The 6th Street Viaduct – Los Angeles’s newest bridge, which opened just two weeks ago – is now closed until further notice, largely due to a near constant stream of illegal activity from drivers taking over the brand-new, $588 million bridge in downtown L.A.
Read MoreCommuting to Midtown Manhattan on the New York City Subway almost every weekday is more often than not a headache — thanks to things like train traffic, delays and signal problems. Although, those issues are a little easier to endure than say, a train catching fire, which commuters in Boston experienced on their commute to work on Thursday.
Read MoreIf you’re worried about the impending rise of our robotic overlords, you might want to stop reading now. That’s because engineers at Northwestern University in Illinois have created what they claim to be the smallest remote control robots ever made.
Read MoreOn Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ended its COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships. The program consisted of a number of measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus on cruises. Cruise lines were required to test all passengers and crew before boarding or disembarking in the United States, and follow specified quarantine protocol. Cruise companies are now expected to craft their own COVID-19 programs.
Read MoreYou’re scrolling through TikTok one night, bleary-eyed yet refusing to give in and just go to bed, when something catches your eye. It looks like a Polaris RZR, but it’s not tearing through sand dunes in Baja — it’s on the water. Rubbing your eyes doesn’t clear up the confusion, because you got it right the first time. This is no RZR at all, but a prototype for the Shadow Six Typhoon.
Read MoreThere was very little magic in the air on a Carnival Magic cruise ship that saw a massive brawl break out in the early morning hours on Tuesday just outside of New York. It got so out of hand that the U.S. Coast Guard was deployed to escort the ship to its final destination in New York Harbor.
Read MoreAutomakers are trying everything they can to combat rampant flipping and reselling of high-demand models. Now, General Motors is taking the fight to those who decide to buy their popular car from a flipper. In a letter sent to dealers signed by Steve Carlisle, president of GM North America, the automaker says “certain warranties will not be transferrable” on Corvette Z06, Escalade-V, or GMC Hummer EV models that are re-sold less than one year after original sale.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz has released pricing for the all-new 2023 AMG SL. One of the last GT convertibles on the market is now one of the most expensive. And while the SL has never been cheap, this new pricing puts it on a whole other level.
Read MoreFord has some of the hottest cars on the market right now, from sought-after EVs like the F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E to stuff everyone wants like the Maverick and Bronco. People are clamoring to get their hands on these vehicles. The downside is that this seller’s market is rife with greed. Ford knows this, which is why Cars Direct is reporting the automaker has updated its policy regarding brokers and vehicle reselling. The result is harsher penalties for dealers thinking about doing ei
Read MoreHave you heard, Cadillac is making a big bet on the new GTP Hypercar class in endurance racing next year. The firm’s awesome-looking Project GTP Hypercar will bring Cadillac back to Le Mans in 2023, and will also see the firm chase further success in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship. Now, to celebrate its past and future achievements in racing, Cadillac has created three limited edition CT4-V Blackwing cars inspired by race tracks.
Read MoreMini has been at this EV thing longer than most would give it credit for, dating back to the limited-run Mini E in 2010. The Mini Cooper SE — or the Mini Electric to our cross-Atlantic friends — was its first volume battery-electric car. But even then, the SE was built on the existing internal-combustion Mini platform, with some tech carried over from the BMW i3. The Aceman concept, unveiled Wednesday, signals a more ambitious future for the brand.
Read MoreThis weekend, I collected over 500 miles in this Jeep Grand Wagoneer, which at first glance most people don’t realize it’s a Jeep. And I get it, because it’s likely one of the nicest Jeeps ever forged. With that little bit in mind, I want to know what you, our readers, are curious in knowing about this devilishly handsome monstrosity.
Read MoreYou may not have noticed, but car prices at this very moment are bad and getting worse. Between low incentives, high markups, and an increasing number of new vehicles that rely on tax credits to subsidize their cost, buyers are now paying more than ever for both new and used vehicles. So much more, in fact, that average new car prices have hit a new record high: Over $48,000.
Read MoreCar dealers and their shady tactics finally got the attention of the Feds. The Federal Trade Commission proposed new rules that have broad support. But as Automotive News reports, with comments showing public support for the rules, the National Automobile Dealers Association and American Financial Services Association want more time for other points of view.
Read MoreConvertibles ones ruled the automotive landscape, but like most great things, they’ve fallen out of vogue. That’s what got me thinking... just how many drop top cars are left? The answer: not that many, but more than you’d think!
Read MoreElectric cars are getting more and more common every day, especially if you live in or around a major metropolitan area. Of course, they still represent just a small fraction of the total cars on the road, but that could be changing sooner than we thought if the sales data reported by Cox Automotive on Wednesday is any indicator.
Read MoreThe first-generation Acura NSX was a giant killer. It showed you could make a sports car that rivaled the Italians with performance, but also had the reliability to make sure that it actually worked when you wanted it to. So it’s no surprise that these early NSXs are highly sought after on the used market with high values to match. Imagine being able to buy one for $30,000 at CarMax. That’s what happened to one CarMax employee, who struck probably one of the best automotive deals around.
Read MoreIn June, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a set of rules prohibiting shady dealership sales tactics that obfuscate a car’s true cost to a potential buyer. The targets range from false advertising — like when a website lists a price that in actuality has a wealth of discounts attached to it that the customer may not qualify for — as well as surprise, last-minute fees for packages that some dealers assert are non-negotiable. Wouldn’t you know, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Assoc
Read MoreThere’s another victim to the global supply-chain disruption monster: car colors. Manufacturers in Europe are now offering slimmed-down color options in order to get vehicles out the doors and into the hands of customers faster.
Read MoreThe year is little more than halfway through, but the best-selling cars in America are coming into view. Despite record-high gas prices, Americans are still buying full-size pickups more than all other models. So far, the big three have managed to sweep the three highest places among best-selling models in the U.S. this year, with Ford, Chevy and Ram trucks at the top of the charts.
Read MoreSome of us love working on our cars, some of us prefer to leave mechanical tasks to the pros, but everyone appreciates a clean and tidy ride. That’s why, this Prime Day, we’ve focused our attention on stuff you can use on just about any vehicle. If you’re looking to deep-clean your car and protect that freshly-shined-up paint against grime and wear, check out Chemical Guys 16-Piece Car Wash & Protection Kit. It’s got everything you need to get your ride looking great, inside and out. And nothing
Read MoreAutomakers, dealers, and private sellers have all been riding a wave of good news. Vehicle prices are at all-time highs for both new and used cars, with the average price of a new vehicle rising above $47,000. People are taking out longer and longer loan terms to afford these cars (and the markups that come with them). But now, as Barron’s reports, those high prices are starting to bite back: Repossessions are on the rise.
Read MoreSubscription-based access to vehicle features are among the most unpopular ideas automakers have ever pursued. But as the industry transitions into EVs and profit margins dwindle, automakers are coming up with creative ways to make more money off of customers. No one wants the subscription model, but car companies are trying it anyway. BMW caught heat for proposing subscriptions for optional comfort features before; now, the company is trying it again, this time in South Korea.
Read MoreSo despite generally being a terrible waste of arable land and smelling kind of weird, ethanol fuel is pretty cool stuff. Its unique characteristics offer engine tuners the ability to increase boost and engine timing in performance applications, both of which translate to more horsepower.
Read MoreNow that the final Acura NSX Type S has rolled off the assembly line, Acura technicians at its Performance Manufacturing Center don’t really have anything to build, or do. So, Acura gave them the TLX Type S to work with. The result is a 2023 Acura TLX Type S PMC Edition, built with the same handcrafted attention given to the NSX.
Read MorePaul lives in New York state and has dreamed of owning a convertible for a long time. Now that he’s reached 40 years old, it’s time to make a move. The droptop needs seats for two small kids in the back, and only two pedals on the floor. With a $20,000 budget what car should he buy?
Read MoreAnyone shopping for a new crossover, SUV or pickup truck is likely going to be in for a bit of sticker shock. There are some ways to manage the market if you want a fair deal, but the oddest bit of advice I’ve seen is to suggest that buyers simply shouldn’t buy the kind of vehicle they actually want.
Read MorePhilip hurt his foot playing basketball and can’t drive a manual anymore. He wants something fun and sporty with some extra space for gear and antiques. He lives in Northern California and has a budget of up to $20,000. What should he buy?
Read MoreIf you’re trying to buy a car right now, you’re probably experiencing a world of frustration, between a lack of inventory and crazy-high prices. There are some helpful tips to navigate this market, but you should know that a lot of conventional wisdom no longer applies in our superheated car market. And some common tips could actually hurt you when buying a car today.
Read MoreMatt’s wife is looking for a new ride for her new job. It needs to be parking garage friendly with a heated steering wheel and no boring colors. They already have a Land Cruiser, so this will be a smaller car to compliment the SUV. What car should they buy?
Read MoreGabe has a very fun Fiat 500 Abarth, that shockingly has become expensive to maintain. He wants another fun car with a manual that is reasonably reliable but does not have to be practical. What car should he buy?
Read MoreI’ve hit the markup beat before with how bad they are. The market is screwed and doesn’t look to be getting any better. But every so often, it’s nice to circle back to all the craziness to get outraged all over again, because this shit it still happening, whether or not it keeps making headlines. It seems as if every time I check on markups, they’ve gotten worse.
Read MoreThe big headline that’s making the rounds is that folks are spending $1000 a month on a car payment. Yes, the market sucks, and cars are more expensive than ever, but that doesn’t mean you have to be stuck with a four-digit car note.
Read MoreWelcome back to “Ask Car Buying!” Where you send us your questions on how to navigate this tricky market and we do our best to help. This week we are discussing the age-old conundrum of whether or not to fix or replace a ride that is becoming expensive to maintain.
Read MoreTonight, thousands of people will be continually refreshing the Mega Millions lottery website. More people than most other weeks, I’d wager, because the jackpot is huge: a cool $1.02 billion.
Read MoreStellanis is shutting down its only Jeep factory in China — the largest car market in the world. It’s reportedly due to increased meddling by local politicians.
Read MoreEven though the Chevrolet Silverado EV won’t be going on sale until the Spring of 2023, the truck has already garnered a lot of support and interest from potential customers. Speaking at an investors’ call earlier this week following the release of GM’s second-quarter financial results, CEO Mary Barra said 150,000 reservations had been placed for the Silverado EV, according to InsideEVs.
Read MoreAlfa Romeo is reportedly working on a new large-size car in the U.S. market that is said to launch in 2027.
Read MoreOne of the few still-wonderful things about the internet is that it brings people with niche interests together. People who’d otherwise be alone, despite a desire to celebrate the things they enjoy with like-minded individuals. My choice for today’s Traffic Jam is a song from the soundtrack to a video game that does not exist: the next Ridge Racer. And it would never have been possible without the interconnected tubes that gathered us here today.
Read MoreI’ve been on a bit of a hip hop thing this past week. My plays have been a nice mix of chilled-out vibes from stalwarts such as MF Doom and Frank Ocean, as well as a few tracks from more under-the-radar acts like British rapper Loyle Carner and producer Tom Misch. It’s been a lovely mix of music to write to.
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a fancy car auction? Sure, we may not be able to afford anything that crosses the block, but that doesn’t mean we can’t ooh and ahh over the sculpted sheet metal and classic car shapes. And what better than to gawk at photos of five beautiful cars, all headed to the RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction this August?
Read MoreThe U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has fined Hyundai Capital America millions of dollars for giving credit-reporting agencies wrong information that lowered customer credit scores, and incorrectly reported some loans and leases as “delinquent.”
Read MoreHere’s what’s happening: At 4 p.m. Eastern over at twitch.tv/jalopnikdotcom, my colleague Steve DaSilva and I will play Rocket League, which, if you don’t know, is soccer with rocket-propelled cars that can fly.
Read MorePorsche has finally told an eager public when we can expect to see the all-new 992-generation 911 GT3 RS. The automaker will reveal the track-focused GT3 variant on August 17th at 11 a.m. eastern, according to today’s press release.
Read MoreIt’s another slow start to the week, and when days eke by like this I need songs that settle the noise in my head — noise that comes from restlessness. This is when I need music from Nils Frahm or Brian Eno, or maybe something that combines the two, like Frahm’s latest (very long) track, “Lemon Day.”
Read MoreToyota Gazoo Racing is making a limited edition GR86 to commemorate ten years since the release of the Toyota 86. The Toyota GR86 “10th Anniversary Limited” (link in Japanese) will come with an orange paint finish familiar to fans of the original Toyota 86, released in 2012. The special edition GR86 is being released for the Japanese market, and Toyota is only taking preorders for a limited time: from July 24 through September 30.
Read MoreMr. Regular is at it again. He reviewed a car — a car I love — and it left me with an existential crisis. Longtime RCR fans know the channel has done some deep dives into life, stretching far beyond the car that’s being reviewed. This takes it a step further.
Read MoreToday, we’re celebrating the anniversary of the time Speed Racer drove a Volkswagen GTI to victory after the Mach 5 had been sabotaged. On, July 21, 1996, Speed and the rest of the Racer family were distraught after discovering the Mach 5 would be out of commission for a big race.
Read MoreMy love of big, many-cylinder trucks and SUVs has been well documented on this site. Despite these behemoth vehicles not really having a place in the world, I still find them incredibly cool. If you combine those big engines with a rugged off-roader (which is also awesome), you’ve got quite a stew I’m going to want to eat.
Read MoreIn a secure car storage space in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, it’s dark and mostly silent. There’s a shuffle of feet, an arc of light gently working its way through the darkness, and the click of a camera shutter. The camera’s screen glows with the result of a 10-second exposure. A quick assessment of the image, then the process repeats, again and again. This is automotive light painting.
Read MoreThere’s a new Guinness World Record for the fastest tire change on a moving car, and — of course — there’s video of it, too. In it, we see Italian duo Manuel Zoldan and Gianluca Folco flip a BMW 3-Series, balance the car on two wheels, and complete a wheel change as the car is moving in 1 minute, 17.64 seconds.
Read MoreFord appears to have some big battery improvements coming down the pipeline. The automaker says it now plans to add a new battery cell chemistry to its electric vehicles that will not only increase capacity, but also make them cheaper to build.
Read MoreFriends, a perfect pop song is a rare thing indeed. So many things have to go right, and so many things can and often will go wrong, but against all odds, the Bobby Fuller Four managed to release “Let Her Dance” in 1965 as their first single, and we’ve just been living in the aftermath of that for the last 57 years.
Read MoreAndy Warhol’s final commission will be heading to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles later this week. Simply called “Cars,” it was initially commissioned by Mercedes-Benz to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the motor car.
