As summer approaches, many Americans will find themselves looking at the great outdoors as a way to break free from work, viruses and resorts. For people looking for something a bit different than a Sprinter with all-terrain tires, a seller on Bring a Trailer has something pretty wild. So long as you could afford the gas, this 1971 Ford Econoline Sportsmobile camper conversion is an Epic way to wheel and sleep outside.
Read MoreWe drive a lot here in Southern California. On average, we spend 119 hours a year just sitting in our cars trying to get where we need to go. It can be stressful at times. Trust me. And there should be ways of dealing with or just handling that stress. That kind of traffic has been known to inducing road rage, which can lead to some unfortunate incidents, like flipping someone off or getting shot.
Read MoreYou’ve read Misha Lanin’s work on Jalopnik before, and you may be curious what he’s up to these days. Well, he’s helping refugees at a remote border crossing between Hungary and Ukraine! Here’s where you can donate to his GoFundMe, and keep an eye out for more writing from him about the experience in the near future!
Read MoreChicago trains were a mess Thursday after a suspected fallen signal cut power and closed rails on the city’s north side. The problem took so long to fix and tied up so many trains that riders were directed to walk along an elevated portion of Chicago’s famous L-line to the closest station; a dizzying prospect for anyone afraid of heights.
Read MoreA lot of terrifying vehicles have been popping up online lately. All of them alluring and dangerous, but I think I just found the most absurd of them all. This Hoss Fly Barstool is nominally a barstool. But it’s really just a 621-horsepower V8 with a seat on its air cleaner and a set of go kart wheels. This thing is probably the quickest way to die without even breaking the speed limit.
Read MoreYou can try and convince me that the New York City Subway is better than the London Underground, but I’ll never believe you. The Tube can get you to more places, faster and via a much simpler to navigate system. But its smaller trains and much lower depths make it a nightmare for any claustrophobes. Thankfully, Paris is eyeing a new mass transit system for anyone with a fear of enclosed spaces.
Read MoreI know I use the term “weird” a lot, sometimes on vehicles that don’t deserve it. I’m using it again today, but I think you’ll agree that its use is justified this time. In the 1950s, a Paris tour operator took some Citroën U55 trucks and had them built into quite possibly the wildest buses to have ever existed. These are the Citroën U55 Cityrama Currus.
Read MoreI’m taking a break from gawking at custom RV builds to take a peek at another type of camper that tugs on my heart. Vintage travel trailers rock, and here’s another that would look great parked at any campsite. The Airstream Argosy was built to be a cheaper trailer that you bought before you got a “real” Airstream. But today, they’re a real gem for vintage RV lovers.
Read MoreThe world of custom RVs is a fabulous place. You’ll see everything from a colossal widened truck and an amphibious RV. I have a real soft spot for buses, and I’ve found one of my favorite yet. This 2003 MCI E4500 started life as a humble coach bus running charter duty. Now, it’s a glorious home on wheels with real lived-in experience and a storage basement turned into a bedroom.
Read MoreThere are a lot of things you can watch on the web nowadays that are cringeworthy, horrifying and oddly fascinating — and that sometimes each can be contained in one single upload. I honestly have a difficult time believing anything on the web matches that dazzling combination in this video highlighting the disposal of a beached whale carcass from 1970.
Read MoreSince I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by buses. I can’t explain why, but I’ve always loved them. I remember playing with any rectangular object — be it toothpaste box or a block — I could find as a kid, making a bus out of it. I even drew details on them like wheels, windows, vents, route numbers, even aerial roof markings.
Read MoreIf you have a passing interest in robots, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Spot the robotic dog from Boston Dynamics. It’s an impressive, if slightly eerie, machine that keeps showing its usefulness through dance. But now, it’s crown as the best robotic animal is under attack from a robot goat from Kawasaki.
Read MoreBack in 2016, a gearhead and Porsche fan saved an old 1963 Gillig Model 590H from a sad life of neglect and rot. It took five years, but the bus is back as a fantastic replica of Porsche’s famous race car transporter, “Buster.” The Gillig is one of the coolest bus conversions you’ll see, and it can be yours. You’ll just need to bring at least six figures of cash with you.
Read MoreThere’s just something fascinating about a stuck container ship. These hulking great monsters float the ocean as a seemingly unstoppable force – the true go-anywhere pioneers of our time. Well, that is, until they get stuck on sandbanks. But now a rescue mission is underway to free the latest stranded ship so that it can sail the seas once more.
Read MoreWhat appears to be a floating home in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, isn’t actually a house. At least that’s how lawyers representing the millionaire that owns it argues. County officials are trying to hit the houseboat with a property tax bill, however to the county, it’s not an actual boat.
Read MoreFinland shares a long border with Russia, so it finds itself with a large number of yachts with shady origins in their docks. Officials moved quickly, barring 21 yachts from leaving their winter storage this week.
Read MoreTwo powerful tornados touched down around New Orleans Tuesday night, trashing several communities, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more. It also gave us this awesome video of a cruise ship ominously passing by the massive storm on the Mississippi River like some sort of booze cruise of the damned.
Read MoreRussian oligarchs have been having their yachts seized around the world, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine presses on. One yacht though was able to elude both being impounded and authorities finding out its owner. Until now. Fortune reports that a pair of Russian investigative groups may have confirmed that this mysterious yacht belongs to Vladimir Putin.
Read MoreRemember Saab? It was a Swedish carmaker that built some astonishing vehicles over the years. The 9-5 Aero took the fight to the best from Germany, and the 99 Turbo is a legit dream car for me. After wowing buyers with its Scandi styling and turbocharged engines, the firm has now made a pivot to building autonomous EVs.
Read MoreWith the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, an international effort to force Russia to stop its advance and leave the country has begun. From U.S. sanctions making the Russian ruble nearly worthless to the freezing of assets of Russians who hold international accounts, it’s too early to tell whether or not any of this is working. The recent effort of seizing the yachts of Russian Oligarchs, however, may work. Here are just five of the yachts authorities around the world have impounded so far.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing rich people are good at, it’s making sure they hold on to their riches. Russians oligarchs are practically magicians, making whole entire giant ships hundreds of feet long disappear — at least, on paper.
Read MoreOfficials across Europe are seizing the yachts of rich and powerful Russian Oligarchs due to sanctions put in place following that country’s invasion of Ukraine. One mysterious vessel in the Tuscan port town of Marina di Carrara is under scrutiny for its over-the-top secrecy as the possible superyacht of a well-connected Oligarch. It’s rumored to be the vessel of Russian President Vladimir Putin himself.
Read MoreWhen Ron Burgundy explained that diversity was an “old old wooden ship” in Anchorman, he very well could have been talking about something explorers just discovered. Because, in fact, an old, old wooden ship was just found 10,000 feet below the surface of the Weddell Sea at the edge of Antarctica.
Read MoreThe travel industry took a big hit during the pandemic, especially cruise ships. In some cases, passengers were quarantined on ships for weeks, as ports were wary of COVID-19 transmission. Being stuck aboard what’s basically a petri dish for weeks or months sounds awful, but there are passengers who willingly spend years on cruise ships. And among them, Mario Salcedo is king. He’s lived ship-to-ship for two decades, and according to Aeon and the New York Times, he’s ‘the happiest guy in the worl
Read MoreThere are few things in this world better (and more American) than a road trip with your good friends. I’m sure you all – as car people – can at least somewhat agree with that opinion.
Read MoreLike many of you, I will often pass the time browsing CarMax listings to see what kind of questionable automotive purchases I could get with a MaxCare warranty. Sometimes some real gems will appear, and sometimes life plays cruel jokes on you.
Read MoreOh, Carmax. You might not have the best deals on used cars, but you have some damn good marketing. So good in fact, that even a seasoned gearhead can get hypnotized by the desire to buy car “the best way,” even if it means overspending.
Read MoreI drove the Jeep Grand Cherokee L a whole bunch over the weekend, and I’ve got a lot of thoughts. But, before I put together my second review, I want to know what you want to know.
Read MoreAs vehicles have gotten bigger over various generations there has arisen a semantical conflict between how automakers want to categorize their various makes and models into different sizes and how consumers perceive the size of these vehicles.
Read MoreI’ll cut right to the chase – the 2023 Mazda CX-50 is the type of car you get from a manufacturer that is putting in an honest effort to make a good car. I’d go so far as to say the CX-50 could be the new gold standard of midsize CUVs from non-premium brands. I mean that. And my words carry a lot of weight since this is my first car review.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are talking about negotiating car deals in the age of coronavirus, removing dealer stickers and the ability to still get a killer deal several months from now
Read MoreFriends, Romans, countrymen, welcome back to the Internet’s favorite weekly auction result slideshow. As the weather gets warmer, and the days get longer, everyone begins swapping out their winter beaters for sports cars — and they’re headed to Bring A Trailer to do so. We don’t have a single K5 Blazer this week, but there are three convertibles on the list. The times, they are a-changing.
Read MorePurchasing a car isn’t easy. New car or used car? Import or domestic? All-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive? These are only a few of the many questions that can come to mind, and sometimes despite your best efforts, you end up with the wrong car. Here are 10 times where that can bite you in the ass.
Read MoreBeing able to place a reservation for a car you want the day it goes live can be a satisfying thing. I can only imagine the anticipation of knowing your car is being built and that it’s coming, only to have that all thrown away by a dealership. That’s what’s happening to some GMC Hummer EV reservation holders, being hit with markups when their trucks arrive at dealers.
Read MoreWhen it comes to deciding on a new car, price isn’t everything. But it’s a big one. Almost everyone researches car online and even use an automaker’s website to configure a car with the options and features they want before going into the dealer. The problem is that some brands are a little bit sneaky about posting the total cost of their cars.
Read MoreJust about a year ago the official news came down that Caterham Cars had been passed on to new owners, and that the company would no longer be owned by Tony Fernandes. VT Holdings of Japan purchased the Lotus Seven clone manufacturer at the end of March 2021, and it couldn’t have gone better for them. As it happens, VT Holdings pushed Caterham Cars to its best sales year in the company’s history.
Read MoreIt’s the crossover whose name I have to Google every time I try to tell someone what I’m about to take for a spin: It’s the Toyota bZ4X, and I’m heading out to California at the start of next week to put this new electric vehicle through its paces. What do you want to know?
Read MoreBuilding a brand identity is hard. Pepsi’s been working on it for over a century, constantly changing and rebranding while Coke just stayed Coke. In the automotive world, it seemed Buick would follow that latter path forever: the same three shields, usually in three colors, have adorned the front of GM’s middle-luxury-kinda-ish brand since the 1980s. But now, it seems General Motors has decided to breathe new life into the tri-shield crest — by turning it into... hair clippers?
Read MoreThere’s been a rumor floating around for a while now that Mazda — the company that now makes five indistinguishable crossovers, the Mazda 3 and the Miata — has seen god and will deliver to us a rear-wheel-drive, inline-six-powered sport sedan with design inspired by the breathtaking RX-Vision concept from seven years ago. Yeah, that’s not happening.
Read MoreIt’s a frustrating time to be a car buyer right now. Markups are all over the place. Not knowing who is marking up what, or being told one price over the phone or email and then being hit with a markup when you get to the dealer, can be frustrating. Luckily, someone out there has all of our backs. That person created a website that tracks markups all over the country and lists them in one place.
Read MoreHi, everyone! I’m going on my first press trip this week where I’ll be checking out the all-new Mazda CX-50. Before I go, I wanna know what you wanna know about the Japanese company’s latest offering.
Read MoreYou’re almost there. It’s Friday, the end of the work week, and we’re getting into the back half of the work day. It’s almost the weekend, so why not relax a bit? Take a few minutes for yourself, to decompress and gawk at the ways rich people have spent their money this week. That’s right, it’s Suckers Slideshow time. Let’s go.
Read MoreAfter receiving complaints about dealerships screwing customers over leases, doing everything from tacking on fees to refusing to provide buyout quotes, Nissan is taking a strange stance. Cars Direct reports the automaker is allowing some Nissan and Infiniti dealers to charge customers “reconditioning fees” if they want their lease returns to be certified pre-owned vehicles.
Read MoreThe situation is such that automakers have figured out that selling fewer but more expensive cars is more profitable and also, there is a chip shortage and new car inventory is down and also gas prices are very high and also automakers have largely abandoned the small car market. What gives?
Read MoreGenesis is really jumping into the deep end of the ultra luxury pool. Surprisingly, it’s not with the G90 and its great wheels. No, this time around it’s with the GV80 crossover. The Korean luxury brand is making a special edition four-seat version for your conspicuous consumption. Called the GV80 Prestige Signature, Genesis is bringing just 600 of these ultra luxurious GV80s to our shores. So what’s so extra special about it?
Read MoreWe may have foregone last week’s Suckers Slides, but we’re back with a vengeance for the month of March. It’s all here — high-priced hot hatches, six-figure supercars, and some truly abhorrent listing photos. Grab your drink of choice, kick your feet up, and let’s laugh together at the tastes of those with far more money than you or I could ever possibly save. It’s good to be back.
Read MoreI don’t know who you are, but if you’re looking to get into a Jeep Cherokee on the cheap, you are SOL. Jeep has eliminated the base engine, effectively raising the base price of the Cherokee to over $35,000.
Read MoreFrom automakers favoring their own dealers with buybacks to not reporting lease returns and creating loads of fake fees, dealership behaviors are pushing some boundaries. And dealers are still managing to find ways to surprise us. The latest incident involves a dealer stealing a customer’s lease payment before refusing to return it unless the customer signed a non-disclosure agreement. I spoke to him about what happened.
Read MoreYou had to see it coming — you just didn’t know when right it would happen, right? But it’s finally starting. Flippers have got their greedy paws on the Hummer EV, and one flipper is asking for a price that’s as absurd as the truck itself.
Read MoreIt’s a tough market for anyone looking to buy a new car in 2022. Right now, car prices are being hit by sky-high markups, and dealer inventories have been cut thanks to the ongoing chip shortage. Maybe that’s why one plucky car buyer decided February 2022 was the right time to buy a brand new Acura RLX.
Read MoreDarlene has a small package delivery business, but her 300,000-mile minivan is eating into her profits with fuel and maintenance costs. She has a $16,000 budget for something affordable and fuel-efficient to do her delivery runs.
Read MoreMore new car buyers than ever before are paying over sticker price for vehicles. Finding a “deal” looks very different in this market than it did in the past. We have reported on several occasions some pretty egregious dealer markups and there is even a website that is tracking which stores are jacking up prices on specific cars. Our friends at iSeeCars.com shared this latest report for the month, which details what models are more likely to be sold over MSRP.
Read MoreOne of the most frustrating aspects of buying a car from a dealer is the back and forth about the price. Some dealers have responded to this by offering upfront, “no haggle” prices. And while this seemingly streamlines the process and makes (some) buyers happy, in practice, it’s a little bit more complicated.
Read MoreI’m in my early 20's and can finally afford to buy a really cool performance car like a WRX or a Focus ST, but every time I go to the dealer for a test drive I get ignored. How can I get the salespeople to take me seriously, so I can test drive these cars and find out what I really want?
Read MoreCar dealers are in for a rude awakening as EVs gain traction because in order to sell EVs, dealers will obviously want to charge them. The installation of fast chargers at dealer locations is proving more costly and complicated than expected. In some cases, fast charger installation can take up to two years and cost over $200,000, as Auto News reports. For once, dealers are stuck waiting and paying more than they thought. Call it the cost of doing business.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are talking about multiple “owners” on history reports, paint protection film, and where to sell a car if you are moving.
Read MoreCarMax is an absolute powerhouse when it comes to pre-owned vehicle retailing. It sells more than double the used inventory than their nearest competitor and they make significantly more money doing so. The primary reason for this is simple—most people are overpaying.
Read MoreVehicle inventory is down and prices are up, and the only thing that is worse than buying a car right now is buying a home. Some folks are looking at the car market similar to the housing market and thinking it’s smarter to lease versus buy just like it may be better to rent a home than purchase right now. However, the math doesn’t support this approach.
Read MoreJonny is 16 and is shopping for his first car. His aging Saab is getting to the point where it’s no longer reliable. He is looking for something fun, reliable, and good for Minnesota winters. He has a fairly healthy budget for a first ride.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we will discuss if CarMax cars are worth the premium, how to search for a specific truck, and the risks of buying a used car with modifications.
Read MoreCar dealers are not happy with the direction the Biden administration has taken the auto industry. In Automotive News’ Dealer Outlook Survey for 2022, dealers voiced their complaints with the administration on everything from supply chain issues to inflation to electric vehicles — all of this in spite of record profits (probably due to all the markups people have been willing to pay for.)
Read MoreGregory had a 2017 Smart ForTwo Cabrio that was recently totaled. It was tiny but it was loaded, and he really loved it. He is looking for another drop-top that is still fun and funky without being too sporty. What car should he buy?
Read MoreEva has been driving a hand-me-down 2013 Chevy Cruze. She loves the car even though it hasn’t been the most reliable. She is looking for something fun, reliable, and not older than 2015. What car should she buy?
Read MoreThe old saying that “cash is king” applies to almost all purchases, except if you want to buy a car from a dealership. A recent report from the Wall Street Journal revealed how dealers in this seller’s market are pressuring buyers to get loans because it’s another way for the dealers to make a buck.
Read MoreAs Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing dealers that don’t honor deposits and someone torn between two lifestyle cars.
Read MoreOne of the first Alfa Romeo SZ models to roll off the line more than three decades ago is back to its former glory and it looks as polarizing as ever. It was restored by none other than Alfa Romeo. Well, by FCA Heritage, a subsidiary within Stellantis that looks after classic cars from Alfa, Fiat, Lancia and Abarth.
Read MoreBy now, you may be used to our weekly live shenanigans on Twitch. If not, you’re missing out — every Thursday, some of the best and brightest minds in the automotive world come together to dunk on poor Jalopnik writers in our Twitch chat for being bad at Gran Turismo. But this week, we’re giving you all a treat: Not one, but two chances to hang out with us live.
