The Q3 is Audi’s attempt to bring their go-to formula of “handsome, reserved, luxurious, competent” into the very hot compact CUV space. They will probably make out like bandits. What do you need to know before you buy a Audi Q3? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreAudi doesn’t offer the A4 Avant in the U.S. because Americans don’t buy wagons. So instead, the Germans simply lifted the A4 Avant a bit and now it’s a CUV! Americans will totally buy this now!
Read MoreIt seems that we can’t go more than a few minutes anymore without staring at some kind of display screen at home, at work or on our phones. The screen became a fixture on most modern cars years ago, but Audi’s new concept at CES takes everything to the next level.
Read MoreShips launches are sometimes wild affairs, and depending on the method used, making a big splash can be part of the drill. The Freedom Class of Littoral Combat Ships do just that, being slid off the pier where they were built sideways. On Jan. 30, the soon-to-be USS Sioux City was the sixth LCS to take this grand plunge.
Read MoreTurkey claims that one of Russia’s most advanced fighter-bombers, an Su-34 Fullback, entered into Turkish airspace at 11:46 a.m. local time on Friday. The event occurred after Turkey broadcasted multiple warnings for the jet to turn away. Russia says the incursion never happened, and that it is just “baseless propaganda.”
Read MoreTimes have really changed in the Navy. It is a far more “corporate force” than it was in its past. The Tailhook scandal and other embarrassing events have diluted the Navy’s frat-boy culture brilliantly showcased in this little time capsule from 1986, which depicts a piggish prank between supercarriers.
Read MoreUnited States Navy testing of its new F-35C fighter jet off the coast of New Jersey caused a noise so loud that some thought it was an earthquake. But the noise in question wasn’t geological in nature, but rather a sonic boom. The shock waves generated by a plane cresting the sound barrier are so powerful that they’ll easily shatter windows, like these two jets did in Brazil back in 2012.
Read MoreThe Thunderbirds are hard at work at their home base in Las Vegas getting ready for their 63rd season. The team practices all week over Nellis AFB and Creech AFB as they prepare for their first air show of 2016, which will be at Davis Monthan AFB in Arizona on March 12th, and the majority of the work happens on the ground, not in the sky.
Read MoreThe story of how Iran flew a surveillance drone over a U.S. warship in the Persian Gulf has been hot defense news today. But how big of a deal is this, really? Not much of one, and I’ll explain why.
Read MoreIt is always interesting to see what surplus military hardware ends up on the private market. While browsing aircraft classified ads I came across this mint condition, swing-wing Tornado F2A fighter-interceptor for sale. I have never seen one of these beauties on the market, so I had to contact the seller to get the low-down.
Read MoreJust what the hell was that sonic boom everyone heard in New York and New Jersey this afternoon? Nobody has come forward to claim responsibility for the audible anomaly. UPDATE: It’s probably from the Navy. See details below.
Read MoreToday the world got to know the jet that’s critical to Japan’s indigenous fighter design future. Until now, photos have been far from detailed and only showed limited angles. With today’s official unveiling, the world has a clearer view of what to expect from the X-2.
Read MoreThe F-35 was supposed to wow aviation spectators and weapons buyers at air shows in the UK two years ago, but an engine fire grounded the program. Now two years later, the F-35 is slated to attempt another inaugural showing in the UK this summer.
Read MoreThis junior varsity photoshop of a “Trump fighter jet” shooting down a “Fox News passenger plane” picked up speed in today’s social media churn. Supporters sharing this seem to be ready for an America that uses Russian war machines to kill newspeople Something something free trade, I guess?
Read MoreThe Sniper targeting pod-equipped B-1B Lancer has been an incredibly effective weapon system when it comes to dropping ordnance on ISIS fighters and their interests in Iraq and Syria. Now, after a record-setting deployment, the “Bones” have left the Middle East, at least for now.
Read MoreOur friend and renowned advertising photographer Blair Bunting has fallen in love with shooting military aviation subjects in his signature style. Recently he shot the F-22 and the F-16 with dramatic results. Now he has added the iconic and sinister looking SR-71 Blackbird to his portfolio, and here are the incredible images.
Read MoreDonald Rumsfeld remains a enigmatic and controversial figure. As Secretary of Defense during the invasion of Iraq, a war that the vast majority of Americans now view as bad decision, blame for the blunder partially rests on his shoulders.
Read MoreSeeing F-22s deploy internationally is nothing new, but usually it’s in relatively small groups of four to eight jets. Yet the 525th Fighter Squadron based at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, has just moved 12 F-22s (half of its inventory) to Yokota Air Base in Japan. Obviously such a potent deployment is meant to send a strong message to allies, and potential foes, in the region.
Read MoreRussia continues to use heavy bombers to fight anti-Assad regime insurgents and ISIS fighters in Syria. Today, the government posted this video of the imposing Tu-22M flying thousands of miles to drop the same 250 kg dumb bombs that their aircraft based in Syria may have dropped. Their target was supposedly Assad’s last holdout in Syria’s east, a city of 200,000 that could fall to ISIS at any time, even though high-altitude carpet bombing has highly questionable accuracy and possibly horrific re
Read MoreThe U.S. government continues to try to cope with the rise of the drones, both those in their own hands and in yours. Now the world’s most well known top-secret facility, Area 51, is trying adapt as well. Ironically, what is surely the most cutting edge of drone-testing facilities in the entire world wants to make sure that you keep your drone in the trunk when approaching its borders.
Read MoreOur good friend Frank Crebas of Bluelife Aviation Photography captured these amazing images of a 64th Aggressor Squadron F-16C refueling high over the Nellis Range Complex while an ominous sandstorm rages below. The shots were taken at the height of a Red Flag air combat exercise.
Read MoreQatar asked for clearance from the U.S. Government to purchase 72 F-15E Strike Eagle derivatives, but the request has been slow-rolled. Now, almost two years later and after the Iran Nuclear Agreement has been implemented, there are high hopes the deal may finally be allowed to move forward.
Read MoreHighway 80 was a six lane highway leading across the desert from Basra, Iraq to Kuwait City. It was one of the main highways that gave Iraq quick access into Kuwait during their invasion of the country, but their return trip would be much less triumphant and horrifically deadly.
Read MoreWhile the East Coast turns into a less-than-wonderful winter wonderland, the Department of Defense can rest assured that even their most advanced and finicky aircraft left out in the cold will be just fine. This piece of mind comes from testing done at the U.S. Air Force’s one-of-a-kind torture chamber: the McKinley Climatic Lab.
Read MoreWhen most people think about Desert Storm, they probably imagine Saddam and his forces being contained and battered from the sky before being conquered in a 100 hour ground offensive. Yet the Battle of Khafji was the only instance Iraqi ground forces attempted to land a meaningful blow on the coalition on its own turf, and it succeeded—just before failing miserably.
Read MoreHalting production at just 187 F-22 Raptors was one of the dumbest military procurement decisions in decades, and now, nobody is really hiding that fact. This includes Air Force Secretary Deborah James.
Read MoreDuring Operation Desert Storm, a creative war plan was put into action that aimed at making Saddam’s forces think that a massive beach landing on the Kuwaiti coastline was imminent. A pivotal component of this ruse was extremely heavy shelling that only the USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin’s 16 inch guns could provide.
Read MoreFleet Week is always a big deal in San Francisco, but just like other military showcases these days it seems somewhat tame compared to years past. Case in point, this awesome video of the USS Constellation triumphantly rippling off jets from her deck catapults just as she passes under the iconic Golden Gate bridge in 2000.
Read MoreOne of the most spellbinding military capabilities used 25 years ago during the Operation Desert Storm was stealth technology. Despite many billions of dollars invested, until that point it had never been proven in actual combat on a large scale. This would change in the opening moments of the conflict as F-117s raided Baghdad with dramatic results.
Read MoreCruise missiles played a major part in the opening strikes of Desert Storm. The vast majority of these were BGM-109 Tomahawks launched from U.S. Navy vessels, but 35 were experimental air-launched cruise missiles launched by B-52Gs on a top-secret, ultra long-range mission.
Read MoreAs a result of the decision to retire the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopter, the AH-64 Apache is a more integral part of Army Aviation than ever before. Now in its AH-64E “Guardian” iteration, the Apache is far more than just a tank-busting helicopter. Today it works as a sensor node and intelligence-collection platform—and crews can control unmanned aircraft from its cockpit.
Read MoreYou have to kick down an enemy’s front door somehow, and in the case of Operation Desert Storm, a novel use of AH-64A Apache and MH-53J Special Operations Pave Low helicopters did just that for their fast-flying fighter jet comrades. The top-secret mission was dubbed Task Force Normandy, and it occurred 25 years ago today.
Read MoreBoy, has Boeing gotten a good return on CH-47 Chinook design. For half a century, these things have been getting the job done for the U.S. Army and over 20 militaries around the globe. This unique view of one of these amazing machines going about its business makes it all look so easy and simple.
Read MoreTwenty-five years ago today, President George H.W. Bush announced the execution of Operation Desert Storm. It was not only a historical geopolitical moment that changed the course of human events but it is widely seen as the wide-scale introduction of modern “smart” warfare driven by miniaturized computer technology and reliance on precision air power.
Read MoreThis year marks the 100th year of U.S. Coast Guard aviation, and much like the Navy did in 2011, this monumental anniversary will be marked by a series of retro paint schemes applied to some of their aircraft. The first in that series is this MH-60T Jayhawk painted just like HH-34 Seahorse, R-5 Dragonfly and HH-19 Chickasaw helicopters during the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s.
Read MoreThe Department of Defense has released video of its strike on an ISIS money storage facility in Mosul and it does not disappoint. In the video you can see the air filled with fluttering cash that was sent flying from the huge blasts.
Read MoreI am not sure what the deal was during last night’s debates when it came to some of the candidates wanting to share their wonderment with electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weaponry. We got it during the undercard debate early on via Rick Santorum, and then again by Ben Carson.
Read MoreDetails remain very scarce, but two Marine Corps helicopters have reportedly been lost off of Oahu, according to the Marine Corps Times and other sources. A fiery debris field and an empty life raft were found in the area. The Coast Guard is executing a search and rescue effort about two and a half miles off the North Shore of the island.
Read MoreThe same air defense system that has seemingly kept coalition fighters out of western Syria is now being installed in the heart of Europe, at Russia’s Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad. Russia’s setting up surface-to-air missile systems in their territory is nothing new, but the S-400's long-range and effectiveness is.
Read MoreIf you believe the way Fox News covered it, the video that surfaced of Iran’s detention of 10 American sailors was an outrage, the entire incident was a failure of the Obama Administration, and it was totally out of line to thank the Iranians for returning our sailors safely. Join me as I recount the absurd crescendo of commentary from hawkish talking heads.
Read MoreArguably Israel’s most critical military capability is their small but very deadly submarine fleet. Beyond being able to stealthily spy on enemies, insert operatives onto foreign shores and wreak havoc on enemy ships on a whim, they represent Israel’s “second strike” nuclear deterrent. Now Israel has received its fifth such vessel, the Rahav.
Read MoreThe Russian Ministry of Defense has released as series of pictures depicting a counter-sabotage “exercise” where terrorist frogmen attack one of their North Fleet submarines’ support infrastructure. Some of which are right out of your favorite over-the-top ‘80s action movie.
Read MoreWhen most people think about the U.S. Army, aircraft don’t immediately come to mind. Yet the fact is that the supposed ground-pounding branch of the U.S. armed services is anything but. This incredible graphic from our friends a Contemporary Issues and Geography gives us a unique insight into the structure and the size of the Army’s aviation forces.
Read MoreDetails remain scarce, but news reports say Iran has detained two U.S. Navy small boats and 10 American sailors that were operating near Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf.
Read MoreYesterday was a sad day for U.S. naval aviation. Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Thirty (VX-30), nicknamed the “Bloodhounds,” sent their last S-3B, Bloodhound 702, to NASA. This marks the end of the Viking’s U.S. Navy service.
Read MoreDubbed “Operation Black Swan,” the recapturing of Mexican drug kingpin and master escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was not a subtle affair. This head-cam footage reveals how terrifying and chaotic the raid really was.
Read MoreRussia has come out and said that their Strategic Missile Troops plan on testing no less than 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2016, double that of last year. Some of which will be road-mobile TOPOL missiles like the one shown blasting off in the video below.
Read MoreThe passing of one of the world’s most beloved music artists is a hard pill to swallow. David Bowie impacted not just music and fashion, but also science fiction and even real astronauts. Nowhere is this better evidenced than in this cover of “Space Oddity,” recorded in space by International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield.
Read MoreWe’ve heard the presidential candidates say some wild things this election cycle, but at a recent campaign event in Iowa, Donald Trump gave credit to Kim Jong Un for ruling with an iron fist and violently consolidating power in North Korea after being crowned following his father’s death.
Read MoreTensions are cranking up on the Korean Peninsula after North Korea executed its fourth nuclear test last week. Now the U.S. has made a clear show of deterrence by dispatching a B-52H bomber for drills over South Korea, culminating in a low-level flyby of Osan Air Base while surrounded by a a phalanx of fighters.
Read MoreCorporal Remedios Cruz, a 24-year-old supply clerk and a graduate of Marine Infantry School is one of half a dozen other female Marines who took part in an experimental program that put men and women together executing combat tasks. Now, with all U.S. military jobs opening up to women, she could be the USMC’s first female Rifleman.
Read MoreOne of the stories I received the most emails about last year was my profile on Sea Slice and its liquidation. Dozens of people wanted to know how they could literally buy the ship, many of which were credible. Now, it turns out that Sea Slice is getting a second chance at life after all—and a cool new eco-friendly mission.
Read MoreStar Wars: The Force Awakens star Adam Driver is no stranger to the military, having enlisted in the Marine Corps before finding great success as an actor. During a trip to Kuwait, Kylo Ren himself got a chance to don one of Explosive Ordnance Disposal’s iconic bomb suits in the desert heat and get a first hand look at what it’s designed for.
Read MoreUntil today, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman had been on the run since making an outlandish tunnel escape from a Mexican maximum security prison last July. Although there have been false alarms as to his capture since then, today he is a free man no more. And he was packing some very serious heat before the authorities took him in.
Read MoreRussia has created a highly modified variant of its venerable Mi-24 Hind attack helicopter dubbed the “Prospective Speedy Helicopter” Demonstrator, or Demonstrator PSV. This testbed aircraft aims to take Russian helicopter technology to the next level when it comes to both kinetic performance and avionics.
Read MoreChina’s state backed Xinhua News has posted pictures of aircraft operating from the country’s reclaimed island outpost at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. The move, albeit seemingly an inevitable one, has sent shock-waves around the region
Read MoreThe Defense Department continues to struggle with adapting to the changing realities of modern warfare, where personnel can effect the outcome of combat operations dramatically without ever really being where that war is taking place. Drone warfare is one area where the Pentagon, and especially the USAF, has struggled to adapt culturally, and this includes giving recognition where it is deserved.
Read MoreIsrael’s Urban Aeronautics has been working on a concept for a truck-sized flying machine that can go places where even helicopters can’t for over decade. It has always seemed like an intriguing and promising idea, but now, after years of development, it is becoming a reality. Just days ago the futuristic machine, dubbed the AirMule, made its first untethered flight.
Read MoreThe good folks at Pratt and Whitney have put together an incredibly detailed physical cutaway of their hugely popular PT6 tubroprop engine. Everything moves and its hot and cold sections are painted accordingly. It really is one hell of a piece of fine art.
Read MoreSuicide bombings are a favorite tactic of choice for terrorists the world over. Hamas, the Tamil Tigers, and the Taliban have all used them. The Islamic State has committed plenty of suicide attacks, too, but suicide attacks have an inherent problem – eventually you run out of people willing to commit suicide just to murder others. So the Islamic State has come up with a solution to that.
Read MoreOn Tuesday evening a seismic event was detected in the vicinity of North Korea’s underground nuclear test site that appeared to be man made. It seemed North Korea tested another nuclear device. Here’s everything we know about it so far and its implications for global security.
Read MoreLast night, following reports of unusual seismic activity in the region, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea announced it detonated its first hydrogen bomb in an underground test. But when you’re North Korea, you don’t just come out say, “Hey, look what we did.” No, you have to make a deeply bizarre pageant out of everything.
Read MoreWith the Cold War coming back, I figured this would be a good time to freshen up on some basic nuclear tips. Just helpful hints, like how to duck and cover, how to eat canned crackers, and, of course, how to build a goddamn hydrogen bomb yourself. Here’s that last one, in video form.
Read MoreA 5.1 magnitude quake was detected about 30 miles from North Korea’s Punggye-Ri nuclear test site this evening, indicating a possible underground nuclear detonation. North Korea’s last nuclear test was in 2013 and the detonation resulted in a quake measuring 5.1 magnitude with an estimated weapons yield between six and nine kilotons. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was a 15 kiloton weapon by comparison. Update: North Korea says it has detonated its first hydrogen bomb.
Read MoreChina’s island-building campaign in the South China Sea has been happening at breakneck speed. At Fiery Cross Reef, the construction of a 10,000 foot runway capable of supporting fighters and military transports has finally been proven operational after China landed an aircraft on it. . Here’s why that’s causing great concern among nearby Asian countries and what could be done about it.
