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Beyond Cars (13)

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    These Guys Who Built A Stretched Tank Limo Are After My Own Heart

    Hello, hello, hello, my darlings! What a summer it has been so far. I heard you didn’t get that time off from work you put in for, poor thing. As for me, I have been gallivanting abroad, soaking up the sun and happily tuning out the wails of the downtrodden. It’s been rejuvenating, to say the least. And I’m in a particularly good mood today because I’ve just come across two men who’ve built a custom “tank limo,” which good news for you.

    By Kristen Lee Read More
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    The Pickup Truck For The Next Toyota War Isn't A Toyota At All

    When it first came out in 2015, we were impressed by how close the SOTV-B managed to dress up as a Toyota Hilux, the pickup truck renowned around the world for its uncanny ability to be turned into a technical. Clearly, though, Navistar or its potential customers were not satisfied with the first attempt because there’s a new one that doesn’t just vaguely resemble a Hilux, it looks pretty damn close to the real thing.

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    Here Are All The Screw Ups In The Top Gun: Maverick Trailer Already

    The Top Gun: Maverick trailer is here, and while there is such a thing as “suspension of disbelief” and “it’s just a movie” and “you guys are a bunch of jerks ruining nice things that people enjoy,” there are things in it that are WRONG. Not from a “why is Ed Harris so old” perspective, but something far worse. From a pedant’s perspective. This is everything that looks inaccurate to us, just from the trailer alone.

    By Kyle Mizokami Read More
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    Turkey Was Just Booted Out Of The F-35 Program

    The American government has given Turkey the boot, officially removing the country from the F-35 Lightning II program. The two countries are at odds over Ankara’s purchase of an advanced Russian surface-to-air missile system, which Washington claimed could be used to spy on an aircraft that will be the backbone of U.S. airpower for the foreseeable future.

    By Kyle Mizokami Read More
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    Here's What You'll Face When You Try To Invade Area 51

    This week, the internet is going crazy with talk of a mass People’s Invasion of Area 51. More than one million people have signed up on Facebook to breach the gates of the most famous top secret government facility in the world. The event, which sprang to life as a joke started by social media shitposters, has now racked up an enormous amount of publicity worldwide, with media outlets taking it utterly seriously and others as the joke it always was. Unless you want to do it for real. In which ca

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    The Air Force Has Started Building The First B-21 Bomber, Which You Haven't Even Seen Yet

    The U.S. Air Force and defense contractor Northrop Grumman have begun construction of the first B-21 Raider bomber. The airplane, which will carry both conventional and nuclear payloads, is the U.S.’s first first new heavy bomber in more than thirty years. And despite a plane already being assembled, you haven’t seen it yet. All you’ve seen is a cartoon. There are no real public photographs yet at all.

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    The Totally Unexpected Rise Of The Seafood Drone Army

    Researchers in China are looking to Mother Nature for inspiration to design the next generation of drones. Specifically, drones shaped like squid and scallops that would mimic their means of locomotion, allowing some of them to even leap from the water and take flight.

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    Why Siberia Drives On The Wrong Side Of The Road

    It’s the early 1990s. A Toyota Sprinter is wedged half-way onto a cargo ship. Its rear axle floats in the air, hovering above the Sea of Japan. A few dozen more second-hand cars from Japan are stuffed onto the vessel, some more precariously than others.

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    This Is What The U.S. Navy Wants In A Frigate For The 21st Century

    The United States Navy has released its requirements for a new guided missile frigate, a low-end ship designed for less dangerous missions than the rest of the fleet. The new FFG(X) warships will be packed with sensors and weapons (including lasers!), a near 180-degree turn from the current ships the Navy is buying.

    By Kyle Mizokami Read More
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    The Benevolent God-King Of Traffic Exists And Here He Is Fixing Virtual Gridlock On YouTube

    America’s infrastructure is broken. Part of that is because we refuse to maintain it, but a large part is because it wasn’t designed correctly to begin with. I mean, why worry about something as silly as “traffic management” when it’s much easier to just plow straight lines with our highways everywhere. But what if we could experiment with it, and improve it, on the fly? Just look at what this one guy does in Cities: Skylines to see what I’m talking about.

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    Oh Good, Trump Is Getting His Tanks And Fighter Jets In Washington D.C. After All

    President Donald Trump has long pined for tanks and fighter jets as part of a major holiday celebration, and this 4th of July the President is finally, at long last getting his wish. The United States is preparing for its most militaristic 4th of July in years, as Trump turns the annual non-political DC celebration on the national mall into a campaign rally for himself. And like every other event planned by this administration the parade has already sought to overshadow the actual event—and Amer

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BMW (1)

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    What It Was Like To Go 170 MPH In BMW's Swankiest Super Sedan

    Last month, I drove the 2020 Alpina B7–a 600-horsepower evolution of the BMW 7 Series made by one of the company’s most prominent tuners–near its headquarters just outside of Munich. We stretched its legs on the Autobahn and frankly, I’ve never felt like more of a baller.

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Buying (30)

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    2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo: Bow Down To Your V10 Lord Of Natural Aspiration

    I’m not fooled. Not one bit. I know the 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo is packed from pointy nose to upward-slanting tail with a bunch of technological gizmos that make it faster around the track than ever. But in an age of turbocharged and even hybrid everything, this car is still decidedly old school. And that’s what I love about it.

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    Volkswagen Will Chop Its Super Long Warranty Down From Six Years To Four

    In 2017, Volkswagen offered an excellent six year and 72,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty on select models for folks who were considering the brand but were perhaps a bit apprehensive about its reputation for problems and expensive German repair bills. Nothing lasts forever, though, and that includes sweet warranty deals. VW will be reducing the coverage to four years and 50,000 miles starting with the 2020 models.

    By Tom McParland Read More
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    You Can Buy This Near-Pristine 1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four WRC For Only $17,995

    You don’t have to be a car enthusiast to dream about the sweet, sweet joy that is careening through a rally course at full send like you’re champion of the world—but you do have to be pretty serious to actually go out and buy yourself a car that could do just that. Fortunately, there’s an absolutely gorgeous 1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four WRC for sale on Japanese Classics, and it won’t cost you any organs on the black market to afford it.

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    The 2019 Volvo V60 Is Not The Ideal Family Wagon It Seems Like In Theory

    When and where I was growing up in the 1980s and early ’90s, the Volvo 240 wagon was the default car for a family to have. Well, other than minivans. Volvos were spacious, comfy and had a reputation for being very safe. You know, the safety cage thing. The closest thing to that today is the new Volvo V60 wagon.

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    The 2020 C8 Corvette Is Almost Sold Out

    The C8 Corvette: You love reading about it, we are okay with writing about it. But if you want to own it, to feel all 495 horsepower humming behind the driver’s seat, you’d better hustle down to your local Chevrolet dealership and get your order in as the long-fabled mid-engine Corvette is almost sold out, at least for the first model year anyway.

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    Car And Driver's Nightmarishly Unreliable Alfa Romeo Giulia Is Up For Sale

    They say you can’t be a real auto enthusiast if you haven’t owned an Alfa Romeo. If you want to be one of those, and also have a desire to never arrive at your intended destination, we have the car for you. Car and Driver has confirmed that a dealership is selling the magazine’s former long-term Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, which spent 80 days in the shop over 14 months of testing.

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    Here's A 2020 Toyota Supra Marked Up To Nearly $200,000

    There’s regular crazy and there’s Florida crazy. In the last day alone, we’ve seen terrestrial manatees, ass-eating bacteria, and blatant electricity theft all out of the Sunshine State. But all of that is nothing compared to the markup on this 2020 Supra.

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    Should You Finance A Used Car If You Can Pay Cash?

    As 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 when you can get a deal on the new 2020 Chevrolet Corvette, saving on the destination fee and whether it’s worth financing a used car.

    By Tom McParland Read More
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    Hey Rich People, I'm Going To Tell You How To Spend Your Money: Buy A New/Old Alvis

    Sure, there’s lots of notable exceptions, but overall, rich people tend to be really stupid with how they spend their money on cars. Far too often they dump loads of cash into one of the same few super- or hypercars that every other unimaginative rich dipshit is buying, and then they putter around in them, never even touching what the car can actually do. Luckily, there’s a much better option now for exchanging a shitload of money for a car: one of these Alvis Continuation Series cars.

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    BMW Wants You To Pay An Annual Fee To Access Apple CarPlay

    From the 2019 model year onward any new BMW sold will require the owner to pay an $80 annual fee in order to connect their Apple iTelephone device to their premium luxury automobile. Where most automakers include the connectivity in most products, occasionally reserved for higher trim models, BMW will charge an additional access. The audacity!

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    Let's Configure Your 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray

    As we may soon be saying about the 2020 Corvette Stingray itself: damn, that was fast. Though the car just debuted last night, the configurator is already online so you can spec it out to the fullest extent of your desires. Let’s go!

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    There Are Way More Brand New Manual VW Wagons For Sale Than I Expected

    It’s a sad day for wagon lovers as Volkswagen announced that the Golf Sportwagen and Alltrack will not return to the American market after the 2019 model year. It was the only brand new wagon you could buy in the US with a manual, and if you are thinking of grabbing one now is the time to act while inventory is plentiful.

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    The 2020 Hyundai Palisade Is Kind Of Astoundingly Luxurious

    The 2020 Hyundai Palisade isn’t the bargain-basement large-medium three-row SUV I was expecting. Well, it is an eight-seat sport utility and it’s definitely not small. But it’s also really nice. The top-spec Limited version, actually, is almost shockingly luxurious. Hyundai is not messing around here.

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    The 2020 Kia Telluride Is A Pretty Nice SUV To Drive And Sleep In

    The fact that Kia is building a large seven/eight-seater SUV is about as surprising as discovering that the Twinkie you’ve just bitten into contains an interior chamber, filled with a white, sweet, creamery substance. It’s a move so safe that I’d tell it my bank card PIN, if it asked. People will buy these, because, it seems, that’s all they want to buy anymore. Happily, Kia’s jump on this particular bandwagon is a jump well executed. I can say this because not only did I take the 2020 Kia Tellu

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More
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    Here Is Why It's So Difficult To Know How Much You're Actually 'Saving' On A Used Car

    It’s no great revelation that used cars are way more complicated to shop for than new models. And it’s sometimes even more difficult to determine whether or not a customer got a “good price” on a used car. A recent look into buying habits revealed that online retailers can, theoretically, save buyers some money when shopping used, but the details reveal a different story.

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    Which Of You Turkeys Is Dropping $50,000 On A Handbuilt Acura TLX?

    When you want your product to give off a sense of “old-worldness” and “craftsmanship,” you tell everyone that it is “handmade” or “handbuilt.” This marketing scheme has worked on me multiple times, just check my shoe rack. There’s no doubt that Acura hopes buyers will feel similarly about the 2020 Acura TLX PMC Edition, which the automaker says is also handbuilt.

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    I Need A Stylish And Fun Commuter Car For Less Than $25,000

    Jeremy has been daily driving his 1991 Mazda RX-7, but the car’s age and lack of amenities, like a working air conditioner, mean it’s time for something a bit more modern. He wants something fun with decent gas mileage, and most importantly some style. What car should he buy?

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    10,000 Miles Owning A Buick Regal TourX Wagon: What I've Learned

    General Motors doesn’t want you to know that Buick is building a good car right now. Hidden in among the nondescript “That’s a Buick?” crossovers on lots is a beautiful machine built on the last vestiges of GM’s control of Opel. It’s the only American-nameplate wagon left in a market that was once jam-packed with the things. Sure, it’s technically a German car—from a brand now owned by Peugeot/Citroen—but the Buick Regal TourX is one of the better cars I’ve driven in the last few years.

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Culture (177)

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    The Coolest Part Of The New Pagani Huayra Roadster BC Is Its Shift Knob

    These days every sports car interior is packed with carbon and Alcantara, Pagani included. That makes for a very dull and drab color palette. Carbon is great as a material, but it never works as an aesthetic, making the inside of your car either too shiny or too dark. And Alcantara, by nature, is a dull and muted material, even when crafted in an oddball color.

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    Blondie — 'Atomic'

    Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.

