The Audi RS2, made in conjunction with Porsche, was a mid-’90s icon. But sadly, it was never sold in the United States and plenty of Americans have never even seen one. Well, these cars are finally old enough to import and we found one Audi UK has been hiding in its private reserve for over two decades.
Read MoreOne of Russia’s largest defense contractors has received a patent for, of all things, a shotgun-wielding flying drone. A video uploaded to YouTube shows the drone, which sounds like a chainsaw, blowing away flying targets before making a landing. Whatever bright days you thought lay ahead for humanity, the future is full of things like flying, man-hunting shotguns.
Read MoreThe U.S. Marine Corps is testing a new fleet of wheeled amphibious assault vehicles capable of hauling a squad of grunts ashore in an amphibious assault and then carry them deep inland. The new Amphibious Combat Vehicle, or ACV, will replace 40-year-old existing vehicles as the primary ship to shore ride for Marines.
Read MoreYou’d think, in the place where America makes cars, Americans should be able to drive the cars, right? Well, you’d be wrong. Michigan, the state with the highest car insurance costs in the country, is considered almost entirely unaffordable by federal standards, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.
Read MoreI didn’t expect to be test riding the 500-pound 2019 Indian FTR1200 exclusively by flinging it around the dirt like a flat track racer, but I managed to survive with a fat smile on my face anyway.
Read MoreThe United States is planning to quickly develop two new missiles previously banned by a 30-year-old arms control treaty. America’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, sparked by allegations of Russian cheating, is paving the way for Washington to match Russian weapons with new missiles of its own. The U.S. will test the missiles as soon as this August, within days of the end of the treaty.
Read MoreLast week, the Pentagon was abuzz with the news that the U.S. Navy had offered up a sacred cow: the early retirement of an aircraft carrier as a way to save money. The loss of the USS Truman would cut America’s carrier fleet down to 10 flat-tops, violate federal law, and stir howls of protest from Congress. Does this mean the carrier is no longer at the top of the heap, naval power-wise? Is the concept of the aircraft carrier itself as a viable weapon system headed for the chopping block?
Read MoreCountries across the Asia-Pacific are not—repeat not—buying the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter because of China. That’s from China’s hawkish Global Times—an arm of the newspaper run by the Communist Party of China—which assured readers this week that, while they may read stories that Australia, Japan, South Korea, and now Singapore are all purchasing America’s newest stealth fighter, it has totally nothing to do with them.
Read MoreOn a cold afternoon in late January, I pulled into an industrial side-street of Saint Petersburg. There, I met with a man who I’ll refer to as “Oleg.”
Read MoreThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is being sold to the U.S. military and the air forces of thirteen allies under a program worth approximately $1.4 trillion worldwide. It’s all been an utter boondoggle, but we’re stuck with it, even as there have been some signs of progress, with the latest variant going operations capable last week.
Read MoreLate last week, military news site Task & Purpose confirmed a disturbing fact: the newly created U.S. Space Force has no intention of fighting aliens. Despite the recent uptick of military UFO sightings, the Pentagon appears uninterested (at least officially) in the possibility of hostile aliens. But if an alien invasion does take place, which arm of the Pentagon would respond? The answer: probably all of them.
Read MoreIt takes approximately seven seconds of existing in New York to realize the streets don’t really work for anyone. They don’t work for drivers trying to get places, for buses trying to move, for cyclists trying not to die, for trucks trying to make deliveries, for emergency vehicles trying to save people, or even for pedestrians. And the clogged streets only exacerbate the city’s transportation problems underground (and vice versa.) So how do you fix that, and what could such a fix mean for othe
Read MoreThe U.S. Army is preparing the M1A2 Abrams, its long-serving main battle tank, to be able to fight through the 2020s with a some upgrades. The latest version of the tank, now designated M1A2C, could well be the last upgrade for the Abrams until a replacement vehicle is fielded sometime in the next decade. As relations with Russia deteriorate, the Abrams is once again America’s most powerful weapon in a ground conflict in Europe.
Read MoreThe 2019 BMW X7 xDrive50i is not for driving enthusiasts, but it is actually pretty great to drive. This 5,400-pound SUV is as sybaritic as it is futuristic with toys like LED mood lighting in the sunroof, heated third-row seats, an intuitive head-up display and almost comically effortless acceleration.
Read MoreThe Italian container ship “Grande America” sank off the French Atlantic Coast last week after a fire broke out. All 27 crew members were able to evacuate before it sank, but over 2,000 cars, allegedly including a shipment of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, didn’t make it.
Read MoreThe $187,500 Jaguar XE SV Project 8 feels like the vengeful offspring of a Dodge Hellcat and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Brutal acceleration, frightening exhaust note, razor-sharp around corners and it stops like it only weighs 1,000 pounds. It looks vaguely practical with four doors and a trunk, but make no mistake, this car is more weapon than transportation.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing what to do if the dealer’s service department was joy riding your car, selling a used Lambo, and what to do if you bought the wrong car.
Read MoreJP is having a crisis of performance vs. practicality. His lease is up soon and he likes a good sport sedan, but needs some hauling capability as a new homeowner. He’s tired of bugging his friends for trucks, but he really doesn’t want to give up something that is fun to drive. What car should he buy?
Read MoreThose of you familiar with the “pink tax” shouldn’t be at all that surprised to learn that women tend to pay more than men for car insurance in half of the United States. And this is despite men being found to be the overall riskier drivers. Go figure!
Read MoreThe Dodge Challenger is as old as it is impractical. It’s based on an ancient platform, and its looks haven’t changed that dramatically since its 2008 revival. It has the turning radius of a bus and the traction of a cat on hard floors, it guzzles gasoline like its job is to make sure the world runs out of petroleum, and, on some trims, its splitter will scrape the ground more often than a kid’s knees.
Read MoreThe old Range Rover Evoque was a big departure for the brand, offering something compact, stylish and fairly capable—and even a bit curious when it comes to the coupe and convertible. The new 2020 Range Rover Evoque has lost a bit of its stylish charm, but it remains a car that can be bold and still get out any rough conditions it gets itself into.
Read MoreThe 2019 Mazda 3 is already smoother and quieter than the previous generation, but, for the first time, it also comes with an all-wheel drive variant. Should you spend some extra cash to send power to all four wheels now? Yes, you absolutely should.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing hidden rebates, getting rid of a gifted car, and leasing for older folks.
Read MoreThe 2020 Kia Telluride is a first for the automaker—a mid-size crossover truly big and beefy enough to compete with the Volkswagen Atlas, Toyota Highlander, Mazda CX-9, and other SUVs in its class. It’s highly competent, comfortable, and, dare I say, even fun.
Read MoreTodd is tired of navigating the pot-hole minefield of Los Angeles and wrecking his wheels. He wants to get an affordable coupe that he can turn into a safari- style car with more suspension travel and off-road tire goodness. What car should he buy?
Read MoreIt’s hard to find much wrong with the 2018 Fiat 124 Spider Abarth, even compared to the more famous Mazda Miata it shares underpinnings with. It’s sporty, fun and it zips around town like every day is a warm summer day.
Read MoreIf you’re on the hunt for a new automobile, sensible consumer advice can be hard to come by. You’ll spend many hours reading reviews, deliberating over how to spend your hard-earned cash, when really, what you should do is watch this four minute Top Gear clip in which host Chris Harris basically gives you all of the answers.
Read MoreThe 550 horsepower 2019 Cadillac CT6-V, as I have outlined to you before, is extremely exciting if only because it’s one confirmed beacon of awesome in Cadillac’s increasingly meandering future. And it seems like Cadillac knows it too, because it seems like the company is really milking the opportunity with a “second installment” of cars.
Read MoreElon Musk kept calling the Tesla Model Y a “mid-sized SUV” at the new car’s reveal party, but the proportions in real life are more Toyota Prius than Honda Pilot or Jeep Grand Cherokee. Here’s what I was able to glean about what it’s like to ride in on a trip around the block.
Read MoreTake a Volkswagen Golf R. Give it a sexier body and a Spanish name. Make it front-wheel drive instead of all-wheel drive, but keep the 306 brake horsepower rating. Then make only 799 of them. It’s an odd recipe, but it’s a fun one that gets you this: the SEAT Leon Cupra R.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing the best automatic transmission for someone who prefers a stick, the risks of a branded title Jaguar, and unexplained dealer fees.
Read MoreJoe is a tall guy who likes his sporty coupes, but now that he’s a dad he needs something a little bigger to fit the car seat and baby stuff. But he doesn’t want to give up something that can corner. Despite a healthy budget, he hasn’t found the right fit. What car should he buy?
Read MoreJoe Girard, who held the Guinness world record for most cars sold in a calendar year, is dead at 90. Girard sold 1,425 cars in 1973, mostly Chevys, and 13,001 cars throughout his career. He also, annually, mailed a copy of his W-2 to a former boss who’d fired him, attaching a note that read, “You fired the wrong guy.”
Read MoreOne of the more confusing aspects of a new car deal is when rebates and financing specials are involved. One path may be more advantageous than the other and, if you don’t have a game plan before you arrive at the dealership, you may not end up with as good of a deal as you expected.
Read MoreThe 2019 Mazda Miata answers a prayer car enthusiasts have recited for years, by getting more power than it’s ever had from the factory. In going from 155 horsepower to 181, the new model takes the honored, three-decade-old Miata formula and improves it in one of the most obvious, and important, ways.
Read MoreWhen it comes to comparison tools on car purchasing websites, it generally helps to compare your desired car to, well, its competitors. If you’re looking at buying a Toyota Corolla, for example, there’s a better chance that you’d want to see how it compares to a Honda Accord than a Bentley. But on Toyota’s website, prospective buyers can see how their 2019 Corolla compares to a Ferrari—y’know, just in case they’re torn.
Read MoreAround these parts we spend a considerable amount of internet ink railing on car dealers. They don’t make it difficult for us to do this—there is no end to tales of rude salespeople, shady deals, questionable math, insane markups, service nightmares and the occasional joyride. But the dealers and techs who are great at customer service don’t end up in the news much. Let’s shine a light on them for a change.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing dealer markups, purchasing a Toyota Corolla or a Subaru Impreza, and which Dodge Challenger should depreciate the least.
Read MoreDaniel admits he has a problem with owning too many cars and bikes. His plan is to streamline his collection a bit down to only a few rides and is looking for that one special car he can enjoy. He wants the odd combination of weird, fun, and reliable. What car should he buy?
Read MoreThe average new car payment is $551 per month, that is up ten percent compared to three years ago. Car buyers that bought or leased cars back in 2016 are getting some sticker shock and that is leading to some of them putting themselves into dangerous financial situations.
Read MoreLast week, Tesla surprised damn near everyone by announcing it will close most of its retail stores and switch to an all-online ordering system. While Tesla buyers have typically been ordering cars online for years now, the move represents an end to the physical locations where they could test-drive cars, get educated on the various models and options and buy merchandise.
Read MoreHey, you know what isn’t terrible right now? Volvo. While every other automaker seems content to drown us in crossovers without even making most of them fun or interesting, the last Swedes standing at least remain also committed to wagons for those of us who still want them—even if they’re sometimes special order-only. What’s more, said wagons—the new V90 and V60—happen to be quite good.
Read MoreOnce again our friends at iSeeCars.com have crunched the data and come up with a new list for 2019 on the cars most likely to rack up some serious mileage. The overall winners are fairly predictable with big trucks, SUVs, and Toyotas taking the top spots, but there was a surprise leader in the iSeeCars newest category: sports cars.
Read MoreVolkswagen is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Golf model line. As a replacement for the stalwart Beetle, it would be an understatement to call it a successful follow-up. For decades the Golf has been a great choice for many. On the eve of the Mk8 Golf, let’s celebrate the past.
Read MoreAccording to multiple lawsuits filed late last year, General Motors failed to address multiple acts of workplace racism in its Toledo transmission plant. Black workers reportedly were subjected to “whites only” signs on bathrooms, swastikas drawn on walls, were frequently called racial slurs, and nooses were left hanging on multiple occasions over the course of four years. Now GM is making its workers attend training on how not to be racist.
Read MoreWith an unstable regulatory environment, high tariffs, underwhelming tax returns, low consumer confidence, a lack of incentives, and rising interest rates, economists aren’t surprised by the sales dip the industry is experiencing. Perhaps the worst news is that there is no expectation for a turnaround any time soon. According to a report by Automotive News, the four major sales forecasters expect a drop in March of between 1.5% and 6.7%.
Read MoreAfter harping on the idea of the 2019 Jaguar XE SV Project 8 being a smallish sedan that’s also a supercar, somebody reminded me of another excellent vehicle that would fit such a description: the Lotus Carlton.
Read MoreThe Major Deegan Expressway stretches out before us, the last bit of highway before we return to the stoplights of New York City. The mountain roads we found in the morning are still fresh in our mind, the four-cylinder howling past 7,000 RPM rings fresher in our ears. “The fact that speeding is illegal,” I shout over the din, “really puts a damper on this car.”
Read MoreI had sort of assumed that the Ford Flex, a retro gigantic wagon in an age of globular crossovers, had faded into obscurity already. Not quite, as it turns out.
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, Lyft filed an affidavit in its lawsuit opposing New York City’s regulations aimed at increasing for-hire vehicle driver pay. The new minimum requires drivers to earn $17.22 per hour after expenses, up from $11.90 per hour. In that, Lyft argued it raised prices in order to comply with new pay rules, but this resulted in a “significant decrease” in rides. The company’s argument, as summarized by the newsletter Oversharing, is as follows:
Read MoreGood morning, you probably didn’t realize when you woke up that you were intensely curious about the next-generation Ford Escape. Who wouldn’t be? This is a crossover that enthusiasts have obsessed over for years. Some even say, “It’s sort of like a Jeep Wrangler, but.” For those, Ford has answered your prayers.
Read MoreLast summer, I met a man named James Barbour III. I wrote about his remarkable life as documented original Tuskegee Airman, as a highly influential and respected racing official who’s had an immeasurable impact on the Sports Car Club of America and world-class competitions, and his time as an avid amateur race car driver who was well-known for his fast and fearless driving style.
Read MoreThe 2019 Volkswagen Arteon’s entrance onto the U.S. market has been more delayed, in new-car terms, than a shipment of knockoff designer shoes and accessories you decided to buy off of a suspicious discount website that one time. (Never mind that once they did ship, they took about two extra months to arrive.)
Read MoreIt was only a matter of time before someone got their hands on a new 2020 Toyota Supra and proceeded to drop the OG 2JZ engine into it. That someone is drifting champ Daigo Saito and, surprise surprise, the car mobs.
Read MoreThis week, reports came out about dealer order guides for the 2019 Mazda 6 missing a feature that’s long been optional on the car: a manual transmission. But no matter how much you wanted to ignore the reports and wait until its debut to accept the truth, Mazda confirmed the news to Jalopnik overnight.
Read MoreWOW Air, the low-cost airline based out of Iceland, is shutting down effective immediately, the company announced. Every last flight has been cancelled immediately, and all would-be passengers have been told to go find a flight with someone else.
Read MoreTo hear Ferrari’s mid-engine supercar world-beater described as “civilized” kind of takes a little of the mystique out of the car’s history to me.
Read MoreThe Mazda 6 is a good car, even if many buyers ignore the existence of sedans these days, and it’s long come with the option for a manual transmission—even if the stick is currently relegated to the car’s lowest trim. But citing dealer order guides, CarsDirect reports that the manual will be no more in 2019.
Read MorePeople in charge of automotive safety in the European Union have tentatively agreed on a litany of new car technology, including black box-style data recorders, that will be required standard equipment by 2022. Buckle up, it’s a pretty long list.
Read MoreThere are hot-selling new cars, and then there are the cars that live a fairly long and lonely existence on the dealer lot. Some cars don’t find homes for 150 days or more. The list of 2018's slowest-selling cars from 24/7 Wall Street and Kelly Blue Book is mostly filled with what you would expect—along with a few wild cards.
Read MoreIt wasn’t that long ago that the Lamborghini Urus was crowned crossover king of Volkswagen Group. But it appears that reign will be short-lived, because when the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid comes out, it’ll be the most powerful big car of the VAG lineup.
Read MoreEven though nobody reads print magazines for automotive news anymore since there’s no way they could get to their dentist’s office quick and often enough to find out the latest about what’s going on, print magazines have adapted in novel and clever ways. You can really see that in this season’s latest issue of Yeaaaaghh! Motherfucker Quarterly.
Read MoreIf you want a new Mercedes-AMG that’s compact and not astronomically expensive, you could check out the 2019 A35 hatchback. But if you live in the U.S. you’re out of luck. You still are, kind of, but now it appears that the 2020 Mercedes-AMG A35 is making its way to America in the form of a sedan.
