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Audi (1)

  • The 2023 Audi S6 Is A Subtle Cruise Missile You Might Have Forgotten Still Exists

    Performance sedans, for the most part, are an endangered species. I’m not talking about approachable sporty players like the BMW 3 Series or Genesis G70; I’m talking dedicated performance cars, stuff you find with AMG, V-Series or M badges. Don’t get me wrong, we love that they exist, but most people aren’t enthusiasts, and the sales of these things are getting harder to justify, especially mid-range models that aren’t aimed at the most hardcore buyers. That’s why we’re here, to enjoy these cars

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

Beyond Cars (6)

  • Alleged Horse-And-Buggy Thief In Way More Trouble Than If She Had Just Stolen A Car

    A Michigan woman allegedly stole a horse and buggy from an Amish couple while they shopped at a Walmart last weekend. The appeal of the crime is obvious — no USB cables to mess with, no sensors to fool, just hop in and go. Yet, if you’re looking to follow in this woman’s footsteps, a word of caution: The penalties for stealing a horse and buggy are much, much worse than just stealing a car.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Crystal Chunks Are Bursting Through The Road In China

    A video of what looks like quartz breaking through the surface of a roadway is making the rounds on TikTok. I don’t get over there much, being suspicious of the Chinese social media platform over concerns of it spying on its users, as the Financial Times reports. OK, fine. Actually, I just don’t get the humor on there because I’m old. As it turns out, TikTok’s native country may be the origin of the ripped up, pock-marked road, and the shoddy construction that’s plagued China could be to blame.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • This Race From The Top Of Alaska To The Bottom Of Florida Using Public Transportation Is My New Favorite Game Show

    If you were trying to get from the northernmost point in the U.S. — Utqiagvik, Alaska — to the southernmost point in the U.S. — Key West, Florida — how would you do it? Chances are you’d hop the next flight to Anchorage and then it’s a hop, skip, and jump through Denver, Houston, and Orlando to get to Key West International Airport. A quick $1500 and nineteen-ish hours later, you’ve made it. But what if you turned travel into a game show, split into teams of two, and had to earn your transportat

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Scalpers Have Come For The Honda Motocompacto

    Honda’s classic Motocompo is beloved by car journalists, JDM enthusiasts, and anyone else with an affinity for weird transportation. When its successor, the Motocompacto, was released, we all rejoiced — finally, a tiny little fold-up scooter for the modern era. Plenty of us Jalops even considered getting one for ourselves.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • America's Lost Highways Are Beautiful Monuments To Our Garbage Infrastructure

    It’s hard to overestimate just what a game changer the 1957 Interstate Highway Act was to building America. It’s an incredibly impressive feat of engineering and construction. But even before those slick new ways of driving, America was still the home of the road trip, via a ramshackle method of highways, turnpikes and bypasses.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

Boatlopnik (1)

  • High Housing Costs Are Driving Floridians To Live On Derelict Boats

    In southern Florida, police are cracking down on a new environmental hazard: Derelict boats, left floating just offshore, that can leak pollutants into the local waterways. Yet, the focus of the effort doesn’t seem to be the boats themselves — instead, cops are more concerned about the unhoused people living aboard.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

Buying (22)

  • CarMax Won't Give You MSRP For Your Cybertruck

    There is a long history of YouTubers chasing clout by taking their expensive cars to CarMax and getting lowball offers from the dealership chain. In a recent video from the guy you might recognize as the dude who sold his Tesla Model S because the tires were bald, he takes a brand new Foundation Series Cybertruck in for an appraisal. The vlogger in question isn’t actually going to sell the truck—it isn’t his to sell in the first place—because Tesla will allegedly fine Cybertruck resellers $50,00

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Someone Paid $2,300 Per Month In Depreciation To Drive This Bentley Bentayga

    Everyone knows that cars tend to depreciate the minute you drive them off the dealer lot, potentially losing you thousands in equity from the very first minute you own it. Cars are a bad investment, and that’s particularly true of high-end luxury cars, let’s say Mercedes-Benz or greater. If you’re buying a new Bentley Bentayga for just shy of a quarter million dollars, you can’t expect to recoup very much of that selling it off a few years later. The selling dealer claims this Glacier White behe

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • 2024 Lexus TX Plug-In Hybrid: What Do You Want To Know?

    Lexus finally has a proper family SUV in the form of the Lexus TX. The luxury brand used to sell a three-row RX L, but putting a third row in a crossover the size of an RX was a joke. The TX is a proper three-row SUV built for America by Americans — it’s assembled at Lexus’ plant in Indiana. I’m taking the plug-in hybrid version for a spin, and I want to know what you want to know.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Here's How EVs Really Sold In 2023

    There’s been a lot of narrative around EV sales and it may be hard to follow. Some are so pro EV that they’re willing to ignore the data and automakers changing strategies thats shows that EV sales have cooled off. The other side of that coin is those that don’t want EVs to succeed are celebrating this cooling off and shifting of strategies, ignoring that while sales slowed, marketshare grew.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Someone Willingly Paid $16,000 For A Maserati Ghibli On Cars & Bids. Don't Make The Same Mistake

    Let’s cut right to the chase: buying a used Maserati is not a good idea unless you have deep enough pockets for the upkeep. For those not in the know, they’re sirens. They draw you in with their premium Italian image and sweet songs of “I’m cheap! Buy me!” and then go in for the kill once someone pulls the trigger, whether by way of $400 oil changes, $1,200 brake jobs, or something much worse.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Which One Of You Suckers Is Going To Pay Over $32,000 For A 25-Year-Old Toyota 4Runner

    The Toyota 4runner (and Tacoma) have a death grip on used values. It’s been this way for years. Go ahead, go try and buy any TRD trim that’s a couple of years old; it’ll cost you as much as a new one — not that you could buy a new one at that price anyway because they’re likely marked up. One generation of 4Runner, though, has pricing in some places that borders on naked greed.

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  • These Were The Lowest-Selling Cars In 2023

    Last year was a record year for car sales. Everything kind of car, from the all electric new kids on the block and perennial favorites like pickup trucks saw gains. It wasn’t all rosy for models, though. From the look of some of the sales numbers, there are cars that look to either be on their deathbeds, or about to be.

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  • These Are The Oldest Cars You Can Still Buy New

    It may surprise you how many brand new cars are still available for sale which weren’t designed in the last decade. Some weren’t even launched this century. Manufacturers will often avoid replacing a long-running model as a means of cost savings, though some of the cars on this list remain as popular as ever, despite merely receiving facelifts and updates for many years.

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  • Don't Pay $50,000 For A Nissan Frontier, I Beg Of You

    I haven’t spotted too many unreasonable dealer markups in a while. There was that Toyota dealer marking up a 2024 Tacoma they didn’t even have yet. And I know with models like the all new Lexus GX and Toyota Land Cruiser coming soon, some doozies are on the horizon. One model I never paid much attention to getting hit with markups, however, was the Nissan Frontier. And boy, I really should have.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Ram Will Still Sell You A Brand-New, 16-Year-Old Truck

    There’s a strange automotive tradition of keeping old models around while the new generation of the same model goes on sale. Often its because the old model is still selling pretty damn good. Nissan did it with its Rogue Select; Chevy has done it a few times with Classic models. Ram is still currently doing it with the previous-gen Ram 1500.

