I’ll tell you what customer service is: it’s when one of your buyers says “Hey, make me that car!” and then you say “Heck yeah, sure!” That’s what Audi did for one unnamed (and no doubt deep-pocketed) European buyer who requested an Audi A8 extended limousine. It’s surprisingly quick, too!
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II AKA “Warthog” has become one of the most-recognized and beloved warplanes since it started flying in the 1970s. We’ve been hearing about its impending retirement—and the reason many in the armed services community are against that—for ages, but proposed legislation could keep it in the sky for at least a little longer.
Read MoreThe F-16 Viper, a fighter jet used by numerous countries around the world including Norway, is capable of flying at more than 1,000 miles per hour. So when a patient in northern Norway needed lifesaving equipment and need it quickly, the Norwegian Air Force came to the rescue.
Read MoreOn Friday Japan became just the fourth nation to test-fly its own stealth jet, the homegrown X-2 prototype fighter. Decked out in the white and red colors of the country’s flag and built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, it’s hard to escape the X-2’s symbolism—or its importance to Japan’s defense future.
Read MoreYears ago, Israeli defense outfit Rafael developed the equivalent of a “bubble shield” for military vehicles. The Trophy Active Protection System basically blasts incoming missiles into oblivion with a turreted shotgun. Now this tech is finally running on American M1 Abrams tanks and Stryker armored vehicles.
Read MoreDuring an airdrop on a military base in Hohenfels, Germany, three HMMWV’s somehow detached from their parachutes and crashed into a million pieces, The Tactical Air Network reports. The reaction from the soldiers filming, though, is absolutely priceless.
Read MoreDARPA is working on a new terrifyingly-named “Gremlins” program to develop swarms of small, reusable drones deployed from aircraft over “denied” zones with the intention of intelligence gathering, radar jamming, and other “friendly” operations... for now.
Read MoreA brand-new camera stabilizing rig was created solely to capture the majesty of the Saab Gripen fighter jet cutting open the ice cold air above Sweden. Worth it? Take a look for yourself!
Read MoreAll countries have great national past times. For America, it’s baseball. For England, it’s soccer. For Egypt, it’s making world leaders sit there and listen while their national anthems are completely massacred by the Egyptian national army band. Here’s what I think is supposed to be La Marseillaise, the national anthem of France.
Read MoreFoxtrot Alpha should not have been a success. A defense site on a car blog? Why the hell would anyone want to do that? And who the hell would even want to read it?
Read MoreThe fight to kill the A-10 Warthog rages on in Washington after the U.S. Air Force tried to sneak-retire the incredibly useful attack jet following a failure to get Congressional approval to end it outright. Now the Air Force’s shell game includes a potential A-10 replacement, dubbed the A-X.
Read MoreRussian media reports that Jordan is consulting with Moscow on buying a batch of Su-32s, a export derivative of Russia’s Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber, which itself is an evolution of the Su-27 Flanker series of fighter aircraft.
Read MoreAmerican sailors aboard the USS Donald Cook got one intimidating air show over the Baltic Sea yesterday. Russian swing-wing Su-24 Fencers made multiple simulated attack runs on their ship. The maneuvers were said to have been “extremely aggressive” and so low that wakes were kicked up in the water below the jets, Navy officials said.
Read MoreThe AAV-7 soldiers on after over 40 years in service with the USMC and a dozen other operators around the globe. As such the “Amtrak” has been upgraded over the decades to stay tactically relevant. Now, once again, it is receiving yet another infusion of new technologies making it more effective and survivable.
Read MoreOne of Russia’s most advanced attack helicopters, the Mi-28 “Night Hunter,” crashed today while operating in Syria. Russian officials say that the helicopter was not taking enemy fire at the time and went down due to technical reasons, killing both crewman onboard. A team is reportedly on the scene trying to determine what exactly caused the crash.
Read MoreLPD-28, the 12th ship in the San Antonio class line, may serve as somewhat of a bridge to the upcoming class of amphibious transport docks, currently dubbed the LX(R). As part of this transitional vessel, Lockheed wants to install its vaunted Aegis Combat System aboard it, giving the ship a much higher level of defensive capabilities, independence and situational awareness.
Read More“Team Coco” recently added Korea to the list of the many places the show has visited. During the trip, Conan O’Brien and The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun toured the incredibly tense Joint Security Area along the demilitarized zone for some less-than-easy laughs.
Read MoreThe Navy’s ultra-versatile P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has risen to all-star status both within the halls of the Pentagon and on the export market. It has been at the center of the search for MH370 and at the tip of the growing dispute over China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea. Now it has has made headlines once again, locating marooned men on a deserted island in the Pacific.
Read MoreSpaceX finally managed to land its Falcon 9 reusable rocket on its autonomous drone ship out at sea after four unsuccessful attempts, with plans for at least two more sea landings later this year. It takes a special kind of ship to catch a rocket falling from the sky, and here’s how they do it.
Read MoreVFC-111, the Sundowners, provide fleet adversary support with their F-5Ns out of gorgeous Key West, Florida. For a recent air show there, headlined by the Blue Angels, the squadron put together their own little four-ship demo team, and by the looks of the video below they did not disappoint.
Read MoreR2D2's demented big brother, the iconic 20mm cannon shell squirting Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS), remains the last line of defense for many of America’s most capable surface combatants. The video below shows a AV-8B Harrier making a high-speed attack run on the USS Germantown while its Phalanx, which is empty, attempts to blast it out of the sky.
Read MoreIsrael has done amazing things with their imported U.S. fighter aircraft, innovating and tailoring their capabilities to meet their unique needs. They want to continue this legacy with the F-35. Part of this initiative now includes the ability to externally modify their new stealth jets with the addition of conformal fuel tanks.
Read MoreOnly four marines in the entire U.S. Marine Corps get to stand sentry over the White House’s West Wing while the president is working. This video breaks down a day in the life of the most badass doorman in America.
Read MoreMcLaren Special Operations is selling McLaren F1 chassis #069 (nice) with less than 2,800 miles on its clock for somewhere between $12 to 14 million will all the usual bells and whistles, yet it is our understanding that a Compaq LTE 5280 is not part of the deal.
Read MoreWhenever a new exotic car comes out, enthusiasts always ask the same question: can you daily drive it? Regarding the Alfa Romeo 4C, I’ll answer this question with another question: you could daily drive a riding lawnmower. But do you really want to?
Read MoreThe Mazdaspeed Miata was a limited-run production of the second generation Miata, and is most notable for being the only production MX-5 to come with a turbocharger. The Mazdaspeed’s turbo and relatively small production run make some consider it to be a collectible, but does it really deserve that status?
Read MoreVolvo has been touting their turbocharged and supercharged 2.0-liter inline-four since it launched in 2015. And now, the Swedes’ performance arm, Polestar, has gotten its hands on the engine, modified it, and dropped it into the S60 and V60. The result: more power. More acceleration. More joy in this world.
Read MoreHello, readers of Jalopnik, and welcome to Letters to Doug, wherein you send letters to Doug, and Doug answers them with a few swift movements of his quill pen across the parchment.
Read MoreLife is all about compromises. If you have come to the point where you need a midsize four-door sedan, but you want something enjoyable to drive, there are two ways to go: A European sport sedan, or a brand new “sporty” version of a mainstream sedan.
Read MoreToday, I’ve decided to address certified pre-owned programs. More specifically, I’m going to tell you why certified pre-owned programs actually benefit car companies with a reputation for poor reliability.
Read MoreAs Volkswagen’s diesel-cheating saga finally starts moving toward resolution after seven months, the automaker will offer to buy back some 500,000 TDI diesel cars and compensate owners. There are going to be a lot of folks with money to burn on another ride. If that includes you, here are some vehicles to consider if you plan on replacing your TDI.
Read MoreSome people lease a car and decide they like it so much they would rather keep it. Completing what’s known as a lease buyout is usually fairly straightforward, but a lot of people don’t realize that a trip to the dealership is not required to purchase your leased vehicle.
Read MoreTake one Mercedes twin-turbo V8. Give it a stupid, ungodly amount of power. Take the noise straight out of a Camaro SS. And then make the entire thing look like an enormous dick. That’s the Mercedes-AMG GT S, and I think I’m in love with it.
Read MoreThe average auto loan payment is almost $500 a month and loan delinquency is at an all time high. Many industry analysts are concerned about the long-term financial consequences of car loans people can’t afford. But if you’re struggling to make your payments, don’t blame the bank or the dealer.
Read MoreAfter yesterday’s discussion of the saddest car configurators on the internet somebody sent us one on the opposite end of the awesomeness spectrum. This online 3D configurator for the Audi A4 Allroad blows every other one I’ve seen out of the water.
Read MoreThe Dodge Dart is not a bad car. It’s just not quite as good as some other offerings in a very crowded segment. Now that Dodge is phasing out Dart, the fire sale has begun and you can pick up a nice compact with crazy discounts and insane financing offers.
Read MoreWith record new car sales in 2015, industry analysts are worried about an inflated pre-owned market with more trade-ins and cars coming in off lease. To help move inventory, companies like Toyota and Ally Financial are starting to offer lease programs for lightly used cars.
Read MoreThe new BMW M2 is little beast of a machine. It’s everything we love about a good car, only it’s a package mere mortals can actually use and afford. But you shouldn’t buy one, because this M235i costs the same and will eat its lunch.
Read MorePolestar did much more to the bluest Volvos for 2017 than just cutting off two cylinders and bolting on a supercharger. While the V60 and S60 Polestar look similar, they get more than 50 upgrades over a T6 R-Design, making for a completely different driving experience.
Read MoreIn the first 72 hours, Tesla received 276,000 pre-orders for the upcoming Model 3. Given Tesla’s limited production capacity, the demand has by far surpassed the supply. Yet not one Tesla customer ever has to worry about paying some ridiculous dealer markup.
Read MoreHello, humans of the Internet, and welcome to Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly column wherein Doug writes letters, such as “J.” J is one of the most important letters, because without it, they’d just be Immy Eat World.
Read MoreHello, humans of the Internet, and also racist Microsoft Twitter bots, and welcome to today’s version of Letters to Doug. This is an extra special edition because you are reading this on Friday, even though I am writing it on Thursday. This is due to time travel.
Read MoreOne of my personal missions as an automotive writer is to bring more attention to the very early history of cars, that very important and often overlooked century of development from the late 1700s to about 1880. I don’t want Mercedes-Benz to get away with saying they invented the automobile, because that’s bullshit. Karl Benz was great, sure, but there’s another man who deserves as much or more credit: Richard Trevithick.
Read MoreAttention! Attention! This is important! Three insipid thoughts about automobiles have occurred to me, and now, pursuant to OSHA regs 31.46a and subparagraph 77e, I must relay them to you. So get ready.
Read MoreAlthough the Mythbusters final season is over, it lives on as the show that tested absolutely ridiculous premises and followed through with an actual budget and an entertainment value that was second to none. One of the more notably insane things they’ve ever tried, at least in my eyes, is installing square wheels on a full-size pickup truck and recording the mayhem as they try to even out the colossal vibrations.
Read MoreEverybody should start their driving careers in something weighing under 2,200 pounds before buying a Golf GTI, a V6 Camaro, or maybe a BMW M2 if they have a fat enough bank account. Like an MG Midget, for example—if you can fit.
Read MoreThe name of Abu Dhabi’s Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan is probably not new to car lovers, nor to Mercedes-Benz. But I bet you’ve never seen the Rainbow Sheikh’s extravagant collection quite like this before. Take a tour!
Read MoreLet’s say you find yourself at a local Cars & Coffee meetup, parked between a perfect vintage Lamborghini Miura and a Koenigsegg something something. You look down to find that you’ve, somehow, driven up in the most mundane, boring shitbox imaginable. There’s still hours left before the Mustangs start killing everybody, and there’s people all around, waiting to hear you talk. What do you do?
Read MoreThere are people in this world who love surprises. I am not one of them. As Jalopnik’s Video Director, it’s my job to make sure surprises don’t happen while we’re on a video shoot. Yet, in late February, the Jalopnik staff managed to put one past me—and I don’t completely hate them for it.
Read MoreI really don’t get what’s so hard to understand about this fundamental cornerstone of society: don’t mess with someone’s ride. How much more clear could it be? Why do some people not understand it to such a degree that they’d photograph their child jumping on somebody’s Lamborghini, like this guy?
Read MoreWhen life gives you lemons, drive an Acura NSX.
Read MoreWhen I first heard that Porsche was developing their first new production flat-four engine since the 356 era, I was understandably and visibly aroused. But not for any rational reasons; mostly because for me (and a good number of fellow loons) a flat-four anything is something that should be shoved in the ass of an old Beetle.
Read MoreLast Thursday, when we were reeling from the death of Prince, I wrote a story about the actual car that inspired Prince’s song Little Red Corvette. I was wrong about the car. So is pretty much everyone else on the internet. How do I know? Because musician Lisa Coleman—yes, that would be Lisa from Wendy & Lisa—owned the actual car, and she contacted me to set the record straight.
Read MoreNeed a peaceful glow—not to mention, a sleek-looking car—on your computer desktop to help you survive the impending onset of Monday? No worries. None at all. We can help.
Read MoreHey, sexy. What are you wearing? Your favorite white shirt? That’s hot. Oh yeah. If I were a drop of oil, I’d get all over that. All over that.
Read MoreWriting about a fantasy world that includes exactly zero cars on an automotive site may be a little ridiculous, but for some reason I keep doing it. And with Game of Thrones coming back this Sunday, why should I stop? So let’s try this: if the important Great Houses in the upcoming season were translated into cars, what would those cars be like?
Read MoreHello, human beings of the Internet, and welcome to Jalopnik, your leading automotive site for stuff about cars. This is Letters to Doug, your leading automotive column for letters to Doug.
Read MoreBrazil has always been the home of fascinating Volkswagen mutant strains, and even when the company started cooling their cars with that stuff you find in toilets instead of air, they managed to continue this tradition. Just look at these bonkers Passat variants that flourished there and no where else in the world.
Read MoreESPN’s “Secret History Of Tiger Woods” is a must-read, all about the fascinating real story of a complex person. It also has an anecdote about the famous golfer’s experience with one infamous supercar, the Porsche Carrera GT.
Read MoreThere’s no way around it: 2016 is continuing its status as the Great Asshole Year by taking music legends away from us. Today, it was Prince, because apparently David Bowie wasn’t enough for this ghoulish year. From a gearhead perspective, Prince may be best known for his song “Little Red Corvette.” That song was inspired by a car, but, oddly enough, not a Corvette.
Read MoreOur 4/20-related “drugs in cars” post got some fascinating and bizarre answers, but I think this one takes the cake for sure.
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I pissed off an entire nation of car enthusiasts. This was not my intent. I generally aim to make enthusiasts happy, regardless of their race, religion, age, or nationality, unless of course they are German. I am the federal anti-discrimination law of car journalists.
