The U.S. military has been talking about “stealth motorcycles” for years. As of this month, two tech outfits have what seem to be viable prototypes that will both be funded for another revision.
Read MoreA new report from the Government Accountability Office reveals that multiple U.S. government agencies still run on decades-old technology—the most alarming of which is the revelation that nuclear operations are still carried out with 8-inch floppy disks.
Read MoreIt is the oldest active duty unit of the US Army and it presides over America’s fallen heroes on a daily basis. What for many would be a task too heavy to bear on a daily basis, the Third Infantry Regiment takes incredible pride and honor in executing.
Read MoreEver lose track of the simply staggering variety of vehicles in the U.S. military? Ever find yourself going “Wait... what was that bitchin’ six-wheeled heavy armored ambulance again?” Worry no more, because Pop Chart Lab has come up with the most comprehensive chart of American military vehicles that I’ve ever seen. And now it’s in poster form.
Read MoreThe United States is getting a brand-new bomber, called the B-21, for the first time since the 1990s. That’s normally the sort of thing defense-minded types like to hear, but U.S. Air Force programs of the past few decades have a tendency to go completely off the rails. These are the questions that the American government will have to answer if it doesn’t want everything to fall apart.
Read MoreTwenty-four years after its release, Werner Herzog’s Lessons of Darkness, a de-contextualized view of the first Gulf War, still comes across as one of the most piercing war films yet recorded.
Read MoreWe already know the Oshkosh JLTV will be replacing the U.S. military’s iconic Hummer for general mobility, but apparently there’s still a gap in the motor pool for fast and light tactical transportation. It turns out the Army may end up with the same buggy you can buy at your local powersports shop.
Read MoreIsraeli defense tech outfit General Robotics has created a tactical combat robot named “Dogo” that basically looks like a rolling VCR, or something out of Star Wars. Just don’t let it catch you laughing; it’s packing heat.
Read MoreAfter evaluating the Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin F-35 as Denmark’s next primary fighter jet, the country’s government is recommending the F-35 “unequivocally” as superior in “strategic, military, economic, and industrial aspects.” Is this a needed win for this troubled jet?
Read MoreFollowing World War II, America’s nuclear capability rested with the Boeing B-47 Stratojet—a high-speed precursor to the modern jet airliner. The surprisingly capable strategic bomber carried out nuclear testing responsibilities early in the Cold War, including an absurd vertical looping maneuver to deliver its atomic payload.
Read MoreWhat you see here is a TREKOL amphibious truck based on an UAZ-31514. It costs $26,500 worth of rubles, and the Russian space program uses it to find the stages falling off their Soyuz rockets, no matter how far in the woods they end up.
Read MoreSweden’s Lund University is studying bats to figure out, among other things, how they fly so well with those big ears in the way. Turns out their unique “design” might be a good blueprint for helping drones make low-speed maneuvers.
Read MoreWildfires ravaging the oil fields around Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada have grown from 29 to over 330 square miles this week, triggering a provincial state of emergency and a mandatory mass-evacuation. Helicopters are taking point to scout routes while rescuers are escorting immense convoys of cars to safety.
Read MoreSweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrated his 70th birthday on April 30, 2016 with a big royal party in Stockholm featuring an awesome choreographed rendition of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” by a Swedish army band. Looks like a groovy time.
Read MoreAmerica’s ancient but venerable flying tank, the A-10 Warthog, is on the budgetary chopping block. Congress is fighting to keep it flying, and has laid out exactly what they want to see out of any potential replacement jet.
Read MoreA modern BMW 2002 is one of those things we probably all have pondered over at some point. Well BMW did it as part of their string of Hommage concepts, and the reason you’re reading this so late in the day is because it’s kind of forgettable.
Read MoreIf you’re ready to convince everyone you know that you’re going through something of a crisis in life you can now purchase Don Draper’s 1964 Imperial, as seen in season 4 of Mad Men.
Read MoreAs an automotive writer, I occasionally get the chance to review cool cars. An Alfa Romeo 4C. A new Toyota Land Cruiser. A Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet. Well, last week I reviewed a 13-year-old Kia that screeches upon startup like a middle school fire alarm. It was glorious.
Read MoreThis shouldn’t really be happening, and that’s exactly why it’s happening.
Read MoreHello humans and welcome to the latest round of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly column wherein you send me letters and I scoff at them while tilting back a nice jug of brandy.
Read MoreMemorial Day kicks off the start of summer and some of you will be using to holiday to shop for a new ride. This weekend can be a great opportunity to catch some sales, so here are some of our top tips to score a great deal.
Read MoreThe third member of McLaren’s entry-level Sport Series is a 562 horsepower mid-engined supercar offering such a great ride that it has no real competition. Forget the Audi R8 or the Porsche 911 Turbo. If you want to cross the continent driving a proper rear-wheel-drive exotic, McLaren’s first hatchback is the correct answer.
Read MoreBuying a brand new car for the first time is exciting. However, dealerships too often see first-time car buyers as easy targets because many of them lack the experience and knowledge on how to get a new car without being taken for a ride.
Read MoreJust because you negotiated a great deal on your next car doesn’t mean you have a handle on the total cost. Some people go to the dealer and are shocked at all of the extra charges that are tacked on to the price, but there are several ways to tell which ones are legit and which are bogus.
Read MoreThe 2017 Mercedes C300 Coupe is a visual knockout. It places fuel economy and practicality on the back burner, focusing instead on stewing a fine batch of pure, distilled beauty. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Read MoreEvery car review has a formula: you take the most desirable sports car you can get your hands on, and you take it to the most picturesque back road or race track you can find. And there’s a problem with that.
Read MoreI am a huge fan of the Nissan Maxima. It was my first car and the platform I cut my modding teeth on to become the wrenching fool you see today, so you can imagine my level of excitement when I got the chance to drive a brand new model, with the better handling SR package, no less. Unfortunately, I learned that perhaps the Maxima’s best days were alongside my rose-colored memories—stuck in the past.
Read MoreWhen the press met the redesigned 2016 Chevrolet Volt, test pilots came back with pretty much unanimously good first-impressions. I finally got the chance to live with the car for a few days, and it’s not some novelty—it’s simply a solid little people-mover.
Read MoreI recently set out to answer the age-old question that every car shopper must eventually ask himself: Why would I buy a brand-new Honda Odyssey when I could get a used Aston Martin for the same price?
Read MoreAbout once a week I come across an article that claims to give “car buying hacks,” or purports to tell “secrets the dealer doesn’t want you to know.” While some of this advice is helpful, other tips are just blanket statements that maybe won’t result in you getting the best deal.
Read MoreI’ve been reading about automotive clean air regulations for nearly a decade now and I still don’t totally understand whether or not cars are punished too harshly for what they do.
Read MoreBefore they were known as “The Throne,” Jay Z and Kanye West linked with Rihanna in 2009 for the unescapable hit “Run This Town.” It charted around the world, was performed on The Jay Leno Show, and won multiple awards (2010 Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song). And while I’m still waiting for Jay Z to explain La Familia (take your time, Hov), I noticed something else in the song that spiraled into an extensive Genius hunt.
Read MoreSitting on the floor of the 2000 Los Angeles Auto Show was Saturn’s very first concept car—a rational, promising future that reality stood no chance of living up to.
Read MoreSometimes, you really shouldn’t meet your heroes. That’s doubly true when your heroes happen to be cars.
Read MoreMazda design has been one hit after another lately, topped with the magnetically attractive RX-Vision rotary-engined concept that debuted at last year’s Tokyo Motor Show. There’s a good reason the sultry coupe looks so good—Mazda based the design on two of the best looking vintage Ferraris.
Read MoreNestled deep in the heart of Miami’s gentrifying Wynwood Arts District, in between the impressive graffiti murals and the roving packs of homeless, sits an incredible enclave of automotive excellence.
Read MoreCar people are insufferable nostalgists. It’s true! We glorify everything old and weird and full of character, but many times when we actually go to drive our motorized idols, they aren’t quite what we thought they’d be.
Read MoreBy now, like most people on earth, you’ve probably seen Captain America: Civil War, a film where a simple misunderstanding leads to a gigantic fistfight at an airport. But what you may not have seen at that airport fight was one of the best movie Easter Eggs in a long time.
Read MoreNow more than ever, I’m convinced Father John Misty is a genius. Not just because his own music is great, or because he was in Fleet Foxes, or because he does insane things like cover Ryan Adams’ Taylor Swift covers in the style of the Velvet Underground, but because he just eviscerated the music in every eco-friendly car commercial.
Read MoreKeeping with the theme of V12 Aston Martins this week after the unveiling of the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato, we extend an offer to decorate your desktop with an older Aston surrounded by the most serene of landscapes. Could you just imagine this thing tearing down that empty road? At the speed limit, of course.
Read MoreThis is something I probably shouldn’t admit publicly, but I will anyway. I have a deep-seated, irrational fear of anything electrical under the hood of a car. I’m especially fucking terrified of the battery. But I can’t be the only one with an automotive phobia. Gather around, everyone. It’s time to be vulnerable.
Read MoreIn my adolescence, I based many of my conceptualisations of Japan on three sometimes questionable sources: my Japanese language lessons programme, Japanese TV, and, yes, anime/manga. And they were all completely dead-on about how awful commuting by train in Tokyo really is.
Read MoreA wise man once said: “An Aston Martin is safe in a garage, but that is not what Aston Martins are built for.” So tomorrow, I’m taking mine on a 1,500-mile road trip across seven U.S. states.
Read MoreA lot of car buyers, especially the folks that lease luxury cars, don’t have a clue about some basic aspects of their vehicle. This ad from BMW is just one illustration of a much larger issue—the #brands don’t want you to be involved anymore.
Read MoreIt’s been forever since we’ve had a good round of automotive Would You Rather, right? That’s terrible. You deserve better than that. Let’s get back into this with a brain-molesting question about cars, urine, and mind control. Sound good? Of course it does. You love this crap.
Read MoreJust a few days ago, we reported that General Motors had to stop sales on 60,000 crossovers because the labeled fuel economy ratings were wrong by one or two miles per gallon. And just last month, lovable losers Mitsubishi got in trouble for messing with tire pressures to get better MPG ratings, a few years ago overstated fuel economy numbers cost Hyundai a ton of money. All these guys cheated or made mistakes for 1 or 2 MPG because our current rating system is stupid.
Read MoreBumper stickers might be universally terrible, but which one is the most truly and extraordinarily bad?
Read MoreI knew it was coming. That feeling of utter helplessness, of panic. I was sweating profusely. The question of “if” was gone, replaced by “when”—a question that was to be answered about 15 seconds later. I zipped down my race suit to act as a sick bag, lifted my helmet as best I could, and prepared for the inevitable. This was among the lowest moments of my life.
Read MoreDisplaying seven generations of cars in the Ford RS lineup on your desktop is kind of like having a family photo there—a photo that not only celebrates the fact that Americans can actually have the 2016 Ford Focus RS, but also helps everyone at the office understand just where your heart lies.
Read MoreThere are plenty of car features that went out the window at some point or another, including ones that were once the only option for drivers. One such feature that fell into obscurity was the classic front bench seat, slowly replaced by convenience and sportiness.
Read MoreLast week, this tiny, vaguely phallic five-wheeled car-like contraption showed up in my Facebook newsfeed and has thus far completely eluded explanation. Help?
Read MoreIn the latest episode of The Simpsons Homer finds a Morgan 3-Wheeler in his garage because after 27 seasons, who even cares anymore. Enjoy musical number “Chubby Dude In A Tiny Car” and a guest appearance by Jay Leno. Yeah, go ahead and watch it here! Not still at work, are you?
Read MoreNothing ruins an automotive experience quite so badly as a horrible steering wheel.
Read MoreIf you’re the kind of person who views the phrase “I’m selling it before I kill myself in it” as a ringing endorsement, I just found your dream machine. Here is a lifted golf cart powered by a 115-horsepower engine from a 2002 Suzuki GSX-R600 sportbike.
Read MoreFrom 1991 through 1998, the automotive world may have peaked.
Read MoreTwo crossovers, an aging sedan, a fairly abysmal subcompact that feels like it’s meant only for third world countries, and a legendary rally car now living on borrowed time. That’s how things are for Mitsubishi these days. But it wasn’t always this way.
Read MoreNormally, when you add swastikas to something, you can be assured that, yes, the most ridiculous, offensive part of that thing will be the swastika. Put a Nazi flag on a cheeseburger? The swastika is the worst part. Get a swastika face tattoo? That’s now the worst thing about you. But this swastika-covered Corvette manages an incredible trick: the most ridiculous thing about it is the price.
Read MoreLately I’ve been met with blank stares from so-called “friends” when I explain that I’m seriously considering buying this one first-generation Toyota MR2 with a busted A/C, semi-functional headlights, an exhaust leak and a very rough interior, and maybe some questionable brakes (I’m not sure yet) because it runs like a goddamn champion otherwise. Why wouldn’t I buy that car?
Read MoreThis 1973 Datsun (Nissan) 240Z is on a boat heading to China for “the greatest motoring adventure in Historic Rallying” right now. But not before our friend Matt Farah got a chance to kick some dust up with it in the Cali desert!
Read MoreI suspect I’ll end up liking the 2017 Honda Ridgeline more than Andrew Collins did, simply because I have no need for a truck that can tow a moon while climbing Mt. Everest like most truck owners think they do.
Read MoreI’ve always felt one of the most unsung contributions to motoring was the introduction of the full-hood identifying graphic, first seen on the Pontiac Firebird starting in 1970. While many people may find these Screaming Chickens cheesy or campy, I’m certain more cars would benefit from similar treatments. Here, let me show you.
Read MoreŠkoda, the best Volkswagen Group brand that Americans can’t buy, recently announced it will get into the seven-seat SUV game with a new vehicle called the Kodiaq. And in Kodiak, Alaska, the locals and mayor were so excited they decided to get in on the action by renaming their town for a whole day.
Read MoreTraffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
Read MoreDreary, rainy weather isn’t always bad, especially when hundreds of Italian horses decide to pose in it. Use it as a metaphor for your week ahead—sure, Monday morning is a dreary time, but there’s always something beautiful waiting in the rain. (That was overly poetic, but hey. It’s fine.)
Read MoreIs the nearly-invisible right side tattle-tale indicator on the 2016 Ford Mustang the greatest injustice perpetrated against car people since Porsches become cooled with filthy, godless water? Yes, yes it is.
Read MoreWe live in an unprecedented time for cars, a time when the things we drive are faster and cleaner and safer and more advanced than they’ve ever been in history—a time with the fewest compromises. And the power gains we’ve seen in just the last few years have been just amazing.