Read MoreHillary Clinton had some out of this world comments when it came to America’s not so secret top-secret flight test center in southern Nevada known as Area 51. But her interest in the base does not seem to regard the next great breakthrough in air combat technology. Instead it is extraterrestrial in nature.
Read MoreMore telling evidence that the airspace over Syria remains a conflicted and dangerous mess emerged this week in the form of a video of French Rafales carrying SCALP EG cruise missiles for strikes. And make no mistake – it’s a mess seemingly dictated by Russian action and coalition reaction.
Read MoreBoeing’s St. Louis plant—once the home of McDonnell Douglas—where aircraft like the F-15, the F-4 and the Mercury and Gemini capsules were born, has been churning out Super Hornets for almost two decades now. And man, do they have the process down.
Read MoreThe BMW X4 is basically an X3 without space in the back for human heads. What do you need to know before you buy a BMW X4? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreBMW is adding a Competition Package this year to the options list on the 2016 M3 sedan, M4 coupe and even the convertible. Don’t get too hung up on the word “Competition,” but it actually looks like a nice appearance package with a bonus 19 horsepower.
Read MoreThe Jaguar XJ is a big, expensive luxury performance sedan that may not have the precision of the Germans, but it’s definitely got more soul. What do you need to know before you buy a Jaguar XJ? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreLamborghini upgraded the original Countach to LP400 S specification officially after two prototypes were built for customers who demanded Pirelli’s new P7 tires on their supercars. Front lift, what front lift?
Read MoreI’m not under any illusions about how this story will be used. It’s going to be presented as evidence by hopeful gearhead parents who desperately want to convince the other parent that, somehow, in the face of all logic, a two-seater roadster like the new 2016 Mazda Miata makes sense with kids. I’m not promising any results, but I’m going to try my best to help.
Read MoreI recently received an e-mail from a reader asking if I wanted to drive his Dodge Challenger Hellcat. I found this to be a strange departure from the e-mails I typically get from readers, which generally include a.) profanity, and b.) at least one use of the phrase “You suck.”
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz G-Class has been an international workhorse for decades. But here in the United States it only comes in two flavors: Flashy and aggressively ostentatious. If that’s what you’re in the market for check out our Ultimate Buyer’s Guide!
Read MoreThe Mercedes GLE isn’t the same old Mercedes ML that started the luxury CUV segment; It’s now bigger, fancier, safer and offers more trim levels than you could ever imagine. What do you need to know before you buy a Mercedes GLE? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Mercedes GL is the biggest truck in Mercedes’s lineup. It’s the car you buy when you need seven seats but prefer reserved German luxury to Range Rover’s rugged look. What do you need to know before you buy a Mercedes GL? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz has long built practical and approachable hatchbacks for Europeans and now they’re finally building one for us. What do you need to know before you buy a Mercedes GLA? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreYou can trace a line of direct descent from the original world-conquering Land Rover to today’s Land Rover LR4, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t comfy. What do you need to know before you buy an LR4? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreIf you’re shopping for a luxury SUV, you might have already laughed the Infiniti QX80 off your list because look at it. But behind that cyborg-beastface is a capable and seriously comfortable 4x4. If that got your attention, here’s everything you need to know about it in our Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Infiniti QX70 is a slightly bigger version of the G35-based QX50, and that’s not a bad thing. What do you need to know before you buy an Infiniti QX70? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Infiniti QX60 is a fancy Pathfinder, and like its stablemate over at Nissan, it offers decent value and fuel economy for a seven-passenger CUV. What do you need to know before you buy an Infiniti QX60? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Cadillac Escalade is more than a car, it’s a part of popular culture. What do you need to know before you buy an Escalade? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreOn paper, the Mazda CX-3 is inferior to the Mazda3 in every way except ride height, but it’s still a cool little CUV. What do you need to know before you buy a Mazda CX-3? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreForget the ‘90s, we are living in a golden age of hot hatchbacks and sport compacts. With so many good offerings it is easy to see why Kia’s Forte5 gets overlooked by folks shopping for a sporty hatchback. Kia wants to change that with some big updates to the 2017 model. Is it a hot hatch? Not really, but it’s warm enough to be decent.
Read MoreFor years, Toyota CEO, racer and general speed enthusiast Akio Toyoda has wanted to shake his company’s staid image—in particular Lexus, a brand that runs against top-shelf performance automakers like BMW, Audi and Mercedes. In Detroit yesterday, he fired his biggest shot in that direction with the stunning LC 500 coupe, soon to the brand’s new flagship car.
Read MoreBob Lutz and Henrik Fisker just showed the world their new Viper-based supercar, the VLF Force 1, at the Detroit Auto Show. It’s 745 horsepower of Michigan-built, ball-kicking testosterone. And it’s going into production soon.
Read MoreI say this both as a compliment and a condemnation—the most impressive piece of the entire new, long-awaited Lincoln Continental is the door handles.
Read MoreUnfortunately, since you don’t live in the 1970s, you can’t buy a Lamborghini Countach, a Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 or a DeTomaso Pantera brand new. But you can buy an Alfa Romeo 4C, which is probably the closest thing to a modern version of those exotics. What do you need to know before you buy an Alfa Romeo 4C? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe new Lexus LC 500 isn’t just a new car for the company; it’s a new rear-drive “premium” platform. It does, however, get a very familiar 467-horsepower engine. Besides all that, it looks completely unreal.
Read MoreIt’s a beautiful thing when a production car sticks close to the concept. Infiniti did just that with the new Q60 Coupe, the replacement for the venerable coupe once known as the G37, and they gave it 400 horsepower from a twin-turbo V6 for good measure.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz rolled out the new 2017 E-Class at the Detroit Auto Show, revealing an engine lineup now including a four-cylinder gasoline engine for the first time ever.
Read MoreWe caught wind yesterday that Buick was throwing a special party at the Detroit Auto Show for what would reportedly be a sports coupe concept around the size of the Camaro, and well, here it is — The Buick Avista concept.
Read MoreThe XC60 has been Volvo’s best selling vehicle by a huge margin, and for a good reason. It’s elegant, safe and offers a slew of powertrain options. What do you need to know before you buy a Volvo XC60? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreI have loved cars since I could talk, and I’ve loved Subarus almost as long. I love them so much that I daily-drive one of the wildest and worst Subies in New York—a bagged and stanced 2005 Baja Turbo. But when I talked my way into a brand new 2016 WRX STI, there was only one question. How does a modern, proper, unmolested Subaru compare to my monstrosity?
Read MoreI’ve been in the throes of a bit of an existential crisis lately. Driving an old Honda Prelude Si helped with that.
Read MoreTo destroy your enemy, you must find him, face him, and then... become him. That’s a tagline from what most film critics agree is the greatest movie ever made, Face/Off. It’s also a good way to sum up everything Cadillac has been up to in the last few years, and why the 2016 Cadillac CT6 is so different. And different in a good way.
Read MoreThe most impressive thing about the 2016 Ford Focus RS isn’t the Drift Mode or the fact that it’s stupidly fast on track without showing any sign of understeer. What you’ll really love is how refined and easy it is as a road car. No hot hatch ticks all the boxes quite like Ford’s does—and rejoice, for this Euro legend is finally coming to America.
Read MoreTo get the most enjoyment out of your winter beater, you’ll need to alter in your mind the very notion of “reliability.”
Read MoreIn 1995, Car and Driver said “those who genuinely enjoy the act of driving and still demand a practical compact sedan will have a tough time finding a better choice than one of these 3 Series Bimmers.” Two things have happened since then.
Read MoreThe Volkswagen Touareg is sort of of an “also ran” in the surprisingly driver-oriented European luxury SUV market. But that also means it could secretly be a great deal. If you’re in the market, we’ve rounded up some key things to think about in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Ford Focus RS is the ridiculously powerful hatchback Europe has been teasing us with for years. But now the heavens smile upon the U.S. and will grace us with Ford’s craziest family car. Except now the RS is a driftmobile with all-wheel drive. What do you need to know before you buy a Focus RS? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreWhen an all new model comes out, especially one that wins a bunch of mostly meaningless awards, some car dealers will use this as an opportunity to get you to pay more. Depending on the available inventory, a smart shopper can still score a great deal.
Read MoreRemember the Toyota Matrix? Or, for you badge engineering fetishists, the Pontiac Vibe? That’s what the 2016 Scion iM reminds me of. That’s not a bad thing at all, but if Scion thinks this is a replacement for the first-gen xB, they’re deluded.
Read MoreHello, ladies and gentlemen of Jalopnik, and welcome to the latest round of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly column wherein you send me letters and, in response, I send you Doug.
Read MoreThe wait is over. The countdown is finished. The moment has arrived. The #DougCar is here. It’s a 2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage with a 6-speed manual transmission, and it’s already leaking water into the interior.
Read MoreYes, I’m aware it says “Scion” on the front, and on the key, and on the steering wheel, but the 2016 Scion iA is actually a Mazda 2 sedan. And since it is made by Mazda, it turns out it’s not an inexpensive and dreary Scion at all. It’s damn near cheap and cheerful.
Read MoreHello ladies and gentlemen of Jalopnik and welcome to Letters to Doug, your weekly column where Doug responds to letters such as F, Q, R, and B.
Read MoreMost wallpaper shots we feature on Jalopnik contain cars in their entirety, but this fraction of an Alfa Romeo is pretty mesmerizing on its own. Plus, it looks prettier from this angle anyway.
Read MoreI’m fascinated by the early development of automobiles and I have all kinds of ideas and opinions on the subject. I also have one nagging question: why did things turn out the way they did? Specifically, I’m not sure why or how cars managed to replace the old horse/buggy model so completely. I better explain.
Read MoreWhether it’s a project car, a winter beater or a shiny new car fresh off the dealer lot, we all buy cars expecting the best. It doesn’t always work out that way. Those are the stories we want to hear today.
Read MoreYou can’t please everyone! Ford brings America a delightfully insane (yet surprisingly civilized) monster hatch that drifts on command, and yet some people will still find ways to be naysayers.
Read MoreThis weekend sure seemed like a fun one for a huge swath of the country, with 30 inches of snow or more burying the Northeast, roads getting shut down, and entire cities falling into anarchy as Blizzardpocalypse 2016 caused us to abandon our humanity and any pretense of law and order.
Read MoreAs many of us already know, or are about to find out, winter driving can really suck. Icy and snowy conditions are simply hard on both people and cars, and very few cars are really designed to handle it well. But what if a car was designed just to deal well with terrible winter weather? I took a stab at it.
Read MoreMe and a buddy just spent nearly 40 hours straight driving from New York to California and back to New York on minimal sleep in a Ford Fiesta ST. We knew it wouldn’t be easy, but how not-easy was it? Let’s just say I think I’ve come up with the ultimate guide on what not to do on a long road trip.
Read MoreWe all like to imagine a beautiful fantasy world from time to time. Every car has a manual transmission, and they all come in varying shades of brown and wagon. But when we tell ourselves that the fantasy must surely become reality, we run into logic problems. Or do we?
Read MoreIn two days, two feet of snow will fall on my place of residence. I will be out in my weedy little rear-drive car, making the most of it. But driving in the winter isn’t always a powerslider’s paradise.
Read MoreTraffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
Read MoreI’m not exactly sure when it happened, but at some point in the world of auto design, we all just seemed to agree that the B-pillar was a shameful, dirty thing, and for modesty’s sake, we’d better paint them black and hope nobody sees them. Are there any holdouts?
Read MoreWith all that NBC and Sony money coming in, we wonder: Does Jerry Seinfeld need space the for something even more special in his garage? Either way, if you’re in the market for a Porsche 550 Spyder, a 356 A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster or a 911 Carrera 3.0 IROC RSR, prepare your bank account for a diet.
Read MoreThe shrieking night in my brain grows louder as the stars shine bright above. CRESSIDA is its shrill call. CRESSIDA is that against which I have no power. CRESSIDA is what I require.
Read MoreLast week I reviewed the new Scion iM, and found it to be fine. Just fine. Looking at the current Scion lineup, with the exception of the part-Subaru FR-S, that’s really all you can say about the whole brand. It’s fine. Which is terrible. And, worse, the reason it’s like this is because we’re all cowards.
Read MoreIf you’ve never seen an autonomous, or even semi-autonomous car before, you might think a ghost is driving at first. “No driver?” you wonder. “But that must mean...” you think, as your thoughts trail off, too horrible to be true. And then, the realization, too strong to deny. “Ghost real. Ghost real.”
Read MoreCan you just feel yourself whipping this car around for a few pavement donuts while looking at the photo above? Yes. And that makes any desktop a whole lot more inviting when you open it up for, like, work or something.
Read MoreWe’ve covered the anime car (or itasha) phenomenon in Japan previously on Jalopnik East, and at the time we mentioned that actual automakers were getting in on it. Well, Subaru partnered with famous anime studio Gainax (of Neon Genesis Evangelion) to produce an anime called Wish Upon the Pleiades (you know, Subaru = Pleiades). It had its own booth at TAS 2016.
Read MoreBack in 1999, Mini asked three British icons to come up with their own Mini designs for an upcoming exhibition celebrating the brand’s 40th anniversary. David Bowie was one of them. The car was good, but his remarks about the project stole the show.
Read MoreThe best part of every auto show is the corporate espionage, and no show in America has more of it than Detroit.
Read MoreLook, Lexus. I know you think you’re getting away with something here, but I just want to let you know I know what you’re doing. You thought all us autojournos would be fooled — but you didn’t count on one with a mostly unused Art History degree and several semesters of Egyptology. I got your number, and I’m gonna blow the lid off this thing.
Read MoreWhile it’s true that I’m not much of a video gamer, I have clearly found the classic Super Famicom (Super NES) game for me: Kat’s Run Zen-Nippon K Car Senshuken. Not only is it named after me, and involves kei cars I want and/or have owned, but it even has a joke from my favorite anime in the opening segment!
Read MoreWelcome to Cars of the Ku, a sometimes weekend segment where we highlight a cool car found on the Japanese streets. Ku (?) is the Japanese word for “city ward.” Today, we have this lovely green Fiat 127 I saw on my up-hill, both ways travails through Minato-Ku in central Tokyo. Isn’t it adorable?
Read MoreSome people just can’t drive. And when a person can’t drive, it’s only right for the rest of the public to inform him or her of that knowledge deficit—with a loud, unmistakable wail from behind the wheel of another vehicle.
Read MoreBesides just driving the 2016 Mini Clubman to see if it was any good or not, two reasonably sane, well-adjusted adults spent a large chunk of time in it trying to satisfy a picky, grumpy cartoon fish.
Read MoreI think I’ve made my position on those expensive gleaming suppositories of automotive excess we generally call ‘supercars’ quite clear: they’re stupid. But that doesn’t mean I think they always have to be stupid. In fact, I think their path out of the caves of stupidity is, ironically, with an injection of more pure, weaponized stupid.
Read MoreIf German-made, air-cooled-era Volkswagen was a canned fruit cup, then the Type 147 ‘Fridolin’ would be the little halved cherry sometimes found inside, swimming in fruit-fluid: a rare, delightful treat. The Fridolin is a car I’ve wanted to drive for years, and I finally got my chance this past year, in Germany.
Read MoreAnd lo, there was much rejoicing in the land, for The Doug had found himself a new #DougCar.
Read MoreLike most people, I have a soft spot for an old dashboard filled with big, analog gauges. It’s a satisfying thing to watch a long needle sweep and dance along the arc of a gauge. I love it. It’s partially because of this love that I say this: it’s time to let analog gauges die.
Read MoreYou might think “NAV” here means “navigation,” but you’d be wrong. What it actually stands for, probably, is “Not AVailable.”
Read MoreAfter considerable thought, I have decided to devote today’s column to cars we hate. This may seem like an unusual diversion from the norm, until you remember that I spent last year writing about a Hummer.
Read MoreThe Toyota Crown Comfort is possibly the most conservative, staid car ever made. And that’s why it’s hilarious that Toyota built a limited-edition supercharged model. It might just be the most ridiculous factory performance edition ever.
Read MoreMitsuoka is the world’s premier maker of Nissan-based, sub-scale vintage Jaguar-ish cars. FCA (you know, Fiat-Chrysler) is a huge carmaker that’s going through a bit of a rough patch, including a failed attempt to convince GM that a merger would be a blast. Is an FCA/Mitsuoka partnership just what everyone needs?
Read MoreA Jaguar F-Type and a city skyline. Does it get much better than that? Not a chance.
Read MoreThe Camry is supposedly the antithesis of what enthusiasts want in a car: an appliance, a beigemobile. However, out of the more than six million monthly Jalopnik readers, there is a good chance that some of them are Camry drivers. Are they enthusiasts too? I would say so.
Read MoreIf you couldn’t stand the fast and repetitive pseudo-synth of 1990s video games I’d advise you not to read further. But you’re missing out; I can’t wait to peg this playlist next time I’m eating asphalt in a sports car.
Read MoreTimes have changed since the 1990s, and most SUVs no longer come with solid axles and body-on-frame construction. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any true off-roaders for sale. Here are ten, along with their Buyer’s Guides so you can get all the sweet, sweet details.