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  • Dodge Challenger And Chevy Camaro Lose To Ford Mustang In Last Year On Sale

    The Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang rivalry is one of the oldest in the automotive world. These cars have traded blows for decades, be it on the street, on the racetrack or in yearly sales. 2023 saw the Chevy Camaro and Dodge Challenger drive off to the great dealership in the sky, and it looks like they got their asses handed to them in sales by the redesigned Mustang.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • This 3-Wheeled MV Agusta Go Kart Is The Coolest Way Your Kid Could Die

    In general, when you have a child, you want to do your level best to keep them alive. That’s a given, right? And, it should be said, you want to give them an opportunity to have fun and be a kid. This three-wheeled 125cc go kart from 1950 certainly prioritizes the latter over the former. If you buy this kart for your young kid, they’ll be around for a good time, but not a long time. I’d hazard to say it would be safer to put your five year old on an actual MV Agusta motorcycle than this go kart

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  • Mazda Miata Sales Were Up Almost 50 Percent In 2023

    We know that, for the most part, most American car buyers are pretty boring; it would be nice if most of the general public were enthusiasts like us. Every so often though, there are glimmers of hope that there are more people who enjoy buying and driving something they enjoy rather than just out of a need to get around. Rising Miata sales are one of those glimmers.

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  • Dodge Magnum SRT8 Stands The Test Of Time, Says Throttle House

    The Dodge Magnum was a badass yet short-lived full-size wagon based on the Charger, Challenger, and Chrysler 300 chassis that was sold from 2005 to 2008. As with its other three platform-mates, the Magnum was offered in SRT8 spec – the top performance trim available before the Hellcat era – and I’ve always wanted one.

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  • The Kia EV9 Is Already Being Discounted In Some Places

    Something interesting is going on, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it happen before, at least not in these past few years: a vehicle is getting discounted at dealers before it’s even officially launched. That’s what’s happening with Kia and its newest EV, the EV9. Dealers across the country have hit the EV9 with discounts — massive ones, in some cases.

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  • Some Excellent Cars From 1999 Are Finally Legal To Import

    Twenty-five years. It’s been 25 years since 1999. As an elder millennial, I just can’t fathom that kind of time passage. It feels like it was a thousand years ago, but also last week. There was something of a sea change in automotive design in the late 1990s, and that produced a few wonky shapes that have become quite dated, but they’ve aged enough to have returned to cool. Maybe. I don’t know, you’ll just have to decide for yourself.

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Advice (6)

  • I Want To Trade A Big Truck For Two Cars! What Should I Buy?

    Shane lives in Wisconson and has a Ram truck that served him well when he was fixing up his house, but he is tired of the poor MPGs and bad ride quality. He wants to sell the truck and buy two cars, a daily driver with modern features and all-weather traction, and something fun with three pedals. What cars should he buy?

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  • You Should Probably Lease A New EV Instead Of Buying One

    Despite a big push from the automakers, electric vehicles are not flying off the lots. Of course, the updated tax rules disqualifying many EVs from additional savings aren’t helping. If you’re in the market for an EV, though, there are still some deals to be scored — but you might be better off leasing it.

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  • I Hate My Subaru! What Car Should I Buy?

    Rob has had a pretty good track record with Subarus, but he can’t stand his 2017 Forester. He has a $40,000 budget to replace it with something more unique, but something that can still handle Michigan winters. What car should he buy?

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Culture (63)

  • These Are The Greatest YouTube Car Reviews Of All Time

    There are hundreds of thousands of videos on YouTube specifically aimed at car enthusiasts dating back to the start of the platform. Maybe a hundred of them rise to the level of truly great pieces of art. For the purposes of this exercise, we’re focusing exclusively on car reviews, not build series or video essays. We narrowed it down to fifteen videos made explicitly for the platform, and they’re all pretty damn good.

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  • These Are Some Of The Weirdest Shifters And Gear Selectors In Cars

    Automakers feel the need to reinvent the wheel in order to make a splash in the market, but I don’t think anyone has ever lamented their car’s traditional gear selector for being too boring. Especially in cars with automatic transmissions, it’s important for OEMs to make things clear and simple to avoid owners accidentally brushing the wrong button or a child pulling the wrong lever and sending the car into an unintentional situation.

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  • These Are The Unbreakable Rules Of Winter Driving

    We’ve made it through January and, from what I’ve seen on the roads, almost everyone still needs a refresher in keeping calm and carrying on when the weather goes white. Now I’ll admit, I’m not the most organized individual, but after 37 long winters as a very anxious winter driver in the miserable Midwest, I can speak with some authority on how to make your winter driving experience as painless as possible.

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  • Comment Of The Day: One-Two Punch Edition

    One of the weirder things about the Tesla faithful is their... nontraditional view of what constitutes a depreciating asset. Case in point: A YouTuber who was shocked earlier this week when CarMax wouldn’t offer him over MSRP for his vinyl-wrapped Cybertruck.

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  • Comment Of The Day: Perspective Edition

    Remember the Freedom Convoys, those ragtag groups of anti-vax conspiracy theorists who protested Covid-19 vaccine mandates through the time-honored public participation method of Big Truck? Well, there’s another one, and this time it’s about the border.

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  • Breaking Down YouTuber Car Build Math

    There is something of a debate to be had as to whether YouTube has been a net positive or negative for the automotive community. So many backyard mechanics, myself included, have taken a class or two at YouTube University. There’s some evil at play here, though, as these big budget builds and massive collections of toys are driving ever more consumerism and keeping-up-with-the-Shmees overspending for clout. Many YouTubers, particularly the ones with huge followings, get a bunch of their parts a

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  • Comment Of The Day: I've Trained My Whole Life For This Edition

    Little-known fact about me: Since the age of three, I’ve been a real winter sports enthusiast. Long before Jalopnik, way back in high school, I was even a snowboard instructor up in Vermont. Every weekend of every winter was spent up at the mountain, sleeping in a grungy basement apartment on the hill and snowboarding to and from work each day. Real “living in a Front Bottoms song” energy.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • This 10,000 RPM V8-Powered Toyota Starlet Is Everything A Car Should Be

    The recipe for next-level racing coolness factor is simple. You start with a small car. Then you add in a motorcycle engine of some kind. The final step is to put a maniac behind the wheel and run flat out on a hillclimb road. It’s been proven over and over again to make what’s left of my hair stand on end. If everyone had a teeny tiny little car with a motorcycle engine in it that revs to 10,500 RPM, the world would be a much better place. That’s a fact.

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  • Comment Of The Day: Let's Ride Edition

    Last weekend, a woman allegedly stole a horse and buggy from outside a Walmart in Michigan. It turns out, legally, she would’ve been much better off stealing a car — not only would the getaway be a lot easier, but the charges against her would be far, far lower.

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  • Comment Of The Day: Compensating Edition

    Did you know that vehicles with taller front ends are more deadly to pedestrians? It’s something we all knew anecdotally, but today we saw data that proved it: When a car’s hood grows just four inches taller, that vehicle is 22% more likely to kill a pedestrian in an impact.

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  • Watch A Subaru Crosstrek Best A Tesla Cybertruck Off-Road

    The Tesla Cybertruck isn’t shaping up to be the game-changer Tesla made it out to be. From owners getting less than the advertised range to baffling features that’ll make you wonder how this thing got approved for what’s being called production, the Cybertruck sure is…something.

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  • This 'Low' Mileage Honda CR-V Listing Shows We're Reaching Peak Bring A Trailer

    Bring A Trailer took the automotive world by storm the last five years. The automotive auction site became the place to be to buy things that were rare and unique. But then things just started to get out of hand when people with more money than sense started paying stupid prices for things that weren’t that special. Like $67,000 for a Ford Excursion, or nearly $30,000 for a 2008 Subaru Forester XT that someone else modded.

