Slowly but surely, we’ve been expanding our coverage of electric bikes here at Jalopnik. It’s a mission I’ve taken on, as I really do think they might be the best way to travel around town. You get a bit of exercise, feel the wind in your hair and get to take in the sights — what more could you want?
Read MoreIn one form or another, mountain biking has been around for decades. It’s a simple sport to get into, as you just need a bike and somewhere with no roads to ride on. In its early days, the sport saw people simply head off the beaten track on their old bone-shakers, and it wasn’t until the late 20th century that people started creating dedicated off-road riders.
Read MoreThe Pontiac Firebird is a cool car. The MK2 with its sprawling phoenix motif on the hood is one of the most instantly recognizable cars out there. But, did you know it wasn’t the first Firebird to be penned by a car designer? In fact, a Chrysler designer beat Pontiac to the punch.
Read MoreThe plan to expand a vital 8.1-mile section of the New Jersey Turnpike, the Newark Bay–Hudson County Extension, is destined to fail. However, New Jersey’s government can’t stop itself from driving into the Hudson River. The project’s projected cost has exploded from $4.7 billion to $10.7 billion—adding added capacity between Newark Liberty International Airport and New York City which will plummet the surrounding area’s already terrible air quality. Also, the expansion won’t reduce congestion.
Read MoreThere are few people more committed to the bit than Tom Cruise. He’s a man that doesn’t believe in extensive use of CGI – or stunt doubles – in his movies. He’s there. He’s doing the jump, flying the plane or, in this case, riding the motorcycle off a cliff. We thank him for his service in this endeavor.
Read MoreThe Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) plans to expand a 3.5-mile stretch of Interstate-94 in Milwaukee. The $1.2 billion expansion would see the highway widened from six to eight lanes between 70th and 16th Streets in the city. WisDOT claims the modernization project would reduce congestion and chase on this section of I-94 which passes American Family Field, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
Read MoreEmirates Team New Zealand has broken the wind-powered land speed record with its land yacht Horonuku. Horonuku reached 138.2 miles per hour (222.4 km/h) in 25.3 mph winds on the dry basin of Lake Gairdner in South Australia. The team famous for winning the America’s Cup, yacht racing’s most prestigious prize and the oldest trophy in international sport, broke the record just under ten months after it announced its attempt to break the previous record of 126 mph.
Read MoreScientists at the National Ignition Facility have achieved a net energy gain through the process of fusion in a landmark experiment that could kick off the development and commercialization of fusion energy in the U.S. The advancement could help us cleanly power our future EVs and everything else, although not anytime soon.
Read MoreThe U.S. is announcing a breakthrough on fusion energy on Tuesday, which will explain what scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered about the process of making energy using the same phenomenon that powers the sun. For the first time ever, scientists have reportedly achieved a net energy gain via fusion, as Reuters reports. This would be a landmark discovery that could help break our dependency on fossil fuels for the production of electricity — and provide clean
Read MoreIn the last decade of traveling for work and play, I’ve put a lot of miles on my car. And when you’re alone out there on the road, the things you carry with you can take on a personality of their own. From your favorite road-trip playlist to the trusty backpack riding shotgun, it’s easy to get attached to your things.
Read MorePinball is undergoing a major resurgence right now – a silverball renaissance, if you will. While manufacturers like Stern and Chicago Gaming Company are releasing new titles based on major franchises like The Mandalorian or Toy Story, vintage machines are seeing their values go through the roof. It wasn’t that long ago that unloved pinball tables were relegated to dark corners in bowling alleys or laundromats. Now, they’re standing front and center in trendy bars and clubs around the globe.
Read MoreA two-door convertible sports car should make you feel special when you hit the road. With the wind rushing through your hair and a glorious engine soundtracking your ride, it’s enough to put anyone on cloud nine. When you get in the BMW M4 Competition Convertible, you get all that, but also comfy seats and a trunk you can squeeze full of various squashes. It ticks all the boxes while also being one of the most practical convertibles you can buy today.
Read MoreThe European Commission is considering banning ships registered in European Union countries from using crews of sailors from the Philippines. The prohibition could drastically impact global shipping: Currently, one in four crew members on merchant vessels around the world hails from the Philippines. And the European Union is second only to Panama in gross merchant tonnage. If this ban goes through, it’s poised to rock an industry that’s been struggling for years.
Read MoreAfter Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, global leaders around the world wanted to find a way to pressure president Putin and halt his attacks. Politicians unveiled sanctions including bans on Russian oil, freezing overseas assets for high-profile individuals, and even seizing yachts belonging to Russia’s super-rich.
Read MoreViking, a Swiss-based cruise line, has announced that one person died and four people were injured after a massive rogue wave struck one of the company’s ships in the Antarctic. AFP News reports the cruise ship Viking Polaris was hit by the wave during a storm on Tuesday. The ship was headed from Antarctica to Ushuaia in Argentina, the world’s southernmost city.
Read MoreIt would seem that Kia dealers have some work to do for the sake of the customers. A recent J.D. Power study shows that customers haven’t been enjoying the Kia dealer experience, which is kind of essential to selling cars. Those interactions and impressions have landed the Korean automaker dead last in customer satisfaction across all mass-market brands.
Read MoreYes Virginia, people actually do put giant red bows on newly purchased vehicles and then give those vehicles as incredibly exorbitant gifts. Sales of those giant bows seemed to slowing down, however, right alongside the formerly hot automotive market.
Read MoreLook. I get it. Times are tough right now, especially if you’re in the business of making things. Materials and other costs associated with making cars make it a pricey endeavor. But increasing the price of your product three times in just four months might turn some people off. That’s what’s going on at Ford, as the automaker has raised prices on the F-150 Lightning yet again.
Read MoreThe Kia EV6 is a great car. It’s reasonably priced, comfortable, offers as much as 310 miles of range and looks cool with its big ol’ ducktail on the back. But Kia knows it’s not enough to just be a good all-rounder in a world of high-performance electric cars. No, you’ve gotta be quick, too. Hence the introduction of Kia’s new halo electric car, the EV6 GT.
Read MoreOh, Carvana. When will you learn that customers just want the titles to their cars? Maybe they’re getting lost in everything else that’s been going on with the company this year — who knows? But as Atlanta local news WSB-TV reports, many customers either still don’t have the title to their vehicle, or are going through a hassle trying to get it.
Read MoreSports cars are supposed to be light; electric cars are heavy. Changing regulations have chimed the slow death of exclusively internal-combustion engine-powered machines, and the first casualties are those marvels of engineering that prioritize performance above all else: supercars.
Read MoreMazda has been a bit slow to come around to electrification. The MX-30 was… a start. Rather than go for another EV right now, the brand is taking a hybrid approach: Mazda announced that the all-new 2024 CX-90 will have a plug-in hybrid variant with a bit of added performance.
Read MoreFord shocked everyone in early 2018 when the company announced it would stop selling small cars and sedans. Eventually, every passenger car except the Mustang got the axe. But then came the rumor that the Ford Fusion would return as a Subaru-style high-riding sedan. Now, if a report from Ford Authority is to be believed, that’s no longer the case, as Ford may have thrown in the towel on the development of the Fusion Active.
Read MoreI always thought the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class was the ultimate, top-most expression of luxury from Mercedes-Benz. Man was I wrong. The German luxury automaker took it’s Maybach S-Class a step further into unreachable luxury, debuting a very limited edition that makes the standard sedan pale in comparison. Enter the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Haute Voiture.
Read MorePour one out for the Toyota C-HR. The smallest crossover Toyota sells in the U.S. is gone from our shores after 2022. Speaking to Motor Trend, a Toyota rep confirmed that the CH-R’s next generation will be sold everywhere else but the U.S.
Read MoreOver-the-air updates are the next big thing in the auto industry. Automakers sell them as a way of keeping your vehicle up to date without having to visit the dealer. But it’s really about the moolah; they want to sell you extras. While it’s a win for them, it may work out for some customers. Maybe. Reuters reports that Toyota is even willing to discount the all-new Prius for Japanese buyers if they agree to over-the-air software updates.
Read MoreIf you own a 2021 through 2023 Jeep Wrangler 4XE, you might want to take it to the dealer as soon as possible. A recall has been issued by Jeep and the NHTSA over a software issue that can cause the engine to suddenly shut off while driving. The issue, clearly, could result in a crash, two of which have already happened.
Read MoreWhile it’s not surprising when a long-running model vehicle gets the axe at the start of a new year, something about the 2023 model year feels particularly... concerning. A slew of models won’t be returning this year, ranging from exotics to more than a few small, affordable cars. Get ready to pour one out for every model that’s been discontinued for 2023.
Read MoreWhile Nissan has talked plenty about the next-generation GT-R — because the next-generation GT-R has been a decade coming — it’s refused to commit to specifics. Maybe it’ll be electric, maybe not. Last year, the automaker’s CEO said it was still exploring the powertrain side of things. In 2019, the chief architect said development hadn’t even been greenlit yet.
Read MoreIf you tried to buy a new car in 2022 you were probably in for a world of frustration. Some of you got lucky, but most buyers faced high prices and/or long wait times especially when shopping for popular cars like RAV4s and Kia Tellurides. However, there were some brands that managed to weather the supply storm and therefore were a bit easier to find units with reasonable prices.
Read MoreCharles wants to treat his father-in-law with a nice ride for the holidays and needs to replace his current ride. He is looking for a crossover/SUV in the luxury space that can tow at least 5,000 pounds, something big but not too big, and a hybrid would be a bonus. What car should he buy?
Read MoreIf you were unfortunate enough to be in the market to buy a new or used car this year, you likely faced a level of frustration and sticker shock never before experienced. Here is a roundup of the major trends that made the 2022 car market the worst in our lifetime.
Read MoreDan is a retired Air Force officer in the DC/Baltimore metro. He has an M-Sport X3 that he really loves but the car is over ten years old and a bit too small for family trips. He wants to replace it with something a bit bigger, but he doesn’t want to give up tech or performance. What car should he buy?
Read MoreStuart is a history professor in Louisiana looking for a comfortable but fuel-efficient commuter that can handle a 160-mile daily round-trip commute as well as some swamp roads. Stuart is a tall fellow, so he’s not comfortable in most of the high-MPG compacts. What car should he buy?
Read MoreThe Sheetz verses Wawa debate is one that has been raging as long as gas station coffee has been available. Here’s the thing, though. People who like either of those places best is wrong. The real correct answer to the best gas station chain debate is 7-Eleven. I have a deep passion for it, as you are about to see.
Read MoreWho had the best year in 2022? Was it Elon Musk, who finally started delivering Tesla Semi trucks? Was it Max Verstappen, who claimed his second consecutive F1 title? No, it was Taylor Swift, who released her 10th studio album and broke all manner of records in the process.
Read MoreFor most of us, the idea of eating metal or glass is completely outrageous, the kind of thing they’d use as a means of torture in a Saw film. For Monsieur Mangetout, aka Mr. Eat-It-All, aka Michel Lotito, it was a hobby, an obsession, and, eventually, a job.
Read MoreI was rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion the other day, as I often do, when something struck me. It wasn’t the Evas, the Angels, or the gifted teens grappling with psychosexual ennui, but something far stranger: Captain Misato Katsuragi’s Renault Alpine A310. This car, more than any underground city or meteorological shift, shows just how unequal, militaristic, and weird the world got after Second Impact.
Read MoreBuilding cars is a difficult business. I wouldn’t even dare to say otherwise, and it’s always difficult to get things right the first go around. That’s why we are taking a look at the which automakers faced the toughest slate of manufacturer recalls this year.
Read MoreGeneral Motors has begun the long process of installing the 40,000 Level 2 charging stations it announced as part of its Dealer Community Charging Program. Nearly 1,000 GM dealerships, or about a quarter of its dealers in North America, are enrolled, which will help expand EV charger access across the continent. The automaker now says its first stations have been installed in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Read MoreAcura’s latest recall involves just 19 TLX sedans. Usually that wouldn’t be worth mentioning in a story, but the reason the cars are being recalled is absolutely noteworthy. A report from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says tire supplier Bridgestone “determined that the tires equipped on a small number of Acura TLX vehicles may have sustained cuts/tears to the bead area during their tire sorting and loading process.”
Read MoreAs far as weather events are concerned, a “bomb cyclone” sounds goddamn terrifying. It kind of feels like it should be the name of a lousy high school metal band – or ska, I could see it being ska – but it’s actually the term for a rapidly intensifying storm. And boy did we get a doozy of a bomb cyclone last week. I made it to Detroit for my annual holiday visit just before the storm screwed up a huge number of travel plans. But while my friends and family were battening down the hatches, prepar
Read MoreThe McLaren Artura is being recalled in the U.S. for faulty nuts in its fuel system that can increase the risk of a fire. The plug-in hybrid from McLaren has been on the U.S. market for only a couple of months, having finally been released in October after a series of supply chain and software issues delayed deliveries, but the Artura still managed to squeeze into the recalls of 2022 due to faulty nuts.
Read More2022 has been a weird year for the automotive industry, the world and indeed the Jalopnik staff. We’ve seen models debut that we never expected to see the light of day and we’ve said goodbye to some of our favorite cars. We’ve driven all over the world and been fortunate enough to share those experiences with you, our feral readership.
Read MoreChristmas and the holidays are all about spending time with friends and family. When you’re in your 30s, spending quality time with the former seems much harder than the latter — unless your friend is a trusty car and daily driver that’s also getting up there in age, like my slow but fun-loving BMW 318ti.
Read MoreAs I mentioned in my last post, when I first lived in Boston (well, technically, Medford, but few people outside of Massachusetts know or care about the difference), I couldn’t afford to buy a car. In most U.S. cities, that would have made my life absolutely miserable, but public transportation and density make car-free living pretty easy. Also, having Pinky’s Pizza literally across the street was also a bonus. Oh, and my then-girlfriend had a car, so I didn’t necessarily have to walk everywhere
Read MoreHappy Hanukkah, everybody! It’s that’s special time of year when many of my people order Chinese food, watch a movie and ignore Goyam in their lives.
Read MoreIn one of my favorite places in the world, the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, there is so much on display that it’s easy to let legendary objects of automotive history fly under the radar. There’s one vehicle, sitting in a hallway on the very edge of the main display hall, that should not go overlooked: a 1927 Blue Bird School Bus — the oldest surviving example in the U.S.
Read MorePorsche has never been one to shy away from making rare models. We’re talking models where less than 10 have been produced, like the 964 Turbo Cabriolet and the 993 Speedster. Among these rarities is a particular Porsche that wasn’t actually a Porsche at all: the VW T3 B32. It doesn’t look like a Porsche, it’s not badged as a Porsche, but it will definitely sound, like a Porsche.
Read MoreI’m unsure why Batman Returns isn’t widely recognized for the Christmas film that it is, and I think it’s time we changed that. The genre is richer than people give it credit for; it contains so many more movies than the usual picks, like Die Hard or The Santa Clause. There are plenty of classics we often overlook, such as Crash and Jingle All The Way, and, of course Tim Burton’s Batman Returns.
Read MoreRecently, I was reminiscing about the time I moved to Boston. Like the very smart person that I clearly am, I made the move from Atlanta in January because moving to New England in the middle of winter seemed like less of a bad idea than trying to make a long-distance relationship work for even longer. The relationship didn’t work in the end, but I did learn one neat trick for clearing snow off a car you don’t care about.
Read MoreThe Santa Clause is a bonafide Christmas classic, with everything a Christmas movie could ask for: Tim Allen, questionable logic, kidnapping and an Italian elf. However, there’s one thing just about everyone overlooks—the silver first-generation Ford Taurus SHO that is constantly on screen in the first few scenes of the movie.
Read MoreHyundai is now the third largest automaker in the world by volume, behind only Volkswagen and Toyota, which are often at odds for first and second place among the biggest car companies in the world. In a little over half a century, the South Korean carmaker has leapt over American auto giant General Motors, as well as the multinational conglomerate Stellantis, according to Bloomberg.
