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  • 20 Stunning Military Images That You Absolutely Have To See

    These are the 20 most brilliant military images I found around these wonderful intertubes this week. Not only do they highlight the amazing things America and our allies’ service people do on a regular basis, but also the photographers, both military and private, that work so hard to gives us a view we could never see with our civilian eyes.

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  • Marines Declare F-35B Operational, But Is It Really Ready For Combat?

    The Marine Corp has declared initial operational capability for their first squadron of F-35Bs. The announcement is seen by some as more of PR achievement as the aircraft still has years of testing ahead of it. Others will argue that it represents a major accomplishment for the beleaguered F-35 program. But regardless of who you agree with, the USMC have succeeded at ramming the aircraft through a marker post that has always been a huge point of contention.

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  • Watch These Hyper Rare Vietnam-Era Jets Light Up The Sky Over Oshkosh

    It was a hell of a year for Vietnam-era jet aircraft at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Not only did the USAF’s QF-4 perform at sunset, but one of the amazing demonstrations included an A-4, MiG-17 and the world’s only flyable F-100 Super Sabre ripping the skies apart in front of thousands of awestruck spectators.

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  • OH-58D Kiowa Warriors Bow Out Of Fort Drum In Spectacular Fashion

    The end of the Kiowa in U.S. Army service is drawing near. The 10th Mountain Division’s 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, a longtime user of the scout chopper, began their goodbye to their OH-58 force by flying a mass launch of all 30 of their aircraft at once on July 27th.

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  • Is This Semi-Autonomous Mini Submarine The SEALs' Next Super Weapon?

    U.S. Navy SEALs have to infiltrate and exfiltrate from some of the most hostile areas on earth, and often times they travel underwater to do so. The Mark 8 SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) has been used in various configurations for decades for this mission, and after previous tries to replace it, a group with an incredible maritime tech pedigree thinks they have the solution.

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  • North Korea Opens Grisly New Museum To Mark Their Korean War 'Victory'

    North Korea opened the reconstructed Sinchon Museum yesterday with a huge ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the “Korean people’s victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.” Or as we call it, the Korean War. The museum is more a showcase of North Korean propaganda around the so-called Sinchon Massacre than it is a real war museum.

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  • Watch A Russian Navy Missile Explode Like That American One Last Week

    An American missile exploded just after launch from the USS The Sullivans last week, simultaneously making you feel better at work for your own screwups and providing a spectacular photo. Not to be outdone, the Russian Navy suffered a similar mishap this weekend, and this time, there’s video.

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  • It's Complicated: Turkey Enters Anti-ISIS Air War, Bombs Kurds

    As if the fledgling campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria could not get any more complicated, Turkey decided to finally open up its airspace and bases for Allied aircraft and began flying its own airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria. The only problem: it also flew air strikes of Kurdish PKK targets in Northern Iraq. The same Kurdish PKK that has been fighting valiantly against ISIS.

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  • New Photos Of Dick Cheney On 9/11 Show The Gravity Of The Attacks

    Just over 350 never-before-seen images of Vice President Dick Cheney on 9/11 have been released by the National Archives. They span the entire day, from him seeing the twin towers burning on a tiny TV in his office, to leaving to “an undisclosed location” (aka Camp David) that evening.

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  • Israel Gave Jordan 16 Cobra Attack Helicopters To Repel ISIS

    There has been increasing talk about how the growing Islamic State could one day put Israel in its crosshairs. It is becoming more of an issue within the Mossad, and these worries are transforming into policy. Case in point: Israel gifted 16 AH-1 Cobra helicopter gunships to Jordan in an attempt forestall ISIS’ migration to Israel’s borders.

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  • Three Lockheed Lightnings Look Incredible In This Wild Photo

    The F-35 Lightning II, the P-38 Lightning and the F-22 Raptor – which was originally named “Lightning” – are all fighters made by mega-defense contractor Lockheed. And being a mega–contractor, it has mega history. Here are those three planes showcased under a sky set ablaze with fireworks.

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  • Awesome Video Showcases Historic Cruise For C-2 Greyhound Detachment One

    The U.S. Navy’s VRC-30’s Detachment One, the “Hustlers,” just ended a ten month long cruise with the USS Carl Vinson. This was the longest Carrier Onboard Delivery detachment since the Vietnam War. During the historic cruise, with just 45 sailors and two C-2 Greyhounds, the Hustlers racked up some ridiculously awesome statistics:

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  • The SR-71 Blackbird's Most Spectacular Flyover Was Also Its Slowest

    One of the most legendary stories related to the SR-71 Blackbird has nothing to do with how fast or how high it could fly. Quite the opposite really, it has to do with how slow and low it flew, somewhat accidentally, the results of which was probably one of the most spectacular visual and audible moments in aviation history to behold.

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  • SM-2 Missile Explodes On Launch From The Destroyer USS The Sullivans

    The USS The Sullivans got more than it expected during a test launch of a SM-2 “Standard” missile today. The DDG-68 ship was sailing off the coast of Virginia performing when the missile was boosted out of the Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer’s Vertical Launch System cell and the SM-2 detonated in spectacular fashion.

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  • This Is Israel's Top Secret Guided Missile Launcher Disguised As A Tank

    Israel is known for its... shall we say, “creativity” when it comes to warfare, and one of the oldest tricks in the book is hiding in plain sight. The Pereh, meaning “wild,” does just this by making itself look like a Merkava tank, but really it is a rolling guided missile arsenal ship that has been secret for over 30 years.

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  • B-52 Makes Challenging Landing To Visit Oshkosh On Historic Anniversary

    One of America’s biggest (both figuratively and literally) flying icons has never made it to America’s biggest air show, EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh Wisconsin, until this year. The reason why? The B-52’s wing-mounted outrigger wheels are set apart almost as wide as the width of Oshkosh’s main runway, making landing there an even trickier affair than it already is in the B-52.

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  • Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Bigger, Lockheed Buys Sikorsky

    Defense mega-giant Lockheed Martin has stepped up to purchase Sikorsky Helicopters for $9 billion. If the acquisition is approved by the government, which it almost certainly will be, it will mean the same parent company that builds the F-35, F-16, C-130J and provides a giant mountain of other defense products, will also build the legendary UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-53K King Stallion, S-92 Super Hawk and the exotic and promising new S-97 Raider.

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  • Watch The USS Little Rock Take The Plunge Of Her Life

    Lockheed Martin officially launched the Navy’s 9th Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Little Rock (LCS-9). The almost violent side-launching affair took place yesterday at Marinette Marine’s ship-building facility along the Menominee River in Wisconsin. The occasion included all the typical ship launching fanfare, including broken bottles of champagne and politician’s speeches.

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  • Russia Can't Afford To Buy Its New Super Weapons

    Russia may be coming to the realization that developing a high-tech weapon system is not the same as fielding it en masse, or even in relatively limited numbers. This appears to be the case for both the T-14 “Armata” tank, the T-50 5th generation fighter, and signs are possibly the PAK-DA next generation bomber.

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  • The Navy's P-8 Poseidon Spotted Packing Mysterious New Pod

    The P-8 Poseidon is quickly becoming the Pentagon’s super-adaptable multi-role surveillance platform of choice. We know it can pack one of the most advanced radar systems in the world, slung under its belly in a huge canoe-like enclosure. Now, another previously unknown external ‘plug and play’ capability for the P-8 appears to be in testing.

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  • Report: Images Show Islamic State Missile Attack On Egyptian Navy Ship

    Details remain scarce at the moment, but news reports and the photos above purportedly show an Islamic State attack on an Egyptian Navy ship off the coast of Rafah. The Islamic State has been extremely active near and on the Sinai Peninsula, with a massive string of coordinated attacks occurring just weeks ago leaving over 100 dead.

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  • This Giant Nazi Plane Was The Largest Land-Based Transport Of WWII

    It is one crazy flying machine, looking like something more out of a cartoon than something that can actually fly. Part of its strange, bulbous shape comes from its roots as a Me 321 military glider, an aircraft that was key to Hitler’s plan to invade England. From this genesis came the largest land based operational transport of World War II: the Messerschmitt 323 Giant.

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  • Israeli Commandos Assassinated A Syrian General At His Own Party

    Seven years ago, an Israeli Special Forces team near Tartus, Syria’s second largest city and a popular vacation spot, somehow managed to get near the house of a Syrian general while he was hosting a dinner party. They put bullets into his head and neck, and disappeared without a peep. Until now.

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  • Watch A 'Scared Shitless' Tom Cruise Dangle Off The End Of An A400M

    Tom Cruise is now a well-known stunt junkie and his addiction is on full display in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. In the scene, Ethan Hunt (played by Cruise) hitches a ride on the outside of an Airbus A400M transport that quickly leaves the ground. Sure, there were safety harnesses, but that doesn’t make it a joy ride.

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  • Here's A Rare Glimpse Of The F-35A's Internal 25mm Cannon Firing

    This is not a view you get very often. It’s the F-35A’s GAU-22/A 25mm internal cannon opened up for the world to see its mechanical firing process, including the barrels hydraulically spinning up, the low-observable gun door and the vent door popping open. And of course lots of smoke and flames.

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  • Barracuda Is Supposedly The Stealthy Interceptor Boat The World Needs

    Safehaven Marine makes boats that can go where few others can. From Pilot Tenders to Rescue Boats that can overturn in high surf and keep on going, their products are truly hardcore. Now, the famed boat builder is setting its eyes on the law enforcement and military market with their stealthy Barracuda interceptor boat.

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  • F-35 Pilot Seems Unimpressed With Jet's X-Ray-Like Vision

    F-35 pilot Maj. John Wilson is back in the second part of his interview with our friends at Krigeren.dk. This time the conversation moved from the F-35’s capabilities, especially those as a close air support platform, to the jet’s much-touted half a million dollar helmet with quasi-X-Ray vision, a feature the Major seems less than impressed with.

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  • The Official Response To The F-35's Dismal Dogfight Report Is Misleading

    The F-35 Joint Program Office countered a leaked report describing the jet’s dismal performance. The test pilot report criticized the jet’s abilities in the within-visual-range air-to-air arena, even against an F-16D sporting a pair of 330 gallon wing tanks. Amazingly, their response is damning in its own right and is far from forthcoming on the issue.

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  • Virtually Fly With Switzerland's F-5 Demo Team Using 360 Video Tech

    The heart-pounding aviation videos we have grown to love may soon be changing into a much more immersive and personal experience. In this video of the Patrouille Suisse going through formation maneuvers over the Swiss Alps, everything is visible, from the stick and throttle movements to the amazing scenery.

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  • What The Secretary Of Defense Is Doing At 'Billionaire Summer Camp'

    Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, a long-time Washington insider and President Obama’s fourth Secretary of Defense, recently came back from a whistle-stop trip of the globe and told it like it is about China, Russia, and other major strategic uncertainties that face the United States. So what is he doing in Sun Valley at a private retreat for the super-powerful of the private sector?

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  • 'Absolute Youngest' Marine In The F-35 Test Force Shares His Experiences

    One of our readers, Dustin Gulley, was a U.S. Marine Corps Hornet airframe mechanic who made his way into the F-35 Integrated Test Force at the astonishingly young age of 20. He’s here to share his experiences wrenching on Hornets around the globe and getting up-close and personal with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as a young Marine with Foxtrot Alpha:

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  • The Navy's Little Missiles Could Be Popping Up In Many More Places

    This image shows the Cyclone Class coastal patrol boat USS Firebolt shooting off a $100,000 Griffin surface-to-surface missile during a training exercise in the Arabian Gulf. Different variants of the Griffin have been put to use aboard everything from ships to unmanned aircraft to Ospreys to AC-130 Gunships in recent years, and many more platforms are like to come.

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  • Journey Through 240 Years Of US Army Uniforms In Two Minutes

    Fashions and utilitarian needs change in the course of nearly two and a half centuries, and that goes for United States Army combat uniforms as well. It can be hard to picture what the older ones were like, outside of paintings and black-and-white photographs, so allow this video from IJReview to help.

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  • A C-130 Hercules Amphibian Makes Too Much Sense To Be True

    The C-130 is the world’s most prolific cargo hauler and it’s been adapted to do pretty much everything imaginable with one exception: operating on water. Yet some of the folks at Lockheed wanted to do just that in the 1960s. Sure, amphibious planes are a niche, but the already boat-like C-130 seems like a perfect candidate.

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  • This Video Says Goodbye To The QF-4 Phantom Drone In Awesome Phashion

    The F-4 Phantom has flown for U.S. forces for 55 years, serving for the last couple of decades strictly in the Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) drone role. A bittersweet mission that saw the optionally manned jets relegated to flying for a few hundred hours (some much less) before being obliterated during live-fire testing. Now, the Phantom’s Phinal Pharewell is nigh.

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  • Japan's Totally Original Maritime Patrol Jet Is Hunting For Buyers

    In terms of looks, if a DC-8 and a P-3 ever drank too much high octane fuel and had a steamy one-night stand, the Kawasaki P-1 would be born nine months later. Japan’s home-made and high-tech multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft is a purpose-built weapon system with a lot going for it, and Japan hopes potential foreign customers agree.

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  • Who Owns These Mysterious S-92 Helicopters Spotted In Djibouti?

    A few months ago, a new image of the ever-expanding Camp Lemonnier base in Djibouti popped up on Google Earth. Images of the U.S. outpost have been watched closely by military analysts as America’s presence in Africa increases. This new image showed a H-92 Superhawk on the special operations ramp, an aircraft the U.S. Department of Defense supposedly does not own.

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  • This Is A Fully Armed F-15SA, The Most Advanced Production Eagle Ever

    The F-15SA is the most advanced production F-15 Eagle ever built. Saudi Arabia ordered 84 new build F-15SAs and close to 70 kits to upgrade their existing F-15S fleet to the SA configuration. Just one part of this upgrade is the activation of Eagle’s outboard wing stores stations, which will expand the jet’s already heavy combat punch.