Read MoreSometimes we have great ideas, and sometimes, we have great ideas. There’s a monstrous blizzard bearing down on the East Coast, so in preparation, we just snagged a brand-new 2016 Chevy Camaro SS sitting on Pirelli Sottozero winter tires. We are officially beautiful nutjobs.
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 MoreHere’s a different kind of distracted driving: Michigan state police say a Detroit driver fatally crashed while watching porn on his phone. The unnamed driver was ejected from the sunroof of his 1996 Toyota Corolla. He was not wearing his seatbelt, nor pants, police said.
Read MoreWinter snow is upon us. Here is a reminder that there is nothing that you can do. You car will be destroyed. Abandon any shred of hope you had to make it out unscathed.
Read MoreWe asked Jalopnik readers to tell us about times they brought ruin and destruction to their own vehicles. These are their very worst stories. Read them and learn from their mistakes.
Read MoreJust a month after we mourned the McLaren P1 reaching the end of production, pictures emerged of one torn up and loaded onto a wrecker. Not only is that over $1 million down the drain, it’s also just plain depressing.
Read MoreMountain switchbacks are fun roads, but you don’t ever want to think about what it would be like if you have too much fun. Plunging over the side, to what would seem like your inevitable death, would be an unimaginable nightmare. Thanks to someone who survived it, you don’t have to try and imagine any longer.
Read MoreHere’s why you have to keep your wits on poorly-marked roads this winter.
Read MoreThis dashcam video shows what can go wrong if you’re lazy and you don’t clear that huge block of snow and ice off of the roof of your car—it can fly off and crush the car behind you.
Read MoreA car: is it a means of transportation, a source of fun and enjoyment, or a 3,500 pound land missile full of chaos waiting to be unleashed? How about all three? And working on your own car? Don’t even get me started on how that can go wrong. Lord knows I’ve been there.
Read MoreOh, Florida. What are we going to do with you? One day, it’s a meth lab in the Walmart parking lot. Another, it’s traveling through “time” (read: walls) with a Dodge Challenger.
Read MoreFireworks aren’t the hip and cool way to celebrate New Year’s Eve anymore—at least, not for the kids in Brussels. Nope. Rather than shooting explosives up, 2016 is the year of throwing cars down the stairs. At a train station.
Read MoreThere are people calling on Amazon to fire Jeremy Clarkson before his new car show begins, because Jeremy Clarkson is something of an idiot who’s under the delusion that anyone gives a shit about what he thinks about children’s genitals.
Read MoreThe new Top Gear has not had an easy time so far. There’s an entire laundry list of issues regarding the show, and the latest bullet point is that new host Chris Evans reportedly threatened to quit due to interference from the BBC executives.
Read MoreBeing a passenger next to a racing driver like Chris Evans’ new Top Gear co-host Sabine Schmitz can shake up most stomachs, but perhaps we expect Jeremy Clarkson’s replacement to have tougher guts in his line of work.
Read MoreIn an admission that should surprise nobody who’s given it more than a minute of actual thought, Jeremy Clarkson revealed he asked Top Gear’s “backroom boys to play around with the differential” to make the little three-wheeler topple every time he yanked the steering wheel.
Read MoreWhile gearheads across the world reveled in excitement that fan-favorite drivers Chris Harris, David Coulthard and Sabine Schmitz might join the cast of the revamped BBC Top Gear, if a lengthy report in The Sun is to be believed, the rest of the show is in a lot of trouble before it even starts.
Read MoreChrysler invented the mainstream minivan, but Honda and Toyota make much better ones. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid offers 80 MPGe with 30 miles of all-electric range. That’s better by far than anything Toyota or Honda can do. How did Chrysler beat them?
Read MoreMugen is to Honda what your depressingly superior little brother is to you. No matter how awesome and successful you are as the older sibling, no matter how smart or how fast, he somehow shows up later and does it better and with more style. Yeah, the Mugen Civic Type R is pretty much like that.
Read MoreTranscontinental speed runs mean glory for some, but I think they’re terrible ideas. They’re dangerous and expensive, and that’s before factoring in possible trouble with the law. That’s when they’re done with four wheels—to do one on two is ludicrous. But Carl Reese, no stranger to transcontinental records in his Tesla, just did that on a bike. Here’s how.
Read MoreHarley-Davidson added two new models to their lineup this week. Normally this is only cause for my phone and email inbox to fill up with jokes. However, and much to my surprise, this could not be less the case with the new Harley-Davidson Low Rider S and Pro Street Breakout. These things are fucking rad.
Read MoreMV Agusta is a strange brand. It’s kind of seen as Ducati’s weird cousin. They’ve made some of the most beautiful motorcycles and engines on the planet, but have always had difficulty making them available, keeping them running, or getting parts out to people. All of that is changing, and just in time for their new Triumph Street Triple eater.
Read MoreMotorcyclists are an odd bunch, and no issue is more divisive amongst us than gear—especially when it comes to anything less than ATGATT. Obviously, impact resistance is the most important in protecting us from serious or catastrophic injury, but abrasion resistance is required in a much higher percentage of offs. So how does Melbourne, Australia’s Saint’s denim gear figure into all that?
Read MoreKawasaki put the world on notice last October when they announced a major refresh to the ZX-10R superbike, which it claimed would make a whopping 207 horsepower and have an industry-leading electronics package. At the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia I worried I’d kill myself on it. Turns out I didn’t have much to worry about.
Read MoreLast week, I flew for 42 hours in five days so I could get a few laps on the new Kawasaki ZX-10R at the Sepang Circuit outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The review is on the way, and now’s your chance to get your questions in.
Read MoreOn Aug. 3, 2012, Justin Wilkens was speeding in his Aprilia motorcycle and unwittingly passed Oregon State Police Officer Rob Edwards in an unmarked cop Camaro. After a few minutes of chase, Edwards rammed Wilkens off the bike, pulled a gun on him and kicked him in the chest. If you think that sounds egregious, the jury agreed with you.
Read MoreWheaties cereal boxes have featured famous athletes since 1934, but never a motorcyclist—until now. 2015 Monster Energy Supercross Champion and KTM rider Ryan Dungey is the first rider on a Wheaties boxes, but hopefully not the last.
Read MoreRoyal Enfield is India’s main motorcycle brand. It’s known for cute quirks like odd shifter placement and reliably falling apart. But the slick-looking manageably-sized on-road/off-road Himalayan might be worth overlooking some shortcomings for.
Read MoreThe state of Michigan repealed its mandatory helmet law in 2012. Now, with three riding seasons having passed since then, we finally have enough numbers to prove that it’s stupid and causing more people to have more serious injuries.
Read MoreYou’re looking at that .GIF and thinking “wow, I can’t believe you just made me watch a man die.” Not only did motorcyclist Paulo Gonçalves not die here, he was up and racing again before the sand stopped flying.
Read MoreMotorcycles require their riders to accept various levels of risk to bask in the immense glory and pleasure they provide. We all choose varying levels of risk based on where and when we ride, what we wear when we ride, and, most importantly, what we choose to ride.
Read MoreA Texas motorcyclist saw an old man hit a curb and dump all his car’s oil onto the pavement. Watch this hilarious video of the biker desperately try to convincing the geriatric to stop driving his lubrication-less car.
Read MoreI’m in Santa Cruz, California near the headquarters of electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero to ride their new electric dual sport/adventure bike and new electric supermoto. What do you want to know?
Read MoreThere are 85 million Honda Super Cubs in existence but, thanks to Deus Japan, only one that looks like this. Meet the Firefly.
Read MoreNow that Yamaha has Motobot riding a bike, the company and partner SRI International intend to get it riding around a racetrack—and faster than the world’s most famous bike racer, by next year.
Read MoreSaturday night marked the season opener for the 2016 Monster Energy Supercross season, and it definitely did not disappoint—unless you’re like me and a fan of Bubba Stewart, the poor guy getting knocked out cold in the .gif above. There were tons of crashes, passes, and even a mid-race fight! Here’s what went down and why you should be excited for the rest of the season.
Read MoreWhat if you could have the promise of the Skully or the new BMW HUD helmet in a lid you already own? Here’s a company trying to do just that.
Read MoreAt last night’s Supercross season opener in Anaheim, California, Yahama rider Weston Peick was taken out by Vince Friese and responded... poorly. Use your words, kids.
Read MoreWhile many riders are happy to hang up their helmets when the weather gets bad, there are plenty of you who ride all year or are more than content to ride in the rain. There are lots more of you who would, if you knew how to do it right—and that’s where we come in.
Read MoreBMW released a new 310 R naked beginner bike at the EICMA show this past November. Now, determined not to be left out of the beginner sportbike market, it seems ze Germans have planned to launch a fully faired version too
Read MoreAll things with motors have their purpose, and can be fun when used for that purpose. Yet, somehow, I’ve always struggled to find the purpose of cruisers, or how they can be fun. Man of the people that I am, I sampled a Harley-Davidson to try and figure it out.
Read MoreEngineers in racing have one primary task: come up with the best possible package within the scope of the rules. And it looks like Suzuki’s clever engineers are doing just that, exploiting a loophole in MotoGP’s “no Variable Valve Timing” rule. Here’s what they’ve come up with for their new GSX-R1000.
Read MoreBell Helmets and 360Fly are looking to shake up the action camera world by joining forces to offer the first helmet with an integrated camera. The 360Fly camera shoots 360 degrees (clever name, I know), and will bring a host of other features your GoPro can’t touch.
Read MoreAs your loyal servant and scribe, I spent the better part of a month riding the 2015 Harley-Davidson Dyna Low Rider to try learn about that #cruiserlife. The review is on the way, so here’s your chance to get your questions in.
Read MoreModern helmets are very good, but BMW must think they aren’t quite what they could be. So at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, the German motorcycle brand is showcasing helmets with Heads Up Displays (HUDs)—oh, and bikes with laser beams. I love the future.
Read MoreSupercross is the most popular form of motorcycle racing in the U.S., and the 2016 is set to be the most televised season to date with all the races making their way onto TV screens on computers, with several races hitting FOX Broadcast Network. Here’s how to watch it!
Read MoreDainese, one of the best motorcycle safety gear manufacturers, is tackling the final frontier with two new suits designed in partnership with NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) to help keep astronauts safer in space.
Read MoreThere’s just something about putting taking a fast engine from one machine and sticking it into an inappropriate host body for the purpose of shits and giggles that speaks to the heart of every motor-loving enthusiast. Especially when the end result is both uncontrollable and trying to kill you. Meet the ‘Busa Buggy, it is very much both of those things.
Read MoreYou would think that, by now, members of police forces all over the country have been in dozens of “Guys, we need to stop getting caught with our pants down” seminars. Apparently that’s not the case in the Bay Area, where the leader of a group of dirtbike riders notorious for pulling stunts on city streets has been revealed as possibly a cop in his day job.
Read MoreAs for your dreams of owning VIN No. 001 of the 2017 Acura NSX, well... they’re not happening. Better luck next time. That honor will go to NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick, who paid nearly eight times the car’s price tag for rights to make the first custom order.
Read MoreIt looks as if the Saab brand may not come back to the automobile market—at least, not in its entirety. Saab AB, a Swedish aerospace business with ownership of the name, will not allow the use of its name or logo by its buyout company.
Read MoreHappy Sunday! Welcome to Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort.
Read MoreFollowing an explosion at one of its affiliate steel production plants, Toyota could have to put a halt on nearly half of its global production in February. If so, that means about 14,000 vehicles per day may not roll off the line.
Read MoreLast night we got confirmation that electric automaker Tesla Motors was developing two new vehicles, rumored to be called the “Model 3" and “Model Y” to slot between the current Model S and Model X. S.3.X.Y.
Read MoreFinally, the Pontiac Aztek gets the Forza 6 treatment it deserves. The latest Alpinestars car pack has a Subaru SVX too. Everyone wins!
Read MoreHello good people of Jalopnik, and welcome to your latest round of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly column that includes a) letters, b) Doug, and c) comments about how the letter writer is an idiot and should be beaten with a pool floatation device.
Read MoreWhen it comes to the sixties, people usually refer to Volvo and Mercedes-Benz as the pioneers of car safety. But BMW wasn’t far behind.
Read MoreKoenigsegg has nearly doubled its staff headcount in the last 12 months, and as they move towards having two completely different models on their line for the first time ever, one can only wonder when Freevalve becomes production ready as well.
Read MoreReally, that headline pretty much tells the whole revolting and satisfyingly karmic story: an attempt was made to siphon gasoline from a tour bus parked in Laverton, West Australia, but it appears the thieves mistakenly accessed the bus’ sewage tank instead. Ewwww.
Read MoreHave you ever seen the car movie Luc Besson made just after The Fifth Element hit the screen? Well, I believe it’s time for Renault to pay for another Taxi sequel, because no Peugeot could deal with the R.S. 01 as a police interceptor.
Read MoreTesla Motors, hot off of beginning deliveries for its new Model X SUV, has now confirmed it’s working on not one, but two ‘affordable’ electric vehicles which it hopes to sell for around $30,000. Following the current Model S and Model X, Tesla plans to introduce a Model 3 and Model Y. S3XY.
Read MoreA four day emergency legislative session to secure a deal for an in-state factory with electric automaker Faraday Future will end up costing the State of Nevada a quarter of a million dollars on top of the $335 million in tax incentives and public funding that resulted from the meeting.
Read MoreAutomakers do insane amounts of testing to make sure your vehicle can handle whatever you throw at it, even in freezing, snowy, slushy and icy conditions. Here are just a few of the many, many components and systems automakers have to put through the wringer to deal with winter.
Read MoreDid you know there was a branch of Texas A&M in Qatar? I had no idea. I also didn’t realize they were working on a new sportscar, which is called Elibreia, and was just unveiled at the Falit Qatar Motor Show. It’s an impressive university project, no doubt, but I think I may have liked it better with the sheet on.
Read MoreThe physical sensation you probably most distinctly remember from a car you once owned long ago isn’t the feel of the metal, or a squeak in a seat, but the smell. That distinct funk, sometimes good or so incredibly horrible, that says “this is a car.” And this is how Ford makes sure that funk is absolutely perfect.
Read MoreSpeed. Power. Noise. Ice. And a near complete and total lack of visibility. This is why the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS is both the best and the worst car for driving in a blizzard. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Read MoreWhen you have a hundred-years-old car car with 250 horsepower, 3,000 pound feet of torque (!!!) and the weight balance of the RMS Titanic, people start to take notice on the road. And then go deaf.
Read MoreBless you, Ralph Gilles. The FCA global head of design doodled what he thought would be a Hellcat Chrysler Pacifica on his table at dinner, and I won’t lie, it looks amazing. Somebody’s got to give the One Lap of America Honda Odyssey some competition, right? Hellcat all the things!
Read MoreAfter the MV Baltic Ace collided with a container ship in 2012 on its way from Belgium to Finland, in just 15 minutes the world lost 11 sailors, 1,417 Mitsubishis and an almost brand new ship—only to end up with the additional problem of cleaning up the seabed without spilling too much oil into the North Sea.
Read MoreSpeaking of ‘90s Japanese coupes we like, I never thought much of the Lexus SC back in the day, but it’s grown on me over the years.
Read MoreJust to be clear, this appears to be A Thing. Human beings, usually in their carefree teenage years, are drinking racing fuel, often mixed with Mountain Dew. This is possibly the only Mountain Dew-based drink where the Mountain Dew wasn’t the worst part. Also, people are dying.
Read MoreSergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, revealed a revised North American strategy for the brand, finally inverting plans after months of diverting rumors. The plan includes more trucks and less cars, a new partnership, and fewer Alfa Romeos—oh, and it’s based on the belief that cheap gas will last forever.
Read MoreThanks to the wonderful-but-flawed low-volume “Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act” (H.R. 2675) , it’s now legal for the company that bought all of the old leftover DeLorean parts to start putting them together to make new DMC-12s. And this time it seems like it’ll actually happen, starting early next year.
Read MoreThe whole point of an auto show is that all of a competitor’s cars are all in the same place, so I sat my ass in every rival to the Lincoln Continental to see if the big new not-a-Ford is as comfortable and quiet as Lincoln claims.
Read MoreLast night, we wrote about the exciting-looking Opel GT concept. There’s a lot to like about this rebirth of the legendary model, but the biggest thing about the car isn’t the car itself; it’s what it’s wearing: a pair of vivid red tires.
Read MoreA lot of people read Jalopnik. More than 8 million globally this month alone, in fact. They range from everyday car enthusiasts to people who clicked an errant Facebook link about sloths to auto industry professionals. Honda’s lawyers are demanding that we take down a set of comments from an apparent reader in the third group. We’re not gonna do that.
Read MoreAston Martin went to Spain to shoot another promo video for their upcoming DB11 premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. Despite filming on a closed course, somebody still managed to snap this to give us something to talk about. Welcome to the Internet, where nothing stays secret for long.
Read MoreOpel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann just dropped the brand new Vauxhall/Opel GT concept coupe on Twitter, and it’s an excitingly refreshing design that looks like it just set a zero-to-sixty time through a highlighter factory.