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  • A YouTuber's 1,000 HP BMW M3 Was Stolen, And A Bank Might Be To Blame

    There’s no pain quite like spending years working on a project car — pouring in blood, sweat, tears, and effort — only to have it stolen. That’s what Youtuber Kies Motorsports is going through after having its BMW M3 stolen. Worse yet, a bank’s negligence might bear some of the blame in the situation.

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  • We're Driving The 2024 Lexus GX Both On And Off-Road, What Do You Want To Know?

    Now that we’re a few weeks into the new year and people have returned and recovered from their vacations, automakers are starting their onslaught of events and trips for new product reveals and drives. I’m headed off on my first trip of the year today, and it’s for one of 2024's most anticipated new products: the genuinely all-new Lexus GX.

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  • Senior Citizen Nearly Drives Off A Dirt Cliff At Construction Site In California

    An elderly man allegedly ignored roads signs leading to a construction site and found himself atop a steep dirt hill in Fresno, California. Before the driver or any construction workers were hurt, the California Highway Patrol claims they managed to intervene and get the older man to safety, lending assistance to the “disoriented senior driver,” but not before removing him from the driver’s seat of his tenth-generation Pontiac Bonneville.

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  • That Semi Truck Passing You This Winter Isn't Running Snow Tires

    If you live in some of the more northern latitudes of the Earth, you’ve likely dealt with some snow recently. If you’re unfamiliar, “snow” is that wet white stuff that falls from the sky and makes everyone around you forget how to drive — the same stuff that the erudite among us buy snow tires to handle. Yet, the best drivers of us all — truckers — seem to do without.

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  • These Are The Weirdest Car Keys Ever Produced

    We celebrate diversity here at Jalopnik, since diversity brings innovation, excitement, and titillating new flavors. Something that seems as dull as a car key can be reshaped, reinvented, and reimagined into something beautiful. This list celebrates that diversity and innovation in the widely varied world of automotive keys.

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  • I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened

    I have two automotive loves: The first is the Miata, the second is off-road racing. For a while I raced air-cooled Volkswagens in the deserts of California and Nevada and I was lucky enough to co-drive in a class 11 stock bug in the Baja 1000 a few years ago. I podiumed a few times driving my own class-1600 race car. But something always seemed missing.

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  • Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10

    MotorWeek’s Retro Reviews is some of the best car content on the internet. The long-running automotive news magazine has a treasure trove of tests after being on the air for over 40 years. Where else can you find detailed instrumented testing of long-forgotten cars like the 1995 Ford Contour or a 1991 Buick Regal Gran Sport?

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  • Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World

    Toyota closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São Paolo, Brazil, lasting over 60 years. The plant was home to a Komatsu 700-ton press that predates Toyota’s carmaking business itself. And now that the plant has closed, Toyota is bringing the press machine back home to Japan, where it will keep making spare parts and be used to train workers.

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  • I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars

    I love tiny, functional versions of already-small things. I have a cat that is roughly half the size of a normal cat, and she’s perfect. I own a 2013 Mazda2, which is like the miniature version of a normal-sized vehicle (at least here in Texas) — but beyond that, I also own a Hot Wheels version of the 2013 Mazda2, because I was entranced by how adorable my small car got when made even smaller. Now I’ve found a YouTuber who transforms tiny model cars into functional vehicles that can run on their

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  • Subaru Had It Right All Along

    When Subaru first came to the United States, it sold small funky cars that were decidedly un-American. As the company grew its own identity and became more established in the U.S., it became the first automaker to offer an all-wheel-drive passenger car in 1975. Subaru was also an early-adopter of turbocharged engines to bring more power to its line of quirky cars and wagons. Subaru was also one of the first manufacturers to produce a crossover SUV with the Forester in the late ’90s.

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  • 2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?

    At long last, we are about to get behind the wheel of the all-new 2024 Kia EV9 for the first time. Sure, we first saw the car a year ago in March of 2023, and sure, it’s already on sale, and sure it’s already getting discounts in some places, but hey — what can you do? Anyway, before we get behind the wheel of this three-row electric beast, we want to know what you want to know about it.

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  • Viral TikTok Video Shows How Complicated It Is To Jumpstart A Dead Tesla Model S

    With a traditional internal combustion car a dead battery is a simple fix, but when a Tesla Model S has a dead main battery, many challenges arise. The Model S’ door handles are power operated, so they won’t function without power and you won’t be able to get into your car to pop the hood. You’ve got to get creative with it — and one viral TikTok video is laying out just what a complicated process that is.

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  • There's A Typo On The Dash Of The Porsche 911

    Porsche could use a proofreader, according to a track-day-loving enthusiast in Texas. The carmaker has overlooked a misspelled word that allegedly exists in the driver’s display of the Porsche 911, which a Porsche Club of America (PCA) member in Houston noticed after someone asked for recommendations on new brake pads — or “break” pads, as the misspelling on the 911 display reads.

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  • Tesla's Porsche-Hauling Cybertruck Vs. Porsche 911 Drag Race Was, Shockingly, Just Another Trick

    We here at Jalopnik may not be the smartest root vegetables in the turnip fields, but when Elon Musk claimed in November of last year that the Tesla Cybertruck could beat a Porsche 911 Carrera while towing a Porsche 911 Carrera in a quarter mile, we called it like we saw it: bullshit. And now, our good friend Jason Fenske at “Engineering Explained” has a video explaining just how deep in the bovine doo-doo Musk was when he made his outrageous claims.

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  • Henry Ford's Most Famous Quote About Racing Is Flat-Out Wrong

    “Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built” is a sentence that most racing fans have heard at least once during their lives. It is usually evoked to illustrate humanity’s innate competitiveness and how racing was a natural use for automobiles. The quote is widely attributed to Henry Ford, except there is zero evidence of this. Actually, nothing about this quote is correct. The first attempt at a race featured only a single car and was a stunt to sell newspapers.

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  • We Almost Didn't Get The RWD Chrysler 300

    Love it or hate it, you can’t really deny the impact that the Chrysler 300 and the LX platform cars had on the automotive industry. The first-generation Chrysler 300 was a design icon, so bold and American it was almost shocking when it hit the market in 2005. Amazingly, though, the future legend almost didn’t make it to production.

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  • One Of The Straight Pipes Hosts Played Every N64 Racing Game Ever So You Don't Have To

    I wasn’t allowed to play video games growing up, which never really bothered me until it came to racing games – I always envied the kids who would come to school and talk about the latest automotive games they played. I still don’t play video games, but thankfully Yuri Tereshyn from the automotive YouTube channel The Straight Pipes just shared a five-hour-long video of him playing every Nintendo 64 racing game ever made. He included thorough chapters in the video description so you can easily ho

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  • YouTubers Are Searching For Missing People By Finding Cars In Water

    An amateur investigator and diver who runs a YouTube channel has helped police solve a ten-year old missing person’s case in Missouri. In December 2013, 59-year-old disabled veteran Donald Erwin disappeared after going out for cigarettes. The Vietnam vet left home in his Hyundai Elantra as he had done many times before but was never seen again, according to the New York Times. 