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  • This Is The Lowest, Fastest Flyby Yet By A Crazy Libyan MiG-23 Pilot

    Libya is in total chaos right now, with multiple air forces flying for different factions within the country. Yet it seems there is a MiG-23 pilot (or pilots) keeping his spirits up by pushing his Flogger to its low-level limits. This video takes the cake for the wildest low-level pass so far, with what looks like about two feet separating the jet from disaster.

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  • These EA-6Bs Made An Insanely Low July 4th Flyover

    I don’t know much about this crazy-low flyover, aside from the fact that it was shot on July 4th, 2002. What I can tell you is this: a flyover this low would never happen nowadays, so it is awesome that it was caught on tape. It is also a bittersweet video, as the Prowler was just retired last weekend from Navy service.

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  • A Catalina Seaplane Was Destroyed During Nic Cage Movie Production

    After four days of being half sunk and rocked by the surf on a sandbar near the Florida-Alabama state line, the Catalina PBY Flying boat was pulled from its resting place and towed out into deeper waters towards a salvage barge. An attempt to lift the aircraft aboard the barge via a crane caused the aircraft to crumple, destroying it totally.

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  • The Navy Has Retired The EA-6B Prowler After 45 Years Of Service

    The Navy wrapped up its “Prowler Sunset” retirement celebration last weekend at the picturesque Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State. The open house included the airfield’s last EA-6B flanked by EA-18G Growlers, the Grumman jet’s replacement, ripping overhead and performing the missing man formation.

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  • Confessions Of A U.S. Navy Submarine Officer

    We have all seen Hunt For The Red October, Crimson Tide and other submarine films, but what is life really like aboard the world’s most advanced and silent submarines? One of our go-to submariners, who told us the story of an epic maritime beer run, takes us into this shadowy world, one with a language all its own, and gives us an inside look at life below the waves.

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  • Terrifying Image Shows Heroic Crew Trying To Keep Stricken Osprey Flying

    This image from the Marine Corps shows a deadly event that occurred on October 1 last year. The crew flew the Osprey in maintenance mode by accident, which greatly reduced engine power output. The harrowing story of heroics and the loss of a young Marine’s life, is a must read in this article by the San Diego Union Tribune.

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  • Was This Huge WWII Floatplane Going To Deploy Mini-Subs To U.S. Shores?

    After yesterday’s Catalina catastrophe, I began to wonder what the biggest floatplane ever built was. Not a flying boat, where the aircraft’s fuselage also serves as a monohull with pontoons providing sea-keeping stability, but literally a plane attached to floats. Then I came across the obscure Italian-built CANT Z.511, which seems to wears this crown.

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Brands (5)

  • 2016 Cadillac CTS-V: A Glorious 640 HP Exercise In Overkill

    I’m coming into this review pretty conflicted. Not about the car — the new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V is an extremely impressive vehicle, and I’ll cover why in plenty of detail — I’m conflicted about what this car actually means both to Cadillac and to us Americans, as people. It’s not bad, necessarily — well, here, we’ll just talk through this.

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  • Four Months With A Nissan Skyline GT-R In America

    It has now been four months since I purchased my newly imported 1990 Nissan Skyline GT-R. Yes, folks, that’s right: it has been 120 days since I began coming into your homes and offices and telling you what it’s like to be mad tyte JDM, yo.

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  • Dodge Challenger Hellcat X Has 805 HP, Makes Normal Hellcat Seem Lame

    You there, with your fancy, milquetoast 707-horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcat. You’ve got a weak car. A car that can best be described as “lukewarm.” Maybe it’s even a bit slow. That’s because there is a new, better car out there now. It’s the Dodge Hellcat X, and it’s an 805-horsepower pile of triplecharged delirious gibberish.

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  • The New Alfa Romeo Giulia's Interior Is A Carbon Fiber Wonderland

    If I could pick out one material to adorn as many surfaces as possible, it would probably be carbon fiber. Carbon fiber trim. Carbon fiber knobs. Carbon fiber seat backs. Carbon fiber toilets. Carbon fiber everything. Lucky for us, Alfa Romeo’s gorgeous new Giulia sports sedan has carbon fiber everywhere inside.

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  • What Should My Limo Company Use To Replace The Lincoln Town Car?

    Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Friday, the day that comes between Thursday and weekend grocery shopping. My name is Doug DeMuro, and it’s time for this week’s Letters to Doug, wherein you send me letters and I respond because you guys often think up crazier stuff than I do.

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Buying (9)

Culture (50)

  • Comment Of The Day: Truth And Lies Edition

    Lifting one’s burdens is always impressive, but the greatest burden of all is that of a myth. One myth loomed over us all, a staggering hill of things that are probably lies. You may even call them a mountain.

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  • Everyone Just Shut Up And Let This Man Keep His Plane In His Driveway

    Maybe this says a lot about me, but most of the time when people use the term ‘eyesore,’ I either have no idea what they’re talking about, or it’s directed at me. In this case, the term is being used to refer to an Oceanside, Long Island man’s small airplane, which is parked in his driveway. Neighbors want him to get rid of it, and I hope he doesn’t.

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  • When Did Audi Become Audi?

    Audi today has a very clear thing going — high tech headlights, flashing other drivers in the fast lane to get the hell out of the way. When did this Audi (and Audi Man owner) mythos start?

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  • Here's A Nice Big Chart Of All The Major Two-Door Body Styles For Cars

    Very often, cars are classified by the number of doors they have. Usually it’s two or four. This taxonomy is useful, in a general sense, but not very specific. I’ve noticed that two-door cars especially have a dizzying number of names and styles, so I figured why not make a chart? I mean, what could it hurt, right? Right?

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  • Let's Play Some Automotive Would You Rather

    Everyone knows how to play Would You Rather, right? You present two different situations, with differing benefits and consequences, and then pick which option you’d take. Simple! Ideally, these prove to be tricky decisions, which is where the fun comes in. Let’s give it a go.

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  • I Took My Hummer To New York City, And It Was Awful

    I recently had the opportunity to take my Hummer to New York City. This was a highly unusual experience, and it felt a lot like showing up at the dog park with an elephant. First, you want to play with everyone else. But then, you realize you might accidentally crush them.

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  • Sticker On Paddleboat Raises Enormous Questions

    I spent some time on one of those pedal-operated paddleboats this past weekend, because that’s the sort of exciting, anything-goes, wild-libertine lifestyle I lead, and noticed the little manufacturer’s sticker on the boat. It listed the expected seating and weight capacities, as expected, and then something unexpected: the HP rating.

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  • The Night I Had An Initial D Mountain All To Myself

    This isn’t the first time I’ve been to Mount Haruna (known as Mount Akina in Initial D), but it is the first time I’ve gone at night. To my surprise, other than a Nissan R-34 GT-R and a Mitsubishi Evo who left as I showed up, I had the entire mountain all to myself until the following morning. This is what it was like.

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  • Let's Spread Some False Automotive Rumors, Why Not?

    Sometimes a good hoax or lie is just fun. Truth is great, don’t get me wrong, but whether we call it fiction or fibbing, sometimes a total fabrication is just the right thing. So how about a little experiment? I made a bunch of lies in sharable-image form — and you should feel free to make your own — what happens if we put them out in the world?

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  • Are You Loyal To A Particular Auto Parts Store?

    After we showed you how to waste an afternoon screwing around with a project car, more than a couple commenters asked “why I use Auto Parts Store X” as opposed to some other one. Does it really make a difference? Tell us if you have a favorite auto parts store, and why!

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  • Comment Of The Day: That's How America Works Too Edition

    Texas is a great place for a lot of reasons — barbecue, no-nonsense people, that 85 mph toll road outside of Austin, and the culture of freedom that pervades everything. But that freedom culture only goes as far our elected officials say it does.

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  • How Hybrid Tech Could Help Preserve Rare Old Cars

    Some of you may recall Raph’s article from yesterday where we showed you the shockingly pristine valvetrain of a 500,000 mile NYC Escape Hybrid Taxi. When I saw Raph on our way to the de-lousing booths, I asked him about it. Still groggy from the de-lousing fog, he just murmured “it’s the hybrid.” And that gave me an idea involving old cars.

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  • My Nissan Skyline GT-R Is On Display In A Museum

    My Nissan Skyline GT-R is currently parked on display in a museum next to an original 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO. This is an incredibly special moment, and it’s a tremendous honor, and I’m very proud of it, even though it’s also parked next to a 1988 Honda CRX.

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  • This Old Factory In Frankfurt Is Filled With Your Dream Cars

    If you worship speed, then taking a trip to Europe always means cramming in as many car things as you can before you head back to your own dreary, boring continent. For me this year, that meant going to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But with one day free before I went home, I stumbled onto a place in Frankfurt called the Klassikstadt. And you have to go there too.

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  • The Sado 550 Is A Fantastically Weird Car You've Never Heard Of

    I’ve been on a sort of weird Brazilian car kick for a while, so I suppose it makes sense that at some point I’d look across the ocean to the place that’s England to Brazil’s USA: Portugal. A Portuguese reader named Paulo actually emailed me to let me know that there’s plenty of good, weird Portuguese iron, like the Sado 550.

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  • How Subaru Got All-Wheel Drive

    Today Subaru is known for having all-wheel drive and... uh... well, they’re known for having all-wheel drive. That’s for sure. But where did this all start? Well, it all goes back to a power company, some old Toyotas, and a few borrowed parts from Nissan.

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  • What Do You Think Of This Almost-Unknown Indicator Light?

    We all have our roles at Jalopnik. Raph rolls cars, Travis goes out for a pack of smokes and never comes back, Patrick slaps people, Mike will do anything for $50, and I’m the Guy Who Gives A Shit About Indicator Lights. That’s why I was stunned to find out about the Slo-Lite, which I’ve never heard of before.

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  • This Stops In Front Of Your House - What Does The Driver Yell?

    It’s just after midnight. You’ve just settled into your favorite rhino-skin armchair and have lit up one of the Portuguese sausages you smoke in lieu of cigars. You hear a rumbling outside and the unmistakable howl of a motor-klaxon, and push back the blinds to reveal a 1924 Renault Six-Roues Type MH. What’s the driver yelling at you?

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  • The Fake Car In The New National Lampoon's Vacation Movie Is Amazing

    One of the highlights of the original wacky-elderly-realtive-and-pet-death-family-trip movie, National Lampoon’s Vacation, was the car specifically made for the film. That car was a biting and clever commentary on American cars of the early ‘80s. Now there’s a new Vacation movie coming, with a new car. There’s a lot to think about with this new car.

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  • Here's Why I'll Drive My Car Less Often And Until It Dies

    Is my Honda Logo GA3 old? Yes. Is it underpowered? Depends on your definition. Should it be manual? Yes, but it isn’t. Am I tempted to buy something else eventually? Yes... but I won’t. The reasons will probably upset you, fellow Jalopies. Too bad.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • Which Is Your Favorite Giugiaro Car?

    One of the all time greats, Italdesign’s Giorgetto Giugiaro decided to retire at the age of 76. Here’s your chance to tell him which is your favorite of his many wonderful creations.

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  • What Would These Famous Pre-Automobile People Drive?

    It’s a holiday weekend coming up, and most of us are already planning our drunken bender logistics, so all actual productive thought is long gone. So let’s do something goofier with our brains as we ride out the day, like picking what car someone who died long before cars would have driven! Could be fun! Right? Maybe?

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  • Take The World's Hardest Abstract Expressionist Car ID Quiz!

    I’m not sure if you know this about me, but I have a degree in Art History. As you may have guessed, it’s not exactly the most useful degree to have in my line of work. I mean, sometimes, sure, but not in general. Unless I really force something, like I’m doing now. My friends, let’s enjoy The World’s Hardest Abstract Expressionist Car ID Quiz!

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  • The 2015 Honda Civic Made Me Miss My 2000 Honda Civic

    Honda’s made quite a few of my favorite cars. So I was stoked to see how far they’d come since the last Civic I’d driven; a ‘99 Si that of course ended up in a river at the hands of high school car enthusiasts. The 2015 Honda Civic SE is more advanced, but I don’t know about “better.”

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  • The Toyota Sienta Is One Very Odd Minivan With An Even Odder Ad Campaign

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  • Why Hasn't GM Recalled These Two Trucks With A Similar Fiery Issue?

    Last week, under threat of a federal investigation, GM recalled almost every Hummer H3 it had built because of a potentially dangerous design problem. Our analysis of a government database shows complaints of similar problems from owners of Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, two trucks built with the same components as the fire-prone H3 and in the same plant. Why haven’t those trucks been recalled too?

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Motorcycles (21)

  • Brammo's Electric Motorcycle Is Now The $19,999 Victory Empulse TT

    You remember Brammo, right? The small Oregon-based maker of electric sportbikes got bought by Polaris this year and absorbed into its Victory Motorcycles brand. The good news is that the Brammo Empulse, a bike we once called “the future of hoonage,” is back under the Victory banner.

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  • Don't Film The Hells Angels Because They Will Destroy Your Window

    If you’re just hanging with your bros, your dudes, your fellows or what have you, you might think it’s fun to take a little video of a passing Hells Angels gang. You might think it’s innocent. But the Hells Angels have a reputation to maintain, so they’ll smash in your fucking window.

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  • How The New Honda Africa Twin Compares To Its Dirty ADV Competition

    We’ve finally got (almost) every detail on the 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin, so let’s see how it stacks up to the rest of the larger, long-range off-road bikes in the market right now. Here’s a spec-for-spec comparison with a quick rundown on each of the new Honda’s real rivals.

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  • What Motorcycle Gear Do You Use?

    Experts in motorcycling and anyone who’s ever been in a bike crash will tell you: “Wear all the gear, all the time.” We’re curious about what your attire actually looks like when you ride. Do you hit the road in shorts or suit up like a power ranger for every trip?

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  • What I Learned Riding 1000 Miles On A Motorcycle In 24 Hours

    When I first heard about an under-the-radar bunch of road riders who rode 1000 miles in 24 hours or less just to earn membership in something called the Iron Butt Association, I thought, A thousand miles? In one day? That’s what airplanes are for. What’s wrong with these guys? So I decided to find out.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • What Bike Makes You Want To Ride?

