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  • The 2022 Audi RS3 Is A Reminder Of The Glorious Madness Of ICE Cars

    When I got the invitation to drive Audi’s new RS3 sports sedan in Athens, Greece, I had a strange feeling, one I’d not encountered before. For the first time, the launch of a new internal combustion engine car felt, well, weird. I’ve been so used to recent launches and announcements being EV-focused that an exciting new combustion car launch suddenly carried more gravity because it felt like it may be part of the end of an era.

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Beyond Cars (10)

  • One DC Metro Train Derailed Three Times In A Day

    During the afternoon of October 12th, a DC Metro train derailed on the Blue Line between the Arlington Cemetery and Rosslyn stations. According to the New York Times, a preliminary N.T.S.B. investigation found that the same train had derailed twice in the prior 90 minutes before ultimately derailing. Although, the trail was able to rerail itself in the previous derailments due to the track layout in those locations. Of the 187 passengers onboard at the time, only a single person was hospitalized

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  • The Highway Built To Protect A River

    The reasons to love the urban freeway are few and far between, both as a driver and a nearby resident. Between gridlock and physically dividing cities, it’s easy to see why it has become one of America’s least liked infrastructure institutions. Though, there was once a time when this was the opposite. A time when the highway was viewed as uniquely utopic.

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  • The Streets Of Los Angeles Are Overflowing With Cargo Trucks

    The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are overwhelmed. Record numbers of ships are waiting off the California coast, and wait times to unload are ever-growing. But the struggles, it seems, don’t end at the ports: Trucks and cargo containers are filling the streets, and residents are saying they’ve had enough.

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  • 'Jump Cuts' Is The Side-By-Side Version Of Gymkhana

    The world-famous Hoonigans are finally leaving their Long Beach shop behind for good, and wanted to give the place a proper sendoff. Or rather, a send-off. If you’re going to go big, you may as well just lick the stamp and send it, right? So Polaris sent over a factory fresh RZR Pro R for the SoCal Scumbags to modify for the job, and they worked with off-road champ RJ Anderson to make it happen. The result is this 8-minute love song to Long Beach where they called home for so many years.

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  • Get Ready For Messy Holiday Travel Thanks To Unvaccinated TSA Agents

    If you’re planning on flying somewhere for Thanksgiving this year, you might want to rethink your plans. Air travel experts are expecting chaos at airports as TSA employees, who are largely unvaccinated, approach the deadline by which they are supposed to have received their shots.

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  • Of Course The Robot Dogs Have Guns Now

    We shouldn’t be surprised that most of the latest tech has a military use, but the speed at which cutting-edge creations are being armed to the teeth does seem a little disconcerting. The military’s latest robotic recruit is this quadruped, which has been armed with a rifle on its back.

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  • I Can't Believe I Never Thought Of This Ingenious Airport Pillow Hack

    Frequent flyers know the rules: you’re allowed to carry one personal item and one carry-on piece of luggage onto an airplane. But everyone has missed out on an ingenious hack that takes advantage of the fact that most airlines don’t count a pillow as one of those items. Everyone except one TikTok user.

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Buying (33)

  • There's A Massive Gender Gap When It Comes To Buying And Keeping An Electric Car: Report

    Electric vehicles have always been pegged as A Woman Thing. Back in the early 1900s, early EV prototypes were a hit with women because they were easier to start than brute-force combustion engines. Then, in the 1990s and 2000s, women flocked to hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius or first-generation EVs like the Toyota RAV4 EV. So why have women stopped buying electrified vehicles now?

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  • New Japan-Only Miata Asks You To Trade Power For Yet More Lightness

    The latest-generation Miata, which is about five years old at this point, has been celebrated for being the closest in spirit to the original car’s promise of light, accessible fun. But the pursuit of eradicating every last unnecessary ounce is never done, and so Mazda will soon offer its Japanese customers an even trimmer Miata called the Roadster 990s.

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  • The 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL: This Is It

    Two doors. A folding top. Odd, elongated headlights. A red reveal color. I’m talking about the new Mercedes-AMG SL, but you’d be forgiven for thinking I meant the BMW Z4. Even if you saw them side by side, I wouldn’t blame you for mixing them up — they just look that similar.

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  • I Bought One Of The Best Diesel Wagons Ever Made For Cheap

    I’ve been collecting a list of my dream cars this year from a cute Honda Beat to a ridiculous Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI. Through all of this, there has been one car that has eluded my watchful eye: A Volkswagen Passat TDI wagon. After over a year of searching I finally brought a working version of one of the best diesel wagons home, and the best part is that it was local.

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  • There's Only One Thing Wrong With The Nissan Leaf

    If there’s one thing to explain how the 2022 Nissan Leaf has become a perfectly viable modern electric car. Grown up from its early days of sub-100 miles of range, it’s that the most egregious thing wrong with it is the armrest. Yes, the armrest.

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  • Study Reveals The Used Cars That Are Still "Deals" In A Tough Market

    You don’t need me to tell you how bonkers the used car market is right now. However, for those who can’t sit on the sidelines for the next year or more, there are some models that could present better values due to sharper depreciation. iSeeCars.com’s most recent study highlights the cars that depreciate the most and the least.

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  • The Designer Of The Original Countach Wants Nothing To Do With The New One

    When the Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 debuted earlier this year, reactions were... mixed. Some called it a cynical cash grab, others called it “no way to honor the original.” Now Marcello Gandini, designer of the original LP500 Countach concept, has made his opinion of the revival known — and it’s not exactly kind.

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  • Volvo Is Recalling Nearly 200,000 Vehicles For Deadly Airbags

    There’s a certain irony to airbag recalls. Any company that sets out to build a safety system and inadvertently develops a claymore has earned their spot in Alanis Morissette’s biggest hit. Most famous among these is the seemingly all-encompassing Takata recall, but now a new member has joined those ranks — Volvo and their ZF-designed airbags.

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  • The Next Range Rover Has Leaked Everywhere All At Once

    It’s not uncommon for vehicles to leak out just before they’re announced. Sometimes, those “leaks” are even intentionally placed, just to drum up interest around an upcoming product. This, however, is a new one: the same pre-production car showing up in three different places, all in one day.

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  • Every Automaker Should Follow Volvo's Lead When It Comes To Used Car Listings

    Shopping for a used car is a bit more complicated than buying a new model. Consumers need to examine more variables such as mileage, year, warranty balance, and equipment to determine which car is the best value. Volvo has made the process just a little bit easier by posting their window stickers in the Carfax. More brands should do the same.

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  • Hear The Gordon Murray T.50 Wail Its Way Around Goodwood

    The GMA T.50 is one of the most exciting cars in the world right now. It’s got an incredible Cosworth engine, a striking design, and it marks Gordon Murray’s return to the center-seated sports car concept that brought us the McLaren F1. As it turns out, it also sounds fantastic.

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  • How To Get A Cheap Reliable Car In A Terrible Used Car Market

    Two of my friends are struggling to find good used cars under $4,000 in this tough car market, so they reached out to me for help. I’ve come up with a strategy that will take a bit of sacrifice, but will ultimately result in my friends getting reliable machines for dirt cheap. Here’s that strategy.

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  • Car Sales People Have Little Left To Do

    You’ve probably bought a car from a dealership before, or maybe you are lucky enough not to have. The pre-pandemic process was something like 90 percent awkward small talk with a salesperson, and then 10 percent signing a bunch of forms with someone in finance who actually seemed to work for a living. The salesperson, needless to say, was usually just there to get in the way. In pandemic times, that has become all the more evident.

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  • Not Even The Murano CrossCabriolet Is Immune From Used Car Price Absurdity

    Yesterday, we published an article about the overheated car market and how the lack of inventory has made it almost impossible for potential buyers to get their hands on new vehicles. It’s not a new issue, either, which is a big part of why used car pricing has also gone off the rails. But who could have ever predicted that the situation would get so bad, someone might pay more for a convertible crossover than a brand new Subaru BRZ? I certainly didn’t.

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  • The Overheated Car Market Has Made Some Buyers More Rational

    The New York Times has a wonderful story today about the way people buy cars in this, the year of our Lord 2021, a year that has seen new car inventories fall off a cliff and, subsequently, prices on new and used go way up. It turns out, if you’ve always been a Chevy Silverado guy, you might now be a Nissan Titan guy.

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  • Hallelujah, For The Chrysler 300's Stay Of Execution Will Last At Least One More Year

    Many cars have died in the past year, and a not-insignificant number of them have been Stellantis products — like the Dodge Journey and Grand Caravan, as well as the Fiat 500L and 124. We keep waiting for the Chrysler 300 to join that list, not because we want it to, but because it’s impressive that it’s survived as long as it has. Thankfully, the 300 will be with us for at least one more trip around the sun.

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  • The Lexus LC Fender Stratocaster Is Brand Synergy At Its Worst

    The Lexus LC is a fantastic car. The Fender Stratocaster is a fantastic guitar. One epitomizes the luxury touring coupe, the other is probably the first thing that comes to mind when you close your eyes and think “guitar.” Surely, these two great things must go great together, right?

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  • Lexus Teases The 2022 LX 600 Ahead Of Its October 13 Debut

    When Toyota discontinued the Land Cruiser in the United States for the 2022 model year, many decried the loss of Toyota’s top-shelf SUV. Its Lexus cousin, however, won’t be leaving us so soon — instead, we’re getting a brand new version of the flagship family hauler.

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  • This Kia Dealer Has The Largest Number Of Exotic Cars I've Ever Seen At A Mainstream Dealership

    Mainstream auto dealers can come about interesting vehicles in a few ways. They can come from an owner’s personal collection. They can be trade-ins. Or they can just besomething cool the dealer picked up at an auction to drive foot traffic. One or two on a lot is something. But as one Kia dealer shows, more than a handful of exotics in your inventory is something else entirely.

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  • The SUPER73-ZX Is The Electric Bike You're Going To Want

    I’ve had some experience with the Super73-ZX. My son’s grandfather bought one of their bikes a few months ago. While I’ve ridden it a couple of times through our neighborhood, I never expected to be floored by how good it is in an urban setting.

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Culture (50)

  • The 60s Woman Who Had An Affair With A MG Convertible

    The love of automobiles knows nearly no barrier. It is a passion that transcends nationality, class, race, and gender. The stories that illustrate this universal appeal always fascinate me. One of those stories was featured in the August 1957 issue of Road & Track. In the article titled “Woman Meets Sports Car”, Claire Bjoring wrote of her experiences with her first sports car.

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  • People Are Waiting Outdoors All Night For Driver's Licenses In Texas

    Over the last year, physically making a trip of a Department of Motor Vehicles anywhere in the United States has been made even more agonizing than it was before the pandemic. I had to renew my license last September and thankfully I was able to renew online with vision exam results from an optometrist. People in the state of Texas have had it far worse.

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  • Autobahn Speed Limits Are Wanted By Most Germans (Including Sebastian Vettel)

    After being rejected as a measure two years ago, the idea of a national speed limit on the Autobahn has become a topic of political discussion in Germany again. The German highway system famously does not have a national speed limit after the legislature of West Germany abolished the restrictions in 1952. Recent polling data has however shown a large shift in German public attitude towards a speed limit across the entire Autobahn, but a political roadblock will seemingly prevent any enactment.

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  • This 1921 Studebaker That Survived A Winter Flood

    One of the Internet’s small wonders is archival digitization. By knowing which university or library database to look through, anyone can have access to two centuries worth of printed periodicals including car magazines. Car magazines are nearly as old as the concept of the production automobile. Even in the 1890s, pages were filled with industry exposés and wild car-related stories. To think about it briefly, Jalopnik continues this 130-year tradition. Today, I’ll be briefly recounting a story

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  • Behold 2021's Official Jalopnik Halloween Car-Stumes!

    Hot pickles, it’s Halloween, and around here at Jalopnik, Halloween means two things: our editor Rory makes another offering of a fawn soaked in 20W-50 to Ammon, the Grand Marquis of Hell, and I come up with a new batch of fun, sexy Car-Stumes! I switched from sexy human car-themed costumes to costumes just for your car (due to too many complaints from readers about painful, long-lasting erections), but this year I’m doing both. So get ready for some spookily automotastic Halloween goodness.

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  • An Ode To The Pontiac McLaren Grand Prix Turbo

    I have a dream. In this dream, I show up at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England behind the wheel of a mint Pontiac McLaren Grand Prix Turbo. Zak Brown, so awed by my ownership of this incredible vehicle, climbs in the passenger seat while we do donuts in front of the glass-paneled entranceway.

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  • We Need To Talk About Shaq's Cadillac

    I didn’t want to have to be the one to have this conversation with you, but I simply can’t keep postponing it. Readers, we need to talk about Shaq’s Cadillac.

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  • Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, And Matt Farah Are Among Those Battling The City Of Malibu Over A Local Cars And Coffee

    What started out as a group of friends meeting up for Sunday morning coffee and talking about their cars has gotten out of control. At least that’s how the city of Malibu and owners and managers of businesses in a Malibu shopping center see it. The L.A. Times reports that Malibu city officials and owners of one Malibu shopping area are angry over weekend car meets.

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  • I Can't Believe I've Never Heard Of This Weird But Oddly Expected VW Beetle Prototype Before

    I think there’s at least two things Soichiro Honda and I have in common: we both can really rock a good jumpsuit, and we both love air-cooling, perhaps irrationally. The car I want to talk to you about today has nothing to do with Honda, but old Soichiro always comes to mind when I think about air-cooled engines. Maybe that’s just me. By far the most common and best-known air-cooled car is the original Volkswagen Beetle, and I’ve often wondered about if VW ever experimented with water-cooled eng

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  • Blip: Dimension Rust

    I like what Opel was attempting here, focusing on the car, free from the constraints and influences of whatever environment it may be seen in, but their choice of an abstracted no-space here is a bit odd. Because it looks just like severely rusted sheet metal. It looks like David Tracy’s blood. It looks like rust.

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  • This Has To Be The Best/Worst Disney's Cars/Transformers Mashup Bootleg There Is

    My kid is kind of a weird kid. That’s one of the reasons I love him, of course. He expresses this in a number of ways, one of which is his genuine enjoyment of bootleg, knockoff toys. The stranger and more confusing the bootleg, the better. So, when I was looking for a present to bring him back from Athens, I had a goal: find a really weird bootleg something. And boy, did I get lucky because I found a truly bonkers mashup of Disney’s Cars and the Transformers franchises, all wrapped up with a hi

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  • Blip: Face Transplant

    I’ve always liked DKWs, Auto-Union’s small car marque, but when they attempted to modernize their early ‘50s, jelly-mold styling with a more late-’60s face, the result feels a bit, um, unsettling. It’s like it’s wearing someone else’s face.

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  • Deer Are Idiots And I Hit One In My Pao

    I live in a town that’s essentially just hacked out of a huge forest, and as a result, I share my space with deer. Deer are elegant-looking animals, and when I see some wandering around my backyard, it’s usually a pleasant experience. They’re also hundreds of pounds of mammalian moron wrapped up in a tick-infested fur coat, and one of these ruminant fuckers jumped out right in front of my moving Pao the other night, in a decision that worked out well for nobody involved. I’m here to complain abo

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  • Let's Appreciate This Belgian Man's Parking Skill Again

    Just to be clear, yes, I know this video of a Belgian man parking in a tiny garage is old. A lot of you have seen it before. I’ve seen it before. It’s not new. I get it. But sometimes, it’s OK to rewatch something just because it’s good, and you enjoy it.

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  • Ohio Really Messed This One Up

    The great state of Ohio, which has been engaged in a years-long war with North Carolina over who can claim to be the birthplace of aviation, has a new license plate, the first one in eight years. On it is an image of the Wright Flyer, which appears to be towing a banner laying claim to Ohio as the birthplace of aviation. Except the plane is facing the wrong direction.