Read MoreEvery year growing up, the three of us kids would pile into my Dad’s mini-van (we had a first-gen Ford Aerostar) and head north from the city to the ritzy Detroit suburbs. The big lakeside mansions always had the best Christmas lights displays and as we drove along, we’d listen to Christmas music. One track in particular brings back warm fuzzy memories: “Truckin’ Trees For Christmas” by Red Simpson.
Read MoreAs of early Wednesday, a practically new 1992 Mazda Efini RX-7 Type R was on Bring a Trailer with a current bid of $7,777. And as much as I would love for that bid to stick — because that sequence of numbers next to a flawless RX-7 is just satisfying — it’s obvious that the luxury rebadged Mazda is worth more, especially to rotary fans for whom this machine represents the holy grail of the Mazda RX-7. There are still eight days left in the BaT auction, but the price is likely to go up by end of
Read MoreNew vehicle sales in the U.S. are expected to decline in December due to high car prices and the rising interest rates for auto loans. This comes in a new report from J.D. Power-LMC Automotive.
Read MoreThis year will go on record as having the greatest number of recalls in the U.S. across a number of industries. Over one (1) billion products ranging from cars and electronics to food and medicine have been recalled in 2022, according to USA Today, and the year isn’t even over.
Read MoreHere at Jalopnik, we have the unique pleasure of getting to drive a whole lot of different cars in a whole lot of different places. Some are fine. Some are mediocre. But there’s another subset of car that we don’t always talk about: The ones that surprise us the most.
Read MoreLooks like you can’t trust all mechanics. Especially when you’re the millionaire owner of a rare car collection. The Des Moines Register reports that an Iowa mechanic has been ordered to pay over $7 million after he scammed the former CEO of Angie’s List on both repairs and classic car purchases.
Read MoreSo, I’ve been an automotive journalist for a while now. Before I was here at Jalopnik, I was at CNET’s Roadshow for around five years, but before that, I was one of the hosts of the Petersen Automotive Museum’s very popular CarStories podcast. The site that hosted all of our episodes kicked the bucket earlier this year, and I had thought that all the episodes were lost to history forever, but this week I found out that they survived because of Archive.org.
Read MoreA Texas-based Tesla parts supplier is facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in OSHA fines for unsafe working conditions, according to Automotive News.
Read MoreThe Aston Martin Residences tower in Miami is almost done after a series of delays pushed the luxury condo project behind schedule twice. Aston Martin’s 66-story tower was due for completion in 2021, then 2022. Now, Aston says the high rise will be done in early 2023, but the tower’s biggest penthouse remains unsold, so the company is sweetening the deal with a free Aston Martin Vulcan.
Read MoreBugatti Rimac is still a young company. It formed just 13 months ago when Porsche agreed to give Rimac a stake in the storied hypercar maker in exchange for a stake in Rimac business. Now a little over a year after the merger, the company has big plans. And in some cases, as Auto Express (via MotorAuthority) reports, that partnership has involved some things getting shot down.
Read MoreBy now, we’re all very used to seeing the insane off-the-line acceleration you get in an electric vehicle. It’s this instant-torque thrilling performance that’s inspired some impressive drag races between the likes of Kia and Lamborghini. Now, there’s a new insane drag race to enjoy between three blisteringly fast cars.
Read MoreIn November, Toyota unveiled the all-new 2023 Prius to the world. People were immediately taken aback by the fact that this car ± a Prius for God’s sake — is actually really really good looking.
Read MoreWhen the 2023 Toyota Prius was first unveiled, pretty much the entire universe was taken aback by its all-new, and honestly striking, styling. The whole design really works well to create a cohesive, futuristic look for a car that has never really been known as a style icon. Toyota says this departure from the Prius’s past is the company’s way of making the hybrid more appealing to younger buyers. I sat down with Satoki Oya, chief engineer on the new fifth-generation Prius, to learn more.
Read MoreTesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly sold off another $3.58 billion of the automaker’s stock. That brings the total amount of stock he sold since late last year to right around $40 billion. That $3.58 billion comes out to about 22 million shares.
Read MoreUpdate, 10:00am, December 15, 2022: Today, Ford released the official power output figures for the 2024 Mustang lineup. The Dark Horse, which represents the top-of-the-line Mustang for the S650 generation, makes 500 hp and 418 lb-ft of torque. Ford says that makes this “the most powerful non-Shelby edition ever,” not to mention the most powerful naturally aspirated Coyote-powered Mustang ever. (The 5.2-liter Voodoo-powered Mustang Shelby GT350 takes the crown as the most powerful N/A Mustang eve
Read MoreOn Sunday night, the season two finale of HBO’s hit thriller/mystery series “The White Lotus” aired. Viewers learned a lot during the nearly 80-minute runtime of the final episode: Who lives, who dies, who “the gays” are, and most importantly, how a little infidelity can fix a marriage.
Read MoreToyota has revealed its first fully-electric pickup truck alongside a mysterious and adorable new truck due for release in Thailand one year from now, if not more. The Hilux Revo BEV Concept is a new EV based on the popular Hilux pickup, while the enigmatic IMV 0 is unlike any truck currently produced by the Japanese carmaker. But given it’s “0" designation and similarity to the Toyota Compact Cruiser EV, it’s possible the IMV 0 could be powered by a number of eco-friendly powertrains, maybe eve
Read MoreI took out my phone and began frantically taking pictures of my passport as the hundred-person-plus customs line inched forward. “You’ll get your passport back a little later,” someone at the head of the line told me. ”They’re going to hold on to them for a while.”
Read MoreTrucks and large SUVs are offsetting fuel economy gains from more efficient models in the U.S. as sedan and wagon sale have plummeted. While EVs are slowly gaining traction, and even though carmakers have increased the efficiency of new models, nationwide average fuel efficiency is being dragged down by pickups, and has stagnated at 25.4 miles per gallon in 2021 — the same as 2020, according to a report from the EPA.
Read MoreA long-running fight over whether or not a vehicle is a character that can be copyrighted is over. Ford Authority reports Shelby American has won its trademark fight over the use of the “Eleanor” name that became famous in the Gone in Sixty Seconds movies.
Read MoreIn August of 1997, it was not unusual to see women in the paddock at Japan’s premiere racing championship. Far from it: You could hardly miss them, decked out in vinyl miniskirts and improbably high-heeled boots, their umbrellas and crop-tops emblazoned in racing-team colors. One woman, though, was clad in Nomex. She got behind the wheel and blew the doors off a couple Porsche 993 RSRs — Kumi Sato, in a rebadged Chevy Cavalier.
Read MoreEver wonder how Japan — a country with a population one-third the size of the U.S., on land roughly the size of California — has grown such an incredibly vibrant automotive culture, full of enthusiast offerings and niche products, not to mention all those limited editions? A lot of it comes down to Japanese drivers buying new cars far more often than Americans do.
Read MoreStellantis is recalling just about 1.4 million Ram pickups around the world because the truck’s tailgates may not properly latch and could open while driving. It could lead to whatever you have in your bed falling out onto the road and possibly becoming a hazard to other drivers. That’s less than ideal for most people.
Read MoreWhen you buy a car in the U.S., the seller hands over the car and the buyer hands over the money. The seller also hands over the title, which is physical proof of ownership, which you also need to register and insure the vehicle. The title document isn’t just a sheet of regular old paper, either; instead, it’s specially made with various security features to prevent counterfeiting. The problem now, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal, is that there simply isn’t enough title
Read MoreDave and I stood in my dimly lit garage. It was cold outside. It was only slightly less cold inside. The rain dripped through the ceiling onto boxes of Christmas decorations, gardening tools, and my 1989 Peugeot 405 Mi16, hood open, front end held aloft by jack stands.
Read MoreMore than a decade after phasing out some nameplates (RIP Pontiac and Saturn), GM apparently wants to build out its portfolio of brands. If a report from Car and Driver turns out to be true, GM plans to turn Escalade and Camaro into their own sub-brands made up of EV crossovers and sports cars.
Read MoreBrian Jannusch has somewhere north of 60 R34 Nissan GT-Rs in storage just waiting for export to the U.S. Well, not him personally, but the company he works for. California-based Top Rank Importers has quickly grown from importing just a handful of cars five years ago to 200-plus per year now. And, without a doubt, the R34 GT-R is the hottest ticket in town.
Read MoreNestled in the hills about an hour and a half southwest of Tokyo lies a special place called Fuji Speedway, one of Japan’s premier racing circuits. It’s run all sorts of iconic racing series since it opened in 1965, everything from NHRA to Formula One. But once a year for the past 13 years, that track has hosted a special event that’s a little different. It’s called R’s Meeting. Once upon a time it was something like a casual, brand-specific cars and coffee gathering. Today, it has evolved into
Read MoreThe Kia EV6 GT has acquitted itself well next to a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ in a drag race that shows how just how fast EVs can be, even next to supercars like the Lamborghini, which are built for insane performance and cost many, many times more than the Kia EV6 even in GT spec.
Read MoreToyota is working on a Corolla Cross prototype powered by hydrogen, but not in the same way as a fuel-cell electric vehicle like the Toyota Mirai. The Corolla Cross H2 Concept works more like the hydrogen-combustion GR Corolla H2, which Toyota has been developing under the guise of motorsport for one whole season of Super Taikyu endurance races in Japan.
Read MoreIt’s a brave new world. The most hotly-anticipated car on the planet right now may very well be the all-new 2023 Toyota Prius. That be a surprise to everyone, but that doesn’t matter right now. What does matter is the fact that we are about to drive it. Because of that, we want to know what you want to know about Toyota’s latest hybrid.
Read MoreThe future of parking is in New York City apparently, at least when it comes to tech. But you’ll only be able to use it if you have the means, meaning you gotta be filthy rich. CNBC reports that the underground parking garages of luxury high rises in New York City have high-tech parking spaces that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Read MorePolice in Austria will now take away the cars of drivers caught speeding by excessive amounts. The new measure is a followup to previous legislation that Austria enacted in 2021, which was meant to discourage drivers from driving too fast by suspending licenses for extended periods of time based on the speeding offense, as Reuters reports.
Read MoreIt has now been over a month since Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially took ownership of Twitter. The move caused a number of automakers to pause advertising on the social media platform, but one has taken it a step further. General Motors brands and its CEO seem to have stopped tweeting altogether.
Read MoreThe McLaren Artura is costing McLaren more than it possibly bargained for. The British supercar company has now been forced to sell off a portion of its heritage collection to raise funds for the plug-in hybrid Artura, which needs “certain technical upgrades,” according to Bloomberg.
Read MoreFord and its dealers have reached a tipping point. The company has requirements to sell EVs — namely, over a one million dollar investment — that many dealers across the country have been pushing back on. It’s gotten to the point now that the situation has the attention of state officials in Connecticut. News site CT News Junkie reports that Connecticut state officials object to Ford’s requirements, saying the company is too aggressive with its implementation.
Read MoreAudi is recalling over 50,000 midsize sedans and wagons due to a potential risk of power loss in the event of liquid spills in the back seat. A gateway control module under the back seat of the 2019-2022 Audi A6 and A7 could cut power to the engine if a spill in the rear seeps into the electronics, and the unexpected power loss creates a crash risk, according to Consumer Reports.
Read MoreCrossovers and SUVs that take cues from a sports car or have sports car-like inspirations can be a good thing. If they’re done right. Chevy does it with the Blazer and its Camaro design cues. Nissan knows this better than anyone with the old Infiniti FX crossovers. I guess that’s what students at Nissan Gakuen — Nissan Technical college in Japan — had in mind when they decided to make a Z Crossover called Fairlady X.
Read MoreMaybe it’s consumer tastes, but for years, American automakers have shown countries around the world more love than they do their native country. From designs to engines, sometimes it seems like we get the short end of the stick. Take the Chinese market Ford Edge. Up until recently, China got a slightly different version of the midsize crossover. But new images from the Chinese Ministry of Information and Technology show that Ford has given the Edge a serious redesign. And it needs to come to th
Read MoreNow, on the surface of things, cargo vans and delivery vehicles aren’t that interesting. They’re big boxes designed to be cheap to run, reliable and capacious, but that’s where things stop. That’s not the case for the Rivian-produced Amazon Electric Delivery Vehicle (EDV), though, because, with Amazon, efficiency is king (except when they ship tiny things in huge boxes, seriously, WTF?).
Read MoreWhen the Ford F-150 Raptor dropped way back in 2010, its rousing success had everyone wondering when all the other truck-makers would follow suit. Eventually, Ram gave us the TRX, yet another Baja-inspired jack-of-all-trades trophy truck for the home. But where was GM? It seemed like Chevy finally stepped up to the call with the Silverado ZR2. But not exactly.
Read MoreRecalls and the Chevrolet Bolt know each other well. So when a new Bolt recall is announced — like the one on Tuesday covering 140,000 vehicles — it kind of makes you stand up and take notice. General Motors asked every single Bolt owner worldwide to bring their EVs in for battery replacement in 2021; after a campaign of that magnitude, one that cost GM and LG billions of dollars, you kind of wonder what else could possibly go wrong with the car.
Read MoreA USPS delivery driver survived a horrific head-on collision with a semi truck in Michigan Friday after Winter Storm Elliot created blizzard conditions across the west side of the state.
Read MoreOne crash on a rainy night is unfortunate, a second in the very same spot is bad luck and a third might make you question what the hell is going on. But that’s exactly what happened in Santa Clarita, California, last week. Three vehicles crashed off a Southern California road at the same point, with the third careering onto the wreckage of the last incident.
Read MoreThis should truly go without saying, but you should always check into what you’re paying, before you pay it. Residents in Santa Cruz, California are being asked to look again at their recently paid parking tickets after a teenager is arrested in a parking ticket scam, according to NBC Bay Area.
Read MoreEveryone’s had a bad dealer experience. Maybe you showed up to see a car that was already sold, or you were blindsided by a massive dealer markup. Or, if you’re recent Kia buyer in Concord, New Hampshire, maybe you had a dealership tell you about a credit-repair program that could lower your monthly payments after six months of ownership — a program that doesn’t exist.
Read MoreOn April 27, 2000, a virtually unknown Japanese developer by the name of Prism Arts released a humble little racing game called Rally De Europe for the PlayStation. It would be the company’s third and final title. It never reached North America, nor did Prism Arts’ two games that preceded it — Rally De Africa and Circuit Beat. But much like Racing Lagoon, another Japan-only PlayStation racer, Rally De Europe is getting its due these days. And frankly, I’m gutted about what we missed out on 20 lo
Read MoreAll told, 2022 was a solid year for racing games. It gave us a return to dramatic circuit racing with Grid Legends, the long-awaited (if imperfect) comebacks of Gran Turismo and Need For Speed, the first F1 title to wear the EA Sports badge loud and proud, and old-school arcade vibes in the form of Horizon Chase 2 and the expanded release of Slipstream. It also inspired us to take a few strolls down memory lane and reacquaint ourselves with the worst the genre’s ever had to offer. Here in this l
Read MoreThe video game developer and publisher that owns the rights to NASCAR, IndyCar, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the British Touring Car Championship lost its board of directors in November. This was weeks after the company was warned it could be delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange due to a flagging share price, and rumors emerged that NASCAR was desperate to find a way out of its licensing agreement after the dismal launch of NASCAR 21: Ignition. Motorsport Games has had a very difficult 2022, a
Read MoreGrowing up, the release of a new racing game was pretty much the most exciting thing that could happen in my life, so that’s how I marked big milestones. I went to Toys ‘R Us the first week or so of my freshman year of high school and picked up Sega Rally Revo and Project Gotham Racing 4 on the same September day in 2007. On Christmas Eve 2000, I unwrapped a Dreamcast game and asked my brother what a “Le Mans” was. In 2010, I used my recently acquired license to drive to the closest Best Buy wit
Read MoreExclusive licenses suck, but they pretty much run the world. Last year, Motorsport Games announced it was acquiring the IndyCar license from 2023 onward; it also announced it would release its first IndyCar title in 2023. Since the news broke in July 2021, we have seen all but a handful of very bare screenshots of a Dallara chassis from within the game. Nevertheless, iRacing, which has operated a virtual IndyCar series of its own for many years, will reportedly have to shut that down starting in
Read MoreJeremy Clarkson, former Top Gear man, is no stranger to controversy, because that’s basically his entire brand. Well, not controversy, because that implies that it is interesting on some level. Clarkson is, at base, a troll, that most classic of archetypes. The latest dust-up suggests he isn’t even very good at being that anymore.