    In a follow-up to the recent question “What do you ride and why?” we figured we’d open up the floor to those of you that haven’t made the leap. If you’re anything like I was, there are a few bikes that speak to you, make you stop in your tracks, and think, “Now that’s what I want.” Tell us what they are.

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  • The Corsair X Is The Future Of One Of The Very Best Helmet Brands

    Arai has been considered one of the best mass-market motorcycle helmet brands since forever. Their gear doesn’t come cheap, but it consistently rates high for comfort and quality. The 2016 Arai Corsair X, which you can take a close and complete look at here, will be the foundation of their future lids.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Painting Your Exhaust: Why, How, And What It Looks Like After

    The exhaust on my sportbike was starting to look like crusty lines of crap left by a camel in the Simpson Desert. But I can’t afford new pipes, so I started looking for “preservation” solutions. That brought me to silica-ceramic coating header paint, so here’s everything you need to know about it.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • What Do You Ride And Why?

    So you found Lanesplitter, the new motorcycle blog on Jalopnik. Welcome! We’re happy to have you here. Have a seat, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and tell us about what kind of motorcycle you ride. And hey, why’d you go for that one?

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Motorcyclist Forced To Take Down This Road Raging Vigilante

    Reports are coming out of Yuma, Arizona that a motorcycle rider may have cut off this motorist, who then worked up enough anger to attack the rider and his passenger at a stoplight. Violence escalated to the point where the biker put the road rager on the ground and hold him there, all of which was captured on his helmet cam.

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  • How Honda Botched Its $184,000 Motorcycle

    Rumors of an honest-to-god MotoGP bike for the street have been swirling for years. Imagine Red Bull making a Formula One car for the road and you can understand the level of anticipation. And, you can also imagine the level of embarrassment that would result in that vehicle flopping. Which Honda just did with the $184,000 RC213V-S.

    By Wes Siler Read More

  • Everything You Learn Fixing A $300 Craiglist Bike From Hell

    Yes, folks, I bought a $300 motorcycle off Craigslist. It was a risky move, and one that required nearly an entire year worth of wrenchin’. It was a trying ordeal, and I wouldn’t recommend it to the faint-of-heart, but what I learned from this junker I wouldn’t trade for the world.

    By David Tracy Read More

  • Is Chevron's Cyclopian Motorcycle Creepy?

    Yesterday, our own Patrick George texted me a picture of an Chevron ad he saw featuring Chevron’s anthropomorphic cars and now, a motorcycle, with the same basic treatment. But just one-eyed. Clyclopean. Patrick — jail-hardened Patrick — was frightened, confused, and maybe a little aroused. Was he right to be so? I’m not sure.

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News (220)

  • It's Now Just Barely Possible To Get A Free Tesla Model X

    If a wild, crazed South African runs up to you, screaming about visions of the future, tubetravel, and a free Tesla Model X, we’re hear to tell you that you should believe him. Maybe. Hopefully. But in all seriousness, Tesla’s said it’s actually prepared to give you a free Model X, if you meet the right conditions.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • Elon Musk Promises That Model S Auto Pilot Is 'Almost Ready'

    Remember the Big D reveal way back in October of last year? Most people were so enamored with the dual-motor drivetrain and insane acceleration that the other news – Auto Pilot – fell off the radar. Owners were promised the upgrade earlier in the year, and now it’s almost August, so Musk took to Twitter.

    By Damon Lavrinc Read More

  • You Can Build The JDM Tuner Of Your Dreams With Amazon Japan

    Amazon, what can’t you get from it? Well, as we all know, you can now get your Not Top Gear or even a BMW i3 from Amazon, but did you know that on Amazon Japan you can make all your Fast and Furious “overnight parts from Japan” jokes a reality? You totally can.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • Donald Trump's Plan To Give Helicopter Rides To Iowa Kids Is Grounded

    It is no secret that Donald Trump loves aviation, and part of his plan to capture the hearts and minds of Iowa caucus voters includes offering one of his $7M helicopters to take kids for free rides at the country fair. The Iowa State Fair has denied Trump’s aviation outreach dream, with a spokesman stating, “that will not be happening on Iowa State Fair grounds.”

    By Collin Krum Read More

  • Can We Help ID This Mystery Mopar Steering Wheel?

    Earlier today, we got an email from a woman who found this steering wheel placed at her front door. The woman signed the email “Kelly Ladymopar,” so I’m guessing a Chrysler steering wheel isn’t totally unwelcome. Still, she’d like to know exactly what Chrysler it’s from, and I’d like to know what such a gift may mean.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Why Were Old Jet Engines So Much More Smoky Than Newer Ones?

    The dawn of the jet age saw the skies near major airports raked with thick black smoke trails. These exhaust plumes have largely disappeared from our atmosphere due to continuous jet engine innovations. Here is the story of the jet engine’s amazing change in visual and ecological signature since its introduction into service almost 75 years ago.

    By Collin Krum Read More

  • Report: Suitcases Found Near Wing Part Suspected From MH370

    Suitcases have reportedly been found on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, the same location where debris resembling a flaperon suspected of being from MH370 was recently discovered. The Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister has said, “it is almost certain that the flaperon is from a Boeing 777.”

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  • SpaceShipTwo Pilot's Free Fall From 50,000 Feet May Have Saved His Life

    The crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket during a test flight last year has been determined to be caused by human error, and a free fall from 50,000 feet after the craft disintegrated around the pilot is possibly what saved his life, according to new information from the investigating National Transportation Safety Board.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Debris That Could Be From MH370 Found In The Indian Ocean

    Debris that closely resembles a flaperon from a Boeing 777 was found on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean, southeast of Madagascar. If confirmed, this could be the first evidence of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s crash, which disappeared in March of 2014 with 227 passengers and 12 crew aboard.

    By Collin Krum Read More

  • Saleen Settles Lawsuit With Redditor Who Called Them A Scam

    Last week Frederic Lambert, a prolific Redditor and member of the investing site InvestorHub, revealed that he was the target of litigation from troubled tuner Saleen for some online posts he made questioning the company’s viability as a business. Today, Saleen says that case has been settled.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Is That KITT And Tesla-Inspired Car From China Actually A Tesla?

    The other day we wrote about a new Chinese car that was inspired both by KITT, the well-read, talking Trans Am from Knight Rider and also the Tesla Model S. New information obtained by our friends at Car News China suggests that the car might actually be a Tesla Model S.

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  • This Literal Inverted Bathtub Racecar Is Such A Good Idea

    Sometimes you encounter something so basic, so obvious, that it seems like it’s just part of the fundamental essence of being a human. Well, specifically, being a human that turns discarded home materials into little racecars. Like this extraordinarily well-done bathtub racer.

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  • Is There Anyone Who Doesn't Find This Car Incredibly Ugly?

    I don’t want this to be an attack on the designers/builders of this car, Ferrite Motors. They seem to be an India-based custom coachworks shop, and I bear them no ill will. I even sort of like some of the things they’ve done with Nanos. But this one car, the Crunk, I can’t imagine a context where it’s not ugly. Am I wrong?

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  • This Texas Couple Has 79 Dodge Vipers Now

    Wayne and D’Ann Rauh just collected two customized Dodge Viper GTCs from the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant, bringing their total collection to a whopping 79 Vipers. Only in Texas.

    By Máté Petrány Read More

  • How I Changed My Mind About Changing The Nürburgring

    A lot of people bristle at the idea of ever changing the Nürburgring. Given its long and storied history as a kind of sacred place where machines and humans are put to the ultimate test, why would you want to change anything? That’s what I thought too, until I realized the ‘Ring has already changed a lot. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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  • 2016 Ferrari 488 Spider: This Is It

    If you’re like me, you’ve been putting off your purchase of a Ferrari 488 GTB because you know at some point you’ll have to use it to transport a 5 foot-tall ficus tree from the garden store, and, really, you just can’t. Until now. Here’s the first image of the 488 Spider, a Ferrari whose opening roof will allow it to transport small trees.

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  • What's The Weirdest Thing You've Found In A Used Car?

    Buying a used car means inheriting someone else’s problems, mistakes, triumphs and successes. Sometimes you get something that’s been neglected, sometimes you get something given a lot of TLC. And sometimes you get another person’s stuff, too!

    By Patrick George Read More

  • This Is Why You Don't Lose Your Ticket To A Japanese Parking Garage

    It goes without saying that one should try very hard not to lose a parking garage ticket. Especially at the end of a night out. You never know how much of a hassle it will be when trying to exit, who you might have to track down to let you out, or how much extra you might have to pay. But Japan just might be the worst.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • How Bananas Saved A Citroën 2CV

    Today is the 25th anniversary of the last Citroën 2CV rolling off the line in Portugal, the last factory to make the legendary Tin Snail, which had been in production since 1948. To commemorate this anniversary, I want to talk about one of my favorite 2CV stories: the one with the crankcase full of bananas.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • LaGuardia, 'America's Worst Airport', Is Finally Getting A Makeover

    La Guardia Airport (LGA), one of three major aviation facilities serving New York City, is getting a much-needed overhaul. Governor Andrew Cuomo, alongside Vice President Joe Biden, announced today a massive plan to completely redesign the airport. For anyone who has suffered, I mean traveled through LaGuardia, this is great news.

    By Collin Krum Read More

  • Mitsubishi Is Not Dead Yet

    If you’re an automotive reporter or enthusiast, your gut is telling you that Mitsubishi is doomed and nearly every sign seems to confirm this. The reality is that Mitsubishi is too successful in the United States to kill. Let me repeat: Mitsubishi is too successful to kill.

    By Matt Hardigree Read More

  • China Combines Knight Rider, Tesla To Make Ultimate Model S Knockoff

    We’ve covered bizarre Chinese knockoffs of well-known cars before, but this may be the first time a Chinese company has been inspired by an ‘80s American TV show about a pedantic car to make a knockoff possibly even better than the original. Good people, I give you the Youxia X, a Tesla Model S with a big dose of vitamin KITT.

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  • Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Stunts Are Awesome Because They're Real

    After too many years of crappy computer generated car stunts, practical effects are coming back. Mad Max set the tone this year and the new Mission Impossible flick is carrying the torch into the summer. Here’s a brief look behind the scenes at how Tom Cruise and Co. are bringing real driving back to the big screen.

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  • If You Haven't Received Your 2015 Hellcat Yet, Your Order Was Cancelled

    The Dodge Challenger Hellcat and Charger Hellcat twins are wildly popular. So popular, in fact, that Dodge is more than doubling production to meet all the demand for 2016 models. But that still isn’t enough, so to get the jump on 2016 production, 2015 production is ending. Meaning if you ordered a 2015 car, you’re effectively screwed.

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  • Your Ridiculously Awesome Mazda 787B Wallpaper Is Here

    Goodwood might be over, but we haven’t forgotten it. This week’s Ridiculously Awesome Wallpaper comes to us courtesy of Nat Twiss, who was at last month’s Festival Of Speed. Twiss was behind the camera, Valentino Rossi was behind the wheel, and we were behind the scenes.

    By Nicole Conlan Read More

  • Report: Feds To Hit Fiat Chrysler With Record $105M Fine Over Recalls

    Fiat Chrysler has recently drawn the ire of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over “a litany of failures” with millions of vehicle recalls, including older Jeeps linked to fatal fires. According to a Wall Street Journal report, we now know Fiat Chrysler will face penalties from the feds to the tune of $105 million.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • This Map Of American Literature Road Trips Is Perfect For Summer

    If you haven’t picked your summer vacation yet, might I suggest one of these thoroughly-catalogued road trips from some of America’s greatest road-tripping stories? Steven Melendez and Richard Kreitner have teamed up for Atlas Obscura to plot the course of the cross-country trips detailed in some of America’s finest nonfiction.

    By Nicole Conlan Read More

  • Wanna Live In A Van Down By The River? Thanks To Airbnb, You Can

    It’s probably one of the first things you laughed about with your friends on the playground: Chris Farley’s Matt Foley character, the saddest motivational speaker ever, screaming at David Spade about living in a van down by the river. But one man’s joke is another man’s enterprise. Someone named Jonathan is giving NYC tourists (or locals!) a chance to get back on the right track. For the low price of $22, you, too, can sleep in a van down by the river.

    By Nicole Conlan Read More

  • Watch Four Fire Boss Air Tankers Make It Rain In British Columbia

    Wildfires have been particularly nasty in 2015. Flames turned an LA freeway into a post-apocalyptic wasteland last month, and many other parts of the American west are currently a gigantic conflagration. Fortunately, there are some highly specialized aircraft on call to take down the fires from above.

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  • Cops Sort Of Pretend To Be Homeless, Give Out Many Very Real Tickets

    Can you say a cop is ‘undercover’ when they’re holding a sign announcing exactly who they are and what they’re doing? Maybe, if the sign is scrawled on cardboard, the officers are out of uniform, standing by an off-ramp, and everyone’s brain is conditioned to read people like that as homeless? The San Bernadino Police gave this a go, to dramatic results.

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  • Burt Rutan's SkiGull Could Be His Last Creation And Most Versatile Ever

    Vaporware is common in aviation. Bold claims about futuristic aircraft tend to never materialize. But when the legendary Burt Rutan reveals a new project, we take him at his word. This week he revealed the SkiGull amphibian, his personal dream plane, which could be one of the most versatile flying machines ever.

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  • Bridge In Iowa Completely Covered In Flies, More Plagues Possible

    I’m not sure what the hell people in Sabula, Iowa are doing, but they seem to have pissed off the Almighty an awful lot, because this infestation of shadflies (or mayflies, if you’re nasty) sure seems like some Biblical-grade plague shit. This video is from the Iowa DOT’s Facebook page, and it’s cringe-inducing.

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  • TVR's New Boss Plans To Make Scary Sports Cars And Maybe A Fast SUV

    Famed British sports car maker TVR is back, and their first new car is using a Gordon Murray Design chassis powered by a Cosworth V8. That sounds great, and there’s more great news. Like that they want to go back to America, make truly scary sports cars again, and even race at Le Mans. Too good to be true?

