Five years after the removal of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and allowance of openly gay, lesbian and bisexual service members, the Navy plans to name a ship after veteran and gay-rights activist Harvey Milk. For his friends, activists and San Francisco legislators, it’s been a long-awaited move.
Read MoreWith the vastness of which the United States military and its operations are spread out across the world, it helps to have giant aircraft like the C-17 Globemaster to move troops and equipment around.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of evidence that suggests Russia was behind the Democratic National Committee hack, and that least some of the emails may have been manipulated part of a military campaign of misinformation. But all that evidence comes from private security contractors. Edward Snowden thinks that if the Russians hacked the Dems, the NSA would know. And he has a strong platform to stand on: “I’ve done this personally.”
Read MoreNew evidence shows that information from the Democratic National Committee hack might not be something you should trust: it appears to skirt a strange new territory between hacking and deliberate misinformation, and it all centers on an equally new military strategy from Russia.
Read MoreThe U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has placed an order for militarized Toyota Land Cruisers, Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to use as low-profile but battle-survivable field vehicles. That’s provided the prototypes pass muster in military evaluations, of course.
Read MoreThe United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco just ruled unanimously that the Navy misbehaved with its sonar, and at levels that could hurt and interrupt the feeding and mating of whales, seals, dolphins and walruses. Oops.
Read MoreIn Turkey, the death penalty has been out of the question for more than three decades. Currently, that abolishment applies in any circumstance—even times of war or danger of war. But following a violent military coup attempt that left around 200 people dead and thousands detained, that may just change.
Read MoreAfter an attempted coup unfolded on the streets of Istanbul and Turkish capital Ankara, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Turkish government closed the airspace around a U.S. air base in the southern part of the country. The closure will temporarily stop coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State.
Read MoreJust hours after a few of their own took over the CNN Türk studio while on the air, the troops attempting a military coup in Turkey surrendered live on that very channel.
Read MoreThe Turkish military has deployed onto the streets of Istanbul, blocking off the main bridges to Europe, with tanks rumbling down main thoroughfares and fighter jets flying over traffic. The Turkish Prime Minister has appeared on television, describing it as as a coup d’etat attempt. UPDATING
Read MoreI know that headline seems a little ridiculous: why were there no tanks in the Civil War? Most of you are likely thinking ‘because nobody built any, idiot.’ While you’d be absolutely right to think that, I still find the question interesting, because I’m pretty sure the Union was shockingly close to building one; they just never knew it.
Read MoreBMW will build a total of 200 “Competition Edition” M5 sedans, 100 black and 100 white, with a substantial power bump and a few tasteful decorative bits. Is it special enough to be a viable investment, or would you rather just take it out and just drive the tires off it?
Read MorePrincess Al Hawi of Abu Dhabi has taken delivery of a bespoke BMW i8, and it almost completely wipes away the clean, technical look of the normal car with a bright red paint scheme and plenty of aftermarket parts.
Read MoreIt’s sleek, it’s sculpted and it absolutely fulfills our favorite requirement in a car: sporty. Now it finally has a price. Starting in September, the new Infiniti Q60s will begin showing up in dealers around this country and toting a new list of prices to match.
Read MoreIf you’re wondering what it’s like to get behind the wheel of a quarter million dollars worth of exotic car that you don’t own, in the middle of nowhere Ohio, before you put it on a dirt track, I can tell you it’s actually terrifying.
Read MoreHello, good people of Jalopnik, and welcome to this week’s version of Letters to Doug, wherein you send me letters – presumably strung together to make words and sentences – and, in return, send you Doug.
Read MoreEarlier today, we showed you the Ford GT rejection letter, and we all had a good cry, together. As you know, though, even when a car company gets to decide who is worth the privilege of buying their car, some people must be getting good news, right? Happily, we’ve now managed to get samples of all the types of letters sent to potential Ford GT buyers, and they’re surprisingly good.
Read MoreWitness beauty, denied. The 2016 Ford GT rejection letters are rolling in.
Read MoreToday, I write to you as a pissed-off consumer. Actually, every day I write to you I’m a pissed-off consumer, because I have Comcast. But today, I’m especially pissed off about something else: official-looking warranty expiration notices.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler’s sales-reporting practices have put the company at the center of two fraud investigations amid allegations that it inflated car sales numbers for years. A new report from the company presents a supposedly improved counting method, which—after being applied to previous sales reports—reveals that Fiat Chrysler’s highly-touted 75-month sales streak actually ended back in 2013 after 40 months. Oops. Now, here’s how the company is sort of fixing it.
Read MoreYou’d have to be a particular kind of moron to not be able to baby with a sedan the size of a BMW 3 Series. Or maybe a Duggar. But can you consciously buy one with a six-speed manual and the track handling package if you’ve got a baby on board? Yes. Hell yes. Don’t buy any other BMW 3 Series.
Read MoreAutomakers don’t pick their first drive locations by accident. This all takes months of planning with many site visits and much scouring of drive routes. The entire world knows that Atlanta turns into a bubbling bowl of stew during the summer, and Chevrolet knows that all of you are paying close attention to how the all-new 2017 Corvette Grand Sport performs when the heat is quite literally on. I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but the Z06 has a few issues pertaining to the heat when it’s being push
Read MoreThe 911 R is a fantasy Porsche, a naturally-aspirated and manual only piece of rolling art in an age of PDK transmissions and ultimate lap times. It also came with a not-too-shabby starting price of $185,000, but collectors are going to collect. Now the ultimate 911 has an asking price of $1.3 million on the used market.
Read MoreI’ll be honest, I haven’t given Honda too much thought the past few years. Growing up, they were a shining beacon of quality and design. In recent years, I hardly even bother to remember them, except for when I see the occasional candy-colored Fit. This new 2016 Honda Civic Coupe, though, has woken me up to what I once liked about Honda. Holy shit, I think I like a modern Honda.
Read MoreThe new 2017 Infiniti QX30 is too straightforward for its complex situation. It’s an Infiniti and a Mercedes, a hatchback and a crossover. There are three different options with only a few inches of ride height between them. It’s aimed at a younger buyer who wants luxury things at affordable prices, and has considered having a life beyond the city on the weekends, but has never committed to actually doing it.
Read MoreIn terms of automotive beauties, the Jaguar F-Type will most likely go down as one of the most gorgeous cars ever to grace our lowly asphalt. It’s the car that put Jaguar back on the radar for many of us, and I’m sure it’s classed up many a desktop wallpaper, too.
Read MoreIn case you haven’t noticed, we’ve had a few Porches in the realm of Jalopnik photography over the weekend. It only makes sense to end the weekend on that note, so we decided to give you all a rather subtle way to display your love of cars on your computer desktop.
Read MoreRecently new series of Kei cars from Honda, especially the N-One, have harkened back to the classic design language. You can see it on the front ends of the otherwise boxy and unassuming 660cc powered mini-cars. But what if boxes aren’t your thing? The N-Labs S660 Neo Classic has you covered.
Read MoreNash Motors would have been a century old today, and while I suspect that most modern gearheads probably don’t give Nash much thought, they really should. For a defunct car company, we still feel Nash’s influence a surprising amount, in ways that are pretty basic and fundamental to how cars are today. Let’s pretend we’re all old dudes in bad shirts at a car show and take a bit to appreciate the crap out of Nash, in six huge ways.
Read MoreAirlines lose and damage luggage all the time. But what if that luggage was your only way to get around? What if instead of misplacing a bag, the airline removed your ability to move about independently? That’s exactly what one airline did to my wife on a trip to Mexico two years ago.
Read MoreJapan is a “Galapagos Market”, so called because its unique regulations lead to unique species of vehicles seen almost nowhere else. Including just about the entire Daihatsu lineup. That includes the modular Daihatsu Copen. You can have any Copen you like as long as it’s... er... 64 horsepower. The rest is up to you!
Read More50 Cent on Top Gear? At this point, why the hell not.
Read MoreThis ain’t your mother’s car review. Hell no, amigo. This is a bare-knuckled, down-and-goddamn-dirty, grab-you-by-the-throat knockdown drag-fight between the most highfalutin’ European, Eye-talian exotic supercar and a good ol’ boy in a Johnny Cash suit. Hell yeah! This is some booze-time, gun-totin’, South-Will-Rise-Again fun with some real fast rides! Hold on to yer ankles, chicken-shits, it’s Car And Driver’s September 1991 comparison test between the GMC Syclone and the Ferrari 348ts. Goddam
Read MoreMost everyone knows that automakers buy competitors’ cars to test and take apart to see how they can make their better and faster. But when Porsche caught Honda in the act, they left a sassy little note.
Read MoreAlcantara! It’s what automakers put in their interiors because it looks performance-y and because it never gets too hot or too cold, unlike leather or vinyl. Too bad Jalopnik readers know it’s actually a garbage material.
Read MoreIf you’re feeling the artsy—and the old-school—vibe heading into this week, it’s only right to pass it along to as many people as you can. With a tweak to your desktop, you can do that without even having to hold a conversation. (But if a passerby wants to have one, these cars are a good place to start.)
Read MoreIf you looked–really looked—at the 2016 Toyota Camry, you wouldn’t expect the leggy girls in short dresses who get into the clubs for free to climb out of it. It’s humbler than that. Maybe if the leggy girl got hitched and then moved out to the suburbs, maybe. And that’s why I like it so much.
Read MoreEpisode six of the latest season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee features the hilariously grounding John Oliver, and he just might be the first person Jerry seems to genuinely get along with.
Read MoreWhen you think of Soviet vehicles, what word comes to mind? Probably “shoddy.” Or “terrible.” Or “unreliable.” Maybe “garbage.”
Read MoreEvolution is a process that takes millions of years. I’m very happy to report I should be dead before humans ever start to look like Graham, the unfortunate-looking but crash-surviving... person, I guess? I dunno. Whatever that dude is.
Read MoreCarpet in cars is stupid. It’s always been a little stupid, but for decades it was the best we could do, if you wanted something covering the lower interior of your car that deadened sound and wasn’t as cheap-looking as rubber or bare metal. I know we can do better, and I think humanity is finally ready.
Read MoreSince we’re all pretty much living Tron these days, chasing computer-generated squirrels and pigeons and shit all over the place, it seemed like it might be a good time to revisit that most iconic of life-in-a-computer pastimes: the Light Cycle battle. Could something like this exist in the real world, somehow? I think I have an idea how it could.
Read MoreThe magical, almost Star Trek-replicator quality of 3D printing is still new enough to be novel and exciting, and one of the best parts about seeing fascinating 3D-printed stuff, like this Subaru EJ20 WRX engine, is knowing that, if you have a 3D printer, you could download it and have one of your very own. We live in the future.
Read MoreThe Ferrari F12tdf is a beautifully powerful—and just plain beautiful—creature, completely and wholly deserving of the chance to grace the presence of anyone who walks by your computer as sees it as the desktop wallpaper. Whether or not they’re worthy, well, we’ll leave that discussion for another day.
Read MoreRemember “Hector?” The guy who was “too slow to make away with the money, man” at the first street race in the first Fast & Furious movie? No? Maybe?
Read MoreIf you want to see the closest thing to a Transformer in real-life, look no further than the lowrider scene. Some of these insane builds will bounce so high onto their back wheels that they look like a weenie dog begging for treats.
Read MoreEveryone likes to talk about Tesla, and lately there’s been plenty to talk about. I just want to talk about one Tesla-related thing today, the rocky tale of the Model X. Lots of people think it was a huge mistake, and maybe they’re right. All I know is that it should have been a van.
Read MoreCar-obsessives like ourselves already have a nice, rich panoply of very specific slang to enjoy. The sentence “I lunched the tranny in my 4-banger hooptie,” for example, is actually an understandable sentence to a disturbing number of us. To celebrate our wealth of slang, let’s make up some fake ones.
Read MoreWhen you think about it, there’s a hell of a lot of ways to race cars. Drag races, circle tracks, off-road, rallycross, autocross, skid-plate racing, endurance racing, and on and on. The variety is what makes motorsport so great. And now I want to help out, by proposing a whole new type of racing, so, you know, buckle up.
Read MoreHooray! The Washington Post ran another story about how car culture is dying, because the big stupid one they wrote last year wasn’t enough, apparently. WaPo isn’t the only outlet to run these car culture pre-obituaries, but it doesn’t matter, because they’re all basically the fucking same.
Read MoreWe already shared one “viral video” of scooter silliness today, so why not another?
Read MoreUnless the coma you’re in is a really top-notch one, chances are you’ve been hearing an awful lot about Pokémon Go, an augmented reality app that makes people run around chasing invisible monsters without the use of pharmaceuticals. There really needs to be a version of this sort of thing with cars instead of imaginary Nintendo-monsters for America’s important gearhead population; here’s what it could be like.
Read MoreThere’s actually a bigger story that relates to this that we’ve got in progress, but I was curious to get some input from the people who’s opinions I actually give a rat’s rectum about: our readers. And I want to know what you think about your odometer.
Read MoreIf anything can make a dark alleyway look artsy and inviting, it’s a shiny, clean BMW. Perhaps there are a few more things that make up that list, but the BMW isn’t a bad start.