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    Porsche Says The Electric Taycan Will Outsell The 911

    Porsche has already taken about 30,000 pre-orders for its all-electric sports sedan. The car has not yet been seen in final production specification, but simply the idea of an electric Porsche has people all over the world champing at the bit to get in line for one. The car won’t even be shown until September’s Frankfurt show, but Porsche has already increased scheduled production output for the sedan to 40,000 units annually in preparation for the surge.

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    The BMW Z4 Could Get Axed After This Generation: Report

    Philosophically, BMW’s Z lineup began with the Z1 in the late ‘80s and grew to the volume-seller Z3 in the ‘90s. The cars are BMW’s take on the idea of a sporty roadster, but the line could end after this current generation Z4, a new report claims.

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    UAW Boss Had The Worst Taste In Corruption

    Back in April, United Auto Workers Vice President Norwood Jewell (left) pled guilty to a number of charges related to the ongoing UAW corruption scandal, in which Norwood enriched himself by using funds for a training center on stupid stuff for himself instead.

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    Ohio's Long Battle Over Front License Plates Isn't Over Yet

    Some states require front license plates, others don’t. Car enthusiasts say the cars look better without them. The police say they have captured violent criminals because of them. The state of Ohio is somehow still in the midst of this debate despite having passed legislation earlier this year abolishing the requirement.

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    What Was The Last Supercar Flop?

    The Jaguar XJ220 is, in the year 2019, considered a classic of the early 1990s supercar era. It’s right up there in the Pantheon with the Ferrari F40s and the Bugatti EB110s. But when it finally went on sale in 1992, it was a total disaster.

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    Nearly 30,000 Volkswagen Tiguans And CCs Recalled For Faulty Airbag Modules

    Owners of model-year 2015 to 2016 Volkswagen Tiguans and CCs should be aware that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall for their cars over an airbag issue. If you’re reading this and you own a CC, then I commend you because I feel like almost nobody bought that car. Just get it checked out, please.

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    The Base Model 2020 Porsche 911 Will Start At $97,400

    With the exciting announcement of a revamped Porsche 911 earlier this year, the 992-generation car launched in Carrera S and Carrera 4S guise. After a few months of anxious waiting, we finally have the details on Porsche’s base model 911. The Carrera and Carrera Cabriolet were unveiled Monday afternoon, still with a starting price under the 6-figure barrier for the 379-horsepower rear-engined German sports machine.

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    Fiat Mechanic Passes Away And Now His Giant Collection Is Up For Sale

    Tom Dotter, a Denver-area shop owner who specialized in Fiats and Lancias, passed away in May, leaving behind a large field of tiny four-cylinder Italian convertibles, sedans, and wagons. Autoweek’s Murilee Martin brought to our attention this lot of roughly 75 cars that are now up for grabs in what is being called the Great Fiat Yard Sale of 2019. Check out these machines.

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    Forget The Mid-Engine Corvette; Bring On The Mid-Engine Camry

    We’re just getting off a massive wave of mid-engine hype, thanks to the long-anticipated introduction of the C8 Corvette, the first production mid-engine Corvette. All this middle-engine talk got me pretty worked up, which got me thinking: what if mid-engine mania migrated out of the sports car world? What if a mainstream automaker decided to apply a mid-engine design to a normal, boring passenger car? In short, what if there was a mid-engine Toyota Camry?

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    About 28 Percent Of Food Delivery Drivers Provide Free Secret Food Tasting Services

    If you’re like most of our readers, you’re likely in charge of some important organization, possibly the ruling regent of a country, the CEO of a major corporation, or a general behind a military coup. As such, you likely have expendable food tasters on payroll to insure your safety. Well, good news! You’re likely getting those services for free a little more than a quarter of the times you order out!

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    How Henry Ford Got A Hold Of Thomas Edison's Last Breath

    The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI, has tons of interesting exhibits dedicated to turn-of-the-century industrialism. But tucked away, behind a still-running Edison Triple Expansion Steam engine in a section called Made in America, is a small case which gives you a glimpse into not only one of the great friendship of the 20th century, but just how creepy our American forebears were. Inside an exhibit dedicated to Thomas Edison and his competitors is presented a vial filled with the inventor’s

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    Kia Confirms A Ute Is Definitely On Its Way To Australia

    Rumors about a potential Kia ute have been floating around for a while now, teasing the potential of something really damn fun. But things have actually finally been confirmed that there’s not only going to be a sweet beautiful ute—but that work is actually already in progress.

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    What's Your 'Don't Meet Your Heroes' Car Story?

    Your heroes will probably never live up to your expectations. Jake Paul won’t be as selfless as he appears, Paul Giamatti won’t be as beautiful in person and Tom Hanks might forget to thank the waiter. The things we love—cars included—are flawed.

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    Your Supremely Serene Hawaiian Land Rover Wallpaper Is Here

    It’s July. It’s hot and humid. The last beer was left half-drank and warm on the table in the yard. What you need is some real refreshment. The kind that can only come from an Oahu beachside breeze through the open vents at the base of the bonnet on your 1988 Land Rover 110. But you don’t own a 1988 110, so you’ll have to settle for gorgeous shot Patrick Parsons sent to us of his truck on the Leeward Coast of Oahu.

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    Someone Needs To Buy The Aston Martin Vanquish Assembly Line Before I Do

    After an initial deal went sour, Aston Martin is still looking for a buyer for the complete production kit for its Vanquish. In order to help Aston find the £19 million (about $23.5 million) the deal was supposed to net, as well as a place to put the contents of its St. Athan plant before DBX production can begin, I have a plan.

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    MOMA's Volvo Was A Safer, Boxier 'Taxi Of Tomorrow'

    How do you replace a New York institution like the legendary Checker Cab? You get the help of another New York institution (and a Swedish carmaker), of course. Volvo decided it was time to re-invent the taxicab back in the day, and the effort was so good, it was put in one of the greatest art museums in the world.

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    This Down And Dirty Camaro Was Built To Own Mud Bogs

    The car you see here is not a radio controlled toy, it is a real-deal proper off-roader built by slamming a $50 vintage Chevrolet Camaro body on top of a Hummer H1 chassis. With huge turbocharged and nitrous-injected GM LS V8 power, massive tires, and four wheel steering, this Camaro is unlike any other I’ve ever seen. According to the owner, this project was assembled in a scant 30 days, and has been destroying mud bogs ever since.

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    Jason Drives Is Coming Back With A Citroën 100th Anniversary Special

    How many times do you get to celebrate turning a hundred years old? A few times a century at best, right? That’s why we thought it’d be a good idea to take some time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Citroën, one of the most consistently weird car companies, with a little Jason Drives mini-series focused on that most Citroëny of Citroëns, the 2CV.

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    The 2020 Lotus Evora GT Gets Its Rear Seat Back And 6 Extra HP

    Another year, another new Lotus Evora. This time they’re calling it the 2020 Lotus Evora GT, an evolution of the Evora 410, which itself was an evolution of an evolution of what’s now a 10-year-old car. It’s now a little more powerful, a little faster, and still asking for almost $100,000.

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    Madrid's Car Ban Flip-Flop Shows Just How Much People In Big Cities Love Banning Cars

    Less than a month after announcing a moratorium on Madrid’s car ban in the city center on the justification that traffic is part of the city’s identity (yes, seriously), the city’s right-wing coalition is now poised to reverse itself and go back to the ban that has been in place since December, CityLab reports. Who would have thought a pro-traffic political platform could backfire?

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    What Do You Want To Know About The 2019 Porsche 911 Speedster?

    The Porsche 911 Speedster is much more than just another trim level of the German automaker’s prolific sports car; it’s basically an artful twist on one of the brand’s most extreme machines that also happens to be a six-speed manual convertible. And an homage to the outfit’s early legends, if you’re into that kind of thing.

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    McLaren Is Working On A Driver Focused Ferrari SP2 Competitor Without A Top: Report

    McLaren is reportedly already working on an open-cockpit speedster hypercar follow up to the focused Senna, topping the range and filling another slot in the brand’s Ultimate Series, according to Autocar. Similar to Ferrari’s recent Monza SP1 and SP2 speedster models, the new McLaren will simply not have a roof in deference to pure driving enjoyment and in promotion of a lightweight ethos.

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    This Beautiful Beijing-Jeep Cherokee Is In Trouble And We Need To Save It

    The legendary Jeep Cherokee XJ was sold in the U.S. between model years 1984 and 2001, but in China, production continued into the late 2000s under a joint venture company formed between AMC and BAIC initially called Beijing-Jeep (XJ production continued into the 2010s after the joint venture ended). Now one of the XJs built by Beijing-jeep is in danger of being crushed, and we must save it.

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    Up Garage Is The Auto Parts Store Of Your Dreams

    Have you ever woken up and told yourself you need the instrument cluster cover from a Honda CR-Z? Have you ever walked into an auto parts store with a front bumper of a Mustang hanging from the wall? What about the rear wing from an RX-7, the seat from an Alpine A310, and a headlight from a Fiat 500? That’s just a single headlight, not a pair. This is Up Garage, the used auto parts giant of Japan, and it is fascinating.

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    You're Not Gonna Believe The Crazy Shit At Saleen's Chinese Comeback (Also Jason Statham Was There)

    Saleen, no matter which way you look at it, is a deeply strange car company. Sometimes its funds are dwindling, sometimes it’s resurrecting cars that it first started building nearly 20 years ago, and sometimes it’s hosting a live news conference, in China, with a claimed 24,000 people in attendance, seemingly at the behest of its deep-pocketed Chinese backer, unveiling an SUV for the first time, “unveiling” three other cars that have already been publicly displayed, and Jason Statham. At least

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    Here's The Ford 'Baby Bronco' Adventurer Testing Off-Road

    It’s not enough for Ford to just bring back the Bronco. Because total SUV, truck and crossover dominance is the name of the game, Ford’s also doing a “Baby Bronco” to compete with the Jeep Renegade and its ilk. Here is that car, doing off-roady things in heavy camouflage.

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    Ford Writes Down $181 Million In Software Company Stock Value Following Class Action Lawsuits [Corrected]

    Correction 3:47 p.m. ET: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Ford wrote off its entire $181 million investment in Pivotal Software. Ford lost $181 million in market value from its Pivotal stock due to the events described in the article, but as a Ford spokesperson wrote to Jalopnik after publication of this article, the company still retains its 17.5 million shares for a total value of around $170 million. We regret the error.

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    The Upcoming BMW M3 And M4 Will Have Manuals, Praise Be

    I knew it. I knew there was no way BMW could go on calling itself “the ultimate driving machine” and not offer a manual on the upcoming M3 and M4. After months and months of rumors, we finally have confirmation from the head of BMW M himself, Markus Flasch.

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    The Nissan Rogue Hybrid Is Dead

    You’ll be forgiven for not knowing Nissan sold a Rogue Hybrid. It came and went without much fanfare. Nissan doesn’t even have a photograph of the Rogue Hybrid available on its press site. The picture included above is actually a non-hybrid Rogue SL. You didn’t even notice, did you? That’s how little attention was paid to the lowly Hybrid model.

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    Citroën Sabotaged Wartime Nazi Truck Production In A Simple And Brilliant Way

    In case you forgot to change the batteries in your calendar, you may not be aware that this year is the 100th anniversary of Citroën. We’ve been shooting a Jason Drives special mini-series for this centenary, and while doing some research I happened to stumble upon a fascinating bit of wartime Citroën lore. It involves screwing with Nazis in a genuinely clever and subtle way that nevertheless had big repercussions. I’ll explain.

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    What's The Best State For A Gearhead?

    I am West Coast born, and that means I’m California raised. My nostalgia for the streetparked cars of my hometown will never fade, remembering ‘70s Corollas still used for commuting to rust-free Volvo 142s sitting with $500 for sale signs on them. But since moving East, I’ve fallen a bit for a different state’s automotive scene.

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    What Year Is This, 2008?

    The Mazda RX-8 is a rotary-powered sports car that was produced from 2003 to 2012. It is now past 2012, which makes me wonder why Mazda is testing an RX-8 on the Nürburgring like it’s 2008.