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  • Driving A Ram TRX On The Nürburgring Is As Sketchy As You Think It Would Be

    As absurd as it is to own a Ram TRX in the U.S. given our wide roads and wide open highways, it seems doubly absurd that such a vehicle is even allowed to exist in Europe, but particularly in Germany. Maybe the only benefit of having a Ram TRX in Germany is the ability to drive it on a super sketchy lap of the Nürburgring. While the cost to get on the track for a lap of the 14-ish mile track is something like thirty euros, I’d be willing to guess this lap cost way more in fuel and even more stil

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  • Environmental Protests In England Spark Moral Debate On Moms Buying SUVs

    An environmental activist group called Insulate Britain, a subset of the larger environmental movement Extinction Rebellion, have been staging protests across the United Kingdom. These protests often involve blocking major roadways, especially those that connect to large metropolitan areas like London. But a recent video of Insulate Britain blocking a mother driving an SUV from dropping off her son at school has brought the moral debate around SUVs to a fever pitch — especially when it comes to

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  • Longroof Fanatics Celebrate Luggage Space At WagonFest

    It’s no secret that Jalopnik has traditionally been the gathering place for wagon stans. Wagons are just like sedans, but they have more room, an airier less-claustrophobic interior, better visibility, and incredible utility. Wagons are just like hatchbacks, but usually with adult-useable rear seats. Wagons are just like SUVs, but better on fuel, more aerodynamic, and with a lower center of gravity. You get it, wagons are the best. There’s no debating that. Which is why WagonFest is one of the c

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  • Hello, I'm Ryan King. I'm A Motorsport History Buff

    Hello, Jalopnik. Time for another introduction this week. I’m Ryan Erik King, the new weekend editor here. To be brief, I’m a sports-obsessive with a deep passion for both motorsport and history at my core. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t passionate about motorsport. Though, it has been a bit of a long distance romance for most of my life.

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  • Pimp My Ride Actually Kind Of Sucked Behind The Scenes

    “Pimp My Ride” was one of the most popular car mod shows on TV in the mid to late 2000s. Every week for six seasons, viewers tuned in to see Xzibit and what wild vehicles West Coast Customs would come up with next. And while the owners of those cars seemed excited to have their vehicles fixed up, the reality behind the scenes was that things weren’t always what they seemed. Here are a few things that went on.

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  • This Could Be The Best Decal Kit Ever Offered By A Major Carmaker

    Remember when stripe kits were A Thing? I mean, they still exist to some small degree for cars like the new Ford Bronco, but there was once a time when someone’s mom might drive a Toyota Corolla liftback with gleefully huge and colorful hockey-stick-shaped stripes. That was just how the world was, once upon a time. I want to focus on one particular stripe kit, one that’s clever and unusual, and, I think, has never really been replicated. But maybe it should. That stripe kit was the Arrow Jet pac

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  • This $120 Gucci Cadillac Seville Hot Wheels Is The Standard Of The Diecast World

    In news I never expected to read, Hot Wheels and Gucci have announced their first ever collaboration — a 1:64-scale Cadillac Seville, customized with a gold-toned roof to celebrate the Italian fashion brand’s centennial. It comes in its own acrylic display case with a green embossed paper slip cover. As you’d expect of anything emblazoned with those interlocking Gs, it costs a little more than the typical Hot Wheels diecast you’d find at Target. Ten times more, as a matter of fact.

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  • This Is The First Time A Jason Drives Car Has Stranded Me, But I Still Love It

    I’ve been smitten by old air-cooled Panhards for a long time. They’re deeply, clinically French, but not exactly French in the way Citroën is French, where peculiar engineering is worn outwardly and defiantly. No, Panhard—while they certainly have their share of unusual engineering—is French in the more elegant, artful, charismatic way, like an old Voisin or Delahaye or something, just on a smaller, more attainable scale. They’re kind of magical. And, like magic, the one I drove isn’t necessaril

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  • Tesla Is Just A Regular Car Company Now

    Tesla had its sixth-consecutive profitable quarter in the fourth quarter of 2020, the company said Wednesday, making it the first time the company has booked a profitable year. Tesla’s day as a startup, it’s fair to say, are well in the rearview mirror.

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  • That Time GM Accidentally Made An Ad For The VW Rabbit

    One of the things I love most about GM is that it’s a company with colossal engineering and production might that very often proves itself capable of making some of the most baffling decisions known to humankind. Like a genius you got drunk and then smacked with a 2x4. A great example of this has to do with an Isuzu that GM sold as a Buick Opel, and the amazing way they decided to advertise it in 1977 that ended up with them actually promoting the Volkswagen Rabbit. Bang-up job, fellas!

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  • Blip: Xhibit A: Steering Wheels On Wheels

    Packard in 1954 had a weird fixation on tall sailing ships, which is what led them to produce what I believe to be the only steering wheel ever made with an emblem of another steering wheel on it. Sure, the emblem wheel is the ship’s wheel of a boat, maybe more commonly called a helm now, but it’s still a steering wheel.

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  • Here's An Automotive Puzzler: Does The Subaru 360 Have A Trunk?

    This doesn’t seem like the sort of question that should be difficult, but I assure you, it is. I know it is because at a used bookstore I found the August 1964 issue of The Journal of Automotive Minutia Related Philosophical Concerns, and the cover story was about this very question, brought up at the AMRPC Symposium that year in Osaka, Japan. The debate became so heated that a massive riot broke out, forcing the conference to adjourn early, and leaving the question unanswered. So, it’s worth as

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  • Yes, You Can Buy Pablo Escobar's 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR IROC

    If you’ve every dreamed of buying a vehicle owned by a motorsport magnate and then a drug lord, you may finally be able to satisfy your most niche desire. A 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR IROC initially owned by Roger Penske and later purchased by Pablo Escobar is hitting the auction block over at Collecting Cars.

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  • To Keep The Ford F-150 Lightning Apolitical, Ford Should Not Do These Things

    You may recall yesterday we wrote about how Ford will be marketing their first battery-electric F-150 truck, the F-150 Lightning, and how a bigshot at JD Power suggested that they would “try to make it apolitical.” I heard this, and immediately leapt into action to create, on spec, a whole new set of trim levels and packages that would help keep the F-150 Lightning “apolitical.” Unfortunately, I got it all wrong.

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  • Blip: It Looks Like A Sleek Warthog

    Reliant always had a knack for getting motor industries started in various countries, and Israel was one of these countries, with their Autocar company leveraging a lot of Reliant designs. One joint development was the Sabra, a fiberglass roadster with a strange, kinda ugly face.

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  • The First Prototype Car Built By Honda Was So Much Stranger Than Whatever You Were Thinking Of

    It’s odd to think about, but Honda is a relative newcomer to the automotive industry. The company started making complete motorcycles (before that they adapted motors to bicycles) in 1949, and didn’t actually start building actual four-wheeled trucks and cars until 1963. I was thinking about this because of the recent Jason Drives episode with the Honda Vamos, which set me down a chain of curiosity that led me to the realization that I had never seen what kind of early prototype cars Honda was d

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  • This Lincoln Continental Disguised As The Batmobile Is Heading To Auction

    Everyone’s got a favorite Batmobile. Whether it’s the angular Tumbler from Batman Begins or the winged creation cooked up for Batman Forever, the car is a staple of every adventure featuring the caped crusader. Now, for anyone dreaming of owning their own classic Batmobile, a replica of the 1966 TV show car is heading to auction.

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  • Blip: Sport Prinz Meet Sport Planz

    It’s kind of odd that for a company as influential as NSU was, they have no real modern identity. They were pioneers of Wankel engines and once made little rear-engined Prinz cars that were quite popular, but when they got absorbed into VW in 1969, their identity kind of disappeared. Auto-Union/Audi got swallowed by VW, too, but they got to keep an identity. What gives, VW?

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  • What It's Like To Drive The Weirdest Car Honda Ever Made

    Growing up, we had a 1980 Honda Accord four-door sedan, a rolling tribute to rationality if there ever was one. As reliable as noon and almost as exciting, the Accord was a great, sensible car that defined Honda in my young brain. Perhaps that’s why I’m so smitten with the Honda Vamos, the least-rational four-wheeled Honda ever made. It’s also arguably the least car Honda ever made and sold, at least in terms of how much raw “car” you get for your money.

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  • Everyone Should Drive A Miata At Least Once

    I don’t love long drives. I tell myself I do because I believe I should. After all, if you enjoy driving, shouldn’t you should have a high stamina for it? A four-hour trip — like the one I recently took to and from Detroit’s Wayne County Airport up to near Traverse City, Michigan for the Empire Hill Climb — is right on that line of being unbearably long to me, where my lower back starts to hurt and I wish I was anywhere but in between two places.

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  • Ghost Cars: The Ford EXP

    Remember when I promised you that my series about Ghost Cars (cars that were once commonplace but are now all but extinct) would continue erratically and occasionally? Well, I’m keeping my promise, because it’s now occasionally and I have a new Ghost Car I’d like to discuss with you: the Ford EXP, and, I suppose, its Mercury Sibling, the LN7. I can’t remember the last time I saw one of these in the wild, but I can definitely remember when they were once just around, part of the carscape of the w

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  • Autopia 2099: The Future Of Electrified Car Shows Is Coming And Jalopnik Wants You There

    The car world is struggling through an era of cynicism and disillusionment these days, and I desperately want us to break through the fog into a world of optimism again. I’m not talking about general positivity, I mean Harley Earl, Raymond Loewy, Buck Rogers, atomic age, world’s fair, Eames chair, mid-mod kind of optimism. We still don’t have jetpacks or flying cars, but we are currently in a new wave of technology shift as electric propulsion steadily inches its way closer to the standard. Let’

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  • I Guess You Have To Kind Of Admire Being This Upbeat About Trashing A Tesla Model S Plaid At A Track Day

    I have to admit, whatever my issues are and clashes have been with the Greater Online Tesla-Adoring Confederacy, you can’t say that there isn’t a certain appeal to having something in your life that can simply do no wrong, and Tesla certainly seems to provide that for many people. That’s the only way I can explain this delightfully optimistic response to a nearly-brand-new $130,000 car turned into a mangled heap covered in skidmarks.

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Car Design (5)

  • The 2023 Kia Sportage Is A Good Reminder That Kia-Hyundai Are The Current Vanguard Of Lighting Design

    Yesterday, Kia revealed to an eager, erotically-charged global community of mainstream crossover buyers their new, completely re-designed 2023 Kia Sportage. Past Sportages haven’t exactly been design standouts, but the current era of Kia-Hyundai design is quite dramatic, and the new Sportage is striking, especially in one area: lighting. I think Kia-Hyundai’s design team is doing something new and interesting with lighting, and I’d like to explore it with you. Because I’m into you.

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  • Neiman Marcus Finally Figured Out Who The GMC Hummer EV Is For

    The GMC Hummer electric vehicle is a horrifying conundrum of a vehicle. What once used to represent sheer excess and gasoline waste will now come with an electrified powertrain and a lot of confusion about who is actually going to buy this thing. Apparently, the GMC Hummer EV’s buyers are Neiman Marcus shoppers.

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  • This Year's Automotive Color Trends Report Is Here And It's Pushing Brown Hard

    I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but every year the German chemical concern BASF — yes, the same BASF that you just bought your last vat of Baxxodur® epoxy-curing agents from — puts out an Automotive Color Trends report. This year’s report is interesting, as it gives some hints that we might finally break free from the tyranny of grayscale, and, significantly, has made a shade of brown the Key Color for the Americas. Also, it’s full of some absolutely dizzying PR/psychobabble bullshit that’

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  • The Fascinating Story Of The First Plastic Car

    In 1981, McLaren changed the car world when it debuted the MP4/1, the first Formula One car with a complete carbon fiber chassis. From then on, slowly but surely, people came to understand that a fiber-reinforced composite — plastic — was the fastest, lightest, strongest, best way to put a performance car together. Long before that McLaren, though, one dad was at work in a Long Island garage.

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  • Frank Stephenson Designed A Car For GTA And It's Ridiculous In All The Right Ways

    The render above is not a new car coming to Grand Theft Auto Online in a future update, though I could very much see how you’d think that, given that it combines elements of at least five different machines into one. GTA cars tend to be absurd mashups of very recognizable models, and designer Frank Stephenson’s latest creation — the Frankenstein — totally fits the bill.

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Chevrolet (3)

  • 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: This Is It

    The base-model C8 Corvette is no slouch. With 495 horsepower and a zero to 60 time under three seconds, it’s got more performance than any of us will likely ever use on the way to work. What about those track rats, though, the ones who bring their ‘Vettes out for weekends of hot laps? Well, they’ve been waiting for this: the track-pack Z06.

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  • The Electric Silverado Will Debut At CES With A Big Glass Roof

    It’s a well-known fact that electric vehicles need big glass roofs. It’s an integral part of the EV design, and they just don’t work right without them. The Mustang Mach-E has one! Okay, bad example. The Tesla Model Y has one! Wait, not that one either. The upcoming electric Silverado will have one! Surely, after GM’s impressive track record with EVs, this can only end well.

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  • Dealers Are Still Playing Games With Corvette C8 Markups

    The Corvette C8 is hot. In Q1 of this year, Chevy moved 6,611 units of the fresh, midengine Vette. Just a few months later in Q2, GM sold another 7,971, while production hiccups have had GM struggling to keep up with demand. The company said in June that it has more orders than it can handle.

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Concept Cars (5)

  • Get Your '70s Fix With The Dodge Challenger Holy Guacamole Concept

    I wish I had grown up in the ‘70s sometimes. Gas and food were cheap, and you could get a Dodge Challenger for under $4,000 brand new. For SEMA, Dodge looks to be catering to those people that want some of that ‘70s flair with the Challenger Holy Guacamole concept, one of seven concepts Stellantis is bringing to SEMA.

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  • Remember When GMC Wanted To Built A Scion Competitor?

    Toward the end of the late ’00s, GM seemed confused as to what it wanted to do with GMC. Since 1998 GMC had been “Professional Grade,” selling rebadged Chevy trucks and SUVs with marketing that suggested they were for pros. But the compact Chevys of the early 2010s led some at GMC to consider an entry level GMC. Enter the Granite concept.

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Crashes and Safety (8)

  • Everyone Survives A Fiery Crash In Florida

    The number of fiery car crashes to go viral on social media are countless. The number of serious injuries and deaths are just as numerous. Rarely does a car hit a solid pole, burst into flames and everyone involved survives. Thankfully, a hard crash had a somewhat happy ending in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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  • Lamborghini Sinks Into Lake After Owner Forgets How To Drive

    Driving cars can be confusing; there’s all the controls to think about, hazards to avoid and, if its a supercar, you’re always on edge that you might scuff your precious paintwork. But for one luxury car driver in Austria, they failed at the fundamentals of driving and plowed their Lamborghini into a lake.

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  • This Is What Happens When A Speeding Amtrak Train Strikes A Stranded Car Hauler

    An Amtrak train demolished a stranded tractor-trailer hauling multiple cars on Friday outside Thackerville, Oklahoma. The truck was unattended at the time of the crash, and five passengers of the reported 110 onboard suffered minor injuries and were transported to local hospitals, according to FOX25 and the Love County Fire Department that responded to the scene.

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  • Watch This Cop's Cat-Like Reflexes Save Him From Being Hit By A Truck

    In general, the less time you spend immobile on a busy highway, the better. This goes for disabled semi-autonomous vehicles, furniture, anything. I’ve changed too many fan belts on roadsides to ever feel good about standing next to highway-speed traffic. That’s why this little clip is so viscerally alarming, and everyone involved is pretty lucky.

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  • Watch An Airplane Get Can Opener'd And Stuck Under A Bridge In India

    Most of our vehicular can-openering videos are courtesy of Durham, North Carolina’s 11 foot 8 bridge, and involve conventional trucks. That’s part of what makes this one so special: it’s in India, and it involves not just a truck, but an actual aircraft, an Airbus A320 once operated by Air India. The plane seems to have been stuck under the bridge for a few days, even. Oh boy.

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  • Lambo Owner Has Patience Of A Saint After Getting Rear-Ended In Viral TikTok UPDATED

    It’s a risky thing, trusting Lamborghini owners. Sure, they’re all fun and gregarious and outgoing, but way too often you start the day admiring the way some friendly stranger’s Aventador’s doors open, only to wake up 14 hours later naked on the lifeboat of a yacht with a bunch of purebred Pomeranians crawling all over you. So, maybe take this now very-viral TikTok video with a grain of salt. Of course, it could also be true, which is, I suppose, even more alarming. I better explain.

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Crime (20)

Entertainment (9)

  • Forza Horizon 5's Car List Is Past 500 And Counting

    You can start playing Forza Horizon 5 on November 9, or four days earlier on November 5 if you’ve preordered the Premium edition of the game. Despite release just a little less than two weeks away, Playground Games has continued to flesh out the game’s car roster, revealing a handful of vehicles at a clip. The current number sits at 504, and it’s worth perusing if you haven’t already and you’re anticipating the game.

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  • Nobody Wanted To Publish Dune Except A Car Repair Manual Company

    In case you’ve recently returned from years of self-exile, or awoken from a decades-long breakdance-related coma: Welcome! The year is 2021, and just last week visionary director Denis Villeneuve released his take on Frank Herbert’s classic novel Dune. While Dune the movie is the absolute center of the current zeitgeist, we’re here to talk about Dune the book — and its interesting ties to automotive history.