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  • These Are The Weirdest Car Doors To Ever Go Into Production

    As someone who exists outside of the norm, I am a fan of anything out of the ordinary – I love when risks are taken and I love when ground is broken. As the modern automotive landscape continues to homogenize into blobby crossovers with 2-liter engines and full-width light bars, I look toward the designs that dare to be different, the designs that spark curiosity and the ones that forge desirability. One way that a car can stand out is through the design of its doors. While most cars have tradit

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  • If A Ford 3.5-Liter Ecoboost Can Haul Stuff In An F-150, It'll Haul Ass In A Mustang

    Sometimes there is a subset of car culture that you’ve just missed out on somehow. That’s what happened to me and the 3.5-liter Ecoboost-swap Mustang community. I just didn’t know they existed, but it was brought to my attention today via a tweeted screenshot of a Facebook post, which naturally sent me into a research spiral YouTube hole. There are a lot more of these swapped machines out there than I otherwise might have believed, and now I desperately want one.

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  • Knowing What Different Street Names Mean Could Help You Out In A Pinch

    I recently turned 28, and I am embarrassed to admit that I use my GPS to navigate everywhere I go. I know my hometown well, but I live in Los Angeles now and I do not trust myself to navigate this big city without the help of satellites. I hardly remember a time before GPS – the days of MapQuesting directions and printing them out so I can scream at family members about missed turns are my earliest road trip memories, but I’ve thankfully never had to navigate on my own without GPS.

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  • Experience The Horrible Car Issues That Rolled Into The Shop Last Year

    Putting vegetable oil in your car’s engine is not really a good idea, but we’ve all wondered what would happen if we did. At least I have. Maybe you’ve wondered what would happen to your exhaust pipe and muffler if you slammed your car without making adjustments to the undercarriage. These are the kinds of things that mechanics and shop technicians deal with on a regular basis, and YouTube channel Just Rolled In has compiled the best of 2023's auto shop woes into a 30-minute long video for our c

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  • Watch The Giant Hammers Of Doom Cause Carnage In Real Life

    If your social media feeds are anything like ours, you’ve seen the BeamNG simulators putting cars through unbelievable challenges like jumping over broken bridges and putting braking distances to the test against massive rotating hammers. Someone took these thoroughly entertaining videos to heart and created a real life giant rotating hammer windmill thing to bring these fever dreams to life, and we’re so glad they did.

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  • These Are The Weirdest Car Windows Ever Built

    Windows are clearly a very important aspect of cars, but not all windows are created equally. All of the window designs in this slideshow bring a unique twist to the car window status quo. Contain your excitement folks– this might not be a Bugatti Chiron review, but it’s definitely the next best thing.

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  • Where Have All The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Xs Gone?

    Los Angeles is a pretty amazing place to live as a car person. I regularly see ultra-rare cars driving around or parked on the street, from homologation specials and cool high-end models to shitty old cars that were just plain flops. It helps that LA isn’t plagued with the bad weather that causes other older cars all over the country to simply rust away. But there are still those elusive cars that I never seem to see around anymore, and recently I was discussing with a friend how the Mitsubishi

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  • Chevy Still Sells Badass Retro 'Heartbeat Of America' Gear And We Need It All

    As a few of our recent posts have mentioned, many GM cars of the 1980s and ‘90s were subpar, but Chevy’s slogan at the time absolutely slapped. In that time period, Chevrolet was “The Heartbeat of America,” complete with retro scripts and designs that only could have come from the glorious ‘80s. My love for the slogan and design began after my dear friend gave me a vintage white corduroy Heartbeat of America rope hat complete with teal and red embroidery. More recently, I learned Chevy still sel

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  • Gas Prices Drop Under $3 A Gallon For Most Americans

    The price of gas is falling across America. Now that the new year is underway, the national average price for a gallon of regular gas was at $3.09 this week, according to AAA. But that average takes into account the high prices that folks in California, Hawaii and Washington are paying. Meanwhile, most people in the U.S. are now paying less than $3.00 per gallon, as Axios reports.

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  • Michigan Man Tries To Escape Police By Driving Down Boat Launch

    A 23-year old man drove straight into Lake Michigan while fleeing police on Saturday in Traverse City, Michigan. The driver went down the boat launch at Clinch Park Marina, which ended up submerging the Ford F-150 in West Grand Traverse Bay. The alleged failed getaway culminated in the arrest of two 23-year olds who had been driving the pickup truck while evading the police, according to WBPN/WGTU.

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  • If You Aren't Following This Cyberpunk Miata Build, You're Missing Out

    There are many facets to car culture that prove just what a diverse group of humans car enthusiasts can be. We don’t all have to like the same thing, and it’s that mixture of different facets of car culture that really makes all of this worth it. I love seeing cars that are unlike anything else out there, and this MX-5 certainly fits that bill. I’ve seen the car floating around on Instagram for the last year or so, and the progress being made is intense and interesting to follow. It’s an NA Miat

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  • This Is The Greatest Enthusiast Two-Car Solution, And They Have The Same Honda Engine

    If you’re forced to have two cars to do everything you could ever want to do as a car enthusiast, the current Honda Civic Type R and Ariel Atom 4R might be the best choice out there. There’s no denying that the CTR is one of our favorite cars for street or track. And equally I’m not sure I could find a single bad thing to say about the uncompromising Ariel Atom. They’re both about as close to driving perfection as you can get, and they’re both powered by that glorious K20C1 turbocharged 2-liter.

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  • This RWD-Swapped Widebody Honda Civic Is An Affront To Nature

    Hondas are front-wheel drive. That’s just a fact. You can claim that the company has built some incredible rear-wheel drive cars in the past, like the S2000 or NSX, but they’re simply the exceptions proving the rule. There was never a rear-driven Civic, and there never will be. Anyone who says anything else is fooling themselves. God is crying.

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  • No One Knows What Happened To The Mercedes-Benz Truck Trapped In Chernobyl

    No matter how well you think you know a story, there’s always more details to discover. Like trying to map out a coast line, the real devil is in the details. So when YouTube creator That Chernobyl Guy came out with a video about a red Mercedes-Benz truck at the heart of the 1986 disaster, I knew I had to share it with you.

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  • Watch The Terrifying Jeep Death Wobble Up Close

    Jeep owners know and fear the mythic Death Wobble — a shaking, jittering sensation in the front wheels that’s plagued seven-slat vehicles across time. Drivers fear it, engineers hate it, and Stellantis has had to settle suits based on the problem’s prevalence within the Jeep brand.

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  • Everyone In Italy Wanted To Win The 1953 Mille Miglia

    The 1953-running of the Mille Miglia was absolutely packed to the gills with Italian drivers and automakers, racing for the 1,000 mile title from Brescia to Roma and back. Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, OSCA, Lancia, Fiat, Moretti, and Bandini all had factory-backed racing efforts at this round, while foreign interlopers from Aston Martin, Jaguar, Gordini, Porsche, Deutsch-Bonnet, and even Chrysler tried their level best to get to the end. Over 400 cars competed in this event, and dozens failed

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  • These Are America's Saddest Attempts To Compete With Imports As Reviewed By MotorWeek

    I just got over a week-long cold and I spent a lot of that week watching old MotorWeek Retro Reviews on YouTube. I was kept thoroughly entertained by the appalling performance, quality and design of many classic American cars, and was spurred to remind everyone to be grateful that we’ve emerged from the darkness of the Malaise Era, even as we face new challenges as the world transitions to electric cars.

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  • You Can Own The World's Smallest Production Car, And It's Even Street Legal

    The Peel P50 was introduced to modern audiences when Jeremy Clarkson drove one through the BBC offices on an episode of “Top Gear,” after which it was declared the smallest production car ever made by Guinness World Records in 2010. The P50’s original production run was from 1962 to 1965 and only about 50 cars were ever built, but production was restarted after Peel co-owners went on “Dragons’ Den” and got funding to start reproducing them in 2011. This electric 2017 Peel P50 Continuation is up

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  • This 2,500 HP Audi R8 Proves The Turbos Are Bigger In Texas

    There’s something in the water in Texas. That’s the only thing that can explain it. The gearheads down there in the section of America that used to be Mexico really know how to take fast shit and make it faster shit. Audi’s second-generation R8 is already impressive with a 533 horsepower V10 and a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds, thanks to its standard all-wheel drive. But what if you wanted to more than quadruple its power output? You’d go to Texas.

