Who here just wants to cross a damn stream in a new, American-market Alfa Romeo without having the car fill with water and drown? Everyone, that’s who, and now that’s possible, thanks to Alfa’s new Stelvio SUV that just dropped tonight.
Read MoreIn keeping with Audi’s trends as of late, the updated-for-2018 Audi A5 Coupe doesn’t look that much different from its predecessor on the outside. But there are significant updates under the skin, and at least one piece of very nice news: we Americans still get a manual option. Thanks, Audi.
Read MoreThe possibility that retired general James Mattis could become Donald Trump’s defense secretary is virtually the only good news to emerge out of the chaos of the presidential transition.
Read MoreIf the tone of Donald Trump’s response to Fidel Castro’s death this weekend foreshadows his foreign policy approached to Cuba, America should be concerned.
Read MoreThe Navy’s new stealth destroyer, the U.S.S. Zumwalt (DDG-1000) looks like something out of a science-fiction film and has some gnarly firepower. But, like a normal boat, it, too, is capable of breaking down and needing a tow.
Read MoreDonald Trump will be the President of the United States in just a few weeks, and it’s anyone’s guess what plans he has for the military—as of this writing, the president-elect’s transition team has yet to contact the Pentagon. But it’s not so much how many troops you have, or what equipment they’re carrying, that makes the difference. It is, very often, what they’re dealing with. Here are a whole bunch of trouble spots that President Trump will have to reckon with come January.
Read MoreProvided he meant any of it, here’s what to expect over the next four years.
Read MoreYu Xu, the first woman to fly China’s J-10 fighter jet and one of only four women trained to fly Chinese-made fighters, was killed after ejecting from her aircraft during a training exercise, according to The Telegraph.
Read MorePowersports giant Polaris has announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has ordered 144 MRZR-D4 diesel-powered buggies dispatch with each of the Corps’ active infantry regiments. These rigs will help Marines get around where speed and maneuverability are more important than armor.
Read MoreThe U.S.S. Zumwalt (DDG-1000) stealth destroyer is equipped with a pair of huge guns that are so advanced, they are said to be able to accurately hit targets 80 miles away with very little collateral damage. The only problem is that the rounds for the guns cost at least $800,000 each, which the U.S. Navy believes to be “excessive.”
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, pirates off the coast of Somalia attacked a merchant vessel for the first time in two and a half years, the European Union Naval Force confirmed last week. But the armed men didn’t get away with it, thanks to some crafty self-protection measures taken by the ship’s crew.
Read MoreThere’s a reason why people love rummaging through old barns, attics and boneyards: there’s always the possibility of stumbling across some old treasure there. In this case, an old relic from World War II with quite a history.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever looked a map of the Arctic and thought, “There’s probably nothing up there but polar bears and ice,” you’d be wrong! At one point in time, there were Nazis up there. But not anymore, thankfully.
Read MoreThe Chinese-built J-20 stealth fighter jet has been the subject of speculation since its first known flight in 2011, and indeed for years prior during its development. Today it finally made its public debut. That didn’t come with many technical details, but the aircraft is most definitely operational.
Read MoreThe website The Intercept has obtained what they say is a leaked Pentagon video that glumly describes a hellish future of massive, chaotic megacities, and pretty much admits the U.S. Army is not remotely ready to deal with this particular manner of shit.
Read MoreSometimes I make really bad decisions, like when I decided to become an overnight millionaire by investing thousands of dollars into penny stocks. I think you know how that turned out—within hours my net worth turned into pennies. But then sometimes I make really good decisions, like buying a V10 BMW M5 with not just one but two warranties. With a car as unreliable as a seven-year old M5, the more warranties you can throw on it, the better.
Read MoreOne of the great things about cars is that every so often, you’ll come across one that is so lovingly designed that you can’t help but spend much of your time gazing at it. The Cadillac Escala concept is that car.
Read MoreThe Mazda CX-5 has always been a handsome crossover that was pretty awesome for coming with a manual option. It’s new for 2017, and now it looks like a baby CX-9. That’s a very good thing. You should probably buy one if you’re in the market for a good crossover.
Read MoreCadillac just told us the new CT6 plug-in hybrid will be available this spring for the low, low price of $75,095. (that’s not really low). Let’s have a closer look at that hybrid system.
Read MoreHow do you make electric vehicles palatable in this era of cheap gasoline? For one, the trend seems to be making them all into crossovers, because those are the top-selling vehicles, period, at the moment. Thankfully Jaguar designer Ian Callum isn’t some mark-ass chump, and so his vision of the electric crossover future—the Jaguar I-Pace Concept—actually looks really good.
Read MoreThe Mercedes SLS AMG was, briefly, heralded as the greatest car in the world. It handled like a mid-engined car, but had all the comfort and normalcy of a front-engine GT. And it had a massive V8. But there was a flaw.
Read MoreSomebody spent seven years working on blending a 1984 El Camino and a 1987 Buick Grand National, and now it’s for sale on eBay for a Buy It Now price of $55,000 with open bidding. Wow.
Read MoreIt’s not like we didn’t see this coming. With several years of record car sales, low-interest rates, longer loan terms and rising transaction prices, the number of car buyers with that will have to roll over negative equity with their trade has reached record levels. The picture’s not pretty.
Read MoreHaving owned three different generations of the Honda Civic Si, two S2000s, and one Integra Type-R, you could say I have some passion for Honda’s cars. Like everyone with a pulse and a passion for cars, I was bummed Honda didn’t ship the Civic Type-R stateside, and always wanted to drive one. Each Gran Turismo version I bought would end up with one in my garage. But now that Honda is finally—finally!—bringing that red ‘R’ badge to the U.S. market, I wanted to see what we missed out on with those
Read MoreI know I just got done telling you not to buy a car on Black Friday, but if you absolutely must get a new car this weekend, do yourself a favor and buy a minivan because the deals are really good.
Read MoreEveryone knows that attempting to bankroll an old V12 car, be it a BMW, Jaguar, Aston Martin or anything, really, is a very poor decision. That doesn’t mean owning a V12 is not extremely appealing.
Read MoreBruce has spent years rocking a minivan. It gets the job done, but it’s not a car he enjoys driving. He thinks it’s time for a “mid-life crisis” sports car, but also needs something that can handle his outdoor hobbies. What car should he buy?
Read More“You’re going to Germany... to drive a Cadillac?” I lost count of how many people offered that response when I told them about my upcoming plans, but I can assure you, they were all equally confused. Why would I go all the way to Europe to get behind the wheel of a car that’s easily accessible at home?
Read MoreThis, you imagine, this is the year. The year you stroll into the dealership, still full of Thanksgiving turkey, and nail down the deal of a lifetime on a new or pre-owned car. Sadly, it’s not that simple. If you’re going to fight the horde on the busiest shopping day of the season, here some rules to follow.
Read MoreSometimes in our hunt for the next perfect car, we end up looking at a variety of vehicles that don’t really compare with one another. That’s perfectly okay, but figuring out which one to buy can be tough because each car speaks to a different set of priorities.
Read MoreEvan’s little guy has a birthday coming up and he needs his first set of wheels. Evan’s son will cultivate his need for speed the way many of us did when we were young, with a ride-on vehicle. What car should he buy?
Read MoreBradley is 26, and like the rest of us dirtbags, he slogs away his 9 to 5 workday sitting behind a desk. Therefore, he needs to find enjoyment in his commute. I’m sure many of you can relate. What car should he buy?
Read MoreIf you are looking for a way to unite with your fellow Americans with some burnouts, now is the time to score a great deal on a Chevrolet Corvette and keep some cash in your pocket.
Read MoreFace facts: you are not moving to Canada if you are somehow dissatisfied with results of this insane election. You may say you are, but you won’t do it. Still, hope—however unrealistic it can be—is often the only thing we have in dark times. So here are the cars we will drive if (when) we move to Canada.
Read MoreI find it incredibly boring to drive the exact same car day after day after day. It’s like sitting in a classroom listening to the professor go on and on about the significance of celery stalks in the life of the Cacataibo tribe in Peru. I would do just about anything else, including writing the letter “A” in a notebook a thousand times in a row. In fact, I’d rather put up with the Cacataibo tribe lecture and fill up a notebook with “A”s than keep driving the same car for years on end.
Read MoreAs much as I love to point and make jokes at the ridiculousness of a Bentley’s opulence, even I clammed up and enjoyed the car once I got to drive one. And let me tell you something: once you’re all good and wrapped up in that leather interior, nothing else that happens outside of the car matters to you in the slightest.
Read MoreWe all make mistakes, and sometimes small mistakes lead to bigger ones—especially when it comes to debt. It’s easy to get on a high horse and tell someone what they should or shouldn’t have done; coming up with solutions can be a lot harder, and this debt-saddled car owner needs a fix and not more judgment.
Read MoreCar buying site Carhub just sent us a new car-matching quiz based on what it calls an “Advance Algorithm Personality Test.” But don’t fall for any of that fancy mumbo-jumbo—the test is total poppycock, I tell you! (That’s right, I said poppycock. I’m going there.) There’s just no way my inner psyche yearns for these awful shitboxes. Right?
Read MoreSupercars have three basic tasks: look good, go fast and be fun to drive. Fortunately for McLaren, they knocked all three of those out of the park with their new bread-and-butter supercar, the 570S Coupe. I got to drive one out of Austin onto twisty Texas Hill Country roads, where believe it or not, it seemed right at home.
Read MoreEthan is moving to Oklahoma and his family is growing. He has to give up his Pontiac Solstice for something practical, fun, and in what I can only describe as an “Oklahoma problem,” the ability to outrun a tornado. What car should he buy?
Read MoreAt first the 2017 Audi S3 might just seem like an overpriced Volkswagen Golf R, and it kind of is. But that’s the wrong way to think of it. It’s better viewed as the experience of Audi’s larger, sportier models, distilled into a smaller, more affordable, more modest sedan. It’s a sprightly, luxurious compact car for your sprightly, luxurious, compact life.
Read MoreThe Porsche 911 has only one problem, if you want to travel with passengers in the back seat they can’t have legs. Someone decided to “improve” the 911's cockpit by moving the steering wheel to the middle, like a McLaren F1. This creation can be yours for $53.491.
Read MoreA Belgian photographer recently visited an old mining tunnel in central France filled with classic cars that he thinks may have been hidden away against Nazi forces during World War II. The decaying old cars he found are astonishing.
Read MoreTraffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
Read MoreFew things are held as sacred to car nuts as a good episode of Top Gear. Supercars are perhaps a close second, as their public tests and stats are analyzed and picked apart ad nauseum by petrolheads everywhere. And thus, watching Car Bros run a Fiero-powered tank over these sacred cows is the best thing ever.
Read MoreSee that Jaguar F-Type R Coupe there? That was my dream car. I loved everything about it: the sound, the looks, the power and what it represented to me. The idea of it. And then I got to drive it.
Read MoreDon’t be fooled by this classic Mini. It might look cute and adorable and tiny, but this is a real tough guy’s car. Clint Eastwood owned a Mini, Paul Newman owned a Mini—even Steve McQueen had one. Then again so did Princess Diana, so the common denominator there may just be good taste. Make that courage, too. I know this after driving one.
Read MoreI bet most of our readers who don’t live in apartments have some kind of Briggs & Stratton engine around, to blow things or cut things or turn things into piles of little thing-chips. Maybe apartment dwellers have them in some badass vacuum cleaner, even. Who knows. What I’m excited about is the one time Briggs & Stratton built a whole, actual car, and how nuts it ended up.
Read MoreI’ll be honest: I don’t know a hell of a lot about Final Fantasy XV, other than that it’s not released yet but it’s leaking everywhere, like my Depends after a brisk drink-and-jog. Really, I don’t even know all that much about the Final Fantasy series, even – I’m an old, old Atari kid. But I do know there’s an interesting car in the game, and with that we can do business.
Read MoreI know 2016 has been a real jackass of a year, but, if you have kids, you can be thankful for this: their school bus is not being driven by some burn-out kid with less than a year of driving experience. That sounds crazy to us today, sure, but that’s who drove my little ass to school for years.
Read MoreAhh, rental cars. Perhaps the only cars in the world beaten on harder than the press cars loaned out to us lousy journalists. As a result, sometimes the cars themselves are in, uh, less than tip-top shape.
Read MoreThere’s just something about good lighting. And a good car. And a good photographer, of course. Good thing we have all of that, right?
Read MoreI have a sort of tradition here where, every Thanksgiving, I like to feature a car from Turkey, in honor of the ugly bird we like to kill and eat this time of year. A couple of years ago, I wrote about the first Turkish sports car, the Anadol STC-16. This time, I want to talk about the second Turkish sportscar, the Etox Zafer.
Read MoreA brand new Jeep Compass is upon us, meaning the old one— a universally derided conglomerate of hard plastics, weak suspension parts and just general automotive incompetence—is on its way out. Thank god.
Read MoreAs part of our company’s annual holiday e-commerce cash grab, Jason found a bunch of great car-gifts for kids, including a 50-pack of Hot Wheels. But maybe that’s the wrong approach!
Read MoreIt looks like Disney/Pixar is planning a third installment of their well-loved anthropomorphized cars with their eyes in the wrong place movie franchise, Cars. A teaser trailer for the movie just came out and it’s a bit, um, dark. Here, look:
Read MoreToday, Kristen talked about everything you shouldn’t do before, during and after a track day. You folks kept the good advice coming in the comments.
Read MoreThe Regular Car Review on the Scion iA made all the usual conclusions. Scion is dead because millenials have no money, it’s underpowered, the tacked-on nose looks funny, yadda yadda. Worst of all, though, Mr. Regular must cope with the idea that Toyota may no longer make its own small car for the United States in the near future. And that’s hard.
Read MoreUnless you’re vacationing in a city with a stellar public transportation system or you’re part of a guided tour, most of us have to make do with hitting up the rental car desk for some wheels after we land.
Read MoreMustangs aren’t all bad! They’re actually quite photogenic when they’re sitting still. Just look at this one. It doesn’t look like it wants to eat your friends and family. It actually looks quite nice and happy.
Read MoreWhen shopping for toy cars for your... uh... kids, it’s important to be detail-oriented when it comes to the various features and options.
Read MoreToday, I wrote about how manual transmissions are going the way of the dodo because we Americans just don’t feel like buying the things. But is that really the reason?
Read MoreI know there’s really gifted Lego-builders out there, but I admit, I’m fallible, and sometimes forget just how good some of these builders are. Then I see something like this Citroën 2CV made of studless Legos and it’s like getting slapped in the face with a bag of clanky, pointy Legos. Holy crap, is this thing amazing.
Read MoreIt’s very typical for people who love cars to also love watches. If you think about it, philosophically, the two are extremely similar to one another. They both have primary functions, but it’s what is in the details and what makes them run that makes different people gravitate towards them.
Read MoreI couldn’t get the title out of my desk, out the door, and into the hands of an acquaintance fast enough. It was the title for a 1995 Volkswagen Golf K2, originally a special edition with heated seats, skis and a ski rack. It was a rust free car that showed well and on which I just had some serious work done. It had all the right ingredients. It was a five-speed Volkswagen hatchback with one of the most reliable engines Volkswagen has ever made, the 8V four0cylinder ABA engine. I’d swapped it fr
Read MoreFor most people who will never drive one, the defining trait of a supercar is its doors. Specifically, how they open. Ideally, it’s novel and dramatic and unexpected. We’ve been using the same three or four basic supercar door designs for decades now, but Rezvani has finally introduced a genuinely new one, as part of their Lotus-based Beast Alfa sportscar.