Read MoreYesterday, I wrote about how a new study showed that the average American can no longer comfortably afford an average-priced car. This got me thinking about exactly when cars got so damn expensive, which is what led me to Corvettes, this chart, and a realization that I may have been thinking about this wrong. I’ll explain.
Read MoreThe fog has a noticeable heft to it. Dense, heavy, gray air that sits tantalizingly out of range of your fingertips. If you could reach out and collect it in a jar, you’d then put that jar on a shelf and forever remind yourself of the English countryside. That’s where you have to go to find one of the greatest celebrations in the name of all things automotive. That fog does lift eventually, of course. It yields to the spectacular.
Read MoreWho likes facts? Car ownership facts? Everyone. But you know what’s even better than facts? Facts that aren’t exactly true! I just like writing these, so, you know, enjoy. See how many you can pass along until you hear them repeated back to you!
Read MoreWhen you read that headline up there about a bunch of snails destroying an old Trabant, I’m sure most of you were thinking “In drag race, right?” but that’s actually not the case. They actually used their gross slimy trails to out-and-out literally wreck the poor Trabi.
Read MoreIt takes madness to understand the Porsche 928, a car that was once supposed to be the successor to the 911, but was more of a cushy grand tourer—especially when equipped with a sluggish four-speed automatic gearbox. Fortunately, Regular Car Reviews is truly insane, and they also got their hands on a 928 S4.
Read MoreTomorrow is a big day for the United States of America, if you haven’t heard. What better way to celebrate than setting one of the most American images you can find as your wallpaper? The only thing that could make this shot better would be a red, white and blue paint job, but no one can complain about purple.
Read MoreFor those with the slightest knowledge of cars, it isn’t hard to guess where glove compartments came from—the original function is even in the name. The glove compartment was one of several strange features for clothing storage in early cars, and, unlike the others, it stuck around—expanding its usage over time.
Read MoreI decided to take a little break from my annual Fourth of July marathon lovemaking session with a very special and majestic bald eagle to talk to you about an American car that I think deserves more attention than it gets: the Crosley Hotshot. The humble little Hotshot helped define a sportscar formula that still works today.
Read MoreSure, we give Toyota a lot of crap for building wildly successful, reliable and boring appliance-cars, but somewhere deep in their organization is a loon with a dream of building insane flying cars. I’m pretty sure this is the case, because this is not the first flying-car patent to come from Toyota’s secretive Kook Division.
Read MoreHello, humans of Jalopnik, and welcome to your weekly dose of Letters to Doug, everyone’s favorite column wherein you send me a letter and I prattle on about something that’s only tangentially related while simultaneously insulting the Audi Allroad.
Read MoreNot leaving dogs in hot cars has been a common rhetoric for years now, but perhaps that should be extended to leaving dogs in the car at all—on Friday, two mischievous pups left air conditioned in a Walmart parking lot reportedly managed to crash their owner’s car into the front of the store.
Read MoreAn early morning crash in Delaware between a Tesla Model S and an 18-wheeler left the latter in the front yard of a house, according to local station WPVI-TV. State police officials have since concluded the driver—and more importantly, systems—of the Model S were not at fault.
Read MoreThe initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board released today revealed that the driver in the fatal Tesla Model S crash in Florida in May was driving in Autopilot over the speed limit during the time of the incident. The report has some other new details about the wreck, but not many.
Read MoreYou know how when you’re smashing through the windshield of a car you’ve just wrecked, you always find your mind wandering to the same thing: how would my body be different if humans evolved to deal with this sort of thing better? Then you hit the pavement and everything goes black. Luckily, the Traffic Accident Commission of Melbourne, Australia has an answer for you.
Read MoreA recent video uploaded to YouTube shows what happens after a skateboarder decides to smash the windshield of a $250,000 McLaren 12C. Hide your children, for supercar carnage lies ahead.
Read MoreAbout two months ago, the world caught its first glimpse of a beautiful blue bespoke Pagani Huayra called the “Pearl.” With its dual splitters in the back and carbon fiber intake on the roof, the car was truly one of a kind. And now it’s gone.
Read MoreExponent is an engineering and consulting services corporation that, among other things, does its own crash testing. Some of those tests are rather mundane, and some of them involve making a pickup truck flip four times in a row. I can’t stop watching any of them.
Read MoreThe Trump motorcade has already been involved in an accident and it is in no way shape or form symbolic for the state of affairs in the Republican Party or in this great country.
Read MoreTesla’s onboard vehicle logs showed that Autopilot was not engaged during the Model X crash that occurred in Pennsylvania earlier this month, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Read MoreWhat’s worse than being in one of the first big distracted-by-Pokémon Go crashes? Doing so in your brother’s car. The 28-year-old who caught a tree while playing the popular game wasn’t even driving his own car—it was his 20-year-old younger brother Zachary Cary’s ride.
Read MoreAn Auburn, N.Y., man told police that he swerved into a tree Tuesday night while trying to play Pokémon Go, reports Syracuse.com. The 28-year-old player suffered no serious injuries, however, the entire front end of his car was mangled in the crash. “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” doesn’t include plant life, bro.
Read MoreWhen most of us think about the danger of driving while interacting with invisible beings, we’re most likely to blame Pokemon Go. That’s not the case with this 28-year-old Floridian, who was praying to an invisible being named Jesus with her eyes closed. While driving. She hit a house.
Read MoreLast Saturday night, a Model X drove through a guardrail in Montana, reportedly also with Autopilot engaged.
Read MoreYesterday, a video surfaced that depicted a chrome-wrapped Lamborghini Murcielago spinning out on a sodden Russian highway near Moscow. It looked super fake (chrome wrap does that). But it was real. It was Something That Happened.
Read MoreIf you’re driving at high speeds and you want to slow down a bit, leave your right hand on that steering wheel and just let off the gas. Heck, if you’re feeling wild, you could even press the brake pedal. But whatever you do, don’t yank that parking brake.
Read MoreLast week art dealer Albert Scaglione told police that Autopilot was engaged when his Tesla Model X crashed and rolled across the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Tesla is less than convinced.
Read MoreEver wonder what it would feel like to attempt a sweet trick in your commuter car?
Read MoreOne day after the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration announced the May fatal crash of Joshua Brown in a Tesla in Autopilot mode, a Michigan art dealer says Autopilot was engaged when he crashed and rolled across the Pennsylvania Turnpike in his Tesla Model X.
Read MoreThe Grand Tour is continuing to drip out little behind-the-scenes sniplets of the upcoming show to keep us all excited and interested, and this time we get irrefutable proof that the Almighty listens to Jeremy Clarkson and, when He can, lends a hand by trashing cars:
Read MoreWith Chris Evans bowing out after just one season of the refreshed Top Gear, he leaves behind his cohost, Matt LeBlanc. While the BBC says that it has no immediate plans to change the line-up or add a new host, noted musician 50 Cent thinks that he would be a valuable addition to the team.
Read MoreSo much of what surrounds supercars and hyper cars has to do with theater and presence. The looks of the car, the sound it makes—it’s all a part of the drama. It’s entertainment, and McLaren agrees.
Read MoreThe alternate-universe Top Gear known as Amazon’s The Grand Tour appears to treat vehicles with the same tender loving care as Top Gear did. Which is to say zero care at all—as it should be.
Read MoreJames May had a reputation on old Top Gear as being famously nerdy and detail-driven, more so than the other two hosts. As a fan, I didn’t mind in the slightest. In the latest episode of his series “The Reassembler,” he puts together an electric guitar and it’s absolutely enthralling to watch.
Read MoreHere it is, your first view from the hotly anticipated upcoming show The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May.
Read MoreWe’re all excited for the rebirth of Top Gear that’s not really Top Gear, but, really, is more Top Gear than Top Gear. Of course, we mean the Holy Non-Pep Boys Triumverate’s new Amazon show, The Grand Tour. Here’s a preview of what at first we thought was the show, then realized was the trio’s live show, illicitly recorded from some outdoor preview showing. UPDATE: Different show.
Read MoreThe Ferrari F12tdf already has a reputation of being, erm, hard to drive well. It’s not the buttoned-up precision machine that the LaFerrari is. This is the car that is highly spinnable.
Read MoreFollowing his departure from Top Gear, Chris Evans put his thoughts into words for the Daily Mail—and he’s actually pretty chill about the whole thing.
Read MoreWell, here’s some surprising news: the BBC’s commercial arm reports that, despite the revamped Top Gear’s very negative ratings in the UK, the show was quite well-received internationally.
Read MoreTwo junior presenters will be promoted, a celebrity road trip feature will be added and a host of production staff will be shuffled around for the next series of Top Gear, reports The Daily Telegraph. A BBC document The Telegraph obtained shows just how hard BBC is trying to move on from Top Gear’s unloved relaunch.
Read MoreWe reported earlier this week that the former Top Gear trio’s new show, The Grand Tour, would be coming to the land of the free, but we didn’t know where exactly. Well, now Amazon is giving away free tickets to the filming, which will apparently be taking place in an exotic western land called “California.”
Read MoreChris Harris is the co-host on the robooted Top Gear, on the follow up Extra Gear, and he also has his own web-only show The Drift on TopGear.com. Now he’s getting a fourth hosting gig on BBC America called, imaginatively, Chris Harris On Cars.
Read MoreWhen the BBC revealed the six new hosts for the revamped Top Gear, it was exciting for a couple of reasons: First, it meant that the show would go on. Second, it provided a quenching and much needed splash of diversity in race, gender and economic background to the show that is, for better or worse, at the forefront of car culture. With one of those hosts out of the picture, it ironically now may boast its most inclusive lineup ever, and stands to be a Top Gear that speaks to a wider array of pe
Read MoreSeries 23 of Top Gear is over after six episodes. Chris Evans is gone. Chris Harris and Rory Reid are the stand-out favorites. Matt LeBlanc was somewhat of a surprise. Filming on Series 24 starts this September, so until then, let’s discuss the best aspects of the now Old-New-New Top Gear.
Read MoreFollowing Chris Evans’ resignation from Top Gear, it does not seem that there will be a replacement host for the motoring show.
Read MoreThings have gone from bad to extremely worse for Chris Evans, who announced his resignation from Top Gear earlier today. That resignation came mere hours after London police confirmed Evans is being investigated for a reported sexual assault dating back to the 1990s.
Read MoreTop Gear just wrapped its relaunched season, but wherever it goes from here, it will go without Chris Evans. The embattled and much-criticized host confirmed on Twitter today that he is stepping down from the show after just six episodes.
Read MoreIt’s been revealed that CHRIS HARRIS WASN’T A FAN OF THE ORIGINAL NSX. As you get over that, let’s discuss the rest of the finale of the first new-new Top Gear series.
Read MoreBOARD UP WINDOWS, BUY EGGS BREAD MILK, ‘SHOCK CRISIS TALKS’ CONTINUING OVER TOP GEAR, NETANYAHU MEETING WITH ABBAS OVER EVANS, POSSIBLE DEAL TO BE STRUCK, RUMORS OF JESSE JACKSON INVOLVEMENT
Read More“Some women refuse to be a slave of routine,” said Pathé News in 1962, the year Beryl Swain entered the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race. “Mrs. Beryl Swain not only works an office job and holds down a home, but has an unlikely hobby—motorcycle racing. And,” says the announcer, with some muted astonishment, “she’s good at it!” As good as she was, she was only allowed to do it once.
Read MoreWhen Honda introduces the world’s first adventure scooter on August 30th, what they’re tentatively calling the X-ADV, it’ll be an affirmation that the best adventure vehicle is the one you’ve got—even if it happens to be a scooter. Especially if it happens to be a scooter.
Read MoreYou know what sport and superbikes look like. They’re low, heavily body-kitted, and you sit in them rather than on them behind a cowl designed to deflect 150 mph winds. The “sport-naked” Yamaha FZ-10 keeps the R1 superbike’s 1000cc madness, but strips off the fairings and pushes the seating position a little more upright, with a lower power band that’s actually something soft, puny humans can live with.
Read MoreThe short story is that the 2017 Yamaha FZ-10 is the brand’s biggest street-screamer sport bike, the R1, with a more upright seating position and power delivery dialed toward the low end. The longer story, if I live to tell it, will be how it handles the Tail Of The Dragon. Get your questions in now!
Read MoreWhy is danger so sexy? I don’t know. But its siren song is screaming to me after watching just a few minutes of Rip To Cabo; one of the most visually-enticing off-road motorcycle videos I’ve ever seen. And that’s just the trailer.
Read MoreIt’s impressive to see a guy on a bicycle hustling hard enough to catch and keep up with motorcycles. Even if it is downhill. But it looks like the (motor)biker here didn’t appreciate it. That or he’s just terrible at keeping control of his bike.
Read MoreBikers beware– there’s a force on the streets that could or definitely will not destroy you. And it’s wearing a polo shirt tucked into khakis.
Read MoreIt’s almost Independence Day here in the U.S., and I’d like to ask you to take a moment from giving those Redcoats the finger and chugging Pabst to reflect on a true American hero, Sylvester Roper, inventor of both the motorcycle and dying on a motorcycle.