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Car Design (4)

  • The Electric 2024 Porsche Macan From Every Angle

    Porsche has sold more than 800,000 units of its Macan crossover since 2015, with the little SUV consistently topping the brand’s sales charts while racking up accolades. Now the second-generation Macan is here, and it’s only going to be available with a fully electric powertrain. Simply called the 2024 Macan, Porsche promises the Macan EV will remain the sportiest choice in its segment.

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  • These Wagons Deserve More Love, Even From Car Enthusiasts

    The United States has a tumultuous relationship with station wagons; they went from being the ubiquitous family hauler, to the stodgy family car, to an act against the SUV revolution, and now currently sit as a bit of a novelty. Wagons offer drivers the space and utility of an SUV without the high center of gravity and gas guzzling ways, yet more and more drivers are flocking to crossovers that offer a happy medium with the all-important high driving position that seems to top everyone’s shoppin

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • There's A Secret Compartment In Every Porsche Carrera GT Perfect For All Of Your Smuggling Needs

    Supercars come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, from large front-engine GTs to low-slung mid-engine track specials, and they can be powered by everything from high-output turbocharged four-cylinders to monstrous W16s. But there’s one thing that nearly every supercar is aligned on: a major lack of storage space. With tiny cabins and trunks (or sometimes no trunks at all), supercar designers have to get clever with their luggage and storage solutions, and the Porsche Carrera GT’s hidden door cubb

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  • Column Shifters, Once Reserved For Large Sedans And Pickup Trucks, Are Making A Return Thanks To EVs

    If you’re old enough to remember, there was a time when column shifters were a thing. From the personal luxury coupe to your family’s station wagon all the way up to your grandparents’ luxo barge, they were almost an industry standard. Due to changing consumer tastes they fell out of favor, but now, column shifters are making a return thanks to the most unexpected of segments: electric cars.

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Chevrolet (2)

  • The 2024 Chevy Trax Didn't Have To Be This Good

    I just gave back the Chevrolet Trax I’d been borrowing for the last week. I didn’t put a ton of miles on it because it was equipped with all-season tires and it was blizzarding pretty much the whole time I had it. Plus, we’ve already reviewed the Trax at least twice, and Andy did a video about it last week.

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  • The New 2025 Chevy Equinox Is Unrelated To The 2025 Chevy Equinox EV

    Chevy’s best-selling SUV, the Equinox, is finally set to receive a redesign for 2025 that further separates it from the Equinox EV. It’s now more in line with the rest of the Chevy SUV and truck lineup, almost coming across as a mini Traverse — but in a good way. The brand’s vice president Scott Bell said, “The 2025 Equinox brings to one of our most important nameplates bodylines and proportions inspired by our brand’s truck DNA, also adopted in the upcoming Traverse.”

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Crashes and Safety (6)

  • A Pack Of Circus Animals Was Pulled Out Of A Burning Truck In Indiana

    A truck hauling circus animals caught fire along Interstate 69 in Grant County, Indiana, prompting police to close the highway amid a frenzied rescue. The Indiana State Police joined the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and few other agencies to save the circus animals aboard the burning trailer, including camels, zebras and a miniature horse. The rescue was a success and no animals were harmed in the fire; two officers were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and later released.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Driver Smashes Into An Oklahoma Highway Patrolman During A Traffic Stop

    A trooper with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol narrowly avoided injury, or worse, on January 18 after a collision during a traffic stop on Interstate 40. Trooper Jesse Gregory had pulled over the driver of a Mercury Mariner and was in the middle of conducting the routine stop when a Lexus GX 470 traveling at highway speeds veered into the shoulder and crashed directly into the Mariner.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Data Says Only 377 Fatal Car Wrecks Involved A Phone-Distracted Driver In 2021, And That Can't Be Right

    The prevalence of collisions caused by distracted driving has increased at an alarming rate, leading traffic fatalities to spike in the last few years. NHTSA says that traffic deaths reached a 16-year high of nearly 43,000 in 2021 (the most recent year detailed data is available) but less than one percent were linked to cell phone use in the car, which is almost certainly a miscount, according to the New York Times.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Watch A Fire Truck Spin Out And Slide On An Icy Road In Missouri Neighborhood

    A firefighter driving a fire truck in an Imperial, Missouri, neighborhood lost control of the vehicle due to icy roads while responding to a 911 call for a car crash that had occurred earlier that morning. The fire truck went careening down a hill, spinning a full 360 degrees and smashing into the same vehicle that had crashed in that location before finally coming to a stop, as KSDK reports.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Even If You Own A Subaru WRX, Don't Drift To Pass Semi Trucks In The Snow

    Despite growing up in Massachusetts and spending seven years in Michigan, I cannot stand winter, which is why I happily moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. I hate the cold and wind, I hate the slush, I hate having to get bundled up. But the one thing I miss is driving in the snow — specifically drifting around at every chance I got. (I had an NA Miata on Blizzaks, so basically every moment was an opportunity.) However, it’s not always a good idea — especially not when you’re trying to pass a s

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  • Hell Yeah Brother: Hulk Hogan Helps 17-Year-Old Girl After Her Car Flipped

    WWE and handlebar mustache legend Hulk Hogan helped rescue a 17-year-old girl whose car overturned in a multi-vehicle crash in Clearwater, Florida on the night of January 14. The 70-year-old friend of the show was driving down the road with a buddy and his wife when they stopped to help out with the accident that had just happened, according to USA Today. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Boellea, and his posse helped out by popping the overturned car’s airbags with tools he had on hand.

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Crime (5)

  • Driver Removes 'Road Closed' Sign, Promptly Discovers Why The Road Was Closed

    An unidentified driver in Tillamook County, Oregon, failed to heed road signs warning of a closure due to a hole that a landslide had ripped into the road. Not only did the driver shrug off the warning, but they actually removed the barrier and large sign that read “Road Closed,” as the Sacramento Bee reports. Whether through illiteracy or defiance, they ended up driving straight into the massive hole, flipping the car over and causing it to catch fire, according to the Tillamook County Sheriff

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • E-Scooter Traffic Violations Increased 400 Percent In Japan In Last Six Months

    Japan’s National Police claim the country is seeing a surge in traffic violations from riders of e-scooters. These outlaws on two small wheels are responsible for an increase in violations of 400 percent in the last six months, according to the Japan Times, which means e-scooter offenses are off the charts relative to the same time period from the year before.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • This Poor Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo Had Its Headlights Ripped Out Of Its Face

    I’m always baffled by the lengths that people go to steal parts off of cars. Just look at the now-common thefts of Toyota Prius catalytic converters. Obviously, things like wheels are stolen all the time too. As components of modern cars get even more expensive to fix and replace, thieves are getting more brazen in what they’re taking, as evidenced by this Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo that had its headlights stolen.

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  • Watch A YouTuber Break Into This Fiat Plant That Has Been Abandoned For 13 Years

    The former Fiat assembly plant at Termini Imerese on the Sicilian coast has sat abandoned for 13 years. The plant was once responsible for delightful models like the 500, Panda, and Punto, but was shut down in 2011 in response to the global economic recession and slowing Fiat/Lancia sales. The unnamed urban explorer from the YouTube channel Forgotten Buildings snuck in to get a look at things inside, and took all of us along for the ride.