Read MoreI learned something when I started working at this weird little website. Vans, as it turns out, are good! Especially funky and quirky little vans from Asia. These, as the consensus appears to be, are the best ones. But how much of this is just us reveling (again) in what we couldn’t have?
Read MoreCars are cool and fun, as most people reading Jalopnik would probably agree, but if were honest with ourselves most people’s relationship with cars is a lot more complicated than just deciding if they’re great or terrible.
Read MoreYesterday, we reported that Daimler’s Smart microcar brand might have been on its way out because Renault was reportedly considering not re-upping the current joint-venture. But don’t mourn just yet because there might be a savior on the horizon.
Read MoreAt first, I had the impulse to begin this story explaining why I enjoyed Car Talk as a kid even though I didn’t know anything about cars. But to even supply an explanation is to violate the spirit of what made the radio show special. As long as you found the task of identifying and solving problems inherently fulfilling, no matter the object or concept in question, then Car Talk was for you.
Read MoreThe 2000s were a golden age of cars—an era that embraced both modern safety features and design as well as a bygone the-sky’s-the-limit attitude that’s all but vanished today as the world is taken over by electric crossovers. And one of the most glorious results of that time was the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.
Read MoreOne of my prized possessions is a book from 1976 entitled Automotive Self Expression, and subtitled The Kit Car Phenomenon. Never being one to pass up a good phenomenon, I still peruse it to this day, pouring over its pages filled with Volkswagen-based kits, dune buggies, exotics, and V8 Corvair conversions.
Read MoreFor the luxury car companies, the next big thing is electric vehicles. Thank Tesla, tightening emissions standards and, most of all, China for that. BMW, still purported makers of the Ultimate Driving Machine, is no exception. It’s got a pretty strong hybrid lineup already and has gone even further out there with cars like the i3 city car and i8 exotic. Now we know more about what’s next.
Read MoreDaimler’s Smart was a wildly ambitious idea: can you get a European-style microcar to work everywhere, especially as an early pioneer of car-sharing? But it’s widely known that Smart has been losing money across the board for years now, and if this German business journal’s report is accurate, it may not be very long for this world.
Read MoreBig rigs, cargo trucks and construction vehicles in America aren’t typically decorated with anything besides dirt and road grime. Some may add a saucy mudflap or a few extra lights, but that’s nothing compared to the work trucks of Pakistan. Regular, everyday work vehicles are covered in unbelievably intricate paintings and sculptures. Behold: the “Jingle Trucks” of Pakistan.
Read MoreSpring, finally, has arrived. That means it’s time to put away the dowdy old sweaters and heavy jackets. But what will you wear instead? You have to have clothes—it’s the law. Thankfully we at Jalopnik have you covered with some sexy new t-shirt designs that will let everyone you meet know your blood is pumping full of gasoline and good takes.
Read MoreI can’t say I give a ton of thought to modern Ferraris these days—it took me a while to even remember the 488's replacement is the F8 Tributo—but even I can appreciate the sheer audacity and wealth needed to commission Ferrari itself to build the exact car you want to your exact specifications over a period of years. Meet the latest one of those, the Ferrari P80/C, touted as Ferrari’s “the most extreme one-off design ever.”
Read MoreFord’s top dealers got a sneak peek at a prototype 2020 Ford Bronco last month, and the details—revealed by participants to Automotive News—sound glorious. Some highlights: The Bronco will be available with two or four doors, it will have a removable top and doors, and it will be part of a new family of off-road vehicles.
Read MoreScience has been seeking an answer to the question “What is a Mercedes-Benz R-class?” for years to no avail. Nobody has ever been able to capture one to study it closely. Several researchers have offered hypotheses, but the debate rages on. Wagon? Van? SUV? Hatchback? Marsupial? The world may never know.
Read MoreDetroit is overflowing with big fast off-road truck rumors right now, as Ram is planning a Rebel TRX which will supposedly make use of the Hellcat supercharged Hemi, and it would seem that Ford is fighting back with its own supercharged V8 hopped up version of the Raptor. According to Car and Driver’s sources within Ford, the Raptor’s Ecoboost V6 will be replaced by a 700-horsepower 5.2-liter forced induction V8 cribbed from the upcoming Mustang GT500. That sounds exciting.
Read MoreGM’s been making headlines lately because of plant shutdowns and job cuts, but now for some not-terrible news: The company says it will add 400 jobs in Michigan as it invests $300 million into a new electric car, which will be sold in addition to—and based on the architecture of—the Chevrolet Bolt.
Read MoreThough it’s apparently suffering from some development delays, details about the mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette are staring to trickle out at a faster pace. Now, an anonymous tipster has clued us in on potential technical details with screenshots of what appears to be the order guide for the model.
Read MoreIndyCar will race at Circuit of The Americas in Austin for the first time ever this weekend alongside some entertaining support series, but not before we get the chance to have a little fun ourselves. If you’re going to the track this weekend or happen to be in town, feel free to join us for a meetup on Saturday night.
Read MoreIn 2014, a Chinese-built Range Rover Evoque launched at the Guangzhou Auto Show. Nearby sat the Landwind X7, a cheaper copy of the SUV sold by a Chinese company for a fraction of the price. But Friday, a Beijing court ruled in Jaguar’s favor—determining that the X7 copied five features of the Evoque. Now it’s coming to an end and the copycat company owes JLR some money.
Read MoreAs we near the end of its run, I care less that the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ never got crazy turbocharged power the way everyone wanted and more that they were happening again, period. The world needs more small sports cars. Evidently both automakers agree, even as crossovers and trucks take over the world, because all signs lately point to another Toyobaru in the cards.
Read MoreWhile ultimately a shrewd business plan rather than the borderline charitable act it was taught as in my Michigan high school, Henry Ford’s decision to make the Model T affordable, and to pay his workers enough to afford one, is credited for a burgeoning middle class of the era. Perhaps it is ironic, then, that Detroit is turning its back on this method and dumping employees out of their collective workforces quicker than you can say corporate tax cuts.
Read MoreIceland has turned into one of those really hip tourist destinations for those quirky people you see on Instagram who are constantly traveling to out-of-the-way places. The airfare is cheap, it’s a relatively small country, and it’s a great jumping-off point for other European destinations.
Read MoreI’m not going to pretend that I know what early 1970s Finnish potential Lada buyers were likely to find compelling in a commercial, but I will admit that I didn’t expect it to be a voice over that has the same vocal quality that you’d expect out of a hooded acolyte raising a goat-blood-dripping dagger over their head during a black mass to summon the Dark Lord.
Read MoreCoined by Toyota, there’s a term in the automotive industry called “Poka Yoke,” which basically means establishing a manufacturing process so that it’s essentially error-proof. One way this can be done is by designing a part so it can only be installed in the correct orientation. Well, it appears that whoever designed the Chrysler 200's door panel didn’t get that memo.
Read MoreHyundai’s new N Line is a mild performance treatment for the cars that aren’t its full-on N sports car variants, like the i30N and Veloster N. The first in the U.S. to get the treatment was the 2019 Elantra GT N Line. Now there’s the Hyundai Tucson N Line—the first N Lined SUV from the Korean automaker.
Read MoreAs we all know by now, Volkswagen has developed an impressive new modular electric vehicle platform called MEB, and they’re going to be using that to underpin a really interesting variety of cars in the near future. According to Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess, one of those interesting new electric cars will not be a Beetle. I think Herbert is either lying or is a fool.
Read MoreTalks of a possible partnership or even merger between Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler abound after a French newspaper interviewed PSA Peugeot-Citroën executive Robert Peugeot, who implied that Fiat Chrysler might make for a suitable partner for the French automaker.
Read MoreThe Mazda Miata has been rear-wheel drive for its entire 30-year existence, as most people believe a proper sports car should be. But the new Mazda 3 will have all-wheel-drive for the first time. This got me wondering if an all-wheel-drive Miata isn’t the worst idea after all—and if Mazda could even pull it off.
Read MoreThe Bloodhound supersonic car project that’s been racing toward a 1,000-mph land record for the past decade was saved from death last year, and for quite a while since, its website has shown the same message: “The new owner has been busy working ... out if its [sic] possible to save the ... project.”
Read MoreYes, friends, Redemption Garage is back, ready to do our damnedest to force you to, likely painfully, re-think some conceptions about cars you’ve long ago relegated to your mental scrapheap. This week, I want to do yet another Dodge/Chrysler product, the Dodge Neon. Specifically, the very first generation of Neons, the ones built between 1995 and 1999.
Read MoreThe Jalopnik Editorial Board today was startled by some news. The BMW 640i xDrive Gran Turismo is, apparently, a car that exists. It is so much so a car that exists, in fact, that a whole entire post was written about it in 2017.
Read MoreThis month, the $12.5-million Bugatti La Voiture Noire debuted at the Geneva Motor Show, mysteriously letting us gaze upon its exterior glory and nothing else. But there was a reason, other than the fact that we’re not rich enough to handle it: The car won’t actually be done for at least another two years.
Read MoreFord just announced that it’s investing in a second manufacturing plant for electric cars, adding to the one in Mexico set to build a “Mustang-inspired” electric SUV in 2020. This new location will be churning out cars on a new “flexible’ architecture that we really don’t know much about.
Read MoreWhen you think of a Japanese tuner car, what comes to mind? Decals, a giant wing, cool wheels and a beefy body kit, right? It’s an aesthetic that oozes nostalgia, and it makes the Signal Auto R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R perhaps one of the most famous tuner cars to date.
Read MoreDriving a car isn’t simply popping your backside casually into a seat and twiddling the wheel from there. There actually is a right way to adjust your seat for maximum comfort, control and safety.
Read MoreThe long-rumored upcoming BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe was finally confirmed by the automaker Wednesday, with a teaser image revealing a cool green color and a press release announcing the car will sadly be based on a front-wheel drive platform.
Read MoreIf Speed Racer taught us anything, it’s that our cars can only be improved by the addition of specialized and ridiculous equipment tailored to suit very specific situations—but how many of us actually put that theory to the test? Finnish YouTube channel Behind the Press has decided to do the heavy lifting for us, by swapping the tires of a Subaru Legacy wagon for actual, literal saw blades.
Read MorePerhaps one of the most tedious parts of meeting new people is finding common interests. But Koenigsegg is the bearer of good news this week, because you and roughly 7.5 billion other people now have something to bond over: your lack of a 1,600-horsepower, $3 million Jesko, which is officially sold out.
Read MoreJapan has long been one of Ferrari’s strongest markets. But within the car community here, many attribute much of the Italian brand’s success in the Land of the Rising Sun to one man: Toru Kirikae. Kirikae-san is regarded as the godfather of Ferrari in Japan and is called by his friends as “Mr. Ferrari.” Quite the reputation to uphold.
Read MoreThe last car I owned was so rusty that a dinner-plate sized chunk of the floor once started flapping in the breeze while I was driving down the highway. I thought that was bad. It has nothing on this Corolla.
Read MoreThe 2019 Mazda 3 has arrived. It has two versions, a front-wheel drive and an all-wheel drive. We got in the front-wheel drive version earlier this year, but I’m about to get in the AWD version in a few hours, on a snow course in California. What do you want to know?
Read MoreSay, did you know there’s a new Toyota Supra? Anyone heard anything about that? Probably not, since this was a car that was almost never discussed or relentlessly teased for what feels like a decade. Well, it’s finally here, and you can get in in some pretty cool colors.
Read MoreAs long ago as the Paris Motor Show last fall, Bugatti president Stephan Winkelmann has been talking about expanding the Bugatti lineup, but has been cagey about what might be coming. How can you possibly follow up the $3 million Chiron, the $5.8 million Divo, and the $12.5 million La Voiture Noire? According to Car, the French brand is putting together a Taycan-based long-wheelbase luxury EV, allegedly due some time in 2023.
Read MoreThe recently-unveiled, track-slaying Subaru WRX STI S209 adopted the company’s top-level S-line branding, but it nearly went a step beyond that, with the almost-revival of a 22B-like name.
Read MoreIt would appear that the window profile on the C-pillar of the new Cadillac CT5 sedan is being outdone in the quality department by none other than the humble Honda Accord.
Read MoreI just got back from a trip to Taiwan and let me tell you: It’s a crime that we never got the Toyota Wish here in the States. It is very nearly the perfect people-mover and do-everythinger. It’s useful, economical and even has a fun name. Everyone should have one immediately.
Read MoreMost non-car people are familiar with Fisker because of the striking-looking-if-flawed Fisker Karma, though the man has designed some other well-known and remarkable cars like the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Fisker announced a plan Monday morning to introduce a mass-market SUV priced around $40,000 and with a planned range of 300 miles. It also has a massive face.
Read MoreThere have been plenty of comments clowning on the 2019 BMW X7’s significant proportions, but frankly I think this vehicle is overdue. America’s lust for luxury vehicles the size of trucks has been insatiable for decades and the Mercedes GLS needed a rival anyway. Now it’s time to drive the Ultimatest Driving Machine. What do you want to know?
Read MoreIt was the Cadillac CTS sedan that brought Cadillac into its modern era, past the Broughams and Fleetwoods your grandparents drove and into BMW-fighting high performance. In V form especially it brought a ton of horsepower to the table with wonderful results, but at the end, sales were dreadfully slow—leaving Cadillac to focus more on SUVs and crossovers. But it hasn’t given up the sedan game entirely. Meet the CTS’ modern replacement, the Cadillac CT5.
Read MoreA few car friends and I have recently been discussing the concept of a “forever car” and whether it exists for every car-minded enthusiast. It’s something along the same lines as a soul mate. Do you believe in soul mates? You might believe in forever cars, too. And if you do believe in forever cars, do you have one? A car that will be in your life until you draw your final breath? What is it? I’m dying to know.
Read MoreI have a bunch of old videogame consoles at my house: old Ataris, an Odyssey 2, a Bally Astrocade, a Vectrex, Virtual Boy, and so on. Less old but still old-ish is a Wii in the mix there, and my kid likes to play on all of these. This morning, he was playing a game on the Wii that involved driving a car. I saw it, and for the first time since first playing this thing over a decade ago, I think I know what car inspired the one in the game. I know because I own that car now.
Read MorePorsche is in a tough spot. The brand has to offer electric vehicles to stay relevant, but at the same time, it’s got to avoid diluting its identity, which is—especially in the case of the Porsche 911—inherently linked to internal combustion engines. I spoke about this with Porsche’s member of the executive board for sales and marketing, Detlev von Platen, and learned that the Stuttgart-based company is extremely hesitant about sending high voltage through its most legendary nameplate.
Read MoreThis Chevy Caprice has simple black paint with a few scratches, essentially stock interior, a practical ride height and an LS3 V8 that puts over 1,000 horsepower to the wheels. Now that, my friends, is a sleeper.
Read MoreFeel something exciting in the air? Does there seem to be a general sense of energy all around you? Perhaps a slight tingling in your armpits or groin? If so, don’t worry! It’s because it’s finally time again for automotive Would You Rather, and your body knows you need this. So pour some 10W-40 in your ears and lube up that brain, because you’re gonna need it. Here we go.
Read MoreAs I believe I’ve made quite clear, I have a nearly debilitating soft spot for strange, forgotten, usually rear-engined little microcars. Desperate, cheap little things that I love even more if they look like they’ve been forced into reality from a cartoon drawn by a child. This time, I found out about one that fits the bill so well, I have to remind myself I didn’t make it up: the Triver Rana 500.
Read MoreBuried in a Bloomberg story quoting a bunch of steam about how Bugatti may possibly one day consider making a “more affordable” (in the context of the ultra wealthy), potentially electric daily-driver model, there was this line: “The average Bugatti customer has 42 cars at home.” I find this fascinating and see the need to call attention to it.
Read MoreIt may be rude and crude. It probably isn’t the way your mama raised you to behave. But it is not illegal, or so says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Read MoreWhen the all-time fastest car around the Nürburgring is a hybrid, there’s no excuse to still think “hybrid” means “slow.” But there’s a reason why even major manufacturers struggle to put electric-assisted cars on the market. Home-tinkerer Matt Brown (with a NASCAR team and Tesla on his resume) figured out a way to make his own hybrid system for extra speed, yet his CBR1000RR-swapped 1964 Honda S600 proved that adding hybrid power still isn’t exactly simple.
Read MoreNo Falcon Doors. No crazy gimmicks like Bioweapon Defense Mode. No pickup truck. No zany new features to spread to other cars. Tonight’s reveal of the Tesla Model Y crossover was, compared to many of the automaker’s previous dazzling Apple-like presentations, pretty boring. It felt normal—as does the car.
Read MoreThree wild years after the introduction of the Tesla Model 3, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has finally introduced its long-promised crossover sibling, the Tesla Model Y.