Read MoreLooks aren’t everything, it’s what’s under the hood that counts. These ten cars can’t match their performance stats to their styling and reputation.
Read MoreBoth are auto industry icons. One was uniquely an enthusiast who, in the latter half of his life was Vice Chairman at GM, while having had a hand in many performance toys coming to market. The other, a grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, worked his way up through the ranks of the Volkswagen Automotive Group and influenced the development and engineering of some of VW’s most over-engineered and complex vehicles.
Read MoreTo date, I’ve seen Death Valley Girls twice live on stage. I’ve seen Iggy Pop in concert once. I’d never met Andy Warhol because he died a long time ago.
Read MoreTurns out, there’s a 100 percent effective way to teach people to drive a stick shift. I first heard it several years ago from the sainted Tappet Brothers, and I’ve taught maybe 25 or 30 people to drive a manual with it since — with a zero percent failure rate.
Read MoreCars have a lot of personality. Their distinct faces, unique noises, strong cultural relationships, and performance characteristics are all very human traits. Yesterday we asked you if you could transform a car into a human being for the purposes of fighting which would you pick?
Read MoreI’m a huge baseball fan. In fact, you could probably say it’s my favorite sport. But, even I can admit when someone commits an act of cringe. That’s exactly what Major League Baseball did with this new Home Run Derby Ad. In fact, it’s so bad that not even a R34 Skyline GT-R can save it. If anything, it makes it worse. Let me explain.
Read MoreLike many of you, my heart is broken over the unexpected, recent passing of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins. With my musical background, I found myself constantly jamming along (and by this I mean “drumming on the steering wheel”) to his cadences on their songs and albums, long before I would ever figure out the lyrics.
Read MoreSome car owners just can’t help themselves from turning their once lovable machines into over-customized, poorly driven, and overall ruined piles of trash. Here are 10 sad, sad examples of that.
Read MoreEarlier this week, we got an email from Rich Rebuilds with his latest video in which he tried to beat high gas prices by powering a Humvee with used fast-food fryer oil. It got us thinking: Remember when biodiesel was all the rage?
Read MoreSeven years. That’s the time between rumors of Lexus’ GS F coming to market and the car actually coming to market. Lexus had never really appeared to take its F brand seriously. And its first attempt at going after cars like the BMW M5 and Audi S6 ended up being kind of a dud.
Read MoreToday’s traffic jam is personal for me in a way, as it comes from L.A.’s own Patrice Rushen, who just happens to be close family friend — and whom my godfather has known and played with for years.
Read MoreWeird car Twitter can be a wonderful place where we, as car people, lament about our cars, the lack of space we have to play with all of our toys, or canonically fail to do anything with them. While some house and play with more cars than there are days in a week, some have trouble just getting one extra set of wheels back on the road. Why the extremes? It comes down to dedication, outright stubbornness, and facing reality — can you really fix this?
Read MoreEvery driver has seen a strange dashboard symbol or found an unfamiliar button in their car and wondered, “What the hell is that?” Luckily, Jalopnik readers know what they mean, and they’re here to help.
Read MoreOld workhorses need love too. The folks behind Ammo NYC know this, and were on hand to help a car enthusiast pull a Ford Model A “doodlebug” out of 8 years worth of brush and make it shine again.
Read MoreHow do I love thee? Let me count the ways. That’s what Elizabeth Barrett Browning asked of her lover in Sonnet 43. If I’d written the lines, I’d have gone with Sonnet 36 (or e36) as a nod to my 1997 BMW 318ti, which saved my wife and I more than once when we moved recently. We went from a small space to a rental I think is way too big. But not so big the ‘ti couldn’t double as a U-haul.
Read MoreIt’s not difficult to see why public opinion today is shifting towards curtailing higher highway speed limits. From safety to fuel economy and environmental concerns, logical reasons mount against higher speeds on highways. A study by the US Department of Energy found that a highway speed limit reduction from 75 mph to 60 mph would increase fuel economy by 25 percent due to the lower wind resistance. Despite this information, I wouldn’t complain if the highway speed limit was increased.
Read MoreHey, look at that, it’s finally Friday once again. I imagine that many readers are getting ready to punch the clock, kick back and enjoy a spring weekend. Before you do that, grab a cold snack and your favorite chair. Let’s chat!
Read MoreHappy Friday! The weekend is only hours away, so let’s keep the energy going with some tunes. Today’s track features two genres mingling together that you might not think would fit. It’s Within Temptation Featuring Xzibit with And We Run!
Read MoreIt’s Thursday afternoon – which means it’s pretty much Friday, and that means it’s the weekend. There’s no better way to celebrate that fact than by pointing out the Porsche Cayenne is the only new vehicle sold that starts at exactly $69,000.
Read MoreAmong the topics I never expected to write about at Jalopnik, Bad Bunny has to be high on the list. The Puerto Rican singer-songwriter skirts the line between genius and absurdity often, but I never took the artist and professional wrestler for a jalop or gearhead! As in, a lover of big rigs and mundane daily drivers.
Read MoreI’ve always played it safe when dealing with my vehicles. Usually, because I use my vehicles daily, but I was young and dumb once. Years back, when I had my TL Type S, it somehow developed an engine mount issue. There was a clunk when I would accelerate. I attempted to see what the problem myself after seeing how much labor would be for the repair, but I quickly found myself in over my head after seeing three engine mounts. I gave up after removing the front motor mount plate. The car ended up h
Read MoreThe New York Times recently reported on the status of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, but the report contains a mistake that needs correction. The NYT details how Ukraine’s army is holding the Russians back with lighter and more mobile forces. Anti-tank units, led by people like Lt. Tetyana Chornovol, are ambushing and disabling Russian columns throughout the capital. And they’re defending their city from behind the wheel of their own personal cars, their own dailies.
Read MoreYou had to have known this was coming. Not because I’d left off imploring you to watch the movie about a Saab Drive My Car while remarking that the film had an exceptional soundtrack, but because I’d mentioned then that I would channel my desire to buy a rare (and probably pricy) Saab 900 Turbo into a much more reasonable purchase: the music from the film.
Read MoreOne thing I’ve always loved about race weekends are the cars they attract. Outside of just the standard car corrals (namely Chevrolet and Porsche) correlating with featured manufacturers of race weekend, fans will also bring along their prized possessions for show, much like a male peacock when he fans his feathers for the ladies.
Read MoreBack before GM decided to bring back Hummer as a 1000 horsepower super-truck toy for the well-off, Hummer tried going down market and expanding its lineup. After the rolling example of American pre-Great Recession excess that was the H2 and its useless H2T offshoot, there was the smaller H3 and its rare H3T variant.
Read MoreOver the weekend, a driver behind the wheel of a rented Tesla launched over a hill in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles before landing on other vehicles at the end of the street. One of those vehicles was allegedly owned by Jordan Hook, whose Subaru Forester was destroyed in the process. And to recoup his losses, Hook has started a GoFundMe.
Read MoreTwo off-roaders, both alike in dignity,
Read MoreIf you took some time to watch the 70th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring broadcast on Saturday, you surely came across a few aerial views of the track and all that was parked around it. Aside from the giant semi trailers and paddock tents, the other standout pattern was the hundreds of RVs and campsites organized in tight-knit rows around the entire track.
Read MoreIf your engine’s oil ever looks like delicious, delicious forbidden chocolate milk, there’s a good chance you have erred somewhere along the way. Unfortunately, one Ford Bronco owner didn’t realize that until it was too late.
Read MoreThis is probably a very un-cool confession, but I used to go to concerts with my mom all the time. This incredible woman, who had no interest in my terrible music, would tough it out in the middle of a mosh pit just because she knew how important it was for me to see my favorite bands live. But the first concert I ever went to by myself was a Ty Segall concert at Mohawk in Austin — and folks, I was not prepared.
Read MoreHappy Friday, or as they say on local news, FriYay! I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but it is just about perfect in New York City right now. Friday beers are about to commence ahead of a weekend of relaxing.
Read MoreIn Traffic Jams of old, we’ve covered some pretty great bands and artists. There’s been some catchy synth lines, fantastic guitar riffs and eloquent lyrics. But we’ve so far lacked excellent timpani arrangements. That changes today.
Read MoreI think we can all agree that Audi’s RS6 Avant is one of the coolest cars of the last decade. What’s not to love about a twin-turbo V8 AWD mega wagon? Well, okay, it’d be cooler if it had a manual transmission. And were available in brown. Where were we? Oh, right! ABT Sportsline is here to make that mega wagon into a super wagon. Hyper wagon? The limited-to-twenty-five-units ABT Audi RS6+ is what happens when an old-school tuning company gets its hands on every single system in the car. Badasse
Read MoreEveryone has a first car. Whether you loved it or hated it, whether you got something brand new or accepted a family hand-me-down, whether you’re proud or ashamed, we’ve all had one. Today, the staff of Jalopnik is here to share the stories of our first cars — and we want to hear your stories down in the comments.
Read MoreIt’s a Thursday. Hump Day is in the rearview mirror, but we still have miles to go until we reach Friday. You could certainly use a chill pick-me-up while you slog through your morning commute and my offering fits the bill for just that kind of Traffic Jam tunage.
Read MoreIf you’re like me — and millions of others — you’ve been watching Hulu’s Pam & Tommy religiously over the past month or so. But, if you’re also like me, you may have noticed something the average person wouldn’t. The vehicles featured in the show are perfect in just about every way. The mini-series tells the story of Pam and Tommy’s brief but hectic marriage in the mid-to-late 1990’s. Some of the cars featured are just *chef’s kiss*. They represent not only the period but the owners of the ca
Read MoreDo you see that? Do you feel that? THAT, dear reader, is the feeling you get knowing summer is right around the corner. It’s getting warm. It’s the exact time of the year that reminds me why I bought a convertible in the Northeast.
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading Jalopnik for any length of time, chances are that you know that I own enough vehicles to make a city inspector take up chain smoking. In my lifetime thus far, I’ve owned 26 cars, two buses and over 30 motorcycles. But rarely have I ever owned multiples of the same car at the same time. I do right now, and I’ve found a silly but actually pretty freaking useful benefit. Having multiples of the same car makes troubleshooting a breeze!
Read MoreI’m sad to say, I’m writing this from the roads of Ohio — but on the other side of this travel coin, I’m also writing this from the front cab of our rented RV. While the adventure hasn’t already been without its holdups in the first 12 hours since acquiring said RV, we’re at least on the road, and it’s official: We are on our way to Florida to camp in the infield for the 12 Hours of Sebring.
Read MoreOnce upon a time, Ford made sedans and fun stuff that was fairly accessible to most buyers. I’m not talking about vehicles like the Bronco and Raptor models. I mean stuff that wasn’t priced into the stratosphere, stuff that was done up by engineers who wanted drivers to have fun cars that didn’t break their pockets. Cars like the first-gen SVT Focus. More specifically, I’m referring to the light sleeper sedan that was the SVT Contour.
Read MoreAs last Wednesday drew to a close in the vaunted halls of Jalopnik’s office, a few of the New York-based writers (Owen, Adam, Jeb, and I) somehow ended up discussing Ducati product placement. The best, the worst, and the weirdest places Italian superbikes have popped up. Do I remember how we got on the topic? Absolutely not. Do I remember my pick for the weirdest Ducati product placement. Absolutely, because I’m right.
Read MoreOh, hi America, it’s been a while. Is that a boombox with a Peter Gabriel CD loaded up? Where did you even find one of those in 2022? Alright, come in, come in, no reason to make a scene.
Read More1999 was a notable year for gaming. Some of gaming’s most beloved titles were introduced that year, with many of these titles surviving well into the 2010s and today. Those future classics included Super Smash Bros, Marvel Vs. Street Fighter, Silent Hill, and Donkey Kong 64.
Read MoreNick Drake’s title track from his album Pink Moon gets all the attention and all the high profile covers, as it should. I’m not going to complain about this or argue whether the album’s opening track merits the praise because it is without a doubt a seminal fucking masterpiece. If you’re like me, you track back right around the final guitar strum of “Moon,” but I’m going to ask you to not do that today because I want you to listen a song that is often overlooked, “Place To Be.”
Read MoreThe other day, as I rifled through the library card catalog that comprises the Jalopnik archives (it takes up half the office, and most cards have been defaced past the point of recognition with lewd comments and/or falafel recipes), I stumbled on a post from nearly five years ago. It was a Friday afternoon hangout, a place for readers and writers to hang out and chat. I sent it off to our Slack channel, and everyone agreed — it would be nice to hang out with you all a bit more. So, welcome, to
Read MoreIt was supposed to be the car that showed that still had it going into the 21st century. But some called it “too ambitious,” and in a way, it was. Surprisingly made for over seven years (from 1998 to 2005) the Shelby Series 1 was, in essence, an almost new-age Cobra. Almost. Well, not quite — but that’s what Shelby wanted you to believe.
Read MoreWhen I started at Jalopnik, people were outraged that I didn’t have a U.S. driver’s license. How could management have hired this fool who doesn’t even know how to drive! While that’s not strictly true, as I have a UK driving license , I came one step closer to being qualified for the job when I sat my New York road test earlier this week.
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Read MoreRacing is something that I’m all too happy to leave to the professionals. Oh sure; my ideal speed is typically slightly higher than the posted limit, but I’m not a thrill seeker desperate to push my comfort zone. I know where my limitations are and I don’t derive joy from shattering them.
Read MoreAside from cars (and food), my other love is music, specifically jazz. I’m a HUGE jazz head, and I have my parents to thank for that. I loved it so much, I even played the sax as a kid. Now, with Traffic Jams I have a chance to introduce some of my favorite songs of the American art form to you, our readers, like the classic 1964 recording of Joy Spring by Joe Pass.
Read MoreRight now, there’s an article trending around Twitter claiming that “The metaverse already has a police department.” It’s about VRChat’s Loli Police Department, a group of cop cosplayers (copsplayers?) that act out law enforcement scenarios across the game’s many shared worlds. It’s an unmistakably weird group, but having personally visited LPD headquarters years ago in-game, I can say this: I would take one thousand of their precincts over whatever’s happening with automakers, NFTs, and somethi
Read MoreWith gas prices skyrocketing around the world and hitting record-breaking highs in the United States, you wouldn’t be alone if you were wondering how, exactly, prices are set where you live. Especially if you’re filling up your tank with $7 per gallon gasoline, wondering why people out in Texas are complaining about their $4.50 per gallon prices.
Read MoreYou can forget stretched Hummer H2s, coach buses and even the Canyonero. This is the longest car ever made — and it’s perfect. Feast your eyes, my friends, on “The American Dream.” It’s back and longer than ever.
Read MoreWorld domination is hard — just ask Vladimir Putin. What you have to do is pick a slice of the world to dominate. This is what I’m coining as the “Hagerty Method.” The company found its corner of the world — the automotive landscape — and decided they could (and should) have nearly all of it.
Read MoreMy husband and I have been in the midst of an ongoing argument for weeks now. The topic? What constitutes a Led Zeppelin banger. We don’t fight often, but when we do, we’re top-of-the-lungs hollering at each other about classic rock.
Read MoreLast week, we told you all about our shiny new Twitch channel and its very definite launch date of Thursday, March 3. Due to some extremely normal and precedented events, we ended up spending most of that week away from our keyboards, consoles, and website, but never fear — we’re back, and worse than ever.
Read MoreYou might have not have heard, but Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin is out of a seat this year. Just a week before the 2022 season started, Mazepin was dropped by Haas as it cut ties with title sponsor Uralkali. So, what should he do instead?
Read MoreEnjoy this masterpiece from Australian rock trio Camp Cope’s second album, 2018's How to Socialise & Make Friends. That record happens to have a Volvo 200 series sedan on the cover — I was going to say 240, but my friend Lalita says it’s a 264. In either case, a great choice of car for a great collection of songs.
Read MoreInsurance comparison website Insurify is here to tell us what cars we need to avoid on the road because the driver is probably drunk. Okay, maybe not “probably” — but according to the site’s, these are the 10 cars that have the most drunk drivers behind the wheel.
Read MoreThere are some people in this world that enjoy the occasional whiff of exhaust fumes as they let their vehicle warm up in the morning. There’s no shame in that; I won’t judge. But for all the other folks out there who would rather bask in the aroma of something a little more palatable, then I’d like to introduce you to a company that sells fuel fragrances.
Read MoreHere is a new Porsche 911 GT3, assembled from start to finish, in a complete timelapse. I find it oddly mesmerizing.
Read MoreRare is the day when both a car’s looks and its name can stop you dead in your tracks — and that’s why I want to take this day to introduce you all to the delightful Rumpler Drop, also called the Rumpler Tropfenwagen.
Read MoreIt’s a shame that Jaguar didn’t decide to make the Vision GT a limited-series production supercar, because the newest Roadster version would be an instant hit with a 60-car run and sell out at 2 million a pop in just a few hours. Then again, modern supercars drive like they’re in a video game anyway, so perhaps its best that these cars are all pixels and programming, so that nearly anyone can enjoy them. Well, anyone who can pony up a couple grand for a scalped PlayStation 5 and sixty bucks for
Read MoreThe early to mid-2000s were an odd time for American automakers. They were getting their groove back, the economy was booming, people had the money for toys, and toys with retro styling were all the rage. Not all of these toys were good ideas though. Questionable choices were made by automakers during this time. Take the Lincoln Blackwood for example.
Read MoreLet me level with you, I wouldn’t call myself a “Corvette person,” but as I turned the corner and saw the bright yellow Z06, something clicked. Maybe it’s the mullet I currently have carved into my head, but I’m quite smitten with the latest iteration of the legendary American sports car.
Read MorePiggybacking off last year’s A6 e-tron Sportback concept, Audi has teased us with some possible forbidden fruit: an EV wagon. The German luxury brand has debuted a wagon version of its A6 e-tron concept dubbed the A6 Avant e-tron.
Read MoreI didn’t expect to wake up on this delightful Friday on the East Coast and be met with depressing images of once priceless Nissan concepts rusting away at a junkyard, but we don’t always have control over how we start the day. I guess that’s why they say it’s a bad idea to look at social media the minute you open your eyes.