Read MoreThe Toyota Supra is getting a new limited edition in Japan with an exclusive color combination and manual transmission. This latest special edition, called the Toyota GR Supra Matte White Edition, will have a six-speed manual only and will be limited to 50 units in Japan. This newest Supra is so exclusive that Toyota is holding a raffle for the cars, and entries are open from July 20-21.
Read MoreAsk any Corvette owner about their car, and they’ll undoubtedly bring up how rare it is. It’s all a bit of a drag. Yes Marty, I know your C5 is the only red convertible with chrome wheels made on a Tuesday in March in 2001. It’s one of one, and very impressive.
Read MoreAmerican Motors was always an offbeat company. Compared to the Detroit heavy hitters, AMC operated on a shoestring budget, gathering up niche U.S. brands like Rambler, Nash and Jeep. Despite being number four among the Big Three, AMC managed to crank out some of the most fascinating and forward-thinking vehicles of the latter half of the 20th century, including the Jeep Cherokee and Grand Cherokee (which basically invented the modern family SUV) and the entire Eagle lineup (which made four-wheel
Read MoreRemember when you were a kid, making vroom-vroom noises while pushing your Hot Wheels down a flexible orange track? Back before taxes or time clocks, those halcyon days of childhood. What if you could go back? Play with those same cars, explore those same tracks? Have as many bones as a baby? What if a video game could help you?
Read MoreA new Porsche SUV is joining the lineup to unseat the Porsche Cayenne as the biggest performance car from Stuttgart, and this new sizable SUV will be an EV. The upcoming Porsche will build on the success of the Porsche Cayenne and Macan, but will slot above both models as the company’s flagship SUV — which only happens to be electric. But it’s going to be pricey, according to Auto News.
Read MoreI’m always late to the Kanye party. Arguably, Mr. West is one artist for whom a lot of people would flip the idiom around: instead of “better late than never,” a lot of folks might (justifiably) say “better never than late.” Thing is, as late as I was — and continue to be — I ran into old Kanye first. And old Kanye is good Kanye. So, it’s no coincidence that I’m a big fan of KIDS SEE GHOSTS, which reminds me quite a bit of Kanye’s older work. This song is the last on the album, “Cudi Montage,” a
Read MoreOne of the best reasons to attend a race, even if you don’t like motorsports, is the near limitless opportunity to go carspotting. Maybe you’ve seen more than your fair share of predictable exotics over the years, but at most good racing events, there’s always something to catch your attention. This past weekend during the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park, a Messerschmitt KR200 captured mine.
Read MoreHyundai is following up the release of the Staria with an even smaller, equally stylish minivan, the Hyundai Stargazer. Like its bigger sibling, the Stargazer is best described as an MPV — a boxy, narrow van that prioritizes passenger count over all other specs. Even though the Stargazer is smaller than Staria, it still has three rows and seats for up to seven people. But it’s not coming to the U.S.: This latest Hyundai MPV debuted in Indonesia, and will launch in India next year, according to t
Read MoreThe Corvette has always been a bit of a performance car bargain compared to the competition, and that includes the Z06. Now, according to GM Authority, prices for the 2023 Corvette Z06 have leaked, and that trend certainly continues. On top of that we now know order books will open on July 28, 2022.
Read MoreHyundai is having a bit of a moment right now. Just a day after the company unveiled its sleek new Ioniq 6 sedan, it dropped this perfect bomb on us: the N Vision 74. Let’s get one thing clear… It’s perfect and I demand they build it.
Read MoreAs much as I love the intense competitive nature of motorsport, a large draw for racing is the pure spectacle of sight, sound and speed. However, race promoters on occasion will arrange for special acts to entertain fans in the grandstands during the lulls between organized track sessions. From stunt exhibitions to vintage demonstration runs, I felt like I’ve seen everything. Though, last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix featured a jet-powered Volkswagen bus that left me awestruck.
Read MoreI’ve been in one of those weird musical slumps where I’ve just been listening to the same things over and over because 1) I can’t remember what other music I like and 2) I am just really vibing with Van Halen (as always). So, when I was cruising around in a Chevy Silverado the other day, I put on an old driving playlist I made when I was fresh out of high school — y’know, for a taste of something familiar but that feels fresh because I haven’t listened to it for ages. And there it was: The Mamas
Read MoreThe Hyundai Ioniq 6 is coming. The all-new, all-electric sedan is part of Hyundai’s ambitious move toward distinctively stylish EVs, with underpinnings shared with the company’s Ioniq 5 as well as the Kia EV6, all built on the modular E-GMP platform. Oh! And there may even be a high-performance “N” version of the Ioniq 6 coming too. More on that in a bit.
Read MorePininfarina’s Battista is finally entering production, and the thing is still a monster. Not only is it the most powerful production car to ever come out of Italy, it also takes 1,340 hours of handcrafting to build. From start to finish, it’s a 10-week process that is split into 14 different zones, according to the company.
Read MoreIf I love one thing, it’s a good story. If I love two things, it’s a good story paired with huge, messy, super-noisy guitar riffs and friends; Exemplified by this five-minute-long banger of a song by Australian supergroup Tropical Fuck Storm (the singer and bassist both made their bones in the also-excellent band The Drones). It’s called “You Let My Tyres Down,” and the riffage is undeniable.
Read MoreIt’s been a hot minute since I have commandeered Jalopnik’s weekly Tuesday streams, live at 4 p.m. Eastern over at twitch.tv/jalopnikdotcom. I had COVID and trust me, you didn’t want me on camera or mic. I’m back though, and I’ve brought the goods with me — Need for Speed: Most Wanted — the one from 2005, played on an Xbox 360. This is going to be fun.
Read MoreFolks, we’ve got an extremely excellent person in our midst. I was looking over Stellantis’s quarterly sales report (because I am strange) when I realized something that left my jaw on the floor.
Read MoreI almost wanted to recommend more new music, this time from the Mars Volta, but I’ll save it for later, because I’m leaning heavy into prog rock lately. Instead, I’ll share this happy song from the award-winning Café Tacuba — or Tacvba — who are icons of the genre, Rock en Español. This song jams harder than music featuring a folk violin has any right to!
Read MoreWhen I was in high school, it was very cool to like Taylor Swift, which meant that I pointedly did not like Taylor Swift (including going so far as to argue with one of my classmates that Taylor Swift’s music was the epitome of toxic relationships and therefore promoted unhealthy bonding — I promise I was not always such a killjoy). Then I got into college, and Fearless became one of those guilty pleasure albums that I never wanted to admit I actually really enjoyed. And then I saw Taylor Swift
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson’s restaurateur ambitions have come to fruition, it seems. The former host of Top Gear — and current host of the Grand Tour — is taking a break from his “very busy year” to open his farm-to-table restaurant, Diddly Squat, in Oxfordshire, UK. Clarkson says that reservations are now open. Indeed, not only are reservations open, but necessary; Clarkson doesn’t need walk-ins.
Read MoreAs electric vehicles become more commonplace on roads in the United States and around the world, range is becoming less and less of an issue. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the median range for an electric vehicle from the 2020 model year is over 250 miles. While 250 miles is easily enough to cover the daily commute for the vast majority of Americans, there are people who want more range and need the added efficiency to minimize time spent recharging on long-distanc
Read MoreHappy Friday! We made it through another working week. To get you ready for the weekend, here’s some gritty, bluesy, Brittany Howard brilliance that should set you right up for an excellent few days.
Read More“It was as though the whole county of Hampshire was lying back and opening her well-bred legs,” wrote Boris Johnson, dude who used to run London and now helped run the UK out of the EU about wheeling a Ferrari F430, “to be ravished by the Italian stallion.”
Read MoreIt took over a decade, but Porcupine Tree has done it again: the band released a new album, Closure/Continuation, just shy of two weeks ago on June 24. It’s taken me about as long to single out a track because they all rate HIGH on the Jam meter. This one, “Love in the Past Tense,” is the last song on the album, and I have a thing for endings.
Read MoreA Texas driver who swerved his Jeep Wrangler into the path of a cyclist is facing criminal charges. The 50-year-old Jeep driver was charged with a Class B misdemeanor for reckless driving; it only took Deer Park Police (just outside of Houston) 75 days to charge the driver, according to a Chron report. And despite the cyclist giving the police video footage of the incident, police initially claimed it was a matter of “he said, she said.”
Read MoreThe 24-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist and self-proclaimed genius Kanye West is designing a concept car to be created by his company Donda. What’s the worst that his company could produce? As reported by Complex, the strange vehicle was teased alongside the announcement that Steven Smith would become Donda’s Head of Industrial Design.
Read MoreIt’s Tuesday again, which means Jalopnik is streaming on Twitch at 4 p.m. ET! Our usual host, Adam Ismail, is out again, so there’s no one to moderate the unruly Jalopnik staff and to prevent them from expressing disdain on Twitch for objectively-great car movies like Speed Racer. But the focus of this stream will not be car movies — sorry, Andy. No patently false claims from you today!
Read MoreWelcome back to work/reality, unless you’re still on holiday. Then I appreciate you taking time from your beachside retreat to read this. Many thanks.
Read MoreMotorWeek is legendary, thanks in large part to the show’s longtime host, John Davis. For decades, his outside-voice-all-the-time presentation has brought us news and reviews on the latest and greatest in the auto industry. But even the biggest MotorWeek fan will admit that, sometimes, the show is a bit too polite about cars that are actually terrible.
Read MoreLast weekend saw the 100th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. It was a cold, wet, windy day, which made for slow times and tough photos, but I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. For a federal holiday, I figured, why not share a few of the sights from that weekend?
Read MoreFake exhaust tips are becoming more and more common by the day. Whether it’s Ford cutting holes in the bottom of fake tips, or Audi creating silver squares at the bottom of car bumpers, they’re everywhere.
Read MoreYou know what’s a cool loosely car-related job? Being a firefighter. It’s easily the best first-responder job, thanks in part to the rad as heck fire trucks you get to ride around in. It’s also pretty great because a large part of your job involves sliding down a pole.
Read MoreThere comes a time in everyone’s life when they wake up and think “screw this, I’m gonna move to France and spend my days surviving on comté, croissants and Cognac.” I’m sure it would be a tough life, but someone’s gotta do it right?
Read MoreThis week, America celebrated National Corvette Day on June 30, followed immediately by Drive Your Corvette to Work Day on July 1. With all this focus on America’s sports car, we decided it was high time to rank every Corvette generation from best to worst, starting with the 1953 C1 and running all the way to today’s mid-engine C8. Everybody has a different opinion on the Corvette, and just about everyone ranks the generations differently. So, we asked everyone on the Jalopnik staff to submit th
Read MoreThere comes a time when an anthem-type song graces the top charts, or your radio, and it sticks with you, your own personal anthem, usually rebellion-related in some way, shape or form. When things go wrong, or when the world is falling apart, this song will often play on repeat in the depths of your subconscious. For me, that anthem is usually Harvey Danger’s “Flagpole Sitta.”
Read MoreThe Toyota Crown is a crossover now, but, you know, it’s kind of cool. I didn’t want it to be; I’d rather have clutched my pearls and cursed Toyota for selling out the dignity of the Crown. But the truth is the 2023 Toyota Crown is fine — maybe even better than fine. OK, let me be truthful: I like the Toyota Crown crossover.
Read MoreThe Rivian R1S is a fantastic electric luxury SUV, with the interior amenities and ‘froading chops to fill the hole left by the Toyota Land Cruiser’s exit from American shores. Early reservation holders will soon be able to get their hands on their very own R1Ses, but the rest of us will merely admire Rivian’s design as an R1S silently glides by. Luckily, it’s a beautiful SUV to behold.
Read MoreThe Renault 5 turns 50 this year, and to celebrate one of its most iconic models, the company has teamed up with architectural designer Pierre Gonalons on a one-off electric R5 called the Diamant. It’s so good that I almost hate it.
Read MorePeople love to bash on the here and now, while reminiscing about a simpler time. Nowhere is that more relevant than in the world of car design, where we always hear arguments about when the “golden age” of automotive styling really was. Well, if you ask Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath when that was, he sure as hell won’t say right now.
Read MoreAkira Toriyama deserves credit as a gearhead, one with impeccable style at that. The legendary manga artist and character designer may be most famous for creating Dragon Ball and designing Chrono Trigger, but Toriyama should be praised for his imaginative mechanical designs as much as his alien warriors, the Saiyans, and knights cursed to be frogs.
Read MoreThe Chevy Blazer is a name plate that has worn many guises over the years. From its humble beginnings as the K5 Blazer short-wheelbase truck to the mid-size crossover you see out on the streets today. Now, it’s about to undergo another evolution to become a $45,000 electric SUV that packs up to 557 hp and a 320-mile range.
Read MoreMaserati is a bit of an oddity these days. The Stellantis-owned Italian car maker is in the midst of a pivot to electrification and seems intent on replacing its supercar past with a new SUV-focused future. But fans of Maserati’s racing history will be pleased to hear that the firm hasn’t forgotten its roots just yet, and now has a new track-only supercar concept to show off.
Read MoreThe Volkswagen Phaeton was first thrust on the world in 2002, when the firm launched its vision for how a real luxury car should look and perform. It won countless fans, including current and former Jalops, but was killed off in 2016. Now, the firm has unveiled the secret successor that was waiting in the wings before the car was canned.
Read MoreNobody did concepts better than the brand formerly known as Stellantis in the 1990s. Sure, some got close — Ford had a good run with the Indigo and the GT90 — but the combined output of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep kept the public’s imagination firing, even if the Pentastar’s showroom offerings often left something to be desired. Every year for a decade and change, it seemed like those three brands (even Plymouth, too) always managed to bring something eye-catching to the global auto show circuit. T
Read MoreChinese carmaker GAC debuted an EV concept with a grill so large it makes any recent BMW grill look modest. At the 2022 GAC Tech Day, Guangzhou Auto Group unveiled the GAC Space, an autonomous hydrogen-powered MPV concept with a retractable steering wheel and a face that’s, basically, just a continuous grill under a single LED headlight across its front-end.
Read MoreIf you’re launching a new electric car company, you’ll want to have an eye-catching design, a few insane-sounding statistics and a flashy presentation to create a bit of buzz around your launch. At this stage, physically building the car isn’t important. And I’m pleased to report that another EV upstart has ticked off all these steps with the unveiling of a 2,000 hp electric SUV that it says will hit 200 mph.
