During a Pentagon press briefing today, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford said that the U.S. military will drastically accelerate attacks on ISIS where it may hurt them the most strategically: in cyberspace.
Read MoreThe C-130 is one of the most versatile aircraft ever created, and its low-level flying capabilities are well known. This video, shot somewhere in Alaska, shows the “Herkybird” doing its low-level thing in the most dramatic fashion, skimming at high-speed just feet above ground.
Read MoreToday President Obama awarded Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers Jr. with the United States’ highest military award, the Medal Of Honor, at a White House ceremony.
Read MoreVladimir Putin loves to check out and even ride in the different vehicles that make up Russia’s national security arsenal. Yet we have never seen him alongside one of Russia’s most garish vehicles, the Federal Security Services “Punisher” or “Chastiser” armored car, until now.
Read MoreA trio of B-52H Stratofortresses and some 200 support personnel from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana are headed to Spain. From there, the iconic bombers will take part in Norway’s large-scale international military exercise dubbed “Cold Response.”
Read MoreThis awesome interactive map shows China’s emerging area denial and anti-access military capabilities in the South China Sea. It is useful in visually tracking China’s progress towards creating an overlapping field of control over a vast majority of the area.
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force has given us our first glimpse of what will hopefully become American’s next stealth bomber. Originally designated the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), the aircraft will now be called the B-21. Why is this announcement today such a big deal? Because it’s as much about the B-21's struggle to even get built as it as about what it could mean for America’s defense apparatus.
Read MoreThis is the B-21, formerly known as the Long Range Strike Bomber, or LRS-B for short. It’s the first all-new American heavy bomber in decades, and it’s supposed to fly alongside and could eventually replace the B-52, which has been a mainstay of every major American conflict since the 1950s.
Read MoreThe Marine Corps faces serious challenges with its aging CH-53E Super Stallion fleet. The huge and complex aircraft are decades old and tired from 15 years of war. A replacement is on the way, the CH-53K King Stallion, although it is behind schedule and still years away from becoming operational. Yet according to a recent report, the Suprr Stallion fleet is in shockingly poor shape.
Read MoreRussia’s Alfa Class fast attack submarine was the SR-71 of the undersea world during the Cold War. The Alfas were largely constructed of titanium, used a liquid-metal cooled nuclear powerplant to obtain extreme speeds, and could reach depths far deeper than their competitors. Now Russia is floating the idea of building a modernized version of the design, one that leverages 40 years in technological advancement to take combat submarine automation to a whole new level.
Read MoreAfter years of infighting, the U.S. Air Force finally gave in and spared the A-10 Warthog from the slaughterhouse. The alarming part is that it took a new war and a looming Cold War for the jet’s masters to acquiesce, and they still plan on to begin killing the respected attack aircraft far before most realize.
Read MoreSeriously, if you are looking for a good used F-4, you need to go see Cal. He has lightly used Phantoms, some of them with MiG kills, for outrageous prices and he is even throwing in free Sidewinders and burner can inspections and liquid oxygen top-offs for a year. Aspiring South American dictators with border problems welcome!
Read MoreTensions on the Korean Peninsula are higher today than they have been in decades, and the head of U.S. forces in Korea made it crystal clear to the Senate Armed Services Committee precisely what is at stake: Kim Jong Un, by his own words, would indeed use Weapons of Mass Destruction if his regime were threatened.
Read MoreTunnels under the Gaza Strip’s borders have been used to smuggle everything from food to cocaine to cars to feed the Palestinian economy. But Hamas, the Palestinian group that rules over Gaza, has used tunnels to launch surprise attacks on Israeli territory in the past. Now, Israeli residents are saying they hear scratching, hammering, and drilling going on underneath their own homes, and the noises they’re recording sound incredibly creepy.
Read MoreIt has been one of the most controversial aspects of the War On Terror. For some it has been a place that is a symbol of injustice conveyed at the hands of the U.S. government’s security apparatus, and for others it is a necessary installation to stash those who pose the most danger to America. Either way, President Obama seeks to make good on his campaign promise to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) once and for all. He announced his detailed plan today.
Read MoreSaudi Arabia has been looking for ways to increase its involvement in Syria with plans ranging from a full-on ground war to just sending jets to Turkey. As Russia escalates it bombardment of groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Saudi Foreign Minister floated the idea of arming rebels with shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, which is a strategy we’ve seen used against the Russian Air Force in the past—to great effect.
Read MoreIt’s short but very sweet. The video below depicts what has to be the best B-2 Spirit flyby ever. It looks like this was taken at Northrop’s installation at Plant 42 in the early 1990s, and it’s awesome to watch.
Read MoreThe Navy’s squadrons have turned out better and better videos lately but this one by VFA-154 “Black Knights” set to Lil John’s “Turn Down For What” is exceptionally well done. Strafing, firing missiles, super intense low-level flights, hard maneuvering and gorgeous backdrops make this video seriously pop off the screen.
Read MoreThe Predator unmanned aircraft system and the Hellfire missile were the right technologies at the right time for an America that had just declared war against terror following the horrific events of September 11. Just over six months before planes slammed into the Twin Towers, Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, the Predator had gone from aerial intelligence collection asset to flying assassin.
Read MorePoland loves to show off its soviet-era MiG-29 Fulcrum fleet, and this extremely low-level flyby is just wild. The hurtling Fulcrum, with its signature RD33 engine-smoke trails tracing its flight-path, disappears seemingly just as fast as it appeared.
Read MoreA U.S. Navy supercarrier underway is a powerful sight, but this helicopter crew’s video of their trip around the ship with its deck packed with the aircraft of Carrier Air Wing Five as the giant vessel carves through the sea is pretty damn awe inspiring.
Read MoreThe Republic of Korea Army is on a constant wartime footing. Its inventory of heavy armor is substantial, with 2,500 tanks and nearly as many tracked fighting vehicles, many of which are of indigenous design. The dramatic footage below shows the 20th Mechanized Infantry Division with hundreds of pieces of armor readying for action during war game dubbed aptly “Iron Wave.”
Read MoreWe often talk about how fast things can go from normal to catastrophic when it comes to flying, but hearing and seeing are two different things. This video, shot from inside the cabin of a CH-46 Phrog during departure from a Landing Helicopter Dock underlines this reality in spectacular fashion.
Read MoreWith technology that had never been seen before, the U.S. Air Force went to amazing lengths to keep the stealth F-117 Nighthawk program under tight wraps during the 1980s. As the program matured into an operational force, deploying F-117s in small numbers became a real possibility. But maintaining the aircraft’s veil of secrecy while doing so was uncharted territory. Enter the “Klingon Cloaking Device,” a ruse that would help prove such deployments could work.
Read MoreWhat appears to be a Russian news crew put their camera drone up in the air to capture BMD-21 Grad artillery rockets being fired in Syria. The result very well may be the closest anything has filmed artillery rockets while flying through the air in a war zone—and survived to show the results.
Read MoreThe USMC is in Norway for exercise Cold Response and for other cold weather combat and logistical training with their Norwegian counterparts. During their deployment, Marine tankers get to train for fighting in frigid environments, where their tracks that usually can take them nearly anywhere can turn their tanks into hockey pucks when they hit icy ground.
Read MoreShortly after President Barack Obama took office, plans were drawn up to unleash absolute hell on parts of Iran’s power grid, air defense system, communications and command and control apparatus via a series of coordinated cyber attacks, according to a new report in The New York Times.
Read MoreBack in January, the U.S. accidentally ended up shipping a Hellfire ground attack missile, full of sensitive missile technology, to Cuba. Oops! Cuba just gave it back, after a month of holding onto it.
Read MoreF-22A Raptors have shown up at Osan Air Base in South Korea, just as Foxtrot Alpha predicted. The deployment of a quartet of the stealthy super-fighters comes as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the North’s most recent rocket test.
Read MoreThe first steps to fortify China’s growing island empire in the South China Sea are underway as a pair of HQ-9 missile batteries have appeared on Woody Island, located in the northern portion of the South China Sea. This is the same highly developed island that has received major airfield upgrades and J-11 fighter aircraft recently.
Read MoreJust yesterday Foxtrot Alpha gave the world its first glimpse of DARPA’s submarine hunting unmanned drone ship. Now the Pentagon’s “bleeding-edge” research and development arm has followed suit, showing new angles of the ship on its Instagram account.
Read MoreIt’s easy to think that the era of naval gunfire is long past, but that isn’t the case. With new shells, larger guns, and the soon-to-be-operational electromagnetic rail gun, a renaissance in naval gunfire is underway. Even without these advancements, existing U.S. surface combatants still pack a decent gunpowder-derived punch.
Read MoreRussian bombing of battle scarred Syrian city of Aleppo has hit an all time high as Assad regime forces make big gains on the ground. Now even cluster bombs, meant to attack large formations of troops in the open, are being dropped on the sprawling metropolis that two million Syrians once called home.
Read MoreThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s initiative to build a long-endurance unmanned ship that will hunt and track the quietest submarines on Earth has come to fruition. The image above is the first glimpse ever of the potentially revolutionary Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel or ACTUV, also known as Sea Hunter.
Read MoreBritish Army and Royal Marine engineers had relied on FV180 Combat Engineering Tractor for four decades prior to 2013, but that began to change just a few years ago. BAe Systems’ ridiculously versatile, and rapidly transportable combat engineering vehicle named the Terrier has taken over the role, and it’s not just a combat-engineering vehicle—it’s also a transformer.
Read MoreChanges are already underway following Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s attempt to reboot the anti-ISIS coalition while in Brussels. Saudi fighter jets will be heading to Turkey, and a Turkish-Saudi ground offensive in Syria looks like it could be a real possibility—an idea that Russia despises.
Read MoreThe Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and the Army Air Corps have shrunk dramatically over the last decade, but the recent Strategic Defense and Security Review has ordered the UK begin to reinvest heavily into its air arms. Our good friends from Contemporary Issues and Geography have made this awesome graphic showing all the aircraft and units of the UK’s air arms as they stand today.
Read MoreNow that Iran is sitting on a pile of cash and the import ban on conventional military hardware has been partially lifted following the nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic is looking to replace its hodgepodge of vintage military hardware. This may soon include producing Russian Su-30 multi-role fighters and T-90 tanks within their own borders.
Read MoreRussian scientists want to modify existing intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver a nuclear warhead that will supposedly obliterate near-earth asteroids that measure up to 50 meters across. They want to test this capability against Apophis, a well known near-earth asteroid that will pass close to Earth in 2036.
Read MoreRussia and the Assad regime have been tightening the noose around the sprawling and long embattled northwest Syrian city of Aleppo, creating a whole new surge of refugees escaping the violence. Today Russia also claimed USAF Warthogs bombed the city which is supposedly devoid of ISIS fighters while also warning of world war should Arab troops invade Syria.
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter seems to get the reality that the so-called “coalition” of 66 countries that are supposedly fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria is a sham. Most of these countries are contributing nothing to the fight and many that once did have ceased doing so. This week, he will attempt to do something about it, which could also signal a much needed-shift in America’s ISIS strategy.
Read MoreWe have “flown” with the Blue Angels, the Patrouille Suisse and even in a P-51 alongside an F-22 using 360° video technology. Now we get to see the what it’s like being launched off an aircraft carrier and flying at high-speed over the desert floor in an F/A-18 Hornet.
Read MoreFinland may not be a member of NATO, but it sure is becoming more closely aligned with the organization since Russia became a more belligerent power. Now, in an unprecedented deployment, F-15C/Ds from the 123rd Fighter Squadron home based in Portland, Oregon will descend on Rissala, Finland for cooperative aerial exercises.
Read MoreThe venerable Huey is still hard at work for the Pentagon. The USAF in particular continues to operate a fleet of 59 UH-1Ns primarily as missile silo tenders and security aircraft for America’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles located in North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. The type is also used for transporting VIPs around Washington DC.
Read MoreThis summer, the U.S. army is taking its next steps towards instituting autonomous military vehicles by dispatching a convoy of self-driving trucks on a highway in Michigan to test vehicle-to-infrastructure technology, Automotive News reports. That’s right: huge, self-driving trucks will be driving on public roads.
Read MoreA U.S. Navy supercarrier’s 5,500-plus person crew exists to do one thing: to consistently put aircraft into the air and safely recover them after they launch. In order to make this happen, there exists a small army of flight deck facilitators, and each individual has their own role primarily designated by the color of the shirt they wear.
Read MoreFor art history majors, this is exciting news. No longer do we have to desperately hope some established curator will die, or, even worse, accept a rich, rewarding career in auto journalism. We can become national security advisors, like the one Ted Cruz has.
Read MoreFinally! Some hero did the inevitable and mounted a GoPro on the main rotor hub of a helicopter, and not just any helicopter but a Russian-built Mi-8 Hip. It gives an incredibly intimate but dizzying view of of the hodgepodge of bolts, plates and actuators that keep a helicopter thumping away through the air.
Read MoreJust as expected, North Korea executed another long-range rocket launch on Saturday morning. The Hermit Kingdom says the rocket’s mission was to put its so-called “Shining Star No. 4 earth viewing satellite” into low-earth orbit, and it looks like they did just that.
Read MoreRussia has moved its most capable operational fighter aircraft, the Su-35S derivative of the Flanker family of combat aircraft, to its airfield outpost in Syria. Now, video has been released showing these aircraft operating from the base while loaded with air-to-air missiles.
Read MoreMost ads aren’t designed to break big news, but Northrop Grumman has been in the habit of using dramatic commercials to bring us surprise details on its vision for America’s air combat future. The company’s latest one gives us one of the best looks yet at their evolving sixth-generation fighter concept.
Read MoreAn epic Super Friends team of federal, state and municipal law enforcement outfits has converged on the San Francisco Bay Area to watch you watch the Super Bowl. Here’s a big breakdown of everything Department Of Homeland Security and scores of other agencies are doing to keep tabs on the area.
Read MoreAt roughly 62 feet long and 64 feet wide, there were a lot of things the “Big Fighter” F-14 Tomcat could do very well. However, there were certain maneuvers that were prohibited because it would have been too dangerous. Most of them make sense when you think about it. Of course, there was always a Maverick who wanted to push the envelope to see what the jet could do.
Read MoreThe 8th Fighter Wing “Wolf Pack” based at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea put on a rare early morning “elephant walk” sortie generation exercise earlier this week. The idea behind the drill is to push ground crews to their limits by making them prep as many combat-ready jets as possible at short notice. The result is this dramatic image.
Read MoreAlthough Lockheed’s “Have Blue” prototype that eventually led to the F-117 Nighthawk is widely recognized as the grand daddy of stealth technology, Northrop’s Tacit Blue, aka “The Whale,” demonstrator arguably had an even greater impact on the future of stealth. Now, by clicking here you virtually tour the cockpit of this bizarre flying machine.
Read MoreRussia’s economy might be completely imploding, but good strongmen always find new and potentially terrifying ways of distracting from all that. One of those ways is, of course, ramping up military activity that freaks everyone out.
Read MoreSecretary of Defense Ash Carter has been busy highlighting key pieces of the Pentagon’s upcoming budget that will be published on February 9th. One of the primary items identified in it is the development of an aerial arsenal ship.
Read MoreWe love maps and infographics at Foxtrot Alpha, and animated ones are that much better. The video below depicting the expansion of ISIS controlled territory over time is especially interesting. After explosive expansion in 2013-2014, now it seems that when any territory is taken back from the Islamic State they just expand elsewhere.
Read MoreYesterday Hamas unveiled their own tank, supposedly made partially of captured Israeli tank components, during a memorial procession for seven fighters killed in a tunnel collapse in Gaza. Yet upon closer inspection, the tank in question is more movie prop than war wagon.
Read MoreTo keep the Raptor’s radar signature at a minimum, small doors and vents appear seemingly out of nowhere during certain functions, reminding us that a fighter jet still lies beneath its spaceship-like appearance. Its startup sequence also looks and sounds like something out of science fiction.