Read MoreThe turn of the century was all about new beginnings. Vehicle technology was on the verge of changing. Many automakers, as usual, wanted to be at the forefront of this change. As a result, there were a lot of impressive concept cars around this time. Most of the tech or showy things shown on these concept cars either appeared years later or resulted in something so different from what was originally shown. Some great concepts never saw the light of day, like the Ford Prodigy.
Read MoreI don’t know what is a worse situation to find yourself in between stealing an SUV, crashing said stolen vehicle on a highway, or fleeing the scene by sprinting across six lanes of highway traffic. A group of Wisconsin teenagers appeared to have done all three.
Read MoreWhat was probably one of the scariest moments of 16-year-old Riley Leon’s short life, has been viewed millions of times on the internet. Video of his red Chevy truck being tossed around by a Texas tornado Monday went viral on Twitter. The battered truck was deemed a total loss but things are looking up Friday after Chevrolet announced it will work with a local dealership to gift Leon a replacement truck.
Read MoreRayne is a small town of just over 7,300 residents in Louisiana. An interstate highway, I-10, serves Rayne with a single exit near the town’s northern boundary. Late Thursday morning, someone drove a tractor-trailer off the embankment near the exit.
Read MoreThere aren’t many things guaranteed in this world: water is wet, the sky is blue, etc. However, the one thing that may be ever more certain that those two facts is this: Florida is fuckin’ wild.
Read MorePeople say that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place. That well-known idiom is entirely incorrect. Some roads seem to be magnets for road incidents, almost like a lightning rod. A Los Angeles news crew caught a collision live on camera while reporting an update on a prior fatal collision.
Read MoreDespite having the right to use most public roadways, pedestrians and cyclists are in a disproportionate amount of danger while on them. According to the most recent dataset from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in traffic crashes are at their highest levels since the 1980s. Almost 20 percent of all traffic fatalities in the United States were people who weren’t drivers or passengers in motor vehicles.
Read MoreEight months into his recovery after being struck by a car while biking, Ben Bollinger of Vancouver, Canada received a surprise bill for $3,752.01. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) was asking him to recoup the damages caused to the vehicle that hit him, Global News reports.
Read MoreCalifornia Highway Patrol officers stumbled onto a local gold mine. Local news outlets and the department reports that a two-month-long investigation led authorities to a home where $2.3 million worth of vehicles (35 in total) were stored.
Read MoreFilming idling trucks seems like an easy way to earn a little extra cash, but the bounty hunters of New York’s Citizens Air Complaint Program need to use guile, guts and patience to make thousands of dollars a year off of trucking companies breaking the law. They are rewarded with 25 percent of the fines issued to companies, as well as the thrill of the hunt.
Read MoreChances are your local news affiliate has already reported on it happening in your neighborhood: criminals drilling into and draining gas tanks to steal the sweet, expensive nectar inside, leaving their victims with not only no fuel but also a hefty repair bill. It happened to one Pennsylvania woman, who said the thief stole the gas right out of her Nissan Rogue as it sat parked outside her home. There are similar stories coming out of California, too, and Missouri, and Wisconsin.
Read MoreA good car salesman without a job can be a dangerous person. All that industry know-how under their belt can create the perfect storm for fraud if one wanted to go down that road of finessing people out of their money. That’s what happened with one Detroit car salesman. Fox 2 Detroit reports that this man, posing as a salesman, allegedly created an elaborate scam that involved lies and resold cars.
Read MoreA Florida police deputy caught a man blowing past a stop sign while traveling 20 miles over the posted limit but, in the driver’s defense, he had a good reason: incipient nuclear war.
Read MoreIt’s been beyond depressing to watch Gran Turismo 7 — a good driving game marred by a stingy economy and lacking single-player campaign — fall in favor over the past few weeks. Mainly because it didn’t have to be this way. The lack of late-game content and egregiously priced vehicles was bad enough, but then the title was rendered unplayable for an entire day and returned with even lower payouts for races. That was the twist of the knife that sparked a fan uproar, and the game’s Metacritic user
Read MoreSometimes you see a screenshot of a game and you immediately think to yourself, “I need to play that.” Retro sprite-scaling racer Slipstream is one such game for me, which is why I’m excited to see the indie title will get a wider release on April 7 for Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
Read MoreIf you haven’t seen The Batman yet, put this article down and go do that. It’s worth it, I promise. Find the biggest screen and most importantly the best speakers that you can — you won’t regret it. The movie has its strong points (many) and its weak ones (fewer), but most importantly it gets one thing very right: The Batmobile.
Read MoreGran Turismo 7 has had quite a rough 24 hours, to put it mildly. Almost immediately after developer Polyphony Digital pushed out an update in the early hours of Thursday morning, the game was taken offline for emergency maintenance. It remained that way for more than a day. While it’s up and running again now, all that downtime coupled with fans’ concerns about GT7's game’s slow progression have damaged the launch of an otherwise excellent driving sim.
Read MoreI’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time with Gran Turismo 7, but it’s still kind of in rough shape. In fact, it’s in rougher shape than the day it launched.
Read MoreThe movie Drive My Car (2021) is admittedly about a lot more than just the car it features, an immaculate 1987 Saab 900 Turbo. Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi does an incredible job of adapting Haruki Murakami’s short story by the same name. Not with a film that’s beholden to its source material, but by letting the characters and their story grow to fill a whopping 179-minute runtime. Yeah, this is a long film, but I need you to go and watch it. Trust me; it’s worth it.
Read MoreWhen Gran Turismo 7 was announced as a cross-generation release for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, some fans were disappointed the game would be curtailed so as to not take full advantage of the newer hardware. Most people who want PS5s still can’t get them, so a PS4 release was necessary to get the game into as many people’s hands as possible. Which is good in the long run, because GT7 happens to be a great game that anyone with a passing interest in cars should definitely check out.
Read MoreThis morning, I was forwarded an email from a reader who had broken down nearly every aspect of the new Batmobile from The Batman. In his incredibly nerdy and detailed YouTube video, Josh White worked to identify everything from the body to the (two) engines to the make and model of the seats. But, in all 21 minutes, there’s one single assertion I disagree with: The engine sitting between those two rear wings.
Read MoreGran Turismo 7 is going to be a frustrating experience for a lot of people. Of that, I’m convinced.
Read MoreAs gas prices steadily climb, some buyers entering this super challenging car market are looking to reduce their fuel costs. One way to do so is to target a vehicle that is either hybrid, electric, or plug-in hybrid, but popular models have shot up in price. Here are some interesting options under $25,000 that can reduce your pain at the pump.
Read MoreThe electric car world has made its decision. There are Tesla-style EVs, ones built as electric from the ground up, that look and feel like the future, and there are boring EVs, sharing bones with gas-powered models, that look and feel like any other car. The Tesla model won, so where does that leave the Kia Niro EV?
Read MoreIf there is one thing Ford is good at, it’s making money. Now, they’ve got another way to do it while also tapping into the red-hot off-road market. Welcome, everyone, to the new Ford F-150 Rattler. It’s the cheapest way to get into the F-150’s off-roading portfolio. Honestly, it rules.
Read MoreNobody can build vehicles quickly enough, but Ford’s especially feeling the pinch with the Maverick. The manufacturer paused new orders on its hot compact pickup until the summer because it needs to prioritize fulfilling reservations already placed. And listen — in spite of the headline up there that I’m well aware some of you are sharpening your axes over as you read this, let me just say that I get it. As a technical achievement, the Maverick deserves praise. A small truck that starts at $20,0
Read MoreThe stock Ford Bronco is by no means a small truck. In its four door configuration, it measures 189.4 inches long and 86.2 inches wide, dwarfing many other cars on the road. But if you’re mad enough to think that you need a bigger truck than this, engineering firm Apocalypse Manufacturing has the answer.
Read MoreWe all know the dealership system is broken. New car listings are replete with markups, and buyers that can even find a reasonably-priced car are still subject to scams and fraud. So when a manufacturer tries to rein in its dealers with new rules, the result is generally an improvement — but Ford, with its new EV initiatives, may have gone a step too far.
Read MoreThis weekend, there’s a Mecum auction coming up in Houston, Texas. Big auction lots like these are always fun to peruse, to see if anything interesting (say, a real Drag-U-La) pops up. This auction, however, has an interesting category of cars: Three near-identical Eleanor Mustang replicas.
Read MoreAnother week means another entry in our series featuring the sweet cars I found for sale online on websites like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. This week we have one of the coolest cars to come from Chrysler, a beautiful truck, and more vintage iron.
Read MoreThis seems like one of those once-in-a-lifetime bargains that you’ll regret passing on if you don’t pick it up right now. This old-school racer is ready to deliver you an on-track driving experience that you just can’t get from anything modern. And it’s only $12,500!
Read MoreAnother week means another entry in our series featuring the sweet cars I found for sale online on websites like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. This week we have a rare diesel import, more beautiful trucks, and vintage iron.
Read MoreAnother week means another entry into our series featuring the sweet cars I found for sale online. This week we have a rare speedy wagon, a beautiful old truck, and an obscure American roadster.
Read MoreThe Midwest is pulling itself out of winter, and I’m getting the itch to buy a convertible. I’ve had a hankering for a Saturn Sky or a Pontiac Solstice and have been searching for a cheap one. In doing so, I’ve stumbled across something special. This 2006 Pontiac Solstice Mallett is like no other, sporting 400 horses by way of a 6.0-liter LS2 V8. It’s a ridiculous hot rod, and I need it in my life
Read MoreHere are three Toyota Camrys from 2007, 2008, and 2009, each with three pedals to their name! They’re remarkably affordable, and famously easy to maintain.
Read MoreThere are plenty of boring cars in the world today, but the one that I’ve personally believed stands tall above the rest — the Honda HR-V — will soon be replaced. Not with the new HR-V teased more than a year ago, because that’s the one the rest of the world is getting. The North American HR-V will be different in ways that I can only presume make it less appealing, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
Read MoreSwedish motorcycle manufacturer Cake is unusually focused on its efforts to reduce emissions, resource use, and generally make the world a better place. Most motorcycle manufacturers simply aim to sell bikes, but Cake takes things a step further with its philanthropic work, including an aim to reduce poaching. After a handful of years on the market selling some interesting bikes with a cool industrial design aesthetic, the company is embarking on a new quest to deliver certified pre-owned Cake m
Read MoreYou know what they say about team work, right? Well, it makes the dream work. And, if your dream is swappable batteries in your swanky Japanese motorbike, then I’ve got great news for you: Japan’s four biggest bike makers — Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki — have come together to finally make battery sharing work.
Read MoreThe Can-Am brand was founded way back in 1971 as one of the most exciting names in off-road, with a serious lineup of dirt bikes that dominated competition. The company later grew to incorporate equally successful ATV, and snowmobile branches. Through the 1980s the motorcycle business wound down and Can-Am focused on its strengths, letting the two-wheel business wither on the vine. Now the Can-Am Motorcycle brand is making a comeback in a big way, with four new all-electric bikes set to launch n
Read More$29,799. When the LiveWire first launched in 2019 as a 2020 model bike, that’s where Harley-Davidson priced it. I thought it was overpriced when it launched, but after riding it I sort of understood. This was meant to be an advanced power move for wealthy early tech adopters, like the original Tesla Roadster, but bikes. As it turns out those kinds of riders either don’t exist, or didn’t value the Harley-Davidson brand the way The Motor Company imagined they would.
Read MoreThe year is 1959, and you’re a hip cat with a brand new Gibson Les Paul slung over your back as you ride down the beach at sunset to a bar gig on your also brand new Triumph Bonneville T120. That’s a heck of a picture to paint, and you know that person was just too cool for school. And that’s the word from the bird, daddy-o. If you are the kind of person who wants to recreate that level of cool in 2022, you’ll want to enter to win this 1959 Legends matched set during this year’s Distinguished G
Read MoreI’ve recently had a sleepless night where I burned the late night oil looking at motorcycles to buy. After losing out on a Buell Ulysses with 80,000 miles and a Yamaha CS5, I got the sudden hankering for something offbeat. I’ve already owned a scooter with a pop-up headlight, but what about a motorcycle? As it turns out, Suzuki dabbled with pop-up headlights in the 1980s with one of the raddest motorcycles you’ll ever see. This is the Suzuki GSX750S Katana.
Read MoreIf you want an exciting but inexpensive motorcycle with a warranty these days, your first and best bet is to head over to your local Royal Enfield dealer. The Indian-built lineup is scant, and the bikes don’t offer top-of-the-market options, but they are really good bikes for the money, and that’s what’s important. To keep its bikes inexpensive, the company has to do as much parts bin engineering as it can, and the new Scram 411 is perfect evidence of that.
Read MoreHarley-Davidson is once again percolating its racing technology down from the track into street motorcycles. This time, we’re getting a pair of baggers that are lifted up, trimmed down and painted like a championship-winning racer. The Harley-Davidson Street Glide ST and Road Glide ST are baggers that you’ll actually want to scrap up the floorboards on.
Read MoreAdmit it, you’ve always wanted to crouch down behind a bullet fairing and peg the throttle wide open just to see what 1100 ccs of raw whining power are capable of. We’ve all been there, but not all of us have been treated to the pleasure of such an experience. Honda wants to change that, but without the mess of carburetors or decades-old spaghetti-framed death wobble. Meet the new Honda Hawk 11. It has the neo-vintage look we’ve all been begging for, but with a modern chassis and reliable electr
Read MoreEver since I imported two cars last year, I’ve had the idea of bringing over a motorcycle on my mind. I’ve been scanning Japanese motorcycle marketplaces looking for the one to buy. Between the bikes that are too young and old bikes that are too expensive, I’ve found myself captivated by the cream-colored Suzuki SW1. As it turns out, these aren’t just weird but extremely rare.
Read MoreAt this point there are seemingly dozens of new urban electric mobility concepts floating around out there, each promising wilder and more interesting specs. Super73 might be on to something with the C1X concept, however, as it seems like it’s perfectly attainable with current technology, and doesn’t over promise something the company can’t deliver. This takes the mini-moto trend and adds a bit of video-gamey cyberpunk design flair, plus the promise of relative lightweight and compact dimensions
Read MoreIt seems that not a day goes by that Honda doesn’t launch a new compact motorcycle somewhere in the world. In addition to the wildly successful Grom, Trail, Super Cub, and Monkey, plus the Indian-built ultra-cheap scooter-based Navi, Honda is launching a new member of the family with a familiar old name. The Dax ST125 is coming for the 2023 model year bearing the same 125cc engine and centrifugal clutch 4-speed as the Super Cub, but with the old-school cutesy looks of the original 1969 Dax. Sadl
Read MoreIf you’re a track riding fiend, and you really absolutely have to have the newest and fastest kit on the block, this bike is for you. Ducati has a newer, better, faster Panigale, and it’s about as close to a Ducati Corse race bike as you can get without being a factory rider (or a Gresini, Moody, or Pramac rider). Okay, it doesn’t have carbon bonded frame like the limited Superleggera, but it has all the trickery and race-ready everything to make up for it. Ducati says it has improved the SP2 in
Read MoreThe absolute weirdness of Buell is totally back, even without Erik at the helm. Over a year ago the revived Buell announced the SuperTouring concept with a rendering on its website, and on Wednesday the company unveiled the finished product, or at least a working prototype, during Daytona Bike Week. Buell is calling this bike the world’s fastest touring bike. Uh, sure.
Read MoreA year ago, I brought home a 1999 Triumph Tiger. The motorcycle was my first Triumph, my first adventure bike, and my next chapter in eschewing carbs for fuel injection. It’s been an incredible ride, save for the fact that it’s been a pain just to get the thing started. Now I’ve finally solved it with a lithium battery that I’ve fallen in love with.
Read MoreI’m new here, but I hear there’s a bit of a rivalry between Americans and Canadians, is that right? I imagine it’s similar to how the rest of the world knows it’s better than the UK. So how about a bit of inter-country rivalry to spice up your day? Even Canada has more ambitious emissions targets than the USA.
Read MoreI’ve been a fan of small, sporty Toyotas ever since my buddy told me about riding around California as a kid in his dad’s 1980s FX16, a twin-cam hot hatch the world wasn’t ready for at the time. So I’m not mad that there’s a new 300-horsepower Toyota GR Corolla hot hatchback, I just find one coincidence funny.
Read MoreThe conflict in Ukraine seems to be hurting everyone except the people it should be — mainly Putin and his band of oligarchs. But as The Guardian reports, the sanctioning of Oligarchs, their yachts, and other assets has spilled over onto the crews maintaining them. The United Kingdom’s foreign office is now preparing to sanction the crews of these vehicles to keep them from being maintained.
Read MoreYou might see higher-ethanol blends of gasoline at the pump this spring and summer. The federal government may remove restrictions on E15 fuel — gasoline with 15 percent ethanol content, as opposed to the more common 10 percent — as a way of curtailing rising gas prices, per Reuters.
Read MoreGood morning and happy Thirsty Thursday. We have big news in the world of gas, which is ironic because the news about prices is pretty much the same. Prices are ever so slightly trending in the right direction – with the average price of a gallon of regular dipping down another cent from yesterday.
Read MoreYou buy a Rolls Royce to be seen in. You want to be snapped heading to swanky parties and flamboyant awards ceremonies. Heck, you might even be some high-flying CEO that wants to assert their dominance by rocking up to the office in a pristine Roller. And the company knows this. It knows that any new car it makes must be able to navigate commutes or frequent journeys to fancy events.
Read MoreTwenty-two years ago, Honda brought a new joy into this world. He stood just under four feet tall, barely bigger than a then-four-year-old Steve. His name was ASIMO, and from the moment I first saw him in Popular Science magazine, he was my friend. A kindred spirit, a kind fellow.
Read MoreHave you ever made an impulse purchase online late at night, only to wake up in the morning and decide you really never wanted it at all? It seems Edison Motors, maker of zero-emissions city buses, is cancelling its order before it ever ships: The company failed to make a $224 million payment, and SsangYong is back on the market. You should buy it.
