn't a dig. I actually liked the Matrix, and the concept was pretty damned handsome. But as always, the journey from show stand to showroom has wiped away any sense of style and replaced it with anodyne anonymity. What a shame.
Read MoreA few years ago, Porsche introduced the Boxster Spyder, a lightweight hardcore version of their entry level roadster with a tent for a roof. People loved it. And now, with the gorgeously wonderful Cayman GT4, an open topped hardcore variant has returned. Welcome back, Boxster Spyder.
Read MoreThis is the car that’s supposed to be driving Cadillac’s future. This is the car that’s supposed to be pointing the way for American luxury. This isn’t supposed to be a competitor to the big German flagships, but it’s getting there. This is the 2016 Cadillac CT6. This might be the return to big back-seat American cruising.
Read MoreConsidering the dramatic rebirth Ford has undergone in the last decade, Lincoln’s comparative lack of direction is pretty surprising. Maybe, though, this new Lincoln Continental Concept represents the re-discovery of something Lincoln’s so desperately needed: an identity.
Read MoreLooking over the list of exhibitors for the New York International Auto Show, the basic cast of characters is very predictable — all are names we’ve all seen a billion times before. Except one: Lyons Motor Cars. Like any reporter trained in asking just the right, penetrating questions, I immediately thought “Who the hell is Lyons?” and “Did that say 1700 HP?”
Read MoreThe Oxford Dictionary says that in order to drive, you must "operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle." So on a technicality, I just drove a McLaren F1 GTR Long Tail.
Read MoreIt's kind of hard to fathom how the Scion "youth" brand has been around as long as it has without some kind of sedan or crossover. Scion's about to fix the former with a new model called the iA, their first four-door ever, and it should be fun because under the skin it's really the new 2015 Mazda2. Neat!
Read MoreAsk any old mechanic and they'll tell you about the 'Italian tune up,' which involves driving a car really hard as a means of maintenance. Not only is this actually true (not just a line mechanics feed dumb millionaires so they can thrash their Lamborghinis), it applies to a number of non-Italian cars. Just head over to r/JustRolledIntoTheShop and take a look at the carbon buildup on this V10-powered 2007 Audi S6.
Read MoreThe Porsche Cayman GT4 is a car we've been waiting for since the Clinton administration. Now we've driven it. Can it possibly live up to our expectations? Let's find out.
Read MoreChristian von Koenigsegg is one of the most inventive and creative automaker chiefs of all time. Just eight months ago, he came up with an idea for his first hybrid supercar, the Regera, though he refuses to call it a hybrid. But unlike every other supercar, this one has no gearbox whatsoever. How the hell does that work?
Read MoreBentley's Continental GT is a big old coupe of a car. So here's the company's baby version: the EXP 10 Speed 6 concept car.
Read MoreEveryone wants better WiFi. It’s an easy thing for people to get behind, particularly legislators. But if a bi-partisan bill reintroduced by two Senators makes it into law, it could have a disastrous affects on one of the next great safety innovations.
Read MoreWhen I wrote up the review of the Tesla Model S P85D I omitted one important detail: range. It was a bit of an experiment. I wanted to see if people would freak about not including something that, in internal combustion cars, rarely gets mentioned. It didn't happen, and I think that's important, particularly given this week's range anxiety announcement from Tesla.
Read MoreElon Musk envisions self-driving cars being taken to their logical conclusion: crashes eliminated and drivers outlawed. After all, "You don't want a person driving a two-ton death machine," says Musk. [UPDATE]
Read MoreIf you're planning to build a plastic, subscale 80s Toyota Hilux using a 3D printer so you have a sweet ride when you get zapped by a shrink-ray, but have balked at the difficulty of making the drivetrain, boy are you in luck. You can thank Eric Harrell, because he's made a 'working' Toyota 22R-E engine and 4WD transmission. Wow.
Read MoreFor Americans with mobility impairments, just getting around can be a challenge. Public transit that accommodates for the disabled is inconsistent and even non-existent in some places. Purchasing an adaptive van can be as expensive as a supercar. But autonomous cars may provide an affordable and radical solution.
Read MoreAnytime a post about Android Auto or Apple CarPlay lands on these pages there's an inevitable raft of questions, misunderstandings, and uninformed bitching. What if I don't have [insert phone here]?! It'll kill my resale value! I don't want to use any of this shit, gimme back my eight-track! Here's a quick explainer to clear things up.
Read MoreWith war comes huge innovations in transportation technology that are employed well beyond their original military intent.
