Every year, Volkswagen bequeaths a gift to a bunch of VW nuts in Austria. This year, the gift isn’t a Volkswagen at all. It’s an Audi. A 600-horsepower, electric-turbo’d, be-winged and be-vented Audi TT. And it looks like it’s going to eat your children.
Read MoreClarence “Kelly” Johnson is the Babe Ruth of aerospace design. Aircraft programs under Johnson were so cutting edge and historically influential, and his cult of personality and management strategy so effective, that he and Lockheed’s Skunk Works (which he also founded) are forever enshrined in mankind’s technological hall of fame.
Read MoreThis awesome video, shot on May 16th, 1991, documented the last time the Iowa Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) fired off its main battery. Watching her 16 inch guns going off in a crescendo and then ending in a full broadside is breathtaking, and the sound is ferocious.
Read MoreU.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet Squadron VFA-115 “Eagles” put together a pretty sweet WESTPAC cruise video. One clip in particular reminds us just how challenging landing a 25-ton, $50 million dollar fighter on a chunk of steel floating in the middle of the ocean can be, especially when visibility is near zero!
Read MoreChina has reportedly been trying to jam U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk flights flying over the increasingly volatile South China Sea. Meanwhile, they are busy perfecting their own High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft, with new pictures of a twin fuselage design emerging on the internet.
Read MoreThat’s right, you can go and bid on this intact 1944 P-51D Mustang that has not flown since the 1970s for same price as an entry level base Ford Mustang! This oxidized example of North American’s legendary WWII fighter has been untouched for over ten years but has been stored out of a elements in a hangar.
Read MoreOur good friend and master F-14 Tomcat Radar Intercept Officer Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka is back to share with us his list of the weirdest terms any Naval Aviator or carrier-borne Naval Flight Officer would know.
Read MoreReports are coming in that the USS Arizona Memorial was struck by the USNS Mercy while the massive hospital ship was attempting a docking operation in Pearl Harbor. It’s unclear if the hallowed site was hit by the ship, one of its tugs, or both and what kind of damage occurred, but eyewitness say they heard the ship hitting both the memorial and the underwater wreckage.
Read MoreA pair of RAF Lakenheath based USAF F-15E Strike Eagles that were bristling with live bombs and air-to-air missiles, along five KC-135R tankers, flew on a secretive and grueling 12 hour mission over the Southern Mediterranean on Monday, May 25th, Memorial Day.
Read MoreA half dozen F-35Bs are deployed aboard the USS Wasp for Operational Test phase one of shipboard F-35 trials and the first order of business was to test the F-35B and its pilots ability to operate from a Gator Navy flattop in the dark of night.
Read MoreEager Lion 2015 was truly a land, air and sea exercise, with the maritime component working out of Jordan’s Red Sea port of Aqaba. The exercise culminated last week in a large-scale assault demo that included units from Belgium, France, Jordan, Pakistan and the United States taking down a large ferry in spectacular fashion.
Read MoreIf you want to quantify the fleet size and squadron structure of nearly every type of Marine Corps aircraft in service, this graphic is your awesome go-to guide.
Read MoreRussia’s innovative “Special Firefighting Vehicle” is being thrust into operation with the Russian Army. It will supposedly go where no fire truck or human can and will be assigned missions including everything from search and rescue, to putting out fires at weapons depots, to creating fire-lines for forest fire infernos.
Read MoreAn Air France Airbus A330 that originated out of Paris had an anonymous threat against it concerning chemical weapons this morning. This, along with the fact that reports say the jet was non-responsive as controllers attempted to contact it resulted in fighter jets being scrambled to its location. The jet was escorted to JFK where it landed safely and is sitting parked in a secure area right now as it is being searched.
Read MoreThis time lapse shows a full gator navy flattop’s worth of MV-22 Ospreys launching en-masse during an Amphibious Integration Exercise. The Ospreys are embarked aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), which is currently forward deployed to Japan and serving the 7th Fleet in the Pacific.
Read MoreVarious reports began surfacing yesterday evening that a Saudi Arabian fighter jet, said to be an F-16, was shot down by Houthi rebels near Sana’a Yemen. Pictures on Twitter showed what looked like mangled wreckage from such an incident. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has not admitted to losing a jet. So what happened?
Read MoreSikorsky’s exotic S-97 coaxial rotor and pusher-prop scout and light attack helicopter took to the air for the first time Friday. Although the marketability of the S-97, a descendant of the X-2 and X-49 demonstrators, to the US Army is now in doubt, Sikorsky is betting hugely on the concept for its future.
Read MoreAmerica is in tit-for-tat military escalations on two fronts: China in the east and Russia in the west. On Thursday, Russian bombers flew directly towards the Swedish coastline, abruptly turning away at the last moment. This came as it was announced the US will be flying B-52s to Sweden for a major exercise.
Read MoreA U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft flying near China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea was warned to turn away by Chinese Navy, which was all captured on video.. Meanwhile, 1,500 miles to the northwest, Chinese H-6K bombers flew through the Miyako Strait, just south of the Japanese island of Okinawa.
Read MoreInstead of retiring, former test pilot and real estate mogul Art Nalls imported, restored, certified and flew the world’s only private Harrier jump jet. Now he’s a man with a mission, adding to his fleet, he wants to preserve the Harrier’s legacy for decades to come.
Read More“Oh yeah, they’re going to have an Osprey,” the NYPD K-9 unit policeman told me when I arrived at the Lower Manhattan Heliport at 4:30 AM. “Those things haven’t been too reliable. A lot of crashes lately. Good luck.” Two hours later, we were lifting off the ground.
Read MoreAfter a Jordanian F-16 pilot was captured and burned alive in a steel cage, Dutch F-16 crews are being armed with Brugger & Thomet MP9 sub-machine guns. The idea being: if a pilot ejects, they can hold off the enemy long enough for a combat search and rescue unit to arrive. More firepower gives them a fighting chance.
Read MoreReports state that Boeing is looking at reselling refurbished and upgraded A-10s, many of which may be idiotically orphaned by the USAF, to foreign countries. Although it sounds intriguing, the idea to offload the A-10 to allies is really nothing new. I pitched it years ago.
Read MoreThis shot was taken exactly 40 years ago, capturing the USS Enterprise sailing back to the states after a Pacific cruise that included the evacuation of Saigon. The green CH-53s sitting on the “Big E’s” bow were hitching a ride back to the states. Those little dots in front of them?Sunbathers enjoying the breeze, seas and skies.
Read MoreThe Pentagon’s Counter-Electronics High-Power Advanced Microwave Project (CHAMP) has been one of the sci-fi like weapons programs that has the ability to change warfare as we know forever. Now it looks like the CHAMP has found an ideal delivery vehicle, the stealthy Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range.
Read MoreRussia’s new RS-24 “Yars” intercontinental ballistic missile, which entered service in 2010, is one of the most destructive weapons mankind has ever produced. Here it can be seen being leisurely ferried across a river on a barge, as if it’s just going for a calm ride on the lazy river.
Read MoreA half-dozen F-35Bs just landed on the deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) to begin the first shipboard phase of their operational trials. For the next two weeks, the six jets will prove they can operate aboard a Gator Navy Flattop under real-world conditions similar to those the jet will face during its operational lifespan.
Read MoreIf you want to quantify the fleet size and squadron structure of nearly every type of US Navy aircraft in service, this graphic is your guide.
Read MoreReports state that Japan is looking to further militarize Ishigaki-Jima with both surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles. Ishigaki Island is just 100 miles east of Taiwan and about 100 miles south of the highly disputed Senkaku Islands, putting it in a volatile yet strategic geographic position.
Read MoreNo special plans tonight? Good. Gawker and Jalopnik are teaming up to show the new war classic “Three Kings” at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn tonight at 7:30 PM. After the film we’ve got veteran journalist Peter Pringle grilling Nat Sec expert Bill Arkin on all his stories of ferreting missile parts out of Iraq. There are a couple of tickets left so get them now and drink and thank us later.
Read MoreAfter standing guard on Boston Harbor for nearly twenty years, the centuries old USS Constitution, the U.S. Navy’s symbolic flagship and floating museum will be put into her almost equally as vintage dry dock for inspections and repairs to her wooden hull and complex rigging.
Read MoreWhat goes on with the submarines that launch nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles is one of the most tightly guarded secrets that any country can have. So with that in mind, one British submariner just uploaded a load of alarming information onto the Internet. And this dirty laundry is unfortunately soiled with your worst fears.
Read MoreThe Office of Naval Research is getting ready to deploy their electromagnetic Railgun for testing for the first time next year. But what is a gun without ammo? The Hyper Velocity Projectile is being built for not the just the Railgun alone, but also for existing 5 inch deck guns as well. And yes, it is very, very fast.
Read More34 years ago, the USAF set out to build a fighter that could guarantee American air superiority for decades to come. $75B, 563 less aircraft than planned, and a decade after being declared operational later, the F-22 still doesn’t have what some MiG-21s have, a Helmet Mounted Sight and a missile to go with it.
Read MoreThere was a an internet frenzy on Thursday when some outlets reported that B-1 bombers would be forward deployed to Australia to counterbalance China’s ‘destabilizing’ effect on the region. This sounded inaccurate, and it was, but the US confronting China over its plans in the South China Sea isn’t.
Read MoreWashington D.C. is a fast moving place, and for those in the very top echelons of power, both time and security trump cost efficiency when it comes to transportation. The Department Of Defense has trio of helicopter squadrons ready to fly these VIPs around the region, and to safety should something catastrophic ever occur.
Read MoreThe burned wreckage supposedly from the U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y that went missing earlier in the week during earthquake relief operations in Nepal has been found on a mountainside east of Kathmandu. Nepal’s Defense Secretary Ishwori Paudyal stated three bodies have also been found near the site.
Read MoreWe tend to go on and on about random exercises here on Foxtrot Alpha, but this time, it’s different. Operation Dynamic Mongoose is the biggest anti-submarine exercise NATO has ever conducted, and it reflects both deep-seated fears and the effort to catch up on years of management mistakes.
Read MoreIn what has to be one very expensive fuel run, a C-17 Globemaster III flew 9,000 gallons of jet fuel from Al Udeid Air Base to a forward operating base near the front lines of Operation Inherent Resolve, refueling in flight on the way back home.
Read MoreYesterday, a Super Hornet crashed on takeoff from the USS Theodore Roosevelt , a UH-1Y went missing during disaster relief operations in Nepal, a Cobra made an emergency landing in the LA River canal and the NAS Corpus Christi flight line was inundated with water. It was a rough Tuesday for America’s air forces.
Read MoreThere have been some massive explosions caught on film during the last month of Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebel positions, but the result of this particular attack is so enormous you could be mistaken that it’s the kind of mushroom cloud and fallout seen during early tactical nuclear weapons tests.
Read MoreWith Malaysia operating Russian and U.S. made designs alongside one another, including the thrust vectoring Su-30MKM Flanker, U.S. fighter crews love to get a chance to spar with their increasingly close Asian ally. This is exactly what the Carl Vinson Strike Group did Sunday while churning through the strategic South China Sea.
Read MoreAs the F-35B closes in on its (somewhat arbitrary) Initial Operational Capability date, crews have been expanding their flight training. Part of that includes Field Carrier Landing Practice where pilots hone their abilities at handling the aircraft around the tight confines of a amphibious assault ship – or at least a really convincing mock-up.
Read MoreApparently, at least a portion of Russia’s fleet of Su-24 Fencers are running on handheld Garmin-like GPS systems in addition to their aging inertial navigation systems, as seen in this photo tweet showing a Fencer refueling from an Il-76 Midas tanker.
Read MoreA Moroccan F-16 and a Saudi AH-64 Apache both went down while operating over Yemen yesterday. The crew of the Apache has supposedly fallen into Houthi Rebel hands while the F-16’s pilot fate remains less clear, although grisly images of a body said to be located at the crash site are making their rounds on Twitter.
Read MoreKim Jung Un didn’t make the trip to Moscow as originally planned for Russia’s massive Victory Day parade, but he certainly enjoyed a victory of his own — overseeing North Korea’s first test of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM).
Read MoreAirbus has confirmed that one of its A400M transports has crashed near Seville, Spain. The huge turboprop was on its first check flight after assembly and was scheduled to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force in June. Four out of six people onboard are confirmed dead, two others have been taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Read MoreAfter countless high-energy and breathtaking videos showing fighter jets going about their business, the A-10 Warthog finally received a similar treatment. The unwanted and misunderstood ‘Hog, at least when it comes to the USAF’s perspective, shines in this video which has to be the best A-10 video of all time.
Read MoreSome 200 military ground vehicles, 140 aircraft and 16,500 troops participated in the 70th anniversary of Victory Day parade held in Moscow’s Red Square today. Highlights included Russia’s new “Armata” family of armor and China’s President Xi Jinping standing alongside Putin for the whole affair.
Read MoreWhen the F-15 was created, it was created to be a pure air-to-air fighter, with the philosophy of “not a pound for air-to-ground” guiding designers. So how did Israel end up turning their F-15s into deadly long-range multi-role strike aircraft well before the F-15E Strike Eagle became a reality? Here’s how.
Read MoreNowhere has there been a better opportunity for a little competitive sibling bonding time than what Jarrod “Bluto” Allen and his brother Jacob “Apollo” Allen experienced recently during exercise Max Thunder in South Korea. Because they just flew alongside one another in a giant aerial war game.
Read MoreUS forces use some unique techniques to train soldiers to use shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles against enemy aircraft. So how do the crews in the sky learn to defeat similar threats? Enter the Man Portable Survivability Trainer (MAST), the shoulder fired missile simulator of the future.
Read MoreThis incredible photo of a British Army Air Corps Westland Lynx doing a roll over Stonehenge is just all sorts of amazing. Not only is the perspective just dizzying but the tension between new technology and the mystery of old technology is palpable.
Read MoreIn what is an unbelievably rare, if not unprecedented occasion, a Saudi Airlines Airbus A330 landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport today for technical reasons. The aircraft was empty, on a return trip from Brussels and it remains unclear if the stop was actually planned or part of an in-flight emergency.
Read MoreThe Department of Defense is pulling out all the stops during this year’s Emerald Warrior irregular warfare exercise. The most recent training mission involves a late night aerial refueling with an Air Force tilt-rotor CV-22 Osprey caught on a night vision camera.
Read MoreThis USAF Special Operations C-130 lands at an austere airstrip and a huge HIMARS Rocket Launcher rolls off its ramp. The C-130 takes back off and the rockets start flying. The way America’s air mobility capability can move big things to pretty much anywhere in the world on short notice is just mesmerizing.
Read MoreThis shot of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) exemplifies the idea that nuclear super carriers are really fortresses at sea. Not to mention that they are some of mankind’s largest and definitely most complex inventions. Here are some “by the numbers” eye opening facts about the USS John C. Stennis:
Read MoreWhen two attackers fired on a security guard outside a provocative art show featuring cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, they didn’t know that an entire squadron of the Garland, Texas SWAT were laying in wait. And yes, that’s a Punisher Skull atop the Texas state flag on the team’s patch.