    By Máté Petrány Read More

  • The Nexus Of The Universe Has Been Found And It Is A Discount Tire Store

    Or is that a Tire Discount store? Anyways, we have finally found it, everyone. The nexus of the universe. The point at which space and time converge upon themselves, and are reflected back unto eternity. The nexus is almost certainly located within a Taco Bell, but what’s more important is how it manifests itself.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • This Electric Formula Car Set A New 0-62MPH Record At 1.779 Seconds

    Students of the University of Stuttgart had enough of the fact that the electric acceleration record ended up on the shelf of students from ETH Zürich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, so they built their own racer that was good enough to beat them by a mere 0.006 seconds.

    By Máté Petrány Read More

  • Now's Your Chance To Own All Of The Saleen S7 [UPDATE]

    The Saleen S7 is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most gorgeous cars of the last 25 years. Maybe even last 50. It sounds ridiculously perfect, too. And now’s your chance to own all of it. Yes, all of it. Up for sale now are all remaining inventory, parts, memorabilia, molds, designs and intellectual property related to the Saleen S7.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • Mazda Design Director Leaves For Mysterious 'Stealth Project'

    Derek Jenkins is Design Director at Mazda. He’s a designer whose work I respect a great deal, partially because he did VW’s amazing 2001 Microbus Concept when he worked there. But according to his LinkedIn profile, he’s just left that position to be Vice President of Design for “Stealth Project.” What’s going on here?

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • This Guy's 2015 GMC Canyon Caught Fire And He's Had No Luck With GM

    We know from the multitudes of complaints to the federal government that sometimes older GM pickup trucks catch fire. But what happens when a newer GM truck catches fire? What’s it like dealing with the company? We didn’t have an immolated truck to find out, but one reader did. And it wasn’t good.

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  • If You Were Moving Far Away Would You Take Your Vehicles?

    Say you were moving across the country and you had a modest collection of vehicles. Would you take them? Take your favorite? At what point does the sentimental value of your fleet outweigh the cost and inconvenience of trucking them 2,500 miles?

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • What's The Goofiest Automotive Trim Piece?

    Car styling can be very crudely divided into two main parts: the shape of the car itself and the crap stuck on the car itself. Today I want to talk about the stuck-on crap, specifically, the goofiest ones. Out of all the portholes, bumper guards, side streaks, fake vents, cladding, and so on, what’s the goofiest?

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • How The Hell Did This Wreck Happen, Exactly?

    First, let me say that, according to witnesses, everyone is okay. That should give me the leeway to comfortably say, damn, that is one impressive wreck. What, exactly, do you have to be doing in a Camaro to perch it so delightfully precariously on top of a Subaru? I mean, just look at that. Was the guy who runs physics on a bathroom break?

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  • Terrifyingly Comprehensive Car Thieves Forge Docs, Then Take Firebird

    Ever since the Great Beetle Recovery, we’ve been getting requests to run stories to help find stolen cars, and we try to, as much as we can. But this one about a lovely, stolen 1968 Firebird is different. Not just because of the striking car involved, but because of how the car wasn’t just physically stolen — it was stolen on paper before the car was even touched.

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  • Saleen Is Suing A Guy On Reddit For Calling Them A Scam

    Saleen Automotive, purveyor of modified Mustangs, super-gorgeous supercars and various other machinations over the years, has been in financial trouble for some time. This isn’t exactly new information. But now Saleen is suing someone for saying that there are worse things going on — possibly even illegal financial schemes, this person alleges.

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  • Let's Call Them Autonomobiles Now

    It’s always annoying to choose between ‘self-driving cars’ and ‘driverless cars’ or ‘autonomous cars’ or any other of a number of clunky terms for cars that can drive without human control. Here’s a new term: autonomobile.

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  • Would You Take Driving Lessons From Patrick Dempsey?

    Patrick Dempsey has come close to making the full transition from famous actor to racer. All he needs to do is start selling snacks and he can pull the full Paul Newman. In this clip from Jalopnik superfriend Spike Feresten’s Car Matchmaker (Tonight on Esqure at 9 pm EST) we see Dempsey giving out driving tips in a gorgeous 911 Carrera GTS.

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  • One Of The Most Fun-Looking New Cars Costs $5K And Is Called 'The Runt'

    Often, very cheap, basic little city cars have problems with status. They’re perceived as little rolling penalty boxes, an added insult to the need for frugality. That’s why Tata’s well-designed Nano sold slower than it was expected to — few people want to be seen in what’s known as a “cheap” car. But there does seem to be a way around that, and this little Brazilian car I think has figured it out.

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  • Ten Ways To Fix Car Reality TV

    Automotive reality television shows have been attempted for decades but have rarely succeeded. These are the ten best ways to make car reality TV shows more watchable.

    By Aaron Brown Read More

  • Mugen Debuts Its Accessories For A Tricked Out Honda N-One Kei Car

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from all around the Pacific Rim. In today’s highlights, Mugen releases its accessories for the Honda N-One kei car, Hyundai has plans to export its Indian-made Creta SUV elsewhere, and have we seen the first image of the new Infiniti Q30?

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • I Have A Radical But Possible Idea What The Apple Car Will Be

    Recently, we learned that Apple had hired Doug Betts, an “auto manufacturing veteran” from Fiat Chrysler. This is a guy whose experience is with actually building cars, leading to new speculation that Apple is planning to build a car. I’m skeptical that Apple would get in the car business as we know it — but I had a crazy idea that somehow makes sense.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • 2016 Dodge Viper ACR: The Unscripted Racer Review

    I’m not a “car guy.” That may sound odd coming from someone who has been racing cars for 23 years, but it’s true and I thought it would be a good place to start a story about what I think of the 2016 Dodge Viper ACR. I consider myself a racer, and there is a difference.

    By Matt Hardigree Read More

  • Chrysler's Uconnect Vulnerable To Remote Hacking, But Don't Panic Yet

    As more and more cars become mobile, internet-connected appliances, they become more likely targets for remote hacking. Chrysler is hopefully realizing the seriousness of this, as a new Jeep Cherokee has been remotely hacked and pretty severely compromised, according to a story in Wired. But don’t panic just yet.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • How Do You Make Car Reality TV Shows Not Terrible?

    Like any good Millennial I eschew cable in favor of a Roku box and a borrowed HBO GO password. But when I go home to visit my folks, who have a gazillion cable channels and are into cars too, there’s inevitably a lot of Velocity TV shows to watch.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Supra Successor Supposedly Half BMW Without The Looks

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from all around the Pacific Rim. In today’s highlights, Toyota’s successor to the much-missed Supra shares a platform with a new BMW, we finally get to see the interior of the 2016 Hilux, and the Mini Moke is back!

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • This Photo From 1878 Is Likely The First Picture Of A Racecar

    See that big, ungainly mass of wheels and boiler and smokestack there? That beast is the direct ancestor to every hyper-advanced F1 car, every NASCAR brute, every rallycross hot hatch, every racecar that exists today or ever has existed. Because that beast is very likely the first purpose-built racecar ever, and it’s from Wisconsin.

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  • Want A Miata With Real Power? 'Extreme' Fiat 124 Abarth Confirmed

    “It’s good, but what if it had more power?” Such is the question that has dogged the Mazda Miata for decades. Save for tuners and one turbo Mazdaspeed version, we’ve never really gotten it. Now the Italians are here to answer that question for us: the Fiat 124 Spider will get an “extreme” Abarth version.

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  • The Anaheim Angels Just Used A Helicopter To Dry Off Their Outfield

    Los Angeles finally received some rainfall over the weekend, but not enough to delay tonight’s doubleheader at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. This evening, America’s favorite pastime will be brought to fans by the 712 turboshaft horsepower of the City of Anaheim’s Police Department helicopter, an American Eurocopter AS350.

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  • Why Koenigsegg Couldn't Set The Record They Deserved To Set

    Koenigsegg went to Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to set a new lap record for production cars with the One:1 last week. They managed to do that, ending practice Wednesday with a time of 2:32.14. It’s not the record they wanted to set or the one they deserve to set. I was there. The world, it seems, is against Koenigsegg.

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  • This Ratty VW Brasilia May Be The Best CarBQ Ever Built By Man

    We’ve seen cars converted to BBQs before, but the process usually ends up rendering the car no longer capable of, you know, car-ing. As in self-motility. But not this Brasilia — it’s a full BBQ that seems to be self-propelled — and, self-spit-turning. Just look.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Yemeni Presidential 747 Destroyed In Fighting At Airport

    Amid a fierce firefight at Aden International Airport in Yemen last week, one of few remaining 747SP aircraft was completely destroyed. Operated by Yemenia and reserved for the use of President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, the aircraft had previously been damaged when the country’s civil war broke out earlier this year.

    By Collin Krum Read More

  • What's The Best Automotive Event To Spectate?

    I like to consider myself something of a “professional spectator”. I have spent the past few years traveling both locally and flying across borders to be on the sidelines of some of the world’s most famous motorsport events as well as smaller, grass-root style events.

    By Aaron Brown Read More

  • The Tesla Model X Will Get Ludicrous Mode Too, Maybe Do 0-60 In 3.3

    LUDICROUS SPEED. A speed so intense it makes all the other speeds look like little weenies in comparison. The Tesla Model S sedan is getting that mode soon in the form of a $10,000 upgrade that will propel the car from zero to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds. (Worth it.) But what about the upcoming Model X crossover?

    By Patrick George Read More

  • This Old Mazda RX-7 Race Car Is A Buzzy Track Monster

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  • GM Built A Modern Hybrid Citroën DS That Was Years Ahead Of Its Time

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  • There's Going To Be A Brand New Tesla Roadster Soon

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  • Ultra-Rare Porsche 964 Speedster Stolen In San Diego

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  • The Tesla Model S Just Got Upgraded To LUDICROUS SPEED

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  • The Third Jalopnik Film Festival Is Going To LA, Baby

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    By Matt Hardigree Read More

  • Even Ferrari Has A Takata Airbag Recall Now

    What does the crappy 2001 Honda Civic you drove in college have in common with the $1.4 million LaFerrari? Besides the fact that they both have four tires and an engine, they’ve both been recalled for faulty Takata airbags.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Attempted Helicopter Landing At Irish Pub Ends Quite Poorly

    A helicopter smacked into the back of a pub in Longford, Ireland last night, and thanks to a passing teen (teens!) it was captured on cell phone video. No one was killed or seriously injured, so feel guilt-free as your butt clenches in anticipation waiting for it to happen.

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  • The CEO Of Ferrari Is Rumored To Be Resigning

    Amedeo Felisa, the CEO of Ferrari since 2008, is either resigning soon or has already resigned, according to Italian media via an Autocar report. Ferrari isn’t commenting on the rumors just yet, Autocar said, but if true, it’s probably nothing to be worried about. Probably.

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  • Greece Should Build More Weird Cars Again To Get Out Of Debt

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  • Texas's Governor Is An Idiot When It Comes To Tesla

    Tesla’s had a bit of a hard time selling its cars directly in certain states, mostly owing to the existing powerful dealership lobbies. The company’s had an especially hard time getting into Texas, and the state’s governor just gave an incredibly stupid reason as to why.

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  • Police Officer Saves Texas Driver From Gruesome Biscuit-Choking Death

    The real threat on today’s roads comes in the form of delicious, buttery biscuit-confections so hard to resist that they rarely make it home. One Austin police officer encountered this threat on a routine cell phone use stop, where he found that the motorist was trying to call for help because she was choking on a biscuit.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • What Are The Most Common DIY Mechanic Mistakes?

    We all love working on our cars. Well, some of us just like having our cars work. Either way, frugal automobile owners can find themselves on the tools. We’ve heard about some of the most nightmarish screwups that can happen to a DIY mechanic, but what are the common ones and how can we avoid ‘em?

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • The Ten Most Realistic Fictional Car Gadgets

    Many famous movie cars have featured gadgets and crazy-futuristic technologies that seemed beyond audiences’ wildest dreams. Now in today’s road cars, many of those technologies could be easily implemented — or have been already. 1, movies 0!

    By Aaron Brown Read More

  • Honda Exec Hints That 'Baby NSX' Might Be A Real Actual Thing

    Remember those very strange mid-engined Honda sports car patent images we previously covered? Yeah, well, apparently that might be a real thing to be slotted between the currently Japan-only S660 and the new Acura NSX. So, is it a successor to the S2000 as we know it, or something else?

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • Here's Someone Who Says They've Actually Ridden The Lexus Hoverboard

    We’re unusually excited about the idea of the Lexus Hoverboard, and that’s probably because it’s the supreme wish fulfillment at the heart of all of our Marty McFly dreams. But also, because it’s a goddamn hoverboard. At Lexus’ test rider, pro skateboarder Ross McGouran, says it feels unlike anything else.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • Bizzare Rituals Of A German Factory Cult

    A turbocharger would fit in your hands if you pulled it off a car. The same part on an ocean liner’s engine is big as a studio apartment. Even if you understand the scale, this look at where some of the world’s biggest engines are made is just jaw-dropping to behold.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • This Japanese Magazine Has The Most Gorgeous Cover Art I've Ever Seen

    A conversation with Patrick George last night turned to the subject of Japanese car magazines, so I showed him a couple of examples. When it came to the cover of Car Magazine (the Japanese counterpart to the UK’s CAR Magazine), Patrick’s response was “God that is gorgeous.” Yeah, I know, and all the covers look this good.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • Woman Takes Picture Of Asshole Parking Job, Ends Up In Jail In UAE

    Based on what happened here, if Jalopnik was based in the United Arab Emirates, we’d be the only automotive website to be run from prison. That’s because a woman who took a picture of a some asshole’s car who parked across two disabled spaces and posted it on Facebook was thrown in jail for “writing bad words.” Ugh.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Skydiving Plane Makes Emergency Landing On A Busy Highway

    Barnegat Road in Stafford Township, New Jersey was used as an impromptu landing strip on Sunday morning when a small airplane carrying skydivers lost power and had to put down in a hurry. Amazingly, the pilot brought the plane to a stop without taking out any cars.