Read MoreTraffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
Read MoreHere is your Comment of the Day, against every fiber of my being. I was outvoted. Get ready to laugh. And then die.
Read MoreTo say I’m an air-cooled Volkswagen obsessive is sort of like saying that Sonny, the Cocoa Puffs bird, has a healthy interest in puffed-corn cereal liberally flavored with sugar and chocolate; it doesn’t really convey the intensity of the situation. That’s why I’m so stunned right now, since I’ve just discovered an air-cooled, (sort of) factory-produced Volkswagen sportscar I’ve never heard of: the VW-DMG Toro.
Read MoreToy cars—they’re not just for kids anymore! At least that’s what I keep telling my girlfriend in a campaign to replace her family photos with this sweet Hot Wheels diorama I’ve got going on our mantle. If you have a friend like me, I can help you get creative with this holiday gift guide for people who love little toy cars.
Read MoreBig, pulsating chunks of the internet are quite excited about the trailer just released for the movie adaptation of the iconic manga and anime Ghost in the Shell. Sure, it looks exciting and is full of sexy killsexbots and all that, but, more importantly, there are cars in there, too. Extremely unusual ones. Let’s scrutinize the crap out of them.
Read MoreIt’s time presidential transportation got as flashy and ridiculous as presidential politics. Luckily there’s a science fiction director up to the task.
Read MoreWhen we have a stretch of empty road ahead of us, the temptation to hammer down on that gas pedal is a strong one. It doesn’t matter if the car or bike has 14 horsepower or 1,400 horsepower, because sometimes power is simply too much power.
Read MoreFuck Los Angeles, the town of “I needed a cheap commuter car that’s good on gas, so I bought a 1986 Toyota MR2.”
Read MoreFall is one of those times of the year that pretty much all of us get excited about. It can be hard to express that excitement in a non-stereotypical way—the furry boots and pumpkin-spice lattes, you know—but this wallpaper is a solution. Look at this solution. Appreciate this solution.
Read MoreMy biggest disappointment this year hasn’t been a shoddily built rental car. It was a brand new Porsche 911. I am tired of feeling what amounts to a strong fart through the round object that I’m supposed to use to steer a vehicle. I want to feel everything! All of it! Even if I have to grunt at low speeds.
Read MoreThe Ferrari 250 GTO is both incredibly rare and mind-blowingly expensive. Soon an example will be offered for auction at a staggering $56 million. In light of our recent election, some people seem to see this as an “investment.”
Read MoreHaving your car damaged, even if it is minor, is a hassle. No one likes driving around in a beat-up ride. However, when you are leasing a car you may not be real motivated to make repairs on a car you don’t own. Whether or not you should depends on the situation.
Read MoreToday’s Comment of the Day isn’t a funny meme or a Doug DeMuro joke. Today’s comment is a personal, realistic look at the teased relationship proposed between the United Auto Workers and President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration.
Read MoreThe world is complicated. Really complicated. Unless you really know something about a given subject, it’s very easy to be dazzled by impressive-sounding jargon. This Charles Schwab commercial relies on this, and in so doing, accidentally reveals that everything around us could be heaps of total bullshit. Because of cars. I’ll explain.
Read MoreNathalie McGloin was involved in a car accident as a teenager, leaving her with a major spinal cord injury. But that hasn’t stopped her from becoming a hardcore Porsche racing driver, because she is fucking awesome.
Read MoreSo I just heard that Leonard Cohen died. That’s a nice little pre-masticated pickle to stab onto the colossal shit hoagie that’s been 2016, isn’t it? With that and all the recent well-discussed bullshit of which we’re all aware, it seems like time for another inspirational trunk to lift our spirits. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s talk about the trunks of the DeTomaso Mangusta.
Read MoreLook, there’s no nice way to say this, so I’m just going to come out and say it: if any of you reading this are a corporation that builds cars, and if, in those cars, you’re still using something other than a touchscreen on your infotainment controls, you’re doing it wrong. So very wrong. Time to wise up and get rid of your stupid little knobs and touchpads and weird little joysticks.
Read MoreYou know what we need right now? A good game of automotive Would You Rather! You know I’m right, so stop fighting it, dammit. Just lay the knife on the ground and get ready to get your difficult decision glands all juiced up! Off we go!
Read MoreThe next President of the United States is not just going to be taking our country for a ride, but also a shiny new Presidential limousine. Sadly, the current car nicknamed “The Beast,” which you may have noticed looks like a second-gen Cadillac CTS on steroids, will be retired. But the new one is no different, and it doesn’t make sense.
Read MoreSometimes, what makes something interesting is its absence. The Headless Horseman, for example, would just be another boring colonial equestrian if he was equipped with a conventional neck-topper. It’s the same with the short-lived marque Eagle: it’s notable because I believe its one of the only car brands never to really sell any cars that were actually their cars.
Read MoreThere was once a time, many decades ago, when cigarette smoking wasn’t just good for you, it was pretty much mandated by the government. To be a human was to set a tube of plants on fire by your face, and we all loved it.
Read MoreToday Raphael published an essay on how the trend of downsizing—making engines smaller and with fewer cylinders while adding turbocharging—didn’t exactly work out the way automakers intended.
Read MoreYou don’t see this quite as much as you used to, but every now and then car manufacturers build something that is a complete catastrophe. They throw all this money into a new product which doesn’t sell and then hardworking employees end up losing their jobs and get sent home in letdown automobiles like the Cadillac Catera, Fiat 500L or the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. I-MiEV. You know a car is already doomed when you’re not even sure how to pronounce it.
Read MoreCars, they have the power. Sometimes too much power.
Read MoreThat documentary I was a part of along with my close, personal best friend* Ewan McGregor is finally available for purchase! Remarkably, I somehow wasn’t edited out completely. It’s really well-done, and I’m excited it’s now available.
Read MoreIf you have functioning ears, you’ve heard “I’m a 90s Baby In My 80s Mercedes” blaring from a speaker somewhere, inundating your mind with praise for a particular Mercedes 380 SL. The question is: does that car deserve praise? Here’s a classic Motor Week review to tell us the answer.
Read MoreAs human drivers still, we all feel things. One of them is rage. And until the bots take over, we’re all going to have to deal with that rage from time to time.
Read MoreI have a variety of conflicting opinions about who I am and what I want that lead me up to the door, but never into the home of the Chevrolet Corvette. Except then there’s this thing.
Read MoreAs we like to say here, you’re either a Huracan or a Huracan’t. This is definitely a Lamborghini Huracan, because, well, just look at it. Who doesn’t love a purple supercar with a V-10 engine in it?
Read MoreAs the guy who actually gets paid to tell people what cars to buy, I was initially a little threatened by CarHub’s personality car matchmaker. Then I took saw the quiz results from my colleagues and I felt much better. But it seems CarHub might be able to read us a little deeper than we anticipated.
Read MoreThere’s an awful lot of Serious Business happening in America right now. I’m pretty sick of it. Let’s take a moment to ignore the news and the polls and the leaks and focus on something that actually matters: what animals would be what-wheel-drive?
Read MoreSo, I’ve seen this a lot in my many years of wandering the roads in America. I’m still baffled by it: why are people putting their automatic cars in park when stopped at a stop light?
Read MoreI have long been a fan of the old phrase in racing, if it looks fast, it’s fast. Wait no, that’s not exactly right.
Read MoreLast night the horrible people of the Internet cried out in shock that Beyoncé performed at the CMAs. It was rare, to say the least, to see a black singer on stage at such a white event. But how did this dichotomy come about? As BLAC Magazine noted today, Henry Ford’s war on black, Jewish jazz—using country music—in the 1920s played a big part of it.
Read MoreCars and customization go hand in hand like bachelor parties and stomach pumps, but sometimes the aftermarket goes a little too far and absolutely ruins what was otherwise a decent car. My question to you all is, what car or cars have become so radically and tastelessly modified that finding a decent example is next to impossible?
Read MoreWe all know there’s going to be an all-new Jeep Wrangler coming. We’ve been speculating and obsessing over the little details for a while now. An all-new Wrangler means there’s also an all-old Wrangler. And an all-old Wrangler could become something amazing the car industry hasn’t seen in years: a dirt-cheap, desirable car.
Read MoreI remember the first time I realized that I had inadvertently walked into the internet.
Read MoreSEMA is mostly bro trucks and sad sack automaker cash-ins, but there are still some genuinely wonderful things that come to Vegas. For instance: this water-cooled Porsche 997 kitted out to look like a legendary slant-nose from the 911's air-cooled days.
Read More“Why would you even consider buying a seven year old V10 M5? What’s wrong with you? If you want to throw away your money away that badly, just give it to me!” That’s what you must be thinking right now.
Read MoreMost of us have experienced road rage at some point or another. It could have come from within. It could have come from without.
Read MoreRoad & Track. Evo. Top Gear, The Grand Tour, all of them. Carl has no use for these “buff books” and “enthusiast shows.” He has no love for the self-professed journalists and how they sling seven-figure McLarens and Ferraris and Porsches around race tracks in countries he’ll never visit.
Read MoreWhat to do when you get rear-ended: remain calm and exchange information. What not to do:
Read MoreAn 18-wheeler clipped a car while changing lanes in Arkansas on Friday, causing the vehicle to flip over and eject an infant. The infant wound up in a storm drain 25 feet away with only a scratch on her head, reaching up for someone to pull her out of there. What a chill baby.
Read MoreUp to the point that I actually did a track day, I really, really wanted to do a track day. I’d played enough Forza to want to do it in real life. And in my eagerness, I completely overlooked the fundamental steps that one should take to prepare for an actual track day. Here is precisely how I fucked up my first one, and how you can avoid doing the same.
Read MoreYesterday we saw the first videos of a fatal crash of a Tesla Model S in downtown Indianapolis. We had read reports that firefighters had to dodge individual battery cells exploding out of the car’s burning lithium-ion batter pack. Now you can see them, indeed, shooting like fireworks.
Read MoreA Tesla Model S crashed into a tree in downtown Indianapolis early this morning, killing both of its passengers and bursting into flames, WTHR reports. The crash sent battery cells “firing off almost like projectiles around the rescuers,” the Indianapolis Fire Department told the news site. You can see it yourself in a shocking video of the crash scene.
Read MoreIn England, an Uber driver severely miscalculated the tides, finding himself driving on a road completely enveloped by the sea. Watch this drone footage of what must have been the most terrifying Uber drive ever.
Read MoreA green 2015 McLaren 650S Spider is completely unrecognizable after a head-on collision with a Audi in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, California. Police suspect the McLaren was racing a third vehicle before crashing.
Read MoreThe second episode of The Grand Tour was a huge disappointment for some of us last week, featuring jokes that missed the mark and a bizarre, in a bad way, time-warping action sequence. This week’s episode looks to snap back to being a fun show about cars.
Read MoreIn a new Top Gear video, our favorite sideways-sliding British auto journalist, Chris Harris, takes what is arguably the best BMW M car currently for sale and pits it against the awesome 1M Coupe.
Read More“Operation Desert Stumble” is the title of the second episode of The Grand Tour, and it’s surprisingly fitting one. Like most of the ill-advised military adventures into other countries we’ve seen in the last decade and a half, it is big, expensive, full of explosions, and it leaves everyone wondering what its goal really was—or what it actually accomplished.
Read MoreThe trailer for the second episode of The Grand Tour, Amazon Prime’s new show that definitely isn’t just Top Gear, is up and it looks like this is the episode with most of the explosions.
Read MoreTop Gear pulled a weird stunt in the first episode of its rebooted series earlier this year when Chris Evans and Gordon Ramsay coyly announced the “first proof” of the LaFerrari Aperta, a “Spider” variant of the million dollar hypercar. The oddity continues with Ramsay’s video announcing his car’s delivery.
Read MoreThe Grand Tour has arrived. Fans around the world have awaited this moment for months while executives at the Amazon hold their breath. This is an unprecedented investment into a proven team, albeit one transitioning from old school to new media. Millions of dollars were poured into the production, matched only by the marketing dollars used to promote it.
Read MoreBy now you’re well aware that your favorite former Top Gear stars Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are making car vids again on The Grand Tour. They’re also starting a new social network for car people called DriveTribe. Let’s crash through the front door together.
Read MoreSome of you may not be aware of this, but Porsche has apparently made a model called the 911 R. It is a car that some would say is quite adequate if you like that kind of thing. Top Gear’s Matt LeBlanc shares his thoughts on the new “fancy Beetle.”
Read MoreNew in the world of Jeremy Clarkson: drama. (That was a joke.) The Sun reports that the The Grand Tour host got into a bit of a quarrel with an Argentinian airline attendant who was pissed off about the entertainer’s jokes about the Falklands War, a war that Argentina thoroughly and definitively lost.
Read MoreI think for many of us, it was the $3.2 million opening scene of The Grand Tour that really made the show. Following some cranky, paunchy Englishman from a wet London cab across an ocean, into a crazy modified Mustang, and then into the desert, where he’s met by a flotilla of amazing, insane cars, was perfect. And we know someone who helped make it happen.
Read MoreAmazon’s The Grand Tour debuted last night, and it was good, but so much of it felt familiar. The studio felt the same, the hosts felt the same, the camera work and the whole lot of it felt the same as once and former Top Gear. One thing was different, however. There was no more Stig. Instead, there was a guy named... Mike Skinner?
Read MoreThe ex-Top Gear trio made their triumphant return to internet video this evening with the premiere of The Grand Tour. It opened with a bang: a battle between the Holy Trinity of hypercars. Porsche 918 vs. McLaren P1 vs. Ferrari LaFerrari. Why, then, was the Ferrari excluded from one test we know it can do?
Read MoreAfter a disappointing revamped 23rd Season of BBC’s Top Gear and an agonizingly long wait, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May finally returned in their brand-new and obscenely well-funded Amazon Prime motoring show, The Grand Tour. And it just picked up right where the trio’s Top Gear narrative ended.
Read MoreA hell of a lot of last night’s premier of The Grand Tour felt familiar. Same cast, same studio format, same look, they even had a segment where they test cars around an old airfield. But which airfield?
Read MoreAt last, The Grand Tour is here. You can watch it now. You can’t binge it, sadly, but you can see the first episode and find out where Clarkson, Hammond and May are taking their obscene Amazon budget. And yes, there’s a leaderboard like on Top Gear.
Read MoreWell, we’re finally here. We’ve just witnessed the inaugural episode of The Grand Tour. It doesn’t feel like a whole lot of time has gone by since Jeremy Clarkson was fired from Top Gear, but in fact it’s been over a year and a half. Much has happened since then!
Read MoreIt was never really extremely clear when, exactly, the first episode of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s new Amazon show The Grand Tour would go live on Amazon Prime. It was expected to be just after 7:00 p.m. EST, but it’s live right now! Go watch it!
Read MoreAnticipation has been steadily building since we found out the old BBC Top Gear team of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond would be moving their automotive to the internet to make The Grand Tour. Tonight, we can finally watch it.