Read MoreScreens are slowly usurping traditional gauges, but automakers still insist on using analog approximations despite the freedom of a digital canvas. The designers at Ustwo took a hard look at exactly what drivers need and came up with a solution, and it's brilliant, if not exactly sexy.
Read MoreAutonomous race cars sound idiotic at first glance. And second. But there's something to this concept from the Italian designers at ED. The Torq isn't just a self-driving, electric racer with over 1,300 lb-ft of torque. It's pointing towards a new direction for endurance racing. It's also total bullshit, at least for now.
Read MoreFirst of all, I implore everyone to remain calm. Chances are, we'll all make it out of this mess okay, but only if we all just keep it together. What it wants is for us to panic, and we can't give it that. Here's the deal: the Mercedes-Benz F015 has been seen roaming the streets of San Francisco. And nobody is sure what it wants.
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 MoreWe're barely five hours into the Geneva Motor Show and we've already seen so many cars that we're like, screw it, let's do a roundup post of everything important we've seen so far. As always, you can go to the tagpage linked above to keep up with the latest news.
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 MoreUnless they're obscenely fast or do something new and innovative and amazing, the small crossover segment isn't one we care too much about at Jalopnik. I don't like writing about them and you probably don't care that much to read them, unless maybe you're looking to buy one because a car seat won't fit in the battered Triumph TR7 project car you bought for a song on Craigslist.
Read MoreOr rather, the operators who would use the Navistar SOTV-B would want you to think there’s absolutely nothing special about it. It is the ultimate blank pick up truck for clandestine environments. And if that’s not anonymous enough for you, it can look like any truck your heart desires.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Renault/Nissan alliance is one of those arrangements you probably have forgotten about until you see an announcement like this. It's also very telling about the kind of truck Mercedes wants, since they already make nice, useful work pickup trucks.
Read MoreAfter five years and $115 million of development, the Freightliner SuperTruck is Daimler's answer to a lofty challenge set by the Department Of Energy: "improve semi-truck fuel economy by at least 50 percent." This concept blows that benchmark out of the water.
Read MoreSince news broke this morning that Mercedes-Benz will build a mid-sized pickup truck, every comment I've seen has been "WTF," "stupid status symbol," or "why wouldn't they sell this in America?!" If those was your instinctive reactions, here's why you're wrong.
Read MoreDon't let the grille, trim pieces, lights, Land Rover badge, or BMW badges(?) fool you, the Longer Yuelang X1 is clearly a completely original design. Yessir. Definitely not a Range Rover. Hahaha look how cute!
Read MoreLadies and gentlemen, this is motorsport. Turn on the righteous insanity that is the Ahoy 7 Maart 2015 Dutch Tractor Pull event, 3500 kilogram class (sponsored by Wellner Fruit, BV) and you'll have no trouble killing the rest of your work day.
Read MoreThrow away everything, because Mercedes-Benz is building this. For real. Yes. Seriously. We didn’t spike our coffee this morning. Are you ready for this?
Read MoreAlex and Hannah spent about a year turning this 1986 Hino flatbed truck into a beautiful cabin on wheels, which came out looking a lot better than every fort I've tried to make. Alex reckons his house will do a quarter mile in "at least thirty seconds."
Read MoreSometimes I feel like a shitty Texan because I'm not a truck guy. I don't normally have much use for huge trucks and I don't really enjoy driving them. I'd rather do a track day in some hot hatch or cheap sports car than go off-roading. But after two weeks of driving a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon back to back, I can see the appeal in these new "small" trucks.
Read MoreYou might recognize the Fab Fours Legend from SEMA a few months ago. Now that Leno's had a chance to take it out on the road we pretty much have to believe it is indeed real... though part of me's still pretty sure this is an R/C car or CGI animation.
Read MoreThe 2015 Dodge Durango R/T adds the option of "Radar Red Nappa leather seats" from the Challenger and Charger. Not the kind of news I normally care about, but the Durango rules and this new interior actually looks pretty sweet.
Read MoreApparently "a miscommunication between line handlers aboard the containership MSC Ilona and those at terminal 4 in the Port of Baltimore" ended with what looks like an older Toyota Tacoma dangling off the ship's deck like the most useless anchor ever.
Read MoreLike the all-new Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe but aren't ready to make a statement that flashy and need some semblance of practicality in your life? Mercedes is here for you, dear high-end luxury retail shopper. Meet the 2016 GLE, the replacement for the venerable ML.
Read MoreA black 2015 Chevrolet Suburban was just dubbed the 10 millionth vehicle built at GM's Arlington Assembly Center. You don't care, but apparently that gave Chevy the excuse they needed to share this amazing photo album of the big, beloved SUV's last eleven generations. Enjoy!