Read MoreIt sounds like the most American thing you can imagine: a majestic bald eagle, swooping out of the sky to seize an evil terrorist drone in its mighty talons, shortly before downing a burger and landing in a Trans Am, and doing a burnout. Well, this is all happening in the Netherlands. Except for the burger and Trans Am part.
Read MoreBobby Triantos loves flying and driving. One he does for a living, currently over the embattled skies of Afghanistan, the other he does for pleasure. His work ride is the deadliest attack helicopter on the planet; the other is an icon for Porsche lovers, a 1973 911 Carrera. Luckily for us, he takes great photos and video of both.
Read MoreRussia has big designs on the Arctic. Its forces have been very active in the inhospitable region over the last few years, showing off their high-tech gear and ability to deploy rapidly to the harsh environment. Now it appears they are also preparing to operate on the other end of the spectrum, taking up local nomadic people’s modes of survival and transportation.
Read MoreLast week the world mourned for the 1986 explosion of the Challenger space shuttle that claimed seven lives. Today, we mark the 13th anniversary of Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia’s breakup upon reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.
Read MoreThe BMW 2 Series might be the purest driver’s car in the BMW stable. What do you need to know before you buy a 2 Series? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreFor me it started with the wooden steering wheel. Something about that lacquer, smooth and grippy at the same time. It dug up old memories of a pool cue, from this time I was just out adolescence, hanging with my friends at a grown-up bar, trying to get some girl’s attention. That’s what it does. It feels like the best part of a bygone era, like pure nostalgia and positivity.
Read MoreThe new BMW M4 GTS is almost hilariously expensive, nearly $100,000 more expensive than a base BMW M4. Part of the justification for the price comes down to a trick water injection system that blows from the car’s butt up its nose.
Read MoreThe 2002 Turbo. The original E30 M3. The 1M Coupe. Clearly BMW has a long and distinguished history of producing some of the best performance cars on the planet. But the brand has also been guilty of producing some very… shall we say, lackluster people-carriers over the last few years.
Read MoreFinally, here’s an i8 from BMW wearing a warm color. It will have to be faster than the silver ones, no question about it. It’s called Protonic Red, and that can’t be slow.
Read MoreIf you want McLaren Special Operations to convert your “regular” McLaren P1 into something like you see above, the company will charge you approximately £220,000. Not that it matters, but for the price of those body panels and MSO’s time, you could also buy an open top 650S. Worth it?
Read MoreAMG does a twin-turbo V6 C-Class Coupé with 362 hp, all-wheel drive and a nine-speed automatic for those who can’t afford a V8 C63. The new C43 Coupe will be followed by a whole series of “43" AMG models, because AMG is now the new BMW M.
Read MoreThe Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is basically a tall Lancer hatchback, and if you can score one cheap enough, it might be worth a look. What do you need to know before you buy a Mitsubishi Outlander Sport? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreWe’re huge “fans” of Mansory here at Jalopnik, but our company bank account is unfortunately not as huge as prominent London billionaire James Stunt’s. That’s why he has a 830 horsepower Mansory Aventador J.S.1 Edition, and we don’t.
Read MoreThe Mitsubishi Outlander is a three-row crossover that everyone forgets even exists, but it actually offers outstanding value. What do you need to know before you buy a Mitsubishi Outlander? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreVolvo “officially” came out with the first “official” pictures of its “official” new wagon, the 2017 Volvo V90, earlier today. And while it looks fine and handsome for a wagon, it could definitely use a pick-me-up. Especially in the wagon part of the wagon. This render is pretty much exactly what we were thinking.
Read MoreFor years it seemed real, resplendent American luxury—the kind with big, cushy, quiet, opulent cruisers—seemed destined to die like the dinosaurs. But the new Cadillac CT6 proves it can be done in a smart, modern, high-tech and fun way. What do you need to know before you buy a CT6? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreIf you’ve been following these pages closely, you know everything about the 2017 Volvo V90 already. But now, we got fresh pictures of your 410 horsepower all-wheel drive Swedish wagon.
Read MoreWe’ve been expecting greatness since we first heard about the 575 horsepower Jaguar F-Type SVR that’s coming in 2016. Now it sounds like our faith will be justified; the car supercharged V8 AWD car will hit 200 MPH.
Read MoreThe Lexus RC looks like a sports car, but drives like a limousine. It’s comfort over performance, and the price tag is hard to swallow. What do you need to know before you buy a Lexus RC? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Volvo V60 and V60 Cross Country are the nerds of the automobile kingdom. What do you need to know before you buy a Volvo V60? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe all-new Cadillac XT5 is the American luxury brand’s revamp of its old, decrepit SRX midsize luxury crossover, which just so happens to be the brand’s best selling model. The new XT5 is lighter, roomier, and far more attractive for just about the same price as what it replaces.
Read More1. The first thing you need to know about the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse — the fastest convertible in the world with a 254 mph top speed — is that it is difficult to drive. Not because of its immense horsepower, or its gargantuan price tag, but because of other people.
Read MoreUsually when a car gets as many mid-life updates as the Infiniti Q50 is getting for 2016, it happens when said car is a complete and total failure, in desperate need of revamping to revive its fortunes. That isn’t the case with the Q50; it was always a decent car, just not a great one, and up against some of the fiercest competition around.
Read MoreThe Lincoln MKT is a weird looking, tall Ford Taurus wagon that nobody’s buying. And that’s kinda sad, because it’s actually a good value. What do you need to know before you buy a Lincoln MKT? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreIf you’ve got a bunch of kids but you live in a congested city, you’re not going to want to run around in a giant Chevy Suburban. Instead, you’ll want something a little more compact like the Kia Sorento, Land Rover Discovery Sport, Acura MDX and the rest of the cars on this list of moderately-sized people-haulers.
Read MoreThe Mazda CX-9 is a mid-size crossover that thinks it’s a sports sedan. What do you need to know before you buy a Mazda CX-9? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe hard part about loving cars is that people who hate cars keep asking you what car they should buy.
Read MoreWe’ve seen it before. A company on what looks to be its last legs, deprived of all development cash, just seems to give up. In the absence of a brand-new model, they just do, well, nothing. We’ve seen it happen with Mitsubishi, Scion, Isuzu, and a few others, and it leads to inevitable death. We almost saw it happen with Volvo, but with the V60 Cross Country, the company just refuses to die.
Read MoreThe Volvo S60 is among the most conservative luxury sedans you can buy, but it’s also handsome and packed with plenty of tech and safety features. What do you need to know before you buy a Volvo S60? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreHello readers and welcome to today’s round of Letters to Doug. I’m your host, Doug, and today I will be responding to Letters. Actually, just one letter, like usual. Don’t get your hopes up.
Read MoreA Subaru Outback is a solid option for people wanting the capability and cargo capacity of an SUV without the carbon footprint. What do you need to know before you buy a Subaru Outback? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreHello ladies and gentlemen of Jalopnik and welcome to Friday, where it’s my honor to present to you Letters to Doug, a weekly column wherein you write Doug letters, and Doug reads them at 2 a.m. while eating Cheetos in his underwear, wondering where his life went wrong.
Read MoreThe BMW X6 is an X5 with its butt cut off. What it lacks in practicality it makes up for in bizarre proportionality, but we can’t help but admire its audaciousness. What do you need to know before you buy a BMW X6? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreThe Mercedes CLA might be the most expensive looking car you can buy for the least amount of coin. What do you need to know before you buy a Mercedes CLA? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in the Ultimate Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreQuite possibly the most fantastically invisible car on sale today, the Toyota Avalon, is in my hands. What do you want to know about it?
Read MoreThe Volvo XC70 is a high-riding, safe, family-oriented wagon that Volvo wants you to think is rugged and definitely not just a minivan with normal doors. What do you need to know before you buy a Volvo XC70? Don’t worry, we’ll tell you everything right here in our Buyer’s Guide.
Read MoreIf you ever wanted a graphic demonstration of wicked, terminal understeer—here you go. This is a Volvo V60 Cross Country that my coworker Mike Ballaban was driving last week out in the snow.
Read MoreHello, good people of Jalopnik, and welcome to Letters to Doug, your weekly break from rational reality. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Letters to Doug, here’s how it works: you send me letters, and I reply to them. Occasionally, my replies make sense.
Read MoreVolvo was one of the first out the gate with this whole crossover trend, back when it had the V70 XC in the 1990s, which was just based on a regular wagon. Most crossovers since have gotten more SUV- and van-like, but Volvo’s stayed true to its roots with this, the 2016 Volvo V60 Cross Country. And I kinda like it.
Read MoreIn celebration of Presidents’ Day, Feb. 15, our founding fathers would probably prefer you to actually pay attention to the issues in our next election. But buying a car is more fun, and you will do much better if you start your shopping in advance.
Read MoreThe Morgan Motor Company, known for its vintage-looking wooden roadsters and 3-wheelers seeming like something straight out the First World War, has unveiled its all-electric EV3. The ultimate representation of the last century of motoring is finally here.
Read MoreChiron, the Bugatti Veyron’s long-anticipated successor to the throne of Bestest Car In The Whole World, is finally here. Like its predecessor, it’s a technical triumph, a pinnacle of automotive engineering, and I think it looks much better, too. Too bad it’s still completely fucking stupid.
Read MoreThe Jalopnik commentariat knowledge base never ceases to amaze! Today Jason asked what those weird bumper overrider things were on vintage cars, and then he got an answer.
Read MoreThe new Mansory 4XX Siracusa is a Ferrari 488 with an engine tune up to 790 horsepower. Man, I have never doubted if I wanted a 790 horsepower car before.
Read MoreToday’s bullshit 25 Year Rule stems from a huge glut of German cars getting brought into America as grey imports with notoriously questionable modifications to meet US safety standards.
Read MoreThe Ford EcoSport might be coming to America. I regularly see these things running around Texas with Mexican plates, and I can tell you we have exactly nothing to be excited about.
Read MoreWhen I was looking for something rare and interesting, I went after a Volvo 480 Turbo. There’s good reason for it. This was Volvo’s most daring car: futuristic, tuned by Porsche, and now completely overlooked.
Read MoreWhen you write about cars, or bike, you aren’t stuck behind a desk all day. You have to get out and do stuff. And when speed is involved, shit can happen.
Read MoreOn the surface, Mercedes’ AMG division is still doing the same thing it has always done: sell the fastest and most expensive Mercedes available. But look a little deeper and you’ll see that something has changed.
Read MoreI’m very fond of the Subaru 360. It’s the perfect car for people who see a VW Beetle and think, “I love it, but can I get something smaller, slower, less safe, and with much less luggage room?” It’s a little charming kook of a car, and the kookiest kook is the Young SS sporty version.
Read MoreFirst year Chevettes had the big block option of a 1.6 liter single-overhead-cam engine from Isuzu, which were rated at 62 horsepower at the crank. But how much of that goes to the rear wheels today?
Read MoreToday, overlooked supercars like the Jaguar XJ220 and Bugatti EB110 are finally getting some of the recognition they deserve. But not all supercars are so well appreciated.
Read MoreBecause I’m a man with deep, disturbing problems, I was doing some research into taillights for an upcoming story when I found this patent. As a taillight fetishist, (if we were like Furries, we’d be called Taillies, but I don’t want to fuck a taillight) I was interested. I don’t think I was ready for the gloriously awful ideas inside, though.
Read MoreThis is a 1976 Chevrolet Chevette. It was a sales success for General Motors, which is almost shocking today because it is unbelievable how bad it was.
Read MoreWhile this photo could make anyone want to put the pedal to the floor in its featured car, it’s sure to make any passerby put the brakes on themselves to get a look—pretty much like the modern Chevrolet Corvette does in real life, too.
Read MoreToday Sean MacDonald bared his mancrush on Ryan Reynolds; the actor who plays Deadpool in, uh, Deadpool, and apparently loves motorcycles, which he talks about in this neat video. Reynolds has other fans and haters too, who mixed it up together in our comments section today.
Read MoreEarlier today, my honorable colleague by the name of Freddy “Tavarish” Hernandez said that wrapping your car in a giant advertisement is an “awesome idea.” Freddy “Tavarish” Hernandez is wrong. Remarkably wrong. So wrong it hurts my goddamn face.
Read MoreSo, I had a weird idea. And, like with pretty much every weird idea I have that’s not too obscene and sort of automotive-related, I’m sharing it with you: what if I drew four-stroke car engines using only four strokes? Well, we needn’t wonder any more, because I tried it.
Read MoreThis is the Lamborghini story like you’ve never heard it before: from the son of Ferruccio, Tonino Lamborghini, the kid sitting at the dinner table.
Read MorePerhaps you’ve already heard, but the American hero better known as P.W. Herman has his first actual new movie coming out since Big Top Pee-Wee back in 1988. Not too surprisingly, there looks to be a really interesting collection of cars in this new, Netflix-produced adventure.
Read MoreThere’s a weird phenomenon that occurs only with some cars, which is that the people that like certain cars, and the people that actually own those cars, couldn’t be further apart.
Read MoreTop Gear, as we know it, is now off the air. A replacement show, with a new format and a different cast, is coming out God knows when. The original guys are making the transition to Amazon, but their show, too, seems like a long way off. So if you’re like me, you’re having withdrawals.
Read MoreWh-wh-what am I looking at? That’s what you’re probably stammering right now, soaked in sweat, and, if so equipped, possible sporting the most disturbing confusion-boner you’ve ever had. A little car. Looks like a GM T-car platform. With a... a... G...M...C... badge? What the fuck is happening to me?
Read MoreThere’s a reason why Bobby Ewing drove an R107 Mercedes SL. It’s because it was the best of the best all the way from 1972 to 1989, thanks to a group of brilliant engineers working hard to come up with elegant solutions for difficult problems set by American politics.
Read MoreLife is too short to drive boring cars. But when you drive a car that’s rare, old, bizarre, poorly designed or just downright atypical, your trips may not always go smoothly.
Read MoreThe truth is a lot of people out there who think they know everything there is to know about the functionality of a car, or the story behind a company—or anything in car culture—probably subscribe, either knowingly or unknowingly, to some bullshit. Especially everybody in the YouTube comments.
Read MoreI swear to god if I hear one more person explain how they drove their car faster by double clutching I will tear my ears off.
Read MoreWhen I go on a game show like The Price Is Right, I’d really prefer to walk away with a very fast six-figure sports car instead of some horrible dining room set. Thank god there’s Dream Car Week, and it kicked off today with one woman locking down a 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT Coupe.
Read MoreThe band OK Go is probably best known for their complex, mind-twisting videos that make virologists wonder how they lost control of the word “viral.” Their latest video for the song Upside Down & Inside Out was shot entirely in an airplane flying in huge, zero-gravity simulating parabolas, and it’s astounding. The co-director, Trish Sie, told us how she did it in her own words.
Read MoreI’m going to go out on a limb and say that a safe 102% of the readers of this site are fans of both cars and a vast and disgusting variety of sexual acts. And that’s great. My stand on cars is well established (quite pro) and when it comes to sex, I can’t think of a more enjoyable way to get the maximum genetic diversity to my offspring. Plus, it gives my genitals something to do other than pee all the time, which any old stupid catheter could do, and probably better.
Read MoreEarly Volkswagen buses are kind of a big deal. The older they get, the more rare and valuable they become—a group of fanatics even airlifted a rusted-out 1954 model from a forest one time—and this redesign concept of the T1 pays good homage to the original.
Read MoreWith Valentine’s Day coming up, finding the right words is crucial. Sometimes, it can be hard for us car enthusiasts to find partners who relate to our love of racing, speed and hard-to-fix mechanical problems. To help you out, here are some valentines that may explain your passion to your sweetheart—and your feelings, too.