Read MoreWe all love weird science experiments. I’m personally a real big fan of the crazy stuff those Garage 54 guys do. One time they made some pistons out of wood, and the results were pretty great. But what happens when the other end of the combustion chamber is made out of a stationary block of wood? That’s what ChargerMiles007 aimed to find out when he cut apart a 2X4, drilled some bolt holes, mounted a spark plug in the middle, and slapped it on an old Briggs & Stratton motor he had laying around.
Read MoreWe’ve been hearing about the Tesla Model Y, the crossover sibling to the Tesla Model 3, since all the way back in October of 2015. Three years later, it’s about to debut at 11 p.m. est. tonight. Here’s everything we know about it so far.
Read MoreNews that the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500's top speed would max out at a limited 180 mph yesterday really seemed to bum people out, with some even saying the Fun Police had been involved in the decision. Assuming you could even find a place to go faster, we asked Ford why they won’t let you.
Read MoreIf you’re the head of a German automotive company that existed prior to 1945, I submit that a key element of your job is: not invoking the Holocaust. This rule applies perhaps most of all to the head of Volkswagen, a company that, for reasons both fair and unfair, is most associated with the Nazi regime of any of the major automakers.
Read MoreMany “import” cars of importance these days are made in the U.S.—BMW, Mercedes, Honda, Volvo, Kia, Nissan, Subaru, Hyundai all have huge operations here. That also includes Toyota, which announced today it’d be investing even more in its already substantial U.S. production facilities.
Read MoreI know that headline sounds like some insane click-bait horseshit, but in this case, it’s actually pretty true. In this end-of-season Jason Drives episode, I have the incredible pleasure of struggling to drive a 1913 Metz, and, yes, of the two major components in its incredibly simple transmission, one is mostly made out of paper. I’ll explain more.
Read MoreWe’ve heard the mid-engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette has been plagued with delays over development issues, particularly with the implementation of General Motors’ new global electrical system. We’re not sure if that’s what is to blame here, but what we do know is one of the camouflaged C8 mules had a rather embarrassing public breakdown at a gas station in the Detroit area recently.
Read MoreThe Honda Civic Type R is the newest vehicle on the New South Wales Police Force in Australia, but don’t think a cop will come after you in it for breaking the hooning laws or trying to street race it at a stoplight. This 306-horsepower hot hatch, law-enforcing livery or not, will be for show.
Read MoreYou may remember a time where the numbers on the back of luxury cars actually corresponded to something. That time is generally gone. But now, Cadillac, a company with absolutely no problem connecting with American car buyers, will introduce a new badge system that won’t be confusing at all. You see, it uses the metric system. I’m sure we are going to love it.
Read MoreWhen the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in January, we wrote that it would “Slay Hellcats And Camaros With At Least 700 HP.” Two months later, we still don’t have an exact power figure, but we do have borderline-pornographic images of both cooling system hardware and aerodynamic simulations. Prepare your souls.
Read MoreThe world is a complicated place, and our lives are rich and complex as well. This means that it’s easy to get caught up in the involved business of living, with work and relationships and processing the outside world’s madness. The result is that far too often we find ourselves without the opportunity to tackle the really big, important questions of life, like speculating what sorts of cars centaurs would drive. I intend to resolve this issue, right now.
Read MoreToday’s cutting-edge car designs focus on things like electric power, and semi-autonomous driving. But look back a few decades and you’ll find Detroit struggling to reach a different set of aspirations. This is the 1984-1986 Chrysler Laser, a car tasked with the lofty goal of being... a somewhat practical sporty coupe.
Read MoreA whistleblower trying to alert the public to what he claimed was wasteful and unsafe practices at the Tesla Gigafactory spiraled into a bizarre vendetta involving the company’s CEO Elon Musk, according to a wild Bloomberg report. This story’s got it all: sex and drugs in the workplace, paranoia, spying (both digitally and in real life) on employees and unions, and someone calling in a fake mass shooting warning.
Read MoreThe Environmental Protection Agency has announced that Fiat Chrysler will recall 862,520 vehicles for failing to meet U.S. emissions standards, Reuters reported early Wednesday. Surprisingly, the cars involved allegedly weren’t diesels, but actually gasoline vehicles like the Dodge Caliber and Jeep Compass.
Read MorePorsche is in the midst of its electric revolution, with the upcoming Porsche Taycan sedan promising to be the new electric car to beat, and with more EV sports cars based on the Taycan sure to come. The question Porsche faces is now is what to do with the humble Boxster.
Read MoreI just got back from the very fancy Amelia Island Concours, which was crammed full of fancy people and fancy cars. This year, though, there was a decidedly less fancy component: For the first time, a separate class of coachbuilt Volkswagens was featured. While pretty much everything in that class was remarkable (and will be covered soon) there’s one fascinating standout I have to share with you: A 1965 Karman-built design study that could have been a replacement for the Karmann-Ghia, if Volkswag
Read MoreI’ve been pushing for colored tires since at least 2016. In these modern times of ham radios and soups that eat like meals and candy bars with cookie crunches, it seems insane we’re still stuck under the brutal, dark tyranny of black-only tires. If there’s anyone who disagrees with me, I submit the above photo as proof that you’re, sadly, wrong.
Read MoreLast December we all found out that the coming mid-engine Corvette was in need of a revamp that required a delay of at least six months before the car would be ready for production. Allegedly there were three issues with the C8-generation car that needed to be dealt with before it could reach the hands of the consumer, according to this report by Hagerty.
Read More“There’s nothing stock on this car,” automotive journalist and test driver Jason Cammisa explains as he introduces his adorably simple-looking Volkswagen Cabrio. Looking is the key word there—make no mistake this basket is bad-ass.
Read MoreRecalls for Takata air-bag inflators with the potential to explode and spew shrapnel, and the more than 20 fatalities associated with them, have long outlasted even the company itself. After years of recalls and recalls on prior recalls, Honda’s North American arm announced Tuesday it’s recalling another 1.1 million vehicles for the issue.
Read MoreJalopnik has received a bunch of tips about Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ engines failing after being taken in for a valve spring recall. Yes, you read that right: The cars aren’t breaking and being recalled as a result, they’re allegedly being fixed under recall and then, as a result, breaking. Here’s what’s going on according to The Drive, whose author actually experienced the issue.
Read MoreFacing dismal sales and an uncertain Brexit outcome, Infiniti has announced it’s pulling out of western Europe altogether.
Read MoreThe new Subaru WRX STI S209 is unlike any other car the automaker has ever sold in America. Not because it’s the fastest or the most expensive, but rather, because it’s not technically a Subaru.
Read MoreWhen most of us think of Mitsubishi in the U.S., we think of the old days: the Lancer, the Evo, the Galant VR-4, the 3000GT, the Eclipse. Then, we remember that the Eclipse became a crossover, and we’re snapped back to reality with a harsh realization that everything is practical and sad these days.
Read MoreTires are made of rubber. Rubber bands are made of rubber. Ergo, based on the transitive property of equality, rubber bands are tires (???). Well, as this video of a Mercedes ripping a burnout in a wheel wrapped in rubber bands proves, that logic is deeply flawed.
Read MoreLast month, we were teased with clues for the next Volkswagen Golf R in the form of the 2019 Volkswagen T-Roc R, a 296 horsepower crossover we’re not likely to get in the U.S. But now the company has confirmed that the guts of that car do preview the next Golf R, and maybe more R models to come.
Read MorePresident Trump, who’s been threatening to end the federal electric vehicle tax credits for awhile now, committed to eliminating the credit in his proposed budget announced today. The budget is not expected to be approved by congress.
Read MoreWhen the one-off, $12.5-million Bugatti La Voiture Noire debuted recently, you might have had some somber revelations—including, but not limited to, “When will Bugatti ever make a car for people like me?” and “As a kid, I always thought I’d be able to afford the supercars from my posters by now.”
Read MoreIn the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Audi TT was untouchable. There was nothing on the road quite like it, with its beautiful, extremely curvy profile, optional all-wheel drive, and tiny proportions. More recent iterations of the TT haven’t quite been as legendary, and sales have been waning. Now, in a recent interview with Autocar, Audi’s CEO Bram Schot implied that the car may be on the chopping block. And that’s sad.
Read MoreThis year’s Geneva Motor Show was pretty much all about hybrid and electric cars, which is why it was surprising that Volkswagen showed up with a giant Touareg with a diesel V8, and called it the last V8 diesel they’d likely ever produce.
Read MoreWith trade tariffs, expansion into China, the slow death of sedans and General Motors’ closure plans, automotive production seems to be in the news more now than it’s been since the Great Recession. Which plants builds what cars and where is a complicated subject now, and it’s harder than ever to determine what exactly constitutes an “American” car versus a “European” one and so on. So which American factory leads in auto exports? Once again, it’s not even technically an American company.
Read MoreHey, we haven’t had a chat with you fine people since November. It’s a slow Friday but your Jalopnik staff is in a good mood regardless. Why don’t we hang out?
Read MoreA few months back, we heard a rumor that there were photos of the interior of the C8 2020 mid-engine Corvette revealing the name of the car. It turns out the photos were real, and the name on the interior trim is, well—still just Stingray. Not Zora, not anything crazy like that. Just Stingray.
Read MoreThe current VW Golf was a revolution when it came out, at least by the standards of the slow-roll Golf, coming with new modular MQB architecture under the skin. And now there’s a new new Golf that’s, well, back to evolution not revolution.
Read MoreImporting and registering a foreign vehicle can be a massive pain. So when I took the plunge to get a second Japanese Domestic Model car registered in New York, I decided to take you along for the ride.
Read MoreWhile I still think the car is ugly, throwing a bunch of racing kit, aero pieces, and a subtle livery on the new 2020 McLaren Senna GTR allows me to rest my eyes and instead focus on the car’s 814 horsepower and $1.44 million price tag. It’s for the track only, so forget picking up groceries in this McLaren.
Read MoreWhere I live in northern Nevada, the surrounding land is largely unpopulated high desert and mountains. Within a few dozen miles, there are entrances to large swathes of wide open public land. While a lot of it is not navigable by car, there are huge segments that are little more than untouched sand. That’s where something like this would be an absolute rip.
Read MoreThis weekend I’m looking after what Jaguar describes as the “most extreme performance Jaguar vehicle ever;” the 592 horsepower XE SV Project 8 sedan. What do you want to know about it?
Read MoreWhen the first Avanti finished in Youngstown, Ohio, rolled off the line on Sept. 30, 1987, it was touted as a rebirth for both a once-revolutionary car and for a region ravaged by the closure of its steel mills.
Read MoreApparently, BMW recently hosted a few journalists in Europe to drive the 2020 BMW 330e, revealing that the next-generation 3 Series hybrid now gets 252 horsepower, more than double the pure-EV range of the old car, and an “XtraBoost” feature that seemingly acts like a Fast & Furious nitrous sequence.
Read MoreFirst the Garage 54 ENG team bolted two inline-fours together to create a custom straight-eight in a display of wrenching wackiness. Then the mechanical madmen added another motor to make a twelve-cylinder. But now, for a reason that only the car gods can understand, they bolted on another engine, creating an absurd line of bolted-together four-cylinders that form an inline-16.
Read MoreI am an avid enthusiast of automobile manufacturers taking risks with regard to design. We need more forward-thinking concepts to keep major international auto shows interesting. Making crazy things look cool for the sake of making crazy things is part of what being a designer is all about.
Read MoreToday we ask an important question about the Dodge Caliber, a car that has spent over a decade squarely in the car world’s “shitbox” category: Has all of this time wallowing in its own mediocrity aged the Caliber like a fine wine into something that is, somehow, not bad?
Read MoreThe Ford Model T is one of those cars that even people who know nothing about cars have likely heard of. Usually, they’ve heard wrong things about it, like it was the first car ever, or the first mass-produced car, neither of which are true. What it was, though, was incredibly important. Most people aren’t aware of how weird these things were to drive, so this episode is all about showing just that. Oh, and also driving a loosely Model T-based hot rod that’s worth way more than I am, a living hu
Read MoreCar internet worked itself into a frenzy on Monday upon learning that beginning next year, Volvo will electronically limit the top speed of its cars to 112 mph (or 180 kph). The nerve!, the car people screamed. The sheer gall! Never mind that outside of a German Autobahn, a car’s top speed is largely irrelevant to most drivers, especially those in Volvo’s people-moving wagons and SUVs. But if you remain aggrieved by this news, take note that Volvo’s electric performance division Polestar isn’t h
Read MoreHyundai released photos of the 2020 Sonata late yesterday and, uh, I think it looks great? Almost Genesis-like? This once-boring sedan is now lower, wider and longer, and it’s probably sharper than ever.
Read MoreNIO, a young Chinese electric car company, is deciding not to build its planned Shanghai factory after a particularly expensive 2018. It will keep building and developing cars, though.
Read MoreToday was the day that Bugatti finally became the car maker of all our dreams. This multi-million dollar car, literally called “The Black Car” in French, managed to tip the scales with not a dual exhaust, or a quad exhaust, but a sextuple exit wonder piece for the whole world to admire. This is twice as many exits as a lowly Honda Civic Type-R. It’s the best new thing to happen to exhaust exits since Corvette decided on four center-exit pipes.
Read MoreTesla Model 3 sales in China have been temporarily halted and 1,600 vehicles are being held at Shanghai customs due to incorrect product labels, according to Chinese media outlet Caixin. This setback comes at an especially rough time—Tesla is trying to get as many new vehicles in the world’s largest electric vehicle market before any Trump tariffs kick in and the company’s factory in Shanghai is completed. [Update: it’s been fixed.]
Read MoreToday’s news of the death of actor Luke Perry had me thinking a bit about what was, undoubtedly, his breakout role. As Dylan McKay in “Beverly Hills, 90210" Mr. Perry was projected into literally millions of living rooms each week, for 199 episodes, becoming a 1990s teen idol. His character drove the totally cool and totally weird Porsche 356 seen above.
Read MoreLordstown, Ohio has been home to one of GM’s fifteen worldwide assembly facilities since 1966. Tens of millions of cars and vans have rolled off the production line in that time, including Caprices, Firebirds, and Vanduras.
Read MoreThe modern Dodge Dart lived a short life and died in 2016, but just like your insatiable craving for carbs or any of the characters on Supernatural, it never really died. No, the Dart is alive and well on dealer lots as a new-car offering from several years ago, and Dodge sold three of them in the U.S. in February.
Read MoreIn the 1980s, General Motors was hurting badly. It was the Roger Smith era, during which the company’s U.S. market share would end up dropping from the mid 40 percent range to the mid 30s. To help stop the bleeding, The General needed something to compete with the imports. More specifically, it needed an efficient, modern four-cylinder engine.
Read MoreWalking home in the snow last night maybe me ache for summer and, as if it was sympathetic to my plight, Mercedes revealed the 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster—a 577 horsepower convertible with a top speed of 197 mph. You know, for when those hot days return and you need to cool off.
Read MoreThe top speed of every new Volvo starting in 2020 will be 112 MPH, the company announced today. This is part of Volvo’s aim to eliminate all fatalities in its cars by 2020, along and other measures that the Swedish automaker is considering imposing, such as an automatic speed restriction in school zones.
Read MoreThe formula is really quite simple. Take a strikingly handsome vehicle to an interesting location, wait until golden hour and capture a few snaps. That’s really all it takes to make a great Weekend Wallpaper submission. Of course, you have to know how to frame the shot, and set up your camera to capture the scene, and post-process it, and okay, so maybe it isn’t so simple.
Read MoreComing hot on the heels of news that Tesla will finally offer the $35,000 Model 3 that was promised, Nissan quietly took the covers off its own set of numbers with dollar signs for the new extended-range Leaf Plus. The Tesla news came at exactly the wrong time for Nissan, as the 223 mile range 62 kWh battery Leaf S Plus will start at $36,550.
Read MoreAs drivers, we have a hard decision to make when a traffic signal turns from green to yellow. Technically that means come to a stop ASAP, but there are dozens of things that happen when we see that yellow. We have to judge not only whether we can stop in a short enough distance to not be a safety hazard, but whether the car behind us is too close to our back bumper to safely navigate the same stop. Are they paying attention? Are there any cops around?
Read MoreMoto Guzzi just unveiled the V7 III Racer Limited Edition for the U.S. and Canadian markets only. The Italians claim this is the company’s sportiest V7 to date, featuring adjustable Ohlins dampers, low handle bars, a humped seat, and a red frame. I think it looks absolutely spectacular, and with an MSRP just sneaking under the ten-thousand mark, it’s probably priced about right. At a bit over 400 pounds, it’s hardly a lightweight, but should be competent with a 52-horsepower 722cc transverse V-t
Read MoreAccording to the Governors Highway Safety Association, last year an estimated 6,227 pedestrian human beings were killed in traffic accidents, accounting for a 28-year high.