Read MoreQuick: what’s the one thing that, to most people, defines a supercar? Power? Speed? Advanced engineering? Money? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and sort of right. But trumping all these criteria, to the average person, there’s but one real indicator of supercardom: weird doors.
Read MoreWe had quite a few theories on what that mysterious white Ford van might have been doing creeping around the Apple offices with all those dongles dangling off it. But this is one theory I can stand behind and laugh at.
Read MoreIf you know about a two-stroke Trabant that’s daily-driven more far out than where I found this one, please prove me wrong. But for now, this mustard yellow wonder is claiming the title for The Most Remote Trabant On Earth.
Read MoreNot all car enthusiasts are born equal. Some grew up in a family of race car drivers, and some saved up for years to buy their first jalopy against their strict parents’ wishes. Whatever the case may be, we all arrived here somehow. My question for you is, what made you fall in love with the automobile?
Read MoreI, for one, am very excited about Citroën’s planned return to the United States, even if it begins with some kind of ride-sharing service. This country badly needs an injection of French funkiness, the kind Europeans got for years with cars like this Citroën CX.
Read MoreCar culture can be amazing. A bunch of people gather on a random day in an empty parking lot and talk about their hobby, practice their photography on exotics they’d never have access to otherwise, and get a chance at meeting their heroes. One meet I attended wasn’t quite what I expected, but that may have more to do with me than with it.
Read MoreI hear it all the time: “How hard is it to get in a car and just shoot an awesome video?” That’s because the very best car videos make it look easy, like someone hopped in some amazing machine and went drifting all day long—simple as that. But video shoots are incredibly complicated, time-consuming efforts, and that amazing Red Bull Ferrari F40 snow drift shoot was no different.
Read MoreHello, ladies and gentlemen of Jalopnik, and welcome to this week’s Letters to Doug, which involves me signing into my e-mail and trudging through constant Tai Lopez motivational e-mails in order to find something worth posting.
Read MoreToday Motor Trend released a vexingly misleading analysis of a hypothetical Apple Car. You guys had a few ideas about why.
Read MoreFlying from Detroit to Phoenix to buy a 1987 Straman CRX Si, then driving the car back, had allowed me to revisit the red rock canyons of Arizona and the mountains of New Mexico for the first time in over a quarter-century. To the east lay more familiar territory populated with friends and family, both for me and the car. Might some fun be had?
Read MoreI keep going back configuring to the 2017 Ford GT despite the paucity of options. Why is it fun to configure a car that I can’t afford? It’s more fun, I think, to configure cars I can afford but would never buy. This has led me to build a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer that costs nearly $28,000.
Read MoreIt started with a Craigslist ad. Not the furniture-for-sale section or a melancholy Missed Connection. I’m talking “Gigs” section Craigslist. It was 2009, and I had just graduated from college. I had no job or skills, and I’d moved back in with my parents. After getting a “we’ll keep your resume on file, hon” from Dunkin’ Donuts, I was finally coming around to the idea of selling my used underwear.
Read MoreI live near Detroit. The usual reasons some people dislike Detroit—the cold, the snow, the insular culture, the urban decay—they don’t bother me much. What really ticks me off about living there is that there’s not a single great driving road within three hours. I fantasize about living near mountains. For the next 24 hours, I get to live that fantasy. Maybe.
Read MoreYou’re a cold-hearted sucker if you don’t appreciate the Ford Mustang on some level. But after just one too many post-Cars and Coffee burnout crashes, the ‘Stang appears to be finally getting its internet comeuppance. Can you blame the meme-makers?
Read MoreI’d badly wanted a Honda CRX Si ever since test driving one back in 1985. I’ve also been wanting to tour the American Southwest again for nearly as long. By flying to Phoenix to buy a rare CRX sight unseen, I’d accomplished the first goal. My new car wasn’t just any CRX, but one of the few fuel-injected Si’s that had been transformed into a convertible by Straman.
Read MoreReligion, especially its more cult-like forms, can inspire people to do stupid things. Mine recently compelled me to place a sizable wager on the reliability of a 29-year-old Honda, on forecasts of unseasonably decent weather, on online friendships, and on other, even more questionable things.
Read MoreJalopnik East has covered all the developments of the Char Anzable Gundam Toyota Auris promotional concept, to a small production run, and finally to its second and current iteration. It has been profitable for Toyota, so perhaps unsurprising that Toyota is heavily promoting it in animated commercials and going all out at auto shows.
Read MoreToday we talked about some car problem diagnosis horror stories. But how bad would you feel if you missed the most basic problem of all?
Read MoreEnthusiasts of one particular car make are really only certain of three things: their chosen brand is the best, the people who prefer some other brand are drooling sub-morons, and there’s no way in hell they’d ever drive a Saturn. Every brand has its share of the aforementioned drooling morons, but is there any way to tell who has the most?
Read MoreThe cars that car enthusiasts want and the cars that car companies have to build to remain in business seem to grow increasingly distant from each other, and that leads to a problem.
Read MoreI live in Texas. I only ever see large amounts of snow if I leave the state. But what I learned after doing not one, but two snow driving schools with Porsche and Mazda, is how to turn those distinct winter driving disadvantages into wild hooning superpowers—and also how not to spin out, crash and die.
Read MoreNow, before we’re quick to condemn the driver of this Ford Mustang, we have to look at the whole situation here: daytime, in clear weather with great visibility, in a well-maintained modern car, and a dry, smooth, completely flat and straight road free of any traffic in the lanes. So, you know, with all those factors, it’s easy to see how this could happen. If you’re a moron.
Read MoreThe joy of the internet is that something can be right, and something can be wrong, but both are given equal footing. I stand (or rather sit, let’s be honest) to proclaim one Justin Westbrook WRONG. Because taking your super cars across the Himalayas is fucking beautiful. The guys who ruined those cars aren’t idiots—they’re heroes.
Read MoreChristian Von Koenigsegg is a lucky man. His unconventional ideas about automotive engineering—pioneering FlexFuel, camless engines and gearless transmissions—have made him and his small supercar company wildly successful. He’s lucky he didn’t try to start his business based on his theory of gravity, which he does not believe works how you think it does.
Read MoreWe all know that the McLaren P1 is a beauty in its entirety, but it is important to appreciate things in smaller portions on occasion (maybe that’s just the rule for eating dessert, but hey). Either way, this shot will give your desktop the artsy touch it needs.
Read MoreApril Fools’ Jokes from car companies are, as a rule, bad and dumb; cheap, faux-cute attention grabs devoid of any real cleverness because they’ve been sanitized by the folks from Legal and Marketing. This is not the case at Morgan Motor Company, British purveyors of classic wood-framed go-fast machines, whose April 1 joke is something that should actually happen.
Read MoreOver the past day or so, a picture that’s allegedly of Bernie Sanders driving a roughly $160,000 Audi R8 has been circulating online, along with the allegations that he purchased the car with donor money. Is any of this even remotely true?
Read MoreEd Welburn, General Motors’ top designer who oversaw the automaker’s modern rebirth with cars like the Chevrolet Camaro and Cadillac CTS, is retiring after 44 years with the company. The good news? His replacement led the design of the drool-inducing sex-machine called the Buick Avenir Concept.
Read MoreThis strange video from Dash Cam Owners Australia shows a car seemingly appear from nowhere and collide with a utility truck. How did this little sedan appear out of thin air?
Read MoreWhen Top Gear was lamenting the death of Saab, they did a whole bit about Swedish versus Italian crash tests back in the 1990s. Saab and Lancia don’t really exist nowadays (not in any meaningful way, anyway), but Volvo and Fiat still do. And it looks like the more things change, the more things stay the same.
Read MoreIt’s one thing when an 18-wheeler passes by on the highway and kicks up a rock into your windshield. It’s another, however, when you take off behind the wheel of a friend’s Ferrari 458 Speciale and put a huge crack in the windshield. When it happened to this YouTube user, he “wanted to disappear from the universe.”
Read MoreThis semi-truck driver in northwestern Michigan had a decision to make: smash into a little Buick, or crank the steering wheel hard and pray. Well, here’s a video showing what happened after he chose the latter option.
Read MoreMother Russia brings us another gem this week with a new dash cam video showing a flat-bed tow truck dropping a car on the street and just continuing on its merry way. Never change, Russia.
Read MoreAh, street racing. It’s bad and stupid and can lead to tragic consequences for all involved. But sometimes it leads to hilarious divine justice for the people who try it, like this internet gem from way way back in 2003.
Read MoreA federal judge in California today ruled that Porsche is not at fault for the 2013 crash in a Carrera GT that killed Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas. The ruling was made in a lawsuit brought against the automaker by Rodas’ widow.
Read MoreAfter yesterday’s drama about Chris Evans reportedly making a producer weep, we decided to reach out to the BBC to figure out what the heck is going on with Top Gear’s host replacement. They finally got back with us today, saying that Chris Evans is basically a modern day Jesus Christ. But they would say that, wouldn’t they?
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May continue to tease their still-untitled upcoming Amazon show, this time with another video of them looking up trademarks for river names and configuring customized Ray Ban sunglasses.
Read MoreThe new season of BBC’s Top Gear is just around the corner, and to celebrate the newly revamp series, the BBC is adding a half-hour behind-the-scenes show called “Extra Gear” hosted by new Top Gear co-host Rory Reid.
Read MoreWe’ve already heard about how much of a shit-show the new Top Gear seems to be, particularly because of the allegedly temperamental attitude of the main host, Chris Evans. Well, now thanks to The Sun, more reports of Chris Evans being a bit of a tyrant are flowing in.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May have been busy over the last year developing a new motoring show for Amazon to rival their old hosting gigs on BBC’s Top Gear. It turns out they’ve also been busy developing a media empire to coincide with their new show called DriveTribe.
Read MoreWith its debut next month, the new Top Gear on BBC is doing a decent job of building anticipation despite its rough start. Preview clips had positive reviews before any of us got a glimpse at the show, and its newest trailer features Matt LeBlanc taking an Ariel Nomad off-roading in the Moroccan desert.
Read MoreWell, that certainly didn’t take long. New Top Gear helmsman Chris Evans and Friends alum Matt LeBlanc—whom Evans reportedly didn’t want on the show anyway—are apparently not getting along with one another. In fact, Evans apparently blames LeBlanc for the donut fiasco at the Cenotaph last month.
Read MoreThe old BBC’s Top Gear is one of the most popular shows available for streaming on Netflix. Not to be out-done by the old crew’s new show over on Amazon Prime, Netflix will continue to stream the new re-formatted Top Gear internationally.
Read MoreHey team, we have a problem. Clarkson, Hammond and May still don’t have a name for their new car-centric Amazon TV show. What are those jokers doing? They need to get on it!
Read MoreWe know you’re all thirsting for more Ford Focus RS content. So watch this drift-heavy review by Carfection, the team formerly known as XCar, and try not to drool on your keyboard. They even compare it to a Mustang GT, and believe it or not, the RS may just come out on top.
Read MoreTesla claims that its Model X crossover has the largest windshield of any production car. It’s also been a developmental nightmare that was delayed again and again for issues with suppliers and engineering those damn Falcon doors. Now it may have a problem with light ghosting in the big fancy windshield causing drivers to experience a “double vision” effect.
Read MoreI haven’t driven my dirtbike in a very long time, and I almost never drove it in the rain or on wet roads. But sometimes you get caught in the weather, and highway speed become extremely dangerous. Luckily the two riders managed to keep each other safe in this clip after a major wipe out in the wet.
Read MoreHumans, when faced with a challenging obstacle, revert to an instictive mode that has only two possible settings: fight, or flight. When fighting isn’t possible - as is the case with this idiot bike rider who crashes his bike after the police try to apprehend him - the only option is to run as fast as your skinny jeans can allow.
Read MoreMotorcyclists are an interesting bunch, and we often focus on the things that divide us rather than bring us together. Sometimes that causes a lot of problem, but other times it’s just plain funny. This guy’s description of the different groups had me in tears.
Read MoreKTM has been making some interesting moves as of late, moves which have us all sorts of excited for what 2017 looks like for the Austrian brand. All signs point to a new engine that should be quite a doozy.
Read MoreYamaha has a new adventure bike on the way, and it’s based on the one of the best and most economical naked sportbikes in production, the Yamaha FZ-07. 2017 is going to be a very interesting year for the adventure bike segment.
Read MoreThese guys are everything that’s wrong with motorcyclists, and they’re why people hate us.
Read MoreThe second model from the Scrambler Ducati line is making its way stateside, and I spent a day romping all over Venice, California so I could tell you about it. Photos are being edited and the review is on the way, so get your questions in now.
Read MoreOne of the coolest things about the motorcycle industry is the people you meet in it. For most of them, motorcycling isn’t a job, it’s a way of life, and something that they live out even when they clock out. Heath Cofran, who’s a communications pro for gearmaker Alpinestars, is one of the guys, and his Ducati Scrambler is proof of a life obsessed with motorcycles.
Read MoreMy favorite vantage point at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas is overlooking Turn 1, the blind uphill left immediately after the front straight. It’s a notoriously tough corner and I love watching how different drivers (and in the case of MotoGP this weekend, riders) take their lines there. It doesn’t always end well.
Read MoreMarc Marquez won his first race ever at Circuit of the Americas and hasn’t lost a race here since. And, while he’s been the fastest throughout the practice sessions and qualifying at this year’s race, it hasn’t been by nearly the margins expected. Tomorrow’s event could be much more interesting than we originally thought.
Read MoreWant to know Honda’s secret sauce in their race bike, what ace racer Marc Marquez thinks about Jorge Lorenzo going to Ducati, or his thoughts on “the kick?” Yeah, so does everyone else, because all the racers keep giving canned responses. So I asked him some different questions from you guys, and got some even better answers.
Read MoreMini-God Marc Marquez somehow has better things to do than sit down with me for an entire hour now, because apparently trying to win MotoGP races is a big deal to him and one or two of his sponsors. Send me your questions now so I can get through as many as I can when I sit down with him shortly.
Read MoreCalifornia’s canyon roads offer some fantastic opportunities to enjoy enthusiastic driving and motorcycling. Local police are aware of this. Try not to freak out and fall over if you see them.
Read MoreThe Ducati Multistrada is an incredible motorcycle. It has superbike power in a package you can ride across the country or race with, equally as good at riding at 10 mph as it is 100. Now Ducati is giving it the dirt treatment, hoping to make the Multistrada 1200 Enduro the perfect all-rounder. And it is! But you still probably shouldn’t buy one.
Read MoreRumors have been swirling for several weeks about the possibility that Jorge Lorenzo, last years MotoGP world champion, might ditch the best bike in the paddock for a huge payday and the chance to finally prove he’s better than Rossi. Now, those rumors are looking like a reality.
Read MoreRemember that incident in New York where the gang of bikers attacked a guy and his family in a Land Rover on the West Side Highway? Well, the NYPD is sick of stuff like that, including infamous traffic-stopping “stunters,” so they’re publicly crushing a ton of confiscated bikes to send a message.