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  • Ten Ways To Be A Track Day Asshole

    Track days and autocross are events where newcomers and hardcore enthusiasts alike can improve their driving skills and get the most out of their cars. Unfortunately at these events, common racetrack etiquette isn’t always practiced — or taught. Here are the ten best ways to be a track day jerk.

    By Aaron Brown Read More

  • Toyota Recalls 625,000 Prius Hybrids In Japan, North America, And Europe

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from all around the Pacific Rim. In today’s headlines, Toyota recalls 625,000 Prius Hybrids because of a potential software error and its union negotiates for a better family allowance, while Mitsubishi takes over a Ford plant in the Philippines.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • Fiat Chrysler In Talks With Feds To Avoid Recall Fines

    The feds have been publicly flogging Fiat Chrysler over the botched handling of some 11 million recalled vehicles. NHTSA could impose fines up to $700 million on the automaker, so it’s no surprise that Fiat Chrysler and its CEO are starting to play nice with the government agency.

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  • How Would Your Car Perform On Pluto?

    With the New Horizons probe just hours away from sending back pictures from its closest approach to Pluto, there’s no better time to start thinking about what it’s going to be like to drive there. Sure, it may be a ‘dwarf planet’ but it’s hot right now and the King of America is about to annex it. That means we’re just about ready to build Plutionian Racetracks! So how will our cars do?

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  • Airlines Made $38 Billion From Extra Fees And It's Only The Beginning

    You may be familiar with this meme: “If a 747 can carry the space shuttle, then I call bullshit on overweight luggage fees.” Airlines collected $38.1 billion in revenue from such fees in 2014, almost a 21 percent increase year-over-year. These fees are the new normal, and future fees are a pure insult to your intelligence.

    By Collin Krum Read More

  • This Is Flat Out In The Hennessey Venom GT At 155 MPH

    The straight at Lime Rock Park is barely a straight at all, meaning that you’re going to have to push hard to get real speed there. An ORECA FLM09 Le Mans Prototype will, for instance, break 150 mph. Watch this Hennessey Venom GT do 155 MPH. Then watch Travis’s face.

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  • What's The Best Way To Be A Jerk At A Track Day?

    We live in a society. And while that’s great for those of us who think hunting and gathering are for chumps, it comes at a high price: not being a jerk to everyone all the time. So when you decide to enjoy yourself — say, by taking your car to the track — wouldn’t you just love to, you know, be a jerk? Let’s find the best ways to do that.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Who Are The 'Vauxhall Cannibals' And What The Hell Are They Up To?

    Right this moment, if you’re a Vauxhall around Bedfordshire, UK, you’re probably pissing your sump with fear right now. That’s because a mysterious criminal organization dubbed the Vauxhall Cannibals are around, and they’ve brutally stripped or stolen parts from over 500 Vauxhalls so far. Just Vauxhalls. What’s going on?

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • 2016 Mazda BT-50: This Is It

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from all around the Pacific Rim. In today’s headlines, Mazda gives its Ranger-by-another-name BT-50 a facelift but not much else, Tesla is posed to push hard into the Korean market, and North Korea adds bike lanes to Pyongyang.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • GM Didn't Recall The Hummer Over Fires Until The Feds Threatened Them

    General Motors recalled nearly 200,000 Hummer H3s last week over fears that they might catch fire. But it turns out that GM knew that flaming Hummers were a problem for several years before that. And what’s worse, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration exclusively told Jalopnik that GM did not act until the feds threatened to launch a formal investigation.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • This Is How Google's Dreaming Robot Sees Cars

    Ever since Google revealed Deep Dream, a neural-network (you know, like the Terminator) visualization tool that takes normal images and turns them into recursive, creepy, cyber-Hironomous Bosch hellscapes, I’ve wanted to see how it would affect images of cars. And now I know. And I’m not sure if I’ll sleep again.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Carmakers Badly Need The Chinese To Make Poor Financial Decisions

    A car is a necessity for many, but so is toilet paper, and no one is putting racing stripes on toilet paper. Cars are still status symbols, and they’re almost always bad investments. Much of the global car market has been propped up by Chinese consumers eager to invest poorly. How long do you want to bet that lasts?

    By Matt Hardigree Read More

  • What's The Best Car To Make Your Ex Jealous?

    Sure, we’re gearheads, but many of us are humans as well, which means we’ve very likely loved and lost and most likely have a few awkward ex-relationship partners floating around out there. So what car would you most like your ex to see you in to make them that just right amount of jealous?

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Probable Idiot, Possible Loon In Audi Drives Backwards Through LA

    I was an LA driver for over 20 years. I’ve driven down twisty Laurel Canyon road, and always enjoyed it, in all kinds of cars. I never thought to myself “Gee, what good fun this is. I’d sure like to try it backwards!” Because, surprisingly, I’m not an idiot. I’m not so sure about our Audi-driving friend here.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Toyota's New Japan Only 'Yellow Limited' GT 86 Looks Incredible

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from all around the Pacific Rim. In today’s headlines, Toyota reveals the new 86 GT “Yellow Limited,” Chinese automakers find that international markets no longer want their cars, and Mitsubishi teases another vehicle America won’t get anytime soon.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • This Peruvian Runway Is Not For The Faint Of Heart

    A Peruvian might have coined the phrase, “Do one thing every day that scares you.” Luckily for you, you don’t have to actually fly in or out of Chagual to experience your own personal “terrain alert” alarms going off. Just watch how close this aircraft comes to the craggy spurs and ridges before finally touching down:

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  • Two Mechanics Drove A Man's Car Right Past Him At A Drive Thru

    Randy Jones of Moreno Valley, CA dropped his Nissan 350Z off at the nearby Raceway Nissan dealership and returned to his job at Taco Bell, only to see his car again a few hours later, at his own drive-thru, where two mechanics from the dealership were thinking outside the bun.

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  • The Violent Calm Of An 850 Horsepower Mustang Drift Car

    I told Vaughn, “nobody else in practice is running as close to the other car as you are. You know this is just practice right?” He laughed, said it’s only fun when you drift as close to the other car as possible. Then he paused, and then he looked back at me with something between a laugh and a sigh. “Yeah, I can be kind of a dick sometimes.”

    By Raphael Orlove Read More

  • What's The Best Superhero Vehicle?

    Super heroes keep the world safe with martial arts, exorbitant amounts of money, and sometimes weird physical deformities caused by radioactive mutation. But even those guys gotta get around somehow. What super hero vehicles have been the best ever?

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  • The Ten Most Neglected Car Fans

    Some automotive enthusiasts groups get the good life. OEM factory parts support, publicity, sponsors and even international forums or events. Some others aren’t so lucky.

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  • Oh Good: Alfa Romeo Giulia Developed In Only Two And A Half Years

    Mercedes-Benz can spend six years developing one of their cars before it sees the light of day. Volvo spent seven years on just the seats in the new XC90. So when it came to Italy’s hot new sedan, the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia, you would think they spent their due diligence, and they did. For just two-and-a-half years.

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  • 2015 'Best Places To Park' List Is Causing Massive Freakouts, Riots

    Last week, the International Parking Institute announced their 2015 Seven ‘Best Places to Park’ list, and the highly controversial results are sending shockwaves through an industry that is no stranger to drama, danger, and massive volatility. We at Jalopnik would like to issue a plea for calm and reason in the parking industry.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • This Is Why You Don't Steal A Cop Car

    A 22-year-old stole a car, got stopped, stole a police car from the officers trying to get him, then led half the cops in Bergen County, NJ on an almost unbelievable chase. Here are the intense final minutes of pursuit from the car that finally brought him down.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Ford May Be Developing Illuminated Body Panels

    When it comes to auto design, I’m the equivalent of a creepy guy you might meet on Craigslist: I’m open to anything. For me, being boring is the most unforgivable thing a car can do, and that keeps me pretty open-minded when it comes to radical design ideas. So I’m very interested in this patent application from Ford that uses the word ‘photoluminescent.’

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Stephen Colbert In A Morgan! Stephen Colbert In A Morgan!

    We knew this was coming for a while, but it’s finally here. Once-bearded drama kid, former Colbert Report host, soon-to-be Late Show host, and all-around consummate gentleman Stephen Colbert, has gotten coffee with Jerry Seinfeld. In an old wooden Morgan on Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, of all things.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More

  • Ten Ways To Deal With Shitty Drivers

    In today’s world, incompetent drivers are everywhere. Not only that, they’re also becoming more and more incompetent. Here are the ten best ways to deal with them.

    By Aaron Brown Read More

  • Hyundai's 'Import-Killer' Aslan Sedan Is A Total Failure In South Korea

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from all around the Pacific Rim. In today’s headlines, Hyundai Motor Group’s Aslan completely bombs in its home market, Honda and Mitsubishi both add to recall totals within Japan, and Mitsubishi’s headquarters makes changes to help its employees reach a better work-life balance.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • Two French Ideas, Une Bonne, Une Mauvaise

    Who likes quick pairs of France-related automotive ideas, one good, one bad? Everyone, that’s who! So, everyone, you’re in a French metric crapload of luck, because here’s some of what I just said, right there in the first sentence. Let’s see what we’ve got!

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Noble Might Do Better If It Puts A Smaller Engine Into The M600

    Noble needs to make money. One way to do that is to make it easier to get outside of Europe, so the M600 could be getting a smaller engine, but only in the Asian markets to avoid higher taxes. Meantime, America is off the list of the small British carmaker’s priorities since it can’t afford to crash five M600s to get homologated. Dammit.

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  • This Photog Uses A Chopper As A Studio To Show LA From A Different Angle

    Mike Kelley specializes in industrial and architectural photography, but his real distinctive difference is his choice for a studio. Over the last two years, Kelley has taken to the skies above LA in a helicopter to obtain a sometimes eerie and other times breathtaking collection of images unlike anything we’ve ever seen.

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  • Why The Bugatti Veyron Successor Should Use Transparent Aluminum

    It’s no secret that Bugatti is working on a more-everything successor to the Veyron, the 1500 HP, 288 MPH Chiron. I’m here to tell Bugatti right now to stop work on it, because it’s stupid and you’re wasting your time. You really want to make a supercar — I mean, a real supercar? Then I have one word for you: ALON®.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Guy Sells Fake Cars Online, Ends Up On FBI's Most Wanted List

    Wanna make a cool $1 million? Find this man. He committed a crime that, especially to car enthusiasts, is unspeakable. Egregious. Appalling. A crime worse than those committed in the deepest, darkest pits of Craigslist. He stole millions of dollars by selling fake cars.

    By David Tracy Read More

  • Nissan Ad Seems To Promote Illegal Off-Roading In Japan's National Parks

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from all around the Pacific Rim. In today’s headlines, Nissan releases an ad which seems to promote illegal driving in a national park, South Korea’s tax law may allow abuse of corporate car registration, and China’s answer to Uber raised tons of cash.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • Fuck You, Bob Nardelli

    You know that zit you sometimes get in your middle back that you generally forget about unless the the damn thing explodes and turns red and starts to ooze puss? That zit is former Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli and he’s gushing greasy efluvia in this column for LinkedIn misleadingly titled “What I Learned Leading a Company Like Chrysler Through Bankruptcy — and Revitalization.”

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  • Watch The Adorable Rescue Of This Duck Family Stuck In A Drain

    Somewhere in Slovakia a storm drain was... chirping. Authorities showed up to investigate, found a female mallard pacing around it, put two-and-two together, and commenced operation Pull Some Dumb Ducks Out Of The Drain. Don’t worry, it works out and this video will cheer you up.

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  • Attention Police Officers: Please Enforce The Left Lane Law

    So I’m driving along the other day in the left lane of a major interstate highway, and I get up behind a Honda CR-V with “Conserve Wild Resources” license plates. These license plates have a picture of an owl on them. It was at this moment when I knew I would soon be passing on the right.

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  • This Guy Hasn't Driven In Three Years So We Took Him To A Race Track

    The last thing you want to do after a bad accident is drive but, as any good therapist will tell you, avoiding the problem only makes it worse. Our friend Yannick Lejacq from Kotaku resisted driving following a bad accident so we did what friends do: We made him get back behind the wheel.

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  • Nike Has Their Own Air Force And Futuristic Air Base

    Nike likes to say “Just Do It,” and when you look at all the crazy stuff the sportswear giant does, it may be more than just an empty slogan. If designers need input from athletes on new shoes, they prototype it with 3D printers. They test speed suits for Olympians in wind tunnels for 1,000 hours. And when they need to move key people around the globe, they gas up one of their many Gulfstream jets.

    By Collin Krum Read More

  • Is This The 2016 Toyota Prius?

    Regardless what you think of the Toyota Prius, it’s an extremely important car for one of the world’s biggest automakers, so it’s quite possible there’s a bunch of angry people flinging phones at walls at Toyota right now, because images of what is possibly the 2016 Prius have just leaked on a Taiwanese website. Oh boy.

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  • What's The Most Maddening Question In The Car World?

    Collect any group of gearheads together for a long enough period of time and there’s a natural inevitability that certain questions will come up. Like how come American cars seem to always get worse fuel economy than European ones?

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  • New Honda CEO Says Yes To English After Predecessor Called It 'Stupid'

    Welcome to The Drift where Jalopnik East rounds up the highlights from the Land of the Rising Sun and beyond. In today’s headlines, Honda’s new CEO announces a plan for Japan’s third largest automaker to move entirely to English and resigned Toyota executive Julie Hamp’s charges are suspended.

    By Kat Callahan Read More

  • IT'S ON: Japan Accepts US Giant Robot Fight Challenge

    Last week, we reported about how MegaBots, the American giant-piloted-robot-concern, finished their brute of a mech, the MegaBot Mark II, and immediately challenged the one other existing giant fighting robot, Japan’s Kuratas, to a duel. Well, peoples of earth, get excited, because the Japanese accepted. It’s on.

