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Beyond Cars (7)

  • Why Killing The Open Skies Treaty Would Be A Mistake For The Trump Administration

    The Trump administration has moved to place a new series of restrictions on authorized Russian military spy flights over the United States which are conducted as part of the Open Skies treaty. This week, at a monthly meeting of the Open Skies Consultative Commission in Vienna, the U.S. asked that limits be placed on the length of flights over Hawaii and removed access to two air force bases the Russians use during their missions over the U.S. The retaliatory changes are in response to what Ameri

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  • America's Most Secret Spy Sub Returned To Base Flying A Pirate Flag

    On Monday, the USS Jimmy Carter returned home to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington flying a Jolly Roger flag beside the American flag. The Jimmy Carter is America’s most secret submarine, equipped like no other for special missions and the covert gathering of intelligence. The Jolly Roger indicated it had successfully done something. But what? We may never know.

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  • How Two A-10 Pilots Saved A Group Of Marines Who Were Cornered And Under Siege By The Taliban

    In late October 2008 in northwestern Afghanistan, six members of a Marine Special Operations Team were minutes away from being overrun by Taliban fighters. Surrounded by a larger enemy force, the Marines had called for air support, but dense cloud cover over the valley the Marines were trapped in was making it impossible for Navy F/A-18s to reach them. For a minute, it looked like all would be lost, until two A-10s arrived, flown by pilots who risked their own lives to save the Marines’, just as

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  • The Necessary Danger Of Repeatedly Sending Planes Into The Eyes Of Hurricanes

    To most people, hurricanes are to be avoided at all cost. The thought of intentionally flying an airplane directly into a hurricane is quickly dismissed as a very bad idea. Yet there are small groups of aircrew and scientists who regularly board planes that will not only penetrate the storm but will spend hours crisscrossing it in order to get a better idea of what the storm will do next.

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Buying (25)

  • I Had Too Many Kids! What Car Should I Buy?

    Ryan is rather proficient at procreating. So much so he has three kids including one set of twins and another on the way. His old SUV just isn’t going to cut it anymore and he would like something a bit more comfortable. What car should he buy?

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  • The 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR Is A Mean Masterpiece

    It’s easy to get enamored with the Jaguar F-Type SVR’s deadly-beautiful design. Wrestling with the car’s complex personality and 575 horsepower is a far greater challenge. But the SVR’s learning curve is perfectly graded to be fearsome and fun at once, and that’s what really makes this machine special.

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  • What Do You Want To Know About The Honda S660?

    Konnichiwa, Honda S660! I picked this guy up earlier today and will be living with it for a few days. At last, you’ll get a Jalopnik Review of Honda’s new micro-sports car. As this is a car Japan selfishly keeps to itself and does not export (officially), tell me what you want to know more about it.

    By Ken Saito Read More

  • Here's How The Newest Mazda Miata Really Compares To The Old One

    There’s been a Mazda Miata in my mom’s garage for as long as I can remember. She’s a car enthusiast—not the kind who knows every obscure car ever, but the kind who wants to drive and wants to drive a manual transmission. So, when a 2017 Mazda Miata RF wound up at my house, it was a table-turning of sorts.

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  • Watch Out For These Three Warning Signs Of A Shady Used Car Dealer

    Buying a used car can be a little trickier than purchasing a new one. When it comes to used cars there are numerous pitfalls to watch out for—persistent mechanical issues, weird smells, questionable choices on the radio’s presets—but where you buy the car shouldn’t be one of them. If you are looking for a pre-owned car from a dealership look for these red flags before you even walk through the door.

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  • Why The Porsche 912 Has Its Own Cult Following

    Take the religious following of air-cooled Porsche 911s, then reduce that to the community of folks who are evangelists for the four-cylinder 912, and you’ve got a group of seriously passionate people. Like most passionate people that I’ve met, they want to bring you into the fold and show you why whatever it is they love deserves attention.

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  • The 2017 BMW M2 Is Exactly What You Want A Modern M Car To Be

    I was appalled to learn that my colleagues, the Mikes Roselli and Ballaban, did not like the 2017 BMW M2. Too hardcore, they said. Too harsh and crazy and ill-suited to daily driving! I called shenanigans on that, and I’m thrilled to say I’m right and they’re wrong.

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  • The 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R Puts An Evil Voice In Your Head

    On a twisty backroad in Connecticut, behind the wheel of the new 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R, I followed a vehicle doing the posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour and thought to myself, “should I pass?” I had absolutely no reason to. Not one. But I did it anyway.

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  • How To Avoid Being Scammed Into Buying A Hurricane-Damaged Car

    Now that hurricanes Harvey and Irma have come and gone and most everyone affected can focus on rebuilding and recovering, that could also potentially mean buying a new car to replace the one that got destroyed. Problem is: how do you know if the new car you’re thinking about hasn’t also been hurricane damaged?

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  • The 2018 Mercedes-AMG GLE43 Is Like A Decent Light Beer

    There are many variants of Mercedes-AMG vehicles these days: coupes, sedans, wagons, convertibles and even trucks. But the main distinction between any of them is what numbers are glued to the back. Or at least what those numbers stand for: what’s under the hood.

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  • A Giant Hurricane Washed Away All My Cars! What Should I Buy?

    Devin lives in Texas and, like a lot of people, was unfortunately in the path of Hurricane Harvey. His house was damaged and all his cars including his Tacoma and 74’ Celica project car were totaled. He needs something with decent gas mileage that can help him rebuild. What car should he buy?

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  • How To Uncover Online Car Escrow Scams

    The internet is inherently deceptive. While I know most of you assume I write from a luxurious, sumptuously upholstered cabin in a perpetually globe-circling zeppelin, the truth is that I’m usually stationed on a damp mattress crammed into the back of a wrecked Econoline. In much the same way, a car buying website with a name you trust may, in fact, be a total scam. Like this fake Edmunds site is.

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  • Ten Cars You Can Buy For The Price Of A New iPhone X

    Apple had their big-ass event today, in their brand-new land-spaceship, and in this big-ass event they had their big-ass announcement: the big-ass iPhone X. That iPhone X (pronounced like MacOS X and not Malcom X) will cost you a non-trivial $999, which is officially car-money, and not just phone-money. So, with this milestone reached, let’s see what sorts of cars you can get for the cost of an iPhone X.

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  • I Hit 115 MPH In A 2,700 HP Race Boat And It Was Eerily Smooth [UPDATED WITH VIDEO]

    One-hundred and fifteen miles an hour in a car isn’t anything to turn your nose up at. Certainly, automakers these days tout their elite models as 200-MPH-smashing beasts, but, honestly, how many people take their cars up to those speeds anyways? One-hundred and fifteen is still very fast, but also a perfectly attainable speed, given a decent enough stretch of road and ample power. Would it be just as feasible on the Hudson River? I went to find out.

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  • The Saab 900 Turbo SPG Was A Hot Hatch Way Before Hot Hatchbacks Were Cool

    The Saab 900 Turbo SPG may in fact be the most underrated performance hatchback in history. While most believe the Volkswagen GTI to be the grandfather of the hot hatch, truth is, while VW was still relying on a measly 1.8-liter four to generate power, Saab was dishing out fire-breathing, front-wheel-drive turbo compacts ravenous enough to gobble up two GTIs in a single bite.

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Culture (16)

  • Show Us What Car Stuff You Doodle All The Time

    I doodle pretty compulsively. Despite what people generally seem to think at the time, doodling means I’m listening; it’s a way to quiet down the brain to focus on things, a simple distraction ploy to corral a mind that tends to be unruly. When I doodle, there’s lots of car-related stuff that comes up again and again, and I bet I’m not alone. That’s why I want to know the goofy car crap you draw, almost without thinking? Tell me!

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  • I'm Pretty Sure This Mysterious Mechanical Hand Is The Holy Grail Of Turn Signals

    Normally, we don’t think of cars as communication tools, but they absolutely are, even if their vocabulary is pretty limited. There’s really two separate devices on a car that are designed to communicate the driver’s intentions: the horn and the turn indicators. Today I want to talk about a tantalizing glimpse of what may be the finest early turn indicator, and complain about how little I know about it.

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  • I Can't Believe There Was Almost A Mail Truck-Based Sports Car

    Even if you don’t know the name, I’m sure every American is familiar with the standard, boxy mail truck that trundles around the nation, distributing everyone’s smallish Amazon packages and more stupid subpoenas I’m just going to throw out. That mail truck has a name: the Grumman LLV (Long Life Vehicle), and I just found an incredible picture that suggests that there were plans for an LLV-based roadster.

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  • Jalopnik Is Coming To TV! Welcome To Car Vs. America, Premiering TONIGHT

    They say young people don’t care about cars anymore. They say the culture is dying. They say human driving doesn’t even have a future. You, the Jalopnik community of readers, know that isn’t true. You also know the last place to look for modern car culture is the vast wasteland that is television. But we think we can do car TV better—and so we did.

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  • Tech Fuckboy Has Bad Opinion About Women In Autos

    Listen, I will cop to it right now: I am a Female-American. My mother was a Female-American, and her mother and her mother... well she was French-Canadian. But the point is, I come from a long line of people with vaginas, and happen to be a lady myself—and I also work in the world of cars.

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  • What It Takes To Make Cars That Keep Humans Alive If They Crash

    I get sucked up into the appeal of powerful and fast cars just as much as the next person does, but at the end of the day, a car’s safety is just as much a priority to me as its performance. We make the “rolling coffin” jokes about cars from previous decades and laugh because they are no longer our reality. Companies like Volvo and people like Malin Ekholm are devoted to keeping us safe when we drive.

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  • I Have An Idea That May Help Solve One Of The Biggest Problems With Electric Cars In Cities

    In many ways, an electric car would make an ideal city car. The lack of car-generated pollution, both noise and emissions, has the biggest benefit in a dense city environment, and the trips tend to be shorter, well within most EVs’ range. Yet for most urban apartment dwellers with street parking, there’s just no good way to charge an EV. I think I have an idea that can help.

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  • How Volkswagen Could Have Built A Better Air-Cooled Beetle 50 Years Ago

    Air-cooled-era Volkswagen was a company that revolved around a strange contradiction: it built cars that were fundamentally different from most other carmakers, but they were surprisingly conservative, technically. Any change to their core products was incremental and carefully considered. I think VW’s unwillingness to try radical changes prevented them from making what could have been one of the most important and beneficial changes to the iconic Beetle. Too bad I’m 50 years too late for this t

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  • Meh Car Monday: Try And Stay Awake While We Talk About Early 2000s Hyundais

    If you’re a graphic designer, and you have to make one of those generic cars for some ad for an insurance company, you can probably cut your work time in half by starting with a Hyundai sedan made between 2000-2005 or so. I’m actually picking two meh cars for today, because they’re both so equally meh I couldn’t decide: the third-gen Hundai Accent and Elantra.

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  • A Car You Never Heard Of: The SAIL Badal

    Are you one of the many people who would love to own a Reliant Robin, but feel that it has too many brakes, it looks too conventional, the engine’s both in the wrong place and has, like, twice as many strokes as it should, and you’d never want to own a car with a symmetrical arrangement of doors? If that’s you then I’m delighted to say I’ve found the car for you: a SAIL Badal.

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  • Meh Car Monday: Embrace Nothingness With A Buick Lucerne

    Buick, at least in the U.S., is a brand that has traditionally skewed a bit older. I’m not sure there’s a recent Buick that makes that vague bit of demographic data come to life more than the 2005-2011 Buick Lucerne, a car that is essentially the very concept of responsible, suburban aging turned into metal.

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  • Here's Why The White Walkers Could Be The Best Thing To Happen To Westeros

    Let’s be honest here: the fictional country of Westeros, as we’ve seen it portrayed in books and HBO’s Game of Thrones, is kind of a shithole. Not only that, it’s currently on the brink of invasion by hundreds of thousands (perhaps more) undead warriors. Most people seem to think this is Bad News for Westeros. But not me. If played the right way, the White Walkers and their army of the dead could be the path to Westeros finally getting cars and many other benefits of modernity. I better explain.

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  • Your Ridiculously Awesome Toyota AE86 Wallpaper Is Here

    Having recently become transfixed with the concept of two-tone and multi-tone paint jobs that just seem to work, it’s only fitting that I pull Eric’s picture of a Toyota AE86 out of my inbox and share it with all of you to adorn your desktops.

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Crashes and Safety (13)

  • No One Knows Why Off-Duty Cop Ran From Police In Bizarre Fatal SUV Crash

    On June 27, just before 1 a.m. on the Chicago’s west side, police officers tried to pull over an SUV that matched the description of one used in an earlier carjacking. But the driver of the SUV, Taylor Clark, a 32-year-old off-duty cop, sped off, setting off a chase that would end with Clark and another driver dead, and a mystery.

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  • Tesla Says Model X Automatic Door Getting Ripped Off By Truck Was Owner's Fault

    A Tesla Model X owner put the company on blast by claiming the car’s door opened automatically before being ripped off by an oncoming truck, an incident captured clearly on tape by a security camera. But Tesla says its own data indicates that it was clearly user error, and while the incident is unfortunate, it’s a good reminder of why you should know how to use your car’s features properly.

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  • Violent Crash Caught On Camera On LA Freeway

    This violent crash caught on camera early Thursday morning in Los Angeles looks like something out of an action movie. The crash left one driver injured—though he appeared to be talking to rescuers at the scene as he was pulled from his car, according to KTLA. The crash occurred on the 101 freeway in L.A.’s Hollywood Hills, after an earlier incident left a stalled Nissan Altima abandoned and prone.