Read MoreThe 1956 Ford F-100 is one devastatingly pretty pickup. Hot rod builder Bodie Stroud agrees, and has decided to start selling his own iteration of this classic as the X-100 with "modern suspension, a brand new Ford Racing motor and transmission, and the interior and gauges from a late-model F-150."
Read MoreWe all grew up reveling Walker: Texas Ranger as the standard in action entertainment. Or was it just stoners watching the Hallmark channel between classes? Whatever, remember that badass silver Dodge that Chuck Norris drove in the show? Ram's brought it back! Kinda. Actually, I think, unintentionally.
Read MoreTruck suspension has come a long way in the last 100 years. Just kidding! It hasn't at all, so this excellent instructable video on how to lift 1969 Jeep Wagoneer with new shocks and springs is probably applicable to your rig.
Read MoreFor the handful people unsatisfied with the Range Rover Sport's base engine but too poor for the 550-horse Supercharged monster, Land Rover brings you the 2016 Range Rover Sport HST with a V6 boosted to 380 horsepower and black trim.
Read MoreGM fired us right up with the tough-and-tidy 2015 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 off-road concept, but all we get in showrooms are the flaccid Z71 trim and pointless "Trail Boss" package. If you want to see the Colorado turned into a solid off-roader that can you can still drive every day, the aftermarket has finally stepped up.
Read MoreThe 2015 Ford Ranger has a mean modernized face, completely redesigned interior, loads more driver-assistance toys, and even better fuel economy in its diesel and gasoline engine options. If you Americans think you miss the Ranger now, these pictures and prices will be hard to look at.
Read MoreKahn Design is a part supplier on the insanity scale between outfitters Mansory and Icon, leaning hard toward this side of "batshit." This Land Rover Defender 2.4 TDCI 90 "Chelsea Wide Track" Pickup is what happens when they slap a big dose of body cladding on a tiny little truck. And it totally works.
Read MoreOf all the customized current-body style (JK) Jeep Wranglers, this is probably the closest "homage" to the original Willys army rig they're descended from.
Read MoreYes, GM has confirmed that there will be a 2016 Chevy Suburban Heavy Duty. But it will only be available to commercial and government outfits buying them in bulk.
Read MoreThe Jeep Africa is supposed to be "the ultimate Jeep Wrangler for back-country and overland expeditions." It's a sloped-roof station wagon Wrangler with 35" tires and a 2.8 liter diesel engine so yeah, I'd say they pretty much nailed it.
Read MoreThe Range Rover Sport SVR costs $110,475. For that, you get a supercharged V8 with 550 horsepower and 502 pound feet of torque, but no fog lights exactly for the same reason. And there's more.
Read MoreJeep Wrangler plus pickup bed equals awesome. Wrangler pickup plus 4" lift and rescue gear? Sweet baby jesus... this Red Rock Responder is an insanely beautiful beast.
Read MoreMeet the Jeep Chief concept; a Wrangler-based redux of the classic Cherokee Chief. It's a perfect port of Jeep's 70's style onto their modern platform. Under that surfer-style exterior are Fox shocks, Rubicon rock rails, and Dana 44 axles to make this one all-around amazing conversion.
Read MoreVolkswagen is crushing it in auto sales around the world, but their lineup just isn't deep enough for total domination of the US market. A statement by VW's Light Commercial Vehicle boss suggests that might change, possibly bringing Amaroks, Transporters, and(/or?) Caddys here.
Read MoreThe EPA has certified the 2015 Jeep Renegade 4WD with the larger 2.4 Tigershark engine at 24 combined MPG, 21 in city conditions, and as high as 29 on the highway. The 2WD variant can top 31 MPG.
Read MoreSince the 2015 Ford F-150 came out, people have been asking if its unprecedented aluminum construction translates to higher repair and insurance costs. Well, thanks to the way insurance premiums are calculated the definitive answer is "no." At least, for now.
Read MoreIn a survey that quoted 1,500 new vehicles with six major insurance companies in every state, the 2015 Jeep Wrangler Sport was found to be the cheapest to insure. Its average annual premium was less than a third of the most expensive insurance case; the 2015 Nissan GT-R Nismo.
Read MoreHow freaking fierce is this 2015 Mint 400 crash!? A Class 1 buggy came off a big bump right next to the Vest Racing trophy truck, slamming it with just the right force and angle to send it careening into next week. Photog Eric Minks was perfectly positioned to shoot a whole roll of the action.