Read MoreHello, humans of Jalopnik, and welcome to a special edition of Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly Jalopnik column wherein you provide the letters and I provide the Doug.
Read MoreEpic saves. We’ve seen lots of them, but they never go out of style. Watch this BMW 5 Series driver recover from a fierce, hydroplane-induced spin. That’s only half the story: how he learned to do it is another.
Read MoreI know this headline isn’t going to win me any friends, and I’m even a little surprised I’m writing this, but I’ve recently come to a realization: I haven’t had much fun in the recent 400+ horsepower cars I’ve driven.
Read MoreI’m in possession of a secret document. A document from the German government. Yes. the real Polizei. A document so hilarious that I thought it came from DerZwiebel.com. That’s The Onion in Germany. But it didn’t. It’s a list of instructions for all Gumball 3000 participants. If you’re a fan of such events, and especially if you’re not, I promise you’ve never seen automotive Schadenfreude like this.
Read MoreFake exhaust tips. Fake grilles. Fake windows. Fake fake fake. Everything is fake nowadays. You know why? It’s because you wanted it all. Yes, you.
Read MoreOh, the Bugatti Chiron. Six titanium exhaust pipes getting rid of whatever that two-stage quad-turbo eight-liter engine is spewing out of its 16 cylinders, and a double exhaust tip that does absolutely nothing. Form just doesn’t seem to follow function at the rear anymore.
Read MoreThere’s been an increase in talk about the Porsche Panamera lately because we’re on the verge of its second-generation replacement. And, most of this talk is about two things: hope that this new one looks better, and lots of complaining about how ugly the current one is. Well, everybody, you’re all wrong: the Panamera is a good-looking car.
Read MoreI’m a big fan of the irregularly-shaped enclosed volumes of space we like to carry with us as we drive. I think they’re called ‘trunks’ or ‘boots’ or other weirdly clothing-related things. Anyway, this Beetle – actually, a Super Beetle, has easily the most incredible trunk I’ve ever seen on a Beetle, and possibly on any car. Here, look for yourself.
Read MoreSwiss photographer Fabian Oefner is back with a second part to his “Disintegrating” series featuring classic model supercars “exploded” to dramatically reveal all the tiny, beautiful parts of the car. The photos are what I imagine engineers daydream about, and I can’t stop staring at them.
Read MoreCaresto is a Swedish company that specializes in automotive design, development, and building prototype cars. If you could do all those things, and you told me you wouldn’t at least want to try building a Batmobile, I’d have trouble believing you, especially now that Caresto has built what may be the most amazing actual, drive-able Batmobile ever.
Read MoreDays ago, car-spotting YouTuber Gordon Cheng found himself in a Tokyo parking garage. It turned out to be a cave of wonders, full of the absolute most outrageously modified Lamborghinis I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreVisiting a country that drives on the opposite side of the road from your own tends to bring a bit of an inherent confusion. In all honesty, it’s just plain weird. But, as weird as it can be, the weirder part is just how countries chose which sides of the road to drive on—from sword wielding to military tactics.
Read MoreThere are many good reasons to take your car to a track. It’s safe, it’s easy, and the odds are low that you’ll crash into a house. One modded Toyota Supra owner learned that lesson the hard way.
Read MoreA mechanical failure caused a tractor trailer to topple on its side on New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge, resulting in some serious carnage.
Read MoreSometimes when you’re behind the wheel of a potent American muscle car at high speeds on a track with walls super close to the asphalt, well... shit happens. Ask me how I know this! And the poor bastard behind the wheel of this 2017 Camaro Z/28 mule knows it now too, at the Nürburgring no less.
Read MoreHere’s a video from Australia showing a Kangaroo jumping high into the air and laying down an absolutely epic dropkick on an unsuspecting car. The owner’s reaction is on point.
Read MoreChris Evans, actor who plays Captain America in movies, is not Chris Evans, radio man who shouts on Top Gear. But thanks to their identical names and similar Twitter handles, people are tweeting horrible things at the former rather than the latter over the TV show. It’s pretty funny.
Read MoreAfter Sunday’s Top Gear train wreck, host Chris Evans had a bit of a Twitter meltdown. He started citing weird statistics as if to prove that new Top Gear is better than old Top Gear, much in the same way that a trash fire is more popular than puppies. But it turns out that it actually wasn’t so popular after all.
Read MoreTop Gear is back, and from what we’ve been hearing for months it sounds like we’ll get more of the same with some of the pieces shuffled around a bit, like your favorite childhood actor who’s had some work done. It’s the Jalopnik new-Top Gear liveblog!
Read MoreRadio Shack didn’t fail because people stopped buying electronics. People love electronics, more now than ever. What changed was how people expected to buy them. Amazon killed Radio Shack. The new Top Gear didn’t fail because the presenters were bad, it failed because of expectations.
Read MoreI’m an enormous fan of the UK version of Top Gear and have seen every episode at least three times. After it was announced the show would return with a new cast, I was both hopeful and apprehensive to see what had happened to my beloved franchise. Now that I’ve seen the first episode, I think it might’ve been better to let it die.
Read MoreIt’s been speculated about and weirdly sort-of confirmed before, but tonight, we got a little more details. A roofless LaFerrari Spider is happening, and Ferrari is making 150 of them.
Read MoreBy now millions of people in Europe will have seen the relaunched Top Gear on television, and probably millions more will have seen the show through... other means, not that I’m one to judge. Let’s talk about how it went.
Read MoreAs has probably been drilled into your mind more than you care to remember, Top Gear premieres today in the UK. American viewers—except those, of course, who plan to watch by other means—will have to wait until tomorrow to see the show. Regardless, we’ve got you covered on how to watch and what to expect.
Read MoreThey say you should never meet your heroes, let alone learn how they make an omelet. But it’s confession time, so I’m sharing an untold story of Top Gear to celebrate its re-launch—or re-hash, depending on your view.
Read MoreThere we go then. The sun has set on what I imagine we will one day call Old New Top Gear. Now we sit patiently with seatbelts fastened and backrests in the upright position, awaiting developments from New New Top Gear / The Jeremy Clarkson Car Hour / James May’s Amphitheatre Of Cheese.
Read MoreIt’s a little hard to come by any reliable information about the latest iteration of Top Gear before it airs. On the one hand, you have the British tabloids, who seem to have a rabid and unusual desire to take the show down. On the other hand, you have the BBC, which says that everything is perfect all the time always THANK YOU. But now, via The Guardian, we may have some answers.
Read MoreBetween the relaunched (and somewhat questionable) Top Gear and Clarkson, May and Hammond’s Amazon show The Grand Tour, the British car show landscape is looking a little crowded these days. One show the newcomers may not have to contend with is the scrappy also-ran, Fifth Gear, which according to tweets from host Tiff Needell appears to have been cancelled.
Read MoreRemember all those reports about new-Top Gear host Chris Evans consistently sounding like arrogant bastard? True or not, they crop up at least once a week. Apparently this week Evans told off the first studio audience of the rebooted show, so it sounds like they’re off to a great start!
Read MoreThe Stig may be illegal in 17 American states, and he may be scared of bells, but how good is he at things that aren’t driving? To answer that question, it was time to put the Stig (AKA Ben Collins) through the ultimate crucible – NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me! So now, listen to the star of Top Gear answer questions about Richard Gere.
Read MoreThe new Top Gear has been subject to strong opinions on both sides, prompted by both positive feedback at preview showings and struggles that started before filming for the show did. But the show’s new teaser doesn’t fit either of those angles—rather, it’ll may make for the most awkward 40 seconds of your day.
Read MoreA racer’s picture of the Top Gear star-car track piqued our interest: what is the new series doing with “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car?” Well, it looks like they’re straight-up going for laughs. That and the reasonably-priced car’s replacement is better than I could have ever imagined.
Read MoreThe new Top Gear, starring Chris Evans and a menagerie of other people who don’t deserve such prominent mean-mugging, is coming next week whether you like it or not. We’ve got a rundown of the first full episode, thanks to TopGear.com, and good news old Top Gear fans! It sounds very Top Gear.
Read MoreThree-time British Touring Car Championship champion Matt Neal was doing something with the new BBC Top Gear track. Per one of his tweets, there may (may!) be a rallycross-style off-road section with a jump.
Read MoreThe old BBC’s Top Gear crew of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May found a home for a new motoring show at Amazon, finally revealed yesterday to be called The Grand Tour. Arguments ensued over what the title meant, and I’m happy to say I was right.
Read MoreThe old BBC’s Top Gear hosting trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May finally announced the title of their new Amazon motoring show, The Grand Tour. We initially thought it was a pretty ‘meh’ title, but perhaps there’s more to it.
Read MoreBeloved ex-Top Gear trio Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May finally came up with an underwhelming name for their new Amazon Prime show: The Grand Tour. Hopefully this means more big adventures are on the way, because they took so long to come up with that?
Read MoreTwo things, I think, have been missing from all the buzz around the re-imagined Top Gear: ex-Jalopnik writer and professional powerslider Chris Harris, and ass-kicking ‘Ring Queen Sabine Schmitz. We get a lot more of the latter in this latest trailer, and it makes me feel a lot more optimistic about the show.
Read MoreSome say that he’s gotten sideways in some of the fastest and craziest cars in the world, and that he has a new book out on how you can be a driving badass too. All we know is he’s Ben Collins, pro racing driver and Top Gear’s former Stig, and he’s hanging around Jalopnik for a bit to answer your questions.
Read MoreWe’ve already seen Top Gear’s first trailer. It was okay, mostly because it had Sabine Schmitz in it, and she’s a badass. A new trailer came out today, and though it is devoid of Schmitz, that doesn’t mean it’s no good. What do you think?
Read More2Pac versus Biggie. Drake versus Meek Mill. The Game versus, well, everyone. All of those historic rap battles can step aside, however, thanks to the hottest beef of 2016. It’s Top Gear host Chris Harris versus Houston’s own Bun B, and already it’s almost too much fire to touch.
Read MoreBefore Gary Powell had finished his question about the new Bond movie, I’d already said yes twice. Gary was a 007 veteran. In The World Is Not Enough, he perfected flipping the Q speedboat on the Thames by jumping a smaller vessel—wait for it—onto dry land.
Read MoreHellcat-killing power in a brand new Ford Mustang GT for less than $40,000 sounds like an amazing deal. And it is! But if you dig a little deeper into one dealer’s offer for an obscenely cheap overpowered Mustang, you may find out there are ways to pay even less for all that power.
Read MoreFatherhood offers the opportunity to no longer feel compelled to be cool or fashionable. My Brooklyn neighborhood seems to be split between dads who embrace this freedom and those who consider their kids another expensive accessory. The Hyundai Veloster Turbo Rally is that dad still trying hard to be cool.
Read MoreAll Ahmad Ali wanted was a Chevrolet Corvette souped up to have enough horsepower to defibrillate God. To realize this dream, the Qatari went to one of the most famous names in the car tuning business: John Hennessey. But three years later, he is still fighting Hennessey Performance Engineering for more than $70,000 of a refund for a car he said he never got. And numerous ex-HPE employees told Jalopnik that Ali wasn’t alone—that the man and his famed tuning company are engaging in a litany of de
Read MoreIt’s not clear why this Pontiac G6 driver decided it was a good idea to drive over a motorcycle carrying two human beings, just as entitled to the breath of life as the rest of us, but we should find out soon.
Read MoreFor the first time in 44 years, Harley-Davison has an all-new racing machine for the sideways dirt-slinging shitstorm that is flat-track motorcycle racing: the XG750R.
Read MoreMotorcyclist, electronics tech and inventor John Henry spent years developing a “third brake-light” for motorcycles and is finally taking it to market. The helmet-mounted LED illuminates when the bike is slowing down and acts as a rescue beacon in a crash.
Read MoreRacing is inherently dangerous, and that danger presents itself each time a vehicle rolls onto a track. Racing communities, in turn, continually make calls for safer conditions. But motorsport was far more risky in the days of wooden tracks and “murderdome” racing without brakes, and that didn’t last long at all.
Read MoreHot off the wheels of the BMW 2002 Hommage today, the automaker’s Motorrad brand (its cooler half) is also remembering something else that was great from the last century with the 1930's-styled R 5 Hommage.
Read MorePreliminary data from state highway safety offices around America shows annual traffic fatalities for motorcyclists going up an estimated 10 percent in 2015. That meant about 450 more bikers killed on the road last year than the year before for an expected total of just over 5,000. Here’s what we know.
Read MoreForget the Harley or the Honda Africa Twin. Real adventure travel meets elegance when you figure out how to cram your whole family and a boat and a weekend’s worth of camping gear onto a scooter.
Read MoreThe City of New York just live-streamed their police crushing a parking lot’s worth of unlicensed dirt bikes and ATVs. The vehicles were presumably confiscated from hooligans who’d been caught using them to do stunts in streets. Anybody feel better now?
Read MoreWith their second insane stunt video on these crazy dirt bike/snowmobile hybrids, Red Bull has officially created the job title “professional snow biker.” And here I was thinking I had a cool job.
Read MoreI was a salesman at a Honda motorcycle dealer in the 1970s. One day a kid and his father came in to buy a CB360. The kid was a spotty, monosyllabic little brute with a constant sniffle and two bold-face periods for eyes. The old man’s jaw was cocked to one side as if someone in his past had decided it needed punching.
Read MoreIn 2012, I sat down with Michael Czysz at the launch of a new version of SolidWorks CAD software in Boston. The idea was to talk about SolidWorks and how he’d used it to design the electric superbike that was sitting in front of us, but we instead ended up in a 45-minute discussion of aerodynamics, rider psychology, and the bike itself, the MotoCzysz E1pc.
Read MoreMichael Czysz, motorcycle racer and designer of several revolutionary bikes through his MotoCzysz company, died Saturday following a long battle with a rare form of cancer, reports Roadracing World. Czysz was 52.
Read MoreWhen I left the world of writing about cars and bikes and tech in the back of a garage in my boxers, one thing was clear: commuting was happening. And if I was going to endure that soul-sucking drudgery again, I would do it on two wheels. So after 9,000 miles rain-or-shine, here’s what I think I have figured out.
Read MoreYou’ve heard of “kit cars,” right? Buy them in pieces, on purpose, for the joy of assembling and subsequent satisfaction of driving something wrought from your own hands. Moto8ight wants to do the same, but with motorcycles. And they say their kit could go from boxes to roadworthy in about two hours.