Read MoreOne of my favorite scenes from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off when Ferris, Sloane and Cameron find a parking garage to park their 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder borrowed without permission from Cameron’s father. When Cameron questions Ferris’ decision for the safety of the Ferrari, Sloane replies, “What could happen to it?” Cameron answers, “It could get stolen, wrecked, scratched, you name it.” The valet would then go take the Ferrari 250 on a joyride but the trio did get the Ferrari back. Tho
Read MoreEarlier this week, yet another Tesla hit yet another motorist, yet again killing the person outside the car. As we’ve come to expect, the driver claims Autopilot was activated at the time of the collision. But as this story plays out, time and time again, we’ve started to see a shift in the narrative: Now, these fatal impacts are often accompanied by a federal investigation, and this one is no exception — after this week’s crash in Utah, it seems Tesla will have one more NHTSA inquiry on its des
Read MoreA school bus carrying dozens of bus drivers crashed on an exit ramp in the Bronx Thursday morning. A total of 37 adults – 36 passengers and the driver – were on board at the time of the crash. No children were reported to be on board or involved.
Read MoreBack in 2018, eighteen-year-old Barrett Riley crashed his dad’s 2014 Tesla Model S into a wall at 116 mph, killing himself and one passenger. The vehicle was supposed to have a speed limiter installed, at the behest of Riley’s parents, but Tesla technicians removed it after talking to the teen. Thus, the question before a Florida court: Was Tesla to blame for the crash?
Read MoreWork zones are a necessary part of highway maintenance but they are also inherently dangerous. By their nature, work zones are placed along the road at random for drivers and form choke points where cars must erratically slow to safely navigate. The danger really comes into play when drivers don’t pay attention to their altered environment or even drive much faster than the regularly posted speed limit. A driver in Western Michigan found this out the hard way when they sent their car sailing thr
Read MoreLast weekend, driver Chris Darnell was tragically killed when his jet-powered semi truck rolled over at a Michigan air show. At the time, the crash was simply blamed on an unspecified “mechanical failure,” but new information has come to light that explains exactly what went wrong: The 300 MPH, triple-jet-engine truck was laid low by a single, simple tire failure.
Read MoreIf someone heard that some poor soul died at an airshow because their vehicle had a mechanical failure at 300 miles per hour, you would correctly assume that it was a jet-powered, though, very few people would guess that it was a jet-powered semi-truck. Last weekend, 40-year old Chris Darnell sadly lost his life after his jet-propelled Peterbilt crashed at the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Ballon Festival in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Read MoreThieves are up to no good again. After police received reports of multiple Ford F-150 Raptors being stolen, The Detroit News reports that authorities were able to catch the thieves and recover the trucks.
Read MoreIn 1986, a dealership sold a man a lemon of a Jeep. That transaction has come back to haunt the sellers in a big way nearly 40 years later, the Washington Post reports, when the buyer returned to the dealership to cause over $70,000 via arson in July of 2022.
Read MoreHaving your car stolen is bad enough, but finding out that stealing it was super easy for the thieves and that the information on how to do it is widely available online is even worse. According to a report published on Thursday by Automotive News, many Hyundai and Kia owners are finding themselves in that situation.
Read MoreLocal Southern California news outlets are reporting the tragic death of former NASCAR driver Bobby East, who was reportedly stabbed outside a Westminster, CA gas station on Saturday evening. Police later killed the man alleged to have stabbed East.
Read MoreResearchers have discovered a vulnerability in Honda vehicles that could allow hackers to unlock doors and start the cars remotely. The security flaw has been named “RollingPWN,” and it affects all Honda models released between 2012 and 2022, according to the researchers. Honda is none too pleased with the findings; the Japanese carmaker claims the flaw is “old news,” as VICE reports.
Read MoreRacing simulators are a pricey investment. The best drivers in the world often use them to familiarize themselves with various tracks; e-sports teams use them in competition. You may not think something like that can be a work of art. But as Wallpaper shows us, Prodrive’s newest rig proves a simulator can be as wonderful to look at as a Monet painting — thanks to some input from a world-famous designer.
Read MoreNissan’s custom tube-frame Group 5 machines of the ’80s drew racing fans into showrooms with their strong performance and aggressive styling that didn’t stray too far from the road cars on which they were based. The most beloved of that group — the Skyline Super Silhouette — arrives in Gran Turismo 7 on Thursday, alongside a classic Maserati and Porsche’s contribution to the early-2010s hypercar trifecta.
Read MoreThe FIA revealed this past weekend that its esports collaboration with Gran Turismo isn’t over; it’s merely on a hiatus, to allow developer Polyphony Digital more time to add necessary features to GT7 and sort out the game’s multiplayer instability.
Read MoreRacing game modders can create some pretty amazing things, like rendering previously language-locked experiences accessible for all to enjoy, or adding stunning, transformative new environmental effects to games that lacked them. They can also realize nightmarish visions, like what would happen if you drove the venerated circuit Spa-Francorchamps, only scaled at five times its normal height.
Read MoreMost racing games are remarkably straightforward affairs, like any other type of simulation. You tend to know what you’re getting into before you even start, and save for those rare cases of false advertising, there’s little to surprise you.
Read MoreFew racing games are more therapeutic than Funselektor’s Art of Rally, a minimalist, top-down arcade rally racer with an emphasis on driving feel and pleasant vibes. It’s a singular experience — the kind of racing game that rightfully garnered plenty of attention and praise from novices and experts alike. An interview posted today with the game’s chief developer, Dune Casu, teases into what makes it so special.
Read MoreWe’re all fairly aware by now that starting a new car company is not easy. That’s especially true when you’re targeting a pretty expensive, exclusive slice of the market. This is why I’ve been a little iffy on the Lucid Air since it made its debut approximately one geological age (or like 15 years) ago.
Read MoreAre you in the market for an electric vehicle, but you need more protection than the typical airbags and seat belts? Maybe something capable of withstanding gunfire and the odd explosion? Well, I’ve got good news for you: BMW is apparently planning a fully armored version of its new all-electric i7 sedan.
Read MoreIf you want to celebrate over 75 years of the best-selling vehicle in North America, you’re going to have to dig deeper than advertised in your pocket for it. Ford Authority reports that the Heritage Edition package for the F-150 will cost you $1,975. At first.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into multiple reports of “catastrophic engine failures” at speed in 2021 Ford Bronco models, the the Wall Street Journal is reporting today.
Read MoreProbably half of you already know what I’m talking about just from the headline. For the other half: Buckle up, pals. Because if you’ve never looked closely at the exhaust tips on the Ford Explorer ST, you’re about to enter a liminal space between truth and fakeness, a zone occupied fully and exclusively by the four rings of chrome-plated deception installed on the back of every Explorer ST that Ford has built since the high-performance variant launched in 2020.
Read MoreI’ve been giving the new Ford Bronco the side-eye since the thing debuted, and if I’m honest, I don’t exactly know why. Something about Ford suddenly deciding it wanted a bite out of the pie Jeep has been baking for nearly 80 years struck me the wrong way, made worse by the fact that the Bronco name hadn’t been attached to a true billy-goat off-roader since the first generation rode into the sunset in ‘77. Ford pretending the Bronco had always been a CJ/Wrangler competitor, instead of a full-si
Read MoreWhen car shopping online, it’s easy to get yourself caught in a niche. As Facebook Marketplace’s algorithm starts to learn what you want, it’ll feed you more and more of the same thing — leaving you with a page entirely made up of listings for 2005 Acura RSXes.
Read MoreIf you’re a fan of 1990s Volvos and meth, Mecum Auctions has the car for you. Okay, maybe it’s fake meth. Anyway, listed for sale Gus Fring’s very own screen-used Volvo V70 Wagon. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Gustavo “Gus” Fring is the successful restaurateur and drug kingpin in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Read MoreSometimes, Dopest Cars is a list of just that — the top fifteen dopest cars I’ve found online during my past week of shopping. Other times, though, it’s nice to have a bit — a theme, a unifying concept, a singular core concept running through each and every car.
Read MoreWhat do you want to do this summer? Are you like me, endlessly browsing through car listings in search of something, anything, to take to a track day? Would you rather turn your sights away from pavement, and go on some off-road excursions while the weather’s warm? Maybe you just want to relax, throw the top down, and soak in some sun.
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a long holiday weekend? The barbecues, the brats, the brewskis with the boys. The only thing missing is a good car, and boy did I find you some good options this week. Why show up to the cookout in a Camry when you could roll up in a seventies Dodge ambulance?
Read MoreLast night, Honda revealed the 2023 Civic Type R in all its Historic Championship White glory. We all got to see the car from every angle and confirm the bits of visual info we’d gleaned from Honda’s earlier tease, but the full reveal held one crucial thing back: the specs.
Read MoreIn what’s probably one of the most anticipated reveals of the year, Honda has just given the world its first complete look at the all-new 2023 Civic Type R at an event in Los Angeles. While Type R versions of the Civic have been available in the rest of the world since 1997, this is just the second generation of the Civic Type R to come to the U.S. Based on the 11th-gen Civic hatchback that was introduced for 2021, the design is way more grown up than the last CTR.
Read MoreFor years, Honda has been a surprisingly major presence in the world of esports. The company was once the “exclusive automotive sponsor” of the League of Legends Championship Series, and remains the title sponsor of Team Liquid — one of the series’ most competitive teams. But while slapping a brand on athletes of the highest level might grant you entrance to a younger buyer’s evoked set, it isn’t always enough to make them enthusiastic about your product.
Read MoreSaying the Honda CR-V is just a best seller for the brand is an understatement. It’s a huge seller, with the automaker selling just over 361,000 CR-Vs in 2021. The crossover sells so well that even with all the issues surrounding the supply chain and chip shortage, Honda still moved almost 23,000 in June of 2022. Suffice to say, a new CR-V is a big deal for the brand. So the CR-V is all new in nearly every aspect for 2023.
Read MoreHyundai’s N brand has been making raucous, exciting performance cars for years. In all that time, however, the company has focused its efforts on a single drivetrain: A 276-horsepower turbocharged four cylinder, mated to either a six-speed stick or an 8-speed DCT. But as the arc of the moral universe bends towards electrification, we’ve all had to wonder — what will Namyang’s finest look like in the age of the EV?
Read MoreEarlier Thursday, Hyundai confirmed to me that the Accent has been axed from its U.S. lineup in favor of a crossover. And that’s not at all, with the company also killing the PHEV and HEV Ioniqs, according to Automotive News. The Veloster N is dead too, but we already knew that. So much for all that.
Read MoreLewis Bentley really started to question things when the show ended.
Read MoreHarley-Davidson posted increased profits in its second quarter despite a two-week shutdown of its production plants. The motorcycle company managed to weather the hiatus and reported a profit of $215.8 million. Harley has now disproven analysts estimates that projected lower earnings compared to the previous fiscal year, according to Reuters.
Read MoreHarley-Davidson is likely looking at missed profits following a brief production halt that suspended the company’s plants in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. On May 19, Harley said it would stop making its gasoline-powered motorcycles for two weeks citing regulatory compliance issues. But that short period of time is now expected to affect the company’s profits for the entire fiscal year, according to Reuters.
Read MoreThis is a really amazing time to be a person who loves motorcycles. Bikes are more powerful and significantly faster than ever before, but they’re also substantially safer and easier to ride. One of the best examples of this is Ducati’s utterly ridiculous Panigale V4. Not only does the base model make 210 hp with a dry weight of 386 pounds, but compared to the Panigales of just a few years ago, the new V4 doesn’t stare at you from the corner of your garage with a murderous glare.
Read MoreThe Daytona Speedway of 1972 was a lot different from today’s Daytona International Speedway. The stacks of bleachers had yet to be built, as well as the buildings that grace the infield. Instead, we see a long patch of dirt and grass, surrounded by that same familiar oval.
Read MoreWhile carmakers are scrambling to become “mobility companies,” a different race for transportation efficiency is taking place right above our heads. Aircraft manufacturers are testing electric planes, capable of vertical takeoff and landing and remote-controlled flight, to use as traffic-hopping sky taxis that cut commute times down to nothing.
Read MoreA family is left with a deceased daughter and no answers after a police encounter. NBC News reports that a woman was killed after she was arrested and subsequently fell out of the back of the patrol car she was placed in. The police department isn’t telling the family any details of what really happened, and onlookers are left with more questions than answers.
Read MoreIt’s the end of the road when it comes to Singer’s original “reimaged” Porsche 911s. In a recent interview with Top Gear, Singer Vehicle Design founder Rob Dickinson confirms that his company will no longer take orders for the naturally aspirated Porsche 964-based restomods that made his company famous. The company will now be turning its attention to its next endeavor: the Turbo Study.
Read MoreNot to be outdone by the Canadian Freedom Convoy or America’s People Convoy, Dutch farmers formed a tractor convoy Wednesday to prove they can be just as nonsensical and destructive after they set up road blockades, dumped manure and garbage on roads and lit hay bales on fire in their wake.
Read MoreIn October of 2021, CT Transit unveiled its first lithium-ion battery electric bus. The state government bus operator hoped to order up to 700 electric buses and replace its entire fleet with them. However, it seems like the transition has hit a significant speed bump after one of the new buses caught fire and was completely engulfed in flames as it sat in a bus depot. Now, CT Transit pulled the electric buses in its fleet from service.
Read MoreA Senate Democrat deal between Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin includes a new $4,000 tax credit for used electric vehicles and the extension of the existing $7,500 credit for new EVs. That’s big news for automakers like General Motors, Tesla and Toyota, according to Bloomberg. It also gives car manufacturers billions in investment tax credits to retool factories to build greener cars.
Read MoreLike every other car maker, Rolls-Royce is going electric. By 2030, the firm says it’ll be a fully electric car maker, and is now preparing to launch its first EV. Coming next year, the Spectre is now undergoing an impressive array of tests to put the electric car through its paces.
Read MoreThere’s an all-new Ford Mustang coming, and we can expect to get our first look at it — where else? — in Detroit. Specifically, at the 2022 North American International Detroit Auto Show, which takes place in September.
Read MoreWe’ve all tried to defend our irresponsible acquisitions. If you’re reading this website, that purchase was probably a project car. You and I only have to justify our vehicles to family, friends, or maybe coworkers. Now, the Czech police force faces a bigger challenge, attempting to justify to an entire country why they seized a Ferrari 458 Italia and retrofitted it for patrol duty.
Read MoreIt was announced last week that Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess would step down from his role, to be replaced by current Porsche CEO Oliver Blume. At first, it wasn’t immediately clear what led to Diess’s sudden ouster, but a new report from Bloomberg sheds light on a possible reason. That being said, it may not be the whole story, but we’ll get to that.