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  • How Greece Could Kill Your Chance To Own A Ridiculous Car

    Greek’s prime minister Alexis Tsipras said that yesterday’s referendum vote “doesn’t have winners or losers.” That’s not true. There’s a very plausible scenario in which that the long term effect of that one “no” vote ends up meaning there’s no 400 hp crazy Czech hatchback for you to buy.

    By Matt Hardigree Read More

  • A Fast Ride In A 1,360HP Koenigsegg One:1 Changes Your Concept Of Speed

    What’s the best way to get your neck muscles in shape? Jump inside one of the six Koenigsegg One:1s with factory test driver Robert Serwanski at the wheel. That will count as exercise, and possibly stimulate colon health too, as it may evacuate your bowels faster than downing six gallons of Metamucil.

    By Máté Petrány Read More

  • Transportation Expert: Let's Raise The Speed Limits

    We’ve been saying it for years, and now we’ve got someone smart to back us up: it’s time to raise the speed limit. In an article called “Roads Are Better. Cars Are Safer. Let’s Raise the Speed Limit,” Stephen Boyles, an Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at the University of Texas, makes the case that not only do our current speed limits not increase safety; they actually make things worse.

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  • Authorities Seize WWII Panther Tank From German Retiree

    German authorities have seized a Panther tank along with other military equipment from an elderly man in Heikendorf. According to the BBC, the tank was being kept in the man’s cellar (it’s unclear how he got it down there in the first place) and required another tank to recover. Over the course of nine hours, 20 soldiers excavated the tank, an anti-aircraft gun, a torpedo, and more.

    By Nicole Conlan Read More

  • The Jeep Cherokee Will Stay Ugly

    Jeep announced that it will keep its controversial (bad) styling for the 2016 Cherokee. Jeep’s Mike Manley said, “I think the overall styling, the overall shape, the overall accommodation of that vehicle is spot on. I don’t think that there’s anything that dramatically needs to change with that vehicle going forward.”

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  • The Beast Of Turin Barely Fits The Frame

    The Goodwood Greats is a brilliant collection of the rarest and most interesting cars shot by pro photographer Antony Frazer in a temporary studio set up in a tent next to the Goodwood paddocks. And the Beast of Turin was the most unreal sight on that stage yet.

    By Máté Petrány Read More

  • One Of The World's Greatest Designers Has Left The Building

    After nearly five decades at the helm of Italdesign Giugiaro SpA, Giorgetto Giugiaro has retired from the Italian design house he founded. Both he and his 50-year-old son still own a 9.9 percent stake the company that was sold to Audi, but as of June 28, the legendary designer has left the building.

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  • William Shatner's Rivet Trike Doesn't Work But It Is A Force For Good

    When William Shatner laid out his plans to create a V8-powered, steampunk trike with two yokes and squeeze triggers for controls we all kind of assumed it wouldn’t work. Unfortunately we were right. But that hasn’t stopped Shatner from trailering the Rivet from Chicago to Los Angeles for an awesome cause.

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  • This Is Volvo's Idea Of The World's Most Resplendently Luxurious Baby

    Look at this baby. Look deep into his confused, cosseted eyes. He is not just a mere baby. He is a baby of Excellence. Or his leather-and-metal clad throne is Excellence, or something. Anyways, Volvo’s calling it the Excellence Child Seat Concept, and it’s the Swedes idea of the car seat of the future.

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  • The Way We're Reacting To The VW Worker Killed By A Robot Is Wrong

    On Monday, there was a sad incident at a VW plant in Germany where an industrial robot that was being set up picked up a man and crushed him against a metal plate, killing him. This is essentially like any industrial accident — tragic, of course, but these factory deaths do occasionally happen. So why are there so many jokes about this in my social media feeds?

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  • What Car Had The Toughest Act To Follow?

    As we all know, the greatest car of all time was the Citroën DS. (New administration, kids. The days of blind Miata worship are numbered.) Built for 20 years, the DS was a pioneer in every way, from styling to comfort to technology.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Here's What You'll Actually See When Driving Around Japan

    Okay, so, if you didn’t previously read my piece on the reasons driving in Japan actually sucks, you might instead think that every time I take out the Honda Logo GA3 it’s more like Initial D (which isn’t even completely like Initial D), but you’d be wrong. Truth is, it’s slow, traffic-y, and full of rules, signs, and signals you need to know. Here’s some of them.

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  • GM Death Fund Won't Cover All GM Ignition Switch Deaths

    To date, General Motors’ outside fund has approved 119 death claims and 243 injury claims related to the defective ignition switch that sparked last year’s recall crisis. The fund is set to wrap up soon. Before it does, critics — including some family members of those killed — are wondering why the fund is covering certain deaths but not others.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • The World's Best Fourth Car

    Bahaaaaaah, the French. I mean, the English. Yes, the English have always been celebrated for making the world’s best Fourth Cars. There is an English manufacturer named Morgan, inspired almost exclusively by the desire to make “Fourth Cars.” They’re ash-framed and, like the best English cars, deliver vintage styling, so Morgan —

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  • The 2016 Mazda Won't Get More Power, Deal With It Haters

    Reviews of the 2016 Mazda Miata have been universally glowing, with auto journalists (who aren’t biased when it comes to Miatas at all, ever) praising it as something like the Second Coming, except better and with a convertible top. And yet many people with doubt in their hearts continue to pine for more power. When will a high-peformance version happen?

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  • U.S. Builds First Giant Robo-Suit, Immediately Challenges Japan To Fight

    Finally, after millennia of bullshit agriculture and metallurgy and revolutions industrial, political, cultural, whatever, shit’s finally getting good. That’s because there are now two giant, functional, manned robotic mecha-Gundam-Pacific Rim-giant-robot-whatever suits, and it looks like they’re gonna fight. Who will win? Everyone.

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  • Dodge To Ramp Up Hellcat Engine Production As War On Tires Continues

    Since the introduction of the 707 horsepower Dodge Challenger Hellcat and Charger Hellcat models last year, Dodge has made significant gains in the War on Tires. Unfortunately, many tires remain un-obliterated despite their best efforts. But wars are marathons, not sprints, and so Dodge is set to “substantially increase” Hellcat engine production

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  • Watch This Boeing 777 Land In A 75 MPH Windstorm

    Extreme crosswind landings can be terrifying, and yesterday, pilots in the Netherlands were thrown into the crucible when the worst storm in 100 years rocked Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport with winds up to 75 miles per hour. This incredible video shows a KLM 777-300ER pitching and rolling until the last possible second.

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  • IndyCar President Derrick Walker Resigns Amid Controversial Season

    IndyCar President of Competition and Operations Derrick Walker announced his resignation yesterday, effective August 31. Per Walker’s own remarks to Racer, he has stayed longer than the duration of his original contract and wants more time to concentrate on his Tudor United SportsCar team, Team Falken Tire.

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  • Rumor: F1's Jenson Button May Become The Most Dapper Man On Top Gear

    Fair warning: this rumor comes via The Daily Mail, which is about as reliable a source as that guy at the music festival who did too much and needs a moment alone with the voices—particularly on all matters Top Gear. Behold: those voices say we might get Jenson Button as a Top Gear host!

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  • Nissan's Bonkers Le Mans Prototype Isn't Dead, Is Working To Get Faster

    Rumors of the Nissan LMP1 program’s possible demise may have been a tad overblown. Not only was the GT-R LM Nismo out running laps at Circuit of the Americas, but they were testing out some interesting aerodynamic upgrades and meaty brake cooling ducts. Here’s a gallery for your up-close viewing pleasure, plus what the team is up to these days.

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  • Holy Crap Something Different Happened In F1 For A Change

    Wait, what? What just happened? Did we actually see something... different happen at the Hungarian Grand Prix today? Was that an outcome different from every typical Formula One race lately? Did we all wake up in Bizarro World? What the hell is going on?

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  • Weekend Motorsports Roundup, July 25-26, 2015

    Welcome 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?

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  • Watch The Entire Spa 24 Hours Right Here

    Starting at 9:30 a.m. ET, there will be twenty-four hours of brilliant racing on Belgium’s fantastic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps that won’t see a second of air time on American television. The solution? Watch it all right here via Nismo.tv’s livestream.

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  • Genius NASCAR Driver Plasters His Truck With Ads For Donald Trump

    Korbin Forrister is a driver with in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He was also unsponsored at Wednesday’s truck race at Eldora. Being the unmistakable BrIlLiAnT mind that he is, he decided to plaster his truck in ads for a cause dear to his heart. Puppies? Kids with cancer? No! He gave the message of his truck to someone who needs it most – Donald Trump.

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  • Broken At Rally Again

    I guess I understand why they did it. Forbid us from finishing the rally, I mean. Our axle had fallen out, after all.

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  • IndyCar Just Killed Free Speech For Drivers

    IndyCar just imposed new rules on drivers to ensure they don’t speak out of turn, criticize the series, its officials, its sponsors, or damn near anything else that it feels “denigrates” the series. Because IndyCar drivers are just too provocative.

    By Damon Lavrinc Read More

  • Two Riders Killed In Crash During MotoAmerica Race At Laguna Seca

    Two riders lost their lives during a multiple-bike crash on the first lap of Sunday’s MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 Race 2. Per MotoAmerica, racers Bernat Martinez, 35, and Daniel Rivas Fernandez, 27, both of Spain, both died of injuries sustained in the wreck after being transported to local hospitals.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Best Band Name Ever Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Drops Driver From Their Name

    Two of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s fans started a catchy dance-pop band called Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., a name which they kept with Dale Jr.’s blessing. Sadly, that era came to an end as they shorten the name to “JR JR” to avoid further confusion, but the post on the backstory of their driver-centric name is a must-read.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • IndyCar Driver Gets Flipped Off Like A Prius Hogging Two Lanes

    You’d expect these gestures to be made at a slow Prius straddling two lanes—not an IndyCar. Ed Carpenter was not happy with IndyCar competitor Sage Karam after the Iowa Corn 300. Not happy at all. In fact, Carpenter was so mad at Karam that he shot over a single-fingered salute and then confronted him after the race.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • The 1000 Kilometers Of Palanga Is A Crazy Road Course With Freeway Exits

    We have plenty of famous street circuits in racing, but I’ve never seen anything quite like the 1000 km of Palanga. It’s not just a street course. It’s a course made entirely out of a Lithuanian freeway, complete with off-ramps worked into the course design itself. Take a look at this bizarre race.

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  • Motorsports Mourns The Loss Of Formula One Driver Jules Bianchi

    The entire world of motorsports is in mourning today, as young Formula One driver Jules Bianchi passed away last night from injuries sustained at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix. Here are some of the condolences and memories shared by friends, competitors and other figures in motorsport.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Weekend Motorsports Roundup, July 18-19, 2015

    Welcome 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?

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • F1 Driver Jules Bianchi Dead At 25

    The family of Formula One driver Jules Bianchi released a statement today on Facebook that Jules has died following serious head injuries sustained in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix last year.

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  • This Huge 1973 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holds Its Own Against A Stock Car

    I have no shortage of love for the noble Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight. A 1988 version was the first car I got to drive around a parking lot when I was a kid. They’re big. They’re classy. And here’s one with a 455 cubic inch Oldsmobile big block holding its own around an oval next to a race-winning stock car.

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  • Future Of Nissan's Crazy Le Mans Prototype To Be Determined Soon

    “We wanted to be different and competitive, we have only been different,” said Nissan president and CEO Carlos Ghosn told Endurance-Info at last month’s Formula E finale in London. Now Sportscar365 reports that the entire Nissan LMP1 program will be under review in Japan.

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  • There Might Be Another American F1 Team Next Year (Maybe (Maybe) Maybe)

    Rumors and whispers of the Next Great American Formula One Team come and go, often crumbling like bits of Pirelli rubber in the wind. But while the Haas F1 team actually looks like it’s coming to fruition, there’s another murmur, this time dancing through the ears of Motorsport.com. And this one looks to be based on a buy-out.

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  • ESPN Will Have No Regular Motorsports Coverage Soon

    The only regular racing coverage ESPN still hosts are NHRA drag races. ESPN occasionally brands ABC motorsports broadcasts, and they host the X Games, too, but as far as normal racing season content goes, NHRA is all they’ve got. That will no longer be the case next year, as NHRA goes to Fox Sports 1.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Juan Manuel Fangio's Body To Be Dug Up For Paternity Suit

    Juan Manuel Fangio, widely considered to be one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time, died damn near 20 years ago at the ripe old age of 84. He never married, and didn’t have any children – supposedly. Now a man going by the name of “Oscar Espinosa Fangio” is claiming Juan is his father, and his body is being dug up to prove it.

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  • Lewis Hamilton Missed Wimbledon Over English Gentleman Wardrobe Failure

    Never mind the random act of hat, or the shirt that may have been borrowed from James May. Formula One driver and SUPPPOSED English gentleman Lewis Hamilton ran afoul of the Royal Box dress code at Wimbledon, causing him to miss the final. The violation? No jacket, tie and shoes that were to the code’s standards.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Watch Danica Patrick Get Mad And Get Even With Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    After getting tapped from behind by Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Kentucky Speedway last night and radioing over an expletive-laden rant, Danica Patrick tapped him back as they entered pit lane. Her crew tried to explain that Dale Jr. was having brake issues all night, but she wouldn’t have it. Nope! Not an excuse.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Acura NSX Pace Car Proves That Pre-Production Unobtanium Can Still Rule

    Acura has teased us with the thought of a new NSX for so long that the thought of one coming in 2016 doesn’t even seem real. Instead, the car can only live in fantasy places made for fantasy cars, such as the Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb. Great choice for a pace car? Yes. Great choice for a pace car.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Weekend Motorsports Roundup, July 11-12, 2015

    Welcome 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?