Read MoreThe RQ-170 Sentinel went from “Beast of Kandahar” enigma to Bin Laden-catching fame to crashing into Iranian hands, all in about half a decade. Since then, there have been few photos and little official talk as to its existence. Yet these pictures may prove that the RQ-170, or an enhanced version of it, is capable of aerial refueling.
Read MoreIt is a story about a ‘colorful’ Skipper of a Ticonderoga-Class Guided Missile Cruiser and a little Pygmy Goat that got the ride of its life across the Pacific Ocean. It has brought controversy and instability to a crew, heavy media attention to a goat, and the end of said Skipper’s career, and we have an inside source on all of it.
Read MoreAn all female USAF C-17A Globemaster III crew from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron participated in Exercise Eager Lion 2015. All-female crews are not an unheard of thing within America’s air forces, but fielding one during a Middle East exercise stands in stark contrast to how many countries in the region treat their female citizens.
Read MoreNorth Korea has been executing its political prisoners and unwanted elite by firing squad for decades. But a shot to the heart apparently isn’t brutal enough for Kim Jong Un, who’s reportedly using anti-aircraft cannons to kill dissidents, according to at least one watchdog group.
Read MoreNot only are jets, pilots and support crews from the both the Florida and Oregon National Guard actively deployed to Europe, but The 159th Fighter Wing, of the Louisiana National Guard, are now forward deployed in Bulgaria under exercise Thracian Eagle, 2015.
Read MoreTake an SR-71 Blackbird, load it to the brim with fuel and sensors and hand it to the most experienced Blackbird pilot of all time, BC Thomas, with over 1200 hours in the jet, and this is what you get. According to BC’s notes, the Blackbird was traveling at over 400 kts (about 460 mph) by the time he pitched the nose up into that glorious climb.
Read MoreAlthough the government seems quick to downplay the seizure of the Marshall Islands flagged container ship Maersk Tigris by Iranian gunboats on Tuesday, U.S. Navy ships in the region have now been ordered to escort American affiliated cargo ships through the volatile Straits of Hormuz.
Read MoreHappy 40th birthday, BMW 3 series. In lieu of cake, we’re going to celebrate the best production models in your history.
Read MoreYou start destroying the rear pair of Michelin Pilot Super Sports earlier. Yep, that’s pretty much what happens.
Read MoreShips are great. They transport people, transport goods, they help fight wars, and best of all they transport cars. Oh, and they’re really big.
Read MoreAfter once more falling into complete obsession with a car from the 1970s, I wondered what car I would want from today. Then I drove past a brand new S Class Coupe.
Read MoreYou already know three-pedal manual transmissions aren’t the “performance option” anymore. The V8-powered 2016 Jaguar F-Type R is now all-wheel drive only in the U.S., so it can set you straight from an overcooked corner, but there’s more to sports cars than lap times. And the Jag’s new old-school six-speed manual option is just pure joy.
Read MoreTechnicians at McLaren Special Operations might see P1s with their rear clamshells taken off all the time, but the same can’t be said about the general public. But wait, here’s one, photographed by Alex Bellus from every possible angle for your viewing pleasure!
Read MoreYes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s that time of the week again: Friday is here, and that means it’s time for Letters to Doug, the weekly column where you write in with an automotive query and I reply with tremendously questionable advice.
Read MoreI didn’t think I would like it very much. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I’m willing to admit it now: when I first asked you for car suggestions, and you told me to import a Nissan Skyline GT-R, I wasn’t very excited about it. I figured it would be just another used Japanese car: an overhyped, overrated dinosaur, and after a few months I would get bored and sell it to a kid who uses the phrase “should of” in text messages.
Read MoreLots of things about cars get me excited to wake up and spend another day on this slowly rotating rock. Outbraking somebody into a corner, for example. Loud, raucous motors revving to 7,000 RPM and beyond. Screeching, wailing tires pulling 1.3 Gs as they bend the laws of physics around a punishingly fast sweeper. Neck-snapping acceleration that simultaneously punishes and rewards the driver for his bravery.
Read MoreThere’s an old saying that compares exotic cars to beautiful women. Sometimes you can’t resist enjoying her beautiful, sensual curves, the saying goes. Sometimes, you’re stuck on the side of the road because the engine has exploded into a thousand pieces no larger than the human eyeball.
Read MoreMy drive of a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro prototype was all-too brief because I crashed it into a wall (oops!) and got kicked out of the event, but I think I can tell you a little bit. But first, let us pause for reflection. After all, it’s not every day a new Camaro comes out. The nameplate’s nearly 50 years old and this is only the sixth one.
Read MoreBig Citroëns are always absurd. They’re enormous, oddly designed, and solely exist for pure, effortless, worry-free comfort, and possibly also for smoking Gauloises. Even more absurd is a new one that’s mysteriously made it’s way to the United States. And we drove it.
Read MoreEvery time we see a Craigslist murder we are reminded that buying stuff from strangers through the internet is no walk in the park. But these ten tips could turn it into one.
Read MoreThis is the perfect M4. Why? Because it has carbon brakes, a manual transmission, cloth seats, and that’s it. What do you want to know about it?
Read More“We’ve come too far to give up who we are.” Most of the time I was driving the Alfa Romeo 4C, I was listening to Daft Punk’s 2013 release Random Access Memories. For Alfa Romeo’s return to the United States with a glorious new sports car that is better than everyone thought it would be, this seemed an appropriate soundtrack.
Read MoreThe Volvo V60 T6 R-Design is a 306 horsepower all-wheel drive family hauler that has one big trick up its sleeve: it’s just a damn nice place to be.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo 4C isn’t just a little mid-engine sports car. It’s Alfa Romeo’s return to the U.S. after more than 20 years away, and it’s also one of the very best things you can drive. As is befitting of a special car, it’s full of lots of special little details. Let’s take a look!
Read MoreAs many of you already know, half-assed ideas about vehicular packaging and cargo management are one of the primary things I produce, right after solid and liquid wastes. Happily, I’ve created new batches of all three today, and I’m sharing one with you! The idea one. Meet the Lidbed 3000, which entruculates your sedan!
Read MoreYes, that’s right! Friday has come around again, and that means it’s time for a new round of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly Jalopnik column that features the answers to questions you never really cared to ask.
Read MoreIt’s nearly summer. It’s Friday. It’s the afternoon. Let’s be honest here — you’re not doing jack at work right now. You have that fluttery summer’s almost here feeling in your chest and you need to just ride out that clock and look busy. So I want to help, by giving you an inane car challenge to make the time blur by. You in? Good.
Read MoreYesterday, we asked you for the coolest car collectors in the world. Not the coolest car collections, or the biggest car collections, or which guy made you laugh one time 27 years ago. I, perhaps naively believing that we had all taught you over the years what implicitly was Cool and what was emphatically Not Cool, thought that you could pull this off.
Read MoreNice cars and celebrities often go hand in hand, but very few celebrities are cool enough to share the same passion for cars that we have.
Read MoreThere are many cars in this world, and a significant percentage of them are not the BMW 3.0CS. This is somewhat troubling.
Read MoreComics are ubiquitous in Japan. Known as “manga” (??, ???), they are used not just for entertainment, but also for education and promotional materials. Many big Japanese corporations have manga for marketing purposes, and Nissan’s current CEO Carlo Ghosn even has his own! But if flipping pages is too much work for you, Honda has released a narrated video version of the antics of Honda Soichiro in English and Japanese!
Read MoreThese ten cars will strike fear into your soul if you see them in your rearview mirror.
Read MoreKit cars often offer great compromise when searching for an authentically historic driving experience, but with the possibility of more power and reliability in a classic, without diminishing resale value. But sometimes, kit manufacturers take it too far.
Read MoreI nearly cheered last night when the series finale of Mad Men opened with Don Draper tearing ass across a Utah salt flat in a modified Chevelle SS. Or was it Dick Whitman? He may have been an advertising savant, but the post-war Midwesterner behind the facade has always loved cars.
Read MoreHello, everyone, and welcome to a very special edition of Letters to Doug! It’s special in the sense that this week, unlike in prior weeks, I actually have a modicum of expertise in the topic being discussed. So let’s get started!
Read MoreThere’s a place in this world where cars have a holiday dedicated to them. And it’s a genuine holiday. Not the lame-ass British ‘holiday’ that’s just a jaunt to some tepid seashore, but holiday as in people stop all the normal rules of life and celebrate. The place is Italy, and the holiday is the Mille Miglia.
Read MoreAll of the great homologation specials — the BMW E30 M3, the Lancia Delta Integrale, the Plymouth Superbird — have all been discovered and cost more and more every year. Except for one. This is the Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution, and you will be amazed at its reputation just as much as its shockingly low price.
Read MoreI recently let 20 of my friends drive my enormous, military-style Hummer through a city that was designed back when the Clydesdale was the largest form of transportation. It was great.
Read More“Make it cool or I’ll kill you.” That’s what director George Miller told Colin Gibson, the production designer responsible for all the cars in Mad Max: Fury Road. Gibson did one better: he made every single one of them functional, because the desert doesn’t suffer mechanical fools lightly and CGI is bullshit.
Read MoreSummer is creeping upon us and the idea of driving across the country re-emerges in our minds. What’s your favorite route?
Read MoreThese ten cars were all holdouts of a bygone era.
Read MoreYes, that’s really Kanye West, as unofficially confirmed by eavesdropping on airline staff, sitting about three feet away from me as I flew to Milan to take part (as a guest of Jaguar) in the Mille Miglia. I have no idea what Mr.West is doing here, but if you’re curious, here’s what he’s like to travel next to. It’s as sublime as you’re guessing.
Read MoreBy day, Los Angeles is a traffic-choked nightmare for cars, a never-ending maze of bumper-to-bumper congestion. But at night, if you have a cool car, that’s the time to come out and play.
Read MoreThat’s mostly because it was one man’s dream turned into reality at 212mph, not a giant global carmaker’s interpretation of the whole Death Star idea.
Read MoreI’ve been lucky enough to drive some truly incredible vehicles in the last few years; race cars, Lasers, airplanes– but I still love coming home to my 2005 Acura TL. Yes, I drive a rolling manifestation of middle-management. It’s not sexy, but I promise there are joys in a sensible daily-driver.
Read MoreIt’s a question a child might ask, but not a childish question. Sure, right now, we mammalian primates are calling all the shots here on Earth, but what if things had gone otherwise? We know that cephalopods like Squid and Octopi are really smart — what if they were the dominant life? And, more importantly, what would their cars be like?
Read MoreUntil the early 70s and the success of the Golf, Volkswagen was always known for their unwavering dedication to their rear engine/rear drive platform. That’s why it’s so surprising to find that the first all-internally designed car at VW was front engine/front drive. More surprising is how close that car is to their later rival, the Mini.
Read More“Handles like a go kart.” Possibly the most incorrect, misused phrase in all of car-dom. If you ever see that line an auto review, find the author and slap them.
Read MoreHow pumped are you for Mad Max: Fury Road? It’s been 30 years since the last one, but now we’re just a week away from a new installment of George Miller’s explosion-tacular, post-apocalyptic festival of mayhem. First let’s look at the method behind the madness.
Read MoreSafety regulations, mandatory emission controls and general human laziness make it hard to have cars built the old-fashioned way. Somehow, these ten manage.
Read MoreYou might remember this Volkswagen Polo ad from the earlier part of the last decade, along with the Star Wars Kid and everything else you saw on eBaumsworld. You might remember it being “banned,” or just that it was an ad that “VW doesn’t want you to see!” But it isn’t that at all.
Read MoreThere are many cars, but only some of them are the Ford RS200.
Read MoreI’m someone who knows a lot about certain kinds of weird cars. That’s not bragging, it’s just what I love. Occasionally, though, I come across some bit of information that makes me remember just how incredibly, lavishly ignorant I really am. Things like the Diaseta, the attempted ‘80s Isetta revival.
Read MoreFake wagons, fake vents, fake exhausts, fake noises. It’s time to get real dear car industry.
Read MoreI have one huge beef with the classic American car scene, and it’s that you tend to just see the same stuff over and over and over again. Mustang, Camaro, GTO, Bel-Air. There’s so much great vintage American iron that goes unloved, like this 1969 AMC AMX.
Read MoreI’ve always wondered why VW only sold their rugged, Beetle-based fun car, the Thing, in the US for only two years, 1973 and 1974. The car remained in production and for sale elsewhere until 1980, and while it was always a quirky, somewhat overpriced oddball, it was gaining a following. Also, Lee Iacocca seems to have helped kill it? What?
Read MoreRegular Car Reviews believes buying a stock NSX today is a better investment than betting on the stock market, and the world “timeless” starts with the letters N, S, and X.
Read MoreEarlier this year, I saw what I consider to be the greatest automotive documentary to date, entitled Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman. I sat down with the movie’s director, Adam Carolla, about why Newman was an important figure, and why everyone should take a page out of Paul’s book of life.
Read MoreI’m currently in the basement of the Indianapolis Art Museum, making preparations for my project coming in August. Upstairs in the museum, there’s a fantastic exhibit of concept cars and one-offs called Dream Cars which we’ll cover in detail soon — but right now I want to talk about just one: the Electric Egg.
Read MoreBefore the mainstream sports obsessions, school dances, awkward teen years, supremely fun college parties, graduating, finding a wonderful woman and eventual settling down, there was Formula One.
Read MoreBreak out your old consoles, fire up your emulators, and head to your local arcade! These games are still classics.
Read MoreWhen you take any car on any sort of test drive, you try not to drive it like you’ve never pushed pedals before. Mostly because you’ll just look like a pissboy, but also because It Is Not Your Car. That rule especially applies to something like the Audi RS6, which it moves very quickly. Which means it also collides with objects very quickly.
Read MoreHow do you fix any problem with a car? The answer is typically just add more power. But sometimes adding more power can bite you in the ass. Here is the evidence.
Read MoreThe Mazda Miata: the answer to everything, except maybe being the ideal vehicles for getting into crashes with 18-wheelers. Or is it? One Philadelphia-area mother and daughter fared way better than you’d expect after their little roadster got hit by a very large truck.
Read MoreEver stare at the barest pieces of concrete and metal preventing you from veering off a bridge and plummeting hundreds of feet to your watery grave below, and wondering how they test all that? Me neither, let’s be honest. But if you did, it’s exactly how you think they’d do it. By crashing big stuff into it.
Read MoreWe weren’t very good with planning on Top Gear. The stuff we put loads of work into often turned out badly. Hence never-loved features like Barn Or Bin or the utter tossfest of Top Gear Stuntman. Whereas the things we didn’t really plan for often became unexpectedly good or turned out to be important. Hence the American road trip that spiralled into something so massive it couldn’t be edited to fit into a normal studio programme, earned a whole show to itself and accidentally invented the annual
Read MoreThe other day on Twitter I mentioned that I had some stories from my 13 years as script editor on Top Gear, but that they weren’t very interesting. Since a couple of people asked, I’ve written this so you can see what I mean.
Read MoreThe Top Gear crew are back with Clarkson, Hammond & May Live, a new rolling circus that’s set to start touring this year. And they’ve already begun filming a few new segments to go along with their Back On The Road tour.