Read MoreFew things could ever force me to drive into oncoming traffic, especially on a motorcycle. But this rider did exactly that to get away from a road-raging lunatic.
Read MoreIf given the choice between a Can Am Spyder, Polaris Slingshot, Harley/Honda Trike, or this 1960's Moto Guzzi - the Italian is getting my money every day of the week. Behold, the Autoveicolo Da Montagna.
Read MoreRumors are starting to bubble up that Honda is looking to put their dual clutch transmission in an upcoming refresh to their CBR sportbike range. And, in a move that surprises even myself, I actually think it’s a great idea.
Read MoreOn the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Jay takes us for a ride on his 1931 Indian Scout 101. And he proves that motorcycles have gotten worlds easier to ride.
Read MoreWhen you pit a Formula One car against a race-spec 1,000 cc superbike, the F1 car walks all over the bike. But, add in an extra lap for the car, and you have yourselves a great race and an even better video. This one surprised everyone.
Read MoreThe FBI sent out a PSA just over a month ago warning us all about the risks of car hacking, but drivers in Michigan may not have to worry about that too much after all. If two new bills pass through the state’s Senate, hackers of electronic vehicle systems could face a sentence of up to life in prison.
Read MoreRoad rage isn’t always the easiest thing to communicate with other drivers, since noise and traffic flow tend to drown out the words—unless, of course, a person hops out of the car and carries out the argument while riding on hood of another. That happened on Florida on Tuesday, making for some odd videos.
Read MoreIf you somehow missed SpaceX’s amazing Falcon 9 rocket landing live earlier this month, or missed it in 4k, or missed it again when we detailed the drone ship Falcon 9 autonomously landed on—here’s another chance to witness the terrifying, amazing sights and sounds in 360 video.
Read MoreWhen DUB describes Zevigg’s Huracán as “the first hand-painted Lamborghini” they mean spray-painted. And behold: the second-fastest way to destroy a quarter-million dollar supercar.
Read MorePolice in West Valley City could use our help identifying a car involved in a hit-and-run. The car in the picture up there struck a 38-year-old man, who is currently in critical condition. They have a possible ID on the car, but if there’s any group that can help, it’s right here.
Read MoreIn 1989, the Yamaha V6-powered Ford Taurus SHO (Super High Output) sedan became the world’s most powerful front-wheel-drive car. You might remember begging your mom to buy one instead of the regular Taurus you’d end up riding to elementary school in. But did you know the nameplate still exists?
Read MoreJoe Biden, America’s Bitchin’ Vice President, was forced to beg for absolution from the Pope at the Vatican last night after betting on a Cadillac CTS-V in a drag race against a Tesla Model S. He also lost $10.
Read MoreLast night’s Donald Trump rally in Costa Mesa, Calif. turned predictably chaotic, with clashes between crazy Trump supporters and crazy anti-Trump protesters. This one was a little different, because it also included a bunch of donuts from a Miata.
Read MoreI don’t know how Mazda let Fiat get away with this one. So the two companies worked out a deal where the fantastic new Miata would form the basis of the new 2017 Fiat 124 Spider, but we always assumed the turbocharged Italian roadster would command a much higher price to keep them from competing.
Read MoreShortly after the unveiling of Tesla’s Model 3 earlier this month, Elon Musk took to Twitter in a storm of information about the new car, mentioning that the target drag coefficient was 0.21. If that target makes it to production, it would make the Model 3 the most aerodynamic high-volume production car ever made. Here’s the plan to do it.
Read MoreHappy 100th birthday to Ferruccio Lamborghini—the man who set out to build the ultimate grand tourer after a poor customer service experience with Enzo Ferrari.
Read MorePorsche trademarked the ‘960' name back in September, and we’re just now finding out about it. The new trademark could mean the automaker is working on a new car. Or not. But if it is, what could the ‘Porsche 960' be?
Read MoreLast fall, an 18 year-old girl crashed into another car at a claimed speed of over 100 miles per hour. Now a victim from the other car has brain damage, and is suing Snapchat, which the girl was allegedly using just before the incident.
Read MoreAs I mentioned earlier this week, the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace turns out to be all kinds of amazing despite not being a sexy wagon. Turning smashed soda cans into 200+ mile an hour sports cars is pretty impressive, and the 3-to-1 recycled ratio Jaguar is planning to achieve by 2020 is something even Captain Planet would have to approve.
Read MoreLast year, Ford said it would set aside $4.5 billion to add 13 hybrid and electric cars by 2020, a move that would help the company meet emissions regs. Then last week, Ford admitted “no immediate plans” to go toe-to-toe with Tesla. Now, a new report from Autonews quotes CEO Mark Fields, saying the blue oval will indeed get into the long-range EV game.
Read MoreThis is a Compaq LTE 5280 laptop from the early 1990s, running a bespoke CA card. In 2016, McLaren Automotive—one of the most high-tech car and technology companies on the planet—still uses it and its DOS-based software to service the remaining hundred McLaren F1s out there, each valued at $10 million or more.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler is allegedly in the midst of talks with Alphabet Inc., parent company to Google, about some sort of “technical partnership,” The Wall Street Journal reports. This seems like a rather odd pairing, but maybe it makes more sense than we think.
Read MoreI’ll admit, I’m sort of puzzled by this one. This dashcam video was shot by a driver in Clifton, NJ, and it seems pretty unremarkable, just a guy driving behind a police car in good weather and fairly light traffic, at speeds of around 25 MPH or so. Then the police car brake-checks the driver. Why?
Read MoreThe new 718 Boxster and Cayman models lose the wonderful naturally aspirated flat-six, but gain a pretty gnarly turbocharged boxer four. That means more power at a lower price. The configurator is up for both models; what does yours look like?
Read MorePeter Jensen of Athol, Idaho has very cleverly noticed that the Ten Commandments hardly mention anything about needing a driver’s license to operate a car. According to TV station KREM, Jensen only recognizes the Ten Commandments as law, so as a result, he has no real license plate on his unregistered Ford Expedition. That’s also why he’s suing the Idaho Transportation Department for $5.6 million dollars.
Read MoreWhen a driver in California decided to walk her dog using her car, she got a thorough scolding from another motorist, CBS Sacramento reports. Watch as the less-than-brilliant dog owner struggles to justify her idiocy.
Read MoreA $14.5 million 1970 LeMans-racing Ferrari 512M fell victim to the traffic wardens in Kensington, London, where it was “illegally” parked for a photo op by classic car dealer Fiskens.
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson recently drove a Ferrari 488 GTB, and subsequently reviewed how driving it in Britain makes people intolerant, bitter, and outlandish. So, it makes them a bit like Jeremy Clarkson?
Read MoreWhen I hear “Cadillac,” I think “fintails,” or “BMW,” or maybe even “CVS Pharmacy.” I don’t think “compact hatchback.” But if a report that the American luxury brand is planning such a thing is true, perhaps I should. UPDATE
Read MoreI know ambulances are serious business, and it is sort of shocking that the ambulance industry has taken so long to implement things like rollover tests for their products. But at least one company has taken the lead on this, and the resulting video is weirdly fun to watch.
Read MoreImagine that you’ve been designing cars for a hundred years, and out of nowhere, some fancy guy in California with no automotive experience thinks he can do your job. And worse yet, he actually can. That’ll get under your skin. Well, a recent finance call with former Chevy Volt chief engineer demonstrated once again that Detroit is still not buying the Tesla hype.
Read MoreQUICK! You’re flying shotgun in a helicopter, and the engine goes out. Also, the pilot you hired for the day is dead, for some reason. Don’t worry about why. Doesn’t matter. You need to land the helicopter, now. Stop praying and watch this video.
Read MoreQoros, the maker of cheap sedans and cheap SUVs Europeans can’t really buy just yet, likes Christian von Koenigsegg’s camless engine technology so much that they put it in one of their concepts. It’s supposed improve fuel economy, lower emissions, and save weight, all at the same time. In other words, it’s supposed to change the car world.
Read MoreThe Golf 395 horsepower Golf R400 might be dead, but say hello to the 305 horsepower Golf GTI Clubsport S, a limited-edition track weapon with no rear seats.
Read MoreThe Dieselgate scandal over software and defeat devices designed to cheat emissions regulations on over eleven million diesel Volkswagen cars around the world is a never-ending saga, with a new report suggesting that the company held a presentation designed by executives outlining a plan to cheat on emissions tests all the way back in 2006.
Read MoreAs Elon Musk mentioned the night he revealed the “affordable” Model 3 earlier this month, Tesla’s mission has been a path towards marketing attractive, affordable electric vehicles to the masses. At a recent talk in Norway, CEO Elon Musk hinted that a model even more affordable than the $35,000 Model 3 is already in the works.
Read MoreDo you love cars, speed, technology, and telling great stories about those things? Are you a fast, smart, creative writer with a commitment to truth and kicking the asses that need to be kicked? Do you waste your entire work day on Jalopnik as it is? My friend, we want to talk to you.
Read MoreEmil Rensing, creator of the Fast Lane Daily YouTube channel and a partner in /DRIVE until it was sold to Time Inc. last year, was arrested by the FBI in New York today on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Read MoreA noise was heard rippling across the universe last week, a sound as if millions of crappy automotive journalist voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. It was the sound of legendary Jaguar designer Ian Callum proclaiming the sexy Jag wagon dead, and the world was worse off for it. But now, he says he was misquoted.
Read MoreFront-engine, rear-wheel drive transaxles are the best layouts since mid-mounted transverse V12s, and the wonderful Porsche Museum pays tribute to that with a temporary exhibition starting tomorrow. It’s time to head towards Stuttgart to look at their rarest front-engined models.
Read MoreLast year, old Volkswagen Development Chief Hans-Jakob Neusser said all stars were pointing at a 395 horsepower Golf going into production. Then came a black hole known as Dieselgate, only to swallow both Neusser and the Golf R400. On the plus side, the Golf R is here to stay, one way or another.
Read MoreThis Corvette Z06 with the Z07 package and all the options was close to $100,000 when new, which doesn’t exactly make it the ideal ride of the proletariat masses you think of when you picture a Bernie Sanders supporter. So what the hell is going on here?
Read MoreThis is the second anti-Uber demonstration the Hungarian capital had to get through this year already, but the problem isn’t really with the cheap way everybody likes to travel nowadays.
Read MoreA pedestrian in the parking lot of a Gamestop in Richmond, California lost his shit on video when he discovered a woman left her baby in her car to buy video games.
Read MoreBosch, the automotive supplier that played a crucial role in Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal, allegedly tipped German authorities off to a cheat software in the Fiat 500X diesel. The software, Reuters reports, uses a timer to sense when the test cycle is over, after which point it disables emissions features.
Read MoreBecause Volvo’s resurrection is not complete until everything is bedecked in the finest wood and crystal, the 2017 Volvo S90 is getting the Excellence treatment. We first saw the ultra-luxe variant on the Volvo XC90 Excellence, but this is for the non-SUV crowd. And along with a fridge, it’s got a shoebox.
Read MoreLast week in the city of Westland, Michigan, a police officer pulled a car over for its illegally tinted windows. After noticing a child in the car without a safety seat, the officer learned that the driver had come upon tough times. That’s when the officer decided to make a Walmart run with the stranger and his daughter, Fox 29 reports.
Read MoreThe man who was just picked to run the commuter rail system of New Jersey, a fetid chemical swamp that falsely proclaims itself the “Garden State” in a desperate bid to convince dumb rubes and many of my coworkers that it’s not actually that bad, seemed all happy to be in charge of the whole shebang. Until, of course, he found out he had to actually move there.
Read MoreGood news: Citroën, the French maker of forbidden fruit for us Americans, has revived the C6 nameplate for a new sedan. Bad news: unlike the last C6, which was weird and magical and smooth as hell to drive, this new car approaches Passat levels of boring.
Read MoreLooks like those crazy jokers at Audi have a nice surprise for us this evening: the all-new 2017 Audi TT RS, which comes in coupe and roadster form with a thundering five-cylinder engine packing 400 horsepower. Thanks, Audi!
Read MoreSure, the long wait for the Tesla Model 3 may extend into 2019. And sure, electric vehicles may be the future. But despite growing interest today, the concept of electric vehicles is just a resuscitation of a long-dormant method of commuting—one that first materialized in the 1800s.
Read MoreDriving a Range Rover at the age of 94 with the Obamas and Queen Elizabeth along for the ride must be the ultimate definition of #squadgoals, even though we don’t know what they’re talking about. How about a “caption this” contest? Go for it, you clever people.
Read MoreI’ll clarify this post first by just saying that one of the members of this band has been one of my best friends since I was 5 years old. So, yeah, this is a favor. Still, it’s car-related enough and it involves pictures of hood ornaments, so why not?
Read MoreAs deputies debated the safety of carrying out the rescue of a stolen car from a Florida pond on March 31, three teenage girls drowned inside, according to news reports. Deputies deemed the rescue unsafe after wading into the water, but dashcam footage led the girls’ families to question how much the deputies did to save them.
Read MoreBetteridge’s Law of Headlines would say the answer to that headline is “no.” But with the Porsche Boxster becoming the new 718 Boxster and getting a more powerful turbocharged flat four to replace its old naturally-aspirated flat six, the answer could be “maybe” this time.
Read MoreYesterday we reported on a 630,000-vehicle recall in Germany after testing revealed that automakers were taking advantage of a “legal loophole.” Now we have a little more information on that loophole, as a new Reuters report says that the loophole has to do with preventing rust in the catalysts.
Read MoreThe new Shell city-car concept is a bit like the younger cousin you don’t see often—cute and kind of weird, but intriguing at the same time. The car, which has the ability to get up to 107 miles per gallon, comes by the efforts of an odd combination—an oil company and the designer of the McLaren F1 car.
Read MoreJazz in the background. Peaceful scenes of European city life, the beach, racing and the open road. And of course, everyone wants to take a look at this early example of a Porsche 944 in bright Guards Red. Sit back, and enjoy.
Read MoreThe Detroit Free Press just published compensation figures for the CEOs of GM, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler. And let’s just say: if you’re a Bernie Sanders supporter, you might want to look away.
Read MoreIn February, we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was looking into certain Fiat Chrysler electronic shifters, which seemed to cause cars to roll away after they were parked. Well, now it looks like Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall 1.1 million vehicles to prevent such a vehicular runaway.
Read MoreFerrari, a company that still makes fast cars but wants to be known more for making trinkets like hats and perfumes with pictures of pretty horses on them, went to Wall Street with the promise that it would now be a company that wanted to be known for making trinkets like hats and perfumes with pictures of pretty horses on them. That strategy hasn’t worked out so well.
Read MoreAfter it was announced yesterday that Volkswagen would buy cars back and compensate owners in response to the diesel cheating scandal, the company said this morning that it had also vastly underestimated the cost of its transgression. Bloomberg reports that today VW more than doubled the size of its Dieselgate relief fund.
