Please enjoy a new word for those non-places where you have a high-speed road that still has tons of turn-offs, businesses, and red lights like a street. It’s a stroad, and it’s just as bad for drivers as it is for the safety of everyone else.
Read MoreYou may recall a couple of weeks ago on May 11 we reported that the Hernando de Soto bridge connecting Arkansas to Tennessee across the Mississippi river on I-40 was closed in an emergency fashion when a structural crack had been discovered in one of the bridge’s beams. You may also recall that the public information officer for ADOT claimed the stoppage could last “as little as an hour or as long as a week.” We are now well over a week into the bridge’s closure, and Memphis traffic remains a to
Read MoreThe Hernando de Soto Bridge is a through arch bridge connecting West Memphis, Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee across the Mississippi river on I-40. The 9,432 foot long bridge is, as you can imagine, one of the busier bridges in the region. Over 37,000 cars, trucks, and tractor trailers cross the bridge every day, but that’s been put to a halt. On Tuesday an Arkansas Department of Transportation inspection of the bridge uncovered a structural crack in the bridge around 2 p.m., and all lanes of the
Read MoreWay back in the early 1990s Ducati basically invented a new market segment by sticking the 900 Supersport engine in a frame similar to that of the 851 Superbike, and kicking in a fork from the 750 Supersport to create the Monster. It was a sporty bike you could use in the city and have fun riding on twisty roads all while looking damn cool doing it. More importantly for Ducati, the Monster cost Ducati almost nothing to develop and build because it was a parts bin special.
Read MoreShades of the Ever Given earlier this week: an entirely different ship, called the Maersk Emerald, found itself stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt after a sudden engine failure saw it grind to a halt. Thankfully, the ship was quickly refloated and back on its way before it caused any serious issues.
Read MoreFolks who take cruises, really love to take cruises. The Centers for Disease Control released some good news for fans of the big boat life this week: if you’re fully vaccinated, you are now cleared to head back to the buffet and catch a stomach bug instead. But departing from Florida may be a challenge.
Read MoreIf you spend a lot of time on boats (I don’t, but it’s kind of an aspiration) you’re no doubt familiar with the sensation of roll. If you’re prone to seasickness, that rolling might be keeping you off the high seas entirely and limiting your ability to “vibe” or “chill”—it’s fucking disgusting.
Read MoreA day after announcing Royal Caribbean will welcome vaccinated passengers, five crew members tested positive for COVID-19 on a ship completely devoid of passengers, calling into question just how safe cruising is in the era of COVID-19.
Read MoreInternational shipping is currently a bit of a mess, but thanks to some costly updates in infrastructure, ports on the U.S. East Coast are now able to receive ships like the CMA CGM Marco Polo, which arrived in New York City on Thursday. Almost the size of the Ever Given that got stuck in the Suez Canal, the Marco Polo is the largest ship to ever visit the American East Coast ports.
Read MoreThe Suez Canal is a global shipping highway, so it makes sense that, when there’s a slow down on that highway, engineers are going to do what they do on regular highways: They add a lane.
Read MoreMy Suzuki Every kei van is going to be loaded into one of the many ships responsible for shipping thousands of cars around the world in one go. But it took far longer than expected due to the world’s shipping ports being busier than they can handle.
Read MoreObviously, we’ve been covering the living hell out of Ever Given’s obstruction of the Suez Canal for the last few weeks. But, we haven’t talked much about why the big boat got stuck in the first place. The consensus seems to be that a sandstorm with heavy winds played a starring role and the Suez Canal Authority blames human error or a technical failure. Here, the Practical Engineering YouTube channel is offering some additional information about some of the factors that were at play. Check it o
Read MoreThe Ever Given might have to change its name to the Ever Stuck after an Egyptian judge ruled on Tuesday that the massive cargo ship can be legally held in the Great Bitter Lake by the Suez Canal Authority over unpaid debts.
Read MoreIn May 2017, the MV Aman was detained at the mouth of the Suez Canal over an unsettled debt of $21,500. Chief Mate Mohammad Aisha has been trapped on the cargo ship ever since. As second in command, the Captain of the MV Aman convinced Aisha he should sign a letter taking responsibility for the ship’s care. It was a move Aisha told the Wall Street Journal was the biggest mistake of his life.
Read MoreThe Ever Given saga seemingly has no end, as ports around the world continue to struggle to clear backlogs of goods from when the ship blocked the Suez Canal for six days back in March.
Read MoreYou are probably sick of hearing about the steady rise in used car prices. It is very much a seller’s market right now so finding a value in a pre-owned car is a challenge. A recent study from iSeeCars.com reveals the models with the most dramatic price jump compared to last year.
Read MoreI’ve always been fond of the British-as-beans-in-a-teal-can cars made by Morgan, mostly because of their incredible ability to avoid real change. That’s not to say they don’t update their cars in a constant struggle to keep them just usable enough for modern standards—they absolutely do, which is what I’m going to tell you about now. But the Morgan Plus Four and Plus Six are still fundamentally glorious archaic designs, even if they do get some updates.
Read MoreEvery month or so, sometimes even quicker than that, there will be a new report out about how long and bonkers car loans have gotten these days and, possibly because I’m an anxious person, these stories give me a twitch. A report Thursday says, yes, big, long loans being handed out for big SUVs and trucks are still increasing.
Read MoreJaguar plans to go all-electric by 2025, which means the next generation of the XF is very likely going to be all-electric, if it even gets a next generation. That’s because the XF is a perfectly nice car that, in America at least, is completely out of step with the moment.
Read MoreAlex has taken a while to get a driver’s license, but at 26 years old, it’s better late than never. Now that Alex is finally getting behind the wheel, an affordable and fun manual car is at the top of the list. What car should Alex buy?
Read MoreFans of the Volkswagen Golf were saddened to hear that the automaker is no longer selling non-performance models of the hatchback in the United States. Volkswagen is filling the void left behind with the 2022 Taos. This little SUV is about to show up in driveways around the country.
Read MoreIt hurts me a little bit to admit this, but I’m a big ol’ dummy when it comes to vintage British cars. My first sports car was a Triumph TR-7 fixed head coupe that tried to kill me at least four times, and more recently I picked up a horrifyingly bad MG Midget for $300. I usually stick to German sports cars these days, but every once in a while the siren song of something awful from old blighty calls my name.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car-buying expert and a professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve picked a few of your questions and will try to help out. This week we are discussing a dealer’s instance on applying for a loan on a cash deal and which brands you can order from.
Read MoreI’m finally in possession of my Honda Beat and it’s absolutely a dream come true. But what I didn’t expect was for the process of buying a car from another country to be the best car buying experience ever.
Read MoreLexus has caught flack for a while now for marketing cars designed for women, and the brand has been working to revitalize its image as a higher-performance luxury car for years. Its polarizing hourglass-shaped grille hasn’t helped in the slightest. But with sporty coupes like the 2021 Lexus RC F Fuji edition, you might find yourself convinced that Lexus can be one hell of a fun brand.
Read MoreWhen I climbed out of the 2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody for the first time, it was pouring rain, but I hardly noticed. I felt like I was on top of the world with a ray of concentrated ecstasy shining directly over my body. I had done it. I had conquered the muscle car.
Read Moreis tJaguar is the kind of automaker that, from afar, does not make sense. You want me to buy an expensive car that will only depreciate, might be undependable, and also lacks any one quality you might call interesting? Up close, though, things are different. After spending a day at JLR’s headquarters, I began to talk myself into it.
Read MoreLiz and John live in NYC and haven’t owned a car since college. Now that it is getting safer to visit family and do some road trips, they are looking to buy a vehicle and avoid the overpriced rental cars. With a modest budget and a lack of inventory, they are having trouble navigating the market. What car should they buy?
Read MoreJapanese cars have a reputation to uphold that they are reliable and easy-to-own car. Reliability is to Honda what safety is to Volvo. If I’m being fair, reliability very much applies to Toyota, too, but I stan Honda so I’m happy that a new report proves that Honda’s reputation for reliability and low-cost ownership is well deserved.
Read MoreAnother week means another entry into our series featuring the sweet cars we found for sale online.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car-buying expert and a professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve picked a few of your questions and will try to help out. This week we are discussing “dealer cash” incentives and restrictions on out-of-state purchases due to COVID-19.
Read MoreThere’s always been a sort of grim fascination with cars famous people have died in; I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme that Hitler allegedly died in at least three different off-highway museums. The Porsche 550 Spyder bought by 1950s icon James Dean and named “Li’l Bastard” is likely one of the most famous of the cars famous people died in. And now the four-speed transaxle from that car is up for auction on Bring A Trailer. I bet it could end up being the most expensi
Read MoreOh, Genesis G80, shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Because damn if you aren’t hot as hell, fair as a maiden, and so beautiful it can be a little hard to look at you. Not to get too Shakespearean, but this sedan is a masterclass in luxury. If the Genesis name isn’t on your radar yet, you’d be best served doing your research now, before it takes off. Then you can say you were ahead of the curve.
Read MoreThe Kia Telluride (and its Hyundai Palisade cousin) have been hot sellers since their debut. Over 75,000 were sold last year. Some buyers were waiting months to get theirs because the factory literally couldn’t make them fast enough. None of that justifies dealer markups though. As Motor1 reported (via Reddit), one dealership thinks the Telluride is the most sought-after SUV in the world. So they are going to charge accordingly.
Read MoreEric is a physician on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Now that he has a little bit of breathing room after last year, he wants to treat himself to a nice car. He has a pretty healthy budget and wants something fun with an awesome color. What car should he buy?
Read MoreThe unleashing of pent up demand paired with low inventories due to the chip shortage and a COVID-19 manufacturing hangover has created a very hot car market. Cars are so hard to come by some car shoppers are willing to pay $5,000 over sticker price, according to Cox Automotive.
Read MoreA young woman is trading her way up from a hairpin to a whole damn house, and on the way there she’s already made a few car deals that would put some of our trade-ins to shame.
Read MoreOne of the chief complaints about the first-generation Volkswagen Tiguan compact crossover (from American owners) was that it was a little too compact. The second generation fixed that in 2017 by stretching the model out enough to offer a third-row seat. The 2022 VW Tiguan refresh doesn’t change much, but it’s still spreading lies.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car-buying expert and a professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve picked a few of your questions and will try to help out. This week we are discussing how much intervention automakers do with poor dealers and “actual market value” coverage for insurance.
Read MoreThe used market is hot right now, very hot, leading some people to think that used cars might now be appreciating assets. Friends, I implore you: They are not.
Read MoreWhen my boss over at A Girls Guide to Cars told me that there were quite a few people talking trash about the 2022 Acura MDX A-Spec, I was genuinely surprised. This machine has its flaws, sure, but it’s also the most fun I’ve had behind the wheel of an SUV in quite a while—and it’s packed with features that are traditionally designed for minivans but that would make this MDX an incredibly fun road trip vehicle for adults, not just kids. There’s room for improvement (I’m looking at you, touchpad)
Read MoreIn most transactions, having a good relationship between two parties can make for a mutually beneficial agreement. But some car dealerships seem to think that building this relationship is a prerequisite to have the salesperson take the simple step of honestly disclosing a price.
Read MoreIt’s come to my attention that most Americans don’t live within easy walking distance of a Bugatti dealership. I was surprised to hear this, as I was just about certain that the Hyundai/Kia dealership near me also sold Bugattis, but it turns out I had them confused with Mitsubishi. The guy on the phone said this happened all the time, but usually he could put potential Chiron buyers into a new Outlander, so he really didn’t mind. Anyway, it seems like most people have not seen the window sticker
Read MoreJustin has a 2017 Chevrolet SS that he is really fond of. Now that those vehicles are approaching “collector car” status, he wants to cash out his value and get something fun and functional with updated technology. What car should he buy?
Read MoreMaking cars is hard. We know it’s hard because of how many shit shows make it to showroom floors. Teslas that fall apart when it rains too much. Hyundai electric cars that catch on fire. Every first-year Ford. And then, in the eye of this tornado, sits the Kia Telluride. We know that making it was hard, but for it to be so handsome, practical, and desirable out of nowhere makes it all look easy.
Read MoreIt’s just about time for the all-new 2021 Grand Cherokee L to go on sale. The build-and-price tool for the new model quietly went live Wednesday, so here are all the pricing and package breakdowns for every Jeep Cherokee L you could ask for. Keep in mind all initial prices exclude the $1,695 destination fee.
Read MoreIn a couple of weeks I will head out west to pick up my Honda Beat in Washington state. I could do it in any number of decent, reliable vehicles. Instead, I will set my sights on Washington in the cheapest running and driving Volkswagen Touareg that I could find on Facebook Marketplace.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car-buying expert and a professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve picked a few of your questions and will try to help out. This week we are discussing financing for used cars that are a bit older, and whether or not a lifetime warranty applies to a lease buyout.
Read MoreWhen a vehicle starts up in all-electric mode, I still find myself surprised. Where you’ll usually find a little rumble and the throaty sound of an engine kicking to life, you now have a totally silent experience that keeps me double-checking to make sure the car is still on. And it’s extra unsettling when that silence is coming from a Jeep Wrangler.
Read MoreFlorida is considering a wild new law that goes against everything many of us have been taught. It’s considering allowing drivers the ability to turn on their flashers, or hazard lights, in heavy rain.
Read MoreStates around the country are introducing new incentive plans in an effort to convince its residents to become fully vaccinated. Whether it’s entry into a lottery or a free donut, it’s been encouraging people to get the jab. But West Virginia knows what’s up. West Virginia might go ahead and give you a Ford F-150 truck if you’ve gotten vaccinated.
Read MoreAs I sat down to write this article, my husband took one look at the header image of the Mercedes-Benz 500 E and didn’t hesitate to ask, “Can I have one?” And on today, the car’s 30th birthday, it’s time to look back at the history of this Porsche-designed Daimler-Benz AG creation that had folks gaping when it hit the floor at the Paris Auto Show—straight from two of the people who were involved in its design and production.
Read MoreOn Thursday Toyota announced that the Prius will soon be joining its Nightshade family of completely blacked-out vehicles. A limited run of 3,400 examples of the hybrid are set to hit dealers in the fall, according to Roadshow.
Read MoreIf you’re in Virginia, and you’ve been noticing your car is gooped, all gooped up, sticky, dripping with a sappy, goopy substance this spring, don’t worry. It’s just bugs shitting on it. No biggy.
Read MorePimp My Ride was a wild TV show from the mid ’00s that would not only fix up, but wildly customize absolute beaters for people from the LA area. The crew put TVs in just about everything that could hold a TV (mud flaps, mirrors, visors, etc.) not to mention in-car chandeliers, coffins you could grill out on and a whole hot tub. They pulled out all the stops on every vehicle, but nothing was as crazy as what the show did for one young woman who was working in the medical field.
Read MoreThe twelve writers and editors of Jalopnik own 49 cars. That works out to an average of 4.08 cars per writer. Considering used car prices have shot through the roof, you might think we’re collectively sitting on a small fortune, until you consider that rust buckets make up a disproportionately large number of these and many of our rides are valued too low or are too old to qualify for an offer at a site like Carvana. Welp.
Read MoreIn America, for a very long time automotive designers were forced into using standardized headlight units. First round sealed beams, then rectangular ones, and often they got so bored with these that they just hid the lights altogether, often in very creative ways. In one particular case, though, I think you could argue that an automotive headlight designer just totally lost their shit, because of the existence of the 1980-1983 Lincoln Continental Mark VI and its optional Auxiliary Front Lamps.
Read MoreToyota’s modus operandi is well summed up in one word: consistency. The Japanese carmaker is consistently reliable, consistently obstinate and, sometimes even consistently boring. Now, it wants to make one of its boring crossovers a little more fun with the release of the Highlander Hybrid Bronze.
Read MoreSpectators at a diesel truck performance event in Indiana got a bit of an explosive show watching a Cummins Dodge Ram blow up on the dyno, as parts rained down on the crowd.
Read MoreThis week Nav Bhatia became the first fan ever inducted to the NBA Hall Of Fame. That is an incredible accomplishment in itself, but it’s just one of the remarkable moments of Bhatia’s incredible life, one that saw him go from fleeing violence in his native India to becoming one of the most successful car salesmen in Canadian history.
Read MoreYou know that adage about how headlines that end with a question mark can all be answered by the word “no?” Well, feel free to try it out right here, right now, because the result you’ll get is exactly what I’m hoping for: no. As in, no, there has never been a car/wheel combination that fits better than the Renault Twingo and these odd, asymmetrical Toora wheels that fell into my eyeballs’ metaphorical laps today. Let’s consider these, shall we?
Read MoreFamily is usually always worth traveling for. There is nothing better than seeing that uncle or grandparent that you haven’t seen in 10 years. But then you realize why you haven’t seen them in 10 years when they comment on how “big you’ve gotten.” Sometimes though it’s good to just get away for a bit. A spur-of-the-moment trip can do wonders for your mind and body.
Read MoreVolkswagen and its former leader, the late Ferdinand Piëch, had a habit of snapping up car companies almost solely because it could. One of those was Lamborghini, but now, according to a new report, VW may or may not offload Lamborghini for many billions.
Read MoreThe gas-shortage panic we went through just weeks ago flooded our feeds with long lines at the pump and wacky folks who thought it was perfectly OK to store gasoline, a flammable liquid, in plastic bags. We’re back to normal now, thankfully, but the question lingers, what happened to all that hoarded gas?
Read MoreI hate flying. I hated it when I averaged more than one flight per week a couple years ago, and I hate it today. I’ve also been absurdly careful about Covid, to the annoyance of just about everyone around me. So, even after a month or so of being fully vaccinated, even with the even less stringent CDC guidelines, the prospect of voluntarily going to the airport, getting on a plane and flying anywhere is...not appealing.
Read MoreOne of the best things about the current state of being a dork who loves old, very obsolete computers is that there are currently smart, talented people making brand-new software for these old machines. Software like games, and specifically games like this one, a racing game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum that incorporates one of the most charming fleets of old cars I’ve seen in any driving video game.
Read MoreWe have been reporting on the rising deadliness of wall-like SUVs and trucks for years now, and it seems regulators and lawmakers are finally sitting up and taking notice of all the blood in America’s streets.
Read MoreThere is apparently a more powerful Bronco coming, probably called the Bronco Raptor but, for a time, thought to maybe be called the Bronco Warthog. A new report says that Warthog probably won’t be called Warthog, though, which is a shame, because calling anything Warthog is cool as hell.