Read MoreIt is impossible to overstate the significance the Gran Turismo franchise has had on the American auto enthusiast scene. It’s an established institution today, but in the mid-to-late ‘90s, Gran Turismo was a phenomenon, introducing millions of U.S. gamers to cars, tracks, and even driving styles they’d never seen before.
Read MoreI love racing games with a passion. I’ve been reviewing and obsessing over them for decades. While it’s fun to glorify all the greats – your Gran Turismos and your Forzas and your Project Gothams – to really appreciate how far we’ve come, I think it’s important to sometimes look at the stars that shine a little less bright. Or, in this case, to occasionally gaze into the heart of a black hole so dark you may be driven to hang up your controllers forever.
Read MoreGiving you everything, only to take it away, is perhaps gaming’s favorite narrative trope — followed closely by introductory amnesia before creating your character and the best things happening in cutscenes. Racing game fans know it well, in part because of 2005's Need For Speed Most Wanted, which gave you a few short races with an E46 M3 GTR before ripping it from you in a sabotaged race for pinks. You’d spend the whole rest of the game getting that car back.
Read MoreSports cars like the Corvette Z06 have become formidable all-purpose tools, segueing easily from street to track. Yet no matter how good street-legal cars get, they remain the all-season tire of track performance: A compromise in both directions, hamstrung by excess weight, creature comforts and safety and emissions regulations. That realization leads some serious drivers — including amateur racers with big dreams and bigger budgets — to dedicated track cars like the Revolution A-One.
Read MoreDo you think, when governments around the world demanded reductions in global emissions, they knew they were condemning some of the world’s greatest cars to massive weight gains? Regardless of complicity, that’s the fate we’re now facing: decreasing displacements paired with increased mass. Somehow, in the case of the new Mercedes-AMG C63 S E-PerformanceS, it still works out just fine.
Read MoreHoly crap, the Mercedes-AMG G63 4x4 Squared. It’s twice the price of a standard G-Class, but also twice as cool. It’s a leather-and-suede-lined luxury tank with 577 hp, 627 lb-ft of torque, three locking differentials, portal axles, side pipes, all-terrain tires, a carbon-fiber light bar and one of the gnarliest rear bumpers I’ve ever seen. It has more ground clearance than a Ford Bronco Raptor and you can have it painted bright-ass neon green. Yes, it costs $350,050, including $1,050 for destin
Read MoreWhen Ford killed off the Fiesta in Europe, the company made no secret about what would replace it: Electric crossovers, built on Volkswagen’s MEB platform. Now, with a tweet from European Model E boss Martin Sander, the blue oval has shown off a sneak peek of its next electrified model. And folks, it sure is a boxy crossover.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a vehicle that thumbs its nose at two separate gas-crisis eras across several decades, Bring a Trailer has a listing that might just interest you. This 1974 Ford C-750 Camelot Cruiser Motorhome comes with a full house on the back, plus two snowmobiles and space to park them. It can be all yours, if you act fast.
Read More‘Twas the end of December, and all through CraigslistI searched for the best cars to ever exist;Through Acuras, Renaults, and snow plows I sought,In hopes I’d find vehicles worth being bought;
Read MoreHonda Performance Development has listed one of its Acura ARX-05 race cars on Bring a Trailer. A new generation of sports prototypes for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship means there’s a fleet of racing cars now deemed obsolete by the new regulations. Obsolete race cars often ended up being scrapped, kept by automakers as promotional and museum pieces, or sold off to private owners.
Read MoreLook, I get it. It’s the week after a holiday, and it’s the Friday of that week. You’re done. You’re tired, zoned out, ready for the weekend. I mean, look at you — here you are, sitting at your desk, not doing one iota of work. Instead, you’re reading the jello picnic website.
Read MoreEvery couple of weeks, some automaker publicizes a plan to overhaul its infotainment software, making it faster, smarter, and able to reach more aspects of the vehicle. They evangelize the convenience of “over-the-air” updates — something that cars have been capable of for the last 10 years — with an eye toward the future of the ever-evolving “ownership experience.” Today, that automaker is Honda; and the future it envisions sound like it’ll probably require your credit card.
Read MoreLiter bikes – motorcycles with inline-four-cylinder engines that displace around 1,000 cc’s – are, to me, kind of like the Beatles. They’re one of those things everyone else seems to love, but I just don’t care about. Between the lack of torque, vaguely annoying sound and general form factor, these I4 bikes just don’t do anything for me. But then I met the reborn Suzuki Katana, and now, the company’s latest liter bike, the GSX-S1000.
Read MoreOn Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that starting in January, electric vehicles that are leased by consumers can qualify for the full $7,500 commercial clean vehicle tax credit. Perhaps most interestingly, as Reuters reports, the announcement includes EVs that were built outside of North America.
Read MoreVision Zero, the international program that aims to reduce traffic deaths to nil, hasn’t really caught on, even in cities eager to save lives. One big city on the east coast, however, is bucking the national trend.
Read MoreIt might not have been a white Christmas in your town, but odds are, it was a pretty cold one. A massive arctic air mass moved south across the country, with the Weather Prediction Center predicting that every state in the continental U.S. would experience below-freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve. That unfortunately led to some heartbreaking outcomes, but it did also create some interesting oddities.
Read MoreRecently, Tyre Reviews got its hands on a set of Pirelli Sottozero designed for racing, as well as a Subaru rally car. That sets the stage for an incredibly entertaining comparison test between those WRC tires and some of the best street-legal studded winter tires on the market: Pirelli Ice Zero 2s. But the question wasn’t whether or not the Sottozeros would perform better than the road tires. It’s how much better they’d be.
Read MoreIt’s an age-old dilemma when it comes to being a car enthusiast: Where can I store all of my precious toys vehicles? Most car-enthusiast homes have long conversations about dream garages or buying property to build the largest pole barn possible to work on every project our hearts (and bank accounts) desire. But there are other options without the responsibility of caring for all of that land, where you can store, show off and play with your cars: a private trackside garage getaway. Michigan hap
Read MoreIn the U.S., Volvo currently offers two sedans, the S60 and S90, and four SUVs, the XC90, XC60, XC40, and C40. All except the C40 are available in a couple of different configurations, from gas to hybrid to all electric. The C40 is only offered as a full EV, to be joined in 2024 by the EX90, an all-electric three-row SUV. Add to that list, possibly: a C60, which might be a new electric SUV, if trademark documents are any indication.
Read MoreIf you want to fly with a gun, the Transportation Security Administration will let you do it. In addition to notifying the airline ahead of time, you simply have to pack your gun unloaded, locked in a hard-sided case, in checked baggage. What you’re not allowed to do is carry a gun through security. You’d think this would be obvious, but apparently not. Because the TSA reportedly found more guns in carry-on baggage this year than ever before. And the majority of those firearms were loaded.
Read MoreRUF is probably best known for the 1987 CTR Yellowbird, but the list of cars it’s built over the years goes far beyond that one. And if you’re lucky and wealthy enough, you could be the new owner of four RUF legends when they go to auction at Amelia Island next month. Gooding & Company announced the sale of the RUF Collection earlier this month, with the auction scheduled for March 3.
Read MoreA 200-plus car-pile up on a bridge in Zhengzhou, China, caused by heavy fog left one person dead and many more injured, according to CCTV.
Read MoreLook, we get it. Tiger cubs are adorable. If you find one, it could be tempting to pick it up, take it home, and keep it as a pet. But apparently, Mexico has this pesky requirement that if you own an exotic animal such as a tiger, it has to come from a certified dealer and have been born in captivity. So, if the police catch you with an illegally purchased tiger cub in your trunk, you can end up in a bit of trouble.
Read MoreMinivans may not be the most exciting vehicles in the world, but especially if you have kids, they’re so dang practical, it’s hard not to love them. Whatever you need to haul around, a minivan can probably handle it. And the seller of this Toyota Sienna has made it even better by lifting it, unlocking the potential for even more adventures than ever before.
Read MoreHood ornaments are all but gone in modern cars, but decades ago automakers had a bit more taste, adorning their cars with evocative symbols of speed and beauty. Cadillac, for example, had its Goddess, shown above, from 1930 to 1956, which it recently said would come back (sort of) for its new all-electric Celestiq.
Read MoreThe Nissan Leaf isn’t the flashiest electric car you can buy. It’s a relatively basic hatchback that happens to be electric. It makes a little more than 200 hp, can go about 200 miles on a charge, and doesn’t cost nearly as much as a Tesla. But that’s about all that a regular person needs out of an electric car. And it can also use its battery to charge other things, which a winery owner in Australia has used to his advantage.
Read MoreWinter Storm Elliott sank most of the country into a deep freeze and dumped tons of snow over the holidays killing over 50 people nationwide, with more than half of those fatalities in hard-hit New York.
Read MoreYesterday, airlines began canceling flights as a winter storm swept the country. Unfortunately for travelers whose Christmas plans were upended, today’s been no better than yesterday was. And it will likely only continue to get worse.
Read MoreOregon Governor Kate Brown announced her office is forgiving $1.8 million in unpaid traffic fines Wednesday in order to help financially struggling residents life restrictions on driver’s licenses.?
Read MoreChevrolet's ZR2 trim means genuine off-road ability, but what does the Silverado give up along the way?
Read MoreOver the summer, Hyundai revealed the RN22e, an all-wheel-drive Ioniq 6-based electric prototype that makes 576 hp and 545 lb-ft of torque. While Hyundai described the RN22e as a “rolling lab” that it planned to use to further develop its E-GMP platform, it also unofficially previews the upcoming Ioniq 6 N. That’s certainly a lot of power, but does it actually drive well?
Read MoreIf you haven’t heard, there is a huge winter storm moving across most of the U.S. just in time for the holiday travel season. If you were planning to travel in some of the hardest hit states, say, Wyoming, police and first responders are kindly asking you to stay home.
Read MoreA Thanksgiving Day crash that injured nine people and snarled traffic on I-80 in the San Francisco Bay area may have been caused by a driver in a Tesla with Full-Self Driving mode engaged. At least, that’s what the driver told the California Highway Patrol, according to police reports obtained by CNN.
Read MoreCanadian Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault proposed a new mandate today that would require automakers to steadily increase the share of electric vehicles it sells over the next several years. According to CTV News, the draft legislation will be formally released on December 30, but as it stands now, starting in 2026, 20 percent of new vehicle sales will need to be EVs.
Read MoreWhile the rollout of new EV models, government mandates, and infrastructure funding may make it seem like the EV adoption ball is rolling, there are skeptics, and they’re in places you might not expect. CNBC reports that auto industry executives aren’t as confident in EV adoption as they were a year ago. And that confidence has been dropping significantly.
Read MoreIt seems every car maker is experimenting with advanced driver safety assistance systems — the long proper term for self-driving car features. Journalist Michael Wayland at CNBC took a ride around Detroit in the three big names in the space — General Motors, Ford and Tesla — to find out who is ahead of the curve on self-driving development.
Read MoreIf there’s one problem with the Ram TRX, it’s that it’s not nearly expensive enough. Drive a Ford Raptor R, and everyone who sees you will know you spent six figures on a pickup truck. But a Ram TRX? It starts at a mere $85,685. Absolutely embarrassing. Imagine showing up at Costco in that thing looking like a peasant who couldn’t afford a nicer truck. Thankfully, Ram has fixed that problem with the 2023 TRX Havoc Edition.
Read MoreIt’s the end of the line for the Kia Stinger. If you want to buy one new, get it now because very soon, your only option will be to buy used. And to celebrate the Stinger going out of production, Kia has announced the limited-edition Stinger Tribute Edition.
Read MoreWhen you hear anyone talk about the DeLorean, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind? Is it the stainless steel sports car that’s straight out the 1970s, the struggling automaker’s attempts to set up a factory in Ireland, or hit movie Back to the Future? For me, it’s always going to be the last on the list.
Read MoreToday, in conjunction with the Port Authority, the Southern District of New York announced that it had arrested two men for allegedly hacking the taxi dispatch system at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Suspects Daniel Abayev and Peter Leyman were each charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and face up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Read MoreThe EPA said on Tuesday that they finalized new rules to cut emissions on heavy trucks starting with model year 2027. The agency also said that this is the first time in more than 20 years that standards have been updated, and that the EPA projects that the new standards will save thousands of lives.
Read MoreAnyone traveling for the holidays knows they need to gird themselves against flight cancelations, long lines and bad traffic, but this year is promising to be uniquely headache-inducing.
Read MoreThe United States Postal Service announced today that its delivery vehicles are going electric. Of the more than 60,000 Next Generation Delivery Vehicles that the USPS intends to order by 2028, at least 45,000 will be EVs. And starting in 2026, it will exclusively order electric NGDVs.
Read MoreIt’s your old pal, Gas Price Watch. I’m here to bring you some awfully jolly news right in time for the holidays. According to AAA, the price of a gallon is now $3.12. Forbes reports that price is the lowest it has been in a year and a half, and looks to continue that downward trend into Christmas, where prices could dip below $3 per gallon.
Read MoreA partnership is a beautiful thing, especially when it lasts several decades, or in this case, 100 years. Something lasting that long, deserves a special gift, way above the nice dinners, or a trip abroad. What it needs a special-made car, like the Alfa Romeo Giulia, made to celebrate 100 years working with the likes of coachbuilder Zagato.
Read MoreIt’s not the most spacious or luxurious vehicle in the lineup, but the Hyundai Kona subcompact crossover has still been a popular choice for buyers who want something small and affordable with a bit of extra ride height. It’s also unabashedly fun to drive in N form and a solid value proposition if you get the electric version. Now, Hyundai’s taken the wraps off the newly redesigned version for 2024.
Read MoreIf you haven’t noticed already, Ford has had a bit of a problem with recalls and overall quality recently. The Maverick? Recalled for a side-airbag issue. The Mustang? Recalled for wiring problems. The Bronco? Investigated for engine failure. In fact, back in September, Ford had already issued 52 safety recalls in 2022 alone. Unfortunately for Ford, though, improving vehicle quality isn’t as simple as flipping a switch.
Read MoreIf you’re one of those people who like to ignore flight attendants’ requests to wear your seatbelt on a flight, maybe this story will be enough to change your mind. NPR reports that on Sunday, a flight going from Phoenix, Arizona to Honolulu, Hawaii experienced “severe turbulence” that ended in three dozen passengers needing medical attention.
Read MoreCatalytic converter thefts have been a problem for years. In fact, our own Erik Shilling recently had his catalytic converter stolen. But at least in the western part of the country, the Toyota Prius has been specifically targeted by thieves. A Prius’s catalytic converter can reportedly go for as much as $1,000, making them especially valuable compared to the $150 or so thieves might get for a lesser cat. For the 2023 Prius, though, Toyota has a solution.
Read MoreThe death toll from the faulty Takata air bags continues to mount, with the fifth death caused by the airbags the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Monday. Unfortunately, the deaths are likely to continue for sometime.
Read MoreOver the summer, a Georgia judge ordered Ford Motor Company to pay the largest sums in the state’s history, $1.7 billion. The suit is the culmination of nearly 20 years of lawsuits—at issue was the safety of the roof of the Super Duty pickup. A report from Wall Street Journal found that before the almost $2 billion verdict, Ford has settled dozens of other cases related to the roofs over the years, and multiple deaths, all while arguing that its trucks are safe.
Read MoreFor most Americans, owning a car is a necessity. If you don’t have one, you essentially can’t go anywhere, which is an especially big problem if you have a job that doesn’t allow remote work. Now we’re seeing an increasing number of consumers defaulting on car loans they can no longer afford, which seems bad.
Read MoreAnother January means another Consumer Electronics Show. They’re basically like the car shows of old, except for tech, and therefore mostly showcases of vaporware. Stellantis has had big showings at CES in the past and will again in 2023, pushing two big concepts — the Ram Revolution and Peugeot Inception. Both are electric vehicles, and they may not be the only debuts the company shares depending on what Chrysler has in store.