Read MoreIt’s almost Valentine’s Day, so if you’ve forgotten to do anything nice for your partner, here’s your warning. Get your ass in gear. If it helps get you in the mood, consider this: was one of the loveliest cars ever made, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, named for Juliet? You know, Juliet Capulet?
Read MoreYesterday, I reported about how neighbors near Apple’s secret car-making lab were reporting “motor noises” late at night. Since electric cars, like what Apple is assumed to be working on, are pretty silent, this is puzzling. I speculated that maybe Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive was working on his sand rail in there, which is where the trouble started.
Read MoreRubber bands have long been known to be one of the cheapest, most accessible ways to transform potential energy into kinetic energy. You probably have some within two feet of you right now. Incredibly, a number of years ago, a fast loon named Ron Main built the biggest rubber band-powered car ever and took it to the Bonneville Salt Flats. And it needed a “fluffer.”
Read MoreThis is a first-generation Lexus GS300, only better in many ways. For starters, it’s called the Landau. No relation to the vinyl roof on your Cadillac (or Camry.)
Read MoreToday we witnessed the eyeball-sucking experience of a Top Fuel dragster run from the cockpit. But the idea of driving one of these things is even more amazing if you stop and think about what’s at work here.
Read MoreWhen it comes to sucking fuel and air into an engine, there’s nothing I love more than a good intake manifold. But that doesn’t mean they’re not occasionally terrifying. Which is what leads me to wonder: is there a scarier-looking intake manifold than the one on the Nissan/Infiniti 4.5-liter V8 engine?
Read MoreI was researching something else when I fell down this particular rabbit hole, but I’m pretty intrigued by what I found here: it’s from a 1953 Beetle luggage accessories flyer, but what I’m most curious about is that wireframe luggage tester thing there. Did that exist outside of a drawing?
Read MoreOne of my absolute favorite things about this job are our readers. Sure, sometimes it’s like having someone stand behind you all day reminding you what an idiot you are, but more often it’s just great interactions with people who love cars. And they’re doing fun stuff with a model of my car.
Read MoreA little blasphemy every now and again can be good. There’s nothing wrong with trying to upend the natural order of things.
Read MoreNormalcy is highly overrated. This is especially true in cars.
Read MoreAs the sun sets on Super Bowl Sunday, here’s a bit of a peaceful break from your football-filled timelines and lives—courtesy of the open road and a Subaru.
Read MoreThis year is a big one for the Super Bowl. It marks the 50th playing of the game (meaning it’s just a few years older than Broncos starting quarterback Peyton Manning, who breaks a record this year for being old.) A lot of history went down the year of the first Super Bowl, especially in the car industry.
Read MoreI’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good writer. And I plan on finding out what that is.
Read MoreA good while ago, I made a little quiz of car-based haikus, and I happened to find the old file when I accidentally knocked my hard drive over and spilled hot data all over my desk. The haikus were still pretty fun, so, what the hell, let’s do it again.
Read MoreWhen talking about a car, there’s almost always two questions that come up first: where is the engine located, and which of the wheels are driven? For enthusiasts, that sweet spot has almost always been front engine, rear-wheel drive. Most cars today are front engine, front-wheel drive, and I’m personally partial to the rear/rear combo in an old Beetle or a Porsche 911. But what about the rear engine, front-wheel drive cars?
Read MoreScion is dead, and while we’re all clearly thinking about that a lot today, it’s not like we’re in mourning. If anything, the only thing worth mourning is the concept of what Scion could have been, but never quite was. So let’s go through and rank all of the cars that never quite were.
Read MoreFerrari had a rough go of it in the stock market today, but that’s alright. Lots of companies have a rough go of it in the market every day. Thankfully, Ferrari Chairman Sergio Marchionne basically said that no matter how rough it gets, we won’t have a Ferrari SUV. But some commenters don’t think that’s enough.
Read MoreYou buy a car with so much promise in mind. A way to get around. A fun weekend toy. A project to mold into your dream ride. But then it all goes to complete shit, and you are left with nothing but an empty wallet and broken dreams.
Read MoreA CarMax employee, 43 year-old Warren Smale, was killed when the Corvette being test-driven by 28 year-old Alex Demetro crashed into a tree on Tuesday, at a CarMax dealership in Ontario, California.
Read MoreA wreck in South Beach Miami apparently involving an Uber driver and the Pagani Huayra owned by Kris Singh left the latter down a wheel, marking the first time a $1.4 million (that’s a low estimate) Huayra bit the dust in America. Pour one out for this special machine.
Read MoreThe last place you want to crash your vehicle is in front of a bunch of fellow car enthusiasts. Or a police officer. Or both. But that’s just what some people go out and do, messing up a perfectly good Cars and Coffee event while they’re at it.
Read MoreAn assault that started in a Baltimore bar early Saturday morning made its way out onto the street, resulting in a minivan driver speeding into other vehicles and at least one person along the sidewalk, according to video and accounts from police.
Read MoreThis immaculate ‘32 Ford ended up bashed in, TMZ reports because its driver, American Hot Rod star Duane Mayer, got so drunk he fell out of the driver’s seat while the car was doing 25 miles an hour.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson and the BBC got sued for £100,000, or roughly $140,000, in the wake of his punching of Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon. The parties just settled the case, and not only is Tymon reported to be getting even more than that (congrats), he also got a rather kind apology from Clarkson.
Read MoreRory Reid is one of Top Gear’s six new presenters (or seven if The Stig counts), and he’s probably the one you’ve never heard of. Fear not, here’s all you need to know.
Read MoreChris Harris is in Top Gear. Chris Harris is in Top Gear. Chris Harris is in Top Gear.
Read MoreEddie Jordan, a very rich man who once had his very own Formula One team and his very own mullet, and then who went to be an F1 analyst for the BBC when both of those collapsed, is said (?) to be one of the new hosts for Top Gear, according to a report from the Radio Times, joining a radio DJ and Joey from Friends.
Read MoreTop Gear’s new American presenter got a 1984 Nissan pickup truck from his dad as a first car, but since then he’s been stepping up his game, going through a couple of Ferraris before settling for a very scary Porsche. He also finds rear-engined cars to be the fastest.
Read MoreOh look, here’s Chris Harris hanging out at a Top Gear production meeting. I wonder if that has anything to do with anything.
Read MoreThe 1989 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth was built to compete in a compromised formula, Group A. According to Jalopnik science, all this means is that Ford should really turn the new Focus RS into a touring car already.
Read MoreThat guy who played the goofy one from Friends, also known as Matt LeBlanc, was today named as one of the new presenters of Top Gear alongside British radio DJ Chris Evans. Along with the Stig, that makes for three hosts. But according to our count, the final total amount of on-screen talent will be at least five.
Read MoreThe BBC will announce multiple new additions to the Top Gear team soon enough, but as we wait for Chris Harris and Sabine Schmitz to confirm our suspicions—or not—let’s have a look at how big a gearhead Matt LeBlanc really is.
Read MoreChris Harris? Sabine Schmitz? David Coulthard? Nope. Instead, it’s Joey Tribbiani’s time on Top Gear, ladies and gentlemen.
Read MoreFord Australia will only build 1,400 Falcon Sprints. 550 of those will be 435hp 4.0 Turbo XR6 models, while the remaining 850 XR8s will have 462hp supercharged 5.0 V8s up front. Ford is set to finish manufacturing in Australia in October.
Read MoreRumors of an 800 cc mill have been increasing over the last year or two from the Austrian brand, so much so that I was actually really disappointed last November when they weren’t released. Spy shots show the rumors were true, just my timing was a little off.
Read MoreHaving a well-stocked tool kit can be the difference between spending a few minutes and several hours on the side of the road when trouble strikes. Those boy scouts were onto something with that whole “being prepared” thing, so let’s see if we can come up with one toolkit to rule them all.
Read MoreCheckers or wreckers—that’s usually how it goes in racing. But sometimes you get both, like NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer did on Saturday night. While riding a Supercross bike.
Read MoreSeems like there are often NASCAR drivers in the pits and standing trackside at Supercross events, but this Saturday the two will pair for their first official partnership. And of course they’re making Danica hold the 30-second board.
Read MoreWatching motorcycle racing on television has never been easy, but the road racing governing bodies and the beIN Sports Network has just reached a deal to make that a whole lot easier for 2016.
Read MoreThere’s a common phrase in the bike world: “It isn’t that you haven’t crashed, it’s that you haven’t crashed yet.” The idea that all motorcyclists are likely to crash is a smart one that will likely help keep riders safe, but reminding each other of it all the time is rude, annoying, and drives us apart. Let’s break this down a bit.
Read MoreMotorcycle USA has been a staple in the motorcycle media field for 20 years. After this coming Friday, they will be no more. The only thing is, I’m not sure if this will make waves in the industry, or if it’s just a sign of things to come.
Read MoreIf you say you’ve never crashed, many people will say that you just haven’t crashed yet. Those people are assholes, but they’re also right. This past weekend, I got my number called—and I lived to tell the tale.
Read MoreThere are few things I’ve wanted to experience more on a motorcycle than riding to the tip of Baja, Mexico. Since I haven’t been able to make that dream a reality yet, watching other guys do it is always high on my list.
Read MoreThink doing 130 mile per hour laps around the Isle of Man is the scariest thing you can do on a motorcycle? It’s up there, but I’d take that over getting tossed into the muck of this vintage road race any day.
Read MoreDucati brass are not quite ready to confirm next year’s bike offerings, but they are saying that the Scrambler Ducati line is not done yet and they’re looking to go big or go home.
Read MoreWhen you have more money than you know what to do with, owning cool toys isn’t enough. You need to have something different, something special. For Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds, that’s this Triumph Thruxton, which he had customized by Kott Motorcycles.
Read MoreThe 2017 Victory Octane is the future of the American cruiser segment, at least if Polaris has anything to say about it. Gone are the days of the same old designs paired with the same old motors. Cruisers can be tough and modern and American, and Victory is pushing their chips all in.
Read MoreMaxwell Hazan ha built some of the most beautiful and recognizable motorcycles and his latest, “The Musket,” is certainly a looker. This short film shows some of the process of the bike being conceptualized and built.
Read MoreBell released information about the new Bell Star racing helmet last October, which has some incredible new features that make it the most important helmet to be released in decades. This new video for it explains more of the features and, more importantly, has some insanely beautiful riding shots.
Read MoreYes, that’s right. There’s a chance you might get to see Brad Pitt’s ass with a SAMCRO tattoo across it, coming to an FX screen near you soon. So help me God if Kurt Sutter kills him off though, that Opie nonesense was far enough.
Read MoreWith the 2016 Husqvarna 701 Supermoto, Husqvarna has created a true do-it-all road destroyer. I’ve never ridden a bike perfect for the twisties and urban settings that could also do freeway stints without brutalizing my body into a painkiller addiction. Then I finally got to throw a leg over the 701.
Read MoreThe 1970s is often called the era when the racing was dangerous and sex was safe, and no one lived that more than motorcycle racer and World Champion Barry Sheene. This new biopic seeks to capture his story to share it on the big screen.
Read MoreIf there is one thing I regret in life, it’s that I didn’t start riding a motorcycle or learning to drive well until my 20s. Fortunately, that won’t be a problem for these two, who will likely be passing me on the track before they’re age hits double digits.
Read MoreMartin Luther King, Jr. Day is a federal holiday that honors one of the most important and influential people in both the Civil Rights Movement and American history as a whole. So naturally, it makes sense to spend the entire day shutting down intersections, popping wheelies and running red lights on your motorcycle.
Read MoreIn 1991, Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM was forced into bankruptcy and a split into four independent companies. By 2015, it had fully risen from the ashes to become the best-selling European bike brand. How did that happen? One word: KISKA.
Read MoreUnfortunately, the nice folks at MotoCorsa’s Hello Scrambler didn’t make it to the finals to represent the U.S. in the Scrambler Ducati Custom Rumble bike build contest, but here are the bikes that did. All of them are pretty badass, some more than others.
Read MoreThe $400 K-5 is AGV’s “sport touring helmet,” which means it’s appropriate on most road-going motorcycles from basic uprights to screaming sportbikes. With a snap-down sun visor and space for an audio system, it’s got enough nice features to be interesting.
Read MoreThere is a reason why sportbikes are long, keep a lot of weight over the front, and have front ends that don’t turn a ton and have beefy steering stabilizers: it’s so you don’t kill yourself. But, if you’re going to kill yourself, doing it on a Ducati Panigale-powered Grom is a great way to do it.
Read MoreBooking a track day can be pretty intimidating, even for those of us who get to ride on a track fairly often. The genius behind SportbikeTrackGuide.com agrees with me, which is why he developed a site that aggregates all of the upcoming track day info into one place.
Read MoreElectric motorcycles are the future. They will offer far more performance, be far more reliable, and run for far longer on one fill-up... someday. That day isn’t today. But with the launch of the new Zero FXS and DSR, we may just be one step closer.
Read MoreThe custom motorcycle scene can often feel not very “custom,” with so many bikes looking like the same versions of one another. But every once in a while, we come across one that is so different or better, it stops us dead in our tracks. Such is the case with this Revival Cycles BMW Landspeeder.
Read MoreHard enduro riding is one of the craziest things you’ll ever see someone do on a motorcycle. It looks at things us mere mortals think are impossible and rides right over the top of them. Hard enduro contests get a bunch of these crazies together, try and find stuff even they can’t ride over, and then make it a race. Warning, this video will make you feel bad at riding motorcycles - but sane for not wanting to try this.
Read MoreThe hardest part about leaving any relationship is the memories—the thoughts of all the good times you’ve had together. The hardships, the triumphs.
Read MoreWheelie-ing an ATV down public roads in shorts, a t-shirt and sandals while your buddy films it is a terrible idea. Drifting into the oncoming lane so you can wheelie past your buddies is an even worse one. Most of you hopefully already know this, but this video is proof that some don’t.
Read MoreMotorcycles are one of the best things to ever happen to me. They’ve brought more fun, passion, people, interest, experiences, and growth into my life than a lot of things, and I bet many of you would say the same. But they’re worth different amounts to different people—and it’s time to stop letting that divide us.
Read MoreI just got home from riding the all-new 2016 Ducati XDiavel all around San Diego. My cruiser face is starting to dissipate and I’ve finally managed to turn off Nickelback radio, which means it’s time to get your questions in.
Read MoreYes, a Guinness World Record for the “fastest motorcycle wheelie on ice” exists. It stands a little over 128 mph, to be exact. And now Cecil “Bubba” Myers is putting screws into the tires on his Kawasaki H2 to try and beat it.
Read MoreRacer John McGuinness has won the Isle Of Man TT 23 times, which places him second in all time wins after Joey Dunlop’s 26. That didn’t stop Mugen from fat shaming him, telling him they’d give him a bike only if he lost some weight. His idea? Liposuction.
Read MoreI know two things when Craigslist ad starts with “Hey there junior badass, ever feel like there’s a caged animal trapped inside of you?” First, the answer is yes. Second, I can’t wait to read the rest. Unlike the stuff peddled on these ubiquitous “funny” Craigslist posts, this is also a great bike and you should totally buy it.
Read MoreOne day after his 23rd birthday, Loris Baz was having a lovely afternoon testing his MotoGP bike at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia (where I just rode the new Kawasaki ZX-10R) when the soft compound Michelin rear tire he was riding on blew up—at 180 mph.
Read MoreI had two nightmares last night. In one, Ducati’s draXter XDiavel concept was chasing me down a dark, desolate highways and trying to eat me. The other involved losing a bet and being strapped to the draXster with the throttle taped wide open as someone dropped the clutch. I still can’t decide which was scarier.
Read MoreYour motorcycle gear can protect you from a lot of things, but it definitely can’t protect you from stupid. Or guns, it definitely can’t protect you from guns either.