Read MoreA Honda driver cut off a motorcyclist. The rider swears at her and warns she’s on video. Then he rolls up to a cop and snitches on her, and they both give pursuit. Just another day in the wild world of helmet cam videos.
Read MoreThere’s a new Acura NSX out. I don’t know if you heard about this, but Honda was working on it for a while. The new one’s all-wheel drive with an advanced hybrid system and a dual-clutch gearbox, and at first glance, that makes it very different from the 1990s supercar that bears its name.
Read MoreWhen news of the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 first hit the streets, the world rejoiced at its 640 horsepower rating, a huge improvement over the puny, sad and weak 580 HP in the old ZL1. But... what if there was more? What if the new ZL1 had just a bit more power to give? Friend, I’m here to tell you that it does.
Read MoreTesla CEO Elon Musk hosted the grand opening for Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory on Friday night, but only after receiving an offstage pep talk reminding him to “smile a lot,” and that “everything is awesome.”
Read MoreIf a recent CorvetteForum post is to be believed, the owner of a 2016 Chevrolet Corvette took the car into a California dealership and got more than just service out of the visit—he also watched a “joyride” by an employee. The owner never said whether the service was successful, either. Man.
Read MoreEighteen people in Europe lived the ultimate dream last month, driving nine performance cars through France, Switzerland and Italy along 25 gorgeous mountain passes in only a span of five days. And luckily for those of us in need of our daily dose of car and mountain porn, the whole thing was caught on camera.
Read MoreElon Musk said a lot of crazy things about the future of Tesla in his Master Plan Part Deux, things about solar panels and energy and expanding its vehicle lineup. But how serious was he about making the kind of mini-bus that Volkswagen has teased but never delivered on? Apparently very serious, and Elon Musk himself thinks Jalopnik’s idea for such a vehicle is on the mark.
Read MoreIf you’re like me, you may have been unreasonably excited to see that Tesla was flaunting its new Model 3 in a bright shade of red when it invited journalists out to see it’s Gigafactory earlier this week. The same red Model 3 is at tonight’s public grand opening of the Gigafactory—too bad it’s not a real car.
Read MoreA Florida man was arrested during an Orlando traffic stop because white flakes found in his car tested positive as crystal meth. It turns out, the flakes were just icing crumbs from Krispy Kreme donuts.
Read MoreThis is probably not Audi’s next Tesla rival. But it looks so good that it simply must be shared with you, the reader, so that you may join me in wishing it into reality.
Read MoreLast week, a heavily-modified Nissan GT-R spun off an airport runway in Pennsylvania doing 218 mph. Just watch the poor driver hold onto the wheel, as physics makes his steering and pedal inputs all but useless.
Read MoreAmong the whispers and rumors that often permeate the automotive and tech industries, some of the loudest whispers and the wildest rumors have been about the Apple Car, codenamed Project Titan. What is the Apple Car, exactly?
Read MoreHm. We may never know. If only there was an easy way to identify this vehicle’s brand.
Read MoreOur friends at Road & Track managed to get behind the wheel of a prototype Elio 3-Wheeler, which, I admit made me a little jealous. I’m quite curious about that car. My jealousy rapidly changed into sympathetic cringing when, right during their Facebook livestream, one of the Elio’s fenders fell off.
Read MoreBefore he introduced middle America to donkey sauce, Food Network’s walking flashback to 2001 Guy Fieri was pitching Flowmaster mufflers. Everyone knows that you can’t have an on-air drop-top cruise for Cincinnati’s best-kept-secret chili spot unless you tricked out your Camaro with sweet pulleys ‘n’ flows.
Read MoreThe magically sideways gift to Ford Focus RS hoons everywhere, Drift Mode, almost didn’t happen at all. The easiest marketing tie-in with Ken Block ever created was actually discovered by accident.
Read MoreVolkswagen needs to wake up, Microbus-wise, because after a decade and a half of teasing the world about a reborn bus, Tesla basically just said that they’re going to beat them to the punch. Even if VW doesn’t seem to realize it, this is bad news for them.
Read MoreFor all you power mongers who thought the stock engine that comes in the 2016 Mazda Miata was a bit low on juice, the madmen at Flyin’ Miata have got you covered. Oh, in 525 ways have they got you covered.
Read MoreIt’s very likely the only commercial airplane almost anyone can identify by name and sight. This aerial humpback has been the biggest, best-known icon of Boeing since it was first unveiled in 1968, and now, after more than 1,500 have been sold, it finally looks like Boeing may be ending production of the legendary 747.
Read MoreWhen Regular Car Reviews finally got their hands on a 2013 Shelby GT500, we got a few brief seconds of something revolutionary—the opening lines of the “Battle Hymn of The Bro,” which now has a full version to be fully adopted immediately as our new national anthem.
Read MoreEalier today we reported on a mysterious ‘Project Goldfinger’ we discovered during a tour of Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory. Everyone including Elon Musk claimed to have no idea what it was, but I’ve got a few ideas.
Read MoreMercedes has pulled the plug on at least one advertisement for the new E-Class after multiple groups reached out to the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the ad campaign for overstating the vehicle’s driver-assistance systems.
Read MoreIn addition to visiting the Gigafactory site in Reno, we went on a tour of Tesla’s car factory in Fremont, Calif. this week. While there, we were told we weren’t allowed to take photos of certain things. Some of that was related to customer privacy rules, but some of it wasn’t. And one area we weren’t allowed to photograph contained a sign that said “Top Secret: Project Goldfinger.”
Read MoreElio Motors was founded in 2009 for an ambitious effort: bringing 3-wheeled, fully-enclosed trikes capable of achieving 84 miles per gallon to market for just $6,800. The company began taking “refundable reservation agreements” as much as $1,000 in 2013, for a debut on July 2014. Then the third quarter of 2015. Then mid-2016—right around now, actually. You still can’t buy one—but the company has spent years changing the laws in nearly every state in hopes that someday, you might be able to drive
Read MoreThis week was a landmark one for owners of the nearly 500,000 Volkswagen 2.0-liter diesel cars affected by the Dieselgate emissions fiasco, as U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer granted preliminary approval of VW’s settlement with regulators over the emissions-cheating vehicles. With that complete, VW has now rolled out a website for TDI owners to start filing their claims.
Read MoreWe’ve been waiting for a new Bristol for more than 10 years, and here it is today: the brand new Bristol Bullet speedster.
Read MoreLast night America met Democratic vice presidential contender Tim Kaine. I wanted to see if he would be a worthy successor to the Gearhead-in-Chief, Vice President Joe Biden. He’s not Uncle Joe, but he is very much the goofy dad of our everyday motoring experiences. The following traits of our next potential VP may or may not be true, but we really hope they are.
Read MoreThe 2017 Audi Allroad is the lifted faux-SUV wagon version of the all-new A4. You know this and still wish they offered the wonderful, normal Avant wagon like they do in Europe. Now with a starting price of just under $44,950 it seems Audi would prefer for you to buy something else other than the Allroad.
Read MoreOf course the Porsche Macan Turbo wouldn’t typically be considered a direct rival to the fan favorite and seriously potent BMW M2, but it’s also still a Porsche. Can it pull its weight around a track?
Read MoreWay back in 1971, the year the first CPU (Intel’s 4004) was born, another milestone in man’s tool-making skills was unveiled: the white panel van with a big-ass engine stuck in the middle. Ladies, and gentlemen, meet the Supervan.
Read MoreDespite a recent ad campaign touting the new 2017 Mercedes E-Class and its “Drive Pilot” driver assistance system as the “first self-driving car,” you actually still have to actively drive it. Sorry.
Read MoreFastLane Daily, the longest-running car show on YouTube and one of the oldest shows period on the platform, is no more. In a tearful message to more than 300,000 subscribers, host Derek DeAngelis announced that new owner Time Inc. told them yesterday that the channel would be put on “hiatus for the foreseeable future.”
Read MoreThe long-awaited successor to the Lamborghini Goatablo is finally here. Powered by a naturally aspirated V12 engine, this is the Lamborghini Goatcielago. It’s an exceptional piece of farming equipment.
Read MoreThere is often no glory in muckraking. The researchers at West Virginia University’s Center for Alternative Fuels Engines and Emissions had just $70,000 in grants and research funding when they uncovered one of the greatest emissions scandals of the 21st century: Volkswagen’s diesel emissions cheat, which would go on to cost the world’s second-largest car company $14.7 billion. Almost a year later, the center still operates on a shoestring.
Read MoreThere may be a new Toyota Supra! There may always be a new Supra around, in fact, something we’ve been dreaming about ever since the last one rolled off the Motomachi line in 1998, a rumor with as much lasting power as the one of a mid-engined Corvette. Someday these two majestic creatures will arise from our fevered dreams of automotive perfection, and do battle at the shores of Avalon, the legendary floating island of Arthurian legend, though Corona works too.
Read MoreMobileye, a supplier of vision-based sensor chips for self-driving cars, has cited concern over the reputation of autonomous technologies following the ending of its supply deal with Tesla, likely due to the fatal crash involving a Model S in May.
Read MoreFord has cancelled 220 orders for the 2016 Ford Focus RS and shifted them to the 2017 model year, citing “exceeded expectations” for demand of the new AWD drift-happy hatchback, and upsetting a couple hundred owners in the process.
Read MoreIt appears that Apple is still doing the whole car thing, and they just put the hardware chief in charge of the iPad project, among other things, in charge.
Read MoreThe R35 Nissan GT-R is only one generation after the R34 Skyline GT-R, but there really couldn’t have been a more different car to wear the GT-R badge.
Read MoreThe Sun Valley Rally closes off a 3.2 mile-stretch of Idaho’s Highway 75, and it’s where America’s Bugatti owners come to test their top speeds. Watch this one “Hellbug” only achieve a miserable and pathetic 230 mph. So slow!
Read MoreThe good news is that Lotus expects to make a profit for the first time in 20 years in the next few months. The better news is this means it can go ahead with plans to introduce a new Elise in 2020.
Read MoreJaguar has decided to abandon its work on what would be an amazing lineup of sports cars including an XK coupe replacement and the hot hot hot C-X75 supercar it made a big deal about in that movie last year, according to Automobile Magazine. Instead they want to do something dumb and develop “electric vehicles” for “the future.”
Read MoreIt looks like somebody at Faraday Future liked the look of Toyotas, or at least their concepts. The maybe-Tesla challenger has hired Toyota’s studio chief designer, Jin Won Kim, to head up exterior design.
Read MoreLet’s get this out of the way: Pokémon Go is meant for walking. But where I live, it’s also upwards of 100 degrees outside right now. And besides, walking? This is America; that’s for suckers. But for those tempted to play the game while driving, it’s proven extremely dangerous. We’ve seen driving players hit trees, and at least two have even hit cop cars—one in Baltimore and another in Montréal.
Read MoreTesla’s direct sales model versus nearly everyone else is old news. While I fully support a direct sales model, I also can’t help but pause at Tesla’s latest argument for it.
Read MoreLike many of us, Colorado architect Adam Ambro makes car doodles on newsprint he’s done reading. But his are pretty enough to frame.
Read MoreWere you aware that, apparently, there’s a rivalry inside Volkswagen between the GTI and GLI performance teams? I didn’t realize that. And, it seems that instead of having a nice, civilized hammer fight like most people do, they decided to settle their rivalry with a big RC car race on a custom track. That’s where I am today, and I want to show it to you, because it’s nice and nuts.
Read MoreNew Yorkers were unsure if the strange land of myth and wonder supposedly known as “Williamsburg” would be cast away and shut off from Manhattan intermittently for three years or absolutely for a year and a half. The latter is now true.
Read MoreAfter looking at the evidence, I was pretty sure last week’s viral video of a skateboarder smashing a McLaren windshield—a video that has garnered over 9 million views on YouTube—was a giant farce. The only ingredient missing before we could be sure was a confession from the video uploader, but now we’ve got that.
Read MoreWe, as Americans, love excess. There’s no getting around it. We love huge TVs, huge houses, big food and big horsepower. And the 2013 Shelby Mustang GT500 is the embodiment of that love.
Read MoreThe Volkswagen Passat is definitely a car you can buy right now! It has many impressive features, like how it comes with four tires and has seats inside. But if you think that’s exciting, wait until you hear how Volkswagen might kick this sedan into “high gear”!
Read MoreA Tesla Model X driver involved in a Montana crash earlier this month put the blame on the car’s Autopilot capabilities, later claiming that Tesla was trying to cover up issues with the system. But a public response by the manufacturer suggests that the car isn’t the one with the piloting issues.
Read MoreTo celebrate the 25th anniversary of the world’s most notable hedgehog, Honda showed a Sonic the Hedgehog-themed Civic at Comic-Con this year. But what people may not realize is the Sonic-Civic was actually just the latest in a long-running series of video game-themed cars to be shown at Comic-Con. And not all of them have been good.
Read MoreOver the week, British car magazine Autocar reported that the beloved McLaren F1 would be reborn in 2018 as the “hyper-GT” with a price of well over $2.6 million. But if you’ve already started saving your pennies, slow down a bit—according to reports, McLaren’s CEO shut down that rumor.