Read MoreI recently purchased the cheapest running and driving Volkswagen Touareg on Facebook Marketplace in Chicago to pick up my Honda Beat in Washington state. Somehow, this high-mileage luxury SUV not just made it home, but all the way across the country. But this journey wasn’t totally free of speed bumps.
Read MoreDriving was a mundane, everyday task for many of us, then March 2020 took our mundane everyday and threw it off a ledge. We spent that weird year of lockdown baking bread, binging television shows and, for some, forgetting how to drive.
Read MoreWhen fixing my 1958 Jeep FC-170, I made critical errors that cost me over an entire day of wrenching. My Jeep was already in dire straits, with a rusted engine which had a probability of ever running at 0.000000001 percent. I didn’t need these setbacks.
Read MoreI am currently standing in the neutral zone of a raging debate that involves both my husband and my boss at A Girls Guide to Cars, Scotty Reiss. It pertains to the age-old question: is it worth the money to fill up your tank with premium gas, or is regular going to do the trick?
Read MoreEvery so often, someone asks people to post their bucket list of races they’d like to attend, and for many folks, they’re a standard suite of events. The Indy 500. The Monaco Grand Prix. The Coca-Cola 600. The Bathurst 1000. The 24 Hours of Le Mans. I don’t want to know those, because those make sense. No. I want to know the dumbest or most obscure track or event that you’ve been dying to go to.
Read MoreEveryone knows that we associate cars with men—especially the heavy ones with loud engines that pump out as much horsepower as they do noise. In fact, it’s often treated as something of a running joke of the kind that accompany truck nutz, rolling coal, and incidents at Cars and Coffee meetups. But academic Cara Daggett is challenging those notions in a way that would require us to confront the sociological realities of cars and fossil fuels and to rewrite our relationship to transportation in l
Read MoreTesla raised the base price of the Model 3 and Model Y by $500 last night, according to Electrek, the latest in a series of price modulations that Tesla has done this past year or so.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing I love, it’s two things: cars and the knowledge of car-related events that happened in the past. Incredibly, the entire field of things of all sorts that happened in the past has a name: history. Who knew? Even more incredibly, there’s an entire televisior network dedicated to the subject, and even more more incredibly, there’s a special two-night show about the history of cars, and I’m on it! Hot damn!
Read MoreI’m kind of in a mood today, people, so that means you’re getting stories like this, to which some dingus in the comments will reply slow news day? or some shit like that, and I’m just going to be all, bitch, for me every day is a slow news day.
Read MoreHyundai packs value into their vehicles. Even the most basic trims of their models have more and more safety tech come standard. One safety feature I’ve come to love is the rear cross-traffic alert in my Sonata. This should be standard on every car, especially big SUVs or crossovers. I was on the fence about it when I first got the car and thought it might be a useless annoying gimmick. But it works and works well, even at detecting people. It really comes into its own when backing out from in-b
Read MoreBad news for fans of Mazda’s small crossover and long-running sport sedan. Mazda has announced today that both will be getting the ax for the 2022 model year in the U.S. market.
Read MoreNostalgia is a potent drug and, like any old bastard, I’m highly susceptible to it as well. Hell, I work in a sort of idiotic shrine to a very specific kind of nostalgia. But there are some details of the past that, even with the rosiest-colored glasses, are still very clearly garbage. I’m talking about being a kid in the back seat of many 1980s GM cars, specifically the GM cars (and one Chrysler) that, somehow, didn’t let you roll down the rear windows.
Read MoreWhen most people start wrenching, they typically choose a cheap, mechanically simple and well-understood car for their first project. A Mini or a Beetle or maybe an old Jeep. They work their way up to the obscure stuff.
Read MoreIt’s going to be 85 degrees on Saturday. That’s a lot of degrees for the state of Michigan. So let’s try our best not to overheat our cars on Woodward, shall we? I’ll be driving a 1966 Ford Mustang. You should drive something cool, too.
Read MoreSafety features in modern cars span from the ubiquitous and expected (like say, seatbelts) to the more niche and high-tech (like lane-keep assist and 360-degree cameras.) Today, we’re asking you what your favorite unique safety feature is that you can’t live without.
Read MoreThe folk hero era of the long-haul truck driver in the mid-1970s pretty much peaked with C.W. McCall’s Convoy if you ask me. Truckers were occupational heroes, anti-cop freewheelers, and more importantly, they were the main listeners for local radio stations during the overnight hours. It was the federal speed limit in 1973, however, that really kicked off the nation’s love of truckers with convoy protests and the massive boom in citizen’s band radio.
Read MoreThe Ford F-150 Lightning has a targeted normal range of between 230 and 300 miles depending on which version you get, according to Ford. It can also tow up to 10,000 pounds, according to Ford. What Ford is apparently not willing to say right now is how much range will decrease when hauling or towing. It sure seems like it’ll be a lot.
Read MoreLast summer we learned about the Toyota Corolla Cross, a crossover that sits somewhere between the C-HR and RAV4 in size and, to date, is only sold in Southeast Asia and South America. There was a rumor the Corolla Cross was coming here, a rumor that has been given weight by the fact one has just been been sighted camouflaged in the United States.
Read MoreI’ll never forget this one moment on my bike that shook me so much I stopped riding my bike for about two weeks: It was 2005. I’m about 16 and riding my bike I recently bought to get back and forth to work at the local Mcdonald’s. I don’t know how I didn’t see or hear it, but a baby seemingly crawled out of nowhere directly into the path of my bike from behind a fence. I don’t know how I didn’t notice the mom and the baby sitting on their front porch playing.
Read MoreI like my Porsche Cayennes like I like my men; powerful with dad-bods and plenty of miles on the odometer. Porsche is serving up a monster Cayenne to compete with the likes of the Lamborghini Urus and Aston Martin DBX. that is rumored to deliver around 631 horsepower, according to a first drive from Auto Express.
Read MoreLouisiana State Police told Ronald Greene’s family that he died when his truck hit a tree during a high-speed chase. Newly revealed body cam footage obtained by the Associated Press shows an even more horrific death at the hands of police.
Read MoreThe mixed-martial artist fighter Beneil Dariush had a big night on Saturday, beating a UFC lightweight title contender and solidifying Dariush’s status as a title contender himself. But, afterward, Dariush declined to call out a fighter he wanted next, instead, calling out Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Read MoreSo, not to make your day weird or anything, but I happen to know that the illustrator of this 1957 Ford Taunus brochure sprayed that kid with hot dog water to get the dog to stay locked on to him for the five hours it took to make this illustration, and I’m pretty sure after this drawing was done, the dog ate one of the kid’s arms. That’s just how it was for car-scene models back in the day: brutal.
Read MoreWe often discuss the effects that the rampant popularity of cars and SUVs has had on pedestrian death rates, but another related and important stat to look at is cyclist death rates. A look into these may point to a decrease in 2020, but when you account for the lower amount of driving we did, it’s still concerning.
Read MoreBMW tried but got backlash. Volkswagen is still thinking about it. And now Audi is actually doing it. The company announced it would be charging to add features to vehicles over the air in what the company is calling Functions on Demand, Autoblog reports.
Read MoreA string of shootings on various Southern California freeways over the past month have California Highway Patrol baffled and, with no leads, the shootings seem destined to continue.
Read MoreFormer Formula One world champ Jenson Button has partnered with TV mechanic Ant Anstead and car designer Mark Stubbs to revive famed British coachbuilder Radford. The company is perhaps best known for building bespoke luxury Mini Coopers for each member of the Beatles, but it also helped with development of the Ford GT40 among many other things. The revived company’s first project is to partner with Lotus Cars for a revival of the Europa-based Type 62 racing prototype.
Read MoreAhhh the Civic; it’s the car of choice for everyone from street racers to folks who want an uncomplicated a-to-b machine that doesn’t ask too much of them. Such a versatile car is well-loved in the car community, and rightfully so. Honda let me have one of the all-new 2022 Honda Civics for a whole week. I have a few days left in it and man, I like it. But what would you like to know about it?
Read MoreRemember yesterday when the current President visited Ford’s new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center and we got a sneak peek at the new Ford F-150 Lightning? And remember how he drove a camouflaged pre-production version of the new electric truck around a little bit in a big, empty test track area? President Biden also seemed to have leaked the truck’s 0-60 time, too. Anyway, there’s a goofy rumor flying around that Biden didn’t actually drive the truck. That’s, uh, bullshit.
Read MoreWhile established automakers are spending billions to electrify entire lineups, dozens of startups have sprouted the last few years to offer EVs that the companies hope can compete in the mainstream. Many of these companies are worth billions of dollars despite having never actually built or sold anything.
Read MoreSince I write and read about cars all the time, I don’t typically get too excited about new products. While the latest Ferrari hypercar bores me and the all-new F150 Lightning strikes me as kinda neat, BraunAbility created their first-ever hybrid minivan with a wheelchair conversion and they have my attention.
Read MoreThe Colonial Pipeline, the biggest petroleum pipeline in the U.S., shut down almost two weeks ago because of a ransomware attack tied to an Eastern European hacking group, causing big lines at gas stations and fights. It is back up and running now, though Colonial Pipeline’s CEO wants to clear some things up.
Read MoreRocket League is probably my favorite video game I’m the absolute worst at, and I’m resigned to the fact that’ll never change. It’s fine, I’ve accepted my awfulness. But it’s this profound lack of skill that’s largely kept me from investing in the game or indulging myself in its mountains of downloadable content. That’s probably going to change soon though, now that the 2021 Formula 1 grid will be available to buy starting May 20.
Read MoreIf you’re experiencing some less than stellar headlight performance, it could be more than just your bulbs. The lighting elements in your headlights obviously play the biggest role in this dynamic duo, but if you’re spending top dollar on new bulbs and seeing poor results, it could be time to adjust the aim of those headlights. Almost all cars have some capacity to adjust the aim of the headlight vertically (some even horizontally), so dust off your owner’s manual or head to your closest intern
Read MoreThis week’s announcement that Canoo would sell its cool little van/truck deal for under $35,000 next year may mean that the company believes it will sell that cool little van/truck deal for under $35,000 next year. It may also have been related to another announcement, that Canoo is under investigation by the Securities Exchange Commission, which is ostensibly an agency charged with enforcing whatever finance laws still exist.
Read MoreI realize that for most of us, taillights are a source of comfort, of strength, an unyielding, illuminated beacon of truth in an increasingly uncertain world. While I myself feel this way and derive a great deal of my own inner strength via the contemplation of taillights, I realize that even in this near-holy arena, sometimes things may not be what they seem. I’ve found a fascinating and confusing example of this, in an early 1970s brochure for the upmarket Volkswagen Type 3.
Read MoreMy car has a big gas tank. At 18.5 gallons, a full tank will get me anywhere from 515 to 525 miles of range. I used to let it almost completely empty, down to like 25 miles. But I’ve gotten in the habit of going to fill back up when it get to either a half or little less than half.
Read MorePlay enough racing games, and you begin to familiarize yourself with the same tracks. Monterey’s Laguna Seca is a popular one, having appeared in everything from Gran Turismo to Forza Motorsport to Project Cars. The accuracy of modern simulators, through the ability to laser-scan environments and such, also means that renditions of the track between titles end up being largely similar if not identical.
Read MoreYou woke up this morning after a long night of reading Kafka and something felt different. Were your hands and feet always treaded like this? And you’re so gassy, like 93 octane gassy. You try to call out for your partner to help you, but all that comes out is the 707-horsepower growl of a Hellcat engine. It’s your favorite dream (or worst nightmare) realized: You have been transformed into a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody.
Read MoreMuch like a mistress snuck into the White House by President Kennedy’s secret service, the new electric Ford F150 Lightning awaits a presidential visit under a sheet. Thanks to some pictures of the event space at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center tweeted out early, we can clearly see this important new truck waiting there, under one of those fancy silken auto-show drapes.
Read MoreIt seems corporations will try everything, other than treating its employees like human beings, to make their workers happy.
Read MoreThe fuel-pumping panic has mostly come and gone now that the Colonial Pipeline’s operations have resumed, but there are still lingering questions about the fiasco. Since it’s early in the week, some of us holdouts are still getting by on our last fill-up. I’m anxious to refuel now, because I’m way past half-a-tank, which is around the point I like to pump most times.
Read MoreSCG recently announced that it would have Romain Dumas, Richard Westbrook, and Ryan Briscoe driving a lone 007 LM Hypercar for the Portimao round of the FIA WEC in June. It had already planned to skip the first round at Sebring, which was cancelled due to COVID restrictions, and refrained from showing up to the opening round Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Of what turned out to be a six race season, Glickenhaus has already begun waffling on their commitment to run the season-closing rounds in Ja
Read MoreEveryone probably thinks that their state has the worst roads. But I really do think California has some of if not the worst. With nearly 400,000 miles of roads (Most of that is in Southern California. Los Angeles County alone has nearly 22,000 miles of road), there is a lot that can be bad, especially inland, where thousands of trucks traverse freeways and surface streets a day. We also have the most dangerous highway in the whole country, State Route 99 which runs 424 miles in a north-south di
Read MoreIf you’ve driven through Maryland the last couple of years, didn’t pay a toll(s), and thought you were in the clear because no one would ever know? Well, you’re out of luck because they’re coming for you. As the Washington Post reports, Maryland is not only considering hiring collection agencies to collect the tolls, it’s partnering with neighboring states to find drivers as well.
Read MoreThe cyber attack that shutdown the Colonial pipeline causing a gas panic and stoking fears of gasoline shortages, didn’t actually shut down the pipeline. It impacted the billing system at the Colonial Pipeline Co., which shut it down because they were worried about how they’d collect payments.
Read MoreLegendary drivers and their cars have been a factor of Formula 1 video games for the past several installments now, but previously you could never have those drivers on your custom team. That’s changing for F1 2021, which also happens to be the first entry in the series to be published by EA Sports.
Read MoreNot a day goes by that I do not think of the wonder and almost spiritual brilliance of mushrooms and other fungi, because I am an ant and an invasive fungus has taken control of my brain. For the rest of you, here’s a reminder that slime mold once figured out Britain’s motorways system by itself.
Read MoreParis plans to cut its downtown traffic by a significant margin next year. The City of Lights has just about had it with car congestion, and is implementing a ban on traffic traveling through its city center in 2022, according to Bloomberg.
Read MoreIn February it was announced Oshkosh Defense had won the contract to produce the next generation of United States Postal Service mail trucks. The catch? There was no commitment to make the new trucks electric. To do that, the USPS said it’d need another $8 billion.
Read MoreOur infrastructure is generally garbage. Some states have it so bad that bridges crack and potholes ruin cars. But some roads are worse than others. Which state has the worst roads?
Read MoreElectric vehicle company Fisker and electronics brand Foxconn have come to an agreement. They’re going to be collaborating on Fisker’s Project PEAR (which stands for Personal Electric Automotive Revolution) with the intention of building and selling these $30,000 cars in the United States.
Read MoreI truly cannot find a single good thing to say about bumper stickers. I don’t know how anyone feels strongly enough about a cause to commit to slapping a bunch of stickers on their precious vehicle (although I know people feel the same way about my tattoos). But I know you’ve all seen some incredible, awful bumper stickers in your day, and I want to see them.
Read MoreFacebook Marketplace has provided us many gems in our day, but I can’t think of anything quite as glorious as this 1982 Airstream Excella 280 that has been transformed into the most incredible funeral-coach-slash-escape-room you’ve ever seen. I’ve never wanted anything more, and I am truly heartbroken that it is pending sale.
Read MoreOn May 15, 1942, 17 states joined up to begin rationing gasoline as part of the United States’ World War II effort. It was mostly Eastern states that had done so, but by the end of the year, all 48 states were required to join the ration.
Read MoreI’m all for innovation in the automotive sector, but there are some technologies I simply cannot abide by, and Ford’s newly-patented billboard detector that can read ads and display them inside your car is exactly one of those technologies.
Read MoreAt least once a month, my small Twitter feed erupts into debate about gas station chains. And I have to ask: are you folks as passionate about gas stations?
Read MoreTalladega Superspeedway is probably the most iconic NASCAR track there is, with some apologies to Daytona. On Saturday, you can drive two laps on it, in your own car, and for free, as long as you get the vaccine and/or a Covid test. The tests and vaccines are free, too.
Read MoreI drive a lot. So usually every car I own gets thousands of miles put on it from daily driving. My current Sonata was brought new in 2018 and currently sits just under 118,000 miles. The Sonic before that was bought used and had 55,000 on it. When I traded it in it had about 140,000 miles on it. The TL Type S before that had nearly 180,000 miles on it when we got rid of it.....you get the point.
Read MoreJeep and Mahindra have somewhat of a history together, but the last few years has seen that history thrown out the window. Jeep has been going after the Indian company for design infringement and as Australia’s Car Advice reports, this new fight has started over Mahindra’s Thar.
Read MoreThe Chicago Sun-Times recently wrote about how bad car crashes have gotten in Chicago, Illinois. Except it’s not regular motorists who are causing all the mayhem; it’s the police. Specifically, it’s police chases that are causing all the accidents.
Read MoreDuring the past year, we’ve seen the rise of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, to prop up electric vehicle startups like Canoo and Nikola. It’s been the kind of Wall Street bubble even amateur investors could see might burst any minute. Now, in the aftermath, EV startup valuations have nosedived, according to a new report.
Read MoreA man in Glasgow, Scotland, laid under a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter for eight hours in an attempt to stop police officers operating the van from successfully conducting an immigration raid, as reported by The Guardian. He succeeded in stopping the police, proving that a man can sometimes win against machine.
Read MoreWe’ve been delightfully surprised by the number of resolute drivers who refuse to give up their first-generation Cayennes. These charming, possibly-monomaniacal people have written to us wearing their miles on their sleeves like a badge of honor.
Read MoreI’ve always liked to think that while the rich stew that is my own stupidity is made of many, many ingredients, overconfidence and hubris are not major ones. But then I think back to the incident I’m about to tell you about and I realize that, yeah, my stupidity stew is spiced with plenty of those, too. This incident involves my Beetle, a roof rack, and an armchair my then-girlfriend really loved. This doesn’t end well.