Read MoreThe funny thing about custom motorcycles is how often they end up looking so similar. When MotoCorsa, the top selling Ducati dealership in the nation, was asked to be a part of Ducati’s Custom Rumble contest, they wanted to put the “custom” back in custom. Meet the Hello Kitty-themed Scrambler, and boy is it... different.
Read MoreDo you remember the Zenvo ST1, Denmark’s 1,100 horsepower supercar? There’s a new version called the TS1 with a 5.9-liter V8 and two superchargers, instead the previous version, which had a turbo and a supercharger attached to a 6.8-liter V8. And the TS1 can even be a track car, maybe.
Read MoreKoenigsegg, not to be upstaged by the new Bugatti Chiron, has finally revealed the production version of its extremely impressive Regera with over 1,500 hp and a 0-62 time of just 2.8 seconds. Damn!
Read MoreI know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “Damn, I miss the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. I want something similar but smaller and with a German badge on the front.” For the few of you weirdos actually thinking that, there’s great news! Volkswagen’s got just the car for you!
Read MoreWe have seen the 510 horsepower Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and it is glorious. And now we’re seeing it minus as much as 375 horsepower.
Read MoreVolkswagen had a hard time convincing Americans that an über sedan was what they needed, thus the beloved Phaeton was considered a flop here. The Chinese-only Volkswagen Phideon won’t have that problem. Nearly as long as an A8 and built on the same platform, it is premiere in a country that still respects the concept.
Read MoreStick to what you know, Warren Buffett often says about running a successful business. And Mansory is damn sure sticking to what it knows: making cars look awful for rich people.
Read MoreBumpers, as discrete objects, clearly separated from the rest of a car’s body, are as extinct as a dodo that smokes four packs a day. But that doesn’t mean we can’t look at these chromed fossils and wonder, grandly, “what the hell are those, exactly?”
Read MoreThe 1,478 horsepower, 4,400 pound, approximately $2.5 million Bugatti Chiron has made a splash in the car scene so big you’d think someone drove it into a lake at 261 mph. But we’ve mostly only seen it in blue, and Bugatti has way more color swatches ready for this baby.
Read MoreYou think you know POWER? You think you know OPULENCE? You don’t know shit, and the new one bazillion horsepower Bugatti Chiron is here to prove it. Go drive your Lamborghini into a lake—this is what real luxury looks like.
Read MoreI’m not sure why racing on a public road full of other cars and trucks doesn’t seem like a terrible idea to people, but it is. If simple logic doesn’t get the concept across, maybe this wreck, caused by a race between a Challenger and a Charger, will. Three are dead, and the carnage of the multi-car wreck closed California’s 5 freeway for the better part of a day, according to police.
Read MoreAnd the Lamborghini Centenario gets that insane power output without cheating, aka turbochargers or a blower. This V12 is all motor, baby, and it puts out 770 horsepower—enough to send the car from zero to 60 mph in just 2.8 seconds. Zounds!
Read MoreAt General Motors, there was a longtime edict that no car could be faster than the Corvette. A few models like the Buick GNX managed to sneak past that over the years, but in the 1980s Ford had a similar mandate with the Mustang. And it kept the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe from being all it could have been.
Read MoreOliver Gavin, international sports car racer and man of mystery, looks to have just spilled the beans on the first new Chevy Corvette Grand Sport since 2013. The Grand Sport looks like it was supposed to be revealed tomorrow in Geneva, according to this Instagram post.
Read MoreThat Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Spider is nice and all, but let us never forget the 8C Competizione upon which it is based. All hail.
Read MoreThe 2017 Aston Martin DB11 officially debuts at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, but that’s not saying much. This is the latest of several image leaks, including a front-end photo just the other week. But unlike we’ve seen prior to now, the most recent crop of photos looks to be a set of factory images.
Read MoreThe electric-car market is growing, but remains small. A majority of drivers still stop at the station regularly, filling up their gas-guzzling vehicles and allowing the oil industry to stay in business. But Bloomberg projects more than a third of all cars will be electric by 2040, and the oil companies aren’t buying it.
Read MoreMama mia! What is this molto bella Italian roadster with an Alfa Romeo badge up front? Why, it’s the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Spider, and it’s a wonderful surprise we’ll see at this week’s Geneva Motor Show.
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 MoreWith all of the options and features the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and other new models have, the robots on the production line just can’t handle making the cars alone. For that reason, the automaker will trade out some of the machines for good, old-fashioned human labor. Take a moment to appreciate that one.
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 MoreThe Geneva Motor Show is still a few days away, but it looks as if we’ve gotten an early peek at the Honda Civic Hatchback concept slated to debut there. While the 2017 production version that the concept teases likely won’t be as sporty or elaborate, this car looks ready to tear up some asphalt.
Read MoreThe collection of muffler shops and strip clubs collectively known as “Fresno” is known for many things, but a healthy and active unicorn population is not one of them. That’s why it was so surprising that CHP officers spent three hours chasing a rogue unicorn in the area.
Read MoreDo you drive a green Mustang? Is there a red dinosaur painted on the door of your Wrangler? Do you have a dumb white spot on the side of your brand -new red Jaguar F-Type? Tell us, do you have a theme for your car?
Read MoreIn 2011, the U.S. Department Of Transportation audited the America’s car safety regulator, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and made recommendations on how it could be better at dealing with car defects. Five years later, a new audit from DOT still sees “significant safety concerns being overlooked.”
Read MoreHello Internet humans, and welcome to Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly Jalopnik column wherein you send me automotive-related letters and I provide you with a helpful response, because I am all-knowing and all-seeing.
Read MoreNobody likes jackasses who don’t use their turn signals, who Tweet or text or twerk or whatever on their phones while driving, or are rude, road-raging reprobates. We get it. That all sucks. Does that mean it’s okay to publish the identities of these drivers online? I don’t know, but these people seem to feel it’s a good idea.
Read MoreThis is the new 2017 Toyota C-HR. It might look like a tough little SUV, but it’s actually a small, car-based hybrid. Basically, it’s your woke boyfriend.
Read MoreIf you’re looking to mix up both your image and your car, today is like Purim and Arbor Day all rolled up in one, because you can buy this remarkable six-wheeled, three-axled 2013 Smart ForTwo on eBay for just under 20 grand. Your new life begins now.
Read MoreThe interior alone on the DS E-Tense took, as the now-distinct luxury brand from Citroën claims, 800 hours to design, test, and produce. I believe it. This thing looks amazing.
Read MoreCalifornia Highway Patrol says a cement truck collided with a small pickup in Newport Beach, CA this morning causing carnage across multiple lanes. The cement truck crushed this BMW i8 electric sports car as it toppled to a halt.
Read MoreVolkswagen, still reeling from getting caught with emissions defeating devices on over 11 million of its diesel vehicles around the world, was issued an ultimatum by an American judge to have a fix for its Dieselgate affected cars by March 24.
Read MoreMeet the Lotus Evora Sport 410. It’s got a curb weight of 2,921 pounds, a high-output version of the supercharged 3.5 V6 producing 410 hp at 7,000rpm and 302 ft-lb at 3,500rpm, plus all the carbon fiber. Lotus will only build 150 a year.
Read MoreYesterday, we reported on a significant security hole with Nissan Leafs (and electric eNV200 vans) that would allow some HVAC systems and a good amount of owner data to be accessed via the web. The hole was, pretty much, that there was no real security at all. Happily, it looks like Nissan is taking the issue seriously and taking steps to correct it.
Read MoreVin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham and the rest of Universal’s Fast 8 crew is currently relocating to Iceland to blow up the peaceful island using multiple Ripsaw ATVs and armored trucks. Here are more of their stunt cars.
Read MoreIf you’ve happened to have a good day and want to end it on a high note, too fucking bad. It turns out people are horrible, proven by the gang of assholes on a Washington flight who clapped when a child was deboarded for having an allergic reaction which delayed their flight.
Read MoreTesla’s usual back and forth drama about its no-dealership/direct sales model has taken a turn as the company claims that General Motors specifically is out to quash their business.
Read MoreMost dealerships simply consist of a huge lot, a showroom, repair bays and a bunch of offices. They’re boring. But what if we switched it up and put vendors inside them, kind of like Whole Foods is doing with its new Millennial-focused stores? Here are some shops that should be in car dealerships.
Read MoreEveryone has lusted after a Pontiac G8 Sport Truck at some point in their miserable boring lives. [Photo: Pontiac (RIP), 2010]
Read MoreYou can’t legally drive the Tesla Model X on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Read MoreWe know there’s only one reason to buy a Dodge Challenger Hellcat; the inexhaustible shit-talking rights that come with 707 horsepower. But now the cat’s been out of the bag for a while, and that jerk you were trying to one-up in the first place went and got a Hellcat of his own. This means war. You need 1,032 horsepower, and that is where Hennessey Performance comes in.
Read MoreI might have been wrong about the plot of Vin Diesel’s Fast 8. As it turns out, the most furious film crew of them all is planning to blow up Iceland instead of just cruising around Manhattan, using custom built ATVs, military vehicles and heavily armored Dodge trucks. Our reader caught them at the port.
Read MoreWe knew McLaren was working on a more practical version of its brilliant 570S, and the wait is finally over. Meet McLaren’s first hatchback, the 570GT. It’s no 2+2, but the most spacious mid-engined supercar.
Read MoreThe biggest 3-cylinder diesel ever made was made for the Alfa Romeo 33 in 1986, and for all the wrong reasons.
Read MoreThe future of cars is looking more and more electric every day, and if this leaked product plan from Audi is any indication, the brand plans to unleash its own electric lineup to the world in two years with a crossover and SUV.
Read MoreHonda’s been missing the mark over the past few years. The CR-Z was slow and expensive, the Insight was so bad Honda decided not to make another one, and the Civic Si has become a shadow of its former self. To get Honda on the right path, Business Insider reports that Honda’s new CEO, a former engineer, is giving the power back to the tech nerds.
Read MoreJust before the big reveal of the new 2016 Audi R8 earlier last year we heard murmurs that the German luxury brand’s supercar may take a trip down the downsizing slide and fit a twin-turbo V6 eventually. Now, if this reportedly leaked product plan is anything to go by, eventually is actually 2018.
Read MoreThere have been rumors and reports for a while now that Aston Martin was going to build its DBX SUV in Alabama, because where else would you build an Aston Martin? Aston Martin’s CEO even called it an “obvious choice.” So, of course, Aston Martins are not going to be built in Alabama at all.
Read MoreA new report from the consortium of 10 automakers investigating the nightmarish Takata airbag failures have found three root causes to be at fault. After looking them over, it really sounds like one key failure.
Read MoreDry weight, curb weight, gross weight, mass are all entirely different things, no matter what you might think. Koenigsegg is here to explain how different carmakers trick you into thinking their cars are lighter than they are, because it’s a confusing world out there.
Read MoreIf someone can drive a manual Ferrari supercar in huge heels, you have no excuse not to learn on your buddy’s Honda.
Read MoreBentley has completely redesigned its Mulsanne flagship for 2017, and it’s amazing what a wider grill and slightly smaller headlamps did to the car that looked kind of goofy since 2010.
Read MoreAcura had been planning to officially start orders on the new NSX on February 25, but it looks like we got a two-day lead on things, since you can configure your dream NSX now right here. The extra 48 hours should help you scrape up that extra $1200 for the floormats.
Read MoreThe Phantom VII was introduced over 13 years ago and is now approaching the end of its production. Its successor is getting an all new aluminum spaceframe, but the Phantom Coupé and the Drophead Coupé will not be renewed.
Read MoreI’ve never really understood the popularity of “unboxing” videos on the internet, as it just seems to be some conceited jerkwad who makes a lot of money talking in monotone and taking a phone out of a box. Well Nissan knows the genre is popular, so it made a dumb video “unboxing” the new electric Leaf.
Read MoreThis is one of those things that car accessory scientists have been debating for years: can nearly every piece of adhesive-backed chrome bullshit sold in the JC Whitney catalog be adhered to one vehicle, or would that vehicle collapse into a singularity, as the math suggests? This Craigslist ad seems to show it’s possible.
Read MoreWe recently tested the all new Cadillac CT6, and we genuinely liked it. Among many of its interesting features was a fancy new rear-view mirror set up that could switch between a mirror reflection and a rear camera feed, which just finally managed to get approval from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Read MoreBentley gave the V8 S Flying Spur a black radiator grill and a rear diffuser as well as a few badges all around to show the neighbors that you have more than the peasant version’s 507 horses, and in fact have 521.
Read MoreAudi’s Quattro permanent all-wheel drive is about to get a huge overhaul: a front-wheel drive-based system to be used on longitudinal-engine cars and SUVs like the A4 and Q7. It’s called “Quattro with Ultra Technology.” Here’s how it works, and why it might make Audi’s biggest fans blow a gasket.
Read MoreThat’s no ordinary “Used 2010 Lotus Elise.” Read further down the page, and you’ll see that this is the fastest production car in the world—at least until the Venom F5 comes out. This ultra-rare, hyper-fast Hennessey Venom GT is for sale at a dealer across from a Sheetz near Pittsburgh for a cool $1.25 million.
Read MoreThat headline is not a “funny,” or a “joke,” as some would call it. It’s completely serious. The joys of tuk-tuk polo have been unleashed upon the world, and it’s all because elephants can’t be “trusted” not to “crush cars” when they’re supposed to be playing polo instead.
Read MoreI’m positive that if we keep writing about sweet European wagons, Americans will turn and the crossover mania will finally be toned down for good. But for now, let’s focus on four-wheel steering, because surprisingly enough, this affordable Renault family car has it.
Read MoreIf you’re ready to test the elasticity of your face and the strength of your lungs, Cigarette Racing’s 41' SD GT3, and its twin Mercury Marine engines putting out 2200 horsepower, are happy to oblige.
Read MoreWatch a kickass beard drive the everloving shit out of a beautiful 1963 Ford Falcon and get chased by a donut-eating cop. Don’t worry, it’s not real street racing so you can enjoy these beautifully-filmed shenanigans guilt-free.
Read MoreVolkswagen’s up!graded Up comes with 89 horsepower instead of 74, and more importantly, 118 pound feet of torque from 1500 RPM compared to the 70 of the current car. Not a bad little boost.
Read MoreThere’s no need for a smartphone anymore if you want to listen to your favorites in your Volvo, as the XC90, S90 and V90 comes with Spotify as standard. All you’ll need to have is a premium subscription to the streaming music service.
Read MoreBritish luxury automaker Aston Martin just signed a deal to develop its first electric Aston with Letv, the Chinese company that finances electric automaker startup Faraday Future. But what exactly does this deal mean for everyone involved?
Read MoreThe Pagani Huayra BC is everything that a gearhead could dream of: it’s a lighter, more powerful version of the already light and powerful Pagani Huayra. Also, it’s named after a dude named Benny.
Read MoreLook, I know we’re all probably going to laugh at the way this guy freaks out and shrieks and screams at his first burning, then exploding 2015 Mercedes C300. I get it. But, you have to feel for the guy – he just dropped over $40K on a nearly-new Benz, and it goes all Hindenburg on him? He has every right to lose his shit.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz Vario Research Car was introduced at the 1995 Geneva Motor Show, with four different bodies that could be exchanged within 15 minutes, apparently by just three women.
Read MoreThe two staunch conservatives running multibillion dollar company Koch Industries are involved in creating an advocacy group tasked with taking down electric vehicles, The Huffington Post reports. Thought cars were your escape from 2016 politics? Ha.
Read MoreThe updated Ford Fusion V6 Sport gets a computer-controlled shock absorber system for 2017, which can adjust the dampers every two milliseconds and won’t let the wheels fall into those damn potholes. Magic!
Read MoreOnly one Aston Martin DB10 out of the 10 developed for last year’s Bond film, SPECTRE, will ever be made available for sale, and it just sold for $3.5 million at a charity auction—more than double its expected take. You missed your chance.