Read MoreRarely is there a show with so much resting on its shoulders; The Grand Tour has to succeed on a new streaming service, with a gargantuan budget to recoup, against possibly the most ardent and easy-to-enrage fanbase in the business. That and it’s not allowed to break my heart.
Read MoreIn the United States, the explosive popularity of Top Gear started with the Internet. By now, sitting down at a computer to watch Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May feels normal. When their version of Top Gear first gained notoriety beyond the United Kingdom, it did so in clips and torrents posted online. If you wanted to track down episodes of Top Gear before they regularly started appearing on cable stateside, chances are you found your way onto its fan site FinalGear, which once
Read MoreFor months now we’ve been told that The Grand Tour was debuting on November 18. For months now no one has been told at what time on November 18 we’d be able to watch the show. But thanks to our righteous campaign for our information, we finally have the start time. And it’s actually a day early for Americans.
Read MoreHere’s a fun question: when does The Grand Tour, Amazon’s new show starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May actually start? You’re probably thinking that it’s an easy one. “November 18th,” you’d say, and you’d be right. But when on November 18th?
Read MoreThe Grand Tour—the new car show hosted by former Top Gear trio Clarkson, Hammond and May that we’re all excited to watch— has placed a bunch of crashed Toyota Priuses throughout the world to advertise the new show, which debuts on Friday. If you’re a Prius fan, and yet you somehow landed on our website (???), you may want to avert your eyes.
Read MoreFor those of us who depend on map app Waze to tell us exactly how nightmarish our local traffic is, there’s a new distraction in the car, thanks to the not-Top-Gear-we-swear show The Grand Tour. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May can now bark Waze directions.
Read MoreAfter more than a year without the lovable wit of the three former-Top Gear dorks, the end of our suffering is near. On Friday, The Grand Tour makes its debut on Amazon Prime, and we all need to be prepared for glory. And the best way to get ready is by watching some trailers and teasers.
Read MoreLike many of our readers, I have the full set of Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond inflatable Platonic Companionship Dolls that I talk to quite often. We’ve discussed it, and we’re all very excited for the premiere of The Grand Tour this Friday. The show seems like it could be exactly what we want out of a car show—but what, exactly, is that?
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson, a man who has never, ever in his life exaggerated about anything ever, threw out a totally believable number today. In a new ad for The Grand Tour, he said that they collectively drove 1,474,546,320 miles over the course of filming the first season.
Read MoreFirst we have to establish that Jeremy Clarkson is basically the king of hyperbole. So when he says that The Grand Tour collectively drove 1,474,546,320 miles during its first season, are we to believe him?
Read MoreAfter an inattentive driver cuts off this motorcyclist while simultaneously dropping his wallet, the biker takes the high road, picking up the wallet and trying to give it back. Don’t worry, the situation turns vindictive in the end.
Read MoreVan flips motorcyclist off. Motorcyclist flips van off. Van throws bottle at motorcyclist. Motorcyclist throws rock at van, films it all, and somehow lets it get uploaded to YouTube where it quickly climbs close to a million views.
Read MoreThe Motorcycle Safety Foundation course, for those of you not in the know, can best be summed up as motorcycle driver’s ed. In some states, it will waive the skills portion of your license test. In others, it will reduce your insurance rates. In all, it’s a good way to learn the bare-bones mechanics of how to operate one of these kooky contraptions in a quasi-safe environment. But make no mistake, it will not really prepare you for riding on the street.
Read MoreOne of the great conveniences about riding a motorcycle is ease of parking. And at no time could that come in handier than if you’re flying out of town for Thanksgiving this week. Thankfully, there are more options than you may think.
Read MoreDirt bikes get dirty, hard as that may be to imagine. Cleaning them takes precious time you’d rather spend riding or shotgunning cans of Red Bull. Unless you have a washing machine big enough for a motorcycle!
Read MoreFuture world champion Kevin Schwantz had just one thought when he scraped his racing leathers against a wall on the first turn of the Macau Grand Prix in 1988. “Holy shit,” Schwantz told me this week. “Don’t do that again.”
Read MoreRumor has it Hollywood superstars Matt Damon and Liam Neeson are about to start shooting a movie based around the infamous annual Isle Of Man motorcycle race. And not another documentary– a full-on action flick. (Update: The movie is real, but it sounds like these actors aren’t onboard after all.)
Read MoreLego has had four-wheel fans covered for years with everything from model Caterhams to Fiat 500s. Now two-wheelers join in on the fun, too, with this 603-piece BMW R 1200 GS Adventure Technic set, per Autoblog. If you wanted “compact adventure,” this is truly as compact as it gets.
Read MoreNo better way to escape the relentless strobe of shouting that the modern world has become than a motorcycle. Of course all bikes are fuel efficient, but this one looks comfortable. And multi-terrain capable. And it looks dope as hell. The BMW G310 GS is the quintessential motorcycle.
Read MoreThe burgeoning “compact adventure” class might just be the purest embodiment of the core concepts that draw us to bikes: freedom and independence. And it’s accessible. Here’s why this is about to be a big deal.
Read MoreRemember the Yamaha XT600Z Ténéré? No? Well the idea behind it was pretty cool– go far, go anywhere, go fast and look dope doing it. The new Yamaha T7 calls back to the same concepts, with a modern twist.
Read MoreHere I am drafting a steaming hot take on how the compact adventure bike market is about to explode, and Honda debuts the CRF250L Rally. This is what true freedom looks like.
Read MoreCrashed off the side of the infamous Tail of the Dragon with no reception, Kevin Diepenbrock thought he was going to die. In the 30 hours before his miraculous rescue, he recorded what he thought were to be his last words to his family.
Read MoreFord introduced the all-new 2018 Ford Fiesta in a big warehouse they disguised as a club in Germany, so naturally they invited a production-line robot to come disk jockey the launch party.
Read MoreA small town Canadian Police Department made the ultimate threat to its holiday drivers: drive drunk and not only will we charge you, not only will we fine you, not only will we suspend your license, but also we will subject you to Nickelback.
Read MoreSome drama arose on Car Internet today, as it often does. And today that involved a disgustingly racist tirade apparently sent from the official Instagram account of a noted tuner wheel company to a man who works with the company founder’s girlfriend. Naturally, the backlash is epic, and many of the company’s accounts are now on lockdown.
Read MoreToday we recognize the anniversary of two pillars of the adrenaline-junkie entertainment industry passing away. On November 30, 2007 we lost OG extreme stuntman Evel Knievel. On November 30, 2013 Fast & Furious star Paul Walker was killed. May they both rest in peace.
Read MoreVolvo just showed off a bunch of new buses in Brazil, including a bi-articulating behemoth that’s nearly 100 feet long, and can carry up to 300 people, making it the biggest bus on earth according to Volvo.
Read MoreThe holidays are drawing close, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone and yet, nothing in this great consumer nation of ours has caught your beady eyes. It’s time now to turn to the Shangri-La of catalogs from the completely sane and practical goods distributor, Hammacher Schlemmer.
Read MoreIf a Dodge Viper will do the trick, what wouldn’t?
Read MoreFaraday Future’s story starts with a disappointment: FF implied it would show its first electric production car at the last CES only to rush out a nonfunctional concept that cost the company $2 million. Now they’ve promised a production car again, but it looks like it’s in trouble too.
Read MoreThe Dodge Viper will be one of those cars that didn’t sell so well when it was available, but will be remembered fondly in the future, especially once the robots take over our roads. It’s about to be discontinued, but there’s one last sliver of good news: Dodge will soon reopen the order books for the last batch of 2017 Vipers, one final time.
Read MoreRemember that Lotus Esprit concept from 2010 that never happened? A bit generic, but still handsome.
Read MoreTwo aides close to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and six others involved in the state’s plan to bring Tesla’s solar panel manufacturing to Buffalo, New York have been charged with corruption, halting payment to the factory’s construction contractors for months.
Read MoreAcross the nation today, various employees in the fast food, health aid and airport industries are striking or protesting for a higher minimum wage. Joining the protests for the first time ever are Uber drivers.
Read MoreDriveTribe is The Grand Tour hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s little social media experiment, so we at Jalopnik figured we’d give it a try. If you’re trying it out to, come check out our tribes!
Read MoreThe current Ford Fiesta is a great, fun to drive little car that sells in droves all over the world. Ford knows what they have, so the company has taken its successful little hatchback and multiplied it by four.
Read MoreCivilization works remarkably well for keeping our huge, dense populations humming along smoothly. Of course, sometimes the veneer of civility can wear thin, and that’s when you end up with insanely stupid shit like this: a fight over a parking space that turns into vehicular carnage.
Read MoreElaine Chao, former Labor Secretary under President George W. Bush, was picked for Secretary of Transportation by President-Elect Donald Trump. But thanks to a weirdly-timed and weirdly-announced press conference for a second a whole lot of people thought the pick was Chris Christie. Yes, that Chris Christie.
Read MoreIs there no better toy for young kids (or adults) than Lego? That was a rhetorical question, of course—there isn’t. Until you step on one with bare feet. Now you can build two legendary Ford race cars, the iconic GT40 and current GT, without going broke!
Read MoreFor your own mental health, don’t watch this video of a Lexus SUV turning a gorgeous Acura NSX into a crumpled soda can. Just don’t. It’s not worth the anguish and long therapy sessions.
Read MoreCar boots are so unseemly, like wearing the ball and chain that was so fashionable in the British Empire during the 17th century. As highly modernized humanoids, we can do away with that and instead have this: a car blindfold.
Read MorePresident-Elect Donald Trump has nominated Elaine Chao, the Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush and the spouse of current Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for the Secretary of Transportation position, multiple news sources confirm. Considering the work her predecessor did on both America’s roads and the looming autonomous car revolution, this post is a very big deal.
Read MoreThe upcoming new new Ford Fiesta leaked early before its later-this-afternoon official reveal and we can already tell you that the new new subcompact hatchback is bigger, newer, and more closely resembles a cute but sad guppy fish that only wants your love.
Read MoreStartup Lucid Motors of Menlo Park, California, is ready to take on Tesla with a 1,000 horsepower electric sedan selling for more than $100,000. And it will do just that once it, uh, finds some money to, uh, you know, build some actual cars.
Read MoreConfusing the general public is something a carmaker will do from time to time. The Mercedes-Benz AMG absorption into Mercedes-AMG and subsequent quasi-AMG models is a recent example. Audi turning its Quattro GmbH division into Audi Sport GmbH is another.
Read MoreThere’s no doubt about it: most cars suck far less than they used to. Even a standard economy car these days is better than one from decades ago in terms of build quality and reliability. As a result, the cars on the roads now have a higher average age than they used to.
Read MoreMidnight purple is kind of a mid-1990s/early 2000s color trend that I think would do well to come back. Embrace color. It’s good for you.
Read MoreLapo Elkann, billionaire heir to the Italian family that built Fiat and a notorious playboy, was arrested in New York last weekend for faking his own kidnapping with an escort, multiple news sources report.
Read MoreYou may already use some sort of fitness tracker app or wearable which you swore, at the time, would be the thing to get you back in shape. You probably lost all motivation shortly after. Well, the Toyota of the future is here to remind you, so that’s a problem now.
Read MoreNew York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, also known as the literal bug hell for which New Yorkers pay $116.50 every month, wants to spend more money in a perplexing way. Over the next four years, it seeks to spend an eye-watering $9 million on social media alone, according to its latest proposed budget. This is absurd as it sounds, and I’m still trying to figure out how it’s justified.
Read MoreNext year, BMW is reportedly making significant changes to its awkward little i3 electric hatchback—changes that Autocar says will include a more powerful top trim that could bump the Bavarian EV into what it calls “hot hatchback” status. Can this i3S really be that fun to drive?
Read More“It’s a real fight. It’s a serious fight,” Virginia Auto Dealers Association president Don Hall told his followers in a recent video message about being under attack from Tesla’s direct sales model. “Let’s all strap on whatever it takes to win and let’s win this fight to protect the franchise system.”
Read MoreThere’s a video making the rounds on Twitter today of two clowns partaking in a “photoshoot” on a busy Manhattan street with a BMW i8, blocking it all up to hell, when all of a sudden a “real old-school New Yorker” comes up and smashes their windshield with a bat. Don’t believe it. It’s fake as hell.
Read MoreVolkswagen has always liked to include one genuinely, strikingly good-looking car in their lineup. In the air-cooled-era, that car was the Thing (kidding/not kidding; I guess it was the Ghia) and more recently it’s been the Passat-based CC. The CC is gone, but it looks like the good-looking brother role will have a replacement: the Arteon.
Read MoreOne of the ways that developers keep video games entertaining for us is by periodically releasing expansions. And it’s about time for the Forza Horizon 3 expansion. Perhaps snow and ice will alleviate my boredom.
Read MoreCould this be the return of the cool stoplight-style taillights from the old Supra? The latest spy shots over at SupraMKV.com show more close-to-production flourishes we haven’t seen before, including a more pronounced proboscis, a sculpted side and a curvaceous rear end with two horizontal taillights and a ducktail spoiler.
Read MoreWhat’s that, you drove to work today? Did you get to drop a gear when traffic opened up and make vroom-vroom sounds? That’s cute. Here’s a $600 Civic Wagon that looks like the most fun vehicle ever made. Let’s watch it ford puddles and fly.
Read MorePumping gas: it’s a totally menial thing that we do, right? Imagine how different it would be if you had to do it without arms.
Read More“It’s clear Mr. Jia doesn’t have any money,” Nevada State Treasurer Dan Schwarz recently said of Jia Yueting, the tech mogul behind the mysterious Silicon Valley car startup Faraday Future. This does not look good.
Read MoreIt’s always an exciting day when the first absurdly exclusive supercar ends up in a ditch, or perhaps a lake. It give us filthy poors a nice helping of schadenfreude, and it gives the company great PR because it shows not every car they sell ends up immobile in a climate-controlled garage. Some really do get driven hard! Into ditches!
Read MoreA Cuban immigrant who owns a Miami-area car dealership is celebrating the death of longtime dictator Fidel Castro with what he considers the ultimate expression of American capitalism: a big sale on a brand new Chevrolet.
Read MoreDieselgate put a downer on anyone who needed an oil-burning Porsche to tow their Porsche to a race track. With a fix in the works for the Volkswagen Group’s 3.0-liter TDI V6 motor, Porsche will soon be able to sell you a “new” diesel Cayenne—but only by making them used cars with a hefty discount.
Read MoreNot all superheroes wear capes, and apparently, not all wear clothes either. An Australian recently man woke up at night to a commotion, walking outside in his underwear to see a car fleeing a crash scene. Without wasting the time to put on clothes, he jumped in his car and helped police chase the person down.
Read MoreAs we come off the holiday where we’re supposed to give thanks for things, let us be thankful for two cars that prove the future may not suck for enthusiasts after all.
Read MoreStanford and Patty Kipping had a hard choice to make: keep making the $95 monthly payments on their 1998 Buick, or pay for the increased costs of their prescription medicines. They couldn’t do both. So the couple, 82 and 70, were ready to lose their Buick to the bank—until one very kind repo man stepped up to save the day.
Read MoreWe’re thankful for direct-port nitrous injection, four-core intercoolers, ball-bearing turbos and titanium valve springs. And of course, family. Here’s hoping you can enjoy yours this week.