Read MoreTop Gear has been off the air for a few months now. It’s sad. But there is a chance that Clarkson, Hammond, and May could have a show on Netflix. The title? House of Cars. Get it?
Read MoreThough it’s been barely discussed in the press, apparently there was some incident with one of the Top Gear hosts, and now the show is quietly picking an all-new crew. Who knew, right? Well, it’s not going to be easy to fill those six shoes, so I made a tool to help us out. A flowchart!
Read MoreAccording to new rumors, three new people could be chosen to host a TV show soon.
Read MoreEvery so often, the Motoring Gods that reside atop Mount Opel Olympia anoint a new hero for our ages. They come from far, they come from wide, but they all bear a certain mark. That of smoke and flame, erupting from a fully sikkkk burnout. And this anointing from Poland is hilarious.
Read MoreThe sun’s shining here in northeastern USA, and more importantly the last winter salt has finally been rained off the road. Motorcycle season hath begun. Time to blow the dust off your bike, or if you ride a temperamental jalopy like I do; execute the complex ritual of revival.
Read MoreThe US Air Force is shopping around for 54 Kawasaki KLX110L “motorcycles” (dirt bikes) with skid plates, infared lights, and milspec desert tan paint jobs. I mean, awesome. But why?
Read MoreWe’ve already gone deep into the creation of the cars in Mad Max: Fury Road, but we haven’t delved into the details about the bikes. It’s time to rectify that.
Read MoreIt was bound to happen. Kawasaki’s track-only, supercharged, 300-horsepower H2R is the world’s fastest production bike and the Bugatti Veyron is the world’s fastest production car. Here’s what happens when you let them loose on an airfield for a half-mile drag race.
Read MoreThere is an article circulating all over social media that says that the FBI is putting every motorcyclist on a classified gang list in the wake of the horrendous Waco biker gang shootout. Guess what? That is Grade A horse shit.
Read MoreI’m beginning to think that Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are die-hard car nuts that go looking for the most butt-clenchingly terrifying myths they can test with Discovery Channel footing the bill. A prime example would be the fact that they made an insanely dangerous motorcycle out of a Citroën 2CV, with freaking hand tools.
Read MoreWith nine dead, 18 injured, and 170 bikers arrested after this weekend’s shootout outside a Waco, Texas restaurant, the obvious question is: Why? The answer, it seems, is a single patch on the vests of a rival motorcycle club.
Read MoreThe California Energy Commission is handing Zero Motorcycles a $1 million grant – which the electric bike company will match – in order to continue developing and building bikes in the Golden State. But why?
Read MoreMotorcycles packing V8 engines aren’t anything new, but Paul G. Maloney’s creation stands apart. It’s stuffed with 1,996cc, 90-degree eight with a flat-plane crank, and in addition to putting out 334 horsepower it revs out to 12,800 RPM. Yeah, that should do.
Read MoreAnytime anyone rags on one of Erik Buell’s motorcycles, I have to fight an overwhelming urge to pick them up and shake them. “Don’t you understand his story?!” I shout in my head. Not enough people do, so let’s fix that once and for all. It’ll make you appreciate the quirky, flawed genius of his motorcycles.
Read MoreVictory Motorcycles bought long-time electric motorcycle partner Brammo in January. The first fruit of that appears to be participation at next month’s Isle of Man TT Zero race, where the company will be campaigning two de-tuned Brammo Empulse RRs.
Read MoreHonda has finally confirmed that it’s bringing the Africa Twin back to battle the BMW GS, Ducati Multistrada, and KTM 1190. It’s hitting Europe later this year, landing in the States in early 2016, and it’s also packing an off-road-tuned dual-clutch transmission.
Read MoreHonda was ahead of the game when it came out with the CB500 trifecta (F, R, and X). They’re each light, fun, have adequate power, and compelling price tags. But the 500X, despite being billed as a quasi-ADV, doesn’t have the necessary kit for serious off-roading. Rally Raid Products is out to rectify that.
Read MoreA driver in Redwood City, California, had a near-death experience yesterday when a motorcycle sprocket flew across the highway, through the windshield, and embedded itself in the roof of the car. The incident happened on highway 101. Frustratingly, no other information is available.
Read MoreIf you live in the UK and have been considering an electric motorcycle or scooter, hold off for a few more months, because beginning this summer the government will begin offering up to £1,500 (around $2,300) towards the purchase of an electric two-wheeler.
Read MoreThe problem with “authenticity” is that it’s just so damn inconvenient. But there is a solution for Harley riders: an electric kickstarter. No. Seriously.
Read MoreQuick warning: If you have high blood pressure, you might not want to watch this montage of very bad drivers.
Read MoreThe 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia won’t be released until next month in Milan, but these unofficial sketches from Corsa Italia (drawn by the Greek designer Malandrinos Konstantinos) might give us a taste for what the car will look like.
Read MoreI’m hoping you’re not getting sick of me talking about my Mille Miglia trip to Italy, because there’s still some really important stuff you need to know about: like how the port-potties at the finish line of the Mille Miglia have shifters.
Read MoreEast Coast Bash might just be the best car event in the country. Watch this video and you’ll sort of understand.
Read MoreOr more like life with one of the last of the first Porsche 911 Turbos, since what Harry Metcalfe bought is a late 930 with a five-speed gearbox from 1989. And what a car it is!
Read MoreLong, dreary, rainy drives on long commutes sure are dull, right? Wouldn’t it be much more fun to spice them up with a race against a car that dares to have roughly the same color scheme as you? Sure it would. But it’s not a good idea, as this Mustang driver and an innocent street lamp found out.
Read MoreWhen you design a good looking car, you’re on top of the world. But just a few years after it comes out, you’re expected to improve on that design with a slight refresh. Who got it wrong?
Read MoreThe Tato Nano is the world’s cheapest car, and this newly-circulation video of the car rolling and crashing at ridiculously low speed seems to suggest it’s the world’s most dangerous car as well. But something’s not right here.
Read MoreNew York City introduced a 25 mile per hour speed limit a little while back, in the quest to reduce pedestrian fatalities. But now, politicians that had even fought for the new limit are now pushing back, because it inevitably has made some streets more dangerous than they were before.
Read MoreIt’s been pointed out to us that our 2016 Mazda Miata “impressions” video has another series of jokes buried in it. Specifically, the auto-captioning system has no idea what the hell Travis is saying. Watch it again with captions on to be amused:
Read MoreIf you’re from a country without a reciprocal agreement with the Japanese government (Americans, I’m mostly talking to you), you will have to take a driving test when you go to convert your “foreign” license to a Japanese one. Make no mistake, you will fail the first time, and possibly repeatedly. Here’s why.
Read MoreIt’s an all-too-common scenario. You’re driving and get a text from a friend. They say you should meet at [insert bar/restaurant/S&M club here]. If you’re a responsible adult you pull over, open the maps app, search for the location, tap it, select navigate, and then get back on the road. But what if all that could be done with a tap or two? Or even better, a voice command?
Read MoreMotor oil outfit Castrol put pro driver Matt Powers in a 2015 Ford Mustang, he rips around the pavement. The twist: Powers is blind to the real world, driving in a video game with a VR helmet on. While he’s also ass-hauling in the real car. Which, again, he can’t see.
Read MoreWe aren’t allowed to tell you what it’s like to drive the 2016 Mazda Miata until next week. But wait, what’s this? A video of the new Miata with us driving? What’s this doing here?
Read MorePeople buy cars like the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the Mercedes Maybach and the Bentley Mulsanne to be chauffeured around while enjoying all the luxury the rear seats can provide to the fullest. Yet Bentley felt it was time to make a car for the chauffeur.
Read MoreIt’s a wire insulation issue. Seriously people, what’s up with the wiring? Just use more duct tape for crying out loud!
Read MoreBMW Hungary gave me a brown diesel wagon so I can go the Nürburgring 24 without dying in my Autobianchi on the Autobahn. A week later, I gave back the car with an additional 1,636 miles on the clock, and a heavy heart.
Read MorePorsche 911 owners are known for their love of two things: the joy of a true rear-engine car, and the popular newspaper puzzle known as Jumble™. Go ahead, ask any Porsche owner. That’s why this Dubai 911-owner must have been so delighted when he got his car back from some bumper repair with a Jumble™-tastic badge.
Read MoreHonda Motor Company expanded the Takata airbag recall today by adding well over a quarter million vehicles in the Japanese domestic market. This move is in response to the United States recall expansion ordered last week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Read MoreI’m pretty sure we have more than our share of typography nerds in our readership, myself included. So when I saw Volkswagen was planning a change to their corporate font, I was interested — VW has been remarkably consistent with their strong typography over the years, so this change better be good! Sadly, it isn’t.
Read MoreThis is happening in Arlington, TX right now, and yes it is that slow.
Read MoreI’m watching a Lancia Ypsilon come right at me, leading a line of other cars. As we barrel toward the Lancia, we’re passing cars on my right: Gullwings, Alfas, sinuous, low red blurs. The sound is deafening, a massive muffler rumbling just to my left and wind all around. I glance at the speedo and see the needle creep, 100, 110, 120.
Read MoreWhile Hyundai may be the first automaker to finally ship Android Auto – on just one car – Chevrolet is going for volume. So for the 2016 model year, it’s shipping 14 cars that are compatible with either Android Auto, Apple CarPlay or both.
Read MoreAnd somehow, the poor guy going for the worst ride of his life survived completely unharmed, according to witnesses.
Read MoreA lot of celebrities have the opportunity to collect whatever cars they want. Some aren’t too great at making great choices when it comes to cars... or when it comes to personality. But others are just rad. Who’s the coolest?
Read MoreNew automotive technology comes a dime a dozen, but not everything makes the cut. Here are ten that didn’t survive.
Read MoreYour new (or newish!) car might have come equipped with a Sirius XM radio, but if you’re like me you weren’t about to cough up ten bucks a month to keep it running... so that button’s just been dead, taunting you. Well it works again, for free, ‘til June 2015!
Read MoreA year after Android Auto was announced with 30 automakers committed to bring it to market, Hyundai has become the first automaker to integrate Google’s smartphone-connected infotainment takeover into its cars. Well, car. Singular.
Read MoreThe hosts of the Fox morning show that’s named like it should heavily involve puppets, Fox & Friends, aren’t exactly the sort of people that instill any sense of, oh, competence. They tend to have more of a gleeful bedshitter quality about them. So when two of them tried to change a tire, the results were predictably sad.
Read MoreRecently, I was in Italy to take part in the Mille Miglia, and, of course, I was surrounded by some of the most amazing cars I’d ever seen. That’s why it was so important for me to get out and cleanse my palate with some really awful shitboxes, and, thankfully, Rome did not disappoint.
Read MoreAutomakers are trying to figure out how to monetize the “connected car”, and General Motors has an idea: sell your radio presets to the highest bidder.
Read MoreA Ford dealer apparently just emailed the full pricing list on the 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R to fine folks at Mustang6G.com, which Ford has confirmed to us as accurate. The meanest Mustang yet is even cheaper than we thought it’d be – and the GT350R will only be a bit more than that.
Read MoreFiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has been having a bit of a rough go of it, lately. He’s been trying to offload Chrysler for a while, preferably by selling it to GM, but all he’s faced is rejection. Sad, sad rejection.
Read MoreAs the automotive industry matures, the oddballs get weeded out. Which weirdo was the most intriguing?
Read MoreThe Honda S600 wasn’t officially sold in America, but if you happen to find one, buy it because the possibilities are endless with this classy little roadster. For starters, it’s very easy to triple its horsepower, which will make it faster than many expensive sports cars attacking the canyons.
Read MoreThe Ferrari F12 is mad. It’s supposed to be a gran turismo, yet it can outrun most “track focused” supercars using the insane power of a V12 and a thing called aerobridge. It’s a modern classic already, but Ferrari should totally ruin that by producing it forever.
Read MoreWhile carmakers use the holy hybrid technology to make supercars even more insanely fast, Audi’s synthetic petrol comes with an octane rating of RON 100. That means more speed as well.
Read MoreThe ongoing saga of the Nissan IDx is a sad one of dreams meeting reality. But now it might coming to its inevitable end, with a Nissan exec telling our friends over at The Truth About Cars that we might not be seeing a pretty, small, retro, inexpensive, rear-drive coupe anytime soon.
Read MoreYou may not be aware of this, in Japan we have a butter shortage. This isn’t a fictional creation from the Nissan marketing team. It’s a real butter shortage. For that reason, Nissan has asked Super GT GT500 2014 Series Champion Ronnie Quintarelli to ask this question of the Fairlady Z: will it churn?
Read MoreThe internet loves photos of passive-aggressive notes left for bad parkers, and now they get a two-for-one. After a cyclist posted a note for a “bike thief,” he received a succinct response from someone else with a Sharpie. Extra kudos for use of the word “bozo.”
Read MoreA little more than a decade ago, a man with a passion for cars, quirky writing, and hair as soft as a baby’s butt created a website. That man was Mike Spinelli, and that website was Jalopnik. But just what in the hell is a Jalopnik, and how has it evolved to become your #1 toilet reading material?
Read MoreA Justice Department inquiry found that GM’s failure to disclose a faulty ignition problem in their cars constituted criminal wrongdoing, the New York Times reported Friday. The penalty has yet to be determined, but it’s expected to be the largest ever faced by an automaker for criminal wrongdoing, surpassing the $1.2 billion penalty levied against Toyota in 2014.
Read MoreQuick protip for shooting video of your cool car: Make sure you actually know how to drive it. This Corvette owner found out the hard way that his car was maybe a little outside of his ability to control it:
Read MoreHello and welcome to Letters to Doug, your weekly question-and-answer column with me, Doug, a self-described automotive expert in the sense that I have owned more automobiles than I have fingers and toes.
Read MoreBMW just ripped the wraps off its 3.0 CSL Hommage Concept at Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, and as a modern tribute to one of its most gorgeous cars, it’s… um… well... not so good.
Read MoreAn old Ford F100 is a great truck for hauling hay, cruising main street, or lowering property values in your local subdevelopment. But how is it at autocross?
Read MoreWe’re lucky enough to live in an era of all kinds of awesome motorsports. But there’s so much great racing going on, some of it slips into the cracks of obscurity and we don’t know what we’re missing! Tell us about the coolest current racing leagues we’ve never heard of.
Read MoreRight now, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is making history (again) by driving the SCG 003C that finished the N24 on Sunday to Lake Como on public roads, to be displayed at Villa d’Este this weekend. That has never been done before.
Read MoreLast year, Android Auto was unleashed at Google’s big developer’s conference, but that was just a taste of its dashboard ambitions. At next week’s Google I/O, all signs point to the company giving us a glimpse into a new infotainment system designed from the ground-up to be powered by Android.
Read MoreThe state of Maryland has removed parallel parking from the driver test. Good. Because it’s pointless, takes up too much time, and people don’t die going 2 MPH.
Read MoreInstall something expensive in a car and thieves will find a way. At first it was catalytic converters and airbags, now it’s hybrid batteries, with a spate of break-ins reported on both coasts.
Read MoreA lot of you will say, right off the bat, that this is an easy question. The title holder is the Seawise Giant, AKA Happy Giant, AKA Jahre Viking, AKA Knock Nevis, AKA Oppama, AKA Mont. But you’d be wrong, mostly because it doesn’t exist anymore, as it’s been broken up.