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  • Oh, God

    This is the stuff of movies. Literally. Except the car didn’t explode. Thank god for that!

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  • Porsche Boxster Plows Into Spectators At Boise Cars And Coffee

    At least eleven people are so far injured after a Porsche Boxster Spyder attempting a burnout ran into a crowd of people attending a Cars and Coffee event in Boise this morning, according to news reports. Though this one doesn’t involve the usual suspect, it’s another example of how a great car event can go south when people act like idiots.

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  • Corvette Z06 Driver Was Reportedly Traveling 125 MPH Prior To Crash

    Late last month, authorities charged the driver of a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 who wrecked the car after smashing into a tree just outside Ann Arbor, Michigan. Now, we know the car—once featured on the YouTube series Vehicle Virgins—was traveling 125 mph seconds before the crash, thanks to the detective work of The Ann Arbor News.

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  • Mother Nature Versus A Lexus

    Yesterday afternoon, before Irma was downgraded to a tropical depression, a driver in Northern Georgia experienced the dangers of sharing the road with an inland tropical storm up close.

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  • A Poor Kia Stinger Got Its Face Run Over Already

    I’m just going to come out and say it: I really like the Kia Stinger. I like what it looks like, I like what it represents, I like that it’s a Kia and I like that its trunk opens as a hatch. So when I saw these photos today of a poor Stinger with a Toyota parked on top of it, I got super sad.

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Honda (1)

  • The Honda S660 Is The Most Fun You Can Have At 25 MPH

    The most interesting car Honda currently makes isn’t the reborn NSX, or the Civic Type R, and it’s definitely not one of its hybrid hatchbacks or crossovers. It’s the Honda S660, a mid-engined baby roadster with a peppy engine in the middle, rear-wheel drive and a removable roof. And you can’t own one.

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Motorcycles (9)

News (321)

  • The local taco delivery truck utilizes the world’s first queso lubricated supercharger.

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  • When You Drive A C4 Corvette You're Cool Enough To Park Wherever You Want

    The fourth-generation Corvette, dubbed the C4, was styled as a car for the rebels and the “cool” people who lived on the edge and didn’t take “no” for an answer. Despite this push by Corvette to make the car as cool as possible with sawblade wheels and a big V8 under the hood, mostly dads and retirees bought C4 Corvettes when they were new throughout the ’80s and early ’90s.

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  • Alfa Romeo's Nürburgring SUV Record Lap Video Seems To Be Edited

    Just a couple of days ago, Alfa Romeo released a video showing their new Stelvio Quadrifoglio breaking the Nürburgring SUV lap record with an impressive time of 7:51.7. That’s great, right? Well, it’d be a bit more great if the video of the lap didn’t seem to have two major cuts, added and removed time, and in the video the car seems to teleport around parts of the ring in ways that defy physics. In short, while the record may be true, the video to ‘prove’ it seems quite suspect.

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  • The World's Cleanest 2003 Honda Odyssey Has An Amazing 246,000 Miles On It

    Automotive superlatives like “World’s Fastest” or “World’s Most Expensive” constantly change hands and the titles go to whatever chassis Bugatti sticks a 16-cylinder engine in or a car that Enzo Ferrari may have looked at once in the 1950s. But “World’s Cleanest 2003 Honda Odyssey” is a record that is not often disputed among carmakers.

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  • Please Buy This Man's Italian Money Toilet

    Craigslist is a tricky place. Some people seem honest about a vehicle’s condition, others seem to be typing up things that are just too good to be true. But rarely are Craigslist car ads so captivating, and so truthful, that you’ll sit through 11 paragraphs of someone’s misery without getting bored. This was one of them.

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  • Let's Hope Honda's Electric Sports Car Concept Doesn't Just Break Our Hearts

    Remember that adorable retro-futuristic electric compact car concept Honda dangled in front of us a couple weeks ago? Apparently the company’s going to put a sports car body on the same platform to help convince us that EVs are awesome. It’s a great pitch, I just hope Honda’s not planning on pulling a CR-Z with these things.

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  • The 2018 Kia Stinger Will Be Louder So Us American Cowboys Can Hear It

    I’d like to deny that all Americans have some kind of yabboistic tendencies, but I know it to be false. Given the right time, we love smokey burnouts and loud cars. Kia understands this and will indulge us with the 2018 Kia Stinger. I don’t know if this is good marketing or if we’re just crass.

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  • Comment Of The Day: Shameless Plug Edition

    Here at Jalopnik, it’s no secret that we’re very “anti-brand.” We don’t get sucked into PR campaigns and we certainly don’t tolerate shameless self-plugs that company CEOs (not really in this case) might post in our comments section.

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  • Elon Musk Should Remember The Concorde

    By now, you may have heard that Elon Musk has come up with yet another wondrous glimpse into the very near (?) future that he will build for us. The SpaceX CEO told attendees of the International Astronautical Congress in Australia earlier this week that he was simplifying his rocket production by focusing on one promising design. Oh yeah, and he’d like to develop a system that would allow rocket-propelled travel between cities on Earth.

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  • Lexus SUV Drives Over People Fighting In Street, No One Died But It's All So Depressing

    A big, stupid brawl among young women in Griffin, Georgia, ended when five people were injured from a Lexus SUV that was driven into the fight, and right over some of the participants. This is the opposite of a feel-good story here: the footage is graphic, the actions of the people involved are awful, and everything will just leave you feeling depressed. So you’ve been warned.

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  • Here's How You Can Volunteer As A Trucker In Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico (UPDATED)

    Disaster relief efforts are well underway in Puerto Rico, with aid pouring in from the likes of celebrities and automakers alike. Yet, one of the biggest issues the island faces is the shortage of truck drivers to get incoming supplies from the docks and to the people who need them. Update: NVOAD and Puerto Rican organization Casa Puertorriqueña have both provided contact information.

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  • It’s Friday at last! What weekend plans do you have with your Dodge Daytona Shelby Z?

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  • Idiot Couple Snapchats Themselves Shooting Guns Blindly Into Homes And Buildings While Driving

    Just go ahead and wonder aloud right now about what the fuck is wrong with people, because it’s going to come out sooner or later as you read this story. Because, seriously, what the fuck is wrong with people? Why would anyone drive around shooting guns out a car window, and then be stupid enough to Snapchat it? I guess we’ll have to ask this pair of morons why, when they’re finally caught.

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  • Donkey Tries To Eat McLaren, Causes $6,800 In Damage

    Around this time last year, Markus Zahn, owner of an orange McLaren Spider, parked this beloved car near an enclosure where Vitus, a donkey, lives. Vitus, apparently mistaking the car for a carrot, tried to eat the rear of the car, leaving the McLaren with $6,800 in damage, according to the BBC. Today, a court in Giessen, Germany, ordered Vitus’s owners to pay for it.

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  • McLaren's Using A 720S To Test The Three-Seater Layout Of Its BP23 Hypercar

    McLaren has already said the ultra-expensive hypercar it has in the works will be a three-seater like the original McLaren F1, and that it’ll be made for 106 wealthy, wealthy people. The project, codenamed the “BP23,” is well in the works, since it looks like McLaren’s testing the car’s layout with a 720S mule.

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  • Police Catch Suspect After Firing GPS Dart From Cruiser

    About a year ago, a sheriff’s office in Ohio purchased some GPS darts, which look like something out of a James Bond movie. Attached to the front of a cruiser’s grille, a dart is fired onto the rear of a car the cruiser is pursuing, allowing police to track the car from distance. On Monday, for the first time, a Lucas County sheriff deputy used one.

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  • No One Can Leave A Big Pile Of Leaves Alone—Not Even Mercedes Drivers

    Fall is finally here, and provided you don’t choke on whatever pumpkin spice abomination you’ve just crammed down your pie-hole, it’s arguably one of the best seasons of the year. Not only is it finally pleasant outside, but trees everywhere drop their leaves. No one can resist playing in the leaves. No one.

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  • Doctors Who Ran Illegal 'Pill Mill' Had A Hell Of A Car Collection And Now It's Up For Auction

    I’m not sure how well you follow medical and pharmaceutical-related crime news, but it seems two doctors from Mobile, Alabama, Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch were convicted earlier this year of illegally prescribing narcotics and other drugs—you know, running a pill mill. Both doctors had impressive car collections, and now, after being stored for two years, those cars are up for auction.

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  • Alaska Will Not Be Fixing Its Bad Paint Job Or The Cars It Stained

    Look at those highway lines above. They are bad! The state of Alaska, which painted them recently in Ketchikan, Alaska, acknowledges that they are bad and, in some cases, staining cars. But the state also says they won’t redo them, what they are doing is offering some some good tips on how to clean your paint-stained car! Nice!

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  • Trump Finally Grants Shipping Waiver For Puerto Rico

    After the administration originally denied a request to waive the Jones Act for Puerto Rico to make the shipment of food, fuel and other hurricane-relief cargo easier following devastation from Hurricane Maria, CNBC reports that the President Trump has now waived the act’s shipping restrictions for the area.

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  • You Can Totally Call An 'Engine' A 'Motor'

    Many of my friends find it strange when I talk about my Jeep’s 4.0-liter “motor,” as they think that term is reserved only for electric cars. But that’s not true. The terms “motor” and “engine” can technically be used interchangeably.

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  • The Successor To The Jaguar F-Type Will Be Electrified

    Good news! In a world of mid-size vehicles and sadness, Jaguar won’t fully give into the crossover cash trap. The Jaguar F-Type, a strikingly beautiful machine that broke a nearly three-decade sports car hiatus at the company, will have a successor. And that successor will have an “electrified” powertrain.

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  • What Do You Want To Know About The 2018 Honda Accord?

    The 2018 Honda Accord is not the kind of car where you longingly stare at your window and find excuses to go for a drive, but it does have a long (41 years!) history of being dependable, decent transportation. The car’s been remade into its 10th generation for the new model year, and we’re driving it this week. What do you want to know?

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  • Puerto Rico Needs Truckers Right Now

    The good news is that Puerto Rico, devastated after Hurricane Maria, is now seeing donations pouring in from people looking to help. The bad news is that the supplies seem to be stuck at the ports because there are issues with infrastructure and not enough truckers to properly distribute the items to people in need.

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  • The Tesla Model 3 Doesn't Have FM Radio Right Now But It Will

    There are certain standard features on cars that we’re so accustomed to that we don’t even think about them much. Seat belts, for one. The steering wheel. Pedals. Or FM radio, a staple on cars for decades now. But as some videos surmised, the earliest examples of the Tesla Model 3 do not have FM radio—but they reportedly will by the time the public gets them.

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  • Michigan Man Forced To Sell 20 Cars A Month Might Just Pull It Off Now

    I’ve got some good news on Ron Dauzet, the Michigan man being forced by Northfield Township to sell off his enormous car collection at a staggering rate of 20 cars per month: thanks to the help of Jalopnik readers and the massive amount of attention around his story, Ron is on track to meet his monthly quota.

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  • Tent On Traveling Tent Show The Grand Tour Will No Longer Travel

    The whole point of Amazon’s The Grand Tour was to have a big traveling tent as the show’s studio, was it not? That’s what was supposed to make it different from The Show That Must Not Be Named, right? Well, for The Grand Tour’s upcoming second season, it seems that the tent will not be, er, touring.

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  • Porsche 911 GT2 RS Drops A Lambo-Crushing Record 6:47.3 Nürburgring Time

    Oh, that’s precious. Y’all thought you could steal the “fastest road car on the Nürburgring” title from Porsche? Porsche, who lives just a short drive away? That’s cute!!! Porsche took back the record for the fastest street-legal sports car on the ‘Ring with a 6:47.3 lap time around the Nordschleife course.

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  • It’s a Lamborghini Espada kind of day! You decide what that means.

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  • James Dyson Reveals Years-Long Secret Project To Build A 'Radical' Electric Car By 2020

    James Dyson, the British inventor who gave us the bagless vacuum cleaner, has had his eye on building an electric car for awhile. Last year, his company’s intentions were accidentally made public in a government report. Today, Dyson himself made it official in an announcement. Apparently, the company’s been secretly working on a “radical” car design for the past two years.

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  • Driver Charged With Attempted Murder Explains That It Was Actually 'Attempted Vehicular Manslaughter'

    On Friday, video emerged of an orange Mustang slamming into cars and trying to run over pedestrians outside of a school in Las Vegas. The driver, Clay Green, later told police that he’d rammed the vehicle because someone had thrown rocks at his “show car.” Green, who was charged with two counts of attempted murder, also told police that, in fact, it was only “attempted vehicular manslaughter,” according to FOX5. Which is supposed to be better, I guess?

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  • Polestar Will Be The Electric AMG Of Volvo

    Polestar, Volvo’s official performance arm, announced back in June that it would offer Polestar-branded cars without a Volvo logo, as well as begin to develop performance electric cars, à la Tesla. Yesterday, the company took to its Instagram account to announce the end of... something. Perhaps Polestar-tuned Volvo cars?

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  • Why This Job-Starved Town Thinks Car Startup Elio Motors Took It For A Ride

    SHREVEPORT, La.—When Mark Jones took over the Chevron gas station he owns here more than three decades ago, it was in a sleepy and undeveloped part of town. Quickly, though, things changed. A nearby General Motors truck assembly plant opened in 1982 and gave way to a crush of development. Neighborhoods sprouted to house the factory’s 3,000 employees, and a stable of businesses popped up to support the community.

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  • What Is Your Most Hated Car Design Element?