Read MoreOur guy David Tracy is hanging out with a wild, almost alien-looking custom Jeep Wrangler right now, and its owner wants to show him—and all of you—around it. The word on the street is that David’s going to get to take it for a spin, and he’ll be sharing the whole experience live on Facebook.
Read MoreTake a deep breath before you realize that Sonic the Hedgehog turns 25 years old this year, and then let out a sigh of content when you see the cute Honda Civic adorned in a Sonic scheme for the San Diego Comic-Con. With Sonic on the back, it looks ready as ever to rev up and go for some golden rings.
Read MoreEVO Magazine pits the brand new Ford Focus RS against some of its toughest hot-hatch competition in the form of the Volkswagen Golf R in its latest drag battle. Will it even be close?
Read MoreCarfection and Roadshow’s Alex Goy got a golden ticket to get a look at the design history of the all-new Bugatti Chiron, and one of the biggest revelations is that it was originally meant to look just like a giant bow tie.
Read MoreA YouTube video of a skateboarder bashing a McLaren 12C’s windshield went viral this week, garnering more than 7 million views. And for good reason—the act of supercar carnage was bizarre to watch. But now, after some clues from tipsters including a thorough investigation by Redditor triplejdude, who also happens to work at Colorado’s 9News, I think the whole thing might have been staged.
Read MoreWhat kind of person goes through the trouble of filling out all that paperwork to get a personalized license plate that says “MIKEHUNT,” “HOTCOX,” or “H1TLER”? I do not know, but the state of New York—like many states—cannot abide such indecency! Here are a few banned license plates from the Empire State.
Read MoreToday we are on the hunt for one of the rarest streetparked cars in New York City.
Read MorePorsche in the 1970s and 1980s was struggling to determine its future. Would it keep the beloved 911, which was getting long in the tooth? Or would it replace it with an all-new grand tourer, the 928? Fortunately for fans of the timeless 911, these front-engined coupes saved the company’s bacon.
Read MoreOur friends over at Bridge to Gantry spotted the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS testing on the Nürburgring. Based on the 991.2 generation, it appears to follow the same formula we know, love and fear: put a wicked fast turbocharged drivetrain into a GT3 RS body and chassis, and hope the owner doesn’t spin it into a wall.
Read MoreEveryone is trying to make cars that can drive themselves, but Honda and Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank want to go a lot further: they want cute emotional robot cars that talk to you about your feelings. There’s no way that could go horribly wrong, am I right?
Read MoreLook, I get it. The end of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X is sad. I’m totally on board with Mitsubishi wanting to give it a send off with the Final Edition. I’m even okay with it being priced slightly higher than a normal Evo X at $37,995. I swear, it’s chill. Update: The dealer says it’s not really for sale. Kind of. Unless you have the money.
Read MoreThe current Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is a 650 horsepower supercharged monster. There’s just been one huge problem: it has a well-documented inability to keep its cool in high-performance track environments. You know, the kind of environments the Z06 was built for. Now a fix is apparently coming.
Read MoreThey’re coming out with a new xXx movie. It’s actually happening. And man, do I hope it’s as freaking amazing as the first one was.
Read MoreThe first and perhaps most salient point from Elon Musk’s “Master Plan, Part Deux” was to “create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage.” While it was laid out as more or less as a bullet point, this is really the thesis that drives this whole Tesla-SolarCity-Powerwall love triangle.
Read MoreHey there, teens. Let me “rap” at you for just a second. Now, I know what it’s like to be a busy modern teen. It wasn’t that long ago that I was one myself! I know you’re preoccupied with the latest N64 game, going to rainbow parties and rocking out to Moby with your buds, but I’ve got some important news today: Jalopnik is on Snapchat now.
Read MoreWhat the hell did I just watch? Something that looked a hell of a lot like a human was being dragged along by a bus, then got run over by a van, and then just got up like it was nothing? That what I saw. That’s a Terminator, right? Of course it is. A Terminator. In Ukraine. Holy shit.
Read MoreOne of the main barriers to car ownership these days—and especially among the Youths—isn’t so much the purchase price, but the cost of actually owning a car. Tesla’s second Master Plan looks like it’s aimed at changing that calculus, and it could mean more cars for everyone using solar power, ride-sharing and autonomy.
Read MoreIf you choose to make your way out to the great man-over-nature feat of manufactured land tracts that is Tokyo’s Odaiba, you’ll get a chance to go absolutely crazy in Toyota Motor Corporation’s MegaWeb, especially if you are a Toyota fan. However, if classic cars are more your style, do the MegaWeb History Garage first. It’s even in a mall designed to look like a 1950s or 1960s Italian city. Perfect setting!
Read MoreA carbon fiber chassis, 204 mile per hour, $240,000 McLaren 570S belongs out in the South of France or the Swiss Alps or Northern Italy somewhere. So naturally we took it to America’s gnarliest dirt track instead.
Read MoreYou’re on a plane, the pilots are incapacitated, and you’ve got to land without having any clue what you’re doing. This pilot training video shows just how stressful of a time you’re going to have.
Read MoreElon Musk has finally published the details of his second “Tesla Master Plan” almost exactly 10 years after the automaker publicly revealed its first car. The new plan shifts Tesla’s focus towards expanding its energy endeavors with SolarCity, developing ride-sharing fleets and developing electric trucks.
Read MoreKoenigsegg just released an exhaustive analysis of what went wrong when the One:1 they were preparing to set a record lap on the Nürburgring crashed in testing. After studying the onboard telemetry as well as the car itself, it was all caused by a fault in the front left anti-lock braking system wheel sensor signal.
Read MoreWith Tesla’s Master Plan, Volume II set to debut tonight, we’re about to find out the next big phase of Elon Musk’s grand vision for the company. There is one detail we’re pretty sure about already – the company will no longer be officially “Tesla Motors,” but just “Tesla.”
Read MoreBoth National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are currently investigating a fatal crash that killed Joshua D. Brown back in May, where Brown’s Tesla Model S was cruising in semi-autonomous Autopilot mode. We don’t know what the exact outcome of those will be just yet, but we already know the Feds’ attitude: meh.
Read MoreMuch like our other recent using-electricity-to-melt-shit story, this is just a chance to marvel at some terrible ideas and wonder why these guys aren’t charred remains. It’s the carpet that does it for me.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo 4C is a fantastic sports car suited only for crazy masochistic speed freaks. For those reasons and more it hasn’t exactly set the sales charts on fire, so a new report today about its possible discontinuation has sparked some online obituaries. Here’s why that’s a little premature.
Read MoreWhen you’re the only Tesla owner in your entire city, in your entire region, things can get strange. For instance, your regional utility can end up building a charging station just for you alone.
Read MoreWith public transportation so far-reaching in Manhattan on top of the arduous task of actually keeping a car in the city, gas stations aren’t places that most New Yorkers visit regularly. But for the city’s taxis and the few who do own cars, gas stations like the Mobil Station on Eighth Avenue and 13th Street in Greenwich Village—the last gas station below 14th Street—are their lifesavers.
Read MoreIt turns out that a clever and economical way to save weight in a Ford could involve adding tequila.
Read MoreThe McLaren F1 is still probably one of the most radical and absolutely insane supercars to ever grace this planet, and according to a new report from UK car magazine Autocar, McLaren is gearing up a bespoke, all-new three-seater supercar for 64 lucky, lucky, lucky customers.
Read MoreThe new Ford Focus RS is easily one of this year’s most hotly anticipated cars. Turns out, though, actually getting one into your driveway might be a little harder than you’d expect. One owner says that he’s been waiting to take delivery of his Focus RS for two months now, and now, he has no idea where the car actually is—and Ford’s not saying either.
Read MoreCivil lawsuits filed in New York, Maryland and Massachusetts allege that top Volkswagen executives, including ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn, covered up evidence related to its massive Dieselgate scandal, reports Reuters. As a result, Volkswagen could be fined hundreds of millions of dollars or more.
Read MoreThe 1980s Mercedes 240s are appealing cars, with a stout, dependable sort of charm. Have you ever wanted one of those W123s but thought it’s just got one wheel too many? If that’s you, then boy, will you be excited to see this.
Read MoreThere was some concern in the 911 purist community regarding Porsche’s decision to twin-turbocharge all Carreras moving forward. You see, purists hate turbos on sports cars because of turbo lag. Here’s an explanation of what that is and what it does.
Read MoreIf you’ve got multiple kids to transport, and your ride is a Corvette, you’re either making multiple trips, or you’re going to do something really stupid. Jessica Reger of Pennsylvania—the person with the happiest mugshots ever—is accused by police of going with the latter option, shoving her two kids in the two-seater’s trunk.
Read MoreThis weekend finally saw a moment of harmony between Mustang and Camaro drivers, when two ‘Stangs and a ‘Maro shut down traffic on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge to do donuts. They were almost immediately snitched on and arrested.
Read MoreIt’s just a car, right? It runs and drives fine. It’s spacious, it’s capable, and dammit it works. So why do people loathe and mock these things?
Read MoreWhen your grandparents are all like “you whippersnappers don’t know what cool is these days,” they’re talking about the 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix. Also, drugs. But partially the 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Read MoreHyundai has released a short clip teasing its first “N” Performance model, which is based on the i30 hatchback. All across the internet people claim it’s a victory, but really, it’s just a bit silly.
Read MoreIt used to be that automakers had to (that’s a soft “had to”) meet a corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) goal of 54.5 mpg by 2025, but now it seems that the EPA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) are rethinking that number.
Read MoreIn case you are one of those strange people without access to either a television or the internet (in the latter case, how the hell are you reading this????), there is a quirky Canadian show called How It’s Made: Dream Cars that is beloved throughout the world. Tonight, they’re looking at the BMW M6, and I am enthused about such a development.
Read MoreOne of the rarest, priciest cars in the world just crashed on the Nürburgring while testing in preparation for a lap record attempt. The $3.1 million, 1,341 hp, one-of-seven Koenigsegg Agera One:1 locked up its wheels and crashed into a barrier. Its skidmarks suggest a failure occurred under braking.
Read MoreTo everyone who becomes apoplectic with rage when they heard the words “front-wheel-drive” applied to a BMW, stop it. Right now. This is something that we need here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. and here’s why.
Read MoreDriving on Germany’s network of speed-unrestricted roads known as the autobahn is an experience that every gearhead around the world should try at least once. However, here are a few things that no one tells you before getting into the left lane and smashing the loud pedal.
Read MoreThe BMW i3 and i8 are some of the most innovative and exciting-looking cars in the past few years, I think. I’ve been a fan of their design since they were introduced, so when I read this Dwell article about how the man behind the design of those cars, Richard Kim, designed his own house, I was interested. There’s some controversy about if he actually did design the house, and many questions about what design credit means.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler Automobiles is under investigation for fraud and securities violations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission, multiple outlets report. Though the investigation is still in its early stages, investigators have already reportedly visited FCA staff at both their offices and their homes.
Read MoreEven though all the Hillaman, Sunbeam, Reliant, and Wolseley factories are long gone, there’s still a lot of cars being built in the UK. It seem likely, though, that there will be a drop in those numbers of UK-built cars, because, thanks to Brexit, GM may be taking their toys and going home.
Read MoreSteve Saleen’s tuning company is being sued by a Ford dealership in Texas. The dealership claims that the company not only failed to deliver three Mustangs on time, but the cars were also missing thousands of dollars’ worth of upgrades.
Read MoreOn an unfortunate day in 1995, kidnappers forced a couple into the trunk of a car at gunpoint. Unable to get out and without knowledge of where their infant son was, the couple was robbed and left them in the trunk. After escaping, they became advocates for an easier way to do so. Eventually, they won.
Read MoreThere looks to be a new Honda coupe out testing in the wild, and the good folks at CivicX.com managed to snap a good collection of photos for the rest of us. But, while there isn’t much covering the design and this sure looks like a new Honda Civic Si coupe, the true question remains—when will America get its Type-R?
Read MoreServicing the new Ford GT seems like a total nightmare based on an article from All Ford Mustangs, which claims to have a Ford internal memo detailing what dealers have to go through to do even basic work on the sexy GT. The hurdles include requiring a special clean room, transporting the cars to and from clients on $30,000 trailers, and flying in “doctors” from Canada for major repairs. Clearly, this car is kind of a big deal.
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk works a lot. The question is, rather, how he actually does it. In a recent Twitter conversation about his lack of sleep lately, he enlightened us all about his secret to keeping focused on the job at hand—“large amounts of crack.”
Read MoreRecently, a post claiming that Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson committed suicide began making the rounds on Facebook. If it wasn’t clear from the fact that the birthdate on the post would make him 21 years old and the featured photo looks like the work of a bored middle schooler, Atkinson isn’t actually dead.
Read MoreA Mercedes print ad that is featured in multiple magazines advertising a “self-driving car from a very self-driven company” doesn’t actually feature a self-driving car.
Read MoreWe get sent videos all the time. Some are interesting, some are boring, you know the drill. We were sent this one of the 2016 Smart BRABUS ForTwo, and it seemed mildly interesting– watching a quick, stubby Smart haul ass is a good time. And then, at 41 seconds in, I SAW IT.