Read MoreLast summer, teams of federal agents swept the country in early morning raids to scoop up 40 Land Rover Defender SUVs they believe were imported illegally into the United States. One lawyer, who claims they weren’t illegal, has been fighting pro bono to get them back to their owners. And his case could come to a head next week.
Read MoreThe Zagato Mostro is using a Maserati V8, so expect it to have up to 460 hp like the GranTurismo MC Stradale. The Milanese coachbuilder is expected to produce no more than ten units after its Villa d’Este premier.
Read MoreLast month, Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said that building a plant in Alabama “would make sense.” But now he just doubled down, telling the Automotive News that Heart of Dixie would actually be an “obvious choice.” Hold onto your hats, because one of these days we’re going to see an Alabama Aston.
Read MoreThe Porsche 911 GT3 RS. It’s one of the most anticipated cars of the year. Just how great is it? It’s really great, as our man Chris Harris just found out.
Read MoreWhenever I get behind the wheel of my Nissan Skyline GT-R — a truly seminal Japanese performance car with one of the most enduring, iconic shapes of our generation — I am always overcome with a certain special, powerful sense. Namely, a sense of deeper respect for the men and women of the United States Postal Service.
Read MoreZHP. Say those letters to random people and they mean absolutely nothing. But say them to a BMW fan, and they’ll recognize that it was perhaps the best box that could be checked on an E46 330i. It was the factory sport package for the people in the know. And now ZHP is back.
Read MoreSome cars look like they’re smiling, others look sad, but some look downright pissed off. What looks the angriest?
Read MoreA poorly crafted and unfitting automotive model name can ruin a consumer’s perception of a new car, before even getting behind the wheel.
Read MoreLooking forward to purchasing a 2016 Mazda Miata MX-5? Well, if you happen to live in Japan, have the yen, and police proof of a parking space, you totally can. Called the Roadster here in the land of the rising sun, the newest version of everyone’s favorite answer goes on sale tomorrow, Thursday May 21st.
Read MorePorsche hasn’t sold a four-cylinder car in America since the 968 called it quits way back in 1995. But in this age of efficiency and turbos, we can’t all be gigantic engines, can we? That’s why the Boxster and Cayman are getting turbo flat-fours when they’re replaced next year.
Read MoreThe festivities at Belle Isle in Detroit this weekend weren’t just for the official debut of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro or so certain auto journalists could publicly self-shame for on-track mishaps. It was also a gathering of more than 250 Camaros of all vintages, and a pretty fantastic one at that.
Read MoreAnd we’re not just talking about you, the riders. The New York City subway is full of literal, actual garbage, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is doing a garbage job of cleaning it up.
Read MoreThere comes a time in every person’s life when he (or she) wonders what happened to his (or her) old cars. You’ll be sitting at the dinner table, eating away, and a thought will strike you: I wonder what happened to my (or thine) old cars. But you will have no way to get an answer, so you will just assume they are being used to commit violent felonies.
Read MoreTakata, the beleaguered Japanese auto parts supplier currently under fire for deaths and injuries related to explosive airbags, has agreed to a recall of 33.8 million U.S. cars with those airbags for what is believed to be the largest single consumer product recall in American history, according to news reports.
Read MoreRemember how Lamborghinis aren’t serious driver’s cars that can’t do anything well on a circuit at all? Remember? Yeah. The Aventador SV just lapped the Nurburgring in less than seven minutes. Craziness.
Read MoreLacrosse is a sport. A hardcore, balls out sport. The Buick LaCrosse is the opposite of the sport of lacrosse. What other cars have a name that just doesn’t fit.
Read MoreMad Max: Fury Road is nothing short of a full-on two-hour assault for the senses. Even though you’ve been told that almost all the stunts were real, it’s almost hard to believe when seeing it on the big screen. So here’s over 18 minutes of raw footage, so you can see them really doing it for yourself.
Read MoreWell, so much for that. Despite Tesla Motors’ biggest push yet to legalize direct car sales in the great state of Texas, a legislative deadline late last week effectively killed the bill, along with scores of others.
Read MoreThe first thing you realize when planning a new car purchase is holy crap how do floor mats cost this much?
Read MoreThe original pitch for Automatic was simple: plug this thing into the port underneath your dashboard and keep track of everything from fuel economy to fault codes. Now it’s out with a new device, developer tools, and an app store that lets you pre-heat your house, log lap times, and even send a Yo.
Read MoreNissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has re-promised that the automaker will absolutely have autonomous cars ready by 2020. But you might not be able to buy them – even if you want to – because the government won’t let you.
Read MoreAs Germany’s big three fights it out with Uber over Nokia’s Here mapping platform, Apple has snagged yet another navigation company, bringing the total to nine acquisitions in just the past two years.
Read MoreConsumer Reports dropped $127,000 on a new Tesla Model S P85D – the most it’s ever spent on a vehicle – but before it could get deep into its extensive testing regime, it was already broken, and for something Tesla owners are all too familiar with.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is none-to-pleased about Fiat Chrysler’s handling of some 20 recalls affecting over 10 million vehicles, and it’s holding a public hearing on July 2 to aid in the investigation of how the automaker has handled the recalls. In short, NHTSA is pissed and now it’s taking serious action.
Read MoreBecause you demanded more — and more importantly, because I felt like doing it again — here are some even stranger automotive stock photos for us to ponder deeply.
Read MoreThe story I’m about to tell you isn’t the story I wanted to tell you. It’s about the 2016 Camaro, but it’s not the story most other journalists got. That’s because during Sunday’s press drive at Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, I crashed a Camaro mule on the track and put it out of commission.
Read MoreThe wild widebody kit on whatever the Joker’s driving these days reminded me of all the other batshit car kits you can buy without being a supervillan. What are some of your favorite home-buildable cars on sale right now?
Read MoreThe element of surprise can be critical to the global reception of new cars. These are the 10 cars nobody expected to happen.
Read MoreVice President Joe Biden may think he’s running for the highest office in the land, but at a Yale Commencement Day speech he didn’t hesitate to tackle the big issue: Porsche v. Corvette. Specifically, he told the crowd that “Corvettes are better than Porsches. They’re quicker and they corner as well.” Shots fired.
Read MoreReady for a blast from the past? GWA Tuning Shop is bringing back those cars you hear about sometimes in Mad Men in honor of the record 20 Panamericana victories racked up by Studebakers.
Read MoreAfter the spy shots, renders, CNBC leaks and crappy cell phone pics, here is the 2016 Camaro, in all its glory. And it’s even better than yesterday’s leaked memo would have you believe.
Read MoreWith a crowd of hundreds of Camaro owners looking on in eager anticipation, Chevrolet just pulled the wraps off the all-new 2016 Camaro at an event at Belle Isle Park in Detroit. Were you underwhelmed by the grainy screencaps from its inadvertent debut on CNBC yesterday? It looks better in real life.
Read MoreHere it is! Looks like it comes in at LEAST two colors. Pretty cool, imho.
Read MoreTwin suns and a samurai dude. For a Daihatsu Charade.
Read MoreThe slow piecemealing of autonomous technologies started with adaptive cruise control and has expanded into a series of active safety features, and the latest to show a measurable reduction in crashes is Autonomous Emergency Braking.
Read MoreThanks to CNBC, we know what the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro looks like a day early, and thanks to one intrepid insider, we have some of the car’s engine specs before anyone else. We also have GM’s internal talking points, which answer more questions and reveal certain issues they’re clearly concerned about addressing.
Read MoreGiven a 1,360 horsepower, 280 mile per hour Koenigsegg One:1, you know exactly the first thing you’d do with it. Drag race the nuts off of it, and leave a trail of dead Lamborghinis, Porsches, and the odd Mercedes in your wake.
Read MoreGoogle has built 25 of its techno-koala self-driving prototypes and they’re set to run around the company’s hometown this summer. And after this week’s spate of overhyped news about autonomous car crashes, Google is launching a website to increase transparency on how the project is coming along. That’s good.
Read MoreIt would be a lie to say that no one had any idea the 2016 Ford GT was coming. It would be completely honest, however, to say we had no idea we’d be getting a wasp-waisted, gullwinged near-race car of the future that could put the retro-styled old one to shame.
Read MoreSo you’ve decided to join the motorcycle cult, but you don’t know what’s a good first bike. One of these ten should do the trick.
Read MoreWell, the cat’s out of the bag with the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro. At least from the pics we’ve seen so far, the looks are surprisingly subtle, but where does it stand in terms of performance? According to a reliable inside source, the new Camaro gets a new and more powerful V8, a revised V6 and for the first time ever, a turbocharged four-cylinder.
Read MoreI was wondering why the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro hadn’t leaked yet, but here we go. Looks like the car made its debut on CNBC just now, maybe intentionally, maybe not.
Read MoreI know that Skoda is secretly the Volkswagen Group’s best brand, but I’ve always had a soft spot for their Spanish subsidiary Seat, mainly because they crank out some amazing hot hatches and wagons that are even cheaper than their VW cousins. One of them is now so good, it lapped the Nürburgring quicker than any wagon before it.
Read MoreWhile the pair of SCG003 Competiziones kick some ass around the racetracks with a twin-turbo V6, the road-going Stradale is under development, and as it tuns out, a rev-happy V10 will also make it to its options list.
Read MoreThere’s no dubstep in this drift vid. Babymetal, dude. All about it.
Read MoreEveryone’s got an opinion about the best first bike. Some say just get a small engine. Others think it should be easy to wrench on. But here’s the one thing we can all agree on: Buy cheap and buy used.
Read MoreSummer is nearly here, so it’s time you start planning your cross country trips. These ten routes are great places to start.
Read MoreAfter the magic madness that was the Audi TT Clubsport Turbo concept and the 2016 Volkswagen GTI Clubsport, and many other clubs and sports besides, we figured VW was done with introducing new cars at its annual gathering in Worthersee. We were wrong. Enter the Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport Concept.
Read MoreBefore the Mille Miglia race actually begins tomorrow, the cars all have to go through a process of scrutineering, which is basically just making sure they’re actually road legal. It’s like going to the DMV. Actually, since going to the DMV is like a little jaunt to hell, the Mille Miglia is like the DMV in heaven: no lines, and incredible cars everywhere.
Read MoreNearly a year ago, we first alerted you to the danger that the caribou-addled Francophone Fascists running the Quebec police posed to cars that were way too hellaflush, y0. And now the inevitable has happened, as this guy’s car was just literally expelled from Quebec.
Read MoreThe Nissan 350Z is getting super affordable right now. What does that mean? It means V8 swaps, of course.
Read MoreThe DeLorean was known for a lot of things. Speed was not one of them. Underpowered even by early 1980s standards, it was a bizarre choice for a time machine that needed to hit 88 MPH to cross the temporal barrier. But could Doc Brown’s car even go that fast in the Twin, er, Lone Pine Mall parking lot like it does in the first Back to the Future? Opponaut Bullitt Ride did the math.
Read MoreTesla’s vaunted – but still unavailable – Auto Pilot system will allow drivers to have their Model S automatically change lanes when they flick on the turn signal. And the way Tesla sees it, that removes some of the liability from the automaker.
Read MoreExciting news for follows of Japanese car-world romance! Mazda, makers of cars that are continually cool and fun to drive, just announced their engagement to Toyota, makers of cars that used to be cool and fun to drive but now mostly aren’t although they’re trying to get their mojo back. Congratulations to the happy couple!
Read MoreIs the Volkswagen GTI not quite hot enough for you, but you don’t want to go full-on Golf R? Here’s your answer: the 2016 Volkswagen GTI Clubsport, the most powerful production GTI ever.
Read MoreIf you read our feature on the man behind the post-apocalyptic machines of Mad Max, you know that he wants to name one of the cars in the sequel Jalopnik. Now you can get the lowdown on the non-Jalop-monikered vehicles that are going to blow up the screen this Friday.
Read MoreThis Dodge Challenger Hellcat was spared from a tornado that completely destroyed everything around it. That or we finally have proof that a Hellcat is more powerful than a tornado.
Read MoreCar manufacturers can afford to do just about whatever they want for a press picture. Fly a crew to Morocco to shoot the car in the desert? Sure. In front of the Bilbao Guggenheim? Sure.
Read MoreI think if I were to put together a list of the sexiest coupes of all time, the case could easily be made that the shark-nosed BMW E9 deserves to be somewhere near the top. BMW must know this too, because it’s they’re set to debut a modern version of the E9 — specifically, the 3.0 CSL that became so successful in motorsports.
Read MoreToday, we’re going to talk about California: a majestic, beautiful West Coast state discovered in the 1800s by adventure-hungry settlers who left behind their families and jobs back east in order to set off across the country and sit in traffic on the 405.
Read MoreToday we bring you an update to yesterday’s story about a Good Samaritan motorist who caught a speeding Dodge Challenger on his dash cam, only to watch police arrest and charge the driver of a different Challenger: the wrongfully-arrested driver has been released and the charges have been dropped.
Read MoreAll things must come to an end. The Dodge Charger spent the late 1960s and early 1970s as the Spartan of the muscle cars, the most badass of the badass. Then the mid-1970s came around.
Read MoreA Spirit Airlines flight from Atlantic City to Boston left four hours late on Sunday because Atlantic City International Airport didn’t have any TSA agents to process the pilots. Apparently, the TSA staff had all gone home for the evening and had to be called back.
Read MoreYes, it’s called the Relax Cabin and I didn’t realize I needed a Prius RV in my life until now.
Read MoreEach year, Toyota has a special event at its company conference building and at the Shizuoka Prefecture Fuji Speedway to help teach kindergarteners how to behave in a world with cars. This is especially important because starting as elementary school first graders, most will walk to school every day. It has Power Rangers! ...Sort of.
Read MoreThose of you who may have noticed me eating a bowl of dry cat food and milk this morning may come to the reasonable conclusion that I’m pretty distracted. This time it’s not because I drank more of that blue liquid I found behind the furnace, it’s because tomorrow I leave for Italy and the Mille Miglia. And I’m very excited.
Read MoreIt’s a sad day for anyone interested in the intersection between art and automobiles, because artist Chris Burden died last night of a malignant melanoma. Burden was 69, and in both his automotive work and otherwise, is someone who has inspired me a great deal.
Read MoreOver the past six years, Google claims that its self-driving cars have been involved in 11 “minor” accidents with light damage and no injuries. More importantly, it says its autonomous vehicles were never the cause of the crash. And it only took one report from the Associated Press for Google to finally release the figures.
Read MoreA driver in the Detroit area had an extremely close call on Friday as a black Dodge Challenger raced past him on the right side in excess of 100 mph. He caught the incident on his dash cam video. The police made an arrest, but the car they nabbed wasn’t the car that passed him. Do police in Allen Park, Michigan have the wrong man?
Read MoreA family traveling with a high-functioning autistic daughter were kicked off a United Airlines flight from Orlando to Portland because the pilot “didn’t feel comfortable” flying with her on the plane, even though no major incident had taken place. The pilot made an emergency landing and had the family removed. Was this the right call?