    All cars have to adhere to regulations and be structurally sound, safe and meet a whole host of other checklist items that I can’t even begin to imagine. Then car designers have to take all of those rules, apply them to a car and then also somehow figure out how to make the car pretty. It doesn’t sound easy.

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  • Land Rover Is Going To Make A Car: Report

    You may recall that Porsche started out making sports cars and eventually started making SUVs and crossovers. If rumors are true, Land Rover is going to do the same thing, except backwards.

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  • No, Elon Musk Didn't Convince Daimler To Invest $10 Billion In Electric Cars Over Night

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on Twitter again, this time calling out Daimler following the company’s announcement that it would invest $1 billion in its Alabama plant to manufacture its upcoming electric vehicles. Musk tweeted that Daimler should invest much more, and today it responded directly to him by saying it would. The thing is, Elon Musk didn’t actually do anything to inspire Daimler.

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  • I Can't Decide If I'll Buy This Fate Of The Furious Car Pack For Forza 7 (OK Fine I Probably Will)

    If you’ve been following along with our Fast and Furious coverage, then you’ll know that I will die defending those movies. I love everything about them: the bad acting, the science-bending stunts and the bullet-proof plot lines. And now Turn 10 Studios has announced a The Fate of the Furious car pack for the upcoming Forza Motorsport 7 game and I really have to sit down and think this one over.

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  • Deadmau5's Nyanborghini Purracan Is For Sale You Guys!!!

    Canadian record producer, DJ and Ferrari-troller Deadmau5 (pronounced “dead mouse” and not “dead-mao-five”) keeps up a pretty eclectic car collection. And by eclectic I don’t mean the cars are weird and funky. I mean he customizes them all weird and funky and that’s what makes them wonderful.

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  • The 2018 Kia Stinger GT Is Good

    It is fair and justified to be skeptical of the 2018 Kia Stinger GT. A rear-wheel drive sport sedan from Kia? With 365 horsepower? Again, from Kia? All of it seems improbable, like something you’d experience in a wild fever dream. But it is real, and apparently it’s pretty good, too.

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  • Germany's Autobahn Is Overrated

    Every time I get back to the U.S. from Germany, my friends ask me if I drove on the Autobahn. When I respond “yes,” they often tell me they’re jealous. But my friends shouldn’t envy me, because the Autobahn isn’t what most Americans make it out to be. Often times, Germany’s highway system actually sucks.

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  • Your Wonderful Stories Of How Cars Saved Your Relationships

    It’s kind of funny how lifeless hunks of metal can become such large parts of our lives. Maybe it’s because we spend so much time around cars, we can’t help but to integrate ourselves with them. And because most of us are social animals, of course some aspects of our relationships have been directly impacted by cars.

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  • Life Hack: Do Not Ride Outside The Subway Train Like This Fellow

    If you ride the subway in New York City long enough, you’re bound to see a passenger move between cars mid-ride. Me, I couldn’t do it. Too afraid. But this? What you see above? I mean, damn. Over the weekend, this clip emerged of a guy apparently riding a subway in a very unorthodox way—by hanging onto the door as the train whips through a tunnel.

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  • Here's Our First Good Look At How The Tesla Model 3's Touchscreen Works

    Easily one of the most controversial and surprising things about the Tesla Model 3 was its single rectangular 17-inch touchscreen on the dashboard and seeming lack of any physical controls. Surely, we thought, the production car wouldn’t be that simplistic; what about buttons? What about physical controls? But the screen is the real deal, and now we have a good idea how it operates.

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  • Listen, I gotta be honest with you here—I love cars.

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  • At any given time, there is a Plymouth GTX just waiting to do a burnout in a mall parking lot. This is one of those times.

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  • This International Harvester Travelall Was A Bountiful Find

    We love International Harvester at Jalopnik. In fact, our own Andrew Collins has written fairly extensively about his own experiences with an International Harvester Scout. Here’s another International Harvester I saw recently around town, but it’s no Scout. It’s one of the first-ever SUVs: a Travelall.

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  • Nearly 60,000 Mazda 6s Recalled For Potential Power Steering Issues

    Mazda announced a recall of around 60,000 Mazda 6 sedans in the U.S. and Canada, The Detroit News reports. Improper welding may cause a wire shortage that will disable power steering. Debris left during the welding process can cause wires to rub together, potentially disabling the airbag.

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  • I Bet You'd Like To Know What Those Holes In The Sides Of Buicks Are Actually Called

    If someone were to run up to you on the street, seize you by the collar and look at you, wide eyed, shaking, and shriek, “Buicks! Tell me something about Buicks!” chances are good you may say, “They usually have three fake holes in their sides!” before shoving them away and getting the hell out of there. Have you ever wondered if those holes have a name?

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  • This Abandoned Lot Is A Time Capsule For Regular Cars

    Every neighborhood has a story of some abandoned lot somewhere full of late 60’s to early 70’s American muscle cars, just waiting to be discovered, or they’ve heard of a warehouse stocked with Italian sports cars ready to be restored. That’s not really the case with my neighborhood’s abandoned lot. Its inventory is much humbler but I believe it’s equally as interesting. The “collection” is as follows:

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  • So John Cena Is A Car Vlogger

    John Cena has to be the second most-loved American celebrity made famous by wrestling, right? Apparently he’s also really into cars. It seems as though Cena’s been making a YouTube car show on his fiancée’s channel for, like, six months. Huh.

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  • Start Fall Off The Right Way, With NASCAR

    Welcome 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?

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  • Where Are The Ultra-High-Definition 4K Car Videos At?

    4K “Ultra HD” video resolution is no longer new-fangled technology, so there should be plenty of cool car content that’s been made in this extra-sharp format by now. I’m hoping the Jalopnik commentariat can give myself and other TV owners some good ideas of what to watch.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Ken Block's Next Gymkhana Was Almost Held In Heaven

    Ken Block, known hoonigan, is up to familiar tricks, this time taking his talents to Pikes Peak, which he climbed in a 1,400-horsepower Mustang. At one point, according to a teaser released this week, Block nearly lost it.

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  • The World's Largest Electric Vehicle Will Be A 50-Ton Behemoth

    What will be the world’s largest electric vehicle, currently being constructed by a consortium of Swiss companies, is best understood by the numbers. It weighs 50 tons, has an extra 71 tons of hauling capacity, takes nine stairs for the driver to reach the cab, and has 700 kWh of storage capacity, according to Arstechnica.

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  • Mother And Daughter From Guess What State Arrested For Beating A Woman Unconscious Over Slow Driving

    You don’t even need the answer, of course, but I’ll say it anyway. Florida. The unhinged mother-daughter tag-team that were arrested for beating a young mom unconscious were, of course, from the humid, mosquito-infested asylum called Florida. The beating seems to have stemmed from some advanced case of idiotic road rage, with what appeared to be normal traffic sending the women into a violent frenzy in the middle of the street.

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  • The Raccoon Is On The Windshield

    There isn’t much to this. On Wednesday, a raccoon hopped onto the hood of a Colorado Springs police van, as the officer behind the wheel headed to the scene of a crash. And it hung on.

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  • North Korea Owes NYC A Lot Of Money For Unpaid Parking Tickets

    North Korea, whose leader called President Trump a “dotard” yesterday, also happens to owe New York City around $156,000 in unpaid parking tickets, according to NBC4. The fines accrued over the years on vehicles belonging to North Korea’s diplomatic mission to the United Nations.

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  • When Tokyo's Supercar Owners Get Bored They Invite Everyone To See Them Race

    Another day, another event at Fuji Speedway. But this one was slightly different. It’s not a Super GT race nor is it a massive meet of Liberty Walk’s tuned cars. Instead, this is the Super Car Race. Not an original name, but direct. It’s the result of a gap in Japanese motorsports for the casual exotic owner wanting to compete in racing with their toys on a track.

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  • The Sneaky Way Audi Is Hiding Its Destination Fees

    Automakers like to play games with pricing, and one of the ways they can advertise that their starting price is lower than their competition is to exclude the destination fee. However, Audi seems to be a little extra sneaky about that on their online configurator.

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  • Reminder: Shoving A Bear Into Your Truck And Driving To A Busy Parking Lot Is A Bad Idea

    We’ve all been there: you see a full-grown bear that appears to be injured, and you want to do the right thing, because having a bear owe you a solid is a better long-term plan than having an IRA. So you’re thinking should you wrestle that bear into your car and drive them to a busy parking lot? I’m afraid the answer is no, hell no. Doing so turns out very badly, as people near Pablo, Montana realized.

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  • Here's What A 1997 Nissan 240SX Looks Like With Just 676 Miles

    When it comes to modding, tuning and drifting cars, the immediate go-to platform that comes to mind is the Nissan 240SX. Lightweight, rear-driven and well-balanced, finding a stock, untouched 240SX is like finding an clean Toyota Supra. They’re out there, but they’re rare. And most likely expensive. We think we found the rarest and most expensive one there is.

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  • Uber's License To Operate In London Is In Serious Jeopardy

    Transport for London, which regulates and controls the British capital city’s subways, buses, and taxis, said today that it won’t be renewing Uber’s license to operate in the city at the end of September. The company will have 21 days to appeal the decision, according to The New York Times. Uber can still operate during the appeal.

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  • Elio Motors Turns To Lobbyists Because It Needs The Trump Administration To Save It

    While Elio Motors is looking to find investors to raise up to $100 million, the startup has hired a pair of former Trump campaign officials as lobbyists for its cause, according to a new report from The Daily Beast. The reason? The federal government still doesn’t consider Elio’s three-wheeled autocycle an “automobile,” which could really screw up the company’s business plan.

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  • The Only Rear-Wheel Drive Tesla You Can Get Now Is The Model 3

    There’s a new Tesla sedan on the horizon, and even though buyers seem confused about where it slots in the lineup, Tesla clearly wants to put some distance between the new entry level Model 3 and the older but more expensive Model S. The latest step is the company killing off the rear-wheel drive Model S. Will it be missed?

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  • Comment Of The Day: Biblically Ford Edition

    We helped out a guy named Ryan today, who had more kids than he had car space. And since this is America and it doesn’t do to leave the children behind when you go out, he needed a new family-mobile. We scoured the internet far and wide for people-haulers that could take a good beating.

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  • Your Most Appalling And Bleak Stories Of Working At Car Dealerships

    When I asked you yesterday why turnover in car sales was so high, I wasn’t quite prepared for the response. Hundreds of you weighed in with stories that were by turns thoughtful and, occasionally, very bleak. There’s a LOT of booze in car sales, it turns out, and enough pressure to make Glengarry Glen Ross look like a delightful work environment.

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  • It'll Cost Just $24 Billion To Build A Denver-To-Wyoming Hyperloop

    In the coming weeks, Hyperloop One—a startup that’s furthest along in developing the futuristic transportation network—will begin a feasibility study with the Colorado Department of Transportation to determine what’s needed to actually build the system. One of the study’s aims is to develop a business case for a 360-mile route between Colorado and Wyoming that’ll cost an estimated $24 billion to construct, according to documents obtained by Jalopnik through a public records request.

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  • Whoosh! Look at you go, escaping the chaos of modern life in your old Range Rover! You are amazing and do not forget it!

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  • I'm Pretty Sure This Is The Saddest Car Badge Ever

    A car’s badge isn’t a necessary part of a car. It’s there not for rational, engineering reasons, but because the company and people that designed and built that car want you to know, hey, this is ours. We made this. It’s like an artist’s signature on a painting. It’s a mark of pride. I think that’s why the badge on the Daewoo LeMans/Racer makes me so sad.

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  • There Won't Be Another Four-Cylinder Or Hybrid BMW M Car Anytime Soon

    That car above is the original BMW M3. Under its hood lived four cylinders of fury, each working hard to scream to a 7,250 RPM redline without even needing the help of a turbocharger. It was a mighty machine! But we haven’t seen four-cylinder M cars in some time, and it looks like we may not again.

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  • No One Can Explain Why A Missing Man Was Decomposing In A Truck Parked At An Airport For 8 Months

    Carolina Potter spent sleepless nights wracking her brain for clues to where her husband Randy could be. The 53-year-old went missing in January, when he left their home for work at a T-Mobile operations center in Kansas City. She never imagined he’d been in plain sight all along: for eight months, his decomposed body sat in the driver’s seat of a Dodge Ram 1500 parked at the Kansas City International Airport.

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  • Here’s the teaser image for the revived Mitsubishi Evolution: it’s going to be an electric crossover! And some days I’m not sure why I get out of bed.

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  • You Don't Sit Inside McLaren's Wild Gran Turismo Concept

    Cars: they’re just video games you can actually die in. So when car designers get a chance to play around in the gaming world, it’s a chance to be free of the rules that govern so much of what we drive. The latest Gran Turismo concept comes from McLaren, and it radically reimagines how a person would even operate a car.

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  • Why Is Turnover So High In Car Sales?

    According to Automotive News, the average annual turnover for sales people in the auto business is 67 percent. Which is a lot! It’s also not the kind of line of work job seekers are interested in, according to a new survey—only about a quarter of them interested in the industry would also be interested in selling jobs at a dealership.

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  • Guess What These Two Cars Have In Common

    See those two cars there? One’s a thick, dripping slice of American muscle car, designed to murder tires and peel out of Dairy Queens. The other is a clever and boxy little Italian hatchback with an engine that could likely be overpowered by the other car’s starter motor. Two cars can’t really be much more different, yet they have an interesting link. What is it?

