The U.S. Army is looking for a new vehicle to quickly transport troops across the battlefield. Qualified applicants must carry nine fully-armed infantry soldiers, work after being pushed out of an airplane, and enjoy a road speed of 55 mph. And no armor either. Wait, what?
Read MoreThe U.S. Navy needs a new warship to replace its aging force of cruisers, and it wants to start buying them in five years. Larger than a destroyer but smaller than a battleship, the ship will be stacked with sensors, weapons, and unmanned vehicles. The Navy believes the new ship—which will probably cost more than $2 billion each—is needed to retain the ability to protect America’s aircraft carriers and allies from attack.
Read MoreLate last year, but only revealed recently, there was a first that will likely one day be considered historic: robotic air-to-air combat was born, with a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone shooting down a smaller, target drone, all without humans physically involved. It’s likely this is just the first example of drone-on-drone violence in the skies.
Read MoreThe U.S. Army wants to push its long-range guns into territory artillery officers have previously only dreamt of. The service’s Strategic Long Range Cannon is projected to fire way, way, way farther than any existing gun, or any gun ever made. And ironically, developments in Iraq during the regime of Saddam Hussein hint that such a weapon is actually possible.
Read MoreThe F-35 Lightning II is one of the most complicated, controversial, and expensive defense projects in history. But it may finally be turning a corner. Like a container ship that takes miles to change direction, the F-35 program is gradually improving, and closing in on a final round of tests to determine the plane’s viability. Although the fighter still has a ways to go before being truly ready for battle, the F-35 is no longer in any serious danger of being canceled—if it ever truly was.
Read MoreMost living Americans tend to think of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero as the Japanese plane that walloped the Americans at Pearl Harbor. Okay, well, it did do that. But it wasn’t the fearsome fighter that Hollywood movies have portrayed. While it had some initial advantages, it was deeply flawed.
Read MoreThe U.S. Mid-Atlantic region is one of the most heavily armed places on Earth, home to aircraft carriers, nuclear missile submarines, F-22 Raptor fighters, and thousands of other pieces of military hardware. The region alone packs more military firepower than most countries. It’s also now staring down one of the most destructive forces ever created: a hurricane.
Read MoreThe United Kingdom’s first new aircraft carrier in decades, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has crossed the pond. The mammoth ship has arrived to participate in F-35 Joint Strike Fighter trials. Queen Elizabeth brings with a luxury—some would argue a necessity—that would make the “dry” U.S. Navy green with envy: its own pub, built right into the bowels of the ship.
Read MoreChina’s Navy is on a roll. The Navy, or more properly the People’s Liberation Army Navy, has launched more than a hundred ships of all kinds over the past decade, including destroyers, amphibious ships, frigates, and corvettes. The PLAN is now the largest Navy in Asia, with more than 300 warships. Yet of the hundreds of warships that fly the Chinese flag, none are as important symbolically and practically as the country’s aircraft carriers.
Read MoreFor the past 20 years, the BMW X5 has had the tech and the gadgets to make it at least somewhat competent when the pavement ended, but it’s no secret that it was no Range Rover. This “Sports Activity Vehicle” was always meant more for the streets, and its scores of owners didn’t ever seem to care. Now the new 2019 BMW X5 is good enough that it push beyond its previous limits—and finally do all of the sporting activities.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. Sometimes folks get into a tough spot or don’t know what to do, so I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out.
Read MoreMichael has been working his ass off serving overseas and can now buy his dream car and enjoy some open-air motoring. He has a pretty healthy budget, but the catch is this ride must be able to fit two car seats comfortably. What car should he buy?
Read MoreThe Kia Stinger is a fantastic car. While some dealers tried to capitalize on this premium sport sedan with stupid markups, the hype has died down a bit and some dealers are throwing some serious discounts at these things. If you shop carefully you can score a deal up to 25 percent off MSRP.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, a Mercedes-Benz inline-six was the very model of smoothness and opulence and grace. It went away for some time, but now it’s finally back and boasts some impressive power and tech. Then the mad scientists at AMG got their hands on it. Meet the 2019 Mercedes-AMG E53, one of the more interesting AMG cars you can buy right now.
Read MoreThe wickedly fast, ridiculously expensive, please don’t call them sedans even though they’re totally sedans segment has blown up in recent years. “Four-door coupes” like the Audi S7, BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe and Porsche Panamera all fight for damn near $200,000 from your well-diversified portfolio. Mercedes has had an offering in this class—the CLS—for many years, but it wanted to introduce a more dedicated performance four-door grand tourer. Meet the 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door.
Read MoreIf you’re into exotic cars, you’re probably living in the best era for them. No longer the scarce things they once were, you can get your mitts on more of them than ever before. AMG makes legit supercars, Aston Martin’s range is ever expanding, Ferrari’s on a roll lately, Lamborghini’s SUV is… a thing, and McLaren’s determined to bring out as many new models as it can. And the new McLaren 600LT comes to the family as the smallest McLaren for people who are constantly late for things.
Read MoreThe 2018 Lexus LS500 is already a luxurious car. It’s got leather everywhere you look, and it’s loaded with the latest technology. With no options whatsoever, the car already costs $75,200. But if you really want to go all-out, it has one single option box you can tick off that costs an astounding $23,000.
Read MoreBack when I was a teen, doing teen things like playing Metal Gear Solid 2 with my buds, I couldn’t wait to start driving. But the last car I wanted to be seen driving was a minivan because that was a lame car for parents and I wanted to be cool and awesome. (Spoiler alert, I was still never cool in high school.) That phenomenon may be one reason today’s buyers have shifted so full-force into crossovers and SUVs, and now Nissan is hoping the same thing could eventually drive young buyers back to
Read MoreAudi’s all-new, all-electric SUV, the 2019 E-Tron, will be the first electric offering from the automaker with a starting price of $74,800. It’s a considerable amount of money, even for a luxury car, and Audi has plans on how to best sell it.
Read MoreJohn Cena’s 2017 Ford GT, which, you’ll remember, was the subject of a lawsuit, is up for sale for the—fourth? fifth? tenth? hard to say at this point—time, about a month after it was up for sale again. Does anyone want John Cena’s Ford GT?
Read MoreMost of us North Americans probably only witnessed this car in video games. For many, the Renault Sport Clio V6 never actually existed outside of Gran Turismo. I mean, why would a dorky little compact car shaped like a cartoon with a V6 engine where the back seats should be even be a thing?
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. Sometimes folks get into a tough spot or don’t know what to do, so I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out.
Read MoreLook, I love old car manuals. Hell, I just spent $6 for a manual for a 1978 Volvo 343, a car I’ve never even seen in person. But when I look at Bring a Trailer and see that a 1974 Porsche Carrera RSR manual sold for $6,000, I can’t help but feel that nothing makes sense anymore and if we’re not careful, all of the world’s money will one day be trapped in a neverending transactional cycle of air-cooled Porsche cars and related items.
Read MoreAaron just moved to Los Angeles and is about to have a baby. He needs a bigger car but it absolutely cannot be a crossover, it has to be the body style we all love on this fine website: a wagon. What car should he buy?
Read MoreHyundai, it seems, is serious about taking on the Germans with the new 2019 Genesis G70 sport sedan. So much so that’s actually priced identically to the current BMW 3 Series. But there’s a catch that makes it an even better deal.
Read MorePeople make mistakes. Sometimes it’s as small as forgetting to pay a parking ticket, and sometimes it’s spending a lot of money on a rally car that ends up parked, becoming a huge pain in the ass. What isn’t a mistake is Land Rover offering the Range Rover diesel to Americans, which is a great way of throwing six figures in hard cash at taking care of the problem of moving an unwanted rally car.
Read MoreProviding passage for the tired, tipsy, and busy, the Black Cab is as much a part of foggy London’s furniture as the red phone boxes no one uses. Thing is, the cabs you’re used to seeing aren’t very efficient, comfortable, or spacious. So the LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) TX has cooked up a new one.
Read MoreLet’s be real, friends—car purchases aren’t always rational. You can say you want about safety features and good fuel economy, but cars can be just as much of a fashion statement as a nice watch or a pair of jeans. So if you wanted exotic car looks but don’t have exotic car money, what do you choose?
Read MoreThe 2019 Cadillac XT4 is late to the game. It is only Cadillac’s third crossover entry on Day 6,419 of the SUV/crossover onslaught and comes at a time when probably most of Cadillac’s competitors are far ahead in the Big Cars race. So it’s got some catching up to do. Fortunately, it’s a luxury crossover with an all-new engine and an all-new platform. And the XT4 is priced aggressively: Starting at $34,795, it’s cheaper than a comparable BMW, but a hair more expensive than a Mercedes or Volvo.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. Sometimes folks get into a tough spot or don’t know what to do, so I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out.
Read MoreDavid is a traveling salesman with a long commute, but his company is going to foot the bill on his new ride. The catch is that he is very tall and needs something comfortable that won’t exceed is $35,000 price cap. What car should he buy?
Read MoreA story about a Buick is not exactly one that grips the imagination. Maybe not here. But allow me to explain.
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Camaro has fallen from glory. After a five year reign over its U.S. sports car kingdom, the Camaro has been quickly usurped by the Ford Mustang—and then by the aging Dodge Challenger. Sales are decreasing by drastic amounts, and it doesn’t look like there’s going to be change in the near future.
Read MoreCurrently, nobody on the market sells cars that run with the magical triangles of a rotary engine—the kind of engine you’d find in a 1980 Mazda RX-7. Really nobody else besides Mazda was ever able to get it to work in a meaningful way. I totally get it, too; by design, rotaries get atrocious gas mileage and they’re much higher maintenance than the average driver is used to.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. Sometimes folks get into a tough spot or don’t know what to do, so I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out.
Read MoreNow that summer is coming to a close and last year’s models have begun shuffling off of dealer lots, a lot of folks are entering the car market hoping to score a deal. While the internet has made car buying easier, there are still some dealers that will say whatever they can to make a sale.
Read MoreMitch (not pictured) is entering the Navy to become an officer and eventually a pilot. Naturally, he has a need for speed, but also wants something for outdoor adventures for around $25,000. What car should he buy?
Read MoreWhile the 2018 Range Rover Velar S did not make me feel like the King of New York City, as I had hoped, I did feel like at least maybe the Duke of my neighborhood. You know, still getting plenty of attention, but not too much, while having all of the benefits of being born into a world of no real responsibility. It was a nice feeling while it lasted.
Read MoreThe days are getting shorter and the nights are growing longer. Leaves are at the brink of turning, temperatures are dropping, everyone is getting antsy about getting their tacky Christmas decorations out, and—shit. Snow. Ice! Shit!
Read MoreGenerally, there’s not a lot of activity in the field of what you might call Car Battery Culture. Those useful but heavy plastic blocks of reactive chemicals that give our cars the precious 12V they need to start and level the load from the alternator are generally not things that inspire a lot of artistic output. That’s sort of changed now, thanks to the Throwing Your Old Car Batteries Into The Ocean meme/shitposts. This is the world we live in, now.
Read MoreThe cars in BMW’s electrified i division don’t yield the most competitive performance or range figures, but at least they look stylish and cool. There’s only two of them to concern yourself with, the i8 and the i3. And the 2019 BMW i3 just got a new battery with an increased electric range.
Read MoreAutomakers have struggled with infotainment systems for years, only recently landing on systems that are straightforward and intuitive. Now a Chinese automaker wants to take it to the next level, offering holographic anime character personal assistants in the new Bestune T77 crossover. It’s car-waifu time, everybody!
Read MoreThe rowdiest car show of the year is going down this weekend in airy Ocean City, Maryland. Or rather, it isn’t. H2Oi has been relocated to Atlantic City after things got altogether too hectic last year and the year before, with simply too much stance running the streets of the beach town. But what is stance? Well, we have an explainer for you.
Read MoreFiat Chrysler will be issuing a recall in the next few days for around 34,300 Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio models with the 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, as they may be at risk for fire due to inadequate overheating protection.
Read MoreLate last year, Mazda announced that it would start a factory-run program to restore people’s Miatas. Mazda says that 600 applications came in, and now the first one is done. Unsurprisingly, it looks absolutely fantastic.
Read MoreRadwood, the incredibly awesome show devoted to the best and raddest of 1980s and 1990s cars, has been to San Francisco. It’s been to Atlanta. And now, it’s going to Philadelphia on Oct. 14. We’re going too, and to help you get into the rad mindset for it, we’re holding another contest. With fabulous, incredible prizes! (Update: The deadline has passed and the contest is closed.)
Read MoreLast week, car internet blew up over eBay listings that purported to show two rare Plymouth Superbirds that had been “hidden from the public eye for 35 years.” It’s the sort of thing we report on all the time—barn finds are interesting and neat and fun. And then a law firm sent us a letter.
Read MoreYesterday, Infiniti announced a new prototype called the Project Black S that would use Formula One-style, performance-oriented hybrid tech. It floated some extremely seductive performance figures—563 horsepower, zero to 62 mph sprint in under four seconds—but at this point in the game, I’m fed up with empty promises from Infiniti.
Read MoreScott Leone’s 1992 Toyota MR2 Turbo ought to be the ultimate cautionary tale about Craigslist trades. He thought he was getting a perfect, no-problem car. But when it turned out to be a basket case, Leone didn’t scrap it. He brought this MR2 back to life using a more powerful V6 engine that the car always deserved. The end result is one of the best things I’ve driven all year.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump has said that climate change is a hoax, but in a 500-page report issued last month, his administration asserted it’s indeed real—so real, in fact, that it foresees a seven degrees Fahrenheit rise in global temperatures by 2100. Still, it seeks to reverse the Obama-era fuel economy standards aimed at averting such this catastrophe, according to The Washington Post. Great.
Read MoreThere’s a rule here in America, birthplace of tater tots and the Slanket, that you can import any car that was not officially imported into the United States once that car turns 25 years old. Most commonly, this rule is used for things like Skylines and Land Rovers and those sorts of high-value cars with cult followings. But there’s so much more out there! Here’s ten under-considered cars that I think deserve a chance to come to America.
Read MoreEarlier this week, Jalopnik sat down with screenwriter and director Robert Siegel to talk about his upcoming film, Cruise. When we asked him why we were going to love it, his answer was simple: the cars.
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Tesla CEO Elon Musk for alleged securities fraud, calling his previous tweets about having the “funding secured” to take Tesla private a “series of false and misleading statements.”
Read MoreHow many wheels a car has should be an easy question. It’s just counting, right? How hard is that? I bet most people would only need an Associate’s Degree in counting to handle most situations. There are cases where it’s not so clear, though, like in the case of this car, the Willys NC-1a.
Read MoreThe Porsche 959 is remembered as one of the greatest cars of the modern era, and certainly one of the jewels in the crown of Porsche, the eternal sports car king. What’s considerably less well-known is that the car was a fantastic failure at literally every point of its life.
Read MoreGM said at an advertising conference recently that they monitored the radio station choices of drivers and passengers in 90,000 cars for months late last year. All in the name of marketing insights. Surveillance creep never seems to stop!
Read More“There is no city in the world where the inhabitants are more immersed in a premium lifestyle than in New York,” now-former Cadillac CEO Johan de Nysschen told The Wall Street Journal in 2014. And truly, the same can be said of the company’s new hometown, Warren. In Michigan. Just look at the picture above, and bask in its very own premium lifestyle.
Read MoreThis is the Singer DLS, done in partnership with Williams of F1 fame. It mades 500 horsepower. It costs $1.8 million. It sounds incredible.
Read MoreThe metal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump are already hurting automakers like Ford. Ford CEO Jim Hackett says that his company has suffered huge losses thanks to the tariffs and it’s probably not going to get better if the trade disputes don’t let up.
