It is always interesting to look at the Carrier Air Wings of the past. Today America’s super carrier decks look far more homogeneous, with variants of the F/A-18 Hornet doing all the fixed-wing tactical work.. The photo above is shot aboard the USS Constellation in 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War, and it shows a very eclectic mix of aircraft.
Read MoreThe coalition is stepping up its air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, with B-1s supporting Iraq’s Ramadi offensive and land-based fighters, and those from both the USS Harry S. Truman and the Charles de Gaulle, flying ‘round the clock sorties. Here are two of the latest videos depicting the coalition’s air war against ISIS.
Read MoreOne of the most important programs that the U.S. Air Force is undertaking is far from glamorous and comes with a funny name: Talon HATE. But this podded system will be vital for eliminating communications barriers between the F-22 and F-15C/D fleets, as well as other weapon systems. It’s showing for the first time on the belly of an Operational Test F-15C flying out of Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Here’s how it works.
Read MoreAn Iranian gunboat fired rockets just 1,500 yards off the starboard side of the the Nimitz Class super carrier USS Harry S. Truman during its recent transit through the Straits of Hormuz, serving as another reminder of how easily things in the Persian Gulf could go from a tense calm to a shooting war with Iran.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman scored another win this last year after its Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) concept was tapped for full-scale demonstration. The DARPA and Office of Naval Research-led program seeks to give Navy surface combatants, like destroyers and Littoral Combat Ships, fixed-wing aircraft carrier-like capabilities, albeit on a smaller scale. It’s a move that could change naval warfare, and warfare in general, as we know it.
Read MoreHigh above the battleground of Ramadi, Iraq, B-1B Lancer bombers circle like vultures, waiting for targeting information and using their own keen eyes to locate potential enemies to destroy. It is just another reminder of how a bomber that has had a tough time finding its identity has turned into an arsenal ship of choice for the murky terror wars of the new millennium.
Read MoreNew video has surfaced showing operations aboard China’s only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, complete with the head of the Chinese Navy’s making a visit and J-15 fighters landing and launching. More importantly, it shows how much Chinese aircraft carrier operations have evolved.
Read MoreWho knows what exactly the background of this video is, but it clearly shows a Leopard 2 main battle tank literally digging itself out of a deep anti-tank trench via brute force. Then it shows another option for traversing the same chasm—just speed over it!
Read MoreThe U.S. Navy SEALs are known to have a very diverse small-arms locker, one full of the best and most durable firearms available. So when they decide to get behind a certain weapon in a big way, it tends to be big news. Now, after toting metal-framed Sig Sauer P226s on missions around the globe for three decades, a new pistol will reportedly take its place: the hugely popular Glock 19.
Read MoreThe National Security Archive has published what is said to be the most comprehensive and detailed list of nuclear weapons targets and applied weapons strategy that has ever been declassified. The report includes details plans for purposefully targeting civilian populations and military infrastructure for the systematic destruction of the Soviet Bloc.
Read MoreIt has been more than five years since the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense shuttered its Harrier fleet, eventually selling it to the U.S. for a song. Here’s a throwback video from Nov. 24, 2010 of the Harriers executing their final launch from the very rain-soaked deck of the HMS Ark Royal.
Read MoreThe Syrian civil war has been raging for half a decade now, and the scars show more than ever. The drone footage below show parts of suburban Syria totally destroyed for as far as the eye can see. It is amazing to think that humans live in this horrific battle zone, but they do.
Read MoreOn Monday, the American public got a stark reminder that the war in Afghanistan really isn’t over, following a deadly suicide bombing at Bagram Air Base. The U.S. deaths included Air Force Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen, an openly gay officer who spent years trying to repeal the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
Read MoreOn December 22nd, 1964, the SR-71 Blackbird took to the air for the very first time, rising above Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale with F-104 chase planes in pursuit. The occasion would mark the birth of one of the most amazing and renowned aircraft of all time.
Read MoreLike its Mi-8/17 “Hip” cousin, the Mi-24/35 “Hind” series of Russian helicopters has a slew of unique configurations. Yet one of the most puzzling is the Mi-35MS, a de-armed advanced Hind derivative that has been converted into an aerial taxi for military VIPs.
Read MoreDraken International has exploded onto the commercial adversary support market in the last half decade, and is now the largest private air force in the world. Yet this flying outfit with an aggressive business plan needs contracts in order to succeed over the long-term. Now it appears the USAF is officially giving Draken a shot at proving their worth at America’s premier air combat training facility, Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Read MoreThe United States Air Force has a little-known team of elite security commandos that are highly trained for a very particular job, protecting aircraft and crews from enemy assaults while on the ground in dangerous locales. They are called the Phoenix Ravens.
Read MoreYesterday’s Democratic debate saw Hillary Clinton answer for her involvement in ousting Muammar Gaddafi and the total chaos that has followed. Her response was full of spin that played down just how bad things have become in Libya since then.
Read MoreIf a carrier-based aircraft has a major technical issue and there are no divert airfields available, naval aviators are faced with either bailing out and ejecting or taking their chances with the aircraft carrier’s cloth and steel barricades.
Read MoreWhen it comes to news, anything related to the Russian military is hot right now—there are even many headlines claiming how the U.S. should fear the Russian Navy. These pieces often take “brochure” capabilities as fact without looking at the bigger picture. This infographic gives us an idea of just how tiny the Russian Navy is compared to the end of the Cold War. Modernization is underway, but at a slow pace.
Read MoreSome good news came to Ukraine’s famous, albeit struggling aircraft manufacturer, Antonov, today. Saudi Arabia has announced that they are going to purchase 30 of the company’s new AN-178 jet transports. This is the first military order for the type and the largest single order to date.
Read MoreAmerica’s involvement in Libya’s maelstrom of infighting between political groups, tribal factions and extremist elements has been murky to say the least. The U.S. has been involved with killing key terrorists from the air and has captured them on the ground, but these were likely tiny snapshots of a much larger picture—a portion of which was disclosed by the Libyan Air Force’s Facebook page this week.
Read MoreU.S. Air Force enlisted personnel will be able to fly the remotely-piloted vehicles commonly known as drones, officials announced today. The idea has been kicked around for many years in one form or another, but the recent drone pilot crisis seems to have finally made the Air Force change its ways.
Read MoreIn an unusually scathing memo to Secretary of the Navy Ray Maybus, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has demanded severe changes to the troubled Littoral Combat Ship program. It includes instructions to cut the number of Littoral Combat Ships to be built, and as well as focusing on building one variant, from one shipyard and general contractor.
Read MoreThe craziest high-tech innovation to hit the battlefield in ages boasts millimeters-thick sheet metal, black powder time bombs, battering-blades and a heavy armament of bottle rockets. No—it isn’t the advanced replacement to the M1 Abrams battle tank, it’s the Ghanaian Kantanka and it’s laughably terrifying.
Read MoreAdam Driver, until recently best known for his work on the HBO hit series Girls, was a U.S. Marine before becoming an actor and eventually becoming The Force Awakens’ primary villain, the masked Kylo Ren. He briefly recounted this crazy journey on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week.
Read MoreDonald Trump, who claims to be the “best on the military” among the 2016 Presidential candidates because he is the best at everything, apparently has no idea what the nuclear triad is. The revelation came during last night’s Presidential Debate when conservative talk radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Trump a question about the need to modernize our nuclear forces.
Read MoreThe F-117, America’s first operational “stealth” aircraft, remains one of the most charismatic yet enigmatic jets ever. Even now it looks like something from the distant future, and its peculiar retirement has been followed by sightings of the “Black Jet” still flying over the desolate Nevada desert, very near where it operated for almost a decade under total secrecy: Tonopah Test Range Airport. This is also the place pictured in the rare photo above.
Read MoreThis amazing shot depicting night operations aboard the USS Boxer showcases the MV-22’s unique “proprotor” configuration in spectacular fashion. The long exposure time allows us to see the Osprey transfer from near vertical to forward flight, with giant slinky-like tubes of light tracing its departure.
Read MoreThe Navy’s new stealthy super-destroyer, the soon to be named USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), already has something to be proud of, even though it just left port on its first set of sea trials last week. Early Saturday morning the intimidating-looking surface combatant assisted in a rescue operation of a nearby fishing boat skipper that fell gravely ill.
Read MoreRussia fired shots at a Turkish fishing vessel in the Aegean Sea today, and the Kremlin claims the rounds were fired because the vessel was on a “collision course” with the Kashin class destroyer Smetlivy that was sailing through the area. The fishing vessel turned away at about 1,800 feet after the shots were fired, but continued to shadow the destroyer at about that distance.
Read MoreEven as the Pentagon is struggling to figure out a way to afford and field its fifth-generation fighter of choice, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Navy and the U.S. Air Force—along with industry—are looking at what comes next. This sixth-generation fighter initiative is loosely known as the “F-X program” for the USAF and the “FA-XX” for the Navy.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force’s plan to pare down its drone fleet was fantastically unrealistic—and the branch’s leadership seems to be finally realizing this. Now, as Foxtrot Alpha predicted, the Air Force is asking to expand its drone capacity dramatically due to the the threat from international terrorism, the realities regarding the state of conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, as well as the dismal cultural and personnel situation within the drone force’s ranks.
Read MoreThe U.S. Marines announced that an incident involving an MV-22 Osprey landing aboard the USS New Orleans occurred on Wednesday, thankfully with no injuries reported. But now we are seeing just how close this incident came to total disaster as the ship arrived back in San Diego with the Osprey in question hanging at an angle off its fantail.
Read MoreThe most advanced operational fighters of U.S., U.K., and French origin pose for the camera high over the Atlantic. The Raptors, Typhoons and Rafales, along with T-38 and F-15E aggressors and E-3 AWACS support, are taking part of the first international anti-access focused aerial exercise dubbed simply “Trilateral Exercise.”
Read MoreThe USAF’s biggest aircraft, the giant C-5 Galaxy, is not known for its reliability or ease of maintenance, although some of these concerns are being addressed with the new C-5M upgrade configuration. Still, these behemoths need a lot of TLC, and much of that work is done periodically at Dover Air Force Base’s Maintenance Squadron Isochronal (ISO) Maintenance Dock.
Read MoreThe United States Marine Corps has given two defense contractors more than $100 million apiece and a challenge: build us the baddest beach-storming truck that can swim as well as it drives, and can withstand some fire at the same time.
Read MoreThe Russian improved Kilo Class diesel electric submarine Rostov-on-Don (B-237) launched cruise missiles at targets in Syria today, from a submerged position in the eastern Mediterranean. This is the first time a Russian submarine has struck targets in Syrua since Russia began its aerial offensive around October and the first time a Kilo Class fired cruise missiles in anger.
Read MoreThe Blue Angels’ F/A-18A/B/CD Hornets are some of the oldest and used-up fighters in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory. Recently, the Angels have had control surfaces break off in mid-flight, and their serviceability is not improving. As a result, the Navy has asked Boeing to come up with plans to convert Super Hornets into a configuration that actually makes sense for a group of flying acrobats.
Read MorePre-Commissioning Unit Zumwalt, soon to be known as the USS Zumwalt, is the United States Navy’s newest and most advanced surface warfare ship. It’s almost an experiment in its own right, with only three ships planned, only 60 percent of the crew of a regular destroyer, and enough power to feed railguns and lasers that don’t even exist yet. Here it is on its first sea trials today, and just look at it.
Read MoreLate last week, hundreds of Turkish troops and about 20 tanks made their way across the Iraqi border, and south to the town of Bashiqa, located just a dozen or so miles northeast of ISIS-held Mosul. The Iraqi government was caught seemingly totally off guard by this move. As a result the Iraqis have demanded Turkey pull their forces out within 48 hours or they will take their case to the United Nations.
Read MoreMuch hyperbole surrounds Russia’s S-400 advanced surface-to-air missile system, which is now being exported abroad and was recently deployed to Syria. Unsurprisingly, Russia has leveraged this deployment to further build-up the public’s perception of the S-400. Still, the S-400 is highly capable, and beating it, or any advanced air defense system, is far from simple.
Read MoreRonald Reagan was a fan of Star Trek—and even a critic of it sometimes. In his diary he talks about watching Star Trek III in the White House theater and how he thought it sucked. In his post-presidential years apparently this interest in the franchise continued, and in 1991 he visited the then-highly popular Next Generation Set.
Read MoreBoth Spain and Italy operate the AV-8B Harrier on the Mediterranean. Spain has about a dozen upgraded EAV-8B Harriers IIs and a single TAV-8B Harrier trainer in operation today. These aircraft deploy aboard the Juan Carlos I (L61), a modern amphibious assault ship capable of carrying up to twenty Harriers at a time.
Read MoreAmerica’s second oldest operational aircraft carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is hard at work in the Atlantic training with its escorts and air wing for its next deployment. Part of this training includes executing night operations, just as they would in combat. These photos capture this colorful but dangerous world in awesome detail.
Read MoreTurkish-Russian relations are in the gutter since the downing of that attack jet, yet it is not exactly a relationship in which one party can just ignore the other. Both economies are intertwined and Russia has to pass through Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait in order to access the Mediterranean from the Black Sea. Turkey may have reminded Russia of this very recently, but it still does not explain why Russian sailors were donning shoulder-fired surface-air-missiles today during one of Russia’s amphibi
Read MoreRussia’s Ministry of Defense social media channels have been busy as ever, but today they seem to have a peculiar focus on coalition drone traffic over Syria. The Russians say there’s more of it than ever, but one general is complaining they’re not getting their fair share of information from other countries battling the Islamic State.
Read MoreThe French Air Force and Royal Air Force have sent their finest equipment and crews to Langley AFB in Virginia to take part in an inaugural exercise, dubbed simply “Trilateral Exercise,” alongside the 1st Fighter Wing’s F-22 Raptors. This international air combat force will focus on integrated training for taking on enemies while operating in anti-access and area denial environments.
Read MoreWith Kiev’s relationship with Moscow now non-existent, Antonov aircraft is looking to inject western technologies and spare parts into its giant An-124 Condor and An-225 Mriya designs. So instead of having one giant plane constructed under one giant design philosophy, they’ll both now be a mix of both West and East. Neat.
Read MoreRussia, even after the Cold War ended, has never warmed much to the idea of an expanding NATO. The alliance, formed mostly as a military front against the Soviet Union and its own alliance, the Warsaw Pact, has added 12 new countries since the end of the Cold War, gradually expanding throughout Eastern Europe. Now NATO has invited Montenegro to join, and Russia doesn’t like this at all.
Read MoreCarrier Air Wing Three deployed aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is made up of about 70 aircraft, which require many hours of maintenance per flight hour flown. When the fixes or scheduled inspection are not superficial, the aircraft is brought down to the carrier’s hangar deck. Even though this is a cavernous space, filling it with dinosaur sized aircraft gets tight real quick.
Read MoreFollowing the attacks on Paris, the parliament debate over the use of Royal Air Force aircraft entering the air war over Syria against ISIS re-ignited in spectacular fashion. That debate has now come to a close with a 397 to 223 vote decision being made to immediately begin striking ISIS targets in Syria, not just Iraq.
Read MoreThe Pentagon and the Obama Administration announced yesterday that a team of between 100 and 200 special operations forces will be sent to Iraq to hunt down ISIS leadership and key intelligence. While this may sound like a solid move against the terror group, the timing of this deployment is just another symptom of a failed anti-ISIS strategy which has been behind the ball since it began.
Read MoreTurkey, and especially Istanbul, has been called the crossroads of the world, geographically and commercially connecting Europe with Asia, and the Mediterranean with the Black Sea. The latter of which happens to be crucial to Russian shipping and especially its naval operations, acting as a corridor for the Black Sea Fleet to access the world.