Read MoreIf you're a fan of trucks with big wheels and no ground clearance, avert your eyes because this parade of pickups got turned into a conga-line of destruction that just keeps going and going and... seriously, it's unbelievably long.
Read MoreToday any nouveau riche nincompoop with $137,995 can buy a Range Rover Autobiography. But 21 years ago, when an in-car fax machine was next-level baller status and nobody would dare use the word "bespoke" near a Brooklyn thrift shop, the badge meant something.
Read MoreIt's not your imagination; average pickup truck prices have risen aggressively in the past few years. Trucks are moving upmarket, buyers want to trade-up sooner, and they're focusing on "payments" over "price" so they can "afford" these heavy-duty luxury vehicles every three years.
Read MoreBMW knows you progressive gentry love hybrids, but their ‘i-car” sub-brand is a little too wacky ( i3) and flashy (i8) for many. So they’re porting their hybrid tech to the ever-popular X5; which gets 313 horsepower and supposedly as much as 71 MPG as the 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e.
Read MoreYou can have a great adventure on any road. But if you're planning an epic trip specifically to challenge man and machine, the Pan-American Highway — 30,000 miles of road from Alaska to Argentina — isn't the way to go. Beyond a particularly impressive total length the fabled PAH really is nothing more than, well, "any road."
Read MoreToday the first work-whistle sounded on the redesigned Kansas City Assembly Plant's truck division. 900 new human and 500 new robot employees will be cranking out even more 2015 Ford F-150s, but their priority isn't another super-lux Platinum rig.
Read MoreThe 2015 Mint 400 motorsport circus has raged in and around Las Vegas, Nevada all week. The actual race goes down tomorrow, and the afterparty will take festivities all the way through Sunday. Put these channels in your feed and you'll see why so many people go nuts over desert racing.
Read MoreHere it is in all its naked glory: the next Ford Super Duty pickup truck. This is what the 2017 Ford F-250, F-350, and F-450 will look like. What do you think?
Read MoreM35 "deuce and a half" army trucks are surprisingly easy to come by. If you can't find one rotting in some farmer's field, there are always a handful selling cheap at auctions. But I've never seen one re-imagined as beautifully as this.
Read MoreHere's how the Cummins-diesel powered 2016 Nissan Titan XD was bumped, shaken, and slammed all over America to simulate about 350,000 miles of regular use, work, and off-road driving.
Read MoreIt's no secret that Mitsubishi is sort of struggling here in the US market. America hasn't contracted i-MEV mania like everybody (well, technically, nobody) predicted, and it's not like anything else is flying off the lots. They need to do something radical, and the good news is they already have it: the Canter Guts.
Read MoreHere's your sneak peek at Audi's top of the range electric SUV aimed against Tesla's forever coming Model X. The Q8 also plays a vital role in Audi's electric car strategy.
Read MoreIf you think Toyota trucks are too expensive, don't bother looking at this pristine crew-cab 1989 Hilux diesel. It's reportedly "100% legal" for US road-use and is currently for sale with a clean Minnesota title... for the price of a decent brand-new Tacoma.
Read MoreChevy has already crapped out so many Special Edition 2015 Colorado and Silverado pickup trucks it's getting ridiculous, and according to their marketing folks "that's a trend that's going to continue." Other automakers are almost as guilty. I'm starting to think... they may be on to something.
Read MoreThe 2015 Chevy Colorado Trail Boss has a really cool name. And a few accessories from GM's GearOn catalog, and some decent all-terrain tires. Sorry boys, Chevrolet doesn't think you're man enough for the ZR2 and this is the "off-road" Colorado you're getting.
Read MoreThe engine of this old Ford F-150 was surgically blasted to oblivion from more than a mile away by a 30-kilowatt fiber laser weapon system called ATHENA made by security and aerospace outfit Lockheed Martin. ...Yikes.
Read MoreYou won't recognize Jordan Townsend from a Wheaties box, but he's competing at some of the highest level off-road races in America. He's traveling the country, racing, and better: he's winning. All that with a family and a day job. What's your excuse?
Read MoreThe Flying Huntsman 6x6 might look like bit of a joke, but under that gaudy exterior is a military-grade chassis coated in massive amounts of armor. This is a thing you most definitely want when you venture out into the barren hellscape of a world gone mad. Or Jersey.
Read MoreGM will start offering a "box delete" option for the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado next month, which saves buyers $300 off base MSRP and frees up massive 2,200 pounds of payload capacity for your imagination to run wild with.
Read MoreIn most cases, it's pretty hard to digest what Mansory does to cars, but this camouflaged carbon fiber G 63 AMG with the feathers and the falcons is a big fat high five.