Read MoreEvery few years, students at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands develop some kind of amazing technology for cars. This year, the students didn’t want to just go green; in the words of Ruby Rhod, they wanted to go super green. They came up with the Zem, an EV that actually captures carbon as it travels.
Read MoreArmored truck heists might seem like something that has been relegated to fiction and the recent past. However, as recently as 2019, there was still an armored truck heist attempt once every two weeks in the United States. And two weeks ago, a team of thieves stole at least $10 million in jewelry from the back of a Brink’s tractor trailer parked at a highway rest stop in Southern California.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court’s decision to reverse the nearly 50-year-old Roe V. Wade ruling this month may soon throw states into a constitutional crisis as they seek to punish pregnant people seeking healthcare.
Read MoreI’m back again, folks, and I’ve come bearing good news. There are now 10 states in the country where the average price of a gallon of gas is back under $4, according to AAA. There are also a handful of states that are close to that gloriously sweet $4.00 price, so the smart money would be on the idea that the list of 10 states will soon be growing. As The Beatles said, “It’s getting better all the time.”
Read MoreUPS drivers around the country are in danger due to the inescapable heatwave plaguing the entire planet. That heat is exceptionally problematic for UPS drivers — and many of their trucks don’t have air conditioning. Fox Weather reports incidents where drivers have passed out or died due to the heat have forced UPS drivers to speak up and rally for change.
Read MoreOn Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the world’s richest man, had an affair with Google cofounder Sergey Brin’s wife. He then told the world he hasn’t had sex in “ages.” In other news, Tesla got another subpoena from the SEC over tweets he sent in 2018 about taking the company private. I guess we have to keep talking about all of this.
Read MoreIf you’re tired of those annoying robocalls telling you to renew your vehicle’s warranty, you may be in for some relief soon. CNN reports that the Federal Communications Commission has ordered telecom companies to block the calls from reaching consumers.
Read MoreVolkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will step down from his role at the automaker to be replaced by Porsche CEO Oliver Blume, it was announced Friday. The move was made following a meeting of VW’s supervisory board.
Read MoreIn a world where everything seems to be getting worse, two things are getting better: gas prices and Top Gun movies. We’ll focus on gas prices for the purposes of this article, as this is Gas Price Watch. Anyway, the national average price for a gallon of gas now sits at $4.41, according to AAA. That’s down three cents from yesterday alone.
Read MoreReuters just published a jaw-dropping report alleging — with some pretty compelling evidence — that SMART Alabama, a metal stamping facility that supplies Hyundai’s flagship assembly line in Montgomery, has been using child laborers as young as 12 years old from migrant families. SMART Alabama is majority-owned by Hyundai, and provides parts for Elantra, Sonata and Santa Fe models assembled in the U.S.
Read MoreThe Cadillac Lyriq has just started hitting buyers driveways across the U.S. and is promising a glimpse at the brand’s battery-powered future. But, don’t go hoping for any honest review from customers anytime soon, as GM gave owners a discount if they signed a non-disclosure agreement preventing them from talking with anyone outside the company about their experience with the Lyriq. Understandably, this has safety experts concerned.
Read MoreCadillac has been teasing it for months, and now, we get our first full look at the Celestiq: A show car for now, but one that shows us what we can expect from Cadillac’s first production ultra-luxury electric sedan. And we do mean ultra-luxury: Rumor has it, Cadillac plans to charge over $300,000 for the production car that this show car will sire.
Read MoreHaving one of the largest municipal fleets in the country has its advantages for the Los Angeles Police Department. But one of those vehicles costing someone their life is a tragic game changer. As the LA Times reports, the LAPD may want to rethink how it has its police copters respond to calls, as the noise from one cost a man his life.
Read MorePolaris is recalling tens of thousands of vehicles because their steering wheels can separate while driving. The company says that some 2020-2022 RZR XP 1000, RZR XP Turbo and RZR Turbo S Velocity models as well as the 2020-2022 General 1000 and General XP 1000 models can be impacted. All in all, just about 38,900 vehicles are being recalled around the world.
Read MoreElon Musk is a man that likes to change his mind at the drop of a hat. In the last month, he backed out of buying Twitter after saying he would. And now, as the Daily Bulletin reports, his Boring Company has backed out of a deal to dig a tunnel in Ontario, California. Oddly enough, despite this now failed deal, city and county officials still really want the tunnel.
Read MoreThe slow march downward for gas prices is continuing across the country. Now, the average price of a gallon of gas sits at a comparatively low $4.47 for a gallon of regular, according to AAA. In some parts of the country, though, that number is even lower.
Read MoreThe United States Postal Service originally planned to purchase 5,000 all-electric versions of Oshkosh Defense’s 50,000 new mail trucks. That number doubled to 10,000 in March, and now the USPS is has seemingly thrown caution to the wind and decided, what the hell, at least half of all the trucks should be EVs.
Read MoreIn one way or another Aston Martin has had its wings logo for 90 years. The emblem first appeared on its cars back in 1932 and it’s still present to this day. Now, the British car maker has given the iconic emblem a minimalist update, its first logo refresh in nearly 20 years.
Read MoreAustralia is no stranger to flooding. In terms of elevation, it’s the single lowest continent above sea level, and it sees about as much rainfall in a year as New York City — which, of course, has floods of its own. In the face of all those waterlogged roads, Australian crash test authorities have a solution for keeping passengers safe: New testing will encourage automakers to make sure passengers can escape a car even after it’s been sitting in deep floodwater for several minutes.
Read MoreAs reported by Automotive News, dealership technicians at Penske-owned Mercedes-Benz of San Diego went on strike in mid-June. More than a month has passed since the strike began, and it seems tensions between the union technicians and management have boiled over. Dealership management hired scabs to cross the picket line, made formal accusations of improper picketing behavior against the striking technicians, and fired 20 of the picketing workers. The dealership is now seeking to permanent repla
Read MoreDisabled riders who have used Uber are getting some justice. The Hill reports that the ride-hailing company has reached a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice to pay back thousands of disabled riders who were charged extra fees based on how long it took them to get situated in the vehicle.
Read MoreHey guys, long time no see. I’m here because I’ve got some big news today. The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. is now back at the $4.50 per gallon mark for the first time since mid-May, according to AAA. That is incredibly welcome news for the nation’s drivers.
Read MoreThree years ago, the European Commission came together to combat speeding through software in new cars. The Commission signed a law that just went into effect earlier this month: Every newly-introduced vehicle delivered in the E.U. must have “Intelligent Speed Assistance,”and all new vehicles on sale will need it by July 2024. But no matter what comes to mind when you think “mandatory speed limiter,” know this: ISA won’t actually limit how fast you can drive your European-market car.
Read MoreHertz would like you to pay attention to the fact that the company has added EVs (mainly Teslas) to its rental fleet. But an ugly reality distracts from that. For more than a year, the company has repeatedly been accused of having customers wrongly arrested on bogus charges of “stealing” cars they legally rented. Now, CNN is reporting that yet another lawsuit has been filed against Hertz over these alleged arrests.
Read MoreEurope is in the midst of a dangerous, record-breaking heatwave. The Met Office, the United Kingdom’s national weather service, issued its first-ever red extreme heat warning as temperatures in parts of England are expected to exceed 104 degrees. On the other side of the English Channel, over 42,000 acres of land have been burned in wildfires across France, Spain and Portugal. The heatwave has also impacted this year’s Tour de France bicycle race.
Read MoreIt is worryingly hot today in the United Kingdom, and that heat has forced a number of airport runways to shut down because its runways literally melted.
Read MoreFord is clearly tired of hearing the question “where’s the V8?” in the new Raptor. They’ve finally got an answer for us: the new 700 horsepower Raptor R. It’s the most powerful F-150 ever and promises to be a menace to every highway passing lane in the United States.
Read MoreTragedy struck in West Texas this past March, when a pickup truck swerved into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a van carrying a university golf team. Both vehicles burst into flames, and nine people were killed. Initial reports indicated that the driver of the pickup truck was a 13-year-old child, but this week, the National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that the teen’s father was driving, and that he had methamphetamines in his system at the time of the crash, Yahoo News
Read MoreFive thousand, nine-hundred eighty-one. That’s the number of sexual assault claims Uber received in 2019. In 2020 that number was lower due to pandemic lockdowns, but there were nearly a thousand assault reports, and troublingly, 141 reports of rape. Lyft isn’t much better, recording 4,158 sexual assault incidents between 2017 and 2019. Suffice to say, women’s safety is at risk when using ride-sharing services. And as Black Enterprise reports, stats like these inspired two entrepreneurs to creat
Read MoreThe Toyota Crown is finally back in the U.S, but it now resembles an SUV or crossover more than the stately sedan we once knew and loved. Now that it’s celebrating 15 prior generations, the 2023 Toyota Crown has debuted a major redesign combining a sedan and crossover, and throwing in some performance for good measure. That scattershot approach has produced a crossover Crown hybrid with a turbocharged inline-four cylinder engine and two electric motors making 340 horsepower. There’s a lot going
Read MoreEarlier this week, The Guardian published a stunning report detailing the blatantly unethical activity Uber engaged in to become a juggernaut among tech startups. The report sourced information from a massive leak of 124,000 confidential documents from inside the company. The leaks demonstrate how Uber strong-armed local regulators and national governments to allow the transportation startup to expand its services around the globe. Uber executives, including co-founded Travis Kalanick, met with
Read MoreSeems like it was just yesterday that I was writing about how bad air travel has gotten. Oh wait, it was yesterday. Multiple incidents in the span of a few days tells you just how bad things are for travelers. Business Insider brings us the story of a passenger trying to get to Europe from Denver, whose flight was delayed 10 times, culminating in the airline asking for 25 passengers to get off the plane because it was “too heavy to take off.”
Read MoreThe Nissan Leaf could be considered something of a pioneer in the electric vehicle space. In 2010, Nissan decided that the world needed an affordable, hatchback EV long before the likes of the Tesla Model 3 or Chevrolet Bolt hit the market. But, it failed to ignite the interest of buyers to the same extent as some of its later rivals. And, despite a recent facelift, it sounds like Nissan might be preparing to phase out its first EV.
Read MoreIf you’re a regular reader of Jalopnik, chances are you’re a car enthusiast. All of us over here, from the newest staff writers to the most tenured editors, certainly are. But no mater how much we all love the automobile, there’s a truth that’s getting increasingly difficult to ignore: Cars, as a whole, are pretty bad.
Read MoreThe pandemic has thrown the airline industry into chaos. Understaffing, canceled flights, and unruly passengers have all made traveling horrible. Often, airlines are at fault for the mess that they create. ABC News reports that American Airlines expected one family to pony up $30,000 after the airline changed their flight, forcing them to fly out of another country.
Read MoreI hope I’m not the first person to tell you that the American economy isn’t doing too great at the moment. Rampant inflation, high gas prices, and supply chain issues have put an undue financial burden on the average American worker. Considering these economic times, it’s completely understandable if workers wanted to fight for better pay and working conditions. Things do get complicated, though, when the workers willing to strike for a fair share operate the freight railroads.
Read MoreI’ll say it. It’s about time. Lordstown Motors has named America’s first Black CEO of an automaker. This is a big deal. Speaking to Automotive News about his new position, Edward Hightower seemed excited to get to work on getting Lordstown to (finally) start making some EVs.
Read MoreFord might be having a bit of a moment right now thanks to the popularity of its all-electric Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning, but it isn’t all plain sailing for the Blue Oval. The American automaker has been hit with a raft of recalls thanks to everything from wiring and airbag issues to battery circuit woes. Now, a fire risk affecting Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators could see the carmaker in court.
Read MoreWhile Pennsylvania has more covered bridges than any state in the country, New England is also well-known for its density of quaint transportation structures. The historic spans dot the region and are an iconic aspect of the area’s architecture, especially in rural areas. The town of Lancaster in northern New Hampshire has a population of just over 3,200 people and one 160-year covered bridge. So far this summer, drivers have struck the bridge twice.
Read MorePanasonic – a major battery supplier to Tesla – is eyeing big gains in battery energy density in the coming years. The company told Reuters that it is working to increase density by 20 percent by 2030.
Read MoreTwo lawmakers in New York are working on two very similar bills that would make drunk drivers responsible for child support payments if they happen to kill a custodial parent in the process of committing the crime.
Read MoreIt’s been almost a decade since Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal broke, and we’re still seeing the repercussions of that to this day. For example, Mercedes-Benz is about to go to trial in a class-action lawsuit brought by Germany’s largest consumer protection and advocacy group, Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (VZBV for short).
Read MoreThe global oil market is in a crisis — resulting in those jettisoned gas prices the world has seen as of late. In an attempt to smooth things over in improving the oil market and Saudi Arabia relations, Joe Biden is making his first presidential trip this week to the Middle East.
Read MoreToday, Chinese automaker Geely launched Radar Auto, which it has referred to as “China’s first pure electric outdoors lifestyle vehicle brand.” The new brand’s first model is the Radar RD6, an electric pickup. Interestingly, it’s a pickup built by a non-American automaker primarily for a market outside North America. The electric pick-up has officially gone global.
Read MoreCanoo, the company building those cool and clever EV mini buses, announced it picked up another contract with the retail giant Walmart on Monday for 4,500 of its Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle EVs with the option to purchase up to 10,000 in the future.
Read MoreLexus is reportedly building a secret mountain lair. In fact, it’s so secretive that the company talked to Automotive News about it.
Read MoreLast month, Texas resident Brandy Bottone was pulled over for driving alone in a High Occupancy Vehicle lane. When the officer asked where her passenger was, she pointed to her 34-week-pregnant belly, claiming that after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that overturned Roe v. Wade, her fetus counted as a passenger. And Bottone might actually have the law on her side.
Read MoreExperts have been ringing alarm bells about privacy on our increasingly surveilled roadways for years. Wired has a new story that illustrates a newly pressing danger in how American roads are surveilled: People seeking abortion care services could have their license plates tracked via millions of cameras and automatic license plate readers, both publicly and privately owned.
Read MoreA massive leak of over 124,000 confidential documents to the Guardian reveals the company massaged world leaders, cheered when drivers were potential in harms way and developed a “kill switch” to circumvent investigations into its crooked dealings.
Read MoreIt’s the dawn of a new era. General Motors’ steadfast work vans, the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana, are likely to go all-electric in 2026.
Read MoreSo, despite what some folks would have you think, most automotive recalls aren’t that big of a deal. They’re the inevitable result of having thousands of people working on a design with many thousands of parts and then asking thousands of other people and robots to build it. Of course, when a recall is performed, and then that recall causes another recall, that’s kind of a different story.