Read MoreAny concerns you may have had about the hybrid BMW i8 being only a sports car with supercar looks need to be relinquished, because the carbon-fiber BMW of the future is about to be packed and powered by the engine out of the M6 — a 4.4 liter V8.
Read MoreWe might be able to have a look at the gorgeous engines of mid-engined Italian supercars, but when it comes to front-engined sports cars, it’s all a big coverup. But not in the Jaguar Project 7, by far the nastiest sounding car in Harry’s Garage, and possibly anywhere else.
Read MoreI file the Infiniti Q50 under “cars I wasn’t blown away with at first but have steadily grown on me over the years.” I have a feeling it’s about to grow on me even more with two new engines, one of which harks back to Nissan and Infiniti’s ‘90s glory days—at least, in displacement and turbos.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz gave everyone a look inside its new 2017 E-Class by virtue of a video released last week, and it’s covered in digital displays. As for the exterior, the manufacturer hasn’t shown us what it looks like just yet—but might have accidentally given a hint.
Read MoreIt might only have a 129 horsepower four-cylinder, two seats and a soft top, yet there’s no other car I want to have more as a daily driver than the smallest 2016 Mazda Miata with the baby engine. It’s that good.
Read MoreCadillac is going to have a hell of a time catching up to BMW, the automaker that currently holds the top spot in luxury car sales. However, with General Motors’ recent lease offer on the 464 horsepower Cadillac ATS-V, you could blitz past an M3 for about the same payment as a BMW 340i sedan.
Read MoreThis is the new 2017 Volvo S90, packing a 407 horsepower hybrid drivetrain, the Pilot Assist semi-autonomous drive system upgraded to work at up to 80 mph, the anti-kangaroo tech they call City Safety and a huge tablet in the middle with Apple CarPlay (or Android, if you’re one of those people) and a bunch of cloud-based applications. It’s everything we love in the Volvo XC90, just more car-ish, yet still plenty of Swede-ish.
Read MoreThis past year it felt like we drove damn near everything. From Subaru rally cars to the Bentley Mulsanne Speed. From a Power Wheels to a McLaren 650S. From an Audi TT, to an Audi TT, to an Audi TT a third time, because sometimes we all disagree and everyone is wrong, including ourselves. This is every single car we reviewed in 2015.
Read MoreSome things bear repeating. For instance, I tend to harp on about how value trumps price and that you shouldn’t ever settle for the mundane just because it’s technically the safer choice. As if to prove my point, the automotive gods at Mercedes-Benz have created the AMG C63 S: the world’s most perfect expression of the automotive experience. Well, almost.
Read MoreIt was easy for us to name the best cars we drove in 2015. Picking the worst ones, believe it or not, was a lot harder.
Read MoreDealerships will try all kinds of things to convince you that they are offering HUGE SAVINGS. Some of them even resort to giving things away like free televisions, free maintenance, or even a free car. Usually, the deal isn’t so great once you run the numbers.
Read MoreLooking through the cars Jalopnik has driven in 2015, I’m not sure there has been a better year for driving. At least, not in many decades.
Read MoreLast week, I asked you to help me choose the car I would buy and use for a year to create columns and mediocre videos. This week, I pored over all the posts to figure out what everyone suggested. Holy crap, you guys are weird.
Read MoreThe latest batch of Mini products kind of feel like they’re carefully engineered by ze Germans to adhere to a certain level of kitsch and fun. “Ja, Dieter, if we put ein light-up panel here und here, ze car is 69% more likely to be enjoyed by ze snake-people.” Somehow, though, this sort of works. Enter the new Mini Clubman.
Read MoreThere are Mustangs. There are Shelby Mustangs. But in all of Mustang-dom, few nameplates are as equally revered and feared for their brutal ferocity and tendency to literally send owners to hell like “Super Snake.”
Read MoreGather ‘round, boys and girls, men and women, Crest and Colgate, because it’s time for your favorite annual event here on Jalopnik: the one where you help me choose a new car that I will use to create columns and mediocre YouTube videos for the next year.
Read MoreHello good people of Jalopnik, and welcome to an extra special version of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly column wherein you provide the letters and I provide the Doug.
Read MoreEveryone wants to talk about the 2016 Chevy Camaro SS. This makes sense. It’s the one with the V8. But after a 1,000 mile road trip across the west, I can tell you the smart money’s on the unofficial “Working Man’s Edition;” the 1LT V6. Cloth seats, stick shift, 335 horsepower of essential Camaro for the enthusiast driver who doesn’t need rainbow ambient lighting to feel good about their car.
Read MoreIf a guy dressed up like a clown walks into your office and produces for you a balloon poodle, you’re not going to be that surprised. If your boss comes into your office and starts krumping, you’ll probably feel differently. The Charger Hellcat is the clown and your krumping boss is the Cadillac CTS-V. It’s insane, in a less obvious way.
Read MoreI would say the most annoying part about automobile ownership is the buying and selling process. Unless, of course, you own a British automobile, in which case the most annoying part is trying to keep water out of the passenger compartment.
Read MoreHello, ladies and gentlemen of Jalopnik, and welcome to the latest round of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly Jalopnik column that includes both a) letters, and b) at least one insult of the first-generation Volkswagen Touareg.
Read MoreDespite what my dentist keeps telling me, I’m human. Aside from having a bunch of hair and fingers, that means that I do, sometimes, make mistakes. And I’ve made plenty this year. So I want to make things right. Here’s my corrections for the ten biggest mistakes I’ve made this year:
Read MoreIt looks like Volkswagen is preparing to introduce yet another modernized Microbus prototype at CES next month, so I’ve been thinking about old Type IIs. For a car as iconic and well-known as the Microbus, there’s a sense that it’s all explored, there’s nothing new to learn. And then you see a picture of an Auwärter Carlux.
Read MoreThe annual Consumer Electronics Expo kicks off in Las Vegas next week. What was once a trade show for the tech industry has rapidly expanded into another venue for automakers to show off both the latest interactive technology, as well as a growing number of concept car debuts.
Read MoreYou know what the most dangerous weapon in the world is? It’s the truth, and our man Torch pulled back the curtain to drop some extra-dangerous truths about the lies the Pep Boys have been selling you for years.
Read MoreEveryone knows Pep Boys, right? Three guys that look sort of like Groucho Marx, Josef Stalin, and Bob Newhart? Sure you do. They’re Manny, Moe, and Jack, and they just want to sell you stick-on vents and make you happy, right? Oh, you sweet, sweet fool — I wish it was that simple.
Read MoreFor reasons I cannot understand, people keep giving Jalopnik writers cars to drive. This year our best cars ranged from the new Miata to the McLaren 570S, and our worsts included the Chevy Trax and a monstrous machine called the Hoffman. How was your driving year?
Read MoreEvery now and then something shows up on Craigslist that says more about the beauty of the human condition than countless, tedious books on the subject. This ad for a home-made airplane/Corvette with Dodge power is one of those ads.
Read MoreYears ago, after swilling an entire bottle of 20W-50 motor oil, I had a vision. The Great Junkyard Dog appeared to me, and asked me what I most wanted to drive. “A vehicle that transcends time and space,” I whispered. “A vehicle that uses the light of humankind as its road.” The dog nodded, and answered surprisingly quickly: “You, my child, want to drive a Zamboni.”
Read MoreInspired (and horrified) by Deadspin’s cringeworthy lists of rectum and penis injuries, I wondered if the list of automotive-related hospital visits was just as strange. It is! Here are all of the injuries caused by automotive products that sent folks to the hospital last year.
Read MoreKammback shooting brakes are more practical and fuel efficient than their sedan or coupe counterparts, not to mention that they will also be faster thanks to having lower drag. It’s just a superior shape.
Read MoreWrenching with super-strength abilities or x-ray vision could make even working on a modern Range Rover easy.
Read MoreThe sun just set on the original Audi R8, a supercar that helped put modern Audi on the map, but it’s rising on a new one.
Read MoreSeason’s greetings, humans of Jalopnik, and welcome to Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly column wherein I answer a letter from one lucky reader out there on this lonely blue planet we call Earth.
Read MoreHere are ten right ideas that came at the wrong time.
Read MoreLavish goes to work at the Nissan plant everyday and builds Altimas and what not so he can feed his family. He also has lots and lots of sex with hotties at the plant. The problem is, those girls aren’t his wife and Lavish is scared she might kill him. To let out his frustration, he wrote us this beautiful ballad.
Read MoreEveryone is praising Ford as the first major automaker to tie up with Google on autonomous cars. But being the first in the auto industry isn’t always a blessing. There have been many times when cars (and car companies) have been too far ahead of the curve.
Read MoreRegardless of what you think of Bernie Sanders as a leader, person, or whatever, today he has proven one thing very effectively: he doesn’t know shit about cars. I’m basing this on a quote from him on his Facebook page, which demonstrates a deep, rich automotive ignorance.
Read MoreSnores echoing loudly off the sneezeguard, Max Hardigrew slept with almost ostentatious abandon in the still-new salad bar, his wool-stocking’d feet wedged under a mound of celery and carrots, and a crude but fresh blanket of lettuce and romaine covering the rest of his body. He showed no intention of getting up, despite all the screaming.
Read MoreWhat time is it? You know what time it is: It’s time to exercise the part of your brain that does all the important stuff, like evaluating absurd options and regulating adrenaline. I think it’s the pineal gland. In other words, it’s Would You Rather Time!
Read MoreIt’s an automotive journalist’s duty to bring their audience the unvarnished truth when summarizing a car’s performance and experience in a review. Sometimes, that can lead to a journalist just completely shitting on a car. It happens.
Read MoreThe only thing better than one Porsches on your desktop wallpaper is four Porsches on your desktop wallpaper. Trust us.
Read MoreWelcome (back) to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos we find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past.
Read More2015 has been a good year for cars (unless you’re the boss of Volkswagen or any of the other automakers caught cheating on their emissions testing). This has me wonder—what was the worst year for the car industry?
Read MoreThis very sideways hot lap with Mad Mike Whiddett and his four-rotor twin-turbo Miata isn’t just a display of unbelievably good driving, it’s a cinematic masterpiece.
Read MoreWe drove some good cars this year. I like our list of 2015 bests because it represents everything Jalopnik is all about, from brand-new supercars to bikes to extremely questionable shitboxes.
Read MoreGather ‘round, good people of Jalopnik, because it’s time for Letters to Doug: your favorite weekly column wherein you ask questions (“Are cars fun?”) and I give answers. (“Yes, cars are fun.”)
Read MoreIt’s pretty much the opposite of road trip season. It’s cold, Maybe that’s why road trips are on my mind.
Read MoreOur old pal Speedycop, the 24 Hours of Lemons legend who’s built an upside-down Camaro, a Cessna airplane-car, and one of the finest Family Truckster replicas in the free world has an exciting new project: turning a Vietnam-era helicopter into a Lemons race car.
Read MoreThere’s been a bit of a debate lately among a group of auto writers (which you totally don’t care about but bear with me for a second) about just how negative a car review should be—or if they should be negative at all. I say hell yes, the review should be negative, if it’s deserved.
Read MoreThe most unexpected things always seem to be in the absolute middle of nowhere. Maybe that’s part of what makes it all so weird. These are the ten most jarring things Jalopnik readers have seen out on the open road.
Read MoreThe job of a taillight, aside from trapping the mystical red, amber, and clear mischievous sprites that linger around the rear of cars, is communication. They shout out to the world behind you your intent to stop, turn, or reverse. They’re like your hands, or a baboon’s ass in estrus: they talk without saying a word. And this old bus talks the loudest.
Read MoreSaying “world’s best” anything is a risky proposition, especially when it comes to something as holy as the station wagon. But, I think based on my somewhat idiosyncratic criteria, I have found the world’s best station wagons, and the one man with the vision to dream them, build them, and use them.
Read MoreAs David Tracy’s editor, I saw his story today on his fleet of beaters and all their problems less as a fun feature about wrenching and more as a cry for help. I’m now genuinely concerned for him.
Read MoreIt was 40 degrees and raining when my plane touched down at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport around 1 a.m. A series of delays in Chicago pushed my flight from late night to red eye, and my eyes were very red. After a full day of work and a seemingly interminable layover in a strange airport, I wanted nothing more than to retire to a warm bed at the cheap hotel I found nearby. But first I had to get my rental car.
Read MoreHave you always wanted a car like a Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, or a Bentley, but find that your foolish decision not to be born into a crapton of money keeps getting in the way? It stings. But there’s a solution! Savvy car-buyers know that there’s always a way to get stripper, poverty-spec versions of nearly any car!
Read MoreJaguar Land Rover’s Ian Callum is probably the best person to listen to if you’re interested in car design, and here’s your chance to learn how he got from a small Scottish farming town to creating the Aston Martin DB7 as a freelancer.
Read MoreSafety features not only hold us back from flying through windshields, they can also keep us from building and driving some of the more crazy automotive concepts ever dreamed up. These are the ten cars Jalopnik readers would drive if they didn’t have to kneel down to the man.
Read MoreAutomakers, drop those useless convenience features, stop painting those bumpers, and swap those alloy wheels out for steelies. You’re doing it all wrong, and here’s proof: these are ten cars that need to be cheapened up.
Read MoreI remember when a bicycle of mine sighed out its last breath.
Read MoreJanis Joplin’s “History of the Universe” Porsche 356 sold for $1,760,000 in New York last week despite sporting a reconstructed paint job, but that’s a bargain compared to what famed racing champion Juan Manuel Fangio’s 1956 Ferrari 290 MM brought to the table.
Read MoreWinter is coming, and we could all use a Hawaiian detour right now. But if you don’t exactly have island dreams coming true sometime in the near future, find peace in this Lamborghini heading down an oceanside highway.
Read MoreLet me begin by saying I was hired at Jalopnik because I’m good at video production, not because I have some sort of Rain Man-esque knowledge of the minutiae of automotive history. We leave that to Jason and Raphael. Don’t get me wrong though, I love cars and I love driving! But this level of car-nerd-dom has led me to some unexpected encounters.
Read MoreThere’s a theory, out there in the wilds of the world, that Ferrari’s Formula One team does well when it makes crap road cars, and vice versa. But if the inverse is also true, does it apply to other companies besides Ferrari?
Read MoreIf there’s one thing I feel like I’m getting more successful at, it’s failing. Which makes sense, since I get so much practice at it. Failing is also the key thing that Volkswagen, ironically, failed to embrace, and that’s a core reason why the company is where it is today. VW is enduring this colossal failure because its culture didn’t let employees fail enough before.
Read MoreI saw this on the Innovative, Banned, and Unique Racing Cars Facebook page, and it caught my attention like an unnoticed hand on a groin: a Messerschmitt KR200 microcar with a massive, brutal Hemi V8 engine crammed in it. Holy hell.
Read MoreUnits of measurement are tricky. Ideally, the best ones will convey not just a cold tally of some length or velocity or whatever, but also suggest a sort of visceral feel of the concept being measured. I think there’s room for improvement in the way we measure torque, and it has a lot to do with what bullies did to your nipples in the 3rd grade.
Read MoreWhen an automaker randomly gives their otherwise boring economy sedan a beautiful sound or hit it out of the park on a sports car, they deserve some recognition. These are ten cars that sound unexpectedly amazing.
Read MoreRegular Car Reviews goes on an on about how this 2001 car is faster than a V6 2015 Ford Mustang, but we must not forget that this Fiberbird generation represents one of the darkest hours in car design.
Read MoreWhen the first Star Wars movie came out in 1977, Toyota had a Celica painted and sticker’d up with Darth Vader and friends (technically enemies, actually.) The car was given away, the creators got mired in legal trouble, and now that we’re riding a fresh wave of Star Wars PR somebody wants this thing back.
Read MoreTatras are some of my absolute favorite cars. Tatra tended to make high-end, large(ish), four-door, V8, rear engine cars, and as such they’re one of the few examples of the 30s-era streamlined, rear engine concept applied to something other than a small economy car. I never realized that Tatra was experimenting with tiny economy cars, as late as the 1950s.