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  • Man Pissed Off At BMW Continues Destroying Cars To Make His Point

    A businessman from Italy named Hadi Pourmohseni was so disappointed with the quality of his leased 2008 BMW M6 and with the dealer’s service that he decided to ruin the car with a sledgehammer and axe outside the Frankfurt Motor Show. That was in 2013. On Tuesday (over four years later) Pourmohseni set a 7 Series on fire outside of BMW headquarters in Munich. This guy just needs to get over it.

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  • Let's ID These Broken Car Parts To Help Find A Hit-And-Run Driver

    The city of Denton, Texas police reached out to me earlier today because they need our help. A vehicle hit a pedestrian, and then took off before the driver or the car could be identified. The wreck did damage the vehicle, which shed some shattered bits of light and trim at the scene. Now police would like our help to identify what kind of car these pieces came from.

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  • This Planned Electric Three-Wheeler Looks Fantastic And Has A Novel Solution For Charging

    I get emails about concepts and proposals and grand automotive schemes all the time. It’s pretty rare that any of them actually come to fruition. But I was sent one that, while still very much non-existent, was charming and interesting enough that I want to show it to all of you. It’s called NOBE (the website doesn’t seem to work yet), it’s Estonian, and just look at the damn thing.

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  • What Will It Take For You To Embrace Self-Driving Taxis?

    One big question surrounding autonomous vehicles is whether or not human beings will actually want to use them at all. While fully autonomous taxis seem more plausible at first than commercially available, single-owner autonomous cars, Automotive News says that, according to a new survey, 55 percent of respondents wouldn’t be cool riding in a fully self-driving vehicle.

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  • Comment Of The Day: JDM Vanlife Edition

    So the Toyota GR Performance cars aren’t much to write home about. We’ve been burned by these people before. The really sad fact of all this is it’s another reminder that we don’t get any of Japan’s cool mini-minivans.

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  • The Forza 7 Demo Is Out Along With A Kickass Launch Trailer; Goodbye Social Life

    As Forza Motorsport 7's Oct. 3 launch date draws nearer and nearer, I’m running out of more and more reasons not to tell my friends and family goodbye for a week (or weeks), turn my apartment into a racing simulation cave and exclusively survive on delivery meals. Now there’s an awesome new trailer and a demo to deal with? Good thing it’s raining this afternoon.

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  • A Canada Man Got A Ticket For Going One KPH Over The Speed Limit After Passing A Cop

    A man in Canada tempted fate and could have suffered the consequences if it hadn’t been for a clear-eyed judge. Mathieu Gagne was driving behind a cop on a two-lane road in Alberta, Canada, on Friday when he crossed the broken yellow line in the middle to pass. Gagne told CTV, the officer was driving slower than the posted speed limit. This turned out to be a mistake as the cop proceeded to pull over and cite Gagne for driving a single kph over the limit.

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  • Greedy, Greedy Dealers Are Still Putting Insane Mark-Ups On Civic Type Rs

    A few months ago, we reported about Honda dealers applying insane price mark-ups, or, as they like to call them, “market adjustments,” to the cost of the limited-run 2018 Civic Type R. In a shocking revelation, it turns out that car dealerships seem to enjoy the act of getting “money” (which they can later exchange for goods and/or services) and as a result are still inflating the price of Type Rs to an insane degree. Like this example we were sent today.

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  • The Lamborghini Countach Is Great Because It Was Terrible

    I’ve been thinking long and hard about why modern-day supercars just don’t excite me like they used to, and I think part of the reason is that they’re pretty good at being cars most of the time. They do what they’re supposed to, and while that’s fine, it also makes them boring. Unlike the Lamborghini Countach.

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  • Toyota's New Japanese GR Performance Line Is So Thrilling I Fell Asleep

    Akio Toyoda is a man who lives for speed. He’s an amateur racer. He’s the patron saint of the rear-drive 86 coupe. He’s the driving force behind Lexuses that are fast and powerful. He secretly takes old race cars out of the Toyota vault and challenges teens to illegal drift contests. (Okay, not the last one, but I bet he’s considered it.) But he runs Toyota, the most boring automaker around! He has long wanted Toyota to get sexy and thrilling, and the new GR Performance line in Japan is part of

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  • Police Chase Ends After Suspect Stops To Apply For A Job

    The two men attempting to high-five above are employees at Osprey Wireless in Westwood, Massachusetts. They are celebrating their role in helping police capture a suspect who had been the subject of a police chase, and who had ditched his 1999 Toyota Camry to walk into Osprey Wireless to apply for a job. “He was as cool as a cucumber,” one of the employees told WBZ.

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  • Has A Car Saved Your Relationship?

    Yes, cars are inanimate objects. They are not carbon-based life forms like we are. But that doesn’t change the fact that sometimes we perceive them as being alive. It doesn’t stop us from forming bonds with and through them.

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  • Guess What This Austin Allegro Actually Is Underneath

    I’m sure for our regular readers who spotted my byline here, this isn’t really a difficult question. Yes, under that 1980 Austin Allegro body beats the air-cooled heart of an old Volkswagen Beetle. Actually, it’s the whole chassis, not just the engine, so maybe it’s beats the heart and resides the, um, musculoskeletal system? Whatever. It’s amazing.

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  • Fatal Bus Crash In NYC Reveals Bus Line's Troubling History

    A fatal bus crash occurred early yesterday morning in Flushing, Queens, which killed three and injured 16. A deeper investigation into the bus line involved, Dahlia Travel and Tours, reveals a troubling history of fatal accidents and questionable practices.

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  • A Poor Koala Was Stuck Inside Of A Car For 10 Miles

    There’s at least one animal from Australia that won’t poison you or bite you in half and it is as durable as it is cuddly. This koala, a lactating mother, rode in this car’s wheel well for 10 miles. It must have been very stressful.

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  • Fiat Chrysler Could Stick A Hellcat Engine In A Chrysler 300 Next Year: Report [UPDATE: No]

    When I walk around New York City and watch people carelessly fling garbage into her streets, a part of me dies a little bit. But then I am cheered by the fact that Fiat Chrysler is still putting big and dumb motors in cars that have no business with motors that big or dumb. It’s stuck Hellcat engines into Charger, Challengers and Jeeps. Now it seems like it’s the Chrysler 300's turn.

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  • An E46 M3 Wagon Would Have Been The Best BMW

    The E46 BMW M3 came in with the new millennium and is already something of a contemporary classic. Perfectly shaped between round and square, joyous to drive before getting dangerous... these are just Damn Good Cars. BMW never sold a station wagon version, so somebody made their own. And it drives as well as it looks.

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  • A Michigan Town Is Forcing This Man To Sell 20 Old Cars Off His Property Every Month

    To Ron Dauzet, it’s a collection of more than 200 cars—some common, some rare, everything from old BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes to MGs and Jeeps and Porsches. But to the Michigan township he lives in, it’s an unlicensed junkyard — an eyesore. And the cars must go. But Ron fears they must go at a quicker rate than he, or anyone else, can possibly manage.

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  • Today In Dispatches From Our Dystopian Future

    There are about 15,000 robots in metro Detroit, many of them hard at work producing the cars you drive, and more are surely to come, to do the work that humans would’ve done decades ago. But don’t worry! While the robots are taking your job, Bloomberg reports, one company is trying to make them safer—so they don’t potentially kill you in the process.

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  • Crazy-Ass Aussie Hoons Do A Burnout In A Car Being Towed On A Trailer

    If this was on an empty road, out in the middle of nowhere somewhere, this would be a comically bonkers thing to do—dangerous, sure, not a good idea, absolutely, but not horrible, because on an empty road, no other people are in real jeopardy. But to do a burnout on a trailer on a busy highway, that’s no longer fun and stupid, it’s just stupid.

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  • Americans Owe A Record $1.1 Trillion In Car Loans

    To be honest, I didn’t realize this was a record-setting number last month when I reported on the impact of subprime auto lending in the U.S. ever since the economic crisis of the late-2000s. But a new report confirms as much: Americans owe $1.1 trillion in auto loans, a new record, according to Automotive News.

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  • Actually, Engine Braking Is Fine

    “Is engine braking with a manual transmission bad?” you might ask your disinterested friends at lunch. Well, Engineering Explained has an answer for you! In his newest video, Jason Fenske goes over not only what engine braking is, but also whether or not it’s bad for your car.

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  • Show Us Your Neighbor's Project Car

    Regardless of where you live, you have a neighbor working on something in their driveway or garage. I used to have a neighbor that used his 100-foot long driveway as a drag strip to test out his 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda at 2 a.m. After he was arrested, I got a new neighbor who is much more considerate.

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  • Church Van Of The Week: 1989 Ford E-350 Club Wagon

    Old vans are cool again, and nobody collects more vans than churches. Drive past any older church or other place of worship and you’re bound to see a several-yard long van or bus from decades ago sitting in the parking lot. Jesus and his disciples themselves probably drove around in a big old 15-passenger van, right?

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  • I See Nothing Wrong With This Celica-Based Ferrari F430 Replica

    Ferraris are far too expensive for a normal person to own, right? What if I told you that you could own your very own “Ferrari” “F430” “Scuderia” (winking aggressively) for the price of a well-pptioned Honda Civic? Before you press the panic button on your car keys, check out this Craigslist post for a Ferrari F430 Scuderia replica based on a Toyota Celica.

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  • Show Us The Best K-Cars

    Just about everything Chrysler made from the late ‘70s to the mid ‘90s was based on the front-drive K-platform. The platform was used on sedans, wagons, coupes, vans, convertibles, trucks, and hatchbacks.

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  • Land Rover Will Let You Pay To Off-Road A Defender Here In America

    Have you ever wanted to take an iconic Land Rover Defender through its paces on an off-road track without going through the trouble of finding one in the U.S. and then maybe getting it seized by the feds? Jaguar Land Rover North America will help you scratch that British off-road itch with its newly announced Land Rover Experience Heritage Program.

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  • Apologize For Nothing When You Own The Best Toyota Camry Ever

    Toyota has been making its beige-tacular Camry since 1982. Not once during those 35 years has anyone said “Wow, look at that Camry.” While the 2018 Camry is moving in a new direction with more aggressive-ish styling, Toyota’s midsize sedan has historically been just a reliable car and nothing else. It’s a store-brand means of conveyance for people who just need “something” to get to work. And that’s not really a bad thing; it fulfills its purpose very well. One generation, however, stands out in

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  • America's Traffic Lights Used To Be A Confusing Nightmare

    It’s kind of hard to imagine a time when there wasn’t some basic law and order on the streets, but this snapshot video from the 1930s is a perfect display of just how random and unpredictable the various traffic signals across America could be before we established the standardized system of today.

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  • What It's Like To Attend The Goodwood Revival As A Clueless American

    A few weeks before I departed for the 2017 Goodwood Revival, held annually in early September, I reached out to friends and contacts in the UK. “Marvelous!” they all said. “Do you have your outfits picked out?” Because you can’t just go to the Revival in jeans or whatever crap it is we wear in 2017—you’d stick out like a tacky sore thumb.

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  • Google Has Spent At Least $1.1 Billion On Self-Driving Car Tech: Report

    Billions are being spent on developing self-driving cars, as seen in megadeals like General Motors dumping $1 billion into Cruise Automation, or Intel paying $15 billion for chipmaker Mobileye. Now, thanks to an ongoing lawsuit between Google’s self-driving car project and Uber, we now know how much Google has spent on developing autonomous tech: at least $1.1 billion, according to IEEE Spectrum.

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  • Man, I Wish I Could Drive This Well

    It’s still kind of hard to believe the 600-horsepower Subaru WRX STI tinkered on by Prodrive is built on the bones of a regular-ass WRX STI that I could theoretically buy right now. Earlier this month, it set a sub-seven minute lap time at the Nürburgring, making it the fastest sedan there ever. And now we have the onboard footage.

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  • The Numbers We Use To Weigh Cars, Explained In One Big Chart

    Much like Olympic wrestlers or supermodels, talking about cars can get pretty weight-obsessive. How much a car or truck weighs affects how much it can carry, its performance, its efficiency, how hard it is to stop and on and on. But when we talk about cars and weight, it’s not just how many pounds. There’s a number of other terms, and sometimes they can be confusing. So this should help.

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  • 2018 Volvo XC40: This Is It

    Back in July, the German website for Volvo slipped and accidentally released a partial image of the 2018 Volvo XC40. Today, thanks to another leak, we now have a full look at the entire ride. It’s nice, and it stuck incredibly close to the concept.

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  • This Is The Most Baffling And Wonderful Engine Swap I've Seen

    Engine swaps are interesting: most engine swaps are done for a pretty specific, rational purpose, like gaining reliability or improving performance. Those reasons make sense. But I’d argue that the pinnacle of engine swapping as an art comes when there’s really no rational reasons for it to have happened at all, and the very act of the swap itself becomes the focus. I think that’s what’s going on here, and why I love this absurd engine swap so much.

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  • 2018 Genesis G70: Here's How South Korea Fights The Germans

    “Come at the king, you best not miss.” That’s what Omar said, and it applies in scenarios like this one. The king is the BMW 3 Series, the midsize sport sedan everyone buys. And these days it has more challengers coming at it than ever. Meet the latest and most different one yet: the 2018 Genesis G70, the first compact sport sedan from Hyundai’s luxury brand.