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  • The New Official NASCAR Game Is Not Looking Great

    NASCAR 21: Ignition releases on October 28, and it’s a big deal for Motorsport Games, the newly minted publisher that has been inking licensing deals with racing series left and right and acquired rFactor developer Studio 397 earlier this year. NASCAR 21 is built on a wealth of technology new to the franchise — Unreal Engine 4 underpinned by Studio 397's rFactor physics. On paper, it should make for the most realistic, engaging NASCAR simulation yet. Unfortunately, things haven’t quite panned ou

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  • Here's Why That Ride 4 Footage Looked Scarily Real, Courtesy Of The Experts At Digital Foundry

    A clip of motorcycle racing game Ride 4 running at 60 frames per second and 4K resolution on the PlayStation 5 took the internet by storm back in September, prompting amazement from onlookers that modern video games could appear so photorealistic. I was impressed by the footage myself but couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Fortunately, the experts at Digital Foundry are really good at answering such questions, and they did so in a video uploaded last week. I just watched it myself and felt it

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  • Circuit Superstars Is Charming, Old School Isometric Racing Fun

    Top-down racers are enjoying something of a renaissance lately, between last year’s indie darling Art Of Rally and Rush Rally Origins, which goes for a more realistic take on the isometric style. I’ll admit that the from-above perspective has never been my preferred way to play racing games, and so I tend to stay away from the subgenre. But Original Fire’s Circuit Superstars, which left early access on Tuesday, is working itself into my heart in a way none of its contemporaries have yet.

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  • I Played The First 90 Minutes Of Forza Horizon 5's Campaign. Here's What I Think

    We’re less than a month away from Forza Horizon 5, and I for one am very much looking forward to putting away the chilly, cozy waning weeks of the year by sinking myself into another titanic automotive expedition. In the meantime, I was lucky enough to get a taste of the game, as Microsoft allowed Jalopnik to download a playable pre-final build of the upcoming racer including the first 90 minutes of the new single-player campaign, called Horizon Story.

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  • Arcade1Up's Ridge Racer Cabinet Is Probably The Closest We'll Ever Get To A New Game

    If you are beyond a certain age and appreciate cars and video games, you’ll remember Ridge Racer. It was one of the reasons you bought an original PlayStation back in the day, before Gran Turismo was a thing and a legendary press conference gaffe made the franchise a meme. Ridge Racer has been gone for a decade, as of this year. Now, it’s returning in a way that’s both exciting and maddening all at once.

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  • Aston Martin Is Pretty Lucky To Still Have James Bond

    No Time To Die, the 25th James Bond movie, opens October 8 in the U.S., and, having seen it, it is a satisfying end to Daniel Craig’s version of this character. The point of James Bond is drinking, wit, guns, and cars, not necessarily in that order. The point of modern James Bond movies is also selling products, like cars.

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Events (1)

  • Some Of Ford's SEMA Concepts Look Pretty Awesome

    Personally, I’m not a big fan of SEMA. It’s ridiculously crowded, to the point that I had a full-on panic attack on the show floor the first year I attended. Later that night, I also got pickpocketed. So, you know, not exactly a great first impression. But that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate a good SEMA concept.

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Ford (6)

  • Ford Is Testing The 2023 Ranger In Some Extreme Conditions Ahead Of Its Debut

    The 2023 Ford Ranger may still be in its preproduction stages, but Ford has been putting prototypes of its midsize truck through so-called torture testing in extreme environments to test its durability. The carmaker has driven these proto-Rangers well over one million miles so far, in conditions that range from freezing cold to scorching hot temperatures.

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  • Ford Offers Some Questionable Financing On The Maverick

    First, Ford removed its minimum score requirement on 84-month loan terms. Now, the company has unveiled the Maverick’s financing program — and as Cars Direct reports, it should appeal to those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get approved for financing through an automaker.

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  • The 2022 Ford Focus Leaves Me Wondering Why The Active Still Isn't A Thing Here

    The fourth-generation Ford Focus — the one that went on sale outside the U.S. in 2018 — is on the brink of a mid-cycle refresh. While we don’t tend to cover the reveals of new cars not sold on our shores here at Jalopnik, there’s an alternate universe where this Focus, or at least the plastic-clad Active version of it, survived Ford’s passenger car massacre of a few years ago. For that reason, I think it’s worth seeing what we could’ve had. And be sad about it.

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  • 2023 Ranger Teased In Australia With F-150 Design Inspiration

    Do you ever forget about time zones? Y’know, you send someone a text, only to realize that it’s midnight where they are, and they’re not gonna answer until the morning? Australia is a full fifteen hours ahead of us east-coast Americans — and, it seems, ahead by one full generation of the Ford Ranger as well.

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  • Ford Has A New Mustang Trim For 2022 To Separate You From Your Money

    Ford said this Wednesday that it would have two new trims for its Mustang: a (first-ever!) Stealth Edition, and also a California Special but with the GT Performance Package. Sorry, the full name of the Stealth Edition is the Stealth Edition Appearance Package. Ford apparently had a look at all the different trims Dodge makes for Challenger and Charger and decided they wanted in on that too.

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GMC Trucks (1)

  • 2022 GMC Sierra Gets AT4X And Denali Ultimate Trims

    Depending on what you read and when you read it, the GMC Sierra is usually the fourth or fifth best selling pickup on the market. Sometimes right behind its Chevy cousin or behind the Toyota Tacoma. But, it’s also very profitable due to the popularity of more expensive variants, and now GMC is betting there are customers who are willing to spend even more for more comfort and off-road performance.

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Honda (2)

  • The 2022 Honda Civic Hatchback Is A Daily You'll Look Forward To Driving

    Daily drivers are usually boring, reliable transportation between the times that you get to drive what you really want. You expect them to be the cars that get you through the week so you can have fun on the weekend. Honda managed to do something pretty amazing with the 2022 Honda Civic Hatchback: It’s a daily driver fun enough that you’ll look forward to driving it after a long day at work, especially when it’s equipped with a manual transmission.

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Motorcycles (17)

  • The New Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak Is The Performance SUV Of Motorcycles

    We knew this one was coming, didn’t we folks? Back when Ducati first launched its plan to deliver a half dozen new motorcycles by the end of November, it gave us a few hints, and this one was pretty much the easiest to see coming. Ducati has an adventure bike that is pretty pavement-focused, but with the Pikes Peak version of that bike, it has delivered an even more pavement-focused Multistrada. It’s kind of a track-day bike that sits up high, because Porsche can’t have all the fun.

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  • This Cheap Highway-Capable Electric Motorcycle Is Only $5,990

    Electric motorcycles are an enticing way to get around. No exhaust fumes, no emissions, and dirt cheap running costs. But the prices of some electric bikes are so expensive that you could buy a whole car for the cost of just one. Kollter is one of the brands changing that with an electric motorcycle that tops out at 72 mph for only $5,990.

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  • Honda Is Spreading The SEMA Overlanding Craze Onto Two Wheels

    If you’re going to bring a motorcycle to SEMA it has to land with a splash, because there are so few two-wheelers on the show floor that people tend to overlook them. Honda partnered with Overland Expo to develop this gnarly Africa Twin that can do almost anything and go almost anywhere. If you wanted to take this beast out for a month of off-road adventure, you probably could. You know, if you had enough fuel.

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  • Royal Enfield Confirms A More Powerful Himalayan Is Coming

    Royal Enfield’s Himalayan might be its most interesting motorcycle. The relatively light and incredibly inexpensive adventure bike for on/off road trekking has been attracting new and experienced riders alike into RE dealers for a few years now. The biggest downside of the Himalayan is its 24-horsepower thumper mill, which barely has enough power to spin up the rear wheel on a sandy desert trail, let alone keep up with highway speeds. That’s about to change as the brand has confirmed it will bui

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  • When You Pump Up The Power Of A 2021 Indian Challenger Limited You Get A Mega Muscle Bike

    Indian makes an industry-leading American V-twin bagger bike in the form of the Challenger. The one I reviewed was a high-spec Limited model, and I absolutely loved it. I probably wouldn’t spend the thirty grand it takes to buy one, but it’s a damn fine two-wheeler that I was sad — but not devastated — to return back to Indian. If you’re flush with cash and have a desire to ride back and forth across the country for the next ten years, there are worse ways to spend your money. If you want to rea

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  • Ducati Drops Two New Scrambler Models With Throwback Style

    On Thursday Ducati made another unexpected announcement. We knew that there was another Scrambler model coming, but what we didn’t know was that two were coming! One of them, the Scrambler Urban Motard, was pretty much what we expected. The other, the 1100 Tribute Pro, was a totally unexpected shout from the far corners of Italy. Don’t get me wrong, they’re both incredibly cool.

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  • Watch This Stunt Rider Rip An Electric Supermoto Around A Blown Glass Museum

    If you’re unfamiliar with the Corning Museum of Glass, where have you been? It’s a museum of over 50,000 glass objects in New York that has been around since 1951. I’m kidding, I didn’t know about it until I was introduced to it during a binge of the Netflix series Blown Away, a competition about glass blowing. Anyway, it’s safe to say that the things inside the museum are delicate and need to be handled with care. So it stands to reason that you shouldn’t let a stunt motorcycle rider into the m

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  • There's A Helmet Lab In Sweden Working To Save Your Brain In A Motorcycle Crash

    A revolution in riding safety science is happening at a small laboratory in Sweden. Jalopnik has always been a proponent of wearing all the right safety equipment while doing the sketchiest shit, so when the folks at MIPS asked if I wanted to take a peek behind the curtain at how the potentially life-saving sausage is made, I jumped at the opportunity. I recently hopped on a Zoom call for a virtual tour of the lab to see how all of the company’s impact-absorbing slip layers help reduce brain str

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  • A Project With An Easy Fix Is The Dream

    Pulling up the website for craigslist dot org and typing in the word “Project” remains one of my favorite pass times. Every once in a while it turns up a gem like this mid-1990s Harley Sportster bobber. According to the for-sale ad, this bike is in perfect running order aside from a snapped clutch cable. And for that simple failure, the bike has a hefty discount. Come on, that’s a cinch.

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  • Ducati Teases Another New Scrambler Model

    On Tuesday the Italian motorcycle manufacturer announced another upcoming Scrambler model would be unveiled in just a couple days time. While we could just be patient and wait to see what the bike will be, obviously I’d rather speculate and spread rumors, because what else would I do? With a single dark image of the headlight of the bike, there’s very little we can glean from this. But we’re going to try. Let’s try, shall we?

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  • A Can-Am Ryker Is More Ludicrously Fun Than You'd Expect It To Be

    Three-wheelers have a weird place in the vehicular world. They’re not quite motorcycles and not quite cars while coming packed with a load of compromises. I mean, they’re often as wide as cars, and they don’t lean, either. You’d think, then, as I did before, that there’s no way that you can have fun on three wheels.

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  • Kawasaki Is Going All-Electric By 2035 In Some Markets

    Kawasaki has sort of always been known for blasting toward the future of motorcycling. I mean, it’s the only brand out there right now selling a $60,000 supercharged track-only bike with 230 horsepower. So when it sets its sights on changing itself for the future of two-wheel riding, it’s not going to half-ass the effort. In an announcement delivered in Tokyo on October 6th, the company delivered some ground-shaking announcements.

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  • This Custom Zero SR/F Is What Happens When A Shoe Designer And A Barista Build A Bike

    The Zero SR/F electric motorcycle is a pretty rad ride from the start. The sub-500 pound motorcycle has 140 lb-ft of torque, and as much as 200 miles of city range. I still wish it charged faster, but it’s still a pretty great bike. The streetfighter upright naked style with an exposed trellis frame and unique bodywork is rife for the customization. When Thor Drake — owner of See See Motor Coffee company and proprietor of The One Show — met up with Tinker Hatfield — legendary designer of Nike Ai

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  • The 2021 Indian Challenger Is The Ultimate Get Out Of Dodge Machine

    There are normal everyday things that science simply can’t explain. Nobody knows why we need to sleep every night. How bumblebees fly is still a mystery. General anesthesia isn’t fully understood. There’s no explanation as to why the voice in your head only operates at one volume. The biggest anomaly in the known universe, however, is how Indian Motorcycles figured out how to make eight-hundred-forty pounds of bike this fun to ride. It just shouldn’t be possible!

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  • The Tromox Ukko Is The Cheap Electric Grom Of My Dreams

    Have you ever seen a Grom Squad? You’ll come across one every so often in medium to large cities. Eight, ten, sometimes twenty people, all riding compact single-cylinder motorcycles, buzzing their way through the streets while doing wheelies and giving each other high fives. The Honda Grom is fun distillate, and Grom Squads prove it.

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News (75)

  • Two Bystanders Killed In Colorado Police Chase

    I shouldn’t have to explain how dangerous police pursuits can be. No matter how brief chases could be, the danger to those caught in the path of the suspect and the police are incredibly high. Earlier this week, the community of Brighton, Colorado was irreparably damaged in the span of less than two minutes.

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  • The Simca Vedette: A '50s American-Style Sedan Built In France

    The sight of a French car on American roads today is slightly more common than spotting a unicorn. But, I’m not here to talk about the fading memories of French automakers being involved in the U.S. market. I’m going to take a quick look at the other side of this relationship. How American influence resulted in a unique French homage to the Motor City, the Simca Vedette.

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  • Ferrari Sued A Body Kit Maker To Stop People FXXKing Up Their 488s

    Ferrari is known for making nice cars for rich people. It also makes very exclusive cars for the super-rich, and it likes to keep those two groups of buyers separate. To prove this, the Italian car maker set out to defend the exclusivity of its La Ferrari-based FXX K, which was being threatened by a German firm that offered a kit to transform your regular Ferrari into the multi-million-dollar monster.

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  • This Damning Report On Car Loans Is The Scariest Thing You'll See This Halloween

    Auto loans have long been what we in the industry call “a shitshow.” Long terms, high payments, and predatory lending tactics have dominated the industry for years. Now, a terrifying study from Consumer Reports shows that things are worse than anyone thought — and with increasing investment in auto-loan-backed securities, another financial crisis could be brewing. Double, double, toil and trouble.

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  • Toyota's New Battery Electric Concept Has A Stupid Yoke Like A Tesla And It's All Just Embarrassing

    Toyota is good at a lot of things, but their greatest strength is that they can build affordable, very reliable cars by the metric crapton. That’s a fantastic quality in a major carmaker. What they’re not so good at is innovation; part of why they’re so good at reliability is that they tend to stick with tried-and-true technologies. That may be why their new battery electric vehicle platform, bZ4x, seems so underwhelming. It doesn’t explain why they’re copying one of the stupidest EV ideas out t

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  • FAA Let American Airlines Fly 'Unairworthy' Planes: Report

    The Inspector General has released a report raising concerns that safety regulators fail to ensure that American Airlines identifies the causes of maintenance problems. The audit says the airline flew planes in “unairworthy” condition, including one that flew with a broken emergency slide for well over two years before informing regulators.

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  • Cars Explode As Fire Rips Through Auto Auction House

    A US car auctioneer was destroyed last night as flames ripped through the site in New Jersey. Firefighters tackled the blaze into the early hours of Wednesday morning as the fire tore through the US Auto Auction warehouse in the Pennsauken township.

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  • UAW Striker Killed On John Deere Picket Line

    A United Auto Workers striker was hit and killed by a car this morning, as reported by OurQuadCities. Not a lot is known at this time, but we do know the striker was hit near the picket line at about 6:00 a.m. local time this morning. Their death has been confirmed by the county coroner, and you can expect more information once the family has been notified.

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  • McLaren's CEO Is Out

    The signs from McLaren have been worrying for a while now, particularly after the company sold its iconic headquarters in April for $236 million. Now, its CEO has resigned.

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  • GM Is Throwing Its Hat In The Charging Infrastructure Ring

    EV charging infrastructure in the US is not great. We have an assortment of different plugs, chargers that vary wildly in speed, and massive deserts without chargers for miles in any direction. General Motors is poised to help out on one of those points — and hopefully, in the process, not make the others worse.

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  • The 2023 Corvette Z06 Has The Biggest And Widest Carbon Fiber Wheels Ever

    If you’re a fan of high performance sports cars, you’re likely already familiar with Carbon Revolution. The Australian-based company has been developing lightweight carbon wheels for fourteen years, providing OEM and aftermarket wheels with a reduced rotating and unsprung mass for better all-around performance. This technology has been pushed to new limits in the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with a new 5-spoke design and a rear wheel with 21 inch by 13 inch dimensions.