Read MoreIan Fleming, the original author of both Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car and more famously James Bond, was known to have a passion for all things exciting in life, especially automobiles. His fourteen published James Bond novels are ripe with his view of motor racing and motor vehicles, capturing both the mechanical and emotional appeal of the automobile.
Read MoreToday we learned the beleaguered Volkswagen Group is considering selling assets or even brands if it is unable to pay back the massive loan it took out to cover the diesel cheating scandal costs. But not likely, it turns out, its top luxury brands.
Read MoreThere’s an artist named Dave DeVries who started painting startlingly well-realized versions of kids’ drawings of monsters. My son Otto just turned 5, and the volume of his artwork has increased. To my delight, there’s been some cars and planes in the mix, so, inspired by DeVries, I thought I may as well try re-drawing some.
Read MoreIn a big city, you’re lucky if you can find a parking spot, let alone a pretty road. It’s not easy, but these ten urban centers have got it figured out.
Read MoreAnyone who’s fortunate enough to stumble into the world of car writing quickly discovers that it’s the greatest grift in human history, a virtually non-stop travel orgy of luxury hotels, business-class airline travel, open bars with premium Scotch, foie gras, steaks, little toasts with crème fraiche and salmon, champagne pours, free leather driving shoes and race-team jackets, unlimited access to the most glamorous and powerful cars in the world, and once, in my case, a testicular exam in Paris.
Read MoreSpecial editions give automakers a chance to make some of the crazy stuff that they know most of their market wouldn’t dare to own. Sometimes, as is the case with these ten cars, they really go all out.
Read MoreGenerally, it’s pretty good to be a member of the great ape family. We’re omnivorous, which makes restaurants more fun, we have opposable thumbs, which are super-useful, and some of us are even tool-users. But, our lower primate pals have one thing we don’t: tails.
Read MoreFact: Mitsubishi Evolution owners don’t like to leave their cars stock. Maggie Stiefvater, who owned a perfectly good Evo 10, is no exception. She SPRAY PAINTED her car (in a very picturesque setting, I might add) for reasons I cannot explain. What I can explain is the desire to modify your car when challenged for a race, which is exactly how Maggie’s Worst Car Story begins.
Read MoreI am proud to announce that I have officially sold my Nissan Skyline GT-R. This means I will no longer accidentally open the passenger door to my normal car when I’m trying to go somewhere.
Read MoreWhy go for a low power output on your car when you get 400 more horsepower than that? These automakers understand that nothing exceeds like excess. These are the 10 cars with the widest horsepower ranges.
Read MoreI know what you’re thinking. “V8 Camaro or bust.” I too, love the soundtrack of a small-block V8 pushing power to the rear tires, as god intended. But the V6 does impressive audio too. My colleague Andrew Collins mentioned how the exhaust is his second-favorite thing on the new 2016 Camaro, I’m here to prove his point—with pure, unadulterated video.
Read MoreIf the fear of fines and jail time doesn’t stop you from breaking road rules, this trucker—who, apparently, isn’t familiar with the “Move Over” law about switching lanes while a cop has another car pulled over—probably will.
Read MoreThe 2016 Audi R8 V10 Plus is so new that you might as well have to wipe off a layer of afterbirth before getting behind the wheel. The second generation of Audi’s mid-engined sportsbeast is hitting European dealerships now, however, and that means that it was inevitable that one day someone would end up flipping one and crashing it. That day is today.
Read MoreAndy House, the exotic car salvage yard owner who crashed his Bugatti Veyron into a lake, has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after he plead guilty to insurance fraud. House faced up to 20 years in prison after claiming he saw a “low-flying pelican” and steering right into the water.
Read MoreIt’s a digital world we live in, and these days, computers can even take the place of crash-test dummies. That’s by virtue of digital crash testing, in which computer renditions replace intentional glass shattering and fender crumpling.
Read MoreWhen you crash your father’s brand-new Lexus and land it on its side while out for a spin, the day probably isn’t going very well. When you get the car back upright and it rolls downhill, well—your whole week is probably just a bad one.
Read MoreA California driver got quite the earth (or window)-shattering surprise yesterday, when a nearby truck lost a metal beam that went straight through his windshield. The giant hunk of metal barely missed the driver, leaving him with just a scratch. Seriously.
Read MoreIt’s almost like there are certain mistakes you can’t help but make in the first time you get out on a race track.
Read MoreThe 662-horsepower Shelby GT500 is a tire-shredding machine, a little voice in your mind to do a burnout anywhere, any time. That little voice reportedly put a dude in the hospital over the weekend.
Read MoreEven Top Gear’s fiercest critics will admit that no show could capture the raw energy of an exotic car better. By its last run of episodes, it hadn’t just settled down into a rote routine of speed and design, it had perfected the art of the ultimate vehicle review. And in one of its very last episodes, Top Gear reviewed the LaFerrari.
Read MoreThere have been a lot of fears that New Top Gear – the one without longtime hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May – just wouldn’t be the same. But now, the UK’s Telegraph is reporting that happy German racer lady Sabine Schmitz and happy British regular man (and recent Jalopnik columnist) Chris Harris are joining radio host Chris Evans on the cast.
Read MoreWhat you know of the former life of your used car is usually pretty murky, at best, especially if you’re buying it through a third party. But you do have clues – once, I found a conductor’s baton in a car I bought, and I’m pretty sure that bone in another isn’t a human femur. A man from Kent bought a BMW M3, and later discovered that Clarkson hooned the crap out of it on Top Gear.
Read MoreOur friends at the CivicX Forum just posted this image of what they say is the 2.0 liter turbocharged heart of the 2017 Honda Civic Type-R we’re eagerly anticipating. Yes, even here in America. Take a look!
Read MoreThe all new Honda Africa Twin is the most exciting bike to come from Honda in over a decade. With the adventure market taking off in recent years Honda went back to their roots, making massive claims about this new thing being something truly honoring of the bike that put them on the (off-road) map. Something, they claimed, that was truly special.
Read MoreElio Motors aims to be the first successfully crowdfunded vehicle manufacturer. Its social media pages solicit donations with big dreams and tales of even bigger successes yet to come. But now that Elio wants to sell shares in the company, its first financial filings with the government paint a much more somber and much more complicated future.
Read MoreWunderlich is a German aftermarket tuning company that works so closely with BMW, it’s kind of even tipped BMW’s hand at time with what’s to come. Their latest concept is a particularly interesting one, as it gives the massive adventure bike BMW R 1200 GS a second, electric motor and affixes it to the front wheel.
Read MoreEl Día de los Santos Inocentes, or Holy Innocents day, is sort of like April Fool’s Day for Spain and many other Latin America Countries, only it’s on December 28th. While the people who live in those Spanish-speaking countries might have been prepared for they day’s jokes, we motorcyclists in the rest of the world weren’t, and a few of us fell for some cruel racing-related tricks.
Read MoreLook, I’m a fan of wheelies as much as the next guy. Hell, I even went to a wheelie school last week so I could write about it and tell you how to be wheelie awesome. But if we want people to stop hating us motorcyclists, we need to knock this shit off.
Read MoreElectric motorcycles have been slow to take off, and rightfully so. Until now, they haven’t been able to offer riders the performance or range of gas bikes except bikes like the Energica Ego which come in over $30k. But with two manufacturers, Alta Motors and Zero Motorcycles, finally appealing to serious riders and not just hardcore environmentalists with a thing for gimmicky techno-wizardry, that could all change.
Read MoreI don’t know about you guys, but if I invented a product that the whole world was waiting to see and was having some difficulties getting it into the hands of consumers, the last thing I would do is alienate those patient enough to stick with me. Skully, the brand behind that fancy but long-delayed heads-up-display (HUD) helmet, has unfortunately been doing just that.
Read MoreMy biggest regret in life is that I didn’t start riding motorcycles until I was 20, and didn’t start seriously until I was 25 or so. Starting young builds in muscle memory and skills I worked hard to catch up on. But motorcycles for children can be hard to find and hard to find places to ride—until you see this kid’s electric trials bike.
Read MoreI was well into my third hour on the bike before I began calculating just what a disaster I’d gotten myself into.
Read MoreIn 1988 the U.S. government banned the sale of three-wheeled ATVs over “high incidence of injury.” Basically, they were as dangerous as they looked. And still are. But that doesn’t stop the few left on Earth from running around hog wild.
Read MoreMy biggest problem with most bike builds is that they’re done purely for show, with no thought given to riding the damn thing. Such is not the case with this Suzuki XR69, which is headed to the most dangerous road race on the planet.
Read MoreI promised you I was going to spend all fall making you fall in love with Supercross and well, to be honest, I failed miserably. Yep, totally dropped the ball. But. BUT. Monster also wants you to fall in love with Supercross, and they’ve made this great little series to get you caught up on the players.
Read MoreOne of the biggest issues faced by the motorcycle industry is the difficulty of capturing new riders in new segments. Adding more new 50-year-old dudes on Harleys is great and all, but the industry won’t grow if it doesn’t figure out how to sell bikes to women and young people. It must be doing something right, though: while still not a huge number, female motorcycle ownership is higher than it’s ever been.
Read MoreYamaha is recalling each and every YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M, their new flagship superbike, all over the world. Because it could light you on fire. Or seize up and make you crash.
Read MoreAll of us can agree that drinking and/or using drugs when you operate a car, or a motorcycle, is a terrible idea. But here’s the story of one reader who had a very strange encounter with somebody who was ridin’ high.
Read MoreI just got back from riding one of the most anticipated bikes of the year, the all new Honda Africa Twin, all over South Africa. But riding an adventure bike requires wearing the right kind gear. Some of the pieces of gear I used were incredibly impressive, while others really let me down. Here’s what you need to know if you’re packing for an adventure ride too.
Read MoreThe Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) is easily the most batshit insane motorcycle race in the United States. The 12.42-mile long course is where the fastest and craziest among us go to compete against both fellow man and mountain as they ride to the top of the 14,110 foot summit. But this year, many of them won’t be allowed to compete.
Read MoreThe De Dion-Bouton Motor Trike was one of the first motorized people-movers, and this ad is one of the first examples of a company using sex to sell a vehicle according to Curbside Classic. You’ve got to get a closer look at this thing in their great writeup of this wacky “pre-car.”
Read MoreI disapprove of your decision to turn brake lights into skull eyes, but I’ll defend your right to do it. Within reason, people. Nobody wants to clean your ass off the pavement because they couldn’t see that Halloween decoration blinking across the highway. So we’ve got some tips for doing custom lighting properly.
Read MoreLast month we met the Victory Ignition Concept, today the Combustion Concept follows up on the same themes. Big bike, dramatic angles. Not Harley-Davidson old-school, not Ducati XDiavel space-age either. If Victory’s production cruiser is close, it’ll be like the Eleanor Mustang of motorcycles.
Read MoreHave two lifestyle hobbies but only one weekend to get away? Want a vehicle to carry your surfboard, but without the convenience of four wheels and a body? Well look no further than the custom-built “Red Pill” - the ultimate motorcycle for showing off what an awesome life you live.
Read MoreBrian Flatoff, the man accused in Saturday’s standoff at the Eagle Nation Cycles motorcycle repair shop has been charged for a separate incident entirely, writes the Associated Press. Prosecutors allege that Flatoff fired off a bullet into a woman’s bedroom wall while heavily inebriated the night before the standoff.
Read MoreExperienced motorcyclists might make riding look easy, but that’s only because they’re experienced. As a novice, there’s a lot you need to keep on your mind before you ride. These ten things will help keep you safe while having fun on two wheels.
Read MoreYou aren’t the only ones to think that Lanesplitter is the greatest thing since someone put street tires on a dirt bike. I’m currently on a plane to South Africa as part of a very small group of media who get to ride the bike before most of the world.
Read MoreI know this isn’t going to a popular opinion, but I think the new Ducati 959 Panigale is my favorite sportbike on the market. If I were buying a sportbike today for daily use/canyon carving/trackday riding, I’d buy it over anything else on the market today. Full stop and cue the haters. Here’s why.
Read More“If I knew then what I know now.” Who hasn’t said that once or twice in their lives? It’s especially true when you spend years developing a new skill, like motorcycling.
Read MoreWith the release of the 2015 Yamaha R1 and 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R superbikes, it’s no surprise that Suzuki and Honda aren’t far behind. Only weeks on the heels of the 2016 models being released, we have some very interesting news about Honda’s 2017 1000 cc superbike offering(s).
Read MoreDucati felt like they launched something for everyone when they released the Scrambler Ducati line last year. Suprisingly, the one thing they missed was a low-key cafe option. Luckily, Italian fashion brand Italia Independent came to the rescue.
Read MoreAs motorcyclists, we’re taught to love grip and to think of what we do on the bike in terms of available traction. But, as we’ve seen MotoGP, Supercross, and stunt riders prove, learning to not be afraid of sliding can help us ride safer and faster.
Read MoreCrashing is a part of motorcycling, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck. While the words “crash” and “accident” are often interchangeable, they’re still learning experiences just like the rest of our time on two wheels. What have you learned from hitting the deck?
Read MoreKawasaki says its Z800 is huge in Europe. The bike is “part sportbike, part commuter,” and is supposed to leave everyone satisfied. Fundamentally it felt solid and well-engineered, but after a couple hours in the saddle I found myself struggling with the concept; is this actually “one bike for multiple jobs,” or is it a compromise between two styles of riding?
Read MoreA primate was found perched on the seat of a motorcycle, maybe seconds away from mastering its controls and finally bridging the eternal gap between monkeys and humans in the motorcycle community. Then some asshole had to go and throw a shoe at it.
Read MoreHostages are being held inside the Eagle Nation Cycles motorcycle repair shop in Neenah, Wis., after a man walked inside and fired off his weapon, reports WISN. Police have responded to the gunman and have requested assistance from the Appleton Police Department’s SWAT team.
Read MoreBuying a motorcycle helmet is a very tricky process. Most helmets are impossible to find if you want to try them on, plus everything fits differently, and most of the descriptions provided by helmet-makers are indecipherable and incoherent. Luckily for you, I get to try a lot of them out firsthand—and I’m here to help.
Read MoreThis morning, we wrote about how silly Harleys are as police bikes. Tonight, we bring you proof that a.) BMWs are better for chasing a perp on and off-road, and b.) that shooting a gun while riding through a city is pure fucking madness. But sometimes it works, kind of!
Read MoreIt was already an uncomfortable feeling, standing next to a custom motorcycle in the middle of a restaurant I didn’t know the name of, in a country I’d never been to, talking with a man I couldn’t understand. And then he fired the damn thing up.
Read MoreEver wonder why you still see police officers on big Harley-Davidson bikes? If you consider this test data from the Michigan State Police, you’ll wonder even more. Their annual study once again shows that Harleys, fun as they are in their own way, just aren’t as suited to cop bike duty as other models.
Read MoreDo you watch MotoGP, the world’s top form of motorcycle racing? If the answer’s no, let me tell you why this coming season will be the best one to start on in many years. All it took was a few rule changes that should make the sport more open and more exciting than it’s been in a while, and since it already kicked ass, that’s saying something.
Read MoreBimota is like that weird uncle you only see during the holidays, who tries to sit you down and tell you what you should do with your life. However, with the Impeto, this Italian firm just might be onto something great.
Read MoreLet’s start this off with a confession: I’m not into cruisers. Like, not at all. I don’t get the appeal to anyone under 50 years old, and I think straight out of the box they are, at best, try-hard expensive pieces of wannabe yesteryear “technology.”
Read MoreYou’re not stuck staring at a computer or your phone on New Year’s Eve, are you? I hope not. But if so, here’s some reading material.
Read MoreI adore Tesla’s cars, but I am not always enthused with their owners.