Read MoreI have never seen a Chevy Lumina or its two-door Monte Carlo cousin. Even as a kid in the 90's, I don’t recall seeing one. For some reason, I always felt like it was a midwestern car. Something you’d see running around some Indiana suburb or something. I doubt I was missing anything not seeing one. It’s just that considering the generation pictured was made for six years and they sold over a million, not ever seeing one is strange.
Read MoreElectric cars have opened up a new world of modding, but I’m not sure anyone expected “V8" and “Tesla” to end up paired together. Yet, Rich Rebuilds is here to do just that, and his 6.2-Liter LS3 V8-powered Tesla just had its first start!
Read MoreThe shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, the U.S.’s biggest petroleum pipeline, has led to gas shortages in recent days as panic buying set in. But, as of this morning, the pipeline’s operator said “product delivery has commenced in a majority of the markets we surface.” This comes after ransom was reportedly paid to hackers.
Read MoreAt a certain point, a vehicle is “too far gone.” It cannot reasonably be brought back to operational status because of major problems like frame rust, body rust, or engine problems. In 2018, I bought a $500 Postal Jeep that suffered from all of those ailments and yet, through all of the bleak faults, a glimmer of hope always shone through. That glimmer led to the video series you can now binge watch from start to finish. I’ve embedded all episodes at the bottom of the article.
Read MoreStellantis owns many brands, and a number of those brands aren’t in the greatest health. Lancia sells exactly one car in one country (though, admittedly, it prints money), Alfa Romeo is stagnant and Chrysler offers one minivan it pretends are three, plus the 300 for some reason. And despite Dodge’s eagerness to brand itself as the last bastion of the muscle car, it still continued to sell the ancient Journey and Caravan until very recently.
Read More“Many racing games have strived for this goal. Now technology has finally caught up with ambition, and racing games have entered a new dimension.”
Read MoreSeeing an unfamiliar car for the first time is one of life’s most underrated little pleasures, like watching the sun rise over the ocean or being on the same Zoom call as someone from Michigan. What fairly common car have you somehow never seen in person before?
Read MoreMichigan Man is at it again causing humorous chaos in a virtual traffic court. This time, a man appeared in Zoom virtual court with the username ‘Buttfucker 3000.’ He explained the title was an “inside joke” but the judge wasn’t amused.
Read MoreNormally my eyes gloss over these things when I’m looking at used car listings. They’re like dead space in between my other searches for weird cars, but a friend just put me on to a bit of a trend he’d been spotting: high-mileage Porsche Cayennes.
Read MoreThe trash on California freeways is out of hand. So much so that billions of dollars is needed to clean them up. Governor Newsom has a pricey plan to clean California’s roadsides, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports.
Read MorePeople in the east and southeast are freaking out after the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Its left people fighting for gas in some areas, while in others people are treating gas like they were treating toilet paper and cleaning supplies at the beginning of the pandemic. Rory thinks the whole thing is being blown out of proportion.
Read MoreThe Alpine A110S might be the last truly perfect internal combustion engine car, a 288-horsepower, rear-wheel drive, seven-speed dual-clutch, 2,500-pound, rear mid-engine coupe. The new Alpine A110 Légende GT makes it better.
Read MoreA gasoline shortage like the one the East Coast is enduring right now, can lead to panic, and panic often leads to terrible ideas; like stockpiling gasoline in plastic bags, which the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission kindly reminded us all not to do Wednesday on Twitter.
Read MoreEnbridge Energy, the Canadian company that are still being huge dicks about forcing a pipeline through Native American lands, is also battling Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer over the aging Line 5, which runs right under the Straights of Mackinac between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
Read MoreIt’s been a little more than a decade since Mitsubishi has done anything with the Ralliart name. At one time, the familiar black, red and gold logo was everywhere — on its world rally team, obviously the Lancer Evolution and even a hotted-up Eclipse concept that never made production. Ralliart was Mitsubishi’s sporting soul, and its disappearance was ominous and telling. At long last, it’s coming back.
Read MoreYou may have heard about this by now: People are panic-buying gas. They’re lining up at pumps and blocking intersections and clogging our roadways. I can’t even get near the station to buy a damn breakfast taco. I roll my window down and ask if I can cut through the line and weasel my way into the lot. Hey, I’m not getting any gas. I JUST WANT A TACO. But no one hears my pleas. The panic is here.
Read MoreMore information about the Bronco is leaking out ahead of its release and the specs are looking good. The four-cylinder version of the Bronco nets up to 22 mpg on the highway while the more powerful twin-turbo V6 pumps out 330 horsepower.
Read MoreCar Talk was trending this week, apparently in part because it honored Michelin with its Golden Wrench awards for making good tires. And also in part because of this guy’s tweet. I will take this opportunity to remind everyone that Ray Magliozzi is still with us and Car Talk lives on digitally.
Read MoreZeus stands tall upon Mount Olympus, hurling his bolts of destruction down upon us mere mortals. We cower in our insulated automobiles, kept from harm by our rubber tires. ‘The Gods cannot harm me here,’ we think to ourselves, unaware of the naïveté of such a statement. The Gods, my friends, want to harm you, and they are getting creative. A lightning bolt came crashing down on a highway 10 in Florida between Pensacola and Tallahassee on Monday morning, launching a hunk of blacktop up into the p
Read MoreLet’s be honest too: stancing a car is not technically “good.” Aside from messing with the suspension geometry, it’s pretty dangerous for a number of reasons including potential tire blowout, lack of traction because of the odd tire contact patch, etc. But I love it. I wouldn’t do it to a car personally but it’s one of those things that when I see it, I smile. I can’t explain it. Every automotive part of me knows it’s wrong but at the same time, it’s right to me. Almost like a taboo.
Read MoreIn what is surely intended as pure, bleak, late-capitalism PR/marketing, Uber and Lyft will be providing free rides to people who going to get vaccinations, the White House announced Tuesday. These companies are still very bad, but it is good that they are helping eliminate one potential excuse people have for not getting the jab.
Read MoreWhat’s with people and U-Hauls lately? Local L.A. news station KTLA 5 reports an early morning police chase lead to a man stealing a U-Haul and then leading police back near where the chase began.
Read MoreIt’s not unheard of for old Mercedes diesels to have some miles on the odometer, but they don’t always get there looking like a museum piece. This 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD for sale on Bring a Trailer has 782,000 miles, but looks like it has 7,800 miles.
Read MoreTwo tasks in New York City seem like a complete nightmare: finding parking and affordable real estate. One listing on Zillow combines these two Herculean tasks into one horrifying real estate listing. It seems someone is selling one of the cheapest piece of real estate in the city — a parking space in Brooklyn, at $100,000.
Read MorePeople love to mod their cars in weird and quirky ways. Sometimes that weird quirk will get picked up by a car community and before you know it, it will become the norm, or the “mod” of the month. The end of that cool trend’s lifecycle is to become cliché, that this thing isn’t quirky anymore, but, dammit, it’s still cool!
Read MoreI remember buying my Jaguar S Type R and being so hyped but nervous. I was hyped because S Type R! Supercharged 400 horsepower V8! But I was nervous because Oppo tried to warn me not to get it. The car’s issues were well known and documented. And that reared its ugly head on the way home from the dealer when it overheated. I owned it for less than a week.
Read MoreA two-year-old girl was ejected from a car and into the water in Ocean City, Maryland, on May 2, after a car crash left her family’s pickup teetering on a guardrail over Assawoman Bay.
Read MoreOn May 1 a Chevrolet Bolt caught fire while sitting in a garage in Ashburn, Virginia. Fortunately nobody was harmed, but the fire badly charred the owner’s home and vehicles.
Read MoreElectric vehicles from General Motors haven’t been eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit for over a year now. For obvious reasons, GM now says they want it back. You know what? GM is right.
Read MoreI remember buying a car that overheated on the drive home. Another one that couldn’t idle when I bought it. Another that couldn’t hardly make it around the block that I had to flatbed to my buddy’s house when I picked it up. I don’t know if I’ve ever owned what constitutes a reliable car.
Read MoreUsing hydrogen as a source of power for vehicles certainly has its drawbacks—among them the cost and the inefficient use of energy—but researchers are now warning against hydrogen for another reason, The Guardian reports: scarcity and a subsequent dependence on fossil fuels.
Read MoreTo say that the writers here at Jalopnik were skeptical that Elon Musk would provide any tangible, humorous benefit to society during his stint on last night’s Saturday Night Live would be a bit of an understatement. Through Wario sketches and an appearance as a cryptocurrency expert, our suspicions were proved correct. The most entertaining part of Musk’s appearance, though, came in what happened in and around his appearance: a drastic drop in Dogecoin stock and the airing of rival electric car
Read MoreAs a longtime viewer of Forensic Files, I know that folks will go to great lengths just to get some information about an unsolved murder case, but I have never seen a C4 Corvette offered up as a reward for that info. But that’s exactly what one Memphis, Tennessee family has done—along with an additional $10,000.
Read MoreWe’ve done a few Father’s Day features here at Jalopnik, but we usually don’t give much attention to Mother’s Day when it rolls around. I get it—when you think about car enthusiasts in the traditional sense, you think of dad passing the wrench to his son and teaching him the value of hard work… or something like that. But I want to know what your moms taught you.
Read MoreGood news for all you Lotus Elise fans out there: the marque is open to selling off the tooling required to build the iconic machine that will no longer be put into official production. That means that all you’d need is a little money, some space, and plenty of resources, and you could have your very own Lotus Elise factory in your backyard!
Read MoreThe SSC Tuatara hypercar made headlines in late 2020 for attempting to set a top-speed record for production cars and... subsequently being questioned by just about the entire internet. While the machine did end up setting a new record in an official re-run, but it’s still working on bolstering its reputation. That seems to have gone entirely wrong in April of this year after a car carrier crash flipped and wrecked the car.
Read MoreA short clip posted on YouTube earlier this week shows a man seated in the rear of a moving Tesla Model 3, leaving no one in the driver’s seat. It appears to be another instance of abuse of the company’s Autopilot and Full-Self Driving features—features whose names do not correspond to the reality of their capabilities.
Read MoreThere was a time, many many years ago, when an infotainment screen was a high-trim option that cost extra money as opposed to a standard in every single car on the market. I’ll never forget being in the market for my first car and having countless people tell me that what I really needed was an infotainment screen, that it was worth the extra money.
Read MoreIf you were trying to make the case that American pop culture has slipped into an inescapable eddy, that it’s locked in a cycle of rehashing, rerunning and refreshing, that it’s grinding itself into nothing, you might mention that Saturday Night Live is nearing a half century on the air. Viewership isn’t what it was during its unbearable 5 year run as the Donald Trump Comedy Hour, but a lot of people still watch it and most of them aren’t even recapping it for work.
Read MoreJalopnik writers love cars, which is why we own lots of cool ones. LOTS OF COOL ONES. Many of them are worth scrap value, but we love them all the same. Let’s go through the steamy Jalopnik writer’s car catalogue of 2021.
Read MoreWe all have the one that got away. And sometimes you don’t realize it until after it’s gone. For me, it was my 2003 Acura TL Type S. Exactly like the one pictured above. Given to me and my girlfriend as a gift for the birth of our son. I loved that car. Reliable and quick, it was almost a sleeper. I only got rid of it because it started to become too expensive to keep up for someone that was both broke and a college student at the time.
Read MoreOne of the only two Chrysler Turbine Cars in private hands recently went up for auction and sold to an unknown buyer. Now, that buyer has revealed themselves to be the Stahls Automotive Foundation, and they have some great plans for the Turbine Car.
Read MoreMost of us will probably never get the chance to own something like an Aston Martin DB6 or a Ferrari 250 GT. But, as Bloomberg reports, a company in England is willing to make those big dreams come true, albeit in a smaller form.
Read MoreIn documents that emerged earlier this year, Tesla confirmed to the California DMV that the Full Self-Driving Beta will never be full self-driving. Related documents that emerged last night include the hilarious detail of a Tesla engineer telling regulators that a tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk was out of touch with engineering reality.
Read MoreIt’s big, it’s safe, it’s kinda ugly and it prints money for Honda: It’s the Honda CR-V Touring. What do you want to know about it?
Read MoreGuns and Texas go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Or criminals and jail. Because that’s exactly where two employees of one Texas dealership have ended up. The Miami Herald reports that the Feds busted them selling weapons and ammo out of the dealership where they worked.
Read MoreThere’s really very little I don’t adore about this kid and the car he built. The kid — well, no longer a kid, as he is now 19-year-old Kelvin Odartei Cruickshank —started building his car at the age of 14 or so, with, absolutely minimal support in the form of money or materials or equipment, or, really, much of anything. But, incredibly, he pulled off an amazing DIY feat, and it even has gullwing doors.
Read MoreI’m a big fan of The Little Wonders, or, as the Germans say it, Das-Kleine-Wunder, or, as we see it on cars, DKW. DKW was part of the Auto-Union that now just survives as Audi, and—wait wait. Hold up. None of this matters now because I just noticed the weird-ass tennis visor the Leading Man guy over there on the left is wearing. Who the hell wears a tennis visor with an over-the-cranium roll bar? Just wear a hat, dude, you’re like 70 percent there already!
Read MoreSometimes we do silly things in the never-ending quest for the coolest car — or cars plural in some of our cases. We end up buying cars we shouldn’t own and selling cars we should have kept.
Read MoreA driver in Woodland Park, Colorado, is contesting a traffic violation that the city has levied against him, because the city is not exactly responsible for the citation.
Read MoreStopping to experience a roadside attraction or activity can make a boring road trip way more fun. Or even just driving out to see that roadside attraction specifically can be worth it. This country is full of roadside oddities, so get out there and see them.
Read More“Air compressor/ twords liver transplant” reads Pennsylvania-native Gary Rider’s Facebook Marketplace listing. “Older air compressor, working as it should.i need a liver transplant.procedes go twords it,” Gary says in the body. When the silly Facebook group called “a car club where everyone acts like boomers” found the post, members didn’t just poke fun at the boomer like they normally do. They actually helped the man to the tune of over $35,000.
Read MoreBack in 2019, I took a $500 Postal Jeep on an epic road trip. Due to numerous mechanical and structural problems, my journey got off to a late start. By the time I arrived in the off-road promised land, the Easter Jeep Safari was over, and I was out there all alone. But didn’t stop me from going off-road with my junky little mail carrier. Perhaps it should have, because things went poorly.
Read MoreHyundai Motor Company is recalling a large number of cars, once again. Hyundai will recall more than 390,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada, because these cars are subject to engine fires, as reported by the Associated Press.
Read MoreOne of the only fun things about the COVID-19 pandemic has been the amount of hilarious Zoom meeting fails popping up all over the internet. Earlier this year, we had the Michigan man appear in traffic court over a driving on a suspended license charge from a driver’s seat. Not to be out done by his northern neighbor, an Ohio state senator showed up for a Zoom meeting while driving on the same day the Ohio house took up a distracted driving bill.
Read MoreLong road trips can be made so much more memorable and enjoyable with lots of little stops along the way. There are tons of roadside attractions littered across the country, from legitimate historical sites to delightful tourist traps. Which are your favorite?
Read MoreEver heard of a cult from the 1960s that believed certain steering wheels were the re-birthed form of Jehova or the Buddha or Jesus or some other god or combination of gods? They were big in Europe for many years, and certain steering wheels gained huge followings, like the one on this blue 1967 Sunbeam Imp. Eventually, the car’s owner had to move, as he couldn’t even get in his car anymore because of the adoring throngs of believers.
Read MoreIn the old days, American automakers’ business strategy was, as Alfred Sloan’s GM put it, “a car for every purse and purpose.” The idea was that automakers wouldn’t make much on cheap cars for younger buyers but those buyers would stay brand loyal and grow up to buy cars the automakers do make a lot of money on. That hasn’t been automakers’ strategy for a few years now, but it seems the chip shortage has really pushed automakers hard in the opposite direction, which is bad news for those of us i
Read MoreWe saw a coupe version of a new limited edition 812 Superfast last month, and Monday Ferrari gave us the full reveal, including a look at a Targa-top version. Called the the Ferrari 812 Competizione and the Ferrari 812 Competizione A, you’re never going to drive this new Ferrari, though maybe one day you’ll get lucky and see it in person somewhere.
Read MoreA news report out of the Detroit area details a recent string of airbag thefts, because apparently there is now a robust market for stolen airbags. The vehicles that have been targeted are primarily Chevy Malibus and Equinoxes.
Read MoreMany of us have busy lifestyles, and when you have a thousand little cares and concerns humming in the background it can lead to boneheaded mistakes. Whether it’s putting the milk in the cabinet and the cereal in the fridge or forgetting to pick the kid up from school, mistakes happen. Usually, it’s not a big deal. Driving for miles in the wrong direction though, hits a little differently. It’s a special kind of hopeless anger mixed with shame when you do something as dumb as drive way out of yo
Read MoreAccording to a report from The Intercept, one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the U.S., the Customs And Border Protection, has now found a convenient back door to siphon much of the information from the fortress of your smartphone: your car.
Read MoreA team of researchers in the United States think that they found a new way to detect the early signs of cognitive impairment using drivers. Machine learning and algorithms can analyze driving behavior to potentially detect the signs of dementia in driving.
Read MoreFord has so many off-road signaling trims now — Ranger Tremor, F-150 Tremor, Super Duty Tremor, Bronco, Bronco Sport, F-150 Raptor — that I’m beginning to lose track. But here is another one: the Ford Explorer Timberline.
Read MoreAt the moment I write this, the most popular movie on Netflix isn’t some grim true-crime documentary about two families that murder each other over and over, but refreshingly, is a charming animated movie about a relatable and flawed family doing their clumsy best to thwart a brutal global robot uprising. It’s called The Mitchells vs. The Machines and it prominently features a ratty fictional 1993 station wagon that’s even a stick shift. Let’s see if we can figure out the inspiration for this wo
Read MoreA twin-turbo V6, all-wheel drive, strong aesthetic value and a good mid-level luxury interior are the defining points of Acura’s new flagship sedan. A good 355 horsepower and 354 lb-ft of torque shove this four-door forward, and give it a comparable set of specs to Audi’s S4, BMW’s M340i, and Cadillac’s CT4-V. Given Acura’s history of sporty sedans, I have high hopes for this one, but maybe it’ll get lost in the mild sedan shuffle.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, we got an invitation to drive a Prius rally car that some Toyota engineers put together. Even thought I’d have to scramble to drop my kids off early at their grandma’s and drive a few hours to get there, it sounded like the kind of press event I’d enjoy so I decided I’d go myself.