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    You Can Customize Your C8 Corvette's VIN For $5,000

    Maybe you’re seriously considering the 2020 C8 Chevy Corvette. If so, then you’d want to make the car yours by personalizing the hell out of it, right? Well, now you can take the customization a step further and even mess with the car’s vehicle identification number.

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    The 2020 Audi Q3 Sportback Brings A Chopped Roof And Not Much Else

    Have you ever been in an Audi Q3 and thought that the daylight opening of the greenhouse could stand to be incrementally smaller and that it needed a roofline to provide slightly worse rear seat headroom? You’re absolutely in luck, pal! Audi has just the car for you in the Q3 Sportback.

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    Yes, You Can Use A Soccer Ball As An Air Suspension But It's A Dumb Idea

    Lots of automakers these days offer air suspensions, which basically consist of an airbag at each corner, a reservoir, a compressor, and lines between them. There’s also a damper, control arms, and other suspension-y bits, but the main parts are the air springs, which are just bags of air. So is a soccer ball.

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    Get Over It: The C8 Corvette Is Not Getting A Manual Gearbox

    Look at that guy in the stock photo, driving the new 2020 Chevrolet Corvette. He is feeling the thrill of 495 horsepower right behind his back. He is basking in the sun as it shines on his face. What he is not doing—what he will never do, unfortunately—is shifting gears with a stick and a clutch pedal.

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    Over 90,000 Nissan Titans Recalled For Engines That Might Stall

    Picture this: You’re outside, messing around in the dry, desert dirt with your Nissan Titan when suddenly the interior lights start to flicker. The radio starts to come in intermittently. No, you aren’t about to be paid a visit from the Demogorgon in Stranger Things, but your truck might be in need of a recall repair.

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    We Have A Few Spaces Left For Our Robot, Take The Wheel Book Launch Party In NYC Tonight!

    Though I keep him chained to his basement at all times so he can turn out sweet, sweet car content on his Coleco Adam, our own Jason Torchinsky somehow managed to write a book. It’s called Robot, Take the Wheel: The Road to Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Driving, and it’s about our maybe-autonomous car future. We’re throwing a party in New York tonight to celebrate and we still have a few slots left, so come hang out if you’re around!

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    This Ferrari-Based One-Off Conciso Gets The Most Out Of Being The Bare Minimum

    Back in 1993, German designer Bernd Michalak decided to build a one-off Ferrari-based concept to portray an “athletic with not an extra ounce” ideal. Starting with a nice low-mile 328 GTS, the car was stripped down to its most bare component parts. Once the lightweight body was developed, it was shown off at the 1993 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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    Is An Add-On Hardtop With Gullwing Doors A Good Idea Or A Bad Idea?

    As many of you may already know, I’m an idea man. You also may know that sometimes, maybe, I’m not so great at deciding what’s a good idea and what’s a bad idea. This time I’m appealing to you wise people for help in hopes of maybe seeming like less of a moron: is an add-on hardtop for a roadster that incorporates gullwing doors a good idea or a bad idea?

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    How The Hell Are We Supposed To Pronounce The Lotus Evija?

    So far, 2019 has been a great year for cars. At least, a great year for expensive aspirational machines like the Lotus Evija that cost about a bajillion dollars. But who’s counting! On the other hand, it has decidedly not been a great year for poor Rich Energy, the embattled former Formula One sponsor and shady would-be energy drink empire.

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    This Chinese Company Is Bringing Back The Saleen S7 (UPDATED)

    If there’s one thing Saleen seems to be really good at, it’s never quite giving up on their 19-year-old S7 design. The original year-2000 model S7 was brought back in 2016 with 1000 horsepower (one kilohorsepower?), and Saleen planned on building a massive seven of them. Then, the Chinese company Jiangsu Secco Automobile Technology Corporation bought Saleen back in 2017, and now nearly two years later they announced that they’re going to crank out some more S7s, now with 1,500 horsepower. Why no

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    Do Production Car Lap Records Matter?

    Porsche has been on a tear lately setting production car lap records in the 991.2 generation GT2 RS at tracks all over the world. The GT2 RS is incredibly fast, that much is obvious, but that’s a known quantity at this point. Beyond just the bragging rights for Porsche to say it has set records at the Nurburgring, Road America, Road Atlanta, and now CTMP, does any of this actually mean anything to you?

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    The Moon Landing Astronauts Had A Tough Time Back On Earth

    When Commanders Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins (yes there was a third guy, look it up!) left Earth, they were engineers, test pilots, and property of the U.S. government. When they returned to Earth, they were heroes, and they were totally unprepared for the stardom that followed.

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    Why The Corvette C8 Became Mid-Engine And Got A Major Suspension Change

    We caught up with Josh Holder, the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8’s Program Engineering Manager, at the car’s launch party last night to ask the questions a lot of you have had: why did Chevy move the engine behind the driver, and what made engineers finally swap the car’s signature rear leaf springs for coilover suspension?

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    Here's A First Look At The New C8 Corvette Convertible

    “We are just getting started with Corvette,” said GM President Mark Reuss at the 2020 Corvette’s reveal just before a video montage of apparently future Corvette variants began playing on the screen behind him. Among those variants was this: the Corvette Convertible.

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    The 2020 C8 Corvette Will Start Under $60,000

    General Motors just announced that the new 2020 Corvette will start at under $60,000. “What I can share with you tonight is this: When the 2020 Stingray goes on sale in the U.S., it will start at less than $60,000,” said Mark Reuss, president of GM, during the event livestream.

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    Please Stop Using Citroën H Vans As Food Trucks

    Allow me to rant, because I need to get this off my chest. Despite being a bit of a hipster myself, I despise when a perfectly good Citroën H is used to putter from event to event hawking poorly made coffee or bespoke natural ice bars or whatever. The van was intended to be a simple and easy to repair work vehicle, so I suppose it makes sense as a food truck, but after a long hard life under the oppressive foot of an industrialist boss, doesn’t it deserve a fun retirement?

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    The Way You Open The Hood Of An Audi A2 Is Totally Bizarre

    The Audi A2 is already fascinating for being the first ever high volume aluminum-bodied economy car; for its amazing aerodynamic properties; and for its polarizing, bubbly styling. But more than that, it’s the vehicle’s hood opening procedure that I think cements it squarely in the “wacky car” category.

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    Oliver Zipse Officially In As New BMW Chairman

    Current BMW CEO Harald Krueger will officially be stepping down on August 15th to make way for his successor, Oliver Zipse (second from left, above) who was officially announced Thursday. The 55-year-old has been on BMW’s board since 2015 as head of manufacturing, and will step up to the top role on the following day.

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    Living In Cars Is Becoming Even More Of A Thing In Los Angeles

    Street-parked RVs, vans and just regular-ass cars being used as residences are common to see in Los Angeles. But as homelessness balloons along with the cost of housing, it seems like a new wave of people are turning to “van-life” out of necessity. And contrary to what it looks like on Instagram–it’s not all yoga pants and running cafe lights off a 12-volt adapter.

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    Where On Earth Did All The Lexus RX300s Vanish To?

    In the year 2000, my mother traded in the family’s much-despised Audi A6 wagon (the thing was in the shop every month for some electrical gremlin or another) for a Lexus RX300. Ours was white, not champagne, and today I found myself thinking about where the hell they all went.

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    Here's How To Watch The C8 Chevrolet Corvette Reveal Tonight

    If you happen to be sitting around at home tonight with nothing to do, then I invite you to join us in watching the C8 Chevrolet Corvette reveal. The event itself is going down in Southern California, but through the power of the Internet, you don’t even need to leave your house in order to get in on the action.

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    Bank Repossesses 50 Alfa Romeos From Struggling Dealership

    Man, the pile of troubles a struggling Alfa Romeo dealership in Dallas has found itself under seems endless. Customer complaints, unpaid rent and now, 50 repossessed vehicles, are reportedly just the tip of the iceberg of problems facing Kamkad Automotive.

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    Man Over-Inflates A Tire And The Subsequent Explosion Destroys His Car

    If you’ve ever wondered how violently a tire can explode if it’s way, way over-inflated, one Russian man decided to give it a shot. He placed a wheel and tire in an old Russian sedan, rigged up some copper tubing between the pump and the wheel, and began inflating. The results are surprisingly violent.

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    Here Come The Boomers Who Are Mad About The Mid-Engine Corvette

    As you know, one of the quintessential parts of being a car enthusiast is being routinely Mad Online. Or, if you’re a buyer of a certain demographic perhaps interested in the new mid-engine C8 Corvette, being Mad To The Wall Street Journal. There, we learn that some—perhaps even many—Corvette traditionalists are livid about their beloved car’s transition to a mid-engine layout.

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    Killed By Crossovers: The Volkswagen Golf SportWagen And Golf Alltrack

    Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of two of the better (also only) wagons still on the American market: the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen and its slightly lifted, Subaru-fighting sibling, the Volkswagen Golf Alltrack. There is no mystery as to the cause of death. It is the crossover.

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    Ford's Making A New Crossover To Take On The Subaru Outback: Report

    Ford promised a lot of new vehicles after it said last year it was axing virtually its entire car lineup in the United States. One of those new vehicles, according to Autocar, is a crossover intended to compete directly with Subaru’s Outback, or something like the Focus Active, which the company had initially said it would still sell here before killing it too.

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    Here's ZF's New Two-Speed Transmission For Electric Cars

    Pretty much all mainstream electric cars integrate their electric motors with single-speed, often 10:1-ish gear reductions, mostly because it’s cheap and easy, and it works. But now, the German transmission company that changed the industry with the now-ubiquitous eight-speed automatic is showing off an electric drive unit with multiple speeds. Two, to be exact.

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    This Is How Kim Jong-Un Circumvents Sanctions To Get The Luxury Cars He Craves

    The world laughed earlier this year when North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s security detail jogged alongside his armored Benz. How he got that Benz through the strict sanctions placed on his country, not even Mercedes could say. But now New York Times reveals the complicated graft, which includes a shady Russian smuggler, ghost ships and plenty of international intrigue.

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    Come Celebrate Jason's Book About Autonomous Cars At Our NYC Launch Party Next Tuesday!

    Many of you Jalopnik readers—I’d even go so far as to say most of you—seem to be literate. And as you should be, you’re concerned about where you fit into our autonomous car maybe-future. That’s why you should read Robot, Take the Wheel: The Road to Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Driving, an exploration of this technology and what it means for us by our very own Jason Torchinsky. And if you’re in New York next week, why not come to the book launch party too?

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    What The Toyota RAV4 Gets Right

    It’s easy for enthusiasts to dismiss the Toyota RAV4. After all, it’s a crossover and there are approximately a billion of the things inhabiting this planet. They take the form of Lyfts, Ubers and taxis across the nation. So what makes them special?

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    Tesla Cut Corners Assembling Model 3s To Meet Musk's Production Goals: Report

    Remember way back in 2018 when one of the biggest stories in the automotive world was whether Tesla could meet its arbitrary self-imposed production targets by building a car factory in a tent in the parking lot of its existing car factory? They certainly did boost production, even if the much ballyhooed $35,000 Model 3 functionally doesn’t exist and reports of quality issues have cropped up here and there throughout.

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    Mazda: We Could Do A Hot Hatch Mazda 3, We Just Choose Not To

    Folks, you hate to see it. A good new car comes out, full of promise and the good handling, and when we crave more power the answer’s a hard “nope.” Once again, Mazda officials reaffirmed that a hotter version of the very good new Mazda 3—a Mazdaspeed 3, a Mazda 3 MPS, whatever you want to call it—isn’t in the cards.

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    Only One Thing Matters About The Mid-Engine Corvette: Price

    This is going to sound more and more obvious the more I get into it, but you’re going to be hearing a lot of even dumber stuff about the mid-engine 2020 Corvette in the coming days and weeks. People will argue about its power. People will argue about its handling. But there’s only one thing that will make or break the mid-engine Corvette, and it’s the price.

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    Porsche Only Produces Two Identical 911s Per Year: Report

    Did your two “best friends” just get matching, brand new Porsche 911 Targa 4s in Night Blue Metallic and mysteriously leave you out of the bonding ritual? Maybe you’ll go out and get the exact same car! That’ll show them. Except, you won’t, because when Porsche sees your vehicle order, it will already be so over it. Been there, done that.