Read MoreHey all. It’s Wednesday – which means it’s nearly Thursday. Thursday is pretty much Friday and Friday may as well be the weekend. So enjoy that. I don’t know about you, but it’s cold here in the city. Oh, and gas prices haven’t gone up or down since yesterday. So, there’s really not too much to report on that front.
Read MoreDo you remember the Bugatti Centodieci? It was first seen around these parts in 2019, a time before the pandemic, when overpriced supercars were barely remarkable. The Centodieci was going to be a few-off, limited to just ten examples, all starting around at least eight million euros. After almost three years, Bugatti finally said Monday that it was ready to enter production of the Centodieci. Bugatti will make ten total, all this year, and they will each start at eight million euros, or around
Read MoreThere’s no two ways about it, gas-powered cars are on their way out. Europe wants to ban the sale of these cars within the decade and manufacturers have pledged to cut them from their ranges as they strive for more efficient vehicles. But what will replace sweet, sweet gasoline? Well, Ford appears to be eyeing hydrogen as a new source of power.
Read MoreApparently street racing is a really big issue in Portland, Oregon – especially if you ask the police. But now it seems there’s another element being added to the issue that is making it even worse – shootings.
Read MoreWell, it seems like a whole lot of you out there are doofuses. I say that with love, but 65,000 of y’all placed reservations for the GMC Hummer EV. That is entirely too many.
Read MoreIt was March 27. Although just a week prior Michigan was enjoying 60+ degree temperatures, the weekend rolled in with 20-30 degree temps and another late dusting of snow. It wasn’t a lot of snow for Michigan, but the damage was done. While out running errands it was difficult to ignore the white chalky look to the road. The county had indeed salted the roads.
Read MoreWe’ve talked a few times about unfinished Ford Broncos languishing at “Dirt/Ice Mountain ‘’ in Michigan outside of Ford’s assembly plant. Unfortunately, it seems Dirt/Ice Mountain is now full… which means there’s now an overflow lot!
Read MoreWhen it comes to the war effort in Ukraine, it’s all hands on deck. That includes passenger vehicles. A welder’s shop in Lviv is working overtime to outfit donated vehicles with steel plates, supports for machine guns, camouflage and everything else needed to turn a workhorse vehicle into a warhorse.
Read MoreHappy Taco Tuesday, folks. It’s time for gas price watch – our daily series where we track our collective pain at the pump.
Read MoreThe Rolls-Royce Wraith and Dawn have been on a death watch of sorts for a while now, but especially after Rolls said they planned to no longer offer them in the U.S. last year. On Friday, Rolls confirmed that by the end of 2023, they will all be gone for good.
Read MoreAs winter wanes, many drivers start to prepare their cars for summer. The warm-weather tires go on, and the shovels and ice scrapers start moving from trunks to closets. But early-spring storms, covering roads with snow and skies with fog, are still a danger — as new video out of Pennsylvania shows.
Read MoreTesla doesn’t like government regulations, until it does, the kind of stance every automaker takes depending on their particular interests, and also depending on who is president. In other words, automakers are governed by self-interest. On Sunday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would be more than doubling penalties on many cars that don’t comply with fuel efficiency requirements, government action that Tesla had previously asked for.
Read MoreTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he has COVID-19 once again, which comes as no surprise to anyone who is capable of independent thought.
Read MoreHertz says it is moving to expand its EV rental offerings and has done so by adding Tesla Model Ys to its rental lineup, Electrek reports. However, if you’re looking to rent any of these Tesla offerings, good luck.
Read MoreOfficials in Russia had until Monday to return aircraft leased to the country by companies in EU nations, but many have already given up their planes as lost causes. Especially after President Putin signed a law allowing airlines to register leased aircraft as Russian in defiance of international law.
Read MoreHappy Monday, everybody! I’m sure you can all agree with me that there’s no better way to start off your week than by learning about the pain at the pump that awaits you on the way to work.
Read MoreThe People’s Convoy is packing it up and heading back to California after a disastrous weekend which started off the arrest of one of their own and the release of a video where Convoy members ganged up on a motorcyclist, beating him in the middle of traffic.
Read MoreThe chip shortage continues. As Ford ships models without computer chips to dealerships, General Motors has decided to take a different option to deal with the lack of chips. GM has chosen to temporarily shutter one of its production facilities to reduce the number of vehicles it’s building without chips. General Motors is also lobbying Congress to take action to end the computer chip shortage.
Read MoreYesterday was my last full day with the Aston Martin Vantage. Filling up, I threw in 13 gallons of gas for the hearty sum of $79.54 — that’s with premium at $5.99 a gallon. It stung just a bit. Yet, not all California drivers are willing to take the hit to their wallets. Some are literally leaving the country for cheaper gas, as the L.A. Times reports some California drivers are heading to Tijuana to fill up on Mexico’s much-cheaper gas.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday that it placed an order for 50,000 new mail trucks with Oshkosh Defense in Wisconsin and now one fifth of that fleet would be electric, double the original paltry 5,000 EVs originally planned.
Read MoreTesla has a problem, and it’s one not too many people are talking about outside of Jalopnik: Its racism against Black employees. We’ve covered it extensively: the $1 million settlement the company had to pay over racial slurs; the $137 million discrimination settlement; Tesla’s acknowledgment of the racism; even Musk’s bullshit response to it by saying “be thick skinned”, it doesn’t seem like the racism will go away. And no one has really talked to the people it’s been happening to. Until now, a
Read MoreThe People’s Convoy is having quite a Friday already. First, there are reports of police having to break up a heated exchange Thursday night, which resulted in one person being arrested with a loaded firearm on their person. This was hours after members of the Convoy rolled by a private school to honk their horns and cheer “freedom” with the kids. But with their deadline to leave Hagerstown Speedway by April 7, and growing infighting about what to do next, it seems the People’s Convoy might be o
Read MoreWe made it through another week and the only thing we have to show for it is a rise in gas prices, by a whole cent. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular is $4.24 this morning.
Read MoreA Texas jury has acquitted former Boeing Chief Technical Pilot, Mark A. Forkner, of defrauding Boeing’s customers and the government about the 737 MAX program.
Read MoreAfter years of rumors, renders, leaks and legal battles, Ferrari has finally crumbled and admitted that 2022 is the year it finally unveils its version of a luxury utility vehicle. An oxymoron if ever there was one.
Read MoreGas prices were making decent, if slow, progress this week down to semi-acceptable levels, but we’ve hit a snag today as national prices remain an average $4.23 a gallon for regular, just like yesterday. As always, these numbers come from AAA.
Read MoreThe fit-throwing antics of the People’s Convoy over generally already lifted COVID-19 mandates now includes the notion of a citizen’s arrest for D.C.’s mayor, Metro police officers and average drivers who may or may not be Antifa.
Read MoreGas prices are hurting everyone across the country right now. According to AAA, the national average for gas prices as of March 23rd is $4.23. You can try to catch a break by braving the long lines at Costco or Sam’s Clubfor gas — or you can try to find a station that’s still “cheap”. Not everyone is able to sell gas for cheap or allow other stations to sell their gas for cheap though, as Fortune reports that two Wisconsin gas stations are suing their competitor because their prices are too low.
Read MoreThe everyday resilience of the Ukrainian people is truly inspiring. For the last month people in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, have sheltered in the subways while bombs rain down on their homes. After so long, many residents are turning the tunnels into something of a community.
Read MoreThere is plenty of blame to spread around for the disastrous military withdrawal followed by a complete collapse of the Afghan government last year, but the country’s former finance minister told the Washington Post, as he made a living picking up passengers for Uber, that he particularly blames himself.
Read MoreGas prices in the U.S. are performing a sort of financial strip tease; slowly taking off a cent here, dropping a cent there, though it seems this performance at the pump isn’t enticing drivers, as prices are dropping right along with demand. Today the average price of gas is a whole cent lower than yesterday’s (which was a whole cent lower than the day before) at $4.23 per gallon. Hopefully, all that excess cash doesn’t way down your pockets on the way to the bus stop.
Read MoreWe don’t need to tell you (though we do, everyday) that gas is crazy expensive right now. Even if you’re a hybrid owner, those extra bucks per gallon are really adding up.
Read MoreYesterday evening, much of central Texas along the I-35 corridor was nailed by awful thunderstorms that brought hail and even tornados. But the driver of one red 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup truck simply couldn’t be bothered by the tornado that rolled his truck. He never stopped driving it.
Read MoreCarolina squat trucks have come under fire recently, for such reasons as “causing fatal accidents” and “being extremely dumb.” After their ban in North Carolina, neighboring Virginia is now getting in on the action by banning any vehicles modded in the squat style.
Read MoreBy the end of the decade, Audi’s lineup could look vastly different from how it does today if the brand’s Sphere series of electric land yachts is any indication of its future plans. In fact, a pickup truck may even be in the cards, too.
Read MoreHello, hello from the other side of the Costco gas lane! The one where you have to wrestle with the gas line to reach your fuel door because it’s on the opposite side of the car. My wife hates when I use an opposite-side lane, but I swear by it because the wait is consistently shorter. I guess folks at Costco hate playing tug of war with the pump. But if I’m going to pay more to gas up, I’m not going to wait, too! Here is your daily update on gas prices!
Read MoreWashington, D.C. Metropolitan Police are investigating an incident involving a member of the People’s Convoy potentially striking a pedestrian and possibly breaking her leg in two places following a confrontation Sunday afternoon in D.C. proper.
Read MoreBack at the tail end of 2021, popular off-road recovery YouTuber Matthew Wetzel was charged with one second-degree felony count of insurance fraud. Wetzel has pleaded no contest to charges and has been ordered to probation and to pay fines to both the American Automobile Association and to Utah.
Read MoreHundreds of union workers at a Chevron oil refinery went on strike early on Monday in the San Francisco Bay area after negotiations broke down between the oil company and its employees. More than 500 workers at the Chevron refinery, located in Richmond, California, refuse to go back to work. The workers are asking for a five percent pay increase based on area costs, Reuters reports, while Chevron claims the increase is an unreasonable demand.
Read MoreWhile the whole country is hurting over high gas prices, in part due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and sanctions, California drivers are hurting really bad California currently has the highest gas prices in the country hitting a statewide average of $5.44 a gallon earlier this month. A lot of that price is taxes. But, as KTLA reports, California drivers have been paying a secret tax since 2015 that no one really knows about and lawmakers haven’t done much about.
Read MoreDo you remember Earth Day back in elementary school? Where you’d learn all about how plastic straws are hurting turtles, and how you can save fish by cutting the rings on your six pack of Coke. But the next day, the cafeteria’s new paper straws would magically turn back into plastic, and the VHS of Captain Planet and the Planeteers would go back on the TV cart to hibernate for another 364 days. We all learned about the small things we as individuals could do to help the planet — but the larger s
Read MoreI think the best part of the People’s Convoy is the way it has spent the last three weeks bringing together people with similar interests across political divides. Like how D.C. residents and truckers both like to express their free speech in traffic, the two unlikely camps are now bonding over a shared enjoyment of slowly meandering through city streets.
Read MoreOne person has been killed and a further 28 people were injured after a shooter opened fire on a crowd attending a charity car show this weekend. Arkansas State Police said the shooting occurred at 7pm on Saturday March 19th outside the Hood-Nic car show in Dumas, AR.
Read MoreA Boeing 737-800 passenger airliner has crashed in southern China after descending from cruising altitude at a rate of 31,000 feet per minute. Early reports suggest no sign of survivors among the 123 passengers and nine crew onboard as Chinese emergency services begin a search and rescue operation.
Read MoreGood morning fuel aficionados! We’re here with our daily update of just how deeply our short-sighted, car-centric commuter culture is screwing you. The good news is, slightly less! The bad news: We’ve been at this for over a month now with no signs of prices dropping to pre-Ukrainian invasion levels.
Read MorePolice are looking for the driver of a Tesla Model S who launched several feet into the air before crashing into another car in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. It shouldn’t be a difficult feat to nab the $1,000 offered by the Los Angeles Police Department, considering the fact that the video was posted to YouTube and features multiple camera angles showing the destruction.
Read MoreThe federal mask mandate on public transportation was set to expire last Friday, March 18th. Earlier last week, the Transportation Security Administration extended the mask mandate until April 18th. The White House had extended the mask mandate put in place by President Joe Biden in February 2021 twice. However, the Senate feels the front line preventative public health measure against the COVID-19 pandemic should be ended.
Read MoreYesterday, a new 2.86-mile suspension bridge spanning the Dardanelles Strait opened in Turkey. The bridge links the European portion of the country with Asia. While the bridge serves a very functional purpose, its construction was also intended to stoke national pride.
Read MoreCanadian law enforcement seized an unspecified amount of crypto donated to the Freedom Convoy that terrorized the city for weeks last month. The crackdown highlighted how digital currency’s security bona fides stand up to real world tests. It’s definitely not everything boosters have promised.
Read MoreA small sector of the Spanish trucking industry ground to a halt this week after truck drivers called for an open-ended strike on Monday. The small group of truckers have organized road blocks and refuse to transport goods in protest of rising diesel prices, among other grievances, Reuters reports.
Read MoreA car crash in West Texas has resulted in the death of nine people, including an entire college golf team and a child. NBC News reports that the accident was the result of a child behind the wheel of a truck that was equipped with the wrong tire.
Read MoreIn a completely predictable turn of events, the People’s Convoy have groups splintering off from the main protest to try and find ways into D.C. proper, though they are finding conditions less than favorable. While some managed to get an unexplained escort through town by D.C. Metro police, protesters are mostly claiming they’re being harassed by Antifa as residents go about their daily lives now made more difficult by the presence of huge trucks purposefully slowing down already bad traffic.
Read MoreHappy Friday, and welcome to today’s Gas Price Watch: Our daily post about your daily misery at the pump.
Read MoreWorking in the back of an ambulance is no walk in the park; long hours, low pay and the stress of handling life-or-death situations during a pandemic has driven many certified EMTs from the career, and Americans are suffering—and dying—for it.
Read MoreJust when you thought there wasn’t enough to worry about in the world, the Felicity Ace is the gift that keeps on giving.
Read MoreThe GMC Hummer EV is officially a real car — and not because it’s gotten into the hands of thousands of customers. The reason the Hummer EV is now a real car is because it had its first recall! Time to celebrate, friends.
Read MoreIt seems the auto industry’s days of supply chain issues are certainly coming to a middle, as a resurgence of COVID-19 in China as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shuts down or limits production in factories around the globe.
Read MoreTwo Detroit police officers, one with a history of covering up improper actions, concealed their role in a fatal car crash on the city’s Northwest side two years ago that left four people badly injured and one dead. The cover up and obfuscation of that night were so complete that the family of the deceased person only learned of police involvement after they were contacted by reporters.
Read MoreMorning, everyone! Welcome to today’s Gas Price Watch: Our daily post about your daily misery at the pump.
Read MoreMason, Tennessee, is a tiny town that stands to benefit a great deal from Ford Motor Company’s massive investment in electric trucks and batteries. With construction starting on a 4,100-acre truck and battery plant sometime this year, Tennessee’s Comptroller has a message for elected leaders and residents: Dissolve your town’s 153-year-old charter or the state will simply take the town over.
Read MoreNissan dealerships across Europe are about to get a little bit quieter with the discontinuation of the R35 GT-R for that market. Thanks to new drive-by noise regulations, which to into effect on July 1st, the R35 is deemed totally illegal for sale. Obviously the car is getting pretty long in the tooth these days, and yet somehow still manages to wow the way it did when it was launched in late 2007. Nissan doesn’t want to expend the effort to re-engineer the car to make it pass the new regulation
Read MoreSix of the 10 best performing U.S. airlines combined to drive more online ticket spending this past February than the same month in 2019, according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index. That’s a milestone that signifies the industry is emerging from its pandemic doldrums, though the rising cost of jet fuel due to Russian’s attack on Ukraine could threaten that momentum.
Read MoreThere is a thing that supercar companies do sometimes as a mic drop, in that they will announce that they are building their next Super Machine and, wow, it goes really fast and looks great and also, huh, they are all sold out already! Aston Martin’s new V12 Vantage is the latest such marketing exercise.
Read MoreThe U.S. Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would end that old holdover from our more agricultural past, Daylight Savings Time. While the benefits of DST are hotly debated, one thing is clear: The practice leads to an increase in all sorts of injuries and deaths, including an increase in fatal car crashes.
Read MoreIf you, like me, are fed up with people complaining about the lack of noise in electric cars, then I’ve got some bad news for you: Those very same people who lament EVs as “THEY DON’T SOUND RIGHT” could soon be able to argue that they don’t feel right either. That’s because Hyundai wants to start making its EVs vibrate.
Read MoreIf you’re in the UK or Europe and want a Nissan GT-R, you’d better act fast. Nissan’s legendary sports car will be gone soon according to Carscoops, and that wonderfully loud exhaust is to blame.
Read MoreA Tesla employee was fired last month over a video he made in his private car, on his own time, and uploaded to his YouTube channel showing his Tesla Model 3 crashing into a bollard while in the beta full self-driving mode.
Read MoreNo matter where you place them, Chick-fil-As are busy and rake in the dough. Financial disclosures from 2021 show that its locations on average make over $7 million per year. All one has to do is look at the lines their locations typically have around them. But all those customers and long drive-thru lines are a bit of a problem for one California city. The L.A. Times reports that Santa Barbara is ready to declare one Chick-fil-A location a public nuisance thanks to its drive-thru traffic.
Read MoreGood morning, folks, and welcome to Gas Price Watch: Our daily post about your daily misery at the pump.
Read MoreSmall crossover buyers may soon have a little less choice in the marketplace sometime this year. According to a recent report, General Motors may be looking to axe both the Buick Encore and the Chevrolet Trax.
Read MoreA few months ago, I pitched an idea that I thought could change the way we organize public electric vehicle charging infrastructure: By having charging networks pop up alongside hotels or fast-food chains. Now, Volvo is doing just that by partnering with ChargePoint to install public EV chargers at 15 Starbucks cafés between Denver, CO and Seattle, WA.