Read MoreDoes the genius of Elon Musk know no bounds??????????????????????????
Read MoreToday was a big day for Volkswagen and Volkswagen owners as the Wolfsburg-based company met with U.S. authorities at a court hearing in California. The parties finally devised and approved a plan for VW to make up for the Dieselgate emissions scandal. Here’s the full transcript of the hearing.
Read MoreJason Bourne knows who he is now. And he still drives like we all wish we could– unleashing motorized hell on Las Vegas, chasing a Bearcat SWAT truck in a manual-shift Dodge Charger.
Read MorePrince died today, age 57. Very few people in the world could say they properly knew him in any way, beyond the way his music impacted all who listened to it. But filmmaker and famed raconteur Kevin Smith was once asked to create a documentary for the Purple One, and the result is this incredibly strange story.
Read MoreState troopers in New Jersey over the weekend found themselves outwitted and out-wheeled by the driver of a Mini Cooper, who zipped and zagged the little car through the streets of Paterson—much to the consternation of the confounded constabulary!
Read MoreThe Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle, which is supposed to have a 300 mile range running on hydrogen, will go on sale at the end of this year. America still won’t have a convenient network of hydrogen filling stations by then. But Honda will have other versions of the Clarity. So, you might actually want one.
Read MoreIf you live in a country with a despotic dictator you don’t really trust, and you’re afraid your life is just too safe and easy, good news: you’re also probably more likely to die in a car wreck. At least, that’s the conclusion James O’Malley came to when he correlated data about road deaths and people’s trust in their governments.
Read MoreYesterday we reported that Volkswagen was on the verge of an agreement with the U.S. government on how to fix their 600,000 polluting diesel vehicles. Now reports are trickling in with results of the court hearing, and it seems that VW and the Feds have finally reached a consensus.
Read MoreVolvo has been rolling out a series of “commitments” outlining their company’s future. Among them: building tons of electric and hybrid cars, making their vehicles death-proof, making their operations “greener,” and putting more women in charge of the company. Those seem like lofty goals, but it’s the details – or lack thereof – that are interesting.
Read MoreHave you ever started your car, then left it running as you popped back into your house for a quick sec to grab something? Of course you have. We all have. Have you ever done this and then found that some idiot kids got into your car and drove it over a Mustang? No? Then you’re better off than this guy in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Read MoreA Texas car dealership owner is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting a man who supposedly wrote a bad check and drove off with a car. I guess that’s one way to deal with a bad customer.
Read MoreYou may have noticed that some highways, mostly in the northeast, are called “turnpikes.” Maybe you’ve also noticed that turnpikes always seem to be toll roads. But do you know where the term actually comes from?
Read MoreEarlier today, we got a simple but interesting question emailed to us from a guy named Rich: “Anyone ever notice that on the new Jeep Cherokees, the reflection that you see on the back panel is upside down? This is the only car that I’ve ever noticed this phenomenon. What makes this so?” Best question from a guy named Rich I got all day. Let’s see what’s up.
Read MoreSometimes you just, like, need to sit in a window and watch the world roll by man.
Read MoreThe rumors circling the elusive Apple Car reportedly code-named “Project Titan” keep swirling as the German magazine Handelsblatt reports that both BMW and Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) have broken off talks will Apple and its car project over issues with controlling customer data.
Read MoreEuropean microcars: they’re like cars! Sort of! Well, technically they’re “quadricycles,” and not cars at all. And because they’re extra small and extra cheap, they don’t have to adhere to normal car safety standards. That doesn’t mean regulators can’t have a hell of a time completely destroying them, however.
Read MoreInventors have been trying to create awesome virtual reality video games for years. But now that you can create a decently immersive virtual experience with your phone and a piece of cardboard, an off-the-deep-end racing sim that fits on your shelf feels almost within reach.
Read MoreAfter many months of deliberation and confusion following the Dieselgate emissions scandal, it looks like an agreement between Volkswagen and the feds is near, as a Reuters Report cites German newspaper Die Welt, saying VW has agreed with U.S. authorities to pay each affected owner $5,000.
Read MoreA few months before the Detroit Auto Show, our former boss, Matt Hardigree, told us we’d be living in vans in the auto show. “Oh, uh, sure,” I remember myself saying, thinking it was another one of his many hare-brained schemes that never comes to fruition. It turns out I was wrong. And it broke us.
Read MoreYesterday, we told you Ford said it had no immediate plans to get in on the high-range electric vehicle game, but now Bloomberg reports that the Blue Oval spent 200 large to obtain one of the first Model Xs off the line so they could conduct research. What’s going on at Ford?
Read MoreSo it seems that today’s date has some significance in the drug-enjoyist community. Based on my internet research, it seems that “4/20" is hepcat slang for a moist, potent drug-ball of some sort. Probably peyote and wacky-cheese or something. Anyway, we know you have good drug/car stories, so now’s the time to tell us! Also, we’re not cops.
Read MoreHey, did you hear? The all new 2016 Chevrolet Cruze will get up to 42 mpg highway! Are you excited? Because Chevrolet is very excited that their all new Cruze that has about the same MPG ratings as a 2012 Mazda3.
Read MoreLeEco, the parent company behind Faraday Future and a giant technology company often referred to as the Chinese Netflix, has revealed a new fully electric luxury sedan called the LeSEE ahead of its Beijing Auto Show premiere which it hopes to go head-to-head against the Model S.
Read MoreWhen the Tesla Model S launched, we called it the world’s most expensive beta test, since the copious quality issues made early adopters seem like guinea pigs. It’s been a few years, and while the fit and finish of the Model S has vastly improved, the new Model X seems to still have a long way to go.
Read MoreThe LaFerrari, with all of somewhere north of 900 horsepower, is a very fast car. You can measure its raw acceleration in time, or distance. Me, I prefer to measure it in neck. Just look at that dude’s neck.
Read MoreVictor Muller is a lawyer by trade, but that might be one of the main reasons why his Dutch supercar company Spyker is still around. Yet he’s also the designer of stunning cars such as the new C8 Preliator, and a guy who refers to himself as the ultimate customer of his own car. Here’s why that all makes perfect sense.
Read MoreI’m walking down the street the other day somewhere in California, and I stumble across an Audi A4 with an Illinois license plate that has black writing on it. Now, I can’t be sure of much in this fast-changing planet we call home, but I can be sure of this: Illinois license plates have red writing, typically stamped directly on top of Abraham Lincoln’s nose.
Read MoreThe Subaru BRZ is such a great driver’s car, it might make you cringe when I tell you that Mississippi State University turned one into a plug-in hybrid. What won’t make you cringe, though, are the performance figures.
Read MoreThe Texas Agriculture Commissioner decided to use the stickers on tens of thousands of fuel pumps to thumb his nose at state and federal lawmakers, the Texas Tribune reports.
Read MoreApple has been operating sensor-hatted vans for quite a while now, mostly, they say (and seen on signs on the vans) to capture data for Apple Maps. This one, though, spotted by Tech Radar, is a little different: different van, different sensor array. So what’s it doing?
Read MoreNo one knows what the Apple Car will really look like (even if some jokers out there pretend they do on Twitter) but one thing is for sure: Apple has been on a tremendous hiring binge from car world, out of Tesla Motors in particular. Now a new report says a veteran of both Aston Martin and Tesla has joined Apple’s ranks too.
Read MoreJLR’s new 3.0 straight-six will be available in both petrol and diesel form, with a power output ranging from 275 to 500+ horsepower, making the supercharged V6 a thing of the past.
Read MoreFord has a new GT street car and racing car, both of which are going to be extremely rare forever, sadly. Why not take every chance you get at a close look at the beautiful details, like this one I’m now giving you right now?
Read MoreAudi is product-placing in Marvel’s new Captain America: Civil War so hard they might have gone and burst a vein. The 2017 Audi R8 V10 Plus, 2017 Audi SQ7, 2017 A4, 2016 A7 Sportback and Prologue Show Car are all getting stuffed into the movie and won’t let you forget it.
Read MoreA bunch of front-loaders took part in a full-on demolition derby in the middle of a street in China. The resulting video looks a lot like what might happen if you merged Jurassic Park with Bob The Builder. It’s insanity.
Read MoreSince Americans just don’t buy wagons and Europeans started looking for crossovers instead as well, Jaguar’s Design Chief Ian Callum says Jaguar can’t make a business case for sexy wagons anymore.
Read MoreIf your exotic sports car was stolen decades ago, don’t give up hope just yet. As it turns out, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection can end up recovering your rosso corsa wonder, even if it’s 28 years later some bastards took her.
Read MoreIf you still don’t believe the BMW M2 is today’s best M car even after it showed up the M4 on the track, watch this M2 review by Carfection, the group formerly known as XCar. Let’s just say: they like this little Bimmer. They like it a lot.
Read More“Copy that. Why are you doing that? Why are you doing that?! Ugh. God...da...” And thus begins the flood rescue that you always envision in your head happening, actually happening.
Read MoreElectric cars are on the rise, but there are still plenty of setbacks that come with the more environmentally conscious choice. Charging? Sounds like a long wait. No plug nearby? Too bad. That’s where the (fictional) Mercedes AA Class comes in, powered by AA batteries and free of any other worries. Well, kind of.
Read MoreAs a society full of innovation and new technology, we give a lot of attention to Tesla Motors and its semi-autonomous features. But even for owners, not all of those features come free—permanently, that is. According to some recent Tesla forum posts, it looks as if the company now offers free trials for fancier perks.
Read MoreNo automaker is the king of vaporware sports cars like the Volkswagen Group. Rumored concepts like a sub-Boxster Porsche, a Volkswagen Bluesport Roadster or an exotic to slot below the Audi R8 never seem to come to fruition. But a German magazine seems confident an Audi R6, based on the Boxster and Cayman, is really happening.
Read MoreA series of earthquakes devastated parts of southern Japan Thursday and Saturday killing at least 41 and injuring thousands of others. As the area works to rebuild, automakers including Nissan, Toyota and Honda have been forced to shutter or slow down production due to factory damage.
Read MoreIn a rare moment where everything goes exactly perfect, Charlize Theron has been cast as a villain the upcoming Fast & Furious 8. If things continue down this path, one assumes she will drive something in the film, but what should it be?
Read MoreSubaru has announced that the 2017 WRX will start at $26,695, $100 more than last year’s car, and will top out around $33,000. The higher-performance WRX STI starts at $35,195 and rings up right around $40,000 with every option.
Read MoreEarlier this year the Environmental Protection Agency put forth a 629-page proposal to curtail vehicle emissions. Buried deep in it was language that seemed to indicate turning road cars into regular cars would become illegal. After an outpouring of rabbling from the automotive community, the EPA is clarifying its position.
Read MoreA draft New York Senate Bill called Evan’s law aims to cut down on distracted driving by forcing you to turn over your phones after an accident for “field testing.” But the bill, which sounds good in principle, still leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
Read MoreAs much as I love Porsches, there’s always been something off about the Panamera. It’s basically the Hunchback of Notre Dame in car form. “They should have just made it a wagon!” I’ve said. Now I have a new reason to kick myself: the spy shots of the new wagon version look oddly proportioned, too.
Read MoreAs far as I’m concerned the entire Star Wars series is basically an elaborate vehicle to showcase a whole bunch of robots. Rogue One is no exception, though the droids do seem to be a bit less prominent in this trailer than has been the case for past movies. Even so, I’m still happy to announce there’s at least one specific droid in there we’ve met before.
Read MoreSomeone claiming to be the owner of Whitney’s Tire and Auto in Ann Arbor, Michigan replied to a negative Yelp review with an absolutely disgusting racist rant. The internet has responded by denouncing the business, but the business owner says it’s all a hoax.
Read MoreToyota and Nissan had to idle major assembly plants for supply-chain reasons after an earthquake damaged a key auto-supplier’s factories, Auto News Europe reports. So if you’re waiting for your comfy but snooze-inducing Lexus RX, give it an extra day or two.
Read MoreDo you like fast wagons? I like fast wagons. Who doesn’t like fast wagons? Here are two incredibly overpowered estate cars, making some noise and drag racing. Let’s all be sad now that Audi won’t sell us the RS6 Avant, but at least we can buy the Mercedes-AMG E63.
Read MoreOn the eve of the launch of the BMW M4 GTS, the Bavarians brought some of their older cars out to play too. This has me wondering which one had the best interior—who wore it best, as they say in the world of high fashion.
Read MoreIn “things I have a hard time believing because Porsche fans would riot,” a Porsche engineer told Edmunds that it’s hard to make a business case for offering the next 911 with a manual transmission. I don’t know, man. See this vat of tar and that bucket of feathers over there? There’s your business case.
Read MoreNow that the speed limit on the Nürburgring has been lifted, Koenigsegg intends to take its 1,340 horsepower One:1 supercar around for a few laps. And hey, they aren’t trying to break the current record time of the Porsche 918, but if they do, that’s cool too.
Read MoreMotor Trend wanted you to believe that they exclusively uncovered Apple’s mysterious car. They did not. Instead, what they have is an in-house render, a long and boring video, and a bad, desperate publicity stunt.
Read MoreElliot Smith plays somberly in the background. Trains don’t care about you or your issues. Robin Williams ain’t gonna therapy you out of getting hit by a damn train, you dummy Cambridge kids. I don’t care that it’s going slow. Just slow down man.
Read MoreThat 20-foot Audi A8L Extended limousine seems fit for a king, and it turns out its “unnamed European buyer” is an actual king. Specifically, the King of Norway, according to Norwegian website VG. And it turns out he might not be the only one to get his hands on the big Audi limo.
Read MoreWere you worried you wouldn’t get a chance to catch the 2016 U.S. National Drone Racing Championships this summer? Well worry no more, because ESPN just signed a multi-year deal to cover the hottest exhilarating drone racing events.
Read MoreThe nerds at Asap Science went Good Will Hunting all over a whiteboard to figure out that “the smelly part” of a fart can theoretically fly at 243 meters per second. Don’t worry, the added complexities of reality help slow the stank down. But the breakdown is actually pretty interesting! You know, from an engineering perspective.
Read MoreLincoln brought the Continental back, finally, with plans to make American luxury great again later this year starting at $45,485.
Read MoreTired of all the Ford Mustang memes, this GT500 owner decided to put his car up for sale on Craigslist. There’s a very good chance this posting is fake, but it’s just too hilarious to ignore.
Read MoreDepression from a recent loss is no laughing matter. Do you feel like nothing even matters anymore because you’re a washed-up, has-been failure? Did your Mustang lose to someone’s garbage boosted Civic? Matt Farah is here to help. Try the revolutionary Mitsubishi Eclipse and turn that frown upside-down.
Read MoreI recently had the opportunity to bring my Aston Martin to Washington, D.C. This involved spending two and a half hours on the interstate stuck behind people from Maryland going the speed limit in the left lane.