Read MoreIt seems that maybe the best “car letters” start with G. For me it would GTS, as in Kia Stinger GTS. I mean does it get any better? Bright-ass orange paint, 365 horsepower twin-turbo V6 in a long hatchback body with an AWD system that has a drift mode? And did I mention it all came covered with the best warranty in the business?
Read MoreIt seems some car companies are more sensitive than others. Sensitive enough to report a customer’s complaints as a crime. That’s whats happened to one customer who bought a car from the Vietnamese car company VinFast, according to Reuters.
Read MoreA metro overpass collapsed in Mexico City late Monday evening. The collapsed section of the overpass crushed passenger cars underneath and immediately sent two metro cars plummeting to the street below.
Read MoreLess than a week has passed since GM announced it has a permanent fix for a very inconvenient problem with their mass-market EV, the Bolt: they might catch on fire while parked. It appears that this fix did not make it to a particular Bolt in Ashburn, Virginia, which burst into flames while sitting in a home’s garage, starting a major fire. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, but this is a good reminder that fires while parked are an issue multiple EVs have had to contend with.
Read MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration disclosed some figures on Monday about unruly (read: shitty) passengers who made their fellow travelers’ lives a little bit harder because they just didn’t want to wear a mask aboard a plane.
Read MoreToday is May 4, which, when read aloud in the English language, sounds like “may forth,” which is close enough to the iconic sci-fi series Star Wars oft-repeated line “may the force (be with you)” that the day has become sort of an informal holiday where people talk about Star Wars stuff and The Brands play along, hoping to make you love them just a little bit more. Porsche played along this year with a tweet, but I’m not sure they really thought through the full implications.
Read MoreNobody is safe from the never-ending semiconductor shortage. Not manufacturers, who are unable to build new cars. Not consumers, who can’t buy them. And not even rental car companies, which typically buy their fleets from automakers in bulk but have recently had to turn to purchasing used vehicles at auction due to the lack of supply.
Read MoreTry to buy a new Nissan 370Z. Just try! See what happens. You probably won’t have much luck, as 2020 model year examples of the sports car have all but evaporated at dealer lots across the country, CarsDirect reports.
Read MoreA Covid outbreak at one of Toyota’s suppliers has forced the automaker to stop the production of some of its bestselling models. There have been 10 positive cases at Toyota’s supplier Toyotetsu Canada, Inc in Simcoe, Ontario, according to Motor 1 and a press release from the supplier.
Read MoreVolkswagen recently debuted the somewhat sporty ID.4 GTX, which is an affront. This thing doesn’t even have a Hemi!
Read MoreTiny kei class fire engines are landing in the States, bringing smiles to everyone around. One little fire engine in San Francisco is different than the rest. Not only does it make everyone smile, but it’s been restored to so it can tackle small fires, too!
Read MoreA little under a year ago, authorities stopped running the New York City subway 24 hours a day, seven days a week, shutting down the system from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. to sanitize subway cars, in what critics have more recently called “hygiene theater.” In a couple weeks’ time, the 24/7 subway will be back, baby.
Read MoreThe automotive world is full of random facts that no one in a million years would guess was a thing if they hadn’t heard it. Like, did you know that Ford made two SUV’s with the longest wheelbases: the Expedition EL and Navigator both had 131 inch wheelbases. And one with the longest overall length in the Ford Excursion. It measured at just over 137 inches. The Excursion was also the longest SUV ever made coming in at 227.6 inches long.
Read MoreI don’t have a good explanation why, but for some reason I seem to have very defined opinions when it comes to Volkswagen Rabbit headlight design choices. I’m specifying Rabbit instead of Golf because Rabbit was what the car was known as in America, and the styling choices I’ll be referencing here relate specifically to the U.S.-market Rabbits built at VW’s Westmoreland, Pennsylvania factory. This is a minor change, limited almost entirely to lighting, and it’s bothered me since I was a kid.
Read MoreA road in China’s Guizhou Province has what looks to be the best excuse I’ve ever seen to forget your wallet at home: a high-speed highway turnaround.
Read MoreI’ve been sent this video numerous times since I went on the YouTube show of a raging, dead-eyed ghoul who drives a Passat and has an all-encompassing love for Elon Musk in the void where his soul once resided, sent by hardcore Tesla devotees who feel the semi-autonomous systems of other carmakers aren’t getting the same scrutiny as Tesla’s Autopilot. They do have a point — all Level 2 semi-automated systems on the market are worthy of covering, so let’s look at Ford’s Co-Pilot360 system in the
Read MoreAn in-depth investigating into carbon monoxide poisonings during the ice storm in Texas in February found a public health crisis that could have been prevented with a $15 piece of equipment lawmakers didn’t regulate.
Read MoreVolvo is once again bragging about its safety record because now that the crash ratings for the 2021 XC40 Recharge are in, the carmaker has become the first ever to receive the highest marks from the IIHS across its entire model lineup.
Read MoreI always loved the first-generation Plymouth Barracuda. For all of the publicity the final Cuda got in my childhood, watching as numbers-matching hemi convertibles racked up bonkers pre-Recession auction results, the original one remained charmingly thrown-together. It still makes me wonder what are the car industry’s weirdest firsts, mosts, biggest, bests.
Read MoreIf your standard fare riding lawnmower just isn’t cutting it for you anymore, it might be time for an upgrade. And by ‘upgrade,’ I mean fixing a mower deck onto the back of a Ford Festiva where the rear wheels would be. Because hell yeah.
Read MoreIf you’re looking toward the summer as an opportunity to hit the road and undergo some much needed travel therapy, you might find yourself stuck. That’s because we might be facing a gas shortage because there just aren’t enough tanker drivers to deliver the gas where it needs to go, CNN reports.
Read More103 years ago today, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in a reverse-merger that began the process of GM’s becoming the world’s largest automaker. It’s one hell of a weird story, so if you haven’t heard it before, buckle up.
Read MoreI’m very embarrassed to disclose this fact, but I’ve been writing about cars for a while, so I think I can go ahead and get this off my chest now: The 1967 Impala from Supernatural was a significant contributing factor to my current career path.
Read MoreIf you visited Apollon Nimo at his Detroit-based Parkway Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram dealership, you might have walked out with a damn good deal. In fact, your deal might have been too good to be true. That’s because Nimo was illegally using employee discounts to cut customers good deals, even when those customers failed to qualify for that discount, Auto News reports. In fact, he scammed FCA—now Stellantis—out of about $8.7 million.
Read MoreIf you buy an electric vehicle—any electric vehicle—in the United States right now, you qualify for a $7,500 tax incentive. But the United Auto Workers (UAW) wants to change that. It wants that incentive to only qualify for EVs that are assembled in the U.S.
Read MoreCredit Acceptance is one of America’s largest subprime car lenders, and it turned a massive profit in 2020 during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, several states are investigating the company for predatory auto loans that take advantage of its customers, many of whom are already suffering from tarnished credit.
Read MoreThere’s a certain pressure when you show up to car-related events as an automotive journalist, and I definitely felt that as I introduced myself to my group at BMW’s Performance Driving School in Thermal, California. We were all about to take on the single-day M Driving School program, and we were coming at it from all different experience levels, since I was basically just crashing a regular ol’ event.
Read MoreWhat we consider to be the traditional work week today—a five-day schedule where we clock 40 hours—wasn’t always the norm. And we can thank the Ford company for cutting our work week down from six to five days when it instituted the policy on May 1, 1926.
Read MorePicture this: you now live in a society where you are no longer allowed, for some reason, to drive more than one type of car. You have to settle, not on a brand, but on a body style, and this is the body style that you will commit to driving for the rest of ever. What are you picking?
Read MoreArguably the coolest car McLaren has built in the last two decades, the roofless Elva, is getting a follow-up. As you probably know, the Elva up to this point has been available without a windshield, including instead a small rectangular air deflector at the nose to push air up and over the cockpit. With a weight of just 2866 pounds and engine output of 804 horsepower, the wind-in-your-face audacity of this machine kicked all kinds of ass. Well, now McLaren is neutering that experience by offeri
Read MoreAt this moment, if your goal is to spend as much money as possible on a single, brand-new car, you’re kind of out of luck, because it seems that most expensive new car in the world has been sold, at a rumored $28 million dollars, to some anonymous money-haver. You shouldn’t feel bad, though, because I bet your credit rating wasn’t good enough to get that 112,000-month/9.3 millennia loan you needed to keep the monthly payments at about $250. The car is the coachbuilt Rolls-Royce Boat-Tail, and yo
Read MoreI’m not exactly sure when automakers fully embraced the idea that for a little extra time when you’re designing injection-molded plastic bits for your car, you can include little visual treats that make people happy. And, generally, this plan works! People love finding little surprises (fun stuff, not a jumped timing chain) in their cars, and we call them Easter Eggs, after the practice of hiding similar things in video games, which was named after the practice of hiding actual dyed chicken eggs
Read MoreThe Bugatti Veyron is a lot of things. It’s a 250 mph top speed. It’s a thousand-horsepower engine. It’s a million-dollar pricetag. Lost in all of that is that...the thing is a car, and when you come face to face with one, you are reminded how amazing they look in person.
Read MoreLast weekend I attended the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, where I got a ride in a Lucid Air, nearly shit myself driving an original, manual Beetle for the first time ever and generally felt skittish for the entire weekend because nobody except staff was wearing masks or distancing, even indoors. That last part is just a heads up that if you’re planning to attend such an event. That’s where we’re at right now!
Read MoreFord’s first electric pickup truck (actually, correction: they built a few Ranger EV trucks in the late 1990s) the 2022 F-150 Lightning, is finally here, so let’s look at the design of the thing because it’s a big deal. It’s not actually all that, um, exciting a design, if I’m being brutally honest, but that’s okay, because there’s a good reason: it’s an F-150, the best-selling vehicle Ford makes. It’s a known design that just works, and Ford would be bonkers to mess with it too much. Ford is no
Read MoreMercedes-Benz tweeted a photo the other day, and it’s been getting a lot of attention from the gearheads I know online because, well, look at it. Is this a screengrab Star Trek or some shit? Is someone piloting a Class-Whatever shuttle into a wormhole to try and bone some teal aliens? No, it’s just a night time picture of the new S-Class dashboard, lit up like Las freaking Vegas. Is this something people have been wanting?
Read MoreYou know how your housecat will occasionally go catch a vole or something, then haul it back to your doorstep to present to you as a present? Well Mercedes-Benz has captured a wild R232-chassis SL-class and ripped it limb from limb. The bits that make it alive have been shredded and torn asunder. Its skin has been torn free from its skeleton, and only the visceral remains have been dropped lifeless and stiff with rigor on our collective doorstep. Here it is, the chassis upon which the next SL wi
Read MoreIt’s always interesting to see the work well-known auto design houses have done for markets that most of our readers (by no means all, of course) get to see—it’s sort of like when you find out that some big American movie star has done a Japan-only commercial. In this case, the markets are China, Iran, Thailand, Malaysia, Russia, Sri Lanka, and a few others. The design firm is the famous Pininfarina. The car is the Hafei Lobo.
Read MoreThere’s a difference between pop-up headlights and hidden headlights. Pop-up headlights, like on some Miatas and Corvettes and Opel GTs and many other cars are more about the goal of not having to break a low nose and hoodline to accommodate headlamps; hidden headlights are more about the challenge of hiding the headlamps, just for the joy of it. American designers really went bonkers for these in the 1960s, and I think one of the most surprising light setups was on the 1966-1969 Buick Riviera.
Read MoreThe Alfa Romeo 4C, an unappreciated midengine sports car that lived longer than anyone ever expected it to, is getting a proper send-off in the form of a one-off, coachbuilt special edition built by Abarth. Unfortunately, it looks terrible.
Read MoreI’m a big fan of Frank Stephenson’s YouTube channel. I love how the designer behind some of the most recognizable cars of the last few decades lends a peek into his process in his videos. But I especially love it when Frank turns his critical eye toward the fictional cars of gaming. In his most recent video, he focused on a favorite of mine, Burnout Paradise.
Read MoreGenesis teased the world with a hot shooting brake version of its compact Genesis G70 luxury sedan, and then it broke all of our hearts by confirming the model was headed straight to Europe. You can wash the pain away now with the fully-revealed car, which looks just as good as last week’s teasers promised.
Read MoreAre you in the market for a brand-new Land Rover Defender but have been hesitant because it doesn’t really look like a shitbox that’s been neglected under a moist tarp and only driven in brutal Michigan winters? Of course you have, and before today, all I could offer you was my condolences. Today is different, though. Thanks to the wizards at Niels van Roij Design, I can offer you something much better: hope. Yes, hope that you too can have a brand-new Defender with real rust on it.
Read MoreJaguar design director Julian Thomson is leaving the automaker after 21 years at the company. It’s an interesting move for both parties, as Thomson has only been leading the new design direction pushing towards electrified vehicles for less than two years.
Read MoreRejoice, car lovers, because it’s New Škoda Day! The Czech carmaker has debuted the fourth-generation of the Fabia, which is based off the MQB-A0 platform from Škoda’s parent company, Volkswagen.
Read MoreSuzuki may not sell cars in America anymore, but that’s allowed them to avoid certain death long enough to continue making inspirational vehicles for the rest of the world. The latest is the new Suzuki Misano concept that’s inspired by motorcycles, as all cars ought to be.
Read MoreI hate to admit it, but I’ve grown quite comfortable behind the wheel of a bigger truck. There’s something undeniably attractive about hauling yourself into a seat that towers over the other mere mortals on the road, something delicious about controlling a large beast with your own two hands. And if that’s something that also tickles your fancy, you’ll have to take a look at the 2021 Chevrolet Silverado Duramax.
Read MoreWith an 836-horsepower V12, a six-speed manual transmission, and an ultramodern all-carbon chassis clothed in a high-downforce retro body, everything about the Aston Martin Victor feels deliberate. Orchestrated. Actually, it was built out of a bunch of spare parts Aston Martin forgot it had lying around.
Read MoreWelcome to another installment of Cars Of Future Past, a series here at Jalopnik where we flip through the pages of history to explore long-forgotten concepts and how they had a hand in shaping the cars we know today.
Read MoreWelcome to another installment of Cars Of Future Past, a series here at Jalopnik where we flip through the pages of history to explore long-forgotten concepts and how they had a hand in shaping the cars we know today.
Read MoreWelcome to another installment of Cars Of Future Past, a series here at Jalopnik where we flip through the pages of history to explore long-forgotten concepts and how they had a hand in shaping the cars we know today.
Read MoreWelcome to another installment of Cars Of Future Past, a series here at Jalopnik where we flip through the pages of history to explore long-forgotten concepts and how they had a hand in shaping the cars we know today.
Read MoreI know golf carts aren’t really cars, but, at the same time, they’re kind of cars. Smaller, slower, less of everything (and overpriced), but they’re still motorized vehicles, and as such, it’s probably not a good idea to try and drive one while drunk. Someone maybe should have told that to Grandpa Trouble over here, who takes a golf cart on a slow, inebriated rampage before face-planting right out of the cart.
Read MoreI suppose the upbeat way of looking at having a car crash through your roof, mere feet from the bed you were sleeping in, is that the odds of it happening again are likely astronomical. So, with that in mind, perhaps the owners of this Eureka, Missouri home should be delighted by the bizarre series of events that transpired this past Saturday night when a Chevy Malibu torpedoed their roof and ended up in a bathroom.
Read MoreMany of us delight in watching Jeeps or Range Rovers water ford, but these crossings are usually set against the backdrop of gnarly trails or off-road expeditions. The kind of water crossing that’s deep enough to disable, or hydrolock, a car is not something we usually see on city or town roads.
Read MoreI suspect everyone watching this is likely to make that same scrunched-up, one-eye-squinting, sympathetic ouch face; I know I did. Someone hunted around for a hard-to-find manual Jaguar F-type, only to have it roll off the car transport trailer, into a Chevy pickup, which subsequently rolled into a Nissan GTR. Ouch.
Read MoreCars striking and killing cyclists is tragically common, but this death is hitting the cycling community particularly hard. Gwen Inglis, the national road racing champion in her age group and “one of the best cyclists in Colorado” per the Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado, died after being hit by a car Sunday on the roads near her home in Lakewood, Colorado.
Read MoreIn the event of a car accident involving downed power lines, one thing you should take caution never to do is touch any surrounding wires. Unfortunately, a woman in Detroit reportedly died Monday morning after driving into a utility pole, then somehow coming into contact with a live cable.
Read MoreA single-car crash in Kansas this weekend has provided one of the most horrifying accident images of the year, which you can see in the screenshot heading up this story. What you’re seeing isn’t two cars. That is a single vehicle that was rent apart so violently it shaved off half of the machine.
Read MoreCrash testing is a natural part of a car’s life story. In order to sell these cars to regular humans, it has to be safe for humans in an accident—but there’s always something especially painful about watching prototype hypercars from a boutique manufacturer go through routine crash testing, knowing exactly how expensive each little piece of broken machine is. And that’s what we’re going to experience today with the Glickenhaus 004S.
Read MoreI’ll admit that when the city of Durham cruelly raised the infamous 11 foot eight inch bridge by eight more inches, I was devastated. But you know what? Even at 12 foot four inches, that ornery but fair arbiter of height keeps providing quality mild disaster bridge-porn. And today, oh man, is there a good one: An overconfident truck blasts under the bridge, and gets its roof can-opener’d off in just the most satisfying way. End your work week by watching this, it’ll feel good.
Read MoreA South Carolina woman found herself on fire after rolling a Pontiac G6 during short a police chase. The hoard of gasoline in back exploded, setting both the car and its driver alight.
Read MoreThe infamous “11-foot-8" bridge in Durham, North Carolina, has delivered far fewer hilarious crashes after it gained another eight inches in height, but that bridge isn’t the only low bridge looking for trucks to snack on.
Read MoreIt seems like every time some dumb social media trend dies, it’s not actually gone for good. It’s only gone dormant in order to return later and clog up our screens another day. That’s what has happened in the infamous (not real) case of child traffickers using stick figure decals to mark potential victims.
Read MoreOne of the less horrible, but more annoying consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic is the amount is that we’re hearing more from vaccine skeptics, and at times, being forced to deal with their wacky bullshit. That’s what has recently happened in Tennessee. ABC News reported that a woman was willing to potentially kill people to protest the vaccine.