Read MoreBatman has to go to pretty extreme lengths to keep his bat-themed fetish vigilantism super secret, and when it comes to something as big as an armored and armed crime-fighting Batmobile of mass destruction, it can be tough to cover up. Unfortunately for Batman, and those wishing to avoid spoilers, we now know where Bruce Wayne pops the armor-plated hood.
Read MoreVolvo finally showed off the 2017 V90 in all its glory today, and there was much rejoicing in Wagon Fetish Land. The harsh reality is almost none of you cheapskates are actually going to buy it. That is why Kia needs to bring us this sweet Optima wagon.
Read MoreThe newly-reborn Alpine isn’t just a reanimation of a single deceased sports car brand; it’s part of a revival of an entire kind of car, years ago left for dead.
Read MoreSince the P1 recently ceased production, McLaren Special Operations came up with a special one for the brand’s first full three-tier model lineup display at the Geneva Motor Show, which includes an MSO 675LT Spider as well.
Read MoreThe Lexus LC5 00 was probably the best-looking Lexus we’ve seen for decades, even if I’m still not crazy about that grille and I know they’re hiding Egyptian symbology in the headlights. Now there’s a hybrid version, the LC 500h, and it’s an interesting mix of high-tech and a transmission that seems deceptively retro.
Read MoreFor the first time in North America, you can order a car from the factory with winter tires, and the new Ford Focus RS is the first car to get the package. It’s as if it’s designed for snow hoonage out of the box!
Read MoreHere’s a weird tidbit about the new BMW M2: even though it’s a size smaller than its M4 big brother, the M2 is hardly any lighter.
Read MoreThis year, righteous metal band Iron Maiden will be touring around the world in this Boeing 747 jumbo jet codenamed “Ed Force One,” piloted by lead singer Bruce Dickinson.
Read MoreThe V8 is a classic engine configuration with a classic accepted noise, but there are actually a ton of different sounds that you can get out of eight cylinders in a vee.
Read MoreImages of a design patent made by Lamborghini back in October were published today, and they most likely show the brand’s upcoming super-exclusive supercar, reportedly branded the Centenario. Does it look fast? Yes. Does it look horribly misshapen? Also yes.
Read MoreYesterday, we wrote about Renault’s lovely-looking rebirth of the legendary Alpine A110, the mid-engined Alpine Vision concept. Renault says the car will be sold “across five continents.” Unless they’re counting Antarctica, that sounds like it could include the U.S. But which brand could sell it here?
Read MoreI recently decided that I would answer the beckoning call of the wild by taking my Aston Martin on an 800-mile road trip to Vermont and back.
Read MoreAudi says it will be presenting a model at the Geneva Motor Show in a vehicle segment “that’s totally new for the brand.” How about an RS3 Sedan, America? That’s what Quattroworld seems to have revealed on Instagram today.
Read MoreWhat you’re looking at is the Rasa from eco car startup called Riversimple Movement Ltd. It’s a two-seater fuel cell car with a range of up to 300 miles, and the Welsh government put almost $3 million of EU money in it. The idiots.
Read MoreThe latest Aston Martin DB11 seems to have something of a leak problem. First photos of the rear end trickled out, and now we get to see the front.
Read MoreCode Brown: medical lingo spoken to indicate a release of fecal matter on oneself, usually in high stress situations. Situations like this lucky Dodge Viper getting within millimeters of annihilation in the form of a drag strip wall.
Read MoreI know even typing the word “Florida” here will be seen as unnecessary, but in South Florida, a 59-year-old man stole a backhoe and took it on an hour-and-a-half joyride up and down a bridge, tossing boulders and scraping the road surface, sending showers of beautiful sparks into the air.
Read MoreThe Lotus Elise Cup 250 will reach sixty in 3.9 seconds while its top speed is at 154 mph. Lotus will only build 200 units per year, probably because they don’t have enough space for storing more of those GT3-style diffusers.
Read MoreLamborghini Aventador drivers love nothing more than to rev their engines at a standstill, shoot flames, and attempt to get their cars to catch on fire.
Read MoreThe price of a barrel of crude oil briefly jumped this morning, on news that Russia and Saudi Arabia (joined by Venezuela and Qatar) tentatively agreed to a cap on oil production. Don’t expect the price of your average gallon of gasoline to go up, however, thanks to an ages-old dilemma.
Read MoreThis is how a Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0 is meant to be used—in the most ridiculous fashion possible.
Read MoreWe’ll see an almost production-ready version of Morgan’s electric 3 Wheeler at the Geneva Motor Show, with the huge difference being that its motor is at the rear. Morgan’s first production EV goes on sale in the summer.
Read MoreAlpine, Renault’s oddball performance division, is back. And company design chief Antony Villain says the Alpine Vision Concept “reflects 80 percent of the style of the forthcoming road car,” meaning we are one step closer to what’s coming than with the Celebration Concept a few months ago.
Read MoreNow that the new Tesla Model X electric SUV is finally being delivered to customers it’s time to see just exactly what kind of performance we can expect. Luckily for us, Tesla followed up the insanely powerful Ludicrous mode Model S P90D with an equally Ludicrous Model X P90D, and somebody raced them.
Read MoreBumblebee, the Transformers Autobot based on a Chevy Camaro that started out as a toy and then became a savior of the Earth in a slew of horrible, mindless action films will be getting his/its own spin-off film, because Hollywood is dead and the Camaro is doing really well.
Read MoreiPerformance is the new name BMW will be adding to its ever-lengthening model names, as Apple hasn’t quite made us tired of iStuff and iThings yet. Starting in July, BMW’s iPerformance label will adorn all the cars with plug-in hybrid tech derived from the i3 and i8—and that sweet, sweet electric torque.
Read MoreRecently, I made a plea to SEMA builders to try and build some cars where the usual huge V8 engines are replaced by tiny, anemic little engines of two or three cylinders, just out of some deep-seated perversion. It looks like that idea has sort of already started, as this Plymouth Roadrunner with a 3-cylinder two-stroke diesel demonstrates.
Read MoreIs a GPS tracking device the same thing as a police officer who hides in your car? That’s how polarizing U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, who died at 79 on Saturday, approached the question of whether cops need warrants to put GPS trackers on cars.
Read MoreEven more than a muscle car, the Pagani Zonda took the “big engine in a little car” formula to the extreme. Here’s a quick demonstration of how the 7.3-liter Mercedes V12 worked in a car that weighs as much as a Mini Cooper.
Read MoreThis car spent at least 12 years of its life as a piece of lounge art, but today, Jay Leno felt the need to apologize to all XJ220s for misjudging them just like most people on this planet.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been in a car crash and, while looking at the damage, regretted you don’t drive with a couple of mattresses strapped to your car, you’ll be pleased to hear this: automotive safety supplier ZF TRW is developing an external airbag system that could be in cars as soon as 2020.
Read MoreThough Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal didn’t surface until the latter part of last year, reports suggest that an employee warned VW managers—including former CEO Martin Winterkorn—as early as May 2014 that U.S. regulators might check the company’s engine software in an investigation of pollution levels.
Read MoreIn an attempt to restore confidence in the industry following the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal, German government officials reportedly want to introduce a system of randomized, unannounced emissions tests for all manufacturers.
Read MoreFollowing over an hour of pursuit, a Texas police chase ended in both gunshots to the tire and spike strips on Thursday night. Once the whole ordeal concluded, the man being chased admitted to a few illegal actions on camera before telling the media that he is “done with people trying to take [his] freedom.”
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 MoreJust before the Volkswagen Group fully asserted its takeover of Lamborghini beginning in 2000, a final pure-bred Lamborghini Diablo rolled off the line. According to the auctioneer, that car goes up for bidding in less than a month.
Read MoreMy attraction to the clean lines and proportions of the mid ‘90s Tercel Coupe is both strong and unhealthy.
Read MoreThe 2017 Volvo V90 is a premium family wagon with an equally premium price tag. You are a broke wagon lover, but also a patriot. The solution is obvious.
Read MoreRumors of Apple venturing into the automotive space have been swirling for quite a while, and that swirl really swirled the swirl when Apple-watchers determined that a company called SixtyEight Research is likely a shell company for Apple’s automotive R&D. Also telling is that company is known to have bought just one car, and that car could be full of clues about what Apple is thinking.
Read MoreDespite all the fuel economy and safety regulations forcing engineers and designers into corners, right now is a glorious time for gearheads. Here are a bunch of cars that prove that we enthusiasts are more spoiled than we think.
Read MoreGoogle’s X skunkworks division has posted three dozen jobs lately seeking people with experience in the fields of industrial and manufacturing engineering. At first glance, that might indicate the tech giant is finally building its own cars in-house, but it’s not that simple.
Read MoreThe streets of Tehran are patrolled by Gasht-e Ershad, the notorious “morality police” who search the streets for people in improper clothes, then snatch them off in a van to for detainment. One new app amazingly helps women (and men) dodge them.
Read MoreIt’s believed that Apple has a shell company in a building in Sunnyvale, Calif. with a nice big garage area to work on their also-secretive automotive projects. Recently a neighbor of that building has issued a noise complaint to the city, citing “motor noises.” What’s going on?
Read MoreRather, it shows the charming lack of evolution.
Read MoreIt’s not clear what happened before this video begins that made the driver of this Infiniti so brain-cloudingly angry, but his subsequent plan of coming to a dead stop in the middle of a freeway to punch the driver behind him put him firmly in the wrong no matter what. Even better/worse, the freeway-stopper had three kids with him.
Read MoreA crew of miscreants dressed up as Mario Kart characters hopped on a fleet of tiny little go-carts and tore through London’s Westfield Shopping Center mall, apparently uninvited. Hilarity and banana-peel throwing ensued.
Read MoreThe 2017 BMW M760Li xDrive looks comfortable and enormous, just like every other 7-Series. But this one will be the first car to run the company’s new M Performance TwinPower Turbo 6.6 liter V12. Jason Statham will be stoked.
Read MoreDid you know Kia has an “environmentally friendly sub-brand” called EcoDynamics? I didn’t either, and apparently that’s kind of the point of the new Niro. Being a “subtle hybrid” is the car’s main objective, but that’s actually not its coolest feature.
Read MoreMotor Trend, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dodge, wasn’t the only publication to weigh in on SEMA’s wild-but-plausible allegations against the Environmental Protection Agency’s “clarifying” that it can regulate track car emissions. We covered it, lots of outlets covered it, so did they. But so far MT is the only publication to have their story on the subject disappear after it was published.
Read MoreOne would think that it would be abundantly clear why you would not built a new cruise ship as a tribute to possibly the most famous failure in modern engineering history, but one Australian billionaire thinks different.
Read MoreVolkswagen Group owns a lot of automotive brands, two of which happen to be Bentley and Porsche. A few months ago Porsche confirmed it was working on an electric sports car to go head-to-head with Tesla, and now Bentley has confirmed it will borrow Porsche’s plans and make its own electric sports car rival.
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles are edging closer and closer to a viable alternative to the way we commute today, with some automakers now introduction auto-pilot semi-autonomous systems. The only issue is they still require input from a human.. or a water bottle?
Read MoreYesterday, Gearhead-Americans were alarmed to learn that, buried in a massive, 600+ page EPA document called Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles–Phase 2 was a clarification to a rule that could, potentially, let the EPA restrict emissions on street cars transformed into track-only race cars. If you’re wondering what’s going on, and what you can do about it, we’re here to help.
Read MoreWe all knew it was going to happen. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon. My Aston Martin’s warranty has already paid for itself, and the car doesn’t even have a real license plate on it yet.
Read MoreThe Japanese auto industry is crowded. Too crowded, according to Bloomberg’s industry expert, who thinks Japan’s seven automakers will have to merge into three or fewer groups in the next four years to keep up with rising development costs.
Read MoreWhen your car has a wooden chassis, because the idea of a steel chassis only became fashionable after the First World War, the most important thing to remember is not to keep anything on the floor. Because you don’t have one.
Read MoreOn an Air Mediterranee (where the trainees are manatees that will make you squee) flight from Algiers to Paris, a shirtless man caused a three-hour delayed landing and a fight when he crammed his junk between two airline seats and urinated. Don’t you hate when that happens?
Read MoreThere have been plenty of fast Fords in our time, with names like Shelby, GT, Cobra, Raptor and ST. But the latest Ford factory hot rod has a new one badge: RS. To understand why that’s such a big deal, you have to learn some history first.
Read MoreYou know how the new BMW M2 is actually more like the old M3s used to be? Well, MotoGP just got the best version if it yet, with the M Division’s vintage livery and some gold paint all around.
Read MoreA Tesla spokesperson confirmed today that the official price for the all-electric affordable Tesla Model 3 sedan will be $35,000 before incentives, and way cheaper with incentives when it goes on sale. That’s something to get excited about, sure—if we didn’t already know all of this months ago.
Read MoreA German environmental group which has already accused Renault, Mercedes, BMW and Opel cars of producing too much pollution has now identified a new NOx-spewing culprit: the Fiat 500X 2.0-liter diesel.
Read MoreI’ve recently reached the conclusion that Audi – noted manufacturer of luxury cars that make you cough – is insane. This is largely because Audi is still refusing to sell its coolest cars in America, though I must admit they do generously offer us a plug-in hybrid version of the A3 hatchback that costs up to $50,000.
Read MoreIf an alarming press release from the aftermarket barons at SEMA is to be believed, our days turning street cars into race-build track cars are numbered, thanks to a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency. Naturally, we are skeptical, because despite what SEMA says, it’s not exactly clear yet what’s happening here.
Read MorePorsche has a customization program called “Porsche Exclusive,” which is “exclusive” in the same way that buying a normal Porsche is “exclusive.” Basically, you just pay a bunch of money, and you’re admitted to the club automatically – unlike some automakers. To show it off, they mostly put a bunch of wood on a convertible.
Read MoreThe 2016 BMW 7 Series has a luxurious interior and a 444 horsepower V8 up front in case you opt for the 750i xDrive. The 2017 Alpina B7 xDrive has an even more luxurious interior and a 600 horsepower engine. So, it’s better.
Read MoreHow far would the Environmental Protection Agency go to cut greenhouse emissions on vehicles? According to SEMA, the trade association that represents the automobile aftermarket industry, the EPA is working to ban the conversion of street cars into competition-focused racing vehicles.
Read MoreA head-on collision of two trains has left nine people dead and 50 people seriously injured on a rail line in Bavaria, Germany this morning, just after 7 a.m. local time.
Read MoreIn a freak turn of events, a man got his head caught between his car and a McDonald’s restaurant.
Read MoreBourne is back. Or David Webb; I can’t really remember. But he remembers now, and he’s pissed. The teaser for the fifth Bourne movie, simply called Jason Bourne, aired last night during the big game and it promises more of the quality vehicular mayhem we’ve come to expect from the spy franchise.
Read MoreOver 4,500 passengers and 1,600 crew members were on their way from New York to Florida and the Bahamas when their ship got tossed around like a rag doll and was forced to turn back, the Detroit Free Press reports. Four people were injured in what can only be described as a vacation from hell.
Read MoreVolkswagen’s quality chief, who did actually exist, is leaving his post after being suspended following the Dieselgate scandal, according to Automotive News. Maybe the new guy will help them build cars that actually last past their warranties.
Read MoreFACTS: The Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint is pretty much the most perfect car ever built, and Charles Morgan should get his own TV show, preferably on Channel 4 instead of BBC Two.
Read MoreYou’re a careful driver, right? I mean, you look where you want to go, you keep your hands on the wheel, you don’t text, all that good stuff, and that’s why you’re so safe. I get it. Now, tell me, Captain Safe, what do you do when the earth opens up under your car, like it did for this Peruvian family?
Read MoreA 681 horsepower V12, four-wheel steering, a more aerodynamic body and a historic name. In short, that’s Ferrari’s all-wheel drive offering for 2017. Forget the Ferrari FF, it’s called the GTC4 Lusso now.