Read MoreLawrence, Kansas police recently responded to a “road rage” call that quickly revealed itself as a pointless parking lot standoff between two people too childish to move out of each other’s way. The police department took to Twitter yesterday to describe the idiotic situation, and to dunk on the individuals involved.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, we wrote about a team of Russians who bolted two inline-four cylinder engines together to create a homebrew straight-eight. But now, these intrepid backyard scientists have hooked another engine to the mechanical monstrosity, and the resulting inline-12 is glorious.
Read MoreNearly three-quarters of Americans think the future of cars is electric, according to a new study commissioned by Volvo, the Swedish automaker. Does that number seem high? It does! But maybe also realistic.
Read MoreThis Mad Max’d Honda Element, spotted by a reader in Pennsylvania, proves once again that less is more. As long as you’re on board with “less” safety and comfort in exchange for “more” wasteland raider aesthetic.
Read MoreWith Brexit threatening supply lines, China’s reversing growth, a lineup of old sedans, and a hefty price tag on new electric vehicle development, Tata Motors is reportedly looking to sell a bit of Jaguar Land Rover.
Read MoreIt almost seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Top Gear wasn’t an international phenomenon and massive franchise—and instead was just a little car-review show on the BBC. It was the internet that helped Top Gear break global barriers, and Alex Mills played a massive part in that. Mills, known to many by his internet handle of Viper007Bond, died this week of leukemia at 34.
Read MoreAlfonso Garcia Jr.’s plastic fantastic 1992 Saturn SL2 chop-top hot rod proves any car can be cool, and that you don’t need a big budget to build something amazing if you’ve got patience and determination.
Read MoreLyft, Uber’s rival in ride-hailing, formally notified the American government of its plan to go public today. That means we’re getting to see details on just how much money the company’s making for the first time, and some insights into what it’s up to technologically.
Read MoreI don’t know what’s going on in your life right now, or what challenges you may be facing, but I know goals can sometimes seem impossible, and one’s situation can seem intractable and doomed to never change. If that’s the case, I’d like to show you something that I hope will inspire you, something that I sincerely hope you can look upon and think, “hell, if that could be done, I can do what I need to do!” That thing is the Iso Autocarro, or, as it’s better known, the Isetta Truck.
Read MoreIn December, Aston Martin and Cosworth let us in on the details of the 1,000-horsepower V12 that would putter the new Valkyrie supercar along. But, because merely crossing the threshold into four-digit power numbers is never enough, Aston announced Friday that the car will get another 160 horses courtesy of its hybrid powertrain.
Read MoreIt’s apparent that the new Ferrari P80/C is unequivocally gorgeous, but the other day someone pointed out that it looks familiar. Specifically, that it looks like the fictional Vapid FMJ from Grand Theft Auto V. Now I can’t unsee the similarities.
Read MoreDon’t get me wrong: I’m very much about the look of the Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato rendering. I just also think it looks like a very sleek fish. This isn’t a bad thing.
Read MoreThe 2019 BMW X7 is the German automaker’s latest low-flying luxury barge. You may or may not care about what it’s like to drive, but the car has enough neat gadgets that I couldn’t resist revisiting it.
Read MoreThe 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe dropped today, boasting a steeply raked rear window and a name that does not mean what Porsche says it means. But no matter! Shut it down everyone—I’ve already found the best and classiest part of the car.
Read MoreI don’t think I’m alone in my love of the Porsche Mission E concept. Besides the impressive promised specs—670 horsepower, all-wheel drive with torque vectoring, zero to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and an 80 percent charge in just 15 minutes—Porsche’s first foray into production electric cars just looked absolutely stunning. It was more of a 911 from 50 years from now, with two extra doors, than any sedan. So how much will get lost in translation when its production version, the Porsche Taycan, drops
Read MoreAutomakers know full well that we humans harbor deep, primal needs for useless gadgetry—the more complex, the better. Among the devices that never ceases to fascinate me are fold-out cupholders, and yesterday, I discovered the crème de la crème. Behold the Porsche 911's amazing pop-out drink receptacles.
Read MoreTesla revealed its hopefully future biggest-selling car to the world last night, the Model Y. It’s notable in that it’s not really so notable— for Tesla, it’s a pretty straightforward design, in that there’s no crazy falcon/hawk/dragon doors or anything radical like that. The basic design, though, has a pretty significant flaw, but I’ve taken it on myself to fix it. You’re welcome.
Read MoreThe 2020 Porsche Taycan will finally be revealed in production form later this year, and to celebrate, Porsche reportedly sent around the latest and possibly final design treatment for the hotly-anticipated electric sedan—and it looks absolutely fantastic.
Read MoreThe stuffy office aesthetic of the 1981 Honda Accord—specifically its interior—is really working for me, now that I’ve had a chance to appreciate it. Take a look inside one of these; what was once mundane seems beautiful today.
Read MoreEver seen the way little kids draw cars? All crazy aerodynamics, wild color schemes and gigantic engines shoved any old place? The world in general would do well to get back to that level of wild imagination. That’s what I love about this, the craziest Mitsubishi Delica van ever conceived, from artist Ian Galvin. Check it out.
Read MoreFisker Automotive, once a luxury plug-in hybrid startup whose sedan had a distinctive face and a little problem with fires, was reborn several years ago under new ownership as Karma Automotive. It has big plans to do what Fisker could not, and now at next month’s Shanghai Motor Show, we’ll see its next move.
Read MoreWhile the design of Porsche’s latest road cars has been fairly standard and predictable, the company has been busy churning out beautiful concept cars like the Taycan, the limited-run Porsche 935, and now this, a modern interpretation of the Le Mans winning Porsche 917 race car.
Read MoreBright red brake calipers are yesterday’s news. It’s about time the community came together to come up with something new for the automotive scene. It’s time that your brake calipers had their time to shine as the perfect canvas for some totally rad art.
Read MoreLast month, we were suddenly frozen in fear of the prospect of a front-mounted U.S. license plate on the 2020 Toyota Supra, as the open-orifices of the car’s design didn’t leave a lot of room for mounting a thin, ugly rectangle of government-issued metal. Sadly, it’s almost exactly as bad as we feared.
Read MoreThe future seems bright for Audi as the company appears to have an entire portfolio of electric vehicles planned for launch over the next few years. And they aren’t all just SUVs, either. There’s also apparently a Tesla Model 3 competitor in the works, too.
Read MoreVolkswagen teased an all-electric dune buggy concept built on their new modular MEB platform and heavily inspired by ‘60s-era Beetle-based dune buggies like the famous Meyers Manx. We’re now seeing it in all it’s bright green glory before it shows up at the Geneva Motor Show, and, excitingly, it’s got more in common with those old air-cooled Beetle-buggies than you’d think.
Read MoreThere are things you can see with your own eyes and still not believe, like when a fourth-generation Toyota Supra sells for nearly $200,000, or—well, you get the point. This Ford Mustang doing a near cinematic spin in front of a semi in Florida, then driving away like nothing happened, is one of those things.
Read MoreI’ve tried to do less gawking at other people’s unfortunate wrecks but this Lamborghini Huracan Performante wipeout, reportedly recorded over the weekend, showed up on my feed so many times I couldn’t help but investigate. And now I’m just confused.
Read MoreYesterday, the man who goes by Don Koenigsegg on Instagram wrecked a full 50 percent of all the Koenigsegg CCXR Special Ones ever built. There were two, and they’re valued at about 30 million pesos ($1.57 million United Statesian-bucks) each. Now there’s one.
Read MoreThree things in life are certain: Death, Taxes and people in rental trucks hitting the 11-foot-8-inch railroad bridge in Durham, NC. Last month, two crashes happened in the same week, with surprisingly similar circumstances.
Read MoreWe’ve all enjoyed a good schadenfreude-chuckle at tall trucks get their roofs sardine-canned by low bridges like the famous 11 foot 8 bridge. Occasionally, though, the consequences of a low bridge on a tall vehicle can be a lot more dramatic, as this natural gas-powered bus in Stockholm proved a few days ago.
Read MoreTragedy: a bunch of racing cyclists crashed into the back of a Renault Koleos driven by the race organizers after the crossover slammed on its brakes. Why would it do that?
Read MoreOften, when the words “Ford Mustang” and “crashing” are written in the same headline, said crash wasn’t intentional. But this one most certainly was, and it landed one Indiana theft suspect a new, $52,000 Ford Mustang Bullitt to drive around—until the car was found at a nearby apartment complex, that is.
Read MoreLast week, TX2K19 took place outside of Houston, Texas. It’s a legally sanctioned automotive event that features things like drag racing, roll racing, dynoing and meets. It sounded great, but unfortunately a bunch of idiots also decided to hold street racing events of their own outside of the legal boundaries.
Read MoreCarlos Ghosn, the former CEO of Renault who was arrested months ago on charges of financial misconduct, was released this week from jail, having spent 108 days in lockup. He came out disguised as some kind of maintenance worker or laborer, for some reason, a move that his lawyer admitted today was a terrible idea after it was widely mocked.
Read MoreManthey Racing is a group of very straight laced Germans with a penchant for making Porsches go even faster. They’ve taken the 690 horsepower turbocharged Porsche maniac GT2 RS and made the aero, brakes, and suspension even more track biased. Chris Harris took it for a run at Portimao and ran a faster lap than he ever had before without so much as breaking a sweat. It makes sense, though, because this is the car that currently holds the Nurburgring lap record.
Read MoreThis weekend will see the 20th anniversary of 10 Things I Hate About You, one of the best and most timeless teenage (dirtbag) romance films made of all time. While the whole movie is always worth a revisit, I want to draw your attention to one scene in particular. And also, a car in particular.
Read MoreA few seconds of Netflix’s Triple Frontier trailer–where a red pickup truck with a cool roll bar gets all crashy–was enough to get me to watch the movie. That’s a decision I vaguely regretted before ultimately deciding the flick was just fine. But the cars, oh man, the cars are perfect.
Read MoreJohn Z. DeLorean is perhaps one of the most colorful people in the automotive landscape. He’s inspired countless articles, YouTube videos and films—no doubt, in part, because of the iconic car that bore his name and the drug charges later on. But what’s been romanticized and what’s true? A new documentary-hybrid film tries to separate the two.
Read MoreIt hasn’t even been 24 hours since the final episode of Season 26 of Top Gear aired, the last one with Rory Reid and Matt LeBlanc returning as full-time hosts, and the BBC is already teasing the next season with Chris Harris and two other guys.
Read MoreIt’s been over 10 years since the Aston Martin DBS engine note blew me away in the opening car chase to 2008's Quantum of Solace and I’ve never forgotten it, but the new Bond movie is reportedly going to be much different, with Bond driving the upcoming electric Aston Martin Rapide.
Read More“I’ve never driven a car that feels like it’s thinking its way around the circuit,” Top Gear’s Chris Harris says after ripping the LeMans-winning Porsche 919 around a race track.
Read MoreTop Gear has a habit of making its hosts build cars that are objectively idiotic. But I’ll be damned if I don’t absolutely love the rat rod luxury sedan race cars that Chris Harris, Matt LeBlanc and Rory Reid are driving in a new episode.
Read MoreIn automotive journalism, everyone from smaller-scale bloggers to the people on weeknight TV has access to press cars: loaners provided by an automaker for a certain amount of time, whether that’s a week or six months. Barring some kind of weird development, we’re supposed to give it back when time’s up.
Read MoreHere’s the tricky thing with car names: Sometimes they mean things. And so people project those meanings back onto the object or person bearing the name and sometimes the two don’t always align. Like with Kia’s new Masterpiece concept. That is its name. It definitely aims high, to say the least.
Read MoreLast June, we heard reports that the Corsair name would not, in fact, be used as part of an Edsel rebirth, but for the Lincoln MKC crossover replacement instead. But as far as Lincoln crossovers and SUVs have been going, the car might actually turn out to look pretty good.
Read MoreAs you may know, the Geneva Motor Show public days are this week, and while we’ve been covering a number of interesting concepts and cars at the show, there’s also something happening there that no one can really explain. For some reason, many of the cars are showing their location as being in Buckingham, England, and the year as 2036.
Read MoreMitsubishi made the right call going dramatic with the design of its new hybrid SUV concept. The Engelberg Tourer 4x4 trotted out at the Geneva Motor Show looks preposterous, but it’s hard to miss and I think elements here will tone down nicely to more practical production proportions. Meanwhile, the “Dendo House” reciprocal charging system it goes along with might have more potential to be significant.
Read MoreChances are, if this all-new Morgan Plus Six drove by you, you’d crane your neck around to watch it pass, but not because you were thinking “holy shit, look at that radically all-new Morgan!” but because you were thinking “hey, look, a Morgan!” Most people—even ones who know what Morgans are—wouldn’t have any idea that this was a pretty radical car, for Morgan. But it is, and here’s why.
Read MoreMcLaren does some debatable things, like the Speedtail’s mismatched wheels or the entire look that the Senna, like Gretchen Wieners and “fetch,” is trying but failing to make happen. But McLaren also does good things, like not giving into peer pressure and reminding us all that gradient paint will never go out of style.
Read MoreIf you’re like me, you were a little excited that the sporty-seeming electric car Kia has been teasing for the Geneva Motor Show for a couple weeks would turn out to be some sort of electrified future Stinger concept. Instead of that, it’s an awkward crossover coupe.
Read MoreEarlier this morning, the Financial Times reported that Polestar may not be able to offer upcoming models like the Polestar 2 in the U.S. due to tariffs on imported goods from China, but now the company is claiming there is nothing to worry about.
Read MoreJeep has introduced its very first production plug-in hybrids in the form of the Jeep Renegade and Jeep Compass, which are each powered by an electric motor in addition to the new 1.3-liter turbocharged inline-four. Together, the internal combustion engine and the electric motor make around 240 HP, can get the vehicles to 62 mph in roughly seven seconds, and offer electric-only drive modes for speeds up to 81 mph and distances up to 31 miles. Plus, they get an electric all-wheel drive system.
Read MoreWell, this is an unusual outcome. Not only is very storied and very dead brand Hispano Suiza back, it’s so back there are two of them—two dueling companies laying claim to the same name with competing and vastly different concepts at the Geneva Motor Show. I think I prefer this one.
Read MoreThe Mercedes EQV Concept is a sleek but simple van design that, honestly, is hard to understand why it’s only a concept and not a production car already. Its 100 kWh battery capacity is supposed to be able to shuttle eight people 249 miles with electric-only propulsion.
Read MoreI like how Aston Martin saw fit to butter us up, so to speak, with two mid-engine supercar debuts at the same auto show where it revealed a crossover SUV concept. You know how you always lead with the good news before telling someone the bad news? This is that. Anyway, I don’t think this is so bad, but it’s definitely something different from Aston Martin and sure to rile up the purists.
Read MoreThere’s certain trends for concept cars that seem to always manage to resurface, and module cars is one of them. Fiat’s embracing modularity and customizability full-on with their engaging new concept car, the Centoventi. It’s an interesting exercise in accessible, clever design for everyone, which is the essence of Fiat when they’re at their best.
Read MoreDon’t get confused—the Audi E-Tron and the Audi Q4 E-Tron are two different things. While they’re both electric SUVs, the Q4 is the updated, futuristic version making its appearance today at the Geneva Motor Show. The crossover coupe is just a concept for now, but just wait—two years from now, you’ll be able to get your hands on this bad boy.
Read MoreMazda already makes two small SUVs, the CX-3 and CX-5, the latter of which is about 11 inches longer and three inches wider than the former. Still, the company just introduced at the Geneva Motor Show a crossover that slots between those two, and for whatever reason, it’s called the CX-30 and not the CX-4 (perhaps because the CX-4 is already available in China?).
Read MoreIt’s easy to focus on the numbers when it comes to a new car from Koenigsegg. The Koenigsegg Jesko, its Geneva car this year, claims 1,600 horsepower, 1,000 kilos of downforce at speed, and a nine-speed transmission with seven clutches. But I’m more interested in its kind of anti-lag.
Read MoreThese days, do you really stand out if you drive a $3 million Bugatti Chiron? And God help you if you’re still driving around in the last-generation Veyron, which may as well be a broke-ass 1990s Honda Accord to the hyper-wealthy. No, what you need is this: the Bugatti La Voiture Noire, price tag $12.5 million.
Read MoreThe Geneva Motor Show is often a parade of supercars, a place for the robber barons and tech overlords who were just at Davos a month ago to cross some items of their shopping lists. And Aston Martin, long a purveyor of expensive GT and sports cars, is using Geneva to go hard on the mid-engine supercar market—and right after Ferrari and McLaren. With V6 power, no less.
Read MoreWhile other automakers are displaying 1,900 horsepower electric supercars and off-roading “hyper SUVs” at the Geneva Motor Show this week, Subaru brought something a little more modest. Last month Subaru teased a dimly lit crossover and now that concept has seen the light of day as the Subaru Viziv Adrenaline concept. It may not be a million-dollar hyper-super-mega vehicle, but it’s the kind of car that is guaranteed to bring in the ducats.