Read MoreMaybe it’s just me, but big North American tractor trailers always look pretty cool. They appear so alien compared with the cab over engine models we have back home and make it feel like I’m living in a movie whenever one cruises past. But all that industrial chic is tainted as soon as they roll onto their side.
Read MoreRussia has continued its invasion of Ukraine, a country with a military budget smaller than that of the city-state Singapore — but Ukrainians have proven to be resourceful in their acquisition of military supplies. Now, Reuters reports that one auto shop has stopped repairing cars and is instead adapting Russian military weapons for use by the Ukrainian military.
Read MoreIt’s a little hard to feel for people that have money in certain situations. Especially if those situations can be changed with money or opportunity that others don’t have. So when something like NBC Los Angeles reporting on one of L.A.’s most expensive neighborhoods complaining about high-end cars being parked on their streets, it may seem like a… nonissue.
Read MoreI’d hate to beat a dead horse by saying that 2021 was, frankly, awful for the automotive industry thanks to a whole host of factors — the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, microchip shortages, supply chain disruptions — but the Volkswagen Group seems to have found the perfect response to the problem. Despite selling 2.3 million fewer cars in 2021 compared to 2019, the German brand still managed to turn a profit.
Read MoreWelcome back to Gas Price Watch: Our daily post about just how painful your visit to the pump will be today and into the near future.
Read MoreFor the first time since the protest coalesced and hour and a half outside of D.C. on February 23, the People’s Convoy finally entered the capital Monday, bringing traffic to a standstill while spending some time harassing commuters in the process.
Read MoreFord is facing a crisis. Like all automakers, it’s a problem on dual fronts: on one hand, there are inventory-starved dealers who need vehicles to sell, and on the other, there are parking lots with vehicles piling up that aren’t finished because of the lack of computer chips. Things have gotten so desperate that, as Automotive News reports, Ford is just saying “screw it,” choosing to ship and sell these unfinished vehicles and install the missing features at a later date.
Read MoreLet’s play a fun little guessing game. Right now, there’s a cargo ship stuck in the shallows of the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Gibson Island, Maryland. You have one shot, one opportunity to guess the name of the company that owns that ship. Lock in your guess now if you can, but I’ll give you three hints before the big reveal:
Read MoreMost states are against direct sales from automakers, which bypass the common dealership scheme. Because of that, dealer franchises hate it. Their powerful dealer lobbyists spend millions trying to keep consumers from having a better car buying experience. Rivian is one automaker trying to get direct sales going. According to Automotive News, the company has an ace up its sleeve for Georgia lawmakers: jobs for direct sales.
Read MoreElon Musk woke up today, realized he wasn’t trending on Twitter, and decided that needed to change right now. It’s either that, or he wanted to take some attention away from the fact his wife has moved on to someone much better than him.
Read MoreHappy Monday everyone, and welcome to today’s edition of Gas Price Watch – a new series where we check in to see just how grim the day’s price for a gallon of gas is.
Read MoreWhen I head down to the local state park, I expect beautiful landscapes, fresh air and walking trails. I don’t expect a lake to be filled with rusting cars. However, visitors to Gleniffer Braes Country Park in Scotland got to experience the sights and smells of 30-year old vehicles left for ruin in the elements.
Read MoreIt’s safe to say that Russia’s economy is in tatters due to its invasion of Ukraine. The imposition of economic sanctions and the departure of Western corporations has triggered a downward spiral. The Russian government is now moving to seize foreign-owned assets to keep the county’s economy somewhat afloat. One of the largest companies under threat is Mercedes-Benz.
Read MoreIt looks like we have finally found common ground between the People’s Convoy and Washington D.C. residents. One unnamed protester took to social media Thursday to complain about all the rude hand gestures flying from drivers sharing the freeway loop with the pointless protest in a classic case of “if you can’t stand the heat, get the heck off the Beltway.”
Read MorePolice in the western United States are warning drivers of a rash of fuel thefts taken directly from cars as gas prices continue to rise to new heights. To add injury to insult, some thieves are drilling directly into fuel tanks rather than siphoning gas the old fashioned way.
Read MoreYou’re going to have to keep your mask on a bit longer if you’re taking public transportation. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is extending its current mask mandate by a month to April 18.
Read MoreWelcome to Gas Price Watch, where every day we will tell you just how painful a visit to the pump is going to be. Expect this to stick around for a while.
Read MoreSmuggled bologna at the border is two things I’d never thought I’d read in the same sentence. Who’s doing it? Why are they doing it? Who wants imported suspect deli meat? Apparently, someone, somewhere, as the North Carolina newspaper The News & Observer report that over 200 pounds of the stuff were found in cars at the Texas border.
Read MoreA box of human heads was stolen from a freight truck in Denver, Colorado last week. A whole box of human heads. Plural. Just sitting on a truck and then, poof, not there anymore. The box full of heads, I mean. The truck is still there, with less heads than before.
Read MoreJanuary 6th fanboy and U.S. representative from North Carolina Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) seems to have a hard time following laws, but especially traffic ones.
Read MoreThe People’s Convoy stayed parked at its headquarters at the Hagerstown Speedway in Maryland Wednesday after calling off its third day of attempting to slow down traffic on the Washington Beltway due to light rain. But as Hawaii becomes the last state to drop its mask mandates this week, many are wondering, what is the point of this protest? It seems more and more the answer is: to grift, what else?
Read MoreFerrari and Lamborghini are taking a stand and making it a bit harder for Russian Oligarchs to buy their cars.
Read MoreWelcome to the Gas Price Watch, where everyday we will tell you what sort of misery you’ll face if you have the misfortune of having to put gas in your car. Expect this to stick around for a while.
Read MoreFor many, trust in local police is unwavering. Yet there is a lot of evidence that shows a disregard for public trust on the part of local police. From secret department gangs to lying about overtime pay, there are a lot of examples why many shouldn’t be so quick to simply think they can do no wrong. You’d think misusing taxpayer money would be a big no-no. But that’s what one county sheriff may have done. A local North Carolina newspaper The News & Observer report states that one county sheri
Read MoreThe conflict in Ukraine continues to destabilize life for millions of people, sending at least two million refugees over the nation’s borders in search of safety. Some Ukrainians already living in other places in Europe, however, feel it is their duty to drive right back into the conflict.
Read MoreAnother automaker’s production is taking a hit due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Carscoops reports that Porsche is pausing all production because of the situation. An internal memo from within Porsche was posted to Twitter, and it blames supply chain woes for the disruption.
Read MoreRivian might come to regret raising prices on customers now that both customers and shareholders associated with the company are mad about it. One shareholder is so mad, in fact, that Reuters reports he’s suing the company over the price increases and eventual rollback.
Read MoreAs 2022's calendar advances seemingly ever so slowly, Smart has released more morsels of information about its electric SUV. The vehicle, set to launch later this year, will be called the Smart #1, and yes it’s named after social media hashtags.
Read MoreLeaded gasoline for cars finally disappeared from the Earth for good in 2021, but its affects will be with us for a long time.
Read MoreWe have a new record on our hands, folks. After days of skyrocketing gas prices in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the national average price for a gallon of gas is now the highest in U.S. history. It breaks a previous record that stood for 14 years.
Read MoreUpdate 11:45 a.m.: President Biden officially announced the U.S. would stop importing oil and natural gas from Russia because of Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Read MoreTime and again, we’ve seen the fragility of distributed global supply chains. From floods making hard drive prices soar to a bike shortage worsened by Covid-shuttered factories, it seems that broad, international production only adds further points of failure to a process already made precarious by just-in-time inventory. Oh, yeah, cars have been hit once or twice, too. But, just as the global chip shortage was starting to ease, Russia invaded Ukraine — and now the two biggest suppliers of a cru
Read MoreThe Hispano-Suiza Carmen Boulogne is a 1,114 horsepower electric supercar of which only five will be made, including one delivered recently to the mattress innovator Michael Fux. Fux is a guy who has a weakness for gauche supercars, and the purple Carmen Boulogne is no exception.
Read More“Made in America” just got a lot more stringent. New rules set by the Biden Administration mean automakers will need to ensure even more parts of their vehicles be made in the U.S. to secure the official “made in America” label.
Read MoreSome GMC Terrain headlights are just too powerful for our mortal world, and because of that, General Motors has to neuter 1,450,000 of them — or the equivalent number of headlights for about 725,000 cars.
Read MoreA convoy of semi trucks and passenger vehicles took to the D.C. Beltway for the first time Sunday and are planning to lumber around the freeway loop for a second day. Organizers say the protest will endure until their demands are met, but those demands are even hazier than the ones of the Canadian Freedom Convoy.
Read MoreA lot has changed in the week we were gone, but the biggest change was most likely how god damn expensive gas has gotten.
Read MoreLet’s be honest, with its wonderful root beer-hued paint and boxy build, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Element looks a lot like a cute little UPS van. We’ll take a closer look and see what this brown can do for us.
Read MoreFor today’s Nice Price or No Dice contest I bring you a VW Hormiga or “Ant.” You’ve probably never heard of it before, but now that you have, let’s see what you might expect to pay for it.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Cordoba is a model once famously promoted by actor Ricardo Montalbán for its “rich Corinthian Leather” interior. Let’s see what we make of that fancy upholstery and whether it lives up to the car’s current price tag.
Read MoreThe reason given for the sale of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mazda B2000 is that it is a redundant member of the present owner’s stable. Let’s see if its condition and price will make it worth adding to a new owner’s collection.
Read MoreThere’s a lot to be said for vehicle warranties. If your preference is to live on the edge, however, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Alfa might be your cup of tease since it’s from a brand with known quality issues and apparently comes without a warranty. What might that be worth to you?
Read MoreWith spring fresh in the air, now’s a good time to get some of that air in a fancy convertible, and today’s Nice Price or No Dice Jag should do the trick since its top seemingly doesn’t go up on its own. A new pump is included in the sale, but we’ll still have to see how pumped that makes us over its price.
Read MoreI have found that most of the 240SXs offered for sale these days are some of the jankiest cars around. That makes today’s Nice Price or No Dice S13 such a standout. Let’s see if this seemingly tidy coupe has a price that’s just as outstanding.
Read MoreAs the seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cheetah replica correctly states, the racer was Chevy’s answer to the Ford-powered Cobras that were domineering on the track. Let’s see if this completed kit car’s price is the answer to the current question “what is it worth?”
Read MoreSome sellers attempt to mask the hooning they’ve done in the cars they have for sale. That’s definitely not the case with today’s Nice Price or No Dice custom Escort, as the ad shows the GT wagon is shown doing its thing on the track. Let’s see how that tracks in relation to its asking price.
Read MoreThe ’80s was a time filled with neo-classic cars from a number of pie-in-the-sky makers, and today’s Nice Price or No Dice Phillips Berlina is perhaps one of the best, being properly proportioned and masking its C3 Corvette origins adeptly. Let’s see what it might reasonably be worth in today’s money.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Corolla is a model Toyota branded as the Liftback, although the style is very obviously a shooting brake. Let’s see if this classic Corolla is priced to break the bank.
Read MoreA standard cab and a short bed make today’s Nice Price or No Dice Ram one of the less utilitarian of Mopar’s pickups, but also one of the lightest of the bunch. That should help it make the most of its 5.7 liter Hemi. Let’s see what we make of its price.
Read MoreWhile BMW may have some of the best wheel designs in the biz, those on today’s Nice Price or No Dice M3’s prove that some folks still need something a little more flamboyant. Let’s see if this M3's price is equally as flashy.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Bucket T represents one of the few car models to be lionized in song, by Jan & Dean no less! Let’s see if this tidy but wild hot rod has a price that might be music to your ears.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Impala SS thinks we know all about the model and hence doesn’t want to “bore you with the details.” One detail that is offered is the price tag, and we’ll have to decide if that’s worth a yawn or a gasp.
Read MoreStyling doesn’t get more ’80s than today’s Nice Price or No Dice Jalpa. Let’s see if this baby Lambo still has a price that could fit into an average person’s budget.
Read MoreIf H.G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau showed us anything, it’s that tropical paradises can harbor monsters. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice L77-powered Jeep looks to be a Hawaiian monster, but will its price prove frightful?
Read MoreNissan is one of the few automakers to still offer a compact pickup in the U.S., and as is evidenced by today’s Nice Price or No Dice 720, the company got a handle on the style a long time ago. Let’s see if this well-kitted truck comes with a price most of us can handle.
Read MoreRoyal Enfield is the oldest motorcycle name still in business, and as is shown by today’s Nice Price or No Dice Continental GT, it’s still doing things the old-school way. Let’s see if that history lesson makes for good economics.
Read MoreThe Presidential Plane of Mexico will be available soon to rent for weddings, quinceañeras and other celebrations of the sort. During a press conference on Monday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced his plan to lend the airplane — essentially the Mexican Air Force One — to any one planning an upcoming wedding or fifteenth birthday bash. For a fee, of course!
Read MoreIt’s been over a month since Ukraine’s legendary Antonov An-225 Mriya was destroyed in Russia’s invasion of the country. In the aftermath of the destruction, the aircraft’s manufacturer has realized that it simply doesn’t have the cash to bring the bird back to life. But to help make the Dream fly again it’s launching a fundraiser.
Read MoreAustin’s busiest airport has been even busier in the last couple of days. On Monday, the Texas capital saw a surge of travelers flying in and out of Austin-Bergstrom International, prompting the airport to issue a fuel shortage alert.
Read MoreWe’ve all looked out into our yard and contemplated the need for another shed. It could be a space to work on your cars and repair your ailing bikes, or maybe you want a space to transform into a home bar to kick back in. Whatever you need your new shed for, I think these pods made from retired passenger planes could be the perfect solution for any scenario.
Read MoreHonestly, one of the most frustrating parts of flying is deplaning. You spend hours in a cramped metal tube hurtling through the sky at over 500 mph just to wait in your seat when you land at your destination. Then, don’t get me started on the slow shuffle to the door as passengers seated ahead of you get their things out of the overhead bins. Recently, JetBlue passengers went through something I’d consider a personal hell.
Read MoreSitting on the picturesque Sproat Lake in British Columbia, Canada is the last operational example of a famous flying boat. And after 77 years of dutiful service, it’s not ready to quit yet. This Martin JRM-3 Mars is the largest flying boat in operation, and it’s been waiting six years for someone to give it a new home.
Read MoreUnited Airlines was one of the first major U.S. carriers to implement a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for its staff last summer. After being in force for less than seven months, the airline is now rolling back the measures for all its staff – except new hires.
Read MoreThe one and only Antonov An-225 Mriya has been confirmed to have been destroyed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While the aircraft’s level of destruction is still unknown, a video report has given us a visual of what it now looks like.
Read MoreIf you’ve been on TikTok recently, you may have noticed a few disturbing yet related trends. They go by names familiar to those of us who have long walked this earth but are foreign to the youths who now see them as novel. Evils once thought conquered, now returning from the depths: Light wash denim. Low rise jeans. Even the “whale tail” has made a comeback on that cursèd app. The early 2000s are returning, and Porsche seems to be banking on the trend to mend the image of its most divisive 911.
Read MoreAs much as we’d like to drive everywhere we go, sometimes it just isn’t practical to do so. And in that instance, you might need to take a plane, train or other public-serving automobile. But if you do need to rely on public transport, how does your location impact your options?
Read MoreLast night, Formula 1 announced plans to return to Las Vegas for the 2023 season. Responses were... mixed, with some fans just happy for more U.S. tracks while others declared it the worst track layout of all time. It’s certainly not the cleanest example of an F1 track, but is it the worst track in the history of racing? Surely we, the readers and writers of Jalopnik, can come up with worse.
Read MoreWhen modifying a car, wheels are a great place to start. They can be relatively inexpensive for how much they change the aesthetic of a car, and there’s often a performance gain to boot by reducing weight or adding width. But the biggest benefit for some cars is getting rid of truly heinous factory wheels. We asked for your least-favorite stock wheels, and your answers ranged from broad descriptions to specific, terrible depictions. Here are some of the best.
Read MoreWhen I first moved to New York, the Subway seemed like quite an exciting prospect. It’s the eponymous mass transit system seen in all the movies. If I ride the Subway, Spider-Man might come to my rescue. But in reality, it’s not that exciting. Or that great. But what public transport actually is great?
Read MoreThere’s a good chance that if you’re reading Jalopnik then you’ve at least got some thoughts on cars. That’s what brings you here, it’s what leads you to comment on our blogs and, ultimately, it’s what drove all of our writers to work here. We have a LOT of thoughts about cars.
Read MoreA set of wheels can make or break the look of a car. From the unimpeachable perfection of a bronze Volk TE37 to your classic silver Enkei RPF1, aftermarket wheels are often one of the first things people change to alter the aesthetic of their new car, truck, or terrifying barstool deathtrap. But what about those stock wheels, so often sold or relegated to winter duty? Why are people so desperate to get rid of them?
Read MoreLast week, Owen asked you all for the worst car movie ever made. Then he faded into the PTO breeze like a fine mist, leaving the rest of us to wonder if he had ever existed at all, or if we had all collectively hallucinated the same Brit with great hair. But, while we determine exactly what in the office water may have led to such visions, the question of the worst car movie can’t go unanswered. Luckily, you gave us hundreds of great answers. Here are the top ten.
Read MoreThere was a moment during Jalopnik’s first Thursday stream a few weeks ago when I asked my melodious co-host Steve how many generations of Dodge Viper there were. Steve answered in the way I feared he would, the way I can’t and will never understand. The way that, I personally believe, contradicts everything we know to be true of automotive taxonomy. But I digress. This was a hill I’ve been prepared to die on my entire life, and that’s the question I pose to you all today. What’s your automotive
Read MoreIt’s Oscars’ weekend, and that means the brightest minds in Hollywood are coming together to celebrate cinema’s finest moments from the past 12 months. But here at Jalopnik, we don’t like nice things and instead prefer to focus on the negatives in life. So, what’s the worst car movie ever made?
Read MoreWhether it was fitting a spare wheel or changing a headlamp bulb, everyone’s wrenching journey has to start somewhere. And we thought it would be a great time to find out where your interest in repairing your ailing cars came from.