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  • Meet The People Who Say They're Serious About Building The Hyperloop

    The morning commute across Manhattan on Thursday was a typical-as-of-late snarl of bottlenecks and delays, with debris of unknown origins causing an oppressive backup of the city’s subway system. It was the latest in a string of examples of the deteriorating, century-old system, another sign of the significant level of investment that’s needed to bring the subway up to 21st century standards and efficiency. Though it was an otherwise unsurprising morning, I’m mentioning it because, several hundr

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  • I'm Really Digging The 2018 Genesis G70 [UPDATED WITH VIDEO]

    We’re very close to seeing the 2018 Genesis G70, but if these screengrabs, taken from an allegedly leaked promotional video, are anything to go by then it seems we’re in good hands. They’re grainy and black-and-white, but they do show a sporty looking sedan with a nice, big front grille.

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  • Lana Del Rey Must Think We're Idiots

    If you’ve been paying attention, cars are actually a pretty big theme in whispery dream-pop artist Lana Del Rey’s music. Her fifth record, Lust For Life, debuted earlier this year. Five songs in will bring you to “White Mustang” which just had its music video uploaded yesterday. There’s just one problem: there is no Mustang in the video.

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  • The Goodwood Revival Is An Extraordinary Step Back Into The Greatest Eras Of Cars

    The Goodwood Revival, counterpart to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, is all about vintage cars, as its name describes. Held over the course of three days at the Goodwood Circuit instead of on Charles Gordon-Lennox, the 11th Duke of Richmond’s driveway, the Revival brings the iconic race cars of the 1920s through the 1960s together and back to life. They aren’t just sitting there all pretty, either. They are going toe-to-toe on the racetrack. It’s like being yanked back in time.

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  • In the early and mid-1990s, you could walk into your local Mazda dealer and buy any of these sporty coupes. And the RX-7. Things were better in the ‘90s.

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  • Who Was Ex-BMW Designer Chris Bangle Talking Shit About Here?

    Chris Bangle was one of the few modern car designers who nearly reached household-name status—and not always because people loved his work. As head of BMW design from 1992 to 2009, he oversaw a transformation of the brand’s styling from boxy and conservative to radical and forward thinking. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. Now Bangle’s back in the automotive field after a decade out, and he’s got unkind words for his former competitors.

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  • How The Internet And A Sticker Got This Stolen BMW Back

    Getting robbed hurts. Getting a prized car stolen, well, that’s enough to set you into a deep rage that can be tough to recover from. Luckily for the owner of this BMW E36 M3 race car, the online car community stepped up to help. But it sounds like a window sticker is what really got the car home.

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  • Here's How A Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Of Damage

    When we think of a car being wrecked so badly that it’s effectively totaled, we tend to imagine pretty gruesome, mangled wrecks. What we don’t usually picture is an incident that left damage so small you could hide it with your thumb, but that’s exactly what happened to one deeply unlucky Corvette.

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  • Sheriff's Office Reportedly Puts 'All Lives Splatter' Meme Of Protesters Being Hit By Car On Facebook

    The Yakima Herald published a screenshot yesterday of a now-deleted Facebook post which reportedly came from Washington State’s Chelan County Emergency Management page just one month after a woman was killed in a ramming attack. The post showed a meme that said “nobody cares about your protest” and “keep your ass out of the road” under “all lives splatter” going across the top of the photo.

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  • Just Look At Some Pictures Of Alpines Testing In The Andes

    We’ve been pining over the lithe and lovely Alpine A110 for a while now, even though we know damn well we’re never going to get it here in these States, United. The Alpine isn’t expected to start being delivered until 2018, but one of our hawk-eyed readers spotted a pair of preproduction ones cavorting around the Andes.

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  • Coyote Survives A Short, Strange Ride In Toyota's Grille

    Usually, any story that begins with a driver hearing a crunch while on the road won’t have a happy ending. Every so often though, it happens. On September 3, on a drive to Calgary, Alberta, Georgie Knox hit a coyote and “heard a crunch.” Assuming it was dead, she drove on, until 20 minutes later a construction worker informed her that the coyote was still attached to her car, and still very much alive.

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  • Dozens Of VW Diesels Were Stolen From Michigan's Abandoned NFL Stadium Lot

    Thousands of cheating VWs have been stored in the former Detroit Lions stadium parking lot in Pontiac, Michigan since at least January. Last week, Louisville-based news site WDRB learned that over 60 of those cars have been reported missing, and many have already been found in Indiana and Kentucky with fraudulent titles. Some have even been sold.

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  • How The New 500 Horsepower TVR Griffith Could Come To America After All

    Whenever something awesome and weird gets unveiled in Europe, our first burning question is always: will it come to the U.S.? Lots of reasons, from the costs of federalizing to our standards and sales viability, keep cool cars out of our market. It’s really quite miserable to watch the lights from across the water. Yet the new TVR Griffith could come here after all.

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  • It’s true. DOS wasn’t programmed to lie.

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  • Here's What The Ultimate Nissan 300ZX Is Worth Today

    The final forms of Clinton-era Japanese sports cars are getting more collectible every year. The last Toyota Supras and Mazda RX-7s command crazy prices already and Mitsubishi 3000GTs can’t be far behind. As for Nissan 300ZXs, well, one just sold for so much money I am actually questioning my own sanity.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • What Do You Want To Know About The Jaguar F-Type SVR?

    Mark my words, the Jaguar F-Type is historically significant. Even if it’s only remembered as the body that made Jaguar growl again, that’s a damn decent legacy. But speaking of sound, this week we’re running the loudest-roaring Jag I’ve ever stood near around Los Angeles this week, so let us know what you want a closer look at.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Please Note: Electrified Cars And Electric Cars Are Different

    The automotive world is full of buzzwords. After all, this is the industry where every car is “dynamic” and full of “dynamism.” Although the word is annoying, it doesn’t convey much other than the fact that companies aren’t too creative. But the industry’s newest term, “electrified,” does—and wrongfully so.

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  • Cone Hits Autocross Driver Back At Solo Nationals

    The SCCA Solo Nationals is autocross’s biggest show, attracting the best competitors from all over the country. John Li drove a rotary-powered MG Midget this year and admits that he may not have made it to autocross legend status just yet. Li hit a lot of cones. One cone even hit him back.

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  • Honda Wins With This Fantastic Electric Retro-Future Concept

    After a string of boring silver suppositories calling themselves “concept cars” at the 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show, Honda’s Urban EV concept is like a slap in the face with your favorite sandwich: surprising, but delightful. It’s an all-new electric platform for Honda, though the character and look are clearly based on the first-generation Honda Civic. I love it.

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  • The Mercedes-Benz Concept EQA Shows How Mercedes Can Phone In An Electric Hatch With A TV For A Grille

    It’s notable that the Mercedes-Benz Concept EQA uses a large, color display screen in place of the grille, because that makes it easy to remove or change the big Mercedes tri-star badge and replace it with, say, any other company’s badge. If that happened, you’d never notice because this concept car, while sleek and nicely designed, is also about as generic as a modern concept car can get.

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  • The Motor City Is Making A Bullshit Bet On Sports

    The new story of Detroit is, by now, old. Over several decades, a once prosperous automotive mecca fell into disarray for a litany of reasons—white flight, an eroding tax base, crime—and, after filing for bankruptcy in 2013, has since evolved into a sentimental comeback story for the ages. When a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings opens today, it’ll mark the latest entry in that saga, and it amounts to a vacuous bet that’s being placed on sports as a means to economic prosperity.

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  • These Are Your Worst GPS-Fail Stories

    Yes, I am fully aware that far too many of us are far too reliant on GPS systems when we travel. Most people probably don’t even carry maps in their cars anymore. I know my parents don’t (haha). That said, these systems aren’t completely fail-proof.

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  • The 2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Is A Ridiculous 550 HP Ultra-Truck With Active Aero

    Few vehicles out there are as immensely satisfying than the Porsche Cayenne Turbo. It angers snooty purists who hate that it exists, it’s fast and it can tow most other Porsches. The new 2019 Cayenne Turbo is quicker than ever, with a claimed 550 horsepower and 567 lb-ft of torque, complete with active aerodynamics and a top speed of 177 mph.

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  • What's It's Like To Drive Mazda's Rotary Greatest Hits On California's Best Roads

    For those of you grew up with Fast dreams and Furious visions filling your world of wheels, I’m about to describe a scene of pure pornography. Imagine yourself surrounded by gorgeous examples of all-time heroes of the Japanese car world. A Mazda RX-2 and RX-3 flanked a Toyota Century. Datsuns gurgled through carbureted R- and L-series engines. Truenos, Skylines, and even a Celica Sunchaser were in hot pursuit.

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  • The BMW I Vision Dynamics Concept Is Clearly Aimed At Tesla

    For years, Tesla’s been pretty much owning the luxury electric sedan space. But BMW, a brand built on driving that now stresses electromobility as its “top priority,” has Tesla in its sights with a future sedan that may look a lot like this. Meet the BMW i Vision Dynamics concept.

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  • This One Little Engineering Detail Is A Great Reminder Of How Amazing Honda Can Be

    I’ll admit, I haven’t been all that interested in most recent Hondas, but every now and then something comes along to remind you of the amazing things Honda engineers are capable of. Whether it’s embarrassing GM, pushing the limits of air-cooling, or just being unexpected, Honda’s engineering can often be sublime. Like this little, seemingly insignificant detail on, of all things, a Civic’s in-dash storage cubby.

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  • Autonomous Cars Aren't Even Here Yet And I'm Already Bored With Them

    Whether you let your Tesla take over in traffic or you’re satisfied with a car’s power ending at cruise control, consumer vehicles cannot fully drive themselves yet. But as novel and new as the whole “self-driving cars” thing is, it’s already melding into a big puddle of blah. Take the Audi Aicon concept, for example.

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  • Police Force Mayor On Lawnmower To Pour Out His Beer

    John Gardner is the mayor of Aynor, South Carolina (population 763), a purchaser of beer, and a mower of lawns. Late last month, Gardner was pulled over by police while riding a lawnmower through Aynor, in addition to possessing some beer, a situation that was caught on dashcam video.

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  • The Chicago Mechanic Strike Keeps Getting Uglier

    Nearly 2,000 automotive mechanics in the Chicago area are about to enter their seventh week on strike, fighting dealers for major structural changes to their employment. And a week after the group representing dealers accused the technicians’ union of violating federal labor laws, the union filed its own federal complaint against the group for what it calls “bargaining in bad faith.”

    By Alanis King Read More

  • The Audi R8 V10 RWS Is The First Rear-Wheel Drive R8

    Like Subaru, when you think of Audi you probably think of all-wheel drive. Traction, glorious traction, pulling you through the corners and conquering the elements! But now Audi has moved the drivetrain of hooligans and psychopaths, rear-wheel drive, to its R8 supercar. Meet the Audi R8 RWS, for rear-wheel series.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • The Volkswagen I.D. Crozz II Is VW's Electric Crossover Future

    Behold! You are gazing upon the future of Volkswagen. It is not in peculiar diesel hatchbacks that find clever ways to skirt emissions regulations, but in clean electric cars built in crossover SUV bodies that Americans might actually buy. This is the Volkswagen I.D. Crozz II concept.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • The 1000+ Horsepower Mercedes-AMG Project One: This Is It

    The biggest hole in Mercedes-Benz’s product lineup is likely something that can get to 124 mph in under six seconds, makes over 1000 horsepower from a 1.6-liter V6 with four electric motors, and tops out at about 217 mph. Oh, and it should look like a really, really pissed-off fish. That hole is now filled, thanks to the Mercedes-AMG Project One.

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  • An Exhaustive Fact-Check Of That 0-60 In 2.3 Seconds (Off A Cliff) Sticker

    In your time motoring along the roads, highways, and under-surveilled mall food courts of America, it’s not unlikely that you’ve seen a particular window sticker on certain, let’s say, more sedate vehicles. The sticker, designed to poke some self-deprecating fun, states that the car that bears it can accelerate from 0-60 in 2.3 seconds, but then qualifies that with the parenthetical, off a cliff. The question here is: is this sticker true?

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  • Honda Made A Type R Lawnmower

    You thought there was hope in the world. You thought, no matter how dim and ominous things looked, you could remember 2017 as the year the pure, six-speed manual of a Honda Civic Type R came to the U.S.—to be controlled only by a human who loves three pedals. But, alas, the Type R has gone autonomous.

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  • Tesla Temporarily Turns Off Automatic Emergency Braking For Newer Models

    Tesla kicked off a spirited debate with its decision to expand the battery range of Model S and X owners in Florida who were trying to escape Hurricane Irma’s wrath. It seems as more vehicles rely on over-the-air updates, more control is ceded to corporations over how we drive. Tesla gave us the latest example of this worrisome trend over the weekend, when it turned off the Automatic Emergency Braking feature on all new Tesla vehicles built since production on the Model 3.

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  • The Bugatti Chiron Just Ripped From Zero To 249 MPH Back To Zero In A Record 42 Seconds

    If you’re a hypercar company, impressing clients with big numbers is kind of the name of the game (after all, this segment is all about bragging rights). If you’re Bugatti, and your $3 million Chiron hasn’t achieved the ultimate top-speed bragging right yet, you’ve got to try other stunts—like this zero to 249 mph back to zero run. You know, to keep things interesting.

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  • Tesla Just Quietly Solved The Biggest Problem To Electric Car Adoption

    Tesla just announced that it’s expanding its Supercharger network of fast-charging stations to dense urban areas, starting with Boston and Chicago. If you don’t understand how that seemingly minor announcement could be the harbinger of the real electric revolution, then you don’t know jack.

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  • It’s the mid-engined van time!