Read MoreOkay, so it ended up not being just a re-badged Jeep Renegade as some Geneva Motor Show pictures seemed to imply. That’s a good thing. Equally good is that the Alfa Romeo Tonale Concept, which previews the storied Italian brand’s first compact crossover, ended up looking pretty solid.
Read MoreRemember when all of us idiots thought the Porsche 918, Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 were at a level that would’ve been incomprehensible just a few decades before? That was cute. The Pininfarina Battista, the Italian design firm’s first-ever branded car, is going to be a 1,900 horsepower electric supercar. If this doesn’t turn you on to EVs, nothing can.
Read MoreThe Greek division of Autoblog hires some ballsy writers, since they managed to get into the Geneva Auto Show a bit earlier than everyone else, where they saw the Alfa Romeo booth being put together. In that booth they saw a big sign that revealed Alfa’s new, very likely Renegade-based small crossover’s name. It’s Tonale.
Read MoreI always wanted a car that looked like an insect trying to kill me when I get in it, and the new GFG Style Kangaroo concept car, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son, is pretty much that.
Read MoreGet out your bingo cards, there’s yet another 2019 Toyota Supra concept car. This one, the Toyota GR Supra GT4 Concept, is what a privateer racing Supra could look like. In fact, it’s almost exactly what Toyota could sell you. Instead of doing that, we’re just calling this a concept for now.
Read MoreIt’s the late 1960s, and you want a car to race in what could be some of the most competitive wheel-to-wheel in the game, European smallbore prototypes. So, you set about sourcing a tiny prototype with a 1300cc engine. You’ve got a few options, but you don’t want to follow the crowd. You hear tell of German brothers Stefan and Wenzel Mannl and their tiny coachbuilding company SWM. “Why not?,” you say to yourself. It’s bound to be good.
Read MoreI have given a name to my pain, and it is Bring a Trailer.
Read MoreBy this point, I’m sure you can tell what’s Jalop-bait and what’s not. The car’s gotta have a manual and generally be a wagon, at the very least. If you can throw a Radwood spin on it, even better. And this 1993 BMW 525i that popped up on Craigslist is the closest to that car I’ve seen in a while, namely because it has a V12 engine from an 8 Series—and a bunch of other parts from BMW’s big fancy ’90s coupe.
Read MoreRight now there is not one, but two First Edition 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8s with fewer than 10 miles on their odometers on eBay, from two different sellers. Their owners probably assumed the model was going to be a classic, and I bet never would have guessed that Dodge would be pumping out 797 horsepower versions of essentially that same vehicle over a decade later.
Read MoreAnniversaries, in the car world but also yours, are a way for companies to celebrate themselves while also raking in cash with marked-up “anniversary” products. But if you can’t drop a few million on a car like the Bugatti Chiron France edition, there’s still hope: the Hertz 100th-anniversary Chevrolet Corvette Z06 models, which will only put you out about $100,000 each.
Read MoreThere are lots of reasons to love the Mercedes R129-generation SL, not the least of which are its inline-six and V8 power, rear-wheel drive layout, and delightfully 1990s looks. But if those aren’t enough, this 1,180-mile 1992 Mercedes 500 SL “barn find” for sale on insurance auction site Copart may just win you over with its sheer perfection.
Read MoreIt hurts my heart to read that this custom ordered three-year-old McLaren P1 GTR hypercar has never set tire to race track, and has never been driven in anger. The odometer reads just 120 miles, and the listing at Canepa.com specifically states “never raced or tracked” which is a travesty. While the P1 GTR isn’t technically street legal anywhere, Mr. Canepa gets away with driving certain things on the street that aren’t legal because of who he is. But with 120 miles, it certainly has not been en
Read MoreThere is a certain prestige added to your brand that comes with a vintage shuttle repurposed as company notice-me vehicle. Whether it be an old Unimog or a Volvo C303. Whether you have an upstart vintage jeanshort sales consortium, a holistic bath bomb atelier, a new upstart watches-for-dogs boutique, or you are an influencer with a highly successful Van-based Twitter account, you could probably make quite good use of this 1958 Citroën Vanstore. Traipse about the country in style, hawking your w
Read MoreMecum Auctions is scheduled to send three of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s NASCAR race cars across the block on Saturday, each with six-figure auction estimates. But the team that ran the cars described, Richard Childress Racing, told Jalopnik Friday night that the listings are “not what they claim to be.”
Read MoreIn a country where the black No. 3 car is about as recognizable as the stars and stripes themselves, it isn’t often that race cars driven by Dale Earnhardt Sr. himself are up for grabs. But if you’ve got some piles of cash sitting around and collecting dust—as most of us do, you know—this is your lucky week.
Read MoreWith a rejection rate that couldn’t even be taken seriously in a rom-com, John Cena’s former Ford GT supercar was listed for auction yet again as of last month—nearly untouched since its last trip across the block. The listing is gone now, though, perhaps sparing the car from another round of hot potato for a little longer.
Read MoreOne huge part of being a car enthusiast is always wanting to own things you don’t have. Another huge part is undertaking heroic mental gymnastics to justify owning those things, especially when deep down you know it’s a horrible idea. I just swatted one of my bosses away from owning an early 2000s Audi out of reliability concerns. So why am I, then, obsessed with owning a first-generation Audi TT as my next car?
Read MoreYou probably know the German BMW tuning firm AC Schnitzer for building complete vehicles, or perhaps for its exhausts. The company even built a 424-horsepower diesel Z4 at one point, which is weird, cool, and good. But you may not know the company for its series of low-production lightweight wheels. They have made some great products, and my favorite of them is the concave Type II wheel.
Read MoreI don’t have the energy to be incredulous anymore, fam. But if I did, I’d be wide-eye head-shaking all over the place after hearing that a 1994 Toyota Supra sold for an ungodly sum of $173,600 at this weekend’s Amelia Island car auction.
Read MorePart of me knows I shouldn’t be shocked that someone paid $61,000 for a 1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S today, but I feel like I can’t be the only one who became acquainted with these cars when they all seemed to be dilapidated cast-offs. And this feels like as good an excuse as any to shake our fists at the clouds.
Read MoreFor sale on eBay right now is a 1962 Ford Thunderbird with a 1965 Oldsmobile Vista-Cruiser roof grafted onto it. It is a reminder that the Vista-Cruiser’s roof is the greatest lid to ever adorn an automobile.
Read MoreNostalgia is a helluva drug. Radwood is taking over as the car show for cool kids, or kids that wanted to be cool in the 80s and 90s and now are middle-aged. But forget the Japanese imports and collectible Porsches, if you want to rock Radwood you need a 1997 Cutlass Supreme.
Read MoreI have a hypothesis: when it comes to finding a cool older car for sale, nice ones with higher mileage are where it’s at.
Read MoreThe 2019 Hyundai Veloster N is a practical commuter car with the specs to moonlight as a lowkey track day contender. I could barely drive stick when I climbed in, but by the end of the day I was autocrossing it. Not particularly quickly, but still, the N is friendly enough to turn anybody on to performance driving.
Read MoreIn August of 2017, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared to a New York Times reporter that “congestion pricing is an idea whose time has come.” In the face of a subway crisis, historically slow bus speeds, and epic gridlock worsened by the proliferation of for-hire vehicles like Lyft and Uber, getting around New York City had truly reached a breaking point.
Read MoreNostalgia is a hell of a drug, and Harley’s current clientele are addicted to it. The problem the Milwaukee motorcycle company has though, is that their clientele are aging out of ridership. Rather than continue to market to the same group of older adults, Harley is reinventing itself with an electric-for-everyone program, and the goal is to get kids riding Harley products as young as possible. When the brand of nostalgia you’re peddling doesn’t appeal to youths, create some new nostalgia.
Read MoreThe original Suzuki Katana was an incredibly forward looking design and rode like a dream. It’s one of those bikes with a name that carried weight, which very few historically have. When Suzuki killed the name at the end of 2006, it was assumed that it would stay gone. Over a decade later, the name is back for the 2020 model year, and it brings an injection of nostalgia for the original. Motorcyclist Magazine’s Adam Waheed recently got the chance to ride the new bike in Japan and tell the world
Read MoreThere is something freeing about the idea of a motorcycle with a fuel capacity larger than most cars. With a huge 43 liter front tank, a 17 liter rear tank, and a pair of side tanks, assuming you packed enough survival gear, you could ride this damn thing across any large stretch of uninhabited land for basically as long as you like. Forget range anxiety, get lost in the desert for a week or more for the hell of it. And I desperately want to.
Read MoreHarley-Davidson, the company synonymous with big, loud American motorcycles, is trying to figure out how to make money because demand is quickly sinking for big, loud, American motorcycles. Sales dropped 10.2 percent last year, and the Motor Company’s stock value has roughly halved over the last two years. Yes, Harleys are squarely within the category of Things Millennials Are Killing.
Read MoreWhen Harley unveiled the production-ready LiveWire electric bike at CES in early January, we were all focused on the Wisconsin brand’s pricing strategy. With an MSRP of $29,799, and a whole lot of estimates, question marks, and TBAs when it came to the bike’s ultimate performance, we were forced to assume the worst. As it turns out, things are a bit better than we may have believed in January, but the bike is still hellaciously expensive.
Read MoreKeith Richards, member of the perennially touring Rolling Stones, shown here above practicing kickstarting his various enduros, has been confirmed as the victim of grand theft moto. Six of Uncle Keef’s motorbikes, many of them rare and vintage, were removed from his Redlands estate in West Wittering. The break-in took place sometime after dark on Monday the 25th of February, according to the Chichester police on Facebook.
Read MoreHot hatches are definitely one of the greatest kinds of cars, and right now the Focus RS is the king of the hot hatch. It’s a raw and ripping driving experience that offers performance to match or beat most sports cars of just a decade or so ago. And it does it with four doors, seating for five, and a roomy hatch for all of your day’s shopping. It’s functional and visceral.
Read MoreThis beautiful-in-black Mitsubishi started out in pretty rough shape. The clearcoat was roached, the interior was past its sell-by date, and all of the mechanicals needed a proper freshening. In this ten minute video, you’ll get to see how the guys at Throtl turned the car from bad to rad!
Read MoreThe Dakar Rally has been held in South America for a decade now, following unrest in some African nations. To many competitors, that’s the right place for it to stay, but because of some interesting international issues, the rally was forced to stay within the bounds of Peru for the 2019 running. Not only does this make a long-distance desert race like this difficult to orchestrate, but South America is suffering many of the same issues that forced the rally to vacate Africa. Maybe it’s the righ
Read MoreMaybe it’s a leftover byproduct of attending the local 3/8ths mile paved oval racing when I was a kid, but I have a strong feeling that real racing happens at night. Tracks lit up under the glow of thousands of lights look more exciting, and the cars look an order of magnitude prettier. Everything looks a little closer, and the universe feels a little farther away. And on the plus side, it’s not as hot at night for the people attending.
Read MoreIn a way, Suzuki’s Jimny cute ute looks a bit like a Mercedes G-wagen left in the dryer a bit too long. It’s a capable off roader, and a totally rad little piece that we unfortunately are forbidden from having on this side of the Atlantic. What it isn’t, though, is heavy or powerful like Mercedes’ rolling fortress. Just for the hell of it, CarWow decided to pit the two against each other in a tug of war. Who do you think is going to win?
Read MoreThis weekend’s Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain seems like a completely different story is unfolding to the one we caught a glimpse of in Australia two weeks ago. Unlike Australia, where Ferrari ran quick in practice before getting curb stomped by Mercedes in qualifying, Bahrain shows massive forward motion for the team in red, led by the unlikely 21-year-old Charles Leclerc.
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 MoreI really despise those kinds of stories that start with a “Do you want to feel old today? Here’s something you’re probably nostalgic for, and it was a long time ago!” but, well, I’m going to hit you with one. I don’t want to feel old any more than you do, but holy crap, Brawn GP’s season-opener surprise victory was ten years ago today.
Read MoreVolkswagen’s all-electric ID.R was built with the sole purpose of smashing records in mind. This streamlined downforce monster is ready to rip up almost any track or hillclimb known to man. It already owns the Pikes Peak record outright, and we’ve heard it’s going to attack the Nurburgring record this summer. It would seem that Volkswagen is following up a ring record—attempt, anyway—by heading to China for its next big climb record, up a public road, once again with ace racer Romain Dumas at th
Read MoreFor anyone who survives the inevitable nuclear fallout that will end most of humanity, it’s good to know that we’ll still have an opportunity to get out and have a ton of fun on the turbocharged Skidoo snowmobile you salvage from Ken Block’s long-abandoned warehouse of fun stuff. Obviously the Hoonitruck won’t do you any good when the roads are coated in the ash of an apocalypse. There just isn’t any grip.
Read MoreLightning Motorcycles, which makes what they say is the fastest production motorcycle in the world, unveiled a new electric motorcycle today, called the Strike. This thing sounds very, very fast, but, like all electric motorcycles, its range on the highway really struggles compared to lower speed riding.
Read MoreI own a 2008 Honda Fit Sport, which was the second-generation, though the first generation of the car to appear in the U.S. The car is set for a refresh in 2020 and I’ll be honest, I’m feeling kind of paternal about it, after seeing new spy video.
Read MoreThere were originally only going to be about 1,000 new Ford GTs built when the company unveiled the newest generation back in 2016. But there were many, many more customers willing to pay the $500,000 price than there were supply. So you had to apply if you wanted one. This is what Ford sends you when you get rejected.
Read MoreThere is a certain way in which the world, in general, is supposed to work. If you say “I’m going to the store,” it’s generally assumed that you intend to return with items you have purchased. Similarly, for a car company, a statement like “this is our $35,000 Tesla Model 3” generally means that said car will soon be built and delivered to customers. But is... that... the case? With Tesla?
Read MoreChina makes up about half of the global electric vehicle market largely as a result of heavy subsidies on both the supply and demand side, so any time the government changes policy, it has broad implications. And China just dropped a whopper of a change in policy.
Read MoreArlen Ness was a prolific figure in the world of American cruiser motorcycle customization, dating back to 1970 when he began tweaking his own Harley-Davidson Knucklehead in his California garage. Since then he’s become one of the best known custom builders in the scene, known to some as The King of Custom Motorcycles. On Saturday, Arlen Ness Motorcycles posted the below announcement to its Facebook page stating that he had passed the previous evening among loved ones.
Read MoreTesla isn’t doing so hot, the United Automobile Workers is going after opioid addiction, Fiat Chrysler is mulling mergers, and much more for The Morning Shift of Monday, March 25, 2019.
Read MoreRumors of a widebody Charger sedan being seen on the streets seem to have been accurate, as Dodge finally showed the car in public. The Widebody Charger was displayed during SoCal LX Spring Fest, a festival that is, you guessed it, all about LX-chassis MoPars. Technically FCA is calling the car a “concept” but it is quite clearly ready for prime time production.
Read MoreDon’t look it directly in the eyes. Nobody knows exactly what will happen if you do, but it’s definitely bad. This 1990 Nissan Autech Zagato Stelvio is already angry, and it might just body slam you into the floor if it thinks you’re disrespecting it. It’s put up with nasty remarks about its aesthetic deficiencies for years, and it decided that enough was enough. Be kind to it, and it will be kind to you.
Read MoreA margin of victory of just 0.006 seconds is always an indicator of an incredible race finish. Mazda’s MX5 Cup racing class is a spec racer class with relatively low power, so you expect the finishes to be close, but damn that was an absolute blast to watch. It pays to keep in mind that this was the first race of the MX5 Cup season, and all of these racers were itching to get to the front.
Read MoreYou probably know the name Bucky Lasek if you were a follower of action sports in the 1990s, as he was everywhere. Well, now he’s a car guy, and he’s got a DIY car build YouTube channel that is as dirty and grungy as you’d expect from a retired skater punk. He’s built up a GC8 Subaru Impreza with STI power and a widebody kit. Where most mid-tier celebrities would have something like this professionally built, Lasek is in the shit getting his hands dirty with the rest of us. Mad respect.
Read MoreTwo new production-ready electric bikes were given display space at Honda’s booth during the Tokyo Motorcycle Show today. While Honda has shown off a few electric car concepts lately, it has largely been quiet on the electric two-wheeler scene. That these two bikes are based on existing architecture and look mostly ready to go to showrooms tomorrow is indicative that Honda has been working on the project in secret for a while.
Read MoreThere is a lot of speculation floating around about the upcoming mid-engine Corvette. With a series of order guide documents leaked this afternoon, perhaps now we have more questions than we had answered. Where is the manual transmission option? Among many others. One particularly strange question revolved around option code XFQ.