Read MoreOn June 17, 2019, Customs and Border Protection agents discovered about 45,000 pounds of cocaine valued at $1 billion aboard the MSC Gayane in the port of Philadelphia, en route to Rotterdam. It was one of the largest trafficking busts ever, and certainly the largest at sea. And it was a long time coming, as masterminds of the Balkan Cartel honed their schemes for a decade, monitoring Mediterranean Shipping Company and forcibly recruiting its employees. Bloomberg’s Lauren Etter and Michael Riley
Read MoreA truck filled with hundreds of gallons of cooking oil crashed Thursday in Lee County, Florida, ejecting its two occupants through the front windshield and onto the pavement. Somehow, according to police, the two men escaped with just minor injuries.
Read MoreBack in July, Reuters broke the news that SMART Alabama, a Hyundai-owned supplier, had been employing child laborers as young as 12. The next month, the U.S. Department of Labor accused a second supplier, SL Alabama LLC, of also using child labor. Today, Reuters published another report that claims the child labor issue among Hyundai and Kia’s suppliers is even worse than we previously knew.
Read MoreThe state of Louisiana has finally brought charges against the five officers involved in the death of black motorist, Ronald Greene, AP News reports. Green died in 2019 at the hands of those officers after they escalated what should have been a normal traffic stop.
Read MoreAfter President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act over the summer, only 15 electric vehicles still qualified for the full $7,500 EV tax credit. Hyundai, somewhat understandably, didn’t like that since none of its EVs made the list. Now Bloomberg reports the Korean automaker says that if the IRA looks like it’s going to hurt its growth, it’ll have to “reassess” its investment plans.
Read MoreAn all-electric passenger plane took its first flight this fall, potentially heralding the entry of air travel into the electric age. Or does it?
Read MoreBack in October, Ford announced that it would finally kill off the Fiesta. It was a sad day for fans of small hatchbacks, although it was probably sadder for those in Europe who still had access to the Fiesta after Ford stopped selling it in the U.S. But the electric cars must be built, and to make that happen, the Fiesta had to die.
Read MoreIn 2012, Johnny Bohmer took his 2006 Ford GT all the way to 283 mph at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility, setting Guinness’ record for the fastest standing mile in a street legal car. He beat that record in 2017, reaching 292 mph. But he wasn’t satisfied. From the beginning, all the way back to when he purchased the car new, he had his eyes set on the big 300. He’s now smashed that milestone, and then some.
Read MoreRemember the Local Motors Rally Fighter? With its crowdsourced design that combined a sports car with an off-roader and a classification as a kit car that made it 50-state legal, it was the kind of thing few people would actually want to own but pretty much anyone could appreciate. If you drove one, you were guaranteed to get attention everywhere you went.
Read MoreIf you have $2.5 million dollars to spend and want the most track-capable car you can legally drive on the street, you may want to give the McMurtry Spéirling a look. It’s all-electric, makes about 1,000 hp, and has an active downforce system inspired by the Chaparral 2J. Oh, and the styling is absolutely wild.
Read MoreWith a total project cost of $1.7 trillion dollars, the F-35 fighter jet hasn’t been without problems over its 15+ year development. Some of those problems have turned out to be dangerous, as a report out of The Dallas Morning News says that an F-35 has crashed at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, TX.
Read MoreLast month, news broke that Jay Leno had been seriously burned by a car fire in his garage. His injuries required a skin graft and two surgeries, and he was eventually released from the hospital (understandably) looking a little rough. At least he was able to spend Thanksgiving with his family as he recovered. Now he’s feeling good enough to talk about what happened.
Read MoreA couple of months ago, Cadillac revealed the production version of the Celestiq. Aimed at Rolls-Royce and Bentley buyers more so than BMW and Audi, the fully electric Celestiq makes 600 hp and 640 lb-ft of torque, offers about a 300-mile range, and costs more than $300,000. But while we’re big fans of Cadillac’s Blackwing super sedans, $300,000 is a whole lot of money for a Cadillac, and we couldn’t help wondering how many Cadillac would actually sell. Apparently, the answer is “more than enoug
Read MoreUpdate, 10:00am, December 15, 2022: Today, Ford officially announced the SAE-certified horsepower figures for the 2024 Mustang lineup. The base-model 2024 Mustang EcoBoost makes 315 hp (up from 310) and 350 lb-ft of torque, which Ford describes as “the most standard horsepower ever” in a Mustang. The automaker estimates the EcoBoost-powered Mustang will get 22 mpg city, 34 mpg highway, and 26 mpg combined, an increase of 2 mpg highway and 1 mpg combined. The 2024 Mustang GT makes 486 hp and 418
Read MoreOld Mustangs are basically a dime a dozen, but a Mustang from Carroll Shelby’s personal collection? Now that’s something really special. And the chance to actually buy one doesn’t come along often. But if you happen to be rich as shit, you’re in luck. Barrett-Jackson will soon auction off Carroll Shelby’s 1968 Ford Mustang Black Hornet.
Read MoreScience has a way of presenting actual facts and connecting dots you likely didn’t see ever connecting. For instance, who would have thought to find a link between the people who decided to pass on getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and traffic accidents? A recent study published in The American Journal of Medicine shares the science behind such a link that actually exists.
Read MoreWe recently got a chance to drive the 2024 Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance, and it sure is quick. Of course, 671 hp and 752 lb-ft of torque will do that even if this generation is 700 pounds heavier than its predecessor. AMG’s decision to use a four-cylinder instead of a V8, though, has stirred up plenty of controversy. When asked about that decision recently, Mercedes-AMG’s director of vehicle development, Steffen Jastrow, doubled down.
Read MoreCurrently, the Porsche 911 Turbo S makes 640 hp, can launch from zero to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds, and costs more than $200,000. But what if that’s too cheap and too slow for you? Where’s the Porsche hypercar to replace your aging 918 Spyder (shown above)? It’s a serious problem affecting dozens of people worldwide, and it’s one they’ll continue to have for the next several years. But don’t worry. A new Porsche hypercar is coming... eventually.
Read MoreRight-hand-drive vehicles can be disorienting if you don’t live in the UK, Japan, Australia, or any of the dozens of countries that use them. But in Ukraine, right-hand drive trucks have helped protect some military drivers in the ongoing conflict with Russia — all because Russians aren’t used to seeing the driver on the wrong side.
Read MoreIt’s a big week for big recalls, apparently. After Ram was forced to call back 1.4 million pickup trucks for defective tailgates that could fly open while driving, General Motors has swooped in with a recall of its own, issuing a recall for more than 740,000 Cadillac, Buick, Chevy and GMC models with potentially faulty running lights that don’t shut off.
Read MoreIn general, you can expect the average price of a new car to increase year-over-year. It happens. We were used to it. And then COVID hit, disrupting global supply chains, causing a chip shortage, and sending car prices through the roof. With fewer new cars to buy, people started paying more for used cars, and anyone who wanted a new car was forced to pay a serious premium. Now, almost three years later, the average price of a new car is the highest it’s ever been.
Read MoreIf there was still any doubt that dense cities are better for the environment than urban sprawl, the latest New York Times report on the subject should put an end to that once and for all. It’s a fantastic read that uses research from the University of California, Berkeley to show in granular detail how household greenhouse gas emissions vary across the country. And the news is not good for wealthy suburbs.
Read MoreThe towing industry doesn’t seem to really be regulated, mostly because towing regulation is left up to local city governments. This system can allow corruption and illegal activity to flourish. Local Southern California news outlet The San Bernardino Sun reports that one local towing company has been accused of illegally towing vehicles in a predatory manner, primarily targeting Latino drivers and lower-income individuals.
Read MoreLast Sunday, the tollbooths at the Lincoln Tunnel were closed permanently. The 1.5-mile-long tunnel linking New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan in New York City will now solely utilize cashless payment methods. Drivers will either use E-ZPass, an electronic toll collection system, to pay their toll, or receive a bill in the mail based on a photo of their license plate. PIX11 reports that the physical toll plazas will remain in place for the foreseeable future, with the booths being dismantled gradu
Read MoreLike a lot of other outlets, we’re big fans of the 2023 Honda Civic Type R. We’re definitely not fans of the massive markups dealers are adding, but it’s a fantastic, super fun-to-drive hot hatch. Of course, we were going to love it. Now, Honda’s confirmed it plans to keep building Civic Type Rs for us to love even as emissions regulations are forcing automakers to build more hybrids and EVs.
Read MoreWe’re used to seeing crash test ratings that rank the safety of a vehicle and give you a clue as to how your car could behave if you’re ever stuck in a car crash. But, did you know that for the past 27 years, crash tests in the U.S. have exclusively looked at front seat safety? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) put this right by conducting its first rear seat safety tests on 15 crossovers, and the results don’t look good.
Read MoreTesla’s lawyers argued in a brief filed last month that, even though the company’s CEO promised fully self-driving cars for the last nine years and failed to deliver, no fraud was perpetrated against owners.
Read MoreIf you read our earlier post today about Hyundai developing a driving mode for the upcoming electric Ioniq 5 N that simulates the way a dual-clutch transmission shifts, it would be understandable if you had some questions about the future of Hyundai’s N sub-brand. But while that was certainly odd, we also have news to share that’s unquestionably good: There’s going to be a second-generation Elantra N — at least for Americans. Europe? Not so much.
Read MoreRough weather in the Gulf prevented jet fuel supplies from reaching Orlando International Airport this weekend, causing flight delays and cancellations into Monday afternoon. As if traveling through Orlando, one of the busiest airports in the country, wasn’t stressful enough — travelers already have to contend with space vehicle launches, private plane traffic and a shortage of air traffic controllers. Now, after heavy fog snarled supply ships in the Gulf last week, the airport is running low on
Read MoreNews broke that Lexus is working on a fake manual transmission for future electric vehicles. Instead of using an actual transmission, Lexus’s system is designed to simply simulate the manual driving experience. Honda’s already gone on record saying it has no interest in such a system, and plenty of commenters expressed skepticism, but at least you can understand why some enthusiasts would appreciate pretending to shift gears while driving. But a fake automatic? That’s a hard one to understand.
Read MoreA company in California tasked with recycling returned electronics for Amazon improperly recycled dozens of lithium-ion batteries, resulting in three garbage truck fires and creating a huge mess on residential streets.
Read MoreDriving drunk ends lives and ruins families, so the penalties when drivers are caught behind the wheel intoxicated are, understandably, extremely harsh. The lead DUI enforcement officer in Fort Collins, Colorado, resigned after eight DUI arrests without convictions in a single year.
Read MoreIf a car is engineered to be lightweight, it doesn’t need a lot of power to be quick or fun to drive. But there’s also no rule that says a lightweight car can’t also make a lot of power. The latest automaker to do exactly that is Donkervoort with its new targa-top F22. It’s a wild, weird-looking car with proportions that look like they were dreamed up by video game designers.
Read MoreIf you have a 2019 to 2022 Subaru Ascent, be careful. Subaru has announced a recall that affects more than a quarter million Ascents due to a risk that they may catch on fire. Owners of the affected vehicles will be contacted within 60 days, but in the meantime, you can enter your VIN on the NHTSA’s website to check if your Ascent is part of the recall.
Read MoreBack in September, Rivian and Mercedes-Benz signed a “memorandum of understanding to initiate a strategic partnership” on commercial battery-electric vans. The two companies intended to build vehicles together under one roof in central or eastern Europe, though they wouldn’t build the same vans. Each was to use its own platform, which made the potential benefits of the synergy a little unclear, at least to those of us on the outside.
Read MoreIt sucks to be in the market for a car these days. High MSRPs and even higher dealer markups make a lot of new cars unreachable for a lot of buyers, which has increased demand for used cars. As a result, pre-owned prices have shot up as well. For the first time in a while, though, we have some good news about used car prices.
Read MoreThe Takata airbag debacle is still ongoing. Nearly a decade after it started with multiple deaths and millions of vehicles under recall, sadly, people are still dying as a result of the defective airbags. Today, the NHTSA has released a bulletin announcing that yet another crash fatality has been linked to a malfunctioning Takata airbag, this time involving a Honda. It’s the fourth such fatality recorded in the U.S. this year.
Read MoreThrough the third quarter of this year, Jeep Cherokee sales are down a whopping 61 percent year-to-date compared to last year, with just 30,852 sold in the first nine months of 2022, according to Stellantis. Which is the context for an announcement on Friday that Stellantis will be idling the plant that makes Cherokees, in Belvidere, Illinois. Could it be the end of the road for Cherokee, too? For now, Stellantis isn’t saying.
Read MoreWhen BMW introduced the electric i3 city car, it was a wild departure from what you saw in the rest of the lineup. And not just because it was battery-powered. While it offered a surprisingly fun driving experience and an optional range extender for owners who needed extra range, one thing it didn’t offer really stood out: AM radio. Now other automakers are or are considering following suit, and U.S. Senator Ed Markey is not happy about that.
Read MoreUber has a deservedly bad rap when it comes to protecting both its drivers and customers. Despite years of problems, the ride-hailing app is still making life difficult for criminal investigators, according to an incredibly in-depth report from the Verge and nonprofit newsroom the Markup.
Read MoreAfter a controversial redesign last year, the Subaru WRX is back for 2023, and it’s more expensive than before. Combine the $1,000 increase in MSRP with the $25 more expensive destination charge, and you’ll pay $1,025 more for a 2023 WRX than a 2022 model.
Read MoreThe Tren Maya is one of those rare trains that’s hard to love. It’s an upwards of $20 billion project meant to take tourists into the heart of the Mexican rainforest where important, hard-to-reach cultural sites are a big business for some of the poorest places in Mexico. But the construction of this train is actively unveiling, and then destroying, the very sites that already draw tourists from across the globe.
Read MoreWorkers at an electric vehicle battery plant in northeastern Ohio have voted to unionize, creating the first formal union at a major American electric vehicle or component factory not wholly owned by a Detroit automaker. The vote’s result has been seen as both symbolic of the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) historical strength in the Midwest and how it might endure the transition to electric vehicle production.
Read MoreSeven Democratic senators led by Rep. Bob Menendez of New Jersey introduced legislation that would close several large loopholes oil and gas companies use to skip out on paying their fair share in taxes. The “Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act” comes after a year of record-breaking profits for oil companies and inflation-spurring gas prices for drivers.
Read MoreBack in October, Ford revealed the GT LM, a special-edition version of the GT that used some 3D-printed parts and added a few other unique touches but was otherwise not wildly different than the regular GT. At the time, Ford said it would be the last roadgoing version of the American supercar. But now Ford’s revealed the last GT ever, the track-only 2023 Ford GT Mk IV.
Read MoreLast night some keen-eyed Corvette fans on corvetteforum.com, midenginecorvetteforum.com and other sites noticed that a visualizer for the upcoming 2024 Corvette E-Ray hybrid had inadvertently gone live on the Chevy website. The visualizer allowed users to play around with new color combos and options for the hybrid, all-wheel drive C8 variant that will be the most revolutionary ‘Vette ever. The visualizer has since been taken down, but the E-Ray lives on in screenshots posted online.
Read MoreThe American Automobile Association has released its annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, and the results aren’t great: In every category, Americans drove more dangerously in 2021 compared to the year prior. And the biggest rise in risky activity came in the form of drunk driving.
Read MoreAs far as Panther bodies go, it’s hard to get much cooler than the Mercury Marauder. 302 horsepower, an upgraded suspension, a louder exhaust, a 3.55:1 rear axle, a limited-slip differential, and other improvements? What’s not to like? But this Lincoln Town Car arguably has the Marauder beat, largely because it looks so close to stock. If you didn’t notice the hood vents, you’d probably just assume it was a regular ole Town Car with some new wheels.
Read MoreFor years, we’ve been reporting on unconstitutional traffic stops by police. They suck, and yet, they keep happening. Recently, Forbes published a great article highlighting this exact issue, and while it’s a great read, it’s also pretty depressing. The way the incentive system is currently set up, law enforcement officers stand to gain a lot more than they might lose for conducting what amount to glorified fishing operations — even though the practice is a wholesale violation of rights guarante
Read MoreElectric vehicles are really heavy, and that’s bad news for our roads, our environment and passenger survivability in crashes. The weight increase also complicates things for the safety watchdog groups dedicated to crash-testing new vehicles. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety had to rig up the heaviest vehicles it’s ever tested to make sure its evaluation equipment is up to the challenge.