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  • Assholes Brag About Crushing A Honda Prelude Buried On A Beach By Hurricane Harvey (Update)

    A ton of people in Texas have lost vehicles to Hurricane Harvey, but Chris Burns says he lost his Honda Prelude in a far more malicious way. A week after the car was almost completely buried in sand by the storm, he uncovered an Instagram post where someone bragged about completely crushing it with a truck. (UPDATE: This Instagram user now claims the truck wasn’t his and that he didn’t do it.)

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  • What Should BMW Do About Its Increasingly Bad Struggle With Design?

    BMW has been in a weird place concerning design for awhile, perhaps even decades, now. The main issue seems to be the company not being too sure how to adapt its classic kidney grille design to increasingly large vehicles. All of that has culminated in the new X7 SUV concept, which is borderline horrendous.

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  • The Audi R8 May Be Going RWD For Some Reason

    I once sat around a table with senior U.S. brass from Audi and was laughed at for asking if the brand would ever introduce a drift mode like many of its rivals. Well now rumors and teases indicate Audi will instead offer an R8 that’s always in drift mode with a rear-wheel drive model. Who’s laughing now?

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  • There's Another New 'Fastest Lotus Ever' And Nothing Is Sacred

    Lotus has tweaked the Evora GT430 in the form of the new ‘Sport’ model, which is confusingly intended to actually be easier to live with over the existing GT430 despite the ‘Sport’ designation. Most of the car is the same, but now it has less aero and a higher top speed, so there’s yet another “fastest Lotus ever.”

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  • I took this film photo of a random Mitsubishi 3000GT the other day, then had to take ten more pictures before I could go get the roll developed this morning, and then I painstakingly scanned and edited it to result in this. It admittedly is not great, but you’re going to damn well like it anyway.

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  • The 2017 Kia Cadenza Is The Perfect Car To Re-Badge

    Buying a car because of the badges stuck on it is likely the most popular terrible reason to buy a car. It happens all the time, of course, and chances are it won’t go away any time soon. That’s a shame, not just because it’s stupid, but because it means a lot of people are pissing away a lot of money for no good reason. The 2017 Kia Cadenza should be a solution to this problem, if people weren’t such jackasses.

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  • Mazda Would Like To Remind You All That Electric Cars Are Often Coal-Powered Cars

    Lots of celebrities drive Teslas and Nissan Leafs because they think electric vehicles make a strong statement about “green” environmental friendliness. But Mazda—a company that plans to stick with internal combustion engines for the long-haul—wants to remind us all that EVs aren’t necessarily that much greener than those with internal combustion engines (ICEs).

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  • '90s Nostalgia Doesn't Get Better Than This

    Are you sad about BMW’s new robotic-shark looking futurecars? Do you want to go back to a time when technological nonsense was all hot-pink neon instead of sharp and angry? Sit down, turn up, ...and hang on.

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  • What The Hell Is This Mystery Contraption Found In A Used BMW?

    Recently, an adventurous fellow named Serge spotted a little red 1991 BMW 318is sitting forlornly in the parking lot of a repair shop. Serge asked if it was for sale, and was told yes, it wouldn’t start and could be his for the cost of scrap! Fantastic! Then, he got it home, opened the trunk, and found a mystery.

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  • BMW May Have Leaked The i5 Before The Frankfurt Motor Show

    Yesterday, BMW told us that by 2025 they’ll have a dozen fully-electric vehicles, and at least one of these is expected to be an electric four-door with a range of up to 435 miles. That car may be called the i5, slotting in between the BMW i3 and i8, and its look may have been leaked in an animation released yesterday. Well, except we already got a look at it last year. And BMW has never said it’ll be called the i5. Ugh, why is everything so complicated?

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  • A Federal Judge Has Halted Some Of Indiana's Bullshit Vehicle Forfeiture Laws

    We’re not big fans of civil forfeiture in these parts, for all the reasons that others have pointed out: it disproportionately affects minorities and the poor, and sometimes even people who haven’t committed crimes. Indiana’s laws are a little harsher than others. But thanks to a federal judge, residents there recently got a break.

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  • Gridlife Is The Bombastic Proof That Youth Car Culture Is Alive And Well

    If you’ve heard the name “Gridlife” but aren’t sure what exactly it entails, think of it as the Forza Horizon Festival in real life. On track you can see some seriously competitive time attack cars, a full three days of HPDE-style track experience, and most of the big names from the world of drifting getting sideways through Road Atlanta’s famed esses, and then again down through the 10a-10b-keyhole complex. Off the track you have partying, camping, vendors and a show from Ludacris capping it al

    By Patrick George Read More

  • 64 Lucky Shelter Animals Got Flown Out Of Texas After Hurricane Harvey

    With insurance claims, relief efforts and attempts to salvage property going on in the Houston area after Hurricane Harvey, it can be easy to forget that more than just humans had to face the storm. But these shelter animals weren’t an afterthought, and got a plane ride out of Texas with the cabin to themselves.

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  • Lemons Legend Speedycop's Amphibious Racecar-Helicopter Burns Down

    The wildly creative and prolific builder of bonkers racecars for the 24 Hours of Lemons races, Speedycop, had a bit of a tragedy early this morning when his helicopter-turned-racecar-and-boat, the Speedycopter, caught fire and burned while en route to a radio interview in Philadelphia.

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  • The TVR Griffith Is Finally Back With A 500 HP V8 And A Manual Gearbox

    Listen: 2017 has been a bad year. When was the last time you woke up to any good news? Well, today is your day: after an eternity of delays, TVR, the British sports car company famed for its hardcore and uncompromising performance, is back with an all-new car. And they haven’t watered anything down.

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    Noted air-cooled Porsche customizer Rod Emory had his electric motorbike stolen from the North Hollywood post office earlier today. It’s a Vintage Electric Emory Outlaw bike, part of a collaboration between Emory motorsports and Vintage Electric, and it’s the first one of those made, so it has both a tag saying it’s ID #1 and sentimental value.

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  • BMW Is Going Offensively Electric

    BMW, constantly looking toward the future, said Thursday that it will have 12 fully-electric vehicles ready by 2025, in addition to 13 hybrids. One of those we’re expected to see unveiled at the 2017 International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany, next week. The future is coming!

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  • Car Explodes Because Of, Uh, Air Freshener

    This is yet another great reason to quit smoking. Yesterday, a Ford Focus exploded in Southend, England. The car’s driver, a 51-year-old woman named Sharon Victoria Druitt, had just purchased some air freshener. She later outlined what happened next: “I put the air freshener in the backseat, lit a cigarette, turned the engine on then bang.”

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  • I Drove Mazda's Holy Grail Of Gasoline Engines And It Was Incredibly Impressive

    In theory, Mazda’s new SKYACTIV-X prototype engine could prove the internal combustion engine has a lot of life left in it, boasting diesel-like fuel economy in a gasoline motor that produces low emissions. But how does it work in practice? I was lucky enough to be able to drive a prototype through the streets of Frankfurt. Here’s what I learned.

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  • Jaguar's New Concept Car Wants You To Talk To Your Steering Wheel And Take It Everywhere With You

    Jaguar’s latest concept car, FUTURE-TYPE (they seem to want it shouted in all-caps) looks a lot like other deep-future concept cars we’ve seen before, though there is one key difference here. Instead of just making a concept car, Jaguar has also made you a life partner, in the form of an artificially intelligent steering wheel named Sayer that you can talk to. Seriously.

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  • Just Make The Damn Kia Proceed Wagon Already

    Kia’s debuting its Proceed Concept car in Frankfurt later this month, but to get the masses excited before the reveal, the company has hit us with a couple of photos. Based on what I see, Kia just needs to toughen up and do it. Make the wagon.

    By David Tracy Read More

  • Here's What Happens To All Of The Flooded Cars After Hurricane Harvey

    There are estimates that as many as half a million cars were damaged from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey along the Texas Gulf Coast, and many people are wondering what happens to those cars now. While some believe that they will be dragged off directly to junkyards or maybe even crushed, the process of recovering these vehicles is a lot more complex.

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  • Watch A Man Recover His Subaru Forester After It Floats Down A River

    Here’s a Subaru Forester that looks like it lost one ox, 420 pounds of food and three sets of clothing fording the swollen Moore River in Western Australia. The river was nearly 4 feet deep and carried the early Forester away, but this off-roader managed to save it anyway. Definitely don’t try this at home.

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  • Mazda's 'Holy Grail' Of Gasoline Engines Is Completely Fascinating

    Mazda’s hotly anticipated SKYACTIV-X Spark Controlled Compression Ignition engine has been described as the “Holy Grail” of gasoline motors—something with diesel-like fuel economy, but far lower emissions. I went to Germany to talk to Mazda’s extremely nerdy engineers, and before I actually drove the thing, here’s what I learned.

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  • How To Talk To Your Kids About The Chrysler TC By Maserati

    Like many parents, I have a child who’s interested in cars, which is an interest I’m more than happy to encourage. Lately, he’s been especially fascinated with car badges and emblems, and loves to point out as many as possible. When he sees one he doesn’t recognize, he asks me. Normally, this is fine, but the other day he spotted the one that every parent dreads: the unholy mashup badge used on the Chrysler TC by Maserati.

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  • Here's What A Perfect Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Is Worth Now

    The Cadillac CTS-V Wagon has a wicked combination of serious performance, great looks, low production numbers and a big novelty factor—it’s a freaking factory-made hot rod luxury station wagon! One of the nicest I’ve ever seen, and one of the few clean ones left, has just sold in an open auction giving us a good idea of what these things are worth now.

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  • This 1987 AMG Hammer Wagon Is A Hero From Another Time

    There was a time when an AMG wasn’t just some car you bought from a dealership. Not long ago you, could take your Mercedes and a large stack full of cash to the tuners at AMG—then a separate company from Benz itself—and they would make you basically whatever you wanted, even if that meant stuffing a 6.0-liter V8 into a wagon.

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  • Finally, You Can Get Hello Kitty Tires For Your Car

    Like most of you, my web browser’s default page is set to Japan Rubber Weekly, so I imagine many of you saw the same news I did: you can now buy Hello Kitty tires for your car. Think how awesome your Raptor will look with a set of those!

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  • How To Keep Your Car Running After A Flood

    Hundreds of thousands of cars along the Texas Gulf Coast could be totaled after Hurricane Harvey dumped trillions of gallons of rain on the region. If your car got caught out in the flood—or any flood—you may think it needs to be replaced immediately. If you’re lucky, there are things you can do to save it.

    By David Tracy Read More

  • This Completely Unmolested Nissan 240SX Has 676 Miles And Was Kept In A Living Room

    I can’t remember the last time I saw a clean, unmolested Nissan 240SX. At some point—I believe it was earlier this decade—all of them seemingly got stanced, turned into drift cars, engine-swapped, grafted with various body parts from the Silvia and 180SX and just otherwise Frankenstein’d into something new and crazy. I assumed they were all gone.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • This Is How Fast A JDM Toyota AE86 Can Go After 34 Years Of Use

    Everyone knows the Toyota AE86 the corner-carving drift-toy of Initial D fanboys everywhere, but it advertised a top speed of 201 kph (125 mph). That sounds reasonable, but owner banpei wanted to know if it could it still go that fast after 34 years of use, and took his the Autobahn to see.

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  • Here Are Some Awesome Cars I Randomly Saw Around Los Angeles

    For a country as big as America—and during my three-week stay in California alone I realized just how big America really is—I couldn’t think of many other cities where there’d be as many exotic cars driving around like there were in Los Angeles. I can’t imagine New York being too supercar friendly. I guess there’s Miami but I have a suspicion most of the supercars there will be bright colored Lamborghinis and Bentleys.

    By Ken Saito Read More

  • The New Mini John Cooper Works GP Concept Is A Ton Of Crazy In A Small Package

    For those of you willing to write the Mini Cooper off as “cute” and “dumb” and “not badass enough,” I invite you to examine the Mini John Cooper Works GP: a special edition variant of the previous R53 and R56 generation Mini Coopers with no backseat, extra track goodies, more power, no automatic option, a bonkers aero kit and much more to make it kick tons of ass. We haven’t seen the GP in a while, but now it’s back in concept form.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • I gotta admit, it’s not often I encounter a grille design I’ve simply never seen before. But there it is: two ovals with mirrored, off-center cruciform inner structures.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Here's Some Advice: Don't Sell Your Car While You Are Extremely Drunk

    If you’re incredibly drunk—so drunk that you will not remember important events that are occurring around you—try to resist selling your car for $579 in order to raise funds to continue getting drunker. Before you scoff and call this advice “unreasonable” and “absurd” and say things like “Erik, you sound like fun on weekends,” just know that there is a very important lesson behind this.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • The 2018 Nissan Leaf Is No Tesla Model 3 But It Won't Cost Nearly As Much

    Here is the 2018 Nissan Leaf, a car we’ve already heard almost everything about. It may look like you wouldn’t be able to tell if it was a Chevy Bolt or a Honda Fit if it got in even the slightest of traffic incidents, but the technology has been improved and it actually seems like a pretty sweet deal.

    By Justin T. Westbrook Read More

  • Our Favorite Cars Under $30,000

    As much as we might complain about technology sucking the soul out of modern vehicles, there are still affordable new cars that don’t suck. You can even own them yourself! Here are our favorites right now.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Man Accused Of Proudly, Drunkenly Surfing A 'Driverless' Car

    Late last month, Chinese police arrested a (drunk) man who stood on top of a car that traveled about one-third of a mile in the city of Bengbu, according to The People’s Daily. I don’t know, maybe sticking his head out the window and drunkenly screaming for joy wasn’t good enough. But at least he looks proud.