Read MoreThat color’s a $2,580 option called “Miami Blue.” It would be my favorite feature on the Porsche Cayman, but having actually driven one I can confirm there’s a lot more to love than the look.
Read MoreThe all-knowing Texan highway programmable road sign has spoken people, and it claims that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is a “shape shifting lizard.” Heed the warning.
Read MoreA picture cropped up on Twitter showing what at first appears to be just another Honda Civic driving for Lyft—until you notice it has Congressional license plates.
Read MoreBMW has been busy collecting 8-Series vehicle monikers with trademark applications including the “M8" title, with a “BMW insider” spilling to Auto Express plans for a luxury GT car to take on the new Mercedes S-Class Coupe.
Read MoreParis doesn’t want its old cars! They’re sick of the pollution, sick of the traffic. Eliminating those things are noble goals and I support them for many reasons—not the least of which is that I’m hoping France’s loss could be America’s gain.
Read MoreThe reason why this six-year-old Camry costs as much as a used McLaren is simple: it’s not exactly a Camry. It’s a custom-built SEMA special complete with a NASCAR V8.
Read MoreThis week Jalopnik’s driving the 2016 Hyundai Genesis. Don’t worry, we’ll get to “how it compares to a 5 Series.” What do you want to know that you can’t find in the brochure?
Read MoreThe Ferrari 458 Speciale is destined to become a great collector’s car, but for one “enthusiastic British owner,” it just wasn’t enough.
Read MoreWe’ve long waited for a new Porsche Panamera to fix the only thing wrong with the current version: the way it looks. Now it seems like we have our first glimpse of that next generation.
Read MoreI can’t stop watching this clip of Doug Kalitta drifting his dragster set to the most dramatic, beautiful violin music. This is some Oscar-worthy stuff... from the NHRA of all places.
Read MoreWatch the California Highway Patrol chase a stolen car down the highway LIVE right now!
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Memorial Day, a holiday for everyone else at Jalopnik so I’m running the show. This past weekend was full of exciting endurance racing, disappointing (if unsurprising) Formula 1 results, and a 100th Indy 500 that truly deserved a special note in the history books. So, here’s your Memorial Day Motorsports roundup to catch up.
Read MoreI went to Philadelphia on Saturday, and it was really hot. But, apparently, so were the cars.
Read MoreSeveral years ago, Mazda had us all under the impression that a diesel version of the Mazda 6 would be on American streets by summer of 2013. It didn’t happen. But, even after delay upon delay for its U.S. diesel efforts, the automaker reportedly still wants to go through with the idea for two of its vehicles.
Read MoreSpaceX has done it again. For the third time in a row, the Falcon 9 rocket has delivered its payload in the upper atmosphere and returned to earth with a successful vertical propulsion landing on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. This time SpaceX released the best angle yet of the landing—from the rocket itself all the way from space.
Read MoreIt’s the Friday before a holiday weekend. You aren’t doing anything productive at work, so take some time and spec out the most badass Aston Martin Vantage you can. The GT8 configurator is live.
Read More“When is Acura actually going to build that new NSX?” was asked so many times in the last six years the thing was starting to look more caricature than car. So how long did it really take to come out of its chrysalis? Let’s break it down.
Read MoreOnce in a while, you hear an old war story that restores your faith in humanity. Usually it involves a moment of quiet in the midst of chaos; some singing or the sharing of a few condiments. But how many of them take place in mid air?
Read MoreThe Nissan GT-R has been on the market so long that if it could talk it would probably just rant about how everything went to shit after Liberty Lunch closed down, but it’s still an unbelievably fast slayer of giants. And in addition to a raft of updates for 2017 it’s getting a new Nismo version as well. Get ready to bite the curb, Lamborghinis.
Read MoreThe 2010 I-totally-thought-that-was-a-TVR Devon GTX looks pretty good, even if you can tell they’ve just been doing burnouts and donuts in the background of the press image.
Read MoreRuslan Shamsuarov, the 20-year old son of the Vice President of Russia’s second-largest oil company Lukoil, suffered no consequence for his involvement in a police chase that was broadcast live on Periscope. His excuse being that his friend who was driving the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG did “not want to appear weak.”
Read MoreWhile the new Alfa Romeo Giulia is off to a rough start with quality issues, the performance seems to be more than praiseworthy when operational. That’s better news with new rumors that the current 4C roadster may be replaced with a Giulia-based coupe to take on the likes of the BMW M4.
Read MoreTo make up for its Dieselgate emissions scandal, Volkswagen will start churning out electric vehicles. That means the company needs crap-tons of lithium-ion batteries. To get them, the German automaker is contemplating building its own version of Tesla’s “Gigafactory” battery plant, German newspaper Handelsblatt reports.
Read MoreChanning Tatum, Katherine Heigl, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Adam Driver and Seth MacFarlane have all signed up to be in Logan Lucky: a heist film set at NASCAR’s Charlotte Motor Speedway due out in 2017. So yeah, Ocean’s 11 plus NASCAR, get it?
Read MoreAs you likely know, the 100th running of the Indy 500 is just about to happen, and that’s a big deal. Even if we all solemnly agree that this centennial is indeed a Big Deal, there’s still many upstanding gearheads who may be confused about the differences between the two best-known open-wheel racing series. Let’s see if we can help.
Read MoreYou could spend the weekend of June 18th mowing your lawn, lazily watching the Golf Channel on the couch, or avoiding talking to your spouse. Or you could come to New York and party with us for 24 hours straight during the greatest race in the entire world—the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Read MoreIf you ever got excited about a Ferrari Mondial, chances are you probably stopped when you realized there’s a reason they’re so cheap. Or you saw one from the side.
Read MoreI hope you’re sitting down, because Fuji Heavy is going to blow your mind with some of the upgrades to the 2017 Subaru BRZ. There will be a Track Mode, a Performance Package, and five more horsepower! Hey Hellcat—you’re on notice.
Read MoreBentley’s 6.75-liter V8, also known as the “6 3/4 Litre“ because old England doesn’t use decimals, is one of the most famous engines in all the world of cars. It’s been in production in some form since 1959, and it has enough torque to pull the entire crust off of the Earth. And now Bentley’s CEO says its days are numbered.
Read MoreA man in Washington state bought a used BMW that he thought was in good working order, only to have the engine completely fail on him three days later. Turns out he never saw the check engine light because that was covered up with duct tape.
Read More“This car looks sketchy and dangerous,” writes The Smoking Tire introducing Roland’s Datsun 260Z. Or at least, a car that looks mostly like a 260Z.
Read MoreBetween having to drive big, automatic cop cars all the time, and being party-poopers who pull us over just when we think we’re starting to have fun, cops may sometimes seem like the anti-gearhead. But that’s so wrong, and officer Matt from Colorado is proof.
Read MoreAfter breaking ground on a billion dollar factory in Sparks, Nevada earlier this month, Faraday Future is now working a deal on a second facility in Vallejo, California. So—a Bay Area factory and a larger Nevada-based factory. Sound familiar? Oh yea! That’s Tesla’s deal.
Read MoreWhen looking up images for the 1964 Imperial that Don Draper drove in an episode of Mad Men, I stumbled upon a 2006 concept car that has the new Lincoln Continental beat by a wide margin in the Bentley-lookalike category.
Read MoreIn China, a beautiful dark purple Jaguar XJ blocked a Range Rover Evoque from an exit, leaving the SUV’s driver with only once choice: to repeatedly bash the luxury sedan out of the way in a loud, chaotic spectacle that will bring tears to your eyes.
Read MoreOn June 22 the very first Fast and Furious movie, actually called The Fast And The Furious, will be back in about 1,500 movie theaters around America in honor of the movie’s 15th anniversary. Insert car-related excitement pun!
Read MoreThe biggest weekend in American racing is almost upon us, and as usual, Jalopnik is sending a crack squad of miscreants and weirdos to cover the race. One of them is photographer and contributor Kurt Bradley, whose smoke-filled photos have often graced our internet pages.
Read More“I got a call on Friday night to say that the Prime Minister was on his way round to look at one of our cars,” used car salesman Iain Harris told The Daily Mail. “I thought it was one of my mates, winding me up.” Nope. David Cameron himself showed up and bought a £1,495 economy car.
Read MoreOne of the biggest disappointments in the automotive industry is in charging electric cars. A new report states that Apple is getting involved and it might just become even more of a shitshow.
Read MoreIt’s not cheap, and it wasn’t easy to make, but scientist Dr. José Carlos Rubio has reportedly figured out how to make cement that glows in the dark. This could conceivably be the highway of our future.
Read MoreOur Jason Torchinsky is at the Lane Museum in Nashville, a place he considers close to his version of heaven here on earth (obviously sans the giant anthropomorphic Q*bert) and he’s done a live version of Jason Drives wherein he’s driven a real Amphicar. On the water!
Read MoreThe Ford Model T was once the most popular car on the planet, so you’d think that it would be easy for a novice to operate. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Read MoreA few weeks ago we saw one Hyperloop start-up company display a small-scale propulsion technology for the 700 mph transportation of our future. Where that company is more focused on cargo transport, the second company, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, is tackling human transport—and it looks a little too cozy.
Read MoreRide-hailing startups are so in right now, and they’re hitting the dating scene looking for big investments with automakers. Everybody seems to have paired up so far except for poor Uber, until today, with Toyota announcing a “strategic partnership” with the ride-sharing service.
Read MoreYour rad Dodge Challenger Hellcat may lord it over the other modern American muscle cars in horsepower, but not when it comes to the small overlap test.
Read MoreOn May 19, EgyptAir Flight 804 dropped out of the sky. Only pieces of the plane have been found so far, and while more than 60 people are presumed dead, the exact cause of the plane’s downing is still unknown. Here’s everything we do know about its mysterious loss so far.
Read MoreThis sure looks like a dude asleep at the wheel of a Tesla, which is still happily on autopilot in traffic. But is the video legit?
Read MoreSo much baggage comes with driving an ‘80s Trans Am. As Regular Car Reviews puts it, it’s the car that symbolizes the struggle, the car for teenage dads who think they can still play Call of Duty whenever they want, for employees mad at their regional managers, for the uncle with the Hall and Oates mustache who wants to be with it.
Read MoreI, unlike many Americans, enjoyed last year’s SPECTRE. I thought it felt very much like a campy late-Connery or Roger Moore James Bond film and it was fun when it wasn’t boring you to death. But then I found this 1990's Pepsi Max commercial, and now there’s no excuses.
Read MoreOne of the first things you will no doubt notice when coming to Japan is that most of the streets don’t have names, the building numbers don’t go in any kind of order, and you can’t possibly imagine a time before your cabbie had access to GPS. Welcome to the Japanese address registration system. It’s a doozy.
Read MoreA couple of comedians left this Nissan Leaf on a Los Angeles street during the weekly two-hour period reserved for street sweeping. And then they narrated a 40 minute live stake-out waiting to see how long it’d take to get a parking ticket, which an astounding 13,000 people sat tuned in for.
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Camaro ZL1's new 6.2-liter supercharged V8 doesn’t just sound good on paper. The latest footage of the ZL1 testing on the Nürburgring sounds unbelievably good even through the cheesiest phone speakers. (Plus, they kept it off a wall this time.) Find a good sound system and crank this engine note up to 11. It’s worth it.
Read MoreNo, this isn’t about a dude getting pulled by a plane. This world record is much cooler. And the guy who set it has the best attitude imaginable.
Read MoreWide open highway, hundreds of horsepower at your feet, the stage is set for a really good few seconds of on-ramp fun. Nope!
Read MoreTesla’s flagship Fremont factory is the only non-unionized American-owned assembly factory in the U.S., and the United Auto Workers want to change that. With Tesla considerably upping the manufacturing expectations for its electric fleet, their motives just got stronger.
Read MoreEarlier this month, there was an LA-area car chase involving a Mercedes, a bunch of traffic, and some crazy low-speed maneuvering. But I don’t want to talk about the car chase itself; I want to talk about what it revealed. That chase was a sobering look at the chromatic state of the car fleet of America.
Read MoreBMW is bringing out all eight of its Hommage series of designs for this weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Italy’s Lake Como for the automaker’s “The Next 100 Years” campaign. Neat.
Read MoreTesla’s Summon feature has been rather contentious lately, but that didn’t stop one dad from using it to prank his son by locking him the car and making him think he was in a runaway death machine. Welcome to the future of dad pranks.
Read MoreIn Uber’s endless quest to be sketchy it announced that its learned when users are more likely to pay the sometimes-ridiculous surge pricing for a ride. They claim they’re not using it against you... yet.
Read MoreCrotches. Along with feet, the human crotch probably represents the greatest challenge of the human body when it comes to thermal management. The crotch is the lusty armpit of the legs, and they do get hot. At least one major carmaker is aware of this, and came to us for advice. Let’s not let them down.
Read MoreHello, human beings, and welcome to this week’s version of Letters to Doug, where we tackle some of the key issues affecting the automotive industry, and also shifter placement.
Read MoreFew cars at any price are as hotly anticipated as the new Ford Focus RS, the new 350 horsepower all-wheel drive God Hatch. Now that it’s on sale in Europe, our tame racing driver Robb Holland has one and wants to show us what it can do on one of the oldest and most dangerous race courses in the world.
Read MoreI know all of our Mustang owning-and-loving friends have probably been cringing over the past few months as videos of Mustangs leaving various Cars and Coffee meets and wrecking embarrassingly have been shared all over the internet. Well, now Mustang owners can help themselves to a big scoop of Schadenfreude as they watch this drag-spec Camaro eat a fence.
Read MoreThe Aston Martin Vanquish is a sleek, V12-powered grand tourer wrapped in carbon fiber bodywork. But that wasn’t enough for famously weird coachbuilder Zagato, which transformed the car into the Aston Martin Zagato Vanquish, a sleek, V12-powered grand tourer wrapped in carbon fiber bodywork.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo 4C has its “charms.” After only ever seeing one in person a few months ago and being blown away by the fit and finish of the exterior, I went looking for answers. Some of these answers are in this video from the 4C production floor.
Read MoreThere are some new rumors, related to older rumors, that BMW’s next 6-series is going to be a direct Porsche 911 rival. Apparently this means that it will get shorter, much (much) lighter, and ditch the “Grand Coupe” four-door model. That’s dumb, because I’d take a current 6-Series GC over the last three generations of 7-Series.
Read MoreEver since it heard that Ford across town started selling a performance car with ultra-light carbon fiber wheels, GM has been jealous. Like, so jealous.