Read MoreThe sad truth is that far too many Ferraris are bought for status reasons, as opposed to buying them for the raw, visceral joy they’re capable of providing. That’s why seeing something like this, a Ferrari FF being hooned around a grassy, hilly area, is so wonderful. This is a person enjoying the shit out of their car, and I have zero problems with that.
Read MoreTesla’s issues with delivering new Model 3s to their customers are quite well-known, since Elon Musk himself tweeted about it, and earlier this week Musk clarified the issue, stating that it was based on an “extreme shortage of car carrier trailers.” The weird thing is that if there is such an “extreme shortage,” nobody but Tesla seems to know about it, even the Auto Haulers Association of America.
Read MoreAfter almost four years since Cadillac controversially moved its headquarters to trendy SoHo in New York City, its new boss has decided to move the luxury brand back home to the General Motors headquarters in Detroit. Because you can never, ever, truly leave Mother.
Read MoreThe driver of this Honda CRV suffered first, second and third degree burns on her face, neck and hands after her car exploded. Investigators suspect the cause of the explosion may have been the propane tank she was driving home in the back of the car.
Read MoreHyundai isn’t really known as a flashy performance brand in the U.S. quite yet, through it is working hard with the new performance Hyundai Veloster N. That Veloster is based on Europe’s Hyundai i30 N hatchback, and now it’s in Fastback form.
Read MoreWell, hello! Do you happen do be a human on this earth? An American citizen, perhaps? If you are any or all of these things, odds are that you know a person, probably many a person, who clams up and can’t decide what to do when they see one of those scary circular “intersection” thingies on public streets.
Read MoreNot every car is suited to every job. We know this. It’s pretty much one of the big reasons why so many different kinds of cars exist. Just for our own perverse fun, though, let’s imagine some of the worst possible jobs for some specific cars. Why not, right?
Read MoreThe kicker for Car And Driver’s 10,000 mile check-in report for its Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio long-term loan reads: “When we have it, we love driving it. We just wish we had it more.” It perfectly represents the disappointment of having such a fun new car plagued with so many problems, but who is surprised?
Read MoreThe upcoming 2019 Toyota Supra has been a long journey from will they, won’t they to us now being so close to finally seeing it in production form. Back in March, it seemed for sure that there were zero plans on the table to offer a manual option, but now that has changed!
Read MoreSheds are exciting things, right? Standing there all still, keeping shit like coiled hoses and bags of peat moss protected from the elements—what could make them any better? Just one thing: speed. One shed has achieved the goal of speed, and has even set a new record for the fastest shed on the planet: 101.5 mph.
Read MoreYou may recall the tragic story of Josef Ganz, the very influential German motor journalist and engineer who was one of the several people who were developing cars in Germany in the 1930s that would directly and heavily influence the design of the famous Volkswagen Beetle. Ganz was written out of history by the Nazis, but now, the only surviving example of a car he designed—a car that’s most like a proto-Beetle—has been restored. And it’s fascinating.
Read MoreI’ll be honest and say that, if my bus driver had offered to let me pilot the big yellow brick when I was a young teen, I’d have considered her or him the coolest bus driver ever. But a number of Indiana adults—including the police—apparently think differently than my teenage self, because a driver who allegedly let kids take the reins just got fired and arrested, CBS Chicago reports.
Read MoreI hope you’re somewhere where a sudden outburst of joyful tears won’t get you in trouble, because it’s going to happen when you hear this: when a billionaire who owns an electric car company came out and admitted he was having trouble delivering cars, incredible, heroic strangers heard his cry for help and stepped up to the challenge!
Read MoreAt this point, we’ve heard plenty about your bad car decisions. Now, it’s time to switch things up a bit and look to your parents. I’m sure they’ve also made some poor automotive decisions and then simply passed the genes on down to you.
Read MorePolice in Oakland, California broke up a series of illegal street drifting sideshows last weekend, with two police officers reportedly injured, close to 100 cars being towed, and at least two people arrested.
Read MoreI think it was during the second or third time I went airborne in a Lancia 037 Stradale—a leap that was higher, faster and further than I’d ever experienced in the previous installment—that I realized how truly jump-happy Forza Horizon 4 is. I didn’t think this was possible, as the last game was also extremely gravity-optional, but here we are.
Read MoreFor a car obsessive such as myself, encountering a car so boring you’re not even sure you’ve ever heard the name spoken out loud is a disturbing experience, one that makes you question the very fabric of reality. I mean, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a Mitsubishi Tredia before, but have I, really? Maybe it was an Isuzu I-Mark, or an old Stanza, or almost anything else? And the name? Tredia? What the hell is that? Is this real life?
Read MoreToday we showed you a Porsche 944 with a Chevy small-block under a modified hood. While some readers consider this modification an improvement, one does not. This reader is, of course, correct.
Read MoreThe specialty used auto-things market is booming because we live in interesting/revolutionary times. First there was that Porsche 911 RSR manual booklet that sold for $6,000, and now you can bid on a long-forgotten hood piece reportedly off of a 1989 Ferrari F40.
Read MoreThe all-electric 2018 Nissan Leaf now looks like an ordinary hatchback, but it still has quite a few unique features that definitely take some adjusting to get used to. Here’s five things you should know about it.
Read MoreEver wonder why the Audi logo is four interconnected rings? Of course you have; you’re a human (or possibly a hyperintelligent dog). Many of you know the answer: those rings represent the four marques of the Auto Union, the company that we now know as Audi. Those brands were Audi, DKW, Wanderer, and Horch. It now seems that Audi will bring back the Horch name, as a premium trim level on the A8.
Read MoreI’m not really sure how you can lose a car, but apparently it happens all the time to everyone. Even to Lotus and the Chapman family. They’re on the hunt for a pretty famous Lotus—the first car that founder Colin Chapman built—and they need your help.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump’s administration is laser-focused on trade with China, particularly by placing tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese-made goods. So while everyone’s looking there, cars are starting to be imported into the United States from India instead.
Read MoreThe presidential limousine is said to weigh up to 20,000 pounds, and is loaded with features like blood bags and run-flat tires that are designed to protect the Leader of the Free World(™) in a crisis. Built by General Motors, the limos—around a dozen were ordered in 2014—cost around $1.5 million each. And now there’s an all-new one.
Read MoreThere’s a lot of sterotypes in the greater gearhead global community about Prius drivers, many of which are unfair. The vast majority of Prius drivers are, I’m sure, fine, upstanding people. But not all, and this is the percentage that gives them a bad name. Drivers like an Olympia, Washington woman who refused to pull over for a cop, telling the officer “I drive a Prius.”
Read MoreWe’re pretty spoiled these days. We’re spoiled because new cars, even mass market ones, are all pretty dependable and good. The industry standard has risen so much that you really can’t get away with selling a shitbox anymore. But a few still manage to escape the crusher and join us on the roads.
Read MoreIt’s been decades since Supervan 3 debuted with a Cosworth V6 engine and a throwback Ford Racing livery. Supervan 2 was a Ford C100 Group C racer with a Mk2 Transit body on top. The original Supervan had Ford’s GT40 engine with a Mk1 Transit body shell on top. While it isn’t officially called “Supervan 4", you can go to a Ford Commercial dealership right now and order up a brand new Transit with a 400 lb-ft turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, and a 3.73 rear axle ratio with a limited slip from the factor
Read MoreWhen I first developed an affection for the automobile, I was absolutely obsessed with Ford’s Mustang. When I was a senior in High School we hauled this 1968 GT Fastback home for me to wrench on. I spent a lot of the next few years carefully disassembling the car and preparing it for restoration. Somehow my fool mind thought I could afford a bare-metal ground up on this car on a college-kid-delivering-Chinese-food salary. At some point, the project stalled and it was rolled out of the shop and i
Read MoreThe route book I hold in my hands is plainly laid out with diagrams of upcoming intersections and mileage callouts to ensure we’re on the right path. It’s a simple and easy way to show a hundred cars worth of enthusiasts the fun way to get to our next stop. My only problem; the odometer in our 400,000-mile Porsche 944 Turbo stopped working a long time ago, when both myself and the car were celebrating our tenth birthdays. We’re traipsing across Northern California on the Driving While Awesome! C
Read MoreHave you ever wanted a car that you could easily take apart because it was, basically, just a Barbie Jeep based on a Citroën AX that somehow became road legal? Well, folks, the Mega Tjaffer would have been the right car for you.
Read MoreIt’s probably pretty safe to say that Burt Reynolds is the reason some of us love cars. How can you not love the beautiful gold-and-black Trans Am he drove so cavalierly in Smokey and the Bandit? The answer: it’s impossible. But you, Lucky Soul, could help a little piece of history live on, because Reynolds’ Trans Am is among several of his cars going up for auction.
Read MoreShe appeared out of nowhere. France’s Odette Siko emerged from mystery in the late 1920s to get behind the wheel of an automobile and start taking to the track.
Read More“Are you writing this up already?” they asked as I did some other busywork in the hotel room, the morning coming to a close in the hotel room the day after. “No, should I?” Tom from the Front Street drift crew offered a headline: “I went street drifting with the Front Street Crew and it fucking sucked.” To be fair, it did.
Read MoreIf you’re like many of our readers, you’re fabulously wealthy and line your underpants with $50 bills, just because it feels so good. You’re also always about to buy some new premium automobile of some kind, but you’re probably bored as hell with all the Mercedeses and BMWs and Range Rovers and Audis and Bentleys and all those other Camrys of the Rich. It’s time to stand out. It’s time for Bufori.
Read MoreWhen the all-electric Chrysler Portal minivan was revealed at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show we had two takes: Chrysler forced a bunch of obnoxious millennial-mobile PR talk into the presentation of a pretty cool car, and it actually made a lot of sense. Well, however you feel about it, you’re about to be feeling it a lot more, as Chrysler is moving the Portal into production.
Read MoreI’ll admit, this story from AutoClassics.com is incredibly light on details and I’ve had trouble finding other sources for it, but it’s fun, so what the hell: in Russia, a guy tries to steal three Ladas, on three separate occasions, and each time the Ladas break down before he can complete his crime. See, a Lada’s mechanical fragility isn’t a problem, it’s a security system!
Read MoreThe best cars are the ones that get used. Driven. Hooned. Appreciated as the functional objects that they are. That’s why it’s impossible to look at Luis Millan’s well-loved turbo widebody 1990 Mazda Miata and not smile a little. This is how you do track cars right, and importantly, how to do it on a budget like a boss.
Read MoreSeveral months back, word trickled out that Elio Motors’ latest plan to rescue its dream to bring a three-wheeled car to life involved raising funds from the creation of a digital “token” dubbed ElioCoin. Put aside any doubts if that sounds like a dubious proposal because, on Thursday, Elio announced the pre-sale (??) of the ElioCoin Security Token (???). Buckle up.
Read MoreAn unhappy fact about my life is that, more than likely, I’ll never own a Porsche 911 GT3. The silver lining, however, is that I’ll never have to helplessly watch my 911 burn down on the Nürburgring.
Read MoreThe original Volkswagen Microbus started life as a sketch by Dutch VW importer Ben Pon for a small, useful cargo delivery vehicle. The idea of it having all those windows and hauling families and covens of hippies came later—it was a cargo vehicle first. That’s why Volkswagen’s announcement of a cargo version of their I.D. Buzz retro-inspired minivan is such a big deal: this is the job the original Type II Transporter was literally born to do.
Read MoreI don’t know if you saw the news yesterday (you were probably busy, it’s FINE, no no, we get it), but Cadillac has decided that the 550-horsepower CT6 V-Sport, which was supposed to sort of be a diet version of Cadillac’s full-fat high-performance “V” line, is now just going to be called a full-on CT6-V. That sounded fishy to me.
Read MoreThis isn’t just any Ford Mustang, it’s the 2018 Ford Mustang GT with the Performance Pack Level 2. It rides harder and stiffer than your normal Mustang and has got the looks of a track-focused car to boot. Here are five things you should know about it.
Read MoreEven though car buying has changed a lot, there’s still one thing that remains the same: There are a lot of shady characters taking advantage of people. Rarely do these scammers face justice, but the law did manage to catch up with a crooked dealer in Utah, who now has to pay back the money he took in addition to serving a sentence with an ankle bracelet.
Read MoreSit down, kids, because I’ve got some good new and bad news. The good news is that Cadillac has plans to expand its performance-focused V-series sub brand. The bad news is that the era of two perennial Jalopnik staff favorites is coming to and end. Update: GM reached out and said that the ATS-V and CTS-V actually will not be going away.
Read MoreYou may think that Toyota and BMW worked incredibly closely on the new Supra and Z4, collaborating daily if not hourly to jointly ensure their sports car project would be a success for all. Except if you did, you’d be wrong!
Read MoreThe Ferrari Purosangue, which is an SUV that the late Sergio Marchionne said he’d rather take a bullet over producing, will probably be large, powerful and expensive. And power will go to all four-wheels, which is par for the course for any premium SUV or crossover these days.
Read MoreLast-mile delivery is, apparently, the cause of a lot of traffic in urban areas. Living in New York City and having to constantly dodge around double-parked delivery trucks, I am inclined to agree. Renault’s solution to alleviate that is to implement a fleet of automated delivery pods.
Read MoreTetsuya Tada, you’ll not be surprised to hear, is a regular car nut, just like you and I, and Dave, that guy down the block who owns a Camaro. You’d hardly expect otherwise from the man who created the sweet-hearted GT86 coupe, and who was personally appointed by Akio Toyoda himself to rebirth the Toyota Supra for a new generation.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz: the serious German luxury brand for serious important people, winning Formula One teams and high-end supercars. Now, also, bright-yellow hot hatchbacks that look like Pokémon and have big ridiculous wings. Meet the 2019 Mercedes-AMG A35, the baby hot hatch from Benz.
Read MoreApparently not to be outdone by their sports car partners at Toyota today, BMW dropped a bunch of news about the new Supra’s platform-mate the 2019 Z4. We have confirmed power specs for the turbocharged inline-six engine, and now for the upcoming four-cylinder variant too. Get excited.
Read MoreHere’s a scenario: You live in a nice, quiet, residential neighborhood. You let your kids play outside. It’s idyllic. Except for the hoodlums that come speeding through from time to time. There’s only so much the police can do, right? Maybe it’s time to take things into your own hands.
Read MoreThe 2019 Subaru Ascent is the biggest model that Subaru currently offers. It has 19 cupholders for maximum occupant hydration. And it will apparently do a good job of keeping you and all your beverages safe because it’s scored very well with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Read MoreFerrari dumped a new plan for investors today, announcing that it will produce 15 new models by 2022, including a crossover called the Purosangue and a new hybrid mid-engine supercar to slot above the current 488, which will also be replaced by a hybrid model.
Read MoreOne year ago today, we introduced Ron Dauzet, a Michigan man who was being forced by his local township to sell 20 cars per month because the 218-vehicle collection on his property ran in violation of a local blight ordinance. On Sunday, I caught up with Ron and took photos of his property, which now looks totally different with over 160 cars gone.
Read MoreWe found it pretty hard not to like the new 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class, a sleek sedan and hatchback combo that seemed to really up its game over the current family of Mercedes compacts. But everyone had one question: where’s the AMG version? Apparently, this is it.
Read MoreEarlier today, we got a peek at the Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 special series cars, but now official details and images have been released, and they look tearfully incredible.
Read MoreTesla is facing a criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department over CEO Elon Musk’s haphazard tweets about his desire to take the company private, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, it was easy to point at an AMC Gremlin or a Ford Pinto and laugh at how bad they were. They were volume-sellers for sure, but that didn’t change the fact that they suffered from atrocious build quality and, uh, fire.