Read MoreThe Blue Angels may have to change up their routine at their next show. An investigation by the Seattle Times shows that the long-running military-backed air show squadron caused thousands of dollars in damages to a California naval base by performing a signature part of their routine.
Read MoreWith global temperatures on the rise and emissions from every industry compounding the issue, many states are seeking to curb their reliance on fossil fuels. But, while a pivot to greener transportation and more eco-friendly energy sources could stall climate change, few discuss the other problems we might face with this switch. Namely, who can cover the taxes we might one day lose from oil and gas?
Read MoreA historic bridge in the Netherlands won’t be dismantled for Jeff Bezos superyacht, for now at least, after an outcry. As reported in the New York Times, Rotterdam is no longer going to take apart a nearly century-old bridge to allow Bezos’ new half-billion-dollar boat to leave its shipyard.
Read MoreThe supply chain issues may get a little worse. Bloomberg reports that thousands of California truck drivers are in a legal gray area as they face new labor laws originally meant for ride-sharing drivers.
Read MoreIf you’ve spent any significant amount of time around car people, particularly those who drive vehicles with manual transmissions, then the odds are good that you’ve heard the term “Money Shift” thrown around, usually followed by a derisive laugh and/or a pained grimace, followed by a head shake. But, like, what exactly is a “money shift,” and why is it so bad?
Read MoreLast week, the White House announced a slate of private sector investments to expand electric vehicle charging accessibility across the United States. The $700 million in corporate commitments will complement $7.5 billion in federal funding from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The administration stated the short-term objectives of its industry partners, but a promise made by Tesla has caught the eyes of many. The prominent American EV manufacturer has promised the Biden Administ
Read MoreElectric cars are awesome and will go a long way towards improving our air quality worldwide as they become more common, replacing internal combustion vehicles. Of course, getting from where we are now to a perfect utopian future with clean air and universal access to Enya music isn’t exactly a straight line, because making EVs requires a ton of resources — especially rare earth minerals, and many of those minerals reside in places like China.
Read MoreIf you’re one to drive around playing your music loud, you may want to avoid Florida (though you should probably avoid Florida anyway). NBC affiliate NBC 6 South Florida reports that a new state law went into effect on July 1 that could affect lots of drivers — especially those that like music.
Read MoreElon Musk, the world’s richest man, CEO of Tesla, and co-founder of brain-computer startup Neuralink, has been revealed to have fathered twins with Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive who reports directly to him, Business Insider reports.
Read MoreIt would be an understatement to say that most Americans aren’t happy with the hike in gas prices over the past few months, but high gas prices haven’t (yet) crippled the American economy. However, the rise in global oil prices might be sending Sri Lanka’s already faulting economy into a free-fall. Reuters is reporting that the country’s government is struggling to pay for fuel imports and now has less than a day’s worth of fuel.
Read MoreSo this isn’t likely to blow anyone’s mind, but Bentley seats kind of rule. They’re very comfortable and typically clad in the softest (and best-smelling) leather available anywhere. However, that’s apparently not good enough for the crew in Crewe, so now there’s something smarter.
Read MoreIf you placed a deposit to buy a bougie new electric SUV when it launched, you might think that meant you’re in line to get one as soon as it materializes. But this week, Fisker Ocean reservation holders discovered that they might need to cough up a $5,000 downpayment if they really do want to buy one of the first EVs to launch.
Read MoreYou have to give it to Hyundai: the brand sure knows how to commit to a bit. It made the Veloster N, a car everyone seemed to really like, though regrettably not enough to keep around. It then decided to put that engine in the Elantra and Kona — objectively not as cool as the Veloster but then, it’s neat that the company at least gives you a choice of how you want your turbocharged two-liter four-cylinder, like a breakfast menu at a diner.
Read MoreTesla’s FSD Beta rollout has been, charitably, extremely bad. Video after video shows Tesla cars breaking traffic laws, aiming for cyclists, and generally operating in an unsafe manner. Now, another example of the company’s not-ready-for-release software is making its way around the web, this time presented by noted Tesla bull Galileo Russell of HyperChange.
Read MoreChecking the right option boxes can mean the difference between a good car and a great car. When it was built, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Corvette had a number of those “right boxes” checked. Let’s see if its price checks out as well.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever contemplated the traditional Jeep and decided that what the old-school off-roader needs is an aero-smoothing body kit, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Renegade is right up your alley. Let’s see if its price bowls us over.
Read MoreIf you’re the kind of person who likes to make a statement when on the road, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mercedes-Benz G 500 might be the car for you. Let’s see if its price tag is a contrasting misstatement.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Opel GT has German mechanicals, a French-built body, and looks that make it seem to be a baby Corvette. Let’s see what such international flavor might stir up when it comes to spending American dollars.
Read MoreLet’s face it; the new Honda Civic Type-R is great, but it will set you back a pretty penny. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice CR-X also implies a fun time behind the wheel, but at a substantial discount over the new Civic. Could that make it a deal to be had?
Read MoreWhile it wears a disguise that is fairly convincing, there is a Fox-body Mustang underneath today’s Nice Price or No Dice Zimmer. It served as the base for this New York-built contemporary classic. Let’s see if we can uncover whether or not its price makes it a deal.
Read MoreEverybody knows you have to go big or go home, and with today’s Nice Price or No Dice LTD, you could do both. At the same time! Let’s find out if size—and price—matter.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Evoque may be dressed up to look like it’s auditioning for a new Tron movie, but will all that excess make up for a tainted title and a nearly forty grand price?
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Z28 says he bought it for his wife as a birthday present, but that she wanted something newer and more topless. Let’s see if her loss could be someone else’s gain.
Read MoreWith its three rows of seats and two rear window wipers, you might think today’s Nice Price or No Dice Camry offers more of everything. Let’s see if that also includes more value.
Read MoreThe pictures of today’s Nice Price or No Dice SVT Cobra show a car that has obviously been well maintained. These photos also show off its unique light-altering paint. Let’s see if this ever-changing pony has a price we can stick with.
Read MoreWhile offered as a project and stripped of its accessories, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Skamper is claimed by its seller to still be a solid camper that sleeps three. Let’s see if its condition and price make it a deal worth not sleeping on.
Read MoreIt’s been said that nobody does weird better than the French, and it was Nissan’s former French CEO, Carlos Ghosn who was responsible for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe oddity, the Murano CrossCabriolet. Let’s see if such eclecticism can also be a straight-up deal.
Read MoreWe’re getting to a point in time when fewer and fewer people will have grown up around wagons like today’s Nice Price or No Dice Olds. Let’s see if this one is priced to bring that experience to a whole new generation.
Read MoreBeing a transaxle car, replacing the worn clutch on today’s Nice Price or No Dice 924 may be a daunting task for many. Let’s see if its price and condition make up for that.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Civic is a custom car that comes with an odd tale as to its present ownership. Let’s see if its price will give that story a happy ending.
Read MoreThe ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice GT-R warns “no joyrides!” even after the seller claims it to be their favorite car to drive. Let’s see if we can find any joy in this fairly stock super coupe’s price.
Read MoreThe ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Taurus asks “Tired of paying extra for technology and features you never use, but always need fixing?” Then it suggests that the answer to that very problem is this 20-year-old Ford. Let’s see if we are in agreement.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice 318i is a privately-imported edition of a model BMW didn’t think we’d like here in America. Let’s see if we like this one and its price tag.
Read MoreIs there anything more fitting for Nice Price or No Dice on July 4th than an almost all-American Jeep? let’s see if this Liberty is priced well enough to make even the most jaded patriot proud.
Read MoreIt’s no doubt that the C4 Corvette is the marque’s bargain-basement offering right now, but could the issues with today’s Nice Price or No Dice coupe prove too overwhelming to make even its low asking price seem a deal?
Read MoreA few weeks after driving Nigel Mansell’s Williams FW14B and “feeling like a five year old again,” Sebastian Vettel has gotten himself behind the wheel of another historic Formula 1 machine, this time ahead of the French Grand Prix. It’s a lot older, though, and less recognizable — in part because it sucked.
Read MoreJetBlue Airways is getting a whole lot bigger. The budget airline has reached a $3.8 billion deal to buy Spirit Airlines, according to Reuters. It’s a move that will create the country’s fifth-biggest airline, if approved by regulators.
Read MoreGerman flag carrier Lufthansa has canceled 1,023 flights at both its German airport hubs in Frankfurt and Munich due to a ground staff strike. The cancellations are expected to impact 134,000 passengers, with the work stoppage taking place at the start of the summer vacation season for the southern German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. The ground staff union claims its members are overworked and frustrated with a three-year wage freeze.
Read MoreBritish tourist Jack Fenton died in a horrific accident Monday evening, when he allegedly walked into the spinning tail rotor blade of a rented private helicopter while on vacation in Greece. Authorities and the helicopter company’s staff all placed the blame on Fenton, but his friends and fellow travelers are now disputing that narrative.
Read MoreIn what appears to have been an unfortunate accident, a 22-year-old British man walked right into the tail rotor blades of the private helicopter he and his friends were riding in Monday. He was immediately killed.
Read MoreTwo Delta flights collided while taxiing at Miami International Airport over the weekend in a low-speed impact that left travelers and staff shaken, but unharmed.
Read MoreThere are a variety of reasons why commercial airlines want more and more fuel-efficient aircraft. First, airlines are aiming to meet their publicly stated sustainability goals. Second, carriers have to comply with impending government regulations to be less carbon-intensive. Plus, it’s a straightforward method of increasing profits. If less money is spent on fuel, then a larger percentage of ticket revenue can remain with the airline. CFM International believes that it has the technology to unl
Read MoreThere are usually casualties when a commercial aircraft crashes while attempting a landing, especially if the plane rolls over and bursts into flames. No one would ever expect the count of people injured or killed to be zero. Well, that was the case when a turboprop-powered passenger plane crashed in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, on Monday morning.
Read MoreLook, I don’t have kids, and I probably never will, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have sympathy for people who do. Particularly when it comes to traveling, which, let’s face it, is already a nightmare. That’s why, when I found out that airlines have been charging parents a premium to sit next to their own children, I was more than a little surprised. Luckily, new regulations mean this practice is officially over in the U.S.
Read MoreFour people have died after two small passenger aircraft collided near North Las Vegas Airport. The crash, which occurred on Sunday afternoon, involved two single-engine planes, a Piper PA-46 and a Cessna 172.
Read MoreLosing a beloved family pet can be a very distressing experience, even more so when you don’t have the ability to search for your animal companion yourself. One family had the misfortune of their black cat going missing at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts after a transatlantic flight. Thankfully, the cat —named Rowdy — seems to have had a fine time living at Logan, and was caught by airport staff on Wednesday and reunited with her family.
Read MoreRight now, air travel is in a bad place. Flights are being delayed or canceled left and right, and airports are running with skeleton crews. Heathrow, in particular, made such poor early-pandemic staffing decisions that airlines now have to deal with thousands of pieces of misplaced or lost luggage. In particular, Delta’s luggage backlog got so bad, the airline had to send an entire plane full of nothing but luggage from Heathrow to Detroit, The New York Times reports.
Read MoreA 19-year-old found himself to be a hero when a helicopter crashed into the tractor he was driving at his family’s cherry orchard in Washington State. Not only was he able to free himself from the wreckage, but he also saved the pilot.
Read MoreA new pilot in North Carolina recently made quite the emergency landing on a fairly busy highway, and it was happily (for us) all caught on camera. You’re not going to believe the skill it took this pilot to maneuver on a thin strip of asphalt.
Read MoreIt was one of the strangest, scariest, most bizarre events of 2018: A baggage handler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport moseyed onto the tarmac, hopped in an unoccupied Horizon Air passenger plane, taxied to an empty runway, and took off. What followed was a 73-minute joyride during which Richard “Beebo” Russell had a surprisingly candid conversation with air-traffic controllers as he pushed the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 twin-engine plane through some daring acrobatic moves. NORAD scrambled t
Read MoreThe UK is having a bit of a moment right now. Its leaders can’t stop quitting in disgrace, everything is getting really expensive because of a bad decision from a few years back, and its airports are asking airlines to stop selling tickets for flights. It’s odd being an observer of all this drama — is this how the UK has always looked to you?
Read MoreAs a kid growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s in the Pacific Northwest, I have a ton of memories of climbing into my grandparents’ Winnebago and setting off for some anonymous moss-covered, mosquito-filled hellscape nearly every weekend during the summer. As a result, I have mixed feelings about RVs, but I think if my grandparents had squired me about in the Winnebago Helihome instead of their terrestrial rig, those feelings wouldn’t be mixed at all.
Read MoreArguably, the most important part of flying a commercial airliner is safely reaching the destination runway. While it sounds like an extremely straightforward task, a small procedural or technical error can lead to a huge problem — potentially including a multi-engine plane crashing into the ground. A recently released report details how one small error nearly led to a plane crashing into the ground at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport this spring, with pilots avoiding disaster by as little as s
Read MoreIt’s scary how much our modern world relies on telecommunications systems, and even scarier that these services are often controlled by a single company in many parts of North America. With a structure like this, a single regional outage could drastically affect normal business activities and day-to-day life. Canada learned this firsthand last week, when a telecom outage wreaked havoc on the nation’s airlines.
Read MoreA new report from the NTSB says the plane crash that killed legendary F-14 pilot Dale “Snort” Snodgrass was likely caused by pilot error. The NTSB report, released on July 6, concluded that Snodgrass failed to remove his plane’s flight control lock, which caused the retired naval aviator to lose control of the aircraft immediately after takeoff, resulting in the fatal crash.
Read MoreMuch like many of you, I’m sure, I like to lay in bed and doomscroll Twitter in the morning before I get up and make coffee. Most of the time, this just results in me sending @JortstheCat tweets to my wife and generally shitposting, but this morning was not like other mornings because I woke up to this tweet:
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a good urban legend? The proximity to truth, even if never proven, makes them tantalizing — you know something, something other people don’t, and something that someone may not want you to know. It’s exhilarating. Yesterday, we asked you for your favorite automotive urban legends, and you had a lot of stories to tell. Here are some of the best.
Read MoreThe car market is a weird place right now. Inventory shortages in dealerships, sky-high markups, and rising used car prices are making it tough for anyone after a new daily driver. But what if you just want something a bit mad? Then, your local Craigslist listings might turn up the good stuff.
Read MoreApparently, it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. But sadly, that’s not a mantra the world’s car makers heard after Marilyn Monroe said it. As such, we’ve been inundated with bland blobs on wheels for years now.