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    Your Ridiculously Awesome Datsun 240Z Wallpapers Are Here

    Who isn’t a fan of the first Japanese sports car to make a real impact on the American market? With a 2.4-liter six-cylinder, this car was like a front-engine Porsche 911 at a fraction of the price for its time. It was forward thinking, gorgeous, and lots of fun to drive. The 240Z deserves every bit of praise it receives, and then some. This one hides a pretty big secret, though.

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    The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Sounds As Loud As It Looks

    It’s been a hot minute since the GT500 was launched, but we haven’t really seen it run in anger until last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Thanks to a few intrepid car spotters, who lugged cameras and microphones out to the hill, we can see a bit of the fast Ford’s performance and hear its big V8 wail. Huh, so that’s what a 760 horsepower 5.2-liter supercharged V8 sounds like, eh?

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    Help Me Understand Why This Hyundai's Wiper Aged So Much More Than The Rest Of The Car

    I’ve got a little Friday afternoon mystery for you: the other day, I was in traffic, behind a 2004 or so Hyundai Santa Fe. Normally, not a terribly exciting vehicle to contemplate. But this one had a strange detail I don’t fully understand: for some reason, the rear wiper assembly seems to have aged at a rate that looks to be at least twice that of the rest of the car. What happened here?

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    Ford's Letting Us Down On Electric Cars (Updated)

    The Ford Motor Company bravely and ambitiously announced today that it would be launching an all-electric model... based on existing MEB platform architecture cribbed from Volkswagen. The VW I.D. 3, sharing that platform, is planned for launch next summer. Ford is going all-in on this electric thing and is ready to prove it by announcing outsourced tech that will take four more years to reach production. That seems, I don’t know, kind of weak?

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    Low-Profile Tires Are Ruining Modern Cars

    The Volkswagen Up GTI I had in France last summer was a dream. It also had 17-inch wheels and low-profile tires. Off the coast, I ran over what seemed to be an innocuous small rock in the road. I knew something was wrong in about the next 10 seconds.

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    The US Coast Guard Caught This Cocaine-Smuggling Semi-Submersible

    The U.S. Coast Guard today announced that the Coast Guard Cutter Munro would offload thirty-nine thousand pounds of cocaine in San Diego with Vice President Pence presiding. The copious amounts of powdered narcotic had been taken in 14 separate seizures, including a particularly large haul in mid-June from the so-called narco-submarine seen here.

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    The Cars Of Stranger Things Season 3 Keep A Great Car-Casting Streak Going

    I’ve done roundups of the cars in Stranger Things for the past two seasons, so if you were hoping I’d just forget and you could slide by without scrutinizing the cars of the show, I have terrible news for you: we’re doing season three! And, even worse news: it’s the post your reading right now! So, get ready to ponder cars that existed into the 1980s. I promise I’ll try to keep spoilers to a minimum. Deal?

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    Motorcyclist Magazine Deserved Better

    After over a century of supplying the world with two-wheel-centric media, Motorcyclist Magazine has ended its print run. Bonnier Corporation, which owns the name, has decided to transition Motorcyclist to a purely digital brand, and print subscribers will be given Cycle World instead. The magazine was given a revamp in 2017 to focus more on long-form storytelling, and the format change worked, as the publication gained a lot of subscribers across 2018. But it was still cut.

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    The Coolest Thing About The Electric VW ID.3 Is The Shifter

    A lot of people are looking to the upcoming Volkswagen ID.3 electric hatchback as proof that a traditional manufacturer can make an attractive, practical mainstream electric vehicle on par with the Tesla Model 3. To VW’s credit, the ID.3 appears to be shaping up to meet the challenge.

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    Guy Installs Manhole Covers Instead Of Wheels And The Results Are Hilarious

    Manhole covers are round and tires are round, so it only makes sense to wonder whether the former can be used as a substitute for the latter, right? Wrong. That makes no sense at all. But YouTuber Garage 54 ENG is in the business of conducting nonsensical experiments, so watch him bolt steel drainage lids onto a crappy old Lada.

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    Ferrari's Most Customized Models Have A Wait Period Of Four To Five Years

    As people without stupid amounts of wealth, we all might equate the splurge of buying a one-off Ferrari with, say, getting a nice watch that isn’t on clearance. But while that watch will either come home with us in a shopping bag or arrive at the door in a few days, a one-off Ferrari can take more like a few years.

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    The Lord Of The Wagons Is A BMW E34 M5 With The V12 From A McLaren F1

    By now, the McLaren F1 has transcended past the point of merely being a fast car to the stuff of legends. Three seats. Over 600 horsepower. And a naturally aspirated V12 sourced from BMW. Of course, that engine needed to be tested, so BMW stuffed it into the only other logical place it should go: An E34 M5 wagon.

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    The Wonderful Mini Rocketman Concept Will Actually Become Real, And Electric

    Join me, friends, on a brain-journey back to 2011, when, for one brief, magical moment, Mini seemed to remember that, oh yeah, we’re supposed to be making cool small cars. Minis have been growing and growing every year, making their name more and more of a stretch, but in 2011 Mini showed their Rocketman concept, which was tiny and clever and exciting and felt like something that really captured the spirit of the original Mini. Then they forgot all about it. Until now! Yes, the Rocketman is set

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    Texas Firebrand Ross Perot Clashed With General Motors' Insular, Bureaucratic Culture

    Many of the things people criticize General Motors for today are things it’s always been criticized for: it is insular, bureaucratic, thinks the world begins at Lake Michigan and ends at Lake Erie, enthralled by its own glory days and can’t make the hard calls needed to keep a business afloat. So what happens when a self-made billionaire from Texas with a giant ego and zero patience for bullshit shows up with a controlling stake at a company like GM?

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    Is This The Mid-Engine Corvette Before You're Supposed To See It?

    We’re almost at mid-engine Corvette time, officially set for a week from Thursday. But the closer we get, the more leaks will spring. First we saw the back of the thing, and here is what purports to be the full, real-deal, 2020 C8 Corvette, with the engine behind the driver and everything. Even if the picture is a bit smudgey.

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    Lamborghini Reminds Itself That It Doesn't Want To Sell Too Many Cars

    Lamborghini, like many other automakers, has recently seen the effects of the most simple equation in car manufacturing: that making SUVs skyrockets sales, because people buzz toward them like bugs to lightbulbs. But, Lamborghini’s now having to remind itself, it doesn’t want sales to skyrocket too much.

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    Incredibly, Jar-Jar Binks Is Trending On Twitter, So Now's My Chance To Do This

    Look, like most of you, I’m not happy at all that Jar-Jar Fucking Binks is trending on Twitter and social media right now. Like the rest of the population of sentient beings on Earth, I’ve been enjoying the 20 or so years of not having to remember that Jar-Jar Binks was ever a thing, at all, and now that reverie has been shattered. So, instead of complaining about it, I’ll do my best to deal with it: by reminding you that he sort of looks like a Caterham 7.

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    I Finally Got To See Volkswagen Of Mexico's Secret Car Collection

    I was in Puebla, Mexico recently to help Volkswagen out building the last of the Beetles (more on that soon), and while I was there I finally found something I’d long suspected existed, but have never seen: Volkswagen of Mexico’s heritage collection. Over in Wolfsburg, VW has a massive automotive wonderland called the Autostadt, as well as an entire other Volkswagen museum not technically affiliated with the company. VW de Mexico must have some kind of collection, right? I’d never heard anything

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    The 2020 Nissan GT-R Got Another Big Price Increase

    Each time a new model year of the Nissan GT-R comes around, it’s a reminder that we’re all a year older, and, like the GT-R, probably haven’t grown much or significantly improved ourselves during that time. But the GT-R has one thing on all of us: the ability to keep going up in value, regardless of stagnancy.

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    The Bears Are Evolving

    In life, there are a few fundamental facts: Grass is green, the sky is blue, and bears are bound to get stuck in Subarus. But bears aren’t just getting stuck in Subarus anymore—no, these days, they’re closing the door behind them and taking off, even if their journey ends by running into a nearby tree.

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    The Parking Lot At The Goodwood Festival Of Speed Never Disappoints

    On the rainy fourth and final day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed I did one of my favorite things: take a gander at the parking lot. Yeah, there’s loads of cool metal running up the hill faster than Kate Bush, but there’s also a ton of good stuff parked up outside. Here’s a selection of what I found in a couple of the various spots around the festival. Oh, and one thing I can’t ID, so... commenters get your nerd knowledge ready.

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    2020 C8 Mid-Engine Corvette: This Is Probably The New Rear End

    Speed. Exhilaration. Performance. Leaking on the internet before the official debut is supposed to happen. These are the hallmarks of the Chevrolet Corvette dynasty, at least in recent years, and the upcoming new mid-engine 2020 C8 Corvette seems it will not disappoint.

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    This LS-Powered Mini Is The Undisputed Champion Of Hooning

    Is there anything cooler than a car built for the singular purpose of shredding tires and looking scary as hell? While this Mini technically can be driven on the road (and it seems the owner does just that), there is very little here in terms of driver comfort or user friendliness. With a 4.8-liter small block LS engine jammed in between the headlamps, a massive belt-driven air pusher mounted on top, and ratty bodywork wrapped around an austerity-special passenger compartment, this rolling rubbe

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    What Do You Want To Know About The 2020 Harley-Davidson LiveWire?

    The LiveWire is Harley’s revolutionary look to the future of motorcycles. In stark contrast to the company’s entire history, the LiveWire is all electric. The just-under-500-pound EV bike is expensive, some might say far too expensive, at $29,799. It’s also ridiculously quick with a 3-second 0-60 time, and can manage 140 miles of range in city riding.

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    BMW CEO Steps Down After A Too-Cautious Strategy Loses Market Share

    Having presided over the German marque for four years, Harald Krueger is stepping down as CEO of BMW. He will not seek an extension of his contract, effective through April of 2020, and the board will meet to discuss finding his successor on July 18th. In the meantime, Krueger will remain in position until a successor is named. According to AP News, Krueger is under fire for losing BMW’s lead in luxury car sales, and for failing to capitalize on an early lux EV start.

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    You Know They Want This

    If you want a glimpse at the future of BMW, don’t look at the hybrid i3 and i8. Don’t look at the new 3 Series. Gaze instead at the BMW X7 truck concept, an actual thing designed by real people that you know BMW wants to make. It is the natural conclusion of things. I refuse to believe it’s not inevitable.

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    What Language Is The Lotus Evija From?

    Lotus has officially confirmed its all-electric “hypercar,” of which 130 examples will be built, will be dubbed the Lotus Evija. Evija... Evija.... it glistens on the tongue. But what does it mean?

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    The Ford GT MkII Goes Out With A $1.2 Million Bang

    Each night as I wander the city streets alone, consumed with thoughts of my own mortality and the wasted time I’ll never get back, I attempt to distract myself by pondering this instead: was the new Ford GT a success? On one hand, it feels mostly famous for the drama around its sales and re-sales. On the other hand, it won at Le Mans. So that’s good! Either way, it’s coming to an end soon like we all eventually will, and it’s going out with an expensive bang.

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    The 2020 Mercedes-AMG A45 S Is The Hottest Hatch With A Wholly Unnecessary And Very Good 416 Horsepower

    For the last few years, we’ve had to simply make do with 300 to 350 horsepower as the expected gold standard for our best hot hatchbacks. How have we survived this long? How have we managed to exist in a world so devoid of pointless, excessive hatchback speed? Fortunately, “excess” is basically a one-word summary of AMG, and the new Mercedes-AMG A45 S is here to solve our problems.

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    Finally, A McLaren I Can Afford

    Too long have I sat here, staring at photos of cars in that shade of blue McLaren does so well, sad that I will likely never graduate past a previous-generation Mazda Miata in terms of sports-car price points. But all of that is in the past, from a time when I was foolish and my dreams weren’t big enough.

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    Chevy's Slow, Relatable Descent Into Truck Madness

    The third-generation C/K (the one through most of the’70s and ’80s) might be the best truck. And while it is certainly the most truck, we’re here today to discuss all of the Chevy trucks, or most of the Chevy trucks, like that good-looking young person up top, which might have, in fact, been Chevy’s last decent-looking truck.