Read MoreA 33-year old unlicensed Perth woman driving an unregistered Hyundai may have found the absolute worst possible way to avoid police attention: by half-assedly making her car look like a police car. Actually, now that I look at it again, this is 1/8th ass at best.
Read MoreIn what I assume is an attempt to mitigate a surge of doll and pet injuries this holiday season, the new pint-sized Power Wheels Ford Mustang features traction control. No, really! Go ahead and get your kid one, your yard might not turn into a Cars & Coffee-esque bloodbath after all.
Read MoreSeeing someone illegally parked elicits unspeakable rage in me. Maybe that’s born from living in New York City or something, and it doesn’t seem like the Parisian police take illegal parking lightly either.
Read MoreI don’t really expect much from airports anymore. Between $15 dry-ass turkey sandwiches and outrageously expensive parking, I wouldn’t be surprised if they started charging me for the air I breathe while waiting for my delayed flight. I guess I wasn’t surprised when I learned that there are surcharges built into the ground transportation options whirling around the airport carousel.
Read MoreThe 2017 Lotus Exige 380 is a shot straight down Main Street of the company’s known ethos: more power and less weight than the last car. Specifically, this little monster has been dialed to 375 horsepower and 2,424 pounds. But I still think the exposed-linkage stick shift is the coolest feature.
Read MoreRaphael Orlove, Michael Ballaban and I are driving back from a few fruitful days at the Team O’Neil Rally School, and we’re driving a 2017 Honda Ridgeline. Ask us questions about it, for we will have the answers. And if we don’t have the answers, we’ll make something up instead.
Read MoreIt was just your typical 3 a.m. street fight outside of a bar in Tampa until Florida Man went and ran everybody over.
Read MoreLast night, the 405 in Los Angeles did what the 405 does: slowed traffic to a turtle’s pace, sending commuters into a bumper-to-bumper nightmare. But the bright side—literally—was that ABC7 captured the traffic from the sky, and all those cars squeezed together created a beautiful Christmas display.
Read MoreHoly shit. We’ve heard the rumors, but now we actually see it on the track. McLaren’s new all-electric P1 is full of unexpected twists: a central driving position like the F1, a zero to top speed in just two seconds, and it’s the only fully open-top McLaren P1 ever. Also, it seems to be even lighter. I’m in awe.
Read MoreThe mannequin challenge. That thing us kids are doing where someone walk around recording everyone else staying impossibly still. There have a been a lot, but the one shot by Focus Films at the Charlotte Motorists Club that meets on my campus every weekend is, hands-down, the best yet.
Read MoreIn the early 2000s, Lotus (the world’s pluckiest car company) built a turbocharged mid-engine convertible for General Motors (the world’s least plucky car company) called the Speedster. The problem is now nobody can exactly agree why. So we talked to Lotus and got to the bottom of it.
Read MoreLast week we subjected ourselves to the torture of carspotting in Los Angeles to show you how stupid, annoying, hurtful, dumb and perfect cars live here. Here is what we found.
Read MoreToday, Volkswagen’s global brand chief announced that the company is done with diesels in the United States. Again. For real this time. Diesel, at least from this company, is dead. Get used to it.
Read MoreDaimler just had to shitcan an executive who allegedly made bigoted remarks and pepper sprayed locals after getting into a quarrel over a parking spot, The New York Times reports. Was that spot really worth it, my dude?
Read MoreThe topic of fake news stories circulating Facebook has been a hot one since the presidential election ended. It’s also been on the mind of Elon Musk, who says he’s apparently a target for fake news stories as well criticizing his use of taxpayer money at his various companies.
Read MoreBodywork is a dark art undertaken only by those deemed worthy by the car gods. YouTuber Arthur Tussik was among those chosen by automotive deities to take on such daunting tasks, and he’s decided to share his holy work with the rest of us on his YouTube channel. Watch him transform a totally smashed up BMW 3 Series back to a beautiful like-new state.
Read MoreContext is the scaffold of understanding and without any context me saying that a tiny little French hatchback with scarcely over 100 horsepower is fun sufficient enough to dine out on forever will sound insane. I’m not. Allow me to explain why you should lust after a Renault Twingo GT.
Read MoreThis is the burnout equivalent of a mic drop. No burnout will ever top a burnout that actually burns. With flames. On fire!
Read MoreYou know that friend you love to talk cars with? The one who always wears a fully-buttoned trench coat, has a weirdly small head and hands, a peculiarly high voice, seems to have two waists, and shoots milk out of their nose whenever anything like a fart sound is made? Hate to break it to you, but that’s two stacked kids in a coat. Even so, you should still get them something awesome for the holidays.
Read MoreThe old adage that goes “Better to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow,” is especially true for the little Mazda2. Because light feet and low power makes for a really, really good time. Here’s how much more fun it can be with some tweaks.
Read MoreNow more than ever, Volkswagen cannot afford to screw up in the U.S. After coming clean about its emissions cheating, the company needs to now focus on compensating the 400,000 U.S. customers who feel betrayed and whose faith in the company has been thoroughly shaken. Sadly, many already frustrated VW TDI diesel owners are now even more pissed off by the buyback claims process. Here’s why.
Read MoreYou think it’s some senior vice president in a suit and comfortable wing-tips who reads a teleprompter for 20 minutes? No, hell no. The real heroes of auto shows are the ladies who wear stiletto heels for hours on end and still have the grace to smile at you when you ask them a question when all you really want is their attention.
Read MoreYou know, very often, when dealers have loaner cars, they like to give them custom license plates so people know where they’re from? And you also know how some numbers look like letters? Well, sometimes these two concepts conspire to do terrible things. Like what they did to this poor Volvo S90.
Read MoreWe all know the telltale signs of a car that’s perhaps seen better days. Some of us choose to let our rides ease into a genteel state of beaterdom, wearing the scars of time proudly in surface rust and sun-cracked plastics. Others half-try to hide that with tacky AutoZone-grade add-ons. This gift guide is for the latter.
Read MoreBig news, everybody! I’m going to be the next Secretary of the Department of Transportation of the United States! I can say this with confidence because I just applied for the job online, and I have a really good feeling about this.
Read MoreOne of our readers, Ryan, was wading through the mass of political mailers from this recent election when he actually found one worth looking at: the one mailer that had a bunch of interesting cars on it. Well, they’re toy cars, but still, in the realm of political mailers, you can’t be picky. Let’s see if we can ID them all!
Read MoreSeeing prototypes hitting the streets here only means we’re one step closer to finally getting the 2017 Honda Civic Type R stateside.
Read MoreBetween the grumbly V8 in the Mustang GT and the small but potent four-cylinder in the Mustang EcoBoost, it’s sometimes hard to remember the odd V6 middle child. A lot of people have even wondered if the V6 would be phased out eventually. Now, one forum user reports that may happen before the 2018 Mustangs roll out.
Read MoreLast week in Los Angeles Raphael and I tried to buy a $500 Craigslist Nissan Pulsar (non-Sportback, I am afraid) to drive around for the week of the auto show. The seller never got back to us. I want you to know that we tried, though.
Read MoreThe Smart car is such shameful excess. So big. So bloated. So very emblematic of society’s insatiable desire for more than they need. Why would you need any more car than a classic Fiat 500?
Read MoreCitizens of the internet, we need to speak on a subject. Call me old fashioned, but one of the things I look for most in any car is the ability to see out of it when I’m driving it. It doesn’t seem like the designers of new cars these days share my feelings.
Read MoreThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he drove a Camry. I always figured the Prince of Darkness would be an ‘80s Jaguar type of guy, but I guess not. Apparently, he likes Toyotas.
Read MoreAs if there weren’t gas stations all over the place or something like that, Volvo announced on Thursday that owners will be able to have gas delivered right to their vehicles by using a smartphone app. Owners can also have their cars taken in for a wash or service, because only peasants do that stuff by hand.
Read MoreToo tired to drive? Why not just drink some coffee and get over it? According to the government, that’s perfectly fine.
Read MoreRemember back in September when cops in Avon, Colorado busted two Ford GT prototypes for doing 101 mph in a 50 mph zone? Well, we just got word that all the charges against those drivers have been dropped, and everyone is pals again. The reason why? “New facts came to light.”
Read MoreThe LA Auto Show this year was filled with pansy cars for the weak: an Alfa Romeo crossover and a 911 race car with the engine in the middle. But for truly real Los Angeles realness, this was the one.
Read MoreWhat does it take to kill off one of the most robust, reliable, unstoppable SUVs ever built? Lots of ridiculously hard-core off-road hoonage, that’s what.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that some sick, perverted part of me loves terrible ideas, especially terrible automotive ideas. I’m pretty sure the Convette qualifies. Think of the Convette as the Chevette for the person who loves weather, but hates speed, practicality, and, deep down, themselves.
Read MoreA Tesla driver saved himself from an almost certain rear-end collision by simply pressing the go-pedal. Wait, I thought speed kills?
Read MoreThe more I look at this thing, the more I like it.
Read MoreBarely a week after his election and two months from even taking office, President-elect Donald J. Trump is already making America great again by keeping American jobs in America. You know it’s true because he told us so on Twitter! There tonight, Trump bragged of negotiating with Ford to keep a Lincoln plant from moving from Kentucky to Mexico. Problem is, he’s full of shit, as always. These plants—there’s two of them—were never going to Mexico.
Read MoreAs far as I can tell, nobody likes being blinded by the high-beams of the car behind you. I mean, sure, I bet on the internet you can find some weird fetish group that does, but still. This must be a big deal in China, since they have both harsh punishments for this and now even stickers designed to reflect high-beam light and turn it into scare-rays.
Read MoreThe 1963 Ford Falcon is indeed our favorite of all the Ford Mustangs. It is not our favorite Ford Falcon, however. This is our favorite Ford Falcon.
Read MoreI don’t know if there’s a normal car on the market that makes you feel like a more satisfied, better person than a full-size Volvo, and I’m not sure there’s a better Volvo than a big, tall wagon.
Read MoreYou may have a favorite old car ad. It may bring you joy and excitement. Now you will watch this. Soon you will have a new favorite old car ad.
Read MoreMazda brought both a family crossover and a racecar, Chevy brought a dope off-road truck, Nissan brought a sporty NISMO compact, Alfa Romeo brought a sexy crossover, Porsche brought a dumpster, Honda brought back a worthy Si, and Lexus showed up with a Sriracha flavored 2017 IS.
Read MoreHey, remember that diesel Mazda engine you were promised way back when? The one that was delayed and sidetracked and then questioned entirely when a certain German automaker decided to ruin oil-burners for everyone? Well, we’re finally getting it. Soon. Mazda swears, this time.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-AMG E63 S Edition 1 is a 612 horsepower collision machine, almost dead set on destroying your driver’s license and whatever building you eventually crash into/through. More importantly, it has fantastic tape stripes.
Read MoreThe Tesla Model S P100D was one of the fastest cars in the world, claiming a zero to 60 MPH time of just 2.5 seconds when it was introduced in August. A wireless update coming next month drops that down to 2.4 seconds. That is so unbelievably quick.
Read MoreLooks like that 100-foot sinkhole that sucked down an entire intersection of city street in Fukuoka, Japan last week is already repaved and ready to be driven on. Those people must really have their shit together, because if this happened in Los Angeles someone would have strung up a rope and a warning sign and called it a day. Forever.
Read MoreFor those of you smart enough to realize that the minivan is a far superior vehicle for family duty than a crossover, the all new Chrysler Pacifica is a nice place to be. The Pacifica Hybrid is now available for order, and there’s more fun news: it could end up being cheaper than the gas version.
Read MoreI’m just going to start this off with the admission that, sometimes, I’m completely baffled by people. This is one of those times. A guy with a Porsche 911 Turbo S posted delightedly on a forum about how he finally ran a quarter-mile in the 9s. He had the slip to prove it and everything! Well, everything except the truth, since the slip was copied from a post on a GTR forum. It gets worse.
Read MoreMysteriously, outside of Alfa Romeo’s packed press conference end-of-the-world-show was this: a gigantic dumpster labeled Porsche.
Read MoreIf you have no clue how to fix cars, but don’t want anyone else to know, here are some wrenching gadgets that will have your buddies convinced you’re a master in the garage, even if you really have no earthly idea what a “compression test” or a “torque spec” is.
Read MoreBack in August, we told you about a guy with a racing hobby and his white, 25-foot trailer he uses to support that hobby. That trailer was also driving his neighbors batshit, because this guy lives next to people who, somehow, can’t deal with seeing a pretty innocuous white trailer. As a subtle way of letting everyone know he DGs any Fs, the owner turned his mailbox into a tiny replica of the infamous trailer.
Read MoreIf Porsche surprises me with the revival of the 944 during auto show season and I die of shock, here’s what you should do with my body: donuts!
Read MoreFor people who want a little more chutzpah in an economy car, Nissan brought out the 2017 Sentra Nismo. It’s a fine little car, but looking at the back of it makes me want to tear my hair out and scream.
Read MoreWell, here’s what’s got to be the fourth horseman of the apocalypse, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio. Alfa makes a crossover now. At least it is wildly powerful, with up to 510 horsepower.
Read MoreLet’s face facts, Audi is not bringing back the A4 Avant wagon, but starting this Spring, you can have an Audi hatchback sedan, based on a coupe, based on a sedan. That’s right the A5/S5 Sportback is coming to the America.
Read MoreLos Angeles is the city where all the beautiful well-adjusted healthy people live, so it makes sense the Jalopnik staff must be there too. We’re covering the hell out of the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show and here’s how you can follow us.
Read MoreWe know Volkswagen and the feds have come up with a settlement for the 475,000 2.0-liter diesel cars that cheated federal emissions tests, but that still left over 80,000 owners of polluting 3.0-liter diesel Porsches, VWs and Audis in limbo. Now, according to Reuters, it looks like there’s finally a solution for them, too. And it may be good news for VW.
Read MoreMcLaren just confirmed rumors that it’s building an F1-inspired three-seater sports car for 106 very, very rich people. Here’s what we know.
Read MoreIf you’ve been holding on to about 200 grand (mostly in change) because you wanted a Lamborghini Huracán, but it had to be both a drop-top and RWD only, you’re finally able to unload all that cash. Because Lambo has finally revealed a rear-wheel drive Huracán Spyder, and it’s called, cleverly the Lamborghini Rear Wheel Drive Huracan Spyder.
Read MoreWhat world do we live in where the uber-rich can’t even turn to the Mercedes S-Class cabriolet for the ultimate example of luxurious, roofless driving? A world where Maybach now makes an even better, even more luxurious version of every range-topping Mercedes, like the new S 650 Cabriolet: the most expensive way to hate rain.
Read MoreWe’ve all been convinced that some RX-8 hasn’t had any problems like those other RX-8s. Definitely not. That one RX-8 is fine. It’s great. But it doesn’t matter what you’ve heard, because now almost every Mazda RX-8 is being recalled for a potential fuel leak.
Read MoreStep one was simple: use cars that aren’t painfully embarrassing to be in. BMW’s new ReachNow program has a thousand-car fleet of i3s, 3 Series sedans and Minis. Step two was more complicated.