Read MoreThe Toyota Camry, she is a cruel mistress. She seduces the driver with her supple ride, her creature comforts and her clockwork reliability — and then, when her prey has lowered its guard completely, she strikes like the deadliest of mongooses.
Read MoreSome cars are maybe a bit too ambitious for their own good.
Read MoreWe’re now only five days away from the public debut of the lighter, sleeker, Alpha platform-ier 2016 Chevrolet Camaro at Belle Isle Park in Detroit. While it’s probably going to leak out sometime before then, because these things always do, Chevrolet did unveil a couple more shadowy pics that give us our best look at the new car yet.
Read MoreYou know the feeling when you got a really nice car in GTA, you try not to wreck it but it’s impossible not to in heavy traffic? For ambulance drivers in Budapest, speeding is a must, but crashing isn’t an option.
Read MoreVolvo’s $500 million investment landed in Berkeley County close to Charleston. The new factory is set to produce around 100,000 cars annually, employing up to 4,000 people in the long term.
Read MoreHey! Cool! That’s a rare car! This is really... Oh, oh no, don’t scrape the ground with it... Oh. Ouch, my heart.
Read MoreThis video is pretty butt-clenchingly terrifying, with the driver seeming to pass out cold as his Mustang keeps tearing ass forward, through a fence and across a field, until, thankfully, the guy finally wakes up and stops the car. But something seems a bit off about all this — was this genuine, or an elaborate and dangerous stunt?
Read MoreThe only thing I like more than Rolls-Royce cars and its branding is a proper Rolls-Royce press release. This one is about the ‘Wraith – Inspired by Fashion’, so buckle up!
Read MoreQuestion: If Matthias Muller, the CEO of Porsche, readily admits that he doesn’t know anything about Tesla, should he really be the CEO of Porsche?
Read MoreI haven’t really been paying attention to all of Ford’s breathless emails about the new Mustang GT until today, when they sent a short, cryptic video. The video showed a simple, blinking amber light. Most people wouldn’t know or care about this light. But to true aficionados of the Tell-Tale, we can tell what it is: the return of the Deluxe Hood.
Read MoreThe wealthy City of Paradise Valley, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, began installing dozens of license plate readers in the past few weeks, and instead of slapping them onto poles where they could be easily seen, they’re hidden inside fake towering cacti. Seriously.
Read MoreThankfully, I visited the grand opening of Porsche’s new $100 million North American HQ on a junket. If I were a customer I’d have spent all of my own money getting lessons on their backyard track, strengthening my neck in their fitness center, and putting Poltrona Frau leather on everything I own.
Read MoreDisplaying the type of consistent thinking last seen by the two old men from the Muppet Show, the mouth-breathers of the European Union have just announced that they hate diesel cars. And trucks. In fact anything to do with diesel.
Read MoreThough BMW chooses to celebrate it by making its name even more confusing, the 3-Series has an important milestone this year: it turns 40.
Read More“The Dodge Viper just isn’t hardcore and insane enough for me,” said no one ever. Here to address no one ever’s concerns is the new 2016 Dodge Viper ACR, the fastest, most track-capable street legal Viper ever.
Read MoreModern cars are vastly cleaner, emission-wise, than they ever have been. I don’t even think they work well for in-garage suicides anymore. There’s still plenty of pollution, though a new study from the University of Toronto has found that 90 percent of automotive pollution is coming from only 25 percent of cars.
Read MoreWhen you buy into a Mini John Cooper Works, you’re in for three things: speed, noise, and discomfort. The previous generation Mini Coopers were never known for their ride quality, but the JCW models ramped up the hardcore even further, providing lots more fun if you were willing to put up with some rough edges. So what’s the 2016 Mini JCW like?
Read MoreSince 2008, Norway has offered the most generous incentives for electric vehicle buyers. The result: 50,000 EVs on the road as of last month – almost a quarter of all new cars on the road. The problem: the country has lost a massive chunk of revenue and there are Tesla traffic jams. Whoops.
Read MoreYou can find inconsiderate chodes in every corner of the world, but a Russian non-profit wanted to do something about a particular breed: people that park in disabled spaces. And they did it with freaking holograms.
Read MoreCan Idris Elba possibly get any cooler? If there’s any justice in the world, that will happen when he’s named the next James Bond, but for now he may have hit maximum cool. That’s because the actor from The Wire, Luther and Thor just broke an 88-year-old “Flying Mile” record in a Bentley.
Read MoreIf you like white, gray, blue or black, you’re probably going to be in good shape with the upcoming 2016 BMW M2. You’re gonna be in better shape if you like 365 turbocharged horsepower, but who doesn’t like that?
Read MoreElon Musk said yesterday that despite constantly hearing about new battery technologies that promise to revolutionize the industry, he hasn’t seen anything better than current lithium-ion tech. He’s right, but Swatch – yes, the watchmaker – is apparently working on something of its own.
Read MoreThere are barn finds, and then there are hidden caches of treasure so precious as to attract the descendants of Spanish conquistadors. This is the latter, and it contains gold like a prototype Cadillac V12 convertible. Estimated sale price? Up to $350,000, and that’s just the one car. There are four others, including a V16.
Read MoreThe guys over at XCAR are not entirely new to indoor crazy carting, but having a whole Toys R Us as a race track is a whole new level of insanity.
Read MoreBecause it involves the possibility of a child dying, this deceptively simple concept is really difficult to discuss rationally. The act of leaving a kid to sit in a car while a parent does some sort of errand has been around since there’s been cars, parents, and kids. There’s been some real tragedies, but is it always wrong?
Read MorePrivate-party classifieds are such a great place to find or sell cheap and interesting vehicles, but the reality of meeting “someone from the internet” has inherent risk. Especially when cash is involved. What can we do to make peer-to-peer car sales safer?
Read MorePolice in Missouri have made an arrest in connection with the slaying of student Taylor S. Clark, 19, who was seeking to sell his Nissan 350Z on Craigslist. They say the suspect shot and killed Clark on his lunch break and then went back to work.
Read MoreYes, the Cadillac Mirage is basically a Deville coupe converted into a pickup truck. With a golf bag door, because seventies custom.
Read MoreKeeping with old the adage of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Germany’s Big Three are working together to buy a controlling stake in Nokia’s Here mapping unit. The move is partially to keep it out of the hands of Google, Apple, or Facebook, but mainly to give the automakers a leg up on both self-driving vehicles and in-car services.
Read MoreIs that even a valid question when Classic Recreation’s ‘68 Villain costs $150,000 compared to the Ford Mustang GT’s starting price of $33,125? You tell me.
Read MoreTesla is out with its first quarter financial results for the year, and aside from continuing to promise the Model X in Q3, delivering 11,160 cars for the quarter, and still on track to sell 55,000 vehicles for the year, it also pulled in another $51 million for selling Zero Emissions Vehicle credits to other automakers.
Read MoreHere’s more evidence that every car can and should be autocrossed.
Read MoreWe’ve already told you how bad the New York City subway is, but apparently the system itself is doubling down on how bad it can truly be. Because U2, yes that U2, the band that only old marketing executives think The Kids Like These Days, just played a set in the subway.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo 4C is a wonderful car, possibly because so much of its tech feels amazingly old.
Read MoreYou there! Did you buy a Porsche Macan in April? Hey, there’s a solid chance the answer to that is “yes.” Last month, the German maker of sports cars and luxury SUVs had its best sales month ever in America, and it’s all thanks to their new small crossover.
Read MoreA sad and unfortunate update to yesterday’s story about a Southern Illinois University student who went missing after trying to sell his Nissan 350Z on Craigslist: the student, 19-year-old Taylor S. Clark, has reportedly been found dead.
Read MoreThis weekend Honda Japan is hosting a summer festival all devoted to... well... itself. And while you could do all the normal stuff you would do at a show, like visit all the cool cars, or hang out with Honda’s adorable robot Asimo, there are also... stranger things you can do. These are five of the strangest...
Read MoreIf you own a new sports car — let’s say you have a Nissan 370Z — how much power would you make from a twin turbo kit, and how hard would it be?
Read MoreI’m not really going to go beyond that, for now. Just watch. Let the crappy techno lull you into a false sense of security, until the point where you forget that this video comes from (of course) Russia. And then... just watch.
Read MoreUber has cut off operations in Kansas after the state legislature overrode the Governor’s veto of a bill that would impose tighter background checks on drivers and increase the insurance the company would need to provide to workers in the state.
Read MoreLaw enforcement officials in Illinois are seeking the public’s help in finding a Southern Illinois University student missing since Monday morning who had been trying to sell his car, a red Nissan 350Z, on Craigslist.
Read MoreOpel’s so called ‘KAD’ models, the Kapitän, the Admiral and the Diplomat all came with Chevy small blocks in limited numbers, and CEO Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann happens to own the last of the 347 Diplomat A V8 Coupés ever made. U-S-A! U-S-A!
Read MoreAhh, springtime. The wonderful season each year that brings us blooming flowers, and gorgeous sunshine, and warm temperatures, and potholes the size of cargo elevators.
Read MoreI know it’s our job as car enthusiasts to bitch and moan about how great cars used to be, and how soft and insulated and watered-down they all feel now, but you have to admit you’re getting a lot more bang for your buck today than you did in decades past.
Read MoreThere are trends in cars and car culture that are amazing. There are also some that just aren’t as amazing. What needs to go away now?
Read MoreCarmakers keep flooding us with more and more cars every year. It’s no wonder we forget about a few along the way.
Read MoreSay what you will about the Lamborghini Huracan being a bit of an understeering beast, it still turns into an absolute wailing monster when it’s in the right hands, on the right road. And the “right hands,” in this case, means former Formula One driver Nicolas Kiesa. And the right road is the city of Roskilde.
Read MoreThe F40, the F50, the Enzo, the LaFerrari. All were tested during their development by the same test driver. Now he returns to drive them all back-to-back.
Read MoreA worker was crushed to death in the wastewater treatment section of Chrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit, according to local CBS affiliate WWJ. A company spokesperson confirmed the incident, though specific details of the incident are as of yet unclear.
Read MoreI saw this at Hyperfest at VIR over the weekend. I don’t think I’m qualified to nominate a car for the Hot Boi Olympics, but I feel like this is a contender.
Read MoreHere we see a Chevy Cavalier with a rear wheel bouncing like a basketball down the highway. That looks safe.
Read MoreIn honor of it being Star Wars Day, we dug though some web archives from a long time ago, in an internet far, far away, and discovered something pretty great: the Craigslist ad for Luke’s Landspeeder. Also, stay out of the ‘Casual Encounters’ section on Mos Eisley Craigslist — it’s just creepy as shit.
Read MoreLook at this photo, and look at it good. It’s from 1993 and shows XP3, Gordon Murray’s personal F1 which is known today as K50 BAT. Those indicators and fog lamps didn’t make it into production.
Read MoreI was out driving, testing out my new artisanal suspension bushings made from aged Norvenskan Cheddar, when I noticed a car in front of me. It was a sleek-looking wagon — a Mitsubishi Lancer wagon. I’d forgotten all about those — what cars do you always forget exist?
Read MoreSometimes, it can be surprisingly hard to guess a car’s origin without looking at its badge. Especially if it defies its national heritage like these ten.
Read MoreAnyone can stick a beam axle and some springs on a car. But some automakers try things differently.
Read MorePolice are on the hunt for two street racers in Florida following the death of 18-year-old Julie Michele Castor. According to eyewitness accounts, the two drivers were “racing in and out of traffic,” causing Castor to crash her 2006 Toyota Corolla. Castor survived the initial crash and exited the vehicle, but was hit by another motorist when she walked back to her car to retrieve something.
Read MoreThere are some cars that seem like they couldn’t be uglier but remain oddly entrancing.
Read MoreNissan went through a lot of trouble to develop a twin-turbo hybrid 3.0-liter V6 for their GT-R LM Nismo Le Mans racer. What’s the sense in only using an engine like that in a race car? None, so as many suspected, Nissan will use a version of that engine in the next Nissan GT-R.
Read MoreGood afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Letters to Doug, a weekly feature that involves you sending over your questions and me reading them at 2 a.m. while I sit around in my underwear.
Read MoreI like speed. I understand speed. I really do. But at some point, something gets to be so fast that everything about it, including life itself, becomes completely meaningless. It induces existential crisis. This is the Slot Car Racing European Championship, and it is not the slot cars you played with as a kid.
Read MoreClassic American cars are supposed to have big V8s, go real fast in a straight line, and handle like church buses. So how do you explain the Chevrolet Corvair?
Read MoreThe trend of record-breaking auto sales continued in April, and Fiat Chrysler was at the forefront of that wave with their best sales month since 2007 (back when they were just Chrysler, ‘natch) and Jeep’s best sales month ever. Turns out the 2015 Jeep Renegade is a big hit right off the bat.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe FJ40 says that he’s been using it to plow his driveway for the past six years. He has something new to plow now, and so you’ll need to decide if his price for this Toyota truck plows your field.
Read MoreLike the tortoise of Aesop fable fame, the Toyota Hi-Lux has engendered a reputation for a slow and steady life. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe ’84 is a little more hare-raising, but will its price still win the race?
Read MoreChevy once advertised the Vega with the tag See What It’s Like to Drive a Winner. Maybe people took Chevy’s advice and that’s why you don’t see too many Vegas anymore. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe GT will let you find out for yourself, but only if its price is a winner.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Alfa is claimed to be ready to race on Sunday and then drive to work on Monday. It’s a lot more track than trip, but will you give its price a black flag from the start?
Read MoreToday is Memorial Day here in the U.S., so naturally our Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate is both a representative of a long gone brand and a car that once served its country. We’ll see if that’s enough to make its price something memorable.
Read MoreA 2011 University of Arizona study found that 71% of gas pump handles contain germs closely associated with illness. Blech! Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW Passat is a TDI and has an incredible range that’ll allow you germaphobes to pass lots of pumps. That is of course, if its price doesn’t make you sick.
Read MoreThey say you’ve got to fake it until you make it. Nothing says you’ve made it like a Bentley, and today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Continental R replica will let you fake that social attainment like nobody’s business. That is, if its price isn’t too rich for your blood.
Read MoreVolkswagen’s in-house design for its second-gem Scirocco may not have been as successful as the Giugiaro original, but as today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe example proves, it has aged pretty well. Will its price however also grow on you?
Read MoreIt goes without saying that everybody should own at least one Corvette in their lifetime. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe C3 looks to be about the lowest point of entry to do so but will its era and condition make that point seem pointless?
Read MoreThe one single important factor that Chevy’s Citation lacked during its production run was… well, pretty much everything. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe X-11 tries to address at least part of that with a hot injection of Caddy V8. Will its price however, be low enough to ensure that’s the cure?
Read MoreToyota’s first-gen 4Runner followed the typical U.S. compact sport ute recipe by offering just two doors and a removable rear cap. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe ‘86 also rocks a rare turbo 22R, but will that, and its remarkable condition, have you doffing your cap in honor of its price?
Read MoreHow much horsepower is too much for a FWD car? The ad for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Integra claims it puts 424 horses through the front tires. If true, that’s a lot of ponies, and you’ll need to decide if its selling price is a lot as well.