Read MoreTesla, the little American car company every other automaker loves to hate, recently lent a Model X to Fortune for a review. The car was not what one might expect of a $150,000 luxury car, unless something like an old Jaguar has been in your ownership history.
Read MoreHonda released the S2000 in 1998 as part of a “celebration” of its 50th anniversary. Do the math and the automaker’s 70th anniversary is looming in 2018, which is apparently reason enough to validate the years of rumors of an S2000 successor.
Read MoreCBS news legend and 60 Minutes star Morley Safer died today at age 84, only a week after he retired from the show, reports USA Today. Safer filed more than 900 reports in his 46 years as 60 Minutes’ longest-running correspondent, one of which was this delightful visit to the Lamborghini factory in Italy.
Read MoreGran Turismo Sport is the latest game in the epic PlayStation driving sim franchise. It’s coming out on November 15, 2016, but you can get your first taste of what just might be the most realistic driving experience you can have on your TV right here.
Read MoreThere is nothing sadder on the road than a road rage fight, except when it’s a road rage fight between two slightly older guys pulled over on the side of a gray and drizzly New York City highway. That’s what makes it so excellent when two cops run up and end it with nothing but pure, competent justice.
Read MoreTaking a cue from Toyota’s playbook, Hyundai’s Genesis cars will become their own luxury brand. A leaked presentation has confirmed what we previously reported about the Genesis future lineup, and now we have vehicle names and a tentative timeline.
Read MoreA police car in pursuit of armed robbery suspects screamed through a red light last week, obliterating an unsuspecting driver. There’s a reason why this is isn’t allowed, even for cops.
Read MoreA BMW i3 was recently stolen with a running dashcam, and the resulting footage capturing a phone conversation between the thief and his mates absolutely raving over the hybrid-electric Bavarian is better than any BMW ad in decades.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever let a dog run free out of a fence, you know what an animal enjoying its primal environment looks like. That’s the Koenigsegg One:1 at the Nürburgring, back for the first time since last year to maybe accidentally set some lap records.
Read MoreGoogle announced a huge wave of updates with practical new features and plans for its Android Auto car interface system, including the ultimate dystopian future-reality fear of your phone completely encompassing your car.
Read MoreToday’s SEC filing from Tesla reveals that the automaker will raise $2 billion in common stock for Model 3 production, with the final reservation count for the new EV confirmed to be around 373,000 deposits.
Read MoreTwo questions stood out immediately as Volkswagen got torn apart in their Dieselgate scandal: why was this European carmaker under fire in America, and why weren’t other carmakers implicated as well? One small loophole might be the answer.
Read MoreKip Ewing, the man responsible for the engineering work on the brand new 2017 Ford GT, just quit the company. Ewing started at Ford more than 20 years ago, and his departure during the development of what promises to be a hugely influential exotic is surprising, to say the least.
Read MoreFast 8, an opus of film starring Charlize Theron, Vin Diesel, and Dame Helen Mirren (?), will win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Before it does that, however, it needs to chuck a bunch of cars out of buildings in Ohio.
Read MoreYou’d think the sort of people who’d even consider buying a 565 HP V12 car with a manual gearbox would love – wantonly, openly, wetly, unashamedly – a rally-style dog-leg shift pattern, with first gear tucked down by your knee. The Aston Martin V12 Vantage S has such a gearbox, and most people think it’s great, except for these two, one of whom has a valid point.
Read MoreVolvo’s XC90 and S90 heralded the rebirth of Volvo, but those big-ticket cars won’t save the company. What Volvo needs is a big volume, mass-market seller to bring its Swedish revolution to the Youths and the masses. If you’re a Youth or a Mass, these are the guts of underneath your next Swedish runabout.
Read MoreHave you ever looked with envy at those preening bastards who can identify the year of any classic Volkswagen Beetle at a glance? They’re so smug, with all their VW-year-identifying-gotten riches and sexual partners. Wouldn’t you like to be like them? Of course you would. I’m going to show you how.
Read MoreToday, Volvo announced their new modular small-car architecture with the Concept 40.1 and Concept 40.2, respectively previewing the XC40 crossover and S40 production cars. The designs are very clean and lovely, worthy of a parking spot within a Scandinavian furniture store.
Read MoreMcLaren has a plan called Track 22 including a bunch of goals the supercar company wants to see completed by the year 2022. One of those goals happens to be deciding whether or not the successor to the McLaren P1 is going to be fully-electric. Hope you’re cool with that.
Read MoreDrake released a new album titled “Views” last month, but Spotify only managed to pick it up this week. I just got around to listening to it, noticing a lyric in the first song on the album reveals some beef between the rapper and Chrysler.
Read MoreSo the Lethal Weapon movie franchise is being rebooted as a TV show. Expect that scene where the boss cop yells at the main characters, apparently a lot of car action, and hey is that Mia Toretto?
Read MoreThanks to the tireless work of some German agents, some early pages from a tie-in book to the upcoming Rogue One movie have been smuggled out, and they’re full of exciting things, including two new spaceship designs. Since many Bothans/Germans died to get us this information (I’m assuming), the least I can do is scrutinize the hell out of it.
Read MoreWere you attached to the BMW 228i and M235i? If so, I’m about to shake up your fragile grip on reality. The agile and ridiculously fun 2 Series is about to get a name change in line with the updated 3 Series.
Read MoreThe Antonov An-225 Mriya is bigger than any Airbus, bigger than any Boeing. Originally designed to transport a Soviet space shuttle, the lone example uses its six jet engines to fly freight around the world, holding the payload record of 559,577 pounds. This is what it looks like when it’s flying right over your head.
Read MoreMost of us have had the experience where airline service isn’t quite what we expected. To do our duty, we run to the internet for an airing of grievances, giving a less than stellar review for sub-par service quality. But what happens when the airline is consistently ranked the worst in the world and only travels to and from one of the most hellish places known to man?
Read MoreFerrari doesn’t need you to love the California T in order to sell loads of them, but it’s nice to know that the new version is miles better than their first try from 2008.
Read MoreThe Automobile Club of Southern California restored one of the few original 1961 Dodge Polara Highway Patrol cars, and one thing is for sure: as Jay Leno demonstrates, those cops took their rides very seriously.
Read MoreTesla’s questionable use of imported foreign labor through a construction contractor have been reported in a lawsuit claiming the companies violated U.S. wage and employment laws.
Read MoreWest Virginia police officer Marcus David Slauer was arrested by state troopers last week and charged with felony bribery after allegedly having sex with a woman who was trying to get out of a citation.
Read MoreThe State of Colorado just passed legislation granting a $5,000 point-of-sale incentive for the purchase of an electric vehicle in the State, in addition to the existing $7,500 federal tax incentive. That’s $12,500 cut in an attempt make EVs more competitive with traditional car purchases.
Read MoreThe age when automakers would set aside several weeks seven or eight times a year for a huge trade show at a convention center to unveil the Lincoln Continental or Hyundai Tucson or whatever before a scrum of enthralled reporters appears to be on the way out. In fact, the Los Angeles Auto Show is evolving in an interesting way in response to this.
Read MoreI’m not sure what it is about the fine line between the Best Idea in the World and the Stupidest Idea in the World, but sometimes that line is incredibly blurry. I think this guy having a great time with a four-cylinder turbocharged full-sized car motor in a go-kart wearing no helmet is doing his part to blur that line.
Read MoreIf you’re a German hoping to drive your Mercedes SLK roadster through the chilly mountains of southern Bavaria with the top down, there’s some bad news: your neck is going to be cold. That’s because Daimler has just been ordered by a German federal court to stop selling cars equipped with Airscarves, since the car company reportedly does not have rights to the design.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo Giulia sport sedan is one of the most important cars to come out in 2016, both for enthusiasts clamoring for a real Alfa Romeo comeback and for the struggling Fiat Chrysler brand. But some first-drive reviews in Europe reveal stereotypically Alfa-esque problems that don’t exactly inspire confidence.
Read MoreThere are few clearer examples of a country basing its entire economy off of oil than Venezuela, which is a bad sign for petrostates because Venezuela is going to shit right now.
Read MoreResidents of an apartment complex near Madrid returned home on Saturday following a fire at a nearby tire dump that produced a massive cloud of thick, toxic smoke the day prior, but not with the all clear—officials recommended that residents keep windows shut and wear surgical masks when outside.
Read MoreAround 50,000 Subarus are under recall as of earlier this month due to problems with the steering column, and owners just got word that they shouldn’t drive the cars—even to the repair shop—until they’re fixed.
Read MoreTesla’s recently shifted forecast of achieving 500,000 Model S, X and 3 deliveries by 2018 sounded laughably absurd, but joining the circus will be Audi’s Peter Hochholdinger, juggler of production at the German automaker’s flagship manufacturing facility.
Read MoreOver 6,500 people have submitted applications to Ford begging for a new Ford GT. Cute, but none of you are getting a Ford GT.
Read More“Our issue is not the quality of the product,” Cadillac’s brand director Melody Lee told Bloomberg. “Our challenge is relevance.”
Read MoreHello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Letters to Doug, a weekly column wherein Doug addresses your automotive-related letters with letters of his own, such as P.
Read MoreYou know how in low-budget sitcoms, there’s a standard joke setup where someone warns someone to be careful, then the warn-ee walks into a doorway, and then you hear a bunch of crashing and breaking things, and then they come back out and say some punch line? That’s pretty much what this video is like, only with a Mustang.
Read MoreEarlier this week, we ran a story about a man who alleges that his Tesla Model S drove itself into the back of a parked truck trailer, all on its own. Not surprisingly, Tesla didn’t think this was a triumph of automation, and maintains the crash was caused by user error—but I think Tesla’s user interface might be part of the problem too.
Read MoreYes, that mysterious BMW-Toyota sports car joint production is still happening. Now we know who might be building it.
Read MoreApple announced an investment of $1 billion in China’s largest private ride-hailing service company Didi Chuxing in a move intended to not only better understand the Chinese market, but to finally take the big step into the transportation industry we’ve been expecting.
Read MoreLast week, a California warehouse holding nine Nissan Skylines, three more rare Japanese imported cars, more than a dozen other vehicles and most unfortunately two dogs burned to the ground. Now, an investigation of the scene appears to have coincidentally discovered an illegal marijuana farm setting up shop next door.
Read MoreOnce again Subaru has paired the classic STI name with the not-quite-so-classic Levorg model. We are so close (and so far!) from a production STI wagon.
Read MoreThe bar for any car ad where the premise is a staged focus group and there’s a reminder that the commercial has “Real people. Not actors” is about as low as you can possibly get. I’ve learned to expect more enjoyment from a groin rash. Even with that in mind, this Chevy Cruze ad is awful.
Read MoreYou may think the only people who get invited on automakers’ press drivers are highly skilled, highly trained auto writers with an abiding passion for automobiles and a deep knowledge of products. This is not the case! Especially not in the social media era, where automakers will throw insane sums of money at “influencers” to blog a little bit or maybe just post to Instagram in hopes of good exposure.
Read MoreYour car’s gasoline engine wastes two thirds of its fuel’s energy as heat, so why not harness that energy and cook a delicious meal? It’s fun and easy, and you can do it too.
Read MoreBeyond the obvious that these two companies are titans in Japanese automotive history, it’s fair to ask how the various tendrils of Mitsubishi Motors and Nissan Motor Company reach throughout many aspects of day-to-day Japanese life. Indeed, it’s fair to ask how this will affect Mitsu’s place in Asia more generally.
Read MoreHere’s nine blood-pressure raising minutes of the new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio with its active aero and its Italian body and its twin-turbo V6. What more could you want?
Read MoreFear of Apple’s perpetual growth plateauing has plagued the company in recent years, but a new analysis of Apple’s research and development spending suggests it is preparing to pivot towards an entirely new industry. Enter the Apple Car at last?
Read MoreIn the wake of a fuel economy cheating scandal that has rocked the Japanese automotive industry, Nissan will take a 34 percent controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors, both companies announced today.
Read MoreThe first successful test of Hyperloop One’s propulsion technology proved a lot this morning. On display was proof that Elon Musk’s dream of a transportation system that breaks the barriers of speed and time was a step closer to reality. Also on display was proof that the future will still be boring.
Read MoreThere’s a battle happening in the SUV world right now, and we don’t even know we’re in it. By “we,” I mean America, and the battle is for the chance to name a full-size SUV ‘Sasquatch.’ Our enemy? The Czech Republic.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Police Department is ostensibly evaluating two $100,000 Tesla Model S P85Ds as cop cars right now. The police know it’s an impractical vehicle for the application, but they’re not about to turn down free futuristic luxury cars.
Read MoreWith Mitsubishi Motors beset by a massive fuel economy cheating scandal in Japan, news outlets in that country are reporting that competitor Nissan is in talks to take over the automaker.
Read MoreIt’s possible that Tesla has achieved another dramatic breakthrough in autonomous car tech: according to a Utah man, his Tesla started itself up and drove under and into a parked trailer, all while unmanned and unattended. It used to take a human to perform such a low-speed, stupid wreck! Impressive.
Read MoreEvery sports car driver and sport bike rider dreams of the perfect roads over Los Angeles, but we’re not the only ones (or even the fastest ones) who carve these canyons.
Read MoreThe original Acura NSX has this look that’s simultaneously so 1990s yet still very sexy. Definitely not “timeless,” but I can’t imagine a time when this car won’t look good. Especially when it’s been modified in just the right ways like this one.
Read MoreI’ve been a huge James Bond fan for as long as I remember, and I grew up at an age where I was able to naively enjoy all six Star Wars films before realizing The Truth. With that in mind, this James Bond-style opening title sequence for The Empire Strikes Back has awakened my nostalgia forces.
Read MoreAfter an explosive comeback over a decade ago, Mini has been struggling to build a brand identity—mostly due to the tendency for newer models to bloat beyond anything resembling the namesake. Mini has decided to bring back the ‘Seven’ title, remembering the days when the little car was called an Austin Seven in a desperate attempt to appeal to heritage hipsters.
Read MoreI have a hard time caring about supercars unless they’re being used for super-hoonage, so YouTubers bragging about sweet new rides they’ll only use to hard park in Monaco have always rubbed me the wrong way. Fortunately, YouTube star PewDiePie’s new ride blows all of those basic supercar videos away.
Read MoreThe Japanese Ministry of Transport is partnering with automakers to send workers to visit the homes of car owners who have not yet had their potentially lethal Takata airbags fixed. That might seem strange to outsiders, but in Japan, this kind of house call is the norm.
Read MoreDelightfully-named boutique Dutch automaker Donkervoort has released an “RS” version of the wacky carbon fiber rocket-phallus they call a car. Hustle up and order yours because they’ve already sold more than half of the production run!