Read MoreIf you’re traveling around Japan and you want to do it in tasteful and understated style, you do it in a Toyota Century. It’ll cost as much as two Lexuses put together and apparently, Toyota’s been playing around with the idea of a sporty version as well.
Read MoreNormal brain: a car with two seats. Expanding brain: three seats, like the McLaren F1. Galaxy brain: only one seat, for you and you alone. That’s the car you really want! And Ferrari is giving it to 100 lucky customers in the form of the Ferrari Monza SP1, and it packs a 789 horsepower V12.
Read MoreA 0-60 time of 5.5 seconds, a top speed of 124 mph, maximum drive torque achieved in a quarter of a second. This is the 2019 Audi E-Tron, Audi’s first all-electric offering.
Read MoreMy colleagues, the same ones who put me on the back of a racing motorcycle on a Formula One track for giggles (spoiler: not dead), have decided to send me to Shanghai to race cars with Chinese car company and Volvo owner Geely on yet another F1 track. At least I’ll be in control of the vehicle this time around.
Read MoreIn the 1990s, Cadillac was in a transition period, attempting to move from making soft, luxuriant motorized living rooms to making more modern, better-handling cars that could, maybe if you really squint and take some pills, have competed with BMWs or Mercedes. This was a sort of adolescence for modern Cadillac, and like all adolescences, there were some sort of embarrassing ideas. Ideas like the Cadillac Catera.
Read MoreEarlier today we put the 2019 Cadillac XT4 through its paces. One of you noticed something odd.
Read MoreHere we are, in a day and age where BMW has brought back the 8 Series and co-developed the new 2019 BMW Z4 roadster alongside the damn Toyota Supra revival, which sounds like an 18 year-old’s fever dream circa 2012. It’s too bad BMW is going to ruin it.
Read MoreRemember when retro was cool again with the 2005 Ford Mustang and every automaker lost their mind for awhile, and then eventually calmed down? Well retro is far from dead it seems as Peugeot has a concept coupe inspired by the Peugeot 504 coupe from the 1970s.
Read MoreTesla CEO Elon Musk will indeed be facing a lawsuit over his July tweet in which he called Vernon Unsworth, a British expat living in Thailand who assisted with the rescue of a dozen boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave, a “pedo.”
Read MoreThe new 2019 Toyota Supra is currently the most-discussed car that we know almost nothing about (besides the mid-engine Corvette, of course.) We haven’t seen the new Supra without camouflage yet, and we don’t even know exactly how much power its twin-turbo, BMW-sourced engine will put out, to say nothing of exact performance specs. But we do know that whatever it can do, Toyota thinks it can still do better.
Read MoreTrying to live your life with no regrets is a nice philosophy to have, but it isn’t always the easiest to carry out. Especially when it comes to cars. Cars can be a drain on your patience and your wallet. Or you sometimes (foolishly) think that you can find a better one somewhere else.
Read MoreWe always knew the Alpine A110 was an important car, bringing back one of the greatest names in the automotive world and also bringing back lightweight design to the new car market. What we didn’t know was if it was going to be good to drive.
Read MoreThere’s something about the 1970s in particular that strikes a nostalgic chord in us. Whether it be the sepia-toned Polaroids of the just-out-of-reach past or the fact that we can recognize the start of our modern era in its changing times, there’s just that special something about the decade that makes it a slightly cooler time.
Read MoreThe 2021 BMW Vision iNext Concept is packed full of future technology, like autonomous driving, an electric drivetrain, projector that track handheld objects, smart seating surfaces that respond to touch, and more fluff, which is a lot for what’s essentially going to just be a flagship electric crossover.
Read MoreIs there really anything better than the open road? Sure, flying can get you from point A to point B in a handful of hours, but there’s something incredibly satisfying about turning your travel into another great part of your trip.
Read MoreAt five years old, Desiré Wilson (née Randall) was behind the wheel of a go-kart at local South African tracks. She didn’t have big dreams about competing in Formula One, or of becoming a endurance racing star. Quite simply, Wilson loved the thrill of speed, finding the very limits of control, and coming home with another success to her name.
Read MoreThere are very few people in this world who would wonder, “what would happen if I made a jeep that could fly?” It seems more like the kind of thing you’d make a rough crayon sketch of in kindergarten than it does something someone would actually sit down and seriously draft up. But someone out there, well—they really did try it out.
Read MoreBMW is busy planning its future lineup of electric vehicles and photos of its latest concept, the BMW Vision iNext Concept, has leaked a little early. Its face is a lot to look at, but the rest of it looks like a pretty cool future crossover.
Read MoreToday’s Opel/Mercedes/Honda Prelude converted to rear-wheel drive got everyone thinking: This looks right. This looks like how it, maybe, always should have been.
Read MoreIf you plan—as we all do, really—to spend $150,000 on a huge, gadget-laden, ultra-powerful, luxurious German sedan, you may think your best choice is the Mercedes-AMG S63. And that is a good choice! But over at BMW there’s a far more subtle but equally compelling alternative you may not have considered. Here’s why you should give the 2018 Alpina B7 some thought.
Read MoreWe all know parents who sacrificed their sports car the moment kids entered their life, but John Dore wasn’t ready to give up on owning one of the coolest cars ever made: a DeLorean DMC-12. Instead he completely reconfigured the rear of his DeLorean to include a backseat so the kids could enjoy it, too. If that’s not peak Dad skills, I don’t know what is.
Read MoreHold on to your snapbacks Subaroos, because there’s big changes coming. After years and years of holding out for a more powerful model, the 2019 Subaru BRZ is finally getting a new special edition that puts the power down! Oh wait, no, I’m reading, no, actually it’s just another paint color.
Read MoreIt wasn’t long ago when not many folks knew about Gary Duncan’s amazing collection of eclectic Japanese cars. Then Jalopnik wrote a story on it, and ever since, our friend the Virginia dealer and JDM importer has been getting calls off the hook—including one from a producer working on a piece with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, as the Roanoke Times points out.
Read MoreA meetup of California car enthusiasts intended to be a tribute to Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker held last night quickly developed into a scene of chaos, with videos from the event showing crowds ripping burnouts, jumping on a security truck, assaulting a security guard and police boxing in the parking lot.
Read MoreFollowing the introduction of Volvo’s new electric trucks earlier this year, the automaker has gone a step further and chopped its autonomous truck concept down to the bare essentials with the new Volvo Vera.
Read MoreI don’t know if this has already occurred to all of you out there (particularly if there are any Toyota executives reading this) but Toyota isn’t currently selling a popular, affordable electric car. Weird, right? You’d think if anybody would be doing it, it’d be Toyota.
Read MoreVolkswagen, a company that has essentially stripped its most iconic model, the VW Beetle, of most of its identity over the last couple of decades, is throwing in the towel with a new Final Edition for the 2019 model year.
Read MoreThe Audi R8 RWS is a wonderful car with one of the most wonderful naturally-aspirated engines put into production. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at everything wrong with it.
Read MoreLet’s face it: you never know when you might find a magic tangelo under some litter on the street, bite heartily into it, and find yourself transported to behind the wheel of a car hurtling down the Pan-American Highway. I’d like to help you prepare for such a situation, so it’s quite fortunate that I’m just recently back from a trip driving a new Mini Countryman Hybrid on the Pan-American Highway, from Santiago, Chile to South America’s coccyx in Tierra del Fuego.
Read MoreOne of the biggest players in the automotive world, Volkswagen, recently warned that the cost of developing and selling electric cars “will be higher than expected.” Hm! If electric cars are so expensive why do people build them in their garages with old batteries? Seems like a hole in their logic!
Read MoreIt’s not just the awesome Audi wagons anymore. Now, we can add a Kia to the list of cool things we don’t get over here. Meet the 2019 Kia ProCeed, a sleek wagon that will only be available in Europe. I’m not mad about it. At all.
Read MoreToday, we saw a Ferrari TheFerrari hit the Bring A Trailer page with just 95 miles on the clock. Wow! Ninety-five miles is an incredibly low figure; whoever buys this thing is basically getting a brand new car.
Read MoreLate last month, a 75-year-old Cleveland man got stuck in his hot Cadillac XLR for 14 hours after an issue with the car’s electrical system rendered the power door release buttons useless. The ordeal had the man convinced he was going to die, the Washington Post reports.
Read MoreHow things can change in 18 months. Just in April of last year, BMW was swearing there was still a market and a place for its diesel engines in America, even as Volkswagen had to hastily withdraw them amid its cheating scandal. Then Mercedes-Benz pulled them too. Now the future of BMW’s diesels in the U.S. seems murkier than ever.
Read MoreGordon Murray, who’s designed everything from the iconic McLaren F1 to actual Formula One cars and even a bunch of city cars, launched a company of his own a while back and announced a car in the works—one more focused on driving than on power numbers. The numbers are finally in, and they look good.
Read MoreAfter their son and daughter-in-law died in a motorcycle crash earlier this year, a Canadian couple decided to put their son’s Pontiac Parisienne up for auction to help raise his two young children. But instead of buying the car, bidders donated roughly $76,000 in an emotional showing of support, Global News reports.
Read MoreI hear two sad-sack things from you jokers all the time: “I should have bought that car when I had the chance” and “I never should have sold that car.” We all make mistakes, and now it’s time to share them with the class.
Read MoreIn doing the unthinkable, Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Australian website CarAdvice there won’t be another 16-cylinder Bugatti engine after this one. Preposterous! Who could imagine a future where people could, potentially, get close to counting the cylinders in their Bugatti on their... fingers?
Read MoreAcura will issue recalls for nearly 1,000 NSX cars, the company announced Saturday, because a pipe connecting the vehicle’s two fuel tanks was installed incorrectly. That flaw could increase the risk of fire, Acura said, though no fires have been reported.
Read MoreBack when I was coming up, you weren’t shit if your car didn’t have a VeilSide bodykit. I don’t think that’s still true, but it is in my mind.
Read MoreAs the company is about to go public on the London Stock Exchange, sources told Bloomberg recently Aston Martin wanted to add women to its board. Had it not, it would’ve been one of the few top public British companies without any. Aston announced early on Monday that there are now women on the board.
Read MoreRobert Falck from Vancouver is selling a 1989 Cadillac Brougham limo that has skis instead of front wheels, and tracks instead of rear wheels. It’s a wacky build that was made specifically for the big screen, and it can be yours for only $6,000.
Read MoreJust like you never forget your first car, you also never forget your first car accident. And unfortunately, they are just a part of the growing pains associated with being a new driver.
Read MoreYou will probably never be a billionaire with zero accountability who can hoon around the United Kingdom, hopping from a Rally Fighter to a Subaru WRX STI to a McLaren F1 at your leisure. But that’s okay, because we love you just the way you are, and Forza Horizon 4 is here to fulfill most of your car fantasies.
Read MoreGood news: you can relax. I know the world seems chaotic and perhaps a little frightening, but you’ve made it to the point where things start to make sense again. You’ve found that beacon of pure, warm, beige light, and it’s guiding you to the one place on Earth where everything is just fine: Torch and David’s Unaccredited Life Garage. We’ve got more answers for you lost souls, so shake the sawdust and paté crumbs off your Snuggie and get ready to be enlightened.
Read MoreElon Musk dared – DARED – to have a puff of loud on the Joe Rogan podcast last night. That should be totally fine! There’s nothing wrong ethically or morally with having a little cheeba, and while inhaling the jazz cabbage is totally legal on the state level in California, marijuana is still criminalized federally. And since Elon is not just the CEO of Tesla, but also SpaceX, which has a couple of large government contracts, that may reportedly be a bit of a problem.
Read MoreWhile the current Genesis sedans are good and fine cars on their own, I still want something bold and exciting in the lineup. Something like a production version of the Essentia concept that we saw last spring. And it seems like Genesis is thinking about bringing it to production. Emphasis on thinking.
Read MoreDodge Hellcats send their 700-plus horsepower to the rear wheels, like muscle cars do. That takes away some traction and makes the cars hard to tame—part of their angry charm. But there’s a new Hellcat at the police station in town, and it’s sending power to the ground through all four wheels.
Read MoreBuilding a car from scratch in your basement is hard enough to make you a bit of a hero to the rest of us. Going off-plan to completely re-engineer the design of the car, adding a turbo and doing all your own carbon fiber work is the stuff of legends. Meet Jon Frecks, whose home-built Lotus Seven replica rules hard.
Read MoreBy now we’ve all seen the pictures of Elon Musk on Joe Rogan’s podcast, smoking a joint like he’s a freshman in an Oberlin doom room with a brand-new nickname and surrounded by people who never knew him in high school. So let’s have some fun. Let’s have a caption contest!
Read MoreFord teased out an image Thursday of its upcoming “Mustang-inspired” electric SUV tentatively dubbed the Mach 1. And the ambiguity of it all—inspired... how?—plus the extremely poorly received news that Ford’s dumping all its sedans and small cars for SUVs underscores the reality that this transition from old rigid automaker of the past into a nimble, exciting tech company of the future is underwhelming, to say the least.
Read MoreAfter being beaten by Genesis in JD Powers’ APEAL study and by Genesis, Hyundai and Kia in the Initial Quality Rankings, the Porsche 911 has come out on top on the company’s list of highest-rated vehicles of 2018.
Read MoreThe 2019 BMW X2 M35i is the new range-topping version of the slightly different and better looking crossover based on the BMW X1, and now it comes with the most powerful four-cylinder engine the company’s ever built.
Read MoreSpyker, the Dutch automaker that never quite seems to have its shit together, has done it again. Over a year after announcing a partnership to source engines from Koenigsegg, and months after production was supposed to start, Koenigsegg now says the deal is off. Who could have seen this coming?
Read MoreThe mid-engine Corvette has been an enigma. We know it’ll be fast. We know the engine is behind the driver. That’s really about it. We don’t even really think it’ll be called a “Corvette.” But thanks to new video from the Nurburgring, we know exactly what it sounds like. And that it’ll have an automatic transmission.
Read MoreHey, remember earlier this week when we saw the mid-engine 2020 Corvette hustling around the Nürburgring in all that camouflage, and everyone was wondering if it would end up looking too much like a Ferrari or a McLaren? Evidently the Germans can’t even be bothered to disguise the all-new 2019 Porsche 911 at all, because here it is in all its glory, pretty much.
Read MoreThis past week, I was on a BMW/Mini-sponsored trip to drive some Mini Clubmans (Clubmen?) down the Panamerican Highway all the way to where it ends, at the Southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia, Argentina. While there, I managed to get a little time to myself to do the only truly worthwhile thing you can do in an exotic place: find the junkyard.
Read MoreFord announced today a recall of 2 million 2015 to 2018 Ford F-150 Regular Cab and Super Crew Cab trucks over seat belt pretensioners, which could spark when deployed and possibly lead to fire.
Read MoreThe Porsche 961 was the endurance racing version of the Porsche 959 meant originally for rally. Only one was ever made and its racing career was brief, but thanks to Goodwood we can see and hear what it’s like again.
Read MoreThe new Lincoln Continental debuted to a ton of fanfare, only to be immediately and brutally met with a market moving swiftly away from sedans to SUVs. So rumors about the demise of the Lincoln Continental started circling a few months ago, but now it appears that they are coming closer to fruition.
Read MoreOverall, my 1990 Nissan Pao has been one of the most reliable cars I’ve owned. While it looks charming and unusual and funky, the guts of the car are all from the very rational Nissan Micra, a popular city car all over the world, well, except for America. That’s why I was so surprised about this seemingly minor but significant issue I had with the car, and even more baffled by the cause, which, as you’ll see, make no freaking sense. Hear me out.