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  • Have Your People Talk To Bugatti's People, Chiron Orders Are Closing

    We at Jalopnik understand that our readers have a discerning, sophisticated palate for automobiles. Nothing but the best will do, no price too high and no curb weight too low. Thus, we find it our solemn duty to inform you: Production of the Bugatti Chiron is ending. Place your final orders now.

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  • Are The Feds Actually Thinking About Regulating Tesla?

    In a rare bit of good news for Autopilot, Tesla’s Level 2 driver assistance system, the National Transportation Safety Board recently determined that it was not in use during a tragic wreck involving a Tesla Model S that killed two people. Instead, the wreck appears to have been caused by driver error. Unfortunately for Tesla, that doesn’t mean the NTSB is fully on board with it beta-testing unproven software on public streets. In fact, the NTSB just sent a letter to Tesla that suggests a change

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  • September Was The Biggest Month For RV Sales On Record

    The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international travel has inspired an increasing number of Americans to explore their own backyard when picking a vacation spot. This rising number of people hitting the road for their vacations is now bolstering sales of RVs, which hit a record high last month.

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  • Lucid Motors Is Delivering Cars To Customers Now

    Over the weekend, Lucid Motors tweeted a photo of what appears to be several production versions of its all-electric Air sedan on a truck, ready for transport. We’ve reached out to Lucid to confirm this is the case, and we’ll update this article if we hear back.

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  • Mexico Has Good Reason To Give Millions Of Illegally Imported American Cars Amnesty

    It’s estimated that as many as one quarter of cars on Mexican roads are in fact unregistered American cars illegally imported to the country, driven with perhaps retired U.S. plates or counterfeit ones. They’re nicknamed chocolate cars, so named because of the word’s similarity to the Mexican word for crooked, “chueco.” This week, the Mexican government gave owners of chocolate cars a reprieve by allowing them to pay a one time fee of 2,500 pesos ($124) to formally legalize and register their ve

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  • Remote California Gas Station Now Charges $7 Per Gallon

    Gas is expensive. And these days, increasing taxes on fuel, higher costs of oil extraction and a drive to shift away from fossil fuels all mean that prices could continue to rise in the months and years to come. But, residents in one California town are already stuck paying sky-high prices whenever they fill their car.

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  • GM Performance Parts Will Pack Your 1,004 HP Crate Motor With An Unholy Amount Of Displacement

    It has never been easier to make 1,000 horsepower. You could buy a wrecked Tesla Model S Plaid and swap in some electric all-wheel-drive power. You could call up Mopar and get a “Hellephant”, that is until they sold out of them. And now you’ve got a quick and easy third option, to call up General Motors Performance Parts and get this massive ZZ632 10.4-liter big block. No matter what you like, electric, supercharged, or naturally aspirated, now the only excuse for not putting down four-figure ho

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  • Elon Musk Despises A New NHTSA Appointee

    Yesterday, Reuters reported that the Biden administration would be naming two people to positions at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This would not ordinarily be notable, except that, thankfully, Tesla CEO Elon Musk happens to have an issue with one of them. 

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  • If You Need Another Reason To Hate Stink Bugs, They're Now Holding Up Australian Car Shipments

    The brown marmorated stink bug is a pest that truly unites the world. We have them here in the United States of course, but apparently they also pose a daily annoyance to our neighbors in Europe and Asia. Their global ubiquity is owed to their ability to lie dormant for months, before temperatures rise and they’re awakened — at which point they like to destroy crops. As you can imagine, shipping containers function as an excellent vehicle for their torment.

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  • Miata Looks On As Mount Aso Erupts

    Mount Aso, a volcano in Japan, began erupting on Wednesday, Oct. 20. at 11:43 a.m. local time. A whole slew of JDM cars looked on as ash and lava spewed from the active volcano, hitting heights up to 2.2 miles above the crater.

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  • GMC Is Laughing In The Face Of The Chip Shortage

    GM has been hit by the chip shortage harder than other automakers, but that apparently doesn’t include GMC, which said Tuesday that 2021 might end up a record year for the brand for Sierra sales. This is in part a deliberate decision on GMC’s part to prioritize chips for Sierra production.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • California High School Is Teaching Teens To Drive 18-Wheelers

    At first glance, it may sound odd to hear that high schoolers are learning to drive big rigs, but that’s exactly what’s happening at California’s Patterson High School. As NPR reports, Patterson High recently began offering a students the opportunity to attend a truck driving school as part of its Career Technical Education Program.

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  • Jeep's CEO Really Stepped In It

    In February, Chuck Hoskin Jr., the chief of the Cherokee Nation, said it was time for Jeep to get a new name for its SUVs, which prompted Jeep to reply with a non-answer. I’m excited to report that Jeep has stepped in it again.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • What's Left Of Saab Scrambles To Find New Owner Before Its Current, Debt-Riddled One Implodes

    Nothing good ever happens to Saab. I pray this immutable fact will one day no longer hold true, that there’s a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel for a name that’s been dragged through the worst. But that day hasn’t come yet as NEVS, the handler of Saab’s assets and trade name, is desperately searching for a new owner or at least funding before it’s crushed under the weight of Evergrande’s imminent failure.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • The Car Shortage Is About To Get A Whole Lot Worse

    When you get into your car in the morning, you probably aren’t thinking about what materials actually go into its construction. [This is Jalopnik, so a lot of you probably are.—ED] Sure, you might have considered the sheer number of semiconductors powering all the gadgets that come with modern cars, but the actual metal structure of your car likely hasn’t had that much of an impact on you.

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  • Next-Gen Nissan Leaf Will Reportedly Become A Crossover

    Nissan plans to introduce the replacement for the current Leaf for the 2025 model year, a recent report from Autocar alleges. If the details in the report are correct, the new Leaf will be built in Nissan’s Sunderland UK plant and will use the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi group’s new CMF-EV platform. Oh, and it will also become a crossover, not a hatchback like the current Leaf.

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  • How My 1966 Ford Mustang Nearly Derailed An Indian Wedding

    Last month my 1966 Ford Mustang had the honor of transporting an Indian wedding’s groom in his Baraat ceremony — a task that I knew would put the vehicle’s cooling system to the test. So I upgraded my fan, installed a shroud, and threw in a transmission cooler just in case. Sadly, it wasn’t enough to keep the temperatures down, and things nearly went off the rails.

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  • A Salaried John Deere Employee Reportedly Hit A Striking UAW Member With A Car

    If you haven’t heard already, John Deere workers recently went on strike. The corporate response was to bring in salaried employees and others to keep the factory running, which as you can imagine, has not exactly gone well. But according to the latest report, the situation got a lot worse after one of those employees drove their car into a striking UAW member.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • British Driver Fined Because Traffic Camera Misread Someone Else's Shirt

    Over the years, we’ve covered quite a few news stories related to traffic cameras. From a town that was forced to pay back millions of dollars in fines to a camera that regularly ticketed a parked car, and even an Oregon man who was fined by the state for suggesting improvements to the camera system, there’s been no shortage of stories about traffic cameras behaving badly. But getting a traffic fine for someone else’s shirt? This is a new one, even for us.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • John Deere Is Not Telling The Truth About Wages

    In case you missed it, workers at Deere & Co., which owns the John Deere brand, are striking after rejecting a contract that wouldn’t give them a significant enough increase in wages. And as it turns out, the reports floating around that Deere workers make $60-70,000 per year are not accurate.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Waymo Cars Can't Figure Out One California Dead-End Street

    There’s a game I play every morning called, “Where the hell is my Roomba?” There’s a good chance our aptly-named Mark Suckerberg didn’t make it back to its Roomba port, at which point the hunt is on. Did it get stuck on the rug again? Is it under the couch? Is it still bumbling aimlessly, trying to figure out how to get out of a corner? That’s what’s going on with Waymo’s autonomous cars in San Francisco.

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  • Porsche Now Sells Two Taycans For Every Model S That Tesla Ships

    There was a time when the Tesla Model S was the pinnacle of the electric car market. It was fast, had an impressive range and, if you ignored the quality control issues, was a fairly nice place to be. But now, rich people with a hankering to go electric have found a new dealer to take their dollar: The local Porsche garage.

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  • No, Your Driver Aids Won't Work In Storms: AAA Report

    In what may be of little surprise to anyone who knows how car technology works, the American Automobile Association (AAA) that driver aid systems probably aren’t going to work in storms or other inclement weather conditions that will obstruct your vision.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • New Acura Integra Will Get A Manual Transmission, Probably Won't Suck

    Ever since Acura announced plans to bring back the Integra, details on what exactly the new Integra will be have remained scarce. A spokesperson for the Japanese automaker said it would have “the same fun-to-drive spirit and DNA of the original,” but that’s not exactly much to go on. Now, however, we at least know one thing about the new Integra. It’s getting a manual transmission.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • Dead: The Cutest Hatch From South America, The Volkswagen Fox

    Volkswagen Brazil is killing the Fox hatchback for one of the lamest reasons possible. Volkswagen needs its Fox production line to crank out more T-Cross models because even a practical, little hatch is powerless against the onslaught of sport utility vehicles. And what does the Fox say? Well, nothing. Not anymore. Are you happy, SUVs? Are you happy now?

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • The Ford Mustang GT And Mach 1 Lose 10 Horsepower Each For 2022

    What happens when you have a V8-powered muscle car in a market that is headed towards a zero-emission, electric future? You lose power. Ford Authority reports that a bulletin sent to Ford dealers details changes for the 2022 Mustang, mainly a loss of power for two of its V8 models.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Stylish Elk Has Its Tire Necklace Removed By The Man UPDATED

    For the last two years, a bull elk has been running around sporting a jaunty car tire around his neck. Yesterday night, Colorado Parks wildlife officers finally caught the elk and removed the tire by tranquilizing the elk and sawing his antlers off. Why did they have to saw off his antlers to get this tire off, and what do they have against an elk with a little bit of daring fashion sense? And all this during rutting season? What’s going on here? Well, I hunted down some answers for you.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • This Hayabusa-Powered Track Machine Looks Like A Three-Wheelin' Good Time

    If your goal is to build a lightweight car devoid of purpose save going quickly and excitedly around a race track, it makes a lot of sense to remove as much superfluous ephemera as you can from the get go. That’s what the Corso Concepts team have been doing for the last two and a half years, apparently. They took the idea of a track car and stripped it down to the bare minimum requirements. Starting with a blank sheet, they figured out everything they didn’t need and just left it on the cutting

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • The Mercedes EQS Gets An EPA-Rated 350 Miles Of Range

    The Mercedes EQS is a car that starts at $102,310 here in the U.S., and one that touts a 478-mile WLPT range, which is what they use in Europe. In the U.S., though, range is EPA-tested, and it usually results in a lower number. For the EQS, that has come out at 350 miles.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • There Are Now Five Different Recalls On The Hyundai Sonata

    It’s tough building a car. You’ve got to get the body panels in place, the wheels have to spin, and the doors need to open and close. Couple all that with an engine that functions, and you’re looking at a lot of work and a lot of potential areas where things can go wrong.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Cadillac Removes More Cadillac From Its Logo

    There was a time when automakers really dedicated themselves to the logo flourish, slapping on fancy colors, cursive writing, or classical-inspired icons — but that time is not now. Cadillac has yet again trimmed down its logo to signify its upcoming electric future. Now, its logo will be entirely black and white.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • So Much For The Chrysler Voyager

    The oft-derided minivan is still here, but buyers have seemingly fewer and fewer choices as we transition to SUVs, with American buyers now only able to get the Chysler Pacifica, Toyota Sienna, Kia Carnival, Honda Odyssey, and Chrysler Voyager. Well, scratch that last one off the list, I guess: A new report says that for 2022, Voyager will be fleet-only.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Mazda Wants To Introduce Three All-New SUVs By 2023

    Mazda has been making waves in the new car department for the past few years, upgrading their public perception from discount brand to luxury marque, and its crossovers and SUVs are largely to thank for growing sales. So, Mazda has announced that it’ll be introducing three new SUVs before 2023: the CX-50, the CX-70, and the CX-90.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Uber Is Being Sued Over Its "Racist" Facial Recognition System

    Rideshare company Uber is back in headlines once again, and for the wrong reasons: the company has been accused of using a racially biased facial recognition algorithm. The United Kingdom labor union, the Independent Workers’ Union (IWGB), is taking the company to court over it, Vice reports.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • The 2022 Honda Civic Type R Is The Ghost Of Civics Past

    Honda released the first official photos of the upcoming 2022 Civic Type R today, ahead of a testing trip to the Nürburgring. The car hasn’t made its official debut yet, so the fine details of the body work are covered in camouflage, but the pictures are clear enough to show us some of the differences from the base Civic hatch. When I first saw these photos, long before any coffee entered my system, I had a thought: this car looks exactly like the best Civics of the 90s.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Jaguar Land Rover Settles With Volkswagen Group Over Similar Tech

    In a suit that was ended just before it was about to get ugly, Automotive News reports that Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen Group have reached a settlement agreement over VW’s alleged copying of their off-road tech. The suit was part of an effort to block the import and sale of VW, Porsche, Audi, and Lamborghini SUVs and crossovers. No details of the settlement were released.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • There's A Major Oil Spill In Southern California

    An oil spill off the southern California has caused massive damage to the delicate wetland environment in what local officials have described as a catastrophe and a “potential ecological disaster,” Reuters reports.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Even The Fully Loaded Lotus Emira Will Be Under $100,000

    The next generation of Lotus mid-engine sports car is here, and it’s not as expensive as we had thought it might be. The two-seat sports car comes with a choice 0f two engines, the Mercedes-delivered turbocharged four cylinder or the same Edelbrock-supercharged Toyota-based V6 that Lotus has been using for a few years now. If you want a manual transmission, you’ll have to opt for the V6, which delivers 400 roaring horsepower, otherwise both engines can come with automatic transmissions. While pr

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Nice Price or No Dice (20)

Nostalgia You Can Taste (2)

  • Here Are All The Cars That You Missed From Radwood Greenwich

    We’re big fans of Rad-era cars here at Jalopnik. The ‘80s and ‘90s saw the auto industry take some truly incredible steps in technology, performance and design. So when Radwood announced a 2021 show in Greenwich, CT, just a quick train ride from our NY office, making the trip out was a no-brainer.

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  • Swiss Tuning Shop Finally Gives Ferrari's Testarossa The 201 MPH Top Speed It Deserves

    Earlier this year Swiss design firm Officine Fioravanti announced its intent to “enrich the pureness” of one of Ferrari’s most iconic models, the wildly-80s besidestraked Testarossa. The company pushed the envelope of modern technology to make the legendary car faster, more powerful, and just all-around better. The culmination of several months of testing and advancement on a decades-old platform is this impressive machine. It, um, looks exactly like a Testarossa. So what gives?

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Planelopnik (10)

  • Flight Forced Into Emergency Landing By First Class Idiot Punching An Attendant

    I’ve never flown first class, but from all the aspirational posters airlines tout of their top-tier accommodation it looks like quite a nice place to be. It definitely doesn’t look like the kind of environment that would make me so angry I punched someone in the face. I wouldn’t call that acceptable first class behavior. But on a flight from New York to California, one first class idiot did just that.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Sewage From Passing Plane 'Splattered' Man In His Garden

    Scottish comic Billy Connolly has a sketch about a machine that throws human waste out into the air whenever you flush a plane toilet. He calls it the Jobbie Weeker. It’s all very funny, and very much not how plane toilets work. But that hasn’t helped one unsuspecting gardener who was showered in shit from a leaky toilet onboard an airliner.

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  • Be The Coolest Pilot In The Sky In This Supersonic Fighter Jet

    I’m going to need you to stop what you’re doing and check out this tantalizing plane for sale. This 1962 Canadair CF-104D Starfighter is a supersonic fighter jet that goes Mach 2, and it could be yours for $850,000. It sounds like a whole hell of a lot of fun. Group buy, anyone?

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  • The Story Of A Guy's Dad's Junkyard Airplane Abandoned At An Indian Airport Is Fascinating

    While my dad never attempted to repair anything more complicated than a stapler, I knew plenty of other Area Dads that had long-term project cars in various states of repair. I’m a dad like that now, as is our editor-in-chinos, Rory. They’re a common trope. This one guy, though, Chris Croy, has everybody beat when it comes to dad-vehicular-restoration projects, because his involves a passenger aircraft, and it ends up causing hassles for an airport in India for 24 years. You have to hear his sto

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Travel To Canada Has Only Gotten More Complex

    A little over a year ago, I drove across the Canadian border to visit my husband in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic — and as I embarked on a journey back to Canada last week, I couldn’t help but realize that travel has only grown all the more complex.