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    Climate Change Denialists No Longer See Automakers As Allies: Report

    Most Americans accept the established science that the planet on which we live is rapidly warming due to human activity. Some Americans do not. A still smaller yet influential group of Americans have been actively fighting any and all efforts to address the climate crisis, either because they believe the rest of humanity is wrong, or they have a financial stake in them being wrong, or both.

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    Lee Iacocca Was A Man Of Detroit When Detroit Needed Better Men

    Lee Iacocca, one of the most influential auto executives in history, died yesterday at 94. Many of the obituaries and tributes credit Iacocca for his marketing genius, often simplified to the maxim that he knew what people want before they knew they wanted it, and the praise that rained down from politicians and the automotive press alike called him, among other things, “A Detroit car guy if there ever was one.”

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    It's Going To Be A Lot Easier To Buy A 2019 Audi A6

    The 2019 Audi A6, which is appreciated for merely still existing in this age of crossover and SUV love, is getting a new engine option. It’s the well-known 2.0-liter motor and will help bring down the entry price of a A6 by a bit.

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    Auto Industry Legend Lee Iacocca Dead At 94

    Lee Iacocca, one of the true legends of the auto industry died at 7:30 this morning at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Iacocca was known for many things, but is probably best remembered as the man who was the driving force behind the Ford Mustang, and the CEO that managed to save Chrysler from near-certain destruction in the early 1980s.

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    The 2020 BMW X6 Finally Has The Illuminated Kidney Grille You've Been Begging For

    There’s a new Sports Activity Vehicle crossover don’t-call-it-a-coupe in town. The new generation of BMW X6 is here, and it’s longer, wider, and vertically shorter than the one it replaces. But more important than that, BMW says the massive kidney grille on the front of the new big boy can also be back lit for extra snap. In case the optional 22 inch wheels were not enough to get you noticed, you can literally shine a beacon of BMW-ness at the world.

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    Tesla Achieves Record Deliveries In Second Quarter, Loses Two More Executives

    In classic Tesla fashion, there was both good news and bad news out of the electric carmaker today, because nothing can ever be simple with them. The good news is the company set records for production (87,048 vehicles) and deliveries (95,200) in the second quarter, rebounding nicely from the abysmal first quarter of the year, when the company delivered just 63,000 cars.

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    The 2020 Audi S8 Is Here With A 563-HP V8 And Hybrid Technology

    The newest iteration of the Audi S8 is finally here, and while it looks like just another Audi on the outside, it’s packing the expected power underneath its hood. It has 563 horsepower, to be exact, coming from a bi-turbocharged V8 with a mild-hybrid system—you know, for fuel efficiency.

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    Here's The 2020 BMW X6 Before You're Supposed To See It

    The wretched 2020 BMW X6 has returned, restyled and based on the updated X5 to ruin every conversation about BMWs for another model lifecycle. A beast to the eyes of ///M-thusiasts everywhere. To no real surprise, the leaked images show it’s still one ugly truck.

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    This Has To Be The Weirdest Car Engine Ever Mass-Produced

    For the most part, car engines are pretty conservative things—the vast majority of the cars you see and drive use one of a handful of basic engine designs and layouts. That’s why unusual engine designs—air-cooling, rotaries, radials, whatever—are so fascinating—they’re a working, revving reminder that there’s all kinds of interesting ways to solve the same problems. Of course, there’s degrees of interesting, and when it comes to new and novel ways of turning petroleum into noise and motion, the

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    You've Got To Love Seeing An E39 BMW M5 With 409,000 Miles Still Doing Road Trips

    The E39 BMW M5, the simply-styled V8 super sedan from the early 2000s, is almost universally appreciated by car enthusiasts. Its look is timeless and it lives in a technological sweet spot that includes convenient modernizations without losing what you might call “soul.” Here’s what one looks like with 400,000 miles worth of travel on that soul.

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    Koenigsegg Is Extremely Mad Online About A Cheap One:1

    Not long after we learned of the Bonhams auction that would sell off the seized cars from an African dictator’s son for the benefit of Equatorial Guinea, Koenigsegg weighed in. Nobody asked it to, but it did anyway. You see, there is a Koenigsegg One:1 that’s part of that auction and Koenigsegg is Extremely Mad Online over how Bonhams has priced it.

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    Why BMW Put The Kibosh On Alpina's Four-Cylinder 460-HP i8

    Perhaps the most recurring complaint about the plug-in hybrid, scissor door-having BMW i8 sports car has been that it has the looks and price of a supercar, but at under 400 horsepower, not the power of one. But critics might have changed their tune if they’d had the chance to drive the four cylinder, 460 horsepower BMW i8 that BMW’s right-hand tuning company Alpina cooked up. The only thing is, BMW made sure it never came to market, Alpina’s CEO told Jalopnik.

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    What Do You Want To Know About The 2020 BMW 3 Series xDrive?

    The BMW 3 Series is all-new for 2020, and naturally there’s an all-wheel drive version. I’ve driven the European diesel, an M340i prototype, the 330i four-cylinder rear-wheel drive, and now I have an 330i xDrive for a week. What do you want to know about it?

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Car Design (18)

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    The 2020 Audi S6 Just Gave Up Trying To Hide Its Driving Sensors

    With a new A6 comes the new 2020 Audi S6. It’s now a 48-volt mild hybrid with a 2.9-liter V6 making 444 horsepower and 443 lb-ft of torque. Of course it generally looks like every other Audi sedan—except unlike those, it doesn’t even try to hide its horribly distracting radar sensors in the grille.

    By Justin T. Westbrook Read More
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    Why Is The Nissan Maxima Still A Thing?

    We’ve all kind of moved beyond the model bloat conversation, but I just want to take a moment to point out how large the 2019 Nissan Altima is now. It’s now bigger than a Nissan Maxima.

    By Justin T. Westbrook Read More
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    This Is A Very Creative Twist On Classic SUV Restoration

    I’d been following Coolnvintage on Instagram thinking it was just some random account posting nice-aesthetic-stuff, but no, it’s a real vintage 4x4 restoration outfit in Portugal and it’s actually doing some of the most beautiful work in old-truck-decoration right now.

    By Andrew P. Collins Read More
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    This Is The Only Chevrolet C8 Corvette Interior Any Of You Should Be Getting

    Now that the 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette is real, we can spend the next few days and weeks poring over the specs, engaging in debates and looking at pictures of it. I spent most of last night looking at the pictures and I can confidently return to you and say there is only one interior scheme any of you should be concerned with.

    By Kristen Lee Read More
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    If You Don't Order Your Aston Martin Valkyrie In This Livery, You Don't Deserve It

    Aston Martin’s bantam-weight hybrid mid-engine Cosworth V12 KERS hybrid monster hypercar is finally here in production-ready form. The final version of the car was unveiled today at Silverstone ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix, in conjunction with Aston Martin-sponsored Red Bull Racing. This is the first time the car has been seen running in public, and it’s pretty damn good.

    By Bradley Brownell Read More
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    The Mid-Engine C8 Corvette's Steering Wheel Is A Nice Evolution

    FACT: You can’t steer a car without a steering wheel. Saab was wrong about joysticks back in the day. And since the new mid-engine 2020 C8 Chevrolet Corvette is a car people will want to steer, it follows that it will—it must—have a steering wheel. Now, you’re looking at it. Incredible!

    By Patrick George Read More
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    Actually, Two-Tone Paint Is Great

    There was a time when I was not part of this site, so I can’t be held accountable for the bad takes that were bizarrely allowed to be published here. I can try to make it right, though. I’m being uncharacteristically contrite because I just stumbled across this take from 2014 that was written by my boss, Overlord George. At the risk of being fired, I will now say that he is dead wrong, and that two-tone paint is good and should be celebrated by all.

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    The Crazy Luxury Features That Make The First-Gen VW Touareg Such An Over-Engineered Nightmare

    The first generation Volkswagen Touareg launched in 2002, but remains one of my favorite fancy off-roaders of all time because it was a genuine off-road beast and the most luxurious VW SUV ever. Sadly, that swankiness and off-road prowess comes at a cost, as they mean the SUV is filled with wacky luxury features that will make maintenance a true nightmare. Here’s a look at some of those features.

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    Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Is Pissed About The De Tomaso P72

    Last week’s unveiling of the De Tomaso P72 had us oohing and ahhing over its sleek looks and copper detailing. Most seemed pretty happy with the car. Except for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus. The company was less than pleased with the looks of the P72. It seems kind of pissed, actually!

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    Why The Datsun 510's Hood Prop Rod Was Perfect

    One car part that hasn’t changed much in many decades is the prop rod—yes, the metal stick that holds your hood up while you try to figure out where the heck all that steam is coming from. Still, there are quite a few variants out there, some better than others, which is why I’m here to show you my favorite prop rod design. I discovered it under (and on) the hood of a Datsun 510.

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    The De Tomaso P72's Copper Details Are Simply The Best

    Thank God. Thank God and all the known and unknown car lords the new De Tomaso isn’t hideous, or worse, a crossover. No, the De Tomaso P72 is gorgeous, retro, petite and has a manual. Everything we could hope for. And its copper detailing is simply to die for.

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    America's Least American-Style Car Was Also One Of America's Most Influential

    Happy Fourth of July, fellow Americans! And, everyone else, have a beer and a hot dog on me! By me, I mean the United States government, who I’m sure will reimburse you promptly. Today I’d like to celebrate an under-appreciated American hero, that least-American-seeming of American cars: the Chevrolet Corvair. Specifically, I want to remind the world how incredibly influential the design of the Corvair was.

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    The Porsche Taycan Was Designed With Something Called 'Foot Garages'

    Automakers always try to highlight specific features of a new car as some sort of revolutionary innovation. It’s the process that gave us “dynamism.” Now there’s a new one; a designer just called the passenger footwell of the upcoming electric Porsche Taycan a “foot garage” with a straight face.

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Concept Cars (1)

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    Volkswagen's Research Lab Turned An Old Microbus Into An EV Technology-Crammed Concept Vehicle

    Volkswagen’s California-based Electronic Research Laboratory has been re-named the Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC), and has been given an expanded role in the company. So, to celebrate, they did the only rational thing they could do: they took a 1962 Type 2 11-window Microbus and re-worked it into an electric vehicle crammed with high-tech toys and a strange but interesting biology-inspired design motif.

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Crashes and Safety (4)

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    If You Crash Your NSX, Acura Will Take It Back To The Factory To Fix It

    If you have a $158,000, 573-horsepower, hybrid aluminum supercar, you’d be forgiven for not wanting your basic Acura dealer’s body shop handling collision repairs. That’s why, for significant structural damage on U.S.-market cars, Acura will take your NSX back to the same master technicians that built it and have it refurbished to factory standards.

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    Detroit Cop Runs Stop Sign, Causes Wreck, Then Arrests Other Driver To Cover His Ass

    Last week, a Michigan State Police officer was driving an unmarked Jeep Patriot when he ran a stop sign at an intersection in southwest Detroit. Running that stop sign put him into the path of a Honda Civic driving down the one-way street, which then crashed into the rear quarter of the Jeep, sending it spinning into a nearby driveway. The police officer then exited the car and arrested the Honda driver, seemingly to cover their own fault in the wreck. Too bad for the cop, it was all caught on v

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    Watch A Dummy Lose Control Of A Ferrari F12 And Crash It Into Barriers On Both Sides Of The Road

    A Ferrari F12 puts down about 730 horsepower to its rear wheels. That’s a lot of power. On a somewhat wet road like we see in this video, it’s pretty likely that stomping hard on the benzina pedal will result in those rear wheels spinning and losing grip, breaking that rear end loose. You’d think the driver of this Ferrari would have worked that out as well, but, then again, if they did, you wouldn’t be reading this right now, would you? Of course not.

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    The 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor Is A Hilarious Monster On Tight Roads

    The 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor is not available in America, the land of wide parking spots and wider-open spaces where wild trucks can roam free. Instead, this angry off-roader comes to England. Roads are tight, getting off-road isn’t simply a matter of “oh look, a desert,” and slinging mud from all-terrain tires is generally frowned upon here.