Read MoreIn 1985, George Washington rolled up to what is now called Philadelphia in his Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R, planted his flag, and loudly proclaimed, “This land is called America, and it’s gonna be dope.” To commemorate this important event, and to celebrate all 1980s and 1990s rides, the retro car show Radwood is finally coming to the East Coast next month!
Read MoreDespite much of its automotive hype, the latest James Bond film, Spectre, turned out to be a bit of a dud. And it didn’t help that the Aston Martin DB10 and Jaguar C-X75 chase scene through the darkened streets of Rome turned out to be one of the most forgettable chase scenes ever shot. But at least the stunning Jag stunt car’s up for sale.
Read MoreBack at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, Kia showed off a good looking three row SUV concept called the Telluride, and now what appears to be a production version of it has been spotted in the wild.
Read MoreYou are forgiven if you forgot the Acura ILX was a thing. The Honda Civic-based compact sedan has never really been a viable competitor to something like a BMW 3 Series, let alone an Audi A3, and to top it all off it looked unfathomably boring. Acura has at least fixed the last problem with this update for 2019, and it looks pretty good.
Read MoreHere at Jalopnik, we looove the Fiat 124 Spider Abarth. We love the way it looks, how it drives and its brashness: A hot little Italian roadster with a manual and rear-drive. It’s a breath of fresh air to those of us being suffocated by mundane SUVs. And now it’s got the vocal chords to boot.
Read MoreCar accidents suck for everyone, but they happen. Hopefully your first one wasn’t too serious and you weren’t hurt. Tell us about it.
Read MoreFew models are more coveted in the rarefied world of Porsche collecting than the track-destined RS models. Part of the allure is because arguably the most important of the batch, the 996, the first GT3 to have a designated RS model, didn’t come to America. Here’s how a group of collectors brought one over anyway.
Read MoreEarlier today, Mercedes premiered its first-ever production fully electric SUV, the Mercedes-Benz EQC. It boasts 402 horsepower and 564 lb-ft of torque, which is impressive, but the EQC’s range seems to leave a lot to be desired.
Read MoreWhat’s this? Our mid-engine Corvette bonanza continues, this time with spy video from the Nürburgring? This button works so we’re gonna keep hitting it, folks.
Read MoreEarly reports on the next-generation Volkswagen Golf, which is currently in development, indicate some major changes are coming for the compact. Things like including a boost in size, a push upmarket, a lot of hybrids and maybe even a simplified range that ditches the wagon.
Read MoreAllow me to be picky here for just a second. Yesterday, a new video of the purported 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series appeared, showing the green mule testing at the Nürburgring. It sounds guttural and mean as all hell, but what exactly is the point of it? None. There is no point.
Read MoreThe first thing I saw at Pebble Beach was a ‘90s Ford minivan brake check a McLaren 720S so close the McLaren’s rear air brake deployed. Pebble Beach masquerades as a car show, but what you’re really there to see is the most expensive traffic jam of your life.
Read MoreAre you sick of the mid-engine Corvette yet? Trick question, of course you aren’t. You desperately want to see it for real, desire to have it in your hermetically sealed garage, dream of hearing its American V8 howl behind your head for you and you alone. That day is not today! But until it is, enjoy more spy shots.
Read MoreThis is the 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC, the very first fully electric crossover from Mercedes. And it looks pretty damn close to the concept.
Read MorePeople love the Porsche 911 reimagined by Singer so much that automakers have started doing their own in-house classic car restorations. There was also that Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint from last year, so it only makes sense that somebody is now reworking the iconic Lancia Delta Integrale.
Read MoreA bad traffic jam is one of the most aggravating things a driver can experience. Sitting there, waiting to move an inch, while the line of cars in front of us extends out as far as the eye can see—it’s absolute hell.
Read MoreThere’s a new Toyota Corolla hatchback and that means there’s a new Corolla wagon to go along with it. But while we’re getting the surprisingly good hatch here, we’ve got no luck with the wagon. And that’s a bummer because this car looks spacious as hell.
Read MoreWhen I first heard the Gumball 3000 Rally was coming to Japan this summer, I wasn’t entirely sure how well it’d go down here. Given the reputation of the Gumball over the past few years—let us not forget two civilians were killed in a traffic accident in Macedonia during one rally a decade ago—their antics don’t really mix well with the Japanese by-the-book attitude towards everything in life.
Read MoreMcLaren CEO Mike Flewitt wants to be very clear about whether or not his company would join the current climate of performance luxury SUVs from Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, etc. Not only would it be too expensive to develop and not fit the brand, but McLaren customers apparently don’t even want one.
Read MoreWhat’s this? Even more photos of the mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette hanging around the Nürburgring? It’s truly a Labor Day miracle.
Read MoreIt may be Labor Day in the U.S., but the Corvette team is skipping the holiday to test a certain prototype at the world’s most intense race track. Here’s the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette arriving at a testing center near the Nürburging, and with less camouflage than we’ve seen previously.
Read MoreCars are things, and we treat them too gently. Cars are not meant to sit in climate controlled basements with soft covers on them. Cars were built to be driven, built to be experienced, and built to be touched. We’ve all seen the little decal on decades old hot rods saying “look all you want, but don’t touch”, and that’s always rubbed me the wrong way. Last week Kristen Lee ranted at people to kindly refrain from putting hands on the automobiles. In response to both of those things, I’m going to
Read MoreThe Grand Tour host Richard Hammond, his wife Mindy, and daughter Willow were the targets of a burglary while staying at a luxury villa with 12 other people late last month, according to a report by the Sunday Express. While the house slept soundly, burglars broke in and relieved guests of their cash and valuables. During the night, the intruders opened drawers, searched through handbags, and opened doors. The following morning, all 15 of the house guests found items missing and bedroom doors wi
Read MoreGeneral Motors has developed a relationship with EV charger builders Delta Americas to build Extreme Fast Charger stations with the capability to add 180 miles of range in just 10 minutes. Delta Americas has said they’ll have a final prototype of the XFC station ready by 2020, just in time for GM to finalize its full lineup of electric vehicles, 20 different nameplates, ready by 2023.
Read MorePorsche’s GT3 is a legendary nameplate, introduced in the mid-2000s, that signifies a screaming engine note, unfettered track performance, and a more driver-focused left seat experience. Kurt Bradley also called the GT3 “a perfect road trip car for one or two people who are traveling fairly light,” as the newest version has blurred the lines between an out-and-out sports car and a grand tourer. Allegedly Porsche is taking that one step further by removing the GT3's race-bred 4.0-liter naturally
Read MoreThe modern American world we recognize today started being shaped in the late 1950s. Automotive manufacturers were taking advantage of the whole “suburbia” concept by building cars you’d want to commute in, and that meant highways were springing up across the nation to more efficiently transport you from point A to point B.
Read MoreSome of us will have a moment where the scope of our lives changes in just a brief moment, and we might not realize it until long after the time has passed. And I know some of y’all know there was a car that just Changed Things.
Read MoreWhen Rimac Automobili’s electric supercars aren’t getting totaled by Richard Hammond of The Grand Tour, they’re setting 0 to 60 mph times of under two seconds, which is insane. But a lot of us forget that the empire started with an electric-converted BMW E30, of all things. It’s incredible to see how far it’s come.
Read MoreThe German tuning outfit TechArt has been playing with Porsche Cayennes for a long time now, but I’m pretty sure this is the first time they’ve teamed up with a company that makes couches. Yes, finally, TechArt has a tuning kit for the Cayenne that not only ups its power output a good bit and has a bunch of exterior bodykit stuff, but it also teamed up with high-end furniture maker Rolf Benz to couch-ify the interior. Too bad it now looks like it’s full of bad dorm room sofas.
Read MoreI know there are designers who look down on the process of plundering the past for new design ideas, but I can’t help but love a good modern re-working of a retro design. Peugeot’s stylists must have found a Peugeot 504 Coupe in some storage garage and fell in love, because their new electric and autonomous concept car is a big mash note to the old, handsome coupe. It was teased earlier this week, but now we get to see it all.
Read MoreYesterday, it came to my attention that, incredibly, there are people out there who do not know what a van is. More incredibly, one of those people seems to be our own very talented reporter Ryan Felton, who tweeted “is a ford flex a van” No, Ryan, it’s not. Dummy. This alarming exchange made me realize that our poor, deluded Ryan may not be alone. So, with that in mind, let’s define exactly what is and is not a van.
Read MoreWe’ve written about Honda’s S660 Neo Classic before; specifically, we wished it was real. Well, I’m happy to say that, perhaps as a way of making up for what a shitshow of a year this has been, the Honda S660 Neo Classic bodykit is real, and it’s fantastic. I love the way it looks, and the very idea that a major car company will sell you a nearly entirely new body for your car.
Read MoreOne of the most coveted Porsche 911 variants is also one of the most distinctive-looking: the 930S, most commonly known as the “slantnose,” because the nose of the car is, well, compared to a normal 911, slanted. The distinctive feature of the old Slantnose was the replacement of the iconic 911 big round headlamps with pop-up lights. Pop-up lights are quite obsolete now, so how would you make a modern Slantnose? I think I have an idea.
Read MoreThe very first thing I noticed when I stepped into the 2018 Chevrolet Bolt was the gear selector. Upright, situated between the two front seats, familiar P-R-N-D-L markings. That gear selector speaks volumes about what this electric car is trying to be.
Read MoreThis crash, where the BBC reports everyone involved somehow had non-life threatening injuries, gets wilder each time you watch it. It looks like a flashback to childhood toy destruction, if Hot Wheels cars were silver vans launching themselves off of roundabouts in England.
Read MoreLast month, videos of an 18-wheeler casually pushing a car down the interstate in San Antonio popped up on Facebook. The truck driver said he didn’t realize there was a car at first, but it’s hard to miss the lawsuit that came afterward: The driver of the Mercedes is now suing for more than $1 million.
Read MoreI was on the road a lot this week. I had an eight-hour round trip to Dallas on Tuesday, then a four-hour round trip to Houston Wednesday. Like most people, there are very few moments when I fully accept the danger and risk of death of driving down the road. It’s easier not to. In Houston, I couldn’t ignore it.
Read MoreMy favorite thing about Monterey Car Week is you can just show up with no plans of going to any events and you’ll still see incredible cars driving around Monterey and Carmel. Not just any cars, either, but some of the best of the best. Stuff that looks like they’ve driven straight here from a bedroom poster.
Read MoreMonterey Car Week has to be one of the best weeks of the year for car enthusiasts, and it’s something I encourage everyone to try out at least once. There’s a whole plethora of cars to see that suit everyone’s tastes. While the week may be centered around the big fancy shows like the Pebble Beach Concours, The Quail, and Concorso Italiano, there are many other “free” events to make the most of your Car Week experience.
Read MoreOf all the strange and bizarre concept cars to ever exist, the Ferrari 512S Modulo Concept is among the strangest and most bizarre. It looks like a car more suited for space exploration than traversing human roads, but now that it runs and is finally road legal, it can finally fulfill its destiny of baffling people on public streets instead of just in a museum somewhere.
Read MoreBy now you’ll have seen the shiny shiny new Amos Automobili Delta Integrale Futurista. You’ll probably have thought “hey, it’s like Singer but for Lancias,” and you’ll have cursed the fact that it’ll set you back $350,000 and you’ll probably never own one. However, fear not, because the guy behind the car and Amos Automobili, Eugenio Amos, is a badass, and he’s going to build more kickass cars in future.
Read MoreThis week a new car show, Grand Basel, is happening in, er, Basel, Switzerland. It doesn’t focus on marketing hype, performance figures, or money, but on cars as being things of interest—just because they’re beautiful, or simply have interesting stories attached to them.
Read MoreA Ferrari V8 sounds like a Ferrari V8, largely, because it has a flat-plane crankshaft setup. No other American V8 muscle cars, with the exception of the Voodoo V8 found in the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R, have flat-plane crank V8s. Until this guy came along with his modified C6 Corvette Z06.
Read MoreEvery day, I come into the Jalopnik office, open my laptop and blog the blogs. I also have a separate window always open and one eye trained on my TweetDeck, which is how I saw this lovely red 1990 Nissan Skyline GT-R pop up on Bring a Trailer. I think its shininess is what first caught my attention.
Read MoreSeventy-four miles. That’s all this 1987 Buick Grand National’s odometer reads, and by looking at these pictures, I believe it. But if you just grabbed your wallet and flipped through it to find totally inadequate bills like I did, there’s bad news: This apparently mint condition muscle-Buick just sold for nearly $65,000.
Read MoreImagine my thrill when I learned that Hollywood icon and legend Marilyn Monroe didn’t just get chauffeured everywhere, she apparently liked to drive as well. What was a suitable car for a such a star? A 1956 Ford Thunderbird, that’s what. And it’s for sale.
Read MoreRemember what seems like ages ago, Porsche said it was going to make an SUV and everyone lost their damn mind? Now the Porsche Cayenne is a staple of luxury crossovers and it drives way better than you expect for such a large car. But at one time Porsche was so crazy it made a Cayenne with three pedals—and now you can have one.
Read MoreBack in the late 1940s, Ford of Canada decided to invent a new automobile company name for rebadged Mercury cars. That name was Monarch, and it died twice. First, with the introduction of Edsel, FoC killed the Monarch name, but brought it back when Edsel was a flop. Then, it died for good in 1961 when the Galaxie was introduced at a similar price point. Though Mercury did later use the Monarch name for a rebadged Ford Granada.
Read MoreBring A Trailer, the website set up to help you find listings for no-rust Renault Dauphines with a missing engine, is selling a LaFerrari with 95 miles on it for some reason. I expect the price to land somewhere between “GDP of a small country” and “the moon.”
Read MoreThis is a 707-horsepower 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. It’s fast, it’s good for burnouts and it looks like it’s been oxidized over many years. Someone chose for the car to look like that, commissioning a wrap that likely cost a few grand to make it happen. Dodge doesn’t sell patina as a factory color.
Read MoreWhat car would you buy if you were a rock god? It’s a fun question to ponder, but not one to take too seriously since most of us can’t always get what we want. Someone with about as much (or more) money than a rock god will get to live that dream, however, when they purchase Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ 1972 Ferrari Dino 246GT at the Bonhams Goodwood Revival auction this weekend.
Read MoreTo many, the 1999 to 2003 E39 BMW M5 is the best sedan BMW’s ever built. With its powerful naturally aspirated V8 engine, lovely six-speed manual, and incredible agility all built into a practical and downright gorgeous package, it remains a benchmark even today. But does that legendary status justify this $176,000 auction purchase?
Read MoreFor those who crave wheels from the Radwood generation, getting a super clean 1980s Honda these days is no easy task. This particular 1984 Honda CRX looks showroom condition now, but it certainly didn’t stay in this condition all its life. It was meticulously restored by a guy in Austin that truly appreciates all the CRX is. Discovered under a tree in Wimberley, Texas, it had seen better days.
Read MoreThe famous pendulum turn, better known as the Scandinavian Flick in rallycross, is like an impossible magic trick for driving. It involves turning right to go left, a tricky balance of the throttle and even some left foot braking, and it’s great if you can pull it off, and probably disastrous if you can’t.
Read MoreHistory is full of one-hit wonders, the people who were just here to have a good time and somehow struck it big in the process. Back in the 1930s, that’s how Eileen Ellison approached the racing world, and that’s how she found her success.
Read MoreMotorcycle riders don’t enjoy the same luxury of safety that people in cars do. They are completely exposed and a collision that wouldn’t really hurt a driver can seriously injure a rider. So, it’s understandable that when this rider narrowly avoids colliding with a stunting Lamborghini, the rider’s alleged girlfriend tears the driver a new asshole.