Read MoreThere’s a strangely compelling Craigslist ad that’s up right now, selling a 2008 SsangYong pickup truck with only 3 miles on the odometer. How did this thing get into the US? What’s going on here? Why is it only $5495? Here’s a hint: it has no drivetrain.
Read MoreNobody can shut up about how awesome the new AWD, 350 hp “Drift Mode” Ford Focus RS is, including us. Ford probably thinks that’s great because it’s the only hyper-hatch the brand plans on making, as it has now been all but confirmed that there are zero plans for a Fiesta RS.
Read MoreDid you know that some Honda models right now use wiring which is considered a delicacy by rodents in North America? It’s true, according to a recent lawsuit! But lawyers have already come to the rescue.
Read MoreThe nerdy engineers over at Bosch have come up with a gas pedal that provides tactile feedback to help improve your driving habits. Not only does it aim to increase your fuel economy, but it also wants to keep you out of crashes. It’s a clever little nanny.
Read MoreFord Europe’s ‘Camera Tracking Unit’ consist of a black Ford Focus ST wagon ute and a black Ford Fiesta ST ute. Here are both.
Read MoreSan Diego police are reportedly planning to investigate some schmuck named Blake Wilkey, after he put up a video of himself (now cresting half a million views) in an 800 horsepower dune buggy going completely apeshit on unclosed, public roads.
Read MoreMore power equals more better, but sometimes trying to eke out those last couple horsepower from your tuner can result in enormous fiery explosions. Case in point: this ill-fated dyno pull video.
Read MoreIn Austin, Texas, honor is taken seriously. As any Austintonian can tell you, traditions are strong. Traditions like the ancient and venerated art of solving mild traffic disputes with a ritualistic bat-and-pole fight, just like these two noble morons did Monday morning, at least according to a Tweeted video of the epic and ridiculous battle.
Read MoreThis is the circle-shaped Laguna Garzón bridge in Uruguay, and it is dumb. It was built for dumb reasons, too. They make sense, but are also dumb. The bridge is not insulting. It’s not controversial. It’s not horrible. It’s just kinda dumb.
Read MoreVolkswagen confirmed our high hopes of developing a hardcore Golf hatchback variant based off of the R400 concept, named for its 400 hp, almost two years ago. New reports suggest we may finally see it hit production sometime this year, now dubbed the Golf R420.
Read MoreThe Chrysler 200's back seat isn’t exactly easy to get in and out of. Part of that is because it was made by Chrysler, which has a track record of questionable decisions. But the real reason is because the entry point was copied by “dummies” from the Hyundai Sonata (???), according to Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne. But don’t worry, because those people have since been stripped of their genitalia (?????).
Read MoreThirty years ago, an employee working at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds concocted a scheme to secretly sell prototype vehicles that were supposed to be crushed. He nearly got away it, too. Here’s the story according to Deadline Detroit.
Read MoreWhen last week’s massive blizzard hit the East Coast, plenty of drivers responded by saying “nope, nope, nope.” While on the road, to boot. We’ve already heard of inundated motorists leaving their cars to walk and I wonder; is that really a good idea?
Read MoreThe Shelby Cobra had a pretty smart idea behind it. Take a regular roadster, like the AC Ace, and drop a huge engine in it. But what if you had the opposite situation? What if you basically just had a huge engine, and wanted to build a better car around it?
Read MoreI live in North Carolina now, and generally, I like the state: good barbecue, Buckminster Fuller lived here, Cheerwine, and we’re one of the only 72 states to have the cardinal as our state bird. But then I read about this allegedly drunk idiot outside Charlotte, NC who police say shot at the people who tried to help him when his car was stuck in snow, and it makes me cringe.
Read MoreHere in New York City, all sane people were asked to stay off the roads thanks to the blizzard, and all lunatics will be doing somewhat the opposite of that. But the trains had fewer problems, despite a few closed stations. That’s because rail roads have enormous snow plows like this one.
Read MoreTransit police in Ecuador last week dealt with an unusual but obscenely cute situation: the rescue of this dorky-looking little sloth on the side of a highway. Look at the little guy!
Read MoreBuick has confirmed that it never had any intentions of making the sleek Avenir Concept from the LA Auto Show. Don’t freak out, though! That’s the sexy four-door concept, not the also-sexy two-door Avista Concept we just saw in Detroit. Buick will destroy that dream some other time.
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 MoreIn Europe, the 2016 Ford Focus RS produces 324 foot pounds of torque, according to the government. In reality, it gives you the full 350 all the time and will light up its tires mid-corner have you decided to switch off the traction control. But you can, and that’s important.
Read MoreNothing screams “America” like hopping on your skis or snowboard to shred through the streets of New York City while holding the Stars and Stripes. With a Jeep Wrangler as your chaperone. In the middle of a snowstorm.
Read MoreThere isn’t much to know about the new Pagani Huayra BC just yet, but a few shots posted—and some now deleted—from this weekend might have just leaked its new looks over a month in advance.
Read MoreHappy Sunday! Welcome to Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort.
Read MoreSometimes being “snowed in” means just that. Wipe out the shelves at the local grocery store a few days in advance, put on fuzzy socks and stay inside. If not, your fed-up car could burst into flames while you try to force it though snow.
Read MoreNew York City recently went from concrete jungle to the North Pole with skyscrapers, accumulating over 20 inches of snow in the midst of a major snowstorm. As a result, the state governor called for a cease-all on travel beginning later today.
Read MoreSteve Zadesky, the Apple veteran said to be overseeing the tech brand’s alleged development of an electric vehicle, is reportedly leaving the project and the company for undisclosed reasons.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tested 1,900 airbag inflators made by Takata for the Ford Ranger, and found no problems, according to USA Today. But in late December, an unidentified man in a 2006 Ford Ranger was killed by his airbag when he was involved in a crash. As a result, five million more cars are now getting recalled.
Read MoreSet your car on fire because it’s bullshit compared to this.
Read MoreBarring a military coup d’etat like they have in other countries, the U.S. will have selected a new president in November. Whoever that ends up being, this will be their ride. Meet the development mule for the next presidential limo.
Read MoreHappy Friday, good people of Jalopnik, and welcome to your weekly serving of Letters to Doug, wherein you write letters to Doug and Doug reads them while eating Cheez-Its.
Read MoreHell has already broken loose in our nation’s capital with a tiny dusting of snow and (more significantly) ice patches covered area roads. Crashes, hours of traffic standstills and people abandoning their cars are being reported. The horror!
Read More2016 marks the beginning of an onslaught of new cars with new names from Cadillac, starting with the new XT5 crossover and CT6 sedan. I just went to sunny Los Angeles to drive the latter, and naturally my first question was this: When’s the V version coming out? Probably never, and here’s why.
Read MoreWashington D.C. is a notoriously dumb city. It gets snow on a fairly regular basis, and yet it has absolutely no idea how to handle it. Even its supposed best drivers, the agents of the Secret Service, couldn’t drive in the light dusting the city received on Wednesday, and crashed multiple times. And now it’s supposed to get two feet dumped on it.
Read MoreThe 2016 Ford Focus RS: all-wheel drive, 2.3 liters, four cylinders, 350 horsepower, 350 pound-feet of torque... minus 100 Euros.
Read MoreWith one of the most historic car cultures on earth, Germany is a hotbed for automotive goodness, and their museums are incredible. Here’s a look at four of them: Porsche, Audi, BMW and Mercedes.
Read MoreThe upcoming Ford Focus RS launch is just the newest RS hotness to grace this planet in the last 40 years. Ford just dropped a handy informational site detailing the history of its performance models, as well as this handy graphic. See it in full after the jump.
Read MoreI guess this is a pretty good example of what you’d call a Pyrrhic victory; sure, you won, but at what cost? Here, the victor is Moscow-based Flying Spaghetti Monster adherent Andrey Filin, and the victory was the right to wear a knitted colander in his driver’s license photo. The Pyrrhic part is this: if he’s stopped driving, he must be wearing a colander on his head, or his license is revoked.
Read MoreHaving your car stolen is terrible. I should know. This guy from Darwin, Australia, with what we think is a Nissan 240SX (S15), wasn’t going to let his car get stolen. Not without a fight. A fight that starts with a Ninja-like leap through a car window.
Read MoreEvery time a car reviewer calls some new 3,000+ pound sports car “light,” think of this new Suzuki Ignis hatchback. It’s lighter than them all. In fact, the upcoming Ignis lighter than any carbon fiber hypercar available today.
Read MoreIn a case that could have broader implications, a Florida lemon law board just declared a cheating Volkswagen a “lemon,” and ordered VW to buy it back. But this isn’t your usual lemon law case, and there’s more to it than you think.
Read MoreCar sharing has been around for a while but most of the big players require you to pay a membership fee, which can be hard to swallow if you’re unsure about trying the service. Not so with General Motors’ new ridesharing service Maven. Maven will loan you a GM vehicle for as low as $6 an hour, no commitment necessary.
Read MoreThe Bloodhound SCC is a 44-foot-long “car” that uses a jet engine to accelerate to 350 MPH. Then it turns on a rocket to barf up the equivalent of 135,000 horsepower. That means it can hit 1,000 MPH within one minute of being parked. In theory.
Read MoreNot long after Gordon Murray revealed his new iStream Carbon chassis structure with Yamaha’s tasty concept car, TVR announced that the full carbon package will be a no cost option on its Launch Edition cars expected later this year. And there’s more.
Read MoreIntellectually, you probably understand that winter tires are better in crappy weather. But understanding and feeling are quite different. It’s difficult to process out everything between you and the tire to get a good sense of what’s going on. Unless you take away the car part of the equation.
Read MoreVolkswagen is in some deep You Know What with the whole Dieselgate scandal. But to make up for their transgressions, VW’s luxury brand, Audi, is reportedly delaying all non-core projects to focus on electric vehicle development.
Read MoreThis is the sixth Ferrari F40 prototype, upgraded to race car specifications. If you had it on your estate, I have no doubt in my mind that you’d take it out for a morning powerslide, too.
Read MoreDo you have about $250,000 worth of paintings, prints, and sculptures by artists like Marc Chagall, Keith Haring, Henri Matisse, and Leroy Neiman? Sure you do. It’s hard to find places for all that stuff, so I bet you’re probably thinking of shoving them in a trailer on the street. Some advice? Don’t. Incredibly, they may get stolen, like these did.
Read MoreLuxe, a valet parking app for your phone, has now partnered up with Tesla Motors in San Francisco and New York City to meet Tesla owners at their destination and do everything like park, wash, and charge the car for them—because the future is all about having nothing to do with your car, apparently.
Read MoreGeneral Motors may have paid a $900 million fine to settle the deadly ignition switch case with the feds, but it still faces a barrage of lawsuits from survivors and their families. The first such case, currently being tried in Manhattan, has just encountered a huge plot twist full of fraud allegations.
Read More“I knew it could be crushed,” Billy Crider told me quite simply. “I never hid that from anyone.” What’s more complicated is why he bought a car that the Feds could (and did) eventually take away from him, and what legal confusion let him keep the car for so long.
Read MoreAs of 11 AM Eastern Standard Time on January 20th, 2016, anybody can buy a domain for their website that ends in “.cars,” “.car” or “.auto” as opposed to “.com” or any of the other numerous suffixes currently in use. Go get one already.
Read MoreCanadian police pulled over and fined some poor old bastard for driving around in a car so completely covered in snow I’m not even sure what make or model it is. Please, please do not leave your driveway without being able to see.
Read MoreAn article titled How Elon Musk Stole My Car certainly suggests some things. Things like, maybe Elon Musk stole a dude’s car. It’s safe to say Musk doesn’t really fit the carjacker profile, so what’s going on here, exactly? Did Elon Musk steal a guy’s car, or is this an aggrandized misunderstanding?
Read MoreI’m going to drive the 2016 Ford Focus RS two days from now both on public roads and on a track, but before I do, let me tell you why I’m happy for America, even if you still have to wait a little longer than I do to get your hands on one.
Read MoreWarren James Buchanan hates when people fondle his truck. He hates it so much that, according to police, he killed a man last week over it.
Read MoreThe owner says he had no idea his imported R33 Nissan Skyline wasn’t legal in the U.S. The Feds crushed it anyway. [UPDATE]
Read MoreRoad crews remove enormous boulders with explosives, naturally.
Read MoreMatt Farah went for a drive in the first Lotus Evora 400 delivered to America, only to get so surprised by it that he might need to buy one now. And he should.
Read MoreIt’s easy to forget that the Tesla Model X was intended to start deliveries back in early 2014. Now Tesla faces a legal battle after dropping one of its parts suppliers during development for issues with effectively engineering the “falcon” door system, in part delaying the launch of the electric SUV.
Read MoreA UK man with some strangely ill-informed, foul-mouthed, and judgmental friends took a leisurely seven years to drive his Kia 100,000 km (62,000 miles), and celebrated the occasion by posting the event on YouTube, where he gleefully, joyfully, and lavishly loses his shit.
Read MoreFor the majority of the world that understands that you can actually tow things without a massive truck, Volkswagen has a new Trailer Assist system. To promote this, Volkswagen Norway freaked everybody out by backing a car and trailer all over the city, improbably fast. Sort of.
Read MoreThe 2016 Mini Clubman stole our hearts last year, and this plucky little compact luxury wagon, ruthlessly engineered to feel fun without compromising its luxury and efficiency, will get even better when the Clubman All4 AWD variant goes on sale this April.
Read MoreA vehicle reportedly rolled over and caught fire in front of Jamie Foxx’s house in Ventura County Monday night. After calling 9-1-1 the SiriusXM radio-station having actor and another man apparently ran to the car, freed the driver, and pulled him to safety.
Read MoreNissan’s Nismo division supposedly planned to build 100 Skyline GT-R Nismo 400Rs for 1997, but only 44 left the factory before the R33 got discontinued the following year. This is chassis #037 at full throttle.
Read MoreJust a few days ago, David Mahler had his contracting company quit the agreements with the state of Louisiana to remove Confederate monuments, citing death threats and threatening calls to his home. It seems like quitting wasn’t enough for some disturbed people, as his Lamborghini was found burned to the ground this morning.
Read MoreFord didn’t have anything as ambitious as the new GT at last week’s Detroit Auto Show (those only come around every decade at most), but the automaker did have a lot of talk about “mobility” and new approaches to car ownership and getting around. And if you live in Austin, Texas, soon you’ll be able to “share” a lease with other people.
Read MoreThe other night, I walked my car like a dog. Well, it wasn’t my car. It was Tesla’s own Model S. Here’s how it works.
Read MoreA rev-happy 2.0 Alfa Romeo engine sending all the power to the rear wheels and a stunning Pininfarina body in a special shade of green nodding respectfully to mother nature. This is a perfect picture.
Read MoreBy now we all know most modern Lamborghinis have a bit of a... design issue. I, in grand Lamborghini style, would even call it a feature. They tend to catch fire every so often. Said fire will often come at the most inopportune moments, too, like when you’re a valet taking somebody else’s Lambo out for a joyride.
Read MoreUpset that Volkswagen deceived them into buying a not-so-clean diesel, Marcus Moench and Elisabeth Caspari are driving from Colorado to VW’s headquarters in Virginia to return their Jetta SportWagen TDI and drop off 20,000 petitions. I spoke with them about their journey. Here’s what they had to say.
Read MoreAfter Lady March discovered the burglar, Lord March tried to help her, only to get hit on the head, with the couple spending the rest of the night tied up until the morning shift arrived.
Read MoreSuperman is known for his unrivaled strength, x-ray vision, ability to fly, and his indestructibility. It’s that last element of the superhero that Volvo seems to have clued in on with its modern range of vehicles, and the new S90 luxury sedan make should make you feel as indestructible driving it as possible.
Read MoreIf you want Instagram to be full of you and your Miata, this is one way of doing it. Not the correct one though.
Read MoreFunny enough, the taxi drivers say they’ll keep protesting as long as Uber is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Read MoreAt last year’s Geneva Motor Show, Koenigsegg announced that as well as building the craziest hypercar we’ve ever seen, they will also make 25 units of the Agera RS track special. Ten month later, all are sold.
Read MoreHe attacked an Uber driver in a viral video, went to jail on four misdemeanor charges and got fired from his job, but that won’t stop a former Taco Bell executive from suing his driver for $5 million on the grounds that the man illegally recorded the incident.
Read MoreEver since the seemingly production-ready and rather attractive Mazda Koeru tall wagon/crossover concept dropped at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, the question has been this: when’s Mazda gonna build it? Looks like the answer is now. Photos from the Chinese site POPSUV reveal the crossover in full, and its name apparently is CX-4 or CX-6.
Read MoreLast week, I had a friend from out of state in town. Perhaps the most important activity on our list was a visit to Texas World Speedway, a monstrous two-mile oval practically in my childhood backyard. Upon pulling into the infield, she had no words.
Read MoreTurning cars into other cars is not such a strange concept. That’s basically the entire point of “replicas,” and there will always be those who attempt to convince others that a replica is the real thing. But they shouldn’t be confused with those who playfully create miniature versions, like this Blue Demon Datsun Z made from a Subaru 360.