Read MoreRemember how much fun it was to pave anthills and bury your sister's Barbie Jeep with that sweet yellow dump truck you had in the sandbox? Well if you could get your hands on this 2016 Ford F-750 you could do it all over again... with 17,000 pounds of sand!
Read MoreWhat is it about cars that have no business going off-road, wearing lift kits and mud tires, that's just so unreasonably awesome? We may never understand them, but we sure as shit love insane baja conversions. Show us your favorites!
Read MoreIt's true: Ford filed for a new trademark on the name "Bronco" just a few days ago. Now please stop interpreting that as the second (well, sixth) coming of the Ford Bronco. There's no indication whatsoever that that's the case.
Read MoreBig redesign, big stats, big money. You already know this about the 2015 Ford F-150 so we'll cut straight to beating the crap out of Ford's finest work; a $60,470 EcoBoost Platinum SuperCrew. We found out what consumers actually get out of Ford's mega redesign.
Read MoreThe USPS is replacing the squat little vans you're use to seeing around the neighborhood, and is now trying to find a replacement. This sketch has just been released as an idea of what the Postal Service has in mind.
Read MoreA 2015 Chevy Silverado LTZ Kirkland Signature Edition for "Costco members only" sounds like a (pretty awesome) prank. But Chevrolet has confirmed they are indeed working with your favorite purveyor of enormous everything to co-brand a limited run truck. Because America! ...?
Read MoreA few years ago, Range Rover showed a concept for an Evoque Convertible. We all shared a good hearty laugh, but we also knew that in the back of our minds they were going to build this thing. Guess what? They just announced that they will build it. They'll sell 59 billion of them.
Read More1999. As Mr. Regular calls it; the nintiest of the nineties. When everything we built reflected an unbridled optimism about "living in the future." Yes, this includes the sanded-brick-shaped 1999 Chevy Blazer.
Read MoreMeet the Sportwagen Alltrack. VW’s lifted wagon is finally coming to America.
Read MoreHere's a secret that may shock many car nuts: Barn finds are getting more common. Sure, the days where old ladies would sell their Hemi Cudas for whatever you had in your pocket are likely over (or never existed), but finding rare gems like this 1973 Lamborghini Espada are happening with increasing frequency.
Read MoreNo matter how fabulous of a driver you are, there is a good chance you will be in a car accident someday. Here are my tips on how to protect yourself and your rights after the accident.
Read MoreIt's no secret that Cadillac, the self proclaimed "standard of the world," is struggling right now as a luxury automaker. Cadillac CEO Johan de Nysschen said it will cost $12 billion to turn the brand around in order to face the Germans, but are they going after the wrong targets?
Read MoreWagons are awesome. In fact, let's not call them wagons, because they're not covered contraptions to be pulled by oxen on the Oregon Trail - let's call them "Family Thrillsters". Here are the ten best examples you space-efficient lot found on eBay under a $10,000 budget. Why can't all cars make this much sense?
Read MoreA sedan with a hatchback is the ultimate utilization of the space of an automotive frame. It's the most you can get without having it look like some weird conversion van. Remember those? That's why this week I'm asking you to find the best examples of wagons on eBay, for under a $10,000 budget. Do your family proud.
Read MoreThere's an old saying that applies here - money can't buy taste. While that may be true in certain instances, the seller of this questionably modified Aston Martin V8 Vantage at least got the car model right. And now it can be yours, for way less than any other running Aston Martin on the market. Should it be un-pimped?
Read MoreDomestic barn finds are great, but there's nothing quite like finding a rare automobile that started its life a long time ago in a country far, far away. To start off this Barn Find Friday (and to kill off the rest of your afternoon), here are the best European barn finds for less than five figures.
Read MoreYou can find some great deals on bargain automobiles on Craigslist. However, recent stories about buyers and sellers being robbed or even killed illustrates the risk you take when dealing with an online stranger. Some police departments are responding by allocating a portion of their parking lot to ensure a safe sale.
Read MoreWhether you like him or not, Jeremy Clarkson is a car guy that fancies some of the most insane cars ever built, with comfort often taking a backseat to butt-clenching POWWWEERRR. This Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series is no exception, and you can now buy it for way, way less than what Top Gear's ex-presenter paid.
Read MoreFord has finally done it. They are bringing over the 2016 Focus RS that American enthusiasts have been begging for. So those of you that are in the market for a hot-hatch should hold out a little bit longer, because Ford says that the RS will arrive in US dealerships sometime during the Spring of 2016.