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Events (18)

  • The Suzuki Jimny Is So Good Even Toyota Loves It

    Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda revealed a stable of his favorite cars at the 2024 Tokyo Auto Salon. As you’d expect, four of the six vehicles onstage at the car show were from Lexus or Toyota, but there was one vehicle that stood out by virtue of both its greatness and the notable fact that it is not made by Toyota, and, yet, occupies a place in “Morizo’s garage:” a Suzuki Jimny.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Here's The Coolest Car Stuff We Saw At CES

    As vehicles become more tech and software-focused, it makes sense that they take up more and more of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The footprint cars have is so big at this point, that it’s just about impossible to see everything cool in just one day.

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  • The Lexus LBX Morizo Is The Luxurious GR Yaris Toyota Needs To Build

    Toyota was lucky enough to give U.S. buyers the GR Corolla. It’s the textbook definition of a hot hatch, and we love it. Unfortunately, there are still some fun products that we don’t get, like the GR Yaris itself, and some stuff that some would rather stay off our shores, like the recently introduced Yaris-based crossover the Lexus LBX.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • With NFTs Dead, The Car Industry Pivots To AI

    As cars have become more technologically advanced, traditional auto shows have become less important. In their place, automakers are largely focusing on events like the Consumer Electronics Show, and this year was no different. Thankfully, people finally realized that non-fungible tokens are stupid, so this year, companies went all-in on a new trend — artificial intelligence.

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  • VinFast, Maker Of A Bad Crossover, Wants To Make A Pickup Truck

    VinFast is, by all accounts, not a particularly serious automaker. Sure, many of its cars are genuinely nice-looking machines, but that curb appeal starts to wear off when you actually climb behind the wheel — the vehicles are simply not ready for prime time. Of course, rather than address these faults, VinFast seems intent on barreling forward.

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  • Mercedes Says Not To Use The G-Class EV's Tank Turn On Public Roads. What Are You Gonna Do, Arrest Me?

    Mercedes-Benz announced a slew of stuff at CES, from a new AI virtual assistant to musical EV sounds developed with Will.I.Am that change as you drive. CES was also host to the North American debuts of the Concept CLA and the new E-Class, but the only thing that I truly care about is the camouflaged prototype of the upcoming electric G-Class. First previewed by the EQG concept in 2021, the G-Class EV will go on sale later this year, and Mercedes says it will be the best G-wagen ever made both on

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  • Hyundai Is Really Trying To Make eVTOLs Happen

    Despite the push, eVTOLs are not the future of transportation — they’re not flying cars either. Despite eVTOL companies failing and no one actually bringing one of these things to market yet, over $5 billion has been poured into the industry over the last decade. Hyundai is one of the biggest presences in the eVTOL space, and the fruit of that investment was shown at this year’s CES in the form of a new eVTOL concept.

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  • Honda's Redesigned H Logo Is A Great Retro Throwback For Its New Futuristic EVs

    Honda just debuted two striking electric concept cars at CES, and to go along with the two new models are two new company logos. Honda revised its “H mark” – Honda-speak for its iconic H emblem – that will be used on all next-generation Honda EVs, and it’s worn by the concepts unveiled at CES. There’s also a new 0 logo for its upcoming 0 Series models – that’s the number zero – the name of Honda’s new EV lineup.

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  • VinFast Will Try And Sell Its Tiny VF3 SUV In The U.S. With 125-Mile Range For Under $20,000

    At CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday embattled Vietnamese car company VinFast brought the Jabbawockeez dance crew onstage to unveil its new pickup truck, the Wild. While that pickup is just a concept for now, VinFast also used its CES presentation to formally announce that its super small, super cute and hopefully super cheap VF3 electric SUV will be sold in America, according to Motor1.

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  • Mercedes Wants You To Have Real, Natural Conversations With Its New In-Car AI Voice Assistant

    Automotive journalists love to clown on in-car voice assistants, always talking about how useless and pointless they are, but not me. I’m already the kind of guy that says “thanks girl” after asking Siri a question, and I do love using a good voice assistant in a car (emphasis on the word “good.”) They can genuinely lessen driver distraction and accomplish a number of features, but most of the assistants on the market are kinda clunky, robotic and not very fun.

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  • Gran Turismo Studio Partners With Sony Honda Mobility To Develop Real-World Cars

    Sony and Honda really, truly are building a car together. The Sony Honda Mobility joint venture – or SHM, as the brand calls itself – unveiled an updated prototype of its Afeela electric sedan at the Consumer Electronics Show that looks closer to production than what we’ve seen before and made a number of engineering and technology partnership announcements. Most excitingly, Sony and Honda are joining forces with Gran Turismo studio Polyphony Digital to develop real-world cars and improve video

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  • Sony And Honda Are Still Building A Car Named Afeela Together, Unveil Near-Production Prototype At CES

    The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas usually doesn’t have many interesting debuts when it comes to the automotive side of things. Usually it’s some electric vehicle platform news, or a new type of infotainment system. Sony genuinely shocked the world in 2020 when it rolled out the Vision-S electric sedan concept car, then shocked the world again when it unveiled a crossover concept in 2022. A few months later, Sony announced it was entering a partnership with Honda to actually produce a pr

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EVs and Hybrids (2)

  • Three Important Things To Consider Before Owning Your First EV

    I worked at the Tesla store in Boston while I was studying at Boston University, around the same time that the Model 3 was super delayed and reservation holders were pissed, but I talked to a lot of folks who were considering their first EV and it was my job to help them understand day-to-day EV ownership. Owning an EV is different than owning an internal combustion engine vehicle, and for those looking into owning their first EV, it can be intimidating. Here are three important things to consid

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  • VinFast Has Accepted Its Fate, Offers The Cheapest Lease In America

    VinFast, a small automaker from Vietnam, faces an uphill battle to establish a foothold in the American car market. An unknown name with less-than-stellar product reviews and a reputation for putting critics in jail doesn’t bode well for sales. By offering what is now “the cheapest lease on the market” Vinfast seems to finally understand their only real chance to compete against more recognizable brands.

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Ford (1)

  • Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear Concept Is An Electric On-Or-Off-Road Monster

    This is not a flying truck — it’s a demonstrator vehicle engineered to showcase the potential of the electric F-150 Lightning when it gets infused with Ford and RTR’s legendary performance prowess. The F-150 Lightning Switchgear is not the first time Ford has teased us with an exceptionally cool electrified proof-of-concept car, in fact it’s not even the third, but it does seem like it’s the closest one to a potential production vehicle.

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Found For Sale (8)

  • Here's Your Opportunity To Own A Car Designed In 1886

    Karl Benz was just twenty years old when he graduated from Karlsruhe Polytechnic engineering college, and before he was thirty he developed a successful two-stroke gasoline-powered single-piston engine. His first automobile design was the three-wheeled two-seater Motorwagen with innovative electric spark ignition and a manual clutch coupling between the engine and drive mechanism. It was as rudimentary as rudimentary transportation gets by today’s standards, but it was an immediate endurance cha

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  • WWII Forced French Luxury Brand Voisin To Pivot And This Minimalist Two-Seater Is The Result

    Resources in Europe were a bit thin on the ground following the Second World War. Pretty much everywhere got bombed, and the rebuilding of nations takes a lot of time, money, and stuff to accomplish. In the late 1940s automaker Gabriel Voisin put pen to paper drawing up a minimalist transport device to compete against any variety of other scooter-based microcars. It would be significantly less expensive than a Volkswagen, for example, but still shuttle two people in relative discomfort. He calle

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  • Buy This Throwback Datsun Race Car To Win Unlimited Cool Points

    The original S30 Datsun 240Z was among the greatest underdog stories in automotive history. Priced around the same as an MGB, this six-cylinder beauty was ready to take on Porsche’s 911 and Jaguar’s E-type for a fraction of the price. It made a great street car, and an even better racing car, kicking off a decades-long family of Z cars that lives on today. Competitive performance at a reasonably affordable price. How can you beat it?