Read MoreElectric motorcycles continue to improve on design and practicality, but it’s still a tricky balance to nail. The new Fly Free Smart electric motorcycles seem to be focused more on customization and design and less on practicality, but they look so good I’m not sure anybody will care.
Read MoreRomano Fenati retaliated against another Moto2 rider over the weekend by grabbing his brake lever while racing, and there’s been quite the retaliation against Fenati since: His teams dumped him, and a consumer-rights group said it reported him to an Italian prosecutor’s office to be investigated criminally, including for attempted murder.
Read MoreIn the most “Well, duh” news you’ll read this week, Moto2 rider Romano Fenati got dumped by his current team and, most likely, the team he planned to run for in 2019 after grabbing another rider’s brake lever while racing. As it turns out, deliberately putting the safety of others in jeopardy has repercussions. Imagine that!
Read MoreDuring Barrett Jackson’s Las Vegas sale this weekend, the near unthinkable happened when a decades old front drive Honda sold, and it was considered a new record. The fact that we can even consider “Records” a thing when discussing Sport Compact cars is a sign that we’ve moved into a new generation of automotive collecting. But anyway, someone paid NSX money for an Integra Type R with just under 1200 miles.
Read MoreI have gone through several stages of feelings about the new GT2 RS-based 2019 Porsche 935 track day special since I heard about it on Thursday. First I was a mixture of intrigued and disgusted at the idea of a three-quarter-million-dollar Porsche 911.
Read MoreThis weekend’s Rennsport Reunion VI at Laguna Seca is the world’s biggest Porsche motorsport collection, but there are a ton of cool things to be seen off of the race track as well. The vendor area seemed like a much smaller and Porsche-only version of the SEMA show, with a lot of companies debuting new product and showing off their coolest stuff there. One prime example of that was Vonnen Performance and their new aftermarket add-on performance hybrid modules for 991 and 981-generation Porsche
Read MoreAfter Valtteri Bottas took pole at the Russian Grand Prix, and led the opening stint of the race, his team told him to stand down and allow Lewis Hamilton into the lead of the race to protect his points championship contention. Hamilton now leads over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by 50 points with only a maximum of 125 points remaining in the 2018 season. Outside of the team orders, this race seems largely processional and uneventful.
Read MoreHailie Deegan, the 17-year-old daughter of motocross and rallycross legend Brian Deegan, has become the first woman to win a high level touring NASCAR series since Shawna Robinson won three Dash Series races across 1988 and 89. Running in the K&N Pro Series West, Deegan has found quick success, winning in only her 18th career race, after a series of top five finishes. She’s taken to the racing game quickly, and clearly has some serious talent.
Read MoreIn 1915, Louisette Texier’s father was hanged by the Turks in the midst of a large-scale extermination of Armenians. Lost, afraid, with seemingly no options left to her, Texier’s mother placed both of her daughters in an orphanage in Istanbul. When she returned to reclaim her daughters, she found they’d been separated and evacuated. Louisette was sent to Marseille, never destined to see her family or homeland again.
Read MoreI’ll start off by saying that nobody was seriously hurt in this wreck in Atlanta, so feel free to really revel in the remarkable batshittery of it all. I mean, that Mazda 2 tumbles off the roof of that building like a colossal cat just batted it off.
Read MoreI don’t know how this never occurred to me but the closest thing to a Porsche 959 from recent years is the Lexus LFA.
Read MoreThe Porsche 935 was the wildest version of the 911 concept, a flat-nose racer that was almost too powerful to race in the 1970s. Now it’s back, based on the existing 911 GT2 RS, run up to 700 horsepower.
Read MoreDelays await the coolest VW to come to America since, uh, the W8 Passat? The Corrado? Whatever. Anyway, the VW Arteon won’t be making it Stateside until 2019 and VW’s explanation for why is strange.
Read MoreMy biggest bafflement with Elio, the struggling startup that has been promising to make inexpensive three-wheeler cars that get “up to 84 mpg,” has always been with their choice of engines: They’re developing their own. At least they were, until, it seems, today, as a new press release is touting a partnership with a “Fortune 500 OEM” to provide the still-nonexistent three-wheeler’s potential. What the press release doesn’t mention is how much time and money Elio pissed away trying to develop th
Read MoreMy ideal race is a drag race, and with none of the nonsense about classes, just bring any vehicle and let’s have it out. So this race, between a Kawasaki Ninja H2R, a modified Tesla Model S, a Lotus Evora GT430, an Aston Martin Vantage, a Formula One car, a fuckin’ fighter jet, and some other plane, comes close. Just needs a boat, scooter, spaceship, and, perhaps, a sprinter on foot.
Read MorePopular IndyCar driver and Dancing with the Stars (?) runner-up James Hinchcliffe called for collective bargaining among drivers in IndyCar today, arguing that there should be league minimums like the NFL. “There are drivers out there right now that drive for free. You shouldn’t have to risk your life for free.”
Read MoreThe Volvo V60 is already just about perfect, which means the V60 Cross Country, unveiled today, is probably only going to be better. It sits higher off the ground, all-wheel drive comes standard, and the suspension is tuned for better performance off-road, among other improvements.
Read MoreA huge Airbus A350-900ULR is being delivered to Singapore Airlines today where, once in service, it will make the longest continuous flight in the world, from Singapore to Newark airport—a flying time of just under 19 hours.
Read MoreHere’s a confession: I have always liked the Porsche Cayman more than the Porsche 911. I don’t think Porsche wants me to feel this way, since it’s manufactured the 911 to be the iconic golden child of the lineup, but I can’t hide these feelings no more, especially not from behind the wheel of a canary-yellow 2018 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS.
Read MoreMicrosoft’s fourth installment of the Forza Horizon series, Forza Horizon 4 will be released on Oct. 2, but yours truly has been puttering away at the game for the past couple of days in order to review it. I can’t yet tell you anything about it yet, because embargoes and everything, but what would you like to know about it?
Read MoreIt’s the kind of cross-cultural technical advancement that a utopian world could only dream of. Last weekend, French train-building company Alstom delivered its first two hydrogen-powered trains to Germany—the first of their kind but the first of many more Alstom is already contracted to build.
Read MoreAs you know, I’m a firm believer in the power of automobile trunks to teach us important lessons about life, and how best to live it. So far we’ve learned about creative thinking, determination, and the power of simplicity from various car trunks, and today there’s a potent lesson about taking opportunities we can learn from the trunk of a fairly rare but important car: the Volkswagen Iltis.
Read MorePassengers on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Newark were greeted on Friday by a very happy bird that tried to hitch a ride on the cross-country jaunt, according to multiple reports.
Read MoreRomano Fenati has become something of a taboo name in the Moto2 paddock after he grabbed competitor Stefano Manzi’s brake lever in the thick of a race. His team dropped him, he was reported for attempted murder, and now, he’s been banned from racing until 2019.
Read MoreOh, Canada. That’s not me starting to sing their national anthem—more of a sympathetic sigh. Officials really tried to lower the volume of traffic for the citizens of Alberta’s capitol, Edmonton, but instead created the perfect set up to encourage enthusiasts and heroes to rev their engines as loud as possible.
Read MoreWe’re all (well, me, and maybe Patrick) pretty excited about VW’s announcement of their new I.D. Buzz Cargo van concept, because it’s the most likely candidate to re-spawn the custom van craze of the 1970s. As you know, custom vans means airbrushed murals, so now’s the time to start planning yours.
Read MoreI can’t believe nobody thought of this before. I cannot believe someone did not look at the precious Piaggio Ape and say, “you know what would make this delightful vehicle even better? Alcohol.” But The Roving Bar most definitely saw the potential, and now I am incredibly jealous.
Read MoreAh, finally. It seems like everywhere you turn these days, you’re stuck hearing about Tesla—but today, it was actually some pretty great news. The Tesla Model 3 has earned a five-star crash test rating, making them the only manufacturer to ace that test with every single car they’ve ever built.
Read MoreOver the past few years, the drift scene in America has been changing. Underglow is back. Chrome is back. Flames and metalflake paintjobs glitter at little tracks across the country. After years of watching, we’re finally making a pilgrimage to the epicenter.
Read MoreThe other day we told you about how Volkswagen broke a very specific land speed record in their very modified Jetta at the Bonneville Salt Flats. What we didn’t show you then was the in-car video of the event, and when you see it now you’ll understand why: it’s possibly the most boring speed record video you’ve ever seen. Now you’re excited to watch it, right?
Read MoreJust under 2,000 Plymouth Superbirds were ever produced in all of their too-high rear spoiler glory. Finding one of these for sale is rare enough, and finding two almost never happens. And yet! Here we have two up for auction, true barn finds if you believe the seller, both with under 50,000 miles.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the only governmental really allowed to drive cars into walls on a regular basis, has beaten the crap out of a few Tesla Model 3s and decided that hey, this thing is pretty good at smashing into things. As a result, they’ve awarded the car the highest possible score, five stars. Not bad for a car built in tents!
Read MoreOver 330 mph. A thousand feet in less than four seconds. A driver easily will feel more than four times the weight of gravity pressing upon their chest. The acceleration is enough to cause serious eye problems. This is what it’s like onboard a Top Fuel dragster.
Read MoreA supercar is a go-to purchase when you run into some extra, possibly illegal cash, which is what federal prosecutors say a now-indicted Maryland man did with the millions he earned from an alleged Ponzi scheme. But he didn’t stop at just one, prosecutors say, collecting around two dozen luxury cars, including four Lamborghinis, four Ferraris and a Bugatti Veyron.
Read MoreThis is a street-legal jet ski modified for landlubbers—a perfect machine, in other words, only lacking a windscreen to keep the driver from being the biggest drag on aerodynamics.
Read MoreMahindra is one of five companies competing for a massive contract from the U.S. Postal Service to replace its aging fleet of delivery vehicles with 180,000 new-and-improved mail trucks. The Indian automaker may have something else up its sleeve for the project, as well: an autonomous mail truck.
Read MorePerhaps the greatest moment in Porsche lore is when Mark Donohue set a world closed-course record for the fastest average lap speed in history. All that time ago, Donohue managed to run an incredible 221.12 miles per hour in a modified Porsche 917/30, a record that would stand until 1987. Porsche has a retired mega sports car with serious power onboard that is running outside of its original rulebook specs in the 919 Evo. They really need to go back to Talladega.
Read MoreI have to admit that I’d never given much thought about driving Ford Mustangs. Or any American muscle car in general. They’re not my typical go-to, but as I’ve just had one for a weekend, I must say that I think I need to go back and reassess some stuff. In short, I really liked it.
Read MoreTake a look at Matt Panic’s 1973 Toyota. Under the hood is Toyota’s famed BEAMS engine from the 2000s, the last evolution of a long line of little twin-cam four-cylinders. What makes Mark’s interesting is that it has so much intake noise it sounds like it could ingest a nearby horse.
Read MoreBack in the 1980s, it was a pretty common occurrence for tv shows and comic books aimed at children to focus on a troop of do-gooders trying to take down an evil gang of baddies. Each of the characters named and drawn differently so that an interstitial commercial could tout the infamous “Collect Them All” line when it came to the show’s line of toys. My favorite of that brand of television programs was Transformers, which celebrates the 34th anniversary of its first episode today.
Read MoreI was out at the Bonneville Salt Flats this past week to drive some old and slow cars fast-ish on the salt, but while I was there puttering around, something much more important happened: Team Vesco’s Turbinator II set a new world record for a wheel-driven car, an insane 483 mph.
Read MoreAs Elon Musk’s haphazard bid to take Tesla private quickly unraveled last month, the CEO disclosed that he believed Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund could finance the proposal on its own. Then, amid the firestorm, news broke that the Saudis actually intended to dump $1 billion into Tesla rival Lucid Motors. On Monday, Lucid and the Saudis made it official.
Read MoreBeing a woman in the world of motorsport can be a real downer. Women end up being something of a novelty to be drooled over instead of taken seriously, which means we still have to keep talking about how the racing world can do better. It would be great if we didn’t have to say this, but please, folks. Do not ask a seventeen year old girl for a tramp stamp autograph. You are adult males. This is bad, and you should feel bad for doing it (or finding it amusing).
Read MoreTo prepare for Hurricane Florence, one North Carolina family decided to try to drive their Volkswagen Jetta up two supremely sketchy makeshift ramps, and onto the front porch. It’s not to save the car from the storm like we saw with last year’s hurricanes, either—it’s for a very different reason.
Read MoreIf you’re going to jump into a racing series, you want to do it right. Nothing is worse than a big-name company making a fool of themselves by spending all kinds of money on developing a car only for it to slap them in the face when they’re running mid-pack at best. Nissan decided they didn’t want to risk it. Nissan decided to buy their way into an already-founded Formula E team.
Read MoreI never thought that I would ever compare the 2019 BMW M5 Competition to a Dodge Demon, as they are so philosophically different, but watching them compete with each other is no less fun.
Read MoreThe Volvo Your Concept Car, known as the Volvo YCC, was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2004. It was designed entirely by women. It was so practical and perfect that we’re only just catching up with its low maintenance/low hassle transportation idea today.
Read MoreI regret to inform everyone that the greatest SUV of all time is no longer available to purchase new. It was, and will always be, the Honda Element. It was too good for us, and we didn’t realize what we had until it was gone.
Read MoreImagine being in France in the mid-1980s and thinking that a 20-year-0ld Citroen 2CV isn’t esoteric enough on the streets for your taste. You like the idea of the aircooled front-driver, but you’re looking for something a little more sporting and rare. Maybe something that offers open air motoring; something as dangerous as your daily packs of unfiltered cigarettes.
Read MoreFriends, as your hardworking Jalopnik EIC, I’ve driven some cars. At this point, everything from a Ford Model A to a Bugatti Veyron. Hell, I’ve even been behind the wheel of a Lancia Delta Integrale, and you could probably fit all the Americans who’ve done that into a school bus. But I’ve had one bizarre, inexplicable, glaring hole in my car resume: the Nissan GT-R. Until right now.
Read MorePorsche launched an experimental short-term rental service allowing pretty much anyone over the age of 27 and properly licensed to take a 911 for a week, or even a few hours. It’ll cost you, though.
Read MoreAston Martin is finally teasing out the specs behind its first all-electric sedan, the Rapide E, and it’s apparently going to be capable of hitting a difficult target the automaker set a year ago: a full lap of the historic Nürburgring, powered by more than 600 ponies.
Read MoreWhile the three-row capable 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE will make its official debut at the Paris show next month, the automaker has quietly released copious photographs and all of the information surrounding the SUV today. Not the most exciting-looking thing in the world, but it’ll sell like hotcakes.
Read MoreThe motorsport community lost a true pioneer today. Don Panoz, IMSA Vice President, racing impresario and innovator of speed, has died at 83, according to multiple news reports.
Read MoreBanks that serviced auto loans repossessed cars from delinquent consumers, even though an agreement had been reached to cancel the repossession, according to a report from the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, an independent federal agency tasked with overseeing financial institutions.
Read MoreAn auto dealership group owned by former NFL Pro Bowl stars is being accused by Nissan and Hyundai of being a “house of cards” held together by questionable sales at several of its locations, according to Automotive News.
Read MoreMy skin has been crawling since I first watched this video from the local Philadelphia CBS news affiliate, shared to Reddit. Bugs are gross, and they’re even more gross when they are blood sucking bugs just hanging around public transit. These nasty critters will cling to fabrics, and can be spread across a dense city like Philadelphia in an instant. The video below was taken last Wednesday, and has spread around the internet since, similar to a bedbug infestation.