Read MoreFor cars, 2015 was pretty great, but 2016 may end up even more wild.
Read MoreThe TVR Trident concept was a huge hit at the 1965 Geneva Motor Show with its coachbuilt Italian body and American V8, but since TVR went bankrupt soon after, its rights landed in the hands of another failed British carmaker.
Read More“Don’t drink and drive!” It’s a mantra you hear everywhere, from driver’s ed to billboards and your friends and family. Well, it looks like the numbers are headed in the right direction, as drunk driving arrests and convictions are down compared to previous years. But we still need to be reminded: Don’t.
Read MoreThis 1963 Chevy Corvette Stingray sure makes a driver look cool. But when President Barack Obama is behind the wheel, that might be the other way around. Even Seinfeld seems dorkier than usual next to the commander in chief.
Read MoreToday saw two small but stunning developments in the rightful victory of crossovers over cars: Infiniti’s US department killed the Q30 and they folded it into the QX30. This leads to two more interesting outcomes.
Read MoreI know it’s not 2016 just yet, but based on the quality (and plausibility) of the cars they’re bringing to the upcoming Tokyo Auto Salon I’m calling it now: Daihatsu is my Car Maker to Watch for 2016. Look at this Copen shooting brake concept! It’s like a 7/8 scale dreamcar!
Read MoreEver since Volkswagen teased their concept reveal for the upcoming CES show, there’s been a lot of speculation that it will be a new, electric take on the old Microbus. Which, is, of course, the smartest move they can make right now. Today, they tweeted a new teaser, and it sort of reveals the name of the mystery machine.
Read MoreEverybody knows the first M3, the E30, is the best M3. (Probably. Maybe.) The same people also know that you can’t afford one of those anymore, so we had to move on. Here are the new options.
Read MoreIf you’re a modern computerist, chances are you’ve already been inundated with these ‘Find The Panda’ images. It’s safe to say that at the end of this year of our Lord, 2015, the world has become obsessed with panda locating. As a gearhead, I was feeling a bit left out, since a panda is a mammal, not a car. But I have a solution! My friends, please try and find the Fiat Panda!
Read MoreRampage time? Rampage time.
Read MoreIf you look at the current era of cars as possibly the last great period of human driving before The Machines take over, as I tend to, then you realize 2015 was a pretty fantastic year in automobiles.
Read MoreIt took some time for these now-trendy cars to catch on.
Read MoreMany, many car-related things and events and happenings and occurrences thinged, evented, happened, and occurred in 2015, and yet there’s still so very many that didn’t. Things that should have happened, yet, sometimes sadly, sometimes surprisingly, didn’t. Here’s the 10 things that should have happened this past automotive year.
Read MoreThe ‘infamous’ 1980-1981 Turbo Trans Am was a perfect idea with an imperfect execution. Now, one shop seems to have cured the model’s problems—to the tune of 1,000 horsepower.
Read MoreEarlier today, CNBC’s Fast Money invited Jalopnik on the show to talk Tesla Motors, so we drew straws and sent Michael Ballaban—mostly because he was the only one with a clean suit and a trimmed beard.
Read MoreWe’ve all considered a classic “TEAM USA” tattoo above the eyebrows. What better way to advertise your allegiance? Makes it hard to get away with crimes though. Speaking of which, if you see this particularly patriotic face the NYPD would like to hear from you.
Read MoreForget the new Miata or Fiat’s turbo spider, this is the only car you’ll need next summer. And all the summers after that.
Read MoreWhen you’re a Venezuelan taxi driver who falls in love with the new Challenger R/T at the 1969 Detroit Auto Show, you gotta have one with the biggest engine available, linked to a four-speed manual. There’s just no other way.
Read MoreSometimes it takes a while for a good idea to catch on. This is true with cars too. It can be years before buyers start to see a good thing.
Read MoreHey look! Some tuners modified a Toyobaru BRZR-S with some aero bits, bigger brakes, a retuned suspension and a tiny bit more horsepower! And it won’t come to America! Outstanding!
Read MoreThe guy who owns one of the seven right-hand drive 993 GT2s says it’s a car that looks like it’s gonna do you in, drives like it’s gonna do you in, and that’s just how a fast 911 should be.
Read MoreThe upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is going to be a big one for the automotive industry, and one of the bigger players is going to be Chevy dropping its production-ready and fully-electric Bolt crossover-thing, which wants to be the electric car for the masses.
Read MoreThat beautiful and delightfully obscene Volkswagen Jetta from the original The Fast and the Furious, the one driven by “Jesse,” the guy who promised “overnight parts from Japan,”the one signed by Paul Walker (RIP), which is currently owned by Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz, is now up for auction. Get your paddles ready.
Read MoreIt’s kind of funny how, let’s say, a reasonably new TVR would be illegal in America while this barely re-wrapped piece of wonderful stock car junk is insurable and fully road legal. Either way, the “NASCARlo” is Roadkill’s greatest car to date. We all should want one.
Read MoreIt’s almost 2016, which means, if my math is correct, 1916 will be exactly one century ago. There were plenty of cars in 1916, and, generally, they did the same thing that cars do today: get your ass from one place to another without some smug horse all up in your business. Car technology has evolved dramatically, which is why I want to compare the cheapest car now with the most expensive one then.
Read MoreBMW already has “gesture control” in place on the latest 7-Series flagship sedan; swipe and slide fingers in front of the infotainment screen to execute commands. A new experimental version can be controlled from either front seat, and it works in three dimensions.
Read MoreSuperheroism is great and all, but you can’t spend all your time foiling supervillans and re-routing meteorites. Sometimes you just gotta work on your ride. So, with that in mind, what superheroes are best suited to be mechanics?
Read MoreNot everything was all loud race cars and smiley Miatas in 2015.
Read MoreMost of us, thanks to years of muscle memory, still pound our hands squarely into the center of the steering wheel when we need to use the horn, urgently. I just like to think of the possible outcomes of that action in this car, the Lancia Orca.
Read MoreWhat do you do when you get a Tesla P85D just for one day? You tap the screen on the right side for Insane Mode and start wondering about why humanity gave up on gasoline-powered vacuum cleaners so easily.
Read MoreWelcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos we find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past.
Read MoreGetting a glimpse of Tesla’s new Gigafactory 1 is a pretty big deal—police even arrested a journalist for trespassing (and allegedly ramming security with his Jeep) in October. But thanks to a photographer who recently visited the factory, you can catch a few looks at it without having to go through all of that trouble.
Read MoreThe Porsche Mission E is a pretty exciting concept, there’s no denying that. But innovation isn’t free, and Porsche will have to set aside a good amount of cash in order to make its new electric sports car happen—including workers’ pay.
Read MoreHappy Sunday! Welcome to the first edition of Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort.
Read MoreLose weight in America, and your friends will give you a nice pat on the back and make corny jokes about how thin you are. Lose weight in Siberia, though, and a giant truck will come by your house and dump 3,000 pounds of coal on your lawn. Wait, what?
Read MoreLike many Jews, I spent most of my younger years as a “child.” And, as a Judaic child growing up in an overwhelmingly Christian area, I saw plenty of nativity scenes. Before I knew what they were, I thought they were some kind of playset for some media property I wasn’t familiar with. They still have a sort of toy-association to me, which is why I started wondering this: What Hot Wheels cars could be used to populate an all-car nativity scene?
Read MoreCar steering has made absolutely incredible advances in accuracy and ease over the past few years, but that often has come with sacrifices in one other area.
Read MoreBefore we start doing our traditional spiked eggnog kegstands with Nana and Pop-Pop, let’s take a moment to remember what’s really important: all the terrible things that happened in in the car world in 2015.
Read MoreFord’s concept car department was doing some genuinely interesting stuff at the tail end of their first century. There was their Focus Ghia concept (1992), the wonderful Mark Newsom 021c concept in 1999, and the less-well-known 24-7 concept from 2000. Let’s talk about that one, because I love it.
Read MoreIs an extra-tweaked performance RS variant of the Ford Fiesta, even hotter than the existing ST, coming soon? Hard to say. Too hard to say, really, but that’s not about to stop the Internet from talking about it.
Read MoreIt’s easy for us to think of German cars as peerlessly designed, unmatched in their engineering. But the veneer of perfection is often broken, particularly in the automotive world.
Read MoreThis looks a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Read MoreYou didn’t forget about buying holiday gifts again, did you? Whatever, it’s fine. I’m not judging. In fact, I’m here to help. Get your act together and pick up one of these ten cheap last-minute gearhead-friendly gifts before it’s too late.
Read MoreWatching a rally-prepped Porsche 911 splash through the woods is pretty great. The only thing that could possibly make a video of it better, however, is envisioning the thought process behind the production of this video. Slow-motion of a rally-prepped Porsche? Pretty great. Slow-motion of, well, everything, even a dude walking in his flip-flops? Even better.
Read MoreCurse the BMW 2002 for being so darn lovable that poors like me can’t afford one anymore. Alas, there will always be a place in my heart for this car. If you feel the same, you’ll find this complete factory-spec restoration most cathartic.
Read MoreVolkswagen killed the car. Of course I mean the company’s slogan that’s been in use since 2007, which is the German translation “Das Auto.” Since that’s now dead due to the Dieselgate scandal, I thought we could help VW out with some suggestions for a new slogan.
Read MoreIf you’re broke, sexy, and really need to learn how to drive in Amsterdam, things are looking up for you. Same goes if you’re Dutch, a driving instructor, and really horny, because the government in the Netherlands has decided that it’s legal but “undesirable” for driving instructors to be paid in boinkings.
Read MoreTraffic, “uniques,” clicks, or whatever you want to call them, are all really dumb ways for measuring how good a story is. But very occasionally, incredible stories aren’t just brilliant, they’re also wildly popular. So with that in mind, these were the most popular stories we published in the past year.
Read MoreNobody ever talks about the seventh-generation Celica. I was a big fan of its looks back in the day. Has it held up?
Read MoreIt’s December 22nd and you still haven’t bought anything for your gearhead buddy. Don’t worry. We can figure this out.
Read MoreA free car is something that can be pretty hard to say no to, especially if the offering is anything near half decent. These are the ten cars that leave Jalopnik readers saying, “well, you tried. I guess.”
Read MoreFollowing the rumor that Buick may bring a wagon variant of the next-generation Regal to the U.S. and China earlier this year, a new trademark filing suggests the company may be serious with its intentions, and even have a cool new name for a sleek Sport Wagon.
Read MoreThe mysterious new car company Faraday Future, who promises to have electric cars on the road by 2020, managed to secure 335 million dollars in incentives from the State of Nevada for its new billion dollar manufacturing facility.
Read More[When’s the last time you saw a Nissan Hardbody, complete with period-appropriate graphics? When’s the last time you saw two of these magical unicorns together, still in use? Here’s a pair of well-loved compact trucks still roaming free in Georgia.]
Read MoreA curious spy photographer found something interesting while trolling the US Patent and Trademark office: a trademark, registered by GM, for the words “Corvette E-Ray.” What’s Chevrolet up to here? An electric ‘Vette-based concept car for the Detroit Auto Show? A hybrid Corvette? A mid-engined ‘Vette that runs on eggs?
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been baring its teeth at automakers more and more over safety issues, and today BMW North America joined the ranks of Fiat Chrysler, General Motors and Takata to get hit with penalties.
Read MoreThe trailer for the new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is out today, and it reveals President Barack Obama will drive around with Jerry Seinfeld in a baby blue 1963 Corvette Sting Ray on the White House lawn. Will the president get to rip burnouts in the ‘vette? Is he secretly a die-hard Jalop? We have so many questions!
Read MorePerhaps you’re familiar with the artwork of Scott Park. He takes famous cars from movies and TV shows and turns them into adorable cartoon prints. Now his stuff is back again, in animated form!
Read MoreThere is no more prestigious engine int he automotive world than the smooth and complicated V12. Which one is your favorite?
Read MoreThe Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is, as Regular Car Reviews explains, everything wrong with Fiat Chrysler right now, everything wrong with a muscle car, and everything wrong with a big personal vehicle. And yet...
Read MoreSome automotive publications are happy bringing their audiences nothing but sleep-inducing reviews of press cars, dispatches from shrimp-filled junkets, repackaged press releases and bone dry industry news. At Jalopnik, we do things a little differently.
Read MoreThis scheme to cheat a driver out of parking spot was so audacious it made The Telegraph. Finding parking in New York City is for real.
Read MoreIf you’re one of the small population of Americans currently in comas or encased in metal vaults, you may not have yet seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens. So, if you want to avoid spoilers, consider yourself warned. Though, to be fair, this particular spoiler is such a painfully geeky detail no one would possibly care. It’s about a droid.
Read MoreAmazingly (or more correctly, obviously) the old Chrysler Sebring made our list of most scathing car reviews twice: once as a Sebring, again after it was mildly refreshed as the 200C. That says something.
Read MoreThe original BMW M3 comes from a time when men were men, when women were women, and the M legitimately stood for “motorsport.”
Read More‘Twas the weekend before Christmas, and, well—most people probably spent a lot of the time shopping for last-minute gifts that were supposed to be bought about a month ago (Black Friday deals, anyone?). If you did too, there’s a good chance that you saw a few mobile Christmas decorations while out.
Read MoreIf you’re going to steal nearly $2,000 worth of items from Walmart, it’s probably not the best idea to be cooking meth in the back of a Mazda SUV at the same time. But that’s just a suggestion.
Read MoreIt looks like Volkswagen may take a hint from musical chairs in tweaking its company structure—minus the chair removal (hopefully)—following its Dieselgate scandal, and will reportedly begin rotating certain positions in the interest of accountability.
Read MoreRemember when Lamborghinis had rear-wheel drive and gated manuals? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Read MoreCadillac hasn’t had the easiest venture into the electric-car market, and to put it nicely, its attempt at the hybrid plug-in Cadillac ELR was kind of a mess. And for a plethora of other reasons, Cadillac’s chief marketing officer, Uwe Ellinghaus, doesn’t see the company going full-electric for quite a while.
Read MoreAudi’s had some, uh... issues lately with its diesel engines, to put it kindly. And as it and parent company Volkswagen reel from an environmental scandal, the luxury automaker might be looking to burnish its green creds at the Detroit Auto Show next month with a new hydrogen fuel cell SUV concept.
Read MoreLike many other kids his age, a 12-year-old boy took his bike out for a spin in Florida last week. Unlike many other kids his age, that boy hopped off of the bike and stole an SUV from an unsuspecting old man.
Read MoreYou know what we haven’t seen in about a week? A really good look at the upcoming Bugatti Chiron supercar that is supposedly under wraps until it drops in Geneva in March of next year. No worries — we’ve got a brand new video of two Chiron prototypes. Is Bugatti even trying?
Read MoreI have no trouble remember the cars I don’t like and cars I love are even easier to recall. There’s this valley, though, where I forget perfectly good cars until I’m reminded of them when a high Floridian drives one into a Whataburger.
Read MoreAcura just dropped some nasty, sweaty, hot details on pricing for the new 2017 NSX. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but here are some numbers and dates for those of you looking to get some NSX-iness.
Read More“Acura has lost its way.” That’s become one of car enthusiasts’ favorite refrains. People say the brand’s “bland now” but basically what it comes down to is this: we all hate the beaks they adopted in the 2000s. Now it looks like the company might finally be ready to try something else.
Read MoreSaab has proven itself to be harder to kill than a vampire cockroach. While the rest of the world had written the Swedish former General Motors subsidiary off as dead after its Chinese-backed owner National Electric Vehicle of Sweden faced bankruptcy demands last year, Saab Blog reported this week that five (!) new NEVS SAABs are in the works by 2018.