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Formula One Adds Race In Azerbaijan, Simplifies Grid Penalties

    The FIA World Motor Sport Council decided on many issues related to racing all over the world today, but all eyes were on Formula One. Today, they not only approved many of the F1 Strategy Group’s proposed changes, but they released the 2016 race calendar. Welcome back, Germany, and say hello to Baku.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • iRacing Showed Up Before Le Mans So You Can Drive It In Your Living Room

    Nothing’s better than getting home, saying auf pantsdersehen to anything more substantial than a pair of gym shorts and enjoying some small-screen entertainment. If your screen is usually an iRacing display, you’re in for a treat: the lovable wonks showed up before Le Mans to scan the Circuit des 24 Heures.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Tons Of Classic Rally Cars? Tons Of Classic Rally Cars!

    It’s a fact only known by a few million people that if had too much of all the classic and brand new tarmac fighters at the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s Hillclimb Course, you can jump on a tractor to check out some of the coolest rally cars racing further up the hill. Here are most of those.

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  • Formula One Puts The Smack Down On Instructions Teams Can Give Drivers

    Formula One said they were going to crack down on driver coaching and other aids to ensure that the driver has more control of the car, and now we know exactly what that will entail. Here’s why Kimi Räikkönen is probably smiling somewhere next to a bowl of ice cream because of the rules released today.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Five Ways To Making Watching Global Rallycross Way More Fun

    Yesterday, I went out to the Marine Corps Air Station New River, where the most recent Red Bull Global Rallycross race was held. Aside from there being a lot more helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft around, it was set up like most rallycross races, which is to say, not great for spectators. Luckily for Red Bull, I gave it some thought and have some ideas. You’re welcome.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Terrifying Fan Video Shows NASCAR Race Car Crashing Into Catch Fence

    Four spectators were treated for injuries as a result of the massive wreck at the end of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400, with one fan transported to a local hospital in stable condition. Austin Dillon’s car became airborne in the pile-up, smashing through the part of the catch fence that separates fans from the track.

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  • Daytona NASCAR Race Proves Haters Right On Lap 4

    Do you hate restrictor plate track NASCAR pack racing with a vengeance? Are you That Guy? Like, are you really, really especially That Guyish now that it’s sort of late at night and NASCAR is just starting the Coke Zero 400? Congratulations, they just had a “big one” on Lap 4.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Hop Onboard As IndyCars Go Four-Wide On An Oval, Pass, Crash And Flip

    If there’s one race that’s gotten people talking about the regular season of IndyCar, it’s last weekend’s controversial outing at Auto Club Speedway. Whether your loved it or hated it, the onboards are certainly fascinating to watch. If you think passing one or two cars is nuts, watch these guys go four-wide.

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  • How The Williams F1 Team Threw Away Not Just A Win, But A Podium Finish

    After a spectacular start to the British Grand Prix, Felipe Massa’s Williams jumped ahead of the two Mercedes cars on the front row of the grid. The Williams cars were faster in a straight line than the Mercedes pair, and they were holding their own. Here’s how they blew it through a series of questionable calls.

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  • Watkins Glen Is Fantastic Because Of Everything That's Not At The Track

    I often get stuck in the trap of “I am here for a race weekend!” and don’t get to see much beyond the track itself and where I’m staying. I might make it to the local Denny’s at 1 a.m., but that’s about it. Do not fall into that trap with Watkins Glen. You will regret it and kick yourself until you can go back.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Weekend Motorsports Roundup, July 4-5, 2015

    Welcome 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?

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  • How Does The Heaviest Car Here Win So Many Races?

    The Stevenson Motorsports Camaro Z/28.R has been an odd success story in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. It’s by far the heaviest car in the series at 3,500 lbs, but it’s won the past three races in a row, too. How do they do it? We picked the brains of the team for a while to find out.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • This Is What The Prototype Racer Of The Future Will Look Like

    [Editor’s note: There’s been a lot of talk about how Tudor United SportsCar’s P2 class will look in the future. What kinds of cars will run in TUSC’s highest prototype class, and how will P2s relate to LMP2s at Le Mans? This write-up from Racer is perhaps the clearest summary of what’s being considered yet, so enjoy. - Stef Schrader]

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  • Strategy Group Gives Honda A Break, But Can They Actually Improve F1?

    Surprisingly, the often inept and self-interested Formula One Strategy Group has made some constructive decisions. Changes to the power unit penalties which are crippling this season will be rushed through. On the other hand, they’re sticking to plans to overhaul the car design. Let’s look at today’s decisions.

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  • NASCAR Asks Fans To Please Stop Flying The Confederate Flag

    NASCAR effectively revised its prior stance on the Confederate flag today, where the series wouldn’t allow the stars and bars to fly in any official capacity, but would permit fans to fly it as they please. Now the series’ tracks have banded together in asking fans not to fly it at all.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • No Pit Pass Required: Spectating Stage Rally Isn't Really That Bad

    You might’ve read the recent Answer of the Day for the Ten Best Racing Series That Nobody’s Watching where Rally America was billed as number one. Some of you were offended. Others agreed. Well, I’m taking a stand and taking another stab at stage rally spectating to prove my point once and for all.

    By Aaron Brown Read More

  • Rhys Millen Dominating Pikes Peak In A 1-Megawatt EV Is Strangely Serene

    Rhys Millen and his all-electric eO PP03 set a new record at Pikes Peak this year, running to the summit in 9:07.022 and beating out Monster Tajima by over 20 seconds. But the combination of speed and silence in this on-board video of his balls-out run is downright tranquil compared to the rest of the field.

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  • Our Physicist Explains The Deal With Mass And Weight Once And For All

    If people in glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks, then I’m a pitching machine crammed with gravel and I live in Philip Johnson’s summer house. You see, I’m a brutal little bitch when I find stupid mistakes in articles about cars, and then just the other day I made one of the most basic physics mistakes you can make. I need to make this right!

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • You Can Now Get An Apollo-Edition Mustang Because The World Is Great

    Special edition cars are often just motorized platforms to test the limits of human eye-rolling. There’s something about those Harley Davidson-edition F150s or the Fiat 500 Gucci cars that just feels like shameless brand-whoring. But not this one. Not these Mustangs made to honor the Apollo moon missions. These are terrific.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • This Is What You'd See If You Were On The Probe That Just Buzzed Pluto

    The New Horizons probe just came within spitting distance of Pluto. And while it’s still in data-gathering mode, we’re hoping to see the best-ever images of the frozen dwarf planet. But that doesn’t mean the probe hasn’t been gathering images the whole nine years it’s been flying. Here’s all of those images, all stitched together for one video.

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  • Here's How China Could Land People On The Moon By 2020

    First of all, I should preface this by saying I’m no rocket scientist. Anyone who has ever seen me attempt to open a carton of milk can attest to this. But that doesn’t mean I can’t daydream. And today I’m daydreaming about how China could land on the moon as quickly and cheaply as possible. Within five years, let’s say.

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  • Why Do Center Display Screens Look Like They're Just Tacked On?

    Hello, everyone! Today is an extra special day, because it’s Friday, and that means it’s time for your favorite, and my favorite, and everyone’s favorite Jalopnik column, Letters to Doug. Tomorrow is also an extra special day because it’s Colorado Day, which means the local DMV employees will probably bring in cupcakes.

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  • We're All Wrong About Autonomous Cars, So Get Away From The Wheel

    A recent study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found that 96.2 percent of people polled (actually only about 500 people) said they wanted “to have a steering wheel plus gas and brake pedals (or some other controls) available in completely self-driving vehicles.” You know what all those people have in common? They’re wrong.

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  • How Fuel Economy Is Measured (And Why You Get Different MPGs)

    Ever wonder who comes up with those fuel economy numbers? Does the Environmental Protection Agency do it in some secret underground lair, or is it some guy named Billy Bob in a barn somewhere in Kansas? How do they come up with those numbers, anyhow? Let’s talk through the basic science.

    By David Tracy Read More

  • How The New Mercedes-Benz E-Class Will Protect Your Ears In A Crash

    The 2017 E-Class is shaping up to be a massive technological leap for Mercedes-Benz, packed with everything from car-to-X communication to using your smartphone to replace the key fob and remote park the new sedan. But a system called “Pre-Safe Sound” will blow your mind – and not your eardrums.

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  • Jet Boat VS 115 Horsepower Tricycle: What Gets Around Manhattan Faster?

    The lights and smells of Manhattan ensnare millions of humans every year, and if you’ve been you know the joint is always an adventure to get around. Watch two bad haircuts race a pair of powersports machines around the island to find out what’s the, uh, “best” vehicle for the trip. What could go wrong?

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Hyundai CEO Says The Santa Cruz Truck Is Coming Soon And That's Great

    Your Jalopnik staff are unapologetic, evangelistic fans of small inexpensive pickup trucks. That’s why we lost our collective shit when Hyundai surprised the world with the Santa Cruz truck concept at the Detroit Auto Show this year. Then all we had to do was convince Hyundai they should build it. It looks like someone, somewhere, managed to do that.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Fiat Chrysler Has To Buy Back 180,000 Ram Trucks In Stinging Gov-Slap

    Fiat Chrysler’s slow moving, dangerously ineffective recall finally prompted the Department of Transportation to lay the smack down with a $70 million fine and millions more in other penalties, including an agreement to buy back 200,000 Ram pickups and offer $1,000 extra on certain trade-ins.

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  • How A Ford F-150 Aluminum Repair Cost $17,000 And Took A Month

    Ford says their certified repair centers can fix the 2015 Ford F-150 and its all-new aluminum body “no problem.” But this crazy story of a month-long job and an unbelievable service bay bill — $17,000! — proves there are still some serious challenges to getting this truck back on the road after an accident.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Confirmed: Drunk Driving A Mower Not A Work-Around For Suspended License

    A report says Pennsylvania State Troopers (literally) lassoed a guy who was cruising down the street on his Cub Cadet lawn tractor with a suspended driver’s license and “three times” the legal limit of booze in his blood. So in case anybody was wondering, looks like “it’s just a mower!” is not a viable defense.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Chevy's Anti-Aluminum Truck Ads Are Bullshit

    Chevy’s got a new batch of videos knocking Ford for making the 2015 F-150 out of aluminum. The ads are well produced, but remarkably dumb. Chevy’s dead-set on selling “aluminum” as “weak” and ergo unfit to be truck-making stuff, but that argument is fundamentally idiotic.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • The 2016 Hyundai Tucson: It May Be Boring, But It's Damn Good

    Without a doubt, the small crossover segment is the most boring one in all of auto-dom. But small crossovers happen to be a huge part of today’s car market. They’re cash cows, and Hyundai wants in on the party. Their freshest offering, the 2016 Hyundai Tucson, may just be the new benchmark in the segment.

    By David Tracy Read More

  • Let's Find Out If The Jeep Renegade Is A Real Jeep

    The 2015 Jeep Renegade got us all fired up when it first appeared; was this the ultimate “efficiency you need, capability you want” combo or just a little Italian car wearing daddy’s work boots? Time to take one off-road to find out.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Ram Is Working On Retractable Ramps For Their Pickup Truck Beds

    Fiat Chrysler USA was just awarded an American patent for “a ramp system for a vehicle storage bed” which appears to be exactly what it sounds like, and would be a hugely helpful feature for folks like me who like to put heavy stuff in trucks but don’t always have friends around to help.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • This Is Why You Don't Take Your SUV Surfing

    Shiny new Chevy Tahoe, fresh oversand permit carefully affixed to the bumper, surfboard (paddle board?) perched on the roof. Life was lookin’ good when this person’s day started! Then they had to go and drive just a little too close to the ocean. Okay, way too close. Hilarity ensues.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • What's The Best Monster Truck Name?

    Monster trucks remain perhaps the most patently silly motorized vehicles on the planet. That doesn’t stop them from getting the most serious/amazing names.

    By Raphael Orlove Read More

  • NASA Built A Giant Fake Moon You Can Drive On

    About 50 years ago, the U.S. government used 30,000 pounds of explosives to turn a chunk of Arizona into a simulated moonscape for astronauts to practice picking up rocks on. Today, you can take your own truck out there and carve it up like a ski slope because it’s an off-road park ON THE MOON. Here’s how to do it.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Are Trucks Cars?

    You’re driving down the highway in your truck. You see that the highway divides into ‘cars only’ and ‘cars + trucks.’ This is just one moment in the linguist trouble of the car/truck dichotomy.

    By Raphael Orlove Read More

  • Show Us Your Favorite Vintage Truck Commercials

    Looking for an excuse to post this great 1979 TV spot for the Jeep Cherokee Chief, I realized just how many incredible old truck ads I still haven’t seen. If you’re on the internet instead of out barbecuing right now, find your favorite and share it in the comments!

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • The Truck Brand War Score: How GMC Won June 2015

    GMC is the unexpected hero of truck sales for June 2015, taking GM way past Ford on pickups and enormous American SUV sales. Meanwhile the Chevy Colorado is still fighting an uphill battle against the Toyota Tacoma in smaller trucks.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Laugh At Our Pain Squeezing An Old Hummer H1 Through Philadelphia

    I was so excited when Doug DeMuro invited me to off-road his Hummer! Of course when I got to his house; “Hah, no, I’m not paying for gas to drive all the way to the woods. Don’t worry. I got some fun roads for you to try.” ...I should seen the red flags right there.

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  • Stop Buying Cheap Used Sports Cars And Expecting Them To Be Perfect

    In life, the curmudgeons and pessimists who think of themselves as realists will regurgitate the tired trope of “there’s no such thing as a free lunch.” While it is true that cheap steak may include some gristle, it could potentially be the best steak you’ve ever had. But you could also choke on it.

    By Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez Read More

  • For Sale: Jaloptastic BMW E30 Wagon With M3 Motor And Manual Trans

    Are you sitting down? Of course you are, because you are at work (or home) reading Jalopnik instead of being “productive.” Well, I’m about to make your Friday even better. As a Jalop you most likely are a fan of the following: manuals, wagons, E30 BMWs, and M3 inline-six motors. Now you can have all four in one shot!

    By Tom McParland Read More

  • Would You Save This Ridiculously Cheap BMW M3 Or Let It Rot?

    When a car is neglected, it’s a reflection on not only the owner, but the community because it means that when enthusiasts see a relatively clean fixer-upper BMW E36 M3 like this one, they don’t ask “How about I take her off your hands?” I’m here to stop that because this car is for sale, and every one of us should buy it.