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Porsche (1)

QOTD (43)

  • Here Are The Cars That Haunt Your Nightmares

    To celebrate the spookiest season, we wanted to uncover the creepy cars that keep you up at night. From cars you previously owned to monstrous mechanical mishaps, we had some truly harrowing tales.

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  • What Car Still Haunts Your Nightmares?

    Love it or loathe it, it’s almost Halloween! And while things may not be fully back to normal for spooky revelers this year, we can still celebrate the scarier side of the car world. So for today’s question, we want to hear about the cars that still haunt your nightmares.

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  • What's One Thing You Wish Non-Car People Got About Cars?

    This might come as a surprise to you, but everyone in the office here likes cars. We like weird cars, fast cars, exotic cars, electric cars and even cars that don’t have the right number of wheels. Anything loosely considered a car, we’re into. And I’m sure that’s the same for you, but did you know some people don’t like cars?

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Here Are The Most Overrated Features In Modern Cars

    The number of features in modern cars is at levels never seen before. And not all the features are useful or needed. Some can be annoying for being intrusive. Others can start out useful but quickly outgrow their usefulness.

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  • What's The Most Overrated Feature In Modern Cars?

    Modern cars come with everything except the kitchen sink these days. But not every feature crammed into your daily driver was created equally, and some just never quite live up to the hype. So today, we want to uncover the most overrated features in modern cars.

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  • What's The Worst Piece Of Car Advice You've Ever Heard?

    Opinions: Everyone’s got one. And when it comes to driving or anything else having to do with cars, it seems like everybody on the road wants to give you their two cents’. And that’s what we want to hear today—the unsolicited advice you’ve heard from the car community—or maybe some bad advice you’ve given.

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  • What's The Most Indestructible Car Ever Made?

    Sure, it’s great to have a fast, pretty or luxurious car parked in your driveway. But, what if you want a car that will never break and can last you a lifetime? In that case, you might want something that’s known for being indestructible.

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  • What's The Best Rental Car You've Ever Driven?

    Rental cars are the fastest cars you can drive. That’s an undeniable fact. But not all rental machines are created equally. Sometimes, they’re plasticky boxes that suck all the fun out of driving, while other times, they can wind up being the best car you’ve ever driven.

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  • Here Are Your Forever Cars

    Cars, as they are now, are probably some of the last pieces of technology designed to be able to last a fairly long time with proper maintenance. We all have that one car that we would be good with for the rest of our lives.

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  • What Would Be Your Forever Car?

    Today, everything is designed to be obsolete eventually. Your phone will be outdated within a year, the windows on your house will need updating for something more efficient, and even your car will be replaced with a new model almost every year. But what if instead of always replacing these things, you held onto them forever?

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • These Are The Slowest-Looking Fast Cars

    Looks can belie performance. Aero is important and all, but not every fast car is going to look like “it is speed.” Some cars look like downright derps, but still rip.

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  • What's The Slowest-Looking Fast Car?

    When it comes to performance, looks don’t count for anything. If you show a picture of a Ferrari Mondial to anyone with less than a passing interest in cars, they might assume it was a speed machine. Alas, it was not, and despite its 3.0-liter V8 motor, managed 0-60 in 9.3 seconds. Yawn.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Here Are The Best Small Cars Of All Time

    Oversized cars are overrated. You don’t need a 20-foot SUV to drive around cities, and you can get away with a much smaller vehicle if you want to have fun on twisty, winding country roads. That’s why we turned to you in order to uncover the best small cars out there.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • What's The Best Small Car Of All Time?

    Not everyone needs to drive a mammoth SUV, oversized truck, or a stretched out sedan. In fact, a smaller car can fit the needs of most drivers. So today, we want to uncover the best micro-sized cars of all time.

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  • Here Are The Cars You'd Pay To See In A Museum

    Be it in their design, cultural impact, or both, some vehicles leave a lasting impression. Good or bad, an impression is an impression. And some are good enough that a museum should hold them so future generations can look at them and see why they have the significance that they do.

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  • What Car Would You Pay To See In A Museum?

    We here at Jalopnik love cars in all shapes and sizes. In some cases, their design and construction can outshine the work of many artists and sculptors. But this isn’t historically a view that has been shared by the world’s museums and galleries.

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  • What's The Worst Expensive Car Currently On Sale?

    It seems inevitable that cars will get more and more expensive each year. In 2021, that rate of increase seems to have skyrocketed, spurred on by the never-ending chip shortage saga. As a result, the average new car price in the US has risen $5,000 in just nine months!

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  • The Ten Best Cheap Cars On Sale Today

    You don’t have to spend a fortune to get a good set of wheels, and sometimes a cheap car can be just as much fun to drive as something twice its price. Hot hatchbacks have historically given owners shed-loads of fun on a budget, while entry-level sedans now pack a host of high-end features.

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  • Here Are The Most Old School Cars On Sale Today

    Some cars haven’t changed much since their introductions. That may or may not be a good thing, depending on who you ask and what vehicle it is. Sometimes the charm is in its age. Other times modern features mixing with an older vehicle can make it worse.

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  • 10 Made-Up Motors You Wish Were Real

    It’s amazing the vehicles designers can come up with when they aren’t constrained by the forces of nature or regulatory restrictions. From sci-fi-inspired motorbikes to a space ship based on an old RV, when limited by nothing but the world of make believe, anything is possible.

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  • What Made Up Cars Deserve A Chance At Reality?

    Picture this: you’re re-watching The Flintstonesm and you wonder, “How fast could I get the The Flintmobile to go?” We’ve all been there, right? But, The Flintmobile isn’t the only fictitious vehicle created exclusively for the realms of TV, film, and video games. With that in mind, we want to know, what is the one made up car that you wish was real?

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • What Car Would You Erase From History?

    Here at Jalopnik, we celebrate the car in all its guises. From video game vehicles to real life exotics, we love to talk about anything with wheels and a motor. But sometimes, believe it or not, cars can be bad. So with that in mind, is there a car that you’d like to erase from history?

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Here Are The American Cars You Think Are The Most Reliable

    For many drivers, a reliable ride is the most important factor when picking a new car. And thankfully, America has produced some sturdy machines over the years so you won’t need to spend your weekends repairing, welding or re-wiring every inch of your car.

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  • What's The Most Reliable American Car Ever Built?

    Sure, it’s exciting driving around in something exotic and unpredictable, like an Alfa Romeo or classic Lotus. But every now and then, you need a car that just works. Something that can get you from A to B without any drama, leaks, or big clouds of smoke. What’s thecar you want when you need to sit behind the wheel of something reliable?

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  • What's The Least Convincing Performance-Branded Version Of A Car?

    Marketing is a hell of a drug. And in the world of cars, where a manufacturer might build five different versions of the same vehicle each differentiated by its own arbitrary alphanumeric signifier, marketing becomes especially influential. Today, we’re going to talk about the most disappointing cases of an automaker giving a particular model a designation it didn’t deserve. What’s the least convincing performance-branded version of a car?

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  • Here Are The Most Underrated Off-Roaders

    Being trail rated is a Jeep thing, officially. So, it’s something I probably wouldn’t understand. Luckily, there’s plenty of other capable cars you can count on when the road runs out.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • What's The Most Underrated Off-Roader?

    The Jeep Wrangler is what most American drivers think of when they imagine a gnarly off-roader. Lately, the Ford Raptor has also become a paragon of off-road ability. Both of these machines are great! But there’s a bunch of other off-roaders out there that are mostly overlooked. What do you think is the most underrated off-roader?

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • What Car Being Sold Today Will Never Be A Collectible?

    If collectible cars are the models that people keep on the road or in good running condition way past their normal service lives, the cars that aren’t collectibles are those that drivers won’t see any reason to hold onto, cars that will almost certainly become scrap one day. Cars that may have been useful when modern, but were never memorable.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Here Are The Future Collectible Cars You Can Buy Today

    If the combustion car hasn’t peaked, it’s cresting towards an end, now that battery-electric vehicles are emerging as the industry’s next step. That doesn’t mean there aren’t collectible ICE cars out there. Far from it! The models here represent the culmination of decades of improvement for internal combustion.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • What Car Being Sold Today Is A Future Collectible?

    The term “collectible” conjures a specific type of car. It usually brings to mind an older car that we now celebrate for its design or mechanical and technical innovation. Some cars earn collectible status over time, after we’ve had time to reconsider them. Some are clearly instant classics that never really dip in value. Regardless, I feel like you can kind of look at a car today and make a call on whether anyone will spend the time and money keeping it on the road for the next half century. Wh

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • What's The Coolest Thing About Your Car?

    Is it human nature to want to talk trash about everything in sight? It seems like it, at least in this era of consistent nihilism. But I want to turn the tables. I want to know what you think is the coolest thing about your car.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • What Do You Want From Your Weekends At Jalopnik?

    I have some tough news for you fine folks who join me here each weekend: I’m moving on from this post and taking up a position. I’m not going far — I’ll still be writing within the Jalopnik family — but I’ll keep you on your toes about what that position is going to be. But before I head out, I want to know: What do you want from your weekends?

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  • What New Car Is Headed For The Crusher?

    While some cars live long lives as collectibles, others are doomed to the scrap heap. This might sound harsh, but some new cars are just dead on arrival. There are some cars that somehow made it onto lots, despite having big faults of some form or another and they’re probably going to end in a junkyard or worse. What new model do you think is headed for the crusher?

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Racing (100)

  • Anthony Davidson Announces His Retirement From Racing

    Earlier today on Twitter, Sky Sports F1 analyst and former Formula One driver Anthony Davidson announced his retirement from racing. Davidson currently races in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Joda Sport. Yesterday, Davidson and his two teammates finished third in class in the 6 Hours of Bahrain. His final race will be next weekend again at Bahrain International Circuit for the 8 Hours of Bahrain, the WEC season finale.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • A Formula Regional Driver Launches Off Kerb And Collects Teammate

    Sausage kerbs have increasingly become the cause of dangerous incidents over the past few years. The device was meant to forcefully delineate the limits of the track separate from the paved runoff area. These huge kerbs also have the tendency to launch cars into the air and physically harm drivers. Last weekend in Austin, Abbie Eaton was forced to sit out the second race of the W Series season-ending doubleheader due to a vertebral compression fracture she suffered after driving over a kerb duri

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • The Failed 1961 British Breakaway From Formula One

    Since the inception of the world championship, a large part of Formula One’s intrigue has revolved around paddock rumors, gossip, and speculation. While some bold claims may come to fruition, many don’t and are forgotten by fans over time. There are also rumors that recur so often that they have become clichéd, like Ferrari threatening to quit Formula One. My favorite clichéd rumor has been dormant for a decade now is the prospect of a breakaway grand prix championship.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • The United States Grand Prix Had More COVID-19 Cases Than Most Other F1 Races This Year

    This year, Formula One and the FIA have mandated that anyone working at a Grand Prix take a COVID-19 test to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. And it comes as little surprise that the race in the United States brought one of the highest numbers of positive cases seen over the season. The only events where a greater or equal amount of positive cases turned up were in Belgium, Bahrain, and the Netherlands — but the high number of personnel that turned up to the US GP meant its ratio of

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  • All Honda Civics Deserve To Be Race Cars

    Honda has always built racing variants of its street cars. Even today that still rings true, as Honda just launched its newest Civic-based touring car. Built for the SRO TC America Series, the new 11th generation 2022 Honda Civic Si features a turbocharged engine and a 6-speed manual gearbox cribbed directly from the street car. Developed in part from HPD’s efforts with the tenth-generation Civic Si TCA racer, the new car is built up from a body-in-white for maximum performance from day one.

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  • All The Carnival Rides At Circuit Of The Americas, Ranked

    On Friday morning, I looked up at the media center television at Circuit of the Americas to see a father and son being whisked around a tiny rollercoaster whose cars were shaped like a caterpillar. I mused to myself, “I need to do that.” Former Jalop contributor Alanis King was sitting next to me in the media center and said, “So let’s do it.” Readers: We did.

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  • The Miami Grand Prix's Ticket Prices Soar To The Thousands

    The Miami Grand Prix is pegged to be one of the more exciting venues in the 2022 Formula One season, if only for the location and not the track. And the massively expensive pre-sale tickets proved exactly how much F1 is looking to make off the event. Many of those tickets have already soard to the thousands of dollars.

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  • The Polar Porsche Is Ready To Run On The Ice In Antarctica

    Rally driver Renée Brinkerhoff will set off for Antarctica this summer in an effort to become the first woman to drive on all seven continents. Summer runs from October to February in Antarctica, though, which means that Brinkerhoff’s Team Valkyrie will find itself at Union Glacier, Antarctica very soon.

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  • The United States Grand Prix Really Was That Packed

    I’ve been to the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas just about every year since 2014, and believe me when I tell you that last weekend’s event really was that packed. In fact, I’ve never seen so many people at the track before, for any event — ever.

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  • I Smelled All The F1 Perfumes So You Don't Have To

    At the end of 2020, Formula One debuted a five-scent line of perfumes in collaboration with Designer Parfums that are somehow designed to mimic the smells of a race weekend. I finally got a chance to sniff my way through the collection at the United States Grand Prix, and I’ve come to share my findings with you.

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  • Nikita Mazepin Is Not Having Fun Out There

    Of the cars that did not DNF, Nikita Mazepin finished last on Sunday at the United States Grand Prix, as he has in all but four races this Formula 1 season. Obviously, he has all of zero points for the driver’s championship. I thought maybe he was doing all this for shits and giggles but it doesn’t even sound like he’s having much fun in the process.

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  • This 1500 HP Nissan Hatchback Looks Super Sketchy To Drive, But It's Damn Fast

    A few times a year some crazy German drag racers gather at Airport Neuhardenberg for some half-mile top speed challenge racing, and the high level of stuff that shows up to this event is truly spectacular. Just like runway racing here in the States, there’s plenty of exotic and high-end sports car metal with big turbos and even bigger speed, but also like runway racing here in the States, the most impressive stuff is the small cars with big turbos.

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  • Max Verstappen Wins A Tactical Duel In Austin

    Record crowds were in attendance today at the Circuit of the Americas as Formula One held its first race in the United States in two years. Like the sea of spectators seen on Friday, the main championship protagonists came wheel-to-wheels earlier than expected. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had a small run-in on the approach to turn 1. Verstappen yielded and then flipped the bird to the seven-time world champion, setting the tone for the weekend.

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  • Fabio Quartararo Becomes 2021 MotoGP World Champion

    Today’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Misano ended up providing a stunning conclusion for the championship fight in MotoGP between Yahama’s Fabio Quartararo and Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia. Quartararo entered Sunday only needing to finish ahead of Bagnaia to become champion, while Bagnaia needed to outscore Quartararo by three points to remain mathematically eligible in the next round.

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  • The First Race In Texas Was A Hot Mess

    When Dallas hosted the Formula One World Championship for the first time in 1984, it was imagined that the race would be the inaugural edition of a long-standing event. An event that would elevate Dallas, Texas to being a major city on the international stage. According to the New York Times, the race organizers spent $6 million arranging the F1 round with $2.5 million of that amount going to circuit construction. They hoped to make a profit after holding the race again next year. However, the 1

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  • Is The U.S. Ready For Three F1 Races Again?

    In 1982, the United States became the first country to host three races in a single Formula One World Championship season. The trio of events featured races in Long Beach, downtown Detroit, and Las Vegas in the infamous parking lot at Caesars Palace. Another country wouldn’t hold three F1 races in the same year until Italy during the pandemic-affected 2020 season. With the addition of the Miami Grand Prix for the 2022 season, the U.S. seems to be on the verge of hosting three grands prix in a fu

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  • The Last Stand For Rossi's Chainsaw-Wielding Fans

    One of the most vivid differences between MotoGP and Formula One is the legions of absurdly rowdy fans that line the track at each MotoGP event. The return of spectators at some events this season was certainly welcome after running the 2020 season with either severely limited attendance or behind closed doors. The return is even more welcome considering that this is the final season for nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi.

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  • The American Divide That Created International Motorsport

    The ubiquity of seeing German and Japanese vehicles alongside American cars on roads in the United States might make this apparent contrast feel like a recent phenomenon. Competition between American manufacturers and foreign cars is as old as the automobile itself, tracing its roots back to the late 19th century. American companies were extremely quick to create their own iterations of the novel German invention to market to Americans.