Read MoreNothing is easy. That’s the big takeaway here. Almost every system we encounter is full of unseen complexity. A great example of this is found in a new study that suggests that electric and hybrid vehicles may actually produce as many atmospheric toxins as combustion cars. How can this be, if they produce no exhaust? The answer is that they produce more non-exhaust emissions.
Read MoreEveryone knows that the Germans make some serious performance cars. But what happens when the European division of an American car company sets up shop on Bavarian turf to produce what may be the greatest hot hatch ever? Can it stand up to BMW’s best?
Read MoreAs a childless car writer I frequently chastised parents for eschewing fun cars in order to buy safe boxes for their new families, but with a kid on the way and the threat of a massive blizzard in the back of my mind I gave into a mix of fear and marketing hype and reached for the safest thing I could borrow. My bad, you guys.
Read MoreOne can tune up a 1960s Ford Fairlane in many ways, and Pure Vision Designs felt their ‘67 had to turn into a NASCAR prototype that never was with 650+ horses and an eight foot timing chain. Now you can watch Jay Leno take it for a spin.
Read MoreJust when you thought the early ‘90s German sport-sedan market peaked with E30 M3s commanding upwards of $200,000, the M3's arch rival, the Mercedes 190-Series 2.5-16V Evolution II, is up for sale with a price tag that trumps a brand new Ferrari.
Read MoreEarlier this year, Tesla managed to snag Praveen Arichandran as a new Director of Growth Programs from a similar role he held at Facebook. The automaker has now revealed it is assembling a “growth team” similar to that of Facebook and Uber through recent job listings, suggesting the brand’s eyes for expansion continue to grow wider.
Read MorePorsche has revealed a new twin-turbo V8 to squeeze into the upcoming second generation Panamera and future SUVs, but the engine is has also reportedly been designed to squeeze into just about anything requiring a V8 in the Volkswagen Group lineup.
Read More“If you drink and you drive and you hurt someone, don’t call me. I’m not gonna represent you, I’m not gonna help you. If anything, I’m gonna be the lawyer going after you,” says Florida attorney David J. Maloney, who was just arrested for driving under the influence.
Read MoreThe McLaren P1, crown jewel of the company’s sports car lineup, is often compared to its hybrid supercar rivals like the Porsche 918 or the Ferrari LaFerrari. You would think McLaren would claim it is comparable to none, and yet the company’s website lists the P1's specifications directly compared to the McLaren F1 and... your “average hatchback”?
Read MoreIn Saskatoon, Canada, a suspected car thief crashed a flatbed truck into a parked Ford F-150. Local residents heard the crash, and went outside to film. The resulting video shows the world’s most pathetic attempt to flee a crime scene, as the perpetrator flounders with his busted-up Ram 5500.
Read MoreThe Buick Verano, best described as “a car you can buy,” will soon no longer be a car you can buy, according to a new report in Automotive News. Cause of death: the crossover.
Read MoreI think that maybe only after “Citation,” the Chevrolet nameplate most people are least interested in seeing reborn is “Cavalier.” I’m probably wrong, though, because it’s been leaked that the Cavalier is coming back, at least in China. Maybe now my hopes for a new Cadillac Cimarron will come true!
Read MoreIn the 1970s and ‘80s, many cars lost power and performance due to the oil crisis and emissions controls. However, during that time, Porsche and Ferrari made two legendary machines that laid the groundwork for their most popular nameplates—the 959 and the 365 GT4 BB.
Read MoreI hope you’re not stuck somewhere in Austin where you’re unable to drive yourself today. Uber and Lyft are officially dead within Austin’s city limits as of this morning due to an ongoing temper tantrum they’re throwing over increased regulation.
Read MoreAt least a few curious Tesla drivers seem to have discovered yet another easter egg built into the cars: it looks like you can turn the charging light rainbow colors. It goes great with the Rainbow Road easter egg!
Read MoreTornadoes. When you see a warning about them on the weather channel, it usually advises you to take shelter or get on out of there. But some folks are into chasing those storms, and we end up with extreme close ups of a phenomenon that a lot of us would rather not venture out to get for ourselves.
Read MoreAs you probably notice each day in rush-hour traffic, most cars still travel on the ground. Despite innovations in both the automotive and aviation industries, the concept of a flying car remains a futuristically far-removed idea that hasn’t found its place yet. But in reality, flying cars came around in the early 1900s.
Read MoreOver the next six years, it looks as if McLaren will “go green” in a number of ways—environmentally and in investing. In addition to plans for more than half of the company’s cars to be hybrid by 2022, CEO Mike Flewitt said McLaren will invest in research and development for 15 new products during that time period.
Read MoreThis morning, Fiat Chrysler’s design team put on a bad-ass car show. There was an Acura NSX, an awesome Datsun wagon, a Chrysler Turbine Car and even a Volvo Pickup. Come check out those cars and more in the video we grabbed live earlier.
Read MoreIn Austin, a political action committee completely funded by ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft threw an $8 million temper tantrum over regulations the city council wants to enact on ride-hailing. It’s turned into one of the most contentious and aggravating elections the city has ever seen. The worst part is neither side should be trusted on this issue at all.
Read MoreA San Diego-based EV conversion company salvaged a charred Ferrari (they had many to choose from) by turning it into what the company claims is the first fully electric Ferrari, a 415-horsepower electric tire-crusher. It’s glorious, if a little blasphemous.
Read More“Not half bad for the first time driving a bus,” the Bangor Maine Police Department’s consistently hilarious Facebook page writes after a 12-year-old kid lived out your childhood dreams of stealing a school bus and tearing-ass down the road.
Read MoreIf you didn’t already have a weird thing for police cars like I do, you will now. Alfa Romeo has revealed their 2017 Giulia Quadrifoglio for Italy’s Carabinieri police force—a 500 horsepower manual Alfa Romeo police car. Somebody fan me.
Read MoreThe L train, connecting Manhattan with Brooklyn’s hip neighborhoods of Bushwick and Canarsie, carries 225,000 people on an average weekday. At some point in the next few years, it’ll have to be completely shut down for repairs. It’s in a dangerously bad state. Here’s why, and how it’ll be fixed.
Read MoreNow that Mercedes-Benz has their own version of the Airbus H145 helicopter and Arrow 460-Granturismo power yacht, that convertible S-Class kind of looks like a puny dinghy.
Read MoreI have to admit, I’ve rarely been as personally disappointed in a feature of a new car than I am right now with this Mustang GT California Special. This car is the only car you can buy in America right now with this one particular feature, and, somehow, Ford managed to fuck it up. I’m so hurt and confused.
Read MoreA lot of car buyers worry about encountering snakes at their local dealership—the slithery kind in polo shirts that try to push the TruCoat. On Thursday, a Florida car buyer came across a different kind of reptile, in the form of a six-foot long, 170 pound alligator.
Read MoreA disabled woman driving near Asheville, NC was involved in a minor fender-bender with a truck that left her Toyota Camry with a little damage, but unable to start. She called a towing company to get her back to her home in Travelers Rest, SC. When the tow truck arrived, though, the driver refused to tow her because she was a Bernie Sanders supporter. Why? You know, God told him to.
Read MoreIs the Ford Focus RS’ Drift Mode for real, or is it just a quick way to murder your tires? Jeremy Clarkson seems to think it’s the latter. But since I was curious about this as well, here’s what Michelin’s main man could tell me about their special rubber at the Focus RS launch.
Read MoreThe British polar research ship once and formerly known as Boaty McBoatface, named by the glorious denizens of the internet, will be given the proper name of RRS Sir David Attenborough, named after the famed naturalist who narrates all of those television shows about penguins you watch on Netflix.
Read MoreIn an event that seems like fun until you think about it even for a little bit, a 29-year old mother took a drive in an electric go-kart through Times Square traffic with her 5-year old daughter unsecured on her lap. When police attempted to arrest the mother, she went batshit and kicked the window out of a patrol car. Yikes.
Read MoreA Toyobaru Clown Shoe? Yes! Are they gonna make it? Well... maybe... one day, you know. Just like the convertible and 300 horsepower versions. Really.
Read MoreEarlier this week, before Tesla went crazy forecasting a manufacturing capacity of 500,000 cars by 2018, the automaker updated its Model S with a new face and some tweaks to the battery options, including a new 75 kWh option. Well it turns out both the new 70 and 75 kWh options will be the same, with the the former being an electronically limited version of the latter.
Read MoreAre you prepared to witness the most cinematic real life bank robbery car chase ever recorded? Because this shit is better than Hollywood.
Read MoreIn their quest to stay relevant as our consumption of cars changes, General Motors dumped $500 million into the ride-sharing app Lyft this year. They plan to be part of the first generation of self-driving taxis, which we’re now hearing will be Chevy Bolt EVs and active within the next twelve months.
Read MoreHow good can the Nürburgring record-smashing Volkswagen GTI Clubsport S really be? Is it properly rowdy, or is it another boringly competent German Cyborg Car? From these videos, I’m gonna go with the former.
Read MoreTVR is coming back! True gearheads feel this news deep in their guts, in that gland that secretes whatever that hormone that inhibits rational decisions is called. We’ve known it’s coming for a while, but this is the first hint from TVR as to what the reborn Griffin will look like. And it’s made of tape.
Read More“Wasteland Weekend” is a Mad Max-style ComicCon that goes down in the desert. You know, for realism. Our man Sweet Lips here got into Wastelanding with pirate-themed bitchin’ Camaro, then upgraded to a damn sand-sunken Exxon Valdez.
Read MoreThat is Raphael Orlove. And an RV. An RV towing a McLaren 570S. What possible mischief could we be up to? Hmm...
Read MoreToday, if you have a moment to pause in slapping your valet, you should take a moment to think about the names you call your help. Not the horrible ones you make up– the actual titles. Like ‘chauffeur.’ Why do we call the person who drives our car for us that odd-sounding French word? And how does that word hint at the secret history of cars?
Read MoreOn Wednesday, police in Washington chased down a Honda Accord after they clocked it doing 112 mph on the freeway. The owner later crashed the car and fled on foot, only to return to his sedan to save his partner in crime: a pet monkey.
Read MoreThe 2017 BMW i3 will be available with a new 33 kWh battery, increasing the car’s max pure-electric range to 114 miles. That’s a 50 percent battery bump translating to an extra 33 miles of drivable distance.
Read MoreThis is no Team Polizei. This is Die Polizei, making the ultra-rich showoffs known as Gumballers come to a Halt.
Read MoreCar dealer and racing magnate Jim Click is selling his 1966 Ford GT40, 1969 and 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Trans Ams, two 1964 Shelby 289 Cobras and a 1966 Shelby GT350. It’s safe to say that RM Auctions has a real treat for Ford fans in Monterey.
Read MoreTesla has heard the concerns over its plans to produce 500,000 cars annually by 2020, so in today’s quarterly earnings call, the automaker revealed that it’s moving its production forecasts two years earlier to 2018. If we were sitting at the proverbial poker table, Tesla just went all in.
Read MoreIf I had to list cars whose owners are most likely to cheat on their partners, I’d probably put a modified Range Rover right up at the top. Check out this one in London with “Hope She Was Worth It” now spray painted over its expensive white hood and I believe I’ve made my case.
Read MoreLet’s take a nice leisurely stroll through hell.
Read MoreWelcome to Paper Jam, the feature where we highlight the best automotive advertisements from the past! Print might be nearly dead, but our scanners are just getting warmed up.
Read MoreIt turns out that 2016's best electric car-related Internet prank isn’t the Tesla Model 3 after all. (Don’t worry, you’ll be able to buy one someday. Really, you will.) It was this, the shockingly elaborate website for the Chevrolet Jolt, a car that is 100 percent not real.
Read MoreTwo high-level Tesla manufacturing executives are out in the wake of nagging quality issues with the Model S and Model X, and just before the launch of the brand’s Jesus-car, the Model 3, Bloomberg reports.
Read MoreA delightfully enthusiastic video narrator caught this Rolls-Royce Wraith being seized from a parking space by an NYPD tow truck. After a brief screeching protest, the Roller abdicated while onlookers giggled.
Read MoreTribute bands are groups that exclusively play the music of a specific artist. Heavy metal band Raptor Command, though, isn’t that kind tribute band, but instead obsessively pays tribute to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk by performing inspirational songs about him. Yes, it’s extremely strange. But also kind of hilarious.
Read MoreHarry Metcalfe, formerly of EVO Magazine, recently picked up a $118,000 Jaguar phone app which happened to come with a free new XJR sport luxury sedan.
Read MoreInstead of fast Renaults and Seats, Volkswagen had to beat the Honda Civic Type R’s record this time, and with 305 horsepower on tap, their new GTI Clubsport S delivered, proving that a two-seater Golf can be very fast. VW claims it’s now the quickest front-wheel drive car around the legendary Nürburgring.
Read MoreWe learned this morning that Google plans to continue to develop its autonomous vehicle technologies with Fiat Chrysler, but only because initial talks with General Motors fell through—for the exact same reason BMW and Daimler backed out of a deal to help Apple with their its vehicle development. So what’s going on?
Read MoreIf you’ve spent any time browsing Craigslist, you probably think you’ve seen it all: luxury car campers, pickup truck beds on sedans, strange body swaps—everything. But this Craigslist ad out of Hollywood just took Craigslisting to a new level. See if you can recognize what’s under these boat costumes.
Read MoreA facelifted and subtly tweaked BMW i8 coupe is reportedly set to go on sale late next year. If you’re a movie studio hoping to remake Back To The Future, start planning now.
Read MoreBy now everybody knows that if you’re racing on public streets, endangering other drivers, you’re a colossal asshole, and, more than likely, a moron. But to drive in a street race on public roads with a six-month old baby in an unsecured car seat in the back, well, you’re like the infected asshole of an asshole. Also, you’re a shitty driver. Not you, of course. This guy.
Read MoreThe oil economy will come to an end at some point. This, we know. We don’t know too much about the details of that inevitability, such as when it could happen, or what would cause it. Up until now, most figured it’d be from running out. But according to this video explanation from Bloomberg, the electric car could kill – or at least severely damage – the oil industry sooner than you think.
Read MoreMy mailbox is now an endless chute of garbage thanks to Austin’s Proposition 1, an Uber and Lyft-penned measure that deals with ride-hailing regulations. I’ve been called, emailed and texted. I’ve gotten spammy notifications on my phone and campaigners at my door. At what point does campaigning become harassment?