Read MoreRadwood has been around for a little over a year now, and the show has finally spread across the U.S. for a show on the Eastern Seaboard. A couple of weeks ago, Radwood joined up with GridLife for an automotive festival like no other in Georgia, at Road Atlanta. Nearly 200 cars joined in ‘80s and ‘90s celebrations, and Ethan braved the heat in a polyester Pac Man suit to capture the full experience for all of us.
Read MoreI grew up in Michigan, which is Canada Lite, and made a lot of bad decisions fueled by the kind of canned Canadian swill they call beer. I certainly had a lot more of the Labatt variety than Molson, but they’re basically the same when push comes to shove. If I’d had access to a Cadillac Limo and a sno cat, I probably would have tried to build something like this after finding the bottom of a thirty rack some lazy snowy Saturday with friends when we got back from bowling.
Read MorePerhaps you’ve been there yourself: You show up to a track day in your affordable, humble sports car, maybe even something that’s also your daily, and then the stars align and the universe opens up to shower you with SPEED that lets you blitz a $1 million hypercar.
Read MoreIn the winter of 1928, Fay Taylour boarded a ship that would take her across the tumultuous ocean, from England all the way to Australia. Taylour brought only her most prized possessions: a suitcase packed with her riding leathers and her two motorcycles, a Douglas and a backup Rudge. She was doing what no one—man or woman—in the United Kingdom had ever done before. She was going speedway racing.
Read MoreWe all have those cars we just can’t forget. No matter how terrible we learn they are, or how unattainable, or even how right we were all along, we’re still going to love them with all our hearts.
Read MoreWhat were you doing when you were six years old? Were you racing at Goodwood? I highly doubt it.
Read MoreIt’s official. Stoffel Vandoorne, once a young prodigy, will be leaving McLaren at the end of the 2018 season a tarnished could-have-been. And he’s just another name to be added to a growing list of potential talents, gone before they got their fair shake.
Read MoreEveryone can find a little something special in New York Fashion Week, whether you like it or not. Yes, even you, Noted Car Dude. That’s because Kia decided it’s about time we start dropping production model debuts in the midst of fancy clothes and high-profile celebrities.
Read MoreNearly seventeen years after being destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the WTC Cortlandt subway station has finally opened to the public.
Read MoreIn another stunning display of a fundamental misunderstanding of how the automotive industry works, President Donald Trump posted a tweet earlier on Sunday morning lauding a CNBC report that stated Ford’s intent to nix a plan to sell the Chinese-made Focus Active in the U.S.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered how to destroy a career you’ve dedicated your whole life to building in a matter of a few seconds of hot-headed rage? Moto2 rider Romano Fenati is here to show you how.
Read MoreWhat happens when a car designer for the Indy 500 falls in love with the sleek-bodied German race cars of the 1930s? You get the wildly dramatic street-legal roadster unlike one you’ve ever seen before. You get the 1948 Norman Timbs Special.
Read MoreIt might seem a little hyperbolic to say that driving any car changed my life, but the automobile is such a big part of my life, of all of our lives, that driving a truly great one can be transcendent. Sure, it’s not the same feeling as your wedding day, or the day your child is born, but it’s a memory that sticks to your bones. There is sure to be an experience in every enthusiast’s life that they’ll never forget. I want to hear yours.
Read MoreFollowing an earthquake early on Thursday morning, Toyota will suspend production in most of its Japanese facilities. While no damage has been done to Toyota’s plants, indefinite power loss in some supplier plants has caused a shortage of automotive components. More than a million homes and businesses in Hokkaido remain without power after the quake knocked out electricity for the whole island. Among those is included Toyota Motor Hokkaido, a subsidiary plant tasked with building engine and tran
Read MoreIn a surprise move, BMW displayed its new X3 M and X4 M performance “Sport Activity Vehicles” for the first time in the lead up to today’s Nürburgring DTM race. The two lightly-camouflaged prototypes were test driven on the track to show off their new aerodynamic, suspension, and drivetrain tweaks. BMW claims the engine is an all-new inline-six cylinder with “M TwinPower Turbo technology” and high-revving characteristics.
Read MoreLexus has been teasing a so-called fourth flagship model on social media for a few days. I’ll admit that I was captivated by the announcement, hoping for a new Lexus LF-A style supercar, or as some speculated, an “LT” shooting brake. Hell, even a production version of the LF-1 Limitless crossover shown at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year would have been a logical step forward. But no, instead, yesterday, the brand launched a new Yacht, the LY 650 Luxury Yacht.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreJapan is known for its incredible array of street racing subcultures, but those of us in the western world have probably never heard of Roulettezoku.
Read MoreAt last, Mercedes has given the world a sneak peak at its battery-powered electric EQC crossover before it goes into production next year. It’s a highly anticipated arrival in the electric car market, as it’s expected to kick off some lively competition between itself and the Audi e-tron. But Mercedes have decided to forego some of the current standards of EV design in favor of a more traditional combustion-engined style.
Read MoreIn the wake of any accident, speculation will abound. In the case of IndyCar driver Robert Wickens’ wreck at Pocono in mid-August, however, misinformation spread by members of the media have forced the family’s hand and encouraged them to release a statement listing his full injuries.
Read MoreI think our own Patrick George may have put it best when he said, of his cynicism about attempts at a modern take on the Pontiac Trans-Am made famous by Burt Reynolds in the Smokey and the Bandit movies, “And now I can’t hate on them anymore, because to hate on Burt Reynolds is to be a bad American.” Patrick was right about that. This is worth remembering, since today Burt Reynolds died, at the age of 82.
Read MoreFord just put out the sketch above to talk about its upcoming “Mustang-inspired” Mach 1 electric crossover along with the line that the company wants it to get 300 miles of range. These two points seem to contradict each other.
Read MoreIn August of 2016, jack-of-all-trades racer Bryan Clauson sustained injuries in a dirt track accident that resulted in his death. On Thursday, September 6, the inaugural Driven2SaveLives BC39 USAC race is being held in his honor, and the grand marshals are two men who received organs from Clauson following his death.
Read MoreIndyCar’s feeder series, Indy Lights, is usually home to some pretty damn good racing. Drivers who win the Lights championship are guaranteed a few races with an actual IndyCar team the next year—including the 500—so the competition is usually really tight and something to behold. This year, though, things have been a little… lackluster
Read MoreI’ve had it with all of you. The zombie apocalypse or the arrival of some super flu is nigh, and all you people can do is quote a movie from 38 years ago?
Read More2016's Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg and former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone are both wealthy, retired men. As such, you can imagine the great things they say. Bernie says that he loves dictators, that Donald Trump is doing a killer job because he’s kept “those people” out, and then Nico Rosberg favorably compares Ecclestone to Nelson Mandela. Strap in.
Read MoreIt’s been a while since we’ve checked in with my favorite local celebrity, the ornery-but-fair Durham, NC bridge we all lovingly call the 11foot8 bridge. Unlike what most people think, the name does not come from the Civil War Union General Elevah Fough-Tate, but rather from the bridge’s clearance height, which is a modest eleven feet, eight inches. The bridge’s most recent conquest was this law-scoffing box truck.
Read MoreDespite the pretentious name, comma and all, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering is still my favorite show during Monterey Car Week. I’ve realized it’s better if you treat it as a day long outdoor party with some cars in the middle. If you’re there simply to see cars, Kristen already wrote about how the best time to see all the cars at The Quail is at the end once everyone has had their fix of all the drinks and food. But getting there bright and early and spending the whole day at the event has
Read MoreThe battle at the front of the race is excruciatingly close as the rocks and near vertical sections slow the leaders down. This makes for some of the most fun racing to watch, as any small mistake or poorly chosen line through the rough stuff can make the difference. The riders come from all over the world, and the race is the Erzberg Rodeo, an incredible enduro event that runs twenty miles up the face of Austria’s Iron Mountain.
Read MoreThe news that Furniture Row Racing is shutting down operations only a year after Martin Truex, Jr. took home the championship isn’t a great sign for NASCAR.
Read MoreEarl “Madman” Muntz was a salesman and a showman. He owned automotive dealerships nationwide, and built television sets. Allegedly he coined the term “TV” because it was too hard for skywriters to plaster “television” in the clouds. He was so proud of TV that he named his daughter Tee Vee Muntz. He was also the name behind, and the emblematic character on the wheel caps of, the Muntz Jet.
Read MoreKimi Raikkonen has not won a Grand Prix since the 2013 season-opening Australian round in his Lotus F1 Team E21. Today in Italy, after setting the fastest lap in Formula One history, it looked like he had a real chance to add to his victory total, but all of that was thrown away on a Ferrari tire choice gamble. Instead the Ice Man was forced to settle for second and his 100th career F1 podium, while Lewis Hamilton earned the victory and a serious points haul.
Read MoreLet’s say you need to compensate for something—no, no, we’re not saying what, we’ll just let it go at that. Whatever your compensatory need, you could do far worse than today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ram, since it’s hella big. Let’s if its price is too.
Read MoreRight up front, the seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mitsubishi 3000GT discloses that the engine has slipped its timing belt and hence needs its heads examined. Let’s see if a buyer would to as well.
Read MoreI don’t why I’m even sharing today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Lincoln with you. I instead should be getting on a plane for a cross-country trip to buy it. Since I’m not, let’s see just exactly what it is that I’m missing.
Read MoreYou probably can’t afford a side chick or bro, but you could potentially swing the asking for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corvette which has something even better—side pipes! Let’s see if its price is on your side.
Read MoreOne complaint that could be leveled at Porsche’s 944 is that it never had enough pushrods and rocker arms. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe ’83 addresses that dearth with an SBC. Let’s see if its price needs addressing too.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 710 has had a dickens of a time keeping his ad up on Craigslist. It doesn’t seem to be his or the car’s fault. Maybe it’s the price? Let’s find out!
Read MoreSubaru Foresters are usually associated with sturdy flannel and fording rainy roads. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe XT however is more about getting places quickly. Let’s see if it’s priced to make a quick deal.
Read MoreWhile it may share its name with a venerated and desirable ancestor, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Lotus Elan shares little else. Let’s see if this bedraggled edition is priced commensurate with its station and condition.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe C/K might be old, but its kit and condition mean it’s still got it going on. Let’s see if its price will also make it worth going out and getting.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Ford misspells its name as TOURUS in his ad. That’s either sloppy or, as a mash up of touring and Taurus, is the greatest portmanteau ever. Let’s see if he at least got the price right.
Read MoreYou can probably count the number of small, FWD, 5-speed, 7-passenger station wagon models sold in the U.S. on one hand. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Renault Medallion will even get you started. That’s as long as its price isn’t its finish.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Colt claims its condition as ‘fair’ which seems accurate seeing as it looks dusty enough inside to be a recently discovered sarcophagus in Egypt. Let’s see if it’s cheap enough to also be a fair deal.
Read MoreThe second generation Cadillac Seville initiated a whole generation of bustle-back booty calls. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate has the added advantage of an extended wheelbase and limo accommodations. Let’s see what that all might just be worth.
Read MoreUnlike its predecessor, the Scirocco, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Corrado isn’t named for a wind. Let’s see if this heavily customized coupe’s price makes it almost free as a breeze, or, if it just blows.
Read MoreHow many ponies would you trust your car’s front wheels to handle? Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Sentra sends 200 horses stampeding their way. Let’s see if this rowdy sedan’s price makes all that horsing around worth it.
Read MoreThe ‘Hot Hatch’ is an iconic car type, and there’s perhaps no more so than VW’s Golf-based offering represented by today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe GTI. Will its price however, leave you cool?
Read MoreTake a minute to just soak in the sheer beauty of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 944 S2 Cabriolet. Don’t rush. When you’re ready, let’s find out if this restored Porsche’s price is equally as attractive.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mercedes is a car I’ll bet few of you ever even knew existed, rare as they are. This one has what the seller describes as ‘Northeast patina’ but will it be its price that really gnaws at you?
Read MoreName me some AWD minivans… I’ll wait. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Astro should have been first on your list since, well, it’s right there in the title. Let’s see if this all-wheeling minivan’s price makes the list as well.
Read MoreToday being Labor Day here in the States, it seems fitting to have a Nice Price or Crack Pipe candidate that needs some work. This RX7 might be just the ticket. That is, as long as we don’t belabor the price.
Read MoreOpen up a dictionary, and under the definition for ‘class’ you’ll probably find a picture of a Bugatti. These are cars that generally radiate elegant beauty through their sleek curves and undeniable speed. But… not everyone can always be perfect all the time.
Read MoreThere’s been a lot of wind whipping up the wilds of my heart. It could be this late summer heat. It could be a greater global anxiety. It could be the presence of the 2003 Ford Mustang Mach 1, ripping a burnout into my mind.
Read MoreWhen two Toyota MR2 owners get together to compare notes on their different generations, the conversation is sure to get heated.
Read MoreThe 2018 Nissan Titan may be one of the most clever pickups I’ve ever driven. Between the numerous bins inside to the integrated tie-downs in the bed, the truck actually makes good use of its enormous size.
Read MoreEarly this morning an Air Niugini Boeing 737 overshot the runway coming into Chuuk Island in Micronesia, and ended up crash-landing in a lagoon. Thanks to the efforts of local boaters who came to the stricken aircraft’s aid almost immediately, all 47 passengers on the plane are safe.
Read MoreStarting on October 11, Singapore Airlines will be flying a direct flight from Singapore to Newark. The 9,537 miles flown non-stop will take approximately 19 hours, which means you could get about eight cool flicks in before landing. That only leaves one question: which movies do you pick?
Read MoreNo, what you’re looking at is not a photoshop. It’s not a plane with a horrible, disfiguring growth that nobody likes to talk about. This is the Airbus Beluga XL, and it’s supposed to look exactly like that, because it’s real.
Read MoreHong Kong airliner Cathay Pacific told on itself today after publishing photos to Twitter of a paint job gone wrong on one of its planes, with the fuselage mistakenly reading “Cathay Paciic,” leading all of the internet to joke about not giving an “F.”
Read MoreBurning Man, the community event that takes over the Black Rock Desert in Nevada for a week every year, has broken its number one rule of “leaving no trace,” as cleanup of a retrofitted Boeing 747 has been stalled weeks after the event’s permit has expired.
Read MoreIn a true showcase of the joys of air travel, the Phoenix-based Arizona Republic reports that a “suspicious” unattended rental car shut down parts of the Sky Harbor International Airport down for four hours—delaying about 300 flights and canceling dozens of others. The driver ultimately got parking citation and a $56 fine.
Read MoreA plane traveling from Dubai to New York City has been quarantined on the runway at JFK Airport, according to multiple reports, after some 100 passengers reported feeling sick on board with fevers over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The airline claims the number of ill passengers is 10.
Read MoreThanks to the insane popularity and profitability of the Porsche Cayenne and Macan, Porsche has granted us an insane selection of the 911 to suit every single driver’s demands. But! With 24 different models in the U.S., it’s hard to sort out which coupe, Cabriolet, Targa, S or Turbo is the right 911 for you. But now we have the addition of the Carrera T in a crowded lineup.
Read MoreThis morning’s Formula One race was not exactly a fun one to watch. With the largely uneventful racing pockmarked with the dissatisfaction of watching what could have been a decent fight to the finish dissolve into an intrateam communication battle. Words are what won Lewis Hamilton the Russian Grand Prix today, not an exciting on-track battle. If Hamilton had needed to fight hammer and tongs to get ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, it would have been an awesome race. If the two of the
Read MoreThis IndyCar season wrapped up on a high note for one of the sport’s fan-favorite veterans. Scott Dixon not only secured a difficult fifth championship, a distinction to set him firmly in the sport’s record books, but he and his wife Emma Davies-Dixon immediately leaped onto the road to promote a documentary of their life in motorsport, Born Racer.