Read MoreA wild police chase ended in a violent crash on Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Wednesday after five teenagers fled the scene of an attempted car theft.
Read MoreA man in Houston, Texas, was taken into custody on Tuesday after a failed attempt to break into and/or steal a Ford Transit, but not before the owner of the van, MMA heavyweight, Derrick Lewis, saw the thief and laid him out, per MMA Junkie.
Read MoreA summons was issued last week for a judge in Fayetteville, North Carolina, requesting he appear in court in his own county on an assault with a deadly weapon charge after he was allegedly caught on camera almost striking Black Lives Matters protesters with his SUV earlier this month.
Read MoreSome crashes are so bizarre that you just have to see them to believe them. Such is the case with a suspected drunk driver in Utah who lost control and managed to slide right into the front of a police car.
Read MoreYou can always count on the American people to face any sudden bump in the road with serenity and grace. Like these two, who got into a fist fight on Tuesday after a woman hit another driver’s car and spit on him while trying to muscle in line for gas.
Read MoreAmazon drivers endure tough conditions to keep our lives moving by delivering all of the random junk that we order online. They also deliver important goods, from food to medical supplies. But sometimes, deliveries don’t go so well.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, a quartet of Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers in two police cars drag-raced down residential streets, resulting in a confusing-looking crash. D.C. Police have released body cam video that explains how the cars ended up how they did.
Read MoreCar thieves in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are exploiting what police are calling a security flaw to steal nearly 2,000 Hyundais and Kias in this year alone. The thefts are so out of control that police are offering free steering wheel locks to curb the spree.
Read MoreAmazon is one of the most profitable retailers in the world, bringing in $11.6 billion in 2020, which puts it just behind Wal-Mart’s $14.9 billion for the most profitable retailer in the U.S., according to Fortune magazine. Apparently getting there means asking drivers to put their safety at risk to deliver packages more quickly, which to be fair is not the worst thing Amazon drivers have to do in their trucks.
Read MoreAn intense video recently went viral showing the driver of a Cash-In-Transit Toyota Land Cruiser making a daring escape from an attempted robbery. That crew may have gotten away, but Cash-In-Transit vehicle heists are actually almost a daily occurrence in South Africa.
Read MoreI can’t say that I approve of this, or even think it’s actually a good idea, but I have to admit it’s a clever idea. There’s a Jeep owner who attends Texas Southern University in Houston and who, understandably, doesn’t really want to pay the high prices for a campus parking permit. He noticed that EVs get to park for free in the provided EV charging spots. His Jeep isn’t one of the new plug-in Hybrid Jeep 4xes, so it can’t park in a charging spot. Or can it? This dude figured out a way, via th
Read MorePaying vehicle registration costs blows. Some thrifty Canadian drivers are crafting hilariously unconvincing fake license plates and are paying the price when police eventually catch up with them.
Read MoreJames May didn’t use his Tesla Model S for a bit, but left it plugged in, making the reasonable assumption that the whole car would stay charged while it sat parked. He was wrong.
Read MoreTop Gear America is back Friday with the first of five episodes on the MotorTrend app. This iteration of the show is hosted by Dax Shepard and Rob Corddry, along with Jethro Bovingdon, who I spoke to this week after watching the upcoming season. This show is a car show and I like car shows, so I’m rooting for it.
Read MoreAnother week means another entry into our series featuring the sweet cars we found for sale online.
Read MoreThe golden era of touring car racing that was the late ‘80s to the mid ’90s produced a number of fondly remembered machines. In the DTM, you had iconic contenders like the E30 M3 and Mercedes 190E. The BTCC gave us the Ford Mondeo with its enormous wheels and that one delightfully out-of-place Volvo estate. And from Japan, we had the heyday of the Castrol TOM’s Supra and Calsonic Skyline. It was a great time.
Read MoreThere is no truism in the automotive sphere more accurate than the fact that it’s always cheaper to buy someone else’s finished project than to build your own from scratch. The seller of this W114-chassis Mercedes 250 claims to have spent over $30,000 rebuilding this car from a rusty shell, and is selling the car with an asking price of just about $18,600. While the pictures don’t tell the whole story, this car does seem to be in pretty decent shape, and it’s clear that a lot of time and effort
Read MoreThe one-of-one Callaway Sledgehammer C4 Corvette was built to do two things — crack 250 mph, and not fall apart in the process. John Lingenfelter blasted past that objective on October 26, 1988, reaching 254.76 mph. Then the car sat in museums for about three decades. Now it’s up for sale.
Read MoreWhen you’re looking at buying a car, you want economy. You want the most of the attributes that you desire, without spending any more than you need to spend. If, for instance, you were looking for a car with a manual, five valves per cylinder, and individual throttle bodies, you would not have to shell out six figures for a 1990s Ferrari. Instead you could drop $12,000 on a Corolla.
Read MoreJapanese auctions aren’t just populated with kei cars and boring commercial vehicles. For example, this 1993 Mitsubishi Canter Dekotora-style is a rig that can haul cars in extreme style.
Read MoreAnother week means another entry into our series featuring the sweet cars we found for sale online.
Read MoreOld buses make for an excellent blank slate for RV creations. This 1945 GM PD-3302 for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $40,000 is a rare vintage bus with a sweet floors and even a walk-in hot tub.
Read MoreYou read that headline right. In Wisconsin sits a cherry red Ford Festiva just begging for a new owner. But it’s not just any Ford Festiva as this thing is rocking a flatbed and six wheels. And you can buy it!
Read MoreIf you were under the impression that to buy a 1980s Toyota Corolla, you had to pay at least $40,000 I have either some very good or very bad news! It is not necessary, and there are, in fact, at least several Corollas for sale for less than this price.
Read MoreIt seems like Bring a Trailer and Cars & Bids are in an arms race for the most absurd listings. Bring a Trailer’s latest volley is not only the last Plymouth ever made, but likely the nicest Neon in the world.
Read MoreAnother week means another entry into this series featuring the sweet cars we found online.
Read MoreU-Haul trucks live tough lives. But what happens when one’s service life moving apartments or carting tourists around Hawaii comes to an end? Sometimes they get built into tiny homes like this box truck-turned camper for sale on Tiny House Marketplace for $17,900.
Read MoreOn Tuesday morning, a website that calls itself a “platform for esports racing” named Overtake.gg tweeted a short video clip teasing an announcement planned for May 6. The clip only lasted about 15 seconds but immediately antagonized viewers on social media, opening with the phrase “racing is a male sport” and flashing through a series of negative stereotypes before encouraging the viewer to “See the full story on May 6th.”
Read MoreItaldesign thinks it has found the solution for the danger inherent in motorcycle riding, and it’s been hiding in plain sight since the late 1950's: the seatbelt.
Read MoreIt’s finally time to welcome the successor to the beloved YZF-R6, which Yamaha discontinued late last year to the chagrin of squids riders everywhere. The thing is, the R6 never really left. It only counted up a number and got a redesign.
Read MoreThere’s not much better in the world than a cute scoot, and the Husqvarna Vektorr electric city scooter concept works hard to bring that design to the forefront. There’s something about the Husq brand design that just delivers in a way that other two-wheel companies have been avoiding lately. From the Vit/Svart twins to this retro-future cutie, the Swedish manufacturer has been knocking it out of the park lately. I really hope this one comes to fruition, taking the fight directly to the Vespa El
Read MoreThe Harley-Davidson LiveWire, Harley’s all-electric offering, has been on sale for almost two years now, and while it is capable enough, there are signs that sales probably aren’t what Harley hoped. Still, on Monday, Harley announced that LiveWire is now its own brand.
Read MoreI’m about a week or so out from embarking on a westward journey to pick up my freshly imported Honda Beat from Washington. Until then, I’m still answering your burning questions about vehicle importation.
Read MoreMotorcycling isn’t exactly the safest way to spend your time, but modern technology has managed to make it far safer than ever before, with advancements like clothing with integrated airbags helping to make crashes much more survivable. Modern technology has also given motorcycling the soul-crushing reality of a motorcycle airbag vest that only works if your monthly don’t-die-in-a-wreck subscription is up-to-date.
Read MoreThis spring Godzilla took on King Kong, and it was a massive snooze fest bummer of a movie. If you want to see a real monster, you’ve really got to look to Italy. Ducati has the summer blockbuster of a bike that everyone has been looking forward to. The new lightweight Monster ditches the steel trellis frame it has come to be known for in an effort to redefine itself to retake the street naked competition crown.
Read MoreOne of the common things I’ve noticed while writing this series is that most people writing me still rely on an ICE car or two to help them get around. After all, the charging infrastructure in the US is still very much a work in progress, and range anxiety is a real concern for a lot of buyers in the sprawling suburb-oriented layout of America. However, this week’s featured EV owner, David, isn’t here to make compromises on any front with his garage.
Read MoreThe Alpine A110S is already one of the coolest looking sports cars in the world. With 292 horsepower and a dry weight of just 2455 pounds, it’s quick and nimble more than it is brain-melting fast, and that’s a good thing. 0-60 comes in 4.4 seconds, which is plenty. The whole thing is wrapped up in gorgeous throwback sheetmetal which is both modern cool and vintage French weird at the same time. The French automaker recently paired with Argentinian-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone for a run of four
Read MoreNick Carl, the man who owns the perfect manual transmission Ford Super Duty pickup, now owns the perfect 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra. And I do mean “perfect,” because the independent rear suspension-equipped, first-ever supercharged Mustang only has 534 miles on the odometer. Plus, it still has the factory plastic wrap on the convertible top, seats, and steering wheel. Just look at this incredible “New Edge” SN-95-generation Mustang.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Passat TDI calls it a “needle in a haystack” owing to its manual transmission and being a survivor of VW’s Dieselgate debacle. Let’s see if that makes its price a deal, or if it’s yet another scandal for the car to face.
Read MoreA Hummer burned in Homosassa, Florida, Wednesday while attempting to haul four filled five-gallon gas cans in the back seat. The Citrus County Fire Rescue is investigating the cause of the fire, but I have a hunch on what probably caused it to do as much damage as it did (the 20 gallons of gasoline in the back).
Read MoreOver the past few weeks we’ve looked at a torque multiplier to bust a lug nut loose when your impact wrench won’t do the job, a drill-powered winch to help load vehicles onto trailers and torque limiting extensions to help ensure lug nuts and bolts are properly torqued. This week’s cool tool is a prybar and a tool kit for removing those pesky plastic rivets holding your interior and exterior panels on.
Read MoreIn Minneapolis, Minnesota sits a minivan so rare, I have no choice but to refer to it as The Holy Grail. Yes, it looks like a normal Ford Aerostar, but trust me: It is more akin to a chalice filled with the elixir of life. I recently had a chance to see the glorious machine up close, and now I am a changed man. Here’s why.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Willys is the first civilian edition of the Jeep that helped win WWII. This being Memorial Day in the U.S., that seems fitting. We’ll have to decide if this bare-bones four-by-four’s price is equally fitting.
Read MoreWith the pandemic now ebbing across most of the country, we can once again turn our attention to grand touring. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 928 S should be a grand tourer par excellence, but will its price tag have you planning on staying home.
Read MoreThere are just 1,728 miles on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Chrysler woody wagon, as it’s claimed to have been in safe storage for nearly 30 years. Let’s see if its price makes it worth the wait.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice X-Runner is Toyota’s one-time performance truck. It’s got the hot looks and the goods where it counts to back those up. What you’ll need to decide is if its price makes it a hot deal.
Read MoreVolvo doesn’t build a small sedan any longer. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice S40 represents the last one they did build, and it’s the hottest edition of that model. Could that get you all hot and bothered?
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Lexus says it was used as a demo vehicle for a window tinting business. It’s loaded and in great shape, but will its price make you believe it has no business asking so much?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Subaru has a salvage title and a nose that looks like it lost a bout to Mike Tyson. Neither of those issues should be insurmountable for a savvy buyer. We’ll have to decide if its price might just be.
Read MoreThe LS was the last Lincoln sedan offered with a manual transmission although few buyers took the company up on the offer. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice candidate is one of those few. Could that factor make its price a deal for many?
Read MoreFew Toyota nameplates are as legendary as is Land Cruiser. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice J80 edition wears that venerated name, as well as a few battle scars gained over the years. Could its price make it another sort of legend?
Read MoreWhile somewhat derided when it was new, Chevy’s HHR is a wagon that can haul, and, here in SS form, can haul ass. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Heritage High Roof adds a five-speed to the fun, but is its price as high as its roof?
Read MoreGermany’s RUF is a well-known Porsche tuner/carmaker, but it is less well known for piecemeal work on cars like today’s Nice Price or No Dice Boxster S. Could that obscurity make this Canadian RUF a smooth deal?
Read MoreEntry-level luxury is an odd term but is epitomized by today’s Nice Price or No Dice Lexus ES 250. Could this well-preserved fancy Camry still have what it takes to command a near-premium price?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Audi TT was set up for the Gambler 500 off-road race until it DNF’d due to a dead ECU. That may make it a tow-away, and a project, but could a cheap enough price also make it a good bet?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Camry is a kind of car that Toyota doesn’t build anymore. In fact, they didn’t build all that many of them back when it was new. Could that rarity along with the Camry’s solid rep make it worth its asking?
Read MoreYou might call today’s Nice Price or No Dice Chevy the El Camaro. That’s owed to its role as a homage to the El Camino car-truck of years gone by. Will the price make it a name worth remembering?
Read MoreAmericans were originally denied the lovely and capacious E30 estate, but now that enough time has passed, cars like today’s Nice Price or No Dice 316i can be owned here pretty much without problem. Let’s see if this privately imported estate’s price is still a problem.
Read MoreOldsmobile’s Cutlass was once America’s best-selling car. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice convertible may have been built long after that reign, but could its price at least make this one sell?
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Cayman is offered on The Mart, Porsche Club of America’s member-only online market, so you’d expect the seller to know a thing or two about the car. Let’s see if that includes how to make it a deal.
Read MoreI’m finally back home after picking up my Honda Beat some 2,100 miles away. As soon as I saw the day’s sunny forecast I knew I had to take it for my first drive. This rad little thing is now my favorite car.
Read MoreFor most people, the Ferrari Enzo is red. For a select few, however, sunlight gleams from above and below. Their car is a cracked egg, spilling life onto winding pavement. It is a duck bill quacking for all to hear.
Read MoreThe E36 3 Series Compact is the best kind of E36. And I promise I’m not saying that because 318ti owner José Rodríguez Jr. forced me. It’s the smallest and lightest E36, the funkiest looking and the most under appreciated, and that combination of qualities would make any car the best version of its range.
Read MoreIn the case that you recently spent $5.7 million on a Porsche 911 GT1 Straßenversion and still haven’t figured out how to open the rear clamshell covering the entire half of your homologation special, DK Engineering is here to help.
Read MoreModern cars perform far better in crash tests than their predecessors of decades past — we know this. But it’s far more illuminating to watch those old cars fail at fairly standard tests that most vehicles excel at today.
Read MoreStunning video has been released of a passenger on Southwest Flight 700 delivering blows to a flight attendant, breaking her nose and knocking out two teeth. The incident is only the latest in a trend of passenger misconduct on airlines this year.
Read MoreDetroit is home to all sorts of weird art installations that give the city some awesome flavor. Even knowing that, I did not expect to see a whole airplane sitting in the middle of a street.
Read MoreMy husband texted me earlier this week as he was about to board a flight from Dallas to San Antonio to tell me one of the pilots had mentioned the plane had taken 5,000 pounds of fuel. Over two tons of fuel for about 50 minutes in the air.
Read MoreNo injuries were reported after a bizarre incident near Denver. Two planes collided in mid-air and despite the damage to both aircraft, all occupants are reportedly unharmed after one landed safely and the other parachuted down.
Read MoreToday, we’re going to sit down to watch the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500. Thirty-three cars will take to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to duke it out for 500 miles in order to decide on a winner for this iconic race. And I want your predictions now, before anyone hits the track. Who’s going to win?
Read MoreNo matter how fervently you research all the things you need to know before you take a vacation or a work trip, there’s probably going to be something you missed. Sometimes, it’s something simple, like a particular way people greet each other. Sometimes, it’s something bigger, like the fact that all the stores close at 7pm on weekdays so if you need, like, groceries, you’ll be screwed. Sometimes, you find out the hard way. And I want to know what you wish you knew.
Read MoreTo me, Indy isn’t Indy without an Andretti racing. Mario Andretti’s grandson Marco’s debut in 2006 and it was so cool, as a teen, seeing someone that young racing at the “Greatest Spectacle In Racing”.
Read MoreScott Dixon is the pole-sitter at Indy on Sunday and the clear favorite, though Colton Herta and Pato O’Ward would like a word, too. Sometimes the Indy 500 is good, sometimes it is tedious, some other times it is unforgettable.
Read MoreI care about fuel economy. Enough to factor it into my buying decisions. Do I want a muscle or sports sedan like a Scat Pack or Kia Stinger? Definitely. Do I wanna deal with truck-like mpg of 15 to 20 mpg? Not with California gas prices and traffic. But I’m also not willing to deal with the compromises that come with an EV yet so I’m stuck.
Read MoreFuel shortages and higher fuel prices have some people worrying about the fuel economy of their vehicles. Do you care about fuel economy?
Read MoreAll cars are expensive now. Average transaction prices have been rising, and as I’m sure you know, they’re approaching $40k. But some models are reaching for the big money. The Jeep Grand Wagoneer is one of those models. Top trims start at $103,995. Six figures for a Jeep? We’ll see!
Read MoreI can’t help but scoff when I see a car on the road that I find disagreeable, for whatever reason. Maybe it’s too big, or too loud, or too flashy. Whatever criteria I’m using that morning, I tend to be a little judgmental, especially If I haven’t had any coffee. But nothing chafes me like cars that are overpriced. Rather, cars that I find are overpriced on top of these other negative qualities.
Read MoreA mere decade ago, the concept of electric racing was unthinkable to the point of almost being laughable—but it didn’t take long before Formula E crushed all expectations. Now, it only took the mere mention of the Extreme E series before some of racing’s most laudable names took to the series to make their mark, including two-time FE champion Jean-Èric Vergne who now serves as co-founder of Veloce Racing.
Read MoreHelio Castroneves made history at the 105th Indianapolis 500 in his first outing at the iconic race with Meyer Shank Racing—and his first without Team Penske—when he took the checkered flag. His fourth win at the iconic race sets him on par with legends like A. J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr., and Rick Mears. A fan favorite driver, and a sheer legend—Castroneves’ strategy took him and his Honda-powered team to the win.