Read MoreHere in Pennsylvania, we have this annual thing we have to do with our vehicles called “state inspection.” It’s the single largest money-making racket since that Ticketmaster fee where you have to pay extra to print your tickets at home.
Read MoreThanks to an update on the California Air Resource Board’s website, its been revealed (and confirmed) that Tesla will be adding a new 75 kWh battery pack option to the Model S lineup, which was supposed to be announced later this week.
Read MoreRecently someone asked our man Doug if there was a “best of all words” car. Many have made the argument that Volkswagen’s iconic GTI offers one of the best combinations of fun, affordability, and practicality. But which generation will go down as the all-time classic?
Read MoreGot several million dollars burning a hole in your tuxedo pants? Need to own a car your neighbors are guaranteed not to have? My friend, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to Hammertime, Jalopnik’s new monthly auction guide listing all the weird and wonderful cars that we can’t afford, but you might, especially if your middle name is Centurion.
Read MoreIt takes a special sort of person to drive a McLaren 650S. As a supercar capable of hitting 100 mph in under six seconds, they won’t even sell you one unless you have two very specific things: about $300,000 and a functioning metabolism. One man in Essex, England with just these criteria bought one, and managed to crash it into a tree 10 minutes later.
Read MoreThe Porsche Panamera is a car so visually offensive, even Porsche’s CEO thinks they could’ve done better. If the Panamera were a person, it would be the victim of a fake-doctor who injected cement into their butt. Now we have further proof that its fans must be blind or something: there’s demand for a convertible Panamera.
Read MoreWe don’t really know when, or even if, anyone can actually buy a car made by Elio Motors. However, you can configure your futuristic transport machine on a program that looks to have been developed sometime around 1998.
Read MoreIt’s a sad day for car enthusiasts as, last night, two dozen rare imports left this earth headed for Jalop heaven in a warehouse fire, The Drive reports. We fear that among the victims may be some classic JDM Nissan Skyline goodness.
Read MoreIn a statement that should surprise nobody who’s given it more than a few moments of thought, Barrie Kirk, Executive Director of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Center of Excellence, stated that he believed there’s going to be a lot more car-fucking once we let the cars drive. No shit, Barrie.
Read MoreAt last! The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider configurator is online. Get over there and spec out your turbocharged retro Italian ex-Miata.
Read MoreIn February, we wrote about an anti-direct sales bill in Indiana that General Motors allegedly penned. Before that, we posted about Michigan’s “anti-Tesla” bill, which GM supported as well. Now Elektrek reports that Connecticut just rejected a bill that would have allowed direct sales, and GM was right there in the background assuming the B-Boy stance—arms crossed, chin up.
Read MoreThe 25 Hours of Thunderhill is a race that remains far more grueling than the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Why? Because—in an event designed for amateurs—shit breaks, people crash, drivers sleep in freezing trailers (not $500,000 RVs), and blind corners hide many wayward Miatas.
Read MoreSomewhere in China, a man on a scooter’s quick thinking saved his bacon as tons and tons of truck came barreling down on him, after what looks like a catastrophic brake failure.
Read MoreThis weekend, after much doubt as to whether his latest creation was real or not, jet ski champion Franky Zapata set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight. I was there when it happened, and I’m here to tell you that this thing is real, and it’s spooky how it just hangs there, mid-air, until Franky bends his knees and zooms off toward the horizon. Here’s how he did it.
Read MoreIf you like to haul two important things, lumber and ass, boy is today a good day for you. That’s because Porsche has confirmed that there will, in fact, be a wagon variant of their next-gen Panamera, and that wagon variant will be sold in the US. We’ll just have to wait a little bit.
Read MoreWhen video surfaced of a hoverboard in action a few weeks ago—not those ones that roll around on the ground, but a hoverboard that actually flies—there were plenty of YouTube comments questioning its authenticity. It is most definitely real, and its creator just set a world record for distance in a hoverboard flight.
Read MoreThe 2017 Corvette Grand Sport is the track-focused sports car for the common person, and Chevrolet announced on Friday just how much that person will have to pay in order to get it: $66,445, at the car’s cheapest.
Read MoreWe’ve seen all manner of insane iron on Dubai’s police force, but apparently they’re also picking up a wing of tuned Corvettes in pursuit of “the world’s fastest fire engine” record. And, presumably, fire.
Read MoreIf the answer is always Miata then how do you explain today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi TT with it’s AWD, rev-happy VR6, and arrest-me red paint? Let’s see if this low-milage, retro Audi’s price is also a correct answer.
Read MoreIt’s Memorial Day here in the U.S. and to celebrate today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Miata is a car pretty much everybody is going to remember. Let’s see if it’s price however, in fact makes it instantly forgettable.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe BMW Z1 may not drop panties like its Z8 big brother, but it will drop its doors making underwear a requirement for drivers and passengers alike lest they drop all decorum. Let’s figure out if this crazy-rare roadster’s price needs a drop too.
Read MoreLook, up on the page! It’s a wagon, it’s a minivan, it’s… it’s… today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Honda Civic! Let’s see if this rare Shuttle comes with a price that you might just consider to be super-duper.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo doesn’t know a lot about its past, making it sort of a mystery machine. Let’s see if its present condition and price makes that unknown mostly unimportant.
Read MoreJust like their Jeep Grand Wagoneer competitors, the Toyota Land Cruiser has a strong and dedicated following, and their prices show it. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 60-series doesn’t seem all that expensive, but then again is it all there?
Read MoreWhile probably not the ultimate Ultimate, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 320is is still a pretty rare and damn-desirable driving machine. You’ll just have to decide how its price and provenance ultimately plays out.
Read MoreBMW doesn’t offer a stick on their current G11 7 Series here in the States, but they once did on the original E23. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 733i rocks that five-speed, but you’ll have to decide if its price means the seller is trying to stick it to you.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volare really checks off all the right boxes. It’s brown, it’s a V8, it’s a stick shift, and it’s a wagon. What more could you possibly ask? What’s that, a reasonable price? We’ll see, we’ll see.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 323 has a storied past—one that includes record runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s now said to be toned down and street legal, but will this former racer’s price set a new record here?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Isuzu is a special edition of a car that itself once was considered pretty special. Let’s decide if its price has you thinking, well isn’t that special.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Peugeot represents one of the last RWD models the company ever introduced. It’s also one of their first with a turbo. Let’s see if its price make its purchase the first or the last thing you’d ever do.
Read MoreOver the course of its existence, the letter K has had its up and downs. There’s the KKK which of course sucks, and Special K which is healthy and delicious. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Laser is the letter K taken to the extreme. Let’s see if this one is up to meeting its asking price, m’kay?
Read MoreRalph Nader famously anointed the original Chevy Corvair as unsafe at any speed for its swing axles and an engine format and placement that mimicked the Porsche. I’m not going to give away what that has to do with today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 911, but when you find out, it just might swing your vote.
Read MoreCanadians are always sooo polite, its pretty surprising to find something as mean and nasty as today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Caddy for sale up in the land of gentility and Poutine. Still, here it is. Let’s see if its price has you saying let’s go, ehh.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maxima comes from before Nissan started calling them the ‘Four Door Sports Car.’ That doesn’t mean this creampuff doesn’t have appeal, but at its asking price would you recommend peeling off the Benjamins?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe E34 M5 represents the last edition to date to carry a six, and hence the last to trace its lineage directly back to the M1 super car. We’ll have to see if this low-mileage example’s price makes it worth climbing that family tree.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe RENNtech CLK 60 was supposedly once owned by one of baseball’s heavy hitters. Let’s see if that provenance, and its tuner mods, will make its price a home run hit.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ford Gal… I mean, Mercury Maurad.. oh hell, this resto-ride... could be the best of both worlds, unless its price is the worst in the world.
Read MoreDo you find today’s crop of crossovers to be a little too frou-frou for your tastes? Well, step right up and into today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Cherokee Sport because it’s not a crossover, it’s an old school all-roader. The only thing standing in its way, might be its price.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Trans Am is claimed to a dealer-created special edition, and it is outfitted with some special touches. Will that however, make this classic Firebird’s price a special deal?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Eagle Premier is one of automotive history’s most notable foster kids, having been shuttled from Renault to AMC to Chrysler before it was even born. Will this rare survivor’s price still have you saying to it welcome home?
Read MoreMoms are kind of a big deal. Where would you be without yours? Not here, and not living out your passion for cars, either. That considered, we at Jalopnik want to take a moment to talk about our moms—and ask about yours. If you forgot the candy and a card, just say you put something nice about her on the internet.
Read MoreOne of the last drivers expected to win the Indianapolis 500 drank the milk after his team made a smart call on strategy. While racing fans know Alexander Rossi from Formula One, he didn’t make huge waves running with backmarker teams. Now that he’s won the Indy 500, that could change. Here’s why we should all stand up and take notice of this guy.
Read MoreThe 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 ended with Alexander Rossi—an IndyCar rookie—coming out of nowhere to take the win after a brilliant fuel-saving strategy. Rossi not only got a giant trophy, a big wreath, and a big jar of milk, but also a big wad of cash. Here’s how much he, and his competitors, made from the race.
Read MoreThis year’s Indianapolis 500 lured in 350,000 fans, one of the biggest crowds in all of racing history. Between that huge crowd and the fact that the Indy 500 is—for many—just a giant party, there were insane amounts of trash left at the raceway. Here’s a look at the aftermath.
Read MoreFriend of Jalopnik Sarah Connors is a yuuuuuuuuuge Alexander Rossi fan, down to the big American flag banner she made for his maiden attempt at the Indianapolis 500. Needless to say, she’s overjoyed with the results of yesterday’s race.
Read MoreManor Formula One reserve driver and Indianapolis 500 rookie Alexander Rossi appeared to coast through the finish running on what had to be leftover fumes to win today’s 100th running of America’s most famous race.
Read MoreWe already know how complicated Formula One steering wheels can be, but are the reins of an IndyCar any simpler? What do all of those buttons do? Here’s a breakdown.
Read MoreThe Indiana Pacers—it’s a sporty enough name, and it fits well for a basketball team. Without outside knowledge or a strange knack for putting two and two together, there wouldn’t be any reason to question it. But, as far removed as the two sports are, the Pacers actually got their name from the Indianapolis 500.
Read MoreThe 100th Indianapolis 500 only attracted 33 cars—enough to fill the grid, but not enough to have entries bumped from the grid during qualifying. Despite the milestone year, teams are still very conservative with who they’ll put in a car. Here’s why just making the grid was so hard this time.
Read MoreContext is everything in sports, particularly in 24-hour endurance racing where pit stops and timing rules can impact the outcome. You don’t really need any of that here. Just watch and enjoy.
Read MoreAs surprising as it is, Lewis Hamilton’s Monaco Grand Prix win on Sunday was his first in Formula One since clinching the 2015 title at Circuit of The Americas in October. But that wasn’t the main story to come out of the race—rather, it was Red Bull Racing’s royal pit-stop screw up with pole sitter Daniel Ricciardo.
Read MoreOn Thursday, IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden donned some make-up and a Kentucky Derby-worthy suit and hat to participate in a media question and answer session. It wasn’t to answer questions for the first half, though. It was to pretend to be a member of the media. Newgarden had me fooled, too.
Read MoreWhat on earth is a dome skid, and why is it such a big deal? Well, for one, we haven’t seen the kind of massive airborne crashes at this year’s Indianapolis 500 like we did last year. Racer caught up with polesitter James Hinchcliffe ahead of the race for a quick, clear run-down of IndyCar’s new safety gear.
Read MoreFormula One technical chiefs have selected the “halo” concept to implement in 2017, per the BBC. The halo, along with the “aeroscreen” device suggested by Red Bull, is meant to improve driver head protection in the car. Ultimately, the halo was selected as it was believed to be the more ready of the two options.
Read MoreA crash at Saturday’s Pirelli World Challenge race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut sent two drivers to the hospital, one of whom suffered a head injury, according to news reports.
Read MoreIt’s no walk in the park to race at the Indy 500 in a new Dallara chassis race car with more than 550 turbocharged horsepower. But can you imagine doing it in a tank on glorified bicycle tires?
Read MoreEverything you’ve ever wanted to know about how IndyCar racing works behind the scenes is about to be revealed to you. Get excited.
Read MoreToday’s Indy cars look drastically different than those that ran in the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911, and that has a lot to do with the series’ aerodynamic advancements. The Verizon IndyCar Series has a video showing just how much slipperier cars have become throughout the decades, and take this as a warning: nerdy Computation Fluid Dynamics lies ahead.
Read MoreWhen people mention James Hinchcliffe’s life-threatening Indianapolis 500 practice accident one year ago, they often gloss over all of the gory details. Not Hinch himself, though. His recap of the accident—which he doesn’t remember, thanks to a concussion—and his recovery on The Players’ Tribune is a must-read.
Read MoreA Mercedes didn’t win the most recent Formula One race—neither of the cars even made it through the opening lap—and a Mercedes won’t sit on pole for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. Instead, Daniel Ricciardo took his first-career pole position with the Mercedes teammates right behind him.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreIt’s time for the so-called “greatest spectacle in racing”: the Indianapolis 500. This year’s race is even more intense given that it’s the 100th running of the big show. Here’s why you should tune in, besides the fact that if you don’t you’re a bad American.
Read MoreMy friend Galen has pretty amazing luck when it comes to finding old, unseen movies. He once found some home movies of Hitler, which pretty much has to be the Holy Grail of home movie-hunting, at least until someone finds home movies of the Holy Grail. More relevant to now, though, is this amazing home movie of the 1946 Indy 500.
Read MoreIf you were a time traveler trying to determine, for some reason, what car culture was like in America in any given year, you could pretty much use the contemporaneous Indy 500 pace car as your one data point and come to some pretty reasonable conclusions.
Read MoreThe Indianapolis 500 only hits its milestone 100th race once. All eyes are on the sleepy burg of Speedway, Indiana, including ours. As such, five of us are here at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, taking in the greatest spectacle in racing.
Read MoreAll-wheel drive is an increasingly common feature on cars today, from grocery-fetching Subaru wagons to small crossovers. But it was rally racing that really convinced automakers that sending power to all four wheels gives cars a massive edge on ice, snow, dirt and more.
Read MoreThere’s been a bit of consternation recently about how to make the Indy 500 popular again. Not that it doesn’t have any friends, but it’s not the absurdly massive spectacle that it used to be. One of the reasons is that much of the innovation is gone. And a lot of that is thanks to the monster hidden in this race car.