Read MoreA Texas man went into his local Taco Bueno to apply for a job on Tuesday night, but left with something even better. Temporarily. The hopeful job applicant walked out of the restaurant and straight into a newly acquired car—one he stole from the parking lot. That, folks, is how you (do not) secure a job.
Read MoreWhile Volkswagen hasn’t decided on the methods by which it will compensate the U.S. owners affected by its Dieselgate scandal of last year, the company’s new hire overseeing the issue is confident in how customers will react: well.
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 MoreI finally made it back to Cars & Coffee in Charlotte, North Carolina today after months of missing out due to cancellations or missing the back-up locations as the organizers find a new home. Today was pretty great, and I got to try out a new camera. I’ll show you what I got, if you show me what you’ve got.
Read MoreA 1957 Ferrari with racing history deeper than its new owner’s pockets initially took the title for most expensive car ever sold at an auction on Friday. But that may not be the case—due to changes in currency values, the car is now in a strange competition with another Ferrari for the title.
Read MoreDriving on pavement is great and all, but driving on gravel is more fun. But which car built for gravel is the best?
Read MoreVolkswagen’s suggested fixes for its 2.0 liter and 3.0 liter diesel vehicles fitted with emissions-cheating software keep getting rejected, and now the automaker has decided on a plan to buy back some of the effected models—but only the certified pre-owned vehicles currently in the Dieselgate sales-ban limbo on dealership lots.
Read MoreHey, remember a few years back, Bose (the people normally known for speakers) came out with what seemed to be a magical old Lexus LS? The one with super smooth suspension that would never lean or roll, and could actually hop? We never really knew what happened to it, until now. And yeah, it’s probably for the exact reason you would guess.
Read MoreI know we live in an era where companies want to get as much data out of us as possible, and normally the data they want has to do with our consuming habits. But not always. Sometimes, it seems like companies may be trying to decide if we’re replicants, like in this survey sent to United frequent flyers.
Read MoreThe NHTSA released the alarming traffic fatality figures for the first nine months of 2015, and it wasn’t good—traffic fatalities increased over 2014's figures by 9.3 percent. Why did it shoot up so fast?
Read MoreThe modern Ferrari California isn’t just one of the ugliest cars Ferrari has ever made; it’s one of the ugliest cars ever put on sale. It is grossly ill-proportioned and strange. And there’s one reason why this one sold for $438,478.
Read MoreThe original Mini is, quite deservedly, considered one of the greatest designs in all of motoring. It’s a triumph of packaging that defined a template still used today. But it had one pretty big flaw, one that was (almost) fixed by a controversial, prostitute-loving, tax-frauding politician, who was also the force behind Britian’s motorways.
Read MoreSo far, the craziest Volvo concept that somehow made it into production was the 480 in 1986. Anything wilder than that was either cancelled or sent away to become a Citroën, because of course. But this car, the Viking, could have been Volvo’s next P1800. It should have been.
Read MoreBelgium. The country famous for its beers, waffles, being the de-facto capital of the European Union, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. I guess it’s time to add “Ferrari Mondial Mailbox” to that list.
Read MoreWhen Tesla Motors finally reveals its upcoming affordable electric sedan, the Model 3, at the end of next month, don’t expect to see too much. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been hedging back on the promise of the Model 3's reveal, confirming that we’ll see “the first pictures” but probably not much else.
Read MoreThe U.S. Federal Highway Administration is killing the current decade-long test of looking into replacing highway signs with a new “Clearview” font it designed and developed to be more legible because, twelve years later, it turns out the new font actually made sign legibility worse.
Read MoreTake a look at this Ford Festiva in ‘Demon’ trim and try to tell me car companies don’t have a sense of humor.
Read MoreEveryone in Chicago, please, stop what you’re doing right now. There’s an emergency, and we need everybody’s help. A man’s Tesla Model X has been shat upon, and we must help find this rampaging car-shitter, who is still at large. At least, that’s what this Craigslist ad tells us.
Read MoreA worker at GM’s Defiance Casting Operations plant in Ohio fell to his death on Tuesday, Automotive News reports. It’s a reminder that, despite all the strides they’ve made, auto factories are still dangerous places to work.
Read MoreWatching this garbage truck explode in a New Jersey neighborhood, it’s hard not to be reminded of a cheesy action movie. Well, a cheesy action movie shot vertically, in order to incite comment-section riots. It’s no movie, though, it’s what happens when a compressed natural gas tank explodes.
Read MoreVideo has now emerged showing the terrifying situation on the interior of the Daallo Airlines flight that suffered an explosive decompression mid-air yesterday, with one person sucked from the aircraft and later found dead, and two others injured.
Read MoreToyota is finally giving up on Scion, announcing that every model will remain, only just given an ordinary Toyota badge where the old ‘S’ used to be. But which Scion models will suffer for losing this youth-brand identity?
Read MoreThe Cadillac ELR is dead. No, that’s not a battery joke. It’s going out of production and never coming back, kids. For a car (controversially) advertised as “creating its own luck” and believing “anything is possible,” a Cadillac electric coupe is apparently not successful or lucky enough to last more than two years.
Read MoreIf you like traveling but don’t like housework, living in a caravan is just the life. Especially if it acts as a boat as well. Ahoy!
Read MoreWhat an eventful day we’ve had mourning... well, discussing the death of the Scion brand! Then again, the Scions themselves aren’t really dying, they’re just getting absorbed into the Toyota brand. But what will we call them?
Read MoreOwning your own car company has a lot of little-considered benefits: all the slightly-damaged car seats you want for napping, easy access to stacks of tires to build forts, and the ability to cancel any customer’s order just because you don’t like them. Guess which one Elon Musk just took advantage of?
Read MoreScion is no more. Dead. Fin. We’ve seen this coming for years, but if we’re being honest, everyone should have seen it from day one. On Scion’s first official day of sales, in 2003, it sold a car called the xA. And the xA can explain the death of Scion, more than 12 years later.
Read MoreDetroit’s Monarch went bankrupt in less than three years after failing to move from four-cylinders to V8s, but that didn’t stop them from making an aero-engined prototype racer as well. This one is making noise around Goodwood.
Read MoreScion used to be cool, man. Or at least it tried to be. It tried damned hard to appeal to the youths, especially in the early years, and a lot of that was through a thing that’s always popular with the youths: music.
Read MoreIn the car world today, nothing is more desirable than a vintage Porsche 911. And this owner knows it.
Read MoreSome movie franchises die harder than a Toyota Hilux, and as Vin Diesel announces the dates for the next three (!!!) Fast and Furious sequels to carry the franchise into the 2020s, it’s time for us to do our part by writing better scripts while they prepare their muscles lifting all those heavy NOS bottles.
Read MoreIt’s official: Toyota’s ostensibly youth-oriented brand, Scion, will come to an end this year. Starting this fall all Scion models will be re-badged as Toyotas instead, the company announced today.
Read MoreThis is the Volkswagen Ameo, the first car Volkswagen has ever made that’s been exclusively designed for the Indian market. Actually, if we really want to be accurate, this Polo-platformed little sedan was really designed for one particular Indian regulation.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of talk swirling around right now that the Scion brand will be euthanized today. If this is true—and that remains a big if—it is just making official something that might as well have been real for a while: Scion is dead. Update: It’s official. Toyota will transition the Scion cars back to the Toyota brand instead.
Read MoreNot content to simply face a year in prison for fraud after intentionally crashing a Bugatti Veyron into a lake, notorious dingleberry Andy House has been indicted again. This time, a Ford GT is involved.
Read MoreThe all-new 2016 Honda Civic just hit the dealer lots and already it’s having problems. Late last week Honda announced a stop-sale order on new Civics with the 2.0-liter engine “due to potentially missing or misset piston pin snap rings that may cause engine stall or failure.” That is not good!
Read MoreSergio Marchionne is the head of Ferrari. Not coincidentally, he’s also the head of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. So while in the past he’s said that Ferrari wouldn’t have an SUV, maybe things have changed. After all, Lamborghini’s going to have an SUV soon, and Sergio loves them so much that, bafflingly, it’s pretty much all FCA will do from now on. But there will apparently only be a Ferrari truck over Sergio’s dead body.
Read MoreI can’t get over the awesome animation of this 308 in the Archer promo in the (perfect) style of Magnum P.I. And for comparison:
Read MorePeople will start to realize soon enough how great the fourth-generation of the Lotus Esprit is, so I suggest building one while you can afford a donor car. And please make it as awesome as this.
Read MoreIndian car company Tata decided that it shouldn’t debut its new hatchback named Zica in the midst of the spreading global nightmare that is the Zika virus. Probably a good move.
Read MoreA Daallo Airlines flight traveling from Somalia to Djibouti in East Africa landed after an explosion tore a gaping hole in the Airbus A321 jet. Two were reportedly injured, though local eyewitness reports say that a “severely burnt body” was spotted falling from the sky.
Read MoreI’ve been on a huge Z32 kick for some reason lately. Are they good? Should I buy one? Will it fill the void in my heart?
Read MoreHey kids! Here’s a hot driving tip: if you can’t see shit, slow down! Now have your gramma cross-stitch that into a pillow and then shove that in a time machine and send it to Slovenia yesterday, where dense fog caused this awful 70 car pileup.
Read MoreBobsledding usually comes in two flavors, two-person or four-person. That’s it. Nissan looked at this paradigm, and completely rejected it in favor of a much crappier version. “What if we upped it to seven people?” they surely thought. What if indeed!!!!!!!
Read MoreAlpine, the French maker of hulking rear-mounted Renault-engined beasts, has been hinting at a comeback for a while. There was a concept here and there, like the Alpine Celebration concept from last summer. But who could say if it wasn’t all just another fake out? It turns, out Alpine itself, and we’ll see a new car in two weeks time.
Read MoreIn the end, every man pays for what he takes. For one Miami cop, the price of leisurely speeding in his police car ended up costing him the recorded embarrassment of getting pulled over and mom-lectured by a concerned motorist over his cavalier attitude towards driving.
Read MoreMorgan will spend $8.6 million in cooperation with the British government to go hybrid and electric starting in 2019. That should keep prices down while giving the small carmaker a chance to double its production figures through new markets.
Read MoreDespite the fact that dealers are getting better at adapting to more savvy car buyers, some lots will still resort to all kinds of tricks to deceive customers. Would they stoop so low as to put a fake badge on a car, and falsely claim the vehicle is better than it really is?
Read MoreKaiser is one of those marques that, if it was a cartoon suitcase, would be absolutely covered in stickers. It’s been around, even if no cars have been called Kaisers since 1953. And now it looks like it’s coming back, as the nameplate on SsangYong’s all-new special edition of their luxury car, the Chairman W.
Read MoreWhile once one of a new wave of sports coupes, Honda’s CRX is now pretty old school. Today’s Nice Price of Crack Pipe contender will show you how it was once done, if its price doesn’t presently do it in.
Read MoreUnlike the supposed unintended acceleration Audis were accused of in the ‘80s, the get up and go of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe S6 Quattro is fully intended. Let’s see if its price has you intentionally racing to, or away from it.
Read MoreIn WWII Mitsubishi made the legendary lightweight dogfighter, the A6M Zero. In contrast to that, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mitsubishi Montero is a heavyweight, but will its price make it a zero, or a hero?
Read MoreYou know and I know that today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Tercel gives you a stiffy, but does it also come with too stiff a price?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe GLHS is number 341 out of a total of only 500 made. Let’s see if its price presently makes it a number 1 value
Read MoreFor today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe contest we have a Mitsu… I mean a Chrys… um, Dodge… er, Plymouth…? Oh hell, they sold these things under too many names. We’ll still have to decide if the seller of this one has named a good price.
Read MoreIn The World According to Garp the titular character buys a house that has just had a plane crash into it, thinking that nothing more bad could happen there. Similarly, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Z28 has been the victim of an angry girlfriend. What more could go wrong, right?
Read MoreHow’s your Canadian, eh? I ask because today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo is located in Montreal, and it’s priced in Canuck Bucks. We’ll just have to see what this hot wagon’s price is all aboot.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Subaru is nearly 30 years old, but it still looks like it’s from the future. Let’s see if its price might make it part of some new owner’s future.
Read MoreWhen was the last time you saw any ‘sport’ expressed in a ‘sport utility?’ Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe X5 has BMW’s silky six and—surprisingly—a six speed stick behind it! Let’s see if this sporty wagon also sports a price tag you could get behind.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi may be Tornado Red, but will you find that it’s its price and description that really blows?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercedes is in Salem, but sadly not the Salem with the witches. You’ll still have to decide if this 4Matic wagon’s price might just put a spell on you.
Read MoreLooking at modern day Nissan products its hard to imagine that a car like our Nice Price or Crack Pipe 300ZX came from the same company. The Z32 wasn’t just one of the best-looking Zs, it’s arguably one of the best looking sports cars of all time. Let’s see if this one’s price is equally attractive.
Read MoreNinjas are supposed to be stealthy. There’ll be nothing stealthy about the two-stroke how of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Kawasaki H2C however, and maybe its price will have you howling too.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 633CSI presently lives in San Luis Obispo, or as the locals like to call it, SLO. Let’s see if this stick shift coupe’s price ensures its sale is anything but slow.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi has a wild ‘80s-tastic digital dash, and it still works! The rest of the car isn’t half bad either, but let’s see if its price has has too many digits to get anyone to dashing to buy it.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Pontiac will have your mullet flapping like it’s freedom’s own wings. That’s because it’s a rare convertible edition. Let’s see if its price is also business up front and a party in the back.
Read MoreThere’s no better place for a crate motor than in a boxy car and today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo is just about the boxiest. Let’s see if its price makes it a square deal too.
Read MoreMuhammad Ali once claimed to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. Contrastingly, it will take a bit to make today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Citroën float down the road on its hydropneumatic suspension again, and that’s only if its price doesn’t sting.
Read MoreAt what point does a car’s odometer no longer have relevance? Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 300SD is claimed to have put over a quarter-million miles on the clock. Let’s see if it still has miles to go before it sleeps.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jag says it’s owned by an ‘eccentric 81-year old family friend.’ I guess that’s a good way to describe someone who’d have a Jagamino. Let’s see if it is eccentrically priced too.
Read MoreThe Porsche giveth, and the Porsche taketh away. In this case it’s reversed; the new 911 GT3 RS is a deeply amazing track-ready machine, but enthusiasts balked at its lack of a true manual gearbox. So here’s Porsche to giveth what we asked-eth for: a GT3 RS without the zany bodywork and a proper stick-shift.
Read MoreI’m told today there’s a big race (?) of some sort today, but it doesn’t involve anyone driving anything, somehow. I’m also told a non-spherical “ball” is involved, which makes no sense either. I checked it out, and it seems to be true, this “Superb Bowl.” Let’s try to jam some cars into this mess.
Read MoreRemember last year, when NASCAR (as a series) reacted to some of Trump’s more offensive remarks by cutting ties with the man? Today, NASCAR CEO Brian France personally endorsed the Oompa-Loompa-like GOP frontrunner during a campaign rally at Valdosta State University in Georgia.
Read MoreToday is a weird day we only get once every four years called Leap Day. Let’s be honest, if you’re not spending your Leap Day watching cars fly through the air, you’re celebrating Leap Day wrong. We’re here to help with this.
Read MoreFormula One’s new elimination-based method of qualifying isn’t just more complex for fans to follow, but it’s become a problem for the sport’s own operations as well. Communicating these 90-second eliminations to teams and fans is such a major undertaking that we won’t see it until at least the fifth race of the season.
Read MoreA record was tied in today’s chaotic overtime NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Winning driver Jimmie Johnson now sits alongside Dale Earnhardt Sr. for most top-level Sprint Cup Series wins, at 76 overall.
Read MoreFrom 2007 to 2012, a Georgia man rolled through various events at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida and stole from team trailers and motorhomes. This week, his conquest culminated in a 10-year jail sentence.