Read MoreTesla filed two lawsuits in federal court alleging five former employees stole trade secrets from the company to help a new employer. Four of those employees now work for Zoox, a self-driving startup. In December, Zoox became the first company to be granted permission by California to offer autonomous rides to the public.
Read MorePorsche has decided to jump on a particular bandwagon of our time, and has introduced a new version of their popular Cayenne SUV that has a dramatically sloping rear roofline. Continuing a recent automotive tradition of ignoring what words actually mean, they’re calling it a Coupe, which it definitely isn’t. It is, however, an appealing-looking fastback SUV, and that’s not fundamentally a bad thing.
Read More“I hate how our car’s brakes always rust,” my parents often tell me when I visit them. They own a 2015 BMW 320i, and they love it. What they don’t love is seeing nasty orange oxidation on an otherwise beautifully maintained machine, but unfortunately, they’re just going to have to deal with that. Because few cars, not even the Porsche 911 above, are immune to The Orange Blanket that is Fe2O3.
Read MoreI’m by no means saying I’m the best husband at all, or that I have any reasonable advice to anyone regarding marriage. But, if I was forced to give one bit of marriage advice, I think I could feel confident in saying that, whenever possible, a happy marriage includes the idea of not driving your car right at your spouse, even if your car is a Tesla. At least one guy on the internet disagrees with me.
Read MoreKong Meng Vang, who also went by Steve, was a simple Oklahoma automotive enthusiast and owner of Vang’s Dyno Performance in Tulsa. He clearly had quite an affinity for JDM cars, having a number of rare 1990s performance oriented imports. Following his arrest in 2018 for possession with intent to distribute 1500 pounds of hydroponically grown California ganja, however, that collection was seized by U.S. Marshals, and is now scheduled to be auctioned to the public starting tomorrow.
Read MoreMany years ago I owned a second-gen Ford Tempo, which sucked. Sometime after that I owned a Saturn Ion, which also sucked, but a bit less. (The first time my dad rode in it, all he could be moved to say was, “This is a very basic car.”) Right now, I’m driving a rental Nissan Versa on a trip west. And you know what? I don’t hate it.
Read MoreA Ford Mustang GT burned down after completing a series of tight donuts at a car meet in Westlake, Texas earlier this month. The YouTube channel Sinclair Photos posted footage of the somewhat frightening event.
Read MoreThe Koenigsegg Jesko is too good for dual-clutch. It’s too good for three clutches, or four or five or six. No, the Jesko’s transmission has seven clutches, in an effort to make the time between gear shifts as minimal as possible, among other uses. Here’s how that works.
Read MoreFor decades automotive aerodynamics were viewed almost as an act of the dark arts. Progress in this arena has been slow and plodding, but it finally feels like we’ve reached the pinnacle of the science. Generational improvements still occur, but it’s reached a certain point of diminishing returns. That is, unless you’re Ferrari. The new F8 Tributo, it says, is 10% more aerodynamically efficient than the 488 it replaces.
Read MoreA statement from the FIA this evening has confirmed that Formula One race director Charlie Whiting has passed away just days before he was scheduled to direct the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, as result of a pulmonary embolism. Whiting has been race director for the sport for 22 years, literally the entire time that many of us, myself included, have been watching F1.
Read MoreYesterday several outlets reported that Jaguar may be killing off one of its coolest cars in the American market, the XF Sporbrake wagon. It turns out that cat will live on for at least another year, and as a reminder, you can still buy one with some absolutely massive discounts.
Read MoreThe Renault Espace F1 was an Espace—a minivan—with a 3.5-liter, 800 horsepower, V10 RS4 Grand Prix engine in the rear and four bucket seats. Why did this exist? Shut up, it doesn’t matter. (Fine, I’ll tell you, it was made in 1995 for the Espace’s 10th anniversary.) The Espace F1 rules.
Read MoreIf you’re ever lucky enough to find something old and cool in a barn somewhere, this bike is proof that you should absolutely keep it as you found it, refreshing everything so it works again, and leaving well enough alone. Having sympathy for the machine and its hard years on this earth, that’s exactly what Full Moon Cycle did with this 1960 H-D Sportster drag racing bike. It’s exactly as they found it, except it runs and rides. More shops could learn something from their tactics with this proje
Read MoreDon’t be quite so fooled into thinking it’s doing it out of the goodness of its heart. This is a cold, hard, business decision. Live by the lease, die by the lease. All that and more on The Morning Shift for March 11, 2019.
Read MoreShif Custom will build you the motorcycle of your dreams in Belarus. Judging by the shop’s completed projects, the artists there are quite adept at custom metal work. I particularly like the Ducati Bastardo and Shif Planeta Sport completed projects. The shop doesn’t look to build cars all that often, but when they do, they go all out. That is no more clear than the fact that the shop smushed a ZAZ 968 body onto a 986-generation Porsche Boxster. And made it work.
Read MoreMaserati’s Alfieri sports car has had a long and hard battle toward production. The company unveiled this concept in 2014 with a planned production date sometime in 2017 for the 2018 model year. It wasn’t supposed to supplant the already long-in-the-tooth GranTurismo and GranCabrio, but was supposed to live alongside them as a smaller and more nimble Maser. Now, Maserati CEO Harald Wester told Autocar, the car is planned for production next year, once GranTurismo production ends.
Read MoreThe current Formula One regulations have produced a car that creates a lot of turbulence behind it as it cuts through the air, which makes overtaking quite difficult. While the current car “fixes” that by implementing DRS, the 2021 regulations aim to remove that aero wash, according to a report by Motorsport.com.
Read MorePebble Beach isn’t until August, which means we’ll still have to wait a bit, but according to Car and Driver, Acura is cooking up a new sedan for us, to be revealed then. Remember the Precision concept? No? Well, it’s going to look something like that. Could it be ... a new Legend?
Read MoreLook, I’m not gonna lie, the 2020 Buick LaCrosse looks pretty good. Out officially yesterday, as reported by GM Authority, it’s a reminder that an old dog can learn new tricks. It’s also sort of befuddling. Why couldn’t Buick make a car that looks this good, say, 20 years ago?
Read MoreI recently spotted a 1978 Chevy Blazer at a junkyard, and—amazed by its gorgeous red interior—had no choice but to snag one of its plaid seats for my Postal Jeep. Interestingly, the picture you see above is a part of a German 1978 brochure called “American Cars by General Motors.”
Read MoreDamn, it looks like I may owe Alfa Romeo an apology. See, I, like almost everyone else, seems to have assumed that their new crossover, the Tonale, would just be a sort of half-ass re-badging of a Renegade. I even made a silly graphic to that effect on that other story there. Well, thanks once again to our bold Greek friends at Autoblog Greece, I now know that I’m very wrong. I know this because they have pictures of the car before it’s officially to be shown, and it doesn’t look like a re-badg
Read MoreFord was doing some pretty impressive work with the RS200 rally car in the mid-to-late 1980s. With 146 examples built for the road, Ford fulfilled its homologation obligation, and made some very happy customers in the process. In order to be competitive, Ford slapped this mid-engine turbo monster together practically in an afternoon, and started competing. This is not a competition example, and its not the more rare one-of-24 Evolution models, but it’s fast. And good.
Read MoreA little over a year ago, SpaceX launched a 27-engine rocket, the Falcon Heavy, carrying a payload with Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster (and Starman) aboard. In November of last year, the space roadster passed by Musk’s future neighborhood on Mars.
Read MoreThe early Countach will always hold a special place in the world of automobile design. Marcello Gandini’s follow up to the glorious Miura was this flying wedge. It looks quite pure without the later impact bumpers, the massive fender flares, the wing, and the power bulge on the engine lid. It could almost be described as beautiful. There is really nobody better served to reviewing this car than Harry Metcalfe.
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 MoreAll hail today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mazda. Not because it looks like it’s been through a hail storm, but because it sports a long roof and a stick shift. Could those factors outweigh its golfball aesthetic?
Read MoreBeing unmemorable is bad. Being unmemorable when you’re a car brand’s top model is unforgivable. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Equus once carried Hyundai’s halo, but you likely never gave these a second thought. Maybe this one’s price will finally make you sit up and take notice.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe E30 isn’t just an amazingly desirable ride owing to its E46 M3 drivetrain, it’s also a learning opportunity since its manual windows will let you demonstrate to kids what it means to “wind them up.” Could that two-fer be worth its new car price?
Read MoreThe ad for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 4Runner warns that the “gas” gauge isn’t accurate. That’s okay since the truck has been converted to run on diesel. Let’s see if this unique oil burner’s price is more accurate than that gauge.
Read MoreFord’s Probe was originally intended to be the company’s first FWD Mustang. That potential travesty was ultimately averted, but could paying the asking for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe GT prove to be another?
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Camry says he’s priced it at the very top of NADA Book value. Let’s see if the car lives up to the hype, or if you’d rather turn the page.
Read MoreWith its GT3 nose, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Cayman certainly has it on the aggressive good looks front. Let’s see if those are backed up with an equally aggressive asking price.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Subaru Justy is quite possibly the nicest one in the whole country, a description that may be damning it with faint praise. Let’s see if this small survivor can rightfully ask a not-so-small price for the honor.
Read MoreThe 405 was Peugeot’s last hurrah here in the U.S. and today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Mi16 is an indication of what we have lost ever since. Let’s see if its price might just demand some French in action.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Chrysler 300 combines that model’s mobster aesthetic with a healthy dose of go-fast goodies for good measure. Let’s see if its mods outweigh its asking, or if that price has you saying fuggedaboutit.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Lexus says he’s testing the waters for its sale. You can take a look at its price and its stance and then decide if he’s gone off the deep end.
Read MoreHonda won’t build you a wagon edition of their family class Accord any more. One look at today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe old-school edition will make you realize what a shame that is. Maybe this one’s price will make you feel like all is forgiven.
Read MoreThe U.S.A.’s 25-year import rule means there lots of cool cars available to import each and every year. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Peugeot is a fine example that’s been around for a while. Let’s see if this grey market car’s price makes it worth the wait.
Read MoreBased on the pictures in its ad, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jeep is oa bit far from what we might call perfect. We’ll have to decide if its price bridges that distance.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe S2000 says it’s only being offered due to an edict from his wife that he must reduce the number of toys taking up his time. Based on its price, we’ll have to decide how serious he is at meeting her demand.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe F650 carries a total of 200 gallons of fuel in its four side-saddle tanks. That alone is worth more than many of the cars we look at here. Let’s see if this big-ass truck might be worth its big-ass price.
Read MoreCoral is the traditional gift for a 35th anniversary, but lacking that, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 35th Anniversary Camaro might just do. That is, if its price doesn’t totally poop the party.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Audi has the weirdest disc brakes you’ve ever seen. Let’s see if this rare Quattro wagon’s price also has what it takes to put the clamps on your wallet.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Gran Fury is claimed to have once been restored as a homage to fire chiefs. Now it’s up to you to decide if its condition and price make it a hot deal.
Read MoreThroughout the 1990s, the Celica All-Trac was Toyota’s rally champion. Nearly thirty years later, we have one vying for a Nice Price or Crack Pipe win. Let’s see if its price makes it a champ here too.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Evora classifies the car’s condition as ‘Good’ in his ad, showing some war wounds in its pics. That all means that this Lotus comes with a relatively low price—for an Evora—but will that be enough to turn good into great?
Read MoreHello again, it’s me the Not Cop, checking in on that Nissan Skyline GT-R you absolutely legally have here in the United States. How’s the car holding up? Engine still pulling strong? No? Damn. Well, not to worry because Nissan’s Nismo Heritage Parts program is back again to help.
Read MoreThere have only been a handful of SUVs with 12 cylinder engines. Bentley’s Bentayga has a W12, of course, as did VW’s Touareg for a while. Audi’s Q7 had an optional V12 turbodiesel with a massive 783 ft-lb of torque. And, of course, Mercedes shoved a 12 under the chunky hood of the Gelandewagen. But the progenitor of them all was Lamborghini’s LM002. And it continues to be the best of the bunch. Even if it wasn’t really that good.
Read MoreBefore the Top Gear reboot in the early 2000s, one name stood at the peak of car culture in the UK: Max Power.
Read MoreSomeone at Mercedes-Benz must have been feeling a bit nostalgic today, because they dropped a few totally rad handfuls of E500/500E photographs on the press site.
Read MorePlease bear with me that I have a new and indefatigable obsession: the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, the 207 mph Anglo-German super grand tourer, was available with 18-inch wheels.
Read MoreThe 243 mph, three-seat McLaren F1 supercar has been a legend since the ’90s and I thought it was safe to say that there was nothing new to learn about this thing anymore. But I was proven wrong about that today.
Read MoreAs someone who’s been working at this glorious website for the better part of this decade now, I don’t often run into total surprises anymore—especially overpowered American ones from the Radwood era. You can be forgiven for not knowing what the Pontiac Tojan is. I didn’t either, until this Carfection video dropped yesterday. But it is a truly bananas machine that deserves more attention.
Read MoreCheck out this fascinating 37-page technical guide full of info on the 1997 Acura Integra Type R, one of our generation’s most celebrated sport compact cars.
Read MoreOf all the early 2000s money-grab throwback car designs crafted to relieve Baby Boomers of their money, I firmly believe it is Ford’s 11th generation Thunderbird that has best stood the test of time. This car is now 17 years old, and it still looks as good to me as it did when I first saw it at the North American International Auto Show circa 2002.
Read MoreTo most people, a modified car is something with new wheels, a louder exhaust, and some stickers. But the world of possibility is so, so, so much more.
Read MoreOnce you’re on a plane, your fate is in the hands of the pilot. You’re going where they want to go. Unfortunately, the pilot of a recent British Airways flight from London to Düsseldorf, Germany, ended up in Scotland, 525 miles away from a whole plane full of people’s intended destination, all thanks to some shoddy paperwork.
Read MoreEver since all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft have been grounded worldwide, there’s been a lot of discussion about the anti-stall system that seems to have been the cause of the two recent tragic crashes of the airliner: an Ethiopian Airlines crash last week, and an Indonesian Lion Air crash in late October. In the latter incident, it seems the very same plane narrowly avoided disaster the day before its crash, thanks to the input of an off-duty pilot who bummed a ride in the plane’s cockpit.
Read MoreLast week, Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were grounded all over the world following two highly-publicized crashes, one an Ethiopian Airlines flight on March 10 that killed all 157 people aboard, and an earlier Lion Air crash from late October that killed all 189 passengers and crew. An in-depth story from The Seattle Times suggests that both crashes may be the result of a single faulty sensor, and compromised FAA safety oversight procedures.
Read MoreAir travel authorities all over the world have been carefully scrutinizing the Boeing 737 Max airliner since Sunday, when such an aircraft operated by Ethiopian Airlines tragically crashed. Today it was announced that the United States’s fleet of these planes will be temporarily grounded along with those of other nations.
Read MoreOn Sunday, an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard. The plane was a 737 MAX 8, the same model that also crashed shortly after takeoff in Indonesia in October. Boeing debuted the 737 MAX 8 less than two years ago, making it brand-new by plane standards.
Read MoreThe 21 year old Ferrari driving Charles Leclerc ran about as perfect a race as one can expect. Aside from a poor start that saw him swallowed up by teammate Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, Chuck put in a top notch race to not only re-pass Hamilton, but also catch and quickly pass Vettel in short order. He had the measure of the field, undoubtedly, stretching out a huge gap at the lead.
Read MoreI remember when the Aston Martin DB7 was the fresh hot shit, and now they’ve depreciated so much that one team of enterprising Aston owners have resorted to racing their once prized Jag-based supercar in the 24 Hours of Lemons event at NOLA Motorsports Park this weekend. Well, that’s not exactly true. But it does have a real-deal 100% bona fide Aston body.
Read MoreIt’s 2019 and there’s finally an electric pro drift car. This is Napoleon Motorsports’ Chevy Camaro EL1, and I have questions.
Read MoreNetflix’s Formula One series Drive to Survive is visually stunning, with one of the more intimate and compelling looks into the real world of modern-day Formula One that we’ve had in decades. Plenty of fans loved it, myself included. But the confused nature of its plot left me with a lot more questions than it answered. Mainly, who exactly is this series supposed to be for?
Read MoreIf you were to rank the types of people who keep it real, rally co-drivers have to be close to the top. The world is coming at them at very high speed and their ass is on the line also if their driver screws up. There’s no time nor room for bullshit. And, really, what’s stopping co-drivers like this one Australian man from also being life coaches? I think it happens to be a very transferrable skill.
Read MoreThe W Series, racing’s only all-female category since the early 20th century, has finally selected its final list of drivers who will be competing on track later this year. Five months after the announcement that they were going to be hitting the scene, the series has taken shape.