Read MoreHappy Sunday! Welcome to Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort.
Read MoreEntire supercars covered in Swarovski crystals, cars with special modified doors the exhibitors clearly had trouble operating, wheels that won’t turn, speakers and screens that pretty much obliterated storage space, leg room, or in some cases every single seat in the vehicle, TAS 2016 was host to dozens of cars which required a ton of work but no one could actually drive.
Read MoreFrankly, Toyota, I have no idea what is Toyota Racing Development about this StyleMB Sienta concept, as it kind of looks like the car version of a stuffed hippo. In serious consultation with our stuffed animal expert, Stef Schrader, we have determined this is clearly a special TRD project for Puffalumps.
Read MoreOf all the technological achievements of the Star Wars universe – faster-than-light space travel, antigravity, blue milk – the one that seems most ubiquitous is probably holography. Holographic projectors are all over the place. So why are they so crappy?
Read MoreYesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and 17 major automakers met to cooperate on setting standards. And by coordination, I mean that our government said it’s best when car companies work without them.
Read MoreThe National Transportation Safety Board just released its Most Wanted list for 2016. In hopes to end the boozing and the cruising once and for all, the agency wants states to drop their drunk driving blood alcohol content limit from .08 to .05 or lower.
Read MoreMahindra’s goofy-but-fun-looking little SUV, the KUV100, was officially released today, and it’s especially notable because it’s the first Mahindra SUV that’s offered with a gasoline engine. That could become very, very important if New Delhi bans diesel, as is being considered.
Read MoreThe 2016 Focus RS is almost at a Ford dealership near you, so it’s time to learn how to push this 350hp all-wheel drive hatchback into ‘controlled oversteer drifts’, with stunt driver and friend of the BBC Ben Collins himself.
Read MoreWe have no idea how much the 2017 Genesis G90, the first flagship of Hyundai’s new luxury brand, will actually cost. But just judging from the back seats, it’s going to be definitely up there. It does not have two chairs back there. It has two thrones.
Read MoreIf you want to buy a Tesla that doesn’t have airbags filled with moist, succulent ground beef or a dash covered in the finest Nova Scotia salmon, you’re in luck, because the Tesla Model X will be available in vegan-friendly trim. PETA is claiming this is in response to them, but Tesla disagrees.
Read MoreI’ve never liked chrome wheels, and I don’t just mean the obvious double-discount aftermarket variety. Some cars come with chromed wheels stock, and it only looks like a tacky and cheap attempt at providing a luxury look. This is Jalopnik, where the budget trim look isn’t just welcomed, it’s sought.
Read MoreEarlier this week the Napleton Automotive Group brought a lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for allegedly trying to bribe their dealerships into falsifying sales numbers. FCA’s response is aggressive and crystal clear.
Read MoreI know at times it may seem like we’ve been a little hard on Elio, the plucky startup that wants to make cheap, efficient three-wheelers. We’re all for that general idea. The more weird, cheap cars, the better! But when Elio starts using phrases like “up to 84 MPG,” I have to cringe.
Read MorePorsche 911 engineering chief Erhard Mössle dropped some hints on future electrified 911s in an interview with AutoExpress. Looks like a plug-in is on its way after all, and the company is also working on a full-electric model too.
Read MoreThe open road. A two-seat cockpit. A sporty, rear-wheel drive layout. A powerful, thunderous V8 engine. These are all things the tow truck driver experienced as he hauled my new Aston Martin to the dealership on Saturday morning.
Read MoreIn the continuing saga of German brands not knowing how to name things, Mercedes-Benz is dropping the “AMG Sport” moniker and putting those cars under the AMG banner. This means you can buy a real-deal (sort of) AMG car for less!
Read MoreNow that the dust from the Detroit Auto Show has settled, and our hangovers have subsided at least a little bit, we can step back an examine what we learned from the show. And I’m a bit surprised the Acura Precision Concept didn’t get more traction in the car world.
Read MoreJustin Yelen was unfairly punished by Mother Nature for doing the right thing. He took another ride home from Hoak’s Lakeshore after drinking with friends, only to find his car completely encased in ice from Lake Erie’s spray in the morning. Fortunately, his car was just freed by crews from a local dealership.
Read MoreIn a rather unique fashion, Hyundai will offer the 2017 IONIQ with three drivetrain options, including a fully electric one, wrapped in a body that’s arguably better looking than a new Toyota Prius. Not bad so far.
Read MoreWhy should you visit the Detroit Auto Show? Because the Ford GT looks stunning in white and it’s there.
Read MoreThat funny tingling in your perineum can only mean one thing — it’s Would You Rather time again. Your brain needs these to keep your cerebellum moist and limber, you know, so let’s get to it.
Read MoreIt seemed pretty clear back in October that the not-SRT Dodge Viper updated in 2015 would be discontinued in 2017 as revealed in the new FCA union contract. Dead. Gone. Kaput. Wiped. Depressing. Depreciating. But now, like any good spin master, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne says the status of the Viper isn’t definite, yet.
Read MoreHere’s Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States driving a German Amphicar in its natural habitat with Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Paul Glynn as passengers. This was a thing in the sixties.
Read MoreChin up, sport. Aston Martin is almost ready to show off the upcoming DB11, the hotly anticipated successor to the DB9. Lucky for us they teased the most important part of the new car — its all new 5.2 liter twin turbo V12.
Read MoreDisgruntled Subaru Forester, Outback, Legacy, Impreza and Crosstek owners whose cars burned more oil than usual can rest a little easier today. Top Class Actions reports that owners of the defective engines will be reimbursed by Subaru for expenses related to the defect and given a longer warranty.
Read MorePremium cars that subscribe to a set of uniquely American criteria of what it means to be luxurious, comfortable, and desirable have been dead for decades. They died by their own hand, stabbed by an opera light and suffocated in vinyl. The 2017 Lincoln Continental, however, may just be resurrecting the idea, and it may have a real future.
Read MoreTonight the U.S. Powerball drawing is at a record-high $1.5 billion with a cash grand prize estimated at $930 million. You are extremely, extremely, extremely unlikely to win. But if you did, you know your first stop would be some sort of place where cars are sold. Or Craigslist.
Read MoreLet’s say you have two copies of the 2017 Genesis G90 in front of you. How would you describe the quantity of said cars? Geneses? Genesii? Geneseoses? Genessee Cream Ale?
Read MoreLike many of you, I watched with glee as Honda revealed the new Ridgeline earlier this week at the Detroit Auto Show. It’s handsome, I thought. It’s practical. It’s well equipped. It has a nifty little storage area that’s perfect for a) tailgaters and b) human traffickers. As David Tracy said, it’s all the truck most people will never need. Too bad pickup owners aren’t going to buy it.
Read MoreVolkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller is continuing his apology tour throughout the United States over the hot mess that is Dieselgate, but the tour just took a super-weird turn with a series of interviews that Mueller gave to NPR. First he claimed that Volkswagen didn’t lie, and then that the whole thing was caused by a mere “technical error.” And then he requested a do-over interview to fix that new hot mess.
Read MoreHenrik Fisker’s latest creation, a Viper-based monster with more than 700 horsepower that doesn’t look like an Aston Martin at all known as the Force 1 V10, has provisions for two champagne bottles squeezed between the occupants. “Brilliant design choice,” you’re probably thinking about the mixture of alcohol and window-licking crazy amounts of power, but the reasoning behind it is even better.
Read MorePorsche hasn’t had nearly as many cars affected by Dieselgate as Volkswagen or Audi, but they’ve still got one car to fix: the Cayenne with the 3.0-liter diesel. And, according to a report by Reuters, it appears the Germans may have a solution.
Read MoreI went to the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show with an edict from my bosses: “Don’t just stand around and complain that there aren’t any manual-transmission rear-drive lead sleds there.” Don’t worry, I found one anyway, and it’s a fantastic old Acura NSX!
Read MoreBelieve it or not, the Chevrolet Cruze hatchback looks great in person and I’m glad it exists. Will it have what it takes to battle the Mazda3?
Read MoreWe’ve seen some interesting new ways to control your car at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show and 2016 Detroit Auto Show. That reminded me of the touch-free tech most cars have had for years; voice-activation. Yeah, remember that?
Read MoreLincoln finally brought us a new Continental concept last year, and we spent a fair amount of Jalopnik’s expense account tossing coins into fountains and making wishes — and it paid off! Here’s your 2017 Lincoln Continental. Say it out loud, it feels good.
Read MoreI love terrible ideas. Maybe it’s because I have so very many of them, but I’m really fond of an idea that seems iffy, and then just gets more and more exuberantly worse the more you think about it. There’s something dizzyingly fun about a real shitshow of an idea, right?
Read MoreA year ago, Jalopnik video was just the stuff from the webcam Matt ordered me to use every time I took a shower. Then we made a real YouTube channel with real videos. And as we cap off another Detroit Auto Show full of Lexus ogling and squeezing into Honda trucks, we’re at an incredible 98,462 subscribers. A monumental success indeed!
Read MoreThe 74th Goodwood Members’ Meeting starts in two month, and people like Mike Vardy will be racing there, driving a 1905 Fiat Isotta Fraschini with a WW1 airship engine producing 3,000 lb ft of torque for a top speed of 127mph.
Read MoreVolkswagen’s plan to fix its cheaty 2.0-liter diesel cars was rejected by the California Air Resources Board for lacking sufficient detail, reports Automotive News. The state alleges that the plans were not adequate or quick enough for what California requires.
Read MoreWhat’s remarkable about this video of a shirtless guy riding on a car hood in a Michigan winter and then falling off when that car hits a cop car is not the events that happen, it’s the look the driver gives the cop.
Read MoreThe Acura Precision Concept is supposedly a design study for future Acura sedans. And let’s just say: if future Acura sedans look like this, then it’s official: there is a god.
Read MoreYou probably guessed it was cold in Buffalo again this winter. But holy crap, this poor little Mitsubishi Lancer-turned-icicle looks like a Krispy Kreme donut that fell into the vat of whatever’s behind the counter at Cinnabon.
Read MoreFord has developed a new smartphone app called FordPass that allows car owners access to live support for all of their mobility needs — and the best part is you don’t have to drive a Ford.
Read MoreThat’s not a typo, or a metaphor. We are actually living in the Detroit Auto Show. Right now, and for the next two days. In vans.
Read MoreIf you’re a fan of Kia’s recent design direction (which I am) then I’d suggest just looking at the pictures here. Kia’s new Telluride full-size SUV concept looks great, and is a refreshing departure from what we’re used to seeing. Just don’t read the press release. Especially if you’ve just eaten.
Read MoreThis is a big year for Cadillac. General Motors’ luxury division will fire its most fully-formed shot at the big German sedans yet in the form of the CT6, and it replaces its aging but top-selling SRX with the XT5 as Americans go apeshit for crossovers.
Read MoreThere’s something so viscerally satisfying about this, and there’s important lesson as well. Look, if you’re going to lie on Twitter about having an absurdly exclusive supercar to drive around, best to not tag the only people in the world who know you’re lying. Like this guy did, with a black Koenigsegg One:1.
Read MoreLiving stateside, you might think that the Volvo S60 is the smallest car that the Swedish company makes. You would be very wrong. Over in Europe, Volvo sells a car called the V40, a slick-looking little hatchback, but it is strictly not sold in the U.S. For the next 40-series car, Volvo plans to change that. Oh, and they always want to Polestar everything.
Read MoreWas trying to sell the Opel GT in America a bad idea? Yes, it was the worst timing ever. But who cares apart from those poor Buick dealers? Their disappointment doesn’t take away one bit from the GT’s awesomeness.
Read MoreThe new 2017 Mercedes E Class has the next great feature in autonomy: vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication. What’s funny is that these Mercedes vehicles have no other vehicles to communicate with. So how does that work?
Read MoreThe normal, M-less BMW 2-series is a fantastic car to drive. I’ve driven one across the country, slept in one, and even peed in one. In all that, I never really wanted more power, but if your goals include things faster than sleeping or peeing, the M2 does it, and it’s now officially priced at $51,700.
Read MoreThis is Lexus’ new LC coupe production car. It looks real wide and real, real good.
Read MoreGM has had a fraught relationship with electric cars, to put it politely. If we’re being impolite, because this is Jalopnik and we are terrible people, the GM EV1 and the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR were case studies in What Not To Do And Also This Is Bad. But GM’s first new electric vehicle in 20 years, the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, actually doesn’t... look... terrible?
Read MoreChrysler’s latest revision on their minivan (no longer called the Town & Country; it’s now the Chrylser Pacifica, for some reason) is a pretty surprising rolling room of tech–a hybrid system, 360° cameras, a vacuum cleaner–and it includes a modern tool to solve one of the family roadtrip’s most traditional annoyances.
Read MoreOn the heels of Dieselgate, Audi is pushing hybrid and electric tech hard. The company is expecting to release three plug-ins in the next three years, most likely an A6, A7 and Q6. And today in Detroit, Audi showed off a hydrogen-powered H-Tron Quattro Concept. Is it the real deal or is it, like many hydrogen cars, just another science experiment?
Read MoreThe mirror plated supercar is a quintessential part of Gulf Arab car culture, along with the Transformers Camry and the fetishistic application of negative camber. When applied by Britain’s eternal and chamaeleonic rock star David Bowie to a plain old Mini, including all its windows, it becomes something else entirely.
Read MoreMercedes really doesn’t want you worrying about their new Car-to-X technology on their E-Class, so they brought in a researcher from MIT to tell the rest of us that robots won’t take over the world and enslave mankind.
Read MoreFord is refreshing the look of the Ford Fusion sedan into a more aggressive, “sporty” look – which is fitting considering the company is bringing back the Fusion Sport, which is 325 hp closer to the Fusion ST we all want.
Read MoreWhile most of the general public would turn rubber-neck upon hearing sirens and car alarms, these folks just use them to dance to the beat in fitness classes. It isn’t the most common sight in the world, but, um, I’ve done it before, too.
Read MoreWhen Faraday Future brought out its FFZERO1 concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show over the week, the tech world was blown away. The car world was less than impressed. But what do normal, non-car people think about Faraday Future’s wild concept? That’s what I tried to find out.
Read MoreBrian Parme, Pramoda Ravi and Michael Pagano didn’t ask to be heroes.
Read More“How is Volkswagen going to fix this?” Since the Dieselgate emissions scandal broke in September, that’s been the number one question on the minds of VW owners, regulators, industry watchers and pretty much everyone else. According to a German newspaper, the fix in the United States is a new catalytic converter.
Read MoreA grainy rendering of the production 2017 Lincoln Continental leaked on Thursday, and now we get to see a few actual photos of the car prior to its unveiling this week at the Detroit Auto Show.
Read MoreYou might think that the car with the longest cruising range on sale in the United States is something like a Toyota Prius or a Camry Hybrid. But you would be completely wrong. That’s because the car with the true longest range is an Autopilot-equipped Tesla Model S. And before you get out your pitchforks, allow me to explain.
Read MoreLately, Buick constantly manages to remind us that its cars are hip and cool. The company’s next attempt to reach the youth isn’t far away, as it will reportedly show two cars—one of those being brand new—prior to the Detroit Auto Show.
Read MoreScreens! Gestures! Autonomy! More screens! If there was anything we learned from CES this year, it’s that the insides of cars are changing as fast as the cars themselves are.
Read MoreOnce, there was the Infiniti Q30 and its slightly lifted sibling, the QX30. Both are brand-new cars key to Infiniti’s ambitious growth plans. But then Infiniti decided that in the U.S., both variants would have the same name—QX30. Like everyone, we were slightly perplexed by this move, but now we know the reason: the dealers. That X sells cars, dammit!
Read MoreApple and the auto industry. It’s long been a rumor that we’ll see it happen eventually, and it we may just be getting closer to that day—in December, the company registered several car-related website domain names for itself.
Read MoreAn eagle-eyed Redditor with both an automotive and entomological bent found this tiny Volkswagen Beetle pinned to a sample wall along with many of its friends from the order Coleoptera in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Well played, entomologist.
Read MoreFormer GM head-honcho and emissions-truther Bob Lutz and famous designer/failed car company founder Henrik Fisker have joined forces to form a new, different car company called VLF Automotive, because nothing can go wrong this time.
Read MoreYou knew Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could act, and wrestle, and probably eat you. Now he’s adding TV producer to his resume to help create a show that’s basically “undercover cop with shady past drives sweet cars and solves crimes.” Sound familiar?
Read MoreYou know the 5-star safety rating system used by NHTSA and concerned car-buying parents all over America? The one that tells you that one star is a deathtrap, and five means effective immortality? Well, there’s a proposal out now to apply that same sort of thing to vehicle lighting. And yes, the amber/red indicator debate is a part of this.
Read MoreWhile nobody really wants to be the first to bring you fully autonomous cars, luxury brands like Volvo and Tesla already put semi-autonomous drive into their cars as standard. Renault-Nissan wants to do the same in the next four years, but at a much lower price range.
Read MoreApple CarPlay allows you to use your vehicle’s infotainment system to mirror the interface on your phone, and millions of iPhones are already equipped to use it over a wireless connection. Too bad Volkswagen was blocked from showing it off during this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.