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  • The 50th U.S. Grand Prix Is This Weekend, Depending How You Count

    I have to admit that I’m horrible with anniversaries and birthdays. Remembering specific dates for important events have never been in my wheelhouse. Despite that, intuition struck that this year’s Formula One race in Austin is an important one. One might think it would be as easy to verify as counting every F1 race that has taken place in the United States, but not every race here was billed as the national grand prix. For example, the races in Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas and Long Beach were nev

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  • Daniel Ricciardo Speaks Texan, Y'all

    The U.S. Grand Prix is this weekend, at Circuit of the Americas in sunny Austin, Texas. Many Formula 1 drivers enjoy their yearly trip to the States, but I think it’s fair to say none more so than Daniel Ricciardo, who hails from Australia, the Texas of England.

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  • 7-Time WRC Champion Sébastien Ogier To Test Toyota's WEC Hypercar

    Following a two-day test in the driving simulator with Toyota Gazoo Racing, defending WRC champion Sébastien Ogier has been confirmed to test the real deal FIA WEC Hypercar GR010 in early November. Toyota will pull their star rallyist out to Bahrain for the FIA WEC rookie test on the 7th of November, just 11 days before he’s set to finish out the rally season at Rally Monza. The test comes just after the WEC season finale double header 6 Hours of Bahrain and 8 Hours of Bahrain events.

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  • Acura Should Take Over When Honda Leaves F1

    Acura is a relatively young brand as carmakers go. Introduced back in 1986 as a North American-only upmarket Honda, the company has had some high highs and some low lows in the last 35 years. It seemed like the company was lost in the doldrums for the last decade or so, but has gradually been rebuilding its performance branding with quality contenders like the NSX and the TLX Type-S. And it has spent some time growing its influence in large international markets, like China.

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  • Ducati Changes Its Tune About Electric Bikes, Will Become The Sole Supplier For MotoE In 2023

    Electric motorcycles have been something of a touchy subject for Ducati over the last couple of years. Back in early 2019 the company’s CEO Claudio Domenicali said that Ducati would “soon begin production” of an electric motorcycle. As the months wore on into years, it became clear that this plan had been scrapped without so much as a prototype being shown. For at least the last year Ducati’s tune has been that of a Debbie Downer, claiming that battery complexity and power density issues made el

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  • NASCAR Needs To Follow F1 And Open Its Garages To Camera Crews

    In 2019, Formula 1 launched its documentary series Drive to Survive. The show offered a behind the scenes look at a complex sport that can be alienating for outsiders. Despite covering a season that had long since wrapped up, the show proved a hit and has since spawned two additional seasons on Netflix.

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  • Colton Herta's Formula 1 Shot Is Becoming Very Real Very Fast: Report

    Michael Andretti purchases the Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team, reuniting a famous racing family with the pinnacle of global motorsport. Then, it installs a young, promising American talent as one of its drivers, something Haas — the sport’s other American team — has failed to do in six seasons. It’s a really nice idea that’s given rise to a heap of speculation, though a nice idea is all that it is at the moment. Andretti’s supposedly doing everything in his power to make it real, though.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Formula 1 Is Bracing For A Bumpy Weekend In Austin

    MotoGP’s visit to Circuit of the Americas in Austin two weeks ago was a dramatic one, but not for the right reasons. Competitors complained about the bumpy track surface all weekend long, with Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo comparing the experience riding on it to motocross. Slow-motion footage of Joan Mir bouncing off his seat trying to wrangle his Suzuki put the problem into perspective.

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  • Sébastien Ogier Gets Fined Yet Again

    As the World Rally Championship is quickly reaching its conclusion with Elfyn Evans in pursuit of seven-time world champion Sébastien Ogier, rally officials and local law enforcement have also been in pursuit of Ogier. According to DirtFish, Ogier has been fined $2,320 (€2,000) for overtaking a vehicle on the hard shoulder and failing to stop for the police while in transit to the Saturday’s last special stage during Rally Catalunya.

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  • The WRC To Use AI Safety Camera System In 2022

    While the FIA World Rally Championship was contesting Rally Catalunya in Spain, the World Motor Sport Council met in Paris, France and approved the WRC to mandate the use of the FIA Artificial Intelligence Safety Camera (or AISC). The system will center around a forward-facing in-car camera installed to continuously monitor the external environment around a World Rally Car during special stages.

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  • How Sprint Races At Grands Prix Predate Formula One

    With Formula One President and CEO Stefano Domenicali confirming in an interview with Sky Sports that one-third of F1’s record 23-race 2023 calendar will feature Sprint Qualifying, the Saturday sprint races will certainly be a mainstay of the championship for the foreseeable future. Surprisingly, the concept of sprint races being the component of a Grand Prix traces its roots back further than one might assume.

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  • "Extra Time" Is Coming To Formula E

    The FIA World Motor Sport Council met in Paris yesterday. Along with approving the 2021-22 race calendar and the replacement of its awful qualifying format, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship also received approval for a significant change to its race format. The electric single-seater category will no longer reduce the allowed amount of usable energy for each driver relative to the time spent under safety car conditions.

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  • The Paris-Berlin Race Is Set To Be Revived After Over 120 Years

    The cutting-edge of alternative automotive propulsion is set to be tested by the oldest competition format in motorsport history, city-to-city racing. During the annual SRO Motorsports Group press conference, Stéphane Ratel revealed that the planned inaugural round of the GT Experimental World Tour in 2023 is a revival of the 1901 Paris-Berlin race.

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  • Daniel Ricciardo Won A Bet To Drive An Ex-Dale Earnhardt Stock Car At COTA, Everyone Wins

    Daniel Ricciardo is known to be motivated by betting. In 2020 he bet Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul that if he placed well enough, he had to get a tattoo of Daniel’s choosing. Back before the 2021 season began, when Ricciardo joined the papaya orange team, Zak Brown initiated a bet that if the Aussie were to get a McLaren back on the podium this season, he’d get a chance to test drive one of Mr. Brown’s cars from his private race car collection.

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  • Racing Tech: Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400

    Welcome to Racing Tech, Jalopnik’s semi-regular look into the engineering behind cutting edge race cars. In this episode, contributor Bozi Tatarevic takes a quick virtual walk around Ford’s Mustang Mach-E 1400 EV track car.

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  • Spa-Francorchamps' Overdue Safety Changes Are Finally In Progress

    With the racing season now approaching its final weeks of the year, a number of renovations at Spa-Francorchamps are taking shape. Some of them involve the installation of new grandstands and spectator accommodations, but the necessary tweaks concern the additional runoff area that will surround the track’s fastest corners, Eau Rouge and Raidillon.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Tony Stewart Forms NHRA Drag Racing Team

    What would you do for love? If you’re Tony Stewart, one of the most versatile racers in motorsports, you’d help found an NHRA team as part of your effort to give your fiancée a pretty damn stellar car.

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  • 24 Hours Of Lemons Announces An Impressive 31-Event 2022 Calendar

    The 24 Hours of Lemons is one of the best things to ever have happened to amateur racing in the last, uh, let’s say thirty years. Not only has the series made road racing approachable and attainable for the average Joe and Jane, but it has also made the whole thing take itself much less seriously. It’s cheap, usually fairly slow, usually very safe, and a whole lot of fun. Plus there are the street-car oriented Lemons Rally and Concours d’Lemons to consider. And in 2022 there is oh so much of it

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  • IndyCar Should Follow The NFL And Race Internationally

    On Sunday night, the New York Jets faced off against the Atlanta Falcons in front of a roaring, full-capacity crowd. That already sounds like a strange situation due to the prevalence of crowd restrictions because of Covid-19, but it sounds even stranger when you find out that the game took place in the United Kingdom.

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  • Watch One Stupidly Brave NASCAR Fan Run Onto The Charlotte Roval

    A late-race one-lap addition to a caution during last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Roval seemed fairly inexplicable to the fans watching from home; there was no debris on track, nor was there a crash. As it turns out, the caution came out because one stupid — brave, but incredibly stupid — fan jumped over the fence and ran out onto the track. Oh, the things we’ll do when we’re under the influence of a few beers and some fast race cars.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • F1 Engineer Takes London Marathon Record Wearing Full Race Gear

    If the mere thought of running an entire 26.2-mile marathon makes you feel like you’re about to keel over in exhaustion, then Aston Martin F1 software engineer George Crawford is going to sound like a full-on man of steel. Not only did he complete the London Marathon in full race gear, but he took a Guinness World Record in the process.

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  • Denny Hamlin Still Doesn't Think NASCAR's Next-Gen Car Is Ready To Race

    This week, 21 NASCAR teams have been hitting the Charlotte Roval behind the wheel of the Cup Series’ Next-Gen cars, the name that NASCAR has given its high-tech and redesigned machine set to debut in 2022. But three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin still isn’t convinced the car is ready for racing — especially when it comes to safety.

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  • F1's Medical Driver Will Miss More Races If He Refuses The Covid Jab

    During last weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix, Formula 1 was forced to call on Formula E for support after the team in its medical car tested positive for Covid-19. Now, medical car driver Alan van der Merwe is facing the possibility of missing further F1 races as he isn’t vaccinated against the virus.

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  • Porsche's 962 Restoration Is The Ultimate Pandemic Project

    “The 962 is the best race car that I ever drove,” German driver Hans-Joachim Stuck once said of Porsche’s legendary Group C machine. “Brute force and unbelievable ground effects. The centrifugal forces were enormous, and there was no power steering. You needed the strength of a bear and a lot of courage.”

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  • Extreme E Moves Its Season Finale To Its Own Backyard

    Extreme E, the all-electric SUV racing series conceived of by Formula E founder Alejandro Agag, has finally announced where it will be wrapping up its inaugural season: a military base in Dorset, England for the Jurassic X Prix. And that decision stands in stark contrast to the series’ initial goals.

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  • Esteban Ocon's Risky Turkish Strategy Was F1's First Non-Stop Run In 24 Years

    Formula 1 has a lot of rules to govern its events and ensure everyone races fairly. One area of strict regulation is the tires that must be used over a grand prix weekend, including how many sets can be used and what compounds each driver must race. But all those rules were thrown out the window at this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix when Esteban Ocon tried to run the whole race on just one set.

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  • The Rally Of Morocco Is Underway And It's The Ultimate Test For Teams Ahead Of Dakar

    The Rally of Morocco has kicked off, and it’s drawn a big number of competitors who plan to run next year in Dakar. The week-long event officially runs from October 7 through October 13. It’s billed as a kind of test run for the historic Dakar Rally, but it’s part of both the FIA Cross Country World Cup and the FIM Cross Country Rallies World Championship. Meaning, it’s an important Rally!

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  • Lewis Hamilton Is Taking His Medicine In Turkey

    Lewis Hamilton is in the closest Formula 1 title race in years, currently just two points ahead of rival Max Verstappen. It’s that close thanks in part to an incredible recovery drive from Verstappen in Russia, finishing second after starting last after taking his own penalty for changing his power unit. Hamilton will hope to do something similar this weekend in Turkey.

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  • Red Bull Bids Honda A Fond Farewell With Special White Livery

    The Red Bull-Honda partnership is just four seasons old, as the Japanese brand powered the Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2018 and expanded to the full fat RBR in 2019. Honda had a rocky time re-joining the grid with an ailing McLaren in 2015 and by 2017 both parties were at each others throats, blaming each other for failure. Thankfully Red Bull was able to make the Honda a winning powerplant in short order, and has only gotten quicker in 2020 and 2021. Despite a short time in the sport, Honda is aband

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  • F1's Sustainable Fuel Could Keep It Relevant In The Automotive Industry

    Formula One is often held up as the pinnacle of motorsport, in large part because it has historically pushed automotive technology to its limits, which then in some cases helped automakers develop faster, safer road cars — but that hasn’t been the case for the past several years, at least not in any obvious way. But F1's push to develop sustainable fuels might just be the thing that revives its importance in the automotive sphere.

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  • Next Year's Long F1 Schedule Is Made To Destroy Engines

    Clearly, the phrase “less is more” is not one that has made it into the vocabulary of Formula 1’s directors. Despite a record-breaking 22 races currently on the calendar for this year, the addition of new events in 2022 looks set to bring that figure up to 23.

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  • RLL Say Goodbye To Takuma Sato

    The 44-year-old Japanese racer has had one hell of a career, and this year may have been his last year in open wheel racing. After a seven-year sojourn in Formula One that saw only one podium and oh so many retirements, Takuma Sato joined the IndyCar grid to minimal fanfare. After twelve seasons in the series, the Honda-supported driver has seen victory lane six times, twice at the Indianapolis 500. The 2021 season was not his best effort, never finding a finish position higher than fourth.

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  • I Can't Get Enough Of These Tsukuba Time Attack Videos

    The human condition is a wonderful thing. We just love to build things that weren’t meant for a purpose and shape them to our own purposes. This Mitsubishi Evo rolled off the assembly line just like every other Mitsubishi Evo, ready to take some thirty-something and their family around town somewhat quickly. So many compromises were engineered into the car by Mitsubishi, be they for cost, road legality, or marketability. It was theoretically possible to take it to a race track and have fun, but

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  • Red Bull And Honda Will Part Ways In The Best Way — With A Throwback Livery

    Honda will leave Red Bull and Formula 1 in its entirety after the end of this season. It’s a decision nobody’s thrilled about. Not Red Bull, who’s found the exclusive engine partner in Honda that it’s needed to return to winning ways; not Honda F1, whose Technical Director Toyoharu Tanabe said he personally regrets the manufacturer’s departure; and not the fans, who are finally getting an exhilarating battle for the championship in large part thanks to the strides Honda’s engineers have made.

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  • Alpine Will Build An LMDh With Signatech For The 2024 Season

    In another shot across the bow of the Hypercar ruleset, French automaker Alpine has decided to eschew the FIA and ACO-developed class in favor of IMSA’s next-gen-DPi, also known as LMDh, for its top-class prototype effort from 2024 onward. Of course both Hypercar and LMDh will be balanced into the same class, but it still must sting the ACO that a home country manufacturer has turned its back on them. LMDh is significantly less expensive and less engineering-intensive to build, and I’m sure that

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  • Oliver Solberg Crashed His WRC2 Hyundai Hard In Finland

    This weekend’s stages at Rally Finland saw some sick slides and gnarly jumps, but there were big some tumbles, too. WRC2 Driver Oliver Solberg and his co-driver Craig Drew rolled their Hyundai i20 Saturday morning just a couple of miles into the 11-mile long Kakaristo-Hassi stage.

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  • Colin McRae's Subaru Sells At Auction For $360,000 In Bitcoin

    Last month, one of Colin McRae’s old rally cars hit the auction block — specifically, his 1994 Subaru Prodrive 555 Group A machine, which was used until 1996 and then spent the following 25 years in storage. And whoever bought this machine spent $360,000 in bitcoin, CNBC reports.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Next Year's Formula 1 Cars Really Sound Like A Pain To Drive

    Personally I wasn’t expecting much from this Formula 1 season prior to the start, but it’s turned out to be quite an exciting one. The Hamilton/Verstappen battle seems destined to rage on until the last possible moment,/ and we’ve been treated our fair share of little surprises throughout, from unexpected victories to heartbreaking losses. That makes it all the more interesting that next year’s sweeping new chassis regulations figure to turn it all upside down.

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  • Watch This Driver Land A 223-Foot Jump At Rally Finland

    During this weekend’s Rally Finland World Rally Championship event, M-Sport Ford driver Adrien Fourmaux landed an impressive jump of 68 meters — or 223 feet for those of us who don’t speak metric. We don’t recommend you try this at home.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • This Incredible Rally Save Shows The Difference With Drifting

    Drifting and rally are often seen as similar disciplines in motorsport. Both rely on high powered, often forced induction cars. Both involve a controlled loss of traction with the intent of forcing the vehicle’s nose in a certain direction. Both involve incredible amounts of precise, almost ballet-like car control.

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  • This Is How Slipstreaming Differs From Dirty Air

    Talk to any motorsport fan long enough, and you’re likely to hear two things. One, dirty air is a bad thing, and two, slipstreaming is good. In theory, they’re basically the same thing: one driver is following behind another. But the reality is, like all other things, far more complex. And after a handful of slipstreaming races this year, it’s time to look at those concepts in depth.

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  • The Science Of Safety Gives Narrative To F1's Ongoing Safety Evolution

    David Tremayne published The Science of Safety: The Battle Against Unacceptable Risk in Motor Racing just six years after the weekend that claimed the lives of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna. During that era, both the sport and the world at large had begun to ask what, exactly, Formula One had done throughout its history to make the sport safer and how they could continue that legacy in the future.

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  • The Hampton Court Concours Of Elegance Is A History Nerd's Dream Come True

    Growing up, I was an aficionado of rural Michigan car shows. The same set of folks flocked to most of the local events, but I never did get tired of peering over the same muscle cars at the same locations year after year, event after event. Each car show felt like coming home. And while I knew a big, fancy-pants event like the Hampton Court Concours of Elegance would be something totally different, I didn’t realize just how different it would be until I got there.