Read MoreTwo is the minimum amount of doors realistically allowed in a car, unless you're a masochist and drive an Isetta. That's why I asked you treasure seekers to find the greatest coupes under a $10,000 budget, and boy howdy, did you ever deliver. Here are the ten best 2-door cars for the money.
Read MoreThe weather is looking up, which means project car season is coming. Read this before you start your crazy build.
Read MoreThis is a tale of two hatchbacks, one of which won practically every magazine award possible, the other... is a car that would make most of you want to take the bus. As great as the GTI is, Volkswagen still can't outsell what is arguably one of the saddest companies in the American market, Mitsubishi.
Read MoreLeasing might get a bad rap among some folks, but when an all-electric Fiat leases so cheap the fuel savings neutralize your lease payments, that’s a tough deal to pass up. A bunch of California racers recently took advantage of this offer and snatched more than 80 Fiat 500e models in a single weekend.
Read MoreIf there's one nugget of wisdom I can impart on anyone, it's to never be afraid of a challenge if there's an enormous upside upon completion. Case in point: This nearly new 2015 Chevy Corvette Z51, that's available for almost half price because it needs some frankly basic work done. This may be the best bang for the buck, ever.
Read MoreDo you hate having way too many options to get into your daily driver? Four-door cars are way too complicated - it's impossible to know which door is the right one. There has to be a better way! Now there is - it's called a two-door coupe, and your challenge is to find the best ones on eBay, under a $10,000 budget. Operators are standing by.
Read MoreOn this edition of Barn Find Friday, I'll show you five of the best dusty treasures found in barns, garages, and fields, that were made in the good ol' US of A. Get your smelting gloves on, because you're about to see some gold.
Read MoreMechanical work to some people is the knuckle-splitting, swear-inducing bane of their existence. For me, it's a relaxing source of satisfaction. Body work, however, is like volunteering to be a rower on a Viking slave ship - tiring and tedious with no end in sight. Without further ado, here's how I prepped and painted my Lexus SC, by myself, for the first time.
Read MoreFor those of you who made it to the Jalopnik Film Festival launch party, you know that one of the stars of the show was a gorgeous Volvo P1800. If you missed out, now is your chance to not only own a wonderful P1800, but an ultra rare shooting brake version.
Read MoreIf you ever get ripped off for a few thousand dollars, you might not be able to – or need to – hire an attorney. You should consider suing in small claims court. Here’s how that works.
Read MoreWhen it comes to buying a car, most people probably think the more choices they have the better able they are to make an informed decision. However, analytics experts at Google studied dealership inventory and brand websites and determined that consumers can be easily overwhelmed if those choices are not managed properly.
Read MoreCars can reflect one's individuality as much as any article of clothing, musical taste, or sense of humor. But some people, no matter what, will think the funniest comic alive is Carlos Mencia - the same type of person who put this awesome BMW M5 on chrome dubs with subs in the back. Though at this price, it might be worth doing a factory reset.
Read MoreIt's been over a year since New Jersey banned Tesla from selling its cars in the state, but Governor Chris Christie has put pen to paper and signed a bill into law that will allow direct sales to consumers.
Read MoreBeauty is in the eye of the beholder, but there's something almost universally understood about the superior taste of a $150 filet mignon over a 25 cent Cup O' Noodles, and the same reasoning applies to cars. However, there are certain aspects of owning something really, ridiculously cheap that no luxury or exotic could ever hope to compete with.
Read MoreIt's that time again in the Lone Star State — the Texas Legislature is once again open for business! And as it was in 2013, there's a big fight over whether or not to allow Tesla Motors to sell their cars directly to customers, much to the ire of franchised dealers, who are fighting it tooth and nail.
Read MoreDo you yearn for the top-down thrill of a convertible, but hate the fact that conventional thinking has you in something that belches CO2 emissions and only comes in two doors? Fret no more, concerned citizen, a firm in California has made the dream you never knew you had into the reality you never knew you needed.
Read MoreCar ownership can be a mixed bag. One day it's about the wind in your hair, singing an off-pitch rendition of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, while the next can be wasted sitting in an oily mechanic's waiting room looking at the 2005 Babes And Bolt-Ons calendar, wondering if alternators really do cost $300.
Read MoreMy wife and I are a one car family, that is soon to be growing. It's time to trade the hot-hatch in for something a little bigger. She wants a safe, compact crossover with AWD. I don't want to give up having a quick car that is fun to toss around. Is it possible to have both for under $30,000?