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  • The Lane Motor Museum Is Selling A Bunch Of Weird And Rare Cars

    The Lane Motor Museum is possibly the coolest car museum in the world. Jeff Lane has built up a totally bizarre collection of wheeled mongrels to choose from, and it’s constantly shifting. As such, the museum occasionally has reason to offer up some of its artifacts to the general public in order to bring in new stuff.

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  • Nissan Skyline GT-R, Honda CB400T, BMW 600: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online

    Friends, you’ve made it to the first Friday of the new year. Does the world seem a little brighter? Faces in the crowd a little happier? Is the cold winter air, once harsh and raw against your mouth and nose, now crisp and refreshing? No? Well, I don’t know what to tell you. New calendars are supposed to do that. Sounds like a you problem, really.

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Hyundai (1)

  • The 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe Gives You Rugged Good Looks For Just $35,345

    Hyundai’s boxy, almost Land Rover-like redesign of its Santa Fe crossover stunned a lot of people. No matter what you think of the design, you can’t deny that it’s a dramatic glow-up over the outgoing generation. And now we finally know what it’ll cost as Hyundai has dropped pricing. Including $1,395 for destination, the 2024 Santa Fe starts at $35,345.

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Jalopnik Investigates (2)

  • I Finally Looked Up Why Gas Pumps Sometimes Run Slow And It's Not What I Thought

    Last week, I twice found myself standing at a gas pump, in single digit temperatures waiting for what must have been individual droplets of gasoline to drip into my car’s tank. The digits slowly ticked over and, as my hands grew colder, I thought about going into the car for my coat, maybe some gloves. I thought about ending the transaction and trying another pump. But I waited. And I told myself I’d Google why this happens. Then, I got in my car and drove away without Googling a damn thing, jus

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  • Is It Worse For Your Car To Leave It Salty Or Wash It In Freezing Temperatures?

    Mid-January in America’s rust belt always looks pretty much the same: The sky is grey with clouds, the roads are grey with a disgusting slurry of slushy goop, and our cars turn grey with a light coat of salt. If you don’t want to doom your car to a premature visit to the junkyard in the sky, you can’t let salt sit for too long. But you’re also not supposed to wash your car when it’s below freezing. Last week, it was two degrees on the Fahrenheit scale, and I just couldn’t take it anymore, I had

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Motorcycles (4)

  • 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 500: This Is It

    For years, the entry-level Kawasaki Ninja has been the bike of choice for budding riders interested in dragging knees. The Ninja 250, 300, and 400 are all popular choices for first bikes, track bikes, or surprisingly comfortable commuters. Now, though, Kawasaki has upped displacement on its entry line once again: Say hello to the Ninja 500.

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  • 2024 BMW F900GS: This Is It

    BMW’s midsize adventure bikes are, for my dollar, some of the most fun you can have on two wheels. The punchy twin engines, the tall, narrow frames — I like them so much, I went out and bought one of my own. But the F850GS, like my F800GS before it, has a fatal flaw: It looks kind of dweeby.

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  • 2023 Zero DSR/X: The Bike Of The Future, But Not Our Future

    The world, in 2023, is cyberpunk. We’ve got the advertisements in the sky, the retro-inspired asymmetrical vehicles, and the rampant wealth stratification that keeps the rich folks rich and the poor folks desperate. But in cyberpunk media, people are always riding sweet futuristic motorcycles. Why are we stuck with the same bikes we’ve always had?

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  • Royal Enfield Shotgun 650: Jack Of Many Trades

    When you buy your next motorcycle, what will you buy it for? Will it be a highway hauler, a single-track slayer, or just a competent city commuter? The answer of course, is rarely just one thing — we all pick out our bikes based on a thousand little criteria, a unique mix of use cases that makes up the riding we do.

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News (218)

  • Guardrails Aren't Designed To Work On Giant EVs: Study

    EVs are really heavy, and neither America’s drivers, nor the vital infrastructure they drive on, are ready for the chaos those big cars will bring. Experts are now especially worried the nation’s guardrails won’t hold up to the weight of EVs in a crash.

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  • Driving While Trans Now Illegal In Florida

    Florida is not known as a home of good decision-making. This penchant for poor choices goes all the way to the top, to the governor whose anti-LGBTQ animus seems unrivaled. Case in point: Trans people are now banned from holding drivers’ licenses in Florida.

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  • 2024 BMW Z4 With Manual Transmission Will Hit 60 MPH In 4.2 Seconds

    When we last drove the BMW Z4, we liked it a lot more than a lot of people probably would have expected. The interior was especially nice compared to the Toyota Supra’s and came with better technology while still being just as good to drive. Especially considering the fact that the Porsche 718 Cayman is only a few thousand dollars more expensive than the Z4 M40i, though, it’s been hard for BMW’s convertible to find buyers. For 2024, BMW is hoping to change that by adding the ultimate enthusiast

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  • Man Described As 'Jesus' Accused Of Stealing 2 Police Cars In 6 Months

    The bailiff was likely relieved when the son of God wasn’t the man set to walk into a Wisconsin courtroom for sentencing yesterday. While the Gospels have multiple accounts of Jesus performing miracles, the Apostles (including Judas) never saw the Messiah steal a police cruiser twice in the Dairy State.

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  • 2025 BMW 4 Series And M4 Get Laser Lights And Curved Displays, Still Have Big Kidneys

    BMW was once known for producing desirable cars wrapped in handsomely understated sheet metal, but that’s changed in recent years, and the new facelifted 2025 4 Series and M4 are no different. The updated 4er’s new lights and subtle styling changes don’t return to BMW’s handsomely understated looks, but the 2025 models do look a bit more refined than the awkward nose of the current G22 4 Series.

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  • Cops Raid Toyota Plant In Japan

    Toyota is having a bad time. The company’s kei car wing has been forging crash test results, and its diesels have had “irregularities” in horsepower and torque ratings — irregularities so vast, apparently, that Japanese officials had to raid one of the company’s factories today.

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  • 'Take Our Border Back': You Guys, We've Got Another Convoy

    Oh boy, another convoy is on the move! This one is called the “Take Our Border Back” convoy and it kicked off a week long road trip in Virginia Beach to the Texas/Mexico border Monday where the U.S. government and the Texas state government are doing whatever is going on down there.

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  • Drivers In Atlanta Claim They're Getting Bad Gas From Costco

    Getting bad gas from a gas station can be a nightmare. Best case, your car doesn’t run quite right, maybe you have to siphon it out. Worst case, you could end up with thousands of dollars in damage to your vehicle. This is the situation drivers in Atlanta, Georgia are currently dealing with. Atlanta’s WSB-TV reports that drivers in the area have been claiming that they’re getting bad gas from Costco’s gas stations.