Read MoreWannabe electric automaker Faraday Future had amassed an impressive amount of hype going into CES, only to drop the ball and disappoint everybody looking for something real. Then the interviews started, and things got even messier.
Read MoreThis is the perfect car for rear-engine fanatics like the author of all that is known as Torchlopnik, and it ain’t some damn abomination of a Volkswagen. Look no further than this wacky old Renault.
Read MoreAudi has completely updated every panel of the A4 sedan for 2017, though you’d be hard pressed to notice any changes at all. The biggest change you will notice is a hike in the price, with the base A4 now starting at $37,300 before destination fees.
Read MoreChevy has been promising that its brand new Bolt all-electric vehicle will go on sale later this year at “around $30,000,” which sounded pretty sweet, if not a little vague. Well now we have some solid figures, with the Bolt going on sale for $37,500 before federal tax credits.
Read MoreIf there’s one major automobile trend we’ve seen at the recent spate of trade shows, besides putting screens everywhere, it’s electrification. The car industry has been moving towards more hybrids and EVs for some time, but this year’s CES almost made gas look like a thing of the past. But is the U.S. also headed for an electric car crisis?
Read MoreMost traffic cameras do their jobs just fine, but without any real, you know, panache. They tend to focus on streams of traffic, with little regard for aesthetics. But not this one traffic camera on a Montreal bridge, which took a pretty fantastic picture of a snowy owl.
Read MoreVolkswagen brand CEO Herbert Diess spent the first ten minutes of his Consumer Electronics Show keynote address apologizing for his company’s recent emissions indiscretions. That was followed by his introduction of “The New Volkswagen,” which outlined VW’s planned path to redemption. Here’s what the beleaguered automaker has in store.
Read MoreYou may not know this, but some automakers have special parking lots in the middle of nowhere for employees who “go rogue”—who dare to drive cars from competing manufacturers. Here’s why I think it’s bullshit.
Read MoreThe Lamborghini Gallardo is now officially the most versatile vehicle on the planet. Who needs a Land Rover when you can have one of these?
Read MoreYes, THE FUTURE. Where everything goes “FWOOM” and “BEEP.” Or, in this case, where it’s oddly silent. Because over the next two days, we’re going to be driving over 700 miles, from New York to Detroit, in a Tesla Model S. And we want you to come with us.
Read MoreI’m glad there’s people out there with the integrity to fight for what they believe in, even against the unfeeling mass of something as large as a government. Jared Hyams is one such person, and the crude dick pic scrawled on his license is his cause, his banner, his everything.
Read MoreToday Hyundai revealed many of the important technical details of its upcoming plug-in hybrid family, starting with the IONIQ, Korea’s Toyota Prius-slayer.
Read MoreGM just keeps churning out new production-ready economy cars recently, with a new hybrid Volt, an all-electric Bolt showing up today at CES, an all new Cruze sedan, and now this: The Chevy Cruze 5-door hatchback.
Read MoreDespite Mary Barra’s best attempts at a dig towards Tesla Motors during today’s presentation of the all-electric Chevy Bolt at CES, development of electric vehicles from traditional automakers is exactly the kind of stir up Tesla intended to cause.
Read MoreCES has been all about the future of cars this year, so it makes a fitting home for General Motors’ most serious entry into the all-electric car game ever. At last, meet the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt. It looks pretty good!
Read MoreA Houston car salesman had an unpleasant surprise on a routine test drive when he was reportedly beaten and stuffed into the trunk by customer interested in a five-finger discount on a Dodge Challenger.
Read MoreThanks to the Porsche 918, McLaren P1, and LaFerrari, we’re now used to the idea of a hybrid sports car, but turn the clock back to 2002 and the idea was much more on the fringe. Enter the too-good-for-this-world 2.0 liter V10 hybrid Connaught.
Read MoreIdiot or crazy? It’s so hard to decide. When you see a person take their lighter out at a gas station, and deliberately hold it right up to the pump, and then act surprised at the ensuing fireball, the question of crazy or idiot is sublimely difficult. Maybe both?
Read MoreVolkswagen pulled the sheet of a modernized re-incarnation of the venerable Microbus for the third (fourth if you count the two-tone T6 Multivan, or fifth if you count the Space Up!) time yesterday at CES. What lurked under that sheet is called BUDD-e, and it’s either fascinating or disappointing, depending on what you were hoping for.
Read MoreRudy Mancinas is a Texan wishing to have a 964 and a 993 Porsche 911 in each color Stuttgart offered it in the catalog. And judging by eGarage’s film, he is getting there just fine.
Read MoreDo you know how many observable holidays there are in America today, January 5? Three: Twelfth Night (the 12th night of Christmas or something), National Bird Day, and National Whipped Cream Day. Do any of these seem important? Don’t cars deserve at least as much recognition as birds, whipped cream, and whatever this “Christ-mas” holiday is? Of course they do.
Read MoreConan, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart are some seriously funny dudes. Put them together in a car with a student driver, and what results is a beautiful symphony of hilarity involving erroneous driving tips, weed, male prostitution and Conan saying “bitches get stitches.” It’s excellent in every way.
Read MoreVolkswagen has been hacking their way through a thicket of bad news since, well, it falsified the diesel emissions ratings on scores of vehicles. Many of us still aren’t sure if we can accept this brand back into our hearts, but this electric Microbus concept is making a strong case!
Read MoreVolkswagen and the U.S. government are on the struggle bus trying to agree to a fix for VW’s NOx-spitting diesels, according to a report from Reuters. Volkswagen agreed on a mid-January deadline, so sooner is better than later.
Read MoreWe’ve been expecting the new all-electric Chevrolet Bolt to show up at CES this week, and we finally have a pretty good idea of what the production version will bring to the table.
Read MoreThis year’s CES trade show has been all about automotive technology, particularly autonomous and electric concept cars. Kia jumped into the game today, announcing to have a new sub-brand called Drive Wise, which will introduce a new fully autonomous cars to the streets by 2030.
Read MoreLast night, electric car startup Faraday Future served up the wild FFZERO1 concept as “the most extreme iteration of what it can build” with a barrage of buzzwords that left most people wondering what the hell was actually going on. But according to two company officials who spoke to Jalopnik, there is a real car out there testing on actual roads. We just haven’t seen it yet.
Read MoreWe bought so many cars, you guys. We bought like, more cars than we have ever bought before. Millions and millions of them! As Automotive News reports, we bought no fewer than 17,470,659 cars and trucks, beating out our previous record in the year 2000.
Read MoreWhat’s up between Henrik Fisker and Aston Martin these days? Drama, man. Drama.
Read MoreThis story is not for people looking for basic transportation. It is for Jalops who, rather than buy another boring compact, would like the opportunity to get one of the last cars Saab sold in America. The good news is that even the cheapskates can now buy the most tragic of Swedish luxury cars.
Read MorePetrolicious went to to Germany to find a man who didn’t want to spend his money on a house, expensive suits or watches. Instead, he sacrificed his savings for a 1971 Aston Martin DBS V8. A man after our own hearts.
Read MoreFord has taken the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show as an opportunity to announce it’s no long a purely car company; it’s a “mobility company.” That means they’ll be digging heavily into apps, integration, and cars you don’t drive, but the big news everyone expected with Google was nowhere to be found.
Read MoreButtons? Knobs? Voice commands? BMW’s trying to move past all that stuff when it comes to in-car controls via gesture control, which the German automaker has even debuted on the all-new 7-Series sedan. Now it takes all that to another level at CES with a BMW i8 concept. Also, it has no roof! Or doors!
Read MoreIt’s not quite the full Michael Knight experience yet, but as long as you keep saying “in my Volvo” to your watch, you’ll never be alone again.
Read MoreFord seems set to show off some cool stuff at the CES show in Vegas this week. Drones controlled from your car’s touchscreen! Data-driven multimodal transport! Cool, how does it come up with all this stuff? About that: Ford would like to buy some tech companies, please. And it’s brilliant!
Read MoreHere’s James Glickenhaus driving his Daytona-winner 1967 Ferrari P3/4 with his racing team’s Program Director Paolo Garella in the passenger seat in what I assume must be New York traffic. Photo credit: Paolo Migliorini Brizzolari
Read MoreFaraday Future has, until now, remained a huge mystery to both the car and tech worlds. It has tremendous Chinese financing, teased an autonomous car concept, secured a billion dollar factory in Nevada, and hyped up a big hit-or-miss reveal at this year’s CES expo. Finally, we know what it claims to have in store, and it’s a lot to swallow.
Read MoreMatt Lindsay became another victim of Uber surge pricing on New Year’s Eve after getting his inebriated self and his drunk friends home safely, only to receive an email 20 minutes later confirming an Uber charge for a whopping $1,114.71 Canadian.
Read MoreThe container ship El Faro was hauling cars, groceries and other products needed for daily life in Puerto Rico when it met its demise during Hurricane Joaquin, per CNN. Now the National Transportation Safety Board is searching the wreckage in hopes of locating any clue into the ship’s last moments.
Read MoreWhen Tesla Motors announced fourth quarter sales figures for 2015, many were surprised to see only 208 of the brand new Model X all-electric crossovers were delivered to customers. The number seems low, but Tesla promises the Model X release is a matter of quality, not quantity.
Read More“Happy Manipulating!!!” wrote Takata airbag engineer Bob Schubert in an email obtained by The New York Times. Schubert’s 2006 note regarding airbag tests was one of many documents unsealed from a personal injury lawsuit against Takata that suggest the company has a systemic issue with data manipulation.
Read MoreEarly in the morning on Jan. 1 in New Orleans, a man was struck by a car in the French Quarter, and then dragged for four miles. The man is dead as a result of the grisly incident, and police need help identifying the car.
Read MoreHere’s how the U.S. government says “happy new year” to Volkswagen: a lawsuit over the diesel cheating scandal.
Read MoreIf you ask a few people close to the fire why England is the center of the sports car universe, they say it’s because all the engineers are there. But the BAC Mono is more than the ultimate in sports car engineering. It’s a surprisingly successful business.
Read MoreHoracio Pagani got his start in the carmaking industry working at Lamborghini. Take a look at the upcoming Pagani Huayra BC and those Lambo traditions start to show.
Read MoreFord just announced that Toyota will be the first non-Ford-related car company to use Ford’s proprietary software platform to develop entertainment, navigation, and other related systems for their cars. You know, what they annoyingly call “infotainment.” Ford sees this as a big victory, but I don’t really understand why the fight is even happening.
Read MoreAnother Detroit Auto Show is upon us, and you know what that means: it’s time for you, the readers, to test your mettle against the driving gods of Jalopnik. Are you faster than we are? (Probably.) Come find out this weekend!
Read MoreTesla Motors delivered more than 50,000 cars (or 50,580, to be exact) for the first time in 2015, which is better than not bad for a “startup.” How’s the Model X doing? There’s a couple hundred on the road already, thanks for asking.
Read MoreWhat’s more luxurious than stone veneers? According to Bentley, absolutely nothing. Apart from your 2005 Mercedes-Benz with a $60,000 Designo granite package, of course.
Read MoreNow that CES is an auto show, all eyes are turned to the mysterious Chinese-backed company Faraday Future and the car that’s been touted as the next great Tesla fighter. But if art that reportedly came from the company’s app is to be believed, this concept is even wilder than anyone could have dreamed.
Read MoreFord has followed up its recent introduction of the third generation SYNC infotainment system with the announcement that it will come standard on all 2017 models and will include both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone connectivity.
Read MoreAn Audi R8 V10 Plus and a Porsche 911 Turbo drive into a drag race... and one completely destroys the other. No, that wasn’t the punchline to a joke. It actually happened.
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Read MoreMercedes-Benz wants to dominate the electric car industry, and Tesla Motors is standing in their way. According to a story in the UK’s Car Magazine, this is how the German automaker plans to zap Elon Musk.
Read MoreIn a new video, electric-car company Faraday Future asks what would happen if we could “forget everything we know about cars.” Well, Faraday, that isn’t the easiest task for some of us in this world—you know, the car enthusiasts.
Read MoreWhat we already saw in Chinese model car form was fully revealed by the Swedish magazine Teknikens Värld, and Volvo’s new wagon looks just as good as its sedan version, the 2017 S90, if not better.
Read MoreThe Tesla Model S has acceleration like a supercar, and sometimes it can burn like one too. According to news reports, a Model S caught fire at a Supercharger station in Norway this afternoon.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Range Rover is painted British Racing Green. I think it looks good in that color, but will this venerable Brit of questionable rep require too much of your green?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Bronco comes with a bikini top, a fold-down windshield, and to top it off, a seriously bad-ass vibe. Let’s see if its price needs a little off the top too.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pantera says that it would be a good candidate for a rolling restoration. We’ll just have to see if its price is something you could roll with.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jag is claimed to be one of 24 cars shipped to the U.S. with a 5-speed and originally offered as employees only. Let’s see if its present condition and price might just get the job done.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe E46 says that it’s currently “enthusiast owned.” It certainly pushes a lot of the buttons any car nut might want, but let’s see if it also pushes a price tag about which we can get enthused.
Read MoreCan’t afford a new Focus ST? Well then maybe its grandpappy - today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Escort GT - will be more to your bank account’s liking. Let’s find out!
Read MoreSummer is coming, and although today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW convertible needs a new steering rack, you’ll have plenty of time to replace it before it’s sun’s-out, buns-out time. Let’s see if its price means it’s the real daylight savings time.
Read MoreIn Italian Vespa means wasp, and for 70 years, scooters like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate have been buzzing around cities all across the globe. Let’s see if this pink Piaggio also has a price that stings.
Read MoreWhile piranhas have a rep for being voracious carnivores, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom AMX Von Piranha might just leave you eating nothing but ramen after paying its asking price. Let’s see if its worth it.
Read MoreDr. Martin Luther King Jr once had a fantastic dream. The dream of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe MLKC - Mustang Liftback King Cobra - seller is far less ambitious: to find a new home for it at his asking price. Let’s see if that dream should become a reality.
Read MoreSo, you didn’t win the Powerball lottery this week, did you? Well, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Nissan is so weird that driving it will make you feel like you’ve won something, and you might not even need a winning ticket to buy it.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 190E rocks a three-point-oh, and was once featured on Bring a Trailer. You won’t have to bring a trailer full of money for it now, but you’ll still have to decide if it brings it at all.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe MkI Jetta rocks a lot of cool parts, including some Recaro thrones, a diesel mill, and sweet BBS wheels. What you’ll have to decide is if that all adds up to making this smoker a smoking hot deal.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Lancia shares its name with the first Roman Woman to appear on a coin. Let’s see if this Italian classic also seems to be worth spending any of your coin.
Read MoreThe question raised by today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Probe is would you consider campaigning a front-wheel drive race car? The answer might just influence whether or not you think this Ford’s price already puts it in the winner’s circle.
Read MoreThe dealer offering today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Saab says they’re ‘where we make a little and you save a lot.’ We’ll have to see what you make of this awesome custom, and whether its price should have someone driving it off their lot.
Read MoreIt’s a plain fact that there are more kit car Shelby Cobras in the world than there are the real deals. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe homage car may be a pretender to the throne, but will its price have you saying: hey, let’s pretend?
Read MoreThe eagle on the Moto Guzzi logo commemorates a founder who died in a plane crash before the company could get off the ground. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 850-T could let you fly, that is, if its price doesn’t ground it.
Read MoreAt what point is it safe to make someone else’s project your own project? Ever? Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 318 looks to be a work in progress, but will its price make you want to go back to the start?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 914 is the nirvana of the four-cylinder cars: two-litre, five speed, with the gauge pack. It’s also an unrestored, limited edition, with paint that earned it the nickname of Bumblebee. Might that just take away some of the sting of its price?
Read MoreThere’s only one class at the Rolex 24 where I could easily guess the winner before the last hour of the race: Prototype Challenge. Every other class had a balls-out fight ‘til the end despite having raced around the Daytona road course for an entire day. Best of all, there was an insane Corvette vs. Corvette photo finish.
Read MoreIf you’ve been watching the 24 Hours of Daytona, you may have been baffled by the speed of the Lamborghinis. Several drivers mentioned that the Lamborghini Huracán GT3s are significantly faster than the rest of the GTD class, but the two leading Lamborghinis solved that issue by taking each other out late at night.
Read MoreA fantastic run by the DeltaWing gave fans hope. It’s quick today! It’s holding together! Maybe today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona will be the race where it finally has a chance at the overall win! Sadly, DeltaWing driver Andy Meyrick rear-ended a stopped car on track that wasn’t signaled with a full-course yellow flag.
Read MoreDespite months of successful testing and promising runs including some time in the lead during the beginning of today’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, both Ford GTs have run into their first major issues during the race.
Read MoreJust over a week ago, NASCAR forgot what it is. A brief moment of confusion led to a lot of not-so-great changes for the series, including an overhaul of the championship formats in both of its top developmental series and a caution clock. A clock. Try to cough that one out. But if NASCAR wants to be like baseball or basketball, there are a few other rules it should try to grab instead.