Read MoreWith Volkswagen facing over 500 lawsuits in the wake of developing and fitting an emissions-cheating defeat device to millions of its diesel vehicles, the company has hired Ken Feinberg to oversee its Dieselgate woes—the attorney who oversaw the compensation program for the General Motors ignition-switch defect.
Read MoreBefore we go into this sad tale of dumbshittery and insipid laziness, I want to make one thing clear: the owner of the Audi is not at fault here. Choosing to go to a lube shop for an oil change does not make you a monster. But monsters do lurk at lube shops, and some of them are idiots.
Read MoreLamborghini is set to debut a limited run model at the Geneva Motor Show to celebrate founder/Enzo Ferrari nemesis Ferruccio Lamborghini’s 100th birthday. The car will reportedly retail for $1.2M, but won’t be based on a unique platform, according to Pistonhead’s interview with CEO Stephan Winkelmann.
Read MoreMarfa, Texas is very much in the middle of nowhere, about an hour from the Mexican border in far West Texas. But if you go even further into the middle of nowhere, out past Valentine, you get to see Prada Marfa.
Read MoreI’m happy our pals at the Classic Car Club Manhattan just got a nice Lancia Delta Integrale 16V from Poland. I really am. But now, I think it’s time for Europeans to hide their Lancias before more and more Americans get the same idea.
Read MorePoor Matt Farah was trying to have a time of his life driving a supercharged Lamborghini Huracan in the canyons of California when he ran into this logger man, dragging a big chunk of tree just down the road. And breaking things.
Read MoreAcura just dropped six minutes of what appears to be b-roll advertisement footage for the almost-new NSX, except there’s one glaring problem: it’s completely silent.
Read MoreI had this coming. There’s no question about that. I went to Sid’s home, drove his (mostly) wonderful cars, and ate his bagels. And, after we made our first Citroën C6/Fisker Karma comparison video, we made another one where, basically, I bitched about the Fisker like a crazy man. I sort of hoped Sid wouldn’t see that one.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will not be launching its holiday anti-drunk driving campaign on Christmas. No, our government has chosen a vastly more important occasion: Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening day.
Read MoreBoy are you in luck! You’ve stumbled onto the first installment of a new feature Quick Question, where I ask some car-related question of you, quickly. Then you answer, we argue, we agree, we laugh, we grow, and I bet someone will get hugged. Sound good? Let’s get to it.
Read MoreMy Uncle Nick and I don’t always get to talk. A shame, considering he’s one of the true car guys in my family. While on the phone with him late last night, I did the math—seven months since we last spoke. He asked me, “What’s new?” I started with, “So Jalopnik started a YouTube channel...and 90,000 subscribers later, here we are.” But what happened in the middle? Here’s what I told him.
Read MoreIf you think about it, $6 million plus a bit of change isn’t too bad for the fastest piece of automotive history that can also be registered under the Show and Display regulation in America. Interested in buying it? Talk to these guys.
Read MoreVidal Valladares Navas of Houston did something unthinkably selfish and moronic to propose to girlfriend Michelle Wycoff on Sunday: according to news reports, he blocked traffic on I-45—one of the busiest roads in the nation—to pop the question. Sorry, but if this is your method of proposing to a lady, I hope she tells you “no” and kicks you right in the balls on behalf of every Texas motorist.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz SLC nameplate, originally on a hardtop coupe from the ‘80s, is returning to the lineup in 2017—killing off the SLK-Class with its introduction. It’s not to be mistaken with the company’s other recent reveal of the SL coupe and roadster, even though they could be totally mistaken.
Read MoreThe new Ford GT will use windshield and rear window out of something called “Gorilla Glass” made by Corning. It’s light and tough and you spend all day tapping on it on your phone. Now it’s being adopted to make cars quicker.
Read MoreWhat always weirds me out about modern car design is that you can have a completely futuristic car body, and then you lift the hood and the engine still looks like it came out of the 19th century.
Read MoreWhew. That’s a load off. If you’ve been worried about any of the myriad of problems facing earth, in your personal life, or perhaps even a gnawing concern about the coming heat death of the universe, you can stop worrying. Here’s why: Škoda just released an app with custom Škoda emojis. I know, right?
Read MoreLast year, Rinspeed showed us their wild “Budii” concept. The autonomous BMW i3 with its seven-axis articulating steering column and Segway-like pods in the back were straight out of a Looney Tunes. Not to be outdone, Rinspeed’s now got an autonomous version of the BMW i8; it is equally as insane.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing that has bedeviled General Motors for the last several decades, it’s quality. So when the company announced a few years back that it was working to get the quality of its cars up, we weren’t sure how serious they were. But now we know just how serious – the fourth quality chief in less than four years just left.
Read MoreI’m sure whatever you’re doing is important. But it’s not as important as watching a Lamborghini Murcielago and a new Ford Mustang tandem drift battle on deserted forest roads of Japan.
Read MoreBig automaker companies are limited in what kinds of cars they build by national regulations for safety and cleanliness. And you, even you, are limited too.
Read MoreWe’ve pretty much known that Mahindra (and their IT arm, Tech Mahindra) will be buying the legendary-but-currently not-so-profitable design house Pininfarina for quite a while now, but it appears to be all official now. While there’s plenty of speculation about what this will all mean, I’ve spoken with the CEO of Mahindra about the deal, and what I’ve heard sounds very promising.
Read MoreOne of the first, if not the first, Koenigsegg One:1 supercars to be delivered in America has arrived to a Miami tuning company after its U.S. debut at Monterey Car Week back in August. It also happens to be the best of the five customer available liveries, so we’re totally jelly.
Read MoreBrothers, sisters, rejoice! The wail of a new Lotus Elise and a new Lotus Exige are both on the horizon! Listen closely, listen carefully, and then listen a lot – a whole big lot – more longer. Keep listening. And listening. For years. Because the Lotus CEO said that while we are getting two new Lotii to replace the old ones, they’re “at least” four years out.
Read MoreLos Angeles’ vaunted Petersen Automotive Museum has been reborn as a towering cathedral to exceptional vehicles. You read about that transformation today. Now it’s time to go inside.
Read MoreI know many of our readers are currently cross-shopping the Tesla Model S with many other cars now, and, based on emails we get, one of the biggest concerns has to do with if livestock can be crammed in the Tesla’s front trunk (also known as a frunk or tront). Well good news! you can, and there’s video proof.
Read MoreDemand for AMG’s monstrous twin-turbo V12 is so high that they are switching production to another factory.
Read MoreNinety percent of the human population, give or take, already regards the automobile as an appliance. At best. The Petersen Automotive Museum, newly emerged from the most radical of transformations, is the 10 percent showing the 90 percent why it isn’t.
Read MoreA week ago, I wrote that in order to create a 2001 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, all you need to do is melt down some cheap plastic in an oil barrel and pour it onto four spare tires with a forklift. It didn’t go over well with Jalopnik’s largely-American reader base.
Read MoreGaining access to the upper echelons of automotive performance often means spending lots of money. But what if things were different?
Read MoreWe’re used to seeing cars listed on eBay. It’s a pretty normal thing. But an all-wood, hand-carved model of a Jaguar E-Type to scale? That’s a new one.
Read MoreThe car market in several areas could look a whole lot different in a few decades, as Car and Driver reports that a handful of states and countries want to ban the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered cars by 2050. That means we’ll need a few more outlets, because apparently, battles over charging stations are a real thing.
Read MoreVolkswagen has big plans for the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show next month, and those could include the virtual cockpit-style design seen in a leaked video of what appears to be a new Golf concept.
Read MoreThe automotive aftermarket lobby (which exists!) got the “Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act” attached to a highway funding bill that passed on December 5th. Now companies selling Cobra, Ford GT and the other kit cars you recognize can effectively become mini dealerships of turn-key cars.
Read MoreTurn off the lights. Crank up your computer’s volume. Sit down. Hit play. Hear drug lord Tuco Salamanca read the full warranty for the Nissan NV200 little cargo van.
Read MoreMost exotic cars are no longer that exotic. If you’ve got enough money you can get a Lamborghini or Ferrari. They make a lot of them. That’s the bad news. The good news is that if you don’t have the money you might be able to own a car that lacks the badge and almost nothing else.
Read MoreWe’re at peak pre-new Star Wars hype right now, and I’m not immune. I bought my 5-year old a can of Spaghettios because it had a picture of R2-D2 on it, and I was glad to do it. What’s happening to me? I’m okay with it, but there are no cars in the movies, which is an issue for me. Luckily, there’s landspeeders, which are close enough to get me thinking.
Read MoreGood day, people of Jalopnik, and welcome to your latest round of Letters to Doug, which involves a) you sending letters to Doug, and b) Doug listening to Jimmy Eat World. Occasionally, I also reply to one of your letters.
Read MoreEver since they started offering AWD on the Diablo, Lamborghini has offered an extra high-performance, rear-wheel drive version of their top all-wheel drive supercar. But they just backed down on a RWD Aventador, and the reason they gave is kind of hilarious.
Read MoreWhen I do a Jason Drives episode where the car isn’t bizarre, or some terrifying mechanical abortion that wants to kill me, I get a little insecure. Will people want to watch me if they think I may live until the end of the video? I’m not really sure. This time, though, the only danger I’m in is getting charm poisoning in my blood. But this Matra Djet is worth the risk.
Read MoreThe sensation of being inside a car, stopped in front of a traffic light brings out the inner wacko in motorists. These are the ten craziest stoplight stories Jalopnik readers have to offer.
Read MoreThe in-house competition at Chevrolet between the Camaro SS and the Corvette C7 just heated up with a recent dyno test of the SS putting more horsepower down at the rear wheels over its not-so-superior sibling.
Read MoreI recently went to the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg, only to find a car called Philip there. If you think it looks just like a 1951 Kaiser, you’re not alone. In fact, that’s why it never made it to America.
Read MoreMuch as I enjoy my current car’s rather hobo-chic interior, there are certain things I would like that I don’t have.
Read MoreIt was a few researchers from West Virginia who brought down the might of the German automotive industry, exposing VW’s Dieselgate cheats. Do you think Germany is pleased about that?
Read MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the HondaJet with the “Type Certification” the company’s been chasing since they fired up an aircraft division in 2006. The plane is finally legal for American skies and sales to the public.
Read MoreEnvironmental regulations can often sound annoying, arduous, or unnecessary, but that’s often because most of us aren’t familiar with the very reasons for their existence. Even something as simple as dropping anchor on a coral reef – which sounds not so bad, I mean, it’s just a hunk of metal landing on some rocks, right? – can be devastating.
Read MoreCars are fun and nice but driving them means going out in public, often a horrifying experience.
Read MoreThat’s it. It’s over. The end. As of today, the McLaren P1 road car is a car that McLaren used to make. 375 production examples have been built, and no more for the rest of time.
Read MoreIn a mea culpa press conference in Germany today, executives from the Volkswagen Group conceded areas of the company had a mindset “that tolerated breaches of rules,” one factor of several that led to the ongoing Dieselgate scandal.
Read MoreA disgruntled Toronto taxi driver at an anti-Uber protest decided to beat on the window of a car he suspected to be UberX-ing. He then brilliantly decided to hang off the side of the poor Civic as it tried to drive away, proving yet again that the machine is greater than the man.
Read MoreSurvey data collected by Plug-In America from current early-model Tesla Model S owners has predicted that up to two-thirds of early model electric-drive units may fail by 60,000 miles. If their predictions are even remotely accurate, that’s bad news.
Read MoreIn 2016 the Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman will no longer exist. Instead, we’ll have the 2016 Porsche 718 Boxster and 2016 Porsche 718 Cayman. The real reason why is yet to be determined, but the short answer is probably “because marketing.”
Read MoreFledgling electric automaker Faraday Future, largely funded by Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting, has reportedly declared they’re setting up shop near Las Vegas, Nevada to the tune of a $1 billion facility. They hope to be cranking out cars by 2017.
Read MoreIt may seem like Lotus is on hold with building new cars, but the lightweight Exige Sport 350 still offers plenty of go power as well as some red or yellow Tartan trim just like the one you find in a ‘76 Esprit.
Read MoreToday Hyundai’s new Genesis brand launched its first car, the Genesis G90 replacement for the old Hyundai Equus. And it looks like they announced their plans for future Genesis-es as well.
Read MoreChina’s smog problem isn’t just a health hazard—it’s a traffic safety one as well. According to news reports, a massive pileup crash involving at least 33 vehicles traveling on the Taichang Expressway in Tianjin left six people dead and four hospitalized.
Read MoreHow in the world can I possibly compare this crazy stanced and bagged Subaru Baja to the new 2016 Subaru WRX STI? Find out soon in my upcoming article.
Read MoreIf you’re going to commit heinous crimes, you might as well do them right with the proper tools. Like one of these ten brilliant drug friendly cars (or the one bike).
Read MoreThere are lots of performance package names out there. RS, Type R, GT3 R, and even the excellent Spec c Type RA-R. But none compare to the name TVR gave its top performance package: Red Rose.
Read MoreOn Saturday afternoon, Florida Highway Patrol got reports of a Cadillac driving recklessly down a road known as Alligator Alley. When a FHP trooper pulled the car over, according to the Naples Daily News, what he found was raw, unadulterated, nuclear-grade pure Floridium: a white-hot ball of the very soul of Florida, manifested as four drunk naked people in a speeding Cadillac.
Read MoreThis is possibly the most rich person thing I have ever seen.
Read MoreThree years ago today, I strolled into my local CarMax dealership and purchased a used Range Rover with a six-year, bumper-to-bumper warranty. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
Read MoreJack Riddell bought a 1967 Lamborghini 400 GT when it was just six years old for a little more than six thousand bucks, and because he drives it regularly ever since, Petrolicious caught his car with 268K on the clock.
Read MoreYear One: It’s not as good as the original NSX, it’s overhyped
Read MoreIt’s good to have hobbies, right? And it’s even better when that hobby can earn you a little bit of income on the side. Or all of your income. With that in mind, let’s discuss the best cars for drug smuggling.
Read MoreRacing isn’t easy, especially as a beginner. Things will go wrong, and that’s how you learn. These are ten screw ups, mishaps, and misfortunes that you’ll probably suffer at your first race.
Read MoreWe’ve been skeptical of the supposedly 5,000 horsepower Devel Sixteen hypercar since it was unveiled at the Dubai Motor Show back in 2013. The company even had a running one, with what was claimed to be their own V16 engine. We didn’t fall for it then, but they seem to have an engine now, and while it’s about a Veyron and a half short of the HP goal, it’s still bonkers.
Read MoreI hate to say I told you so, but we pretty much called it a couple of month ago, and it turns out Mazda was also listening to all who demanded a sporty crossover that’s almost exactly like a wagon but slightly taller overall to fit your active lifestyle.
Read MoreYes. This amazing thing is happening. It’s electric, it’s a four-seater cabriolet, and clearly, it’s a proper Citroën that will make the world a better place.
Read MoreMost of us like to think of ourselves and our cars as a team. We look out for them, they look out for us. There’s limits, though, as 57-year old Cathy Bernstein learned, when her Ford Focus called 911 after she hit a truck and a van and fled the scene, according to news reports. It’s pretty sad when your car is the one with the conscience.
Read MoreIt has long been rumored that BMW was considering plans for a supercar to celebrate the brand’s centennial next year — rumors including shacking up with the likes of McLaren, Lexus, or even developing a super-i8. Well it looks like it isn’t happening, because BMW hates birthdays and wishes you would stop bringing it up.
Read MoreThis morning somebody decided the internet was going to talk about a revival of Honda’s dearly departed rear-drive purist sports car, the S2000. Maybe the prevailing malaise about the new NSX has Honda fans desperate for redemption but there’s no real reason to discuss this right now.
Read MoreThe Nissan GT-R is a tricky car to understand. That is, if you go on the words of car reviewers alone.