Read MoreSome people are good drivers. A lot more are just OK at it. And others are pretty bad. But there’s a difference between simply being a bad driver and being a reckless asshole who is too selfish to even consider the lives they put at risk with their actions. The Corvette driver in question here appears to fit squarely in that last category.
Read MoreStealing from your job is a big no-no. Collaborating with coworkers in a scheme to steal overtime pay is even worse. For most people, getting caught would involve you losing that job, with the possibility of being fined the amount you stole, and perhaps even jail time. Apparently, if you’re a cop, things are different. As Southern California news outlet The Daily Bulletin reports, felony charges against 48 California Highway Patrol Officers have been dropped after they were accused of participat
Read MoreLynk & Co, a Chinese-Swedish automaker owned by Volvo’s parent company Geely, has been working for years to make subscriptions and car-sharing work. In Europe, €550 per month gets you behind the wheel of a Lynk & Co 01, with maintenance and insurance included. Unlike a traditional lease, it’s entirely month-to-month, and the company allows you to rent the car to other users when you’re not using it. Apparently, Lynk & Co’s CEO is frustrated that more automakers haven’t moved to a similar busines
Read MoreThe attorney general of Washington D.C. is suing Amazon for allegedly stealing tips from delivery drivers. The office of District of Columbia AG, Karl Racine, claims the e-commerce giant misled customers who were under the impression that tips would go to delivery drivers, while Amazon was allegedly using these gratuities to cover delivery driver pay, as Bloomberg reports.
Read MoreEvery year, American University’s Kogod School of Business releases a list of vehicles built with the largest percentage of American-sourced parts. Last year, the manual Ford Mustang GT took the top spot with a total score of 88.5. But this year, it’s no longer even in the top 20. Why? Ford now uses a Mexican-sourced manual transmission.
Read MoreRoll out the tiny violins as I’ve got some tough news to share, Tesla boss Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest man. I know, it’s truly heartbreaking to hear. According to a Forbes’ “real-time” ranking of the world’s 10 richest people, Musk has dropped to second place.
Read MoreOnce again, things are not looking good for Carvana. After losing half a billion dollars in Q3, losing its license to sell cars in Michigan, and laying off thousands of employees, creditors appear to believe bankruptcy is a real possibility. According to a report from Bloomberg, Carvana’s largest creditors have already signed a cooperation agreement to avoid a fight over who might get paid.
Read MoreThose last-generation Ford Focus and Fiesta models are no longer found on dealer lots, but they’re still on the roads and many still carrying the automaker’s faulty dual-clutch transmissions. In the last three years, getting these vehicles fixed has not gotten easier.
Read MoreA bedbug infestation in the workplace brings a whole new meaning to “hostile work environment.” This is seemingly the case at Rivian’s assembly plant in Normal, Illinois, as the automaker is investigating reports of a possible bedbug infestation. While bedbugs don’t carry any deadly diseases, the tiny insects bite like hell, cause rashes and are extremely difficult to eradicate.
Read MoreOh, the Apple Car. For years, it’s been rumored to be a real thing that’s definitely happening. It’s reportedly been canceled, delayed, refocused, restarted, and rethought so many times, it’s hard to keep up. But apparently, Project Titan is still ongoing, and we’ll for sure get an Apple Car one day. Allegedly. But once again, its big debut has reportedly been pushed back, this time til 2026.
Read MoreOne of the nice things about an electric vehicle is that you can keep adding more power and performance just by tweaking the software that controls the drivetrain. Case in point, Swedish EV maker Polestar has issued an over-the-air update that boosts the Polestar 2 by 68 hp, completely hands-off.
Read MoreAt the time, it really didn’t get much cooler than the Ford Mustang SVT Cobra R. Ford only ever built 300 Cobra Rs during a one-model-year run in 2000, making them instantly collectible and incredibly rare. If you’ve ever seen one in person, consider yourself very lucky.
Read MoreGas prices are down across the country, even here in California. But they’re still higher in the Golden State than just about anywhere else in the country. As of this writing, according to AAA the national average gas price is $3.38 per gallon; in California it’s $1.33 higher at $4.71. The price difference has been hitting California drivers hard enough that the state sent out billions in gas tax stimulus checks to help low-income residents. But oil companies are still raking in the green. Now,
Read MoreEarly Saturday morning, approximately 100 cars blocked the eastbound lanes of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in California. It wasn’t due to a crash or construction: Drivers were blocking traffic to burn rubber and do donuts across the eastbound lanes of the bridge. As the State of California attempts to crack down on these so-called sideshows, this incident on the Bay Bridge is the latest in a steady trend of high-profile events of reckless and irresponsible driving.
Read MoreDo you like the idea of the Ineos Grenadier but wish it was electric? Are you perhaps looking for something to replace the Bollinger B1-shaped hole in your heart? If so, then perhaps the Munro MK_1 is the electric off-roader for you.
Read MoreBack in 2020, Gymkhana 11 featured a heavily modified Subaru WRX STi, marking a return to the over-the-top series’s roots after several years of Fords. For Gymkhana 12, Hoonigan stuck with Subaru but decided to build something a little more old-school: a 1983 Subaru GL wagon.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it has delayed the REAL ID full enforcement deadline once again. The date has been pushed back by 24 months, to May 7, 2025. Domestic air travelers will now have an extra two years to use their current driver’s licenses to get through airport TSA checkpoints before they’ll be required to use REAL ID-compliant licenses. If this deadline stands, REAL ID will go into effect two decades after Congress first established the new identification r
Read MoreThe electric motors are coming. They’re winding their way into the very heart of every vehicle you know and love. While Mercedes isn’t quite ready to make the S 63 a full-on EV, this newest flavor of Mercedes’ snortiest S-Class gets a considerable portion of its shove from an electric motor and a complement of batteries. But don’t cringe: The rest of the power comes from AMG’s wonderful 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8, the two systems combining to make this the most powerful S-Class of all time, capable
Read MoreRecently, Reddit user Nation Yell posted four pictures of one of the weirdest cars we’ve seen in a while: a custom-built two-door Ford Fiesta. At first glance, it looks like Photoshop. But no, it’s real. Which is absolutely incredible.
Read MoreIf you need a set of brand-new high-end tires, you’re probably looking at spending around $1,000. They’ll likely handle and perform better, last longer, and some all-seasons may even be good enough to justify not buying a set of dedicated winter tires, but that’s still a lot of money. In a hypothetical scenario where your old ones are starting to wear out, but you can’t afford a new set, should you just keep driving on them or replace them with something cheaper?
Read MoreCongress’ decision to force a contract without any paid sick leave on the 12 rail unions is pretty fucked. It’s made not only a lot of rail workers incredibly angry, but it’s also been widely criticized by other unions, and, frankly, we think it’s pretty shitty. Here’s the thing, though, the threat of a strike was never about sick days, and Aaron Gordon does a stellar job of explaining why in an article published on Monday by Vice.
Read MoreA lava flow is heading toward one of the most important highways in Hawaii, and there’s not much anyone can do to stop it. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Mauna Loa, one of the five volcanoes that form Hawaii’s “Big Island,” began erupting at approximately 11:30 p.m. on November 27th. Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, started spouting fountains of lava close to 150 feet high. As the eruption continued, it became evident that the flow of lava was endangering
Read MoreAfter years of accusations and hundreds of wrongful arrests, the saga of Hertz having people arrested over bogus claims of car theft may be coming to an end. The rental company has announced that it has reached a $168 million settlement with 365 people who say they were wrongfully arrested due to Hertz falsely claiming they’d stolen their rental cars.
Read MoreIf you’ve flown recently, you may have noticed new facial recognition cameras checking IDs against faces, rather than an over worked and underpaid Transportation Security Administration agent. But how secure is it? And do you have to participate?
Read MoreBack in 2015, Borgward announced it was back from the dead. The name and trademark had been sold to a Chinese company, and less than a year later, Zombie Borgward had a car to sell called the BX7. It didn’t last long, though, as the undead automaker is officially dead again.
Read MoreIf you’re in the military, being stationed overseas can be tough. You’ve got to uproot your life, leave your family and friends behind, and start over in a new country. But if that country happens to be Germany, there’s one big benefit: access to the Nurburgring. And in order to take advantage of that access in one of the most American ways possible, the owner of the car in this particular video brought along his Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE.
Read MoreMan, the Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI was cool. It was understated and luxurious but also made enough torque to pull stumps out of the ground. And 99.999 percent of people who saw it would never notice it was special. It was an SUV you bought to flex how much you didn’t need to flex.
Read MoreAn open safety recall on a vehicle that’s been sold can be a dangerous thing. Depending on what the recall is for, the customer could be putting themselves in danger by buying the vehicle. And if anything were to happen it would all fall on the dealership for not disclosing it. The attorney general’s office of North Carolina has announced a settlement with the company that will require all open recalls to be disclosed to customers.
Read MoreEurope gets all sorts of cars that America never will. Some, such as the Fiat Multipla are interesting but not particularly desirable. But then there’s the Renault Clio V6: a rear-wheel-drive, mid-engine hot hatch based on a front-drive economy car. Would it have sold well in the U.S.? Absolutely not. But is it ridiculously cool? Hell yeah, it is.
Read MoreIt’s going to be an early and bountiful Christmas for drivers in the U.S. as gas prices around the country continue to fall to levels they were at in February of this year, according to The Washington Post. For who weren’t keeping track of prices, that’s right before Russia invaded Ukraine and started a whole chain of events that lead to gas peaking at $5.02 per gallon over the summer. Now, AAA reports that the average price of a gallon of gas is now $3.47 per gallon, and The Post says some proj
Read MoreLamborghini officially revealed the slightly lifted, rally-inspired Huracán Sterrato this week. We’re not convinced anyone’s ever actually going to off road one, but it’s still kind of cool. After all, it still has a 610-hp V10 and can hit 60 mph in the low-three-second range. But then Lamborghini released a promotional video for it and completely took all focus off the car.
Read MoreUpstart Dutch automaker Lightyear said recently it’s officially putting its solar-powered car, the Lightyear 0, into production. That’s a first for a vehicle powered directly by sunlight.
Read MoreThe Tyre Extinguishers claim to have struck again this week, deflating the tires of almost 900 SUVs around the world — including 50 in Brooklyn — to frustrate owners of “high-carbon” vehicles, the activist group announced Wednesday.
Read MoreIt’s been said that high tides lift all boats, and in a similar fashion, all Porsche badges mean ever-rising values. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 944 might be a way to get in while the getting is good. That’s if its price hasn’t already risen too much.
Read MoreAs we say “Bye Felicia” to the rollercoaster ride that was 2022, it’s time to take one more look back at all the cars, the price tags, and the votes that made up Nice Price or No Dice over the past twelve months.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Impala SS notes that it is the only model year to offer a floor shifter. Let’s see if we’re floored by the price.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice BMW has the numbers—two turbos, four-wheels driven, a six-speed stick, and just 85K on the clock. Let’s if its most important number—its price—seals the deal.
Read MoreIn the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Toyota 4Runner, the seller states that its 4X4 system will “get you anywhere you want to go.” Let’s see if its price tag means it’s actually not going anywhere.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Gremlin says it was their mother’s car and that it has so far been held onto for sentimental reasons. We’ll have to decide if it’s priced to make potential buyers hold onto their wallets.
Read MoreWith fewer than 44K on the clock, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Jag is barely worn in, far much less worn out. Let’s see if its price tag means it could still wear out its welcome.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Charger has the original Monroney sticker even though they aren’t the car’s original owner. Let’s see if this Hemi-powered sedan is priced to soon pass that heirloom on to a new owner.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Audi states in the ad: “If you know how rare this car is you know its value. If you don’t, then it’s probably not for you.” Most of us probably know the model, but we’ll still have to see if it’s priced for us.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Chevy Chevette features a sizable wing on its roof, obviously intended to keep its backend in line under the strain of the engine’s 65 horsepower. Let’s see if the price tag is equally as delusional.
Read MoreWhile today’s Nice Price or No Dice SL500 is a convertible, it’s not reasonable to drive it open-topped year-round. That’s a problem for the seller who claims to be too tall to fit in the car. Let’s see if that unfortunate realization means the car’s price won’t come up short.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Ford Escape is one of a selection of small SUVs that strangely appears to have a cult following among car buyers. Let’s see if this one’s price has us all drinking the Kool-Aid.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Scout has completed its restoration and wants it gone to make way for the next Scout project. Let’s see if its price is just as restorative.
Read MoreDespite its name, today’s Nice Price or No Dice LTD II isn’t a sequel to Ford’s biggest car, but a model that slotted in beneath. That odd naming choice aside, there’s a lot to like about this still-big coupe. Let’s see if that includes its price.
Read MoreWith regard to depreciation, only the Nissan Leaf and BMW’s i3 have dropped faster than models like today’s Nice Price or No Dice 750i. That means this sparingly used (85,000 miles) luxury sedan is now within reach of us paupers. Let’s see if that makes it an uber deal.
Read MoreOne of the receipts pictured in the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice TDI Golf is for pink coolant and “Airhead Xtremes Bites candies.” With a bunch of other replacement parts as well, let’s see if this TDI might itself be a sweet deal.
Read MoreBased on its baroque styling, one could easily mistake today’s Nice Price or No Dice Facel Vega for a contemporary Cadillac. There’s no mistaking its party trick pillar-less doors, however. Let’s see if this flamboyant cruiser’s price does the trick too.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Mercedes once called Tuscaloosa Alabama home as it was the ML that kicked-off production at the company’s factory there. Let’s see if its present state makes it worth its asking price.
Read MoreWhile today’s Nice Price or No Dice Acura may have over 200K on the clock, the seller assures us that those were all New Jersey Highway miles. Let’s see if this cool coupe’s price has you wanting to hit the highway.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Corvette may be Malaise-Era, but it’s still pretty exciting, even in its current project-car state. Let’s see how excited we can get over its price.
Read MoreThe new Corolla GR isn’t the first rally-inspired rocket Toyota has offered. That honor goes to the Celica All-Trac, one of which happens to be today’s Nice Price or No Dice candidate. Let’s see if it’s honorably priced as well.
Read MoreCars like today’s Nice Price or No Dice Merkur XR4Ti were once referred to as “captive imports.” Let’s see if this rare former Ford can capture your hearts at its asking price.
Read MoreNot many cars can boast of the steering wheel also being the door pull but that’s just the brag offered by today’s Nice Price or No Dice Isetta. Let’s see if its price offers some additional bragging rights.
Read MoreThey say that typefaces are the clothes that words wear, and that’s sort of true for cars and their instrument clusters, too. Think about it — you glance at those readouts every few seconds behind the wheel, so it’s kind of hard not to be affected by them, even on the smallest level.
Read MoreTake your pick of pretty much any Tokyo Motor Show, a few decades ago or more, and you’ll find some absolute gems. I’m quite fond of 1987's, though 1989's Tokyo Motor Show was good, too. 1991's, meanwhile, brought us the Jaguar XJ220, the Honda EP-X, and the Toyota AXV-IV, among many other cars. A theme of the show was fuel efficiency, with rumors before the event saying that Honda might have a 100 mpg car. That didn’t end up happening, but everyone was still going small and lightweight.
Read MoreIn an age where simple, raw sports cars are as rare as hen’s teeth, the Nissan 370Z never got the respect it deserved. Sure, that particular tooth was getting awfully long before the new Z came along. But if you were looking for a source of sheer driving pleasure, you couldn’t do much better — especially if you have a proclivity towards performance of the JDM variety.
Read MoreThe Yugo gets a bad rep. It’s frequently given the title of Worst Car in History, and many will tell you that its reputation is entirely earned. Its popular image is that of a cheap, rattly hunk of junk that wasn’t built to last. That wasn’t the view that Yugo’s U.S. customers held — they saw a cheap, practical vehicle that could serve their daily needs. It was only after a few years on the American market that the Yugo began to draw vitriol, trampled under financial and supply-chain issues.