Read MoreSo, you wanna make car videos? Are you planning on shelling out your life savings on the best camera on the market to get sweet, sweet slo-mo footage? If you are, this gift guide is not for you. This is for those of us who want the best bang for our buck in terms of production equipment.
Read MoreThere was a time—years ago, you may not even remember it—when people looked to the Honda brand for fun. For performance. For screaming VTEC revving and razor-sharp handling and, through it all, affordability. Then the boringness and the earthquakes came. But now Honda wants speed-people to know it’s back with stuff like the NSX and Civic Type R. For those of us with less to spend, here’s the next Honda Civic Si, and it looks rad.
Read MoreChris Forsberg has done a fine job establishing himself as an animal behind the wheel of a drift car, so I guess I’m not shocked to see he’s got great taste in tire-torching vehicles in general. At Nissan’s corner of this year’s LA Auto Show, he showed us around this striking Skyline-powered Datsun Z.
Read MoreSome days, the automotive future for those of us with modest means and simple desires seems bleak. How long will we still be able to buy inexpensive, practical cars with personality and a traditional manual transmission? At least one more year, maybe, thanks to the 2017 Nissan Sentra Nismo.
Read MoreA 19-year old with some kind of savage, magic 2011 Mustang was reportedly clocked doing 208 MPH on Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma City. There’s no question that anyone doing 208 in a Mustang on public roads is an idiot who’s incredibly lucky they don’t kill themselves or anyone else. But there is a question about what kind of Mustang does 208 MPH?
Read MoreThe residents of El Segundo, California, have been suffering recently. Over the past several weeks, a blue four-door Chevy Aveo has allegedly been driving around the slumbering neighborhood in the early hours of the morning and blowing an actuated air horn and shattering the peace.
Read MoreThat somewhat embarrassing pink mustache is on the way out. Far-from-innocent Lyft is not only nixing the ‘stache, it’s replacing it with something kind of cool.
Read MoreIt’s true that emissions standards and regulations are tightening across the board. Complying requires extensive research and testing. What automakers shouldn’t do is implement a steering wheel cheat for emissions testing like Audi did, especially because of the other unpleasantness currently happening.
Read MoreTan Shukla was just going about his business getting money from an ATM when he turned around to see his recently-bought Ferrari 360 burning to a crisp. Some onlookers went at the car with a fire extinguisher, then stole the unlucky bastard’s wallet, debit card and laptop computer while he was distracted.
Read MoreThis is a 1957 Facel Vega FV4 Typhoon, and it’s the prettiest damn French car you’ve never heard of.
Read MoreIt was 2009. Lincoln made a luxury compact concept called the Lincoln C. It was different. It was never heard of again.
Read MoreApparently, you can get an Alfa Romeo Giulia stuck by just trying to drive up a normal driveway, Motor Trend’s Jason Cammisa proved on his Instagram. That is not encouraging.
Read MoreBadges are slapped on the asses of pretty much every car made today. That’s just how it is. While many are ridiculous and useless, even the ones that we just accept and don’t even mock, at least not openly, are laden with hidden meanings; a shorthand for a set of criteria we can assume about the car and it’s owner. You know, like a stereotype! Just like the bigots use!
Read MoreElectric and hybrid vehicles can be eerily quiet at low speeds, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes it’s a safety problem. Starting in 2019, NHTSA will require all new electric and hybrid light-duty vehicles to make noise at speeds below 19 miles an hour to alert pedestrians they’re there.
Read MoreSporty versions of mid-size sedans are all the rage, apparently. Toyota is even rumored to have a TRD version of the Camry in the works. Not to be outdone, Volkswagen looks like it’s giving the GT treatment to the 2018 Passat.
Read MoreDriving is fun. You know what else is fun? Breaking the motherfucking law. Here’s some shit you should get if you plan on doing it, and also for when you inevitably get caught.
Read MoreTwo aircraft crew members have reportedly been injured after their plane had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a drone upon landing near Toronto this morning, according to the CBC. The flight was Porter flight 204, and we still don’t know if it actually hit the drone, or why the drone was there.
Read MoreThings look increasingly grim for the mysterious Chinese-backed Faraday Future auto startup as it has stopped working on its billion-dollar megafactory in Nevada, its construction company told Jalopnik.
Read MoreIt’s impossible not to recognize Donald Trump’s campaign was heavy on rhetoric and light on actual policy details. Now his administration is tasked with setting how America handles trade, environmental and safety regulations for cars and much more. What does this mean for the global car industry? To quote people in the business itself: “We’re not sure yet.”
Read MoreIf you’re like me, the regular Mercedes S-Class Cabriolet is basically indistinguishable from a Mitsubishi Mirage four-seat convertible. My levels of taste and luxury are so incredibly refined that I had an angel-meat and unicorn-egg omelette for breakfast today and it was just okay.
Read MoreAccording to CBS affiliate THV11, Arkansas police recently clocked the Brinkley Police Department chief driving 107 mph in his personal truck. An officer asked a state trooper to help pull the truck over, only to walk up and recognize the boss. They laughed it off, and THV11 reports that they didn’t give him a ticket.
Read MoreNew Hampshire law enforcement was investigating a car dealership for issuing fraudulent inspection stickers when they came across the materials and paraphernalia for producing methamphetamine. Oops.
Read MoreI have a little thought exercise for you, a game of sorts. You are going to tell me five cars in your ultimate fantasy garage. But hold on there, buckaroo... there are some rules and you are going to have to think this one through very carefully.
Read MoreDealerships contend with bad reviews all the time, and how they respond to those reviews can tell you a lot about how that store operates. In an all-but-unprecedented and horrifying response to dealership criticism, a shop in Georgia allegedly threatened to post nude photos of a customer after she posted negative feedback on social media.
Read MoreHe’ll figure it out. Not today, but one day.
Read MoreThe Ford Mustang is finally back in Europe, and 97 year-old Lennart Ribring just proved that you’re never too old to buy your dream car by purchasing a Mustang GT for himself. Hell yea, Lennart.
Read MoreThe highly controversial Executive Director for the Center for Auto Safety, Clarence Ditlow, spent the last 40 years fighting to keep unsafe vehicles off the road, and helping car buyers fight back against big auto companies. But now, after a long battle with colon cancer, he has died at the age of 72.
Read MoreI like to think of cars in terms of how long it’ll take for it to be cool to show up to a Cars and Coffee with one. For instance, a brand new $65,000 BMW 5-Series is a fine car but boring and would be out of place. A 1971 Ford Pinto, which is a terrible car, would be welcomed by enthusiasts because they’re rare and weird.
Read MoreNext week, the great city of Los Angeles will make way for the greatest event of the year: the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show. It will be a scene of awesome adventure and heart stopping derring-do— No. No it won’t. Instead, you’ll find a thin array of carmakers still trying to make this auto show model relevant. But at least the LAAS has recognized that and added a bunch of mobility- and tech-oriented events to make things interesting.
Read MoreI know the Finns have a well-deserved reputation for being some of the world’s best drivers, so maybe that’s why its so weirdly satisfying to see not just any Finn, but a member of the Finnish Parliament engage in the sort of automotive stupidity we know well here in America. In this case, member of Parliament Anne-Mari Virolaine drove her Audi A7 down some stairs.
Read MoreIf you’re going to turn on anything while having sex, please don’t make it a car in an enclosed area. After reportedly fibbing about their whereabouts and going to the family garage to have sex in a car, a Russian couple turned on the ignition to keep warm in the sub-zero temperatures. They died.
Read MoreThere’s no escaping the glowing red spirit of the mirror realm. Not even in the new LaFerrari Aperta.
Read MoreModern Lexus just doesn’t have a very pretty face, with the brand’s own best argument for the “spindle” styled grille being that it gives the cars a “unique” edge. Unfortunately we’ll still have to look at it on the space jets of our future, if the new sci-fi movie Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets is anything to go by.
Read MoreThis is what happens when you block the tailpipe of an Alfa Romeo 159. It doesn’t end well.
Read MoreOn the spectrum of dumb illegal shit, this is one of the dumbest: shining a laser pointer at a helicopter.
Read MoreAs far as hive minds go, the Greater Jalopnik Hive Mind may not be great at conquering armies or inducing mass hypnosis, but we can identify the shit out of some cars. And boy do I have a good one today, maybe one of the hardest we’ve had. Because it’s underwater.
Read MoreOver the course of his candidacy, President-elect Donald Trump has scorned automakers—particularly Ford— who “send jobs elsewhere” by building plants outside of the U.S. Now that Trump will be the next president, the industry is concerned about its copious investments outside of the U.S.
Read MoreDid you know you can buy cars at Costco? You can, and they don’t even seem to be in huge 48-packs. In fact, one of the cars you seem to be able to buy is a 2017 Chevy Bolt, which is interesting because the new Chevy electric car isn’t available on Chevy’s own site yet. Whoops.
Read MoreOn Sunday we found out that Audi, while it was in the midst of getting investigated for cheating on its diesel emissions, apparently also had another secret kind of defeat device in its gasoline-engined cars using a trick with the transmission and steering wheel. And already, Audi’s getting sued for it.
Read MoreWhen things look their darkest and the future seems bleak, there is but one thing that can save us: burnouts. Do burnouts. Lots of burnouts. Burnouts for America.
Read MoreRight now, precisely what makes an Audi RS model special is that there are so few of them. Performance upgrades aside, it’s a special thing for me to see one when I’m out in the world. Audi, apparently, has taken notice of this, and will introduce a lot more RS models just to make my day. How generous!
Read MoreNoted burnout aficionado Vice President Joe Biden blew up the internet with his 1967 Corvette a few weeks ago. Things are about to get even better: watch him race former Secretary of State Colin Powell, behind the wheel of a 2015 Corvette. Get ready to watch some burning rubber.
Read MoreIt feels like we just got the seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf family here in America, but VW is already giving it some major updates. You’ll need a keen eye to spot those differences on the outside, but there are some big changes in the cabin and under the hood. Also, more power for our beloved GTI version.
Read MoreFirst, I’m going to not think for awhile and share with you some pictures I’ve taken of cars. Then I invite you to show me pictures of cars. Together we can just get lost in the cars.
Read MoreWhen he takes the oath of office on January 20, President Donald Trump won’t just do so with the abject horror of half the country—he’ll do it with a fancy new limousine, too. The replacement for President Obama’s General Motors-built armored car known as “The Beast” has been in development for nearly two years and it’s expected to debut at Trump’s inauguration.
Read MoreSince the start of the Obama administration, U.S. government agencies have had the auto industry in a choke hold, requiring it to meet incredibly lofty fuel economy and emissions standards. But now Donald Trump threatens to repeal some of those standards, and that could have a huge effect on the industry.
Read MoreJust listen not even to just the engine note of this little 1960s Alfa Romeo. Listen to the entire satisfying process of getting into the car and turning it on.
Read MoreNormally, there’s not a whole lot to like about a Craigslist used-car ad generated by a crude text-generating algorithm. Normally. But this time, thanks to pure pseudo-random chance, whatever’s making these scam ads actually manages to crank out some smile-inducing copy. It’s the little things, sometimes.
Read MoreFind me a dumber car than this Pontiac Fiero farting flames. You can’t. It’s not possible.
Read MoreAmerica has a problem getting people to go vote, and at least some of that has to do with the ridiculous wait times and long lines at local polling locations. What about drive-thru voting?
Read MoreHyperloop One, the company developing the super-tube transport idea envisioned by Elon Musk announced today that it signed a deal to bring the bullshit system to the world’s capitol of bullshit development projects, Dubai.
Read MoreIt would be easy for me to tell you that in the late 1970s, the Honda Accord took this country by storm and helped move the Japanese car from a coastal oddity to an American mainstay. But, like, why, man?
Read MoreTesla’s Model S P100D already jets from zero to 60 mph in a supercar-killing 2.5 seconds, and the Model X P100D does the job in Still Supercar-Killing 2.9 ticks. And yet somehow, Elon Musk implies in a new Tweet that the cars will get even quicker.
Read MoreEveryone is worried about our next president’s positions on military spending, climate change and taxes. But what are they going to do about our Wagon Problem? I mean, just look at this poor bastard in North Carolina, who was forced to build his own because his country couldn’t provide him with the vehicle he deserves. This must stop.
Read MoreIt’s that time again, the moment when everyone in the country revolts against the nation’s biggest source of evil: people who disagree with them politically. The newly crowned Grand Emperor of America will be appointed tonight, and if every Facebook meme making the rounds today is anything to go by, society as we know it will cease to exist. This could’ve all been avoided if you listened to warnings made in this Dodge Charger commercial three fucking years ago.
Read MoreIt’s been a little over a month since Forza Horizon 3 came out. I’ve been playing it pretty consistently since then. I’ve gotten better at some things and really started to appreciate others. But after about a month of playing it nearly every day, I find myself asking: is this it?
Read MoreEven though the news media seems to have been completely ignoring it, I recently found out that the United States is holding some sort of “election” for their new Prime Minister. Wait, no, President. So, with that in mind, what car would you most like to elect President of the United States?
Read MoreFord, in a hasty reaction to some questionable advice given by Carrie Underwood in that song you jokingly sing when you almost crash your car (LOL), is developing an automatic collision prevention system that will help you steer your car out of the way of a crash.
Read MoreIn what was heralded as a landmark decision last month, the International Maritime Organization agreed to cap the sulfur content of marine fuels by 2020.
Read MoreA police chase raged all over Los Angeles last night as LAPD chased a stolen Mercedes CLS driven by an armed suspect. The pursuit only ended when the suspect slammed directly into a dividing barrier and was flung halfway across a highway. Amazingly, the guy walked away from the wreck. Does he have that tank-like Benz to thank?
Read MoreThis sort of sounds like the ending to a 1980s movie where some rich guy was trying to turn somebody’s grandma’s petting zoo into condos, but gets foiled by a band of plucky nerds: A 1938 Packard, immediately after winning its class at the Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance, rolled into a golf course pond and sank. Oops.
Read MoreA new memo from Chinese tech billionaire Jia Yueting shows him finally recognizing how overambitious he’s been with his mysterious electric and autonomous car startups Faraday Future and LeEco. Worryingly, it’s unclear if he can get them the money they need, or if things are about to go from bad to worse.
Read MoreIf you’re like me and you need to use Google Maps to navigate everywhere, including the Jimmy John’s that’s only 1.3 miles away and, like me, you don’t drive a car compatible with Android Auto, you should go ahead and download it right now anyway. That’s because it’s now available to use on your phone, and it’s flipping fantastic.
Read MoreUp until now, Tesla’s Superchargers have only charged batteries, but starting next year, they’re going to start charging credit cards, too.
Read MoreA bumper-less, bulletproof early 1990s BMW 7 Series sedan with a camo-painted hood and its driver were an unexpected heroes of the surprise ISIS attack on the Iraqi province of Kirkuk, according to news reports. Ako Aburrahman, the armored BMW’s owner, rescued over 70 wounded people from the battle.
Read MoreThe folks at Roush Performance are under the impression that a Ford Focus RS with 350 horsepower and a “drift mode” is not quite bonkers enough. So naturally they cranked up the output, decked it out with some other mods and showed it off at SEMA.