Read MoreOkay, so we did wonder about who’s gonna buy the Acura NSX before. At $150,000, that remains a rather huge question mark. But since then, a bunch of journalists drove the pre-production cars, and the first reviews are out for all to dive into. Oh boy.
Read MoreThere’s some things that are wonderful independently, but potentially disastrous when combined. Marshmallow fluff and long, luxurious hair, for example. A full-grown panther and a basket of puppies. And, it seems, driving and fellatio, which appears to have caused the death of a Florida cyclist.
Read MoreCorvairs, despite what that skinny, Alan-Alda-impersonator Ralph Nader says, are fantastic. Even more fantastic are the Corvair Greenbriar pickup trucks. But to get to peak fantastic, you need to really step things up. Like making it amphibious. The good news is such a vehicle exists, and it’s even up for auction.
Read MoreLord March and his merry men of the Goodwood motorsport creative committee have settled on a theme for the 2016 Festival Of Speed. “Full Throttle – The Endless Pursuit of Power” will summarize next year’s event.
Read MoreThe sleek and sexy Bugatti speed boat you might have seen with the stylized “EB” emblem on the stern and a CGI bikini babe on the deck is actually made by Palmer Johnson. And at $3,500,000 it’s one of their entry-level offerings.
Read MoreToo many “Car of the Year” awards are hokey affairs that smell vaguely advertorial in nature and don’t really speak to our interests. Not Evo’s, though. When Evo picks a Car of the Year, it’s accompanied by nearly thirty minutes of automotive joy in video form, with everything from hot hatches to supercars.
Read MoreA 73-year-old man was pulled over for a routine traffic offense in Seattle the other day: driving without his lights on. Things went considerably worse than they should have when the man reportedly tried to snort a little cocaine right in front of the officer.
Read MoreAlmost four years on, this review by Chris Harris of a Mercedes Benz C63 AMG on space saver tires is still the only review of modern performance cars worth watching.
Read MoreMany race tracks host non-racing events on-site to bump up their revenue stream, but Lime Rock Park’s Grand Weekend finally thought to integrate some automotive fun into a music and comedy festival. In addition to all the shows, you can test drive luxury cars and ride along in supercars on the circuit itself.
Read MoreA five-year plan. Ten years in the making. $305 billion to be spent on infrastructure. Money for roads and rail projects. Penalties for automakers breaking the law. This is the newest federal transportation bill, and this is why it’s important.
Read MoreVolvo is clearly in the middle of some big changes right now, and during my trip to Gothenberg this week I had a lot on my mind. I wanted to know why the 2016 S90 turned out the way it did, how fast Polestar will go, what Volvo thinks of the Germans, and how it will respond to those who miss a few cylinders from their Drive-E powertrains. Plus what’s going on with the Concept Estate, that sexy shooting brake concept, of course.
Read MoreFor years, America’s strongest brand in China has been Buick. Now, the tide of has turned, and we Americans will be buying Buicks made in China. It all starts with the new Buick Envision crossover.
Read MoreSome cars just look like they can’t be good. Other cars have zero hype and thus you assume, incorrectly, that someone would have already told you if they were worth renting or buying. Here are five cars I like that I don’t think get the respect they deserve.
Read MoreThe Audi R8’s second generation looks Iron Man enough, sure, but with much of the original’s cooler features cut off to please a wider audience, is the non-turbo V10 the last reason to buy an R8 over its competition? XCAR thinks there’s a bit more to it than that.
Read MoreYou know, that headline’s not really fair. The video is actually 96 seconds, and there’s way, way more wrong with the Fisker Karma. Still, if you can spare an extra six seconds, it’s not a bad start.
Read MoreIt might look like any other IROC-Z, but it doesn’t drive like one.
Read MoreTechnically, Hyundai did set the land speed record for the fastest production hydrogen-powered crossover, which definitely didn’t exist before this test. They even provided a little video . So just exactly how fast are we talking?
Read MoreThe new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro with the V6 might look like a very steady continuation of the whole Camaro theme. But that’s just the looks. The sound is something different.
Read MoreGood news for fans of Porsches, fast electric cars, and pretty things: the company has announced that the stunning Mission E electric concept will go into production by the end of the decade, aimed at taking the EV performance spot from the Tesla Model S in a big way.
Read MoreWhat a year it has been for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne, the thirstiest man in the business. He’s seen Ferrari get spun off, record high sales figures, record high recall costs, and even a new contract with the United Auto Workers. But one thing has eluded him: his desired merger with General Motors.
Read MoreJamie Lee Sharp was sentenced to four years in jail for breaking into a house and stealing the keys to a Porsche Boxster, taking selfies with the car, and subsequently crashing—imprisoning himself in bad decisions and the wreckage until the authorities arrived.
Read MoreThe Toyota Camry, enduring as death and taxes, is going to be outsold by the RAV4 according to the company’s top U.S. Sales Executive Bob Carter. He thinks compact SUVs will bump economical sedans as people’s “default vehicle” sooner than later.
Read MoreVolkswagen’s been looking for a patsy to blame the whole Dieselgate fiasco on for a while, and they’ve found quite a few. First the CEO (which, probably right call, he’s the damn CEO), and then a couple of engineers. But now VW’s found a new one: Audi’s head of research and development, Ulrich Hackenberg.
Read MoreIf you think about it, the way we load and unload planes with passengers (or, in airline terminology, ambulatory waste-producing cargo) is wildly inefficient. Slow, shuffling, cranky lines of people slowly filing into seats while the plane is stuck there—isn’t there a better way? Airbus thinks so, and has the patent to prove it.
Read MoreCars are hardly the ideal solution to urban transportation, and city traffic can make even the most diehard gearhead long for an alternative. But sometimes there is no other alternative, and some cities themselves aren’t even that bad for driving.
Read MoreMcLaren is set to reveal the roof-optional version of the new 675LT in the coming days, but as these things sometimes do, it leaked out a little early in this video. Here’s the 675LT Spider!
Read MoreState Troopers and detectives from Bloomfield, New Jersey managed to stop an alleged kidnapper and rescue the child on the site of the highway following the issuing of an Amber Alert.
Read MoreFollowing the full-scale presentation of the all new Volvo S90, Volvo confirmed that the sportier-tuned versions of its new flagship sedan and its V90 wagon sibling will be getting the Polestar tuning treatment - possibly with hybrid-electric power.
Read MoreThe upcoming 1,500 horsepower, $2.5 million Bugatti Chiron is named after one of Bugatti’s greatest racing drivers, a guy who possibly lost his best job racing there by banging his boss’ wife.
Read MoreVolkswagen announced their European-market fix for their dirty, cheaty 1.6-liter TDI engines recently, and it’s a deceptively simple-looking tube with a bit of screen on one end. They give it the exciting name of flow transformer, which sounds like either something that opens a wormhole in space or something you can buy at Walmart for $15 that promises better gas mileage and doesn’t really do shit. But here’s an interesting idea: could they 3D print these parts?
Read MoreMany many years ago, before you were even born, my dad asked me to “bring a tape down to the car” because he wanted to “show me something cool.”
Read MoreVideo has emerged of what looks to be a super-expensive Koenigsegg Agera R supercar crashing in China. Priced somewhere around $4,000,000 US, it’s likely one of the most—if not the most—expensive single-vehicle accident ever.
Read MoreThe Volkswagen Golf is a car. But it is not the only car that is a Volkswagen Golf.
Read MoreEver wanted to steal a booze truck and par-tay? A 19-year-old Maine woman attempted to do just that, and led the police on an erratic, mediumish-speed chase until she lost control of the truck and crashed into a barn.
Read MoreThe guy who is the Facebook equivalent of Tom of MySpace, Mark Zuckerberg, just had a daughter! She’s named Max, which, we’re told is a nickname. For Maxima. Yes, Maxima. Like the Nissan.
Read MoreI have decided today to address one of the most serious issues currently threatening our great nation. I am not talking about murder. I am also not talking about gun violence, or terrorism, or even people who board airplanes with nothing to read. No, no: I am referring to the third owner of the Dodge Challenger and Charger Hellcat.
Read MoreThe Volvo S90 sedan will be revealed tomorrow in Gothenburg, and since I’m here to witness the miracle, let’s go on and dig into Volvo’s future together!
Read MoreAfter a surprisingly decent couple of sales months in spite of everything, it seems the Dieselgate scandal has finally taken its toll on Volkswagen’s sales figures. The embattled automaker just posted a 25 percent year-over-year drop in sales for November, its biggest decline since the peak of the recession.
Read MoreForza 6 is one of the greatest racing video games of our time and Fallout 4 is the hottest open-world role-playing game in the business. Combine the two and you end up with awesomeness. That’s our kind of synergy!
Read MoreWhen you buy a Lamborghini Huracan, you’re only getting a car with huge power. When you buy a Mazda2, you’re only getting a car with teeny tiny power. But there are some individual models that span the whole spectrum.
Read MoreIt’s human nature for people to take good things for granted. Here’s 10 examples of that in the car world.
Read MoreSimon and Garfunkel once sang that the boxer stands alone. In contrast, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Beemer is a boxer that will never make you ride alone. That’s because it comes with both a pillion and a space age side car, but will its price mean you’d just as soon leave it alone?
Read MoreThe styling of Porsche’s 914 was kind of frumpy, and the four cylinder editions were far from fast. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom 914 however is neither frumpy nor far from fast, but will its price have you saying eff that?
Read MoreNot everyone looks good in bathing attire and not all cars or trucks look good in racing attire. You’ll have to decide if today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Eurovan is the exception, and if its price and Martini looks leave you either shaken or stirred.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercury has one of the longest names ever bestowed, and befitting that name the car is pretty long too. Let’s see if its low miles and sweet shape make you long for it at its current price.
Read MoreYou want weird? I’ve got your weird. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Windstar (a phrase I never imagined I’d write) rocks a BMW/Lincoln turbo diesel. Let’s see if it’s price is the right kind of weird as well.
Read MoreBefore there was the 240Z there was the Datsun Roadster. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1600 lets you enjoy the sky and is painted a sky blue. Will you find its price to be sky high as well?
Read MoreKeats once noted that truth is beauty and thus beauty equals truth. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Wards Riverside is a true beauty, but its price may just prove an ugly truth.
Read MoreWith today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Caddy Hearse you go in style, no matter what your final destination might be. Its price and condition however might just have you reaffirming the maxim that you probably can’t take it with you.
Read MoreIt may not be talk like a pirate day, but our Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo does say “R” none the less. Let’s see if this checkbox-ticking Swede also has what it takes to shake out your booty.
Read More‘Street or Strip’ sounds like the options offered to a teenaged runaway in an ‘80s B-movie, but it is in fact where it’s suggested today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Malibu might just rule. Let’s have a look at this coupe and see if its price rules too.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bentley says it’s a wolf wearing sheep’s clothing. He’s recently dropped its price, but we’ll have to see if it’s low enough that you might think he’s giving away the farm.
Read MoreWhether you pronounce it Jag-wire, Jag-u-waar or just plain Jaaaag, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe XJ12C is one pretty kitty. Let’s see if this restored classic coupe’s price makes it purrr-fect too.
Read MoreWhile Toyota’s products are generally considered to be most useful as sleep-aids, there have been ones that might just keep you up all night. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe MR2 is one of those, but will its price require you to sleep on it?
Read MoreCar and Driver once called Mercedes’ E55 AMG ‘the mother of all wagons.” Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 2006 is a rare opportunity to own that bad muthah. We’ll just have to see if its price oedipally wrecks it.
Read MoreSubaru’s ads say “that’s what makes a Subaru a Subaru.” Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe GL wagon might let you find out just what it is that makes a Subaru an Subaru, that is, if its price makes it a deal.
Read MoreDisneyland once required tickets for its rides, and an E ticket got you on the those that were the best and the fastest. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maserati is a pretty fast E, but will its price prove to be just the ticket?
Read MoreTwo for one is always an enticing sales tactic, and in fact today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe is just such a package deal. That’s one 300TD and a parts car TE. We’ll have to see if the price makes you tell the seller, ‘hey man, nice package.’
Read MoreBill Clinton once embarrassingly tried to defend his actions by questioning what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. We know what is is but you might be surprised to find out what today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe IS is. We’ll still have to see just what that means its price… well, you know, is.
Read MoreThe recently released2016 Honda Civic may be a nice car, but it doesn’t offer a wagon like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe ’78. Let’s see if this Vancouver-located Honda is priced to bring home the Canadian bacon.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe R65 is described by its seller as a franken-bike, comprised of multiple years and models into one combined airhead runner. Let’s see if that just makes it more bike for your money.
Read MoreToday, VR stands most commonly in our lexicon for Virtual Reality, but as our Nice Price or Crack Pipe Celebrity proves it once stood for eye-catching family Chevy. Let’s see if this low-mileage Eurosport is also priced to be a catch.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jeep is said to be one of thirty special replacement bodies built in Southern California in the 1970s. The seller seems to think he’s got something special, but will his price prove him right?
Read MoreThe 2016 Nissan Titan XD is supposed to be ballsier than your standard pickup truck, but softer than a true heavy duty three-quarter ton’er. So is it the Goldilocks or the bastard stepchild? I put a little mud on its tires to find out.
Read MoreWhile she was singing about Mercedeses, Janis Joplin’s Porsche was her coolest car. This thing might just be the greatest art car this side of Andy Warhol’s BMW M1 Le Mans racer, and it’s going for auction in two days, estimated to fetch between $400,000 - $600,000. Have a look at what you’re getting for your money.
Read MoreRacing in rallying means dealing with shit that any sane driver would avoid: jumps, stumps, rocks, ruts, all taken flat out. Over the years, rally suspension has grown to be about the best suspension in racing, and here’s a video explaining how it all works.
Read MoreHow does one end up at a track day without a car? In my case, it was because I foolishly agreed to ride shotgun across the country from New York to California, in a smelly friend’s Ford Fiesta ST, all so he could do a track day at Laguna Seca. But I’d be be damned if I wasn’t going to make an event out of my circumstances, and here’s how you can too.
Read MoreThe formula for off-road videos has become pretty predictable; big landscape pan, slow-motion mud slinging, dramatic music. The official promo reel for the 2016 Dakar Rally has that. Also, some visuals I’m not sure what to make of.
Read MoreRed Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner is quite annoyed that his team isn’t dominating Formula One anymo—err, um, that Mercedes winning race after race has made the sport too predictable. It’s funny what happens when the shoe’s on the other foot.
Read MoreA 2010 letter from former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs is making the rounds again, giving hope that the state would contribute the full amount they promised towards hosting Formula One. However, a local news report from two years after that shows Combs herself backing away from the promises made in the letter.
Read MoreThe X-Raid Mini ALL4 racing team is gearing up to win the infamous 5,000 mile Dakar Rally for the fifth consecutive time in January. Here’s how they get in shape for it.
Read MoreThe easiest way to go racing on a road course — bar none — is through an amateur endurance series. You can split costs and seat time with friends, and compete in an open, friendly environment of like-minded gearheads. But is there a race near you next year? There’s now a map for that.
Read MoreAs the United States Grand Prix looks increasingly in doubt for 2016 in the wake of a wavering commitment from the State of Texas, race-watchers have pointed to one recently-resurfaced letter from 2010 as proof that the state can’t shake its commitment. But will it have any sway with Texas’ new state officials?
Read MoreFor about a fourth of what my usual morning latte costs, Renault bought a 90 percent stake in the Lotus Formula One team for only £1. According to company documents obtained by the Telegraph, the deal was finalized right before Christmas and puts Renault back in charge of the team for the first time since 2009.
Read MoreA little bit of good ol’ nose candy earned rally driver and motorcycle team owner Paul Bird a ban from motorsport for two years, reports Motorsport.com. Bird failed a drug test after winning the Nicky Grist Stages rally, testing positive for cocaine and diuretics.