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  • Four Of The First Men To Race Across America Also Had The Weirdest Names

    In 1905, two Oldsmobiles became the first cars to race across America. There was little by way of remarkable technology under the hood of those cars — the seven-horsepower one-cylinder engines could hit a top speed of 30 miles per hour, and they’d be taking on some of the harshest “roads” in the country. But behind the wheel of each vehicle was at least one man with a truly absurd name.

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  • Formula One Adds Qatar To The Schedule For The Next Twelve Years

    With the cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix for the second year in a row, Formula One had a blank space in its 2021 schedule. There has been a TBD on the calendar for several months, and it was starting to get a little bit weird. On Thursday F1 announced that it would be filling that spot with a new Qatar Grand Prix scheduled for the weekend of November 19-21. The race will slot in between Brazil and Saudi Arabia, and will run into the night under the lights with a local start time of 6 p

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  • The 2022 Honda Civic Si: This Is It

    We’ve been thinking about the upcoming Civic Si for a while now, but Honda hasn’t let slip any details about the eleventh-generation car. Now, the floodgates are open — specs and details on the 2022 Si are out in the open, and boy are they... interesting.

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  • Zone Out To The Eerie Sounds Of Planet Mars

    When you think of some of the eeriest sounds on Earth, you’ll probably think of warning sirens, piercing screams, or even John Carpenter’s Halloween theme — but it turns out that Mars has its share of creepy noises that sound like they could be pulled right from a horror movie soundtrack. NASA has shared audio captured by the Perseverance rover just before the spookiest time of year.

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  • Nonagenarian Actor Goes To Space

    An actor named William Shatner flew into the sky to an apogee of 351,185 feet Wednesday, crossing the Kármán line of 330,000 feet, generally agreed to be the boundary between space and earth’s atmosphere. You finally did it, Mr. Shatner.

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  • Subaru Is Disabling StarLink In Massachusetts For Right-To-Repair Compliance

    Right to Repair has been a major debate for years, spanning industries like electronics, cars, and even tractors. Last year, Massachusetts voters weighed in on the discussion by passing one of the nation’s strongest right to repair laws — mandating that automakers make their telematics data easily accessible by third-party repair shops. Manufacturers claimed the mandate was impossible to meet, but Subaru seems to have found a way around it — by turning off StarLink completely for Massachusetts-

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  • The 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness Is An Off-Road Adventure Underdog

    If the 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness is anything, it’s an off-road underdog. It doesn’t have anywhere close to the same level of kit as “proper” off-roading machines and isn’t a rock-crawling beast. If you’re headed to Hell’s Revenge in Moab, the Forester Wilderness probably isn’t going to cut it. But dang it, it’s capable enough and so fun that when the going gets tough you can’t help but root for the Subaru.

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  • It's Cheaper To Import A BRZ From Canada Than To Buy One In The U.S.

    Earlier this month, Subaru released pricing information for the 2022 BRZ in Canada. Its base and Sport-tech trims mirror the U.S.’s Premium and Limited configurations for features, but Canadian enthusiasts are charged considerably less for their daily drifters. So much less, in fact, that it’s cheaper to import a BRZ than to buy one in the U.S.

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  • A Brief History Of Gasoline: The Original Sin Of General Motors

    The corporate triumvirate responsible for the introduction of lead into the world’s gasoline supply would not be complete until William Crapo Durant’s upstart General Motors came under the control of the duPont family. Explosive (no pun intended) growth at the carmaker had come about in spite of its haphazard management, but with the increasing duPont stake in its affairs, a measure of order was instilled, along with a clear institutional mandate – profit at any cost, no matter the price in huma

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  • 'Free Rein' Is Vaughn Gittin, Jr.'s Bizarre Tire Shredding Electric Fever Dream

    Just when you thought it was impossible to make something new, Vaughn Gittin, Jr. and Sam “the drift idiot” Nalven have gone and created a non-conventionally gorgeous and thought provoking short film about cars. These two have managed to upend all of your preconceptions about what this video was going to be. As much as you think it’s going to be yet another chip off the Ken Block, it’s something different altogether.  

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  • Tesla's Latest FSD Beta Doesn't Seem Ready For Public Use, Which Raises Big Questions

    I know we write a lot about Tesla’s semi-automated driving systems, known both, quite deceptively, as Autopilot and Full Self-Driving. And why shouldn’t we? These emerging technologies are a big deal, and we’re all in an interesting transition period, as the widespread use of automated driver-assist systems is becoming A Thing for the first time. Tesla’s systems tend to get the most attention, because, you know, Tesla, and also the fact that they’re being actively tested on public roads.

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Let's Appreciate The Hyundai Ioniq 5 Electric Hatchback's Cooling System Feature That Makes It Look Grille-Less

    There’s a term in the automotive industry called “Class A Surface.” It represents any part of the vehicle that customers can see or touch, and that must therefore be styled appropriately (i.e. it must look good). Active grille shutters — plastic vents that open to allow airflow to a cooling module and close to improve aerodynamics when cooling air isn’t needed — are usually not considered Class A. But they are on the Hyundai Ioniq 5. And we need to talk about it.

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  • The Mini Cooper SE Isn't Perfect, But We Need More EVs Like It

    Right now, there are two kinds of electric cars: Those that most people can afford, and those that people are actually excited to own and drive. Sat between these two poles is a soft, nougat-y center that, as far as I can tell, no automaker seems particularly interested in drilling into. Except, maybe, for Mini.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Tesla Rolled Back Full Self-Driving Beta Because Of 'Some Issues'

    This past Sunday, Tesla rolled back Full Self-Driving (FSD, and, just a reminder, it does not fully self-drive, it’s a Level 2 driver assist system) from the just released FSD Beta 10.3 back to FSD Beta 10.2, with Elon Musk, the little-known and reclusive CEO of the company, noting that there were “some issues,” and that “this is to be expected with beta software. It is impossible to test all hardware configs in all conditions with internal QA, hence public beta.” I suppose one could argue that

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Tesla Has Hit $1 Trillion

    Tesla, a company that makes electric cars but not an electric truck or electric semi, hit a market capitalization of over $1 trillion earlier today as its stock soared on a spate of good and bad news for the company. One trillion dollars! That is almost in the same league as some other companies you may have heard of, like Google.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • We're Doing A Reader Contest For Autopia 2099 And Only Masters Of High Voltage Will Win

    Electric propulsion is the future! Lots of automotive enthusiasts are being real downers about that fact, but with Autopia 2099 we’re trying to get the world to be a little more optimistic about it. Electric hot rodding is alive and well, modern EVs are better than ever, and there’s even cooler stuff on the horizon. So let’s get together and have a good electrified time in LA this December. And we want you to get involved, too!

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Coldplay's New Tour Is Powered By Recycled BMW Batteries

    If you’ve recycled your BMW i3 battery in the recent past, there’s a good chance you could catch it live in action one last time at Coldplay’s new tour. Yep — BMW and Coldplay are tag-teaming a solution to climate change, the auto manufacturer reports.

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  • Zoox Isn't Afraid Of Getting Wet

    Autonomous car testing is usually done in dry climates — Arizona and Nevada, mostly — for the simple reason that, when it rains, snows, sleets, or otherwise isn’t sunny and dry, that could pose problems for cars with no human drivers, possibly delicate sensors, and software that may not know how to react. But Zoox, one of the startups chasing the robotaxi dream, said it would start testing its autonomous tech in Seattle, precisely because it rains a lot there. If these cars are ever going to be

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • BMW's Expensive i3 And i8 Experiments Remind Us That Being First Isn't Enough

    If someone asked me back in 2014 or 2015 which of Germany’s core luxury brands would be the leader in electric vehicles by now, I probably would’ve answered BMW. Not because BMW was doing anything revolutionary at the time, but simply because it was the first of its segment rivals to market with purpose-built EVs, like the i3 and i8, while Audi and Mercedes were mostly stuffing batteries and electric motors in cars designed for gas.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Tesla And NHTSA Are Spoiling For A Fight

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Tesla have circled each other for years, like characters in an old western preparing for the big showdown. Who has gotten the better of their exchanges usually depends on who is in the White House; now, because there is a Democrat there again, it seems NHTSA has regained some teeth.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Lucid Is Trying To Outdo Tesla On Tech

    The genius — or asinine simplicity, depending on how you interpret it — of Tesla is that Teslas are technologically very sophisticated but sold in terms that any idiot can understand. Full Self-Driving, for example, describes a whole bunch of software and hardware that would put you to sleep if described in technical terms, but Tesla knows better. The car self-drives, full stop, according to Tesla. The fact that it doesn’t actually is a mere inconvenience.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Insurance Companies Want To Track You. Here's Why You Shouldn't Let Them.

    Everyone needs car insurance. No one wants to pay more than they have to, especially for more coverage than they need. So if your insurance company comes out with a new way to monitor the miles you put on your car, and how safely you roll through your odometer, it seems like you’d be smart to sign up. Right?

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Elon Musk Is Trying To Charm Germany The Only Way He Knows

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in Germany on Saturday in part for a festival that was intended to celebrate all things Tesla, as the company tries to get a factory up and running there. The ticketed festival included a site tour, and it sounds like Tesla didn’t have much problem attracting fans. Protesters, too.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Professional AV Safety Drivers Sleep At The Wheel, Too

    My biggest complaint with Level 2 semi-automated driving systems is that, paradoxically, the better they get, the more of the driving task they perform, and the less attention the human behind the wheel pays to what’s actually going on. This is a big deal because Level 2 systems rely on a human for their no-warning backup in case the system disengages. This is a well-known problem, and this fundamental problem is at the root of all the people we’ve seen sleeping and otherwise not paying attentio

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Tesla Does Away With The NDA On FSD Beta Footage Because It Never Needed It Anyway

    News that Tesla had instituted a non-disclosure agreement as part of its “Full Self-Driving” Beta came as something of a surprise back in September. Not because NDAs are rare in the tech realm — they’re not at all — but more because it was clear from the outset that nobody was really following it. Videos of FSD working well and not aren’t hard to find by any means, and haven’t been taken down from YouTube by the manufacturer.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Lotus Is Determined To Make A Lightweight EV To Succeed The Elise

    Electric vehicles tend to be heavy. Lotus’ cars have historically been light. The British brand has already announced it won’t produce another internal combustion-powered car after the new Emira. As you can imagine, this poses a bit of a conundrum, especially as Lotus is working on an all-electric spiritual successor to the Elise. It’s tentatively called the Type 135, and it’s due out in 2026.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Hardcore Tesla Fans Did A Lot Of Weird, Joyless-Seeming Driving So They Can Get The New FSD Beta

    I have to give Tesla credit where credit is due: it manages to keep creating strange, fascinating situations that never really occurred in the automotive industry before. This past weekend, thanks to some tweets from Tesla big chief Elon Musk, many, many Tesla owners were convinced to drive thousands of miles in short periods while being judged by a “safety score” algorithm that really isn’t based on genuinely safe driving, all in order to be chosen to do free software beta testing for a for-pro

    By Jason Torchinsky Read More

  • Tesla Model 3 And Y Will Be Able To Charge Everywhere With This Adapter: Report

    It has been said that Tesla’s biggest advantage has also been among its biggest drawbacks. The Tesla charging network has always been Tesla-only, ensuring you wouldn’t show up to charge and some lowly Chevy Bolt would be blocking your spot after you sent Daddy Elon a check for fifty-grand. Unfortunately for the Tesla owner, we live in a world where EVs aren’t only Teslas anymore, and the CCS Combo plug has become increasingly popular across the country.

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • New Zealand's First Right-Hand Drive Corvette C8 Is Here

    Is there any sports car better than the Chevrolet Corvette C8? I won’t hear any arguments to the contrary — but at least the folks out in New Zealand will get a chance to try it out before they agree with any of my sweeping adjustments. Th world’s first C8 Corvette has been produced for the drivers down under.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Tesla's Big Move To Texas Doesn't Mean Much

    Tesla, which is a company incorporated in the state of Delaware, said on Thursday that it would be relocating its headquarters from California to Texas. This is part of a mini-trend of Californians moving to Texas, which a lot of people want to make into a thing. If only.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • GM Says Its Ultra Cruise Can Do Hands-Free Driving In '95 Percent' Of Driving Situations

    Several weeks ago, I saw the new Cadillac Lyriq in person for the first time and asked the GM people there if the Lyriq might have Ultra Cruise, prompting them to look at me like I were an alien. “Ultra Cruise?” they said, seemingly unfamiliar with it, or pretending to be. I then made an awkward joke and changed the subject. Flash forward to Wednesday and GM has unveiled ... Ultra Cruise.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Apple's Big CarPlay Plans Probably Aren't Going To Be A Hit With Automakers

    As anyone who’s ever used Apple CarPlay or Google’s Android Auto knows, there are limits to the sort of things phone projection software can control in your car. Media and volume are the extent for the vast majority of vehicles. For everything else, like climate control, audio adjustments and instrument cluster info, you have to fall back on the underlying infotainment system or physical knobs and switches, if your car still has them. Apple doesn’t like this, because of course it doesn’t. Accord

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Here's How The Revolt Systems Streamliner Set The Electric Land Speed Record At Bonneville

    The world of electric hot rodding is hotter than it has ever been. I know I say this a lot, but it feels like the 1950s all over again, with speed freaks stealing motors out of big luxury sedans and stuffing them into streamliners and going really frickin’ fast. As Everyday Joes continue to figure out what makes electric propulsion tick, these machines are only going to get quicker, faster, and better. This week that case is made ever more clear by the fact that a Eddy Borysewicz and a few of hi

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • The 2022 Mazda MX-30 Is An Electric Car For American Reality

    Let’s get a few things out of the way to start. Mazda is only importing 560 MX-30 electric cars, and they’ll be limited to sale in California. This is not a car that Mazda sees as fitting the vast majority of American consumer lifestyles. It’s aimed largely at middle-class homeowners who already own another car and can charge at home or at work (or both) every day, most of whom do not have children. This isn’t a car for everyone, but as luck would have it, it’s a heat-seeking missile aimed direc

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Here's Why You Shouldn't Be Using 85 Octane Fuel

    Growing up, I learned that cheap is better. Sure, a nice pair of name-brand Converse might last you several years, but it costs more than the cheap pair from a store like Target. So, when I first started gassing up my own car, I used anything that was cheapest — much to the horror of the man who would become my husband. Because in America, 85 octane fuel could actually void your warranty.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Reinventing The Wheel For The EV Age

    I recently spent time with the 637-horsepower, $140,000 Audi e-tron GT RS, the four-ring brand’s high-performance four-door electric vehicle. Built on a platform shared with the Porsche Taycan—one of our top picks in the category—the GT, as its name suggests, is a bit more of a grand tourer than its cousin from Stuttgart. This suits me just fine, and I delighted in every one of the 650 miles I put on the electric Audi. I even found joy in the puzzle of charging, without a charger at home or anyw

    By Raphael Orlove Read More

Tesla (7)

  • Man Who Does Not Pay Taxes Alarmed At The Prospect Of Paying Taxes

    Elon Musk is tweeting again, despite multiple court orders meant to keep him in check. This time he’s talking fiscal policy, focused around a proposal that would tax unrealized capital gains for people like him. The rule change could stick Elon with a $10 billion annual tax bill, and he’s none too happy about it.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • You Can Now Directly Read Data Logs From Tesla Vehicles

    Tesla vehicles record a truly incredible amount of data. So much so, in fact, that the cars’ own hardware has had trouble keeping up with the amount of information. Tesla cars have historically been stingy with their data, allowing access to limited amounts of emergency information, but a research team in the Netherlands has figured out how to pull nearly everything straight from a car — and publicly released the tools to do so.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Tesla Finally Moves Its Headquarters From Fremont To Texas

    Elon Musk hasn’t made a secret of his recent distaste for California, and his preference for Texas. He called the California’s COVID restrictions “fascist,” he’s expressed a concerning lack of opinion on Texas’s anti-abortion law, and he’s already moved into a tiny home on SpaceX’s Austin campus.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Tesla Is Raising Prices For Its Most Popular Models Again

    Tesla has had a banner year in 2021. Their third-quarter sales set a new record for the company, sending 241,300 vehicles out to customers. Production was up too, with Model 3 sedans and Model Y crossovers making up the vast majority of the 237,823 vehicles the company built during Q3.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • A Tesla Model 3 Crash Brings Out The Real Car Experts

    I’m going to be bold and choose a hill to die on here: airbags are good. They protect against injuries and save lives. Some people online seem to think otherwise, however, and they were happy to weigh in on a post about a Tesla Model 3 crash. Obviously, these are just a few selected comments from a few misinformed people, but they’re funny enough — representative of a certain brain genius mindset — that they’re probably worth sharing.