Read MoreThis is Letters to Doug, your favorite weekly column wherein you write letters and I answer them with some tremendously exciting, interesting prose, except last week, when I was instead looking for moose in Subaru country.
Read MoreThe universally-loved Ford Focus RS is coming under fire from Australian media, which has condemned it for encouraging “hoons” to “hoon.” One news anchor has already called the car and its Drift Mode feature “illegal” and police decried it as “plain stupid.”
Read MoreFrench officials have confirmed 84 dead and 202 injured in last night’s horrific truck attack into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, reports the Associated Press. Here’s everything we know about the horrific crash, the driver, and the aftermath.
Read MoreWe know the 2018 BMW 3 Series will have a high-performance hybrid trim, and undoubtedly regular-ass gas variants too. But now we’re hearing the next 3 will also get a full-electric version at some point in its next-gen (G20) model run.
Read MoreI know ‘watch this bush pilot land a plane in a way that you have never seen before; will blow your mind; redefine what you think a plane can do” is kind of old news at this point but damn.
Read MoreWith the growing segment of compact crossover luxury cars like the Mercedes GLA, Audi Q3, Lexus NX and the upcoming launch of Infiniti’s QX30, I’ve been thinking about what the best current entry level luxury car is. Help me out.
Read MoreDozens of people are reportedly dead after a large cargo truck plowed into a large group of Bastille Day celebrators watching a fireworks show in Nice, France late Thursday evening in what is believed to be an attack. The driver was reportedly shot dead.
Read MoreLadies and gentlemen, my Aston Martin and I have returned from our 1,600-mile journey into the Maine wilderness. It was a wonderful trip with my fiancée that included lots of excitement, and adventure, and only one unscheduled repair stop at a rural discount tire shop next to an abandoned lot filled with Volkswagens.
Read MoreA lot fucking faster. That’s the answer.
Read MoreI was always under the impression that a bear’s natural habitat was a Studebaker, but I guess since that marque’s been dead for decades, it only makes sense that they’d have migrated to a new brand by now. According to one black bear in Jefferson County, Colorado, the preferred choice is now Subaru.
Read MoreAustralian architects Molecule created this replica of Bruce Wayne’s makeshift Batcave from The Dark Knight for a client (makeshift because Wayne Manor was undergoing reconstruction after being burnt down by Ra’s al Ghul in Batman Begins, naturally). Every “cool” garage you’ve ever seen pales in comparison to this.
Read MoreThis. This is a thing.
Read MoreDrifting has gone global, but its heart remains on the touge mountain roads in Japan. And they’re still getting shredded today.
Read MoreWait, did Porsche just leak an upcoming facelift for the maybe-manual GT3 on some online app thing?
Read MoreA reader just sent me a link to what may be the single easiest and most entertaining way to learn how superchargers and turbochargers work. It’s a short and sweet webpage filled with crystal clear animations, pictures, descriptions and just general badass-ery. Check it out.
Read MoreBoris Johnson, the worst car writer of all time, the man who made his career by shitting on how other countries do things, is now the British Foreign Secretary.
Read MoreTesla has announced that it missed its sales targets once more this year. Also coincidentally, it has a new, cheaper version of its Model X minivan for sale. I’m sure that’s all unrelated, right?
Read MoreWhen the new Ford GT debuted at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, we lost our minds over its sheer sexiness. Now Ford has released a clip of the supercar in a wind tunnel, and—once again—we’re having a hard time keeping it together.
Read MoreWe’ve been worried about slow-driving, inattentive Pokémon Go superfans who have clogged public streets in search of pocket monsters ever since the game’s release. Now, someone visiting an Audi shop fessed up to hitting a curb while trying to catch Pokémon.
Read MoreThe Tesla Model X crash that occurred in Montana on Saturday, which was blamed on Autopilot, now might have a new element to it: the driver might not have had his hands on the wheel at the time of the incident. It remains unclear.
Read MoreIt turns out, you can catch Pokémon on one of the world’s most daunting racetracks, the Nürburgring. Watch this Russian guy snag an Abra while blasting through the curves at ludicrous speeds in a BMW M3.
Read MoreLooks like even the Porsche 918 Spyder isn’t immune to egregious factory errors: Porsche has issued yet another recall of the hybrid hypercar and the mistake comes down to the nuts and bolts of the thing.
Read MoreThere’s a Fiat 850 for sale not too far from me. The ad caught my eye, because I love rear-engined Fiats. This one looks like a decent candidate for restoration, but the way it’s being sold is peculiar. The owner is pitching it as a huge carrying case for a pair of headlights, and maybe some wheels.
Read MoreIf you take nothing else from Elon Musk’s bizarre, conspiracizing beef with Fortune, know this: the CEO of Tesla is hilariously petty.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever wanted to virtually track a racing truck, Forza 6 is now giving you the opportunity. As part of the Turn 10 Select Car Pack you’ll have access to the 1080-horsepower 2015 Mercedes-Benz #24 Tankpool24 Racing Truck.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration is currently investigating Tesla for a number of high-profile crashes recently, most prominently the fatal crash of Joshua Brown behind the wheel of his Model S on Autopilot. And NHTSA has published everything it wants Tesla to tell it.
Read MoreToday is Amazon’s Prime Day, a dumb made up thing that is not really a holiday, but which was created by the Amazon corporation to sell more things in months not named “November” or “December.” They have a bunch of car stuff for sale, and weirdly, the worst of it is also the BEST.
Read MoreRed seatbelt buttons—you see them in every car, including iced-out swankmobiles like Mercedes S-Classes and Bentley Continentals. That’s because they’re required by safety regulations. But Tesla has black, white and tan ones. Here’s why they can do it.
Read MoreVolkswagen has been expanding their headquarters in Wolfsburg, perhaps as a way of taking their mind off unpleasant things. During early phases of construction, they found an old American import from the ‘40s: a 400 lb unexploded aerial bomb from World War II.
Read MoreWe’ve heard rumors about an NSX Type-R in the pipeline but apparently Honda/Acura is pondering even more variants of their halo car platform. Racers, convertibles(?!) really everything a kid could want.
Read MoreThe Pennsylvania State Police have cited Albert Scaglione, the driver of the Tesla Model X that crashed and rolled over last week, for careless driving. Despite the citation, though, it still doesn’t tell us much about the cause of the accident.
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Tesla after it failed to disclose the fatal crash of a Model S cruising on Autopilot immediately to investors, the Wall Street Journal reports. Tesla sold $2 billion worth of stock in the days following the crash, and has argued that the crash was not material to the financial wellbeing of the company.
Read MoreOver the weekend, photographer Alex Stone had something of a run-in with a local while out shooting a car near San Diego. And by run-in, I mean that a dude nearly ran him over.
Read MoreElon Musk, who is definitely not making this up as he goes, finally clarified what the hell this whole ‘beta’ thing means, and gave it a solid ending point at one billion miles.
Read MoreThat pile of junk you see in the picture above doesn’t have the original powertrain, looks like it got bashed in the face with a large hammer, and will require a total restoration. But that doesn’t matter, because this thing was an iconic British race car, so that makes it worth a lot of money.
Read MoreWhenever the time for Cars and Coffee rolls around, there’s the undeniable chance that a soon-to-be-wrecked Ford Mustang will roll up to the lot. But it wasn’t a Mustang this time around—it was the drifting machine known as the Ford Focus RS, with a driver who utterly failed to drift it on the way out.
Read MoreThere are still a handful of years between this world and full autonomy in cars, meaning we have some time before we’re all sock monkeys being chauffeured by robot vehicles. But there’s a more immediate, widespread issue threatening to take the fun—and the safety—out of our roads: Pokémon Go.
Read MoreSince we do pretty much everything on the web nowadays – order food, tell people what terrible parents they are, masturbate – it only makes sense that we’ll use the familiar web browser to hack people’s cars. Thanks to a pretty significant vulnerability found by a security researcher on BMW’s ConnectedDrive web portal, it appears that web-based car hacking is possible.
Read MoreI want to believe this story for many reasons: first, it’s a jumping car. A French jumping car from before WWI. Second, this was sent to me by Jeff Lane, the man behind my favorite motor museum. And third, it’s a French jumping car. I think I believe the story; I’m just not sure I think it’s actually true. Get me?
Read MoreWhen you’re an employee at a company that builds supercars, everyone will be paying attention to what you drive. Koenigsegg’s employees must be aware of this, because their car choices seem inspired. Oh, and at least one of them has the best cheap car carpeting solution I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreThings just keep getting better for Fast & Furious fans. First there were the 1,500 theaters showing the original film this past June, and now a company called BBQ Films is hosting an “immersive” watch party in Williamsburg, NY meant to replicate the famous barbecue scene.
Read MoreSnoop Dogg and Kobe Bryant’s friendship goes way beyond cute matching hats, guys. In honor of Bryant’s retirement from an epic NBA career Snoop’s bequeathing him this righteous Lakers-themed lowrider.
Read MoreSimon Saunders, boss-man overlooking the ridiculous Ariel family of street-legal tubular performance machines including the Atom and Nomad, has dropped some hints about future models including luxury limousines, an electric Atom and possibly borrowing the hybrid heart of the new Acura NSX when the time is right.
Read MorePersonally, I’m looking forward to a world where any given crowd scene is liberally peppered with robots of all kinds. The kind of thing movies like Star Wars have been preparing me for since I was a kid, dreaming of weaving around R2 units as I go anywhere. Finally, it looks like this dream will be happening, because we’re all too lazy to get our own lunches.
Read MoreThough reports are circling with regard to what exactly Joshua D. Brown, the driver killed in the Tesla Model S crash in May, was doing at the time of the accident, we’d like to put out a reminder that still nothing has been made clear.
Read MoreElon’s anti-journalist tweets are getting weird, man.
Read MoreIn a way, I see Facebook’s livestreaming capabilities as a long, painful experiment to test the limits of human geekery. I’m putting it to a massive test today, since I’m talking about Volkswagen Type I turn indicators in levels of geekdom and detail so colossal and painful that it could lead to the downfall of us all. But it has to be done.
Read MoreEveryone, relax. I know things have been tense, but I assure you that everything is now under control. I say this because I can now report with confidence that we have successfully determined the year and model of the Volkswagen Beetle sitting on the ocean floor in Pixar’s latest movie, Finding Dory. We’re going to be okay.
Read MoreI’m still salty about having to pay a checked bag fee, but if an airline asked me if I would fork over extra cash for my plane to do this, my immediate answer would be YESPLEASETAKEMYMONEYNOW.
Read MoreAlibaba, a huge Chinese E-Commerce company, just released the Roewe RX5, a vehicle marketed as an “internet car.” An “internet car” sounds like it could be A Thing, but really it seems like just a marketing term meaning “a car with an infotainment system.”
Read MoreAston Martin has lifted the sheet on a prototype concept-y version of its upcoming magically street-legal AM-RB 001 hypercar, and EVO Magazine has some fun facts for us to drool over.
Read MoreTesla CEO Elon Musk is suggesting that a recent report from Fortune claiming the company may have kept a fatal accident out of the public during its huge stock sale is part of a conspiracy against the company.
Read MoreWhen we met that drivable machine gun known as the Range Rover Sport SVR, I thought it might have been a practical joke against English understatement. Then the Jaguar F-Type SVR came ass-first around the corner, and today Jaguar Land Rover opened a facility dedicated to their their “SVO” department of lunacy.
Read MoreMaybe it’s not the best idea to wear a shirt that proclaims “If you ain’t first, you’re last” if you plan to hit triple-digit speeds on the freeway. (Maybe.)
Read MoreAutomakers in Japan have been allowed to sell cars with cameras instead of mirrors since June 17th, Automotive News reports. Could this be a major step in the good and pure direction of the destruction of mirrors, the bane of humanity’s existence?
Read MoreWe’re not thrown by the camouflaging. Ain’t no amount of stripey paint can hide the low-slung stance and wide body of the new Karma. There is no mistaking those thin tail lights.
Read MoreAs this car-carrying truck was consumed by raging inferno, somebody saw their moment to be a hero. Don’t be like them. Not for a Volkswagen.
Read MoreCadillac’s doing a black trim package for CTS and ATS now. Oh yeah baby, that’s a grille I’d like to roast some bratwurst on.
Read MoreRaul Murillo Diaz has been arrested for arson and is being investigated for two other incidents involving firearms and a torched Google car in a string of attacks against a Google building in Mountain View, California. The man was allegedly upset that Google was “watching him.”
Read MoreAn alleged street racer meetup in Los Angeles turned deadly this weekend when undercover California Highway Patrol officers shot and killed the driver of a truck they say turned and drove toward them after a pursuit. The truck’s passenger was also injured by gunfire.
Read MoreI have a question for all the world’s carmakers: are we animals? Are you building and selling cars to a pack of goddamn animals? No? Really? If not, then why are you still building cars that have to be operated with a physical key of some kind, like a filthy ape would use? The era of the physical car key is over. It’s time to move on to something else.
Read MoreA Volvo executive recently admitted that Volkswagen’s “defeat device” cheat for its diesel cars was an “open secret” in the auto industry for years before the scandal broke last September. So given how intensely automakers test their competitors’ cars, why didn’t anyone call bullshit on VW sooner?