Read MoreWhen was the last time you saw an Audi 90 on the road? More to the point, have you ever seen one with a V8 conversion like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender? That’ll be wicked wild as long as its price doesn’t prove to be something you can’t see paying.
Read MoreSaab was once big into the nines, with most of their models being named with some derivation of that number. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Saab is one of the biggest - a 900 - and it’s interestingly RHD. There are no nines in its price, but let’s see if it still makes you say Nein.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Vega is one of the rare Cosworth editions with the DOHC four designed by that venerable company. That 4-valve engine makes its price intriguing. The fact that engine does’t run? Well, we’ll just see about that.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Grand Wagoneer doesn’t just rock a 500-horse biodiesel DuraMax, it also the provenance of having once been owned by the Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s pretty cool, but we’ll see if its price doesn’t terminate your interest in it.
Read MoreWhile we generally love stick shifts in everything from Miatas to riding mowers, there’s just something wonderfully incongruous about there being one in today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercury. Let’s see however, if its price will keep you from becoming the Marquis de sad.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender is ultra-low milage, and will let you tell everyone that you drive a McLaren. That is if you drive it, which would possibly lower its worth. Before we get there however, let’s see what you think it’s worth now.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jeep comes with a unique feature, that being a fiberglass body. That means it’s never going to rust up top, and getting it through the TSA should be a breeze, but for all that will its price make your eyes glass over?
Read MoreThe ad for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Viggen droptop warns that the seller will be raising the price come convertible season, so you better act now. We’re going to go ahead and act now in deciding if this swift Swede is even worth his present asking.
Read MoreDid you miss the narrow window when Porsche 911 prices weren’t crazy? Were you also sleeping when Panteras and 308s could be had on the cheap? Well, you don’t miss the NSX boat too. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe example may be your last chance, that is if it hasn’t already started the climb.
Read MoreRain is a blessing and a curse, both in the messy race it produced today at the Belle Isle Grand Prix as well as the tendency for rain to throw unexpected entries into higher than usual entries. Today, two substitute drivers—Tristan Vautier and Conor Daly—got into 4th and 6th place, respectively.
Read MoreWho would have ever thought this was a good idea? Take a nice, nimble Mini Cooper and stuff it full of jet engine. It looks like it belongs on an episode of “Looney Tunes.” Will it still turn? Erm, no.
Read MoreSportscar365 just confirmed that Ford executive chairman Bill Ford Jr. will be the starter for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. So, what might he bring with him to Circuit de la Sarthe? We’re hoping it’s the new Ford GT race car.
Read MoreNearly every race or test session today has been a wet one, so let’s go back in time and watch some stellar wet drives. Who had the best wet race of all time?
Read MoreI can’t say for certain that today is the actual eighth anniversary of this track day video, but reddit seems to think so and we discovered it about eight years ago so I’m going to count it. This video has everything.
Read MoreNo, no. Not because Wet ‘N’ Wild makes nail polish on the cheap and Swift’s a fancy lady. Look at the track conditions at Belle Isle. Clearly, an opportunity to co-brand (read = “get more dinero”) this car was lost. Not only did Tony Kanaan wipe out in his Taylor Swiftmobile, but three other cars wiped out with him.
Read MoreNot one, but four cars at ate the wall outside the Belle Isle Grand Prix circuit’s Turn 1, and the second-place car spun at the last moment as well, throwing away his close battle for the win. Here’s how the last-lap insanity unfolded and why this was a pile-up that probably never should have happened in the first place.
Read MoreIf United SportsCar had a “Heroic Fix” award, today’s polesitter would definitely be it. Dion von Moltke hydroplaned into the wall during a wet practice session, extensively damaging the front and rear of the Paul Miller Racing Audi. Per Sportscar365, they rebuilt the car in only two and a half hours to take pole in qualifying. Phew!
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 MoreNASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Jennifer Jo Cobb will be the first driver to be penalized under the new rule against leaving a wrecked car before safety personnel arrive and approaching the racing surface. Cobb maintains that she “completely forgot” about this rule.
Read MoreAccording to Motorsport.com, Ford plans to release its new GT race car at a venue near and dear to the original GT40’s heart: Le Mans. Hopefully the reveal is somewhere near the AF Corse pits for maximum lulz.
Read MoreThere’s something surreal about the onboards from cars that travel over 220 mph lap after lap around an oval. Indianapolis Motor Speedway looks huge in all other respects, yet the onboards make it almost feel like you’re in your cousin’s Camaro, doin’ donuts on the lawn. Everything feels much, much smaller.
Read MoreIn March, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch’s legal team asked a family court judge in Delaware to review the protective order granted against Busch to ex-girlfriend Patricia Driscoll. Today, Judge William Walls issued his decision to uphold that protective order, which will remain in effect until Feb. 16, 2016.
Read MoreTaylor Swift, America’s greatest living treasure, will be adorning the side of Tony Kanaan’s IndyCar this weekend at the Grand Prix of Detroit. This is the best news ever.
Read MorePoor Elfyn Evans didn’t have the best time at Rally de Portugal. First, his M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC experienced throttle problems which plagued him all throughout Day 1. Then his car just gave up the ghost on SS8, and guess what? That ghost was a fire spirit.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I got an e-mail from a racing instructor named Ron, asking if I wanted to get some track time in my Nissan Skyline GT-R. So I pondered Ron’s question for several minutes, and I really thought about it, and then a light bulb went off in my head. And this is how I ended up on a race track with a 7,000-pound military vehicle designed to support a machine gun turret.
Read MorePorsche isn’t the only team running a nod to Le Mans’ past this year. Nissan is here to show that they’re not total newbies to endurance racing by branding its latest LMP1-class racer in its classic Group C R90C colors. Watch this awesome time lapse of the #21 car being assembled and dressed up as the ultimate Nissan.
Read MoreOld race cars, model airplanes, trophies, a climbing wall, and even the Indianapolis 500 Oldsmobile Aurora pace car from his first win: it’s good to be Juan Pablo Montoya. Now that he’s won a second Indy 500, we fully expect Montoya to make a few additions to this Miami warehouse full of toys.
Read MoreNASCAR icon Richard Petty hasn’t driven his 1970 Superbird stock car that gave a character to Pixar’s Cars since the end of the 1970 season, but as he is a regular at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, he’s about to fire her up next month.
Read MoreCan a 789 horsepower Ferrari V12 possibly sound better than a twin-turbo Koenigsegg V8 producing one megawatt of holy force? I guess it’s about time we find out!
Read MoreHe makes keeping 500 horsepower together on a track look so easy!
Read MoreI happened to stumble across this picture and holy shit this is so ‘90s I just bombed Kuwait.
Read MoreAn argument as to whether NASCAR or IndyCar was better turned sour for one Indiana couple. According to Fox 59, David Wilson was so convinced that NASCAR was the superior series that he allegedly choked his fiancée over it.
Read MoreThe 00 car at a rally has an important function: run the course before the competitors to inspect everything from signage and bannering to whether or not spectators are in the right locations. That is, unless it’s on fire. Then it doesn’t do a very good job of checking anything.
Read MoreIn a world with big name racing such as Formula One, NASCAR, FIA’s World Endurance Championship, and Indycar, many lesser known racing organizations are left without the audience and publicity they deserve.
Read MoreWhen Autosport asked “What the hell happened there?” in regards to Lewis Hamilton’s pit stop snafu at Monaco, Mercedes Formula One team boss Toto Wolff shed some light on what makes timing at Monaco more difficult to calculate than it is at other tracks. Now we know more on how that call was botched.
Read MoreFifty years from now, when a retired journalist writes a book about Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus and the SCG 003, it will be the tale of David and Goliath full of nice pictures and adjectives like ‘legendary’ and ‘astonishing’. And it won’t be far off the truth.
Read MoreNASCAR Sprint Cup driver Landon Cassill not only finished the whole Coca-Cola 600* last night at Charlotte, but he ran to NASCAR Hall of Fame afterwards, exactly 13.92 miles away. Dude is a beast.
Read MoreCarl Edwards got his first win with Joe Gibbs Racing in his #19 Toyota and his first win in 31 races, and subsequently rushed into the stands with the checkered flag to celebrate with the fans. Even Edwards’ sticky Coke-coated shoes couldn’t stop him from winning NASCAR’s feat of endurance, the Coca-Cola 600.
Read MoreNASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jimmie Johnson claims he was trying to adjust the track bar in his car because it was too loose, but I know he secretly wanted more of that sweet, sweet oversteer. Johnson once again showed that he is a master of opposite lock in a situation that would’ve sent many other drivers into the wall.
Read MoreThe Indianapolis 500 went somewhat predictably for most of the race. The faster Chevrolets of Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing kept the top five spots for most of the day, edging out the Honda cars on speed. The big surprise was Juan Pablo Montoya coming back from 30th place to take the win.
Read MoreAll three Dale Coyne Racing cars were involved in an incident on pit lane, where the rush to get out of pit lane ended badly for two crew members working on Tristan Vautier’s car.
Read MoreIt’s one thing to start the Indianapolis 500 with a crash near the back of the field. It’s another thing to have another crash under yellow further delay green laps of racing. Oops. So, effectively, the race really got to start from a single-file yellow-flag conga line, not so much from the original three-wide start.
Read MoreEveryone figured the Monaco Grand Prix was decided before the race was even halfway over with Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton making short work of increasing the gap on teammate Nico Rosberg. Not so. Here’s how Hamilton lost his first-place finish in one pit stop.
Read MoreHow balls-out crazy is the Monaco Grand Prix, exactly? This ride along on Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes for his pole position-winning lap will show you just how absurdly close all the Formula One cars this weekend have to get to the walls to put down a fast lap of the impossibly narrow, windy street circuit.
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 Grand Prix Drivers’ Association put together a long, but mildly amusing survey asking Formula One fans who they are, how they relate to the sport and what they want to see in the future. Ever wanted to see every questionable Bernie-ism listed out for the voting? Well, you can take that survey here.
Read MoreWhat’s up with the last row of the Indianapolis 500’s starting grid, and why isn’t it the Hawksworth/Coletti/Clauson trio who actually qualified last? Well, it’s IndyCar’s reminder that driver changes are for Le Mans, not the 500. Here’s who swapped seats with who, and why.
Read MoreRoller coasters can be exciting and all, but they corner like they’re on rails—literally. Yawn. Rides are so much better when the tires have been happily thrashed on all day and you get just a little bit of slip that’s controllable with competent hands. Oh, and they’re the best of all if they’re in McLaren’s latest hypercar.
Read MoreI have an idea on who might have the busiest phone in College Station this week, and it sure ain’t the local DoubleDave’s. Local paper The Eagle reports that Texas World Speedway’s demolition has been pushed back for at least until the end of the year due to issues with the planned development project.
Read MoreHow do you race without the use of your legs? Pro Mazda racer Michael Johnson started racing motorcycles when he was four, but was forced to change plans after a dirt track accident left him paralyzed below the waist. Now he’s the first and only paralyzed racer licensed by IndyCar, and here’s how he drives his car.
Read MoreAccording to Autoweek, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton won’t just be sticking around Mercedes for three more years, but he’ll do it to the tune of around $155 million. That’s more than enough to buy quite an impressive collection of embarrassing hats, dude.
Read More“A tough year, 1971.” With these four words, Jack Heuer – then the 38-year-old President of Heuer Leonidas – opened the 1972 case study on his company by the Swiss business school IMEDE.
Read MoreYesterday, James Hinchcliffe had a massive crash during practice for the Indy 500. He was taken to the hospital and had surgery on his leg. IndyCar described his condition as “stable.” But now Racer reports that he actually had the suspension go through his leg and into his pelvis, and the blood loss posed an immediate risk to his life.
Read MoreAccording to MotorSportsTalk, a component failure on James Hinchcliffe’s number 5 Arrow/Lucas Oil Schmidt Peterson Honda IndyCar sent him into the wall outside Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Turn 3. Hinchcliffe was transported to nearby IU Methodist Hospital with a thigh injury from the wreck.
Read MoreBrennan Poole learned this hard lesson during this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity 3M 250 at Iowa Speedway. Poole was so enraged by an earlier tap from J.J. Yeley that caused him to lose control that he gave Yeley a similar tap once he was back out on track. Needless to say, Poole didn’t get to keep racing.
Read MoreIt’s hard to tell whether this was a tow truck that went out before a yellow flag could be thrown, or a marshal team that wasn’t on the ball with flags, but for some reason, there was a tow truck just off the racing line on lap two of this weekend’s Pirelli World Challenge race [that appeared to be moving] under green flag conditions [see update below].
Read MoreMantella Autosport crew member Joe Ferguson had a surprise after their last race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca: a suit. He was planning on marrying fiance Clair on the Monday following the Continental Team Sports Car Challenge’s race weekend there, but he found a surprise waiting at the Corkscrew.
Read MoreThree incidents with three different Chevrolet IndyCars forced the series to put a stop to teams removing or swapping aerodynamic pieces to get a good, low-drag package for qualifying. They mandated that teams qualify in full-race trim and lowered the boost cars can run to slow down the cars in qualifying.
Read MoreEveryone wants to drive Circuit of the Americas! No one wants to crash at COTA. Speeds are high, and there are pricey barriers to hit. Fortunately, this Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car with no brakes managed to park it right before hitting the barriers. Code Brown level: high.
Read MoreThe N24 started with 180 cars on the grid this year, but finished with much less as the night took its toll like always on this very tight circuit. Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus had a bad start as well with the brand new SCG 003C, but kept on rocking to make history by crossing the line at #35.
Read MoreEd Carpenter is the latest driver to experience a frightening flip in IndyCar. His #20 Chevrolet spun exiting turn 2 during a practice session this morning, hit the wall backwards, then climbed up the wall, eventually landing upside-down. The result was pretty scary. Thankfully, he escaped the flip unharmed.
Read MoreA loose lead ballast weight from another car hit Jamie Dick’s number 55 Chevrolet during today’s NASCAR Xfinity practice at Iowa Speedway, going through the windshield and hitting the side of Dick’s helmet.
Read MoreAnyone who just heard the interview with the Bentley pits on the Nürburgring 24 Hours broadcast heard a strange emotion out of the very British team: giddiness. Not only do they expect Daytona Prototypes to stick around in Tudor United SportsCar, they’re really excited about running one.
Read MoreWith the exception of the New Jersey Motorsports Parks and the Circuits of the Americas of the world, most race tracks were designed before the Internet was a thing. This is a huge problem when you’re trying to report anything from said race track, or send cool pictures of your car back to Mom.
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 biggest change yesterday’s Formula One Strategy Group yesterday passed involves bringing back a practice that was banned to save costs: refueling. They also started work on a proposal “to ensure the sustainability of the sport,” per Formula One, but initial rumors as to what that may involve aren’t exactly flattering.
Read MorePorsche has long had a model in between the one-make-series-special 911 GT3 Cup and the Le Mans destroying 911 RSR: the GT3 R. The new GT3 R will ensure that Porsche 911s stay ubiquitous in every sportscar race ever, around the world.
Read MoreYes, unfortunately Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus lost one car for this weekend when Maccinadue hit a wall at 200 km/h at the Kesselchen during practice yesterday. The good news is that everybody is fine as Jim’s safety measures worked perfectly.