Read MoreHow can I explain my irrational love of the first Infiniti, the original Q45? It’s like a Lexus, but more interesting. Kind of.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz GLE 63 AMG Coupe isn’t a looker. Not only does it have more than two doors, it’s a GLE 63 with a wretched hunchback, evocative of such widely panned designs as the Pontiac Aztek and the Honda Crosstour. And lucky us, tuners DMC and Topcar teamed up to make it worse!
Read MoreThe GT40s that we think of first thundering past Ferrari at Le Mans were equipped with Ford’s vast 427 V8s, but the early cars came with smaller, lighter 289s. And my god did they sound good.
Read MoreDodge’s Hellcats may have a somewhat self-destructive anti-theft measure: they are so powerful three teens accused of driving over three hours to steal a pair of Challenger Hellcats were unable to make it more than a mile in their new cars. Yes, they crashed ‘em.
Read MoreThe Colonial Pipeline, America’s biggest gasoline pipeline, is back up and running as of this morning. It’s incredible to think that six days ago it had blown up.
Read MoreIt is difficult being the most disappointing supercar to ever debut, the most right place, wrong time exotic of the modern era. The Jaguar XJ220 was unappreciated at its debut, but it has grown into a legend, and one shop keeps it alive.
Read MoreThe punitive California Air Resources Board (CARB) has figured out how Audi cheated on a particular run of “several hundred thousand” of their cars, according to a new report by the German newspaper BILD am Sonntag. This time we Americans have discovered a trick in the car’s software that relates to the steering wheel.
Read MoreLast month we reported that awful people were suing their neighbor because he works on cars in his amazing garage. But it looks like the garage owner, Charles Williams, is making progress: a judge put his foot down on claims against the guy.
Read MoreRemember Mercedes-Benz’s new self-driving car that isn’t really a self-driving car, and isn’t the best at attempting to drive itself anyway? It just got recalled for the potential to randomly stall the engine. Thanks to a wiring problem, just putting pressure on the rear seats could cut Mercedes’ new E300 off.
Read MorePreliminary reporting of the raid on the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, put the number of cars seized at three. It’s actually 11.
Read MoreAt the end of the day—cars, boats, whatever—we’re all in this together. Is it weird that this giant boat is tugging this stuck truck out of the mud? Yeah. Is it also really cool? Yeah!
Read MoreA man just drove the entire 12.9 mile lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a lightly modified Mini Cooper—on two wheels. Here’s the whole thing on video.
Read MoreThere’s a pretty straightforward hierarchy to engines: four cylinders are for economy cars, six cylinders are for mid-level luxury cars, eight cylinders are for muscle cars are trucks and 12 cylinders lord over the rest. But there are exceptions, and there’s a rung above the 12: the mythical and unbelievably rare 16-cylinder engine.
Read More“Now I’m going to drive the crap out of this Lamborghini!” may be my new favorite phrase. It’s what the Lamborghini Huracán needs. Deserves. Demands.
Read MoreI absolutely understand where this guy is coming from. Proximity keys suck. Sure, they’re marginally more convenient, but they manage to introduce a whole host of problems that just never existed before. That’s not progress. Also, look what it’s doing to this poor bastard. He actually drooled in rage.
Read MoreIt’s a known fact that Chinese knockoffs occasionally float around the automotive industry. SEMA is no exception, and this year, the feds got involved.
Read MoreTodd Katz, the ex-oil executive who tried to use a fake Elon Musk email address to worm confidential information out of Tesla back in September, is now trying to get the case thrown out of court. This is because, apparently, the email was simply too ridiculous for anyone to take seriously.
Read MoreWhen you’re driving in the United States and there’s an oncoming car with its high-beams on, the most you can do is flash your high-beams at it in retaliation. If caught, sometimes the offender gets a ticket. Apparently, in China, more punishment could be involved.
Read MoreThat deafening sound of shock and surprise coming from Chicago was the result of something that happens so infrequently it makes the coming of Halley’s Comet look like a Maserati’s trip to the shop: the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Just for fun, let’s compare the most-sold cars in America from the Cub’s two most recent World Series victories.
Read MoreUsually when you are fortunate enough to get your hands on a Bugatti Veyron, a Koenigsegg One:1 and a Lamborghini Veneno Roadster, the goal is to hang onto them. Not have them confiscated by, oh say, the government.
Read MoreCar chases with cops are dangerous, and they almost never end well. The quicker they can be ended, the better. Cops have some exciting and risky techniques like the PIT maneuver to help them stop fleeing cars, and now there’s this MacGyverish-looking invention designed to let cops actually snag a fleeing car. This thing looks like it’ll make for some exciting live television.
Read MoreThe Michigan State Police has conducted its own torture tests on pretty much all the cars, SUVs and motorcycles American cops are driving today. Preliminary results are in– check them out and see if your car’s faster than your local law enforcer.
Read MoreSorry, but everyone is building performance SUVs nowadays, and that means they need to race each other.
Read MoreHeightened environmental awareness is touching all transportation industries, setting down new regulations and new emissions standards. Even the shipping industry, although it’s eyeing 2023 as a potential new strategy adoption date. Which is seven years from now. Which is a long time.
Read MoreI was just about ready to give up on everything. Today sucked. Polls show that maybe people are dumber than I thought. Halloween is over. Fuck it all. Then BringATrailer had an E30 being auctioned at the same time as 2007 R63 AMG minivan. The minivan smoked it. America is good.
Read MoreThe Chevette was never a great car, I get that. But I’m not sure the Chevette was so bad that it’s worth offering to fellate a stranger just to get rid of one. I mean, maybe it is, because there’s at least one person in Kansas City who’ll go down on you if you take a non-running ‘86 Chevette off their hands.
Read MoreIf you’re going to all the effort to make the biggest pool of Coca-Cola you’ve ever seen, why not jump a car into it? Hold my Coke, and watch this.
Read MoreVolvo’s most luxurious new car will be made in China and oddly it’s a three-seater.
Read MoreKia’s treating its SEMA (Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association) concept cars as a chance to do some healthy pretending. Specifically, Kia is pretending that it can build fully-autonomous cars. The result is actually quite interesting, especially in the case of this Soul concept. Kia gets the basic key to autonomous cars: you’re not driving.
Read MoreTesla is working pretty hard on selling people more things—first cars, then batteries, and then just last week it introduced a Solar Roof with interlocking shingles. It turns out both cars and solar panels need a lot of glass, so now Tesla is just going to make that, too.
Read MoreAftermarket parts house Proform has blessed our unworthy eyeballs with this magical glistening creation, showcased at this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association show. Doing this to a crate engine is SEMA distilled into its glitziest, silliest, and most pointless essence, and it’s perfect.
Read MoreNearly everyone seems to be jumping on the electric vehicle bandwagon, including Maserati. Only it has no intention of making a “Tesla fighter” because Teslas are “not the best.”
Read MoreA press release this morning from Car Bow Store revealed the most radical change in the novelty oversize car gift bow industry since its inception, and now the entire car bow economy is reeling from the implications. The fundamental car bow hood-affixing technology has shifted from magnets to suction cups, and it’s safe to say the world will never be the same.
Read MoreModern cars come with an array of anti-theft devices to help prevent thieves from taking your ride. But the criminals are coming up with new ways to steal cars, such as waiting for lazy owners to leave their keys in the ignition while they get coffee.
Read MoreA new Toyota Camry has been spotted cruising around with your standard automaker camouflage, but under all those swirls it looks racier than most—you know, for a Camry. Some are suggesting that a TRD “performance” model is in the works. Is Toyota really serious about a sporty Camry? If so, why?
Read MoreMost of the stuff that shows up at SEMA is silly and kind of pointless, but this—this Dodge Shakedown Challenger—is something else. Something with a classic 1971 body and a modern Hemi V8 spitting out 485 horsepower. Something dreams are made of.
Read MoreBack in September a pipeline in Alabama burst and put most of the Southeast in a gas shortage. Almost unbelievably, the same pipeline burst again yesterday afternoon, this time in a massive explosion. One worker is confirmed dead and five others are injured.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever looked longingly at a Suzuki Sidekick and wondered why it couldn’t have the retro-fresh styling of the re-born British Mini then wonder no more. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 4X4 Cooper S answers your prayers, but let’s see, pray tell, if it’s price is wonderful as well.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW says it’s one of only nine Passats in the U.S. with its drivetrain. You’d think if it’s that rare it’d have been left alone but instead it’s been lightly modded for your viewing pleasure. Let’s see if its price needs a mod too.
Read MoreLong before there was The Grand Tour there was today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe GranTurismo, which has been described by many as an any-day exotic. Let’s see if this one’s price actually makes today that day.
Read MoreFor today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe CLK, Black is white, day is night, and on this, the busiest shopping day of the year, you’ll have to decide if the price is right.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Chevy truck comes with a hot tub, so get ready to get your thong on. We’ll start warming up the water while you start figuring out if this tow truck is worth its wet and wild asking price.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Saab is a blast from the past that’s probably still a blast to drive. Let’s see if its price and condition equal a blast of a deal too.
Read MoreToday’s nice price or crack pipe Mustang is said to be one of but six custom “Boss 5.0” roadsters ever built. You may not agree with all the mods that have been wrought on the car, but we’ll still have to decide if its price will make it worth hitting the road in this retro pony.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 911 say it was once flown back to the factory to have its A/C installed. We’ll have to gauge its price, but maybe we can take into account all those frequent flyer miles too.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Maser says a previous owner attempted insurance fraud with the car. He says it’s A-Okay even though it comes with a flood damage title. We’ll have to see if it’s price means the seller is all wet.
Read MoreUnless your name is Humpty Dumpty a box is about the most efficient way to travel. You don’t get much boxier than today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe xB from the now defunct Scion, but will this one’s price have you saying box it up, I’ll take it?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Land Rover shows that when you build a car long enough, having hand me down parts doesn’t really matter. We’ll still see if this one’s price makes it worth the sum of its parts.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Hilux seemingly has it all. Its rare-in-the-states JDM body, a diesel mill, and 4x4 chassis might just fill you with desire, that is as long as you don’t mind buying it emptying your wallet.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jetta says its a unicorn owing to its level of kit and its low miles. We’ll just have to see if its price makes it truly a rare beast indeed.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Subie WRX is claimed by its seller to be a show car. We’ll have to decide if that includes a price that’s asking you to show me the money!
Read MoreWhen Herbie the Love Bug went to Monte Carlo he fell in love with Giselle, a sexy Lancia racer. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Scorpion is painted in homage to the object of Herbie’s affections, but will its price make it a DNF?
Read MoreThe EP3 Si was the last hatchback Civic Honda deemed those of us in the U.S. to be worthy to own. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Si has pretty low miles, but will its price have you hatching a plan to buy it?
Read MorePorsche’s first-gen Panamera was a fugly car. There, I said it! Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe S edition attempts to correct that with a body kit by Masonry. Let’s see if its price makes it even more attractive.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Lexus shows that you actually can take it with you. Let’s see if its price is worth taking a hit in your wallet too.
Read MoreThere are two types of people: those who think Porsches should be air-cooled and ass-engined, and those who think the Porsche crest on their key fob will likely get them laid. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 944S caters to the latter group, but does it come with a price that means getting screwed in a completely different way?
Read MoreJoe Isuzu got famous for lying like a rug—that was his schtick. His corporate masters would have preferred his fame arose from selling cars, but that was not to be. One car that they did sell was today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Amigo and we’ll need to decide if its current price is a deal and that’s no lie.
Read MoreHow low would you go? Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo’s been lowered a bit, but not so much that snakes bellies have anything to fear from comparison. Let’s see if this sweet old wagon’s price likewise needs to be any lower.
Read MoreEveryone loves the Porsche 911. Even my wife, who couldn’t care less about cars, appreciates a Porsche. The only disagreement I’ve ever heard when it comes to Porsches is whether we love the 914 now because it has no coolant, or still hate it because it’s a Volkswagen.
Read MoreBMW offers an extended wheelbase 7 Series, Audi offers an A8 L and even Volvo’s S90 comes in a stretched out “Excellence” version (for China only). Porsche, undoubtedly feeling left out of the chauffeur market, will now offer a Panamera variant for rear legroom lovers called the Executive version.
Read MoreWatch them fly, hear them sing.
Read MoreBMW commissioned artist John Baldessari to create a design for its 19th art car for the 40th anniversary of the art car collection, dressing a white BMW M6 GTLM that will race in January’s Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
Read MoreRejoice, for something involving the FIA finally makes sense. The 24 Hours of Le Mans—the most famous sportscar race in the world and the crown jewel of the World Endurance Championship—will no longer share a weekend with Formula One’s trip to Baku, Azerbaijan.
Read MoreAfter a 14-year hiatus, Cadillac is getting back into purpose-built racing prototypes in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship with its new Cadillac DPi-V.R, and it looks fantastic. It’s built to the new DPi spec for the series’ top Prototype class, and will make its debut at the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona next January.
Read MoreThis year’s most dominant team in Formula One and its new reigning champion won’t have a home grand prix next year. The German Grand Prix is off the calendar for next year, reports Fox Sports. This cuts the F1 season down to 20 races, with Brazil left as the only unconfirmed date on the tentative schedule.
Read MoreNASCAR driver Clint Bowyer sued his HScott Motorsports team for breach of contract and fraud for at least $2.223 million, reports ESPN. The lawsuit alleges that the team missed two monthly payments as well as a commission for bringing sponsorship to the team.
Read MoreWhere, oh where, will six highly talented top-class Le Mans prototype drivers go now that Audi withdrew from LMP1? By the looks of things, at least one may land at Porsche. Not one, but three seats are now open for the taking over at the lone remaining Volkswagen Group LMP1 effort.
Read MoreGo-karts are the perfect place to satisfy your need for speed, but you may want to remember that the laws of physics still apply in real life.
Read MoreMercedes F1 racer Nico Rosberg is your 2016 Formula One Driver’s Champion. How did he get there? Inherent skills, supportive parents with deep pockets, and probably growing up with this garage full of kid-sized racing karts. This glimpse of Rosberg’s childhood will give you a clue as to why he’s so damn good at driving.
Read MoreWhile everyone’s debating whether Lewis Hamilton was right to ignore his Mercedes team’s order to speed up at the end of yesterday’s season finale, I’ve come to the conclusion that F1's inherent team vs. driver conflict is something that will never truly make sense.
Read MoreIn a hard Stadium Super Trucks wreck over the summer, Australian driver Matt Mingay sustained major injuries that included a loss of his jaw. He made it out of critical condition and through being revived on the scene, and his interview months after the wreck is powerful on an entire spectrum of emotions.
Read MoreIt’s about time! Mercedes driver Rosberg has come close to a world drivers’ championship before, but has never clinched it until today. His three-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton made it as hard as possible, but Rosberg clinched the title in the end.
Read MoreAs usual, the two Mercedes cars already sped cleanly away at the start, however, the mid-field wasn’t as lucky. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen collided side-by-side with Nico Hülkenberg right at the start, spinning him around to see oncoming traffic.
Read MoreAs you all probably know, telling people what to do on the internet will almost always backfire. NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin learned that recently when he told Twitter users to stop counting down to the Daytona 500, and his Twitter mentions are now quite, uh, numerical. That was a bad idea.