Read MoreWell, this is a nice, depressing way to start your week: according to a study from Interest.com (part of Bankrate.com), the average American can no longer afford to buy an average-priced new car. Also, I imagine the report adds, all puppies will eventually die.
Read MoreWe suspected a drop-top LaFerrari was on the horizon, and now Ferrari has released the first press photos of the beast, and she’s absolutely stunning.
Read More“Insane” gets tossed around so much on the internet that it barely means anything anymore. But I can’t think of a better word to describe the long-awaited hypercar collaboration between Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing, because it has a high-revving naturally aspirated V12 engine, a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio, and at most 150 will be made. Meet the AM-RB 001.
Read MoreThe Chevy Camaro celebrates is 50th anniversary with the 2017 model year. In honor of that, GM just cracked open their time capsule and cut this reel of old Camaro footage over the ages. So, is that volcano real or...?
Read MoreOn July 4th 1976, America celebrated its bicentennial. In that same summer, a small company known for selling fun motorcycles introduced a car that will later dominate the mid-size sedan segment. Take a break from your cookouts and say happy 4oth birthday to the Honda Accord.
Read MoreWhile Kat was crashing a party for Bentley owners in Japan, I was touring the lot of the Morrisville, North Carolina Cars & Coffee. There was an M2. And a Focus RS. And low-flying airplanes. I took pictures. If you took pictures doing something too, show us!
Read MoreA 12-year-old girl allegedly led Texas police on a chase reaching around 100 mph on Thursday, driving her grandmother’s car and with a 5-year-old as her passenger. There were no injuries, but the girl reportedly drove on the wrong side of the road and hit several cars—all in an effort to go visit her boyfriend.
Read MoreThe main purpose of today’s Jalopnik East excursion was to check out the Toyota Showcase City at Megaweb in Odaiba. Instead, I stumbled into the middle of a private demonstration and test drive event for Bentley... and they let me in!
Read MoreOn a 90-plus degree day in Florida, a police officer smashed out a car’s window to save a crying little puppy, reminding us yet again that leaving babies—even furry ones—in hot cars is just not okay.
Read MoreThe Dodge Viper is a magical piece of track-record-annihilating, tire-smoking, loudballs V10 kit, so we’re always disappointed to hear that the most gloriously old-school and rowdy of mainstream supercars doesn’t sell well. That is, unless it’s dying in 2017. All of Dodge’s 25th Anniversary Vipers already sold out.
Read MoreA 25-year-old woman was killed in Chicago Friday morning when a commercial truck crushed the bike-share bicycle she was riding, reports say. She appears to be the first fatality in any bike-share incident in the U.S. since such programs were introduced in 2007.
Read MoreThe Rolls-Royce Wraith weighs 5,380 pounds, or roughly as much as a small moon. Rolls-Royce, despite our pleas and admonishments, thinks it’s a good idea to take that much mass around the Nürburgring. Now see it in all its wallowing glory, and hear its tires scream.
Read MoreHave you always wanted a Lotus Esprit, but held off from buying one because you felt it wouldn’t fit with your reputation as the Ed Gein of teddy bears? Then boy are you in luck, because you can buy this 1977 Lotus Esprit S1 on Ebay.
Read MoreReminder: do not drive your go kart on the highway.
Read MoreAt $18,900, the cheapest convertible you can buy in 2016 is also the cutest! I still love Smart cars no matter what the guys down at the truck pull say.
Read MoreJerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee continues its eighth season with comedian director Judd Apatow in a 1968 Pontiac Firebird. The pair discuss Apotow’s comedy geekdom, childhood and return to stand-up, but spend most of the episode remembering the late Garry Shandling.
Read MoreThe mid-engined 1991 Audi Quattro Spyder Concept didn’t turn into anything, but it sure looked good. It’s like an R8 but 15 years early.
Read MoreJoshua D. Brown was killed when his Tesla Model S crashed into the side of a tractor trailer on May 7th, leading to an NHTSA investigation of Tesla’s Autopilot feature. A new report claims that a Harry Potter movie could be heard playing in the car after the crash. Update: Police report a DVD player was found inside the vehicle.
Read MoreWith its 16-valve engine, Mustang transmission, and sport gauges today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo 245 looks ready to haul ass. You have to decide if its price makes it ass-tonishing.
Read MoreThere’s something melodiously pleasing about the sound of a twin cylinder motorcycle, what with its putt-putt from da’ butt-butt. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Honda is just such a small twin. Let’s find out if its sound, and its condition, make its price music to our ears as well.
Read MoreHow do you spice up a dull but staple recipe? Yeah, I don’t know either, but I do know that today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Camry is spiced up by having a five speed stick and being a utilitarian wagon. Let’s see if that makes its price palatable.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Yugo has lots of features, including a defroster on the rear window, you know, to keep your hands warm while pushing it. That’s just one of many jokes Yugo owners have to endure. Let’s see if this rare GVX’s price is yet another.
Read MoreFord sold a lot of their original Explorers back in the day, making them a once common sight on the road. That’s not so much the case now, and today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Centaurus conversion is one you’ve likely never seen before. Will that, and its price put it over the top?
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe AMG avers in his ad that you will not be disappointed by the car. How could you be with so wild a wagon? Well, maybe the price, and maybe the fact that it’d be pretty hard to get it into the U.S..
Read MoreThe nickname for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Alfa is Matta which translates into English as mad or crazy. This rare, and nicely restored Italian Jeep comes with a sizable price tag and it’ll be up to you to decide if someone would have to be matta to pay it.
Read MoreToday’s 1 of 90 Nice Price or Crack Pipe Avanti four door presently resides on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. That means that it’s definitely worth a trip for a test drive, but will the price tag have you gladly saying Mahalo?
Read MoreFord’s F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for, well, seemingly forever. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe long bed comes from before it was number one, or even 150, but will this refreshed F’s price make it a best seller?
Read MoreBritain’s TVR has had more lives than a basketful of kittens. Despite being presented on a trailer, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 2500M is said to be pretty lively as well. Let’s see if its price still kills it.
Read MoreFor it’s price, you might expect today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe DB7 to be a six, but nay, nay, it rocks a V12. Will that, and a six speed stick make this a Vantage with an advantage?
Read MoreHave you ever wanted to drive a convertible pickup truck that is named like a superhero? If so, then today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Skyranger might be the truck for you. That is, of course, if its price doesn’t prove super villainous.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Z once commemorated Nissan’s 50th year since its founding. Let’s see if this garish but great sports car’s price now is anything worth celebrating.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe classic Saab is spec’d the way you’d want it, and one way you certainly wouldn’t. That’s a bum transmission, but will the rest of it, and its price, add up to a car that you still might see shifting into your driveway?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maser offers the siren’s song of exotic Italian luxury, all for the price of a Kia. We’ll have to decide however, if that price is just the tip of the iceberg.
Read MorePulsars are the universe’s disco lights. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Nissan Pulsar might just light up your life, that is if its price doesn’t make you say good night.
Read MoreOld cop cars like today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Crown Vic never die, they just move on after retirement to become taxis or maybe hipster hoopties. This one may have been dropped and primer’d but will its price warrant a look?
Read MoreIf loving today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe CJ8 is wrong then I don’t want to be right. That’s because it’s right-hand drive and one of only about 230 built. Let’s see if that and its condition will make paying its asking price the right thing to do.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corvette FRC has only 7000 miles on the clock, and that’s across two owners! Let’s see if the low mileage and the fixed roof add up to a price that’s low enough too.
Read MoreWhether for a parade, or just to prove your patriotism to the neighbors, today’s wildly incoherent but all-American Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom is a melding of all that’s great in our great nation. Let’s see if its price also lets freedom ring.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe CSX perfectly embodies the American ethos of taking something really shitty—like a Dodge Shadow—and massaging it just enough to make it do. Let’s see if this one’s price is also something you’d want to do.
Read MoreIn the classic film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, a young boy fulfills his dream of working on a deranged man’s assembly line made of candy. The only thing more verifiably nuts than the insane premise of the story was the factory itself, with its unorthodox methods of creating something from nothing. As it turns out, Willy Wonka’s factory ain’t got nothing on Porsche’s mammoth Leipzig plant.
Read MoreFormula One head honcho Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law has been at the mercy of kidnappers for more than a week, and Brazilian police now reportedly believe the kidnappers to be an organized European gang. The gang had been “meticulously planning” the $36.5 million kidnapping for months, according to reports.
Read MoreFollowing a brake-line failure at Pocono Raceway on Friday, ARCA Racing Series driver Gus Dean overshot his pit stall and sent two crew members airborne. The footage looks almost like something from a violent video game, and one crew member reportedly sustained a concussion in the incident.
Read MoreLast weekend’s combination of IMSA GT Le Mans, Prototype Challenge, GT Daytona and a gorgeous summer Saturday at Lime Rock Park equaled one of the best racing weekends the Northeast had to offer. I was there snapping photos—one of the best views there is—and here’s what I saw.
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 MoreWe love racing drivers for the countless hours of amusement they provide in the car. Out of the car is sometimes another story.
Read MoreThe contingent of teams that make up the Formula One Strategy Group recently shelved plans to introduce a head-protecting device around the cars’ cockpits until at least 2018. Fortunately, the FIA followed up that news with a commitment to research the idea further. Here’s as complete a solution as it gets: close the damn the cockpit.
Read MoreAs if Formula One’s prohibition on radio instructions wasn’t unpopular enough already, a penalty for violating that radio ban was given to one of the series’ most beloved drivers at the Hungarian Grand Prix: Jenson Button. That was the end of that ban. Today, the F1 Strategy Group voted to kill off the ban for good.
Read MoreI am a woman of simple tastes. Take a simple car, make it lighter, and add some purposeful looking aerodynamics and you have my attention. The new Lotus Elise Race 250 looks like all that is right with racecars—and Lotus says it’s their fastest racing Elise yet.
Read MoreThe only thing between a Formula One driver’s head and a loose piece of debris in 2017 will be a helmet, reports Sky Sports. Today, the F1 Strategy Group voted against the introduction of a halo around the cockpit in 2017.
Read MoreFor years, Americans driving Subarus very quickly in the woods have had to go through the for-profit Rally America organization. As of today, the country’s top events have broken off and formed their own non-profit American Rally Association. Here’s how it all works.
Read MoreIs there any happier sight than a grown man high-fiving the Michelin mascot? Corvette Racing made history with not only their 100th win as a team over the weekend, but their 60th 1-2 finish, largely by staying out of trouble during the contact-heavy WeatherTech Sportscar Championship race at Lime Rock Park.
Read MoreIf there’s one company sponsor that’s synonymous with IndyCar, it’s Target. Sadly, that’s coming to an end, as Target will end its 27-year-long sponsorship of Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of this year, reports the Associated Press. New Target chairman Brian Cornell says he’s streamlining the company’s marketing efforts, and IndyCar didn’t make the cut.
Read MoreIncredibly, nobody was killed in this dramatic, action-movie-looking wreck that took place at Wallerfield International Raceway in Trinidad and Tobago on July 24. Four people were injured, though watching the video it’s hard to believe it didn’t turn out worse. There’s a car flung like a toy into the damn crowd, even. Yikes.
Read MoreFormula One impresario Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law was abducted in Sao Paulo on Friday night, and is being held for the biggest ransom in Brazil’s history, $37 million, Brazilian website Veja reports. Here’s everything we know about the kidnapping.
Read MoreFormula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law has reportedly been kidnapped in Brazil and held for a ransom demand of roughly $36.5 million, according to Brazilian magazine Veja.
Read MoreWeeks ago a fellow known as Nacho was driving a twin turbocharged LSX-powered Chevy Camaro on a closed runway at close to 200 mph. Something caught, or maybe something let go, and then all hell broke loose. As did the car.
Read MoreA car crash at the Nürburgring this past weekend during an open track day left two dead and three others injured.
Read MoreBefore Baylor’s latest massive athletics scandal, the university’s football team sucked on a different level: they couldn’t win games—at least until RGIII showed up and made them respectable. They couldn’t give tickets away when I went there, so they covered up the unused endzone seating with a giant tarp. Uh, hey, guys—what’s that at the Hungaroring?
Read MoreA restart attempt at today’s NASCAR Brickyard 400 ended up bringing out the red flag because it made such a huge mess, which led to three more restart attempts. The No. 19 of Carl Edwards got loose on the restart, causing a big chain-reaction pile-up that collected a large chunk of the field.
Read MoreThe phrase “short tracks, short tempers” is a classic in racing, and there isn’t a more perfect example of than a recent incident from Bowman Gray Stadium—a wreck for the lead, retaliation under caution, and a grand finale of two cars smacking each other in the infield. This, everyone, is as authentic as it gets.
Read MoreThere are a few ways that Formula One can inform a driver that there’s faster traffic behind him. One is with the traditional blue flag thrown by trackside marshals. Another, more desperate but more entertaining method, is for the overtaking driver to flip the bird as he blows by the slower car. Let’s watch!
Read MoreMarc Lieb, why must we have this pointless Porsche-on-Porsche violence? Why? Why?