Read MoreThe Indianapolis 500 doesn’t greet winners with a big bottle of champagne as most races do. They hand the winner an ice cold bottle of milk. This creates a curious artifact every year: a list of driver’s milk preferences. Who wants the whole experience? Who’d rather water it down? Behold! Here’s this year’s list.
Read MoreYou’ve never felt nerves like those on the morning of the Indianapolis 500.
Read MoreThis weekend marks a huge milestone in American motorsports: it’s the 100th running of this country’s greatest spectacle of speed, the Indy 500. And when it’s over, you’re going to see a lot of milk-chugging from the winner.
Read MoreRemember the whole “help me Tom Cruise” scene in Talladega Nights? Yeah. That was making light of one of the most terrifying fires that auto racing has ever, or rather never, seen.
Read MoreIf Porsche comes out with a mid-engine 911 race car for 2017, it won’t be their first. Behold the absolutely bonkers twin-turbo 911 GT1 Evo race car, or proof that Porsche would call just about anything a 911 if it allowed them to win.
Read MoreTake one look at the picture above and you’d think that Danny Ongais would have died that day, 35 years ago. The front half of his car had disintegrated, the back half was on fire, and he, unconscious, was careening across the track at the Indy 500.
Read MoreLooks like a race in Canada went full Mario Kart over the weekend—not only does one kart leap straight over a competitor, it sticks the landing and keeps cruising!
Read MoreTwo race cars ended up wrecked at Monaco’s vintage grand prix last week, not by any great fault of their own, but because a track safety crew dropped a historic McLaren off of a crane onto the racing surface.
Read MoreOne of this year’s rookies is more familiar with the Indianapolis 500 than most: Stefan Wilson. Stefan’s brother Justin died last year following a head injury sustained at Pocono, but Justin’s legacy lives on in an unlikely way— his notes. Stefan used Justin’s notes to help him through his first IndyCar drive since 2013.
Read MoreThe “All-Star” event in any sport is a special one, since the best competitors get to battle it out with not much at stake but their pride. NASCAR has one also, and they try to make the race unique by using a new, oddball format each year. This year was so bad, though, that not even competitors knew what was going on.
Read MoreThis year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race may be a little hard to follow, especially with the caution at the end of the first segment. Fortunately, driver and grand marshal for the night Tony Stewart isn’t one to mince words about things when he’s unhappy.
Read MoreThe days of the “Kids, quit playing video games and go outside!” stereotype may just be over, because the new Gran Turismo Sport video game could land those kids in a real race car. A new partnership with the FIA means that in-game progress can now count toward a racing license with the association.
Read MoreThere’s one thing the 24 Hours of LeMons is adamant about: documenting your cheating. Any parts added to the car either need documentation or they’ll be assigned a value in inspections. If you swap “found” parts into an FD Mazda RX-7, you’re going to invoke the “Pratt & Miller Rule,” as this team did.
Read MoreA crash that started as simply a slide off of the track in the Formula 3 European Championship race on Saturday turned into an airborne, three-car wreck when another vehicle took a dusty corner, reportedly leaving a driver temporarily unconscious and warranting a hospital trip for two. The crash ended the race.
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Read MoreIn one of the most fitting product tie-ins I’ve seen in racing, Go Puck CEO Blake Fuller plans to race the first Tesla Model S up Pikes Peak this June, reports Road & Track. Fuller aims to beat the Electric Production record of 13 minutes, and has cleverly modded the Model S battery pack in hopes of doing so.
Read MoreUp and coming World Rally Championship driver Hayden Paddon rolled his Hyundai off the Ponte de Lima stage of this weekend’s Rally Portugal, starting a fire in the dry brush past the road. Ford Fiesta driver Ott Tänak rolled minutes later at the same spot.
Read MoreIndyCar may need to take a good, long look at its shrinking grid this year. If not even the 100th running of its most famous race can buck the trend of teams scaling back, there may be an issue. Case in point, the all-female Grace Autosport effort, who wasn’t on the entry list because they couldn’t get a car.
Read MoreThe NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race is always a little confusing, as the format changes almost every year. We spoke with 2015 winner Denny Hamlin ahead of Saturday’s All-Star Race, and he’s okay rolling with the changes.
Read MoreThis is rally legend and twice national plowing champion Tommi Mäkinen testing (and sort of breaking) Toyota’s future Yaris world rally car. To say that it sounds angry is an understatement.
Read MoreThere’s something about a 30-ton, 40-foot car-crushing robot dinosaur that’s bound to get our attention. Meet your new (old) friend Robosaurus. He’s back, and he may just be the most over-the-top trackside attraction I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreThe Monster Mile of Dover International Speedway may have been a monster flop in television viewership, per Sports Media Watch. Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Fox Sports 1 earned the race’s lowest Nielsen rating in a decade.
Read MoreThe first-ever standalone Ferrari Challenge race at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas wasn’t just a race. It was a celebration of speed, and owners brought out the good stuff for this party.
Read MoreFor the past few years, Formula 1 has had some random old person interview the top three drivers of the race as they stand on the podium. It should come as little surprise that this is a terrible and great idea.
Read More“Huge” and “Nissan Micra” are rarely used in the same sentence, but Canada has a brilliant racing series just for the subcompact Micra. Racing identical cars produces very close racing, which sometimes leads to big chain reaction crashes. Ride onboard the one car that somehow cut a path through this big mess.
Read MoreAt 18 years and 227 days old, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen dethroned Sebastian Vettel as Formula One’s youngest-ever grand prix winner. This was Verstappen’s first race with Red Bull after having been promoted from Red Bull’s junior team, Scuderia Toro Rosso.
Read MoreSurprise! A Mercedes won’t win the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix. Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg took each other out on the first lap of the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Read MoreA gear failed on Danica Patrick’s Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet during NASCAR Sprint Cup practice at Dover International Speedway today, sending driver Jamie McMurray and Patrick’s team owner Tony Stewart into an unprotected hard wall. That’s worrying for Stewart, who is still recovering from a back injury.
Read MoreThis is one of single-seater feeder series Formula 3's biggest weekends: Pau. Unfortunately for ex-Formula One, ex-NASCAR, World Endurance Championship racer and reigning Formula E champion Nelson Piquet Jr., the FIA barred him from participating due to his immense experience.
Read MoreMichael Schumacher is now a Formula One legend, having smashed numerous records for wins, championships and pole positions. But back in 1991, he was still just a relatively new but impressive driver. It was laps like this opening lap at the Spanish Grand Prix that help catapult Schumacher on to greatness.
Read MoreWhy has Porsche released no photos of the 2017 Porsche 911 RSR replacement’s rear? It’s possible that the company is incredibly moving on from its classic rear-engine layout with an interesting and specific detail change.
Read MoreThe factory Porsche Team Manthey World Endurance Championship squad sat out this year waiting on a new racing 911, and we finally know what that new car for 2017 will look like. Today, Porsche unveiled their new GTE-spec endurance racing 911, in all its naked, angry glory.
Read MoreTerry McMillen’s top fuel dragster “Xtermigator” completely obliterated itself about four seconds into a race at the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag race in Houston last week. Watching it up close is equal parts beautiful and terrifying.
Read MoreNASCAR is making an example of the No. 18 car driven by Kyle Busch in its new crackdown on securing all five lug nuts per wheel. The No. 18 crew chief was fined $20,000, and both he and the front tire changer were suspended through May 18, forcing them to miss the next race at Dover International Speedway.
Read MoreDammit, Top Gear made it look so easy.
Read MoreFormula 1's next dictato-track will be right in the middle of the capitol of Azerbaijan, the petrostate autocracy where that one Bond film with the chainsaw took place. Not only will it feature suppression of the media, it is expected to have cars racing at over 200 mph on city streets.
Read MorePorsche and Petrolicious put racing legend Derek Bell in the 1960 Porsche 718 around the Targa Florio with a cameo from the new 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster S, pointing out once again that we humans got fat and lazy.
Read MoreMost of us would be very tempted to strike a deal with Lucifer himself if we could go racing every weekend. For Tyler McQuarrie, all he had to do was find the right sponsor. He’ll be racing in six different series this year (which is insane and unheard of) and we couldn’t be more jealous.
Read MoreThere’s a bit of drama going on amongst the family members of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr., and it’s not over where Thanksgiving dinner will be held—it’s over who has the rights to use the Earnhardt name.
Read MoreRallycross is one of those fast-paced disciplines of motorsport that can take the viewer through about 11 emotions in a single turn, and this FIA World Rallycross Championship video is a great example of that—driver attempts a daring pass, spins sideways in front of the field and somehow saves it to take the lead.
Read MoreNo car in the top World Endurance Championship LMP1-H class went the entire 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps trouble-free. Fortunately, the No. 8 Audi’s biggest problem was relatively minor. Joining it in the top three was a limping Porsche and a car in the slower, non-manufacturer LMP1 class.
Read MoreLook, if you won’t keep the Russian on Red Bull’s main Formula One team, the Russians might just replace it with an entire Russian team. Mother Russia cannot be held back. Mother Russia is strong like bear.
Read MoreStefan Mücke lost control of the No. 66 Ford GT on the fast, uphill Raidillon turn during today’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. A cut rear tire was to blame
Read MoreFor someone who based his joining of Twitter on winning the Daytona 500, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. sure knows how to use it. In April, Earnhardt led a revolution with a repulsive sandwich. Saturday morning, he told us all of a strange dream that featured Lil Wayne and canceling a race to get some beer.
Read MoreMike Conway in the LMP1-class No. 6 Toyota TS050 collided with the LMP2-class No. 37 of SMP Racing’s Victor Shaytar early on during today’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. This prototype-on-prototype violence must not stand, man.
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 MoreBJ “Ballistic” Baldwin, a living legend of off-road racing best known for his Baja wins and insane “RECOIL” stunt videos, will drive a Toyota Tundra Trophy Truck for the automaker’s factory team in Best In The Desert and SCORE endurance races starting this summer.
Read MoreThe 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is a huge deal for World Endurance Championship fans, as teams often compete with third cars and Le Mans-specific kit for the first time. Porsche may not have a third car, but their Le Mans package works: they locked out the front row for this weekend’s race.
Read MoreWith the planned June 4 date coming up fast, Formula E had to cancel its Moscow date, shrinking the season down to ten rounds. The reason? Road closures, or more specifically, the inability to get them.
Read MoreRed Bull Racing will replace Daniil Kvyat with Max Verstappen from Torro Rosso as Daniel Ricciardo’s teammate starting with the Spanish Grand Prix next weekend, the team announced today.
Read MoreHoly crap, just watch that little Mini. If you, for some reason, ever forget what the word ‘plucky’ means, just imagine this video. That little Mini has an engine a fraction of the size of that Mustang’s V8, and tires that could fit in the Mustang’s glovebox, but sticks to that pony car like stench on stink. It’s my hero.
Read MoreTwo Florida men were found dead in a camper on the Talladega Superspeedway campgrounds on Sunday afternoon, reports the Tallahassee Democrat. Officials do not suspect foul play in their deaths, however, autopsies are being done by the state forensics lab to determine the cause of death.
Read MoreWhile this isn’t the biggest surprise given Volvo’s gradual pull-out from racing, it still makes us sad. Volvo’s Polestar made it official today that they would not be renewing their contract with Australian Supercars once this season is over. The team, however, is looking to keep racing the Volvo without them.
Read MoreOne of the highlights of last year’s Jalopnik Film Festival for me was the documentary Havana Motor Club. The reason is partially to do with the fact that I love anything that involves jury-rigging old American cars with Soviet-era car parts, and partially because I’m actually half-Cuban myself.
Read MoreNASCAR may be all flashy these days, filled with corporate sponsors, drivers without accents, and teeth. But scratch just below the surface and get into the stands at Talladega, and you’ll see truly beautiful vestiges of tradition sitting right in front of you.
Read MoreLet us forever celebrate May Day as the day the Ford GT officially came back with its first victory at this weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship race at Laguna Seca—with a Ferrari 488 GTE coming in second, no less. Prepare your face, Le Mans: America’s newest and most radical supercar finally won.
Read MoreI strongly believe that the Lancia Delta S4 Group B prototype has to be the nastiest, deadliest and most potent automobile ever created by a major car company, mostly because it’s powered by a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine built by crazy people.
Read MoreIn 1981, McLaren won the British Grand Prix with the world’s first carbon fiber monocoque race car, the MP4/1. Today, all high-end road cars use the same technology, and we can thank John Barnard (and Salt Lake City) for that.
Read MoreRemember the end of last year, when NASCAR’s headlines were all dominated with the beef between Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano? It’s baaaaaaaack! This time, Kenseth blamed Logano for contact during today’s Talladega race and gave him a bit of a warning as they were both outside the infield care center.
Read MoreDid we watch a NASCAR Sprint Cup race or a demolition derby today at Talladega? With eight laps to go, Matt Kenseth went flying tail-up into a roll, triggering a restart with four laps to go. On the last lap, cars collided into a huge mass once again as Brad Keselowski drove away from the pack to win.
Read MoreSee that ‘Roadkill Hedgehog’ sticker on Senna’s 1993 McLaren MP4/8? It was his message to Williams and their very fast Frenchman Alain Prost.
Read MoreLast year’s spring Talladega NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., will probably not be anywhere near the top this time around after a hard hit sent him to the garage. Earnhardt’s car got loose as he tried to move between two others, sending him into the barriers.
Read MoreEveryone was getting antsy as rain sprinkles threatened to shut down today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway early, so one of the restrictor plate track’s classic “big one” crashes came early.
Read MoreThings got a bit awkward between Russian autocrat/one-time Formula Something driver Vladimir Putin and Formula One Russian Grand Prix winner Nico Rosberg after today’s race. Putin looks like he feels ignored as Rosberg does everything else but shake his hand, and then unleashes the shade.
Read MoreFerrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel’s anger toward Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat may have been comically overblown at the Chinese Grand Prix, but this time, he’s rightfully mad. Kvyat hit him not once, but twice, immediately knocking Vettel out of the Russian Grand Prix on lap 1.
Read MoreMost wouldn’t argue that getting paid to drive cars is a dream job, but Google is putting a new spin on that concept in its car division. The company put out a job listing looking to hire people to sit behind the wheel of its self-driving vehicles and, well, not drive—unless absolutely necessary.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read More1st Gear: 98 Percent Ain’t Bad
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read More1st Gear: It Gets Worse
Read MoreGood Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreDigging through the still massive archive of Tokyo Auto Salon photos, FLEX’s modified Toyota Prado “Texas Edition” jumped out as something that should have already been shared. With its older styling, cold steel paint, white tire side walls, tasteful wood paneling, and retro chrome, it’s a rare SUV I would want to drive.