Read MoreAfter COVID-19 slapped around the supply chain, Americans have become used to shortages in most aspects of life. Airline companies are no exception, with everything from airplane parts to flight crews to air traffic controllers hard to come by. Now, the airline industry is facing a whole new shortage of a pretty essential element: jet aircraft.
Read MoreThe great Southwest Airlines Meltdown of 2022 continued Wednesday with an additional 2,500 flights canceled—62 percent of the company’s scheduled flights for the day—in what industry experts are calling the worst airline kerfuffle in decades.
Read MoreYou’d probably think that you’d have to be pretty well off to live in a passenger jet, right? Not so, as CNBC reports that one man is living his dream in an old jet he bought for $100,000 at a salvage yard.
Read MoreSouthwest Airlines canceled 2,909 flights Monday due to severe winter weather and staffing shortages. While many hope for an idyllic white Christmas every December, this year over-delivered. A massive winter storm dumped snow and plunged temperatures below freezing across the United States. Other carriers were able to weather the storm, but underlying issues at Southwest caused an operational meltdown.
Read MoreA few months ago, I made my way out to Malaga, Spain to drive the Audi RS5 Competition. International travel can always come with difficulties, but after a year in this business I know the ropes fairly well — no checked bags, no long layovers, I even had my Global Entry card ready to go. Surely, I thought, I was prepared to head from JFK to AGP and back without a single hitch.
Read MoreA Boeing 747 built for private use as a business jet is being scrapped. Despite leaving the assembly plant in Everett, Washington over a decade ago, this specific 747 had just over 50 flight hours. Life for the gigantic aircraft that have graced our skies hasn’t been easy since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020. The aviation industry was already trending towards phasing out planes like the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 before 2020, but the drastic shift in market forces has hastened this tr
Read MoreBoeing has gotten its Christmas wish, because Congress has lifted an upcoming deadline that imposed a new safety standard for modern airplane cockpit alerts on two new versions of the company’s 737 MAX jetliner. It means the two planes can be certified without further changes.
Read MoreUnited Airlines announced it has placed an order with Boeing for 100 787 Dreamliners, with options to buy another 100 planes. That’s the largest single order of widebody airliners by a U.S. carrier in the history of commercial aviation. Today’s announcement puts United’s order backlog up to 700 aircraft, all intended to be delivered over the next decade. United hopes to position itself as the number one airline in the United States and the world.
Read MoreFlight attendants kicked three passengers off of a flight at Flint Bishop International Airport Monday night, with two of them ejected for referring to a certain part of sexual anatomy, they say.
Read MoreLast week, a passenger flight from Morocco to Turkey was forced to make an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain, because a pregnant passenger had gone into labor. When the plane landed, 28 passengers rushed off the plane and attempted to flee across the airport tarmac, with half of them able to evade police. To make matters worse, the pregnant woman wasn’t actually about to give birth, according to Deutsche Welle.
Read MoreThe UK government has been underestimating lead pollution from small planes by a significant amount, and has found that over 370,000 households could be at greater risk of exposure to lead than previously believed. A study from the University of Kent says that homes within a four kilometer radius (2.5 miles) are exposed to lead levels that are 14,000 times higher than reported by the UK’s National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI), as Bloomberg reports.
Read MoreAir travel is rebounding in the wake of the global pandemic, despite airfares going up. But a looming increase in the cost of renting those planes could put the industry through a bit of turbulence. Banks and lenders around the world are raising interest rates on the companies that buy commercial passenger planes and then lease them to the major airlines, as the Financial Times reports.
Read MoreAs production ceases for the Boeing 747, the Airbus A380 is being reintroduced into service with Etihad Airways. The return of the double-decker behemoth was seen as highly unlikely with the sharp downturn in air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several international air carriers, including Etihad, parked their A380s and were unsure if the planes would ever fly again.
Read MoreThe last Boeing 747 has left the factory. For over a half-century, the distinctive humped silhouette of the world’s first widebody airliner has been an iconic symbol of both Boeing and the commercial aviation industry. From its decades of service in the fleets of several major airlines to its use (in its VC-25 variant) as Air Force One, the 747 is universally recognizable, even by those who have never flown on the partial double-deck aircraft.
Read MoreNew Zealand now has to ration jet fuel after a recent shipment into the country was found to be contaminated. The country is solely reliant on imported fuel, and Reuters reported that New Zealand isn’t scheduled to receive another shipment until December 12th. However, that fuel won’t be ready to be pumped into airliners until December 18th. Despite warnings to travelers from the country’s government, a few major airlines have already announced that they won’t be changing their operations during
Read MoreIf you’ve ever been to Graceland and thought to yourself, “Hey, those private planes they have on display look pretty neat. It sure would be great if I could own one,” we have great news. The Drive reports Mecum will be auctioning off one of Elvis Presley’s old planes in January. A plane that no one seems to want.
Read MoreWhile the car world has reluctantly happily chosen battery power as the future of movement, other areas of transportation are still considering the best ways to go emission-free. But, after the news this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking that hydrogen has been picked as the future of aviation.
Read MoreNigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet could be a risk of being seized by foreign creditors. Punch NG is reporting that the executive air transport unit currently owes service providers for airworthiness upgrades made for the aircraft. Lawmakers also haven’t allocated the unit a high enough budget to receive scheduled updates to maintain airworthiness. As a consequence, service had been postponed to prevent the aircraft from being impounded. The situation has raised questions on whether foreign entiti
Read MoreMatt Farah – noted cat enthusiast and host of The Smoking Tire – recently took delivery of a seriously bananas Porsche Boxster Spyder. Now, a Boxster Spyder is already pretty cool, being the most hardcore version of Porsche’s mid-engine drop-top that you can get, but Matt went ahead and did something most of us would never imagine: He had a shop rip out the zero-mile motor and rebuild it into a monster.
Read MoreA four-door liftback sport sedan is the ultimate type of vehicle; it doesn’t get any better than having something that’s fast, roomy, and sleek. The Porsche Panamera is the best example of this type of car, and the GTS is arguably the sweet spot of the lineup.
Read MoreThere are honestly few things I enjoy more than a long drive. That’s why my girlfriend and I decided to do a roadtrip-based vacation a little while ago. We’d start in Los Angeles and then make our way up the coast to San Francisco, and damn did we have the right car for the job. Meet the 2022 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Platinum Edition. It really could be the best long-distance cruiser and daily-driver on sale today.
Read MoreAt the start of 2022, we here at Jalopnik asked you for your automotive predictions for the year. We wanted to know what you thought would take place this year in the wonderful world of four-wheeled vehicles, and plenty of you delivered with hot takes, low-hanging fruit, or shockingly astute predictions.
Read MoreAh, the holidays! It’s the perfect time of year to learn who actually knows you and your tastes. So, whether it turns out that your loved ones perfectly understand your interests or that they quite literally have no idea what the word “car” means, we want to see all the automotive swag you picked up over the holiday season.
Read MoreThat big, light-up sphere in Times Square is just days from dropping, rolling a new digit onto our annual odometer and making it impossible to correctly write dates for at least two months. But that inconvenience comes with a benefit: 2023 brings us a whole new slew of cars to import.
Read MoreAh, the holiday season. Sure, we all complain about the crass commercialism of it all, but there’s still something nice about giving and receiving gifts — particularly, those that show someone really pays attention to the things you love. Say, for example, cars. Last week, we asked you for the best automotive gifts you’ve ever received, and today we’re combing through your answers to pick out the best.
Read MoreWe’ve all been there: Staring at drivers doing idiotic things in cramped, busy parking lots that have left us wondering “What hole did you crawl out of and how can I speed your return?”
Read MoreAh, winter. The crisp smell of snow, the soft beauty of snow, and the horrible driving disasters of — you guessed it — snow. I, for one, am a strong proponent of heading out in adverse conditions for fun and skids, but I recognize that some people actually have to get somewhere — somewhere that may be buried under layers of slush and ice. So, yesterday, we asked for your worst stories of traveling through wintry conditions, and you gave us a whole bunch of stories. Stories so good, in fact, that
Read MoreFolks, if the songs are to be believed, we’re coming up on the most wonderful time of the year. But in between all the parties for hosting and marshmallows for toasting, there’s a crucial aspect to the holiday season that’s often lyrically underrepresented: Gift giving.
Read More2022, what a year. It’s had ups, like the moment Marcus Ericsson won the Indy 500, and it had downs, like the never-ending shenanigans at Elon Musk’s flip book full of companies.
Read MoreRight now, millions of Americans are staring down the full force of winter. Snow is expected in much of the country, and every state will get sub-freezing temperatures for Christmas. With winter weather hitting hard just as people begin their holiday travel, it’s time to ask: What’s your worst snow travel story?
Read MoreWe’ve just about made it through another year. With 2023 just days away, now is the time to look back on 2022 with some rose tinted glasses. It’s actually serendipitous that this is my last answer of the day for 2022, because it’s also the one year anniversary of me joining Jalopnik.
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but 2022 has been a bit of a mixed bag. Sure, there were highlights like lapping the New York Formula E track in a Porsche Taycan, but then there were also some less glamorous moments – like seeing myself in the helmet I’d have to wear to lap the New York Formula E track in a Porsche Taycan.
Read MoreDespite the world pivoting to electric vehicles that don’t have any need for gearboxes, there’s a lot to be said for being able to drive a car that does come with a stick in the center. But if you’re looking to master the art of the manual, where should you start?
Read More2022 has been quite a year, hasn’t it? Just about every week something new and wild happens that can make us lose sight of what really matters: cars. I’m mostly joking, but as we are a car website, we should probably talk about those. This is what leads us to today’s question.
Read MoreOn the whole, 2022 has been a pretty mixed year. Sure, we got a new Taylor Swift album and some cool cars launched, like the Hyundai Ioniq 5. But, we all also became increasingly aware that the world was on fire with people using personal jets like a daily driver.
Read MoreOnce you’ve mastered the art of accelerating, turning, and stopping, you’ve got the basics of driving nailed down. Then, if you want to feel more connected to the car and the journey, learning to drive a manual is a great way to go. But, if you’re keen to give driving stick a try, what car should you start with?
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a good project car? Even a bad car, in the right situation, can become an excellent project. But now there’s a whole new year around the corner, giving you the chance to plan for next spring’s projects. Yesterday, we asked what you’ve got on the docket, and today we’re looking through your answers. Let’s see what you said.
Read MoreSo far, 2022 has been alright in terms of car releases. We got to see the Ford F-150 Lightning out on the road, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 finally hit the streets, and the all-new Range Rover brought new meaning to the word luxury. But there are still a lot of new cars to look forward to, so what are you excited to see in 2023?
Read More2022 has been a long year, full of all sorts of ups and downs in the automotive world. Car prices have dropped from chip-shortage highs, but gas prices have risen to fill the gap. Cars have been born, died, and somehow turned out to not be dead after all. But most importantly, we all did some driving. Yesterday, we asked for the best cars you drove this year, and your responses ranged from rarities to rentals. Let’s take a look at what you said.
Read MoreWe’re on the precipice of a new year here, preparing to finally leave the highs and lows of 2022 in our collective rear-view mirrors. Ahead lie the greener pastures of 2023, a year that must be better because it’s a bigger number, and bigger is always better, especially when it comes to horsepower or curb weight, right? Things are looking up, people.
Read MoreDriving a good car is always the ideal. No one wants to get stuck behind the wheel of some shitpile that makes you want to drive into a tree, but that’s the case more often than not. It’s that thinking that led us to yesterday’s question.
Read MoreHere at Jalopnik, we drive the cars. Fast cars, slow cars, big cars and small cars, and quite a number of them are very good cars. But at the end of the year, as the holidays inch ever closer, we start to wonder: What’s the best car the year has given us?
Read MoreIf you were in charge of the product roadmap for one of the world’s automakers over the next 12 months, what would you do? Would you go all in on EVs? Pivot to hydrogen power? Or just give the V8 a rapturous sendoff by recreating some steel-stamped icon?
Read MoreAs automotive enthusiasts, we dream about driving some of the best cars in the world, but the reality is not always that kind. We have all probably driven our fair share of terrible vehicles in our time as gearheads, and that’s what leads us to today’s question.
Read MoreWe talk a lot about how awful car dealers can be, with sky-high markups and add-on fees, on top of all the unpleasantness that comes with leaving the house. But, every now and then, we like to look on the brighter side of life.
Read MoreFashion, trends, and styles are all cyclical. What’s cool now was uncool 10 years ago and was probably on-trend 10 years before that. And if that’s true for musical styles and fashion choices, surely it’s the case for cars as well? So does that mean some long-dead models from 10, 20, or even 30 years ago could be ripe for reprisal?
Read MoreWe talk a lot of shit about dealers in these parts, because they make it easy, because their incentives are all wrong, because state franchise laws, because capitalism, because life. But I’m trying to be more optimistic these days. What’s your best experience at a dealer? Not that time they ripped you off.
Read MoreAh, the eight-cylinder engine. Beloved by muscle car fans, pickup truck owners, and the entire “no replacement for displacement” crowd. It’s a design that’s persevered from the early days of motor vehicles to today’s fastest and finest — but which eight-cylinder is the best? That’s the question we posed to you all yesterday, and today we’re looking through your answers for the top picks. Here’s what you came up with.
Read MoreWrenching on a car can be an absolute blast. You get some friends together, throw on some good tunes, and get to work fixing or modifying a motor vehicle. But at the end of your day spent in the Fast and Furious world, it’s nice when a project is actually done — when you have a working, driving car to show off alongside the empty Corona bottles.
Read MoreSome cars never get a fair shake. They’re unloved and forgotten long before they deserve to be. However, that isn’t the case for all cars. That’s what brought us to yesterday’s question. We wanted to know what cars you all thought deserved worse.
Read MoreAs red-blooded, cow-eating Americans, we on the Jalopnik staff are legally obligated to enjoy eight-cylinder engines. It’s part of your United States citizenship, and any indication that you don’t love God’s Perfect Number Of Cylinders can be cited as grounds for extradition to one of those godless commie four-cylinder countries in Europe. We’ve asked Owen, a refugee from the lands of small displacement, and he’s confirmed it’s not a place for Americans.
Read MoreThere are some great cars out there right now. Things like the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the Porsche Cayman GT4 RS, and even the Toyota GR Corolla are all fantastic and deserve their rule of the roost. But not everything can be this great, so we thought it might be time to start sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Read MoreSome cars never get their due. They’ve overlooked, underappreciated, and generally never get the response or acclaim that they so truly deserve. Other cars, however, have the opposite problem — they get far more praise and appreciation than they’ve ever earned.
Read MoreWhat car your parents drive can have a big influence on your early experiences as both a passenger and a driver. If it’s something cool, you might be hooked on cars for life. But if it’s something bad, it may take a while for you to recover.
Read MoreAs sure as the seasons change, cars come and go. The Lincoln Continental has been and gone, the Rolls Royce Wraith is no more, and even machines like Dodge’s Hemi-powered muscle cars, which might have seemed like an eternal force that would be here forever, are on the way out. As we approach the end of another year, are there any cars out there that you’d like to add to the extinct cars register?
Read MoreNo one loves taking their car to the shop. It means something’s broken, and it means you’re likely to spend a whole bunch of money getting it fixed. If you’re lucky, you may only be out a couple hundred bucks by the time a shop puts your keys back into your hand. Choose the wrong mechanic, however, and you could be looking at a whole lot more.
Read MoreI’m sure that the first car most of us remember riding in was probably owned by our parents. In fact, the first car most of us sat behind the wheel of to get our first taste of driving was also, probably, owned by mom or dad. So the choice of car for your parents was a pretty important one. But did yours ever own a stinker?
Read MoreThe Dakar Rally is reshaping how the legendary cross-country event is contested to keep navigation as a crucial aspect of the competition. It’s been 15 years since the traditional route across the Sahara from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal has been used. Though, the Dakar is just as treacherous in its current host country, Saudi Arabia. Organizers have actively preserved the challenge of getting from point A to point B across an inhospitable terrain as a core element of the Dakar Rally.