Read MoreThe Ford GT apparently shares more with the Ferrari marque it battled against at Le Mans than we thought. Just like the intense, passionate Italian infernos we know and love, the Ford GT, too, is pretty flammable.
Read MoreConditions were so nasty at the Hungaroring yesterday that 11 drivers of the 22-car Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix field set qualifying times slower than 107% the time of Rosberg’s leading 1:33.302 lap, reports Racer. Under F1's 107% rule, anyone who qualifies that slowly gets pulled from the race.
Read MoreFollowing a NASCAR pileup that sent driver Austin Dillon scaling the catch fence as his car shred behind him last year, a fan allegedly injured in the incident filed a lawsuit against both the track and NASCAR. The fan alleges that debris hit him in the head and shoulder, and that he has yet to fully recover.
Read MoreIn response to a rules breach by Nico Rosberg and his team at the British Grand Prix, Formula One did the least logical thing they could—make even more rules, which four-time champion Sebastian Vettel reportedly called “bullshit.” For the sake of foul language in the cockpit, let’s hope he didn’t say it on the radio.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThe Sauber Formula One team has been struggling with cash for a while, most notably at the beginning of last year, when they contracted more drivers than they had seats because if two drivers’ money is good, more drivers’ cash must be better. So, to avoid that, a Swiss investment firm called Longbow Finance SA just bought the team.
Read MoreFor those of you who, like me, love looking at abandoned places and establishments, then you’ll really dig this seven minute, drone-shot video of Maryland’s abandoned 75-80 Dragway.
Read MoreGordon’s back, back again. Gordon’s back, tell a friend. Beloved four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon is coming out of retirement to drive Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s car at Indianapolis and Pocono while Earnhardt recovers from concussion-like symptoms.
Read MorePart of the reason why we all love the original McLaren F1 so much, and so much more than so many other automobiles to hold the ‘fastest car in the world’ title has nothing to do with the 1990s legend’s speed, or cost, or rarity. It’s that the thing proved itself on the racetrack.
Read MoreThis is the story of why one of the most dominant race cars of the modern era, the IMSA GTO Audi 90 Quattro, had a little doll that mooned other racers.
Read MoreI have definitely knocked NASCAR a few times in the past with all of the lame cliches: “It’s just a circle,” “It’s not complicated enough,” and, “No, I’ve never been sexually attracted to my cousin.” But I’ve seen the error of my ways, and it took a front-wheel drive 228 horsepower hot hatchback banking the track of Atlanta Motor Speedway at 120 mph to convince me that stock car racing is a respectable, exciting and terrifying motorsport.
Read MoreNASCAR Sprint Cup racer Matt Kenseth may have gotten to introduce his daughters to Loudon the Lobster—a huge live lobster presented to winners at New Hampshire Motor Speedway—but he has more to worry about than “will I get pinched?” Kenseth’s car failed NASCAR’s post-race technical inspection.
Read MoreGood news! The overwhelmingly rosso corsa Italian Grand Prix will most likely stay on the calendar for the time being. However, Imola, not Monza, signed the contract with Bernie Ecclestone to host it, per Motorsport.com. Monza has hosted the Italian Grand Prix every year except one since F1's inaugural 1950 season.
Read MoreLast weekend at Gatebil, a huge motorsports gathering in Norway, X Games gold medal-winning rally car driver Liam Doran got into some serious trouble. People who attended the festival claim Doran—who has since been fired from his team—got into brawls, attacked cars, and generally acted like a shithead. Here’s video of some of those shenanigans.
Read MoreWhat’s the best way to follow up winning the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans? Winning the 100th anniversary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is pretty far up the list. That’s what Porsche 919 driver Romain Dumas did a week after Le Mans, and his bone-shakingly rough PPIHC onboard video is simply unreal.
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 MoreDid you miss Jeff Gordon’s farewell tour last year before he retired from driving in NASCAR? Well Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!!!, July 24, you may get your chance to see Fox Sports’ star commentator back the car. Either way, he better deliver the goods on his in-car commentary, given his new post-retirement gig.
Read MoreDan Downey’s truck and trailer burned down on the way to the New England Forest Rally this weekend. Did that stop him from entering the race? Hell no!
Read MoreDale Earnhardt Jr. will sit out from racing for an indefinite period of time after experiencing concussion-like symptoms, per a Hendrick Motorsports team announcement made this afternoon. Earnhardt says he’s focusing on recovery for the time being and the team hasn’t set a timeline for his return.
Read MoreTwo weeks after redefining my standard for batshit crazy at the Isle of Man TT, I found myself sitting at the foot of Pikes Peak, about to blast off up the hill to try to best the record for front-wheel-drive vehicles. And not kill myself in the process.
Read MoreLet’s see: there’s a pickup truck, NASCAR, and some genuine down-home sadness in Kentucky. Work something in about Jesus, Mama or gettin’ drunk in there and you’ve got a number one country hit. Eat it, Florida-Georgia Line!
Read MoreDuring practice at Iowa Speedway last week, IndyCar’s Marco Andretti lost the tail of his race car and managed to avoid the wall with a massive smoky burnout. While crossing the finish line. Backwards.
Read MoreIf you thought choreography was just for dancing, you’ve clearly never seen a quick pit stop. Here are a few up-close shots of IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge team CJ Wilson Racing fueling and swapping out drivers and wheels on their Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport.
Read MoreThe cancelation of the Verizon IndyCar Series’ Grand Prix of Boston in April left fans out of ticket money and the organizers lacking $1.67 million to reimburse them, and a settlement announced on Thursday means IndyCar will pick up a large part of the bill. But that doesn’t even begin to fix the mess.
Read MoreWhen a NASCAR race weekend rolls around, the haulers are part of the show as well—whether it be spotting them on the highway or in the hauler parade into the race track. In those cases, bigger and fancier tends to be better. But there’s one thing large haulers can’t do, which is use the drive-thru at McDonald’s.
Read MoreDriving a race car is a dangerous activity, which is why celebrations in victory lane should be enjoyable and not the stuff of your worst nightmares. Right? No, not right. There are race tracks out there that make winning drivers pose for photos with live bears, rattlesnakes and other dangerous animals—oh my!
Read MoreMost of us don’t think twice about pavement, but it’s the only thing a race car is always in contact with, provided something hasn’t gone catastrophically wrong. Thus, something as mundane as the track surface itself can make or break a race—and elevate it to glorious racing chaos or keep it as dull as it gets.
Read MoreSandbagging has come up a lot in sportscar racing lately. Every team got busted for sandbagging before the 24 Hours of Daytona, and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Ford GT and Ferrari 488 didn’t show their true pace before qualifying. How do teams trick officials into thinking cars are slower than they are?
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 MoreCJ Wilson Racing driver Danny Burkett is at his home race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park this weekend. For qualifying, he donned one of his older racing suits that is so Canadian, it makes me want to chug maple syrup and duct tape two K-Cars together for the Possum Lodge.
Read MoreHey, did you think [talented upcoming Formula One driver] was going to take Kimi Räikkönen’s spot at Scuderia Ferrari next year? Ha! Jokes on you all. Kimi is sticking around in Ferrari’s rosso corsa for at least one more year.
Read MoreAcura released photos of its newest NSX GT3 racer out at Michigan’s Gingerman Raceway in all its naked carbon glory. That’s the best kind of glory—let’s be honest. Please, come drool with us.
Read MoreFollowing the cancellation of Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats for the last two consecutive years, it looks like the event is back on for this year.
Read MoreCarl Haas, one of the men behind the highly successful Newman/Haas Racing team and numerous other motorsports entities, passed away last week at the age of 86, reports Racer. Haas passed away at home with his family after a long illness.
Read MoreMercedes backed away from F1 team boss Toto Wolff’s earlier threat that they may have to instate team orders if their two star drivers can’t quit hitting each other. Good news! Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton will continue to be able to race each other, providing entertainment for us all.
Read MoreHonda motorsport head Yusuke Hasegawa would like to find a second team to partner with in Formula One to better develop its power unit, but he told Autosport that no one was interested. Honda’s F1 engine has just sucked too much, too often.
Read MoreFerrari Formula One driver, and person who people call “Ice Man” for some very strange reason, Kimi Räikkönen is one of the most animated and articulate drivers. Ever.
Read MoreResident Formula One egomaniac Lewis Hamilton was so upset over losing to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in the European Grand Prix that he reportedly destroyed his room. Rock and roll.
Read MoreWe have one question for Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg: why didn’t you turn? On the final lap of the Austrian Grand Prix, Rosberg blew a corner and ran wide directly into teammate Lewis Hamilton’s car.
Read MoreOne thing’s for certain here: World Rally Championship co-driver Simone Scattolin’s balls are miraculously even larger than whatever kind of giant mutant bee he’s swatting at with his notes.
Read MoreThe Herbst Truggy “Land Shark” AKA “El Tiburón” is reckoned one of the winningest, ugliest and least-killable cars in desert racing. That image may have been slightly tarnished when it turned into a Baja bonfire. But two months later, here it is looking badass all over again.
Read MoreEveryone knows Formula One drivers have some of the fastest reaction times on the planet, but how does that affect how they see the track? To find out, Sky Sports put a pair of Tobii eye-tracking glasses on Force India driver Nico Hülkenberg to see what he focuses on, and for how long.
Read MoreFaraday Future, the mysterious company that gave us a non-functional Le Mans prototype wannabe concept instead of a real car months ago, finally found a functional motor vehicle to put its name on: Dragon Racing’s FIA Formula E Championship racer.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThe chief of design at Morgan Motor Company told Jalopnik earlier this year that the manufacturer’s new electric three-wheeler would be “one of Morgan’s most customizable models.” Months later, we’re facing the first production versions of the EV3—beautiful, customizable and limited as can be.
Read MoreToday is the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, which, as you may know, turned out pretty damn well. But that outcome was by no means assured. What if there was some huge design flaw in the myriad of systems in an Apollo or Saturn V rocket? Would we have been boned? Of course not. There’s always a backup plan.
Read MoreWhile there’s been a number of cars launched into space – a couple human-driven ones on the moon, a bunch of robotic ones on Mars, for example – no internal-combustion piston engine has ever left Earth. That makes sense since, you know, they don’t work outside the atmosphere. Until now. Currently in development is the first ICE designed to go into space, and it’s an old-school straight-6, built by people who make NASCAR engines.
Read MoreIn May, driver Joshua Brown became the first human to be killed in a car driving semi-autonomously when his Tesla Model S crashed into an 18-wheeler with Autopilot engaged while the truck turned into an intersection. The factors that resulted in the crash have proven numerous and complicated. Now, Tesla says the reason the Model S didn’t “see” the truck was its automatic braking system, not Autopilot itself.
Read MoreI never understood why Tesla insisted on calling its new battery factory a “Gigafactory.” It’s just a factory, after all, and we already have a word in English for that—“factory.” But then I saw it up close, and the enormity of it all is mind-boggling. When finished, it will be the largest factory in the entire world and the the biggest building in the world by footprint. Here’s why Tesla needs it.
Read MoreToday in bad ideas, a now-removed YouTube video of a man playing Pokémon Go while using his Tesla’s Autopilot mode has been making rounds on the interwebs. Though the clip is gone, we’ve still got the quotes from YouTuber Gary Zhou describing what it was like to simultaneously aim to catch Pokémon while riding in a car on Autopilot.
Read MoreAn open letter published by the Tesla Model X driver involved in a Montana crash where autopilot was engaged now alleges that he was never contacted before Tesla issued their conclusions on the accident, reports Electrek. He claims Tesla was not interested in learning why their system veered into a barrier at speed.
Read MoreRight now, China is working on drafting up rules relating to the testing of self-driving cars on public roads, Bloomberg reports. But those rules aren’t ready yet, and until they are, all automakers hoping to develop their vehicles using Chinese highways are out of luck. This could spell bad news for Chinese automakers trying to stay at the cutting edge of autonomous vehicle design.
Read MoreRecent high-profile crashes involving Tesla’s autopilot feature prompted investigators to ask questions like “Was the driver paying attention?” and “Did the vehicle prompt the driver for input?” But now, Germany wants to make it easier to get answers to these questions by requiring a “black box,” Reuters reports.
Read MoreLast week, we learned of the tragic death of Joshua Brown, who died in a crash involving a truck crossing a divided highway and his Tesla Model S, which was cruising on its semi-autonomous Autopilot system. Today, Consumer Reports called on Tesla to disable the system until major tweaks are made, and to change the name of it. This is all a bit much, really.
Read MoreJoshua Brown fatally crashed into a tractor trailer turning in front of his Tesla Model S on autopilot almost exactly two months ago, but we only found out about it on Thursday evening. That’s when Tesla first told the public about the crash, nearly two months after they sold $2 billion in stock.