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    Everything I Learned Driving A Ford Shelby GT350R For 20 Minutes

    I remember a time when the only type of attention I paid to Ford Mustangs was when they peeled out and crashed from cars and coffee. But then I drove one, which was very good. Then I drove another, which was better. After that, I drove yet another, which was excellent. And then I got to drive the most track-focused Mustang of all, the Shelby GT350R. And it ruled so goddamn hard.

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    The 2019 Ford Focus ST Is Fun But No Hardcore Monster

    Ford has purged its non-truck catalog of American cars, meaning that the 2019 Focus ST won’t be sold stateside. That’s a tragedy, in concept, because the idea of this car’s pretty great. The execution may not be a hardcore turbomeganutterhatch, but there are still some reasons to take a look at the thing.

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Found For Sale (7)

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    Free Vape With Purchase Of Ford Focus RS, Seriously

    At some point or another, the vapers of America collectively decided that, in addition to hoarding Subaru WRXs, a Ford Focus RS would also be a suitable car to blow vape clouds out of. Prestman Auto, a clearly brilliant dealership in Salt Lake City, Utah, recognizes this fact. Having a used Focus RS for sale on the lot isn’t that unusual. But Prestman’s offer is. On the car’s listing, the dealer advertises a free vape with the car’s purchase.

    By Kristen Lee Read More
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    Are You Cool Enough To Own This Custom Datsun 240Z? (No.)

    Could you possibly be rad enough to drive this 1990's modified Datsun we found on Craigslist? Boy, I doubt it. And you know deep down you doubt it, too. This car is too much cool packed into one object, and you know that if you were to touch it, the damn thing might kill you. The seller describes the car as having a “super cool custom body job including fender flares, & front and rear end changes,” which is a coded message meaning the car is too cool for the seller to drive.

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    Every Vintage European Car Needs A Set Of Magnesium Cromodora Stars

    Just as manners maketh man, wheels maketh car. No car is complete or correct without the right set of wheels. There exist several cars which are best known for the wheels they wear, and it wouldn’t do to change them, but many others can be elevated well beyond their station with a proper set of aftermarket good looking metal rounders.

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    You Don't Need A 911 To Join The Safari Party

    The Safari scene is either overdone or just heating up depending on how you feel about it. When it comes to aircooled Porsche 911 aesthetic, the trend is still hot and might even be gaining momentum. But you don’t have to start with a super expensive platform to get the most out of your off-road sports car money. This 924S is maybe a bit slower, but just as much fun for a lot less money.

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    Hello, My Sweet Prince

    The languid and hazy days of summer are upon us, dulling the senses and enveloping the mind in a sense of laziness. The desire for open top driving is strong and my prince, a 1993 Dodge Viper, is here.

    By Kristen Lee Read More
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    This Supercharger Has A Datsun Roadster Attached To It

    Superchargers are awesome because they provide extra power with a very linear delivery curve. There’s no lag because they aren’t exhaust driven. Obviously, there needs to be a car attached to a supercharger for it to be effective. This particular supercharger lives in the engine bay of a 1969 Datsun Roadster.

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    Let's Debunk The Idea That It's Not Safe To Use Cruise Control In The Rain

    The internet is really useful for many things, ranging from letting your wi-fi enabled refrigerator to blast Yoo-Hoo ads 24/7 to letting you play Canasta with a naked man halfway across the world. But one of the things it truly excels at is spreading misinformed hysteria, often about driving. Such a case is the persistent and dire “don’t use cruise control in the rain” warning that has been floating around for well over a decade.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More
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    Here's Why We Don't Use Gunpowder To Power Cars

    It’s a thought I am 100 percent certain you have all considered at some point. Guns use a big explosion to shoot a bullet REALLY fast, so why don’t we use the awesome power behind a speeding bullet to make a car go as fast as, well, a speeding bullet? Science, my friends. Science is the answer.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More
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    Ditching 672 Pounds Can Turn The Most Boring Car Into A Fun Time

    Even the most boring little commuter daily driver hatchback can be turned into a riot of a good time by removing the weight of a particularly large Grizzly Bear. When your tiny four cylinder economy car only has to haul around 2/3rds of the car’s original weight, it can breathe a little easier and move the now lighter car much quicker. It’s been proven a million times that removing weight from a car will get it down a drag strip much quicker, but it’ll also help with cornering speeds, braking di

    By Bradley Brownell Read More
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    Here's How Tunnel Ceilings Are Cleaned

    New York City has a lot of tunnels, and a lot of cars drive through those tunnels everyday, releasing all sorts of particulates out of their tailpipes that eventually stick to the walls of said tunnels. To avoid too much buildup, the tunnel walls and roof are cleaned, and here’s how they do that.

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Motorcycles (4)

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    Riding 1000 Miles In Mexico On Honda Monkeys Is Harder Than It Looks And It Looks Really Hard

    Honda’s Monkey is an iconic tiny bike from days gone by, and when the company re-introduced the nameplate for a slightly larger 125cc unit based on the Grom’s architecture it was bound to inspire people to do something absolutely mad. MotorTrend’s Zack Courts and Ari Henning are just crazy enough to do something mad. In this case, they decided to take a pair of brand new Monkeys down the spine of the Baja Peninsula, retracing the original Baja 1000 route.

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    The Electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire Is A Shockingly Fun Bid For The Future

    Swing a leg over the Harley-Davidson LiveWire and you’ll instantly feel the crashing waves of a sea change. A magnet inside the motor rocks back and forth to indicate the bike is alive, it feels like a faint heartbeat. It’s a little on-the-nose, but it’s as if this bike is directly channeling the pulse of the industry. Is this the future of riding?

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    Lane Splitting Saves Lives

    There are countless ways things can go wrong when riding a motorcycle, but one of the most prominent fears is to have some iPhone-focused car driver rear end you while sitting in traffic or at a stoplight. As you can see in the video here, it’s a serious concern.

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News (13)

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    Sergio Marchionne Might Have Been Right

    This past Thursday marked a year since the death of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ charismatic yet often enigmatic chairman, Sergio Marchionne. Marchionne led Fiat though its 2014 acquisition of Chrysler to take control of what would become the world’s seventh biggest automaker. Sergio’s tenure has been one of the more quixotic eras in the history of both Fiat and Chrysler, but he managed to identify a number of key industry trends that he never got to witness coming into their own.

    By Max Finkel Read More
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    Show Us The 2007 Mid-Engine Corvette Prototypes, GM

    When a car company comes out with a long-anticipated debut, it tends to show all the cards it was holding close to the chest during development. It happened when Toyota showed off the Supra and told us how it did the deed with BMW, and now it’s happening again with GM and the mid-engine Corvette.

    By Raphael Orlove Read More
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    The UAW Has No Reason Not To Push For Everything

    The UAW kind of sucks, but it is still a union, and therefore inherently good. They started negotiations this week for new contracts with the Big Three, ahead of their current contracts’ expirations in September. It wants the usual things—more pay, better job security, better benefits, etc.—but it’s also bargaining at a time when everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop.

    By Erik Shilling Read More
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    The Tesla Model S And Model X Base Models Just Got Dropped

    Tesla, at least for the moment, has quite the limited manufacturing capacity. For most consumers, that doesn’t matter one whit. But one of the end results of that is Tesla’s lineup is constantly shifting and moving in subtle ways. So it may not surprise you that Tesla banished the base model “standard range” Tesla Model X and Tesla Model S from its lineup.

    By Michael Ballaban Read More
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    It Is Really Really Hard To Go To The Moon

    India was supposed to launch a rocket today that would send a craft to the Moon’s surface, making it the fourth country ever to do so if successful. But with 56 minutes left in the countdown, everything came to a halt, because of a “technical snag.” It’s hard to get to the Moon.

    By Erik Shilling Read More
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    Stare In Awe At Valtteri Bottas' Record Silverstone Pole Position Lap

    Wow, wow, wow. Qualifying for the British Grand Prix this morning wasn’t particularly mind-blowing with excitement, but Mercedes proved it was back on top by setting a new Silverstone lap record. Valtteri Bottas stormed the circuit to produce not only pole position, but absolutely obliterate Lewis Hamilton’s 2018 pole time (1:25.892) with a new lap record of the current Silverstone configuration. Bottas’ time was a quick 1:25.093.

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    Massive Ocean Liner Appears From The Fog And Almost Crashes Into A Venice Dock

    The Giardini della Biennale is a parkland area of Venice, Italy, that was created by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte, and is known for the Venice Biennale Art Festival and the many cats that prowl around there. What it’s less known for are massive, city-block-sized cruise ships almost running into it, but that’s just what happened yesterday.

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    Building My BMW E36 M3 Rally Car Is A Race Itself

    My first rally race with my newish-to-me 1995 BMW M3 is coming up on me faster than the trees I hope to be near-missing at the event next week. I still have a whole spreadsheet of service items to get done. I keep wondering this to myself: “Am I screwed?”

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    The Honda E Is The Electric Car I've Been Waiting For

    If you want an electric car, there are the Teslas, which are nice but too expensive, much like the BMW i3. There is the Honda Clarity, which is insanely boring, like the Chevy Bolt and Volt and Nissan Leaf and Hyundai Ioniq. Then there is the Fiat 500e, which is getting closer to what you want. Because what you want is the new Honda e.

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    The Middle Seat Of The Near Future May Suck Less

    In the push to cram more seats into planes, it can seem a little bit like the Federal Aviation Administration has totally forgotten about the poor economy class passengers trying to make their way through the world on a budget. And as more and more airlines start charging you extra for prime seat selections, the uncomfortable middle seat is often the cheapest way to go. Thankfully, the FAA has just approved a new middle seat design that may just make traveling suck a little less, as per Forbes.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    That Time A Plane Crashed Into The White House's Front Yard

    Washington D.C. is our nation’s most protected airspace, shielded by surface-to-air missiles and fighter jets loaded for interception at all hours of the day. But that wasn’t the case on September 12, 1994, when Frank Eugene Corder smashed a stolen Cessna into the president’s front lawn.

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    Little Kid Jumps On Airport Luggage Carousel And Gets Tiny Glimpse Into The Magical World Of Luggage

    Man, I very clearly remember wanting to do this exact thing as a kid. I think I even managed to ride the conveyer belt about five feet once before being yanked off by a livid parent. This adventurous toddler, though, managed to actually pull it off: he climbed onto the baggage conveyer belt and got taken all the way into the TSA bag check room at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was rescued by quick-acting airport employees who immediately recognized the little nut

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More
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    JetBlue Flight Delayed After Someone AirDropped An Image Of A Bomb Vest

    A Newark JetBlue flight bound for Tampa was evacuated Monday after someone sent an image of a suicide bombing vest to multiple passengers already boarded as the plane waited for takeoff, according to a report from The Guardian. Because the perpetrator sent the image via Apple’s AirDrop feature, the message was anonymous and difficult if not impossible—to track.

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    American Airlines Forces Doctor To Wrap Herself In Blanket Because They Thought Her Romper Was Inappropriate

    First, I have to ask American Airlines employees a question: does this shit ever work out well for you? Has there ever been a time where a flight attendant has made some knee-jerk decision about how offended they were about what a woman was wearing and everyone thought, bravo, airline, you’re a hero? No. Of course not. It never will. Just like it isn’t working out well now, when flight attendants told a family medicine doctor her outfit was inappropriate, and she couldn’t fly unless she wrapped

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Racing (49)

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    Lewis Hamilton May Block Netflix From Including Footage Of Him In The German Grand Prix: Report

    The German Grand Prix last Sunday was Mercedes’ worst race in recent memory, and one the team would probably like to forget. While we, the fans, would like to watch the seemingly perfect team implode because of some bad tire choices during the next season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive with a big gulp and a comically large bag of popcorn, it would seem that star driver Lewis Hamilton won’t let that happen.