Read MoreCars and music go together like chocolate and peanut butter. We’ve got songs that reference cars, songs to drive cars to, songs dedicated to cars, even songs made in cars. But there’s one category of music that doesn’t get enough love: Songs that are about cars.
Read MoreThese United States are an interesting bunch. Sure, we’re one country, but we’re one big country — there’s going to be culture that doesn’t make it into every little corner. For us, that means driving intricacies that exist solely in one state, or even one section within that state. We asked for your local driving habits, and you gave us over five hundred answers. The whole thread is worth reading, but like a sommelier offering wine pairings, I’ll give you a few of the top picks. Let’s go.
Read MoreVery few people burst out the womb with a wrench in their hand and an in-depth knowledge of the workings of knackered [re: beaten] old cars wedged firmly in their brains. Instead, most of us have to learn to wrench as we grow. But do you remember that first bit of essential maintenance you learned for your car?
Read MoreToday’s Answer Of The Day is a very special one because it concerns not opinions or spicy “takes” but the vehicles in your lives — the vehicles of the Jalopnik community. And sure, I figured y’all had some quality stuff worth sharing, but I never expected the turnout. The original Question Of The Day (which I implore you to check out because it contains all of the responses) sits at 300 comments at the time of writing, between folks submitting their own rides and the resulting discussions about
Read MoreStates here in the U.S. love to distinguish themselves from one another. Each has its own nickname, motto, flower, bird, flag, and stance on whether trans people deserve human rights (they do). But one other notable difference sets each state of this union apart: Their drivers.
Read MoreDemand for improved safety, practicality and a need to pack in more and more features means that cars are getting bigger and bigger. But that isn’t always a good thing.
Read MoreA week ago I asked y’all what interesting cars you saw over the weekend. Unfortunately it was a stormy, miserable weekend and nobody was prepared to answer the question, which is on me. But somebody suggested that we share our own vehicles, since those of us that frequent these parts tend to have some interesting stuff in our garages, driveways and parking lots already. So that’s what we’re doing today!
Read MoreGas stations are an essential stop for anyone that drives a car. So it makes sense that they have become a melting pot of different people and cultures. There should be no surprises, then, that you can find some weird things in, on or around them.
Read MoreI’ve always been a proponent of small cars. Everything you would want to do in an Escalade, you can do while having more fun in a Golf. I’m getting that mantra engraved on my tombstone. But if you are forced behind the wheel of a car the size of a container ship, what’s the worst one out there?
Read MoreIt turns out that you don’t need to splash out on Porsche’s color-matching service to get a nice, vibrant tone painted onto your new car. Instead, you just need to find yourself one of these cheap cars and pick one of their glorious color options.
Read MoreGas stations can be pretty weird places these days. What started as a humble spot to fill your car with dinosaur whiskey before you hit the road is now a land of obscure opportunity. As long as those opportunities don’t expand much beyond some simple maintenance and bizarre snack options. But what is the strangest thing you’ve ever seen in one of these mystical places?
Read MoreGetting my car inspected in Texas has always been a breeze, but it sounds like some of you folks have had one hell of a time, based on the car inspection horror stories you’ve shared.
Read MorePorsche offers some beautiful colors for its high-performance cars. In my mind, a Cayman in Miami Blue is one of the best cars you can buy from the German automaker. But what if your budget is a bit more humble? What cheap cars can be bought in equally eye-catching colors?
Read MoreFor yesterday’s Monday edition of Question Of The Day, I asked you, the readers of Jalopnik, what interesting or noteworthy vehicles you’d seen over the weekend. As it turns out, I wasn’t the only person who happened across a kei van recently. That’s good to hear: They have a way of brightening up even the cloudiest days, don’t they?
Read MoreMy husband decided that March is going to be the month that we register all of our cars, which means we have to have our insurance sorted out and take every vehicle we own to any random oil shop that will perform the Texas state inspection. We’ve always had it pretty easy, but I’ve been wondering: What horrors have you endured while getting your car inspected?
Read MoreThere’s a good chance that if you’re reading the blogs at Jalopnik, you’ve got some kind of driver’s license. Whether that’s one from any of the 50 states of America or from somewhere further afield, it’s one thing many of us have in common. But, with such variety in driving tests around the world, where is the easiest place to get your license?
Read MoreIt’s Monday, and I’m going to make a blanket assumption that you’d rather be doing whatever you were doing 24 hours ago right now than reading this. But as long as you are reading this, we’re going to try something new today. If it goes well, maybe we’ll make it a regular thing! If it doesn’t, forget this ever happened. What cool cars did you see last weekend?
Read MoreToday, most people who buy a new car aren’t really thinking about what they want when they pick a car color. Instead, they’re considering what the person who buys it off them might want. And that’s led to all manner of neutral, but boring, colors hitting the road.
Read MorePassing your driving test is a right of passage for any car fan. Once you’ve got your hands on that small plastic card, the world is your lobster. But with regulations changing from state to state, and varying wildly in different countries, where is the easiest place to get your driver’s license?
Read MoreAs Covid case rates drop, bar trivia is set to make a major comeback. To ensure that you’re never left empty-handed on the Cars category, we asked this morning for everyone’s favorite pieces of motor vehicle history. All of the comments are worth reading through to thoroughly prepare yourself for any question, but we picked a few of the top responses here. Let’s see what you all came up with.
Read MoreThe best color for any car is purple. Every car looks great in varying shades of plum, violet, indigo or amethyst. But, annoyingly, purple doesn’t come as standard on many cars. In fact, the color options available with most automakers are pretty crappy. But, what car maker offers the worst?
Read MoreIf you’ve ever played bar trivia, you know that the secret to success beyond your wildest dreams (winning a single drink ticket per team member) is to know a bunch of random cool facts. But nothing in the world feels worse than being the person on a team for a specific category and coming up blank on a crucial question. So, to save your face to your friends, we’re here to ensure you never miss out on automotive trivia — and to crowdsource an internet’s worth of facts.
Read MoreThis morning, we presented you all with a hypothetical. Benevolent aliens have visited Earth, and asked that you destroy one car company forever in exchange for the gift of interstellar travel. Not only did you answer in droves, some of you even didn’t just list the Stellantis brand lineup. Let’s see what you came up with.
Read MoreThe year is 2024. Eighteen months ago, in September of 2022, aliens from Proxima Centauri landed on earth and began making some changes for us pitiful lifeforms incapable of interstellar travel. The oceans are cleaned up, war and weapons are gone, but they still have one issue with Earth that they can’t quite resolve: There are just too dang many car brands.
Read MoreIn case you didn’t notice, Jalopnik went quiet for four days last week. But now, everybody is back(street) back, alright!
Read MoreYou might have noticed something different about Jalopnik last week. There were fewer hot takes, breaking news stories, tales about broken down cars and other blogs about oddities from the world of cars. But all that is about to change, since we’re back! Back for good.
Read MoreEarlier today, the ROKiT Venturi Racing Formula E team announced a new partnership with Craft 1861, a CBD company based in New Mexico. It’s the first CBD sponsorship for the electric series, and it signals a growing shift toward similar partnerships in the future for all race series.
Read MoreSometime in the next two weeks, the Volkswagen Group could possibly give the green light to Porsche and Audi to enter Formula One, Business Insider reports. Called “Project Speed,” the entrance could happen as soon as 2026.
Read MoreIn the wake of Formula One’s announcement that the series will be hosting a third grand prix in the United States, plenty of fans have come out of the woodwork to argue that Las Vegas is a terrible venue and that we should instead return to classic fan favorites — such as Watkins Glen. But folks, that’s an awful idea, and I’m going to tell you why.
Read MoreAfter weeks of rumors, Formula One has finally confirmed that it will be racing in Las Vegas in November 2023. The night race will have a 10 p.m. local start on Saturday night. And yes — that will make three grands prix in America in 2023.
Read MoreIn 2021 Nitro Rallycross really kicked off in a big way, setting up a five-race season across the United States, and grabbed some pretty big names from global motorsport. It was a fairly short season, kicking off in September and running through early December, so it was nice and easy to knock out, and allowed NASCAR talent like Chase Elliot and Kyle Busch to come compete for a round or two. That run laid the foundation for a 2022-23 extended season to run during most championships’ off seasons,
Read MoreLate on Friday night, Formula 1 drivers, teams and management were stuck in a meeting that reportedly went on for four hours. The matter at hand, should the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix continue despite missile strikes just 10 miles from the circuit. Ultimately, the driver’s concerns were ignored and the racing got underway on Sunday evening. But it threw up an important question, should F1 drivers have more say on the management of the sport?
Read MoreBack in December, I confessed that I’d never seen a Formula 1 race. But, after all the turmoil of last season’s finale, my interest was piqued. Plus, the 2022 season meant new cars, new liveries, and new team lineups — a fresh start, like getting into Evangelion with the Rebuild movies. I decided, then and there, to watch the 2022 Formula 1 season.
Read MoreThe first-generation Toyota MR2 is a cult classic, eternally praised for its light weight and simple design. The second-generation Toyota MR2, well, people don’t talk about that one.
Read MoreIt was about forty degrees Fahrenheit when Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden climbed aboard their Honda and Chevrolet-powered, respectively, Dallara IndyCar machines on Monday, and again on Tuesday when Newgarden was subbed out for Will Power. All drivers were in attendance for the 2024-spec engine test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to see what the new 2.4-liter engines could do. Not only are these engines intended to provide more power, they’re going to be more efficient than the outgoing 2.2-li
Read MoreFor reasons I can’t quite explain, Audi’s R8 supercar has always seemed a little on the lame side for my tastes. I don’t know if it’s the boring styling or the slower-than-a-Boxster 4.2-liter V8 version that turned me off first, but the halo of the four-rings lineup has never done anything for me. I’m sure many people will argue with me in the comments, but R8s are the safe choice. Be exciting with your car choices, millionaires. Jeez.
Read MoreAfter spending almost two decades racing Hondas at the top of the two-wheeled racing game, Spaniard Dani Pedrosa finally called it a career in 2018. When he officially left the sport he was signed as KTM’s test rider and made a rogue one-off event in 2021 racing for team orange, and managed to score points. I think Pedrosa realized at that point that he still had the competition bug, but maybe his time on motorcycles was truly behind him. So why not try out some competition on four wheels?
Read MoreWith no MotoGP to enjoy this past weekend, the husband and I took to YouTube to catch up on this weekend’s Supercross competition in Seattle. After catching up via highlights, we came upon this little gem (I would paste in, but it appears it will not show the video embedded on our site) — featuring the women who as MotoGP put it “defined motorcycle racing.”
Read MoreThe FIA Formula One World Championship had its second visit to Saudi Arabia in under five months as the second stop of its 2022 season. On Friday, the race weekend had been overshadowed by a missile attack on a nearby Aramco oil refinery. While F1 and the FIA stated that the weekend would continue as scheduled, the drivers had to be convinced to race during four and a half-hour meeting.
Read MoreThe commercial partnership between Formula 1 and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was seemingly pushed to near breaking point yesterday after an Aramco oil refinery went up in flames. Houthi rebels from Yemen claimed responsibility for the missile strike on the refinery ten miles from the circuit where the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is taking place this weekend. Later on Friday, F1 announced that the weekend would continue as planned after the race promoters made security reassurances. However, the dri
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreAn oil depot run by Saudi Aramco in Jeddah went up in flames on Friday, merely 10 miles from the circuit that will hold this weekend’s Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, the Associated Press reports, which sent smoke billowing during the weekend’s first practice session.
Read MoreFormula 1 in Monaco is a fantastical pinnacle of excellence when it comes to racing and showing off the copious amount of money the European series attracts. Many have dreamed what it would be like to grace the decks of the elite, fancy-ass glass of champagne in hand, to watch an F1 car take the Picsene curve in real time. Many, instead, wish upon a star, wishbone, genie lamp, etc., that they could make friends with one of those yacht owners and make one’s Formula 1 dreams of watching Monaco fro
Read MoreLast December’s first-ever Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was dramatic for a variety of reasons — questionable officiating, ill-conceived race craft and red flag-provoking crashes chief among them. But human error aside, the Jeddah Corniche Circuit was clearly not an environment suitable for clean, competitive, consistent racing. The FIA has made some alterations to the track to fix that ahead of Formula 1's return there this weekend.
Read MoreRacing drivers are known for their precision, speed and ferocious competitive spirit, and rally driver Catie Munnings is no different. But despite this fearless reputation, the British racer doesn’t fill her days with high-octane pursuits and other daredevil antics. Instead, she spoke to Jalopnik about how disciplines like music and dance have helped hone her skills and keep her grounded.
Read MoreThe never-ending game of inches — nay, millimeters — that is Formula 1 often means solutions to complex problems lie in unlikely places. Like shedding paint from cars to draw as close to the minimum allowable weight as possible, because teams have exhausted every other method.
Read MoreToday, Formula One boss Stefano Domenicali confirmed to Sky Sports F1 that the series is eager to capitalize on the growing hype surrounding the sport by packing in up to 30 races per year — including events in Las Vegas, Nevada and Africa.
Read MoreOver the weekend, IndyCar took on its first oval race of the year at Texas Motor Speedway — and it was a good one that saw multiple passes for the lead as well as a last-turn pass for the win. I just hope it’s not the last event at the oval track.
Read MoreRoosevelt. Kennedy. Bush. Some names echo through history, returning in waves as each new generation comes of age. These are families with a certain weight, impact, heritage; families whose last name alone can conjure respect, admiration, or even fear in those who hear it. Now, another family seeks to enter those vaunted, dynastic halls: The House of Block.
Read MoreIn motorsport, finding a chance to race if you didn’t grow up with a family already embedded in the industry can be difficult. Racer Brad Perez will be making his NASCAR Truck Series debut this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas — not because he grew up with connections but because he dedicated his life to making his dream come true. Now, he’s doing it with the help of a California real estate agent and travel blogger, Kimberly Kirven.
Read MoreOn the last lap of the first Formula 1 grand prix of the season, as he was driving to victory, Charles Leclerc told an engineer there was “something strange” going on with his engine. Perhaps he was making light of Red Bull’s engine failures in the race, but more directly it’s a reference to 2019 in Bahrain, when he was winning and there was something, indeed, wrong with his engine, slowing him to third. But there was nothing wrong with his engine this time. This time, it was just a joke between
Read MoreIn case you were busy doing other things this weekend and didn’t pay attention to racing, there were a couple of big races happening down in Sebring, Florida. Super Sebring weekend consisted of the opening round of the FIA WEC on Friday, called the 1000 Miles of Sebring, and the second round of the IMSA championship on Saturday, known as the 12 Hours of Sebring. Down in the GT ranks, there was only one car that was eligible to compete in both races, albeit running two different specifications, t
Read MoreAfter racing in IndyLights and IndyCar, it’s safe to say that American driver Oliver Askew was prepared for a motorsport career in the U.S. But now, he finds himself as the sole American in the globe-trotting Formula E paddock. Thankfully, he seems excited to be flying the flag for American racers on a global stage.
Read MoreThe NTT IndyCar Series season had the second stop of its season at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. This round also meant dealing with another race on the PJ1-stained banking. The PJ1 compound is used at many NASCAR venues to increase traction. However, it can stain pavement and drastically reduce grip over time.IndyCar and Firestone held a special practice session to rubber over the stained sections of the speedway. The race’s first half was confined to the unaltered low line, but as
Read MoreThe FIA Formula 1 World Championship season dramatically began in Bahrain today. It became clear early in the weekend that the race’s main protagonists would be the reigning world champion Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Leclerc won the pole over Verstappen in qualifying with a fantastic run through the final corner.
Read MoreToday, the FIM MotoGP World Championship made its first visit to Indonesia since 1997. The weekend’s talk was the poor track surface at the recently-built Mandalika International Street Circuit. The tires brought Michelin to the race weekend didn’t help the issue, and Honda suffered the most from this.
Read MoreThree months after the controversial Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile has presented its report on the race’s conclusion to the World Motor Sport Council and publicly published the document on its website for anyone to read.
Read MoreMy first car was an anemic 1991 Pontiac Grand Prix SE coupe. It was packing a slow 3100 V6 mated to an even slower automatic transmission powering the front wheels. It was underwhelming, but it looked cool as hell. Back in high school I would take that car to the local drags for Friday night run-what-you-brung test and tune sessions to see if I could beat my friends. I don’t remember what kinds of times I ran, but they were embarrassingly slow. But with this car, found on eBay, I could perhaps r
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreThis weekend, the IndyCar series is heading to its first oval race — and second race overall — of the 2022 season. That means it’s time to get your Jalopnik IndyCar Fantasy League picks submitted!
Read MoreThis Sunday, after 98 days of waiting, the lights will go out on the first race of the 2022 Formula 1 season. We’re pretty excited for this new season here at Jalopnik, so thought we should make a few predictions about the year ahead.
Read MoreIn 1976, America celebrated its bicentennial to mark 200 years as an independent country — and to do it, we sent a Dodge Charger and a Ford Torino to Le Mans to represent the finest form of motorsport this country has to offer: NASCAR.
Read MoreWhile I was watching a race with one of my non-motorsport friends, I was asked how commentators can tell the difference between a good lap and a bad lap — and how they’re able to tell when a driver is compromised on just one corner. At the time, I didn’t have this great Formula One video comparing the laps of Red Bull Racing drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen to help illustrate my point. But you, my kind friends, do have this video.
Read MoreHulkenberg is hulkenback to the F1 paddock this weekend, sitting in for Seb Vettel in the opening round of the season in Bahrain, who has tested positive for COVID-19. The Hulk has been in the Formula One paddock since joining Williams back in 2010, meaning this is his thirteenth season in the sport. After not racing at all in 2021, serving only as Aston Martin’s reserve driver, this could be the German’s toughest challenge yet. With a brand new car and practically no seat time to get up to spee
Read MoreGT race cars are the best race cars. They’re derived from vehicles you might actually see on the road, which establishes a relatability factor, but they’re also amped up for competition in ways that make them look even better and serve a functional purpose. That’s an important balance to walk, because the fastest race cars aren’t always the most attractive: Just look at Mercedes’ sidepod-less F1 car.