Read MoreLiving legend Fernando Alonso, who made a name for himself in Formula One and more recently was a beast at Le Mans, might finally officially be going off-road racing with team Toyota. He’s been test-driving a Dakar Rally-racing Hilux, and it sounds like he’s into it.
Read MoreImagine motoring at the track at a leisurely speed, and what’s that behind you? Oh just a Porsche 962, perhaps the greatest sports-prototype racer ever made.
Read MoreIn recent years, NASCAR’s made sweeping changes to how it crowns champions in its top series—most notably and controversially, deciding titles amongst four drivers at a single track to end the year. In 2020, that track will go from the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway, which has hosted the finale since 2002, to the mile-long ISM Raceway in Arizona.
Read MoreTwice a year in the great state of Texas, gearheads from across the universe gather to do one thing: go real damn fast. That event is called the Texas Mile, and it’s one of the fastest things you’ll ever witness. And this past weekend, once again a Ford GT was king—with a truly mind-blowing speed.
Read MoreIn a perfect metaphor for the extreme lengths teams will go to competitively in NASCAR, all 12 drivers in the final round of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series group qualifying at Auto Club Speedway sat on pit road, waiting for someone else to go because of the draft disadvantage of leading the pack.
Read MoreUnless you do it professionally, there’s really no reason to physically fight anyone. Especially if you are a pro athlete at a competition and you know there are multiple cameras trained on you at all times. This is one way to get yourself a two-year ban from motorcycle racing, if you were curious.
Read MoreWith the conclusion of IndyCar’s first trip to Circuit of The Americas in Austin, it’s only natural to wonder how the series compares to open-wheel racing’s international giant, Formula One, which also races there. It isn’t logical or scientific, but it’s hard not to have a strange curiosity.
Read MoreAfter the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, fourth-place finisher Ryan Blaney did the usual TV interview—saying he had the best car at times, but couldn’t get it across the line first. But it was hard to focus on Blaney, since fellow driver Daniel Suárez was getting stuff thrown at him in the background.
Read MoreIndyCar finally made its way to Austin, Texas, and gave fans at Circuit of The Americas a damn fine show. Rookie Colton Herta became the youngest winner in series history, we threw a badass party that Mario Andretti came to, and Stadium Super Trucks substantially improved the lives of many.
Read MoreIn a race that saw dominant driver and pole sitter Will Power retire with a few handfuls of laps to go, rookie Colton Herta won his first-career IndyCar Series race in the series’ first trip to Circuit of The Americas on Sunday. The victory makes Herta, who turns 19 later this month, IndyCar’s youngest winner.
Read MoreIt’s the IndyCar Series’ first time at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, meaning basically everything is a record—lap times, session results and the like. And, with Saturday’s qualifying wrapped up, the first ever pole sitter for an IndyCar race at Circuit of The Americas is 2014 series champion Will Power.
Read MoreIt would seem that Daigo Saito’s 2JZ-swapped Mk5 Supra has had some teething issues, as it has already gone aflame. While running this weekend in Japan, the car suffered a couple of big errors involving flame emitting from both ends of the car. It would seem that perhaps the fueling system isn’t quite as sorted as it needs to be in order to do mad tight drifts.
Read MoreIt’s been almost a week since the Australian Grand Prix and start of the Formula One season, but the side effects of attending such a large event didn’t end after the overpriced concessions and traffic mess to go home. On Friday, the Victoria State Government put out a health warning for those who attended the race.
Read MoreIn November, I received a PR email with “#Basic” in the subject and an opening line that began with, “We have some V lit news.” Having been hit so hard with “How do you do, fellow kids?” vibes that I’ve only now regained consciousness, my editors are forcing me to write about it.
Read MoreRacing’s first top-tier women-only racing category, the W Series, has continued to truck right along as it approaches its on-track debut in May. While the selection process has begun—to be continued later this month—the series hadn’t yet released what their cars would look like. Until today. And I hate that I love them.
Read MoreDaniel Ricciardo had one hell of a tough time at Formula One’s season opener in Melbourne, Australia this past weekend. On his new team debut with Renault and in his home country, he qualified 12th, only to completely destroy his front wing mere seconds after the race had started. This led to an early retirement, Ricciardo’s third such outcome in Australia in his nine-year F1 career. What the hell makes that particular weekend so tough for Ricciardo?
Read MoreDaniel Ricciardo didn’t make it to the finish of the Australian Grand Prix this year, but he did make it to the first corner, which is something of an achievement given that his front wing exploded.
Read MoreBelieve it or not, Formula One drivers are real people, too. They have heroes and they can get awkward when faced with those heroes, just like the rest of us. Sometimes, it can be comforting to know you’re not the only person out there who brings up absurd subjects at the wrong time—sort of like Lewis Hamilton asking actual astronauts about the moon landing hoax while he’s visiting NASA.
Read MoreKen Block’s Cossie World Tour is exactly what I would be doing if I were him. He’s a pretty talented rally driver, considering he started so late in life, and he doesn’t want to worry about running a full series, so he’s just doing the events he wants to do in the car he has always loved. That’s the definition of enthusiasm, I think. He made his money, now he gets to play with it, I guess.
Read MoreIf you truly enjoyed the 2018 season of Formula One, you’re in luck, because 2019 started with more of the same. Mercedes is fast, but even faster this time. Ferrari is still screwing up a decent race with pants calls from the pit wall. Red Bull is happy to salvage a podium with Honda engines.
Read MoreLook at this little bike-engined hillclimb special, its hood flapping away in the wind. I cannot help but love it.
Read MoreCongratulations to everyone who has survived the Formula One off-season! I know what you’re thinking: “Man, I really wish someone told me all the best things to drink during every race this year.” Well, never fear. I, a master mixologist and motorsport expert, have compiled a list of what to drink during every Grand Prix, and how you can watch them.
Read MoreThis weekend heralds the kick-off of the 2019 Formula One season, and it’s time to get back in the swing of watching beautiful race cars at ungodly hours of the morning! Whether you’re a longtime fan who tunes out of the F1 circus during the off-season or a new fan interested in trying something new, we have you covered with all you need to know to get up to speed before cars hit the track on race day.
Read MoreDisaster struck nascent international electric motorcycle series MotoE on Wednesday night during the series’ pre-season testing event in Jerez, Spain. Every single Energica Ego Corsa bike was burned in a currently unexplained paddock fire, spelling tragedy for the entire sport.
Read MoreThis season, Ferrari’s F1 cars will feature the phrase “Mission Winnow,” standing for Philip Morris’ apparent but not nominal initiative to get people to switch from cigarettes to vaping. There’s nothing really noble about that, though, and the backhandedness of it all has already got them in trouble.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever caught sight of a Formula One car’s steering wheel, chances are you took one look and went, “what the hell?” There are, approximately, one million buttons and dials that each have a different function and each look intimidating as hell. Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 understands that confusion—and they’ve been so kind as to tell us how drivers somehow don’t screw up and press the wrong button mid-race.
Read MoreA sold-out grandstand packed with more than 100,000 people erupts in a loud roar, drowning out the National Anthem. This is meant to be The Great American Race, bigger, brighter, louder than anything else. An incoming rumble and the ground shakes as six fighter jets streak into view. The cheers are drowned out by the jets, flying so low you swear they could hit the tops of people’s heads.
Read MoreToday is the day of 2JZ-swapped 2020 Toyota Supras, apparently. This morning former D1GP champion Diago Saito stood beside a fresh A90-gen car, gleaming 2JZ in its heart. And before the day is over so stands... former D1GP champion Masato Kawabata beside a fresh A90-gen car, gleaming 2JZ in its heart.
Read MoreIf female drivers are uncommon in racing, female team principals are rarer still. Former F1 test driver Susie Wolff—now heading the Venturi team in Formula E—is one of those few team principals. And she’s just secured her first win as team principal, making history in the series.
Read MoreIt seems like Red Bull Racing threatens to leave Formula One at least once a season. When things might not go its way, the team releases a lot of vague threats that they’ll ditch the series. So far, those threats haven’t culminated in anything serious—but Red Bull is back at it again before the 2019 season has even started.
Read MoreToyota claims it partnered with BMW on the 2020 Toyota Supra, in part, because it wanted to keep an inline six-cylinder powertrain which the Germans could supply. Of course, to purists, that was never going to be enough, and now it looks like somebody has already started work on the first new Toyota Supra with a 2JZ engine swap.
Read MoreCrashing is just part of racing, especially where young and ambitious racers are concerned. USF2000 racers are generally younger and less patient at the wheel, which makes for some interesting racing, and also some serious potential for disaster. This young racer, Alex Baron, found out the hard way during Saturday’s race that wheel-to-wheel contact in an open wheel car can really send you for a loop.
Read MoreRacing icon Fernando Alonso did some hot laps in the 2020 Toyota Supra at Fuji International Speedway for a Toyota video. And while his commentary isn’t particularly interesting, I think there’s some truth in his facial expressions.
Read MoreJust a friendly reminder: the 2019 Mint 400 off-road race is running outside of Las Vegas this weekend and the production value of the livestream that’s running right now is legit. Check it out!
Read MoreNASCAR drivers Daniel Suarez and Michael McDowell got into a bit of an altercation in pit row at Busch Pole Qualifying on Friday. Things looked a little intense from the camera’s perspective, but commentators and McDowell didn’t appear to be too fazed.
Read MoreFormula One won’t just look different in team names and aerodynamic rules this year, although we’ve had time to accept those changes by now. It may also look different in terms of points, because reports are that for the first time in decades, F1 is set to reward the driver with the fastest lap in each race this year.
Read MoreIndyCar tends to get a bad rap in the racing world. Not as elite or as large-scale as F1, not as rooted in American motorsport NASCAR, not as ground-breaking as Formula E, IndyCar is often pegged as something to shrug off—with the exception of the Indy 500. But, friends, IndyCar is an untapped reservoir of incredible racing, amazing fan experiences, and all the things you rue the lack of in other motorsport. And you should be watching this season.
Read MoreWhen the new Formula One season begins in Australia next weekend, the cars will be a lot simpler, aerodynamically, than they were last year. But simpler aero doesn’t mean simpler everything, because it may force teams to double their already huge supply of replacement front wings each race weekend.
Read MoreI gotta say, there are some good looking open wheel cars hitting the track around the world this season. Formula One is as classy as ever with its 2019 regulations. IndyCar keeps refining their road course and oval packages. But they’re nothing compared to what Super Formula is racing this year.
Read MoreThe Mint 400 off-road race, officially known as the 2019 BF Goodrich Tires Mint 400 powered by Monster Energy, colloquially known as “that crazy sandy shitstorm in Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas” is going down this weekend. And this year there’s supposed to be good live video coverage, so you won’t have to truck it to Nevada to check out the race.
Read MoreIt’s been two years since Formula E lost their London ePrix at Battersea Park, the series’ season finale. The rumor mill has been active ever since with speculation of a UK return—now, we’ve finally got confirmation that the series will be back in London. And the circuit—partially indoor with 23 turns—is going to be the wildest one during the season.
Read MoreWhen it comes to race cars for the road, most think of the usual suspects: the Honda, Ford and Subaru types with rally-style cars, supercar makers offering six-figure street conversions for track cars, and American muscle cars. What we don’t often think of is Lynk & Co, but maybe that should change.
Read MoreRally is one of the last forms of motorsport left where fans get close to the cars—out past small, regulated spectator areas, there’s usually not much more separating you from a race car than some foliage and maybe a fence. Now the World Rally Championship has had enough. The series thinks image recognition can catch dangerous fans hiding out where organizers can’t get to them.
Read MoreThe 2019 Formula One aerodynamics package has been mandated simpler than that of the 2018 season, including a simpler front wing with low outwash, simpler front brake ducts without winglets, and a wider and deeper rear wing. F1's plan with the new aero rules was to allow drivers to tuck in behind the car in front without washing out their own aero thanks to turbulence. The idea here is to promote close racing and increase overtaking.
Read MoreThere is a new and totally awesome event in Switzerland that I caught wind of on Social media this week called The I.C.E. That stands for International Concours of Elegance, and it was held in St. Moritz this weekend for the first time. The entire concours takes place on the frozen lake at St. Moritz. While relatively small this year, the event promises to be quite the to-do in 2020, as this was simply a ‘test event’. As luck would have it, 19Bozzy92 was there to capture some totally rad video.
Read MoreEveryone’s favorite guy-who-stands-at-the-side-of-racetracks-filming-all-the-cool-cars, 19Bozzy92, is here with the cure for all that ails you. This little Italian home-brew concoction is the best thing on the internet today, and you need to spend the next 7 minutes staring slack-jawed at the impressive power and maneuverability of a Fiat Cinquecento powered by a Kawasaki ZX10-R liter bike engine. It’s a bucking, bang-shifting, drifting, wheel-lifting good time in a super tiny package, and your
Read MoreI know that most of you reading this will see that the 24 Hours of Lemons is making a special Electric Class and immediately think “Wow, I guess electric cars are shitboxes now. So this is what the future feels like.” And, really, that’s the whole point. If there’s anything in the automotive world that says that EVs are here to stay and are now part of the broke-ass gearhead toolkit, it’s their own category in a Lemons race.
Read MoreThis Friday was supposed to be a day that a bit of space-exploration history would be made: the first all-female spacewalk was going to happen, just outside the International Space Station in Earth orbit. Unfortunately, the spacewalking team of Anne McClain and Christina Koch had to be broken up because there was only one medium-sized EVA suit on the station, and both Koch and McClain fit those. Koch will wear it, and McClain will be replaced by Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jaques.
Read MoreToyota and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced an agreement Tuesday to “consider the possibility of collaborating on international space exploration,” which, as far as agreements go, seems pretty soft. Hell, I’ll “consider the possibility of collaborating on international space exploration” right now, for free, with pretty much anyone. Still, Toyota does seem to have been doing more than considering, since they have a design for a pressurized, fuel-cell powered Lunar Camry.
Read MoreThis has been a very big week, space-travel-wise, because for the first time ever a privately-built-and-launched spacecraft capable of carrying a human crew (and, you know, maybe a space dog) docked at the International Space Station. Really, it’s the first private crew-capable spaceship ever to reach orbit. And while it didn’t have a human crew this time, it’s still a very big deal, and you should know about this spacecraft. It’s the Crew Dragon from SpaceX.
Read MoreThe Subaru WRX STI has been in America for around 15 years and it’s still one of the most attractive affordable sports cars available, even though its base formula has barely changed. But how long can Subaru keep that up for?
Read MoreIf you poll American Subaru enthusiasts on what they want most from the Japanese automaker, you will hear countless requests for a new WRX wagon or hatchback. Or, perhaps better yet, the Japanese market Subaru Levorg wagon.
Read MoreEverybody’s pretty much convinced that the 2020 Ford Bronco will be the retro-looking 4x4 enthusiasts are hoping for, complete with a removable roof and doors. Some Ford patent images making the rounds right now could be taken as further evidence of that, and the design is actually exceptionally clever.
Read MoreI had to double check that the 2020 Ford Explorer press release describing the vehicle’s Calm Screen, dubbed “Mindful Mode,”wasn’t an April Fools’ Day joke. But after confirming it’s real, I really like the idea of being able to strip superfluous information from your gauge cluster with a few clicks.
Read MoreNear the end of a 90-minute press conference announcement about its new P30 smart phone in Paris earlier today, and just before announcing a pearl pink glamour case embedded with Swarovski crystals, Huawei CEO Richard Yu mentions that the new phone is constructed to work as an entry key for your car. While it would be great to not have to carry around a bulky key fob every day, there remain some bugs in the system to work out.
Read MoreWhen a BMW i8 at a showroom in the Dutch province of Brabant began smoking yesterday morning, firefighters there had just the solution.
Read MoreI’ve been trying to be more positive these days, after a rough few years, though that positivity takes a hit every time I get into a car with a touchscreen. That’s because touchscreens in cars are bad and even dangerous—a failed experiment.
Read MoreWhen an electric car catches fire, you can’t treat it like an internal combustion car. You need a lot more water and you can’t store the car afterwards in a similar manner, either. Dealing with EV fires is something that more and more firefighters are going to have to learn as the number of these cars on the road only increases.
Read MoreYesterday on Twitter a few people noticed a stream of light above the evening Los Angeles skyline. Some called it a UFO, others thought it was a meteor. Either way, it was seen all over the city flying down directly into downtown, some even thought it hit a building. In fact, it was just a trio of winged suit flyers (Jon DeVore, Mike Swanson, and Andy Farrington) shooting across LA to get up close to the last Super Moon of this decade.
Read MoreMoving sucks, and everyone knows it sucks less with a buddy around to help. Luckily, this duo in St. Louis had both the brawn and the brains to get a full size couch moved from A to B without all that pesky truck rental.