Read MoreFormula One might have dropped the Malaysian Grand Prix from its calendar after last season, but its host track wasn’t done with F1 just yet. The track still had an insurance claim from the Haas F1 team to deal with, after a drain cover came loose and sent Romain Grosjean spiraling toward a wall last year.
Read MoreThis isn’t a story we’ve heard very often this year: Mercedes F1 driver Valtteri Bottas has secured pole position to start the 2018 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton.
Read MoreThe holidays are coming up, in case your Twitter timeline half filled with people wanting to get ~*spooky*~ and the other half posting Christmas emojis hasn’t tipped you off to that yet. And if you’re itching to spend a thousand times more than something is worth for the first time since you got a bill for college tuition, Porsche has the ideal holiday gift for you (to buy for yourself, probably).
Read MoreNASCAR’s running the road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time ever this year, and drivers are spinning—and subsequently crashing—more than figure skaters at the Olympics. If this were Wheel of Fortune, do you know how many words we would have spelled out by now? All of them.
Read MoreThe Rowan County, NC Sheriff’s Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Jordan Anderson for possession of a stolen vehicle. Police claim Anderson purchased the truck despite having reason to believe it was stolen earlier this month.
Read MoreThe Nissan SR20 is the little ball of fury that has powered innumerable Nissan budget and pro drift and drag cars over the past nearly three decades. Usually it’s your best way to two or three hundred horsepower. Here’s what it’s like when it’s pushing 900.
Read MoreI come before you, oh readers, as I stare down a pile of laundry that includes way too many Porsche shirts and a large bag to pack. I am off to Rennsport Reunion VI, Porsche’s gathering of its most significant race cars and other vehicles. There is even a tractor race. I leave tomorrow. I will not sleep tonight.
Read MoreI remember I tried drifting the entire length of the Nürburgring in Forza once. I rage-quit an eighth of the way through. But apparently, if you’re professional drifter and Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr., you don’t need an Xbox. You can do the real thing in a 900-horsepower, modified Ford Mustang.
Read MoreIt’s always a dark day when you hear that a quality racing series has been banned. In this very unfortunate case, it just so happens to be what I consider to be the purest of all racing series: Stadium Super Trucks. Please spare a thought for Robby Gordon & Co.
Read MoreDespite the fact that electric vehicles are all the rage these days, the racing world is looking in new directions to find ways to make motorsport a more sustainable and eco-friendly. For the FIA’s World Endurance Championship, that means turning to hydrogen power.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThe Aston Martin Valkyrie was called Project 001. Its trackday special version was called 002. Now Aston has announced that a new 003 is coming in 2021. Interesting.
Read MoreThe whole reason Volkswagen flew me out to the Bonneville Salt Flats was so I could, ideally, witness their specially-prepped 2019 Jetta beat the speed record for the Southern California Timing Association’s (SCTA) Blown Gas Coupe (G/BGC) class record of 208.472 mph. They did, making an impressive 210.16 mph—but they did it after I left, so I didn’t get to see it. Oh well.
Read MoreFormula One has always been one of the grimiest sports of the modern era, from running races in Apartheid South Africa to supporting every dictatorship imaginable. But it likes to present itself as classy, so it never went in on sports betting. But that’s changed now.
Read MoreFor reasons that are as arcane and convoluted as a Freemason initiation ceremony, there’s actually two major speed-related events at the Bonneville Salt Flats: last month’s Speed Week, which we covered here, and this past weekend’s World of Speed, which we’re covering, um, now. I’m not complaining, though: the salt flats bring some truly astounding cars, and the more chances to have them out there running, the better. Even better, some of the cars are just bonkers, and that’s what makes life so
Read MoreIndyCar’s season finale at Sonoma brought with it a sense of possibility and finality. As the final race ever at Sonoma (for now) and one destined to bring home glory for one of the four men in championship contention, it was always going to be good. But, at the end of the day, it was Scott Dixon who brought home his fifth record-matching championship.
Read MoreThe answer to the question many of us race fans have been wondering has been answered. Who’s going to be the driver to secure Team Penske’s 500th win? Brad Keselowski responded to the call.
Read MoreRace teams, I know it’s tempting. I know you think it looks sleek. I know you all want to introduce your own version of the Batmobile. But I’m asking—no, I’m begging—you. Please. Please stop with the gray, white, and red liveries.
Read MoreFormula One is often lauded as the pinnacle of motorsport. A quick search on the Internet reveals everything you need to know: articles, forum threads, and lengthy comparisons to other racing series to further establish that F1 is the top racing series in the world. And I might be inclined to agree… except for the fact that F1 doesn’t race on an oval.
Read MoreLewis Hamilton drove home to a race win from pole position under the lights at Singapore, extending his championship lead over Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel even further.
Read MoreIt’s a good weekend to go out and carve out a little place in history. And that’s just what Hailie Deegan did when she laid down the quickest lap at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track ahead of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series Star Nursery 100 race.
Read MoreIf you’re watching NASCAR this weekend wondering why the hell there are big white squares with cartoons on side of the cars, you are probably not the only one. I’ve been seeing plenty of posts on Twitter, and I just have to ask… why?
Read MoreThe absolute state of the Red Bull Racing junior program at this exact moment is not great. With very few drivers following the traditional feeder series ladder sponsored by Red Bull and a massive driver shift (Daniel Ricciardo to Renault, Pierre Gasly to Red Bull), there aren’t many more numbers the team can call to fill empty seats.
Read MorePhotos of a Formula One concept car for the 2021 season popped up on Twitter earlier this week, and, aside from the routine rules overhaul planned for that year, the photos had almost no context at all. But F1 stepped in a few hours ago to give us all the context we needed, and it turns out what we’re seeing is the future of the sport.
Read MoreThe only news in racing (as far as I’m concerned) is that this year Toyota, McLaren, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Ford are in talks to lay out a hypercar-looks/GT1-style class for Le Mans in 2020/2021. Now BMW is in on those talks, as Motorsport.com reports. Hm.
Read MoreFormula One driver Kimi Raikkonen mumbles most of the time, perhaps because he doesn’t care enough about a conversation to do more than that. That’s just a theory. But if you listen closely to those mumbles, you’ll get hit with a low tone of straight sass.
Read MoreFormula One comes out with a new, overhauled set of rules every few years, like when it went from its beloved V8 engines to hybrid V6 turbos in 2014. The next magic number is the year 2021, when we don’t know what exactly the rules will be, but we do know the cars will maybe, possibly look something like this.
Read MoreFormula One is definitively at its best when people are trying all sorts of crazy tricks. Ferrari’s latest one—that of covering up its cockpit camera usually used for television broadcasts—is either brilliant or hilariously dumb. Ferrari was ordered to stop it. It didn’t. So it was ordered to stop it again. It didn’t. It’s now been ordered to stop it a third time, and Ferrari has once again made a new contraption to cover the camera. I don’t care. I love it.
Read MoreEmails are hard. You’ve got like five accounts, full of news, people asking you to do stuff, annual reminders you set 10 years ago and can’t delete, spam, and offers from 53 retail stores when you remember deliberately not checking the “keep me updated with promos” box. It’s easy to miss the important stuff.
Read MoreBefore the Ferrari Formula One team unsurprisingly announced it would trade 38-year-old Kimi Raikkonen out for younger driver Charles Leclerc this week, someone started a petition to keep him around on Change.org—the “web’s leading platform for social change,” as it calls itself. A valiant effort.
Read MoreAt 38 and in Formula One since 2001, mumbling Finnish weirdo Kimi Raikkonen is one of the veterans of the sport. But time comes for us all, and Raikkonen hasn’t won a grand prix since 2013, so it’s time for the Ferrari machine to swap him out with a newer, younger model.
Read MoreThe Nürburgring Nordschleife; a treacherous track that has chewed many a driver’s car to a gnarly pulp. The unfortunate driver of this now-pile of broken Porsche is John Shoffner from J2 Racing, but luckily, he came out of it all OK in the end.
Read MoreNot a single NASCAR driver went on track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend thanks to a total washout, and everyone was obviously a little antsy when the rain-delayed races finally got going today. The first “finish” of the day had four drivers cross the line within inches of each other.
Read MoreNASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. retired last year after struggling to return from a concussion in 2016. Now he has an upcoming book about the experience, and he’s finally opening up about his experiences with concussions over the year, highlighting the heartbreaking worries and lack of support drivers encounter when they have a brain injury on the job.
Read MoreCar enthusiasts are always trying to shed weight from their vehicles to improve performance. But while most folks never precisely find out how that weight savings really helps them, YouTube channel TheHoonigans decided to try to measure what removing 1,000 pounds of girth does to the 1/8-mile time of a P71 Ford Crown Victoria police interceptor.
Read MoreFormula One isn’t racing in Miami next year as planned, but it still would have been interesting, at least for a couple of minutes, to watch 20 drivers navigate the ridiculously tight street course the organizers mapped out. But we can see how it might have looked, thanks to computer simulators.
Read MoreAuto racing follows the trends of the auto industry, for better or worse, and that includes self-driving tech. But the world’s first major self-driving racing series won’t go full computer right away—its inaugural 2019 season will have humans behind the wheel, tag teaming races with the artificial intelligence in the car.
Read MoreIn one of the more silly F1 dramas of the past few years, teams had been wondering why Ferrari had been coolings its onboard camera with an ice pack. Now it has become clear that, well, cooling wasn’t what the team was going for.
Read MoreWhen we last checked in with Caleb Hammond, the 11-year-old boy living in Iowa who is facing his final battle with leukemia, he wanted racing stickers to decorate his casket with. Word spread like wildfire, and soon a Ferrari dealership in Florida took notice. It went a step further and sent an entire race car up to Iowa so that Hammond could have a ride in it.
Read MoreFurniture Row Racing, the winning team of 2017's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship, has announced it will cease operations following the 2018 NASCAR season due to a lack of funding, just over a month after its primary sponsor 5 Hour Energy announced it was exiting the racing series after this year.
Read MoreThis shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone after so many reports, but the news is official and it’s definitely great to hear: IndyCar is finally coming to Austin, Texas’s own Circuit of the Americas for the 2019 season. It’s fantastic news for IndyCar, for COTA, for Texas and for racing fans everywhere who want to see a great show.
Read MoreRace fans around the world were jumping to their feet and dropping jaws left and right during the final moments of qualifying for F1's Italian Grand Prix this Saturday morning. Yeah, that’s right: they just watched Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest lap ever in Formula One history.
Read MoreImagine: you’re the head of a multi-million dollar company with a legacy to fulfill. You have consumer cars to build, and yet, the allure of the most grueling race in motorsport is calling your name. But that race is dominated by one of the most impressive car making giants to ever walk this Earth—and you know he’s willing to do anything to win. Welcome to the live of Henry Ford II as he stared Enzo Ferrari in the face, determined to come home with a trophy.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreIn a webcast news conference tonight, Elon Musk revealed that the first paying customer to fly on the ambitious SpaceX rocket known as the BFR, for Big Fucking Rocket, will be Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire best known for founding the online, custom-sized clothing company Zozo. Along with Maezawa, there will be between six to eight seats available to artists for the journey to the moon.
Read MoreIt may not look too different, but the 2019 Subaru Forester is all-new, with better handling, reduced road noise, an impressive amount of standard features and an almost ironically-named new Sport trim that altogether almost make up for its desperately slow acceleration. But there’s still plenty on offer if you’re okay with not being a speed freak.
Read MoreDays after it became public that Elon Musk was being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged fraud over the infamous “funding secured” tweet this summer, he and Tesla has reached a settlement that will keep him CEO—but will cost him his board chairman title.
Read MoreTesla has developed an incentivized program for regular employees to become beta testers for the automaker’s upcoming advanced Autopilot technology on the Teslas they own, according to an email obtained by Bloomberg.
Read MoreIf it feels like we haven’t heard from our old pal the boss of Tesla after a wild series of events I’ve taken to calling the Summer of Elon, it’s because he’s facing some serious allegations from the Securities and Exchange Commission over his failed Twitter plan to take the public company private. And the SEC’s complaint against Musk, which outlines its investigation so far, makes some incredibly damning and bizarre allegations against the CEO.
Read MoreCongress has tussled in recent months over the $7,500 federal tax credit allowed for electric vehicle purchases, while automakers like Tesla and General Motors prepare for the phase-out of the tax credit to begin. At the same time, California is considering an increase to its current state tax subsidy for EVs, from $2,500 to $4,500, reports Bloomberg.
Read MoreDerive Systems, parent company to popular aftermarket tuners Bully Dog and SCT, has been awarded a civil penalty of $300,000 for manufacturing and distributing over 363,000 products that violate the Clean Air Act. In addition to the penalty, Derive Systems will be forced to spend as much as $6.25 million in order to ensure compliance of all future and existing handheld tuners named in the lawsuit.
Read MoreLyft announced a pilot test in July that entailed giving 100 Chicago residents $550 for transit services, so long as they agree to give up their car for a month. Apparently Lyft’s pleased by the results, because on Wednesday, the startup announced it’s expanding the program to 35 cities across the U.S.
Read MoreElectric car startup Lucid Motors is riding sky-high at the moment, having just secured a $1 billion investment to kickstart production of its first electric car. Coinciding with that announcement, Lucid said on Tuesday that it’s teaming up with Volkswagen’s electric charging company, Electrify America, which will provide owners of its first production car a nationwide “ultra-fast” charging network. This is a very good move.
Read MoreIt’s probably an inevitability at this point that we’ll eventually get fully autonomous cars to work properly and people won’t have to drive anymore. It isn’t going to happen soon, but eventually it will be possible. The Brands want autonomy to happen more than drivers do, it seems, because it would be possible for humans to use that time they would have spent driving to be productive cogs in the machine or more fervent consumers. Annoyingly, Ikea’s future tech think tank Space10 is here to show
Read MoreTaking any remotely interesting mechanical contraption and replacing one of its covers with a transparent one almost always yields deeply satisfying visuals. And that’s the case here with this Ford F-150's clear rear differential cover, which shows gear oil splashing around the bearings and gears.
Read MoreGeneral Motors has filed a flurry of patent applications for active aerodynamic systems over the past couple of years, and the latest set of approved ones could have some interesting uses on cars we’ve been keeping our eyes on. One of the patents shows an active aero system specifically for a mid-engine vehicle, while another details how such a system could work for a hybrid vehicle. These patents lend credibility to reports that GM is likely working on active aero and hybrid powertrains for the
Read MoreIt might not be the first thing you think of, but it’s definitely a question that has entered the minds of many people looking at the electric car world: what actually happens to all those old car batteries when you can’t use them anymore? It’s not something we’ve had to worry about for our IC cars, but EVs? They’re a whole different story.
Read MoreThere’s a hell of a lot of testing that needs to be done to not only get to fully-autonomous cars, but to even have the sort of technology that a lot of modern cars have today like radar-guided cruise control and active braking systems. This is how they test them.
Read MoreTesla has been fairly busy as of late trying to ramp up production of the Model 3 sedan while having to address the innumerable controversies CEO Elon Musk has drummed up on Twitter. It also has a number of products in the works—a semi, a new Roadster, an all-electric crossover, a pickup truck (maybe). One thing it’s not working on? A time machine. Not yet, that is.
Read MoreWe’ve seen lots of spy shots and even videos of the mid-engine Corvette prototypes running around but almost all of them seem to point to the use of a dual-clutch transmission. While we don’t have any concrete, confirmed details on the powertrain yet, a new patent application from General Motors may show how a manual transmission could be implemented.