Read MoreIn a surprising move this week, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series powerhouse Stewart-Haas Racing announced that they were moving from campaigning Chevrolets to Fords for 2017. Naturally, some NASCAR fans are coping with this news better than others.
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 MoreEnglish farmer Andy Burton built himself one of the fastest, loudest rally cars in history. Apparently that didn’t impress one very dumb sheep.
Read MoreBefore the season began, NASCAR swore they weren’t going to release purse winnings after the races anymore. Then they released the wrong figures for the Daytona 500, and had to release a correction. What?
Read MoreWe all know That Guy. This is the ultimate expression of That Guy.
Read MoreIt seems strange that ultra advanced Formula 1 cars have tires with big sidewalls like your grandpa’s Plymouth. But there’s a reason why there’s so much rubber; these tires function as much of an F1 car’s suspension.
Read MoreF1 testing has begun in Barcelona and here’s a huge gallery of our first look at 2016's new turbo F1 cars.
Read MoreInstead of fixing something that was a significant problem with Formula One, the F1 Commission wants to tinker with their qualifying format. The new, more confusing elimination-based qualifying will still consist of three rounds, but only have two cars left running at the very end. It makes my head hurt.
Read MoreSilverstone is the home race for the majority of Formula 1's teams, and it hosted the very first F1 race back in 1950. Now it’s clear that the series has run the track dry.
Read MoreEver since the legendary 1968 Gold Leaf-branded Lotus, Formula 1 cars have been disguised and cluttered and hidden under the weight of sponsorship logos. Well, not all of them.
Read MoreIt should come as no surprise that he got booted for a driver with a multimillion-dollar backing from a petro-state.
Read MoreAn unapproved restrictor is allegedly to blame for the Lamborghini Huracán GT3's insane performance at this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. According to Racer, IMSA slapped every Lamborghini in the GT Daytona class with a sandbagging-related penalty today, moving two competitors down in the results.
Read MoreYou know that kid who really doesn’t want to do Halloween, but slapped a couple red stripes on his face and claims he’s Darth Maul? That’s the livery on McLaren’s new MP4-31 Formula One car this year: the world’s laziest attempt to look like Darth Maul. Hopefully that means all the effort went into the car rather than its look.
Read MoreWith an unpredictable pass and a finish that took it right to the checkered flag, Denny Hamlin took this year’s Daytona 500 win and made history with just how close the finish was.
Read MoreJust a day prior to its first session of preseason testing, Haas F1 Team debuted its Formula One race car for the 2016 season: the “VF-16.” But even though the car looks like a rocket, team owner Gene Haas recently said he expects the team to be a backmarker for a few years—just like his NASCAR team was at first.
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 MoreThe Daytona 500 is upon us, and it’s far from just another day that you should brush off as a “redneck Christmas.” It’s among the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ biggest events, and arguably one of its best, which means that missing the race shouldn’t be an option. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
Read MoreThere is no doubt in my mind that a kid who learned to operate a car using rally techniques would be the fastest driver in existence.
Read MoreAs typical of NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway, Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series opener had a lot of wrecks. Big wrecks, at that. But of the few trucks that made it through the carnage, one—driven by racer and occasional contributor Parker Kligerman—carried a Jalopnik sticker plastered on its side. The bump is real, folks, and comes straight from us to you.
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 MoreI’ll be honest: I haven’t really been watching Downton Abbey, and if I have seen it at lately it’s been mostly to watch that old Dowager Whatshername get all dry-Mean-Girls on someone—or for the glimpses of old cars. Well, the DTA crew must have decided to go heavy on the latter, because there’s just been a whole episode packed full of vintage race cars.
Read MoreWith NASCAR’s Daytona 500 this weekend, the sport also marks the 15th anniversary of the death of one of its most legendary drivers: the Intimidator, Dale Earnhardt. While his fatal crash at the 2001 Daytona 500 was tragic and unexpected, it launched an increased focus on racing safety that has saved the lives of countless drivers since.
Read MoreA massive wreck in the final laps during the second Can-Am Duel qualifying race on Thursday night took out second-place qualifier Matt Kenseth, forcing him to drop to the back of the field in Sunday’s Daytona 500.
Read MoreThere’s something about this immaculately clean and shiny 90-degree turbocharged V4 with its bright bubblegum-hued connectors and fittings that screams “Please stuff me into a 914.” This powered a very different P-car than the Chump racer you found in a field, though: Porsche’s Le Mans-winning 919.
Read MoreRacing is a blast; that’s just a simple fact. Another simple fact about racing is that it’s dangerous, possibly one of the most dangerous ways you can spend your time outside of meeting live sharks on Craigslist for unprotected sex. That’s why a good racecar must have real safety equipment and not half-assed terrors like this.
Read MoreMatte finishes! If you thought you were rid of them in all their boring dullness in 2008, sorry. Without Infiniti to add purple highlights to this year’s Red Bull F1 car, the eXtReMe energy drink folks have opted for a plainer, duller livery rendered in the aftermarket’s terrible bro-finish of choice. It’s awful!
Read MoreThe flagship Toyota World Endurance Championship team released the first footage of its brand spanking new TS050 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype in action today. If there’s one message that gets pounded on over and over in this video, it’s that holy balls, they are sick of losing.
Read More‘One owner, only driven on weekends’ has never been more amazingly misleading.
Read MoreThree guys, one car is a possibility for Manor next year, according to Autoweek. Drivers Alexander Rossi, Rio Haryanto and Will Stevens all bring significant sponsorship deals to the table, so Manor is reportedly considering letting each have a go in their home region to the tune of $5 million each.
Read MoreRemember that little aluminum skiff your grandpa used to take you fishing on? Turns out they go pretty fast with a modest engine upgrade and a few insane pilots.
Read MoreSouthern California’s annual “King Of The Hammers” off-road race is one of the gnarliest and most exciting motorsports events you can experience all year. It’s speed. It’s adventure. It’s camaraderie. And scenes like this are exactly what I’m talking about.
Read MoreThe mad men behind Las Vegas’ famous Mint 400 desert race reckon there’s no school like old school. Not only will original vintage cars be allowed to race, but they’ll be joined by an open modified vintage class this year. There’s going to be some amazing retro machinery on the course next month.
Read MoreRally Sweden has a unique competition within the competition: Colin’s Crest. Whoever jumps this particular crest on the Vargåsen stage of the rally the farthest achieves instant legend status. This year, a humble Ford Fiesta R5 from the support series crushed the previous record with a mind blowing 45-meter jump.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports car will start on pole for the Daytona 500 next Sunday. But, uh, there’s a different driver in it. While former No. 24 driver Jeff Gordon called the qualifying session from the broadcast booth, rookie Chase Elliott put the car back out front again.
Read MoreDuring a round of Funny Car qualifying at the NHRA season opener in Pomona, California, 69-year-old series veteran Gary Densham went barreling through the sand traps and into a safety net after his parachutes failed to deploy.
Read MoreJust two races into the FIA World Rally Championship season, a disagreement between drivers and organizers led to plans for a boycott by competitors. That plan failed to materialize, but did get nearly half of the stages cut from the rally.
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 MoreWhile there’s something to be said for more and more women breaking into the sausage-fest world of motorsport, one woman is now going to bust into the biggest boys’ club in all of cars: Top Gear. If it’s a big change they’re after, racing driver Sabine Schmitz is the perfect woman to bring it.
Read MoreFerrari chairman and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne thinks a standalone Formula One team would be the best way to boost Alfa Romeo’s image, per Motorsport.com. Not a mere decal on the Ferrari car as they have now, but an entire Alfa team, likely powered by Ferrari power units.
Read MoreThis is what it looks like when you go from zero to over 300 miles per hour in less than four seconds. This is what it looks like when acceleration forces are so great they can make your retinas detach. This is what it looks like when you’re sitting in the cockpit of a Top Fuel dragster.
Read MoreMore than a few conservatives are quaking in their boots over the prospect of Hillary Clinton, in their mind the devil incarnate, becoming our next president. To prevent such a tragedy, one patriotic website invites to you, the American people, to help them sponsor an IndyCar dressed in anti-Hillary livery at this year’s Indy 500.
Read MoreScott Tucker went from rookie to champion racer with funds from a wildly lucrative group of payday lending business. But after years of lawsuits and trouble with the Federal Trade Commission, Tucker was arrested today, and a criminal indictment alleges a years-long marathon of illegal lending practices that exploited millions of poor people—all while Tucker lived the high life and went racing.
Read MoreThe hammer has finally come down on Scott Tucker, the American Le Mans Series champion and millionaire long dogged by lawsuits and investigations over his payday lending businesses. Tucker was arrested in Kansas today and indicted on federal charges over what is said to be “massive scheme,” according to news reports and court officials.
Read MoreThis weekend, a man brought a micro sprint car with a stuck throttle to a halt with what looks like, based on a tweet by Fast Four Media, nothing more than a little bit of toughness and a gigantic dosing of courage.
Read MoreI saw this car race at Goodwood last year at the Revival, getting hit but carrying on nevertheless. Nothing stirs up the night on a race track quite like the roar and reflections of the Iso Bizzarrini A3C Corsa.
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 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 MoreChevrolet’s sixth-generation COPO is a very loud answer to Ford’s Cobra Jet Mustang and Mopar’s Dodge Drag Pak racers. And in usual fashion, they only build 69 this year.
Read MoreTony Stewart was involved in a non-racing-related all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday that left him with a burst fracture of the L1 vertebra, per Autosport. Unfortunately, Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed today that Stewart will miss the start of his final NASCAR Sprint Cup season to recover from the injury.
Read MoreCorvette Racing gave us the most insane race finish when they told their No. 3 and No. 4 cars to have at it at the end of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. We’ve got the driver who finished just a nose ahead of his own teammate here to answer your questions. Ask Oliver Gavin anything you want—on racing or otherwise. Go!
Read MoreThe 2016 Nitto Tire King Of The Hammers is raging in Johnson Valley, California right this second and will be going strong through February 6th. If you’re interested in things that go fast, make noise, crash a lot and get driven by the same guys who build ‘em, you’re going to want to see this.
Read MoreWhat this driver can do with a completely ordinary old four-door Subaru Impreza GT is nothing short of astonishing.
Read MoreThe 2016 Honda Ridgeline isn’t built to be an off-road monster, but that doesn’t mean a Ridgeline body fitted around a race car isn’t going to look awesome in the fury of the Baja 1000.
Read More“If you’ve ever been in a race car,” racer Fabian Berger says, elbow-deep in the guts of a BMW E30, “then you know it’s worth wrenching the whole night.” This is the world of AER, American Endurance Racing, a budget racing series that’s not for amateurs. I, an amateur, found that out the hard way.
Read MoreWendell Scott was fast, but nothing came easy for him racing in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Scott was the first race-winning black driver at NASCAR’s highest level, which then as now had a tremendous Southern following—but one that made clear that it didn’t want him there at all.
Read MoreHere’s Patrick Simon driving the Rothmans Porsche 911 SCRS at the snowy Grand-Prix circuit of the Nürburgring. The lucky bastard.
Read MoreThe Nissan pickup truck known as the “hardbody” would be plucky by today’s standards but it’s still respected as one of the all-time great utility vehicles to grace American roads. Performances like this ridiculous race finish helped stoke that reputation.
Read MorePastor Maldonado, the most loathed and disrespected driver in Formula 1, is gone. What’s funny is who is replacing him.
Read MoreIt is claimed to be the world’s most powerful production car (for now), putting out 1,478 horsepower and boasting a price tag of more than 2.4 million Euros. Meet the next generation of insane Bugatti speed and opulence.
Read MoreFor a brief moment there, I felt like James Bond: drifting my Aston Martin with studded tires across a frozen lake. Then I remembered I wasn’t out there chasing down an evil villain or solving a serious crime that put the whole world in danger. I was following a part-time driving instructor named Paul, who was in a ’98 Corolla with 190,000 miles and dents the size of a desk lamp.
Read MoreThe Pagani Huayra is an already light and powerful car made of carbon fiber and titanium. Now Pagani has introduced the Pagani Huayra BC, which is lighter and more powerful thanks to carbon fiber and titanium.
Read MoreThe 2017 Volvo V90 wagon is here, but don’t tell us you’re surprised. Is this the best-looking modern Volvo wagon yet? Maybe so.
Read MoreThe previous Camaro SS 1LE was one of our favorite Camaro variants. Now the performance package is coming to the one with two fewer cylinders. That means you can have a 1LE V6 with 335 horsepower and a stick. Still can’t decide which performance muscle car to buy? Well, Chevrolet just made that choice harder.
Read MoreSick of your dead-end job? Dream of going into space, flipping your old boss the bird as you ride a column of fire into the heavenslike the space hero you know you really are? Then get your ass in gear and apply to be an astronaut! Today’s the last day!
Read MoreIn the past few days, the whole proudly too-smart-for-this-bullshit web community has been chuckling at the latest Nigerian 419 scam, this one substituting the iconic prince for a lost cosmonaut. Interestingly, though, the scam actually is based on some real facts, reworked in an imaginative way. Let’s see if we can dig out the bones of truth here.
Read MoreIf you value comfort and opulence over driving excitement, you’ll want to be driven in cars like the Mercedes S-Class, Cadillac Escalade, and the rest of the vehicles on this list of ostentatious-mobiles.
Read MoreLike its predecessor the Bugatti Veyron, the new Bugatti Chiron is a true engineering marvel. It’s a 1,478 horsepower monster capable of doing 261 mph a despite considerable bulk of 4,400 pounds. Here’s some of the goodness that makes the Chiron one of the most technologically impressive cars the world has ever seen.
Read MoreFaraday Future, the mysterious startup automaker that made its big reveal at this year’s CES, is suffering from the loss of its battery engineer and financial setbacks delaying its billion dollar Nevada factory. Now a former executive put the company on blast, claiming it does not in fact have a “Tesla killer” or even a functioning car.
Read MoreIf you were to get up right now, run into a parking lot, and sit on the hood of the first car you find and start bouncing up and down, chances are good that the suspension setup bouncing your ass there is MacPherson strut setup. That setup was born as part of a postwar General Motors program to build a small mass-market car. It could have been great, so naturally, GM killed it.
Read MoreWhat if a car could be controlled from a computer halfway around the world? Computer security researcher and hacker Troy Hunt has managed to do just that, via a web browser and an Internet connection, with an unmodified Nissan Leaf in another country. While so far the control was limited to the HVAC system, it’s a revealing demonstration of what’s possible.
Read MoreHow soon before cars start driving themselves on race tracks? Maybe it’s in the cards, based on this Ford patent application for “Selectable Autonomous Driving Modes.” One of these modes was called “racecar” mode, and it’s exactly what you think it is.
Read MoreHRL Laboratories has figured out how to replicate the rapid stiffening and softening of human muscle in metal. The technology could be used to create the ultimate automotive suspension, or give a robot the strength and sensitivity of a person.
Read MoreThe engineers at Nissan are excited about autonomous driving technology. So excited in fact, they pulled themselves away from working on actual cars to demonstrate how smart they were with self-parking office chairs. Office chairs that terrifyingly move around when you leave the room.
Read MoreFaraday Future has made a lot of wild claims, but does it really have what it takes to be the next Tesla? Nevada’s state treasurer went to China last week to meet with Leshi, the parent company of Faraday Future, over concerns with the company delaying its promised $1 billion in investment funding for a new manufacturing facility.
Read MoreTesla recently added a feature to its Model S allowing users to summon their car like an obedient dog, and now the Apple Watch is on board too. Other than being ridiculously cool, the process essentially works like summoning with a key fob.
Read MoreAccording to IEEE Spectrum, documents filed to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission indicate that new efforts toward Google’s prototype autonomous cars include the testing of several wireless charging systems for the vehicles in California. The systems come from two companies that specialize in creating charging plates for vehicles, Hevo Power and Momentum Dynamics.