Read MoreThe NASCAR Cup Series Next-Gen machine is going international. Alongside Chevrolet and Rick Hendrick, a NASCAR machine will compete at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans thanks to a special project called Garage 56.
Read MoreThe 2022 Mint 400 is done. My first trip to America’s Playground is done, too, my journey undertaken for sole the purpose of covering my first real race. And what a race to cover first! The Mint 400 is steeped in infamy, is recovering from a decades-long hiatus, and is now growing through the use of modern tech that brings the race directly to a growing fanbase via streaming.
Read MoreThe NASCAR Cup Series is arguably America’s premier level of motorsport — and it’s also the sport that brought us some of the most iconic paint schemes of all time. From Jeff Gordon’s Rainbow Warrior schemes to Dale Earnhardt’s iconic Goodwrench sponsorship, there have been some cars that just look great. Today, I want to talk to you about the cars from the current 2022 season.
Read MoreFerrari has been racing with the 488 chassis in GT3 competition since 2016, and while it has racked up a serious number of trophies for the prancing horse’s cabinet, it’s getting a bit long in the tooth. With stiff competition from Porsche, Corvette, Lexus, Acura, Mercedes, BMW, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, and McLaren, it is probably time that Ferrari pressed forward with its next generation GT3 car. The 488 exited production nearly three years ago, after all.
Read MoreI visited Las Vegas last week to cover the 2022 Mint 400, courtesy of BFGoodrich. Before the race kicked off, I asked readers what you wanted to know about the Mint 400, and the top question was whether “mint” refers to spearmint or peppermint. The answer, of course, is neither. It refers to an extra helping of one of these, being a reference to Wrigley’s Doublemint. Among the rest of your questions, though, it was the one about pee that got my attention.
Read MoreIt’s finally here, the first race week of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Are you excited? I’m excited. We’ve been counting down the days to lights out at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and ahead of that momentous occasion we have been rounding up everything you need to know about the sport. And now, we’re onto our final installment in the series.
Read MoreThe entire off season has been plagued by a single word in the F1 sporting regulations. In particular that word is “any” and it was previously found in article 55.13. The argument was that this word was ambiguous, and allowed Michael Masi to determine that only the front five lapped cars would be given a wave-around, thus in effect handing the championship to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, because “any doesn’t necessarily mean all”. F1 said fuck that and deliberately changed the wording of that arti
Read MoreAfter the massive success of Formula One: Drive to Survive, just about every motorsport series worth its salt has decided to capitalize on the dramatized docuseries trend — something that MotoGP has done with its new series MotoGP Unlimited. And as someone with only a very cursory knowledge of motorcycle Grand Prix racing, this series was exceptional.
Read MoreThere are two things I love in this world: Motorsport and beautifully laid out data spreads. These interactive charts from McGear Hub that illustrate the history of MotoGP perfectly encapsulate both of those passions.
Read MoreFormula 1 is one of the only sports where, before the season has started, many of its competitors acknowledge that they have no shot at winning, a brutal honesty about the haves and have-nots in the most prestigious racing series in the world. This year, Alpine’s sporting director is happy to keep up with tradition.
Read MoreThis weekend’s opening round of the FIA WEC, Friday’s 1000 Miles of Sebring, looks like it’s going to be a bloodbath. Three recent rules changes have been instituted by the FIA to hamstring Toyota’s hybrid hypercar so that the non-hybrid Glickenhaus and Alpine have a chance at racing against the legendary Gazoo team. Unless the balance of performance changes again before the green flag falls on Friday, the Toyota team looks like they’ll have their work cut out for them if they want to win.
Read MoreThe name “Vic Elford” is practically synonymous with “Porsche.” The British driver from Peckham, London tackled everything from rally to sports car racing to Formula One, establishing a legacy that could only be dreamt of today. Elford died on Sunday, March 13 after a long fight with cancer, but his legacy as an icon no matter the terrain will continue to live on.
Read MoreLyn St. James. The name conjures up images of the manicured coifs and Mid-Atlantic accents of the black-and-white film stars. You could see her, the Ms. St. James, as a plucky journalist, as a woman with a strong conviction and the attitude to match. But our Lyn St. James is so much more than any comfortable movie stereotype. Our Lyn St. James is a racing driver who defied expectations to become the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year at age 45. She’s a woman who started out as a business major
Read MoreAt the 1967 German Grand Prix, John Surtees was a busy man. It was his first year with the Honda Formula One team, a racing effort that had been plagued with problems — the biggest two being that it was underpowered and overweight. That would have been a handful enough, but Surtees was also preparing David Hobbs for his first Formula 2 event while helping other teams prepare their Lola-BMW F2 cars. All that at the most difficult track in the world.
Read MoreAs Formula One grows in commercial appeal to a wider audience, we’ve seen more and more high-fashion magazines covering the series and profiling the drivers. I, personally, have loved watching F1 evolve from a niche, masculine sport to a widespread cult phenomenon here in the United States — and few things exemplify that more than a recent feature published in Vanity Fair.
Read MoreSeason four of Netflix’s Drive to Survive hit the streaming platform last week to yet another set of mixed reviews. The Formula One docuseries that follows drivers and teams throughout the season has completely transformed the fan landscape — but it’s also come with a hefty dose of criticism for its dramatized portrayal of the sport. But I’ve got some advice for you: Stop taking it so damn seriously and just enjoy it.
Read MoreThe Daytona 200 is one of the oldest and most prestigious motorcycle races in the United States. The 80th edition of this iconic race featured plenty of the speed and action that the event has become known for. The 200 currently features Supersport bikes with up to 955 ccs of engine displacement, taking on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway. The Supersport class is the penultimate category of the MotoAmerica Championship, only beneath the Superbike class.
Read MoreOn the eve of Formula One’s test in Bahrain, the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) organized a photo opportunity on the circuit’s start-finish straight to show solidarity with Ukraine amid the country’s invasion by Russia. Four-time F1 world champion and GPDA director Sebastian Vettel has been a vocal opponent of the Russian invasion and stated that he would boycott the Russian Grand Prix when the race was still scheduled to take place.
Read MoreIt’s been just over two years since the Coronavirus completely upended the world. Formula One was forced to suspend the start of its 2020 season as a result, and the series has been taking some incredible steps to reduce the chance of racers and staff either contracting the virus or spreading it within the host countries within which F1 races. COVID is so fucking pervasive, however, that even F1's best efforts have been thwarted multiple times. Following Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll, seven time w
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreMany years ago, back when I was young and dumb, I decided to challenge myself to drink my way through the Formula One calendar by curating a fine selection of locally-inspired cocktails and beverages to sip while I watched the race. I’m pleased to report that, three years later, I have learned nothing and will be repeating this same feat in 2022.
Read MoreThe Le Mans 24 entry list has been in a bit of a flux lately. First was the shock postponement of the Peugeot team’s new radical Hypercar. Next up was the abandonment of the race from Russian-backed G-Drive over, um, political differences. After that most recent shuffle, the ACO was forced to re-open the entry process to re-fill the 62-car grid. It was only open for 48 hours, and it would seem that was all that was needed. The entry list is finally finalized, though there are not any reserve tea
Read MoreDale Earnhardt is a legend. The NASCAR driver’s career was a glorious one, and its tragic ending left the racing world in mourning, whether you were an Earnhardt lover or hater. But did you raise hell and praise Dale quite as extensively as this home seller in South Carolina? I doubt it.
Read MoreToday marks the first day of the second pre-season test for Formula One, and as expected, teams have started introducing radical design changes based on data gathered from the previous test. One of the biggest changes came from the Mercedes team, which introduced a wacky new sidepod design on its W13.
Read MoreIn a world of terrible NASCAR sponsorships, one stands tall. This weekend, NASCAR Xfinity driver Bayley Currey will be running a Ghost livery on his No. 4 JD Motorsports machine. And folks: It is good.
Read MoreSteven Stotts, the hauler driver for ARCA Menards Series team David Gilliland Racing, was killed in a highway crash outside of Longview, TX. He was transporting Taylor Gray’s car to Phoenix Raceway for this weekend’s race at the time of the accident on March 8.
Read MoreIn case you missed it, American F1 team Haas is having a rough time at the moment. Last week, the squad announced it was parting ways with its title sponsor and sacking one of its drivers. But now, ex-racer Nikita Mazepin says he is launching a non-political foundation to support athletes affected by political issues. Right.
Read MoreWe’re now just eight days from the start of the 2022 Formula 1 season, and so much is about to change! So, to keep you abreast of all the developments across the sport, we’ve got a series of deep-dives into F1 headed your way.
Read MoreIt’s happened again, folks. The Jalopnik team has produced another book. This time, it’s coming courtesy of myself and former Jalop Alanis King, and it’s available for pre-order now.
Read MoreThe Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus appears to be up to their eyeballs in work these days. The tiny boutique manufacturer is still developing its Le Mans Hypercar 007, as well as the road-going version, the GT3-legal 004 in street, clubsport, and competition versions, the off-road racing ‘Boot’ in two-door, four-door, and hydrogen-powered variants, and the 008, which is a Boot with an 004 body stuck on top. That’s somehow three different race cars in three different disciplines, plus six different
Read MoreMotorsport is in a strange place these days. If it isn’t being rocked by invasions and geopolitics, it’s struggling to find its place in an increasingly eco-conscious world. It’s because of this that electric racing programs have sprung up and historic series have turned to hybrid power. And now, that technology will be coming to IndyCar… in two years.
Read MoreLast week the ACO and FIA were all set to announce the 2022 Le Mans 24 entry list, but it was delayed at the last minute. It was no kept secret that the Russians on the entry list would need to be reconsidered, in light of current events. GazProm, the Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation, is the main backer of G-drive, and many Russian drivers have been on the squad over the years. This year’s plan was for the team to run with Daniil Kvyat as the lead driver. As of Monda
Read MoreNikita Mazepin is, without doubt, among the worst Formula One drivers in recent memory. He had more spins than race starts, finished 21st in the 2021 season which saw just 20 full-time drivers, and was just a general dickhead to his teammate and others in the paddock. His home country of Russia decided to wage war on a sovereign nation during the first test of the 2022 season, and as a result the team parted ways with Russian title sponsor Uralkali. With his pay driver money dried up, the team a
Read MoreThe remains of the historic Targa Florio circuit are currently at rick of destruction as a result of a large public works project in Sicily, Italy. The remaining pit lane and grandstand section would be torn down to make way for a railway, roundabout, and viaduct.
Read MoreThings haven’t been great for the Haas Formula One Team for the past few years, but 2022 is shaping up to be the worst one yet. Hold onto your hats, because we have one hell of an update coming, as it’s been a while since our last update.
Read MoreLast weekend saw MotoGP’s first race of the season, the Qatar Grand Prix, at the Losail International Circuit — and it was a massive day of firsts for first-time winner Enea Bastianini of the Gresini Racing Team. Perhaps just as stunning, though, is that the team became the first in the history of MotoGP racing to take victory with a woman — in this case, Nadia Padovani — as team owner and team principal.
Read MoreBack when Geely bought Lotus, the company promised a new electric SUV to bring more cash to the small, niche brand. Then one SUV became two, but neither came with any real details. Now, however, we get the full view of the next era for Lotus: The Eletre crossover.
Read MoreWe’ve seen the bright yellow Acura Integra Prototype time and time again since its reveal back in November, but the company has always been careful to stress that last word: prototype. Between the blacked-out windows hiding the interior and the yellow-painted exhaust tips, it was always clear that car wasn’t exactly intended for production. Today, we get to see the real deal.
Read MoreJeff Bezos is a lot of things. He’s rich, he’s powerful, he’s bald, he’s divorced and he’s only 5’7”. However, there is one thing Jeff isn’t: the most handsome man on the planet. However, today he briefly moved up six spots on the list of most handsomest boys.
Read MoreAfter 355 days in space, NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei has safely landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday aboard a Russian spacecraft. Vande Hei now holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut, beating out the previous record holder, Scott Kelly, by 15 more days; Kelly stayed for 340.
Read MoreA great man once said, “If my grandmother had wheels, then she would have been a bike,” and I think about that a lot. If you strap something new onto a person, object or outfit, then it can change it into something else entirely. So, if you plaster a cosmonaut’s space suit with blue and yellow, does that make it a Ukrainian flag? If we believe our Lord and Savior, Gino D’Acampo, then it does. But Russia doesn’t think that’s the case.
Read MoreIt has taken more than 30 years to design, build and launch into space, but the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are finally trickling in. And I’m excited to say that they are absolutely glorious.
Read MoreAs of Tuesday, Mark Vande Hei will hold the record for longest continuous space flight for an American. There were concerns that Hei would have to extend his stay past his planned March 30 return on a Soyuz capsule due to tension between Russia and the U.S. Now both the Russian and American space agencies are assuring the world that they are still working together when it comes to the ISS.
Read MoreSaturday Night Live star and young socialite Pete Davidson is in the news again, but this time for something that doesn’t involve Kanye West at all. Pete is heading to space!
Read MoreLast week, I ended up stuck in a morbid conversation that started with the question, “Is it a good idea to have kids in 2022?” There’s a lot to contemplate on this topic, such as how the world they inherit will look. We’re on the edge of a global war, we’re battling through a pandemic and the planet is literally on fire. But apparently all of these issues can be fixed by space flight.
Read MoreSpace is a busy place these days, and it’s only going to get busier as more private companies and governments clutter the skies with satellites. In this lawless new frontier, a marshal is needed to keep things in check. Enter the Cislunar Highway Patrol System.
Read MoreThere once was a dream, conceived during the chilliest depths of the Cold War, that science could overcome the systematic differences that divided the planet. From that dream, the International Space Station was born. That same shining beacon of hope and friendship between nations is now in the crosshairs of more terrestrial concerns, and the head of the Russian space program is gleefully loading the sniper rifle.
Read MoreWhile the America government is taking steps to take UFOs more seriously, Canadians who spot something strange in the sky are still using a Cold War-era reporting procedure to report over 500 sightings in the last 20 years.
Read MoreThe Aston Martin Vantage is a rolling supermodel — something to be lusted and sought after. Aside from that brochure-like description, it’s a hell of a sports car. This is my first time behind the wheel of an Aston and I was thoroughly blown away by just how good it is, even if the company didn’t build the engine.
Read MoreThe Aston Martin Vantage is the smallest and “cheapest” way to get into an Aston Martin. Make no mistake, though, it’s a sports car through and through — probably the best embodiment of a sports car in the entire Aston lineup.
Read MoreBack in the day, we used to run “How Would You Configure” articles for new cars. As soon as a build-and-price tool was posted, we’d put together the perfect, erudite spec for the vehicle in question. But when I ventured to Subaru’s website this morning to try the shiny new configurator for the 2022 WRX, I noticed something odd: Across every trim level of the car, there’s only one (1) option package available.
Read MoreBurgeoning Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Nio has provided us with yet more evidence we live in a strange timeline — it’s looking into making its own smartphones. Pull a reverse Apple, if you will. And while I’m personally not terribly interested or curious about what a Nio-branded phone might entail, the fact an automotive startup is enticed by such an idea at all says a lot about where the car industry is headed.
Read MoreThese days one of the major awesome parts of Tesla ownership is the ability to use the company’s proprietary supercharger network to quickly and easily charge up and get back on the road. Soon, it seems, the dream of Tesla Supercharging your non-Tesla electric vehicle may come true. According to a report from Electrifying.com in the UK, British non-Tesla EV owners could be charging on Tesla’s network “within weeks.”
Read MoreGoogle is once again under the spotlight for anticompetitive practices by the U.S. Department Of Justice, this time relating to Google Maps and its forced bundling with other Google services in cars that incorporate the tech giant’s Android Automotive platform, such as those from Volvo and Polestar. Carmakers are forbidden from replacing Google Maps with a rival navigation service, like Apple Maps or even Waze, which happens to be owned by Google.
Read MoreAt first, a little over a decade ago, there was the Mercedes GLK. Then, in 2015, came the GLC, a compact luxury SUV for a world that was very much receptive to them. Now, a third generation of the GLC is coming, with Mercedes releasing the first pictures of it Tuesday.
Read MoreWe all know that Tesla’s Autopilot isn’t good. Apparently, the law agrees as a German court has ordered the EV maker to buy a customer’s Model 3 back after they complained about Autopilot not functioning as it should, Electrek reports.
Read MoreThe price of electric cars is climbing in China. Companies that make and sell EVs in the world’s biggest car market have raised prices across their electric lineups twice since February, as Bloomberg reports. Carmakers claim EV prices are going up because the cost of raw materials has suddenly increased. And the upward trend of these costs is just reflected in the higher price of EVs.
Read MorePeople are looking for electric cars more than ever, according to the world’s largest search engine. No, not Bing or Baidu, but Google. The tech giant says web searches for EVs and their associated costs are trending in the U.S., up this March by more than 400 percent. Google’s data for American interest in EVs grafts nicely onto that of gas prices, but searches have passed all high-water marks even going back to 2008.
Read MoreCharging stations don’t just have to be some random terminal in a parking lot where you wait for 45 minutes. Instead, they could be more accommodating to you, the waiting human.
Read MoreTech giant Apple is seemingly on a mission to integrate itself into every aspect of our lives. The company controls the phones we use to talk to each other, the streaming platforms we enjoy and also the payment systems we use to cover the cost of all these luxuries. And now, it wants to invade the solitude of driving.
Read MoreVolvo’s EV offshoot brand Polestar has been trying to make a name for itself since the brand announced it was going solo back in ‘17. Since then, it’s been trying to get buyers to notice. A new lower-priced model with longer range may help. Enter the new Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor.