Read MoreAmazon today unveiled Echo Auto, capable of putting Alexa into every car in the world for the price of $49.99. In our not-too-distant future Alexa is everywhere.
Read MoreThe 2019 Audi E-Tron is a big deal; it’s Audi’s first fully electric vehicle, and the first of many. But while it was developed as an electric vehicle from the ground up, it unsurprisingly draws from the Volkswagen Audi Group stable—and some more unlikely places.
Read MoreHandbrakes used to have a real function outside of sick bootlegger’s turns, back decades ago when car brakes weren’t terribly reliable and you did need a last-resort emergency brake. But federal regulations improving car brakes have made that function a relic of the past, so it’s no surprise that, increasingly, automakers are forgoing handbrakes completely.
Read MoreSome good news if you don’t really care for driving with Apple Maps, which seems to be just about everybody: with the latest iOS 12 update, you can now run third-party map apps from Apple CarPlay. Yes, including the objectively better Google Maps. This is good news.
Read MoreYesterday, Porsche showed off its new electric vehicle charging station architecture, which involves breaking up a number of tasks that might normally all be done within a single charging “cabinet” into rectangular modules and slim charging poles. Here’s how it works.
Read MoreNew cars come with all sorts of advanced technology designed to keep drivers safe, but all those safety-increasing gadgets come with a price—and it’s not just the initial cost of the technology that’s hitting car owners hard.
Read MoreHonda’s Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control system, known as VTEC instead of the more accurate VVTLEC, is one of those things that various parts of automotive pop culture have glommed onto, and as a result, almost everyone with even a passing interest in cars is aware of VTEC and its propensity to kick in, yo. While it’s widely understood that it has to do with valve timing, do you know exactly how it works? Engineering Explained does, and they’re here to, you know, explain.
Read MoreThere was a period in the recent past where it looked like the future might be powered by diesel engines. With a generally greater fuel efficiency than your standard gasoline engine, the automotive industry today could have been massively different. Then, Dieselgate happened and manufacturers got a little hesitant being associated with that whole fiasco. Electric vehicles have been coming to the fore—and Cadillac looks to be the next manufacturer to swap its diesel program for an electric one
Read MoreThere are very few things worse than handing over your keys to a stranger and praying they take care of your car and don’t stuff it into a wall or, y’know, a Subaru. The struggle of valet parking is something I’m sure we all have to deal with on a very uncomfortably frequent basis. Thankfully, auto company Daimler and electronics and appliance maker Bosch have teamed up to solve this problem.
Read MoreTesla heads back to court later this month to continue a trial over allegations from the National Labor Relations Board that the automaker’s management violated federal labor laws. When both sides meet in court, they’ll duke it out over a new, potentially thorny legal issue that emerged in late August: a tweet from CEO Elon Musk.
Read MoreA hiccup in Tesla’s latest over-the-air update caused several owners to lose all functionality of their vehicle’s semi-autonomous Autopilot driver aid system. Tesla told one driver it’s a “known issue” internally and a fix is expected by Friday.
Read MoreFord, as expected, launched a charm initiative this week to win over the Detroit City Council and secure a $100 million tax break from the city to support its rehab of a train station near downtown. The facility, Michigan Central Station, has been shuttered for decades, and Ford wants to transform it into a hub for the automaker’s electric and autonomous vehicle programs. Detroit’s city council members, for a litany of reasons, should reject the request.
Read MoreAfter inventing the first production three-point seatbelt in 1959, Volvo’s focus on safety only intensified, especially since just having the seatbelt there was no guarantee that anyone would use it. The company also anticipated many safety features that are standard today, most fantastically this backup camera on its 1972 Volvo Experimental Safety Car, or VESC.
Read MoreThe 2019 Lexus ES will keep that snarly spindle grille, but otherwise it’s shaping up to look like an alright car. And Lexus claims that it has the world’s first, production-ready Digital Outer Mirrors. But only in Japan. Blame America’s outdated regulations for this one.
Read MoreSelf-driving autonomous concepts are all the rage these days, with Volvo introducing its 360c concept last week and Mercedes unveiling its own yesterday, while GM came out with their own phoned in version earlier this year. Laugh now, but this is going to be the solution to transportation problems for decades to come, regardless of whether they work or create new problems.
Read MoreJust short of a year ago, General Motors garnered widespread national attention by announcing it planned to start testing autonomous cars on the busy streets of Manhattan in “early 2018.” But the automaker’s pilot has yet to launch, and no one is willing to publicly offer a detailed explanation for the delay. What happened? Did it get eaten by bureaucracy, or caught up in the war between New York City’s mayor and the state’s governor?
Read MoreMcLaren’s Formula One cars have been fairly terrible as of late, but its high-end road cars are unimpeachable. They’re big, beefy, twin-turbo V8 carbon-eaters, although McLaren admits the future is electrified and possibly even fully electric. So an announcement from the company today could be a big step in that direction.
Read MoreHello readers. You may have heard that EV entrepreneur, disrupteur sauvage and tweet connoisseur Elon Musk is having a “difficult time,” currently. Which is bad for electric vehicles and the optimistic pursuit of capital in the face of our impending doom, only one of which I really care about.
Read MoreIf a self-driving revolution pans out, autonomy is going to be woven into the fabric of all sorts of transportation needs—personal driving, cargo shipments, long-haul trucking. On Monday, Daimler pitched a concept that aims to encompass multiple uses called the Vision URBANETIC, which it says can be fitted with different modules to suit different needs.
Read MoreYesterday (or two days ago, or two lifetimes ago, it’s hard for me to tell since I’m in Europe and still jet-lagged) Volvo introduced an autonomous, electric concept car called the 360c that included “a special safety blanket” for when you were horizontal and sleeping. Come again?
Read MoreBack in 2007, New York City decided to remedy one of its many transportation and infrastructure issues and set out to make cycling in the city feel safer, and they did by introducing what’s called a protected bike lane.
Read MoreA Utah driver whose Tesla Model S crashed into a stopped firetruck while the car was operating in its semi-autonomous Autopilot mode has sued the automaker, alleging that Tesla salespeople told her the car would stop on its own in Autopilot if an obstacle appeared in its path.
Read MoreVolvo wants to have an autonomous car that you can “eat, sleep, do whatever” in by 2021, an aggressive target but one illustrative of the company’s desire to skip over Level 3 altogether and go straight to full autonomy. Today, it showed off a concept car called the 360c that reveals a bit more about how it plans to do that.
Read MoreSubscription services are the norm nowadays. You can subscribe to Netflix to watch movies, to Spotify to listen to music, and to Blue Apron to try out new foods. So, why not start subscribing to cars?
Read MoreThere is no denying the 2018 Tesla Model 3's importance. It is intended to be Tesla’s volume-seller, the car that will hopefully make luxury electric cars more accessible to more people, especially when the long-promised $35,000 version hits the market. It is the key to Tesla’s future, the source of many of its struggles this year, and an EV—hell, a car, period—truly unlike any other.
Read MoreTesla without Elon Musk, Cadillac’s reinvented reinvention, Ford’s workers could take a hit, Audi may finally ditch a guy in jail and much, much more for The Morning Shift on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Hoo boy it’s Tesla time again.
Read MoreMore high hopes and impossible dreams from the Trump administration, China’s electric future, Tesla’s strict NDA practices target unions and much, much more for The Morning Shift on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.
Read MoreLongtime Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche’s replacement named, Nissan-Renault’s Carlos Ghosn isn’t going anywhere, all of you are terrible at driving and so much more on The Morning Shift for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. Let’s do it!
Read MoreA Volkswagen van, Elon reportedly ripping into the UAW, bicycles, and how your emissions regulation sausage is made. This is The Morning Shift for September 25, 2018.
Read MorePeople are buying used cars more and more, Android Auto is coming to Toyota, Porsche is done with diesel, and more. This is The Morning Shift for Monday.
Read MoreYet another executive leaves Tesla, missing Mazdas, burning Nissans, and the mystery of how Polestar plans to sell cars. This is The Morning Shift for Friday, September 21, 2018.
Read MoreToyota’s driverless vision, the UAW corruption probe widens, Volkswagen gives Trump a win, and more await you in this is The Morning Shift for Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.
Read MoreA collusion investigation regarding diesels, our robotic future, an American renaissance and more await you in this is The Morning Shift for Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018.
Read MoreJD Power study shows cars with fewest infotainment-related complaints, Renault-Nissan goes all-in on Android, BMW is working with mining companies to reduce battery costs, and a look at Hurricane Florence’s impact on the local auto industry. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018.
Read MoreElon Musk admits that Tesla is falling behind on deliveries, the mid-size Ram will likely be a Wrangler, Cadillac wants to make special cars and Ferrari investors seem to be worried about nothing. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.
Read MoreSelf-driving technology in a race to protect itself from legal battles, automakers that just can’t quite grasp how and where to sell their cars, CEOs in jail, eco-friendly semi trucks and heirs to the automaker thrones. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, Sept. 14, 2018.
Read MoreElon Musk thinking about letting someone else run Tesla, California and Trump are being cordial over emissions, GM has a big recall, and more await you in The Morning Shift for Thursday, Sept. 14, 2018.
Read MoreTwo compact Nissans as the SUV-pocalypse’s latest victims, Dieselgate troubles, a Faraday Future delay and more await you in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.
Read MoreFord and General Motors are losing ground in China, Volvo braces for the hurricane headed for the Carolinas, Tesla’s biggest boosters are beginning to sour on Elon Musk’s shenanigans and more on The Morning Shift for Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.
Read MoreA gloomy sales outlook for the rest of the year, a devastating earthquake affecting Toyota production, and a deep-dive into the effects of BMW’s South Carolina operations on the state’s economy. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, Sept. 10.
Read MoreDieselgate might finally be winding down, there’s more turnover at Tesla, Elon Musk used a legal recreational substance, and Mercedes is being cautious with its new EQC. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Friday.
Read MoreThe small-car era at Ford really is over, NAFTA talks never will be, and Aston Martin needs more women in leadership positions. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018.
Read MoreNobody quite wants to commit in the world of EVs, car sales are going loopy, and there’s a giant recall going on at Toyota right now. All this and more in The Morning Shift.
Read MoreFord is still undergoing a massive shift, Volkswagen still can’t get its pollution under control, and the Chinese automotive industry is a mess. This is The Morning Shift.
Read MoreIt’s been a long time coming. It has been 25 years since the launch of the last Toyota Supra, way back in 1993. The internet was barely out of diapers back then, and all you really needed in life was a manual gearbox, a turbocharged 2JZ engine, a gigantic hoop spoiler on the trunk and your favorite tuner on speed dial.
Read MoreI spent a week in a nearly $40,000 2018 Toyota Camry with a red leather interior and 301 horsepower. It is one of the best cars on sale today. I’d call it an instant classic but for two minor flaws.
Read MoreIn late August, a YouTube vlogger recording a fun little expedition out in Oregon ended up stuck in the middle of nowhere, helplessly watching his 2013 Jeep Wrangler turn into a huge fireball. He filmed the whole thing, and the resulting video is just bizarre.
Read MoreIn an alternate universe, there are no 25-year import restrictions and you, a freedom-loving American, are able to wheel around in the 2019 Suzuki Jimny as you please, climbing rocks and blasting across the beach with rainbows in your heart and a smile in your soul. There’s only one problem: you probably shouldn’t crash it.
Read MoreIf there’s any vehicle that might have a chance at breaking free from a massive Ford F-450 tow truck, it’s a Power Stroke diesel-powered Ford F-250. Watch this huge Super Duty yank the tow truck’s front end sky high as the former’s driver attempts to free his apparently repossessed truck.
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 is supposed to be a rough-and-tumble, body-on-frame, solid rear axle-having pickup that can handle off-road trails with ease. And yet, a number of trucks’ airbags are deploying on mild off-road trails, leaving owners with major hassles. Here’s what’s going on.
Read MoreA video has surfaced on the interwebs showing a tractor flipping a rolled-over Toyota Land Cruiser upright. But the SUV diver apparently hadn’t set the park brake, because the off-roader then barrels down a steep hill into thick woods in what has to be among the saddest off-road recoveries I’ve ever seen.
Read MoreIn much of the U.S., if you want to build a lift kit for your truck out of rusty junkyard parts, you can. But in Australia, things are different. The country has strict rules on vehicle modifications, and now police are seizing jacked-up trucks and fining drivers as part of “Operation Lift,” Australia’s 7 News Gold Coast reports.
Read MoreThe Chevy Colorado ZR2? Good. Good for being a truck, good for offroading. The Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison? That’s what you get when Chevrolet partners up with American Expedition Vehicles (most well known for making wild off-roady Jeep pickups), and festoons it with armored plates for ultimate off-roading potential. Even better.
Read MoreThe question Ram and its customers have likely been asking since the mild-hybrid 2019 Ram 1500 debuted at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show is “Is the hybrid system worth the cost, weight, and complexity?” Now, with official EPA numbers in, part of that answer is here, because the electrified truck scores 3 mpg better than its non-hybrid predecessor.
Read MoreIt sounds like the ingredient list for the weirdest cake in the entire world when you think about it: Sunflower seed oil, sugar, Pepsi, milk, salt, citric acid and eggs. And also some dish soap for good measure. But no cake was made; instead, a Lada engine was murdered.
Read MoreEarlier this summer, I received an email from a distraught Chicagoan asking if I knew anyone who would save her family’s recently totaled, beloved Jeep from the crusher. I did know someone: me. But the two-month saga I went through to acquire the vehicle nearly broke my soul.
Read MoreI have long lamented that Datsun 240Z prices have skyrocketed so much in recent years. But I remain optimistic because it seems like most owners of those cars are committed to keeping them nice, or at least doing something truly interesting with them. One of those owners is Tyler Powell, who’s done a monster drivetrain swap and body job with this 240Z.
Read MoreTesla drivers have been complaining for a long time now about their cars with even minor body damage taking weeks, if not months, to repair. Very often, the shops doing the work blame a lack of parts from Tesla itself. But now Tesla CEO Elon Musk is saying that the company is bringing bodywork repairs in-house, because that should speed things up.
Read MoreHONNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKK!!!! Phwoosh phwoosh phwoosh. Cars were whizzing past, so close that you could feel even small economy hatchbacks as they sped on by. I was on the side of a major highway, with barely any shoulder to speak of, and my car couldn’t move. I had a flat tire, and my first call was to 911.
Read MoreYesterday, I was feeling a bit down about my 1979 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle after discovering that its engine is basically shot. But today I’m all cheered up, because my friend Jamie reminded me of what my Golden Eagle is not: a totally rotted out shitbox. Seriously, just looking at these pictures of a first-gen Toyota Tacoma made me dry heave.
Read MoreA Nissan Murano recently rolled into Mike Thomson’s shop at a Nissan dealership in Ontario, Canada because of a check engine light. Upon popping the hood, Thomson and his team discovered hundreds of nuts stashed in every nook and cranny of the engine bay.
Read MoreI was just going to replace a single broken exhaust bolt in my 1979 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle’s cylinder head, when I discovered some major issues that threaten to turn this “short” repair into a genuine time-suck. This phenomenon is called “mission creep” and for decades, it’s been plaguing wrenchers around the world.
Read MoreIt may sound like blasphemy adding weight to a new Mazda Miata, but the lovable convertible sports car is small, and owning one really puts a squeeze on how much stuff you can carry. So my friend David decided to install a trailer hitch, and surprisingly, the whole job was extremely easy.
Read MoreThis past weekend, I bought a dirt-cheap welder, grabbed some metal that I had sitting around the garage, and began building a skill that feels like a human superpower: fusing metal together. Picking up this contraption is a step that I wish I had taken many years ago, and one that I can’t recommend enough to anyone who wrenches.
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