Read MoreIs nothing sacred? It would appear not, as now even the small, self-governing Isle of Man, forever independent of the changing empires of Europe around it, and home to one of the oldest and most dangerous races on the planet, is inviting autonomous vehicle development to its roads.
Read MoreThe British Government has just committed almost $30 million to develop various facets of autonomous car tech, a chunk of which Bosch and Jaguar Land Rover are getting to develop self-driving cars that actually “drive like humans, not robots.”
Read MoreAre you a tree-killing monster if you charge your cell phone with a USB port in your car? A recent Bloomberg article titled Charging a Smartphone While Driving Isn’t as Free as You Think suggests that maybe you are. I think it’s a bit too extreme. The facts aren’t wrong in the article, but a lot more context is required here.
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 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 MoreGerman automaker Borgward was founded in 1919, went bankrupt in 1961, and basically backslid into obscurity until an influx of Chinese cash got their wheels rolling again in 2008. I remain skeptical, but the company wants you to think they’re about to start selling these crossovers.
Read MoreCadillac’s future is riding on the success of the XT5, and we’ll be driving it over the next two days to tell you whether or not that’s a good thing. Get your questions in now so we can poke, prod and ask while we’re in the car!
Read MoreA Texas street resembled a scene from an action movie on Friday, as a gravel truck barreled through a busy intersection—as well as a few cars—and off of an embankment after running a stoplight.
Read MoreA rhinoceros really wailed on these tourists’ Toyota hard with its horn the other day. Guess it figured legs get right-of-way over wheels in Namibia’s Etosha National Park?
Read MoreIn another episode of truck versus train: not only does the train win again, it accidentally hauls the big rig a quarter mile down the tracks before grinding to a stop.
Read MoreThe Mint 400, “the Great American Off-Road Race,” takes over Las Vegas in the second week of March. The 2016 edition is getting some real goodies, too; more vintage vehicles and an epic truck show where you can see (and rate!) all the insane vehicles people spend small fortunes on.
Read MoreEver since we saw those cool models of old VW buses mated with rock crawlers I’ve been obsessed with this idea of an extreme off-road hippie van. So far, this is as close as I’ve been able to find.
Read MoreThis is what “nailed it” looks like.
Read MoreBoy, there sure are a lot of Ford EcoSports at Ford’s headquarters here in the United States.
Read MoreWe already were pretty fired up about the “new Bronco” concept we saw this morning from the fan forum Bronco6G, but the artists over there have actually sketched out a whole bunch of “variants” and frankly they’re all worth checking out.
Read MoreYou know how the saying goes; where there’s a will, there’s a way to turn some wacky old sedan into a pickup truck. And this guy’s ’85 Chrysler 5th Avenue “truck conversion” actually came out remarkably well.
Read MoreA new Ford Bronco is yet to be officially confirmed, but now us hopefuls can all stop crowding around that one silly render Four Wheeler made for April Fool’s Day 2014, or that Bronco concept from a decade back. This new concept art from Bronco6G is my favorite modern interpretation of the vehicle yet.
Read MoreThe Acura MDX is a perfectly nice, fine, reliable SUV, ideal for hauling your kids to whatever ultimately inconsequential after-school activity they’re into; aggressive and interesting it is not. It seems the MDX is about to get a little more of both, and maybe a lot less of that much-loathed shield grille.
Read MoreAs well as giving Europe a better supermini with the turbo Up, Volkswagen will also have a compact SUV concept at Geneva featuring “hardly any switches.” But are we looking at the first member of an extended Tiguan family?
Read MoreAT Overland’s new Tacoma Habitat package looks like a really elegant solution for off-road camping comfort without the mass of a full-on RV.
Read MoreHighway 490 around Rochester, New York was absolutely inundated with snow this week with everything from buses to big rigs getting stuck and stopping plows. As we always love to see; some good samaritans went above and beyond their truck’s tow rating to get people going again.
Read MoreAfter various image and design leaks of its Levante SUV, Maserati finally shared a few images of its own. The photos come just one day after production images of the Levanted leaked, and it’s definitely the same vehicle we saw yesterday.
Read MoreMaserati’s unusual desire to generate money via the sales of cars has led them down the path to this: a Maserati-badged SUV. We’ve known this was coming, teased by the 2011 Kubang concept, and now it looks like our Dutch pals at Autoweek.nl got shots of the actual production Maserati Levante before its upcoming unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show.
Read MoreToyota sent their pro drivers Andy Bell and Ryan Millen to take the 2017 Tacoma TRD Pro to the western hemisphere’s northernmost road for some spectacular photo ops. The white truck can be hard to spot in the snow, but when you can see it, it’s quite a sight to behold.
Read MoreDo you want to know which inexpensive family hauler is actually the safest, or just watch two cars you hate joust to the death? Either way, this is worth watching.
Read MoreAfter literally showing the world the greatest truck in the universe, Truck Yeah is still waiting for its box of Putinka vodka from the manufacturer of the SHERP ATV. In the meantime, they gave us 17 minutes of English footage instead, explaining why this is indeed the greatest truck in the universe. Not that we were having doubts.
Read MoreOn Friday, President Obama designated three new national monuments in the California desert totaling almost 1.8 million acres. That’s a whole lot of space that includes off-road driving areas and a chunk of historic Route 66. Let’s take a look at what this new designation actually means.
Read MoreThe last time we reviewed the Chevy Trax, our headline read “You Can Do Better.” Clearly, Chevy’s baby CUV hadn’t made a great impression. But good news! Chevy fixed one of the car’s copious flaws! And one is at least better than zero, right?
Read MoreMeet the RENNtech-tuned Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Extreme: almost eight feet tall with 5,200 pounds of dumper payload capacity, and is that painted-on mud splatter I see?
Read MoreBy now you may be familiar with the 2016 Nissan Titan XD, a “hardcore light-duty” truck in between the half-ton and three-quarter-ton classifications. We knew a regular-sized half-ton version was coming, and here it is. I guess it’s “hardcore regular,” then?
Read MoreToyota just confirmed a 2017 Tacoma TRD Pro, which means a truck with better much shocks and decorations and toys than the last version. Suddenly I’m excited about the new Tacoma all over again.
Read MoreNothing says that you want to dominate nature quite like an off-road heavy duty pickup. Ram has re-faced their Power Wagon for the 2017 model year and spread some of its off-road tech across its whole HD line to better cater to the big boy mud and rocks crowd out there.
Read MoreThe International Harvester Scout was a car ahead of its time, in many ways, an SUV from the days when the only people who bought SUVs needed SUVs. The Scout was made from 1961-1980 in two generations, and these pictures seem to suggest a 1980s Scout future that never quite happened.
Read MoreIf “the fastest-ever car to drive the Glamis Sand Dunes” doesn’t mean anything to you, we’ll break it down: This 1600 horsepower two-seat death-sled simply cannot stop flying.
Read MoreNissan’s enormous old-school truck-style SUV is back after a long hiatus; the 2017 Nissan Armada will basically be the peasant-spec Infinti QX80. Don’t count on it being “cheap,” but it sure looks sharp.
Read MoreWould you like to go wherever the hell you want? Using its self-inflated tires, Russia’s SHERP ATV can give you that pleasure. It will climb over obstacles as tall as 27.5 inches, swim with ease, turn like a tank and look awesome in any situation for only $49,000 worth of Rubles.
Read MoreMarvin Askew bought this Datsun 1600 in 1971, changed the oil every 2,000 miles ever since, and today it’s still nice enough to sit in a museum. Listening to this guy talk about his truck will make you want to go outside and hug your car.
Read MoreWatching this video, I really don’t know how this tow could have gone worse. Then I read the backstory.
Read MoreAt the Delhi Auto Show, Nissan’s division for “high-growth” markets, Datsun, showed a concept based on their entry-level Go platform, and it suggests a refreshingly optimistic view of the future of car-buying in countries like India.
Read MoreIn Colorado, a semi truck struggled to ascend a steep road. The solution: a gang of pickups and SUVs tied themselves together and yanked the big rig in a glorious display of 4x4 teamwork.
Read MoreTwelve hours in, I lost the last scraps of sanity.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for giant SUVs with ridiculous power figures, these are your choices.
Read MoreThe Chevy Trailblazer is not dead. Seriously, Chevrolet builds it today, an SUV version of the current Colorado. Remind me why we can’t buy it in America?
Read MoreWe are all familiar with the oo rah Smokey and the Bandit culture of American trucking. But what’s going on in Europe? This Irish music video gives you a taste.
Read MoreThe 2017 Ford Raptor is redesigned, re-engined, and it looks great in pictures. But now it’s faced with the challenge of proving itself all over again. So Ford is putting it through six major off-road races this year, in stock condition. Sort of.
Read MoreThe Isle of Man is a 220 square-mile splinter of the U.K. floating between England and Ireland. Host to (in)famous motorcycle racing and a spectacular auto museum, they love their cars out there. Especially Land Rovers.
Read MoreThe A-10 Thunderbolt, also known as the “Warthog,” is my favorite aircraft of all time for one reason: its gun. The bullets that exit the tip of the plane’s barrel travel faster than the speed of sound. This means that if you’re an enemy on the ground and hear its telltale BRRAP, you’re already dead. I’ll likely never get to ride in one, let alone fly one, but the closest I might be able to get is behind the wheel of the Range Rover Sport SVR.
Read MoreWhen pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. introduced his custom EcoBoost Ford F-150, he said it would be a daily driver. That could drift. And go off-road. And off jumps. It was intriguing as a concept, it’s freaking amazing to see in action.
Read MoreGuts. Glory. Ram. That’s what the absurdly deep-voiced narrator says in all of Fiat Chrysler’s truck commercials, trying to convince you to set down that protein, nail and raw-egg shake, and head down to your local Ram dealer to get yourself a macho truck. But you know what can make those big, “macho” trucks look downright silly? A little bit of crystallized water. I found that out this weekend.
Read MoreMaybe this is how it always is; just as you get your engine running right, the throttle cable snaps.
Read MoreI get it. You have a million bucks and change burning a hole in your tuxedo pockets, and you’re desperate to own one of those fancy hypercars like your neighbors all have. Who hasn’t been in that situation? But I am here to tell you to go another route: this perfect time-capsule 1967 Toyota 2000GT.
Read MoreLet’s be frank—Nissan knew what it was doing when it created the Skyline. So much so that I’ll wager more people perusing this site right now would rather drive a bone stock Nissan Skyline GT-R for a week than have a Dodge Challenger Hellcat for a month, present company included. But what if you wanted to create something Nissan never did with its Skyline? What if what you really wanted to do was get two more cylinders and a hell of a lot of luggage space?
Read MoreA commonly held idea in car culture is that “German reliability” is as oxymoronic as a diarrhea-free Chipotle burrito bowl. “The most expensive car I can ever buy is a cheap German,” people say. To prove them wrong, I bought a broken BMW 540i and planned to have someone other than me fix it, as I had other things to do, like watch Netflix and argue with people on Twitter. It didn’t turn out well.
Read MoreOne of the first issues readers bring up when I write these articles is the fact that the featured cars are often expensive to maintain and repair when out of warranty. While that may be somewhat true for this clean and Miata-cheap Mercedes-Benz SL600, a quick rundown of facts would render those concerns moot. Allow me to enlighten you.
Read MoreStatus. Prestige. Pedigree. All words associated with the quintessential well-to-do yuppie douchebag. However, it doesn’t have to be this way, and that’s why this week, your task is to show me the best fake-it-til-you-make-it rich people cars available for under a $30k budget. Don’t disappoint me.
Read MoreIf you’re in an employment transitional period and experience the thrill of daytime TV, you’ll likely have noticed infomercials that prey upon the broke and uninformed with jingles that convince you to hand over your grandma’s social security checks for one lump sum of cash. If there’s one thing to learn, it’s that free money is never free. However, there are deals out there that allow you to make money without actually doing anything out of the ordinary, and turning your car into an ad space ma
Read MoreSo you just bought a used car. The previous owner may have said it was in great working condition, but how do you know it’s really safe to drive? If you don’t go to a pro mechanic, you’ll have to find out for yourself. Here’s how you can ensure your car isn’t a death-mobile with almost no tools.
Read MoreWhen something like a Mercedes 190SL goes from being a $40,000 car to fetching a quarter of a million dollars at auction in the span of a few years, you start to wonder what other cars are future classics in the waiting.
Read MoreHaving a car designated as a sleeper is no new thing. In fact, there are plenty of factory-made cars that fit the bill, even more so with a quick de-badging. However, the real sleepers out there, the cars you would never expect to be powerful, are some of the most interesting automotive marvels in the world. Here’s possibly the most insane one I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreThis 1980 car has just 853 miles on the clock, a wooden shift knob, tartan seats and pop up headlights, naturally. You got three days to get involved, so get cracking on this Triumph!
Read MoreWhen the Nissan GT-R first arrived on U.S. shores, it was immediately pitted against the all-wheel-drive and boosted Porsche 911 Turbo. While the GT-R was a great performance value back in the day, the tables have turned in such spectacular fashion that you can now get a great example of Germany’s finest sports car for a fraction of what Japan is charging for a slightly used Godzilla.
Read MoreThe formula sounds simple: buy some old $800 Craigslist special and stuff an omnipresent LS in it. This is what every Internet car nerd recommends if you want cheap speed, and this is how this kind of budget build actually plays out, fuckups included.
Read More“I bought a Honda Accord,” your neighbor tells you. And you nod and tell him “That’s a good car,” because it is! You can’t really go wrong with an Accord, even if it is a boring, safe, obvious choice. But a modern Accord starts around $22,000; for about the same money, you can own this impossibly sweet 1981 Accord LX instead!
Read MoreIt’s springtime! Time to start working on your project car, learn a new wrenching skill, discover what everything is under the hood (and how it works), or just spruce up your daily driver. All month, we’ll be looking back at our best informative, maintenance and DIY articles from Jalopnik’s near 20-year history to get your ride ready for the road.
Read MoreHave you ever pulled an all-nighter before a big race or off-road event? Well, I haven’t, but it looks like I’m headed down that path, as my old $600 Craigslist Jeep Cherokee still needs tons of work before it can conquer Moab.
Read MoreEvery time some stupid show goes off the air, talking heads always refer to it as the end of an era when it isn’t at all - you’ll be able to binge watch the same episodes on Netflix until your eyes bleed or until you realize that your taste in sitcoms is severely lacking. However, when the subject is exotic sports cars, there really is no better time than now to buy your first Ferrari because holy nertz are they getting expensive.
Read MoreIt’s not every day that you see a Ferrari with a V12 and a manual transmission for sale for less than a new Jaguar. Then again, you don’t usually find a Ferrari in grey primer sitting on yellow wheels either.
Read MoreWelcome, one and all, to the very first installment of Build of the Week, where I feature cars that throw all caution, common sense, and budgets in the trash and you comment about how your modified Jetta GLX could beat it from a 40 MPH roll on the highway.
Read MoreWhen looking for a budget exotic car to buy, it’s easy to get carried away by the sharp-edged lines of a Lamborghini or the pedigree of a bona-fide Ferrari badge. Oh, how wrong you’d be. This Aston Martin DBS is the most beautiful and one of the most rare exotics you can buy today, for way less than the price off the poseur-spec BMW M6. Prepare for enlightenment.
Read MoreFord GT350R. Chevrolet Camaro Z/28. The Dodge Hellcats. All of them are amazing modern American muscle cars in their own ways, but... which one should you buy? Watch us argue that out, and you be the judge.
Read MoreWere you the kind of awesome child that loved LEGOs and now you’re getting tetanus shots every week because you’re reliving it through rebuilding rusty cars? Do you want to see something come from nothing? Do you like artful expressions of automotive excellence? Well, then - make yourself at home.
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