Read MoreThe world of cars is one of stories. Stories about racing, about engineering, or simply about places you’ve gone on your own four wheels. But one kind of story stands apart, always spoken in hushed tones and spreading like classroom gossip: Urban legends.
Read MoreAuto racing is tailor-made for big moments. From come-from-behind victories to entire rulesets built around encouraging photo finishes (to the detriment of the rest of the sport), the world of racing is built on moments that last for seconds but echo through the decades. Yesterday, we asked you for your favorite moments in racing history, and you gave us some truly memorable answers. Let’s see some of the best.
Read MoreA great philosopher once said, “The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go.” All right, it was Paris Hilton, but it’s not a bad rule to follow. Nobody wants to be boring. But clearly, it’s not a memo the world’s car designers all got, as some automakers have been churning out some proper mundane motors in recent years.
Read MoreSure, supercars and hypercars are cool, but as they are so unattainable to the vast majority of us, we lose interest. That’s why yesterday we asked you what your favorite mundane car is. They are the unsung heroes of the automotive world.
Read MoreThe world of racing lends itself to many stories. Photo finishes, come-from-behind victories, or a single crucial corner that changes the trajectory of a championship. These moments, so fleeting as they occur, can live forever in fame or infamy for their impact — regardless of the duration.
Read MoreThere have been some truly great cars over the years. Things like the Porsche 911, the original Ford Mustang and the Fiat Panda. But are there any automakers out there that have produced more than their fair share of icons?
Read MoreWe’re all car people, and that means our tastes in cars can reach far and wide – sometimes beyond what most people would see as a desirable car. That’s where the inspiration for this question of the day comes from. We want to know what your favorite mundane car is.
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a decked-out, top-trim car? Every bell and whistle, every fancy headlight, the good engine with the good suspension and not a single penny pinched. But we can’t always afford such luxuries, and we’re often forced to pick a car that lacks a feature or two. Yesterday, we asked you for the features most notably absent in your own cars, so let’s see what de-contenting practices have really irked you all.
Read MoreIf a car company brings out something we can all consider to be a great car, it’s a pretty momentous occasion. Something like the Hyundai Elantra N or the Rivian R1T doesn’t come around too often for many marques. But are there any automakers out there that have had more than their fair share of big hits?
Read MoreA lot has changed in car design over the past 22 years. Since the turn of the century, hybridization and electrification have taken over and helped shape the vehicles we see out on the road today.
Read MoreSo you got your shiny new car, all decked out with the latest and greatest in safety, tech, and comfort amenities. You drive it, you live with it, and you come to love it. Still, there’s that nagging feeling, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad — there’s something missing in the car.
Read MoreYesterday, we asked you all to imagine a world where you were given $300,000 to spend on exactly two cars. Today, if you look under your seats, you’ll find nothing — we don’t have the budget to actually give you all that money. What we can give you, however, is a roundup of the best answers to yesterday’s dream garage question. Let’s see what you all came up with.
Read MoreCars are always evolving, improving, and changing as the years roll on and the technology adds up. But while innovations like the first ever car, the inaugural vehicle to have a three-point seatbelt and the first car to be fitted with a horn might be in the past, that doesn’t mean there aren’t still important cars being built today.
Read MoreBuying a car is pretty much the second biggest purchase most of us will ever make in our lives, and since I’m some sort of Millennial/Gen Z intermediate, I’ll probably never be able to buy a house. That means, for me and lots of Americans, a car is the single biggest purchase we’ll ever make.
Read MoreAllow me to spin you a yarn. You come home after a long day at the office, exhausted and worn down from another eight hours of spreadsheets or code or reading car blogs at your desk, and find a strange envelope waiting in your mailbox. It looks official, high-quality, but it’s from an address you don’t recognize — some kind of law firm. For whatever reason, rather than throwing it out, your curiosity gets the best of you. You open it.
Read MoreThere are a lot of things you can do with your car. Sure, it might be predominantly a means of getting from A to B, but cars can do so much more than just transport us around town.
Read MoreWe all know this is a historically bad time to buy cars. New and used prices are at record highs, and dealers are adding markups in the tens of thousands of dollars to some vehicles. None of that matters. We’re car people. Logic and reason left our brains long ago.
Read MoreCars are pretty great. They open up almost limitless opportunities for travel, there are countless ways to personalize them and you can have an absolute blast racing them round a track. So, what are some of the best things you’ve done with yours?
Read MoreCars and TV shows have gone hand in hand since the dawn of man. They’re incredibly important for setting the scene and giving a little bit more depth to the characters who drive them. To me, the best example of this is The Sopranos. Tony’s Burgundy Suburban, Paulie’s Cadillac Eldorado and Carm’s Mercedes wagon fit the bill perfectly.
Read MoreThe 1970s sounded like a hoot. There was disco, the leisure suit was in, and you had movies like Jaws, A Clockwork Orange and Get Carter to enjoy. But it wasn’t all good vibes and great movies, the Vietnam War raged and countries like the U.S. were hit by an oil embargo from Saudi Arabia, which was particularly bad for anyone driving one of the inefficient land yachts that are also synonymous with the era.
Read MoreA fun car is almost guaranteed to put a smile on your face, but you can get the same effect by using a boring car for fun ends — a road trip, visiting friends, or just finding that first-car sense of teenage freedom. Yesterday, we asked which cars put the biggest smiles on your faces, and you gave us a treasure trove of answers. Here are some of our favorites.
Read MoreWe all remember the iconic cars from the world of TV and movies. Kit from ‘Knight Rider’, the Ferrari 250 Spyder from Ferris Bueller and the red Audi Quattro from Ashes to Ashes (Editor’s note: No one who isn’t British knows what Ashes to Ashes is.). But not every car immortalized on tape has been as good as these; some have been pretty awful.
Read MoreWe’ve all been there: sitting in our cars, daydreaming about a different one that we had the chance to buy but didn’t. At least, I know I have. It seems that a lot of you have as well, actually.
Read MoreSometimes, we like a car just for the car itself. Maybe it’s fast, or off-road capable, or just plain looks cool — any of those is enough to earn a spot on a bedroom wall. But other times, we like a car because of what it does to us: Makes us feel something.
Read MoreIf you’re setting off on a long trip there are a few essentials you need to have: food, fuel, and of course, enough great music to keep you happily driving for hour after hour.
Read MoreHappy Monday. We all live with regret, and sometimes it can even be car related.
Read MoreRace cars are cool and all, but what about the engines that power them? After all, without those, there wouldn’t be much racing. Yesterday, we asked you for your favorite race engines, and you certainly had some thoughts. Here are a few of the best.
Read MoreTwo hands on the steering wheel. One determined gaze, over the gauge cluster and out towards the horizon. You’re ready for a road trip, both emotionally and physically, but there’s something missing that would tie the whole experience together: A soundtrack. With the wide-open road at your disposal and miles to go before you sleep, what are you listening to?
Read MoreCar shows and other automotive events are great. They offer you a front row seat to the latest models, the best racing action and some iconic cars from throughout history. They’re also a great spot for some people watching.
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a good race car? Whether it’s a bone-stock street car or a top-tier custom prototype, every car looks better as it tears through a track. But as interesting as big wings and wide fender flares can be, the best part of any race car is its beating heart: Its engine.
Read MoreNo one likes spending time at a car dealership. Sure, you might get to drive one of your dream cars, but it comes at the cost of all the dealing you’ll have to do — dealing with salespeople, dealing with finance, and getting a bad deal on a new car. Yesterday, we asked for your worst dealership experiences, and you gave us a wealth of horror stories. Here are some of the best.
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but I love hearing a snippet of somebody else’s conversation when I’m passing through a crowd. You can overhear excitement, disappointment, gossip, and there always seems to be someone that’s pissed off with Jennifer. But do you know where’s great for overhearing weird snippets of strange conversation? Car shows.
Read MoreHappy fifth of July, did you have a nice holiday weekend? Whatever you had planned to celebrate America’s birthday, I hope it went off without a hitch. But, if you were traveling over the weekend, then chances are that might not have been the case.
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a car dealership? You show up, talk to someone in an incredibly ill-fitting uniform shirt, and get to take the car of your dreams (that you absolutely cannot afford) out for a spin. At least, that’s how you hope it works — the reality is rarely quite so pleasant. Between markups, false advertising, and straight-up detaining customers, the dealership experience is never quite as smooth as you’d hope.
Read MoreSometimes, you shell out for a feature in a car. Maybe you even pay a bit more for a whole new trim level, replete with fun and fantastic features. Then you own the car, you drive it, and you come to a conclusion: Actually this sucks. Yesterday we asked for the most frustrating features in your car, and you came up with hundreds of answers. Here are some of our favorites.
Read MoreHappy almost Fourth of July everyone, it’s that time of year when, once again, we get to celebrate Will Smith’s triumph over aliens, or something like that. Bringing everyone together to mark this special occasion every year means that almost all of us will have some tumultuous travel tales to tell.
Read MoreIndianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the most storied venues in not just racing, but in all of American sports. For over 80 years, the 2.5-mile speedway solely hosted one event per year, the Indianapolis 500. This tradition ended in 1994 with NASCAR visiting the track for the inaugural Brickyard 400, followed by Formula One in 2000 for the United States Grand Prix. IMSA has announced today that its flagship series, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, will be returning to the Brickyard
Read MoreThis weekend, the IndyCar series is heading back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for a Saturday afternoon event. That means it’s time to get your Jalopnik IndyCar Fantasy League picks submitted!
Read MoreHere’s the thing. You’re busy. I’m busy. We’re all busy, and trying to find time to squeeze in yet another podcast is perhaps not the easiest thing to do right now — but I don’t care. Clear your schedules, because you’re going to want to listen to the Red Flags F1 Podcast.
Read MoreWhile attention has been deservedly focused on automakers developing the next generation of sports prototypes, international GT racing is also undergoing a big transformation. With the GT3 category set to become the top production-based class across every major sports car championship, manufacturers are launching new cars to give themselves a better chance at staying ahead of the competition. Porsche is the latest manufacturer to launch a new GT3 challenger. Feast your eyes on the 911 GT3 R.
Read MoreBack in 2016, Sebastian Vettel ran into a problem. The former four-time World Champion had made a swap to the Prancing Horse, but his Ferrari was eternally subject to what he considered to be some ill-timed blue flag maneuvers. As he spend the season shouting into the team radio about a competitor not receiving a flag, I made up my mind: I was going to have Sebastian Vettel sign a blue flag.
Read MoreSince the rapid rise of Formula 1 racing in America thanks to the success of Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive, motorsport series around the world have been trying to replicate the format to draw more eyes to their own competition. So far, most of those knock-offs have been pretty lackluster — but NASCAR just announced a new series that actually looks good.
Read MoreSome were shocked at Sebastian Vettel’s announcement of his retirement at the end of the current Formula 1 season on Thursday; others may have seen it coming. Regardless, the mood surrounding the four-time champion’s departure from the sport is hardly celebratory. The news was marked with outpourings of well wishes and pleasant memories from spectators and fellow competitors alike on social media, amid curiosity about what’s next for him. Vettel is curious, too.
Read MoreFerrari has pulled the sheet off the 296 GT3 — its next-generation challenger for sports car racing that will debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January. The 296 replaces the 488 GT3, a car that had been in competition since 2016 and racked up an impressive number of wins, even despite its relative age compared to the rest of the GT grid.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, how to watch this weekend’s Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR racing, and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreFormula 1's eyes have been on Las Vegas for years, but for the first time in decades, we once again have a race date for the iconic venue, per Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal: November 16 to 18, 2023.
Read MorePorsche intends to buy half of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team, according to details published in a document submitted to Morocco antitrust regulatory body Conseil de la Concurrence that emerged Wednesday.
Read MoreAston Martin F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has announced that he will be leaving the championship at the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Yesterday, Sebastian Vettel unexpectedly created an account on Instagram. Throughout his 16 seasons in F1, Vettel always kept a strict boundary between his public and private lives with his non-participation in social media. It was an obvious signal that the four-time world champion was going to do something significant, and his announcement came less than 24 ho
Read MoreOne of Red Bull Racing’s F1 drivers is entering the realm of team ownership. 12-season F1 veteran Sergio Pérez will enter a team into the newly-created UIM E1 World Championship, an electric powerboat racing series. Sergio Pérez’s Team Mexico will occupy one of 12 team slots on the E1 grid, with both of the team’s two yet-to-be-announced pilots hailing from Mexico.
Read MoreThe contract dispute between Chip Ganassi Racing and Álex Palou that began two weeks ago with a pair of contradicting announcements is now headed to a courtroom. Ganassi has filed a civil lawsuit against its reigning IndyCar champion in Marion County Superior Court, the local court with jurisdiction over Indianapolis, Indiana.
Read MoreThis year’s NASCAR Cup Series season has had it all. There have been 14 different race winners so far this season, along with a wreck-provoking feud between two drivers and a race victory stripped via disqualification. Though, I didn’t expect to see a second former Formula 1 driver to climb into a NextGen car and enter the fray for his first race weekend in NASCAR’s top division.
Read MoreEvery team on the Formula 1 grid has a pretty interesting history, even Haas. But do you know the origins of your favorite racing squad? Sure Ferrari has always been Ferrari, but what about their 2022 title rivals, Red Bull?
Read MoreDramatic doesn’t begin to describe the conclusion and aftermath of this past weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. During a restart with 18 laps remaining, Ross Chastain and Denny Hamlin were side-by-side going through Turn 1. Hamlin banged doors with Chastain, sending him into the wall and out of the race. Hamlin would go on to win the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 ahead of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch.
Read MoreThe Mini has been an automotive icon for over a half-century. While the stylish compact is undoubtedly a cultural symbol, the Mini first rose to prominence through its success in competition. Paddy Hopkirk secured many of Mini’s greatest rally victories, including at the 1964 Rallye Monte Carlo. He passed away yesterday at 89 years old.
Read MoreThere are just four events left in Season Eight of the all-electric race series Formula E. And so far this year, former World Champion Sébastien Buemi has struggled to find his usual pace in the Nissan car. Now, the 13-time race winner is looking ahead to the opportunities that come with Formula E’s impending upheaval in 2023.
Read MoreThe FIA Formula 1 World Championship is heading yet again to the South of France for the French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard. The circuit, 25 miles east of Marseille, is often derided for its vast oceans of distinctively striped paved run-off areas and its multitude of alternate course layouts. Though, I would put Paul Ricard in the broad category of circuits that produces good racing for every type of vehicle except modern Formula 1 cars. Paul Ricard is all-in-all an okay circuit, but Fran
Read MoreWhen an accident at the 2013 Grand Prix of Houston unceremoniously ended his legendary IndyCar career, Dario Franchitti left behind the helmet and picked up the tool of his new trade: a microphone.