Read MoreA grim milestone has been set in the history of automobiles: the first person was killed while a semi-autonomous car was driving. While it will be up to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to officially determine what went wrong, this circumstances of this accident, coupled with a similar, much more minor incident and Tesla’s own words suggest a large and potentially dangerous blind spot in the Tesla Autopilot system.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
Read More1st Gear: No One Will Emerge Unscathed
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 More1st Gear: Le Cost Killer
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 MoreLet’s be honest with ourselves, this car—a Nissan 350Z with four light bars, a lift kit, a black steel front bumper, big tires, deeply tinted windows and a large wing—checks every box a LaCrosse-playing, protein shake-drinking, boat shoe-wearing bro might want to check. And yet, somehow, I like it, too.
Read MoreThe Tesla Model X is the world’s best $150,000 minivan, and with that sort price you might expect some nifty features. Features like a Bioweapon Defense Mode, perhaps, which Tesla says can actually save you in the event of a biological attack. Here’s how you turn it on.
Read MoreThe, uh, rough-around-the-edges reality television show Diesel Brothers is coming under fire from a group of environmentally focused doctors in Utah, who are threatening legal action against the TV personalities because of alleged illegal modifications to diesel vehicles. You can’t see it through the internet but I’m wearing my surprised face.
Read MoreThe Jeep Wrangler’s seven-slatted grille is one of the most famous car-faces on the road. With a new design on the horizon, we’re all wondering how much Jeep is going to mess with it. New spy shots give us some insight.
Read MoreOne Canadian Chrysler dealer had dream: to cram a 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat V8 into a Ram 1500 pickup truck. Yes, that’s 707 horsepower sent to a solid rear axle on something that isn’t a drag car. I have just one word for this dealer: hero.
Read MoreA diesel engine is one of biggest changes to be stoked about for the next-generation 2018 Jeep Wrangler. We know it’s in the official plan for the car, and now we’re seeing that Jeep appears to be testing it on a prototype of the hardcore off-road Rubicon.
Read MoreIf there’s a consistent theme with Tesla’s announcements, it’s one of missed deadlines. Even Tesla’s latest Master Plan Part II—where they said wanted an all-electric big rig—arrived a few days late. Meanwhile, Daimler followed up their electric big rig announcement this week with photos of an actual one already testing.
Read MoreThe phrase “throwing spaghetti at a wall” refers to someone not knowing what path to take and frantically exhausting every option in an attempt to solve a particular issue, hoping something sticks. When applied to automakers, this action can either save or destroy a company that already may be on the edge of disaster. However, in rare cases, a vehicle is produced that makes so much sense that you were left wondering why the hell they bothered making anything else. Welcome to the 2016 Ram Rebel,
Read MoreThe world is filled with all sorts of capable and interesting cars, all ferrying us humans from A to B and back again. WRONG. There is only one car. It is the 1990s Toyota Land Cruiser FJ80.
Read MoreAt this point you know the Nissan Titan and its heavier-duty brother the Titan XD are refreshed and repowered for 2016. But this is the first time we’ve seen them in any configuration besides a full four-door crew cab.
Read MoreThis week I’m in beautiful Colorado running around with Ford’s 2017 heavy duty F-250, F-350 and some F-450 pickup trucks. These models have major changes to the frame, engine and body design for the first time since pretty much 1999. So what do you want to know about them?
Read MoreSmall trucks are good, because they are both trucks (1) and small (2). But which one was the most good?
Read MoreIf you want the new trucktracular twin-turbo V6 2017 Ford Raptor—and really, who doesn’t?—here’s how much it’s apparently going to reduce your bank account.
Read MoreThere’s some musical chairs going on with a few of our favorite global-market small trucks never destined to come to the U.S. The Mazda BT-50, currently based on the Ford Ranger, will be based on the Isuzu D-Max, which is basically a Chevy Colorado, for its next iteration. Make sense?
Read MoreThe 2017 Ford Super Duty trucks, which includes F-250, F-350, and the pickup truck version of the F-450, have been fully redesigned for the first time since pogs were currency and your dad had a pager. And the new capability claims, well, they’re big.
Read MoreWhen Elon Musk finally emerged from pulling his small-amounts-of-crack-fueled all-nighter and finally delivered his new Master Plan Part II, it proved to be full of some interesting ideas. Of those ideas, I think the plan for Tesla to build a semi heavy-duty truck is by far the smartest, and offers some really interesting possibilities.
Read MoreThe Ferret Scout Car is an armored and turreted war machine designed in the 1940s. More than 4,000 copies in some 60 variants are said to have been made, and few of them are even still in military service. But only one has a Chevy V8, long-travel shocks and a freaking winch cannon. Oh, and a racing champion at the wheel.
Read MoreI just spent a few days at the headquarters of Omix-ADA, the world’s largest aftermarket Jeep parts supplier, and I nearly fainted.
Read MoreEvery real fly fisherman knows all about enjoying hard liquor and finger sandwiches on fine china and stitched leather. It’s really about time we got a Bentley Bentayga worthy of this pastime.
Read MoreIf you’e ever wondered how the Tesla Model X’s Falcon Wing doors worked, here’s a demonstration video complete with the greatest children’s (and adults’, let’s be honest) toys ever: Legos.
Read MoreYou’ve screamed, hollered, yelled and begged and now here it is: the 2017 Jeep Wrangler pickup. Here’s the proof.
Read MoreDaimler’s semi-autonomous bus completed its first public test route, covering a bit more than 12 miles between Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and nearby Haarlem. Also it looks like Tron.
Read MoreThe coolest thing about Jeep’s World War II-esque 75th Wrangler Salute concept was the fact that, unlike any other concept vehicle I can think of, the Jeep was actually built on the assembly line alongside standard run-of-the-mill Wranglers. Jeep has released a time-lapse video showing the assembly process of the concept, and it’s actually really cool.
Read MoreIf you’re on the hunt for a crazy person, just go to Craigslist. Anyone who puts a Geo Metro body on a Wrangler frame is off of their rocker. Anyone who puts a porthole window and a loony fascia on a Chevy Blazer has lost it. Anyone who puts a Mustang on a Scout frame has gone cuckoo. Or they could all be geniuses, although maybe not the guy who built this Saturn.
Read MoreJune 15th, 2016 is considered Jeep’s 75th anniversary because on this day in 1941, the first official order was placed for the Willys-Overland military buggy we would come to recognize as a “jeep.” In honor of that, check out this amazing album of Wranglers and their forerunners!
Read MoreRight now in Toledo, a badass World War Two-themed Wrangler is making its way down the assembly line as the Jeep brand celebrates its 75th anniversary today. Unfortunately, it’s just a concept, but that’s probably a good thing, because otherwise I’d be out about $35 grand.
Read MoreIs there anything a Nissan 240SX can’t do? No. No there is not.
Read MoreThe International Scout, farm buggy-turned-people-mover, is considered one of the first “SUVs.” The brand lasted just two decades and is pretty much only remembered by fans. But thanks to two guys’ work over 17 months, we now have a full-color look at this weird truck’s elusive history.
Read MoreForget Subarus—this is the kind of vehicle you need for a good rally. A ‘66 Ford pickup.
Read MoreWe Jeep people are a strange breed. We park on snow mounds at the grocery store in the winter, don’t bother slowing for speed bumps, and generally turn into giddy little kids behind the wheels of our rigs. Here’s a Jeep Wrangler JK playing ballerina in a parking lot on some wooden seesaws.
Read MoreSix months ago, Land Rover ended production of its iconic Defender, a truck whose roots go all the way back to 1948. But now, The Sunday Times reports that a British business person is in talks with Jaguar Land Rover to bring back the off-road beast from the dead.
Read MoreBentley just sent us these photos of the Bentayga’s wire harness—the huge highway through which electrons travel to allow computers, actuators and sensors to communicate. Like the human central nervous system, the thing is enormous. And also, strangely beautiful.
Read MoreWe reported a few months ago that Ford’s 2017 F-150 was going to debut with a new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6, which was expected to make 365 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque. Well, Ford just called me out of the blue to inform me that their power numbers are actually higher than initial estimates. Great news!
Read MoreCheck this hero out. Pop that windshield and we’ll really be in business. Dismantle-and-drive all Jeeps!
Read MoreAustralian bushfires are a force to be reckoned with, especially the 2015 Pinery bushfire that burned South Australia from November 25, 2015 to December 2, 2015. It was incredibly hot and fast-moving and the moment it overtakes firefighters, sowing chaos in its way, is terrifying.
Read MoreIf Porsche really wanted me to test the new Macan GTS in its natural environment they’d have sent me to the mall. But here we are playing rally cars in Colorado, on a public-road-turned race course with more turns than a small intestine.
Read MoreSuzuki Samurais are not only lightweight, but they’re tough as nails, and have the approach, departure and breakover angles to climb and crest even the gnarliest hills. But most importantly, they’re small. Really small.
Read More“Gravity always wins,” an onlooker pontificated as a smashed-up and spray-painted van was hurled off a cliff for a cheering audience. Indeed it does.
Read MoreHave we got a car for you! A bona-fide classic! The best in Gallic ingenuity and Space-Age thriftiness! A funky little ride that gets great mileage and packs in all the charm! Yes, this beige 1980 Renault Le Car is a classic, and, some may argue, was always a classic. Never say that even the French, foisting this upon us in the Eighties with the help of AMC (aka the House Un-American Motors Committee) aren’t prone to a bit of self-deprecation!
Read MoreEarlier this month, we saw a Ferrari 458 engine mounted in the nose of a Toyota GT86. We had no idea how it was supposed to work. But now we have a first look at the build process, like how it will have intakes behind the front wheels.
Read MoreWhenever I see a 1998 Acura Integra with a cursive decal on the front window saying “Daily Driven,” my reaction is a curt “Yeah, no shit.” However, if you own a heavily depreciated and insanely complex luxury car like I do, the prospect of driving it daily on a shoestring budget becomes exponentially more interesting, if only to outline how many things have gone wrong over the years.
Read MoreThere are plenty of good reasons to keep a car a long time. Maybe it’s all you can afford, or you just plain love what you’ve got. I drive an 11-year-old Acura TL with a little over 200,000 miles on it. The major components have been fine, but once I hit that milestone, the bits you’d never even think about breaking that seem to be falling apart.
Read MoreMy piece of crap Honda Accord, which has been ruining my life since day one, is finally sold and out of my hair. Okay, actually it’s not, because I’m a genius and sold it to my landlord. Who happens to live 50 feet away. And who can’t drive a stick.
Read MoreAn article in Modern Farmer yesterday (I like to keep up on farming, since I have a small plot of sorghum growing in my shower) reminded me of the plight of farmers to keep the right to fix their own machinery. Gearheads managed to get this right protected last year, but, right now, farmers are still under John Deere’s big green and yellow thumb.
Read MoreThe good news is that my Baja Bug is up and running again. The bad news is that it shoots fireballs.
Read MoreA Mercedes-Benz S-Class should be a few things: luxurious, comfortable, and above all, quiet. My car was two of those things, but failed pretty miserably on the last bit because of one common component failing in spectacular form. Here’s how I fixed it with my bank account and sanity intact.
Read MoreFord has decorated a Shelby GT350 as a tribute to legendary U.S. Air Force pilot Bob Hoover and his P-51 stunt plane “Ole Yeller.” It will be auctioned off for charity, which is wonderful. But why’d they have to go and make it look like a tuner car from 2001?
Read MoreAutoFlex is not a vinyl wrap. It’s definitely not paint. It’s not exactly Plasti Dip or any other “removable coating” products we love covering our cars in, either. But it sure is pretty.
Read MoreAh, the spindle nut: it is among the most derided nuts in all of nut-dom. This little one on a Honda single-handedly destroyed (nearly) every tool with which its owner tried to remove it.
Read More“Old Start Cold Start” videos are among the greatest contributions YouTube has ever made to humanity. The videos show ambitious wrenchers trying to fire up the most horribly dilapidated cars you’ve ever seen—cars that, based on their appearances, really shouldn’t have a chance in hell at running.
Read MoreThe one thing I fear the most in life is a missed opportunity. The idea that I’m missing out on something great in the future for a present-day luxury literally keeps me up at night. So, in order to secure said future, I’ve finally sold my ridiculously rare 1999 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. This sucks.
Read MoreThe BMW M3 is a (virtually) universally appreciated car. Pretty, practical, fun to drive—there’s not much to dislike. If you want one today, the E36 body style of the 1990s tends to be the cheapest. But, the question becomes, how much “M3” is still left in a decent example after all that time?
Read MoreWait, how is that intake going to work?
Read MoreWell, this is one of the more interesting engine swaps in recent years.
Read MoreThis is a 1JZ-swapped 1980s rear-wheel-drive Toyota Cressida with a five-speed manual and it’s near me and please just buy this so I don’t do it myself.
Read MoreNobody can MacGyver a fix for a car like Cuban mechanics. All they need is a handful of dirt, some spit and a chewed up shoestring, and—boom—they’ve got a rebuilt transmission. Here’s Ray Magliozzi from Car Talk showing just how resourceful the Cubans are with a wrench.
Read MoreYou’ve got to respect this kind of dedication to tremendously bad decisions.
Read MoreBargain hunting is fun. It’s the act of finding something that someone has apparently undervalued and using it for its original purpose, but for a fraction of its original price. However, as is the case with my criminally cheap Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4, sometimes one man’s junk is just junk, no matter how much you convince yourself that treasure is one vacuum and polish away.
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