Read MoreAn Ohio man is reportedly being treated for serious injuries after crashing his Ford, which was not a Mustang, straight into the conference room of a police station. Alcohol and speed are “suspected factors” in the crash, officers said.
Read MoreJust when you thought the rare Porsche 911 market couldn’t get any more ridiculous, someone has listed a 2016 911 R on eBay with a reserve price of over one million dollars. Or you can buy it now for the low, low price of $1.25 million.
Read MoreBy now you’ve seen our Facebook Live coverage of auto shows, car launch events, and a even a little taste of a regular everyday on-road adventure. (If not, you can re-watch the broadcasts.) Do you like where this is going?
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but I woke up this morning (as I do every morning) thinking “I need a modern American supercar with more than 600 horsepower in my life.” Now you and I can come closer than ever before, because the configurator and application for the new 2017 Ford GT is now online.
Read MoreThe sixth-gen model was the first Mustang designed to compete in the European market. After five decades of forbidden fruit, the Europeans finally get their American freedom-machine, and boy are they liking it. Especially Germany, where the pony out-sold all other sports cars last month.
Read MoreA new Audi RS3 sedan is in the works, and it’s coming to America in 2017 as a 2018-model car. A source within the company leaked more details to Car and Driver, confirming that the ‘18 RS3 will get a new, more powerful engine as well. It’s a tried and true formula we adore: more power + small Audi = yes, please.
Read More“Make no mistake, it’s much more than a minor tweak on the 650,” McLaren’s representative told me. As if it were possible for me to hear anything but war drums, mere seconds away from being handed the keys to $392,741 worth of misslecar.
Read MoreSocial media is the medium you use to impress acquaintances you haven’t interacted with in years and share that one decent looking pasta dish you managed not to nuke - but that’s not the best part. The most satisfying part of the social media experience by far is that perfectly hilarious, give-no-fucks meme concocted by the nameless Internet rage machine. Here’s what happens when that machine is turned against Ford’s little pony car.
Read MoreElon Musk’s campaign to eliminate false grilles has won a very important battle, on the very face of their flagship product: the newly-facelifted Tesla Model S will have a false-grille-less front, very similar to the Tesla Model X. Just like we thought it would.
Read MoreThe Insurance Institute For Highway Safety just released a report detailing the effects of higher speed limits on traffic fatalities between 1993 and 2013. Their conclusion: lots of people’s lives could have been spared if speed limits hadn’t risen.
Read MoreI’m sorry to say that I’ve never really found anything all that interesting in my motor oil. Just the usual grit and occasional chunk of crankshaft. But Jalopnik reader Chris Munger found something interesting. Something puzzling and terrifying. Something wormy.
Read MoreMinnesota ain’t the south. Going fast in a Camaro usually ends us up in jail, but somehow this guy in Duluth was clocked by a local police chief doing 171 MPH in his Chevy and reportedly got off with a ‘coupon,’ which is some sort of summons that’s worse than a regular ticket but still better than ending up in the back of an Interceptor.
Read MoreWe’ve been expecting Tesla to reveal the facelifted Model S sometime this month, perhaps even this week, and well, this looks like it! And its new nose looks like it was grafted on from the Model X.
Read MoreFaraday Future, a hopeful electric automaker that made a big and controversial splash at this year’s CES and has since had trouble securing financing for its Nevada manufacturing facility, will break ground on the factory three months after the end of January it initially promised.
Read More“Would the owner of the superyacht Positive Energy please swallow the naming irony and tow your boat out of the marina; it’s on fire.”
Read MoreBelieve it or not, Toronto doesn’t let cars from the Car2Go car-sharing service park on the streets. The company has spent the past few years trying to convince the city to allow on-street parking for the Smart cars. The city has basically told them to pound sand, so now Car2Go is basically telling the city to do the same by rolling out on-street parking anyway. Bold move, Car2Go.
Read MoreThe BMW M2 shouldn’t be able to beat the 14-grand dearer M4 around a track. I mean, you pay the extra coin not just for more size, but also for better performance, right? Well, to find out, Motor Trend just took both beasts around a racetrack.
Read MoreI’m not sure how much money you have to make to care about perfect, numbers-matching parts and paint on your car, but it seems to be a lot and it seems to prove that money cannot buy you happiness because the people who care about these things always strike me as deeply unhappy.
Read MoreHillary Clinton’s old car, an ‘86 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera so deeply uncool that neither the White House gardener’s teen daughter nor the Clinton Library were interested in taking it, is officially for sale—not that anyone wants to buy it.
Read MoreWhat’s the fastest you’ve ever gone with the top down? Whatever that is, Texas-born and Texas-proud Hennessey Performance just topped that by a long shot. For the tuner company’s 25th anniversary, they just set a new world record for fastest convertible sports car by running 265.6 mph at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California.
Read MoreTesla has already shown us some sweet Easter Eggs hidden in the software of the Model S. But now there’s a new one, and if you’re a Mario Kart fan, you’ll love it.
Read MoreYou have to be brave to look at an Aston Martin DB9, what many people hold to be one of the greatest examples of automotive design ever, and think you could do a better job. Unsurprisingly, a design studio in Russia thinks just that, and I actually don’t hate it.
Read MoreA judge in California may have decreed that Porsche was not responsible for the Carrera GT crash that killed Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker and his friend, driver Roger Rodas, but Walker’s daughter Meadow already received a considerable settlement from Rodas’ estate.
Read MoreTesla has now introduced two new models since the Model S hit the stage back in 2012, leaving the styling of the sedan looking slightly out of place in the electric automaker’s lineup. A new report from RoadShow suggests that the Model S is about to get a styling refresh, and maybe even a price hike.
Read MoreA local law enforcement officer crashed a police cruiser into a home in Harper Woods, Michigan, destroying the home’s front porch and bay window and totalling the vehicle, according to multiple local news reports.
Read MoreThe Ultimate Driving Machine is combining “yuppie class” with the hipster “sharing economy” in the traditionally progressive Seattle area. BMW will offer customers of its new car-sharing service the use of 370 BMWs and Minis, with plans to expand throughout the United States.
Read MoreWe have long been waiting for a $100,000-and-up Cadillac super luxury car to take on the Mercedes S Class and the like. One report suggests that won’t happen. Another believes we should expect even more.
Read MoreIn Virginia, law enforcement officers have been placing tickets on cars with expired inspection stickers as the cars sat at the shop awaiting inspection. The whole thing was absurd, but luckily, the The Washington Post reports, the nonsense has come to an end.
Read MoreJapanese train-travel company Seibu Railway hopes to make a major design leap in time for their 100th anniversary; a new line of fast commuter trains that “blend into the landscape.”
Read MoreIf you’re like most of us, you’re doing all you can to make your life as similar to Vladimir Putin’s as possible: you’re riding on horseback shirtless, ordering people you don’t like to be poisoned, and having athletic, vigorous sex with bears. Now, you (and up to about 5,000 of your friends) can take that final step and own the same Russian-designed-and-built limo as Vlad himself.
Read MoreIn the U.S., the tax filing deadline is a little more than a week away. If you’re one of those people who waits until the last minute, here’s how your car might figure into that.
Read MoreRoads that sap energy from passing cars don’t work in the real world. At the very least, they’re expensive as hell to build and maintain. None of that stopped Volvo from trolling other cars driving on one with an XC90, however.
Read MoreAsk anyone that has to perform on stage or present things on live TV or radio: it’s hard. However, it doesn’t have to be when you simply stop giving a shit. This news reporter commentary, taken from yesterday’s crazy Ford Mustang police chase through Los Angeles, is a prime example of exactly that. Can you even? Because I can’t.
Read MoreSome “lost footage” of Paul Walker driving a Mine’s Motor Sports tuned 600 horsepower Nissan GT-R turned up, and it’s just six minutes of the late Fast & Furious actor having a blast.
Read MoreIt’s been a week since Tesla unveiled the Model 3 to the world, and CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to update us on everything from reservation count to styling changes.
Read MoreRemember when you were young and your dog ran away, and you always hoped it would come back while knowing deep down Rocko was actually dead? That’s how a lot of people feel about a new Mazdaspeed3 or Speed6, which Mazda has no plans to bring back for the current generation of either car.
Read MoreLA police are trying to chase down this Ford Mustang Convertible weaving through a rainy city right this very minute. Things are getting wild, as even a TMZ tour bus tried getting in on the action.
Read MoreCharlize Theron, the Academy Award-winning star of movies like Monster, Prometheus, and, of course, the movie that everyone else seems to like but I actually despise, Mad Max: Fury Road, was just named as the main villain of Fast & Furious 8.
Read MoreA train has left Wuhan, in Central China, en route to Lyon, France. It is a mere 7,000 miles and six whole time zones away.
Read MoreHere’s a surefire reminder that saving a parking space is a surefire way to start drama.
Read MoreNissan put the Japanese drift champion behind the wheel of a tuned, rear-wheel drive 2016 Nissan GT-R to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest drift ever recorded. The result: a 30-degree drift at insane 190 miles an hour.
Read MoreI’m not saying this video of an AMG GT RR racing around a track will change your life, but I’m not not saying it. I’m so pumped up right now.
Read MoreYep, totally thought this was the new S4. Same headlight kink, same Audi same-ness. But this is the smaller Audi sedan, the S3. And it’s new-ish.
Read MoreOkay, so, this isn’t the best car photo I’ve ever seen. One doesn’t really come to mind. But! It is pretty neat. What’s the best car photo you’ve ever taken/seen?
Read MoreIn what might possibly the most German thing to have ever happened ever, two Daimler shareholders got into a fight over free sausages at a company meeting today.
Read MoreDo you have a lease or ownership payment for a Honda? You may want to double check your books, because the Honda’s customer service has been flooded with complaints that they were double charged on their monthly payment.
Read MoreThree Volkswagen dealerships from the Illinois-based Napleton Automotive Group sued Volkswagen Wednesday for damages stemming from the Dieselgate scandal, reports Automotive News. This lawsuit is in defiance of a Volkswagen dealer council effort to resolve dealer grievances outside of the courts.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler is laying 1,300 employees off from its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, the place where the struggling Chrysler 200 sedan is built, according to Automotive News. The 200 was supposed to represent the once-struggling company’s “triumphant” return to the highly important midsize sedan segment, but this illustrates the car’s ultimate failure in the marketplace.
Read MoreThe 20-plus year development of Chrysler’s turbine engine-powered cars is fascinating. Our man Steve Lehto even wrote an entire book on the subject. But not many remnants of the program are left, so if you want a piece of weird engine history, this Chrysler turbine engine for sale on eBay may be your only shot.
Read MoreIn an interview with TMZ, Fast & Furious actress Michelle Rodriguez spoke about how profoundly co-star Paul Walker’s death affected her, and how her experience with a Peruvian psychedelic called Ayahuasca made her wish her own death had come first. Heavy stuff.
Read MoreThe Land Rover Defender. A loud, uncomfortable British SUV built twenty years ago and cancelled in America because they couldn’t afford to fit it with airbags. It’s unreliable, it has few amenities, it’s slow… and a nice one is worth $70,000. And a really nice one is worth $100,000. How the hell is this possible?
Read MoreNothing puts a big dumb grin on your face quite like getting a car sideways. If you want to learn how to get sideways in a rear- or mid-engined Porsche, and you’ve got the cash, there’s one place you should go: Porsche Camp4.
Read MoreGrabber Blue, objectively the best Ford Mustang color, is coming to the Shelby GT350 for the 2017 model year. See the details over at Mustang6G!
Read MoreWe knew Volkswagen’s Dieselgate fix wasn’t going to be easy, and we’ve been concerned that the repair might affect fuel economy. Well, it appears that our fears might have been justified, as Automotive News Europe says the proposed software fix for 2.0-liter diesel Passats is causing an increase high fuel consumption. Oh boy.
Read MoreSometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between someone with big balls and someone with a small brain. Watching a Ferrari F12 bust a wheel fording a stream in the Himalayas is one such moment.
Read MoreRemember tuner Callaway Car’s promise to bring a shooting brake styled C7 Corvette into our garages all the way back in 2013? Well it’s actually happening, sucker. The Corvette Aerowagon will begin deliveries this fall and almost nothing else matters at this very moment.
Read MoreLease-trading site Swapalease.com coined the term “manual drift” for a horrible plague upon the modern automobi—er, um, the rate at which drivers are abandoning the manual transmission. According to the latest analysis of their users’ data, men are saying farewell to the stick faster than women.
Read MoreEarlier this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke of establishing a European manufacturing facility while attending a Tesla owners event in France. Well the people of France were listening, and it’s now reported that the government has offered the electric automaker a re-purposed nuclear power facility as a potential site for the future manufacturing center.
Read MoreBMW is reportedly killing the manual transmission in both the M5 and M6 models once production ends later this year, and it is most likely never coming back.
Read MoreDog-leg manual gearboxes are the best kind of manual gearboxes. Not just because they make two-three and three-two shifts quicker, but because they’re downright quirky. And we like quirky. And it looks like Aston Martin wants in on that quirk, because they’re reportedly dropping a dog-leg seven-speed into their V12 Vantage S.
Read MoreI have to start off with an apology: I was wrong. Wrong in the worst possible way, too: I misidentified a tiny image of a droid in a Star Wars movie. I hope I don’t have to offer my resignation, but I do understand. I would like, however, a chance to fix things. I have a theory, you see. About a droid.
Read MoreFaraday Future, the mysterious electric car startup that (for now, at least) seems to only have a lot of big names and big funding, but California wants to help it even more. So the state wants to give the company $12,725,000, in exchange for a promise to create 1,990 full-time jobs and an investment of over $300 million.
Read MoreCadillac, the company that told us they were going to go back to being the standard of the world, has given up on the idea of a top-of-the-line flagship car, according to a news report. Blame the SUVs.
Read MoreWhy is it the Russians always seem to have all the good, crazy ideas?
Read MoreFrench automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën today confirmed that they are, in fact, plotting a return to the United States after being gone for decades. But not in the way any of us expected.
Read MoreYou know how the BBC’s Top Gear trio used to go on crazy road trips in cars that cost less than dental surgery through some far-flung region of the world? Well eleven supercar owners decided to take their expensive rides on one of the worst highways in the world. Six didn’t make it.
Read MoreA petition went up on Change.org yesterday for Elon Musk, co-creator of PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and the man responsible for the inception of the Hyperloop transportation system, to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
Read MoreWhen the brains behind Luftgekühlt—a celebration of all things Porsche—decided to build a car to auction off for charity, it was like they tapped into that really crunchy part of my brain that just wants to see 911s go sideways and splash through the mud. I need it. I need it so much.
Read MoreDo you like the sixth-generation Camaro? Have you always thought it could use a few more electrons in its powertrain? Probably not, but it’s good news anyway, we promise. GM is working with 16 colleges to help design a more environmentally-conscious Camaro, and one university’s plug-in hybrid system is looking highly badass.