Read MoreNew York City is getting its first autonomous shuttle, as self-driving company Optimus Ride will debut autonomous shuttles in the Brooklyn Navy Yard sometime in the second quarter of 2019, as reported by The Verge and other outlets.
Read MoreVolvo is very committed to the idea of ending all fatalities in cars it builds, and it’s even willing to watch you like a hawk and snitch on you to make that happen. Volvo announced today it will employ in-car cameras to detect when a driver is drunk or distracted, and its cars will take specific actions when such a system is detected. I suspect you can also trigger the system by just driving like a loon, but I guess we’ll just have to see.
Read MoreBack in 2012, the revolutionary Tesla Model S went into production, designed in such a way that much of the software and hardware functionality could be tweaked, fixed or updated remotely. Seven years later, the rest of the industry is just starting to catch up.
Read MoreOne of the bright selling points of electric cars is that they’re silent, but that’s also a potential safety hazard for pedestrians used to listening for the rumble of an internal combustion engine to know a car is coming. The problem is downright dangerous for those who are blind. Some electric cars make a fake futuristic whoosh to compensate for it. The original Chevy Volt had a better solution: a second, cute little horn.
Read MoreYou’ve seen a normal electric car charging station, right? The charging infrastructure isn’t really there yet, but it’s still likely you’ve seen one. They tend to be some sort of wall-mounted box or free-standing obelisk-like thing with a long, thick cable, terminating in the plug that connects to the car. They’re electron-pumping versions of gas pumps. This is a lousy way to design them, and I think I have a better idea.
Read MoreWhen you really get down to it, life is a constant struggle to maintain the illusion of control. Take those stupid buttons at crosswalks. The ones you jab while waiting for the hand to turn into the walking dude. That button does nothing—the traffic lights are on timers. Pressing the button over and over is pure placebo. But you press it, we all press it, because we need to pretend we’re not powerless.
Read MoreTesla’s new Sentry Mode, which is designed to use the car’s cameras to catch thieves in the act of breaking into the car, was only introduced last month, but has already proven very effective.
Read MoreYou can be forgiven if you don’t remember Arrivo, a shuttered Hyperloop-esque company founded by the former Hyperloop One executive Brogan BamBrogan. In addition to some wildly ambitious ideas, it had many slogans: “Engineered to get us there.” “The End of Traffic.” But the one that best encapsulated the erstwhile company’s disregard for the practical limits of space-time: “Don’t get there, be there.”
Read MoreSome of us still like to live by the motto that manual transmissions defer car theft—a good, if dying, sentiment. But most don’t subscribe to that mindset, so it’s about time automakers come up with a new one. Perhaps that’s why Toyota just filed for a vehicle fragrance dispenser with a tear-gas setting.
Read MoreDerek was working at home from his sales job at a Tesla store on February 28. He wanted to have a leg up on some leads in anticipation of the big announcement to come at 5 p.m.. He surmised it would be the triumphant declaration that the Tesla Model 3 sedan would finally be available for the long-promised price of $35,000, something Elon Musk had previously said might be impossible.
Read MorePerhaps you’ve heard of a little thing called the Americans with Disabilities Act, better known as the ADA, a federal law passed in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. It’s a very famous law! But in New York City, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subways and buses among other things, has basically been ignoring it since the day it was signed. And this week, following a lawsuit, a federal judge finally told them to knock it off.
Read MoreYou may recall the other day we told you about a new Volkswagen concept electric dune buggy, one heavily inspired by old dune buggies like the Meyers Manx. It’s now being reported that VW execs are seriously considering putting the ID Buggy into production, or at the very least selling its MEB platform so other companies can put cars like it into production.
Read MoreYou may recall back in late January we wrote about a guy sawing logs while his Tesla Model X handled the driving, at least as best it could, since, remember, it’s just a Level 2 semi-autonomous system and is in no way qualified to be trusted to drive a car without some human oversight. This was a bad idea. And it’s still a bad idea, even for this other sleepy dumbass spotted (apparently) snoozing in his Tesla Model S on a California highway.
Read MoreSingapore may only be about 280 square miles in size and regularly beset by monsoon, but for those reasons and more it’s quickly becoming a hotbed of autonomous vehicle testing. And you may even soon be able to catch a self-driving Volvo bus there.
Read MoreThis is one of those things that just doesn’t sound like it should work at all: Somehow melting together glass and metal to combine into one, unified, part-glass/part-metal mongrel whole. If it could be done, it would be a breakthrough for automobile manufacturing, which is all about combining glass and metal. Well, it seems that researchers at Edinburgh, Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University have figured it out. With lasers.
Read MoreThat’s not a joke, they really called the company Fuell. Buell has partnered with Sauber team principle and owner of Formula E chassis-builder Spark Racing Technology Frédéric Vasseur, as well as entrepreneur Francois-Xavier Terny, to launch the electric bike company.
Read MoreAutomakers fighting back against President Donald Trump’s import tariffs, slumping March new car sales, we get some insight into Nissan under Carlos Ghosn and so much more for The Morning Shift of Friday, March 29, 2019.
Read MorePickup truck prices are out of control, Smart lives to fight another day in China, Volkswagen wants nothing to do with this Nissan-Renault-Fiat Chrysler merger business and so much more for The Morning Shift of Thursday, March 28, 2019.
Read MoreA wave of consolidation may be on the horizon, some tweets, and Lotus—yes, Lotus!—have all blessed us on this day. This is the Morning Shift for March 27th, 2019.
Read MoreMore talk about former Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn’s finances, Uber expands its reach into the Middle East, lawsuits against Elon Musk and Tesla over the Model 3, minivans sitting on dealer lots and Boeing 737 Max 8 news. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, March 26, 2019.
Read MoreGeneral Motors invests a lot more in domestic electric vehicle production and hopefully takes the heat off, the United Auto Workers union has another potential scandal on its hands, Ford hires a former Silicon Valley financial guru and much more for The Morning Shift of Friday, March 22, 2019.
Read MoreGeneral Motors’ and Ford’s white-collar workers prepare for the worst even as their employers are profitable, Volvo thinks it can actually make money on this “electrification” thing, President Trump lights up GM and the UAW on a trip to Ohio and much more for The Morning Shift of Thursday, March 21, 2019.
Read MoreNissan slashes sales targets in China, BMW is introducing a savings plan to account for a projected downturn in sales and President Donald Trump is playing out his reelection campaign amid the General Motors-UAW fight in Ohio. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
Read MoreElon Musk is still in trouble for tweeting, Ford is eyeing those profits, the United Auto Workers union faces a growing corruption scandal and more await you in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
Read MoreDon’t worry, folks, President Donald Trump is here to save General Motors’ Ohio plan, just like he saved, uh, Carrier. Oh god. This isn’t going to end well, is it. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, March 18, 2019.
Read MoreMore lawsuits around Dieselgate, hope for the Audi TT and R8 may lie in electricity, a potential cash-saving BMW and Daimler partnership on electric-vehicle platforms, a minivan recall and testing autonomous cars with virtual pedestrians. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, March 15, 2018.
Read MoreHappy Tesla Model Y day, everybody. People don’t want to buy Boeing’s planes now, the weather is bad, Audi doesn’t like losing, and more for The Morning Shift this Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Read MoreFord’s executive chairman fawns over VW, many European cars may be about to get Brexit-ed, and two men have been charged for allegedly stealing dozens of Dieselgate VWs from an NFL stadium in Michigan. All that and more for The Morning Shift this Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
Read MoreThe UAW is gearing up for a contract fight, Elon Musk argues that he shouldn’t be held in contempt of court, and the Renault-Mitsubishi-Nissan partnership might not be dead. All that and more for The Morning Shift this Tuesday, March 12, 2019.
Read MoreGeneral Motors’ Lordstown plant closure is more bad news for auto workers, BMW faces tariff headaches, Elon Musk’s newfound affinity for weed may soon bite him in the ass and more for The Morning Shift of Friday, March 8, 2019.
Read MoreThe car industry is consolidating in the name of technology, EPA standards might prove to be unsustainable, and self-driving cars are falling into chaos as a result of one autonomous technology being utilized across the board. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, March 7, 2019.
Read MoreCarlos Ghosn is actually out of jail this time, the White House wants automakers to choose between its emissions plans and California’s, the U.S. could get some hybrid Jeep models, and Honda wants to fully electrify its lineup in Europe. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, March 6, 2018.
Read MoreSurprising Tesla cuts, Carlos Ghosn is one step closer to fresh air, mobility might suck, Brexit could push Mini out of the UK, and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, March 5, 2019.
Read MoreThe Tesla Model Y electric crossover is coming in less than two weeks, China’s still in a car slump, and the cobalt market so critical for EVs is boom-bust. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, March 4, 2019.
Read MoreTesla’s short term plans don’t involve making money, Subaru is planning to recall millions of cars, and GM hasn’t paid income taxes in years. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, March 1, 2019.
Read MoreIt started, I think, as a joke.
Read MoreLos Angeles is very nosy about where people are going to be dorkily bopping around on e-scooters, and they’re not going to let companies sprinkle scooters all over the city unless the agree to play ball by providing location data to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. Companies that have agreed to provide data have been given one-year permits, while those that have contested have been given provisional one-month permits.
Read MoreAt the behest of their board, who apparently didn’t want to discuss billion-dollar train tunnels without exploring other options, top Virginia transportation officials went to California to ride in The Boring Company’s silly car tunnel.
Read MoreThe next time some Tesla bro corners you in the locker room at the gym, dripping and wearing only a towel while he explains to you, finger jabbing into your sternum, that he’s saving the world and defeating the massive oil industry’s stranglehold on America, and you, you’re the problem, just stop him right there and let him know this: The real EVs that are making a dent in global oil demand are not Teslas, but Chinese buses.
Read MoreA homeless man died while sitting on a New York City subway platform Tuesday morning in Midtown Manhattan, a police spokesman told Jalopnik. The body was left sitting up and partially covered with a sheet on the platform bench long enough for commuters to take photos.
Read MoreThere were 23 million instances of the Chinese government blocking citizens from purchasing plane or train tickets in 2018, according to a government report obtained by the Associated Press. These people had been marked by the government as “discredited” for behavioral crimes, without specifying which crimes might bar someone from such a credit deduction. AP says some areas of China will issue social credit demerits for “offences as minor as walking a dog without a leash.”
Read MoreI can’t tell you how many times I’ve stared wistfully out my window and wished that someone, anyone, would build another six-wheeled pickup truck. Well friends, it appears that Bureko will make my dream come true as soon as I can come up with €300,000.
Read MoreEver since the 2020 Jeep Gladiator debuted at the LA Auto Show, everyone has been asking: “How much will it cost?” Now we know, and while it’s certainly not cheap, you get a lot of truck for your bucks. Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of how much you can spend on a Gladiator and how its pricing compares to other mid-sized trucks.
Read MoreThe 2020 Jeep Gladiator is the first official Jeep pickup truck to exist in a long time, which is cool, but it may well be the first mass-produced non-military convertible pickup truck to be sold in America ever. Here’s a very quick demo of how easy its ragtop is to use.
Read MoreRight now, auto writers are in Sacramento, California testing the 2020 Jeep Gladiator, and while driving impressions are embargoed for a bit longer, there’s a great story to be told about how Jeep engineers managed to get the truck to tow a best-in-class (for a gas vehicle) 7,650 pounds—and why the upcoming diesel will actually tow less than the gas model.
Read MoreAdmit it: It’s not often we see something good and interesting from Mitsubishi anymore. While it’s still huge in some markets, like Asia, here in the U.S. it’s hanging on as best it can with a bunch of new and very much not-so-new crossovers. That’s why I’m so into the Mitsubishi Triton Absolute concept. It’s a truck, full of carbon fiber!
Read MoreThe first Jeep pickup in over 25 years, the 2020 Jeep Gladiator, has already started rolling off the assembly line in Toledo. But before it hits dealers, I’ll have a chance to give it a test drive. What do you want me to pay special attention to?
Read MoreFord, as we’ve known for some time now, is building an electric version of the F-150. This makes a ton of sense on nearly every level, though the company took the unusual (?) step recently of trotting out a test version with an exhaust pipe that doesn’t look, let’s say, real.
Read MoreOne of the 2019 Chevy Silverado’s most enticing options is without a doubt its new inline six-cylinder 3.0-liter Duramax turbo diesel engine. Chevrolet hasn’t released official specs yet, but a credible document we’ve seen establishes that this engine will make a factory-claimed 277 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque, edging out Ford’s competing engine and possibly Ram’s too.
Read MoreOne of the most popular corners of car culture right now is overlanding, a word for vehicle-dependent adventuring or what haters might call car camping with more Instagram. There are posers out there, sure, but this scene is actually producing some very cool innovations in car customization.
Read MoreWhile sitting in traffic on California State Route 17 between Santa Cruz and San Jose, a member of the car enthusiast Facebook group Oppositetalk named Diego Imprenta spotted a bizarre mechanical creature that appears to be some combination of Ford Super Duty and Mercedes Sprinter.
Read MoreEver since the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety began subjecting vehicles to its passenger-side small overlap crash test in 2017, it’s been a hard one to pass. Pickup trucks are no exception.
Read MoreAfter the reveal of the new Tesla Model Y last week, company CEO Elon Musk hinted that there had been an easter egg in the presentation that just about everybody missed. Turns out it was a teaser image of what’s supposed to be the upcoming Tesla pickup truck.
Read MoreYou may remember that last month I pointed out that electric truck-building startup Rivian had a couple of patents that were very much in line with similar ideas I’d been thinking and writing about. Now, someone at the site RivianForums has taken some time to mock up what these modular rear pods would look like on the base truck, and, if reality turns out to be anything close to this, I think we’re in for something good, possibly something that could finally push the modular car idea into the ma
Read MoreLegend has it that whoever can pull this Jeep from the ice block upon which it’s trapped gets to be king of England.
Read MoreIf you’ve always wanted an easy way to turn your pickup truck into an outdoor movie theater, a new Ford patent involving mounts for a screen, speakers, and projector, proposes just that. Check out this incredibly simple idea.
Read MoreWhile most people with old Porsche 911s are pampering them, waiting for the cars to ripen like savings bonds, somebody has turned one into a delightfully perverse all-terrain vehicle and is clearly living their best life.
Read MoreWe’ve been hearing about the death of the sedan, and especially the manual sport sedan, for a few years now. Carmakers are dropping sedans from their lineups like urine-soaked hotcakes, and Ford’s given up on them entirely, in America. Not everyone believes this, though. Even as Volkswagen’s finally cracking the U.S. market with SUVs like the new, bigger Tiguan and even bigger Atlas, it proves with the 2019 Jetta GLI that fun sedans aren’t dead yet.
Read MoreTires, as we’ve pointed out time and time again, are some of the most important things you can have on your car, as they are what connect the car to the road. All tires have useful information written on them. Here’s how to decipher what it all means.
Read MoreI have two weeks to get my $500 Postal Jeep, Project POStal, ready for a huge trip across the country, and I’m so far behind it’s not even funny. One minor problem that has been a major headache has to do with my ignition system, and it needs to get fixed. Like, right now.
Read MoreWhile my friend David Tracy is working his knuckles to the bone in a frigid Michigan garage trying to bring a dilapidated postal Jeep back from the dead, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate myself for finding possibly the only car mod that’s easier than applying stickers.
Read MoreI do this every year despite how much it costs me psychologically, physically, socially, and financially. But I don’t learn. I procrastinate until I lose sleep, tossing and turning at thoughts of just how much I have to fix in so little time. Just look at this enormous list of jobs I have to complete in the next three weeks if my $500 Postal Jeep is to have any chance at driving 1,700 miles to Moab.
Read More“There’s no way in hell this will work,” I thought to myself from sun up to sun down this past Saturday and Sunday, as I attempted to refurbish the ridiculously rusty cylinder head I’d bought off the floor of a former Chrysler engineer’s garage that week. My $500 Postal Jeep’s old head was cracked, and this new one was a chance at new life. But things looked bleak.
Read MoreThis is the weekend of weekends. My $500 Postal Jeep’s frame is fixed, most of my replacement parts are in, and I just found a cylinder head that may or may not be in good enough shape to replace my cracked one. This weekend, I’ll be reassembling this little right-hand drive parcel hauler, and if by Sunday night, I don’t have something that can run and drive, I’ll be in a bad, bad spot.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I had to make a mad rush to an optometrist because, while hacking away at my $500 Postal Jeep’s perforated frame, my electric angle grinder shot a small speck of rust directly onto my eye.
Read MoreMy biggest concern in preparing my dilapidated $500 Postal Jeep for a 3,500 mile trek to and from Utah has been the 20 inch long crater field of rust holes at the front of my left frame rail. Frankly, I wasn’t sure that it could be fixed. But last week, I grabbed my $100 Harbor Freight welder and it looks like I pulled it off. Somehow.
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