Read MoreIt’s not every day that I find myself actually wanting to place a bid on an item that pops up on Bring A Trailer, but this past week, one of the finest auctions to ever hit the site was set to end, and I couldn’t resist myself. But as it turned out, this is BaT, so even a collection of 643 automotive and motorsport books can sell for a truly goofy amount of money.
Read MoreI want to preface this by saying that I have no problems with the Circuit of the Americas; it is, by far, one of my favorite race tracks in the world, and I’ve had the pleasure of attending countless different races there—everything from Formula One to random testing weekends, just because I liked being there. If I hated the track, then I most definitely would not have dragged my then-fiancé to watch IndyCar at COTA the day before we got married.
Read MoreThere are two things I love in this world—IndyCar racing and Forensic Files—and I genuinely cannot believe these two of my most favorite things had crossed paths and I knew nothing about it until this week when it was mentioned in Indy Split.
Read More19-year-old Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier has died after a tragic crash during qualifying at the Mugello circuit yesterday, MotoGP reports.
Read MoreAt the 2005 Indianapolis 500, history was made. With 10 laps left in the race, Danica Patrick—who had fallen as low as 16th in the running order, took the lead of the world’s most iconic race. And with that, she became the first woman to ever lead a lap of the Indy 500.
Read MoreA Hendrick Motorsports spotter for the No. 9 car of Chase Elliott was suspended from his position earlier this week after he was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery of an unborn child and misdemeanor assault of an adult woman.
Read MoreThe name “Max Mosley” is synonymous with Formula One: both its glamour and its seedy underbelly. The 81-year-old Briton died on May 23, 2021 after battling cancer, and his legacy is quite the complex one to reckon with. But reckon with it we shall, because Mosley and his impact on the sport of racing—while complex—truly cannot be overstated.
Read MoreThe Split. Every American open-wheel fan will cringe hearing those words, especially those who have been desperately praying for the redevelopment of IndyCar as it stands today. And now we have a comprehensive history of The Split, from start to finish, thanks to John Oreovicz’s new book Indy Split: The Big Money Battle That Nearly Destroyed Indy Racing.
Read MoreAs 33 cars line up for the start of the iconic 500-mile race tomorrow morning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the final starter on the grid will be making history. The No. 16 car will be driven by Simona de Silvestro and is fielded by Paretta Autosport. This is not only the first time a woman-owned team will be aiming for the iconic win—it’ll be the first time a female-forward crew will help make that effort happen. And today, we’re going to introduce you to the women on the team that are br
Read MoreGroup B was such a popular class for rallying in the ’80s that everyone seemed to be entering or at least considering entering a vehicle of their own into the mix. Besides the cars that tend to get brought up, like the Lancia 037 and Delta S4, Audi Quattro, Peugeot 205 T16 and MG Metro 6R4, there were the ones that didn’t quite make it, like the Ferrari GTO, Porsche 959, Toyota 222D and the Lada Samara EVA.
Read MoreLando Norris is off to a fine start to this year’s Formula 1 season, sitting third in the standings. His teammate Daniel Ricciardo is eighth in the standings and very much not off to a fine start. Ricciardo’s season didn’t get any better at Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, where he was lapped by Norris, who then gave Ricciardo a little wave.
Read MoreThe Chrysler Sunbeam was a middling shitbox of a compact hatchback built by Chrysler Europe. It was based on the larger Hillman Avenger, which had been in production since 1970. In order to boost sales, Chrysler commissioned Lotus to build a hot version of the rear-drive hatch, which was so fast and awesome that it won the World Rally Championship’s manufacturers’ title in 1981. Unfortunately Chrysler sold Chrysler Europe in 1979 and didn’t get to reap the benefits of being a world-renowned moto
Read MoreFour days since the Monaco Grand Prix when Valtteri Bottas’s Mercedes was retired from the race due to a stuck right-front wheel nut, the team has finally shared a video of the tire being removed from the car.
Read MoreTwenty-five years ago the JACCS Honda Accord was kicking all kinds of ass in the JTCC and JGTC GT300 classes. Over here in the U.S. wheel company Fifteen52 was just finding its way in the market, growing with the import tuner scene. When Honda Performance Development offered to co-develop a new K20C1 crate engine project car with Fifteen52 and Mountune, they jumped at the opportunity, and Project 96 was born. This thing frickin’ rules.
Read MoreOne-make series Lamborghini Super Trofeo has been facilitating its extremely wealthy clientele to call themselves “race car drivers” at bars around the world for thirteen years now. Much like Ferrari Challenge, the only people who really care about the series are racing in it. The Huracan Super Trofeo was unveiled seven years ago, and an updated EVO version dropped in 2019. In an effort to sell more race cars, Lamborghini has released an EVO2 version. It’s a spec series, so everyone racing in th
Read MoreWhat is a Dodge Viper? Is it an idea — a reinvented Shelby Cobra, an American TVR, a spectacle in horsepower too imposing to drive — or is it a car? Is it meant to sit in a garage like a trophy? No. It is meant to be driven as fast as possible, to crush roads into submission. Here, then, is the Viper as it is meant to be, at the deadly Targa Tasmania this year.
Read MoreCharles Leclerc set pole in Monaco last weekend before crashing and ultimately removing his Ferrari from contention before the start of the race, immediately sparking a debate that rears its head once every few years in Formula 1: Should a driver’s qualifying laps stand if they’ve caused an incident that effectively prevents their time from being beaten?
Read MoreThis weekend in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500, Scott Dixon again proved why he’s among the most incredible racers in the world. Saturday morning he went out first and set the fastest four-lap run of the field, grabbing him a spot in the Fast Nine shootout on Sunday. When Sunday rolled around, he was the last driver to cross the yard of bricks with another blisteringly fast four-lap run. And he makes it look effortless.
Read MoreLast week, I took (what should have been) a short drive to the Bundy Hill Off Road Park to drive a Toyota Prius that had been converted into a rally car by a group of Toyota engineers. Due to my own stupidity, I only had time to do a couple recon laps and four timed laps (one of which was the fastest of the day if you must know) but it was worth it. Now I know what it’s like to try to try to flick a Prius into a corner and hang the rear end out. How many people can say that?
Read MoreNikita Mazepin, who is probably one of the worst Formula 1 drivers of all time, didn’t finish last yesterday in Monaco. He finished second-to-last.
Read MoreAmerica is littered with the remains of old race tracks from days gone by. Be they paved or dirt-coated, these speedways have been abandoned for one reason or another, and today, we’re going to take a look at Confederate Speedway in South Carolina.
Read MoreThis weekend, history is going to be made at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Paretta Autosport is set to become the first-ever female-forward No. 16 race team to attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. But the history of female participation in American open-wheel racing is a fascinating one, and it’s part of what paved the way for this team to compete.
Read MoreIf you’re a fan of modern-day racing simulations, you’ll have probably noticed that it gets harder and harder to tell real life from fantasy with each update that accompanies the systems. And that’s nowhere more evident than it is in this clip that compares a real-life lap at Laguna Seca to a lap on Gran Turismo Sport.
Read MoreDisaster for Ferrari turned into victory for Red Bull Racing. Max Verstappen led the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix from the first lap all the way to the finish to secure his first-ever victory at the famed track.
Read MoreRace tracks that host international competitions are often given grades that are designed to reflect the level of competition this track can hold—but the qualifications can often be pretty murky. That’s why, today, we’re going to be delving into the FIA track grading system so that it makes more sense.
Read MoreIt’s finally here. IndyCar has hit the track to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, which will take place next weekend. There’s been action, there’s been drama, and we’ll get you up to speed on what you need to know.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again. You know, the part where we take the Formula One circus to the streets of Monaco and pray for an entertaining race despite the fact that the cars are about as long as the yachts parked out in the harbor. And, of course, that means it’s the time of year where we ask the same question over and over: why the hell are F1 cars so damn long?
Read MoreI do my best to be kind and share the love amongst my fellow writers, but there are just some times where I have to ask what the hell someone was thinking. So today, we’re going to run through some truly questionable articles about Formula One that have made their rounds on Twitter lately. If you’re thinking about doing the whole writing thing… maybe opt for a slightly different route than these folks.
Read MoreFour years ago today, American racing lost one of its icons. 2006 MotoGP World Championship winner Nicky Hayden, who raced the very nice No. 69, died. He had been struck by a vehicle while he was riding his bike in Italy. But despite the tragic loss, his legacy still lives on.
Read MoreSome folks are able to pull off frankly amazing feats with diecast cars. Whether it’s a gorgeous photoshoot or a kitchen-table clip, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were looking at the real deal for a few minutes. But prepare to have your mind blown by something even more incredible: full-blown diecast car racing.
Read MoreThe Monaco Grand Prix has caught a lot of flack in recent years because it’s just not as well suited to modern-day Formula One cars as it was to the series’ vintage counterparts. Longer, wider cars make passing difficult on a short and narrow track, so we’ve seen more than a few processional races. But the track remains an icon, and for good reason.
Read MoreThe hours are ticking down as we near the start of qualifying for the Indy 500, which means it’s almost time to find out who qualifies on pole. But before we get down to the event itself, let’s make some predictions. Who’s going to qualify on pole? And while we’re at it, who’s getting bumped?
Read MoreThe World Rally Championship is converting to a new plug-in hybrid electric powertrain ruleset next season, but after some clarification comments from Jari Matti-Latvala, principal of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s effort, I’m not entirely sure why. It seems that these new hybrid systems, while adding about 130 horsepower and 130 lb-ft of torque, can’t actually be used for a performance advantage or strategic difference between competitors.
Read MoreIt would be absolutely horrible to jinx it, but it looks like Nikita Mazepin might have a shot at not finishing last this Sunday, as he has in all but two sessions this Formula 1 season.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreDuring Indycar’s fourth practice session in the run up to the 105th Indianapolis 500 on Thursday, a bone-headed move by the three-car effort of Rahal Letterman Lanigan caused Andretti’s Colton Herta to run into the wall at a high rate of speed, bouncing off of Penske’s Scott McLaughlin. Thankfully nobody was injured and all cars involved managed to continue on without serious damage, but it was a real close call that could have ended way worse. So what did Graham Rahal, Takuma Sato, and Santino
Read MoreMercedes’s Lewis Hamilton spent a lot of time behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen during the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago before eventually passing the Dutchman for the win. It was enough time for Hamilton to familiarize himself with the Red Bull’s flexible rear wing — a design characteristic that Mercedes quickly pointed out went against the rules, which state that devices influencing aerodynamics must be rigid.
Read More21-year-old McLaren Formula One driver Lando Norris is in his fourth season with the papaya orange team, serving as a test driver in 2018 before stepping up to the race seat in 2019. Ahead of his third run at Monaco this weekend, the team announced it was extending the young English driver’s contract through at least the end of the 2023 season.
Read MorePorsche and Audi have independently confirmed that each manufacturer’s race car in the upcoming LMDh wars will be the same chassis, built by Canadian company Multimatic. According to rumors circulating at Racer Magazine, every LMDh racer in the Volkswagen AG family will run the same engine. So Porsche and Audi will face off in a battle of who’s best running identical equipment? It sure sounds that way.
Read MoreTakuma Sato tasted victory for the second time in last year’s fan-less Indy 500 race, and while I’m sure it was an extremely sweet flavor, he has an opportunity to make things even better this year. Borg Warner has had a fund in which it has placed $20,000 every year for any driver able to win consecutive Indy 500s. This fund kicked off in 1995, and has only been taken one time — as a $160,000 bonus — by Helio Castroneves in 2002. If Sato manages to win his third Indy this year, he’ll secure an
Read MoreThe coronavirus pandemic is slowly inching its way to being a thing of the past here in the United States. States are loosening restrictions, more Americans are getting inoculated against the disease, and the numbers of new cases and deaths are both on the decline. However, it rages on unencumbered throughout the world, and those declining numbers are still significantly worse than what we experienced last summer. With those thoughts raging in my mind, I set out to Mid Ohio Sports Car Course to
Read MorePlenty of us discovered new hobbies and practiced new skills while we were tucked away in quarantine this past year-and-change, but I highly doubt any of us picked up a project as cool of that of Leonard Wood, co-founder of NASCAR’s Wood Brothers Racing team. This man decided to build a half-scale model of a 1967 427 Ford engine—because why the hell not?
Read MoreThe Monaco Grand Prix is Formula One’s crown jewel event, one deeply imbued with the sport’s history—and the McLaren F1 team has designed a special one-off throwback livery for the race, which is something more frequently done by the NASCAR series. And it looks pretty damn awesome on the MCL35M.
Read MoreIf you call yourself a race fan but haven’t been tuning into the IndyCar Series, it might be time to start asking yourself why. Especially after yesterday afternoon’s incredible race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, where No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing driver Rinus Veekay became the fifth winner in five races this season.
Read MoreMarshaling has been a crucial part of motorsport since its inception. We’ve always needed folks available to wave some flags and let drivers know what’s happening on the track, like if they need to slow down for a hazard or if they’re just going too damn slow. But Formula One, always ahead of the curve, has something better: an electronic marshaling system that immediately conveys information from a marshaling stand to race control to drivers. And today, we’re going to dive into how it works.
Read MoreHyundai has just released a series of photos of its 2022 Rally1 World Rally Championship challenger running through its paces. This bad boy is a hybrid prototype based on the i20 N. And it looks like a hell of a lot of fun on the gravel roads in the south of France.
Read MoreThis morning, the FIA Karting European Championship kicked off a race at Karting Genk in Belgium before it all went horribly wrong. The damp track saw one racer after another careen off the asphalt and into the barriers off of the first turn, leaving a massive pile of drivers and karts. Thankfully, it is currently being reported that no one has been badly hurt.
Read MoreIt’s finally happening: Formula E is considering getting rid of Fanboost. And honestly, it’s about time.
Read MoreIf you’ve followed the NASCAR Truck Series lately, either on Twitter or solely via television, you’ve probably noticed quite a number of Camping World sponsorships. You might have also heard it creating quite a stir in the racing world, where accusations of low-balling and capitalism abound. It’s quite the saga, one that should be making headlines more than it currently is.
Read MoreTo say that expectations were tempered when Romain Grosjean announced he’d be moving from Formula One to the IndyCar series would be something of an understatement. The French-Swiss driver was still recovering from a fiery crash at the Bahrain circuit, and he wasn’t moving into a top IndyCar team. But with his first pole position ahead of the GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Grosjean has shown himself to be more than capable of legitimate competition.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreFormula 1 will not return to Istanbul Park after all. The Turkish Grand Prix, which was scheduled for the weekend of June 11-13 to replace what was originally supposed to be the Canadian Grand Prix, has now been canceled too due to U.K. travel restrictions.
Read MoreThis week Ed Carpenter Racing announced the final of the Indy 500's 35 car entries, for race rookie Rinus Veekay, “sponsored” by cryptocurrency Bitcoin. There’s only one problem with that, Bitcoin is a decentralized entity, meaning nobody owns it or operates it. Therefore, there isn’t anyone to actually provide sponsorship dollars, and there’s no marketing budget to tap. So who is paying the bills? A bunch of weird nerds who want to see the value of Bitcoin increase.
Read MoreSorry Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, your car is pretty much only going to get less competitive as the 2021 season drags on, because Scuderia Ferrari says it’s moving “90 to 95 percent” of its focus to developing its 2022 car and the new regulations. It will not risk compromising next year’s car to try and beat McLaren to third in the championship this year.
Read MoreThe 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 goes down later this month, and while it looked touch and go there for a hot minute, there will actually be two entries exiting the event on Saturday, May 22nd, bump day. With final entries confirmed Wednesday following the official release of the list of 35 for the five-hundred.
Read MoreLewis Hamilton said after qualifying in Spain this past weekend that the Red Bull cars had “bendy” rear wings on their car, which made them three-tenths of a second faster. That would be big if true, because Formula 1 has been battling flexible wings for decades.
Read MoreThe greatest piece of onboard driving footage is, without a shred of doubt in my mind, the legendary Ari Vatanen going flat-out down a narrow rally stage, clipping a cattle guard, and nearly careening off the road while his codriver calmly intones “dear God.” Here is a bit more context to that moment.
Read MoreWith Ferrari booked for an appearance in Le Mans’ Hypercar class, it is hard not to think of the howl of old V12s tearing up forgotten racetracks. When I think of a Ferrari engine at the greatest sports car race in the world, though, I think of this thing.
Read MoreJanet Guthrie made history in the late 1970s when she became the first woman to attempt, and then to qualify for, the iconic Indianapolis 500. It was an era where women were still barred from the garage, which meant Guthrie had an uphill battle to fight in many ways. Now, she’s getting her own future biopic, which is rumored to star Hilary Swank, Deadline reports.
Read MoreFormula One is currently “working with teams” to try to bring an American driver to the grid, The Race reports—but it’s just not going to happen in the near future.
Read MoreA first-lap pass on polesitter Lewis Hamilton saw Max Verstappen take an early and dominant lead at the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, but it was Mercedes that triumphed at the end of the day. A mid-race call for a third pit stop put Hamilton in position to not only close the gap on his competitor but to easily build another one once he secured the lead. And on the weekend that Lewis Hamilton scored his 100th pole position, he scored another win to keep him on track to take his 100th win in the
Read MoreBy all accounts, Gilles Villeneuve was one of the most impressive Canadian drivers to ever compete in Formula One and promised a slew of championships, if only Ferrari could develop a consistent car. But his potential was cut short. On May 8, 1982, Villeneuve was killed in a crash during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. He was 32 years old.
Read MoreDon’t be put off by the fact that Techeetah’s Antonio Felix da Costa won today’s Monaco ePrix after scoring pole position—there were six passes for the lead during the event, and it was by no means a given that the reigning Formula E champion would pull off a victory. That he did is a testament to his skill after taking on a difficult field.
Read MoreTyler Reddick’s first full-time NASCAR season was a strange one: the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world, depriving him of the opportunity to really familiarize himself with his car. And despite the lack of practice and qualifying, he finished 19th overall in the championship, nabbing three top-fives along the way. And he’s also one of the few drivers who has had the chance to test NASCAR’s Next-Gen car.
Read MoreLewis Hamilton hit a milestone during qualifying for the 2021 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix: he secured his 100th pole position. He remains the most successful qualifying driver ever to compete in F1, and his 100 poles will stand as the number to beat for the near future.