Read MoreThis is Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s new 2016 Ford Mustang RTR Formula Drift car. It has 900 horsepower, an independent rear end, and it likes to hit the three wheel motion.
Read MoreWe saw the unveiling of the Tesla Model 3 last week. Or rather, we thought we saw the unveiling. Everything looked great, especially the crazy futuristic interior. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk unleashed a series of cryptic tweets yesterday on the topic, and now we don’t know what to think.
Read MoreRotary engines aren’t perfect. They’re known to burn oil, blow seals, make very little torque and above all, not do so hot on EPA fuel economy drive cycles. Despite all that, there’s something about the high-revving swirly hamentaschen that has our hearts, and now Mazda’s filed a patent that could make them feasible again.
Read MoreWell, I guess really he just asked for “comments, suggestions, and criticisms,” but what an awful lot of people focused on was how to make the Model 3 more attractive, and many were focused on the front end.
Read MoreCar-internet went into full outrage mode when a Facebook post went viral that claimed two models damaged a racer’s Mazda Miata by dancing inside it in heels. Now there’s a video circulating around now from pro Miata racers Drake Kemper and Sam Barnett where they take the two supposedly Miata-hating women on a fast track lap, in an attempt to force them to respect Miatas. Did it work? Maybe. Was it the worst reaction the women got to their behavior? Absolutely not.
Read MoreAs can be expected from the massive amount of preorders for the Tesla Model 3 before, during and after its unveiling on Thursday night, the $TSLA stock price hit its highest numbers in six months on Friday. The numbers surprised Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and trumped investor predictions as well.
Read MoreIf taking your new car out for a track day and risking a parts failure is too much of a headache for your wallet, ease up if it happens to be a V8 Chevrolet Camaro. That’s right—you can succumb to the temptation of the race track or drag strip, and parts failures will more than likely fall under warranty.
Read MoreOur pal Ryan Eversley has successfully used the Jalop bump (and a lot of racing talent) to take the checkered flag at several Pirelli World Challenge events. You may not be as fast as Eversley, but for $74,900, you can throw down some laps in his 2010 Cayman.
Read MoreAs of Saturday morning, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter that Tesla Model 3 orders were at a whopping 253,000 two days after its debut. Since that debut, we’ve learned quite a bit about the car—things both good and bad. With that, let’s take a moment to break down everything we know so far.
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 MoreIn one day, Tesla Motors crushed the numbers for total electric vehicles sold in the U.S. during 2015 with a single model—the Tesla Model 3. Half of the orders came before anyone had even seen it. But now the real wait begins, and it looks as if it may be three to four years before prospective owners receive their car.
Read MoreWhen manufacturers want to see if their cars can deal with constant heat and loads of dust, they usually tend to visit Arizona’s great deserts. But this time, Volkswagen decided to drive Seat’s hottest wagon all the way across the country to Florida.
Read MoreToyota’s been really bringing it to the concept car game lately, with a number of novel and genuinely interesting concepts. Their latest, to be shown at Milan Fashion Week, seems amazing: its body is made out of 86 pieces of wood, with no nails or screws.
Read MoreWhen faced with the dilemma of how to stop people from texting and driving, different countries come up with different solutions. Here in America, we’re trying things like Apple CarPlay, which sort of works. But New Zealand might’ve just come up with the best solution of all.
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Bolt. The Hyundai Ioniq. Even the Nissan Leaf. All of these will be remembered as oddball electric also-rans, while the Tesla Model 3 will be remembered as the car that brought electricity to the masses. And the reason why is actually very simple.
Read MoreAccording to a new report, there’s a decent chance that Ferrari is planning on selling a second “entry-level” model alongside the current California T. Are you going to say it? Fine, I’ll say it. Are they bringing the Dino name back?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Read MoreEvery year, on the same day, a bunch of trolls pull one over on a bunch of apparently gullible idiots. But not today. Not this day. Today, we need to band together and expose those little goblins for who they really are - this will be for all the times they got our hopes up and smashed them at the stroke of midnight. With that, I ask, what are the worst automotive April Fool’s jokes you’ve seen so far?
Read MoreThe Tesla Model 3, Elon Musk’s electric “everyman” car, has landed in Southern California. With any luck, it should be shipping out to its first new owners by the end of 2017. Well before that, we got to spend a few sweet seconds in the passenger seat, and here’s what it felt like.
Read MoreSomething about getting a brand new toy; the smell, the fresh plastics, it’s like an orgasm of materialism and frankly it’s irresistible. Especially when the toy is a McLaren 675LT. You can almost smell the anticipation in those factory-sealed seats.
Read MoreI know it’s April Fool’s day, but I promise you this is no joke. Like everything related to Dartz, the reality is far stranger than anything I can make up, anyway. Remember, these are the people who’s idea of luxury involves whale foreskins. But once, long before making the worlds most unrestrained and opulent SUVs, they once made shoe cars.
Read MoreTesla managed to keep the Model 3's design a secret until the moment of its reveal on stage last night, a rare feat for a car company in the Internet age. But when the sedan finally blitzed the stage, everyone wondered: what does it look like inside? Now that we sort of know, the question is how much of this spartan interior will see production.
Read MoreThe most anticipated new car of this evening and possibly this year, the Tesla Model 3, is finally here. We’ve seen it. And, almost immediately upon seeing it, we’re judging it. Here’s my design breakdown based on what we’ve seen so far.
Read MoreCheck out the stream below to go for a spin in the new Tesla Model 3 with our man Andrew Collins!
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Isuzu is truly a super Trooper: a JDM model modded by noted Opel better-er Irmscher Automobilbau GmbH. It’s probably the only one in the US, but will its price have you joining its troop of fans?
Read MoreWhile technically today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate is a “Dune Buggy” it’s in no way consigned exclusively to just pounding sand, it’s fully streetable too. Let’s find out if this Subaru-powered beast’s price consigns it to staying unsold no matter what.
Read MoreFirst off, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mera is NOT a kit car, as these could be ordered from a Pontiac dealer as a turnkey. This one is described as being the first Mera, the prototype for the 247 that would follow. The question is, will its price turn that number one into number two?
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe SSC says that it’s always been garage kept. I think it’s been kept in the garage a little too much as it has but 661 miles on the clock. Could that possibly make it worth the price of a new GT?
Read MoreWhile Joe Isuzu used to prevaricate in order to sell Isuzus that was only because he didn’t have cars like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 117-XG to hawk. This one is as rare as it is pretty, but will it’s price still prove a deal, and that’s no lie?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Land Rover was built in Spain, where the rain falls mainly on the plain. It’s here in the U.S. now, and we’ll have to decide if its price and kit might have you making it rain.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Aspen (no, not the SUV) is claimed to be only one of 145 to have been its peculiar mix of luxury fitment and economy aspirations. While obviously not popular when new, let’s see if its price makes it in vogue now.
Read MoreGrey market cars like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Citroën CX are always a roll of the dice. Parts and service are often sketchy, but that can be overcome by exclusivity and uniqueness. That is, if the price is right.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom VW Pickup is claimed to come with an extra, SCCA-prepped mill. Let’s see if that, and its price. really gets your motor running.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Legend is claimed to come with receipts for over forty grand in maintenance over the course of its life. Let’s see if its current price might make for a receipt also worth keeping.
Read MoreAudi owns Lamborghini, which has made it possible that you could potentially own today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe R8, a car closely related to Lamborghini’s Gallardo. We’ll just have to see if it’s priced to keep it all in the family too.
Read MoreHave you ever seen a Ford GT40 Roadster Golf Cart? Until today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe club hauler, neither had I. Let’s see if this cool little cart’s price could be considered par for the course.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Hornet X Sportabout brings some serious seventies sexiness to the table. Let’s see if its asking price gets you all hot and bothered as well.
Read MoreIf it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and, most importantly floats like a duck, then it’s probably today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe crazy floatin’ ‘Lambo.’ Let’s see if this sort of sea-worthy Countach’s price is equally ship shape.
Read MoreWhile called the Passat elsewhere, VW’s first-generation derivation of the Audi 80 was called the Dasher here in the States. Let’s see if today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe three-door is priced to have buyers dashing for their checkbooks.
Read MoreForget your Suburbans, Expeditions, Navigators and ‘Slades, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe International is all you’ll ever need. In fact, it’s Travelall you’ll ever need. Of course, we’ll have to decide if its price is all that.
Read MoreMarty McFly had to go back in time to get a truck like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Toyota, but all you have to do is write a check. Let’s see if its price also checks out.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Scrambler is a small bike that had a small part in a small movie, and which now comes with a pretty big price. Let’s see if that Hollywood connection makes you give that a thumb up or a thumb down.
Read MoreWhile today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 300GD is offered up in Detroit, it’s really a Canadian and importing it might be a total pain in the boot. We’ll just have to see if its price makes it worth that pain.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe XR4Ti couldn’t be any nicer, and seems barely broken in. That condition is reflected in its asking price, which you’ll have to decide if it’s worth breaking out the wallet.
Read MoreToday is April Fools Day, a day when things are often not what they seem. Our Nice Price or Crack Pipe AMC looks old and tired, but assuredly isn’t. We’ll have to see whether or not this ratted wagon comes with a price that’s the ultimate joke.
Read MoreStatistically, flying is the safest way to travel and you practically have nothing to worry about, but here’s what happens when that flies out the window. Buckle up.
Read More‘Dega! It’s legendary for a reason, and much of that reason is the insanity of restrictor plate racing. Everyone’s as aggressive as possible to finish well at one of NASCAR’s most famous tracks, which often leads to chaos. Bonus: after a last-lap review, today’s winner wasn’t who everyone thought it would be.
Read MoreIf you ever want to feel as if you’ve wasted away your sad, underachieving life, take a look at Chase Elliott, the pole sitter for this weekend’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. The 20 year old gets to wave that underage flag high for winning pole on his first trip to Talladega in a Sprint Cup Series car.
Read MoreOn and off-road racing legend Robby Gordon drove his V8-powered four-seat buggy in this month’s Mexican 1000 Baja race. This clip shot by a local fan gives you an idea of why he was the first car across the finish line.
Read MoreFormula One returns to Russia’s Sochi Autodrom this weekend. Sadly for Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, his power unit failures returned as well, forcing him out at the end of the second qualifying session. So, we donned a tin-foil hat and channeled our inner Alex Jones to try to explain it.
Read MoreHayden Paddon got his first ever World Rally Championship win last weekend at Rally Argentina after Jari-Matti Latvala rolled out of the lead. The final epic power stage that sealed his win is a mesmerizing downhill descent on rough roads with no shortage of fans lining the surreal, rocky landscape.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThe race formerly known as the Grand Prix of Boston won’t be happening in Boston, reports the Boston Globe. The relationship between the city and race promoters had gone foul, and both are pointing fingers at each other as to why this race won’t work. Organizers are now looking for a back-up city for the race.
Read MoreWe’ve already seen stories of people tracking down long-lost cars from their youths, but none of those stories involved a badass Volvo 142 racecar. This one does.
Read MoreWhat Red Bull Racing has been toying around since March is finally here in the flesh, with Daniel Ricciardo testing the new windshield safety device this Friday at the Russian Grand Prix.
Read MoreThe good ol’ bump and run is alive and well in NASCAR. This time, it gave us the first last-lap pass ever at Richmond International Raceway, with Carl Edwards nudging Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch out of the way for the win.
Read MoreWe already knew that NASCAR had a Donald Trump problem, but now it looks as if Formula One does as well—or, at least, head honcho Bernie Ecclestone, whose views are questionable no matter the subject. Recently, Ecclestone shared with us all that he believes Trump would make a “fantastic” U.S. president.
Read MoreJoshua Schachter knows a thing or two about going fast. He’s an avid Spec Miata racer and part owner of the Aston Martin-slinging TRG racing team. But the Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor’s latest venture isn’t about getting humans to go fast in cars—it’s about making cars go fast by themselves, and it’s open to anyone brave enough to try.
Read MoreSome 30 years ago, this Nissan Frontier “Hardbody” was supposedly the first pickup truck built for off-road racing... with the engine behind the driver. Behold: the sort-of first “trophy truck”! Now it’s back in Baja, which you can watch live all week!
Read MoreThere’s an old Beavis and Butt-Head episode where the dynamic duo decides to try out a dryer’s spin cycle by climbing inside. That’s probably what it felt like inside the World Rally Championship Volkswagen of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila when they lost the Rally Argentina lead in a massive rollover.
Read MoreIt’s almost a non-story when Formula One head troll Bernie Ecclestone makes an embarrassing, sexist comment lately. Unfortunately, racing legend Mario Andretti made some facepalm-worthy statements in agreement this time, too. Then three-time NHRA drag racing champion Shirley Muldowney put it all in perspective.
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 MoreYou’ve experienced the hell that is Baja racing in my stories on paper, and enjoyed our off-road shenanigans on video. Now, for the next week, I’ll be at it again. But this time you can roll with me, in real time! You’ll either witness history... or a very expensive failed experiment.
Read MoreGood news, Smoke fans! Tony Stewart will return to racing this weekend, and is even eligible for NASCAR’s playoff-style championship, the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Bad news, everyone: he was also just fined $35,000 for calling out NASCAR on something he should be able to voice concerns on: safety.
Read MoreHennessey Performance Engineering is currently the only tuner in North America who owns their own test track—but that could change for the right buyer. Lonestar Motorsports Park, the IHRA-sanctioned quarter-mile drag strip next to Hennessey’s headquarters in Sealy, Texas, is up for sale.
Read MoreFrench IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud bears an uncanny resemblance to French antagonist Jean Girard from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. TMZ, of course, asked if there was any relation between Pagenaud and the character and apparently that’s a question Pagenaud gets a lot.
Read MoreThe lovely Cadillac ATS-V.R of Johnny O’Connell had a bit of a boost problem at Long Beach that put them out of Pirelli World Challenge’s allowed specification. A 10-second penalty was assessed after the race, reports Racer. This gave K-Pax McLaren 650S GT3 driver Alvaro Parente his first win in the series.
Read MoreSprint Cup racer Matt DiBenedetto drives for the smaller BK Racing team, which isn’t as competitive and has nowhere near the budget of the NASCAR teams we talk about the most. Finishes in the high-twenties and mid-thirties are more what he’s used to. Scoring a sixth-place finish at Bristol moved him to tears.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, the Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend left a driver so angry over a race result that they refused to spray champagne on the podium. This year, it was Scott Dixon, who got royally screwed by IndyCar’s decision not to impose a real penalty for a shortcut made by race winner Simon Pagenaud.
Read MoreNearly everyone on earth was racing this weekend, yet one car stood out heads, shoulders, and feathers above everything else: the eye-searingly green Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles Dodge Viper GT3.R driven by Tim Pappas. You can’t look at this car and not give it at least a chill nod of approval.