Read MoreNormally when the dealerships versus Tesla debate props up, I'm on Elon's side. But a recent Forbes article that compares buying a Chevy Volt and a Tesla is not only an unfair, it's myopic. Chevy dealers aren't anything like Tesla stores, but that doesn't mean that Chevy are doing something wrong.
Read MoreTraditionally, four-door automobiles are the ones passed over in favor of automotive counterparts with fewer doors. But not today, Chuck. Last week I asked you to find the best four-door sedans that made driving pleasure their top priority, for less than a $10,000 budget, and here's what y'all picked. Notbad.jpg
Read MoreStatus. Exclusivity. Passion. These are all things that you'd find plastered on a cheesy motivational poster in a sub-par insurance agency, and they're also the stand-out qualities of this iconic Ferrari 348 ts, which can now be yours for the price of a lightly used Ford Mustang GT Convertible. Can you even? Because I can't.
Read MoreThere are those in life who follow the path of least resistance and grow old with a few good memories. And there are those who light their hair on fire while screaming YOLO, shooting off fireworks and jumping into a lake, bare-ass naked. Bryan Salamone is the latter, and if you thought you knew how insane his life really was, think again.
Read MoreYou buy a two-door car to have fun. You buy a four-door car to have fun and bring your friends. It's the official platform of the phrase "Hey, watch this!" That's why this week's eBay challenge is to find the best four door sedans for less than a $10,000 budget. Mediocrity need not apply.
Read MoreIn this edition of Barn Find Friday, we're taking a look at some of the best and most patina'd classics that you can find for $4,000, or a budget that would make the average vintage car collector ask why you made them get out of bed for so few zeros. Get a tetanus shot and come right in!
Read MoreFor those of you lucky enough to never have had this happen, realizing your only car was stolen, stripped, and abandoned feels really, really shitty. However, there are times in life when what you lose in material goods is nothing compared to what you gain in love for humanity. This is one of those times.
Read MoreThis ad is for Experian's "Credit Tracker," a program that allows consumers to know their credit score. This is helpful info when it comes to getting a loan, but your credit score has nothing to do with getting discounts on things like floor mats, leather seats, or a stupid house plant.
Read MoreSome people aren't afraid to get their hands dirty and know a bargain when they see one. For those smart penny and pound-conscious individuals, I present you with this 2009 Jaguar XF Supercharged that needs a little bit of work, with a metric ton of reward. Weekend warriors unite!
Read MoreYour engine's spark plugs are absolutely vital to the longevity and clean running of your engine. That's why they need to be changed regularly, and properly. Here's how to do that without making a mess of things.
Read MoreIf you recently purchased a new General Motors vehicle, were you lured in by their five year, 100,000 mile powertrain warranty? If the answer is "Not really," you aren't alone. GM switched to that warranty plan in 2007, but it's being downgraded because it apparently wasn't helping to move cars.
Read MoreAston Martin has churned out some of the sexiest cars on the planet for the better part of a century, and barring some more modern examples, this gorgeous DB7 is the one that solidified Aston's place in the exotic supercar hall of fame. All this fancypants #swag can be yours for the price of a base model Mazda Miata.
Read MoreThere's a scientifically proven formula for making cars better: Add power until something breaks. If nothing breaks, you haven't added enough power. This notion is what can turn ordinary rental fleet cars into the Charger Hellcat, and it's exactly the reason why I decided to give my cheapo Lexus the turbocharged kick it deserved.
Read MoreNostalgia is the act of donning rose-colored glasses and pretending things back in the day were better than the crap shoot we're all living in nowadays. That's why I asked you last #flashbackfriday to give me the best cars you found on eBay, made in the 2000s and under a $10k budget that are sure to be nostalgic classics in a decade's time.
Read MoreIt has been a long and complicated battle when it comes to Tesla sales in the Garden State. The automaker was selling cars for several years, then all of the sudden they were shut down due a violation of franchise laws. Now New Jersey lawmakers are getting closer to a full scale approval of Tesla direct sales.
Read MoreIn my practice, I review automobile purchase documents all day long. And I cringe every time I see someone who has purchased the overpriced gap insurance from the dealer. They’ve been ripped off to the tune of several hundred dollars and probably had no idea.
Read MoreThe folks over at F&R used car sales seem like some classy individuals. First they harassed a pizza delivery guy over a $7 tip. Now the owner and an employee are facing charges for threats and intimidation after they allegedly told a female customer that they would "punch her in the face," if she came to the dealership.
Read MoreWhen an Oregon man was shopping for a pre-owned Prius, he did what most of us would do and checked the vehicle's history out on CarFax. When the website asked him to enter one of those randomly generated letter/number combos to prevent bots he says he was presented with a racial slur.