Read MoreScuderia Cameron Glickenhaus didn’t leave anything to the last minute with the SCG 003C, and the team was pretty much ready to hit the Ring on Tuesday already. Yet that doesn’t mean they didn’t strip both cars bare naked numerous times for some final adjustments before the first practice laps, and I was there with my camera to get in their way. Engineering porn.
Read MoreThat’s a Motörhead 1 Series at the Nürburgring, and no, there will be no more mention of Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in this post, because I’ll have plenty about Jim and Co. later.
Read MoreThe Formula One Strategy Group meets today, and it’s quite telling when even Bernie Ecclestone thinks they won’t be able to agree on any constructive changes for the series. Here’s why the most important ruling to come out of this week’s meetings will probably be “steak is better than jumbo shrimp.”
Read MoreThe most interesting car to me is the one that entirely defies expectations and at the AER race for the Jalopnik Cup of Excellence earlier this month I was shocked one morning to see a bright orange-and-white Civic hatch tear its way through a line of BMWs in a couple of laps. Just watch the video.
Read MoreHelio Castroneves has won the Indy 500 three times. He’s blessed at the speedway. But today the speedway bit back. Thankfully, Helio is ok.
Read MoreSimona de Silvestro’s cars have an unfortunate history of catching fire at the Indianapolis 500, it seems. Today’s practice session fire was her third fire in five visits to the famous race. Fortunately, she was able to hop out of the car before flames caught up to her seat inside.
Read MoreIf either of the two SCG 003s can do just one yard at the Nürburgring on Saturday, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus will make history and American flags can be raised just a little higher all around the globe. But team James Glickenhaus and their gorgeous race cars will do more than just a yard. Much more.
Read MoreYou didn’t realize motorsports could be so gorgeous.
Read MorePer the Tampa Bay Times, the spectator injured by a flying chunk of aero kit at the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg has filed a lawsuit against the series, race owner/operator Green Savoree, and the manufacturer of the fence around the track for damages in excess of $15,000.
Read MoreYou might remember Paul Lanzante’s name for the fact that his team will build road-legal McLaren P1 GTRs, but back in 1995, he was the guy who went to Le Mans to race an F1 that wasn’t ready to race at all.
Read MoreAccording to Autoweek, Williams Martini Racing test driver Susie Wolff expressed some hum-hawing about her future with the team at Barcelona. She was disappointed when Adrian Sutil was brought in as the reserve driver, and feels as if her chances for seat time look all that much slimmer nowadays.
Read MoreHaha, the two worlds of racing and guilty-pleasure HGTV shows have collided. Driver Michael Valiante appeared on an episode of Love It Or List It, Too, and proved one fact that my apartment reflects about eighty thousand times more: who has time for a stupid house?!
Read MoreIf your steering wheel fell of while you were driving, you’d probably pull over to the side of the road and wait for a truck to come and tow you to the nearest shop. But you are not a Polish rally driver. If you were, you wouldn’t give a crap if your steering wheel fell off. You’d keep going.
Read MoreSure, there are class winners and an overall winner of the race itself, which are all fine and well. There’s also awards you don’t want like “Most Heroic Fix.” But of course, the awards you really want at a LeMons race are for the extraordinary and bizarre, and we got one of those: Organizer’s Choice.
Read MoreYou know you’re having an interesting weekend when you see a 924 turning laps and almost wish you’d brought your finicky front-engined Porsche. Then we’d have four cars to break! Here’s the quick rundown of how my LeMons experience has been a tad more authentic than usual.
Read MoreAfter spending most of this season playing second banana to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton — and even accusing the star of slowing him down during the Chinese Grand Prix — Nico Rosberg cruised to victory at today’s Spanish Grand Prix.
Read MoreI drove about an hour and a half in our team’s The Producers-themed 24 Hours of LeMons Civic today, and you know what? Everyone (including me) has decried the adverse effects of red mist in a race car before, but it certainly comes in handy when you really, really need to get by someone.
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 MoreIn the most depressing surprise announcement ever, one of the tracks on many racers’ bucket lists announced that it would cease operations on October 31 of this year. According to Deseret News, the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies decided not to renew their lease on Miller Motorsports Park’s land.
Read MoreIn a shocking display of teamwork or something, I’ve teamed up with The Truth About Cars’ W. Christian “Mental” Ward and the 3 Pedal Mafia crew to dominate the 24 Hours of LeMons’ Real Hoopties of New Jersey this weekend. (And by “dominate,” I mean it’ll probably be a moving chicane when I’m driving.)
Read MoreTrack weekends tend to invite the bizarre by default, but the last National Auto Sport Association event at Texas World Speedway was perhaps the strangest one yet. This weekend featured a music video shoot on pit lane over the night between the two days of NASA’s final weekend there.
Read MoreLike everyone else, I was pretty amped to see the return of the McLaren Honda partnership in Formula One. But I couldn’t have been the only one disappointed in their chromed-out livery, which looked pretty dull overall and too similar to their 2014 car. Ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend, McLaren has fixed that with a badass new look.
Read MoreGoing to your local drag strip, road course, or rally stage is a great way to see the coolest cars on the planet. But more than that, it’s a great way to see some really cute dogs.
Read MoreI first saw this car beating Ferrari 250s in September at the Goodwood Revival. By the end, she was damaged at the rear corner. By this March, they managed to buff that out, so she could race full on again. There’s nothing like it.
Read MoreUnites States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Liam Dwyer is one of the great comeback stories of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. After stepping on an IED in Afghanistan, he lost part of his leg. Now he races for Freedom Autosport, and the man who saved Sgt. Dwyer’s life finally got to watch him race at Laguna Seca.
Read MoreSo life is crazy, and there are some days when you wake up in Dubai, and take a bus ride out into the desert, and then drive the car that won the toughest race in the world, the Dakar Rally.
Read MoreFormula One nerds were all a-twittering this weekend over a report from Iranian state news agency IRNA saying that the Middle Eastern dictatorship has plans to construct a “Formula 1 circuit.” But here’s the thing. Iran can build an F1-capable circuit all they want, but it ain’t happening anytime soon.
Read MoreI can’t help it. NASCAR was at Talladega, a car even caught fire, and help me, Oprah Winfrey, I need to rewatch Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. It’s one of the few motorsport-related movies that just never gets old.
Read MoreThe last few laps of today’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway were relatively uneventful, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. holding on to his lead for dear life. That’s right: NASCAR’s most likable dude just brought home the win.
Read MoreThe “big one” hit early on lap 46 at today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, taking out a massive chunk of the field. Here’s the pile-up, in case you missed it.
Read MoreIf there’s anything the late model crash we posted this week really shows, it’s why you should let the response team do their jobs. As some have pointed out, the first two people to arrive at the car weren’t part of the response team at all. They were a pit steward for the series and a member of the driver’s pit crew.
Read MoreLast name Ever. First name Greatest. SpongeBob SquarePants has been all over American race cars this year, and the world is better for it. This weekend, Bubba Wallace will run everyone’s favorite pineapple-dwelling sponge in Xfinity, but he’s not the only one getting marketing dough from Nickelodeon this year.
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 MoreHere’s the worst-case scenario that any racer could imagine. Driver Shane Mitchell’s car got airborne in a crash at the Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, landed on the wall and caught fire as it came to a stop. Mitchell suffered a back injury in the accident, so he was stuck there until a rescue worker pulled him out.
Read MoreThe rain at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps only got worse at the World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Spa weekend. In the heavy rain of Free Practice 1, the #1 Toyota of Kazuki Nakajima rear-ended the #8 Audi of Oliver Jarvis near Les Combes corner, fracturing one of Nakajima’s vertebrae.
Read MoreIf you thought Honda’s usual aero kit for IndyCar this year was too complicated, busy and silly, perhaps you’ll like the more classic look of their superspeedway version. Honda optimized their aerodynamics for big oval races like the Indianapolis 500, foregoing a few wings for straight =-line speed.
Read MoreSo there we were in the 2015 Ram Rebel, lugs-deep in dirt on a rocky incline we couldn’t see over the hood, pondering our next move. Until some bro in a Ford FX4 went barreling past us, somebody called somebody a pussy, and the rest is a big blur of red sand and rock dust.
Read MoreHere on earth we’re thankful to have the pull of gravity to keep us and our favorite objects grounded to the ground. When you head a couple hundred miles up, all of that changes.
Read MoreWe humans are very used to gravity. We live with it every day! What gets hard when it goes away?
Read MoreRight now, sitting unattended and unlocked, in a pretty empty neighborhood, are three of the most valuable cars ever built — the lunar rovers from the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. Those sweet, sweet mesh-tire’d rides could be yours for the taking — if you only knew how to drive one. That’s where we can help.
Read MoreAn unofficial demonstration of a Volvo XC60’s semi-automated driving functionality in the Dominican Republic ended with the Volvo slamming into a strangely stationary man, who folded forward like a book slamming shut. Volvo essentially blames the owner cheaping out on options. Classy move, Volvo!
Read MoreIt’s safe to assume that if you’re reading these words on this particular webpage you enjoy the act of driving. When you’re behind the wheel, that is your sole focus. You are the exception, and two new studies on phone use while driving prove it.
Read MoreThe 1950s: the era of American optimism! A decade of scientific advancement! All predicated on the idea that the future is something to look forward to, and that we can make a better world for our children!
Read MoreAutonomous cars are coming, and we generally think that’s pretty great. It’ll reserve the driving for the enthusiasts, much the same way cars reserved horses for enthusiasts. But Zack Kanter over at Quartz thinks driverless vehicles will kill millions of jobs, all within ten years. And he’s wrong.
Read MoreThese 10 cars were ambitious, but their innovative tech came too early.
Read MorePorsche is working on a new form of intelligent cruise control called “Innodrive,” and it promises to do all the cornering work for you. Well, some of it. You still have to steer.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place at 9:00 AM every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreYou’ve gotta be pretty well dialed with your inner peace to come off the highway, stop on your roof, and say something like; “well that was awesome.”
Read MoreWhat looks like a Japanese dealer spec sheet for the 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser has apparently been leaked. Looks legitimate to me; which would mean the next Cruiser’s getting a little chrome eyeliner and some interesting tech options.
Read MoreCentauri. Cypress. Ascent. Meridian. Sojourn. Columbia. Any of those majestic-sounding words landing for you as a name for a new seven-passenger Subaru? A reader found himself asked that question in a Subaru owner survey and– wait, there’s gonna be a big Subaru?
Read MoreThe alleged “new Lamborghini SUV” idea that’s been raising eyebrows since the Urus concept came out in 2012 is finally officially confirmed by the company. What exactly it will look like remains an exciting and terrifying mystery but it’s slated to come out, for real, in 2018.
Read MoreA legit looking 2016 Range Rover pricing guide has leaked, putting the base Range Rover Sport SE at $64,950 and the new Td6 diesel version starting just $1,500 higher at $66,450. Not a cheap car, but an amazingly inexpensive premium for diesel.
Read MoreMy team loves crap can racing, but doesn’t love partying in a dirty crap can paddock or sleeping in a dirty crap can tent. Then the solution appeared. Thanks to a little website called Copart and people with a lot of time on their hands, we got a $200,000 RV for $4,000. Here’s how it’s done.
Read MoreCanadians are crazy for the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. So much so that at least 400 people who wanted one will just have to wait ‘til next year while GM scrambles to stamp out more trucks.
Read MoreThis clip of the 2016 Bentley Bentayga running ‘round the Nürburgring has been circulating with disparaging commentary. I thought, come on it’s a Bentley, how bad could it look? Then I watched it.
Read MoreMost people go to the Nürburgring 24 to see race cars. Some people go there driving trucks. And the Ram really seems to be the F-150 of Europe.
Read MoreYou know how it gets confusing when you’re backing up a trailer, because physics? The 2016 Ford F-150 will have a tiny little steering wheel you’d use in conjunction with the backup camera, which would do the opposite of the real wheel while reversing. See where this is going?
Read MoreOne of the best selling trucks in the world, sold in 180 countries (the world only has 193-196), the Toyota Hilux has been a winner for the Japanese automaker since the nameplate started in 1968. With over 16 million Hiluxes (Hiluxi?) sold worldwide, the newest update just dropped. This is it.
Read MoreThere are only two ways you should see the country by wheeled vehicle: buy a convertible and take as few of your possessions as possible, or, the other way, take a bathroom, a kitchen, and all the comforts of home with you. Here’s how to do the latter without breaking the bank or breaking your mind.
Read More“This guy” is Herrmann, and he’d really be more accurately described as a legend. We found him hitchhiking up AZ-209 and gave him a lift back to his camp; a Geo Metro loaded with living gear and a little kitchen that’d he’s been wandering around America in for a very long time.
Read MoreThe 2015 Overland Expo went down this weekend at Mormon Lake, Arizona just outside Flagstaff. It’s an annual convention of next-level camping nuts who spend the value of a house turning trucks into… well, houses. Just look at these marvelous monsters.
Read MoreLand Rover had a course set up at an off-road convention near Flagstaff, Arizona this weekend to show off their wares, which they bailed on using Saturday because it rained and got really muddy. At least their rigs looked nice sitting in the grass.
Read MoreThe superfast SUV segment is like a Marvel movie. So extreme that everything’s a caricature, making it great and stupid and wicked entertaining. That makes the Mercedes G63 AMG the ultimate supervillan, and the 2016 Range Rover Sport SVR is speeding toward it in an Iron Man suit.
Read MoreIs it slow? I don’t care. Is it unreliable? We’ll sort it out. I want it, with our without those useless golf clubs. Possibly without.
Read MoreSomebody just posted a legit-looking order form for the 2015 Ram Rebel off-road pickup truck on a forum. If accurate, the truck starts at $44,720 and goes up about six grand from there. Here are the options and how they’re allegedly priced.
Read MoreRemember back in the 80s and 90s when the U.S. Army’s recruitment slogan was “Be All You Can Be?” That line was downright inspirational, in as much as a slogan designed to get you to sign up for an organization whose primary focus is blowing up America’s enemies could be inspirational.
Read More“When I see a Range Rover on the street, my blood boils, because we should be able to do a thing like that,” Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne reportedly just told Bloomberg. “And we will.” Them’s fightin’ words!
Read MoreSeems every luxury automaker has their hot letters: Mercedes AMG. BMW M. Now even Land Rover’s got some: “SVR.” We hammered the $130,000 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR through a forest and straight onto a race track to find out if those initials actually stand for anything.
Read MoreIt was already considered illegal by los Federales at the EPA, but now the great state of New Jersey has explicitly banned the practice of “rolling coal.” State Senate bill 2418, signed into law by Governor Chris Christie last week, will make sure you can breathe easy in the Garden State.
Read MoreI was actually really excited to drive the 2015 Jeep Renegade until I learned that my press fleet tester was the front-wheel drive model. That’s right: I went from what I believe was the finest sports car I’ve ever driven to a Jeep with an economy car drivetrain.
Read MoreEverybody’s favorite wrecking ball racer Robby Gordon is on a roll. Wielding his superfast scratch-built HST Gordini he stomped the NORRA Mexican 1000 vintage off-road race last month, and just smoked everybody at the Dos Mares 500 on his way home.