Read MoreNASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch did not have a good day at today’s Food City 500. He had not one, but three crashes on track at Bristol Motor Speedway, two of which were because of a right front tire going down. After the last one, he came into the pits for repairs and accidentally tapped a fan with his car. Oops.
Read MoreA single out-of-compliance part has excluded the overall winner from the World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Silverstone results, reports Sportscar365. The No. 7 Audi R18 had worn its front skid block down to less than the required 20mm minimum thickness.
Read MoreModern endurance races have gotten a bit of a reputation as “really long sprint races” due to the reliability of the cars and the skill of the drivers. Just kidding! Only one of each manufacturer LMP1-class prototype remained in contention for the win in the last hour of the 6 Hours of Silverstone.
Read MoreRacing has never been a truly safe endeavor, but people behind the sport have learned how to improve it over the years. And while there have been plenty of safety improvements within race cars, like multi-point seat belts and devices for neck protection, some of that focus needed to be outside of vehicles as well.
Read MoreFerrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel’s version of a post-race spat is somehow incredibly tame and hilariously immature all at the same wonderful time. After complaining about a first-lap incident all throughout the Chinese Grand Prix, both he and the target of his rage end up on the podium.
Read MorePerhaps Formula One should have yellow-flagged the race immediately after that huge melee at the start of the race. Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo was leading—something that hasn’t happened in a very long time in a Red Bull—early in the race until a popped tire handed the lead back to Nico Rosberg.
Read MoreMercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton’s bad luck continues at the Chinese Grand Prix weekend. Between a busted power unit, a near-miss in pit lane and a borked start, Hamilton’s having a crummy weekend. Didn’t anyone tip him off that 4 is an unlucky number there, and 44 even more so?
Read MoreSometimes a racer tries a move that just makes you shake your head and go “nah.” Nah, man. Naaaaaah. Today, it happened in the last five minutes of the WeatherTech Sports Car Championship race at Long Beach. What on earth was this Porsche driver thinking?
Read MoreThe fancy Mazda Prototype used to be the diesel-powered weirdo of the series now known as the WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, but they had to drop the ability to raise VW owners’ eyebrows for a more conventional powerplant this year. What does the team think of the switch so far? It seems to be working!
Read MoreFinally, someone competing in the Xfinity Series wins an Xfinity race this year. Full-time Xfinity driver Erik Jones took home the $100,000 check today at Bristol after a crazy four-laps-to-go restart that featured a crazy back-and-forth fight for the top of the podium.
Read MoreNASCAR commentator and Top Gear USA host Rutledge Wood described the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race as “the coolest thing I’ve ever done.” It’s something he watched as a kid, and he’ll be participating in this year’s event as a past winner and honorary “pro.” We’re just as sad as he is to see it go.
Read MoreEarlier this month, Formula One troll-king Bernie Ecclestone referred to the drivers as “windbags” in the assorted bile he spewed about their desire to move away from the unpopular elimination qualifying format. A tweet from Mercedes F1 driver Nico Rosberg seems to indicate that they’ve embraced their new title.
Read MorePractice for the World Endurance Championship season opener, the 6 Hours of Silverstone, was halted for an unusual reason in April: snow! Of course, every image coming out of the snow delay is wonderful in a particularly surreal way. Behold: Britain’s winter wonderland.
Read MoreIn the weirdest karmic revenge for ditching elimination qualifying, we saw a number of drivers out of their cars before the end of the second qualifying session anyway. A loose wheel caused a red flag with just over a minute left in the session to go.
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Read MoreManor Formula One driver Pascal Wehrlein was the unlucky one who found out what happens when you hit a puddle on slick tires. The weird dry-with-puddles conditions that contributed to Wehrlein’s spin out brought out a red flag for crews to help clear puddles from the track.
Read MoreToday’s IndyCar practice was interrupted by a particularly stubborn brake fire out of Charlie Kimball’s car. Between this and the Fiery On Road Dead incident from IMSA practice, maybe California needs to periodically assess car-b-que risk like they do for wildfires. Threat level: at least moderate.
Read MoreWhen you track your car, you know that stuff will break. Parts fail, structural components snap, and things succumb to the extra stresses of being run at the limit. So, you might as well appreciate how hilariously awesome your own wheel looks as it skips through the grass.
Read MoreFive-time International Hot Rod Association world champion and reigning Professional Drag Racing Association champion Ronnie Davis died of injuries sustained in an airborne qualifying accident Saturday at Rockingham Dragway, per a PDRA statement. Davis was qualifying for the Top Sportsman class in the PDRA Spring Nationals.
Read MorePhew. Formula One’s elimination qualifying format is officially dead after two unsuccessful attempts to make it work. The FIA formally approved the reversal to the 2015 qualifying format, reports the BBC. That was the last hurdle the reversal had to clear to go into action before the Chinese Grand Prix.
Read MoreIf you’ve never seen a car set up for a banked oval up close before, it’s fascinating to see just how much of the car is set up to help it turn in one direction. Here’s a few interesting little details from NASCAR’s weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.
Read MoreKyle Busch wins so often in NASCAR that it’s almost a non-story that he won tonight’s late-running, rain-delayed Duck Commander 500. Like many professional drivers, there’s a clear pattern in Busch’s post-race commentary. So, we’ve done him a solid and come up with this handy template for future use.
Read MoreSide-by-side (SxS) vehicles have surged in popularity on off-road race circuits because of their affordability and accessibility. Rigs like the Polaris RZR are a great value for dollar when you want to get into desert racing, but UTVUnderground does a solid job breaking the whole proposition down here.
Read MoreSmall pickups have all but gone the way of the dodo given that today’s “small” truck is still larger than many apartments in NYC. There’s quite a few of us who miss the minitruckin’ craze, even today. If you’re obsessed with that Facebook page dedicated to retro minitrucks, this old racing footage will blow your mind.
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Read MoreThe Dale Jr. Special of bananas and mayonnaise on white bread has taken on a life of its own. We had a chuckle at the weird combo, and some of us even tried it. The consensus seemed to be “not bad.” (Personally, I think it may just need pork roll.) So, now Junior’s harnessing the power of Thee Sandwich for charity.
Read MoreNASCAR’s timing system only goes to three decimal places, so it’s very possible for two drivers to run the exact same qualifying speeds and times. Today, this happened to second and third place qualifiers Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. So why does Logano get to start from the front row if they both tied?
Read MoreI met him on a short hill overlooking the road, some macho Welsh local covered in rain and dirt, pulling a beer from his poncho and waiting for the next car to wail past. I asked him why he had trekked into the woods, soaked through his boots, standing for hours on the side of a road, just to get sprayed with rocks from screaming, 300 horsepower hatchbacks.
Read MoreThere has been an enormous hole in our coverage that sounds like V8s and feels like ‘Murica: I’ve never been to a NASCAR race in person. We’re changing that this weekend.
Read MoreFormer F1 driver and Sky Sports commentator Johnny Herbert has been quite vocal lately about McLaren’s driver lineup, suggesting that driver Fernando Alonso may want to consider retirement. So, Alonso butted into one of Herbert’s broadcasts from the Bahrain Grand Prix paddock and shut him down.
Read MoreFormula One’s having quite a fun year so far full of wild mid-field battles and more cars that are competitive with each other, but you’d never know it because all anyone can talk about is how much the new qualifying system sucks. It’s about to get fixed.
Read MoreI’m pretty sure this is the NASCAR version of Excited Astronomer or Double Rainbow Guy, but it’s proof that despite all the fame, most NASCAR drivers are pretty good people. Watch reigning Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch totally make a random fan’s day, and bask in all the joy emanating from your screen.
Read MoreIs it possible for a human being of sound mind and body to eat the horrifying banana and mayo “favorite sandwich” of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Watch us find out!
Read MoreCurrent Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg has shown up in the Panama Papers leak—a massive breach of data related to offshore financial holdings. It just had to be the guy who lives in the tax haven, huh?
Read MoreMoms! What would we do without them? Not exist, obviously. We all owe our mothers a lot but maybe not as much as the Hoehn sisters, who took their mom’s car apart in the African desert.
Read MoreCan we just talk about how amazing the Haas Formula One team has done in their first season for a moment? Romain Grosjean just took one of their cars—in their second race ever as a team—to fifth place. Somewhere, a bald eagle is shedding a single tear of joy right now for how awesome America’s F1 team is doing.
Read MoreIt seemed as if more wrecks than actual racing occurred in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway, culminating in two red flags during the final 15 laps. But the red-flag wait time must have brought everyone to their senses, and the field survived “overtime” without a scratch.
Read MoreMany of us know Sabine Schmitz as the Queen of the Nürburgring, and she does nothing but back that name up each time she hops in a car. For that reason, it’s not much of a surprise when she tears up the track known for chewing cars up and spitting them out in a Porsche 991 GT3—but boy, is it fun to watch.
Read MoreToday saw the widely unloved Formula One elimination qualifying system given a second chance at the Bahrain Grand Prix. However, the moderate dumpster fire that raged heading into the weekend intensified to a full roar, and no one seems to have the number for Bahrain International Circuit’s fire department.
Read MoreLewis Hamilton has a thing for using Snapchat. Formula One Management has a thing for protecting its incredibly exclusive broadcast rights. Those two things don’t mix well, and F1 head honcho Bernie Ecclestone put a personal ban on Hamilton’s Snapchat use in the paddock—which Hamilton broke that very day.
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Read MoreA fellow was out for a walk during today’s Free Practice 2 session for the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. Psst, buddy—I think you’re supposed to stay on the other side of that catch fence.
Read MoreGoPro’s latest miracle of the NoseCam brings us a lap around Sebring thanks to a camera stuffed inside Change Racing driver Corey Lewis’ helmet. I have to admit: this looks like a genuinely nice place to sit. The cabin is neatly organized, and the audio is beyond fantastic. Sit back and enjoy a lap of Lambo bliss.
Read MoreRoborace, the new autonomous racing series that will run alongside Formula E, will surely be a masterful technical exercise that showcases the bleeding edge of modern artificial intelligence technology. Will it be any fun to watch? Given that most of what I love about racing involves a human element, I’m not sold yet.
Read MoreEleven years before the Jaguar F-Type you all know and love today, there was another F-Type. It was smaller and lighter, aimed at the Porsche Boxster instead of the 911. But by 2002, it was dead thanks to Jaguar’s pointless Formula One efforts and Ford counting those beans, no doubt.
Read MoreThere’s something I genuinely love about the Brabus-ified Smart ForTwos. The very idea of a tuning company squeezing the most performance they can out of a tiny city car encapsulates the grand ridiculousness that is exactly what I love about cars. This latest microbeast looks pretty great, too, and is a solid 1/11th as potent as a Bugatti Veyron.
Read MoreSo at first glance, this doesn’t look that different from the last Porsche Cayman. But the new 718 Cayman—like 911 Carrera, get it?—has some pretty substantial updates, just like its ragtop sister the 718 Boxster. Here’s the lowdown.
Read MoreFor all of you posting that picture of Keanu Reaves without a mouth to mock the Tesla Model 3's grille-less face, you’re picking the wrong part of the car to mock. The Model 3 has one huge design flaw, and it’s on the other side of the car.
Read MoreA while back, I wrote about a very exciting if baffling new space propulsion system: the EmDrive. It’s a space propulsion system that doesn’t appear to use any propellant, maybe violates the known laws of physics, but somehow seems—according to a number of tests—to actually work. Physicist M.E. McCulloch released a possible explanation, but it just brings up more questions.
Read MoreVolvo’s been on a very odd warpath lately. Seemingly threatened by Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving system, Autopilot, Volvo has derided that system as “just a beta,” “wannabe,” and implied that it was dangerous. Volvo’s not just flat-out wrong, it’s being remarkably disingenuous.
Read MoreTesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system has been impressing everyone from consumers to journalists, and even other industry experts and executives. Even us! But now a Volvo engineer has called Tesla’s system out, claiming it’s a dangerous “wannabe” autonomous technology.
Read MoreFord, Volvo, Google, Lyft and Uber are joining forces to push the U.S. government to pen regulation that supports autonomous vehicle development and deployment, according to a Reuters report. That’s good news for people yearning to be driven around by robots, because these are some seriously rich and powerful companies.
Read MoreThe more you think about autonomous cars, the more questions you raise, causing you to think even more. It’s like being trapped in the most useless perpetual motion machine. Occasionally, though, interesting questions arise, like this one: what will crash testing an autonomous car entail?
Read MoreA North Miami outfit has created a remarkably low-tech “modification” for a self-balancing electric scooter (AKA “hoverboard”) that allows it to be operated from a beach chair. It can even tow all your other giant goofy toys.
Read MoreWhile other autonomous cars continue to grapple with things like trying to figure out where lanes are on poorly painted roads, Ford’s self-driving project managed to develop a vehicle that doesn’t even need to see ahead. Ford didn’t let it, either—they shut off the headlights and let the car loose in total darkness.
Read MoreIf you’re an automotive engineer, or just someone good at sneaking into convention centers, I’d like to cordially invite you to hear me blather on in front of a huge projection of slides! I’m talking today at the Society of Automotive Engineers’ World Congress at the Cobo Center in Detroit. Come and heckle me!
Read MoreProspective automaker Faraday Future has officially broken ground on its billion dollar Nevada factory today, revealing an updated design for the manufacturing facility that closely resembles a luxury resort with a giant “FF” logo on top.
Read MoreWhile “car companies are becoming tech companies,” Jaguar Land Rover is taking a slightly different tack and firing up a wholly-owned “startup” of about 30 people specifically assigned to figure out to how to sell people cars as potentially shareable transportation solutions.
Read MoreThe Japanese government is joining forces with Toyota and Nissan, as well as local map-making companies, in order to include driving information from the manufacturers to help create standardised intelligent maps, reported the Nikkei Daily newspaper.
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Read More1st Gear: Volkswagen, Mitsubishi Is Not
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Read MoreAmong reasons to build a front-wheel drive, unibody pickup is fuel economy, so you’d expect the new Honda Ridgeline to conquer its truck competition without breaking a sweat. But now the Pilot-based truck’s fuel economy numbers are in, and they further highlight the trouble with the mid-size truck segment.
Read MoreFlood waters make for dangerous driving, folks. Heavy high-clearance vehicles can make it through slightly deeper stuff than your average sedan, but if you drive straight off the road and into a swamp you’re going to have a bad time.
Read MoreBowler’s “all-terrain supercar” comes with a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 producing 550 horses and 460 foot pound of torque, linked to a six-speed paddle shift automatic sending power through an “E-control” rear differential and transfer gearbox providing 50/50 permanent all-wheel drive. It will reach 60mph in 4.2 seconds, no matter where you try. And it’s for sale.
Read MoreWhat’s the problem with the Land Rover Defender and Mercedes G63 6x6s? The latter is far too fancy, while the former is, well, a Land Rover. The solution, naturally, is to buy a badass Toyota Land Cruiser 6x6 like this one. It might actually, you know, function.