Read MoreLet the Final Ultimate Mega-Super Battle of the Teammates commence! Lewis Hamilton’s really not letting the Formula One world drivers’ championship go without a fight. Hamilton laid down a pole-winning qualifying lap in Abu Dhabi, 0.303 seconds faster than his teammate and fellow title contender Nico Rosberg.
Read MoreIn a meeting prior to the Formula One season finale in Abu Dhabi, all 11 team principles reportedly agreed to bring standing restarts to the grid for the 2017 race season in hopes that it “spices the show up.” If introduced, that means each restart would look just like the start of an F1 race.
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 More2017 will kick off with one of the most massive motorized adventure events of all time: the 39th annual Dakar Rally. Next year’s route and favorite competitor lineup has just been announced, and of course the 5,500-mile odyssey is slated to be more badass than ever before.
Read MoreLos Angeles-born motorsport marketer Zak Brown turned down the opportunity to take over some of Bernie Ecclestone’s commercial duties under new Formula One owners Liberty Media to join McLaren instead, reports the BBC. Brown joins the McLaren Technology Group as its new Executive Director—but curiously, not as a replacement for Ron Dennis as its CEO.
Read MoreBJ Baldwin is one of the most elite off-road racers driving right now. When he makes a mistake, things blow up big time, as you can see from the way his truck looks “after hitting a rock the size of a car” at 75 mph in the 2016 Baja 1000.
Read MoreWe’re all stoked to see what the 2017 Ford Raptor is really made of. So is Ford, which just put a close-to-stock truck through the infamous Baja 1000 off-road race. It finished with less than 52 seconds to spare, then immediately got driven another 400 miles to its home base in Arizona.
Read MoreThe loss of Audi from the World Endurance Championship’s top LMP1 class affected far more than just the feels. After the conclusion of the 6 Hours of Bahrain, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest announced that the WEC has ditched a planned 2018 regulation revamp in the name of cutting costs.
Read MoreWith a victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson won his seventh series championship on Sunday night. Johnson joins Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the ranks of seven all-time Sprint Cup championships.
Read MoreOn a restart with 10 laps to go in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale, championship contenders Carl Edwards and Joey Logano got feisty and made contact. Edwards wound up in a wall, Logano sustained some damage and poor Martin Truex Jr. wound up with a fireball of a race car.
Read MoreNASCAR’s elimination-based, playoff-style Chase for the Sprint Cup has its fair share of ups and downs. Playoffs up the drama, sure, but the championship doesn’t always go to the driver who wins the most. The insane videos they produce for the Chase, however, are by far the best thing about it.
Read MoreAhead of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, NASCAR CEO Brian France discussed the future of the sport, its search for a title sponsor and various other subjects. Perhaps his most defensive answer came in response to his support of president-elect Donald Trump.
Read MoreFIA GT World Cup Audi R8 LMS racer Laurens Vanthoor clipped the inside curb at Macau’s Mandarin Bend at 155 mph, sending him out of control into the wall on the other side of the track, per Motorsport.com. Vanthoor’s Audi flipped over and started sliding on its roof, immediately triggering a red flag to stop the race.
Read MoreIt sounded like Volkswagen’s ultra-dominant World Rally Championship team would be able to end their final season in the sport on a high note because, well, they usually win. While most of their wins are thanks to rally whiz Sébastien Ogier, today at Rally Australia, it was Andreas Mikkelsen’s turn.
Read MoreNASCAR Xfinity Series competitor Daniel Suarez, who Motorsport reports became the first Mexico-born driver to win a NASCAR national series race with an Xfinity Series victory at Michigan International Speedway in June, took the series title with a win at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday night.
Read MoreAll three cars on today’s 6 Hours of Bahrain podium were there to say their goodbyes. Audi Sport Team Joest, a team synonymous with top-class endurance racing for 18 years, pulled off a gut-wrenching 1-2 win in their final race in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Mark Webber, who retires after this race, won third place with the No. 1 Porsche 919 team.
Read MoreProfessional lunatic Bill Caswell was still trying to finish his Mad Maxian BMW E30 when I wrote this, less than 24 hours from the start of the 2016 Baja 1000. That’s why I wasn’t expecting to make it over the border with him, but there I was, preparing to do just that. Here’s how to be ready if you get the same phone call.
Read MoreTony Stewart will retire from full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition after Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and he’s apparently getting a lot of texts about it all. But he can’t exactly answer them, because NBC Sports reports that someone stole Stewart’s phone on Thursday.
Read MoreThe No. 97 Aston Martin lost a wheel in Bahrain International Circuit’s fourth turn, but did it stop driver Jonny Adam? Not really. He still somehow drove that Aston in on three wheels faster than most track day novices can drive a GT-R with all the nannies on. Dang, dude.
Read MoreUsually I get evil glares from disapproving olds for revving my engine in public, but my car doesn’t sound nearly as nice as Porsche’s collection—and I certainly don’t have a professional sound crew pointed at my tailpipe. Every year, Porsche hosts Sound Nacht to rev its historic and significant cars for a crowd.
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 MoreThousands of rich rednecks, uh, I mean, “off-road enthusiasts” are descending on Mexico’s Baja peninsula this week for the 49th annual Baja 1000– a race of epic proportions in a beautiful setting featuring readily available tacos. Here’s how to check it out, and who to pay attention to if you’re a new spectator.
Read MoreThe 2016 Baja 1000 race will go green for four-wheeled vehicles at about 10:30 a.m. PST on Friday, November 18. I’m not going to disclose exactly what time I’m writing this on the 17th, but if Bill Caswell actually gets his insane old BMW into the race it’s going to be an epic story before we even hit the course.
Read MoreMazda just knocked everyone at the LA Auto Show flat on their asses with the company’s gorgeous new RT24-P IMSA race car. You may never want to miss another race, because you don’t want to miss catching a glimpse of this stunning machine.
Read MorePorsche’s flagship sports car, the 911, has always been a rear-engined car, at least in roadgoing form. Always! However, when Porsche goes to race, they go to win. And let’s be honest about Porsche’s racing side: Porsche would call a duck a 911 if 911 Duck would win.
Read MorePorsche has been happy to announce that it has moved the engine in the 911 RSR race car from the rear to the middle of the car. Cool! But! Porsche was less keen to announce where the transmission went, but I found it hiding behind the engine as usual.
Read MoreThe Porsche 911 RSR isn’t just a race car. It’s the GT racer Porsche takes to the world’s most important sports car race: the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It’s Porsche’s brand in a nutshell, now with a mid-mounted engine that’s a break from the flagship sports car’s trademark rear engine placement.
Read MoreIt’s easy to program an autonomous car for an ideal world, where no one makes a mistake and other cars do exactly what you expect of them, but that’s not how real life works. According to Autocar, Toyota found the perfect lab of unexpected calamities for its autonomous technology: the World Rally Championship.
Read MorePanoz is getting back into wacky-looking front-mid-engine race cars with a GT4 racer based off its latest sports car, the Panoz Avezzano, the company announced this week. Unfortunately, to make that happen, they needed to pull staff away from one last run of the DeltaWing. The DeltaWing is sadly done.
Read MoreOther shareholders of the McLaren Group will ask Ron Dennis to step down as chairman and CEO of McLaren today, reports the BBC. Dennis has been involved with the McLaren Formula One team since 1980, and in a central leadership role there since 1981, leading them to 10 drivers’ championships and seven constructors’ championships.
Read MoreWhen you were 13, were you winning your class in global time attack from behind the wheel of a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo race car? No. You were not, because you are not Steven Aghakhani.
Read MoreSunday’s very wet Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix ended in sadness for the nation’s favorite driver. Brazilian Williams driver Felipe Massa, who is retiring this year, spun out into the wall on the slippery track, but was cheered on and thanked by legions of fans, track workers and other teams anyway.
Read MoreWe already saw a car eat wall right before pit lane, so when everyone saw Red Bull Formula One driver Max Verstappen get loose on lap 39 and start to spin in the same place, we knew we were probably seeing a second-place retirement. Verstappen miraculously got the car straight again and kept going like a boss.
Read MoreThe Snowball Derby is arguably the biggest, most prestigious short-track race in America. What viewers and casual fans probably don’t know is the Derby, like many short-track races, is plagued by outdated, restrictive and unethical media policies that suffocate coverage and help keep it out of the national spotlight.
Read MoreBefore the Brazilian Grand Prix’s first red flag, Renault driver Jolyon Palmer actually ran into the back end of Daniil Kvyat’s Red Bull car due to the poor visibility.
Read MoreToday’s Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix is a very wet race. No one can see. Perfect time to spin out as traffic comes at you, then. Feel the pain of these wet-weather spins and smashes.
Read MoreWhile many wallow in sadness about the election of a racist, sexist person into the highest U.S. office, there will be a celebratory livery on a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series entry next weekend. The Donald Trump liveries—yes, there have been several—have gone from embarrassing to very, very depressing.
Read MoreCurrent Renault Formula One driver Kevin Magussen is jumping ship to Haas in 2017. Renault may have been able to nail down 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Nico Hülkenberg fairly quickly in the silly season, but they waffled so hard on the second seat that Magnussen joked that even the Pope had an offer.
Read MoreThe NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race started at 10 p.m. ET on Friday night, which is almost past my bedtime. That’s why, when I saw the driver who has dominated this entire season get eliminated from the series’ championship, I thought it was a dream. It really happened.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThis weekend is Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa’s last Brazilian Grand Prix after 248 races. Williams team sponsor and iconic-livery-haver Martini gave their name-space on the Williams cars to Massa to thank one of the longest-running faces on the Formula One grid for many years of racing.
Read MoreAustin police are searching for a man they say stalked Taylor Swift after her Formula One weekend performance at Circuit of the Americas, reports the Austin American-Statesman. The man allegedly attempted to corner Swift by her private jet and violated a Kansas restraining order by sending emails to Swift’s father.
Read MoreHere’s a glimpse into the, uh, how should I put this, reserved lives of the people of Finland.
Read MoreElection night was full of bad tweets, but one bad tweet in particular from the Mexican account for Hawkers sunglasses company about Trump winning the U.S. presidential election did not sit very well with Mexican F1 driver Sergio Perez, which the brand just began sponsoring this month.
Read MoreToday, IMSA announced a multiple-car factory-supported Mercedes-AMG effort in its WeatherTech Sports Car Championship’s GT Daytona class. It looks as if someone, somewhere made nice with the series after the WeatherTech Porsche quit last year, because one of those Mercs sports a WeatherTech livery.
Read MoreEx-finance guy turned motorsports hero Bill Caswell rose to fame in 2010 by living so many of our dreams: dragging a $500 BMW from the bowels of Craigslist and racing it in big-league rallies. Now he’s back with even bigger ambitions, and somehow, still, remarkably unprepared. And I’m along for the ride this time.
Read MoreTwo mid-1990s Ferrari Formula One cars collided during a Corse Clienti race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, sustaining heavy damage. I’ve got the tissues, you can crank up the volume. Let us grieve over the damage to these two truly fantastic sounding cars together.
Read MoreSilverstone, the most recognizable racing circuit in the United Kingdom and site of the very first Formula One race in 1950, needs cash. Sadly, they won’t be getting it through a deal with Jaguar Land Rover anymore, reports Automotive News. Jaguar Land Rover had been in talks to lease or buy Silverstone.
Read MoreYes, we’re all contemplating reasons to move to Canada. There are already some pretty compelling reasons to do so: pervasive politeness, Timbits, and far more likable national leadership (for now). But really, you want a Nissan Micra Cup, which is the most hilariously good little race car I’ve driven all year.
Read MoreI’ve long been obsessed with the idea of cab-forward or cab-over designs. Essentially, van-like designs where the driver sits above or even in front of the front axle. I’ve even imagined cab-over supercars. What I didn’t know what that my fever dreams were once realized, long ago, by a Romanian in Brazil. Yes, there was a cab-forward racecar, and it was called the Star Hunter.
Read MoreWhen sprinkles came down for the first time after NASCAR finally got the rain-delayed AAA Texas 500 underway, race leader Carl Edwards tried to convince everyone to stop it right there. He lost the battle and the race restarted on lap 270, but he still managed to get his way with 40 to go.
Read MoreWhile running in front of Chase driver Kevin Harvick in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Austin Dillon wound up in the wall. The wreck, Dillon said, was because Harvick wasn’t happy about a “silver-spoon kid” outrunning him. But it sounds like Dillon’s still mad about an insult from three years ago.
Read MoreLet me start off saying that I don’t know exactly how this happened. That’s the honest answer, and anyone who tells you differently is wrong. Or lying.
Read MoreYou know those shows where the interviewer knows unbelievably personal details about the interviewee’s background? The first record they bought? Their first dog’s favorite afternoon snack? Here’s what happens when that goes terribly wrong.
Read MoreFor a lot of people, riding in a car that has even partial control over its actions is difficult enough in slow traffic—just ask the 70-year-old lady who thoroughly freaked out while using Tesla’s Autopilot. But letting a race car take full control? That’s a whole new level of “No, thanks.”
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 MoreFor years, Subaru Rally Team USA has crushed its competition in Rally America’s Open Class. After a large chunk of Rally America’s events jumped ship to the newly formed American Rally Association, Rally America’s most dominant team announced today that it will compete in the ARA for the series’ inaugural 2017 season.
Read MoreCurrent Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone, who obviously wants to keep some control over Formula One, denies that any changes are coming to the sport’s leadership soon. What, did you expect him to say anything different?
Read MoreBless us, each and every one, for it is time for one of the most hallowed of internet traditions: the annual Nürburgring wipe-out supercut. Behold, the most insane wrecks and fails of 2016 straight from the Green Hell.
Read MoreAfter Formula One instituted an 18-year minimum age limit (thanks, Verstappen), newly-signed, currently-17-year-old Williams Formula One driver Lance Stroll can only be the second youngest driver in Formula One. Eh, that’s still pretty impressive.
Read MoreJapan’s wonderfully insane Super GT series, which is famous for giving us the world’s lone desirable Prius and all manner of anime liveries, has a new competitor: the Honda NSX-GT. In dark, sinister naked carbon fiber, it also looks like it wants to destroy the world.
Read MoreIf you thought you might watch a little racing this weekend to take a nice, relaxing break from the madness of the election, sorry! There’s yet another Donald Trump-liveried car in NASCAR.
Read MoreThis has to be one of the most incredible code brown moments I’ve seen in a long time.
Read MoreSlow your ultra-lightweight, high-downforce roll, everybody. Ross Brawn may not be heading up the sporting side of Formula One as reports suggested yesterday. Brawn has denied the rumors to the BBC, claiming that Liberty Media hasn’t owned the sport long enough to start making major leadership changes.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing that be a ray of sunshine on a dark, sad day and cheer us up, it’s a good racing highlight reel. This one is sixteen minutes of Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel saying “obviously” in interviews. Enjoy.
Read MoreVolkswagen confirmed it will drop its World Rally Championship program in 2017 in order to focus on customer racing and new technology, per a company press release. The Volkswagen Motorsport team won four championships in a row during the four years they were a full-time manufacturer team in WRC.
Read MoreBy far the best things to come out of SEMA that don’t involve rhinestones are the race cars that somehow sneak into the show. Naturally, Ford’s latest turn-key racer, the Mustang GT4, looks to be shined up for the show but mostly built for go—just like we like it.