Read MoreThe trucking industry is in turmoil. In the last few years, crisis after crisis has revealed our logistics blindside, and it’s usually related to an urgent need for truckers. Folks have tried to fix the shortage by suggesting we lower driver age restraints or that we hire truckers from overseas — as if the rest of the world wasn’t in need of truckers. A new study claims that more truckers now will cause another problem later, because it won’t be long before 500,000 truckers lose their jobs to ro
Read MorePorsche hasn’t officially announced when the electric Macan is coming, but the general consensus is that it’ll be shown sometime next year with a fall 2023 launch. Unless the Germans move up that timetable, which with current delays on all Porsches seems unlikely, it won’t be the only high-end European brand with a fresh electric crossover on the market. Maserati on Tuesday announced the debut of the new Grecale. The compact sport ute will debut this summer in three gasoline trims, but the all-e
Read MoreDo you know how world-changing technology actually grabs a foothold in our society? It isn’t using customers as beta testers of wildly dangerous technology; it’s small incremental advances that add up to a huge difference. This is the tact that Mercedes Benz is taking with autonomous features in its new vehicles.
Read MoreAn all-electric Porsche 718 has been hinted at for years now, and it makes sense, given that the 718 is the smaller sibling of the 911 and was always going to go electric first. On Thursday, Porsche confirmed as much.
Read MoreMaserati doesn’t sell many cars. Sales numbers for individual models are hard to pin down, but a recent release from the company says that it sold just 24,269 vehicles worldwide in 2021. While that may not seem like a lot, the brand reports that that’s a 41 percent increase from the year prior. Because of this “success,” Maserati is pressing ahead with its EV plans. The Italian brand aims to be fully electric by 2025.
Read MoreThe folks behind the World Car Awards are circling a winner soon from among three finalists for the prestigious 2022 World Car Of The Year award, otherwise known as the WCOTY. It’s a terrible acronym, but the award is held in high regard nonetheless. For the first time ever, all three finalists for the WCOTY are electric cars.
Read MoreThere is the EQS Sedan, a car which you can buy right now in America, which is the electric version of the S-Class, but there is also the EQS SUV, which is coming, and is more or less the electric version of the GLS, a car with a different name. Mercedes, in any case, released photos Tuesday of the interior, which is suitably over the top.
Read MoreVolvo announced Thursday it will begin employing the UVeye inspection platform — a machine learning AI system that can scan an entire car for problems in mere seconds — to dealers on the East Coast with plans to expand to all 280 of its U.S. dealerships.
Read MoreAfter what seemed like years of waiting, Volkswagen has finally released details of the second coming of its iconic Microbus, called the 2024 ID. Buzz. Except its all-electric this time around as VW pushes for an all EV lineup.
Read MoreChevrolet teased an all-electric Blazer SS on Wednesday, which Chevy says will be the first electric performance model from the marque, in what seems to be a somewhat belated attempt to steal some of the Ford Mustang Mach-E’s thunder. Chevy says the Blazer SS will get here next spring.
Read MoreDo you ever look at the original Ford Mustang and find yourself wishing it had a little more — maybe a little spark? Well good news, engineers in the UK have heard your prayers and fixed the Mustang by giving it electric power. And, I love everything about it.
Read MoreMazda debuted its new CX-60 on Tuesday, a car meant for Europe’s burgeoning, almost American-like appetite for big SUVs, and a car that previews what we will likely get here in the States, the CX-70. The CX-60 is a big and slightly boring plug-in hybrid electric car, which is to say that it is a modern car. It is also Mazda’s first PHEV.
Read MoreThink back a decade to 2011 and try to recall the state of the electric vehicle industry at the time; Nissan was just launching the Leaf, and Tesla was about do drop the first Model S. In such a short time the world of lithium battery technology has come a long way. There’s no way we don’t see that kind of hyper-advancement across the next decade as well, and the revolution begins with small scooters in Asia. Gogoro, along with ProLogium Technology, have launched a new solid-state lithium cerami
Read MoreCalifornia’s power grid sucks. Every summer for as long as I can remember, we suffer flex alerts or rolling blackout warnings. The power will go out literally if the wind blows too hard. It doesn’t get optimistic about how the grid will handle thousands of EVs charging, but that’s an issue for another day. In the meantime, to help with our grid issue, Engadget reports that California and GM will use EVs as mobile battery packs to help with the state’s power supply.
Read MoreLast week, when certain websites on the internet went dark because reasons, Polestar released a concept convertible called the O2 that is, for my money, the best-looking EV in a very long time. It’s also a car that, on paper, is potentially a Porsche 911 challenger.
Read MoreHonda and Sony are considering joining forces to make an electric car that will leverage the expertise of both industry giants in their respective sectors. I’m an unabashed Honda fanboy (Big Red!) but let’s be honest — Honda needs help.
Read MoreKia has big plans. At an investor event last week, the company laid out its plans to introduce multiple new electric vehicles in the next few years. We may or may not be getting some of these — but it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect we’ll be getting at least one of the two proposed pickup trucks.
Read MoreTesla raised it prices twice this month: The week of March 10, it was reported that prices on the long-range Model 3 and Y increased by $1,000. Just a week later, Tesla hit its whole lineup with an increase of five to ten percent. Both of these increases were attributed to the rising costs of raw materials. Aside from the consumer outcry, it looks like those increases are going to take away some of the rebates that made their MSRPs cheaper. Cars Direct reports the increased prices have made Tesl
Read MoreHonda wants to sell more cars, automakers are down with tougher fuel economy standards, and Faraday Future. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 31, 2022.
Read MoreVietnam’s startup car company is making waves outside of Raleigh, and the locals are intrigued, to say the least. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 30, 2022.
Read MoreNot everyone loves gas tax holidays, car sales were down in March, and GM. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 29, 2022.
Read MoreAustralian Tesla drivers say that Tesla is stopping them from filling all the way up at Superchargers. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 28, 2022.
Read MoreVolkswagen finally has the trust and money to run a successful car business in this country, Stellantis is resurrecting the straight six, and Tesla’s got another recall on its hands. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for March 25, 2022.
Read MoreWorkers at two wiring harness factories in Ukraine are going back to work amidst the Russian invasion, helping restart auto production across Europe. It does not sound like easy work, having fled multiple times to on-site bunkers under threat of rocket attacks. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 24, 2022.
Read MoreEveryone in 2020 took one look at the car market — with supplies drastically low and demand drastically high — and took out a loan on a new car anyway. That’s been ... fine for now, but it could come back to haunt us. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 23, 2022.
Read MoreGM is probably the poster child for plant closures in the States and outsourcing production, at least for someone in my generation. It’s weird, then, to see GM talking up the prestige, quality, and profitability of making cars here. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 22, 2022.
Read MoreElon Musk is going to Germany, the Volkswagen ID Buzz looks good, and Avtovaz. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 21, 2022.
Read MoreLucid doesn’t want to make the news in the way Rivian just did, Toyota is reeling from natural disasters, cyberattacks and emissions cheating and Porsche wants everyone to know it’s chatting with Apple, but refuses to say about what. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 18, 2022.
Read MoreToyota will slow production a little, Lamborghini is making 15 more Aventadors, and Ford. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 17, 2022.
Read MoreHow can you have global economies supported both by powerful military-industrial complexes and just-in-time manufacturing that requires seamless peacetime international trade? Europe’s car companies are discovering: you can’t! All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 16, 2022.
Read MoreA former auto workers’ union leader in Canada is under investigation, Bentley says it’ll have five new EVs by 2030, and Tesla. All that and more in The Morning Shift for the Ides of March.
Read MoreIf you just bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee, I have bad news about the factory in which it was built. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 14, 2022.
Read MoreRivian is having a time, cars don’t legally require steering wheels or pedals anymore and BMW just made an acquisition I personally thought it made years ago. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for March 11, 2022.
Read MoreThe guy in charge of the world’s second-largest car company is a little shaken, BMW’s got a big re-recall, and California is officially doing its own thing again. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, March 10, 2022.
Read MoreMaybe nobody at the Biden Administration has seen the “I did that” gas station stickers. Either way, things are looking bad for anyone expecting gas prices to go down. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 9, 2022.
Read MoreToyota’s truck unit says it cheated, Tesla is talking about video games again, and GM. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 8, 2022.
Read MoreUsually, The Morning Shift is reporting on labor actions at major automakers or suppliers but I’m happy to say that we at Jalopnik are back from the picket line and reporting the news. Today we’re talking about Nissan’s response to Ukraine, Rivian raising prices, and the absolute shitshow that is renting a car right now. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 7, 2022.
Read MoreIn just a few short hours, we’ll all be treated to the full, official reveal of the upcoming Toyota GR Corolla. Finally, our questions about horsepower, design, and drivetrain will all be answered. Will its fender flares live up to the standard set by the GR Yaris? Soon, we’ll know every— hang on, I’m getting word in my earpiece that all of this information leaked online this morning. Verdict: The GR Corolla sounds incredible.
Read MoreLike many of you, I am eagerly anticipating the GR Corolla’s Thursday reveal, mainly because it’s the closest we’re going to get to the GR Yaris in much of North America. (I say “much of” because you could, in fact, buy a GR Yaris in Mexico.) I’d rather have the Yaris, as it’s a bona fide homologation special; nevertheless, the Corolla will repurpose the Yaris’ drivetrain in a bigger package, quite possibly with more power. That’s still a pretty solid consolation prize.
Read MoreWe’ve seen tease after tease for the upcoming GR Corolla, but Toyota hasn’t given us much in the way of firm information. The company has hinted at the Yaris’s G16 engine, its 268 horsepower, and its GR-Four AWD system making their way to the Corolla platform, but those hints have come through bits and pieces of info hidden through social media posts. Now, we finally know when we’ll get real information: This week.
Read MoreToyota is teasing us again. Time after time, it’s dropped little hints about its upcoming GR-tuned Corolla (which is confirmed to be coming to the U.S.) but we’ve never yet to see the car in full. It’s always been hidden off to the side of an Instagram post, or photoshopped into the background of an Instagram post. Now, in a new GR86 ad, we’ve been treated to a full (if poorly-lit) dolly shot of the car’s rear end.
Read MoreLast week, Lalita Chemello and I embarked on a journey to Skip Barber Racing School at Virginia International Raceway to learn how to be fast on a track. Getting there proved a weird excursion, because we each separately flew to Dulles Airport — short flights for both of us but especially me, who was only in the air for all of 30 minutes — so we could pick up a car to then drive another four hours to Danville, near the track. Why did we do this? Because we were picking up a Toyota Supra.
Read MoreBack in the late 1960s, Toyota put together one of the most beautiful motor vehicles veer penned by human hands. It was low, sleek, with its long hood hiding a Yamaha-developed two-liter inline-six. But what’s a gorgeous performance car without a racing program? What’s a racing team in the late ‘60s without Carroll Shelby? Toyota, it seems, thought all these questions out, and those pieces all came together for a Toyota-backed, Shelby-developed 2000GT race team.
Read MoreHave you ever been on a mass transit train and thought, “man I wish I could turn this place into my vacation rental!” Well I’m sorry to be the one to tell you, you missed out, as Bay Area Rapid Transit has closed bidding on its old train cars. The transit authority awarded the cars to eight other visionaries who have plans to use them for everything from arcades to eco-friendly cabins.
Read MoreAn agreement between Uber and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission will allow drivers of the Big Apple’s iconic bright yellow taxis to claim rides via the app — and get paid like an Uber driver would.
Read MoreThe “1915 Canakkale Bridge” was christened last week as the first bridge to stretch across the Dardanelles, as well as the longest suspension bridge in the world at 2,023 meters of 6,637 feet, beating Japan’s Akashi Kaikyo Bridge for the title. The new bridge connects the Turkish towns of Gelibolu, on the European side of the Dardanelles, to the town of Lapseki on the Asian side.
Read MoreA Swedish freight technology company revealed a new job title at SXSW on Monday which may help answer the interminable problem of getting packages to customers’ front door.
Read MorePassenger rail travel in the United States will see significant development over the coming years, not through a radical departure from traditional methodology but gradual evolution. Evolution like upgrading existing rail lines to higher standards, acquiring newer trainsets and renovating existing stations. A part of this evolution is the current overhaul of Baltimore’s Pennsylvania Station.
Read MoreThe EPA handed Ford a small victory on Monday now that the agency has shared final range figures for the upcoming Ford F-150 Lightning. The range of Ford’s EV take on its popular truck has outdone the carmaker’s own estimates, increasing from 300 to 320 miles. That’s an extra 20 miles per full charge. If you recall that the average commute distance hovers around 16 miles one way, then it means the Lightning just gained one extra trip to work on a forgetful Monday morning when you realize you did
Read MoreBecause LA is an alternate universe where the foreign cars imported in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s never rusted away, I was gifted a cute opportunity while walking around my friend’s neighborhood. Here is a single-cab pickup from the early 1970s, a Toyota Hilux, parked beside a single-cab pickup from the current era, a Ford F-150.
Read MoreThere’s a new Magneto coming to Easter Jeep Safari this year, and it’s not the one played by Sir Ian McKellan. It’s not Michael Fassbender, either. Last year Jeep showed off a battery-electric Wrangler with a 285 horsepower motor from Webasto and 70 kWh of battery shoved wherever it would fit. Interestingly, it still featured its factory manual gearbox and selectable range with available 2WD, 4-high, and 4-low. That’s unorthodox, because unlike typical four-wheel drive BEVs, it wasn’t accomplish
Read MoreOff-road is hot right now. Buyers know it; carmakers know it. Despite pickup trucks getting bigger and heavier, trucks have been the popular choice for off-road enthusiasts. But when something with enclosed cargo space is needed, and a midsize truck with a camper shell won’t do, it’s time for an SUV.
Read MoreProdrive is making good on its promise to build a street-legal version of a machine developed to race in Dakar. The company is only making 25 of these road-going Dakar racers, the Prodrive Hunter. And for the low price of £1.25 million, or $1.63 million, you, too, can feel like Nani Roma or Sebastien Loeb, bombing across dunes at speeds of up to 186 miles per hour.
Read MoreThe 2022 Mint 400 is kicking off, and Jalopnik is on the ground in Las Vegas covering the “Great American Off-Road Race!” By some stroke of luck — or maybe as a cruel observational study — the editors sent me to report on this year’s Mint 400. This is the first race I’ve ever been to, and I’ll try to not get run over! I’m admittedly as excitable as a Labrador retriever, with a matching attention span. A huge race in the desert will test my ability to fetch one tennis ball at a time. So, I want t
Read MoreLast month, off-roading enthusiasts descended into Johnson Valley, California to turn the desert into a temporary city and an all-out high octane party. I was there, getting sand in my teeth and sleeping in a fantastic little camper. I also got to take a drive in the absolute cheat code of off-roading. The 2022 Can-Am Maverick X3 X RS Turbo RR is about the closest you’ll get to having a superpower.
Read MoreA lottery group in Mexico is raffling away a 2021 Suzuki Jimny for $299 pesos, and it comes in the best color the Jimny currently gets, neon green. The paint is a dead-on match for my face — green with envy — when family shared news of the raffle, or rifa, as they’re called in Mexico. Depending on the exchange rate on the day of the drawing, March 20, the Suzuki Jimny will end up costing about $14. For reference, a new Jimny would cost $449,990 pesos, or just over $21,000, from the dealer.
Read MoreIt’s springtime! Time to start working on your project car, learn a new wrenching skill, discover what everything is under the hood (and how it works), or just spruce up your daily driver. All month, we’ll be looking back at our best informative, maintenance and DIY articles from Jalopnik’s near 20-year history to get your ride ready for the road.
Read MoreEvery profession has their own jargon or slang and automotive sales is no different. Most of the vocabulary is meant to streamline communication, but knowing these terms could make the difference of you being ripped off or not.
Read MoreA client of mine bought an expensive used SUV from a seller in another state via eBay. The transaction ended with the seller delivering a different vehicle than the one in the eBay listing. Good thing eBay has that Vehicle Protection Plan, right? Or was it worthless?
Read MoreFor those not living in New Jersey, pumping your own gas is a reality that you must accept whether you like it or not - but as millions of people perform this mundane act every single day, there are bound to be at least a few screw-ups. So what really happens when you mistakenly pour diesel into your gas-powered car’s tank?
Read MoreHave you ever considered buying a former rental car? I personally am against it, but hey, you can do whatever you want. Just know what you are getting into first.
Read MoreThe difference between a crapcan and a luxury car is mostly just what gets checked on the options list. But what if you could turn a basic truck into a luxury vehicle with some modifications? That’s what we did before setting off on the road trip of a lifetime, and here’s how you can too.
Read MoreFor eighty-five thousand miles this little Scion sports coupe served its owner diligently. It was a sporty little runabout for someone in Massachusetts. It lived a fast life and left a beautiful corpse. This car was owned by a heavy smoker, judging by the unrelenting interior stench, the spent vape pens, and the Game Stop rewards card left behind. At some point a couple of years ago it was involved in an accident which, judging by the damage to the wheels, involved a curb. A friend purchased the
Read MoreChanging a tire is just one of those life skills everyone ought to know how to do. Just because you don’t think you’ll ever need to change a tire, it doesn’t hurt to know how to do it properly. Here’s another video about how to do it properly, hosted by the most fabulous person I’ve ever seen in my life.
Read MoreThe regular change of motor oil and filter is one of the best things you can do to help your car, truck or bike live a long and fruitful life. It’s also one of the easiest maintenance tasks a shade tree mechanic can tackle. And I’ve found one way to make it even easier.
Read MoreThere are lots of ways to get rid of old paint, primer and rust. You could use some elbow grease, abrasive materials, or chemicals. You could get all scientific with electrolysis. You could learn to weld. Or you could blast it all away with an abrasive media blaster. Thankfully, you don’t need to throw a ton of money into it, either, when you can use a gravity-fed blaster gun.
Read MoreCan you spot what’s ever-so-slightly out of place in this photo? It took me about an hour, but you should be faster. You’re not standing on the side of the West Side Highway in Manhattan with your 1974 VW Beetle refusing to start beside you.
Read MoreIf you follow me on Twitter, you’ve likely seen a lot of 3D printing content on your timeline recently. But while I’ve been futzing around with tiny purple cars, it seems that people who know what they’re doing have been working on much more exciting projects — like printing complete, full-size, (mostly) functional car wheels.
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