    By Ryan Felton Read More

  • What Is Your Worst GPS-Fail Story?

    Once, I asked someone who is not a Youth how they managed to get around in the days before GPS. They shrugged their shoulders and said, “Maps. And we just got lost a lot.”

    By Kristen Lee Read More

  • How Wells Fargo Screwed $80 Million Out Of Customers Using Unnecessary Car Insurance

    A week after New York resident Juan Thomas bought a 2004 BMW 745i, in December 2012, the bank that financed the purchase—Wells Fargo—contacted him to say that he needed additional auto insurance for the vehicle. This was a bit odd, mainly because the car was already insured. “It didn’t sound right to me,” Thomas said. A month later, he heard again from a Wells Fargo representative, who again claimed his car wasn’t insured. Soon after, he received a bill and found that Wells had placed a collater

    By Ryan Felton Read More

  • This Tesla Hearse Is An Ideal Use Of An Electric Car

    If you think about it, a station wagon designed to haul dead people, slowly and with dignity, from a funeral home to a graveyard, is sort of an ideal use for a Tesla. You know, a hearse. The Tesla Model S is elegant-looking, appropriately and somberly quiet, and the short jaunts to and from local graveyards won’t require any special charging infrastructure. It’s perfect! I guess that’s why this one exists.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Here's Proof That The Jalopnik Bump Is Real

    The Jalopnik Bump is a magical thing. It’s obvious that the sticker is no ordinary decal, placed shamelessly on racers. This application is special. Grants for scientific research should be established, to fully understand its abilities. We’ve applied our famous branding on a number of cars over the years, and for some odd reason mine have always provided their automotive subjects unparalleled success. *cough* Stef *cough*

    By Kurt Bradley Read More

  • This May Be The Saddest Craigslist Posting I've Ever Seen

    “Light water damage” reads the headline just above a picture of a Kia Sedona (labeled “Sorento”) up to its headlights in flood water. In what is among the saddest Craigslist ads I’ve ever laid eyes upon, the owner is apparently selling the car straight from the flooded streets of Houston.

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  • Alaska's Seward Highway Is The Most Beautiful Road In America

    Until recently, my favorite stretch of American road was in Utah, a state I’ve often forgotten while trying to name the full 50. I-80's abrupt 2,500-foot descent from the border of Wyoming to Salt Lake City has long been a favorite of mine. The sheer variety of the scenery—from striated red rock to the sterile Bonneville Salt Flats—is mesmerizing. Alaska’s Seward Highway makes that poor bit of asphalt look like a superfund site.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • When Singer Reimagines The Watch It's As Rad As The Car

    Co-branding fine goods like watches, jackets, and luggage is a worn out tactic of many car companies, eager to make a buck off the fan who wants more than a company’s four-wheeled products in their garage. Often the product you buy is some white-labeled offering from another company. The quality may be present, but it’s not a real joint effort in developing a new product—nor is it something that’s really worth your money.

    By Kurt Bradley Read More

  • I Went To An Underground Car Meet In America And It Was Ridiculous

    It was my last weekend in California and while I was recovering from the exotic overload that was Monterey Car Week, I hopped at the first chance to go to an “underground meet” in Orange County. Having experienced the craziness of the Sunset Plaza GT meet I had high hopes and curiosity to see what a night meet in California was like compared to the ones I regularly cover in Japan.

    By Ken Saito Read More

  • Update: The Karma's Fuel Economy Is Still Awful

    The old Fisker Karma was an intriguing and deeply flawed hybrid that was sort of fascinatingly disjointed. The new Karma, now called the Revero by a company named Karma, is still just as messy—and inefficient.

    By Justin T. Westbrook Read More

  • Here's What 10 Modern Sports Cars Look Like With Pop-Up Headlights

    Pop-up headlights are gone and they’re not coming back. At least, not until they become so uncool that they get cool again. Fashion is cyclical after all, isn’t it? Anyway if you don’t want to wait for flappy-eye lights to return in earnest, here’s what they look like on some of day’s most important sports cars.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More

  • Panic Buying Gas During A Shortage Only Makes Everything Worse

    It’s not uncommon for gas supply to go down and prices to go up following a major natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey’s devastating impact in Texas, which crippled the region’s oil refineries and cut a large portion of the U.S. short-term oil supply with it. But the U.S. plans for situations like these, so there’s no need to panic—except consumers panic anyway, making the situation far worse.

    By Justin T. Westbrook Read More

  • Rising Gas Prices Are Coming For All Of Us After Harvey

    A week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Gulf coast, crippling America’s fourth largest city and killing dozens, the country is still feeling its effects. One thing that has been particularly hard is the country’s gas supply. In the last few days, shortages across Texas has caused gas prices to rise and there have been incidents of price-gouging. There’s also been some fights. It’s not just Texas, though; gas prices are rising across the U.S.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • The New Toyota Supra Went On Vacation With Some BMWs In Italy

    The new Toyota Supra: What’s the deal? Where is it? We’ve seen that camo’d mule running around now since people could still tolerate Taylor Swift, and yet no concept or production car has surfaced. All speculation about its future aside, we know where it’s been lately: chilling in Italy with some BMWs.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Here's The Major Inconsistency About This New Droid From The Last Jedi

    Fictional droid related news and analysis is an important part of my job, so I was very pleased to learn that a new astromech droid was revealed (well, via toys) as part of the upcoming installment of the little-known laser-cutting-device enthusiast movie series, Star Wars. And if some of the old basic Star Wars conventions about droid naming hold here, then these new droids represent a major shift in how astromech droids are categorized.

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Racing (84)

  • Formula One Returns This Weekend In Malaysia

    Welcome 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?

    By Alex Hevesy Read More

  • I Took My Mom Drag Racing And Now She's Writing Me Out Of Her Will

    A couple of months ago, Texas Motor Speedway asked me to come out for some drag racing one Friday night. The track lets everything from mild daily drivers to all-out dragsters race to see who’s fastest down pit road, and my car’s 145 horses just wouldn’t do. So, I roped my mom into it.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • The Acura Prototype Team's Test Schedule Now Includes Petit Le Mans

    Team Penske’s getting ultra-serious about their new Acura prototype run. Not only has it been spotted testing at Sebring, but they announced today that they will enter their drivers in an Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 and race at Petit Le Mans this year. Just running one of IMSA’s most infamous races for experience, no big deal!

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Cadillac Ends Its Ridiculously Successful Pirelli World Challenge Program

    Cadillac is quitting Pirelli World Challenge to focus on their IMSA Prototype, reports Daily Sportscar. Cadillac’s factory squad has been one of PWC’s most recognizable flagship efforts, participating in 332 races, winning 33 races, 25 pole positions, seven manufacturer’s championships and five driver’s titles since 2004.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Racing Legend Allan McNish Will Lead Audi's Formula E Team

    One of the most recognizable and widely adored faces of Audi’s world-beating Le Mans prototype program will now head up their Formula E team. Audi unveiled their first full-factory Formula E car today and announced that Allan McNish would be the Team Principal for the newly rechristened Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Racing team.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • No One Can Explain Exactly What Happened With These F-18s At Laguna Seca [Update: Now We Know]

    Two F-18E Super Hornet fighter jets flew over Laguna Seca before this weekend’s IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race, and they got very close at the end. Some fans reported to Jalopnik that they saw the planes touch wings. Others merely say a chunk of plane came off mid-air. Have you found a plane part somewhere in the hills around the track? We’d love to know. [Update: Wing touch confirmed! See update below.]

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • The End Of Porsche's Le Mans Prototype Team Is More Complicated Than You'd Ever Imagine

    Porsche announced its departure from the top class of the World Endurance Championship back in July, but it is still nailing down the details of what comes next. It’s a massive game of musical chairs with around 300 staff members and six drivers who are sad to see the 919 program end, but very anxious to know what they’ll be working on next year. It’s all in a state of limbo until Porsche’s higher-ups figure it out.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Yet Another Porsche Le Mans Prototype Driver Lands In Formula E

    Funny how when a major automaker like Porsche plans to swap its flagship World Endurance Championship Le Mans prototype effort for a Formula E run, Porsche’s top factory drivers keep popping up on the entry list for Formula E. This time, it’s André Lotterer, the ex-Audi LMP1 standout who seems to have gotten the hint after both of his teams closed to focus on Formula E.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Meh Formula One Driver Daniil Kvyat Finally Gets Moved Aside For Now

    Formula One driver and occasional Russian crash missile Daniil Kvyat has finally been moved aside on Red Bull’s b-team Scuderia Toro Rosso, reports Autosport. Red Bull junior driver and 2016 GP2 champion Pierre Gasly will be taking Kvyat’s place at Toro Rosso for most of the rest of the season as a try-out for next year in F1.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr. Quotes JFK After Trump Tweets His Support For NASCAR

    This morning President Trump said in a tweet he was proud of NASCAR for not putting up with “disrespecting our Country or our Flag,” in response to NASCAR owners’ threats yesterday to fire any of their employees who dared protest during the national anthem. Around 29 minutes later, Dale Earnhardt Jr., also on Twitter, quoted JFK.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • It's Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Now, But Where The Engine Will Come From Is Unclear

    On the heels of collaborating on the completely bonkers and somehow street legal 1,130 horsepower Aston Martin Valkyrie, the increasingly resurgent British sports car company is deepening its ties with energy drink/space jumping/motorsports concern Red Bull in Formula One. Say hello to Aston Martin Red Bull Racing. Does that mean Aston Martin is making the engines now? Unclear!

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Five Of NASCAR's Playoff Drivers Involved In Crazy Wreck Where No One Could See

    NASCAR playoffs contender Kevin Harvick spun while battling Austin Dillon for position during today’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Harvick lit up his rear tires trying to stay out of the wall, but the cloud of smoke from his big burnout kept other drivers from being able to see what was in front of him and caused a pile-up anyway.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • The Red Bull Formula One Team Kicked My Ass

    I never knew just how out of shape my garbage marshmallow body was until I attempted a brief sample of what the Red Bull Racing Formula One drivers put themselves through in order to handle the brutal forces of an F1 car. F1 drivers have to be strong, fit and able to react quickly in order to win, and they’re constantly training when they’re not in the car to stay on their A-game.

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  • We All Wish We Had The Job Stability Of 17-Year Ganassi Driver Scott Dixon

    Next year will be IndyCar driver Scott Dixon’s 17th year with Chip Ganassi Racing, reports Motorsport.com. Yes, you read that right. Seventeenth. Ganassi is even downsizing back to two cars from four, but Dixon’s job is safe for obvious (winning) reasons. Still, holy crap: 17 years with the same team is all but unheard of in motorsport, much less with the real-life working world.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Mazda Team Joest Has Started Testing Together And It's Still My Favorite New Thing

    Team Joest is back, baby! The same squad that helped Audi to numerous Le Mans wins is now helping Mazda’s IMSA prototype team not suck, and I couldn’t be more excited to see them in action. Mazda posted some photos of them working together for the first time, and it gives me all the warm fuzzy feelings inside about what’s to come next year.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • The McLaren-Honda Split Really Does Sound Like A Bad Breakup

    McLaren-Honda was like the tumultuous relationship everyone had to keep tabs on in high school—the one doomed to not work out, but that somehow always showed up holding hands the next morning before class. So, naturally, the breakup is going about like you’d expect from a high-school relationship.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • Thousands Of Flooded Hurricane Cars Finally Killed Texas World Speedway

    It was a hot afternoon—the kind that doesn’t belong in September, but, because it’s Texas, a few always manage to creep their way in. But, like all afternoons since 1968, there sat the monstrous, two-mile race track that once hosted the highest levels of American auto racing. Only this time, things were different.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • Josef Newgarden Is IndyCar's Awesome Young 2017 Champion

    Josef Newgarden became IndyCar’s youngest champion in over a decade and the series’ first American champ in five years. Newgarden had the most number of wins this season, so the championship fits. This was Newgarden’s first year with Team Penske. At age 26, he’s the fresh young face IndyCar needed to win.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Winner: This Dude Carrying Home A Race Car Door

    You may have taken home a chunk of car from a race weekend before. Spare canards. Chunks of carbon fiber. That’s neat and all, but did you take home a Ferrari door? Because this dude took home a Ferrari door from one of the Ferrari Challenge races this weekend at Circuit of the Americas.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Holy Crap This Le Mans Prototype Battle In Austin Is Intense

    Nothing is over for the LMP1 class just yet, which is set to make big changes following the announcement that Porsche would be leaving the World Endurance Championship. So far in Austin, the battle for ultimate Le Mans prototype domination has been absolutely ruthless in the best way possible.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • A Comprehensive Guide To NASCAR's Complicated New 'Playoffs'

    NASCAR looks, feels and acts a lot differently this year. The cars, drivers and the tracks are mostly the same, but NASCAR went all “sports ball” on our beloved American motorsport. Now, the sport’s about to start its first-ever “NASCAR playoffs.” Those playoffs come with a new set of rules.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • Red Bull Loses Renault Engines After 2018 But Aston Martin Might Take Renault's Place [Update: No?]