    By Bradley Brownell Read More
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    Michael Schumacher Making Progress, Watching F1 Races, Says FIA President [Updated]

    It’s been almost six years since the skiing accident that caused former Formula One driver Michael Schumacher’s traumatic brain injury, leaving him with permanent damage. Updates have been few and far between as the family has understandably requested privacy—but we now have a little bit of promising news straight from Jean Todt, former Ferrari boss and current FIA President.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Renault F1 Says It Already Hit 1000 HP This Season

    Who’s going to hit 1000 horsepower first? The question has been hanging around the Formula One paddock in the current hybrid era—since about 2014—and as more manufacturers entered the series, curiosity has amped up. And in a surprise to pretty much all of us, Renault has said they’re the ones who’ve achieved it first.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Let's Get Down And Dirty With The 2000 McLaren-Mercedes F1 Engine

    We rarely ever get to take a deep, personal dive into the technology that makes a Formula One car such an astounding feat of engineering. But now, thanks to High Performance Academy on YouTube, we can all spend a little bit of time this Tuesday drooling over the Mercedes V10 engine that produced 900 horsepower and 18,400 RPM in the 2000 McLaren MP4/15.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Here's What NASCAR Should Look Like

    Observe: a widebody version of a standard performance car, ripping on a twisty course. This is not, sadly, a vehicle meant for competition in NASCAR but rather a Trans-Am Mustang of the 1990s.

    By Raphael Orlove Read More
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    Red Bull Broke The Fastest F1 Pit Stop Record For The Second Race In A Row

    This weekend’s Formula One German Grand Prix at Hockenheim might just have been one of the best races of the season—but with Sebastian Vettel’s comeback drive and Lewis Hamilton’s tragic weekend, you might have missed another big moment. Red Bull Racing set the world record for the fastest pit stop. Again.

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    How To Avoid Feeling Like Complete Ass After A Race Weekend

    This has been a learning process on my part. I am one of those people who generally decides to do everything as balls-to-the-wall as possible, which does not always make for Fun and Happy times when it comes to getting home after a race weekend feeling like you’ve been repeatedly hit by a car. Avoid making my mistakes.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Intercontinental GT And World Challenge Team To Bring Sports Car Racing Back To Indianapolis

    It’s been five long years since the IMSA sports car racing grid lined up at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the final of three annual Brickyard Grand Prix races [above]. Since then, major international sports car racing has avoided the circuit for one reason or another. That will finally be rectified next fall when two SRO championships’ seasons end in Indy with an 8 hour endurance event. As perhaps America’s most premier motor racing circuit, Indy will once again represent a home for open wheel

    By Bradley Brownell Read More
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    Motorcycles Will Not Compete At Pikes Peak In 2020

    Racing is a dangerous sport, and motorcycle racing doubly so. For the last 29 years motorcycles have competed for ever more incredible record times up the hill at Pikes Peak. In fact, the very first motorcycle record up the mountain was set a few months before the race officially began (below). One would have thought motorcycles and the mountain shared an unbreakable bond. But even the strongest of bonds can be broken by fear and danger.

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    Netflix's Formula One: Drive To Survive Returns In 2020 With All Teams Involved

    I’ll happily admit to being wrong about Netflix’s documentary series Formula 1: Drive to Survive. After learning the depths of F1's own involvement, I figured it’d be a sanitized, glorified ad for the racing series, empty of anything truly interesting or controversial. That wasn’t the case at all. While it wasn’t always perfect, it was mostly a compelling and fascinating watch for fans and non-fans alike. The good news is it’s coming back next year, and even more teams will be on screen this tim

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    Only The Best Family Sedans Spit Fire

    Mazda’s rotary cars have a distinctive sound, and when uncorked, you can hear them coming from literal miles away. This 616 sedan (known by the name RX-2 here in the U.S. market) was prepared for hillclimb racing with a wild 12A engine providing propulsion, and it spits, pops, and zooms exactly like you’d expect it to. In the video below you can watch it take on Rod Millen’s Leadfoot Festival, and it’s a spectacular sight.

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    I Crashed My BMW M3 Rally Car

    My rally weekend in my new-to-me 1995 BMW M3 was going about as well as possible. I was picking up real speed, getting comfortable in my newly-built car, and somehow, everything was going relatively smoothly. Until it wasn’t.

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    Helmut Marko Says Sebastian Vettel Needs To Leave Ferrari To Get His Groove Back

    Helmut Marko, the guy who gave Sebastian Vettel his first job in Formula One driving for Red Bull, told German magazine Auto Bild that the German World Champion needs to consider leaving Ferrari in order to become successful again in the sport. Marko believes that Vettel has lost his groove, needs to find it again with a new team. Like Red Bull.

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    Weekend Motorsports Roundup: June 20-21, 2019

    Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?

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    Thank God Formula One Is Ditching High Degradation Tires

    Oh joyous day! With the new regulations set to appear for the 2021 season of Formula One comes a new set of wheel and tire specifications. The sport is reportedly going to be switching to an 18" wheel package for all cars. With this new switch, the FIA will apparently be asking Pirelli for a more robust and dependable treadwear. While some choose to complain most loudly about the sound of the V6 turbo engines, I’ll stand up and shout about terrible tires all the live long day.

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    Expect Sexier F1 Cars In 2021, Whatever That Means

    Formula One will have a different set of rules come its regular overhaul interval of 2021, and we’ve had an idea of what those rules will entail for a while now—mainly, because it’s obvious what needs to change. But F1 gave some more detailed ideas this week, with the goals of more competition for less money.

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    Now Red Bull Might Be Suing Rich Energy

    Since it entered Formula One last year as the little-known sponsor of America’s team with a murky past, Rich Energy has been dedicated to taking on its sworn enemy, Red Bull, in a rather one-sided rivalry both on and off the track. But Red Bull is finally answering, it appears, with a claim of trademark infringement.

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    A Big Wing Could Be The Secret To Big Speed

    I don’t know if you’ve seen this new thing in racing, but I think science recently said that there is a correlation between aerodynamic downforce and supercharged E36 BMWs setting really fast hill climb times. This car’s enormous rear wing echoes the mega hill climb racers of the era, and the splitter, massive front canards, side skirts, and flat floor all work together to push the car into the asphalt. Regardless of how it looks, which is to say ugly but totally badass, this Bimmer really rips.

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    Behold: The Fastest Formula One Pit Stop Ever

    Though it feels like most of the drama in Formula One as of late has revolved around an energy drink megalomaniac who sponsors a team but refuses to pay a $45,000 outstanding tab, this past weekend’s British Grand Prix was nonetheless a good show. And to top it off, the Red Bull F1 team managed a world record pit stop there.

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    Embattled F1 Sponsor Rich Energy Is Now 'Lightning Volt Limited,' CEO William Storey Is Out

    On my best day, I don’t think I could’ve concocted the bizarre story about Haas Formula One sponsor Rich Energy: a supposed energy drink empire out of Great Britain, aimed directly at Red Bull, with a shady past and a bombastic CEO who comes off on Twitter like racing’s bargain-basement Donald Trump. Evidently, some folks at Rich Energy have had enough, because the company’s apparently getting a new name and new leadership.

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    Robin Frijns Takes Formula E Season Closer In NYC, Jean Eric Vergne Repeats As Champion

    After netting a strong pole position in the final race of the season, and second of the New York City double-headers, BMW’s Alexander Sims got away from the start perfectly and settled into a contested but steady lead over race one winner Sebastian Buemi and later Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns. Following a field-bunching during an early race safety car (to retrieve Jose Maria Lopez stranded car) Sims maintained the lead. A few laps later, however, Frijns put this masterful move down the inside an

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    Looks Like Haas F1 Is Going After Rich Energy

    The person behind the Twitter account for embattled Haas Formula One sponsor (?) Rich Energy, who might or might not have had too many energy drinks this week, has been busy. In a recent attempt to reveal the “#truth,” the account posted what seems to be the details of its own sponsorship deal with Haas—which Haas, naturally, wants to collect on.

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    Let Juan Manuel Fangio Inspire You To Do Amazing Things Today

    El Chueco has long been an inspiration of mine, as he managed to do things in a car that nobody even thought possible. He was the best driver of his time, perhaps of all time. If you aren’t convinced, click the play button on the video below, because he absolutely owned Grand Prix racing with this flamboyant and precise driving style. Drift a 1957 Maserati around the tight and bumpy Modena Autodrome? Stand back son, watch how it’s done.

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    Lewis Hamilton Leads Mercedes 1-2 At British Grand Prix, Madness Ensues Behind

    Lewis Hamilton comfortably led a Mercedes 1-2 finish in Sunday’s British Grand Prix over teammate and polesitter Valtteri Bottas. And to put punctuation on it, Hamilton took away the fastest lap of the race on the very last lap with hard tires that had been on the car for 32 laps. The race win was decided by pit strategy that was jumbled up by a safety car segment.

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    Jean Todt Believes Bringing Back Refueling Could Fix Formula One

    Refueling has been banned from Formula One races for a decade, as 2009 kicked off an era of fuel-free pit stops. Has the racing been better for a lack of petroleum? I’d venture to say that it has not, and FIA president Jean Todt might agree with me, according to a recent report from Autoweek.

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    Sebastien Buemi Takes Formula E Win In NYC, Title Fight Wide Open For Final Race

    Sebastien Buemi managed to nab Nissan’s first Formula E victory of the year in the penultimate race of the 2018/19 season, Saturday’s first of a double-header weekend on the streets of Brooklyn. Despite heavy pressure from Alex Lynn’s Jaguar for the first section of the race, and Alexander Sims’ BMW for the latter half. Buemi is the series’ ninth race winner from 12 races.

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    Weekend Motorsports Roundup: July 13-14th, 2019

    Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?

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    Let's Hear The V6s Of Power And Racing

    For oh so many years, the V6 was simply the not-V8. It was a lesser. “V6 I never bought,” as Gucci bragged back in 2008. But the layout is having its moment in the sun these days, powering everything from F1 cars to an increasing count of supercars. Let’s hear how they sound.

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    F1 Sponsor Rich Energy Now Blames Rogue Employee For Yesterday's Bizarre 'PC Attitude' Tweet [UPDATE]

    Here I was, deeply sad that we might be seeing the end to the saga of extremely suspicious energy drink company Rich Energy as a sponsor of a Formula One team. It was a fun ride while it lasted, I supposed, but doomed to end with a tweet saying the drink company was parting ways with Haas F1 over a “PC attitude.” But! It might not be over yet, even though no one seems exactly sure what the hell’s going on.

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    Formula E Teams Have Been Using Secret Illegal Traction Control Systems

    The FIA, Formula E’s regulating body, is finally taking steps to better regulate racing teams suspected of using software curiously similar to traction control, which is against the rules and rather surprising given how tightly controlled the cars are. Apparently kindly asking the teams not to do it didn’t work.

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    What It's Like When Your Teen Is A Race Car Driver

    I’m guessing that a lot of you out there look up to your fathers, and some of you have even followed in their footsteps in some way or another. In which case, you can compare yourselves to 17-year-old Oliver Solberg, son of 2003 World Rally Championship winner and bona fide driving legend, Petter Solberg. Oliver’s gone in to the family business and is doing really rather well.

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    Here's Why Racers Keep Coming Back To The Incredibly Dangerous Pikes Peak

    With sheer cliff faces, hundred-foot drops, and a gradually decreasing percentage of oxygen in the air, the road that goes up to the tippy top of Pikes Peak is pretty frightening at the posted 25 mph speed limit. There are over 100 people who hit triple digit speeds on this road every year in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, some in an effort to break a class record, others seeking the kinds of thrills you’d expect in skydiving or free climbing.

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    A Lightning Strike Decided The Fluke NASCAR Winner At Daytona

    NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway are often unpredictable, since roughly 40 cars race in a giant, turbulent pack that could go tumbling down the track like a Jenga tower at any time. But Sunday’s race was unpredictable in a different way, given that a wreck didn’t decide everyone’s fate—lightning did.

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    This Electric-Powered Porsche 911 RSR Was The Coolest Pikes Peak Racer This Year

    Anything shaped like an old Porsche is bound to grab my attention, but when it’s powered by electricity I’m cutting a bee line to go see it. This all electric 911 Pikes Peak racer really grabbed my attention ahead of the event, but it absolutely blew my mind when I first laid eyes on it during the Fan Fest on the Friday evening before the race. It’s got a really unique layout that I’ve never seen used on an electric car before.