Read MoreThis week, NASCAR formally introduced its “next-generation” racer. Set to debut in 2022, the series promises these cars will be a return to proper stock car racing—and that, most importantly, these changes will make for a hell of a lot better racing. But will they really?
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreI don’t think the universe wants Formula 1 to hold a race on June 13. The date originally slated for the Canadian Grand Prix, then not once Formula 1 decided Montreal’s request to bar fans for everyone’s safety was unacceptable, is now the date of the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park. Unfortunately, the United Kingdom has just placed Turkey on its “red list” of countries that require 10-day quarantine at a government-mandated hotel upon return back to the U.K.
Read MoreNikita Mazepin has run dead last among the cars that finished in all but two sessions of the entire 2021 season, including practice sessions, qualifying, and races. And on Friday, during the first practice sessions for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, Mazepin didn’t disappoint once again.
Read MoreThe Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya that’s long served as the venue for the Spanish Grand Prix is not a track that tends to produce great racing. In fact, aside from Romain Grosjean lighting up his tires and causing a bad accident in Turn 3 in 2018 and the infamous collision between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in the first lap of the 2016 race, I can’t immediately call to mind any exciting moments from Formula 1's trips to Catalunya over the past decade.
Read MoreThey say all’s fair in love and war, and luring away personnel from your rival Formula 1 team’s power unit development division probably falls under the latter category. Red Bull had already announced in April that it had picked up Mercedes’s former head of mechanical engineering, Ben Hodgkinson, as its new technical director. Now five more new hires have come to light, and wouldn’t you know they’re all faces Hodgkinson will likely recognize around the office.
Read MoreBack in 2018 the Canadian up-and-comer Robert Wickens suffered one of the worst crashes in motorsport in recent years. It has taken years of rehab for him to regain full control of his body, and watching him continue to push himself to better has been a total inspiration. While he hasn’t quite got full strength back in his legs, Wickens is now strong enough to once again drive a racing car fitted with hand controls for throttle and brake. On Tuesday during an all-Hyundai track day at Mid Ohio he
Read MoreThis weekend’s Formula E Monaco event will mark the first time the all-electric open-wheel series will run the very same track Formula 1 does, after employing a shortened version in previous years. But teams and drivers learned today they’ll need to adjust their preparation for the race now that the organizers have relocated the track’s Attack Mode activation zone.
Read MoreIn December, Porsche announced it’d return to the top level of global endurance racing with an LMDh car, starting in 2023. Today we learned the German automaker’s partner will be none other than Penske. There’s more that’s interesting about why the entry isn’t a hypercar, at least depending on what press release you read.
Read MoreJumpsuit. Helmet. Gloves and Shoes. You’ll need all of these to pilot a race car, but arguably just as important as any of these things you wear, is the thing you sit in: the seat itself.
Read MoreNovember 25th, 2012. That’s the last time McLaren found victory lane in an open-wheel race. Back then it was Jenson Button winning the final round of the 2012 Formula One season, the Brazilian Grand Prix. 3080 days later, young Patricio O’Ward took his Arrow McLaren SP to victory ahead of Josef Newgarden and Graham Rahal, despite Scott Dixon having led most of the race. The kid was on fire all night, and his car was seriously hooked up, but it took some real daring passes to get the job done.
Read MoreMarc Marquez crashed yet again during a race, and to top it off the Spanish champ proceeded to take still another tumble during a warmup run. The spills happened this past Saturday and Sunday at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez.
Read MoreNikita Mazepin finished Sunday’s Portugal Grand Prix over a minute behind 18th-placed Nicholas Latifi. Obviously, among the cars that finished, Mazepin was dead last.
Read MoreThe Unser family is loaded with automotive talent, and few epitomized that quite as deeply as Bobby Unser. In his decades-long career, the Colorado native crushed stunning records at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (dubbed “Unser’s Peak” due to the family’s massive success there), won three Indianapolis 500 events, secured two Champ Car Championships, entered two Formula One races and tried his hand at NASCAR racing. And that only skims the surface. Unser has sadly died at age 87.
Read MoreThe NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race has been a staple in American stock-car racing circles since it was first introduced as The Winston in 1985. It has traditionally been a celebration of winners and champions from the current and previous seasons, with a few extra folks added on recently via NASCAR Open stage wins or fan votes. But that’s not going to be the case anymore. It’s about to get a whole lot more confusing.
Read MoreRacer Tanner Foust has competed in countless long-distance off-road races, but after bringing the all-electric Volkswagen ID.4 home after the National Off-Road Racing Association (NORRA) Mexican 1000 off-road event on the Baja Peninsula, he was surprised. This was the first time he and co-driver Emme Hall contested a 1,000-mile race without a single mechanical problem.
Read MoreTo include a specific part on a racing machine, that part needs to be capable of an excess of wear and tear. It needs to endure higher forces than road-going machines, and it needs to be reliable over the course of an entire race. And that’s something Brembo knows well when it introduced its brakes to MotoGP bikes.
Read MoreWhile he may be faced with a significant challenge from his teammate Valtteri Bottas and his Red Bull Racing competitor Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton’s win at the Portuguese Grand Prix has once again proved that the seven-time World Champion will be a force to be reckoned with, even when the odds are no longer in his favor.
Read MoreGreat news for all my North American friends who also love electric racing: Formula E is now one step closer to hosting its second Canadian ePrix—this time in Vancouver. And the city actually seems amenable to the idea.
Read MoreMercedes driver Valtteri Bottas nabbed pole position at the Formula One 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix, denying both his teammate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen.
Read MoreStarting yesterday, several different European football clubs and organizations—the Premier League, the English Football League, the Women’s Super League, the Women’s Championship—began participating in a three-day social media blackout. This blackout is intended to show that these organizations won’t stand for the racial abuse thrown at Black footballers, which was prompted by former Arsenal forward Thierry Henry deleting his social media accounts. Henry’s boycott served as a way to open up con
Read MoreRemember when Space X won that contract to build the new lunar lander? Well, the Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin wanted that money too and it looks like the plucky, upstart company just might get it and more, thanks to the magic of lobbying.
Read MoreAfter half a century, the U.S. will finally go back to the moon mid-decade. Leading an international effort called Project Artemis, the goal is to land on the south pole of the moon in a few years. But to do that, new moon vehicles will be needed. And as Automotive News reports, GM and Lockheed Martin will collaborate on a new lunar rover to explorer the surface.
Read MoreAll eyes have been on China’s Long March 5B (pictured above) as it tumbled back near Earth’s atmosphere. No one knew exactly when nor where it would land—there was always a chance it could land in a populated area—but everyone can rest easy. China’s largest rocket has landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives late on Saturday night, well away from any large cities or significant landmasses.
Read MoreA huge piece of China’s largest rocket, the Long March 5B (that you see above), will be tumbling back to Earth this weekend in what is called an “uncontrolled re-entry.” That means it’s going to smack into the planet, place and time unknown.
Read MoreAfter a streak of four launch-and-landing attempts, each of which ended in a massive explosion, SpaceX finally managed to get one back on the ground without the fireball part. The Starship prototype SN15 launched, performed a “belly flop” maneuver, then landed vertically Wednesday. Sure, there was a little fire on the pad after it landed, but that was easily extinguished. Finally, SpaceX can call a Starship test a complete success.
Read MoreAs a child, I remember some major fears of mine included bear attacks, quicksand, the Bermuda Triangle and somehow getting knocked into the vacuum of outer space. While that probably says a lot about American culture, I am relieved to learn I could very easily make an emergency space suit out of duct tape, if I had to.
Read MoreThe 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness is a great idea. Subaru, the brand known for its practical, efficient-ish adventure wagons, is taking its most popular model and adapting it to cash in on the current trend toward more “rugged” SUVs. Is the Subaru Outback Wilderness edition an off-road beast? After having driven it, I can say the answer is “no.” But this car is going to print money regardless. Here’s why.
Read MoreThere has been a fairly consistent back-and-forth when it comes to the relative eco-friendliness of electric vehicles. While it’s obvious that they don’t emit carbon due to burning gasoline, other academics argue that EVs are still a detriment to the environment because carbon emissions are created when building or even powering them (since some electricity is generated through the burning of fossil fuels). Now, Jefferies’ Simon Powell is saying those latter claims hold merit, so it’s imperative
Read MoreTesla said this week that it would stop using radar on new Model 3s and Model Ys, leading the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to say they no longer have some advanced safety features. Occasional Tesla antagonist Consumer Reports agrees it could be a problem.
Read MoreAfter countless documented samples of abuse and a number of tragic accidents, Tesla is finally implementing some real driver monitoring system (DMS) improvements for their Level 2 semi-automated Autopilot system, supplementing the inadequate method of detecting a hand on the steering wheel with a driver-facing camera that should confirm a driver is paying attention to the road. This is a good, important change! This article is not just to shit on Tesla!
Read MoreThis is the second story in a series of stories on the history of gasoline. So far, Jalopnik’s tech coverage has been focused primarily on the emergence, or reemergence of the electric vehicle. One of the primary arguments levied against electric cars and electric charging infrastructure has been that bringing both into the mainstream would take significant investment from private and public actors, and that this has not generally been politically palatable in the United States. In this ten part
Read MoreThe Boring Company’s Las Vegas Loop keeps on impressing us with its clever solutions to the problems of public transportation, but one recent discovery has really swept us off our feet with its elegant simplicity.
Read MoreAmericans pride themselves on loving the freedom of the open road, yet many states are straight-up ignoring a 9-year-old law that would make it easier for road trippers to experience the whole of this great country while helping generate the revenue states crave. What gives?
Read MoreTesla’s factory in Germany still is not fully operational yet, and a small fire that broke out there overnight isn’t helping. Some left-wing activists have claimed responsibility for it, while German authorities say they are investigating.
Read MoreIf you’re paying any attention at all to the the world of Tesla or the ongoing quest for self-driving cars (not something I’m recommending for healthy, well-adjusted people, necessarily) you’ve probably been hearing a lot about something called Tesla Vision, which is not Tesla’s new Netflix competitor that deepfakes Elon Musk into every movie, but is rather Tesla’s new camera-only-based semi-automated system. Or, to maybe put it more bluntly, it’s a fancy name Tesla gave to the deletion of radar
Read MoreDesigning a digital interface that is equipped to handle all of the capabilities modern cars have without simultaneously being a cluttered, overwhelming mess is a challenge, to say the least. Some automakers have gone for the kitchen sink approach of lavishing their dashboards with pillar-to-pillar touchscreens, which might be cool to look at in still images but are absolutely vexing to imagine using in practice.
Read MoreMany people are still reasonably skittish about electric cars. But what if you could lease one for almost nothing for two years as side-benefit of buying a new pickup? That’s probably at least worth considering, right?
Read MoreFord had a big, long, detailed-but-not-really-detailed presentation for investors Wednesday morning, and so far it is having its intended effect. Ford’s stock is up seven percent today off what Ford has declared. Its electric vehicles are actually “digital cars,” with an all-electric Explorer and all-electric Aviator coming, and probably an all-electric Bronco, too. Ford — you may have heard this before — is a tech company now.
Read MoreThe Cupra Born has been on the cusp of an official debut for a while, having been unveiled some weeks ago. We didn’t get a close look at it then because the unveiling didn’t go into exhaustive detail. Now, Cupra has finally given us close look we’ve been begging for, and it has revealed a familiar design with a cool twist.
Read MoreFord is announcing lots of things Wednesday morning, including reportedly two new dedicated EV platforms, in what sounds like an effort to really catch up to Tesla and keep pace with GM.
Read MoreThose who have ridden in especially powerful electric vehicles often compare their acceleration to that of a spaceship. And while that’s perhaps as overused and unrelatable as a metaphor could be (if you have traveled in a spaceship, I’d like to hear your thoughts), it does convey an otherworldly notion of speed.
Read MoreIf you’re surveying the electric vehicle landscape in America at this very moment in history, your options boil down to the Volkswagen ID.4, the Mustang Mach-E, four different Teslas, the Chevy Bolt, the Nissan Leaf, the Kona Electric, the Porsche Taycan, the Jaguar I-Pace, the Polestar 2, the Audi E-Tron, the Volvo XC40 Recharge, the Mini Electric, Kia Niro EV, BMW i3, and the Hyundai Ioniq Electric. Ask yourself: Is there a single car on that list that is both desirable and doesn’t cost an arm
Read MoreTesla releases OTC (Over The Air) updates to add features and, more importantly, increase range, but apparently, Tesla doesn’t use the technology only to benefit to its customers. A court in Norway found Tesla guilty of not only limiting charging speeds but also battery capacity, Electrek reports.
Read MoreFord’s EV pickup, the 2022 F-150 Lightning, debuted late last week with a starting price just shy of $40,000. That’s quite a bit less than I expected; the catch being this starting price was for the commercial version, not the retail one with trim options pickup buyers expect nowadays. Ford has now made good on that low starting price with the announcement of the F-150 Lightning Pro.
Read MoreWe did a lot of talking about Ford’s new all-electric F-150 Lightning last week, as that’s a Big Deal in the automotive world — you read the articles, you know the deal. One thing I’m not sure you did notice, though, is that on this very new, cutting-edge tech truck, there was one strange, archaic-looking detail: that huge old whip-type radio antenna. Those have been abandoned by most cars for years, yet they still show up on trucks, including the absolute latest ones. Why? What’s going on here?
Read MoreAudi has big plans for EVs. It aims to have 20 EVs available for sale by 2025 and claims that half of its current lineup is electric. (There are six e-tron models currently in their lineup. The Q4 e-tron and Sportback, e-tron and Sportback and e-tron GT and RS GT.) Recognizing that our current charging infrastructure isn’t cutting it, Audi is working on slightly dystopian-looking (at least at night) quick charging hubs for its vehicles.
Read MoreMy return to Jalopnik this year began with a story about how I’d felt forsaken during the Texas deep freeze back in February, and how it changed my buying habits and vehicle preferences. Today’s featured EV owner, Clemente, has a similar story to the one I told, but with a much, much different vehicular choice, and arguably a much smarter outcome.
Read MoreFisker claims this popemobile will be the first electric one, though that isn’t quite accurate. In any case, it is based on the Fisker Ocean, which is Fisker’s would-be Tesla Model Y fighter. As far as publicity stunts go, Fisker has really nailed it.
Read MoreIn our Mustang Mach-E v FAQs series, we’re breaking down the inner-workings of the first Ford all-electric vehicle built from the ground up. In this, part one of a three-part series, we drive on into the world of torque.
Read MoreThis is the first story in a series of stories on the history of gasoline. So far, Jalopnik’s tech coverage has been focused primarily on the emergence, or reemergence of the electric vehicle. One of the primary arguments levied against electric cars and electric charging infrastructure has been that bringing both into the mainstream would take significant investment from private and public actors, and that this has not generally been politically palatable in the United States.
Read MoreIn just over 24 hours, Ford has managed to secure over 20,000 reservations for the new F-150 Lighting EV. Reservations opened up during the live revel last night for only $100 no matter what trim you choose. Now Automotive News reports Ford has said it will limit the production for the first year.
Read MoreTesla recently admitted to the California Department of Motor Vehicles that its “full self-driving” beta software doesn’t actually turn a Tesla into a fully self-driving vehicle and might never do so. Unsurprisingly, calling something “full self-driving” and then telling the state of California that it isn’t any of those things has led to a DMV investigation into Tesla for misleading advertising.
Read MoreUntil now, the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning has been a bit camera shy. It was hiding under a sheet Tuesday, and then we got a good look at its platform; hell, then we got to see the President driving one. We can now call this game of Where’s Waldo officially over, because Ford’s just revealed the truck in its entirety in an event streamed Wednesday night.
Read MoreRestomods are all the rage these days, particularly in the EV scene. To be honest I’m starting to tire of them. You can only rip apart a coupe from the ’70s and swap in an electric drivetrain and LED lights so many times before the whole cyberpunk charade starts to get really old.
Read MoreFord has been tight-lipped about details on the new all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning, but when the President asks you about it, I guess you answer. Turns out this bad boy weighs about 1,800 pounds.
Read MoreEven though the Kia EV6 made its global debut two months ago now, Kia kept its U.S. debut separate. That changed Tuesday night, with a live presentation in Times Square to debut Kia’s new EV to U.S. buyers.
Read MoreAndroid Automotive, the infotainment platform based on Google’s mobile OS, has taken off slowly to date. It’s only made it to a handful of models, mostly from Volvo and Polestar, while it’s been announced for future Stellantis, General Motors, Ford and Renault products as well.
Read MoreEnjoy BMW while you can. It’s one of the last automakers where you can get a performance-orientated V8-powered AWD sedan, or a V12-powered luxury super sedan or a RWD convertible powered by a turbocharged straight-six. That is all changing in the next few years as Motor Authority reports that BMW Group plans to cut out over half its engine and drivetrain variations as early as 2025.
Read MoreMere hours after the announcement of pricing for their minibus, Tech Crunch reported that Canoo is being investigated by the SEC. Good thing I didn’t give them a deposit.
Read MoreIf there was such a thing as an electron-guzzler, this would be it. The GMC Hummer EV is going to weigh more than 9,000 pounds, as Autoblog confirms.
Read MoreThere’s something gravely suspect about the words “Lamborghini electrification strategy.” It’s almost hard to take at face value, because even as the rest of the automotive industry is moving in lockstep toward an all-electric future, you still kind of expect Lamborghini to do what it’s always done: ignore everyone else and keep cranking out those V12s.
Read MoreCanoo, the LA-based EV startup, says it is bringing the first of its three planned models to market next year. Canoo announced Monday that, before tax credits, its EV minibus will start at $34,750 with premium versions at $49,950.
Read MoreYou may recall last week when we wrote about an absolute, unrepentant knob that was arrested for sitting in the back seat of his Tesla while it was under the partial control of Tesla’s Level 2 semi-automated Autopilot system. Said knob claimed to have not-driven over 40,000 miles in this irresponsible and dangerous manner. Incredibly, there’s at least one person who thinks this is just fine, and has expressed that, unequivocally, online. It’s someone we’ve met before.
Read MoreIf you’re looking to get power and fuel economy gains out of your car, chances are you’ve probably seen one of the many weird devices for sale online, including the HHO generator. But do HHO generators work or do they only lighten your wallet?