    Renault will drop Red Bull as an F1 engine customer after 2018, reports Auto Motor und Sport. While that stoked fears that Red Bull might be saddled with Honda as their only engine option, Red Bull hinted to Sky Sports that they have “existing relationship” with a motor manufacturer who can hook them up in Renault’s place for 2019 that sounds a lot like Aston Martin.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Carlos Sainz Jr. Gets Loaned To Renault For A Year To Smooth Over F1's Big Engine Deal

    Standout Toro Rosso driver (which isn’t hard to do alongside Daniil Kvyat) Carlos Sainz Jr. will be loaned out to Renault for 2018, the team confirmed today. Sainz’s loan to Renault is widely believed to be the deal that let Toro Rosso end their power unit supply contract with Renault early, so naturally, it was announced at the same time as the big engine swap of 2018.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • McLaren Finally Confirms They're Dropping Honda For Renault In F1

    For the past three years, Honda has been like the scumbag boyfriend of Formula One. Oooooooh, girllllllll. You’re still with him? He always promises to do so much, but like, never does it. I can’t believe you haven’t kicked his lazy butt to the curb yet! Good news, everyone: McLaren finally announced their split from Honda.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • NASCAR Drivers Say Ambulances Have Been A Problem All Year

    Before an ambulance blocked pit road in Saturday’s NASCAR race and stacked up unsuspecting cars, there wasn’t much outside attention on medical transport at tracks. But following Saturday’s incident several drivers say there’s been a number of issues this year—including, bizarrely, ambulances getting lost on the way to infield medical centers.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • We're At Lone Star Le Mans All Weekend Hoping The Prototypes Never Leave

    One of our favorite racing series on the planet—the beautifully high-tech World Endurance Championship—is about to make some big changes. Lone Star Le Mans is the last chance in America to enjoy things as they are, with Porsche and Toyota battling each other in the top LMP1 class. We’re here at Circuit of the Americas this weekend to enjoy the best race cars one last time.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Everything Is Totally Fine On McLaren-Honda's Twitter, Why Do You Ask

    Reports of an imminent demise of McLaren-Honda’s partnership, a pairing full of failure (literally) and sadness, in Formula One are everywhere. It’s expected to be official within days, and even Bernie Ecclestone said McLaren’s switch to Renault engines is a done deal. But things are fine on McLaren-Honda’s Twitter account—why wouldn’t they be?

    By Alanis King Read More

  • Valtteri Bottas Will Drive For Mercedes In 2018 But Maybe Not After That

    When Nico Rosberg retired right after winning the 2016 Formula One title, his Mercedes F1 team was left with a seat to fill—fast. So, they plucked Valtteri Bottas from Williams and signed him for a year. It made sense, given that it was a quick decision on a driver who hadn’t proven himself in the Mercedes car yet. But they did it again. Yes, again.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • McLaren-Honda Is Finally Dead: Reports

    While McLaren still hasn’t announced anything to the public yet, multiple sources are confirming that their divorce from Formula One engine supplier Honda has been finalized. McLaren will run Renault engines next year, per Sky Sports, and plans to announce it during the Singapore Grand Prix race weekend.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Danica Patrick Loses NASCAR Ride

    Danica Patrick, the only female driver currently in the top-level Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, won’t compete for Stewart-Haas Racing in the series next year. The team announced Tuesday that a new driver and sponsor would be in the car in 2018, and Patrick didn’t say what her plans were after this season.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • The M8 GTE Is BMW's Badass Return To Le Mans

    We’ve been waiting patiently for the fantastic 8-series halo car to return to BMW’s lineup. Too patiently. We’ve devolved into madness, drooling over retrowave 8 series videos just to hold us over. But it’s here! It’s finally here! Here is the new M8 GTE race car BMW is taking to the 24 Hours of Le Mans—the marque’s first Le Mans entry since 2011.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Screw It, McLaren Might Just Make Its Own Formula One Engine In 2021

    McLaren’s drama with finding a quality Formula One engine partner may just be enough to convince them to make their own engine if the price is right, reports Motorsport.com. While they’re hoping to switch from their dud Honda engines to Renault units in the meantime, new F1 regulations are coming in 2021, and who knows what they’ll look like then.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • When I Die, Please Carry My Body Around The Nürburgring One Last Time

    People will really take anything out on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It’s one of the the most infamous and dangerous race tracks on earth, but it operates like a one-way unrestricted toll road. I’ve found my favorite ‘Ring car yet: a glass-sided Audi hearse. Excuse me, I have a new final request to put into a will.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Here's Your Handy Guide To Racing This Weekend

    Welcome 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?

    By Justin T. Westbrook Read More

  • Stop Calling Every Female Racer 'The Next Danica Patrick'

    Sometimes, it’s nice to think that in one of the few professional sports without gender divisions, people can differentiate between two female athletes—you know, as if they’re unique individuals with their own unique goals in life. But that’s often a pipe dream, even in 2017.

    By Alanis King Read More

  • There Might Be A Place For America's Top Prototype Spec At Le Mans In 2020

    Oh, so now the powers-that-be are open to letting the top spec in American sports car racing run at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, according to Sportscar365. It only took the World Endurance Championship’s top LMP1 class imploding down to one manufacturer who may not even stay after all, but we’ll take what we can get.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Angry NASCAR Fans Are Roasting Subway For Dropping Suárez's Sponsorship Over A Donut

    Fans of NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Suárez are particularly angry at Subway after they dropped Suárez’s sponsorship for handing out donuts from NASCAR broadcaster NBC’s corporate partner Dunkin Donuts. Anyone who’s ever had a bad Subway sandwich can appreciate the glorious grief NASCAR fans have been giving the poor soul in charge of Subway’s Twitter mentions.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • How To Win A NASCAR Trucks Race: Spin 'Em Out To Steal The Lead

    Another year of NASCAR Camping World Trucks at Mosport, another hit-to-win ending. This year was at least less dramatic than last year’s shove into the wall followed by a fistfight, but it was still a totally classless bump and run by a driver who quite frankly should know better.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Porsche Is Seriously Considering Getting Back Into Formula One In 2021

    Porsche is strongly considering coming back to Formula One as an engine supplier when a new set of engine regulations kick in in 2021, reports Motorsport.com. Porsche representatives have been taking part in discussions about the new engine formula alongside F1's current teams and, so far, they like what they see.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Monza Formula One Winner Lewis Hamilton Booed For Not Driving A Ferrari

    Today, on Ferrari’s semi-hostile home turf, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won an easy race from pole position, finishing 4.4 seconds ahead of his Merc teammate Valtteri Bottas. This also gave Hamilton a three-point championship lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Monza’s giant red horde didn’t like that.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Max Verstappen's Biggest Problem Is That The Problem Is Never The Same

    Red Bull Formula One driver Max Verstappen has had horrifyingly bad luck this year, having finished only half of his races this season. His last retirement was only eight laps in to his home race, to boot. But perhaps the most frustrating thing about it is that it’s always something different that seems to break.

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  • The 24 Hours Of Le Mans Is Now The Season Closer Amid Huge WEC Changes

    Now that Porsche plans to leave the World Endurance Championship’s top LMP1 class at the end of this year, the future of the WEC is in question. Now the WEC is making drastic changes in hopes of staying relevant, including flipping the schedule to end with Le Mans, returning to Sebring, and reworking LMP1 early.

    By Stef Schrader Read More

  • Formula One's Never-Ending Grid Penalties Need To Stop

    For Formula One teams struggling with reliability issues, qualifying can feel like the place where you can run the session, but the results don’t matter. Grid penalties will send you to the back anyway. We’re not even done with practice at Monza and four cars already have grid penalties. It’s too much. It’s been too much for the past couple years. There has to be a better way to handle this.

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Subaru (1)

  • Here's How The Forbidden Fruit Subaru WRX From The 1990s Drives Today

    If you’re looking to have a bit of fun behind the wheel of a car all year long, the Subaru WRX is a no-brainer purchase. A turbocharged, flat-four boxer engine sits under its hood and a full-time all-wheel-drive system puts the power to the ground, while a nimble package makes the entire car stupid fun to drive. What’s not to like?

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Technology (20)

  • New Uber CEO Apologizes For 'Mistakes' After Company Is Banned From Operating In London

    Dara Khosrowshahi, the new CEO of Uber, has a growing pile of issues to address at the ride-hailing company—the latest being a decision by the London transit authority to ban Uber from operating in the British capital by the end of the month. In response, Khosrowshahi penned an open letter in the Evening Standard, apologizing for what he said was “the mistakes we’ve made.”

    By Ryan Felton Read More

  • Nevada Is Done With Faraday Future As Car Startup Gives Back Taxpayer Money

    Last winter, Faraday Future came out of nowhere with big promises to upend the auto industry and redefine the entire idea of how we get around. None of that has happened because making cars is hard. Now, a tax deal between the state of Nevada and FF is officially over, and the would-be automaker has handed back all the incentive money it got from the state.

    By Patrick George Read More

  • Uber's Legal Fight With Google Could Screw Its Self-Driving Truck Employees

    In August 2016, Uber purchased autonomous truck startup Otto in a deal that reportedly called for Otto employees to receive 20 percent of future profits Uber earns from self-driving trucks. It seemed like a nice deal for any startup. But now that lucrative arrangement may be torpedoed, leaving Otto employees who joined Uber to work on trucks in the lurch, according to records filed in Uber’s ongoing legal battle with Google.

    By Ryan Felton Read More

  • Self-Driving Car Patents Are Weird And Awesome

    Removable steering wheels, conference room-styles seating in cars, see-through doors. The self-driving car race is fueling a boom in quirky, eye-popping ideas and a crush of patents are being filed by automakers, something highlighted by a super enjoyable piece in the Wall Street Journal today.

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  • How McLaren Engineers Built Armor To Save A Man From Debilitating Injuries

    It’s a real-life Iron Man story: a billionaire is terribly injured in a way that doesn’t kill him, but leaves him in constant pain and risk of further health problems, so he turns to technology of the highest order to protect him and save his life. It’s not a comic book though; it’s what the engineers at McLaren Applied Technologies did for a client, and it’s fascinating.

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  • Cars Without Fake Grilles

    If you had to pick the automotive equivalent of Spanx, a pretty safe bet would be fake grilles. They serve a purely aesthetic purpose, and they accomplish that purpose via a little bit of harmless subterfuge. They’re fake, and they’re all over nearly every car on the market today. Have you wondered what cars would look like if grille design was focused on honesty? Of course you have.

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  • 'We Need To Fire Anthony': Google Before Finding Out Self-Driving Car Engineer Allegedly Stole Tech

    Google is currently locked in a bitter legal fight with Uber over whether an engineer at the former company stole self-driving tech and brought it to the latter. That engineer abruptly left Google in January 2016 to launch a self-driving truck startup called Otto, which Uber quickly sought to purchase. But as early as August 2015, Google’s self-driving car guru knew the guy had to go and didn’t mince words about it.

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  • Facebook Says, Again, That It Won't Be Making Cars

    Remember that non-existent rumor a couple years back about Facebook—that, like other oversized tech behemoths of Silicon Valley, it could be making a self-driving car? It wasn’t true then, and it’s not true now. That’s according to the company’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg.

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  • Self-Driving Cars Won't Deliver You Weed In California

    Pizza? Sure. People seem keen to the idea of letting a robocar deliver a greasy pie to your door. Marijuana? Not so much—at least in California. The state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control issued emergency regulations last week that ban autonomous vehicles from delivering a bag of weed to you, reports Ars Technica.

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  • The U.S. Transportation Department's New Guidelines For Testing Self-Driving Cars Are Finally Here

    Ever since being appointed by President Trump to run the U.S. transportation department, Secretary Elaine Chao has said her agency would update a set of voluntary guidelines issued by her predecessor on how automakers should test and deploy self-driving cars. On Tuesday, already a jam-packed day for automated tech in cars, Chao finally released the revamped set of guidelines.

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  • Limits Of Tesla's Autopilot And Driver Error Cited In Fatal Model S Crash

    The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board ruled today that the “operational design” of Tesla’s Autopilot played a key role in a 2016 fatal crash that left the owner of a Model S dead. The vehicle’s semi-autonomous system permitted the driver, Joshua Brown to use Autopilot in ways “inconsistent” with warnings from Tesla that “permitted his prolonged disengagements from the driving task” and ultimately contributed to his death.

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  • Feds To Partially Blame Tesla's Autopilot In Fatal Crash: Report

    On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board is expected to find that Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving system, known as Autopilot, should partially be blamed for a 2016 fatal crash involving a Model S that slammed into the side of the truck, according to Bloomberg. The report comes after the family of Joshua Brown, the driver who was killed in the crash, released a statement that chided media coverage of the crash and said the feature isn’t to blame for his death.

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  • Ex-Google Engineer 'Personally Owned And Controlled' Competing Self-Driving Car Startup Years Before Leaving For Uber

    Anthony Levandowski, the ex-Google engineer at the center of the tech giant’s legal battle with ride-hailing company Uber, “personally owned and controlled” a competing self-driving car startup while he was still employed by Google, the company said in court filings Thursday. Soon after he left Google for Uber, the ride-hailing company purchased the startup.

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  • This One Paragraph Illustrates The Insane Payouts For Silicon Valley's Autonomous Tech Engineers

    The going rate for a self-driving car engineer in Silicon Valley is, depending on who you ask, as much as $10 million a head. Google knows as much; it arranged a $120 million bonus for Anthony Levandowski, the ex-Google engineer at the center of the company’s lawsuit with Uber. But new court testimony filed Wednesday offers wonderful insight into the exceedingly high pay that engineers in the field can fetch.

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  • We Can't Trust Humans Not To Screw Up In Audi's New Semi-Autonomous System

    Audi lately has been showing off its new semi-autonomous system planned for the 2018 Audi A8 sedan. Dubbed the Traffic Jam Pilot, the automaker confidently says it will allow drivers to “focus on a different activity that is supported by the car, such as watching the on-board TV”—so long as they pay some attention to the road. This probably isn’t a good idea for the public.

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