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    Audi's New R8 LMS GT2 Is Angry About Something

    Audi has a new race car, which was unveiled Saturday at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. This is the third different R8-based motorsport monster, and certainly the most powerful of all three. It’s been built for a new-for-2020 international racing spec called GT2, which is a more powerful and less downforce-reliant class aimed at non-professional so-called gentleman drivers. Thus far, only Porsche and Audi have committed to building cars for this GT2 category, but we’re told more are coming.

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    Volkswagen's All-Electric Prototype Officially Annihilated The Goodwood Hill Climb Record

    The Goodwood Hill Climb is an extremely short run, as hill climbs go, but Volkswagen and racer Romain Dumas now owns the official record for fastest time in history run up the driveway. Running the same Volkswagen ID. R that he used to break the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record, Dumas put down a 39.90 second saunter up the Goodwood hill. The previous record, set by Nick Heidfeld all the way back in 1999, was a 41.6 second manic run in a Formula One car.

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    Porsche's New Race Car Says No To Turbos And Yes To Side Exit Exhaust

    Porsche has been pretty tight lipped about this new RSR model until it was unveiled on Saturday at Goodwood during the Festival of Speed. Taking over from one of the most successful motorsport models in recent history, the new 911 RSR has a big set of shoes to fill. Picking up where the outgoing car left off, the new RSR features an even larger 4.2 liter naturally aspirated flat six (still mounted ahead of the transmission in a mid-engine configuration) with a wider torque band for improved driv

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    Weekend Motorsports Roundup: July 6-7th, 2019

    Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?

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    This Formula One Steering Wheel Is An Absolute Steal At $11,295

    Hello bargain-hunting friends. I, like you, enjoy a good deal. But at the same time, I, like you, refuse to settle for anything less than the best. If I’m sleepy, I recline on a pile of the finest used mattresses. If I’m hungry, I eat an entire dumpster of caviar. Weeks-old caviar, though, to keep it within budget (might explain why it’s in a dumpster). And if I need a steering wheel, I’m grabbing this thing right out of a Sauber Formula One car.

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    Here's Everything Special About Seeing The Nürburgring 24 In Person

    Hardly a more enthusiastic troupe of ne’er-do-wells has existed than the quarter-million strong who traipse into the distant greenery of western Germany each year to set up a temporary civilization around the 24-hour car race at the Nürburgring. Watching it online is fun. Being a part of it in person is something else entirely.

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    Here's Why F1 Took Three Hours To Decide Whether Max Verstappen Would Keep His Austrian GP Win

    For the past three Formula One race weekends, the talk after the grand prix has been more about the stewards than the racing itself—something any viewer, no matter the sport, knows is a miserable outcome. But the full conversation about the Austrian Grand Prix didn’t even begin until more than three hours after the race on Sunday, since that’s how long it took the stewards to deliver a penalty decision.

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    The Case Against The Apollo 11 Moon Mission

    On July 13, 1969, just a few days before Apollo XI lifted off into the sky, newspapers across the country ran a syndicated column by Drew Pearson, an infamous figure in mid-century American journalism. Perhaps most famously, he broke the story about General George S. Patton slapping a soldier during World War II. Pearson was a Washington insider, known to combine facts with rumors in a manner that would make modern cable news hosts blush. Although a staunch opponent of McCarthyism and general ch

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    Read Nixon's Never-Delivered Speech In The Event The Moon Landing Failed

    It’s been 50 years since American astronauts landed on the moon, and it remains one of the single greatest achievements of modern human history. The moon, as it turns out, is really, really difficult to get to, and the fact that we pulled it off at all in 1969 is incredible. So incredible, in fact, that the very real possibility of its failure is almost nearly forgotten.

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    The Moon Missions Gave Us Way More Awesome Technology Than You Realize

    Fifty years ago, American astronauts walked the moon, completing an incredible mission that, if we’re honest, was extremely unlikely to happen as soon as it did. And it was all possible because of incredible innovations, some of which paved the way for new tech in transportation. Here are a few of those innovations.

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    We Went To The Moon Way Sooner Than We Should Have And That's Amazing

    On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a speech to congress that asked what is likely the most audacious, improbable request ever recorded in the history of politics. That speech asked that Congress commit time, money and considerable resources to putting human beings on the surface of the moon—and returning them safely home—before the 1960s were over, less than nine years from the time of the speech. If you really look at where the United States was in terms of space exploration at the

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    The 2020 Subaru Outback Doesn't Break Any New Ground But It Doesn't Have To

    The 2020 Subaru Outback is the sixth generation of the Legacy-based version of the car. There’s a 260 horsepower turbocharged engine that’s available this time, and there’s a bigger screen in the middle. Otherwise, it’s mostly a collection of small refinements—perhaps wisely, Subaru didn’t go out of its way to try and fix problems that don’t exist.

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    You'll Soon Be Able To Stream Netflix And YouTube In Your Tesla

    When I get in my car, there are plenty of things I aim to do: set up the GPS, hook up some tunes, quadruple-check that I haven’t forgotten my wallet again, etc. I can’t say that I’m really itching to catch up on all the Netflix shows I’ve been missing out on. But Tesla is here to make sure you can do just that!

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    This Is How A New Car Learns To 'See'

    If you’re buying a new luxury car, it has a lot of gizmos to keep you from smashing into things. There are digital eyes that help you see better. Radar to help your car see other cars. Cameras to help identify lane markings. None of them, though, are worth a damn if the car doesn’t know which way they are pointing.

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    Why High-Performance American Muscle Cars Are Still All Supercharged

    The Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. The Chevrolet Corvette Z06. The Dodge Challenger and Charger Hellcats. The Dodge Challenger Demon. The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. All of these cars are top-of-the-line, high performance American muscle cars. And all of them happen to be supercharged. The reason why has less to do with power than with packaging.

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    Autonomous Technology Is Changing The Way Cars Look

    By now it’s pretty clear that, despite what the Silicon Valley startups have told you, fully self-driving cars and taxi cabs are not just one or two years away. But that doesn’t mean the march of semi-autonomous technology on everyday cars will stop—far from it. As cars slowly build up automated driver assistance features, the design of those cars will change as well, like we see on the updated Nissan Skyline.

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    Cruise Delays Robo-Taxi Launch In Another Reality Check For Driverless Cars

    In yet another sign the autonomous vehicle industry was way too aggressive predicting widespread AV use by the end of the decade, GM subsidiary Cruise has delayed its commercial service, according to a company blog post, which was initially targeted for the end of this year. Instead, the company announced in the same blog post it will continue to expand testing in San Francisco.

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    What We Can Expect From The Future Of Lotus

    Under ownership from Geely, British sports car icon Lotus has gone from trying to keep the lights on to producing the all-electric Lotus Evija hypercar: a land missile that promises 250 miles of range, 0-62 mph in less than three seconds, a staggering 2,000 horsepower and a top speed over 200 mph. It’s quite the thing.

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    The 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Has A Solar Roof

    The sleek and sensuous 2020 Hyundai Sonata will have a hybrid version, which is better for the planet and your guilt. Hyundai seems like it wants to experiment with some new tech with it, too. This hybrid will come fitted a solar roof system. Now, where have I heard that one before?

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    Hellcat Miata This Is Not A Drill

    I’ll confess I’m not all that interested in or impressed by burnouts but, uh, there’s no denying the pure majesty of a 2,580-pound car putting 685 horsepower to its wheels.

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    Here's A Detailed Look At The 2020 Corvette C8's Impressive Engineering

    The 2020 Corvette C8 is here, and by now you’ve probably seen exterior and interior photos, and read about all the performance figures. That’s great, but what you really want is to learn about the hardware, so here’s what I got from an interview with a Corvette engineer and through sifting through GM’s technical literature.

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    This Prius Can Harness The Power Of The Sun God Ra

    The Egyptian Sun God, known by the name of Ra, rules over all parts of the created world, and can be seen in the heart of the noon day sun. We owe all things to him, including enough power to drive this prototype Prius PHV about 35 miles per day. Toyota worked with Sharp and research organization NEDO to develop this rolling prayer to the Egyptian deity, and it seems pretty cool, actually.

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    Robert Wickens Is Driving On A Race Track Again

    After a massive crash on the 7th lap of the 2018 Pocono 500 mile IndyCar race, Robert Wickens was left paralyzed and it has been an incredibly long road to recovery for the talented Canadian driver. Through physical therapy and a lot of hard work on his part, Wickens has gotten to the point where he can do things previously thought improbable. Tomorrow, Wickens will drive a specially equipped Acura NSX with hand controls in the lead up to the IndyCar race in Toronto. An amazing feat, by anyone’s

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    Your Nissan Leaf May Soon Charge Your House

    You might think an electric car is a car, but you’d be wrong. It is a giant battery that, for some reason, spends most of its existence powering a thing that’s not moving at all. That’s why Nissan sees a future for the Leaf as a battery that can power your house.

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    France's New Flying Tax Gets It Backwards

    Starting in 2020, flying out of France—both domestic and international, but not for connecting passengers—will incur an additional surcharge dubbed an Ecotax, because the revenue raised will go towards “eco-friendly transport infrastructure” such as trains.

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    Bird Scooters Looking For Several Hundred Million More Dollars To Piss Away

    The Information got their hands on Bird’s presentation to current investors and the overall picture is not pretty. The e-scooter company, currently valued at $2.3 billion, is low on cash after losing $100 million in the first quarter of 2019. This despite the fact that the scooter company has raised more than $700 million in a year and a half.

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    BMW Is Playing It Safe With Electric Cars, And Its Development Chief Makes No Apologies For That

    BMW’s CEO Harald Krüger is stepping down from his job after just four years, in part for coming under fire for the company’s slow transition to electric vehicles. Though BMW got an early head start on electrification with cars like the i3 and i8, it didn’t capitalize on that lead with more potent EVs—all while losing ground to Mercedes-Benz and Tesla. Krüger’s strategy is one Bloomberg panned as “fail[ing] to provide a roadmap to the future.”

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    Vaughn Gittin Jr Tests Teleoperation By Drifting A Car He's Not In

    Portland-based tech startup Designated Driver wants to prove its remote driving technology by running what is clearly a Lincoln in a fancy wrap job up the hill at Goodwood without a driver inside. Pro drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr. took to the steering wheel from a remote facility, operating the car with a complete VR driving setup. Not only was he able to get the Lincoln to drift, but he managed to drive it up the hill at Goodwood without hitting anything.

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    Mercedes And BMW Set Ambitious Goals For Autonomy Team Up

    In an effort to reduce the cost and lead time of autonomous driving technology, the two German titans, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, joined forces earlier this year. The two companies committed 1,200 autonomous technicians, built a trio of self-driving test centers in Germany, and are sharing a data storage center dedicated to the tech. The group is attempting to build driver assist programming in rapid fashion.

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    Watch The Roborace DevBot 2.0 Race Up The Hill At Goodwood Without A Driver

    Roborace wanted to show the gathered crowds that it had a car capable of driving itself up the hill at Goodwood, at speed. To do that, the autonomous race car company put YouTuber Seb Delanny in the cockpit to drive part of the way up the hill to an area I’m calling the “show-off zone” where most of the donuts and burnouts happen, where people line both sides of the track, where most of the action is. Once there, he got out of the car and waved goodbye as the DevBot 2.0 carried on its merry way

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    Lee Iacocca Was An Early Pioneer Of Electric Mobility

    A full decade before Zero launched its first electric motorcycle in 2008, essentially a 140-pound mountain bike, Lee Iacocca was already selling an electric-assisted bicycle. They’re everywhere today, but in 1998 the Ex-Ford and Chrysler automotive genius was at the bleeding edge of two-wheeled EV tech. He was so early to the e-mobility game that he may have actually been way too early. Here’s how it shook out.

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    There's Now A Committee To Develop Standards For Robotic Exoskeletons

    Advanced technology is just science fiction until some international standards group forms a committee with an anonymously bureaucratic name to make sure every mind-blowing new advancement is nice and safe and boring, just like it should be. This is now happening to a very exciting technology that was firmly science fiction not so long ago: robotic, strength-enhancing exoskeletons.

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    The 2019 Toyota RAV4 Can Almost Do It All

    Few things are more ubiquitous and common on American roads than power lines, gas stations and the Toyota RAV4. In fact, Toyota managed to sell just shy of half a million of them last year. Obviously, the car is doing something right. I wanted to find out what that was.

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