Read MoreThe NTT IndyCar Series and chassis manufacturer Dallara are introducing new, more flexible steering arms in the front suspension for 2023. If you have watched an oval race in IndyCar, you have probably seen a car push wide on corner exit. This often leads to the outside front wheel brushing the wall. While it might seem like a near-miss, the driver pulls into pit road, parks in their box and disappointedly climbs out of the cockpit. Their day is done because a steering arm got bent from the con
Read MoreIf you really want to cause a commotion in the Formula 1 world, start asking fans to rank their greatest drivers. In mere moments, you’ll watch chaos descend as debate rages between the relative merits of Juan Manuel Fangio when compared to Michael Schumacher. This holiday season, I thought I’d craft my own ranking of the 15 greatest F1 drivers — but ranked specifically on the quality of their facial hair.
Read MoreThe weather outside is frightful. But the ice is so delightful. This time of year, many are getting ready to head home and visit family. Near the Porsche family home in Austria, preparations are being made for the annual ice race.
Read MoreWith a successful racing career under your belt — including victories at Le Mans and Daytona — you have a unique resumé to guide you into the next steps of your career. For Kevin Buckler of Adobe Road Winery, that has meant making the most of California’s bustling wine scene to craft a four-bottle set of red blends designed for the motorsport fan. Yes, I’ve drank my way through the Racing Series, and yes, I’m here to share just what I thought.
Read MoreHow angry have you ever gotten playing a sport with nothing on the line? Would you furiously swear at an opponent in front of their child? Would you threaten to kill an official while pointing a weapon at them? A club racer in the United Kingdom did exactly that and got banned for life from racing in Britain, Europe and the rest of the world.
Read MoreSince its first race in 2014, all-electric open-wheel series Formula E has weathered the ups and downs of a burgeoning sport. During that inaugural season, few legitimate automakers were ready to commit to the sport; the entrance of big-name marques like Audi, Mercedes, and BMW just a few seasons later signaled a trend in the right direction. Then, those three automakers left — and the longevity and viability of the sport was called into question. For the sport’s CEO, Jamie Reigle, that departur
Read MoreFormula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix has been pretty much guaranteed to be an ultra-affluent affair since it was first rumored, but there are still questions as to just what some of the absurd ticket prices actually get you; generally, you have to make a serious inquiry in order to actually learn more. Wynn Las Vegas, though, is pretty damn clear about just what its $1 million ticket package will get you.
Read MoreNobody — not the fans, drivers, teams or anyone involved with Formula 1 — wants to see a repeat of the events of the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix, or even this year’s race-shortened Suzuka race. It’s for this reason that the FIA will be instituting wheel arches for especially wet races at some point in the future. That could come possibly as soon as the second half of 2023, though we might have to wait until 2024 before we see the proposed solution in practice.
Read MoreMercedes has announced that Mick Schumacher will be joining its F1 team for the 2023 season as its reserve driver. Haas F1 Team let go of the son of the seven-time F1 champion at the end of this season. Schumacher had tumultuous two seasons with the American team, with the working relationship between the team and driver completely collapsing during the second half of 2022.
Read MoreFord looks to be interested in joining Formula One in a partnership with the reigning champions Red Bull Racing. The Detroit automaker was most famously involved in Grand Prix racing through its funding and support of the Cosworth DFV engine, the most successful engine in racing history, during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It was last involved in F1 with the Jaguar F1 team in the early 2000s, which the automaker then sold to Red Bull in 2005.
Read MoreSauber has announced that McLaren’s outgoing F1 team boss Andreas Seidl will be the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. Seidl is partly filling the vacancy left by Frederic Vasseur’s departure for Scuderia Ferrari. Vasseur has been both Sauber’s CEO and team principal for the past six seasons. However, Seidl will not be Sauber’s team principal. The first significant decision of Seidl’s tenure at Sauber will be the appointment of a new team principal.
Read MoreScuderia Ferrari has announced that Frederic Vasseur will be its new Team Principal and General Manager. The positions became vacant after Mattia Binotto resigned at the end of November. Binotto’s resignation followed a Formula 1 season where Ferrari won two of the opening three races. The iconic Italian team was positioned to mount a serious championship challenge. However, numerous strategic blunders and a relative lack of car development progress allowed Red Bull Racing to have one of the mos
Read MoreIt all started with a phone call. Former race car driver, and current driving coach and mentor, Lyn St. James called up Victoria Thomas, co-owner of KellyMoss Road and Race, to ask her what program would be best for an up-and-coming woman driver. In the last 10 years there has been a noticeable increase in young women yearning to race in the bigger series, but finding it difficult to get there. Thomas, one of the few female team owners in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America paddock — or in rac
Read MoreThe introduction of new sports prototype categories has enticed several manufacturers, including Lamborghini, to build new cars in an attempt to win some of the sport’s most prestigious races. The revitalization of sports prototype racing has in turn created a demand for high-level drivers to race these cars. Lamborghini has enlisted the services of Romain Grosjean, IndyCar star and ten-season F1 veteran.
Read MoreFormula 1 has revealed which rounds will comprise its doubled slate of sprint races during the 2023 season. Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Qatar, Austin, and Brazil will host the Saturday sprints next year. Formula 1 claims that the selection of the sprint venues came after researching which circuits would be best suited for the format. Of the six circuits selected, Interlagos in Brazil has held sprint races in both seasons of the format’s existence. The Red Bull Ring in Austria is the only other
Read MoreIf someone happened to tell you that a single thread connects Kanye West’s recent antisemitic public breakdown, UFO sex cults, and motorsport journalism, you’d think it was the setup for a bad joke. It’s not. Welcome to the wild world of Raëlism, a religion based on the belief that aliens created humanity in order to satisfy their sexual urges, whose controversial symbol — a swastika embedded in a Star of David — just got Ye banned from Twitter.
Read MoreThere hasn’t been a Chinese Grand Prix since 2019, and 2023 was set to mark the event’s big return to the Formula 1 calendar after multiple postponements due to the pandemic. On Friday, the FIA announced that the race once again won’t go on next year, as China wrangles with how to navigate its latest COVID-19 outbreaks.
Read MoreJamie Chadwick has been racing’s most obvious success story when it comes to women in motorsport, and after securing every single W Series Championship in the sport’s existence, she’s moving on to a new challenge. She’ll be the first woman to compete in Indy NXT — formerly known as Indy Lights, the junior open-wheel category just below IndyCar — in a whopping 13 years when she hits the grid with Andretti Autosport in 2023.
Read MoreActive aerodynamics is a technical development that F1 has flirted with over the past decade. Driver-adjustable front wing flaps were introduced in 2009. The controversial Drag Reduction System (DRS) replaced the adjustable flaps in 2011. Rear-wing DRS was implemented in a way to make overtaking easier. Now, Formula 1 is considering a replacement for DRS as a method of handicapping car performance, starting with the championship’s next ruleset in 2026.
Read MoreThe Continental GT is Bentley’s ultimate grand tourer, and the Speed is the ultimate Continental GT. It’ll hit 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and top out at 205 mph. But this car’s impressive specs don’t tell the whole story. With a Bentley, it’s all about how good it makes you feel.
Read MoreGenesis seems to have finally found its footing with its lineup of luxury sedans and crossovers. But the brand is still trying to appeal to new customers. After spending a week with Genesis’ midsize sedan offering, the G80 Sport, I can say with confidence that more buyers should be looking to the South Korean automaker. This thing is really, really good.
Read MorePlug-in hybrids are a great compromise for people that still want the convenience of a gas car but want to experience the benefits of electrification. Most PHEVs have enough electric driving range to cover commutes and around-town needs while the gas engine alleviates any range anxiety. After years of making excellent hybrids, Lexus is finally getting in the plug-in hybrid game with the NX450h+. It combines the luxury and functionality of the second-generation NX with usable electric power. But
Read MoreThis job is a fascinating one. Every so often, an automaker will toss you the keys to a brand-new car (or even fly you out to a testing locale) just for your experience, so that you can develop thoughts about the model to post online. Over the past two months, we’ve certainly developed some thoughts — and boy have we posted them. You’ve seen Part One, but now it’s time for Part Two of every car Jalopnik reviewed in 2022. Let’s dive in.
Read MoreOne of the perks of being in this business is being able to borrow and drive all kinds of cars. From lowly compact cars to six-figure marvels of engineering, it’s fantastic. We drove some great cars this year. Here’s the first part of a list of every car we drove and reviewed this year.
Read MoreAs electric vehicles continue to make their way deeper into the automotive landscape, it’s easy to forget about hybrids. They’re sort of like the middle child of the car world – stuck somewhere between the internal combustion past and EV future. Well, the fifth-generation Toyota Prius wants you to know that hybrids are still here, still relevant, and better than ever. The 2023 Prius comes with a new look, a lot more power, a premium feel, and sportier driving characteristics. It’s also the most
Read MoreSometimes when an automaker introduces a new vehicle, the word “new” does some seriously heavy lifting. In spite of its recognizable exterior, the McLaren Artura is about as fresh as a car can be. I’d wager the dichotomy of the familiar styling and all the advancement it conceals isn’t coincidental.
Read MoreCars like the Lexus IS500 are a dying breed, and it’s likely the last time you’ll see something like this from Lexus. Hybrids and EVs are the priority moving forward. That’s just how it is. But for those of us who still want an old-school sedan with big V8 thrills, the IS500 is something special. It’s analog in the best way. And you owe it to yourself to go drive one.
Read MoreA lot of people considering e-bikes are doing so to either make getting into the outdoors easier, or they’re looking for a way to cut the number of car journeys they make each week. Both of those become a lot simpler with the RadRunner 2 thanks to grippy tires, a comfy seat and oodles of cargo-carrying capacity.
Read MoreBefore I can see the camouflaged car come around the corner at Honda’s Tochigi proving grounds, I can hear it. Reverberating off the walls is the distinct sound of a turbocharged four-cylinder, but one with way more personality than anything else Honda offers. It’s louder and rowdier, with pops and bangs that rival Hyundai’s antisocial N cars. This wonderful sound is coming from a near-production prototype of the 2024 Acura Integra Type S, a very hot version of Acura’s new sport compact that’s h
Read MoreWith the long New Year’s weekend ahead of us and Christmas behind, there’s still time to kick back and watch a movie, or two or three. Make one of those Moon, which feels timely now that scientists have had a breakthrough in fusion energy. It’s got moon mining, a gnarly lunar rover and Sam Rockwell. Need I say more?
Read MoreAn aurora borealis is one of the most beautiful natural phenomena on the planet. The dancing waves of colorful light are also a reminder of our place in the universe. Auroras are caused by a stream of charged particles from the Sun, solar winds, hitting the Earth’s magnetosphere and then precipitating in the upper atmosphere. It’s literally raining light from the Sun. A space hurricane, on the other hand, is the Sun deciding that we need a sick eight-hour-long light show visible from the Intern
Read MoreA tiny meteor could be to blame for the coolant leak from the Soyuz MS-22, which forced cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station to cancel a spacewalk just as they were in the process of depressurizing the airlock. The Russian spacecraft is currently still docked to the Rassvet module on the ISS.
Read MoreSpace is pretty damn cool. It’s full of planets, stars, weird gaseous formations and probably some funky looking life forms that we may never be able to prove exist. But one thing we can be sure of is that there’s a ton of junk in space.
Read MoreSpaceX has announced the full crew of the dearMoon mission, which will go to the moon and retun to Earth aboard the first lunar launch of the Starship. The ten crew members will be led by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, and the group includes DJ Steve Aoki and K-pop star TOP among the artists and celebrities chosen by Maezawa to go on the Starship’s maiden voyage.
Read MoreA former SpaceX engineer has submitted a complaint of age discrimination against the spacecraft company owned by Elon Musk. The 62-year old former employee, John Johnson, alleges that upper management from both SpaceX and Starlink gradually diminished his job responsibilities and quietly handed his role piecemeal to engineers who were decades younger than him, and less experienced, too, as Bloomberg reports.
Read MoreRolls-Royce is one of those brands that instantly conjures an image of wealth and excess, of incredible exclusivity and opulence. The state of the world today makes the idea of spending half a million dollars on a luxury car a bit challenging, but that’s hardly a worry for someone who can afford a Rolls-Royce. So instead of trying to determine whether or not a 2022 Black Badge Ghost is “worth it” in the traditional sense, I want to explore the way a Rolls-Royce changes people’s perception of you
Read MoreSuburban malaise is a very real thing. Spend enough time in a small town and you’ll find yourself with a dull yet somehow intense boredom. Sure, you can mow the lawn and maybe get a drink down at the local dive bar, but it gets old. Fast. My solution to the boredom? Drive a Subaru BRZ.
Read MoreCanoo, the California-based startup with the quirky yet appealing pill-shaped electric van concept, doesn’t even have vehicles on the road yet. The company may be close to death. But it’s currently preparing for a legal fight against a few of its former executives, and it sounds like it could get messy. Business Insider reports that the startup is suing some former company executives over what Canoo claims was a plan to steal company secrets and start a competing electric-vehicle company.
Read MoreTesla has been in a bit of hot water as of late, regarding its claims of “full self-driving,” on its vehicles. The truth is, Teslas do not have the capabilities of full self-driving. We even outlined guidelines of how we would refer to the company’s claims of the tech back in the spring of 2021 to relay that fact. But that hasn’t stopped Tesla drivers from using it, and the subsequent accidents and deaths where the technology has been said to be involved have gotten the attention of the industry
Read MoreIf you want to take delivery of a Tesla Model 3 or Model Y between Wednesday and December 31, the EV maker says that you’ll get a $7,500 “credit” in addition to free Supercharging for up to 10,000 miles. I’m sure this has nothing to do with Tesla trying to hit a quarterly sales target or falling demand for Teslas.
Read MoreThe Genesis G70, G80, and G90 have all already received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s top safety rating, called Top Safety Pick+, and now the Electrified G80 can say it has too, as IIHS said Tuesday that the Electrified G80 had earned good ratings in six different crashworthiness criteria, among other tests.
Read MoreThe pivot to electric cars is well and truly here and, sooner or later, most of us will be driving around in battery-powered vehicles. But while that will go a long way to cut the emissions out of our daily drives, there will still be some people clinging to the cold, dying corpse of the internal combustion engine. And that’s exactly where Porsche’s synthetic fuel plant in Chile comes in.
Read MoreAcura is putting the ZDX through its paces in the U.S. as development of the brand’s first EV moves on to road tests. The 2024 Acura ZDX and ZDX Type S are now undergoing testing in real-world conditions, and Acura claims to be paying close attention to the “SUV’s dynamics,” which is a cliché or trite way of saying that Acura hopes its first EV is fun to drive — if not look at.
Read MoreWhile the 20th century was the age of the gas engine, the 21st will be the age of the electric vehicle. Just about every automaker on the planet is pivoting to EVs. Billions are being thrown at vehicle and battery development. Billions more on the infrastructure needed to charge these vehicles. But not everyone in the industry is sold on EVs. Specifically, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda who the Wall Street Journal reports is still on the fence about going all-in on EVs.
Read MoreIt’s been a busy week at General Motors’ Cruise: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Friday it’s opening an investigation into the robotaxis over “inappropriately hard braking or [becoming] immobilized.” The announcement comes one day after the California Department of Motor Vehicles cleared Cruise to operate 24 hours a day with no restrictions on San Francisco streets.
Read MoreTesla and Consumer Reports have had a fraught relationship, to say the least, but on Wednesday CR had at least one good thing to say about Tesla, which was that the Model 3 is among the most reliable EVs, according to its surveys. One problem, however, is that EVs, as a whole don’t seem to be as reliable as their internal combustion counterparts.
Read MoreCold weather conditions are the bane of every single EV’s existence, anecdotally. Lower temperatures are well known to lower the mile range of EVs, but just by how much has remained a question for prospective EV buyers. Now that more fully-electric cars are old enough to have seen their first winter, the studies are in and they show that some EVs can handle the cold better than others.
Read More2022 has been a big year for machine learning. We all had our fun with DALL-E over the summer, and now everyone’s playing with ChatGPT and feeding their faces into Lensa. But it seems we’re not alone in wanting our computer-generated entertainment — car companies, always quick to go all-in on flash-in-the-pan trends, now want to adopt AI into their design processes.