Read MoreThe Rolex 24 at Daytona weekend is upon us, and a lot of hours means a lot of race coverage. But do not fret, and do not be overwhelmed. We’ve taken your watching options and put them in a neat, organized fashion. How kind of us.
Read MoreIf you love freedom, you really should tune into the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona today. Not only is is set to be a great race on its own—it always is—it’s also where we’ll see the rebirth of an American speed legend.
Read MoreWeatherTech Sports Car Championship team Magnus Racing never takes themselves too seriously, so that’s why their 24 Hours of Daytona live stream is such a treat. After a few hours, Daytona madness kicks in. That, plus their usual sense of humor, is gold, dang it, gold! Best of all, they’re doing it again this year.
Read MoreWhenever a new sports car is released, it seldom even moves the needle for me until it goes on track. Fortunately, this weekend’s 24 Hours of Daytona features the Ford GT, Ferrari 488 and the BMW M6 finally proving their worth alongside other rad GT machinery and purpose-built racing prototypes, and it’s great.
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 first thing that you discover when you do a rally is that it’s just about the most fun you can have in a car. The second thing you discover is it is a humongous amount of work to even begin to run an event.
Read MoreThe Roar Before the 24 is an important event in American endurance racing. It’s the first opportunity to test new cars for the the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship. IMSA uses data from the event to equalize the cars, which only really works if teams run to their full potential. Of course they didn’t.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever wondered where some of the spectacular motion shots of race cars on track come from, chances are, it’s from a photographer hanging out the back of an open van. Sound nuts? Looks nuts. A simple yet meaty harness is the only thing keeping the photographer out of the car’s grille behind him.
Read MoreI’m speechless. I have no words. This is the single greatest livery ever put on a race car, or any car for that matter. Better yet, on Riley Motorsports’ rowdy Dodge Viper GT3-R at the 24 Hours of Daytona. I mean, this is just the best thing to happen to cars. Ever. Look at it. LOOK AT IT.
Read MoreThe Red Bull Frozen Rush returned for 2016 this month, pitting a handful of maniacs against each other in 900 horsepower racing trucks on the ski slopes at the Sunday River. Funniest thing I’ve noticed about snow racing; it’s hard to tell the difference between crashing and driving.
Read MoreMagnus Racing, the perennial pranksters of the IMSA paddock, are back in the WeatherTech Sportscar Championship with an all-new car. So they’ve made another clever video for the start of the season—this time in Lego, and with appearances from various drivers as well as last year’s Ballast Possum (RIP).
Read MoreA seven-year-old racer named Emma went home from school in tears after her teacher said that girls don’t race cars. She was so crushed by those words that the track where she races has asked for words of encouragement from other female racers. So far, the response has been overwhelming.
Read MoreAn amusingly modified Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution cools off with its hood up as the Spec Miata field grids up in the background.
Read MoreGrand Prix Drivers’ Association chairman Alexander Wurz told the BBC that its drivers unanimously agreed that now is the time to implement better head protection in the cars, and that F1 is in a position to do so by 2017.
Read MoreMeanwhile, in Texas, here’s a Lancer Evolution driving flat out in front of a cow pasture. Moo!
Read MoreJari-Matti Latvala failed to stop and check on the photographer he hit in a low-speed crash during Stage 11 of the Rallye Monte-Carlo, and the World Rally Championship isn’t happy about that. Latvala claimed that poor visibility kept him from seeing the man on his hood, and the series didn’t buy that excuse.
Read MoreIt looks like everyone is a bit rusty from the FIA World Rally Championship offseason, and a few bruises may result from it.
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Read MoreTony Stewart pointed out a major flaw with NASCAR in an interview with Dave Moody on Sirius/XM Radio: series chairman and CEO Brian France just isn’t there at the track. That might explain a few things.
Read MorePorsche 911s are more commonly seen in sportscar racing series today, so it may come as a surprise that the first 911 Porsche ever raced participated in the Rallye Monte-Carlo—an event that is now part of the grueling World Rally Championship! Yes, Porsche 911s even look fantastic with a spotlight for a hat.
Read MoreThe Toyota GT86 is a lovely car to begin with, but like all good things, it’s much improved in rally trim. The GT86 CS-R3 is Toyota’s homologated rally special, and according to Toyota’s own press release, some jamoke named Chris Harris who wrote for www.jalopnik.com will drive it in the British Rally Championship.
Read MoreNASCAR is debuting a new set of rule changes in to two of its minor league series this year, and they’re set to put on the kind of cheesy manufactured action that makes daytime soaps look unscripted in comparison.
Read MoreJust a few days ago we all enjoyed watching Dutch F1 racer Max Verstappen charge up Kitzbühel’s ski slopes and do donuts in the snow with his 800 horsepower race car. Austrian authorities were less apparently enthusiastic though, and want to fine Red Bull almost $33,000 over the stunt.
Read MoreGood news! Formula One’s manufacturers have agreed to a plan to cut engine costs and guarantee that no team be left without a power unit supply, reports Motorsport.com. Bad news! They will do so as long as the current and hated, quiet V6 turbo engines remain until at least 2020.
Read MoreWe debate the best and worst race car liveries–the decorative schemes that make race cars look distinctive and give visibility to sponsors—to the point where punches are thrown and tears are shed. But how are they made? To answer that question, we asked graphic designer Andy Blackmore to take us through the process.
Read MoreDakar Rally’s television coverage alluded to a wreck that forced American racing legend Robby Gordon to withdraw from the race, but offered few details. Now we know why: the oops in question was quite boneheaded, involving one of Gordon’s support vehicles and some dangerous shenanigans on the highway.
Read MoreThe Toyota C-HR crossover that could easily be mistaken for your childhood puppy—well, if the puppy had wheels—will now make its way to one of the fiercest endurance races around, the 2016 Nürburgring 24 Hours. No, really.
Read MoreWe’re used to seeing Ken Block enter whatever races he wants to because he’s Ken Block and he can, but for 2016, he’s trying something different: focusing on only one championship. He’s extending his partnership with Ford to tackle the World Rallycross season—and only the World Rallycross season.
Read MoreDropping oil prices may have an unexpected effect on Formula One fans’ favorite butt of jokes. The BBC reports that Renault (née Lotus) driver Pastor Maldonado may be out of a ride if sponsor PDVSA doesn’t cough up a $50 million payment ASAP.
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 MoreOne of the worst things about being a desert racing fan; events are tough to spectate. Even if you slog to the backcountry it’s impossible to keep track of action across a 1,000 mile course. These races still don’t get much TV airtime, but now it looks like there’s an even better place to watch off-road awesomeness.
Read MoreThe McLaren Formula One Team is tired of losing. We’re tired of seeing them lose. Even F1 head Bernie Ecclestone is tired of seeing them lose, in a rare moment where fans and F1's leadership actually agree. So, McLaren hired a CEO from a team that doesn’t understand losing: Volkswagen’s World Rally Championship team.
Read MoreToro Rosso driver Max Verstappen took his Formula One car to the ski slopes of Kitzbühel, Austria to drift and rip donuts. The resulting video is what dreams are made of.
Read MoreOh hey look, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is back to saying dumb things about women. Now he told Canadian radio station TSN Toronto 1050 that a female driver wouldn’t be taken seriously enough to make it in Formula One. That’s cute, because no one should take anything that comes out of Bernie’s mouth seriously, either.
Read MoreAnyone who’s been following Sébastien Loeb since his World Rally Championship days knows that he’s a beast, and he’s been proving that all over again at this year’s Dakar Rally. He rolled on Stage 8, but he and co-driver Daniel Elena managed to put the car back together to limp to the end of the stage.
Read More18-year-old American off-road racer Sheldon Creed has been disqualified from the 2016 Dakar Rally. After his vehicle took severe damage, the Speed Energy team decided to skip waypoints to try and get somewhere repairs could be made but the race organizers weren’t having it.
Read MoreTo many of us, the greatest touring car of all time was the Volvo 850 wagon. Not by any quantifiable mark like wins, but because it was the British Touring Car Championship’s first wagon. You can’t not smile at a wagon being driven like a maniac. Now Team BMR is bringing the insanity back with a Subaru Levorg.
Read MoreOur pals over at Carwow convinced one of their artists, Yasid, to mock up a bunch of rally cars. Not just any rally cars, though — the goal was to take the modern re-births of cars that once had rich rallying history (well, mostly), and see how their modern interpretations would look in full rally kit. I think the result is pretty fantastic.
Read MoreTragedy struck the Dakar Rally twice, once during Stage 7 and again in road traffic.
Read MoreMiller Motorsports Park will be reopening as the Utah Motorsports Campus under Geely subsidiary Mitime Utah Investment, LLC, after all—but through a one-year lease for now, reports Sportscar365. Mitime was recently blocked from purchasing the facility after a judge ruled the sale invalid.
Read MoreSabine Schmitz was originally on Frikadelli Racing’s roster for the Roar Before The Rolex 24, but wasn’t there according to many reports from the weekend. However, Frikadelli Racing’s team owner told Sportscar365 that Schmitz may race in the Rolex 24 anyway, depending on filming commitments with a show you may or may not have heard of called Top Gear.
Read MoreThe first woman to drive in Formula One, Maria Teresa de Filippis, passed away Saturday at the age of 89. According to Motorsport.com, she made five attempts to qualify a privateer Maserati 250F in 1958 and 1959, and started three races in the car.
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 MoreThe end of the offseason is so close, I can almost smell it. It smells like Florida, and in this case, I’m entirely okay with that. IMSA’s big test weekend, the Roar Before The Rolex 24, is happening now, and it’s essentially a big preview for the 24 Hours of Daytona as well as the rest of the season.
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 MoreThis insane clip from Tom Coronel’s buggy shows just how crazy and brutal the Dakar Rally can be. Even the recoveries are insane.
Read MoreThe brand spanking new Haas Formula One team may be based in North Carolina, but much of the team’s work happens in the United Kingdom, in Banbury. CNN’s The Circuit got a sneak peek into all the preparation work that’s happening in the team’s overseas logistics center.
Read MoreIf Thomas Magnum ever got fed up with being the best private detective Oahu had to offer and went racing instead, you know he’d have gone for a 308 GTB rally car despite anything Higgins had to say to the contrary.
Read MoreWet, nasty conditions don’t just affect races on track — they can ruin an off-road rally raid’s day, too. In addition to the opening leg of this year’s race getting cancelled, the second and third stages were shortened and today’s third stage was halted for trucks when a landslide destroyed part of it.
Read MoreAnyone wonder what ex-Nissan LMP1 driver Olivier Pla and ex-BMW factory driver Andy Priaulx were up to in 2016? Well, they’re joining ex-Aston Martin ace Stefan Mücke and Guy Who’s Driven Everything Marino Franchitti to pilot Ford Chip Ganassi Racing’s new Ford GT in the World Endurance Championship.
Read MoreRace cars are a veritable Pandora’s Box of weirdness, be it from the bizarre things done by previous owners, improvised medical uses of duct tape, or tools you never knew fell in that hole. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve discovered while wrenching on your car?
Read MoreHappy Sunday! Welcome to Holy Shift, where we highlight big innovations in the auto and racing industries each week—whether they be necessary or simply for comfort.
Read MoreSome years just don’t go as expected, in good ways and bad. But thankfully for professional racing drivers, each year brings with it a points reset and a new chance at the championship title—or to finish higher than 30th. Either way.
Read MoreIt doesn’t get much more American than football and NASCAR, so why not put the two into the same venue? Well, in the only way that’s logistically possible.
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 MoreVolvo might be the most sweet, staid, unassuming car company in existence. Little did I know that they used to absolutely dominate the completely manic door-to-door smashing and bashing world of European Rallycross.
Read MoreFormula One teams are already working on the 2017-spec cars based on agreed upon changes to the car’s dimensions, so Motorsport.com put together a render comparing the likely 2017-spec car to this year’s Mercedes car to illustrate the differences. It’s a radically different car with more downforce than ever before.
Read MoreIt has 280 pound-feet of torque, 20.8 cubic feet of space, four driven wheels. That Skoda’s new Octavia vRS 4x4 in a nutshell.
Read MoreThe new Porsche 718 Boxster and 718 Boxster S get more than just a number attached to their names. The cars are getting new suspension, brakes, styling tweaks, and dropping six-cylinder engines for four.
Read MoreI was out of town this weekend when the great blizzard struck. When I returned home yesterday to six-foot snow piles and freezing temperatures, I could only think one thing: I’ve got to take out the Aston in this. And that’s how I found myself, two hours later, digging out my rear wheels with a camera tripod.
Read MoreA lot of things have run through my mind when I’ve driven the Jaguar F-Type R. “This thing desperately needs more horsepower” has never been one of them. But we are in the age of overkill, and our beloved F-Type is about to get a heavy dose of just that. Meet the insane F-Type SVR.
Read MoreThe “tiny car” Japanese makers, Suzuki and Daihatsu, really focused on outdoorsy themes at the Tokyo Auto Salon this year. I feel like the production model of the new Suzuki Ignis wore it best. I’d definitely take it to Lake Haruna and make curry next to it. But I admit, I see it more as a spaceship than a camper.
Read MoreA 1,500 horsepower hybrid car might have enough torque at any RPM, but the Koenigsegg Regera will still hit you with more if you pull the downshift paddle, despite having no gearbox to do any shifting with. Magic? Nope. Science!
Read MoreHyundai’s first Genesis-branded luxury yacht will hit the market with a 365 horsepower twin-turbo V6 and a 5.0-liter V8 with 420 ponies. Meanwhile, the Korean brand promises five new Genesis models to follow the flagship in the next five years.
Read MorePresenting the all-new 2017 Chrysler Town & Country — which is actually now officially the Pacifica — the last beacon of hope in the age where traditional minivans fall to the rush of consumers flocking to “crossovers.” It’s very, uh, modern, and now with a hybrid option!
Read MoreOnce, long ago, I was like many of you: a young, beautiful gadabout, ready to drink lustily from the frothing cup of life. One particular quaff of that cup is significant, because it involves a short drive in the shining but infamously doomed General Motors EV1, and 2016 will mark that car’s 20th anniversary. In honor of this, I’m going to try and write a hazy, barely-remembered review.
Read MoreLet the 2016 Detroit Auto Show leaks commence! First up is Lincoln, with this admittedly very grainy, low-res photo of the production 2017 Lincoln Continental making the rounds on Ford Inside News. How’d it turn out?
Read MoreThe upcoming 2017 Mercedes E-Class was supposed to debut next week at the Detroit Auto Show. And yet, here it is in all its staid glory.
Read MoreHere’s a bit of news that came out late last year and didn’t get enough attention: as part of a spending bill passed by Congress, NASA got a nice bump in funding. But it also came with a catch: $55 million has to be spent on a “habitat augmentation module,” and that has to be ready by 2018.
Read MoreIt looks Facebook wants to take the event function a step further and help people actually get to those events. Is the social media giant getting into the ridesharing game? Based on these patent filings, maybe so.
Read MoreThe weird thing about the road trip of the future is that it’s much more like the road trips we used to take in our past than anything else. My coworkers and I just did 1400-odd miles in an electric Tesla Model S that could also drive itself. It wasn’t just the trip of the future. It was the way things used to be, too.
Read MoreAutonomous cars are just now barely starting to end up on our roads, in limited numbers and in limited ways. For now. We’re in an interesting transitional period, and there’s still lots of things we have to figure out. I think I have an idea that could help, and it’s as simple as a dumb old light.
Read MoreWe haven’t heard much about the inevitable next-generation GT-R supercar, but we can expect it’s going to offer ballistic abilities to those lucky enough to drive it, particularly on racetracks. Nissan says why do that when you can sit in it and have it drive you around the racetrack. Huh?
Read MoreSemi-autonomous cars like the Tesla Model S open up new possibilities over long road trips, as we’ve learned. But when you’re just sitting there, with the car doing the driving, how can you entertain yourself while keeping one eye on the road? With a game of patty-cake, of course.
Read MoreWinter driving is, generally, a pain in the ass. That usually starts with a morning windshield-scraping and snow-clearing so you can actually see well enough to drive. But what about your car? Many modern cars need to “see” as well, and all that ice and snow gets in the way. Here’s how to help.
Read MorePresident Obama gave his final State of the Union address tonight, pointing out the auto industry having its best year ever while looking to a future where our reliance on fossil fuels no longer limits us.
Read MoreOn Saturday, we learned of the new v7.1 software release on the Tesla Model S—an update allowing owners to summon the car like a well-trained dog and make it park itself. But it’s not that weird, according to Tesla head honcho Elon Musk. He says we could see fully autonomous cars in a matter of two to three years.
Read MoreTesla Motors has sent out a software update for the Model S which tweaks the car’s Autopilot feature, as well as adding a feature allowing owners to autonomously park and “summon” the car.
Read MoreCar companies tell us the buttons on your dashboard are soon to be replaced with pinches and swipes. Some are already pushing even further with touch screens you don’t actually touch. Let’s look closer at some of this tech and see if it’s actually worth being wide-eyed over.
Read MoreIn an election year, it feels like almost everything you encounter becomes politicized. There’s a reason for that — everything you encounter becomes politicized. You’d think the idea of whether or not you’d trust a car-robot to drive you around would be apolitical, but the results say something else.