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, how to watch this weekend’s Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR racing, and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, a spate of reports emerged from spectators on the ground at Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix about widespread harassment directed at women, queer people and people of color. F1 was steadfast in its rebuke of the behavior, stating that was “unacceptable and will not be tolerated and all fans should be treated with respect.” In the lead up to this weekend’s French Grand Prix, it’s added another edict: we mustn’t forget to respect cardboard, too.
Read MoreWhen young drivers begin chasing a career in motorsport, they usually have an end point in mind. For British racer Dan Ticktum, that was Formula 1. But despite stints with both Red Bull and Williams’ development programs, he now finds himself in the all-electric Formula E World Championship.
Read MoreAston Martin hasn’t had much to celebrate eleven races into this Formula 1 World Championship season. A sixth-place finish at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last month is the best that the British manufacturer’s F1 team has to show for its 2022 campaign so far. However, the luxury automaker is planning on celebrating its centennial anniversary of the company’s racing debut. During this weekend’s French Grand Prix, Aston Martin driver and four-time World Drivers’ Champion Sebastian Vettel will drive t
Read MoreRich Energy, the energy-drink sponsor that gained notoriety during its tenure as the title sponsor of the Haas Formula 1 team in 2019, is at it again. Earlier this week, the Rich Energy HQ Twitter account announced that it would no longer be sponsoring OMG Racing, a British Superbikes team that is currently leading its championship. There’s just one problem: OMG Racing doesn’t actually agree with that statement.
Read MoreIn 2023, Formula E is undergoing a big change. It’ll bring pitstops back to the sport, it will race with a new, lighter, faster car, and it has brand new races planned in India and Brazil. But, when the season nine calendar was unveiled last month, it had gaps for a few extra races at various points. And, after speaking with the drivers at the New York ePrix this weekend, it sounds like Formula E really needs to host a race in Japan.
Read MoreNASCAR officially announced its widely-anticipated street race on the streets of Chicago today at a press conference in the city. America’s third-largest city will host the NASCAR Cup Series on July 1st and 2nd, 2023. NASCAR’s top division will also be supported during the Chicago race weekend by a yet-to-be-specified IMSA-sanctioned series. The race, slated to be held a stone’s throw from Lake Michigan, will mark the first time the NASCAR Cup Series will compete on the streets of a major Americ
Read MoreFormula E was back in the U.S. this weekend and served up a double header of epic proportions. Saturday’s E Prix fell into chaos with a sudden downpour and a crash-bang ending, and Sunday served up some phenomenal racing from drivers up and down the grid.
Read MoreLast weekend, the FIA ABB Formula E World Championship made its only visit to the United States this season for a pair of rounds in New York City. The first race of the double-header concluded in dramatic fashion after a sudden downpour triggered a massive pileup. The race was stopped, and after a short time, officials declared the race completed. This meant that the first-place and second-place drivers at the time the race was stopped became winner and runner-up — despite the fact that they had
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, how to watch this weekend’s Formula 1, NASCAR, and SRX racing, and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreKeanu Reeves is world-renowned bike enthusiast, but it seems he’s got some love for four-wheeled transportation as well. The actor has been spotted at a series of F1 events this year, and a new report from Variety shows why: Reeves is apparently working on a limited docuseries focusing on Brawn GP.
Read MoreA composite laminator working for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team has opened up about vicious racist and homophobic abuse he suffered during his tenure with the constructor.
Read MoreMichael Masi, the former race director of Formula 1, has formally left the FIA — F1's governing body — in order to return to his home country of Australia, to spend time with his family. Masi, you may remember, endured a single season as F1 race director before being involved in such a shambles of a World Championship finale that was obviously impacted by poor calls from — you guessed it — Michael Masi.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, amid countless other motorsport announcements, the Chip Ganassi Racing team announced that defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou would be staying on with the team for the 2023 season. There’s just one problem: Palou says he’s moving to the greater McLaren Racing family.
Read MoreDaniel Ricciardo has a year and a half left of his contract with McLaren. Unfortunately things haven’t gone especially well since the popular Aussie turned up in Woking in 2021, leading to speculation that Ricciardo may not see out the entirety of his term. On Wednesday, he took to social media to reaffirm to everyone that he’s not going anywhere before his time is up:
Read MoreThe NTT IndyCar Series returns to Toronto this weekend after a two-year hiatus sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. It has been 55 years since IndyCar held its first championship round in Canada. Since 1967, the National Championship has been raced for in various cities north of the border from Montreal to Vancouver on Canada’s West Coast, but IndyCar’s most tenured event in Canada by far is the street race in Toronto. It’s hard to believe that the temporary circuit was originally intended to ho
Read MoreTyler Reddick shocked the NASCAR world today when he announced that he would be joining the 23XI racing team for the 2024 season. Read that again. And now one more time, just to make sure. Yes, Reddick is moving to 23XI in a whopping 18 months. In the meantime, he’ll stick it out with his current team, Richard Childress Racing.
Read MoreFormula 1 has an illustrious history — from its origins as a World Championship in 1950 and its running at the Indy 500, to the evolution of its aerodynamic rules and a pivot to hybrid power. But it isn’t just the sport that has changed over the years, teams have grown and evolved with it.
Read MoreAs IndyCar’s Colton Herta gears up for a Formula 1 test in Portimao, Portugal for the McLaren team, speculation has abounded about Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian racer hasn’t exactly been in fine form this year, playing second fiddle to his teammate Lando Norris, and all eyes are on Colton Herta as a potential Ricciardo replacement. But if Ricciardo leaves, he’s probably not going where you think. In fact, he’s probably going endurance racing.
Read MoreThe last two months have been a constant stumble from one calamity to another for Scuderia Ferrari, as the iconic Italian team attempts to chase down Red Bull Racing in the Formula One points standings. This past weekend, F1 visited the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix. The event was unfortunately marred by incidents of rampant harassment in spectator areas, but the race itself was another tense duel between Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen.
Read MoreBernie Ecclestone, the former Formula 1 boss, has been charged with fraud for trying to cover up more than £400 million in overseas assets to the government. That’s nearly $475 million, based on current exchange rates, which Ecclestone failed to report to the HMRC in an effort to avoid paying taxes, the Telegraph reports.
Read MoreThis past weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix was marked by an alarming number of reports of misogynist, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ harassment. Teams, drivers and most importantly of all Formula 1 were all quick to decry the abuse, but this is a trend the sport will have to address resolutely, with more than words.
Read MoreOver the weekend, Formula 1 fans attending the Austrian Grand Prix began to report a truly concerning phenomenon: Women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community were facing rampant harassment from other fans in the form of catcalling, racial abuse, and more. This has been a problem at tracks around the world since motorsport first began, but many fans were particularly disturbed that this could still be happening in 2022. And as someone who camped at Austria, it can be a terrifying
Read MoreThis weekend, the FIA Formula One World Championship journeyed to the Red Bull Ring in picturesque Styria for the Austrian Grand Prix. With this being the second of three Sprint weekends this season, the qualifying session took place today to accommodate the sprint race tomorrow. Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion, snatched pole position from the clutches of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The Red Bull driver set a lap time that was only two-hundredths of a second faster than Leclerc in the
Read MoreWelcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, how to watch this weekend’s Formula 1, NASCAR, and SRX racing, and where you can talk about it, all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Read MoreIn 1997, Geoff Bodine set the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying speed record for non-restrictor tracks when he won pole position for the NAPA 500, the season-ending race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Bodine’s pole lap had an average speed of 197.478 mph around the 1.54-mile oval. A large factor in why Geoff Bodine set the record at that particular race is because Atlanta had been recently reconfigured.
Read MoreAfter years of discussion, the NASCAR Cup Series is now poised to compete on a street circuit after the city of Chicago, Illinois officially endorsed the idea, The Athletic reports. And we could have the event as soon as 2023.
Read MoreEstonian racer Juri Vips has been retained as a Red Bull junior driver, despite being fired from his role as the team’s test and reserve driver following a racist outburst online. Team principal Christian Horner confirmed today that Red Bull was keeping Vips on its roster as he continues his Formula 2 campaign with Hitech.
Read MoreBack in February 2021, Ferrari shocked the racing world when it announced that it would be entering a new Le Mans Hypercar for the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Since then, the plethora of manufacturers that also announced new sports prototype programs alongside Ferrari have fully unveiled their cars, while some have revealed driver lineups and hit major testing milestones. Ferrari has at least released a single image.
Read MoreLast weekend’s British Grand Prix was one of the most eventful races of the Formula 1 season so far. The dramatic race began with a massive red flag-inducing crash that had every spectator around Silverstone Circuit and every fan watching on television holding their breath. The multi-car incident resulted in Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo shearing his roll hoop and launching into a catch fence. He was thankfully okay, just stuck in his car between the fence and the Armco barrier. However, Zhou’s crash
Read MoreOn Saturday, history was made when Carlos Sainz, Jr. became just the second Spanish driver to win and take pole position at a Formula 1 grand prix. But, did you know that he was also just the sixth driver with “car” in his name to claim the front spot on the grid?
Read MoreIn 1977, three women lined up to take the green flag at the NASCAR Cup Series’ Firecracker 400, a race held at Daytona International Speedway. American open-wheel veteran Janet Guthrie, Formula One driver Lella Lombardi, and endurance racer Christine Beckers were invited to compete as a way to highlight international female talent — or, less generously, to see it crushed by NASCAR’s popular male pros.
Read MoreIf you’re a racing fan and the Pikes Peak Hill Climb isn’t on your bucket list, it should be. But if you need convincing, here’s a video that should change your mind, courtesy of a guy who knows a thing or two about the event: Rod Millen.
Read MoreIf you want to find success in Formula 1, you’re going to need one thing: A good team with a good car. Driving skill is of course important, but skill can’t shine without reliable equipment. Sometimes, the right driver finds the right team at just the right time — like Michael Schumacher with Ferrari. Sometimes, though, you end up as a master moonlighter bouncing from team to team, like one Chris Amon.
Read MoreHappy Fourth of July everyone! Time to celebrate this wonderful land’s freedom from those bloody Brits. But if you do happen to be British, there are plenty of other reasons to celebrate this long weekend. For me, I’ll be marking the anniversary of Mercedes’ first entry, first pole position and first win in Formula 1.
Read MoreThe NTT IndyCar Series spent Independence Day weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Those who watched could have easily forgotten that there was a race with the intrateam fireworks on track between Andretti Autosport drivers.
Read MoreToday, the FIA Formula One World Championship visited Silverstone Circuit for the British Grand Prix. The site of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s pivotal collision last season played host to another race of high speeds and drama. This year’s instant classic produced fantastic racing and a new grand prix winner.
Read MoreToday, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship made its first visit to Marrakesh, Morocco since February 2020. The combination of high-speed sweeping corners and tight wall-line turns was sorely missed in the season the venue was off the schedule.
Read MoreI really like camping. At its most basic level, it’s a cheap way to spend a few days in the great outdoors, take in the countryside, see the sunset and toast a few marshmallows. But if you really want to take it to the extreme, it can become a way to take your traditional indoor comforts, outside.
Read MoreImagine for a minute that you’re a well-to-do car buyer with an outdoorsy bent. You’ve got 90 grand burning a hole in your pocket, and you head to your local Toyota dealership to plunk down your hard-earned cash on a Land Cruiser. But the dealer gives you dire news — the Land Cruiser is dead in the U.S., and your only option is the far more ostentatious Lexus LX 600.
Read MoreRussia announced Tuesday that the country will no longer participate in the International Space Station. Starting in 2024, Russia will focus on developing its own space station, potentially to compete with NASA’s future lunar space station, Roscosmos CEO Yury Boriso announced.
Read MoreI wouldn’t be surprised if you were not aware that NASA plans to return to the Moon in 2025. America’s space agency has already selected the group of astronauts that will be assigned to the first five Artemis program missions over the course of five years. Those missions will see the astronauts prepare, land on the Moon and begin construction of a space station in lunar orbit. Returning to the Moon also means the production of a new lunar rover to traverse the natural satellite’s surface.
Read MoreMount Etna on the island of Sicily is Europe’s largest active volcano and a perennial crucible in professional cycling. The world’s best cyclists most recently climbed the slopes of Etna during the fourth stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia. The day’s racing concluded with a three-way fight between Lennard Kämna, Juan Pedro López and Etna’s desolate landscape. Kämna came out victorious on the day, but the winds blown across the rocky terrain left many reeling at the climb’s end. More recently, Mo
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but when Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson were caught in their race to be the first billionaire in space, I wasn’t excited. It didn’t feel like a great leap forward for humanity or anything lofty like that. Instead, it just felt like a bunch of rich kids finding a new way to mess up the planet. And I was right to be worried, as it turns out that emissions from private space flight are way worse than we thought.
Read MoreWhen Gordon Murray announced his intention to make not one but two battery-electric SUVs, he promised they’d “change the way we think about range anxiety and vehicle dynamics.” Murray has a penchant for such grandiose claims, but he’s also engineering royalty — so he tends to get the benefit of the doubt. Even so, I never expected that the designer of the McLaren F1 would seek to build an SUV lighter than a subcompact.
Read MoreFive months. That’s how long Spotify gave its Car Thing — a music-streaming device that connected your smartphone to your car via Bluetooth or an aux cable — before pulling the metaphorical plug. The company revealed it is no longer manufacturing the device, citing “product demand and supply chain issues” in its latest quarterly earnings report.
Read MoreProduction of the Volkswagen ID.4 is officially underway at Volkswagen Chattanooga in Tennessee, and the start of VW’s EV production in the U.S. came with other notable news: Volkswagen is hiring 1,000 new employees in Tennessee, and the relatively-new VW ID.4 could get a price cut, courtesy of a smaller battery.
Read MoreThere are no arguments about it, switching our gas-powered transport for battery-powered alternatives is one of the best ways to cut our environmental impact. But, in doing so, we risk wasting a whole heap of functioning vehicles. Now, a new solar power kit promises to increase the efficiency of buses and trucks until it’s time to replace them with an electric alternative.
Read MoreTotally real car company Faraday Future is pushing back the start of production and delivered of its long-awaited debut car – the FF91 crossover. The company now says that since it’s short on cash, the FF91 will be delayed to the “third or fourth quarter of 2022,” according to Bloomberg.
Read MoreYou may have seen a meme going around the internet this week, talking about how much it costs to charge an electric vehicle at a charging station. The meme in question goes so far as to claim that it’s cheaper to tow a fully loaded horse trailer with a Ford F-350 than it is to charge an everyday EV. This, as you may have guessed, is bullshit.