Read MoreEveryone knows I’m partial to cartoon liveries, but surely there’s other shows we’d like to see on a race car that aren’t old Cartoon Network shows or SpongeBob SquarePants. Tell us: which show have you binge-watched over the holida—err, um, would you like to see on a race car?
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreIt’s a common misconception that the only race cars Americans know how to make either don’t turn right or don’t turn at all. Jalopnik readers chose the ten cars that showed the world that the US can build them better, faster, and greater than the rest.
Read MoreWe’ve all seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens now, right? I mean, aside from our dipshitty friends who like to remind us, smugly, they never cared about Star Wars. The movie provided a pretty rich look back into the Star Wars universe, full of familiar places and objects and ideas. But there was one glaring omission: where was Podracing?
Read MoreWhen we first saw that Formula One driver Jenson Button and his on-again-off-again relationship with his Japanese-Argentinian girlfriend Jessica Michibata was TOTALLY ON (because they got married), we rejoiced. Now they’re divorcing after one single, solitary, lonely year of marriage. LET THE PAIN AND SUFFERING COMMENCE.
Read MoreToday marked the sad, sad death of the bold and wonderful front-engine Nissan LMP1 program, with many heaping on to call the whole thing a massive failure. But I love the Nissan LMP1 project, and I want to show there has been much worse.
Read MoreMerry Christmas from Nissan! What better way to get in the holiday spirit than finding out you’ve been fired from your job via an email, or in some cases, from a press release?
Read MoreSo, there’s a track that you really want to drive. Great! But you’ve never driven it before and you don’t want to make an idiot of yourself. That’s tricky. Here’s how you can Forrest Gump your way through it without completely screwing up.
Read MoreHere’s kind of a bummer to start your day: Nissan’s wildly unusual GT-R LM Nismo prototype race car, which debuted to much fanfare earlier thiis year but had a deeply disappointing showing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, will not race in the 2016 World Endurance Championship after all, the automaker announced today.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThe Verizon IndyCar series unveiled a new logo today, however, it looked a little bland. Uninspiring. Not lilac enough. Clip-arty. So, we fixed it.
Read MoreIn response to the tragic incident this year where a GT3 car flipped and killed a spectator, the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund who governs racing on the Nürburgring Nordschleife will institute a number of changes for 2016, including a 10 percent reduction in horsepower in the SP7, SP9/GT3, SP-Pro and SP-X classes.
Read MoreMiller Motorsports Park—quite possibly the best track I drove this year—could be back in limbo. A judge has ruled its sale to Geely subsidiary Mitime Utah Investment, LLC, invalid, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The judge also ruled that Tooele County acted unlawfully in the sale.
Read MoreRemember the amazing international rally program of, uh, Proton?
Read MoreI guess somebody at Darlington Raceway got our hint. The ultra-popular NASCAR throwback weekend is back on the schedule for 2016. Which historic liveries would you like to see?
Read MoreAs Formula One heads into 2016, Bernie Ecclestone would like to remind you that the series he’s led into a repetitive parade of power unit penalties and predictable action is crap. Again.
Read MoreMotorsports can be found in little cracks all over the United States, but only some events can be considered truly international. For mainly historical reasons or for their crazy stories, these ten racing events have become the ten most globally important ever held in America.
Read MoreAttention racers preparing for the Best Race In The U S of A That Is The Best And Not Anything That Is Not The Best, the Chili Bowl Nationals indoor midget race: right rear tire requirements are now open.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne hinted at a possible Alfa Romeo comeback to Formula One in an end-of-season news conference in Maranello this week, reports Reuters. However, Auto Motor und Sport warns that it may not be the comeback folks have in mind.
Read MoreAmerica is a huge domestic market. Much as we produce a lot of corn for our own consumption, we also produce a lot of racing just to be enjoyed by Americans. But there is (and has been) a lot of very important international events held here.
Read MoreSheldon Creed puts on one hell of a show in the Stadium Super Trucks series; where a thick pack of longtravel trucks elbows each other over jumps and around turns. The legendary Robby Gordon has taken notice, and is putting Creed on his team in the toughest off-road endurance race running.
Read MoreOnce again, Jeff Zwart’s flame-spitting turbocharged Porsche 911 GT3 Cup tackled one of the most beautiful places on earth: Pikes Peak. This year, Zwart aimed for a feat only 12 drivers had ever done in the 99 years of the 12.42-mile Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: a sub-10-minute time up the mountain.
Read MoreHere’s a fun little sneaky trick to pull on someone that you just have to beat in a friendly karting competition.
Read MoreJaguar Land Rover intends to put fully electric cars on the market in the long run, and there’s no better way to develop their technology than to go back to racing with their old pals at Williams. We can only approve.
Read MoreAustria’s Dead Panda Team doesn’t just eat in the car (gasp!), but they eat in the car at speed. With videos of the dynamic duo eating, goofing around and, well, spraying some air freshener after they eat, they’ve managed to out-America most American rally teams with a burger and some chips.
Read MoreAmerica was built on speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed. (Other countries do it too, we’ve heard.) But sometimes the speed brings us some truly unexpected moments. To say that it was hard to narrow this list down to a top 30 was an understatement. However, that’s just what we’ve done: here are the 30 craziest, least expected, wildest, most baffling and/or most wonderful racing moments of 2015.
Read MoreThree-time Formula One world driver’s champion Lewis Hamilton shared some of his latest work with 60 Minutes’ Charlie Rose last night, and even I have to admit: it’s not terrible. Sure, our point of reference for F1 songwriters is Jacques Villeneuve, but Hamilton’s created something surprisingly inoffensive.
Read MoreKeeping race cars grounded to the ground requires thorough aerodynamic engineering and research. That can lead to both crazy-successful aero pieces and some totally sci-fi technological dead-ends. These ten wind-cutting cars fit in perfectly.
Read MoreWith claims of having multiple data files regarding its Formula One endeavors stolen, Mercedes-Benz filed a lawsuit against a team engineer understood to be on his way to join a competitor—the Ferrari F1 team.
Read MoreAbove the tech shed at a Florida short track reads, “It is what it is.” It’s a response to all of the teams leaving that brightly lit awning boasting a few less titles than they entered it with, after failing one of the most meticulous technical inspections around.
Read MoreAccording to reports from Sky News, Jaguar Land Rover plans to announce its venture into the electric-car market on Tuesday—and they’re starting off in competition, with a team in the FIA Formula E racing series.
Read MoreEvery year, right about the time when racing enthusiasts start to mourn the offseason and resign themselves to watching ball sports, fans and racers in the know pack their bags and head to Florida for one of the biggest and best stock car events of the year: the Snowball Derby.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreAlfa Romeo wants to expand its brand in the United States, so what better way than through sportscar racing? According to Racer, multiple sources claim that Alfa has met with IMSA officials about joining in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s revised P2 class after the 2017 rules go into effect.
Read MoreIn a perfect race car design world, all shapes would be clean, and you’d need just one wing out back, one wing up front, and a smooth envelope of a car in between. But race car design is never perfect.
Read MoreThe Scuderia Glickenhaus Nürburgring 24 Hours competing racecar just set a new lap record at the Hockenheim ring by a whole four seconds over the previous record-holder — a Porsche 918 Spyder.
Read MoreAs far as I can tell, the faster you were in the ‘90s, the smaller your sunglasses had to be.
Read MoreMotorsports isn’t just a great place for people to get together and compete in the fastest cars and bikes on the planet. It’s also a good way to waste/launder the questionably rich’s ill-gotten gains.
Read MoreOscar Espinosa, now 77, had an extensive racing career and was close with five-time Formula One racer Juan Manuel Fangio during his lifetime. Now we know just how close: he was Fangio’s son, a recent DNA test confirmed after decades of mystery.
Read MoreWhen racing fans all over the world know of a Porsche dealership in Florida, you know you’ve done something right with a livery. Sadly, we probably won’t be seeing Brumos Porsche’s iconic red, white and blue stripes on cars for much longer, as Sportscar365 reports that the dealership group has been sold.
Read More“NASCAR used to just be better,” old people who are very annoying and probably just liked mustaches and cocaine and are definitely right tend to say. But how correct could they possibly be? Well, to put it into perspective, people used to get into horrific motorcycle crashes before the race even started, and that was just for fun.
Read MoreAfter a year in production, the long awaited iRacing Nürburgring sim is finally launching today. If you’ve ever wanted to drive the legendary Nordschleife and GP circuit but couldn’t come up with the scratch to do it for real, then this might be your best chance yet to experience automotive nirvana.
Read MoreMercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff reiterated his threat to drop one of their two drivers if Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg can’t get along, reports Sky Sports. It is unsure if he also mentioned “stopping this minivan right here” or “not being mad, but disappointed,” about the pair, but perhaps he should have.
Read MoreWhat is it about this one corner in Poland that makes seemingly every single rally driver in the entire world crash there?
Read MoreInfiniti and Red Bull Racing will discontinue their partnership at the end of the 2015 season, one year before their contract was supposed to end. While the F1 team will continue to use Renault engines, the new power units will wear TAG Heuer badges.
Read MoreTake a scrap Porsche 911 shell that would have otherwise ended up as raw material for toasters and stuff a Volkswagen TDI engine in the rear, and we’ll love your LeMons team forever. Destroy the car’s front end but make it back on track after only two and a half hours and you’re gunning for Repair of the Year.
Read MoreWhile his team owner spent the weekend celebrating a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in Las Vegas, Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Christopher Bell just kept celebrating empty victories.
Read MoreThere’s trials by fire, and there’s sticking your brand new race car baby in one of the most grueling races in the world: the National Auto Sport Association’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill. That’s exactly what Mazda did to debut its new MX-5 Cup car, and all four of the MX-5 Cups entered just crossed the finish line together.
Read MoreSitting on the pole with a record lap isn’t a terrible way to start a race weekend, especially in one of the biggest short-track events in the country. That is, unless you get disqualified and plopped at the back of a last-chance qualifying race.
Read MoreOne unlucky Porsche 911 Carrera owner found out at precisely the wrong time that he should have fixed his hood latch before heading out to Virginia International Raceway for a track day. Instead, he got a face full of hood, busted mirror and oops at 125 mph on VIR’s back straight.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreMajor League Baseball decided to assume that their fanbase can’t read or spell and took issue with Eldora Speedway’s use of the name “Mudsummer Classic.” The MLB claimed that the event sounded too close to their “Midsummer Classic,” and Eldora agreed to change it—but not without getting a dig in at MLB first.
Read MoreIf there’s one defining characteristic of the 2015 Formula One season, it’s the rivalry between Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. However, Mercedes F1 team executive director Toto Wolff told Motorsport.com that if the rivalry ever hurts the team, they may replace one of the pair.
Read MoreAfter dragging through a season full of late freight shipments and unpaid bills, the Lotus Formula One team’s financial savior has finalized their purchase of the team, per the BBC. Renault signed a letter of intent to purchase the Lotus F1 team at the end of September, and the principal contracts of the purchase were signed today.
Read MoreHauling your race car with a truck and trailer is one of the biggest mental and financial costs of motorsports. Things are just better with a street-legal machine.
Read MoreGood news! That little, angry looking, Miata-fighting baby FR-S sports coupe that Toyota had shown at the Tokyo Motor Show now has a race car concept. And it looks even better than the road car.
Read MoreThe designers at McLaren Applied Technologies put together a bold vision of the future outside of any current series regulations to show what could be done if Formula One would just let them. The MP4-X concept sounds as if it’s straight out of science fiction, and we’d love to see some of its ideas become reality.
Read MoreThe FIA confirmed the 21-race Formula One calendar today with one additional pair of asterisks next to the United States Grand Prix. Austin, Texas’ USGP is the only race listed as provisional on the calendar amid reports of unpaid hosting fees and cuts in state funding for the race weekend.
Read MoreNASCAR Senior Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton has been with the sanctioning body since 2004, but may be best known for telling Sprint Cup drivers, “have at it, boys.” Per Autosport, he will be leaving the post at the end of 2015.
Read MoreSusie Wolff will retire at the end of the season. By the manner in which this news has been greeted, one would imagine the announcement had been made by one of the all-time greats. There has been an outpouring of emotion, of platitudes and sadness.
Read MoreThe Formula One rumor mill is alive and kicking, despite most of the grid being settled by now. No, the rumor mill demands a sacrifice! A McLaren sacrifice! While McLaren driver Fernando Alonso has two years left on his contract with the team, some are speculating he may take a sabbatical if the car is still a turd. More than likely this is bullshit.
Read MoreThis week’s Jason Drives is a little bit different than normal, in that I don’t drive anything that’s genuinely absurd and/or trying to murder me. I’m not going to lie to you, it feels weird. Real weird.
Read MoreDecades and decades after they pretended never to be in a “moon race” with the U.S., Russia reportedly plans to land cosmonauts on the moon by the 2030s, according to the news agency TASS. The most recent plans call for up to six launches of the Angara A5V heavy-lift rocket to put enough hardware into orbit for their first mission, which appears to involve establishing a lunar base.
Read MoreElon Musk must be really sick of driving, because he’s updated his prediction that we’re about five years away from autonomous cars – we’re now down to two years, at least for Teslas. Of course, this is also the guy who sort of thinks human drivers will be outlawed, and owning a human-driven car in 15 years will be like owning a horse.
Read MoreToyota says they expect to have autonomous cars ready to go by around 2020. That technology will revolve around an extremely detailed network of maps with data collected by anyone who might be driving one of their cars.
Read MoreAccording to three different sources speaking to YahooAutos, Ford will pair up with Google to create a joint-venture for the development and manufacturing of autonomous vehicles.
Read MoreGeorge Hotz is such a computer geek that he refers to a modern car as “a computer.” He’s not exactly wrong, but he’s not exactly right, either. Still, he’s right enough that he was able to hack together a fairly viable autonomous car in the space of a couple months, with off-the shelf hardware. It’s also proven to be an effective tool for chapping Elon Musk’s ass.
Read MoreIf you ask automakers and tech companies why they’re exploring autonomous vehicles, the number one answer is probably “safety.” The theory is it’s safer, in the long run, if you take driving out of human hands. Ironically, safety is the exact reason why the California Department of Motor Vehicles is proposing new rules that could hobble the development of autonomous cars and even ban “driverless” ones outright.
Read MoreIf you thought of Google’s adorable panda-like driverless car as a glorified science experiment until now, get ready to change your mind. According to reports within the company, Google is set to make its driverless car program a standalone “Alphabet” business in 2016—the biggest sign yet that driverless cars are something Google wants as a source of revenue.
Read MoreKia and sister company Hyundai are dumping $2 billion into autonomous driving tech through the next three years. They plan to get this into cars as ‘driver-assists’ by 2020, have a completely self-driving car by 2030, and it all starts now with the company’s license to test it in Nevada.
Read MoreAt least, supplier Delphi and a New Zealand company are willing to try it out. Next month at the CES expo in Las Vegas, they will debut a Ford Mustang GT concept that uses 3D graphics on its dashboard screen.
Read MoreAs Hyundai enters the luxury brand game for real with the new Genesis marque, the old Hyundai Equus is gone and the Genesis G90 is here to replace it. The new car isn’t just a big luxobarge with a bargain price like the last one. Hyundai claims the G90 is “all-but autonomous.” Is it really?
Read MoreAs the development for fully-autonomous cars ramps up, researchers from Nankai University in China have successfully demonstrated a new technology that allows a person to remotely control a vehicle using only their thoughts, using signals from the brain to control acceleration, braking, and other basic functions.
Read MoreSince 1978, the car-buying public has been able to judge the safety of their next car, in part, based on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 5-Star Safety Ratings. Today safety regulators announced they’re proposing big changes that will bring the safety ratings system into the 21st century, and prepare it for what’s next in the world of cars.