Read MoreI’m no fan of Amazon, but I do love gadgets. That goes double for car gadgets designed for older vehicles that lack modern infotainment interfaces like Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. An owner of an older car, I should be in favor of the second-generation Amazon Echo Auto which claims to add a ton of modern functionality to my old ride, but I’m not, and that’s because the new Echo is a borderline pointless piece of future e-waste.
Read MoreLucid has been having a bit of trouble. After delivery delays and staffing issues, the company finally started to deliver customer vehicles last fall. But the company still isn’t on track to meet its production goals. Customers may be tired of waiting, and that’s freaking Lucid out, as Business Insider reports: a leaked email shows the startup is implementing an aggressive strategy to keep customers from canceling their orders.
Read MoreFord is already readying the second generation of its Mustang Mach-E EV crossover. If a report from industry data analyzer Auto Forecast Solutions turns out to be true, a new Mach-E and Mach-E coupe will come in 2026.
Read MoreThe 2022 Volkswagen ID. Buzz achieved a five-star safety rating after acing its crash tests at the European New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The fully-electric minivan is the spiritual successor to the Volkswagen Type 2, otherwise known as the VW Bus, but thanks to more than half a century of crash safety developments since the release of the original microbus, the latest EV version is far and away the safer choice.
Read MoreUber robotaxis are live in Las Vegas, marking the first time that Uber is offering app users rides in autonomous vehicles in a major U.S. city. But the ride-hailing service is not debuting a fleet of its own robotaxis, and, instead, is partnering up with Motional for a 10-year agreement that will kick off in Las Vegas, Nevada, before expanding to other major cities throughout America.
Read MoreWith the influx of electric vehicles being developed by anyone and everyone right now, we always assumed that the switch to battery power would lead to the death of the manual gearbox. But, Lexus and Toyota appear to be working on a way to replicate the experience of driving stick in future high-performance EVs.
Read MoreTesla is reportedly planning to cut production at its plant in Shanghai by 20 percent amid lower demand of the Model 3 and Model Y in China. News outlets including Reuters and Bloomberg cited people with knowledge of Tesla’s plans to scale back production, but the EV maker has officially denied the claims, calling them “untrue” and labeling them “false news” without adding further explanation.
Read MoreThe first Tesla Semi has been delivered to PepsiCo., but we still don’t know much about the fully-electric big rig. Tesla’s all-electric commercial truck remains unproven, and the company has not shared many details or specs. And yet, Elon Musk has told shareholders he expects the company to build 50,000 Tesla Semis in 2024. That volume would put Tesla ahead of every Class 8 truck manufacturer in the U.S. market except for Freightliner — meaning Tesla would have to rocket to the number-two sales
Read MoreThe all-electric Volkswagen ID.3 seems like a pretty good car, a small and sensible hatchback that isn’t sold in America because we don’t deserve nice things. If you wanted to knock it, however, you might say it looks a little boring. That’s something that’s seemingly going to be fixed for its second-generation, according to these new renders straight from Volkswagen, at least.
Read MoreTesla has finally delivered an actual real-life Semi to a customer, but there’s just one problem. And no, it isn’t the fact that it’s three years late. We still do not know shit about it. Despite the fact that CEO Elon Musk unveiled the first production Semi to PepsiCo on Thursday, he didn’t offer up any additional details on things like the truck’s price, how many Tesla would produce, how much it weighed, the Autopilot technology on board, or how much cargo it can haul.
Read MoreThe Polestar 2 got a five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Polestar announced on Thursday. It also got five-star safety ratings in individual test categories, including frontal crash, side crash, and rollover. Polestar, for one, seems very pleased with the results.
Read MoreSelf-driving is hard, as any San Francisco resident who’s shared the road with one of General Motors’ Cruise robotaxis will tell you. Cruise is undeterred, however, and intends to continue rolling out its limited service to more cities around the U.S. in 2023.
Read MoreThere’s no point arguing, electrification is the future and eventually every carmaker is going to have to make the switch. While Ferrari might be teasing its plans to electrify its cars with hybrids like the SF90, McLaren has this week gone all in on its first EV, a battery powered scooter that it says will “redefine” personal mobility.
Read MoreEvery day, it seems Elon Musk and Tesla drift further apart. Musk is continually starting or buying companies and diluting his stake in the automaker — both in terms of attention and the number of Tesla shares he owns. After Musk sold even more Tesla shares today, he reportedly owns a mere 13.4-percent stake in the company he pretends to have founded. And it’s no secret that he’s considering leaving the role of Tesla CEO entirely.
Read MoreLast night, Tesla started rolling out its Holiday Update to 2022-and-newer Model S and Model X vehicles. Among the litany of bug fixes and light shows, there’s an odd feature that seems a bit out-of-place in a motor vehicle: Steam compatibility. Yes, your Tesla can now play any game that’s compatible with a Steam Deck, but that leaves you with a new question: What should you play?
Read MoreNearly two years ago, Tesla teased the possibility of playing console-quality video games on the dashboard touchscreen of the refreshed Model S and Model X, thanks to the addition of a new AMD RDNA 2-based GPU — the same type of silicon powering the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. The company said the cars would be capable of playing CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3. Capable in terms of performance, that is. As owners quickly found, there was no way to actually download the game to the car. That’
Read MoreOver the past couple of years, Tesla has made a big deal out of its Tesla Vision initiative. The company has pulled radar sensors from its cars, starting with its “budget” Model 3 and Model Y and moving up to include the Model X and Model S just ten months ago. The thinking behind the move goes something like this: Humans operate motor vehicles perfectly fine based only on visual input, so a car should be able to drive itself the same way.
Read MoreAutomotive brand loyalty is taking a hit because of the onslaught of new electric vehicles, Tesla shares continue to dive as Chinese demand worries increase, and Toyota had a really good November that it should enjoy because another shortage is around the corner. All those stories and more are in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, December 28, 2022.
Read MoreThe floor falls out from under used Tesla prices, while the company slashes Shanghai production — and automakers as a whole consider doing the same. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, December 27, 2022.
Read MoreCarMax is trying its best to cope with an unwilling used car market, Volvo’s promising it won’t nickel-and-dime anyone over software, and success hasn’t been quite as simple as one self-driving trucking startup would like. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, December 22, 2022.
Read MoreTesla is reportedly about to implement a hiring freeze on top of upcoming layoffs, Wells Fargo will pay billions in fines for mistreating customers and causing some to lose their cars, and Elon Musk is pissed at one unhappy Tesla investor because he called the CEO out on Twitter. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Read MoreThe initial months of 2023 could be the best time to get that electric vehicle of your dreams, Hertz is in hot water for purportedly flaking on recalls, and Tesla draws ever closer to its Mexican plant. All that and more in this Tuesday edition of The Morning Shift for December 20, 2022.
Read MoreTesla’s long-awaited electric Semi trucks may finally get their debut in 2023 when Pepsi begins rolling its fleet out across the U.S., a new report found that electric cars cost “almost” the same as their gas-powered counterparts, and NASA scraps a mission to track climate change. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday, December 19, 2022.
Read MoreTesla is ramping up Texan production while eyeing a factory in Mexico, and Faraday Future has its sights set on March deliveries. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, December 16, 2022.
Read MoreBYD is introducing another marque as Chinese vehicle exports grow, California is pumping billions into charging infrastructure, and Ford and CATL may build a battery plant in Michigan. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, December 15, 2022.
Read MoreTesla investors are left wondering who’s really running the electric vehicle maker as the stock continues to fall, Ford is adding another crew to a Michigan plant to bolster EV pickup truck output, and Tesla is falling well short of Musk’s end-of-year sales projections. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, December 14, 2022.
Read MoreThe average fuel economy of vehicles in the U.S. didn’t improve at all last year, Toyota may be rethinking its electrification strategy and the fate of Stellantis’ Illinois Jeep Cherokee plant could be in EVs. All that and more in this edition of The Morning Shift for Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
Read MorePresident Joe Biden announced a $2.5 billion loan for GM and LG to build a new battery plant here in the U.S., Geely’s premium EV maker Zeekr wants to go public, and the results of the United Auto Workers’ leadership election might not be clear until January 2023. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday December 12, 2022.
Read MoreNew NAFTA just got a little better for Mexico and Canada, General Motors is doing all that it can to be “resilient” amid supply chain headaches, and an airbag maker that is not Takata is under investigation by the government. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, December 9, 2022.
Read MoreHyundai and BMW have joined a wave of overseas automakers looking to beef up their battery manufacturing here in the U.S., China’s car industry is making waves in Russia as other companies pull out, and Mercedes has opened its first EV-only dealership. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, December 8, 2022.
Read MoreGM has been encouraging dealers across the U.S. to enroll in a new plan to improve EV charging, Vietnamese automaker VinFast is considering an initial public offering in the U.S., and workers at an Ohio EV battery plant are voting to unionize. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, December 7th, 2022.
Read MoreAround two-thirds of Ford’s dealer network in the U.S. has signed up for the company’s electric-vehicle certification program, the price of batteries for electric cars is on the rise for the first time in over 10 years, and United Airlines is looking at Delta’s pilots’ contract as the template. These stories and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, December 6, 2022.
Read MoreCountries around the world are hitting Russia where it hurts: the country’s oil profits. Plus, EU officials really want European car companies to be eligible for U.S. electric-car tax credits, and the number of people using bike-sharing services across America has risen beyond pre-pandemic levels. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Monday December 5th 2022.
Read MoreToyota sees blue skies ahead, Carvana’s third-party sales are looking dicey, and GM wants in on that sweet sweet subscription revenue. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, December 2, 2022.
Read MoreTesla is bringing its China-built cars up to par with their American counterparts, BMW has a new battery that could change the EV game, and Volkswagen may set up a battery shop in North America. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, December 1, 2022.
Read MoreLike most automakers today, Toyota’s crossover and SUV lineup splits the pie pretty narrowly. Excluding the battery-electric BZ4X and distinctions between hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, the brand currently offers seven: the C-HR, Corolla Cross, RAV4, Highlander, Venza, 4Runner and Sequoia. There’s certainly some overlap there in terms of size and capability. But the company isn’t satisfied, as it’ll make room for one more SUV next year — the three-row Grand Highlander.
Read MoreA train derailed in Collegedale, Tennessee, after it struck a flatbed trailer hauling a 134-foot concrete bridge beam on Tuesday.
Read MoreThis time of year, driving through snow and over ice is nearly inevitable for most drivers in the United States. According to the Federal Highway Administration, 70 percent of the country’s roads are in areas that receive more than five inches of snowfall each year. Almost 70 percent of the U.S. population lives in the same area.
Read MoreAn estimated four million fans shut down roads and highways in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Tuesday during a massive celebration of the country’s World Cup victory. The celebration parade was cut short as millions descended upon the bus carrying Argentina’s national team and its captain, Lionel Messi, according to the Associated Press.
Read MoreThe Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh is set to reopen this week, just 11 months after its collapse. In late January of this year, the road deck plunged 100 feet into the ravine below, injuring ten people. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. Coincidentally, President Joe Biden was in Pittsburgh at the time of the catastrophic failure to promote the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Read MoreA large section of Interstate 90 was briefly closed last week due to a winter storm that dumped heavy snow across South Dakota and buried homes and businesses. The South Dakota Highway Patrol warned that the interstate would be closed for a couple of days, and even handed out citations to motorists and to commercial truck drivers who didn’t heed the warnings.
Read MoreDuring the height of the pandemic, cities across the country experimented with free public transit. While many of those were merely temporary experiments, one city is going to make one facet of its public transit free. The Associated Press reports that Washington, DC, will introduce free bus rides starting in the summer.
Read MoreSince 2007, American bicycle builder Rad Power Bikes has been creating affordable electric bikes with the aim of encouraging people to leave their car at home. Now, the Rad is launching a new electric trike that the company hopes can attract people out of their trucks and SUVs and into the open air.
Read MoreFrench officials are on track to make drastic changes in an effort to cut the country’s carbon emissions, especially with the country’s well-developed rail infrastructure. After first considering it in 2021, France has announced that domestic flights that can be reached by train in 2.5 hours or less will be banned in the country.
Read MoreNew York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has proposed a 5.5 percent fare hike next year. This increase would push subway and bus fares to $2.90 in 2023 and $3.05 in 2025. However, the fare prices haven’t been raised since 2019 in an effort to keep the city’s public transportation network universally affordable in the face of the pandemic and resultant economic upheaval. The fare’s recent stability had even broken the pizza principle, the local economic rule-of-thumb that subway fare
Read MoreEarlier this year, I got the chance to get behind the wheel Rivian’s two big, fast trucks. The R1S and R1T are the fastest-accelerating vehicles I’ve ever driven, with enough power and grip to fuse your spine and ribcage to those comfy leather seats. But now, I hear you’re all out there flooring these things in reverse for shits and giggles. So I come to you, on my knees, with a humble request: Please stop this.
Read MoreJust over a year ago, the Biden White House issued a sweeping order regarding vehicle emissions. In working towards the administration’s emissions-lowering goals, the order mandated that government vehicle fleets begin transitioning to EVs — including the organization with the best paint scheme in the whole government. That’s right, the U.S. Forest Service is going electric, starting with a small test fleet of Ford F-150 Lightnings.
Read MoreI just spent a week driving the GMC Hummer EV, a ridiculously quick and astoundingly huge vehicle that’s nerve-wracking to pilot on the cramped and crowded streets of NYC. The new electric Hummer is genuinely impressive, and I’ll have more to say on it in a future article, but for now I want to talk about something I found buried deep in a sub-menu on the dashboard touchscreen: An icon that shows a Hummer EV driving over a Tesla Cybertruck, labeled VPRWR. Vaporware, get it? Very cheeky, GMC.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz is getting in on the overlanding craze with the debut of the fully-electric Concept EQT Marco Polo1. The M-B camper van concept may not boast impressive off-road skills, but it is unique in its own right as one of the few EV camper vans we’ve seen. And, as if that wasn’t reason enough to cheer on the EQT Marco Polo1, the Mercedes-Benz EV is also making a point of its small size.
Read MoreLand Cruiser fans rejoice! Well, not yet. But you can still kind of rejoice. The iconic off-roader could be coming back to the U.S. At least according to one Toyota exec Motor Trend spoke with recently.
Read MoreOwning a Porsche – new or old – is expensive. Parts are expensive. Shop labor is expensive. Now that I’m the owner of a new-to-me, cheap-ish 911, I’m determined to keep costs down without sacrificing the quality of parts on my car. This means doing some wrenching myself, and my results thus far have been mixed but mostly good.
Read MoreThe first-generation Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S/Toyota 86 was one of the most beloved sport coupes in recent history. It was cheap, good-looking, and most importantly offered a stick-shift and rear-wheel-drive. In fact, it seemed like the only issue with the car was its much-maligned engine — something Subaru and Toyota seem to have addressed in the current (second) generation.
Read MoreIt’s been a challenging year for the former world’s richest man and Tesla (and SpaceX and Twitter) CEO Elon Musk (please, hold your tiny violins until the end of the slideshow) and trying to sum up every misstep, scandal and investigation might seem like a Herculean task.
Read MoreAs automakers continue to build out their electric lineups, the list of EVs that we’ve reviewed grows with it. Some, such as the 2023 Toyota bZ4X, were only OK, but why dwell on the negative? There really are some great EVs out there, and these were the best ones we drove this year. Weirdly, we didn’t review any notable ones until the summer, but hey, sometimes things just happen like that. Maybe that’ll change next year.
Read MoreFormula 1 tends to be more about the journey than the destination, and the 2022 season wasn’t any different. There were highs and low throughout the year, but no one could stop Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen.
Read MoreNothing has dominated the headlines this year quite like Carvana. The online car dealer’s massive fortunes quickly faltered in 2022 as it struggled to sell cars, disappointed buyers and even had its license suspended in two U.S. states. We rounded up all our stories about the cursed car dealer in one handy place.
Read MoreHere at Jalopnik, we go far beyond covering cars, trucks and SUVs. Every once in a while we get to dabble in other topics of transportation. One of my favorites: Ships. Whether we’re gawking at their absurd size, judging the fact they won’t bring your ex-wife back, or watching dozens of people get into a fight on a cruise, there was no shortage of boat news this year.
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