Read MoreIn my life, I've always wanted to come across a rare abandoned gem on the side of the road, with a sign that says " If you can fix'er, you can keep'er". So far, this fantasy hasn't come to fruition, but this fixer-upper Porsche 996 Turbo is as close as anyone's going to realistically get. Can it be saved from its inevitably grim, junkyard fate?
Read MoreWhat happens when a game gets so popular that the company that created it wants to make a life-sized replica of one of its most iconic cars? It gets built by West Coast Customs, given to a middle-aged mom, then put on eBay. Twice. And you can now buy it, proving that lightning doesn't just strike once.
Read MoreWhen we were in school we learned a lot of things, but for most of us the most important lessons were outside of the classroom in the real world. For the past twelve years, a Utah Toyota dealership has partnered with a local school to give special needs students an opportunity to work, and learn valuable job skills.
Read MoreRemember the 2000s? Of course you do, because you're not four years old. If you are four years old, congratulations, you're on your way to becoming the internet-dependent drone Skynet needs. For the rest of us, a wild challenge appears: Find the best cars made in the '00s, on eBay, for under $10k. Go. Now.
Read MoreTreasure hunting is something that we all value, almost instinctively. It's always rewarding to unearth some forgotten relic of the past, that just happens to be supremely valuable. Today, on Barn Find Friday, we take a look at five super-rare finds for the aspiring collector, under a 50 grand budget.
Read MoreA few years ago, in a conversation over Thai food with my wife, I glanced into the street at a dented Dodge Caravan with a stick figure family decal on the back window, and said that if I ever wanted to buy a minivan, she had permission to kill me. Now, after favorably driving the Ford Transit Connect Wagon in Detroit, I'm afraid this may be the last article I ever write.
Read MoreLast month a St. Louis man stole a 2009 Pontiac G8 from a car dealer. Since then, he has been in at least six police chases, some of which have exceeded speeds of 130 mph. This week authorities arrested a suspect that they believe is the secret wheel-man.
Read MoreIn 2008, Japanese car manufacturer Nissan raised its sizable middle finger to the establishment and released the world-beating R35 GT-R, a car that would eat the collective lunches of Porsche, Audi, and BMW for a seriously bargain price. However, in 2015, things aren't so peachy. Here are a few reasons why.
Read MoreThere was a time when if you wanted to get a nice cheap car, Craigslist was the place to go. You can still find good values on CL, but you need to be careful out there. Police say Atlanta area gang members were setting up fake Craigslist ads for cars that didn't exist, in order to lure people and rob them.
Read MoreCar buyers are lining up at their local Dodge dealer to get their hands on a 707 horsepower tire burning monster. The problem is there are way more buyers than available cars. Now Fiat Chrysler is warning consumers about "unscrupulous" Dodge dealers that are taking money for vehicles that won't be delivered.
Read MoreHello, my name is Tavarish, and I'm a gearhead. I often have dirty nails, oil-stained jeans and have cursed more than one should in the vicinity of God-fearing neighbors during futile efforts of removing stubborn bolts. However, it has come to my attention that most people aren't like me. The question to my car-loving brethren and sistren: Why not wrench?
Read MoreCars are a little bit like children, in that if you nurture them from a young age, odds are that they'll be more desirable to others and valuable later on in life. Conversely, if you neglect them and leave them unattended for years on end, the result will be this haggard Jaguar XK8 - blistered, broken, and barely holding on. Cue Sarah Mclachlan.
Read MoreHere's a sobering fact: the start of the '90s was more than two decades ago. Fortunately, the aging cars on the market haven't gotten any less awesome, based on your responses to my challenge last week. Get ready to blast some Chumbawumba and enjoy the ten best '90s cars on eBay for less than $9,000.
Read MoreDid you know that the Pontiac G8 is the best getaway car ever? Well you do now. One Missouri car thief has been able to elude authorities at least a half-dozen times in a stolen Pontiac...V8... RWD... FTW.
Read MoreRemember the feeling you got on your birthday as a child, unwrapping gifts and having everyone sing your praises? Now imagine that you can harness that sense of pure joy and call upon it every time you step into your garage. This amazing Porsche 911 is exactly that - your best childhood birthday, from concentrate.
Read MoreWhy buy a boring, reliable ride when you can get a slightly older, slightly rougher used luxury car for less? Just ask the ambitious and hilariously honest seller of this '99 BMW 328is, who's throwing in the towel after realizing a $1,500 rally car can be anything but "cheap."
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