Read MoreAn ultra-precise GPS is a technological keystone for autonomous cars. Tough to execute with satellite data alone, it needs to be physically mapped. GM realized most of their cars are already fitted with cameras, and is turning them on to cartography with partner Mobileye.
Read MorePity the traditional automakers, sitting around waiting to die. The “legacy” car companies, unable to #disrupt and #changetheworld the way Faraday Future and the tech industry can! We pray for the souls of the people in the Motor City and Stuttgart and Japan.
Read More“It is entirely possible that robots will become for today’s Toyota what the car industry was when Toyota made looms,” said Dr. Gill Pratt, the company’s Executive Technical Advisor and CEO of Toyota Research Institute, at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show.
Read MoreFord will be tripling its autonomous testing fleet to accelerate development of its virtual driving software, and in doing so will have the largest autonomous fleet in the industry, with vehicles testing in California, Michigan and Arizona.
Read MoreWere you really expecting out-of-the-blue, well-funded Chinese startup Faraday Future to shock the world with the next great Tesla-fighter like it claimed it would? Not so fast. Apparently this goofy two-seat supercar thing really is the car Faraday Future is debuting at CES in Las Vegas, but the show car doesn’t even drive.
Read MoreRide-sharing! Mobility! Autonomous vehicles! Welcome to the world of cars in 2016. Here’s a huge development on all of those fronts: General Motors announced today it will invest $500 million in ride-sharing service Lyft and partner with the San Francisco startup for a network of autonomous on-demand cars.
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 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 MoreThe Toyota Sequoia is the car you buy if you want a Tundra but have too many kids, or if you want a Land Cruiser but you have too few dollars. What do you need to know before you buy a Toyota Sequoia? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Toyota Land Cruiser is like a retired boxing champ: It used to be rough and tough, but now it’s just bathing in luxury. What do you need to know before you buy a Land Cruiser? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreSome ambitious owners have already slapped new mufflers on the 2016 Toyota Tacoma, but MagnaFlow is claiming the first true dyno-tuned 50-state legal exhaust system for the new truck..
Read MoreJonathan Ward’s outfit ICON 4X4 takes ratty old Land Cruisers and completely retools them. We’re talking scratch-built frames, huge supercharged V8s, and painstaking attention to detail with stratospheric price-tags to match. We figured nobody could bare to beat up on a vehicle like that. We figured wrong.
Read MorePour one out for the Land Rover Defender. Surrounded by more than 700 current and former employees from the Solihull plant, the last one ever rolled off the assembly line today.
Read MoreDiesel Brothers is the latest iteration of walking caricatures fed through a procedural reality-TV meat grinder. Think Fast N Loud with a little more Larry The Cable Guy. I’m ashamed to admit I enjoy watching it.
Read MoreWhat do we have here? You hear that? That sounds like a diesel in a Ford F-150 mule. We’ve heard pretty confident rumors before about Ford’s interest in developing a diesel F-150 model, and this new video seems to feature just that.
Read MoreA tug of war between two trucks—what could go wrong?
Read MoreToday Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) went through its revised business plan for the near future. Basically, it’s dumping some small cars so they can build more Jeeps and trucks. But don’t worry, they’ve got some exciting ideas about keeping their average emissions down and fuel economy up.
Read MoreBuilt for SEMA, this JDM 1974 Datsun Sunny 1200 pickup packs 2.2 liters of Nissan Silvia turbo and the front end of a Skyline. A job done right.
Read MoreRemember the Mercedes pickup truck we all got so worked up on then forgot about? Based on everything we’ve heard it’s still headed to production within a few years, and a fresh batch of rumors has just been dumped on my desk.
Read MoreBack in December, 52-year-old Joel Knight was plodding along in his 2006 Ford Ranger when he crashed into a cow and a fence. The odd part, according to the law firm representing his family, is that the crash didn’t kill him. The airbag did.
Read MoreLast week an ice fisher lowered a waterproof camera into Mayhew Lake in Benton County, Minnesota to look for fish. He was surprised to find a pickup truck instead and called the local sheriff’s department, which realized they’d actually been looking for that thing since March of 2000.
Read MoreFord has just announced that by the 2017 model year, all EcoBoost-powered F-150 pickup trucks will automatically shut off when possible to save fuel.
Read MoreFor $999, Ford will now sell you a factory-spec rear seat for your Shelby GT350R Mustang. Looks great! But there’s another vehicle it’d fit on even better.
Read MoreWhile pickup trucks get bigger with every redesign, this new crop of mid-sized vans offers impressive utility with decent fuel economy and easy parking. We drove the 2015 Ram ProMaster City to find out how far vans have really come since your last ride in an Aerostar.
Read MoreWhile Jay Leno won’t sell you anything from his vast vehicle collection, he does give away a few for charities like the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This time, he’s letting the first-ever Ford F-150 Harley Davidson go under the hammer.
Read MoreFew Honda platforms have proven as versatile as the N-series. The N-One specifically has had a “natural” concept. The N Box Slash has a “camper.” Yet, I find neither of these as delightful at the N-Lab N-One “Friendly 2 Seater” Mini Truck concept. It’s useful, it’s clean, and it’s outright adorable.
Read MoreCan you guess where this Jeep Cherokee was spotted with a large, apparently real, shark corpse strapped to its front bumper? You get one hint: it’s not Florida.
Read MoreSure, you’ve seen a Nissan Rogue. But have you ever seen a Nissan Rogue, on treads? Turns out little SUVs look way cooler without wheels.
Read MoreThis year Jeep is porting the lovely Overland trim from the Grand Cherokee to the smaller Cherokee, which will make the mid-sized SUV a lot swankier starting at around $35,000. If it’s as nice as the big one, that’s enticingly cheap for a luxury 4x4.
Read MoreI guess it’s time to go through what it takes for a 1969 Chevrolet Blazer K5 to become an Icon K5 Blazer with an LS3 crate engine up front. It’s pretty much the exact opposite of what the Roadkill guys are doing.
Read MoreTurns out Arnold Schwarzenegger had a vintage Mercedes once. It’s just not a cushy old W108 sedan, that’s all.
Read MoreCBS Dallas is following a stolen semi-truck that’s running across Texas with police in pursuit. Steam live from their helicopter’s view right here!
Read MoreAfter two years of teasers we’ve finally met the 2017 Honda Ridgeline. We don’t have every detail yet, but I have learned that the bed is 64 inches long making it just a little bigger than the standard bed in a four-door Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier or Chevy Colorado.
Read MoreThe KiraVan is apparently what you get from a room full of brilliant engineers with a bottomless budget. And of course, one objective: bring everyone’s high-tech adventure vehicle fantasies to life.
Read MoreFord is said to have confirmed four “all-new sport utility vehicles” to be introduced “in a few years time” by The Detroit News. Bringing the compact EcoSport to America seems likely, what about the other three?
Read MoreSomebody asked Jeep CEO Michael Manley point-blank if he could put the (in)famous 707 horsepower Hellcat engine in a Jeep Grand Cherokee. His response: “Not only can I put a Hellcat motor in one of those for you, I’m going to bring that to market before the end of 2017.”
Read MoreThe 2017 GMC Acadia ditches the last model’s chunky truck-like look for sleeker lines. It’s only about an iPhone-length shorter than the last decade’s GMC Yukon but still loaded with luxury, room for seven and is claiming 28 MPG. With this on the market, the case for a full-sized SUV just got a lot weaker.
Read MoreWe won’t get to drive the new 2017 Honda Ridgeline for a while, but what we can do is give you, our beloved readers, a review of the in-bed trunk. It’s marvelous.
Read MoreWe’ve known that the plucky Jeep Compass and Patriot small SUVs were going to be scrapped in favor of an all new “C-Segment” vehicle this year, but new reports out of the 2016 Detroit Auto Show are saying one of these nameplates will live on.
Read MoreOf all the automotive fantasies, a Jeep Wrangler pickup truck is high on the internet’s wish list. We’ve heard rumors both ways about this before, but now The Detroit News says they have confirmation straight from Jeep’s CEO Michael Manley and his corporate overlord Sergio Marchionne.
Read MoreHonda introduced the new 2017 Ridgeline today at the Detroit Auto Show, and tons of spectators at the show complained about how it doesn’t look like a truck or isn’t a “real” truck. To them I say: you’re full of crap.
Read MoreSup, bruh. You think you’re so tough with your fuckin’ diesel Chevrolet Colorado or Ram 1500? Think again, bruh! Meet the Nissan Titan Warrior concept. It’s a diesel truck for people who aren’t hospital patients.
Read MoreWhile it’ll debut officially soon, CarScoops got an early picture of the 2017 Honda Ridgeline. It looks like a truck, unlike the outgoing Ridgeline, which looked like a crossover with a square butt.
Read MoreThis is the 2017 F-150 Raptor SuperCrew—it comes with a 3.5-liter EcoBoost, a new 10-speed transmission, and four full-sized doors. It may well be the ultimate apocalypse family hauler.
Read MoreFinally, a Volkswagen Tiguan that doesn’t look soft, weak, and unprepared to explore the brutal wilderness! Here’s a hybrid off-road concept we’ll see at the Detroit Auto Show this week, but probably not in real life.
Read MoreNissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has announced that his company will turn the Kicks concept they trotted out at the 2014 São Paulo Motor Show into an actual car. Looks right between a Juke and a Murano with a little dash of “lifted Maxima.”
Read More2015 was an enormous year for trucks in America. First model year of the aluminum F-150, General Motors’ return to mid-size, and of course introductions of the next Toyota Tacoma, Ford Super Duty and Nissan’s Titan XD. What were the customer favorites? Let’s see what you bought.
Read MoreSouthern California has been pummeled with rain this week, and San Diego took the brunt of the flooding. Some Lamborghinis made it through, some cars didn’t. But Baja 1000 racer Elias Hanna helped as many as he could; pushing stranded cars to safety with his lifted Jeep Wrangler.
Read MoreVolkswagen’s futuristic rendition of the classic microbus has drawn mixed responses since rolling out at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. But the internet seems unanimously stoked on this idea of a retro hippie van jacked up on truck tires.
Read MoreWhile the Hummer carries most of the historical weight of the blowhard puffed chest Bush Years, it’s the Pre-Recession Ford F-150 that most encapsulates the bland bigness of the era, as Regular Car Reviews explains.
Read MoreWhen people buy a truck, it’s typically based on all sorts of capability-based specifications (or longstanding familial preference). How much load can it carry? How much can it tow? Can it take a .50 caliber bullet to the nose and keep trucking? What about an anti-tank shell?
Read MoreWhen I mention that I love vintage Volkswagen Beetles, I’m usually met with a response like “Really? I had no idea. Too bad you never freaking mention it in every stupid thing you write,” and then the slappings begin. But I mean it! And even better, I got to drive what I think may be the ultimate, ideal vintage Beetle.
Read MoreWe all love to dream. It’s what keeps us getting up at the crack of dammit and working until we’re too old to care. However, some dreams—like owning a 500 horsepower iconic American supercar—are delightfully within reach. If you think the Mazda Miata is good weekend car for the money, get a load of this.
Read MoreThe Honda Logo GA3 5-Door D-series hatch (the Fit before the Fit) was in pretty poor shape when I bought it a year and a half ago for $975. Mechanically, it’s great! Passes inspection, has insurance, has a comfortable interior, all that... Jazz (womp womp). However, the outside was trashed, and I’ve even had a few mishaps of my own.
Read MoreBefore wrenching could commence on my $600 Jeep XJ, which I plan to take to this year’s Easter Jeep Safari, I had to cobble together a lift kit. And it had to be cheap. Like, really cheap.
Read MoreIn my line of work, I’m constantly told two things by the general public: All cars are nothing but money pits, and My uncle has a ‘65 Mustang that’ll be worth 200 grand in three years, but I’ll sell it to you for $6500. Both statements are obviously bullshit, but not because cars in general are bad investments—far from it, in fact. Here’s why.
Read MoreSeeing a boat in someone’s yard is not uncommon. However, when that boat is a 74 foot long, 16 foot wide steel behemoth hand-built from scratch by the owner, it begins to raise eyebrows. Doug Jackson, of Tulsa, Oklahoma has such a boat in his front yard. It’s called SV Seeker, and it’s not something you see every day.
Read MoreI often tell people that they need to get used cars inspected before they buy, since so many used cars are sold without warranties. However, many people don’t realize this advice extends to classic car purchases as well.
Read MoreWhen it comes to car repair and modification, there’s just nothing better than grabbing some tools and making a weekend of it. However, there are certain parts of the country that are more accommodating to the shadetree mechanic than others.
Read MoreBack in the good ol’ days, one could see a luxury coupe driving down the street and everyone not in that car would feel a sense of envy, also known scientifically as the jelly monster. Well, as it stands now, you can buy this Jaguar XKR—one of the best looking, sounding and performing luxury convertibles ever made—for less than the price of anything new with eight cylinders and two doors today.
Read MoreNo matter what your pennystocking brother-in-law tells you, putting money in the stock market, for most people, is boring. That’s why I asked you future predicting bunch to give me the best possible automotive investments under a $25,000 budget so I know how to best drain what’s left of my life savings. Here are the top ten suggestions.
Read MoreAs car enthusiasts, we know that not everyone shares our love of smelling burnt rubber and unburnt gasoline. That’s why this time, you need to find the best ambassadors to car culture for less than $20,000, for people who couldn’t care less about cars.
Read MoreMechanics charge you more for parts than what you can buy those parts for online. People ask me about it from time to time. Is this a ripoff? No, it’s not.
Read MoreI’m not sure what happens to a person’s brain when they purchase a supercar, but it seems to be a bit overwhelming for some individuals and they start to lose their grip on reality, as evidenced by this haggard and needy Aston Martin DB9. It may need a bit of everything, but here’s how you can do it on a budget, if you’re not afraid of getting dirty. If you don’t, I will.
Read MoreIf you listened to your parents as a know-nothing youth, you’d have learned that cars are horrible investments. While that line of reasoning may work on mom’s GMC Esquilax, there are a few cars that can actually give you a hearty return the longer you hold on to them. Your job is to find those cars with a $25k cap on price. Go forth and fetch these gems, my friends!
Read MoreThe story of my once-abandoned 1966 Ford Mustang is complicated. It involves a dead professor, a lawyer, Matt Hardigree and my brother.
Read MoreWhen Dodge released its 707-horsepower Hellcat line of cars (and soon to be Jeeps!), it marked an rubber-covered line in sand that every other new car manufacturer wouldn’t dare cross. The used car market has quite a different story. Here are 10 cars that would show a Hellcat its taillights, under a 60 grand budget.
Read MoreDodge has thrown down the gauntlet for brute power with their 707 horsepower Hellcat line, but the smart money knows that you can get way more bang for the buck when you buy used. That’s why today, your challenge is to find the most powerful, Hellcat-killing automobile on eBay for less than $60,000.
Read MoreWhen someone takes a down-on-its-luck JDM econobox and turns it into a car worthy of overwhelming praise and unimaginable fear at the same time, they’re doing something right. That’s why Mighty Car Mods bought this busted Daihatsu with a homemade electric drive conversion in the hopes that it would be the backyard mechanic’s answer to the Tesla Model S.
Read MoreWhen I see celebrity mansions with garages filled with new supercars, my enthusiasm fades a bit, because those are the obvious car choices for rich people. However, a truly unique car to own has to have such rarity that it’ll beg a double-take from anyone in its vicinity, regardless of status. A car like this Mazda Eunos Cosmo that’s more powerful and harder to find stateside than any Nissan Skyline ever made, and it can now be yours for Ford Fusion money.
Read MoreCheck-kiting is a form of fraud where someone continually writes bad checks between their accounts, but you need to know that shady car dealers might also “kite” a used car. And the good news is that it can easily be avoided if you follow this simple advice.
Read MoreAs cars get more technologically complex, the only option for manufacturers is to take the driver out of the equation, making for a driving experience that’s getting more numb by the second. That’s why cars like this thankfully autonomous-tech free masterpiece E46 BMW M3 are becoming the go-to car for enthusiast collectors and drivers alike. Here’s how you can own one for used Honda Civic money.
Read MoreTire changes are an inevitability in long-distance off-road racing. They’re also somewhat labor intensive, costing the drivers’ precious time and energy. Not so much if you’ve got an on-board jacking system though!
Read MoreA roadster designed in the ‘60s with huge American engine used to be a rich person’s plaything - a fourth or fifth car to round out that empty space in their 10-car garage. However, this Backdraft Cobra replica represents so much more, since it’s within reach of the everyman’s bank account, not to mention faster than anything made by Carroll Shelby in the 20th century.
Read MoreAfter my cry for help last month wherein I described how my life had slipped into a greasy wrench-a-thon, all but entirely devoid of human contact, many readers came to my aid to suggest a way out. And now, thanks to you, I’ve got a wrenching plan for 2016.
Read MoreWhether we like it or not, cars are becoming faster and harder to handle without computer intervention butting in more times than an in-law at a cheap wedding. That’s why it’s a breath of fresh air to know that focused driver’s cars like this spectacular BMW E90 M3 are still within the budget of most reasonable car nuts, but not for long.
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