Read MoreMaking cars drive themselves is very, very hard. Sure, we’ve come an awful long way since that Stanford-modified Volkswagen Touareg won the first DARPA Grand Challenge back in 2005, but we’ve still got a long way to go before full Level 5 autonomy. No matter what anyone says. In case you don’t believe me, why not check out this video of a Waymo robotaxi getting very confused by some traffic cones and causing all kinds of trouble, including escaping from Waymo’s own support team.
Read MoreMany of our featured EV owners have either recently gotten into their first electric car, or had one that really pleased them far in the past. The automotive genre is relatively new and has had its share of growing pains, so it’s rare to find someone who’s nearly covered two decades of electrified auto history on their own. This weeks’ featured EV owner, Randy, has been a fan — and an owner — of rechargeable cars since I was four years old.
Read MoreOne of the major problems with Tesla’s implementation of their semi-automated, Level 2 driver-assist system, confusingly called Autopilot or, in other variants, Full Self-Driving, is that it has inadequate systems in place to confirm there’s a human at the wheel, ready to take over in an instant, and, like all Level 2 systems, has no safe failover behavior to get the car out of the way if no driver is detected or something else goes wrong. While I’ve had many Tesla-lovers scream at me about how
Read MoreLast month the official news came out that the Caterham brand of anachronistic sports cars had been sold to Japan-based VT Holdings. The legendary British brand is currently seeking possible avenues to electrify the flyweight sports roadster, though VT Holdings has promised it would never dilute the company’s ethos for the sake of zero emissions driving.
Read MoreThe Italian company Automobili Estrema recently unveiled its Fulminea, a car that may be vaporware, or may be real, or may be something I dreamt and am willing into existence.
Read MoreLong-haul trucking is one of the most dangerous professions in the United States. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 885 large truck occupants died in 2018 — the highest number of fatalities since 1988. The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety estimated 47 percent of those in 2019 were the result of rollovers, which occur when cornering too quickly, or in the presence of high winds. And those statistics cover just the truckers — in total, 4,951 people died in collision
Read MoreIf you’re a fan of a good, old-school, pinwheeling arms and glasses-and-inhalers-and-fedoras-flying-everywhere nerd fight, then I’d suggest tuning your internet-receiver to the Twitter channel and clicking on the #dontbuytesla hashtag that’s trending. If you’re a healthy, well-adjusted human being with edifying interests, it’s likely you have no idea why this is happening, and, probably healthily, don’t care. But if you are curious, let’s explain what’s making people so mad at Tesla, and how it
Read MoreThe new-for-2021 Chevrolet Bolt EUV is a compromise. With a slightly taller suspension and slightly more legroom, this car brings very little to the table that its shorter Bolt sibling doesn’t already deliver. And what’s more, it costs an additional 2,000 smackeroos. Now we know, thanks to newly released EPA ratings, that putting a Bolt on stilts costs it 12 miles of range. The standard Bolt is rated at the same 259 miles it was in 2020, while the Bolt EUV can achieve no better than 247, just s
Read MoreVolvo and Daimler have now partnered to speed up the transition away from diesel trucks and towards fuel cell electric vehicles in the European Union.
Read MoreYour engine is a speaker, or at least your internal combustion engine was. But the motor in any electric car is definitely not a speaker. Electric cars have no exhaust note, and carmakers are still trying to figure out what to do about the loss of one of the best sensory aspects of driving.
Read MoreLots of folks were impressed with MG’s Cyberster concept revealed in April, arguably because of its nifty light-up grille. Well, if you counted yourself among that group, here’s some good news. The historic British marque, owned by Chinese automotive giant SAIC, has confirmed it will bring the convertible sports car to production.
Read MoreIf you haven’t heard, Toyota and Subaru are making an electric SUV together mainly for North America, though it’ll be sold in other places, too. We’ve already seen Toyota’s effort — it’s called the bZ4X — and today we’ve gotten a glimpse at Subaru’s take, though it’s clad in shadows. We also have a name: Solterra.
Read MoreSometimes car names write themselves. We can debate all day about whether the Mustang Mach-E deserves the pony car’s moniker, but Mach-E in isolation was decently clever. Boxster was also a good name I’m ashamed to say I didn’t get until I was well into my teenage years.
Read MoreOne of the barriers to EVs right now is the hassle of charging. In fact, one fifth of all EV buyers go back to gas vehicles, mainly because of charging issues.But charging infrastructure and technology keep getting better.
Read MoreOne of the most important milestones in the shift to electrification is coming sooner than you think. Electric cars will cost less to make than internal combustion cars by the year 2027, according to a report from The Guardian.
Read MoreMercedes is rapidly readying an expansion of its EQ line of electric vehicles. None of them have been released yet, the first to go on sale will be the tech-laden and luxurious EQS coming later this year. Along with the EQC crossover, (which isn’t coming to the U.S.) and EQA compact crossover, another addition to the lineup will be the EQT van, previewed by this concept.
Read MoreWhen Ford first announced the E-Transit in November, it promised the electric van would start at under $45,000. Last week, the Blue Oval quietly revealed more pricing information — though not everything — sharing that it’ll begin between $43,295 and $52,690, depending on the body style you prefer.
Read MoreOne requirement of the Dieselgate settlement was for Volkswagen to invest heavily in and expand an EV charging network. With a $2 billion investment, Electrify America came about in late 2016 as a result. Now, Electrify America has outlined the third phase of that plan, as Inside EVs reports, and it involves a lot more chargers.
Read MoreOver the past month, multiple outlets have reported that Tesla has been jacking up Solar Roof installation prices after agreeing to contracts with homeowners. Customers informed of the changes are free to decline the new rate, but one Pennsylvania couple has filed a lawsuit against the company for breaching its contract with an eye toward formalizing it as a class action.
Read MoreA crack or a chip on your windshield can ruin your car’s aesthetics and obscure the driver’s vision. It used to be an easy fix, one third-party repair shops could do in your driveway or in a parking lot in under an hour. Now however, windshields are just as complex as the cars they’re mounted to, with repairs having come to involve technology that could cost insurers thousands to replace.
Read MoreYou know how, to many laypeople, autonomous technology actually seems like a very imminent form of transportation, but anyone who’s actually aware of that technology knows how wrong that is? Or the way companies might exaggerate the capabilities of their autonomous tech? There’s a word for that now: autonowashing.
Read MoreNikola is an electric truck startup that has virtually no revenue and a highly questionable former founder, and one that seems to be collapsing in slow-motion. Nonetheless, it is still here and announced its first-quarter results Friday. Analysts were impressed that it was nothing earth-shattering.
Read MoreClassic electric cars from the ’70s and ’80s look like curiosities to the modern eye. Unproven, underdeveloped technology and lead-acid batteries conspired to make vintage EVs unfeasible for most potential customers. For some areas, they actually made a smarter choice than almost any other car on the market, as this week’s featured EV owner Eric is here to show us.
Read MoreTesla has had a pretty easy time of avoiding accountability amid allegations of poor and racist working conditions. Of course it has! It operates in the U.S., which has spent decades eroding union protections. Tesla is expanding into Germany now, and it has another thing coming.
Read MoreVolkswagen, like automakers before it, is toying with the idea of implementing a pay-to-use model for its future autonomous technology. The automaker is attempting to frame this move as cost-effective, but really it could end up costing consumers and causing headaches for owners.
Read MoreEurope has opened a big lead on the U.S. when it comes to electrifying its cars, so much so that they have now moved on to making small, practical, specialized EVs. Like the new Citroën My Ami Cargo, which would be perfect for single construction workers.
Read MoreAs the current microchip shortage has really, really reminded us, modern cars are packed full of computers. And, like anything packed full of computers, especially computers with multiple wireless connectivity options, cars can be hacked. This was demonstrated in dramatic fashion recently, when a pair of security researchers successfully hacked a Tesla Model 3. And they did it remotely from a drone, flying over the car.
Read MoreUber, the entity that previously said it would bring us the autonomous car and flying taxis is now asking you to believe that its partnership with a UK startup called Arrival will contribute to Arrival putting an electric car designed for use by ride-share drivers into production in two years. Arrival would like you to know that the car will not be exclusively for Uber.
Read MoreSince 2012 Tesla has made several billion dollars in emissions offset credits sold to other automakers, with FCA having bought the lion’s share of those. According to a report from Reuters, the automaker formerly known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N. V. purchased around $2.4 billion in European and U.S. CO2 credits from Tesla just in the period from 2019 to 2021. Tesla shifted half a billion in credits within just the first quarter of 2021, in fact.
Read MoreI traveled to the Geneva Motor Show in 2019 as a guest of Automobili Pininfarina and was impressed by its first car, the Battista, a 1,900-horsepower, super-duper-mega-electric-hyper car that, if I recall correctly, can accelerate to 100 miles per hour in negative three seconds. My most enduring memory from the show was something infinitely more humble, the Nobe 100T, a smaller, much less potent electric prototype from Estonia. Despite only having three wheels, it looked cute as a button and st
Read MoreElectric cars are starting to make waves in the world of track-driving enthusiasts, as events like TeslaCorsa start to proliferate. It’s clear that electric propulsion has advantages and disadvantages when it comes to motorsport, but as Formula E continues to prove, the racing can be great, and as Volkswagen proved with its ID.R Pikes Peak record, they can be righteously fast. Even if you aren’t aiming for track records, and you just want to have a little fun at the track, maybe an electric spor
Read MoreBatteries degrade. It’s a fact of modern life we face in our cell phones, our wireless earbuds, and various other gizmos and gadgets we use on a daily basis. It impacts our cars, too.
Read MoreMany Americans are used to a fast-paced lifestyle. Fast food, fast technology, etc. While EVs may be the new technological hotness on the automotive market, they come with a caveat: slow charging times. While you can sing the praises of the benefits of EV ownership, many people can’t argue with the differences between charging and filling up an ICE car with gas. Apparently, some drivers miss that convenience, as a recent study done by UC Davis (Via Business Insider) shows one in five EV owners s
Read MoreShaped by ex-Volkswagen design head Walter de Silva, set to be manufactured in Emilia-Romagna and backed by First Automotive Works, the Hongqi S9 is a Chinese hypercar with global ambitions. To that end, Silk-FAW — the joint venture between the Chinese automaker and Italian startup Silk EV — has picked up some notable leadership as it forges ahead with the project.
Read MoreI’m an idea man. We all know this. I’m not claiming to be a good idea man, but I am saying that if you put liquids and food in one end of me, at some point ideas will come extruding out of the other end. It’s just how I work.
Read MoreI was not aware that Stellantis had a car rental/sharing service, but with plans for an expansion to L.A. and five other states before year’s end, some areas of you are about to get very familiar with Free2Move. While standard rental spec Stellantis cars like the Jeep Compass and Chrysler Voyager will be offered, the Citroën Ami should make an interesting addition to its Washington, D.C. fleet.
Read MoreSome Japanese carmakers haven’t experienced the worst of the semiconductor shortage yet, Tesla’s faith in China still isn’t paying off and Rivian owners will have to wait just a little longer for their electric trucks. All this and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for May 28, 2021.
Read MoreHyundai is making its electric move, Congress is trying to fix the EV subsidy, and Mazda. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 27, 2021.
Read MoreI don’t know how much we should ever believe anything Tesla says until it’s staring us in the face, but the company did announce a big change coming to its driver-assistance tech. Tesla is dropping radar and going camera-only. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 26, 2021.
Read MoreThe seams are beginning to show at Lordstown, Tesla is facing a bizarre lawsuit, and Nissan. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 25, 2021.
Read MoreThis is to say that Ford is exceedingly lame about EVs. Boring. Normal. In contrast to Tesla, as well as VW and GM, Ford is not making big claims about its electric car plans. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 24, 2021.
Read MoreTesla wants another new frontier, everyone’s favorite ex-CEO-turned-fugitive just lost a case against his former employer and a Corvette plant is going to be a little quiet next week. All this and more in today’s Friday edition of The Morning Shift for May 21, 2021.
Read MoreFord is feeling itself, Ford also lost billions in Brazil and pedestrian deaths in America are soaring. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 20, 2021.
Read MorePirelli is making eco-conscious tires, Wall Street agrees that gambling rocks, and Joe Biden wants point-of-sale rebates for EVs. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 19, 2021.
Read MoreIf autonomous cars are supposed to save lives, shouldn’t they also save jobs? All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 18, 2021.
Read MoreThe car market these days is in a moment of demand outpacing supply, and rental car companies are not helping. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 17, 2021.
Read MoreHyundai is pumping a bunch of money into its U.S. plants, the United Auto Workers is imploring General Motors to “take the high road” with organization at its new battery factories, and despite what you may think, Aston Martin says you don’t need manuals anymore. All this and so much more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for May 14, 2021.
Read MoreYou can’t buy a Tesla with bitcoin anymore, Volvo is still thinking about going public, and Redditors were right about Hertz. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 13, 2021.
Read MoreThe rebounding economy is not affecting everyone evenly, and we’re seeing real winners (and losers) emerge. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 12, 2021.
Read MoreGas in the U.S. is increasingly in short supply because of a major cyberattack on a pipeline, Nissan had a record annual loss, and Tesla. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 11, 2021.
Read MoreHonda Accords are supposedly steering themselves, pipeline hackers are getting taken very seriously, and Toyota is still dragging its heels on banning its own cars. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 10, 2021.
Read MoreBMW has a lot of problems but microchips aren’t one, the victims of America’s lithium gold rush are coming into focus, and rallying figures to offer a proving ground for sustainable fuels. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for May 7, 2021.
Read MoreAston Martin has good news, GM is in “build-shy” mode, and Volkswagen. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 6, 2021.
Read MoreI can’t say that all of its first-quarter profits are down to selling an incredibly charming EV the size of a shoebox, but it’s hard to ignore. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 5, 2021.
Read MoreUber is having a hard time getting its side hustle of providing cabs back up and running, but having no trouble with its main business of government grift. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 4, 2021.
Read MoreTesla has run into some trouble in Germany and China, rental car companies are so desperate that they’re buying used, and the Ford Bronco Sport seems safe. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 3, 2021.
Read MoreAmericans are on the move again now that COVID-19 lockdowns are lifting, and that has led to a shortage of rental cars. While real rental companies see a crisis, grifters see an opportunity to steal money from unsuspecting people and leave them high and dry without transportation.
Read MoreI’d like to think that I’ve established myself as someone who is willing to give unusual vehicles a fair shake. I don’t want to judge any vehicle because it doesn’t fit with our expected ideas of what a given kind of machine should be. Changli ownership has really driven this point home: small, weird, and cheap can still add up to useful. This is also the case with the Pickman line of all-electric pickup trucks. Sure, these EVs are tiny, cartoonish-looking things, but, given their intended jobs,
Read MoreThe Jeep Cherokee XJ will always be the greatest Jeep of all time, and my weekend off-roading in northern Michigan demonstrated exactly why, even if it ended with serious damage.
Read MoreBelieve it or not, the Range Rover Evoque is still around and, in a way, it’s even thriving with two newly released editions. The Evoque is getting a special edition Bronze Collection release, and a special edition P300 HST model. It’s not yet confirmed whether these will make it to the U.S. market, however.
Read MoreOur entire supply chain is out of wack. Ports are backed up for weeks and there aren’t enough truckers to move freight across the country. The American Trucking Association has partnered with over 100 other organizations to push for a fix to the massive truck driver shortage. Their answer: Let the young’uns drive big rigs.
Read MoreThere’s a massive truck driver shortage in the U.S. and the problem is reportedly only going to get worse. One company in Texas is offering unheard of salary for drivers who sign on with them. Of course, you’ve got to have experience.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon wrenching in an O’Reilly Auto Parts parking lot in Stanwood, Washington. One of the store clerks came out to see my rusted-out 1958 Willys Jeep, which I’d spent two weeks trying to fix while living out of a Land Cruiser. This was the clerk’s reaction.
Read MoreOver the past few weeks we’ve looked at a drill-powered winch to help load vehicles onto trailers, torque limiting extensions to help ensure lug nuts and bolts are properly torqued, and a tool kit for removing plastic rivets with ease. This week’s cool tool is a fluid transfer pump that makes fluid changes easier in some vehicles and may be necessary in others.
Read MoreWe’ve all been there. You’re tightening a bolt into a threaded hole and it’s a bit harder than usual, and then the whole thing goes loose like the metal threads turned to cream cheese. Oops. You’ve cross threaded, over-tightened, or simply stripped the threads right out of the hole. That’s a big oops. Fear not, it’s possible, if not super convenient, to fix it. But what’s the best method? You’ve probably heard of the options. You can drill and re-tap, you can drill and helicoil, you can drill an
Read MoreFixing this old Jeep shouldn’t be this hard. It’s a basic V8 with a carburetor and a three-speed automatic. And yet, over three years into the project, my 1979 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle remains broken, and I remain uncertain of how to fix it. If anyone has advice for a tired, demoralized man, please dish it out.
Read MoreA few years ago, I decided to lift my Jeep Cherokee. The 250,000 mile Jeep was starting to look tired, and lifting it would give it a less junky, more “purposeful” look. Plus, I’m an avid off-roader, so it seemed like a smart call. The following seven years, the Jeep has battered and bruised me with its horrendous ride quality. Now that’s finally over thanks to a junkyard lift kit, though only after I wasted far too much money.
Read MoreLast weekend was epic—only two days (like most weekends) but filled with real automotive buffoonery. I bought a Jeep for $250, fixed my coworker Jason’s suspension using a hose and a roll of tape, and got a beautiful 1969 Ford Mustang running for the first time in years. Join me on a 1,300 mile road trip between Michigan and Virginia.
Read More6:25 AM Outgoing SMS: “Hey David, call when you get a chance.”
Read MoreBack in the fall of 2019, I wrote about a rare 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee sitting on an old dairy farm in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, road salt had rotted out the main unibody rails, making the vehicle no longer suitable for the road. The owner, Dustin Sawyer, hoped to preserve the piece of automotive history, but years passed, and he ultimately decided to scrap it. Then a series of events conspired to save the holy grail from the crusher. It’s coming to my House of Misfit Jeeps.
Read MoreOver the past few weeks we’ve looked at a cordless ratchet that can save wrenching time, a torque multiplier to bust loose a lug nut when your impact wrench won’t do the job and a drill-powered winch to help load vehicles onto trailers. This week’s cool tool is a set of torque limiting extensions to make wheel mounting quick and safe.
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