Read MoreRoss Brawn, a man known as the mad genius behind the Benetton, Ferrari, Brawn GP and Mercedes teams in the past, has signed a contract to become the new sporting boss of Formula One, reports Auto Bild. But sorry! Current CEO of F1 and world’s most tenacious dingleberry Bernie Ecclestone isn’t leaving yet.
Read MoreAustralian Supercars driver Scott McLaughlin nearly ate the wall at the Gold Coast 600, but he somehow turned a screeching, tire-smoking lock-up into a pass on the inside of Mark Winterbottom.
Read MoreThe decision has been made concerning the future of the Volkswagen World Rally Championship team, and it’s reportedly not good. Sources within the company told Autocar that Volkswagen has decided to end its incredibly dominant participation in the World Rally Championship after this season.
Read MoreI’ve always wanted to drive a Trabant. When I tell this to people who know Trabants well, they give me the same sort of look as if I’d said “I’ve always wanted to know what shit from a mule tastes like.” But I don’t care. I just had my first experience driving a metaphorical mule shitwich, and I couldn’t be more delighted.
Read MoreI can’t help but be excited about the EmDrive, the experimental space propulsion system that seems to defy the fundamental laws of physics. A peer-reviewed paper has just been released, and, despite many physicists expecting this paper to finally kill the EmDrive puzzle, the opposite has happened: the paper found that the drive does, in fact produce thrust. It’s just that nobody seems to know how. Or why. I asked our tame physicist to help us figure this out.
Read MoreFundamentally, all autonomous cars are are computers combined with a car. A brain and a body. The computer that’s driving the car is relying on data streams from cameras and sensors and GPS systems, but in the end, it’s just numbers. And because of the nature of computers, this means there’s opportunities to make content for autonomous cars, because autonomous cars can be playback devices. I’ll explain.
Read MoreGeneral Motors plans to introduce a semi-autonomous driving system, similar to Tesla’s Autopilot, sometime next year. The system is called Super Cruise, and one aspect of how it uses hazard lights has been singled out by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with a note of caution.
Read MoreThink about driving home after a long, soul-killing day at work, full of continuous browser window swapping between Facebook, Jalopnik, YouTube and an excel spreadsheet full of random numbers so people think you’re actually working. Do you really want to fight traffic and sit through an endless number of stoplights, when you could be using that valuable time instead to browse Facebook, Jalopnik and YouTube?
Read MoreFerrari, Porsche and McLaren are getting there, but new car company NIO just beat them to the punch and announced itself by introducing the EP9—a 1,360 horsepower fully-electric supercar with a top speed of 194 miles per hour.
Read MoreIt must be fun to be a self-driving Tesla. Objects are in bright colors, and the world is just a big, blacklight glow-stick party. At least, that’s what it looks like to mere mortal eyes.
Read MoreIntel, one of the world’s largest computer chip makers, doesn’t want to be a wallflower while all the cool tech companies dance with autonomous cars, so the Santa-Clara based company announced today at the LA Auto Show that it will drop $250 million on autonomous vehicle technology.
Read MoreThe industry term was called “downsizing,” but all it referred to was making engines smaller to use less gas, and then turbocharging them to make up for lost power. It’s the trend automakers have been pushing over the last decade, and it was supposed to be what saved the ordinary internal combustion engine. It was a lie.
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Read More1st Gear: Manual Transmissions Are Going Quickly. Dammit.
Read More1st Gear: Toyota Invests Big In Mexico Even After Trumpian Threats
Read More1st Gear: China Makes Threats Already
Read MoreGood morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreAfter a wildfire invaded his neighborhood, Michael Luciano of Gatlinburg Tennessee hopped into his friend’s pickup and prayed that he and his buddy might somehow make it through the burning forest and down the mountain to safety. The video he recorded of their escape from Hell On Earth is a genuine nightmare.
Read MoreWe’ve seen some unpleasant stories about road rage recently, but it’s worth remembering that humans aren’t the only offenders here. Plenty of other mammals can be real assholes on the road, like this hippo, who’s basically 3000 lbs of lane-hogging asshole. Look what this even-toed ungulate jerk does to this guy’s Ford Ranger:
Read MoreEver since I saw The Italian Job remake, I’ve been convinced that all armored trucks are automatically filled with gold. Normally this is not true. For one guy in NYC, though, it was.
Read MoreI always thought it made sense for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use high-performance Ford Raptor pickup trucks. You need a lot of horsepower to move swiftly through sand, after all. But apparently CBP forgot to actually teach its officers how to use these things because, yikes.
Read MoreOne owner entered a recent Ukrainian truck trial in a Beverly Hills-grade Mercedes-AMG G63 and, shockingly, did not immediately fail.
Read MoreIf you’re a bro with 86 grand to burn, and you often find yourself driving your tank-top wearing buddies—along with their kegs, Three Days Grace mixtapes and protein shakes— to get swole at the gym, here’s a six-wheel Jeep Wrangler that you can buy right now on Ebay.
Read MoreI love it when people get creative with Lego. Weird and wonderful things often come out of it. The latest is this Lego Jeep Wrangler Rubicon concept.
Read MoreBeloved British car writer and collector Harry Metcalfe has added one hell of a vehicle to his garage: one of the ten Land Rover Defender SVX monster trucks made for that mountain chase scene in the last James Bond movie Spectre. Lucky for us, Metcalfe’s taking the opportunity to crawl all over it with a camera.
Read MoreOn the unofficial scale of Badass Truck Names, “Iron Knight” is quite high up there. It seems only fitting that the truck upon which the name was bestowed is also badass.
Read MoreLet me apologize up front, because I’m about to show you something that cannot be unseen. Every time you look at a 2017 Jeep Compass on the road, you won’t be able to keep your eyes off that big, fat imposter of an upper grille.
Read MoreThe 2017 Chevy Colorado ZR2 was a huge surprise when it stomped its way on to the LA Auto Show floor with meaty 31-inch tires, two locking differentials and a suspension system that is well and truly seems technology ahead of everything else in the off-road scene. Let’s go deep into detail with the engineers behind it.
Read MoreThe all-new and bulked up 2017 Mini Countryman is coming for us next year. And given the U.S. obsession with trucks, crossovers and large SUVs, it should do well here, right? Mini badly needs that to be the case.
Read MoreWe’ve been hearing rumors about a 707-horsepower Hellcat Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk for a hot minute, but now part of that rumor is official: the Trackhawk is definitely coming. And it’s going to be much more than just a powered-up Grand Cherokee SRT, apparently.
Read MoreAmerica has an addiction: an addiction to buying Subarus. Over the past few years this great nation has been snatching up the Outbacks and the Foresters (and in the case of socially irresponsible people, the BRZs and the STIs) almost immediately after they roll off the assembly lines. But the people demand more: more seats, more space, more size. Subaru has finally answered the call.
Read MoreTwo years ago Chevy trotted out a fierce-looking off-road variant of the Colorado pickup truck called the ZR2. “Sure looks sweet,” we sniffed. “Dare you to build it.” Well this thing just rolled into the LA Auto Show with locking differentials, a diesel engine option, and get a load of that approach angle!
Read MoreThe Ford EcoSport has finally arrived in America to give us a Kia Soul/Jeep Renegade-sized compact SUV with Ford’s signature Aston Martin-esque trapezoidal grille. And a fun tailgate that swings open from the side, not the top. When was the last time you saw that?
Read MoreAutomotive law firm Hagens Berman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Ram Trucks parent company Fiat Chrysler and its diesel engine supplier Cummins, alleging that the companies collaborated to fraudulently under-report how much pollution heavy-duty pickup trucks were producing.
Read MoreThe world needs more trucks racing on a road course. Trucks are fun! They shouldn’t be forced to only race off-road if you want to go fast! That’s the madness and the genius of the Super Car Thailand’s truck series.
Read MoreHere in North America we’re pretty wrapped up in hype over the impending Los Angeles Auto Show, Baja 1000 and political discourse so the Hyundai Creta STC almost snuck past me. Almost.
Read MoreThe Ford EcoSport is a cool little soft roader (does anybody say that any more?) based on the Ford Fiesta. Outside of the U.S., it has been a major key for Ford competing against other compact crossovers like the Jeep Renegade and the Honda HR-V and now, finally, it’s coming over here.
Read MoreStock pickup trucks are not strong enough to survive jumps. You know it, I know it, but some folks just need to learn these things for themselves. That’s when you just hope somebody’s standing around with a camera!
Read MoreNothing to see here, just a 2001 Jeep Cherokee front end grafted onto a 2015 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. But besides that, nope, nothing to see.
Read More2016 has been dominated by speculation over two things: the presidential election and what the 2018 Jeep Wrangler will look like. At least, it is if you go by your Facebook feed. And not only are we about to wrap up the voting thing, we also just got this batch of renders, the prettiest and most insightful guess at the next Wrangler design we’ve seen so far so far.
Read MoreA California dealership won a major victory against an illegal car exporter that used an intricate scheme to buy dozens of high-end pickups and then sell them overseas. The dealer was on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but was able to take the culprits to court, and win.
Read MoreI have a huge crush on the early ‘80s S-10 Blazers. I can’t exactly explain why, but there was something so inherently right about the look of these compact SUVs that debuted before the Jeep XJ Cherokee. Why do I feel so odd in my S-10 appreciation? A lot has to do with what GM did (or didn’t) do the little trucklet, as one history recounts.
Read MoreIf you’re not familiar with the Nürburgring, it often doesn’t resemble rush-hour traffic in Texas. That made the sight of a bunch of Ram trucks understandably strange, but apparently these folks attempted a world record for “largest parade of pickup trucks.” Huh. What a way to spend a Saturday.
Read MoreToday’s pickups are vast, hulking bison, striding across the automotive plain. They make the tiny trucks of the ‘80s look like tiny little rattle cans. And yet, according to a new EPA report, both get just about the same mileage.
Read MoreWho would have thought that a home-built monster truck might perhaps just maybe hmmm not be the sturdiest vehicle in existence?
Read MoreThe 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro is like a Ford Raptor Lite—daily drivable pickup with strong off-road pretenses. The Taco’s just a little smaller. And slower. And not that much cheaper. But you can still get it with three pedals, so it’s hard to hate—and it’s going racing for real next year, in the desert.
Read MoreLand Rovers are lovely, Jeeps are cool and International Scouts are obviously sweet. But the Toyota Land Cruiser is, always and forever, the gold standard in off-road capability and rough-country survivability. Getting one to pass 220 MPH is pretty far out of its wheelhouse though.
Read MoreThe next generation of the Ram 1500 half-ton pickup truck is expected to come out in early 2018, but apparently the company’s planning to continue selling the truck’s current design alongside the new one into 2019.
Read MoreEveryone seems to be getting this bit of historical information wrong— including Jeep itself—and it’s time to just clear it up once and for all: a CJ is not a Wrangler.
Read MoreJeep just dropped a 1966 Jeep CJ body onto a second-gen Wrangler frame, bolted on some modern Wrangler bumpers and threw in some Dodge Viper seats. The result is a true masterpiece.
Read MoreThe heartless and tasteless decision has been made: the Ford Flex will cease to be in 2020. Bad Shakespeare, Ford.
Read MoreA “parts car” is a spare car you have solely to harvest pieces from to keep another car alive. Sounds like a great thing to have, right? I thought so too, but in case you needed more convincing here’s the business case for a parts car. And a guide on how to find one.
Read MoreRipping out interior carpeting and laying down a layer of gritty, grip-tape style truck bed liner is a popular modification for Jeeps and trucks. It is extremely cool and tough looking, but after scrubbing the stuff for a few hours, I’m closer to contracting a soil-borne illness than having a clean truck.
Read MoreTruly, we are living in an extraordinary time for nutjob junkyard engineering. As proof, look at this otherwise junky Malaise Era Camaro with a 6.0-liter LS V8 out of a truck with four turbos pulled off Ford Ecoboost engines. It is a monster.
Read MoreLike so many of us, Tyson Hugie dreamed of one day owning a very specific car collection. Classic 4x4s? European sports cars? Nah, man—early 90’s Acuras. It doesn’t sound too intrinsically exciting, but looking at this fleet. I think he might actually be on to something here.
Read MoreLike you, I often harbor idle dreams of one day owning a Ferrari. For reasons obvious to anyone who has seen the state of my apartment, this is never going to happen. Still, I like to dream, and one website supports my fantasies: ScuderiaCarParts.com.
Read MoreI just yanked the engine out of my 1948 Willys CJ-2A; here’s a look at the innards of that old cast iron hulk called the “Go Devil” that powered America’s troops through World War II.
Read MoreIf, for whatever reason, you just sucked down a quart of DOT 3 brake fluid, windshield washer fluid or antifreeze, get your butt to the hospital right away. But if you can’t get to the hospital quickly, it may be time to break out the booze.
Read MoreEveryone dreams of buying that childhood dream car for cheap on Craigslist through the magical power of depreciation. But as we’ve seen time and time again, purchase price is only one small part of the equation.
Read MoreEverything seems fine until you look inside. Interested in one hell of a project car with a “checkered past”? See this 1987 Ferrari Testarossa up for auction by our friends at Bring A Trailer. The best projects are extremely questionable ones.
Read MoreDo car-build shows bother you? Are they too heavy on drama without enough actual building for you? Do you find yourself more interested the actual fabrication than the fabricated drama between mechanics or cast members? Do you wonder how Richard Rawlings gets any work done with all those rings? Well, two Brits are building the kind of project car that we actually want to see, and you should be watching them do it.
Read MoreI just spent twelve [REDACTED] hours trying to remove my [VERY REDACTED] cylinder head from my [PLEASE MOM DON’T READ THIS] 1948 Willys Jeep engine. And it was a total nightmare.
Read MoreThe turbocharged, rotary-powered FD Mazda RX-7 is one of the most legendary Japanese cars ever, but even with modifications, it was never really the hypercar-slayer that its owners dreamed it to be—until now. Here’s everything you need to know about what could be the most powerful and unique Mazda RX-7 ever made.
Read MoreEveryone wants an E30, but people just seem to have the E36. They tune it, they race it, they engine swap it. But no one loves it. No one truly wants the E36. Will that ever change?
Read MoreOrrin Visotto, possibly the angriest man in the gentle nation of Canada, is tired of dealing with his crappy Freightliner truck, so he filmed this rant about how big a piece of garbage his big rig is. And he uses lots of expletives.
Read MoreYou may recall that there has been a struggle among those of us that like to work on our own cars. A struggle against something called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which suggested that you don’t really own the software that runs your car, hence, you can’t touch it. Happily, that’s not going to happen, at least not for two years.
Read MoreIt’s already November and my Detroit-based fleet of cars is in disrepair, meaning I’m going to have to engage in a practice only the toughest of souls ever dare to undertake: Michigan outdoor winter wrenching, also known as “frostbite.” That is, unless I can get these things done first.
Read MoreSomehow every project vehicle I’ve gotten acquainted with has had one sacred tool I always need. I think my Integra could have been completely disassembled with a 10 millimeter socket. In my Scout, everything comes apart with a Phillips-head screwdriver. What tool does the most to keep your car alive?
Read MoreMercedes brought back the straight six to their engine portfolio after nearly two decades out of major use. It’s a classic engine, and I think it could do well in a classic car. But which one?
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