Read MoreA while back I loudly and obnoxiously and boorishly pronounced, as I am wont to do, that all SUVs are stupid and you should never buy one. If you absolutely had to buy one, get a Range Rover, I said, but that was it. And then the 2016 Volvo XC90 came along, and my entire view changed.
Read MoreThe 600 horsepower Bentley Bentayga is a monster of an automobile, a massive feat of engineering and speed. But it is absolutely walked by the even more massive Tesla Model X.
Read MoreWe all know the charmingly gruff Jeep Wrangler will be more modernized for the next generation “JL” due in 2018. But rumor has it the company is now asking customers how they’d feel about no more manual transmissions.
Read MoreHey America, the Honda-powered 230 horsepower, 1,500 pound insane buggy that seems too good to be true is finally available in the U.S.—starting at $80,000.
Read MoreThe internet is full of trolls, idiots and people hocking old cars. Sometimes they all come together and hilarity ensues.
Read MoreMost used Hummers look like they’re demanding somewhere between $60,000 and $100,000 on eBay. This one, complete with a menagerie of custom options including an external public address system featuring three sirens, just sold for $337,144. It probably helps that its first owner was Tupac Shakur.
Read MoreOne of the worst pitfalls of pickup truck ownership? Every time “a friend” needs something moved, you’re on deck to doll out the favor. This guy won’t have that problem anymore.
Read MoreIt seems almost certain that the new Jeep Wrangler will hang on to the model’s signature solid-axle off-road orientation and pretty much keep the styling we know and love. But now I’m hearing that the 2018 will have three roof configurations never seen on a stock Wrangler before.
Read MoreWe know the 2018 Jeep Wrangler (JL) will be sleeker than the current (JK) vehicle to pick up some fuel economy, but a solid spy shot of the prototype in profile has helped us extrapolate just about how dramatic the change will be.
Read MoreThe former Technical Lead of Google’s autonomous car division, Anthony Levandowski, introduced “Otto” to the world yesterday. It’s a startup with the objective of making the world a better place by making big trucks drive themselves.
Read MoreEarlier this month Londoners dropped their monocles in whatever they were drinking as an obviously-expensive modified Range Rover had been apparently “vandalized” by a scornful spouse. Interesting slice of life? No, just #brands at work.
Read MoreThe small, sometimes wrong-wheel drive,“car-based truck” a la the El Camino has come and gone. And come back. And faded back into obscurity. This platform has been perennially popular in Australia, why won’t it stick around in the U.S.?
Read MoreGeneral Motors has issued a stop-sale order on nearly 60,000 Chevrolet Traverses, GMC Acadias and Buick Enclaves because their fuel economy labels show inflated figures. Worse yet, the company says it has already sold tens of thousands of vehicles with the misprinted MPG figures.
Read MoreAustralia is a beautiful, vast country with hardly anybody living it. That’s why some 70 percent of the landmass has no cell coverage. But there are still enough people around to try and come up with a creative strategy for backcountry communication.
Read MoreAt the dawn of the new millennium Chevrolet had an epiphany: “People love pickups but don’t really use them.” So it lopped off the back of an SUV and created the Avalanche; a vehicle with trucky pretenses but Suburban practicality. Slow sales killed it in 2013 and now the concept is back. Backwards.
Read MoreThis is a Chevy Low Cab Forward 4500HD. As far as uninspiring car names go, this slots somewhere between the Ford Model A and Toyota Van. I think it’s beautiful.
Read MoreToyota is going to dismantle and study this 2007 Tundra pickup truck, which single-owner Victor Sheppard put over a million miles on in less than a decade. It’s still standing strong with the original engine, transmission and paint job.
Read MoreBetween the cops in supercars and “hagwalah,” the Middle East sure has some interesting car culture. My favorite part is their propensity to drive way too fast over huge sand dunes, illustrated beautifully by this hilarious video.
Read MoreThirty years ago a Chevy Suburban cost about $12,500, about twice that in today’s money, with a higher payload capacity and lower curb weight than a 2016 model. Today you’re hard-pressed to find a new Suburban under $50,000. Here’s an infographic to explain how the ultra-plush current model lines up to it’s great-great-great grandpa the K10.
Read MoreNobody expected the 2017 Honda Ridgeline to be a hardcore off-roader. It simply lacks the low gearing and solid axles typically suited to crushing rocks. But Honda’s new pickup still holds its own over rough terrain, and here’s how. Call it “better off-roading through science.”
Read MoreBig splashes, clear and present danger, and oh yeah—no adventure is complete without a good water crossing! Just don’t forget how high the stakes really are before you plunge your SUV into the abyss in the middle of nowhere.
Read MoreHow do you increase the value of a Lexus LX570 SUV? Apparently, the answer is “just take a Sawzall to the roof,” because that’s what this dealer in the UAE did. And his asking price is absurd.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler is supposedly cooking up an all-new 2.0 liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine codenamed “Hurricane” that sources say will debut in the next-generation (JL) Jeep Wrangler making “nearly” 300 horsepower. Sounds like a fun Wrangler to me.
Read MoreThe Trophy Rat builds the rockabilly aesthetic of a derelict hot rod around a beast off-road shock and wheel setup. Add a big honking V8 and you’ve got yourself a drivable caricature guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
Read MoreThe freshly revised 2017 Honda Ridgeline is an objectively superior pickup truck in more ways than you’d expect. “All the truck a normal person would need,” is how we put it. Yeah, it pretty much is. But Honda got so dialed in on “need” they forgot about adding much “want.”
Read MoreA heavily camouflaged test mule that can only be a Jeep Wrangler was just spotted outside Auburn Hill, Michigan. Spy photographer caught it in action and you can see his photos on Off-Road.com. Design details are all obscured under wraps, but the basic shape is true to the current Wrangler pictured here.
Read MoreIf you need automotive inspiration in your life, check out this guy’s 1970 Jeep Jeepster Commando daily-driver. It’s perfect in every way.
Read MoreFord’s ahead of the game with their turbocharged engine offerings and their aluminum bodies. But as we already know, the Blue Oval is putting a cherry on top by adding four more gears to their transmission and they’re increasing their 3.5-liter EcoBoost’s torque output to insane levels. Today we learned a bit more info on that new powertrain; here’s what we know.
Read MoreIt should surprise nobody that legendary rapper Tupac Shakur rolled in style. Check out this awesome Hummer H1, which a Boston-based auction house claims was 2Pac’s final vehicle purchase before his untimely death in 1996. If you’re a frivolous spender who’s okay with buying a highly compromised vehicle, and you’re a big fan of the rapper from Harlem, get on this.
Read MoreThe Ford Raptor is unequivocally the baddest factory off-road pickup truck in America. At the end of this year the new one comes out, in Ford’s aluminum F-150 bodystyle with an aggressively-tuned 3.5 EcoBoost engine. Here it is being driven exactly the way you’d want to.
Read MoreHonda announced a second-generation Ridgeline at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, and revealed the finalized design a year later. This week we finally get to test, drive, and apparently even “off-road” it for ourselves. Get your questions in now!
Read MoreFor the first time ever, the Volkswagen Amarok will be available with a 3.0-liter V6 TDI producing 220 horsepower and 405 pound feet at 1,500 RPM. In Europe, of course.
Read MoreI’m experiencing a very odd mix of confusion and desire, a welcome change from my normal state of confusion and incontinence, but still not ideal. It’s because of this astounding 1974 Super Beetle that’s going up for auction. That’s not the amazing part: the amazing part is that it has only 56 miles on the clock. I have no idea what I’d do with such a car.
Read MoreExotic-car ownership, like anything super exclusive, becomes easier to reach by the everyday man over time. While this may put those once-unreachable goals within your comfort zone, it also makes supercars like this manual Ferrari 348 available to any negligent and tasteless owner with the cash to afford the sizable down payment. So the question is, is it worth saving?
Read MoreOne of the biggest driving forces in the used car market, especially for cars that appreciate in value, is nostalgia. That rose-colored feeling that paints every automotive wonder as an impossibly high standard is what makes gems like the Toyota Supra and Acura NSX valuable today, and therein lies your challenge. You will take a stroll down memory lane and find, on eBay, the cars you loved as a kid for under a $15,000 budget. Oh joy.
Read MoreAlong with sketchy mechanics, speed limits and faulty O2 sensors, tree sap is your car’s worst nightmare. Once it has marred your otherwise pristine paint job, the stuff just won’t come off. The good news is that there’s actually an easy way to remove the plant excrement.
Read MoreMotor Trend’s YouTube show “Roadkill” has been a consistently excellent source of automotive idiocy for years. In 49 episodes they’ve lived many our jalopy dreams by putting monster engines in weird cars and using a Sawzall with extreme prejudice. Now we get to see their terrible fleet together in a ten-car showdown!
Read MoreJust what in the hell is a sleeper? It’s the unassuming grocery-getter that can blow the doors off your V8 midlife-crisis-on-wheels. It’s also the type of car I asked my readers to find last week, and from the suggestions, I’ve selected the ten best vehicles that can discretely burn rubber without burning a hole in your bank account. Ready yourselves.
Read MoreYou know your road trip is a shit show when crossing the highest mountain range in the lower 48 on three cylinders counts as a good day.
Read MoreThe magical decade known as the 1990s was a great time for car buyers. Manufacturers were throwing out every zany, half-baked ideas in the hopes that they would stick like spaghetti to a wall. One of the more insane offerings made by any automaker was the 3000GT VR4 Spyder, a car that didn’t need to exist, but I’m so glad it does. As luck would have it, this ultra-rare twin-turbo gem can now be yours for less than the entry price of a boring-ass used commuter-spec Hyundai. What a time to be aliv
Read MoreEveryone loves a good surprise, whether it’s a cake in the break room or a swift kick in the pants when you stab the go pedal in a car that looks like it came out of a rental lot. That’s why today I’m asking you to show me the best damn sleepers you can find for less than $5,000 on eBay. Impress me.
Read MoreWhen you think of an all wheel drive rally car for the road, you think of an Audi Quattro, or a Subaru WRX, or a Mitsubishi Evo. You do not think of a grey 1988 Toyota Celica.
Read MoreMuch as we must all learn important and relevant skills like how to revulcanize your own tires and how to start your car with a hand crank, we all have to learn how to drive stick shift. But which car should be your learner vehicle?
Read MoreCalifornia man Carl Brewer dropped his daughter off at day care, then dropped his Toyota off at a local Jiffy Lube. Then the whole truck just dropped itself on the ground. As in, all four wheels fell off while driving.
Read MoreA few months ago, I wrote about my secret sixth car: a 1966 Ford Mustang that I had purchased for my brother (who lives overseas). Well, two years ago, my parents put the pony in storage in Virginia. Now it’s time to track it down and see if it’s still in one piece.
Read MoreThe original Jeep Cherokee (XJ) was a solid-axle 4x4 with true low range and loads of off-road potential. The current Cherokee (KL) is a smooth, comfortable crossover. That hasn’t stopped owners from trying to jack it up and cram mud tires on it though, and it looks like somebody’s work has finally paid off.
Read MoreA loaded new Range Rover, if you check all the boxes, will run you well over $100,000. It’s also one of the most off-road capable vehicles in existence. But is the person who buys that SUV really going to take it off-road?
Read More“The tint is illegal,” he told me, “but I’ve never gotten pulled over for it.” I was standing in a freezing-cold garage looking at a blacked out 2011 Nissan 370Z. It crouched so low to the ground that preschoolers could play leapfrog over it. Its marriage prospects had been improved by the addition of a top mount turbo. Decals on the windshield subtly asked you if you had noticed that it wasn’t stock.
Read MoreJust because you want something that won’t leave you in an oily stupor on the side of the road doesn’t mean that you’ll have to empty your bank account to do it. Last week I asked you to find the most dependable cheap cars on eBay, and you delivered on time, and most importantly, under budget. You can’t afford not to have one of these things in your garage.
Read MoreI don’t have a lot to contextualize just how horribly my cross country drive in my new 1974 Volkswagen Beetle started. Hell, I don’t think anyone has ever driven to their own tow truck before.
Read MorePorsche was never in the habit of making bad automobiles. Quirky, temperamental, and a bit crashy, sure. But even in their most drug-addled states in the ‘70s, the least deserving of the Porsche namesake was 10 times better than most anything on the road at that given moment. Case in point—this Porsche 911 that was left to rot in a project state can be made to run rings around whatever you’re driving. But is it worth it?
Read MoreIt didn’t occur to me at the time quite how ridiculous it was. I was staring at my new car, its engine out and sitting on the driveway, and I planned on driving it across the country to New York City the next day.
Read MoreThe internet sure can suck sometimes. First, it turns every moderately clickbaity video into an opportunity for a goatse or rickroll, and now it has raised prices on the MKIV Toyota Supra to such a degree that it’s completely unattainable for people that work for a living. Bravo. Thankfully, here are four cars that can do damn near everything that the Supra can do, for a fraction of the price - at least for now anyway.
Read MoreIf you want to drive a fun car, it’s going to be something you do for yourself. Maybe one other person at most, but primarily for yourself. And for that reason some people are always going to think you’re an asshole.
Read MoreDoes dropping the engine out of the bottom of a crappy Honda Civic in the rain sound like a nice way to spend an afternoon? How about staying up all night twiddling wrenches just to make a junk car drag its sorry ass around a race track?
Read MoreThe emblems on the back your car can sometimes be a symbol of status and a source of pride, but more often than not, they’re eyesores that would fare better as shiny belt buckles. Thankfully, I’ve devised a handy instructional video on how to remove your car’s emblems using nothing but basic hand tools.
Read MoreYou’ve saved up some money. You’ve made peace with the spouse. Time to start a car project! Now, where do you start? With a bone-stock blank canvas or something pre-wrenched?
Read MoreSometimes you see a car that’s such a magnificent blast from the past, you swear you’ve stepped right back into the ‘90s. Corvette-style taillights. Those side details. Color-shift paint. A wing added to a pickup. Ladies and gents, behold the most wonderful car-truck-thing for sale on the Internet.
Read MoreWe’ve all experienced this dilemma—your company goes public and your minority stake is now worth major bucks. You’ve been eyeing this used Bugatti Veyron, but a handful of affordable islands near French Polynesia just went on the market, with just enough room to build a landing strip for your Gulfstream. What do you do?!
Read MoreWhen one thinks of what a constitutes a bargain, it all boils down to value over time, which means the longer something retains its value, the bigger of a bargain it is. This week, your job is to find the best dependable cars on eBay for under a $4,000 budget. Make me proud.
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