    By Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez Read More

  • How To Make The Most Out Of Your Amazing Local Junkyard

    Don’t be afraid of junkyards. They’re loads of fun, filled with cheap parts, and offer some of the greatest wrenchin’ you can find in this great nation of ours. Come check out an awesome junkyard with us and we’ll show you the ropes.

    By David Tracy Read More

  • Here Are The Best Minivan Alternatives

    I must get this question about once a week. Seriously, what is wrong with you people? You know you need a minivan. You know the minivan is the best family hauling car for the money. Yet for some strange reason you have this complex about driving a van and would rather sacrifice convenience and flexibility so you can look “rugged.”

    By Tom McParland Read More

  • Leaked Configurator Maybe Reveals 2016 Ford Focus RS Price: $35,730

    We know almost everything about the upcoming 2016 Ford Focus RS, except the price. According to what looks like a Ford configurator website still in QA testing that is very different than what is found on Ford.com, the hottest of Focus hatches will have a starting price of $35,730. A fully loaded car will set you back $42,275.

    By Tom McParland Read More

  • Challenger Hellcat For Sale With VIN Ending In 666

    Some say Lucifer would rock a high end luxury car to blend in with the elite that sold their souls for fame and power, but when he wants to cut loose he would want something fast that bares the mark of the beast. If you fancy yourself the Prince of Darkness you can have a one-of-a-kind Challenger Hellcat with a 666 VIN.

    By Tom McParland Read More

  • Millennials: You Are Doing Leasing Wrong

    According to a new study by Edmunds, Millennials lately are leasing cars much more than older buyers. While leasing can be great way to get a new car and keep your monthly budget manageable, some young buyers don’t seem to be approaching leases the right way.

    By Tom McParland Read More

  • Reviewed: The CDs In The Used Car I Just Bought

    About a week ago, I bought a used car and discovered that the previous owner left many wondrous things behind, like a small tube of lip balm covered with hair, half a pencil with no eraser, and four CDs in the six disc CD changer. Here is the long-awaited answer to the question: which left behind album is best?

    By Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez Read More

  • This Clean Lamborghini Murcielago Is Cheap As Dirt And Fake As Hell

    Kit cars are interesting if only to delve into the insane mindset of the person who builds one. It’s the Canal Street handbag that everyone can spot from a mile away - but not always. Sometimes fakes like this Lamborghini LP640 replica are so convincing that they’ll take several once-overs to let you know that you just got rick rolled.

    By Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez Read More

  • Trump Supporters Pissed After Car Dealer Takes A Whack At Donald Piñata

    While local dealership ads tend to be pretty cheesy, they usually stay away from political controversy. This weekend, Donald Trump supporters took to social media demanding that an Los Angeles-area Nissan dealership face consequences after making commercial in which a Trump piñata is whacked to promote a sale.

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  • Ten Car Repairs You're Putting Off Right Now

    Maybe it’s because of time. Maybe it’s because of money. Maybe you can blame it all on straight-up laziness. Whatever. Here are the repairs that you should be doing right this very second, but aren’t.

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  • You Can Buy The Best BMW M5 Ever Made For The Price Of A Nissan Versa

    The BMW E39 M5 is one of those cars that got it so right the first time that the company was forced to think way outside the box for the next iteration, making a product that just wasn’t as good as its predecessor. Today you can get the best looking example around for the price of one of the most mundane cars ever. What a time to be alive.

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  • Report: The Audi RS4 Sedan Will Return To America For 2016

    The American market missed out on the last generation Audi RS4, because wagons don’t sell here and because we can’t have nice things in general. It is probably safe to say that the next generation RS4 Avant will remain forbidden fruit, but Audi plans on bringing the RS4 sedan back to America for 2016.

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  • Here Are Five Of The Most Ridiculously Cheap Running Cars On eBay

    Window shopping is a novel experience where you wonder what your life would be like with some expensive unobtainable trinket. This is sort of like that, except you can afford everything on this list. It’s basically a social experiment to see where the true bottom of the running car market lies, so let’s jump down this rusty rabbit hole together, shall we?

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  • Five Reasons You Should Buy A Cheap Used Pickup

    I’m not really a truck person. I respect trucks, but never had much of a desire to own one. Then I had to move a bunch of junk from my house when I realized my Volkswagen GTI and our Sienna minivan weren’t going to cut it. After borrowing my dad’s Frontier, I developed a new appreciation for the cheap pickup. Here is why you should get one.

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  • The Better Business Bureau Can't Help You

    Every day I hear from consumers looking for help with defective cars they have bought. They often mention that they might call the Better Business Bureau, as if that might accomplish something. The problem is this: The BBB will not help you in a meaningful way.

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  • Family Saws Their Way Out Of Car Dealership After Getting Locked In

    There is an old bit of car buying advice that says show up to the dealer when they are ready to close, as the salespeople will cut a good deal because they want to go home. If you try this method make sure someone knows you are there, so you don’t get stuck for hours like one Boston area family.

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  • Get Your Pennies Together Because Nissan GT-Rs Are Plummeting In Price

    Most cars have predictable depreciation curves and will be worth 40 percent of their original purchase price five years after they’re first sold - but the Nissan GT-R isn’t most cars. It hoards value like an automotive Smaug. But the times, they are a-changin’, and prices for used examples may just become affordable for normies like you and I.

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  • This Insane Lexus SC300 Is The Luxury Supra You've Always Wanted

    The Toyota Supra is quickly becoming the unobtanium grand touring potential powerhouse that you wish you could afford, but there is another. This 2000 Lexus SC300 is everything the Supra could be, plus a few things that are just nice to have, for a price that’s very un-Supra like. Dear Santa, this is what I want.

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  • The Ten Most Common Mistakes DIY Mechanics Make

    One of best ways to save some cash as a car owner is to do as much of your own work as possible. Some of us crazy weirdos even think it’s fun to wrench on our cars. But sometimes us driveway mechanics and DIY-ers forget or ignore these 10 major no-nos.

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  • Here Are Your Most Insane Working-On-A-Car Horror Stories

    People working on their own cars happens for a variety of reasons. Maybe you’re a glutton for punishment like I am, or you simply have a weekend free and a transmission that makes a strange grinding sound. Whatever the case may be, here are some cautionary tales of when DIY turned to WTF real quick.

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  • Has An Auto Show Ever Influenced Your Vehicle Purchase?

    Before the Internet, an auto show was really the only way to learn about all the new cars hitting the showrooms. Auto shows are a great PR platform for manufactures and journalists love them because they might get some free booze, but are they really valuable to your average car buyer?

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  • Top 5 Ways Mechanics Rip Off Customers

    As a Lemon Law lawyer, my phone rings all day long with people calling me about car problems. Defective cars are always in the mix and sometimes the calls involve auto repairs. That is, people want to know what they can do when they have been wronged by an auto mechanic. And here is what mechanics have done to them.

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  • Here Are Ten Of The Best Convertibles On eBay For Less Than $10,000

    If you’re driving a car that doesn’t have a fold-away top during the summer, you’re clearly missing the point. That’s why last week I asked you hair-in-the-wind freethinkers to find the best convertibles on eBay for under a $10,000 budget. Donald Trumps need not apply.

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  • How Dealerships Steal Profit From Their Salespeople

    I joked in a previous post about the desperate salesperson who says “I’m losing money on this deal,” but sometimes it is true. If you ever wondered why some dealers refuse to work with Internet shoppers or why the turnover rate is so high, here’s an insider’s take on how dealers “protect” their profit at the expense of their staff.

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  • Why Buy A Nissan Sentra When This Awesome Skyline GT-R Is Way Cheaper?

    Having an exotic car doesn’t always have to mean that you’re a Jordan Belfort stand-in, but simply a person of exquisite taste and extraordinary bargain-hunting ability. Case in point: this Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R is everything you’d want in a rare supercar with the addition of an economy car pricetag. Drive-thrus would be a little tough, though.

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  • eBay Challenge: Best Convertible For Less Than $10,000

    The frigid grip of winter has all but subsided, and a hot, hot summer is staring you in the face. What do you do? Simple - drop the top and blast Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. That’s why this week, your challenge is to find the best convertible on eBay for less than a meager $10,000 budget. Just don’t get your hair done beforehand.

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  • A Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Just Popped Up For Sale On A Forum

    The Air Force won’t sell you a F-117 stealth fighter, but you can buy the next best thing for only $3 million. A few days ago, a user on the 6 Speed Online forum, listed the all carbon-fiber Lamborghini Sesto Elemento for sale. This is one of 20 cars ever built, and according to the user, the only one available for purchase.

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  • All The Things That Should Be On Modern Cars

    The other day as I was yelling at some kids to get off my lawn, I realized how old I am. This got me thinking about the cars we had back in the day: cars were rear wheel drive and only your creepy chemistry teacher drove a Japanese import. The cars the kids drive these days are often missing things a real car should have. Here is a list of those things.

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  • Liberty Mutual's Commercials Have Reached Peak Stupid

    Selling car insurance is a tricky thing, because you aren’t really selling something someone wants. Most of the time it’s just something they have to have. But when it comes to incessantly stupid, Liberty Mutual’s new campaign has the market cornered.

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  • Here Are Five Cheap Cars That Will Be Way More Expensive A Year From Now

    Everyone loves a good sale. Buyers get a hit of dopamine from knowing that they saved some of their hard-earned cash and sellers get the satisfaction of another satisfied customer. Unfortunately, sales only last for a limited time, much like these five cars that may get uncomfortably expensive within the next year.

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  • You Can Now Search For Used Cars On Carfax.com

    We’ve all been there... you’re searching for a pre-owned car when you come across an awesome deal on what looks like the perfect vehicle. Then you click on the Carfax report only to find that yellow triangle that indicates “accident reported.” Carfax is now offering an online search tool to help filter these cars.

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  • What's The Best Car For A Teenager?

    Is it right to give a new car to a high schooler? Should they drive old crapboxes? As a parent, what would you do? Doug DeMuro, the Classic Car Club Manhattan’s Jeanette Klein and our Nicole Conlan debate the choices and Tavarish brings in the used cars you should buy.

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  • What's Your Worst Working-On-A-Car Experience?

    I take a fair amount of pride in working on my car myself, and although sometimes I feel like I’m backed into a corner by the warranty-loving CarMax junkies out there, I know I’m not alone. However, when you rely on yourself, things can turn from bad to panic in record time. What are some of your worst wrenching experiences?

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  • When To Call Bullshit On Mail From Stealerships

    If you have ever contacted or done business with any dealership, you know your email inbox gets blasted with “HUGE SAVINGS” until you “unsubscribe.” Dealers know this method is fairly ineffective, but it is cheap and easy. Now some stealerships are targeting your mailbox instead of your inbox.

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  • Help Settle Your Dispute By Getting Everything In Writing

    I often hear from consumers who think they have resolved their legal problems on their own but are stuck on one last detail: The manufacturer or dealer won’t pay up. The problem? If the settlement offer isn’t in writing, it probably isn’t real.

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  • Here Are Ten Of The Best American Cars On eBay For Less Than $10,000

    Isn’t it wonderful that the country that brought you the Interstate highway network is also the same country that brought the best cruising and highway-eating cars in history? That’s why last week I asked you patriotic lot to find the best cars on eBay that represent the stars and stripes for less than a $10k budget. Cue the music.

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  • Dear Alfa Romeo: It Takes A Lot More Than Sex To Sell Cars

    Congratulations Alfa Romeo! You have succeeded in creating a a beautiful sports sedan that not only shares some timeless styling cues from your historic cars, but also manages to fit in in this modern world of crash tests and MPG standards. However, you’re going to need a lot more than sexy curves and a sensual sound.

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  • Here's How You Can Combine Two Broken F430s Into One Amazing Ferrari

    Unless you’re the Sultan of Brunei, ownership of a Ferrari comes with a lot of challenges - mainly where to get the money to buy one and deciding what kind of light jazz to play in your Ferrari-themed glass garage. However, these two Ferrari F430s come with a whole ‘nother set of issues. Here’s how to solve them - the fun way.

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  • eBay Challenge: The Best American Cars For Less Than $10,000

    There’s something to be said about a car made with good ol’ American ingenuity. Even though creating an automotive icon is no small feat, the United States of America has no problem pumping them out regularly. That’s why your challenge today is to find the best American cars on eBay for less than a $10k budget. Fire up the grill, this is gonna be good.

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  • Forget The Ford F150, This Is The Coolest Cheap Truck You Can Buy Today

    This weekend marks the the joyous anniversary of the start of the country that brought you the Xbox, 26-inch rims, and the five dollar footlong. To mark off this momentous occasion with an amazing automotive masterpiece, I present this resto-modded Ford F100 as the cheap work truck you always wanted. Happy Birthday, America.

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  • How Much New Car Do You Get If You Spend The "Average"?

    It has been a great year for the auto-industry. Overall sales are up and people are spending more and more. According to Kelly Blue Book, the average transaction price for a new car has risen to $33,340. That’s a serious chunk of change, but how much car or truck are you getting if you’re dropping that much cash?

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  • What's The Best Car Under $20,000?

    We’ve talked about the best Midsize sedan for your money and the best performance car under $30,000, but we haven’t hit that magic number: What’s the best new car of any kind you can get for under $20,000? Doug DeMuro, Tavarish, Raphael Orlove and Travis’s new minion Bob Sorokanich debate the merits.

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  • I Changed My Mind About The Scion FR-S And You Should Too

    As I calmly waited for the car to arrive, I felt none of the usual anticipation for the experience that lay before me. The burbly metallic blue coupe eventually rolled up, giving me the chance to convince the car’s caretaker to hand over the keys. It was at that point when I realized that almost everything I thought I knew about the car was dead wrong.

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  • The "I Can't Let You Leave" Brake Scam

    Having dealt with automobile law for 23 years now, I have heard all the scams. One which pops up more often than you might think is one where a brake shop tells a customer, “Your brakes are so bad that legally, I cannot let you drive this car until you get them fixed.”

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