Read MoreBefore large swaths of the public are ready to accept electric vehicles, they’ll need to understand them. This isn’t the easiest problem to solve. Last year I cold-called some dealerships around the country and posed a few questions as a totally oblivious shopper; while every salesperson I talked to was generally positive and never tried to push me toward a gas car, they struggled to answer more granular questions, and some even admitted their staff hadn’t yet undergone training around the relev
Read MoreAlpine has unveiled an EV version of the A110, called the the A110 E-ternité. Before you pack your belongings and plot your big move to France, you should know the electric A110 is just a prototype for now. Despite the EV being in its early stages, and zero guarantee that it could make it to production, the A110 E-ternité bodes well for Alpine’s transition away from ICE-powered sport cars.
Read MoreDaimler Truck is kicking off production of its second EV truck, the Mercedes-Benz eEconic. This latest EV from Daimler Truck follows up on production of the Mercedes-Benz eActros, which was the first EV to roll off the assembly line at the company’s Wörth plant in October of 2021. That makes two production EVs from Daimler in less than one year, both of which will serve as garbage trucks for municipal fleets abroad.
Read MoreTesla suppliers now have a dedicated lane at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing near Laredo, Texas that will let them skip ahead of other cars waiting in line. The lane was given to Elon Musk’s EV company by state officials in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, according to Bloomberg. But it’s unknown what, if anything, Musk and Tesla paid to ensure suppliers have expedited entry into the U.S. via their own private lane.
Read MoreI don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but self-driving cars always seem to be about a year away. The tech is perpetually promised but, so far, hasn’t quite lived up to the expectations of consumers. Well now, there’s a new “robotaxi” from Chinese company Baidu that might really be a year away from reality.
Read MoreThe U.S. Army has chosen the Hummer EV as its testbed for electric vehicles. It was only a matter of time before the U.S. Armed Forces would dabble with the deployment of EVs, but the Army’s interest in the electric Hummer remains in its exploratory phase for now. General Motors subsidiary, GM Defense, said it’ll provide the Army with a Hummer EV for analysis and demonstration.
Read MoreThe 2023 Cadillac Lyriq is just hitting showrooms, but GM is already offering a discount on its newest luxury EV — one with a pretty significant caveat. As the Detroit Free Press reports, Cadillac wants to monitor how the first batch of Lyriqs performs in the real world, and how owners use their Ultium-powered electric crossovers. So the company offered a hefty price discount to customers, in exchange for buyers signing a non-disclosure agreement and committing to share ongoing updates with the
Read MoreYou and I know Terrence Howard as the Academy Award-nominated star of Hustle & Flow, or Empire, or a slew of other movies and TV shows over a long, successful acting career. Turns out, Howard also has a strong interest in chemical engineering, specifically as it pertains to hydrogen propulsion. Recently, Howard visited Uganda to promote a new hydrogen technology he claims to have discovered — one that could “defend the sovereignty of the country as far as technology is concerned.” I admit, I’m n
Read MoreGeneral Motors and Pilot Flying J are joining forces to add roughly 2,000 DC fast chargers to 500 truck stops and travel centers off major highways across the U.S., the companies announced Thursday.
Read MoreWalmart is making sure its deal with Canoo will turn the startup EV company’s delivery vans into something of a Walmart exclusive. At least, where rival titans of commerce, Amazon and Walmart, are concerned. Walmart specifically called out Amazon in the terms of its deal to buy up to 10,000 EVs from Canoo, saying the startup can’t sell electric vehicles to Amazon for the duration of the contract.
Read MoreTesla sent over-the-air (OTA) notifications to drivers in Texas asking owners to avoid charging their EVs during peak hours of energy use. The request appeared on Tesla dashboards amid a record-setting heat wave that strained the Texas power grid, and prompted its operator, ERCOT, to warn of possible blackouts.
Read MoreYou probably know that vehicles that can operate solely under electric power have a low-speed warning sound that it projects to let pedestrians – particularly blind or vision-impaired pedestrians – know that a car is coming. The sounds vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, but currently, those sounds are unable to be changed by the end-user.
Read MoreResearchers are calling the Hummer EV’s eco-friendliness into question, but General Motors says the research is missing the point. A study the ACEEE released in June claimed the Hummer EV has higher CO2 emissions than a Chevy Malibu. The electric Hummer’s upstream emissions are partially caused by fossil fuels in the U.S. power grid, but, mainly, because the Hummer EV is too big and heavy.
Read MoreLate last night, Honda sent out a tease of the upcoming 2023 Civic Type R. One photo and one video, accompanied by the one fact we’ve all been waiting for: A reveal date. But July 20 is so far away (ed. note: only 8 days), and I’m an impatient sort, so I took it upon myself to try and see the upcoming car early. Using specialized astrophotography software. I am not a crackpot.
Read MoreWhile we rubes may never get to see an Apple Car, the people working on it within the tech company obviously get to see it all the time. Not Tim Cook, though. According to a new report that spills a number of details on Project Titan, Apple’s eight-year odyssey to realize an autonomous vehicle, the CEO has kept his distance from the endeavor. And if that didn’t raise a few flags about the state of the still-to-be-seen “Apple Car,” the rest of the report paints a pretty clear picture that things
Read MoreA little more than a month ago, GM’s Cruise received a permit to start charging passengers for rides in its autonomous, driverless robotaxis. It was a major milestone for the service. A day later, on June 3, one of those robotaxis was involved in a crash in San Francisco, where occupants in both vehicles suffered minor injuries, per a California DMV report surfaced by Automotive News.
Read MoreSolar power is slowly starting to become considered as a means of extending the range of EVs. Instead of integrating the extenders into the vehicles themselves, some companies are thinking of creative ways of having the extender with the vehicle separately. Take the Tesla solar range extender trailer Electrek reported Tesla unveiled in Germany. While it’s a step in the right direction, don’t expect to see it for sale anytime soon.
Read MoreElectric cars are trickling into the auto industry at different rates globally. China is at the forefront in terms of EV adoption, but its influence could spread out to the rest of the world and change the landscape of the automotive industry as we know it. Where the United States and the European Union once led the way in shaping car design and production, China may take up the mantle soon. And even though this transition of automotive production power comes at the onset of the EV era, really,
Read MorePolestar considers its O2 roadster concept a “hero car,” but here’s the thing about hero cars — they’re not very heroic if they don’t exist. While the Volvo spinoff hasn’t fessed to a production plan for the O2 yet, it could very well still happen, per a few statements made by brand chief Thomas Ingenlath to Top Gear published on Friday.
Read MoreChevrolet is reimbursing Chevy Bolt buyers who bought the EV ahead of its latest discount. Eligible buyers will receive up to $6,000 from Chevrolet in this rare case of an automaker offering a retroactive discount. So, if you’re one of the buyers of the Chevy Bolt EV or EUV who preempted the price cut, don’t worry; the discount that made the Bolt the cheapest EV in America still applies.
Read MoreEarlier this month, analysts predicted Tesla would not surpass its 310,048 global first-quarter deliveries — a record for the company — in Q2. On Wednesday, Tesla confirmed its earnings for the quarter that just ended. Indeed, the company fell short, recording $2.3 billion in profit during that period — approximately $1 billion below the Q1 result, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Read MoreThe Senate’s proposed EV tax credit extension makes some new demands, Ford owners are suing Ford again, and Bentley’s doing gangbusters. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, July 29, 2022.
Read MoreRivian is laying off 6% of its workers, Volkswagen is having a rough time, and Apple got itself a Lamborghini bigshot for its automotive team. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz says it’s doing pretty well despite everything going on in the world, Russia is sending less gas to Europe because of everything going on, and NHTSA is probing nearly 2 million vehicles from the Big Three. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
Read MoreGM is doing its best in tough times, Tesla was subpoenaed again for that tweet, and Volkswagen is now building the ID.4 in Tennessee. All that and more in this Tuesday installment of The Morning Shift for July 26, 2022.
Read MoreToyota will not press its suppliers to lower component costs, Boeing workers agree to strike, and U.S. automakers struggling to fill job vacancies. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 25, 2022.
Read MoreYou might see Rivian delivery vans in your neighborhood soon, Porsche’s long-predicted initial public order could get put on the back burner yet again, and Honda is the latest to wind some factories down. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for July 22, 2022.
Read MoreFord is reportedly cutting thousands of jobs, two of the Big Three want to test autonomous vehicles without steering wheels, and Porsche sees more profits in EVs. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, July 21, 2022.
Read MoreU.S. car dealers are probably seeing the end of big profits they’ve made in the pandemic, a Department of Justice monitor says the UAW is is struggling to root out corruption and the Twitter-Elon Musk trial is getting fast-tracked. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
Read MoreCarvana still can’t get it right in Illinois, we have more details on the crash involving GM’s Cruise self-driving taxi last month and Hyundai is eyeing a very cheap, very small entry-level EV. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
Read MoreGeneral Motors has its sights set on a long-range electric vehicle that can help it take down Tesla, Jeeps owner Stellantis ends a joint venture to build its cars in China, and NHTSA opens yet another investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 18, 2022.
Read MoreCruise’s not-so-great week isn’t getting better, Europe just recorded the lowest new car sales in June in more than a quarter of a century, and Tesla wants a U.S. District Court in Texas to tell the employees suing it to go take a walk. All that and more in this TGIF edition of The Morning Shift for July 15, 2022.
Read MoreTesla’s head of AI and Autopilot is leaving the company, Volvo’s CEO says there’s no doubt the EV future is coming and the electric Chevy Blazer has a lot of work to do to make a name for itself. All that and more in today’s Morning Shift for Thursday, July 14, 2022.
Read MoreRivian will meet with workers to explain upcoming cuts, Aptera wants Congress to mandate EVs use Tesla’s Supercharger plug, and SAS is resuming talks with union pilots in hopes of ending the strike. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 13, 2022.
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Bolt’s days are numbered, Renault lost a third of its sales when it axed its business in Russia, and Honda is still waffling on its Formula 1 future. All that and more in today’s Morning Shift for Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
Read MoreMercedes Benz saw its sales drop 16 percent in the three months between April and the end of June, Ford recalls 100,000 trucks due to fire risks, and Tesla boss Elon Musk tries to back out of his Twitter buyout. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 11, 2022.
Read MoreThe price of a tank of gas has been falling since it reached record levels in June, BMW saw its sales drop in the first half of the year, and one European nation experiments with free public transport. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 8, 2022.
Read MoreThe NHTSA wants you to slow down, the chip shortage shows the slightest sign of recovery, and Tesla sold a ton of Chinese cars. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, July 7, 2022.
Read MoreTesla’s doing swell but not swell enough, Volkswagen is ditching one of its Russian plants and a few automakers want to go rallying, so long as rallying goes all-electric. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, July 6, 2022.
Read MoreThe General has stolen the number one spot back from Toyota, Stellantis is anticipating another slow year of production in Italy and Jaguar has a new plan for the future: be Range Rover. All that and more in this Tuesday edition of The Morning Shift for July 5, 2022
Read MoreThere’s another exciting new metric for how expensive cars are getting, Tesla’s global factory logjams are catching up with it and Renault and Nissan need to leave each other already. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for July 1, 2022.
Read MoreThe EPA fuel economy ratings are finally in for the all-new 2023 Toyota Sequoia, and while they represent a major improvement over the previous generation SUV, this is still one thirsty machine.
Read MoreToyota’s current plug-in hybrids are hot. Dealers can’t keep them on the lot, even when charging absurd prices, thanks to buyers clamoring for those sweet sweet MPGs. But all those sales come with a downside, one that Toyota will now finally see for itself: The expiration of the $7,500-per-vehicle federal EV tax credit.
Read MoreIt seems like an eternity ago when the U.S.-Canada border closed in March 2020, as a part of numerous actions taken by the American and Canadian federal governments to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The closure was initially scheduled to last for a month, but quickly ended up into a loop of perpetual monthly extensions as the pandemic continued. As time passed, exemptions were created for certain travelers, but only by air. The physical land border was largely impassable for private citizens b
Read MoreHave any of you fine Jalopnik readers been traveling lately? Because, speaking from experience, it’s a little bit of a fucking disaster thanks to massive delays, cancellations, illnesses, and more throwing of one monkey wrench after another into the whole “vacation” thing. If you’re looking for a hassle-free trip, you’ll be hard-pressed to find it these days — but you’re definitely not going to find it at these airports.
Read MoreThe price of fuel in the U.S. is so high, even retail giants like Amazon and Walmart are feeling the crunch. Now, due to the runaway price of fuel, Walmart is going to charge some suppliers for the fuel Walmart uses to haul products from supplier warehouses to the retailer’s own’s depots and stores, as Reuters reports.
Read MoreHave you ever dreamed of living like a country music icon out on tour across the world? Imagine living it up in a luxurious bus as you stop off in different cities, states and countries, the dream. Well now, you can pretend to do just that by spending a few nights in Dolly Parton’s old tour bus at her Dollywood Resort in Tennessee.
Read MoreFord has had something of a chokehold on the off-road truck market for a while now, but Chevrolet is ready to introduce a competitor. Enter the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ZR2, the brand’s flagship off-roader that’s ready to rock and roll. I have the pleasure of putting this bad boy through its paces this week — but before I hit the road (or trail), what do you want to know?
Read MoreNow that the new Chevy Colorado has been announced, it’s clear that the mid-size truck segment is having a moment. The 2023 Chevy Colorado is going to bask in the glow for a bit, before the spotlight returns to the full-size Chevy Silverado. But the new Colorado has the Silverado to thank for its four-cylinder engine, initially developed for the full-size truck and now adapted for the mid-sizer.
Read MoreThe all new Chevrolet Colorado is here, and it looks good. The redesign introduces new trims and packages for the midsize truck, along with improved off-road capability. The ZR2 Desert Boss is the top dog in the Colorado lineup, but it’s the brand new Colorado Trail Boss that Chevy thinks will be the breakout star.
Read MoreChevrolet has just revealed a ground-up redesign of its midsize pickup, the Colorado. With this third-generation model, Chevrolet has had the chance to assess what works for the Colorado, which struggled to stand out in the midsize pickup segment — until the Colorado ZR2 came out. The success of the ZR2 is clearly the force behind the new pickup, because the 2023 Colorado is all about off-road.
Read MoreGMC isn’t content letting Chevy, Ford, and Ram outdo the brand. In a response that’s not quite a full-on off-road attack monster but not quite as lite as the brand’s AT4 offerings, GMC has unveiled the Sierra 1500 AT4X AEV Edition.
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