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The Morning Shift (21)

  • Volvo Is On The Upswing

    Volvo’s future is looking bright after a positive trading debut, Toyota’s first battery-electric crossover will have respectable range, and Tesla can count Singapore among its string of successes. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for October 29, 2021.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Three Funny Things Are Happening At Jaguar Land Rover At The Same Time

    Jaguar Land Rover had a pretty good plan: if it was making money off of its SUVs and crossovers, and it needed to lower its emissions, it could just sell a bunch of electric SUVs and crossovers. Problems crop up, though, if nobody buys them. All that and more in The Morning Shift for October 27, 2021.

    By Raphael Orlove Read More

  • Ford Thought More Of You Would Flock To Its EV Trucks And Vans

    It sounds like Ford’s finding it a little tougher to market electric trucks and vans to commercial buyers than it expected, Tesla’s trying to do the impossible and the Maverick that’s actually worth caring about is delayed. All that and more in this happy Friday edition of your Morning Shift for October 22, 2021.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Tesla Made $1.6 Billion

    Tesla made a pile of cash, Ford is very excited about the Maverick’s city mpg number, and Pete Buttigieg. All that and more in The Morning Shift for October 21, 2021.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Something's Going On At VW

    VW likes talking about one thing: switching to new, flashy EVs. What it doesn’t like talking about (other than the reason why it is switching to EVs) is what’s going on with its conventional cars. All that and more in The Morning Shift for October 20, 2021.

    By Raphael Orlove Read More

  • Toyota Sees The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

    Toyota’s next dip in production won’t be quite as low as they’ve recently been, turns out you might be able to skirt Tesla’s driving score requirement for its beta software if you’re an influencer, and Vinfast hopes to be selling cars in the U.S. by this time next year. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for October 15, 2021.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Tesla's Germany Plant Is Still A Big Gamble

    Toyota thinks it can rebound from the chip shortage, suppliers will take on over a billion in costs tied to GM’s big Bolt recall, and Tesla. All that and more in The Morning Shift for October 12, 2021.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • GM Takes Another Big Swing

    Tesla has had its ups and downs navigating Germany, the 2022 Lexus NX has a price, and GM. All that and more in The Morning Shift for October 7, 2021.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Volvo Is Going Public

    Volvo wants to raise billions, Tesla had another strong quarter, and GM dropped a silly lawsuit against Ford. All of that and more in The Morning Shift for October 4, 2021.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Lordstown Just Became A Tenant In Its Own Factory

    The company that makes your iPhone is taking over Lordstown’s factory, Volkswagen is liking its chances of influencing Germany’s domestic policy, and we regret to inform you Saab is still having a rough go of it. All that and so much more in this happy Friday edition of The Morning Shift for October 1, 2021. Hey, it’s October!

    By Adam Ismail Read More

Toyota (5)

  • The 2022 Toyota GR 86 Brings Back The Barebones RC Trim

    The 2013 Toyota GT 86 RC was one of the cooler Toyotas in recent memory. It was a completely stripped out first-generation car: No radio, no dash trim, no alloy wheels, no paint on the bumpers. All it had was a front engine, two driven wheels out back, and a six-speed connecting them — perfection.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • The 2022 Toyota GR86 Will Start At $27,700

    After debuting the new GR86 this summer and then letting us drive it not long after, Toyota has finally released pricing for its new sports car. Pricing starts at just $27,700. That excludes a $1,025 destination charge.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • The Supremely-Comfortable 2022 Toyota Tundra Brings Toyota's Full-Size Truck Into Modernity, But That's About It

    The 2022 Toyota Tundra is replacing a truck that has been on the market — with the exact same engine and transmission — since 2006, so it’s about time Toyota brought its full-size pickup into the modern era. A boosted engine, 10-speed transmission, and coil spring-based suspension help the truck get there, yielding a solid, but not exactly stand-out, vehicle. But that’s the Toyota way, isn’t it?

    By David Tracy Read More

  • The Toyota Prius Is Still One Of The Best Cars On Sale

    The Toyota Prius died a long time ago. It used to be the eco car, the only thing you could buy that told the world you cared about the environment. (If you weren’t willing to give up your commuter car, that is). So what is this life it leads now, dead but undying, a zombie or a ghost?

    By Raphael Orlove Read More

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Transportation (4)

  • NYC Delays Fifth Avenue Revamp Again

    There are only two times in my life that I can remember being on Fifth Avenue and there was absolutely no traffic. The first time was when I got to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade as a boy scout. The second time was in the dead of night at around 2 a.m. There were literally no vehicles on Fifth Ave. except for MTA buses. This experience was not far off the original plan for a complete transformation for one of New York City’s iconic streets. However, the NYC Department of Transportation ha

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • The National Guard Could Be Deployed To Deliver Cargo Out Of Ports In Southern California

    The cargo backlog in California is bad, and it’s only getting worse. The Biden Administration is considering calling on the National Guard to help transport some of the cargo in an effort to unclog the bottleneck of goods at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The issue, once again, is a lack of truck drivers, and Guard members could be brought in to help drive that cargo.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • The Holidays Are Going To Suck Thanks To The Supply Chain Crisis

    The world’s supply chain is facing bottlenecks on every level trying to keep up with consumer demand as the world rebounds from disturbances as a result of covid-19, leading to shortages and record-high prices for everything from gasoline to semiconductor chips. Some experts believe that conditions may not improve in time for the holidays, despite President Joe Biden’s efforts to mitigate the problems.

    By Mercedes Streeter Read More

  • Greenland Is Aiming To Build Its First-Ever Road Between Cities

    To travel from one town to the next in Greenland requires a bit of ingenuity. You can fly in a regional aircraft. You can hike. You can kayak. You can even dogsled if you want. But you’re not going to be able to drive — at least, not until Greenland finishes the Arctic Circle Road, the first road between settlements in the country.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

Trucks (1)

  • A Ridiculously Detailed Look At Why The Rivian R1T Electric Truck Is The King Of Off-Road Pickups

    “Dude! I have to tell you about the Rivian R1T. It’s unbelievable!” I exclaimed over the phone to my coworker Jason Torchinsky. I had just spent the day off-roading the very first vehicle from American electric car startup, Rivian, near Breckenridge, Colorado and came away both astonished and fascinated by the four-motor 4x4 system’s performance. In my 6.5 years as a car journalist, I’ve never felt this excited about a new automobile.

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Unpaved (36)

  • The Roofnest Sparrow Adventure Is A Better Way To Sleep In Your Car

    I’ve tried an awful lot of different car-sleeping strategies. I’ve slept in either front seat, across the back seats, removed back seats, folded them down, I’ve pitched a tent next to the car, slept in an RV and I’ve owned a conversion van with a folding bed in the back. Now, I’ve also slept in a rooftop tent which, save for the RV is the best way to sleep in a car. But, that doesn’t mean it makes sense to strap one to the roof of your car.

    By Rory Carroll Read More

  • The GMC Hummer EV Will Show Off Overland Upgrades And Gear At SEMA

    General Motors is outfitting the Hummer EV with equipment that could turn it into a decent overland rig, maybe. The carmaker will display three built-up Hummer EV models at SEMA this year. It looks like GM wants to convince people that the fully-electric Hummer would make a good platform, even if it weighs over 9,000 pounds and will have a max range of about 350 miles.

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  • How Two Kia Teams Battled The Elements To Make The Podium At This Year's Rebelle Rally

    From navigating steep sand dunes to twisting mountain trails and canyon floors, driving the 2,275 kilometer off-road course at the annual Rebelle Rally is no joke. Doing it in a plug-in electric vehicle is an even bigger feat. But at this year’s Rebelle Rally, two teams competing in the 2022 Kia Sorento PHEV showed it wasn’t just possible — it could be triumphant.

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  • Glamis To Gala: The Final Hours Of The Rebelle

    After my heart-pounding experience on Thursday trying to shadow the Rebelles through the deserts of California, the final base camp was a drastic change of tone. The final stage of the grueling event takes place entirely in the gargantuan dunes of Glamis, in the Imperial Sand Dunes, where getting stuck is practically guaranteed and navigation is nearly impossible even with a cell phone.

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  • You're Going To Have To Cough Up $67,000 If You Want An Expedition Timberline

    Ford has jumped on the outdoorsy bandwagon by offering models outside of the Broncos and Raptor with the new Timberline trims. Although the new Explorer Timberline is already on sale, the Expedition Timberline was recently released and no pricing had been announced yet. It looks as if that’s changed as sources within Ford have revealed to Ford Authority that the Expedition Timberline will cost about $67,000 before destination.

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  • The 2022 Volcon Grunt Is Made For Ripping Around The Farm And Backcountry

    An EV startup based in Texas has beat the big bike makers to the American market with an electric motorcycle that uses swappable batteries. Volcon’s all-terrain electric bike, the Grunt, is not vaporware; it’s not a concept. It’s an EV that’s being delivered to buyers right now, and it’s a fine first step.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • A Savage Journey Into The Heart Of The Rebelle

    One week ago, I blasted my little Toyota Hiace home base through the remote stretches of Nevada so early in the morning that the Milky Way was giving me more light than the dawn itself. I was headed to the Rebelle Rally, the off-road competition that kicked off its weeklong endurance event on the precipice of the Hoover Dam. I had, mostly, no idea how to cover a rally like this. Motorsports that take place on a track are pretty easy to follow: Find a hill and stare at the circuit; write about wh

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  • Out In The Desert: The Kia Sorento At Rebelle Rally 2021

    Teammates Alyssa Roenigk and Sabrina Howells were this close to winning last year’s Rebelle Rally, an eight-day all-women off-road navigation rally that covers more than 1,200 miles of desert across California and Nevada.Losing by a mere 16 points in a competition where each day you earn hundreds of them may have been painful, but Roenigk and Howells also gained confidence from the defeat and learned they belonged in the winner’s circle.That’s the mindset they’re approaching this year’s race wit

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  • Toyota Is Recreating The 1970s Magic Of Its Chinook Campers With This Tacoma Camper Project

    Back in the 1970s and 80s Toyota teamed up with Chinook to build campers based on its Pickup model. It was a wildly successful venture for both parties, and living in the land that rust forgot, I still see these on occasion being used as dual-purpose living space and daily driver. Looking to recapture some of that heritage magic with the current Tacoma, Toyota is building a new Chinook Dolphin-style for this year’s SEMA show.

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  • This Concept Moon Bike Is An Overlander Built For The New Frontier

    In 2024, NASA plans to stage its first crewed landing on the Moon’s surface in more than half a century. If all goes according to plan, subsequent trips should further build out infrastructure, perhaps resulting in a little fleet of lunar rovers. I don’t know if two-wheeled vehicles are part of those plans, but after seeing Hookie’s Tardigrade concept bike, I really hope they are.

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  • The 2022 Lexus LX 600 Brings The Ultra-Luxe Land Cruiser Into The Modern Era

    Much will be made of the grille on the 2022 Lexus LX 600, our upmarket version of the new Land Cruiser that Toyota isn’t bringing stateside. It’s big, but then so are the grilles on a lot of recent models. It’s not so much the size of the grille that commands attention but the many horizontal lines that comprise it. This thing is like a seven-blade electric trimmer. If I saw one in my rearview mirror, my vision might go blurry. That’s sort of happening as I gaze at the image above in this very m

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  • A Day With The Rebelle Rally: Into The Storm

    It was only 7 PM, but it was impossible to see outside. The wind howled through every crevice and cranny of the old road-trip van I’d used to get out to this event, and even though I was bundled in as many layers as I could find, I could still feel the cold seeping in. Base camp was uninhabitable. The winds were so high that they’d barred competitors from the tent lest it collapse with anyone inside — so my only option was to hunker down here and hope I didn’t get seasick from the winds see-saw

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  • This Off-Road Time Trial Is More Fun Than You Can Handle In A Single Weekend

    Last year, I wrote about just how fun it is to compete in a HooptieX off-road time trial in a total junker. It’s only gotten more fun since then ,and there’s more air time, stunts and cool cars than you can wrap your mind around. I volunteered at the HooptieX event in Byron, Illinois over the weekend, and my heart is still fluttering over it.

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  • Piloting Electric Trucks Through The Heart Of The Mojave

    For two teams at the Rebelle Rally, range is more than a marketer’s selling point or a hypothetical limit on potential road trips. Volkswagen and Rivian have both brought EVs to the 1,400 mile off-road navigational rally that has drivers pilot their trucks through the harsh Mojave.

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  • Land Energy Could Make A Capable Lightweight Electric Motorcycle For The Trail

    A new EV startup is developing a couple of electric motorcycles which could prove to be trail-worthy, courtesy of their low weight and swappable battery packs. The company, Land Energy, is working on a line of modular two-wheelers that can be ridden as either an e-bicycle or a full-on electric motorcycle, complete with knobby tires.

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  • The Sixth Running Of The Rebelle Rally Is Underway

    Situated next to the Hoover Dam, about 50 off-road vehicles in various states of modification and decoration slowly looped their way through a parking lot on the border of Arizona and the Lake Mead overflow trenches. It was tech inspection for the Rebelle Rally, and a walk through the pits quickly revealed that it’s not exactly the average RAID challenge.

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  • Welcome To Unpaved

    Hey there Jalops, welcome to Unpaved, a new Offroad/Overland section of Jalopnik. If you’ve been reading the site, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been covering off-road and overland stuff a little more closely over the last year or so. Sure, yeah, a good portion of the staff spends a good portion of our spare time goofing around with off-roaders. But in this case, it’s not just us weirding out over some obscure DAF—everywhere you look, it seems someone is building, dreaming up or wheeling so

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  • VW Is Out To Test Its Mettle With ID.4 Rebelle Rally Running

    When the Rebelle Rally launched in 2015, it was the first all-female rally to take place in the United States. The annual race sees teams of women drive from Nevada to California during an eight-day event covering a host of different terrain — and this year, we’re getting the all-electric Volkswagen ID.4 competing against some of the more traditional off-roading competitors.

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  • Here's How The Ford Maverick Compares To The Hyundai Santa Cruz

    If you ask Ford or Hyundai what the competition is for the Maverick or the Santa Cruz, you’ll get the same answer: There isn’t a direct competitor. Ford calls the Maverick a compact truck. Hyundai calls the Santa Cruz a “sport adventure vehicle.” Both companies will tell you they’re not competing against the other — and both will still bust out the specs of either the Maverick or the Santa Cruz, depending on the situation, to tell you how their vehicle is better.

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  • The Interior Of A New Lada Is One Of The Weirdest Things You'll See All Day

    The Lada Niva has been in continuous production for nearly 45 years. There have been subtle redesigns, spinoffs and derivatives here and there, but even one of the newer Nivas — like the Niva Travel, a.k.a. the VAZ-2123 or Chevrolet Niva — is composed of bones that predate the Reagan administration. Weird things happen when you build the same car for more than four decades, as the photo above demonstrates.

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  • Rivian Discloses $1 Billion Loss In First IPO Filing

    Rivian, an electric vehicle company promising to bring us an all-electric truck, just released its first initial public offering paperwork, and it’s pretty stark: The company lost $1 billion during the first half of this year, Automotive News reports.

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  • The Nissan Frontier Running In The 2021 Rebelle Rally Honors The Hardbody

    The theme at the upcoming Rebelle Rally seems to be retro this year. Nissan has joined Mitsubishi in yearning for the glory days with its own throwback livery that the carmaker’s team, Wild Grace, will run on their 2022 Frontier Pro-4x. It’s a decent attempt to stir up good memories but it really just makes me miss the Nissan Hardbody that much more.

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  • Once You Use A Power Inverter You'll Wonder How You Got By Without One

    Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at a huge battery that can provide power out in the field without emissions or noise; a propane heater, a device to keep your butt and your hands warm this coming cold season; and a parts washer, an often overlooked tool that comes in handy. This week’s cool tool is a power inverter, and these things are road trip gamechangers.

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  • Your Guide To The 2022 Rivian R1T Electric Pickup's Incredible Gadgets

    The Rivian R1T is the coolest truck available on the U.S. market because it combines two of today’s hottest automotive trends — electrification and overlanding — and adds some deeply-satisfying gadgetry. Much of it is practical, some of it is over-the-top, but all of it is just plain fun. Let’s have a look at some of the novelty features that charmed me to bits when I drove the R1T last week.

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