Read MoreIf the F-Pace crossover won’t fully put Jaguar back on the map and kick some serious German ass, nothing can, and they should just stop making cars and go fishing instead using their claimed 33.5 cubic feet of luggage space. The good news is Jaguar’s first SUV turned out to be quite something.
Read MoreThe gas plug-in T-Prime GTE Concept follows the diesel plug-in CrossBlue Concept as Volkswagen is getting ready to launch its full-sized three-row hybrid SUV. This time, we’re looking at a combined output of 375 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque with an electric range of 31 miles. Can it make SUV-crazed Americans care?
Read MoreThe Nissan Patrol is basically an old-school off-road capable SUV popular in the Middle East, Australia and other markets that aren’t ours. Many of these trucks are modified to go dirt driving and dune bashing. This one is built for speed.
Read MoreRod Hall is one of the founding fathers of off-road racing in Baja, Mexico. Over 40 years ago he made his first peninsula run before GPS, cell towers or decent safety equipment. And the mensch isn’t slowing down: next week he’s doing his 50th 1,000 mile Baja race in a truck he pulled out of a museum.
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth II, England’s longest-reigning monarch, celebrated her 90th birthday today with festivities that included a cannon salute and a motorcade tour through part of London. More importantly, she rolls in a very badass custom Range Rover.
Read MoreThe 2017 Maserati Levante, an Italian SUV with a name that’s all like LEVANTE!, apparently has a lot of parts that are from a pickup trup with a name like, well, Ram. Also, according to our own David Tracy, former Fiat Chrysler engineer, they look very similar to parts in the Chrysler 200.
Read MoreDon’t waste your time ruining your SUV’s on-road dynamics by perverting the air suspension into some kind of lift. Heck why even bother with knobby tires when you can just drive right on to a set of treads?
Read MoreSit your butt down and pay respect to how great granddaddy could off-road back before the original Willy’s Jeep was so much as a sketch on a bar napkin.
Read MoreUncharted 4 is a new semi-open-world action/adventure third-person shooting game for PlayStation 4. It’s also got a major driving element, and it honestly looks like the most fun you can have in a 4x4 without leaving your couch.
Read MoreThis is the Police-Spec 2016 Ford F-150 Special Service Vehicle. Just like a regular Ford F-150, except soon it will smell like blood, commercial disinfectant and spilled coffee.
Read MoreAfter hydrolocking my Jeep and then removing the deformed carcass that once was its engine, I’ve never been able to look at deep water puddles the same. Which is why this video of a Jeep four-liter fighting for dear life makes me tremble in terror.
Read MoreThe Maserati Levante SUV will ship soon with a 3.0-liter V6 in two tunes. But since the vehicle’s built on the same platform as the Quattroporte, couldn’t it also fit that car’s 528 horsepower V8? Survey says “yes!”
Read MoreTexas is inundated with torrential rain and biblical flooding. Roads are turning to rivers and carrying cars off all over the joint. Perfect time to take the ol’ Hummer out for a test drive!
Read More“This didn’t work we were gonna get the boat,” Cole Geeo told WFAA 8 after rescuing his neighbors marooned in their homes by feet of floodwater.
Read MoreThe Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado 1500, Ram 1500 and Toyota Tundra are some of the most popular vehicles in America because nothing says “freedom” like a big empty cargo box. These trucks all look tough as knights, but how well do they really hold up in a crash?
Read MoreSometimes owning a pickup truck means you get hit with that feeling. That itch you’ve got to scratch. That deep, gravelly Sam Elliot voice in your head that says “hold my beer. And get the hell out of my way.”
Read MoreThe New Jersey State Police has confirmed that at least one military vehicle has rolled over and landed on its roof on the Brunswick Turnpike in South Brunswick this afternoon. The road is closed and a rescue helicopter has transported one person with serious injuries to a hospital.
Read MoreSix months ago this steroidal Polaris RZR blew our minds jumping through buildings and over trains in XP1K3. Turns out they had to have quite a few epic fails before nailing all those stunts.
Read MoreTesla’s online configurator for the Model X went live today, and the automaker hid an additional Easter egg in their kid-haulin’ egg on wheels: a modest power and price bump for the base model.
Read MoreRutledge Wood, Tanner Foust and Adam Ferrara are firing up Top Gear USA again starting April 26th. Looks like they’re in store for some pain, suffering and rollovers which in my experience usually makes for good car videos!
Read MoreTesla Motors announced to owners and reporters today that it will issue a voluntary recall for all Model X SUVs built in late March and earlier over a possible safety issue with the optional third-row seats.
Read MoreAh, the mythical six-wheeled pickup truck. You might not be sure how or why, but you know it’s “better.” More wheels means more fun. Which is why somebody needs to turn their $700 into this wacky Ranger box truck and then turn the truck into something cooler than a reject A-Teammobile.
Read MoreCar companies typically send their pickup trucks to the mountains of Arizona for pain-tolerance tests. Ford has figured out how to bring the hills to them.
Read MoreIf you haven’t yet fallen in love with the Jeep Cherokee XJ after following Project Swiss Cheese, these five Motorweek reviews might finally push you over the edge. Watch the boxy little beast kick butt as Motorweek tests ‘84, ‘87, ‘91, ‘95 and ‘97 model years.
Read MoreThe Jeep Wrangler and Land Rover Defender: two awesomely archaic vehicles steeped in cultural identity. That would be American and British, respectively, of course. What better excuse for a trans-Atlantic truck throwdown?
Read MoreThe cop-spec 2017 Ford Explorer, known as the Interceptor Utility, is by design pretty tough to pick out from the popular civilian version. Now the police vehicles will be blending in even better.
Read MoreThe usual formula for anything worth its weight in clicks on the automotive blogosphere is to mention the one name that has become the go-to benchmark for insanity and attainable power—Hellcat. The venerable engine can make any car, no matter how hum-drum, more desirable to the unwashed internet masses instantly. So, what happens when Jeep stuffs it into their best selling vehicle of all time?
Read MoreIs there any greater glory for a mid-sized pickup truck than coming to the rescue of a full-grown big rig?
Read MoreRecovering a stuck truck is serious business; there’s a lot of weight and energy at work and if you don’t take safety seriously you can end up like these idiots: dodging a flying steel projectile for dear life.
Read MoreCarlisle River, Victoria, Australia: A commercial truck driver stopped to render assistance to a woman who’d damaged her car running over what looks like a downed tree trunk. While they’re chatting, another big rig comes barreling down on them and manages to hit the tree with every wheel.
Read MoreImagine rolling up to your high school reunion on a golden throne carried by your servants, like some pharaoh who thinks he’s a living god. That was the glorious awkwardness parking the Mercedes G500 4x4² at a Denny’s. That was only the beginning of a surreal weekend at the infamous Mint 400 off-road race with this preposterous truck.
Read MoreOn March 31st and April 1st 2016, more than 50 world leaders and international organizations gathered at the White House in Washington, D.C. for President Obama’s fourth Nuclear Security Summit. Here you can watch them all arrive, including the King of Jordan who had the hardest-balling limo of the lot by far.
Read MoreLook, who hasn’t ridden in an old truck with some exposed wiring and a couple gas canisters in the back?
Read MoreI don’t know the context of this. Do you need to know the context of this? It’s a 450-ton unstoppable force completely flattening a car. Enjoy it.
Read MoreOff-road outfit Daystar has developed one of the first lift kits for the new Jeep Renegade. Combine that with a bunch of lights and tubes attached to the little car’s body, and the Italian compact crossover starts to look pretty mean.
Read MoreSmall, cheap, diesel, single-cab; the Smyth Performance Volkswagen “Ute” is the answer to the internet’s perfect truck. Just get yourself an old Jetta or Golf, a Sawz-All and prepare for glory!
Read MoreWhen a oil gets cheap, Americans shortsightedly decide they suddenly have more money to burn on a vehicle. Except for the ones selling the oil.
Read MoreWhen you’re a two-time drifting champion, this is the kind of prank your coworkers pull on you.
Read MoreAside from a privileged few, most drivers end up in some kind of cheap economy car or a hand-me-down for their first ride. It’s probably better that way. But if someone’s a budding car enthusiast, they have a lot of excellent choices these days.
Read MoreIt is said that the mother of all invention is necessity. The second you need something to work, that’s the exact moment that you’ll come up with a plan to make it work. However, sometimes the solutions you come up with, given a lack of resources, is less than optimal. Here is one of those times.
Read MoreEvery time a new Mazda model is announced, a certain number of unwashed yokels always seem to mention that the car would be hella better if only they used the Wankel rotary. News flash: the rotary is a garbage engine.
Read MoreLast week, I asked you to tell me some of the coolest tips and tricks you’ve learned over your years of wrenching. Hundreds of readers contributed tons of great “wrenching hacks,” but here are some of my favorites.
Read MoreA while ago, Jalopnik readers advised me to thin my herd of junkers. When I didn’t heed that advice, it bit me in the ass, leaving me stranded. Now I’m finally doing it: I’m selling two of my cars. But first, I have to do a couple of quick fixes. Here’s how I did the clutch master cylinder on the world’s most unreliable Honda.
Read MoreWhen working on a vehicle, it’s always less of a headache to order parts and not have to wonder whether they’re faulty or not. Or, more importantly, whether they’re even the brand on the listing. But two websites recently got caught allegedly faking brands, and they’re now under seizure by the U.S. government.
Read MoreThe term “fast car” is extremely subjective. While it can mean anything that chirps second gear to anyone with VTEC stickers on their fenders, it usually means face-melting acceleration and neck-snapping G-forces on unassuming off ramps. Simply put, a fast car is whatever can kick your ass without a second thought. Here’s how to make a fun-spec Miata into a bona fide ass-kicking machine.
Read MoreWhile there’s a lot you can learn by reading automotive repair manuals, little “wrenching hacks” can make fixing cars a million times easier. What are the best tips and tricks you’ve got up your sleeve?
Read MoreSome of the best gifts in life don’t look like gifts at first. You may have some that keep you up at night, some that eviscerate your bank account, and others that may give you tetanus. This cheap Jaguar XK120 is a fair helping of all three, but if you could manage to get it done, all the coffee in the world wouldn’t be able to bring you off the resulting high. Here’s why.
Read MoreOn this, the latest episode of What Car Should You Buy?, we’re talking about exotic cars. You know, the flashy stuff. Loud, fast, expensive things. But how expensive do you really need to go?
Read MoreIf you’d like to learn to fix cars, you probably don’t want to start out by rebuilding an engine or replacing a clutch in a transmission, much like you wouldn’t start elementary school math learning Laplace Transforms. Better to start off with something a little less intimidating.
Read MoreBy the time you’ve finished reading this sentence, a McLaren 675LT could have accelerated from a stop to almost 100 mph. That kind of performance doesn’t leave much room for pilot error, but don’t worry, the car’s got a comprehensive rescue kit if you shatter its carbon fiber body and get a boo-boo.
Read MoreSome 15 cars were consumed by a conflagration in a junkyard north of Los Angeles over the weekend. CBS LA says it took more than 100 firefighters two hours to knock down. The sight was something spectacularly terrifying to behold.
Read MoreWhen most people cross-shop cars, they think of practicality first, and that’s clearly wrong. The one thing car enthusiasts have known for decades—the one notion that could save normies from a hum-drum existence—is that you buy for experience value per dollar. With that in mind, I present this Lancer Evolution MR, the irresistible performing fly in your automotive practicality ointment.
Read MoreYou’ve got to tread carefully any time you mess with key components of your car, but these five suspension mods can be particularly perilous. If you don’t know what you’re doing, please consult a professional. Forums don’t count.
Read MoreLast month Freddy “Tavarish” Hernandez and I joined Adam Carolla and Matt D’Andria on the CarCast podcast to talk about the future of car news on the internet, when to trust your mechanic, and what cheap cars will get expensive soon.
Read MoreA few months ago we drove a fantastically well-dialed 1974 BMW 2002. Fun as the car was on-road, it’s not historically significant or a desirable Tii, turbo, or even round-taillight variant. Which makes the price it pulled down pretty impressive.
Read MoreAspirations are a hell of a thing. They’re the notions that make you look upon your greatest achievements and say “you can do better.” When translated into car-speak, one of the best aspirational lumps of metal is a Bentley Continental GT.
Read MoreAfter months of wrenching, I embarked on an epic adventure in my $600 Craigslist-purchased Jeep Cherokee. That trip took my Project Swiss Cheese over 4,000 miles of highway and on some of America’s most beautiful off-road trails. Here’s how much the whole adventure cost.
Read MoreLooks aren’t everything when it comes to cars. Around here we believe the Subaru WRX is the best all-around enthusiast car, especially if you have a family, but the ‘Rex has never been much in the design department. Some people demand more beauty in their cars.
Read MoreYou’ve all been there. It’s time for a new car, but your job and personal life and just don’t really give you the time to sell your old one. It’s a lot of work! Getting it cleaned and detailed. Fixing any minor things it needs before it will sell. Taking photos that might catch someone’s eye, and figuring out how to price it. Shift, a new company based on the West Coast, is attempting to change all that.
Read MoreTake a break from whatever you’re currently doing and spend a few hours getting lost in the infinite layers of configuration Ferrari made available for the 488 Spider.
Read MoreIf you’re like any other semi-narcissistic person out there, you probably enjoy owning something desirable and expensive, if only for the virtue of its exclusivity. And if you’re a cheap-ass like me, you’ll enjoy that feeling even more if you don’t go broke chasing it. Thankfully, here are five automotive examples of six figure masterpieces made affordable through the wonders of capitalism. Get your countin’ hand ready.
Read MoreLast week, I asked Jalopnik’s wrenchers to tell us about their worst, most embarrassing wrenching misdiagnoses. Here are the most pathetic cases of “Oh crap, that wasn’t actually the problem?”
Read MoreMy $600 Jeep Cherokee XJ, called Project Swiss Cheese after its copious rust, not only made the nearly 2,000 mile journey to Moab, but it also kicked butt on the trails. It did a heroic job out there. The journey home, however, was a total shit-show.
Read MoreYou don’t need Ferrari money to buy something with a little style. There’s more to life than Honda Accords.
Read MoreIf you’re a car enthusiast, you’ve likely experienced the sad scenario of the old relic stashed away in a corner, collecting dust. When you ask the owner to buy it, he says “Not for sale!” with enough vigor that you know that he’ll die before he turns a wrench on the poor car. What cars have you tried to revive but couldn’t?
Read MoreYou can now buy a McLaren 12C for what you might spend on a desirable Porsche. Matt Farah over at The Smoking Tire tested a high-mileage example of the company’s late, great mid-engine sports car to see if, well, you should.
Read MoreThis running twin-turbo V8 rat rod is, truly, what is good and wonderful in this world.
Read MoreI think I’ve died and gone to Jeep heaven, because my trusty $600 Jeep Cherokee and I just stumbled upon the most incredible Jeep junkyard I’ve ever seen. I want to live in it.
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