Read MoreToyota’s factory racing outfit is backing off-road pro Ryan Millen to take on Rally America’s open modified street car class in this basically stock 2015 Toyota RAV4 LE 2WD. I’m finding myself... genuinely curious about how well it does.
Read MoreLove the sweet sound of diesel? Wish you could fall asleep or wake up to it, but don’t want to asphyxiate yourself on exhaust? Well Nissan’s been kind enough to provide a quality recording of their Cummins-powered 2016 Titan XD starting up and idling, which you can download here.
Read MoreFreightliner just unleashed the first real, road-legal autonomous big rig on the roads of Nevada. Here’s what that actually means and why it really matters.
Read MoreThe Freightliner “Inspiration Truck” will be the first autonomous commercial truck to drive on American roads. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Daimler Chairman Wolfgang Bernhard just bolted on its Autonomous Vehicle license plate to prove it’s the real deal, and it’s already been spotted in action.
Read MoreA winch is tool you use to pull heavy things. Mounted to an off-road vehicle, it’s an invaluable insurance policy against getting bogged in the backcountry. Here’s a primer on how to use a Jeep-mounted winch to rescue a truck suck in a hole of slickrock.
Read MoreHeaded to Las Vegas on dirt alone? You got to go three-wheelin’ Monte Carlo bro!
Read MoreQuigley is a small family-owned van upfitter that specializes in turning cargo carriers into off-road animals with 4WD. They already did the Baja 1000 in a Chevy 2500, and now they’ve turned a 2015 Ford Transit into an enormous EcoBoosted “rock-crawler,” sort of.
Read MoreRemember your first car? Probably wasn’t too fancy, fast, or “Best In Class” at anything. But it was easy to master, resilient, and way more fun than it had any right to be. The 2014 Toyota Tundra brings those feelings right back, and I promise it’s still worth looking at.
Read MoreIn the ‘80s and ‘90s, there was sizable amount of people that were willing to update the look of their depreciating Porsche 911s, oddly enough, all but destroying their original value in the first place. That’s why today, we have this Porsche 993 Turbo look-alike that is in need of some TLC. But is it worth it?
Read MoreThere was a time when you couldn’t spell “car” without “catch.” If a car was fast, it was probably expensive, hard to work on, or both. If a car was a luxurious, it likely fell onto its face when shown a corner. That time is now over, because the Infiniti G37 exists. Here are five reasons why you should pick one up before they’re all gone.
Read MoreHow much is your comfort worth to you? If you’re like most people, then comfort takes a backseat to practicality on your hierarchy of automotive needs, but it need not be this way. Today’s challenge is to find the most opulent luxury cars for less than a the price of a mid-size BMW, or $50,000.
Read MoreWhen you work at dealership you encounter all kinds of people and sorts of wacky situations. The hours may be long, and getting that commission is no walk in the park, but at least you get some great tales to tell.
Read MoreIn a move that should surprise no one, BMW reportedly is building a “Gran Coupe” version of the 2-series. For those of you not familiar with BMW’s ridiculous naming scheme, when they add “Gran” in front of “Coupe,” it means two extra doors. This might be their best idea yet.
Read MoreIn 36 hours, this BMW E36 went from a $200 junkyard special to a fully functional drift car, going sideways on track. Yes it has a bullet hole from a drive by shooting. Here’s how it all happened.
Read MoreIt’s a common misconception that in the automotive world, entropy follows depreciation and vice versa. Sometimes, as is the case with this gorgeous Aston Martin DB9 Volante, well-preserved things can fall right into your lap, being just as desirable as when they were new. Except you’re paying a fraction of the original price. Win.
Read MoreThe good news is BMW has decided to take a break from the convoluted naming scheme and brought back some letters that actually mean something...ZHP. The bad news is they gave it to the wrong car.
Read MoreA man in Livonia, Michigan, fell for a Craigslist scam. I am going to outline the scam for you and give you useful guidelines on how you can avoid getting caught by this devious rip-off.
Read MoreWhy drive a Corolla when you can have a German sedan for less than $100 per month? Bloomberg reports that Volkswagen Jetta leases are $89/mo in some areas of the country, but is it really a deal if it’s a car no one wants? Perhaps VW should shred the cheap car image and look to a longroof to regain some sales.
Read MoreWaiting at the Department of Motor Vehicles has to be one of the most hateful and mind-numbing wastes of precious time anyone can ever endure, and the faith lost in humanity can only multiply when you talk to a person working there. What are your worst DMV stories?
Read MoreLast week I issued a challenge to all within earshot: find the best midsize sedans on the used car market known as eBay Motors for under a $30,000 budget. That sort of money gets you near-supercar levels of performance, practicality, and looks, which begs the question: Why would any rational human ever buy new when you have the cars in this list to choose from?
Read MoreMy failed attempt at selling my Mazda3 to a private party had nothing to do with the fact that I took crappy pictures or that the advertised price of the car was way too high. I made the mistake of assuming when you pay off a car loan, you get your title in a timely manner.
Read MoreIf you’re wondering where all the fancy new trickle-down technology in commuter cars comes from, the answer is the Mercedes S-Class, namely this top-trim W221 S600 model. It’s got everything you need and everything you don’t yet know you need, all for a price of a used ordinary sedan built for everyone else.
Read MoreIf automotive value is derived from the amount of use a car can realistically give you, then this is the most valuable Ferrari ever made. It’s a 2010 458 Italia in great shape and $100k off the current market price because it has a mileage figure that would dwarf the average daily driver’s. Is it worth it, or is this prancing horse destined for the glue factory? Is that still a timely reference?
Read MoreWhat has four doors and can beat the pants off any sports coupe in the state? Well, my friends, that just so happens to be your challenge this week. Your mission is to find the best value midsize sedan under a $30,000 budget. Make your family proud.
Read MoreThere is something special about a factory ordered new car. You get to configure your vehicle of choice to your specifications, have it made and delivered to your local dealership. I’ve done this twice and highly recommended it if you have the chance, unless of course you are ordering a Volkswagen.
Read MoreMore and more these days, consumers are being forced to sign Arbitration Agreements when they sign purchase agreements. There are numerous arguments against them but I’ll point out one thing: Arbitration is dangerously unpredictable and unfair.
Read MoreSo you’ve bought an old car and are wondering about plating it. In most states you have a choice: You can slap regular plates on it or you can save a bunch of money by putting on a “Historic” or “Antique” plate on it. But those plates come at a cost.
Read MoreLast time we heard tales of some downright criminal mechanics. This week we turn the tables on the customers who range from simply incompetent to clearly deranged.
Read MoreWe’ve already told you how dealerships aren’t particulary good at using social media, but few people actually buy things based on Twitter or Facebook interactions, so you can understand why dealers might be slow to catch on. But practically everyone makes purchases online, so why can’t some dealerships get internet sales right?
Read MoreLast week, I asked you intrepid readers to find the cars that would make you most likely to do a double take in a parking lot for under a $20,000 budget, on eBay. Without further ado, here are the ten niiiiicest cars you all picked.
Read MoreIf there’s a performance metric that any car enthusiast can appreciate, its the sonorous growl of a flat-6 cylinder engine with two turbos attached, screaming at redline - which is exactly what you get in this spectacular Porsche 911 Turbo. It can now be yours for less than a base model Mustang GT. Oh. Yeah.
Read MoreWelcome, welcome, one and all, to the only challenge that urges you to think outside the box and find the best deals online, for the greater good. Your task for today is to find the nicest cars on eBay for under a $20,000 budget. Is this just vague enough to work?
Read MoreHere’s a lesson in car economics: having a desirable, powerful, or rare car doesn’t necessarily mean that you get to set your own price come sale time. In some cases, you’re met with a sea of competition, which drives the price much lower than you’re comfortable with and gives the buyer the upper hand. Here are five examples of this in action.
Read MoreDealerships can get a bad reputation for being sneaky, sleazy, and downright rude, but even if the “customer is always right,” that doesn’t mean they are always bright. Here are some wild tales from the other side of the sales floor.
Read MoreWhenever I sit down to talk to a car dealer about his online presence, invariably, the topic of Social Media comes up. “How are you managing your presence on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?” I ask them. Then I count to five, because that’s how long it will normally take them to fumble toward some sort of answer.
Read MoreFor the past few weeks, I’ve been posting horrors stories of the greasy and underhanded variety, from the customer’s perspective. Now I ask the professionals to give us their take on the worst customonsters that they’ve encountered when on the clock.
Read MoreThere’s an unwritten rule about what cars will become modern classics in the future: if you liked it as a kid, odds are you’ll like it as an adult. That’s why Japanese halo cars like this Nissan 300ZX twin turbo are quickly appreciating, and this super cheap example could be yours, for a little cash and a smidgen of elbow grease.
Read MoreWell, congratulations Jalopnik. All our complaints about a lack of wagons in the world has turned the few pre-owned examples into a veritable collector’s item. I realize I’m partly responsible for creating this monster, but it’s getting ridiculous. We’ve managed to make the crossover a better buy. Bravo, everyone.
Read MoreEveryone wants to go faster and look better than everyone else - it’s some unwritten instinctive law of the jungle. That’s why I asked you pleasure seekers to find the best sports cars that will outpace and outshine other cars at twice the $30,000 budget on eBay. Here are your ten best submissions.
Read MoreYou know those taxes you pay? The government wastes the bulk of it on useless things or through stupid inefficiency. But once in a while there is a bright spot. One of those rare good things the government has come up with is this website. And it’s a goldmine for car owners and car shoppers.
Read MoreDreams often materialize when your finances align with your ambition. Even so, dream cars like this spectacular Ferrari 458 Italia are always dangling just out of reach - until now. You can buy this well looked-after example that hasn’t been crashed or burned, for well under half price.
Read MoreDo you enjoy hunting for treasure? Of course you do, otherwise the DVR filled to the brim with Pawn Stars and the idiosynchratic nose-picking would just be weird. Well, on today’s edition of Barn Find Friday, we have this Delorean DMC-12, a blast from a coke-funded past...or was that future?
Read MoreWe already know that Craigslist transactions can get be dangerous, and that you should take every precaution you can. Now the National Insurance Crime Bureau has issued a warning about a very well organized, multi-state, scam where people are getting fake bank checks and losing their car.
Read MoreWhen it comes to used vehicles, I’ve always said “mileage doesn’t matter” as long as the car’s got good service history and a reputable seller. Here’s a chance to test that theory: GM tuner Callaway is selling development cars, including this near-perfect supercharged Corvette for less than the price of its upgrades.
Read MoreIf you’ve worked on an older car for more than five minutes, you’ll know what it is to give a bolt your all with a lefty-loosey, and the head snaps off as if it was the tightiest of righties. Fret not, young wrench, for I have a solution that will keep you from losing your sanity.
Read MoreWhat you are seeing here is the refreshed 2016 BMW 3-Series. You would be correct to think that is is pretty much the same as the 2015 3-Series, and aside from some minor differences you would be right. But wait... now you can have “sport” badges, more power, and a numerical model designation that continues to defy logic.
Read MorePracticality, frugality, and economy aside, the most thrilling and rewarding driving experiences can only be had with a taught and nimble sports car. That’s why this week I dare you imaginative lot to throw caution to the wind and find the best sports cars on eBay, for under a $30,000 budget. Let’s get crazy.
Read MoreThere is no shortage of tales of stealerships and places taking advantage of people. These establishments should be called out when applicable, but if you buy a crappy car for little money and something goes wrong a year later, it might just be bad luck...or a bad owner.
Read MoreOn average, I get five phone calls a day from people who have bought defective used cars and are seeking legal help. The question I ask which stumps most of them? Did it come with a warranty? Not knowing the answer to that is akin to not knowing if the car was sold with an engine.
Read MoreIn the BBC documentary “The Trade Off,” two car salesmen switch places. One puts customers in ultra exotic cars, while the other helps buyers purchase more budget friendly vehicles. It is a fascinating look into the opposite ends of auto sales. Even through the customers and products are different, the skills to make the sale are pretty much the same.
Read MoreI have a soft spot for these cars so unconscionably tender that I went and bought one in this exact color and model year. But it falls just short of the splendor that is this barely-driven 1999 3000GT VR4, 1 of only 287 imported to the US. With prices for turbo coupes skyrocketing, how much is this car really worth?
Read MoreOk dealerships, you asked for it and now is your chance. Do you have a story you would like to share from the other side of the desk? It could be the sales manager from hell or a customer that threatened to take your head off because you didn’t have the right color. I’m sure you have some tales to tell, let’s hear them.
Read MoreNot only is the 2016 Volt a way better looking vehicle than the original, but it will also do 50 miles on a charge while staring at $33,995 including the destination fee. That’s $1,175 less than what they ask for the current Volt.
Read MoreLast week I asked you treasure seekers to find the rarest and most obscure gems on the market, and you came back with a sack full of goodies. Without further ado, here are the rarest cars on eBay, for a budget of less than $20k, also known as the list of cars guaranteed to make Jay Leno jealous.
Read MoreMaybe it’s kind of a basic bitch thing to say, but my favorite Ferrari is still the Ferrari Testarossa. If you came of age in the 80s and 90s like I did, the Testarossa and the Lamborghini Countach are still the ultimate “poster cars.” If you’ve got some serious coin lying around, you can buy two of the greatest Testarossas ever.
Read MoreI’ve had it happen more than once: A consumer came in to see me after being ripped off. Not just by buying a defective car but also by paying an attorney for an initial consultation. In my field (Lemon Law) and several others, the only attorneys who charge money for initial consultations are the ones who don’t know what they are doing.
Read More“What car should I buy?” As enthusiasts, we get this question all the time. Everyday I help people decide what to buy, but when it came to choose the next ride for myself, it was a much more difficult process. I almost lost my mind figuring out what I wanted, so I had my wife make the decision for me.
Read MoreIf Porsche ownership is the proverbial litmus test to tell if a man is overcompensating, the decision to own a Lamborghini is how you know that the lobotomy was a success. When you realize that now even you can indulge in the crazy with this project Lamborghini Murcielago, the only question left is: Is it worth it?
Read MoreConventional wisdom dictates that if something is newer, it is most likely better, and the older something is, especially when it comes to something as finicky and prone to depreciation and failure as an aging luxury car, the crazier you have to be to consider it a viable option. I was never one for convention, anyway.
Read MoreOur friends over at Bring a Trailer are listing an absolutely beautiful E34 Touring with a swapped 282 horsepower 4.4 liter V8 and a manual transmission. The owner could not get the car CARB certified for CA, so now is your chance to buy it. Current bid is $7100; this is what Jalop dreams are made of.
Read MoreDo you need a car but have less than stellar credit? Are you tempted to buy a used car from a buy-here/pay-here lot? You need to know how these lots are different from other used car lots and that there might be help for you if such a deal falls apart.
Read MoreExclusivity is a trait built in to the cars that adorn our bedroom walls and line the garages of the super-rich. But that trait isn’t exclusive to those who wiper their butts with hundos. In today’s challenge, I want you to find me the rarest cars ever, for less than a $20,000 budget. This may be harder than you think.
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