Read MoreFew things in the world of cars suck as much as turbo lag. We want power, and we want it now! Volvo agrees, so with the new diesel 2017 S90 sedan, they’re using an air compressor, a bottle and a valve to let those sweet prancing horses out as quickly as possible. Let’s find out how it works.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreAfter inexplicably delaying delivery for months, it sounds like GM has finally started sending preordered Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks with the 2.8 Duramax diesel engine to dealerships and customers.
Read MoreLand Rover used to run an intense annual cross-country driving challenge to show off the capabilities of their 4x4s. We’re talking long slogs epic landscape panoramas and lots of digging in the mud. A real event hasn’t been hosted in years, but some creative fans found a practical way to bring it back.
Read MoreMan, Jeep Wranglers sure are expensive, apparently even when they’re 1/8th scale. The detail on this two-foot replica is incredible, but is any toy worth what you could spend on a real car from Craigslist?
Read MoreHow many old Jeeps does my new hero Ron Hattner have on his northeast Michigan property? He stopped counting around 40 or 50. Some might see Ron as a crazy hoarder; I see him as a guy who’s working to preserve one particular aspect of American car culture.
Read MoreThe craziest part isn’t that 23-year-old Mary Lambright drove her 30-ton truck onto this tiny bridge in Paoli, Indiana built in 1880. It’s that she knew that the bridge’s weight limit was six tons. She just didn’t know how many pounds that was.
Read MoreFlexing is popular on Instagram, but it takes on new meaning for Jeep owners wanting to strut their stuff. When done correctly, the shots can be impressive. When it goes wrong, the video can be spectacular.
Read MoreThe Camel Trophy was a big, bad off-road endurance challenge Land Rover used to put on every time they felt like showing off new equipment. In 1998, and for the first time ever, that included a plucky little crossover. Things got... “radical?”
Read MoreAn inexpensive pickup truck that’s capable, comfortable, seats more than two, fits in your garage and gets vaguely reasonable fuel economy: that’s the dream. It ain’t a 2015 Chevy Colorado. Actually it’s not a 2015 anything, it’s a fifteen year old half-ton and it’s even got a V8.
Read MorePricing has been announced for five trims of the 2016 Nissan Titan XD; basically every crew cab variant with the diesel engine ranging from just over $40,000 to a top trim at $60,520. The base model is officially the cheapest four-door, four-wheel drive Cummins you can buy new, but that might not matter.
Read MoreIf you want to see a monster truck crush rocks, don’t bother watching this. No, wait! I promise you don’t want to miss any of the beautiful details on Winslow Bent’s custom-made ’42 Dodge Power Wagon. Check it out with comedian car guy Jay Leno.
Read MoreThe second generation Honda Ridgeline we’ve been hearing about for almost two years now will finally be revealed at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. Specifically, January 11th at 1:15 p.m. EST.
Read MoreA report out of Dearborn, Michigan says an aluminum Ford F-150 has been spotted running around with manufacturer camouflage and a diesel engine that sources say is the same 3.0 turbodiesel powering the new Range Rover.
Read MoreNow doesn’t seem like a good time to buy a diesel Chevrolet Colorado or GMC Canyon. Just ask the people who have tried, and are without their trucks months after placing orders.
Read MoreIn a December 14th interview Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields told with NPR radio host Ari Shapiro that the company has “plans to have a rear-wheel drive hybrid truck but the end of the decade.”
Read MoreThe two-millionth Land Rover “Defender” built at the illustrious Solihull plant was just sold at auction for $600,000 to a bidder from Qatar. The truck is a publicity product which Bear Grylls and actress Virginia McKenna “helped assemble.” The money collected for it will go to charity.
Read MoreIt seems that last year, General Motors revised its tow ratings downward for the 2014 GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado. And now that move has led them to be the target of at least one consumer lawsuit.
Read MoreThe 2016 Nissan Titan and Titan XD’s standard engine will be a revised version of the company’s 5.6 Endurance V8 paired with a new seven-speed automatic. High compression, more power and variable timing is supposed to do a lot for the truck’s capability and economy figures. Finally.
Read More“There. That should solve things.” I’m pretty sure those were the first words to form in the mind of 62-year old John Parsley immediately after he rammed his 2006 GMC Sierra into the lobby of a Comfort Inn in Alva, Oklahoma. No one was injured, and I’m sure this thoughtful act of problem-solving took care of everything.
Read MoreThe internet loves to dump on automakers shilling dress-up kits for cars as special editions, but I’m telling you Chevy is laughing all the way to the bank with this. Why not offer more stickers and steel bars at the dealership? Plus this camo is way sexy.
Read MoreEarlier this month local news in Mexico said a woman’s 1991 Nissan pickup truck was stolen at a gas station in Hermosillo. She posted this hand-scribbled picture to Facebook which was immediately turned into a meme. It’s kind of mean, kind of funny but hey, she did end up getting her truck back!
Read MoreA couple days ago, Volkswagen teased an image teasing a new concept car they’ll reveal at next month’s CES, and it sure seems like it’s going to be a new Microbus. A new electric microbus. I’d like to pretend it’s because Volkswagen’s CEO reads Jalopnik. Specifically, read something here last month.
Read MoreIt was nearly a year ago to the day that we were introduced to the plight of Mark Oberholtzer, the Texas City plumber greeted with the not-so pleasant sight of his old work truck on the evening news being used as an anti-aircraft vehicle for Islamic militants in Syria—with his company’s logo still on it, of course. Oberholtzer is understandably still pissed about how that whole thing went down, so he’s suing the dealership to whom he sold the truck.
Read MoreThe 2016 BMW X5 xDrive35d, which had been delayed in production to undergo emissions scrutiny from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has been ruled as on the level with American emissions regulations and fit for sale according to a Reuters report.
Read MoreU.S. Specialty Vehicles is offering a rebody for the Ford Super Duty that effectively turns the pickup into an oligarch assault vehicle. Not sure about its actual war readiness but it’s certainly going to scare the hell out of your neighbor’s Range Rover.
Read MoreIn most places the 2015 Nissan Patrol is a close cousin of the Infiniti QX80 we have now in America; lots of curves and luxury accessories. But a few markets are holdouts for the old bodystyle; taking us to simpler time when SUVs were square and having two temperature control knobs was a privilege not a right.
Read MoreNot sure if the guy driving this Scania semi-truck simply didn’t see these railroad crossing lights or if he fancied himself some kind of badass, but I think this sensational collision settles the “train versus truck” debate with some finality.
Read MoreIt’s unclear how this 18-wheeler ended up going completely out of control and flipping onto its side, but the craziest part is that the driver seemed completely unharmed.
Read MoreRight now there are two square and earnestly capable 4x4s on the U.S. market; the Jeep Wrangler (187,111 sales this year so far) and the Mercedes-Benz G-Class (3,075 sales). You might have guessed there’s a big price gap between them. But is there really enough gap in demand for another player?
Read MoreLand Rover’s design chief Gerry McGovern has confirmed that the next Land Rover Defender will look “nothing like” the Lego-looking concepts we’ve seen, but he has said he wants to sell more the next time around. Way more.
Read MoreThe SUV makes sense as a luxury car—it’s big, it shows you have money to burn (at least on gas), and it has room for all of your squash rackets—but when, exactly, did the buying public of the world figure this out?
Read MoreIf America had a Poster Boy Truck Guy it’d be Fred Diaz. I think ARB models their bumpers on his jawline. He’s also knowledgeable on the subject and Nissan putting him in charge of trucks and light commercial vehicles means they’re getting serious about selling some pickups.
Read MoreYou may have heard that Australian auto journalist Peter Barnwell inadvertently burned a Ford Everest SUV to the ground last week. Ford is now saying their investigation has concluded; somebody put the battery in wrong.
Read MoreThe Hope Technik LF5G “Red Rhino” is based off a Chevy Colorado-cousin Isuzu D-Max, but with no doors and a giant water pump on the back it looks a whole lot cooler. And you thought you crammed a lot of accessories onto you Ranger back in high school.
Read MoreThe Nissan X-Trail is famous for being a car that was made by Nissan and called the X-Trail. Let’s look at some pictures of it.
Read MoreNews Corp Australia’s auto writer Peter Barnwell was test-driving a 2015 Ford Everest SUV the other day when it suddenly erupted into flames. Good thing Mt. Everest isn’t a volcano or we’d have a weak pun on our hands.
Read MoreAs of November 2015, U.S. Speciality Vehicles is taking orders on the Rhino XT. It’s a complete off-road luxury conversion for the current Jeep Wrangler that transforms it into a dead-ringer for the Hummer HX concept from 2008.
Read MoreGeneseo, NY Fire Chief Andrew Chanler told WHAM “alcohol fueled incidents take up most of his crew’s activity from Thursday night through weekend.” At least some of the drunks are taking it upon themselves to drive the ambulance. No, wait, that’s terrible.
Read MoreFord has partnered with camper outfit Livin Lite to be the only automaker with OEM mobile home conversions on their trucks. You’ll also be able to get Ford-branded trailers by the time these hit lots in 2016.
Read MoreThis offensive nest of metal plates is allegedly the latest Red Bull mobile party machine. They were going for “armored moon vehicle,” how are we feeling about that?
Read MoreWe’ve seen a few renderings and bits to make the 2015 Chevy Colorado a little more exciting, but this “400 horsepower” supercharged desert toy is my favorite modified version of the mid-sized truck so far.
Read MoreBritish kids are cuter than American kids, FACT. But to make them truly perfect, you need to give them remote control over a giant dump truck, and then let them run wild. I don’t care that this is an ad for Volvo Trucks, because it is the greatest and best video I’ve seen all day.
Read MoreIn October 2016, women from all over the world will drive SUVs, pickup trucks and crossovers across the southwest in a ten-day off-road navigation challenge called the Rebelle Rally. Ready to watch the glass ceiling get smashed with sand tires?
Read MorePorsche did it. Bentley did it. Range Rover really did it. Now Lamborghini is gearing up to introduce its third model to the world in the form of a big fast all-wheel-drive “sport” SUV that may very well betray the company’s V12 roots.
Read MoreThe Zarooq SandRacer kind of looks like a Local Motors Rally Fighter made of Legos. Both cars are conceptually similar; hand-made off-road desert coupes. But the Dubai-based crew is promising something even sweeter; a spec racing series.
Read MoreThis might just be the best deal in the automotive world right now: a verified 200 mph car selling for just $60k. And of course it’s on Craigslist.
Read MoreAs an advocate of taking the beating heart out of an automotive donor and putting it in a smaller frame to make something downright supernatural, I simply adore engine swaps as one of the best bang for your buck mods in existence. What are some of the weirdest and most ridiculous swaps you’ve seen or attempted?
Read MoreA Porsche 911 is a performance yardstick and has been since its inception. Its boxer engine is a marvel of engineering, even if it’s a bit high strung and expensive to repair when things go wrong. Having said that, here’s how to make a junker Porsche 911 into a world-beater with none of the expensive drawbacks.
Read MoreThese days five grand will get you a lot of used car. Maybe you bought one recently, like a ‘90s Miata for autocross duty, or a high-mileage Cavalier because your alimony payments meant that leased Cayman had to go. If so, you are a fool, because you could have bought this Lamborghini Diablo instead.
Read MoreThere’s an old saying - the best things in life are free. Balderdash. The best things in life, like the plethora of Bentley Continental GTs you can buy right now, aren’t free, but they can be damn cheap if you look hard enough.
Read MoreWhen you’re faced with an insurmountable challenge, sometimes the best course of action is a quick and unceremonious about-face, followed by a frantic sprint—but where’s the fun in that? Here’s everything wrong with my broken Porsche 944 Turbo. Make sure you’re sitting down for this.
Read MoreWhen shopping for technology, we often get the most advanced gadgets that our wallets can sustain. It’s the reason why, by trickle-down effect, we have Ultra-HD Wifi-enabled toilets, for no money at all. It’s the same reason why this 600 horsepower Mercedes S-Class now costs less than a Ford Fiesta, despite being the tippy top of the heap a few short years ago. Merry Christmas indeed.
Read MoreUp to your eyeballs in wrapping paper for those expensive gifts you know that your nieces and nephews are just going to destroy in a week? Hey, it could be worse—you could have an entire car to wrap.
Read MoreLook, I get it. Cars are more than just playthings for the rich and appliances for the working class. They’re as much an expression of individuality and non-conformity as any printed cotton ironic slogan t-shirt in existence, but some personal touches don’t actually mean anything, no matter how much you wish they did. That’s why I offer up this query: What’s your most pointless car modification?
Read MoreIn the vast and often unforgiving used car market, there are three prices that matter - initial cost, ownership cost, and most importantly, sweat equity. That’s why today, I present you with this bonkers Dodge Viper that you can buy for the price of a depreciated Korean economy car, but only if you’re willing to get really, really sweaty.
Read MoreAs a younger man, I spent a lot of time around modified Subarus. I gained a great deal of knowledge and experience (or so I thought) to the point where I decided to attempt motor swap. I parked my car in my mother’s garage for what I thought would be the very last time it would ever be naturally-aspirated. Boy was I wrong.
Read MoreMy unreliable vehicles have turned my garage into a veritable prison from which I simply cannot escape.
Read MoreA lot of people who get fed up with their defective cars call the car’s manufacturer, hoping to get help. Don’t bother.
Read MoreA month ago, an attempt to speed through a deep mud pit resulted in the grenading of my Jeep’s engine. After a beautiful memorial service for my dearly departed 4.0-liter, I removed the boat anchor and took it apart. Bear witness to the carnage I found inside.
Read MoreThe main thing I advocate for people to do when purchasing, maintaining, and modifying a car is research until your eyes bleed. The more information you have about something, the more likely you’ll succeed in finishing said project. As it turns out, I am absolutely dogshit at following my own advice because I just bought a non-running Porsche 944 Turbo, sight unseen. Pray for Tavarish.
Read MoreWhile many would say that buying a used, hand-built British car is the automotive equivalent of lighting your house on fire, I tend to disagree - especially when this stunning Aston Martin V8 Vantage can be purchased for a price enticing to even the most frugal car-buying snob.
Read MoreJust yesterday I was in a deep sea of melancholy with my head in my hands after breaking an EZ-Out bolt extractor into a bolt that had broken in my engine block. But then I found a cure, and I’m here to deliver the antidote to you, my fellow wrenchers.
Read MoreFew things will make you feel worse than twisting the head off a bolt. It means the threads are seized in the hole, and now you have get the broken stump out of a tight spot. Having the right tools and know-how is essential to avoid that gut-punch feeling of breaking off hardware.
Read MoreNeed cash fast but can’t find anyone who will lend it to you? Have a car with a clear title? Maybe you’ve heard that you can borrow money against that title and get a “Title Loan.” Don’t.
Read MoreHere’s a not-so-scientific anecdote: While manufacturers are turbocharging cars for efficiency and fuel mileage, the only reason anyone would ever supercharge a car is raw power. That’s why I asked you to send me the best examples of cars you could and should buy for less than a $20,000 budget.
Read MoreFrom time to time I get calls from people who think they are about to get sued. It’s usually because they sold someone a used car and something went wrong. Here’s why they have little to worry about.
Read MoreFor those who don’t have the reasoned forethought or bulging bank account to solve some major automotive issue, the only option left is to do it yourself. However, if your ambition outweighs your experience and budget, that situations turns sour real quick, so I ask my audience - at what point have you realized that you’ve had enough during a repair, modification, or build?
Read MoreFolks, I have semi-successfully solved the age-old wrenching problem of stains on clothing. While I’m not sure this is the most genius idea I’ve ever devised, I am certain that it is among the dumbest.
Read MoreThere comes a time in every person’s life when he takes stock of his last year and he remembers all the wonderful time he spent with family, and friends, and colleagues, and also how he crushed a wood-paneled Chrysler PT Cruiser with a giant sport-utility vehicle that looks like Big Bird.
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