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  • Toyota Shipped A Record-Breaking 11.2 Million Cars In 2023

    Despite 2023 being a weird year for car sales with high interest rates, global shortages, shipping delays, and reduced inventory, Volkswagen and Toyota were locked in a tight race to deliver more cars than ever before. Both the German giant and the Japanese behemoth were aiming for the global sales crown, and 2023 saw both companies push beyond their 2022 totals. Volkswagen put up a good fight with 12 percent growth in ’23 delivering 9.24 million cars, but Toyota expanded its sales by 7.2 percen

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  • These Are The Most Popular New Cars And SUVs According To Consumer Reports

    A lot of times, when Consumer Reports puts together a list, it involves page after page of data, spreadsheets, pivot tables and all the other tools smart people use to glean insight from a giant pile of numbers. Take, for example, turning its annual survey responses into a list of the least satisfying cars to own, or the least reliable cars to buy new.

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  • Liberty Media Bought Formula 1 For $301M, Seven Years Later It's Now Worth $18.22B

    The incredible world-spanning Formula 1 circus is scheduled to hit the road again for the 2024 season in just about a month, and the series is perhaps stronger today than it ever has been. Much of F1's recent success can be attributed directly to it having been purchased for $301 million by Liberty Media in 2017, bringing the series into the modern world. Its efforts have been successful, as the series has seen record-breaking in-person attendance and television audiences, and it has even added

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  • Tesla Pulls Mentions Of Its Minority Workforce In Its Latest Annual Report, Musk Says 'DEI Must DIE'

    Tesla removed a line from its annual 10-K report this year that centered around the automaker’s majority-minority workforce and Tesla’s support of employee resource groups after Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly denounced Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives on Twitter, his social media platform. Musk has previously endorsed anti-semitic conspiracy theories on Twitter and has made offensive remarks about many other minority groups, and community uproar surrounding his platforms’ complacen

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  • U.S. Marshals Caught A Fugitive With A Yoga Instructor Job Ad, Charged Her With A Cyclist's Murder

    U.S. Marshals and investigators used a decoy yoga instructor job ad on Facebook to lure the suspected killer of Anna Moriah Wilson, a 25-year-old cyclist, out of hiding after she fled to Costa Rica and got plastic surgery to change her appearance. The fugitive was Kaitlin Armstrong, a former yoga instructor who shot and killed Wilson out of jealousy on May 11, 2022 and escaped the country shortly thereafter.

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  • Online Used Car Dealer Vroom Shutting Down Leaves Customers In The Lurch

    We’ve known for a while that things weren’t going great for the online used car dealer Vroom. Back in 2022, it was sued by the state of Texas for its shady sales practices and later that year managed to lose more than $50 million in a single quarter. Now that Vroom has finally shut down, seemingly for good, Click2Houston reports that the abrupt closing has left customers with all sorts of questions.

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  • Tesla Autopilot Safety Defeat Device Only Works On U.S. Market Teslas

    For over a decade, Tesla has promised buyers that complete and total vehicular autonomy is right around the corner. So far, that has yet to be true, but it hasn’t stopped some folks from pretending otherwise — doing everything they can to avoid touching the steering wheel for as long as they can.

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  • Right-Hand Drive Conversion Means Hummer EVs May Soon Infect British Roadways, Too

    With 1,000 horsepower available, a 9,000-pound curb weight and absolutely massive proportions, the GMC Hummer EV SUV sibling, is arguably too big even for America despite our wide roads and abundant off-street parking. In a more densely populated country with narrow, curvy roads and parking spaces designed more with the Fiat 500 in mind, such as the United Kingdom, you’d think the Hummer EV wouldn’t stand a chance. And yet, as Top Gear reports, that’s not necessarily the case.

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  • Both Owners And Regulators Hate Tesla's Autopilot Update

    Since it was introduced to the market in 2015, Tesla’s so-called Autopilot system has been quite easy to misuse or abuse. The world has seen hundreds of instances of Tesla drivers using this system as a way to allow the car to dangerously “drive itself,” which it can’t do, but which Tesla has actively encouraged. With the feds in the middle of an investigation of “Autopilot” crashes, Tesla issued a recall of over 2 million cars to add alerts and controls to encourage drivers to be more attentive

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  • Activist Group Fools Journalists With AI Hoax Criticizing Toyota's Anti-EV Views

    Some members of the automotive press were bamboozled by a Toyota press release and accompanying conference last week. The story was that, in order to promote the company’s electrified offerings, Toyota had released an AI companion named Electra — an AI that immediately went off the rails and began talking about Toyota’s hesitancy to embrace electric vehicles.

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  • 2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata Gets Actual Updates You Can Use

    Mazda knew it had a hit on its hands when it introduced the fourth-generation MX-5 Miata back in 2015. It didn’t make a huge amount of power, but it was small, light, nimble and an absolute hoot to drive. Fast forward to today, and the ND Miata is still fantastic even though its design is nearly 10 years old. In fact, Miata sales were actually up 50 percent last year. Now, for 2024, the Mazda MX-5 Miata has gotten even better.

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  • GM's Cruise Didn't Admit To Pedestrian Crash Because Of A Bad Internet Connection

    A new report released Thursday say GM’s Cruise leadership really did want to tell regulators about one of their self-driving taxis dragging a pedestrian 20 feet, but the internet connection sucked so they just didn’t mention it. To refresh your memory, on October 2, 2023, a woman was hit by a human-driven car while in a crosswalk in San Francisco. She slid over the hood and into the path of a Cruise taxi, which then dragged her 20 feet to the curb, trapping her under the car until emergency crew

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  • Michael B. Jordan Won't Be Charged In Ferrari Crash

    Michael B. Jordan’s December 2023 crash of his Ferrari 812 Superfast into a Kia parked along the street in Hollywood sparked all kinds of speculation. Were there drugs involved? Was he drinking? Was it simply an accident? Is he going to be held responsible? Now just over a month after the incident we now know the answer as TMZ reports.

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  • California Bill Would Bring European-Style Speed Limiter Tech To American Roads, And It's A Good Idea

    It doesn’t take much more than half a brain to understand that we have a serious problem with speed on U.S. roadways. It takes slightly more grey matter than that to understand that a lot of this problem is caused by a refusal of many American drivers to take responsibility for their actions and the danger caused by it. A steadily increasing number of people are dying on the road, and speed is certainly a factor. A new bill proposed by California senator Scott Wiener would see an electronic spee

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  • Motorcycle Rider Records Himself Traveling 55 Miles In 20 Minutes

    A Texas motorcycle rider is wanted by the Colorado State Patrol after a recklessly fast trip up Interstate 25 in Colorado that he recorded and posted on YouTube. While I can’t publicly support anyone going nearly three times the speed limit, I do have some advice for those that do: don’t publicly share evidence of your alleged crimes if you want to continue enjoying the freedom of the road.

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  • Michigan Beats Florida For Highest Car Insurance Rates In The Country

    With a final score of 34-13, the Michigan State Wolverines rolled over the Washington Huskies earlier this month, winning the College Football Playoff National Championship and earning its place as the number-one team in the country. As proud as Michigan may be to be number one in college football, residents are probably less excited about the other thing Michigan is number one in — car insurance rates. According to the Detroit Metro Times, on average, Michiganders pay $3,643 a year, which is 81

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  • Over 40 Percent Of NYC Speed Camera Tickets Get Thrown Out, And The City Isn't Allowed To Find Out Why

    The New York City Comptroller’s Office recently conducted an audit of the city’s speed camera program and pointed out that the NYC Department of Transportation doesn’t have full access to the database of speed camera images and videos. The lack of access is a critical problem because Verra, the contractor responsible for the cameras, can throw out speeding incidents before they even reach the NYC DOT. The contract that the NYC DOT signed with Verra prevents the agency from getting full reign of

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  • Los Angeles Made A Plan To Stop Traffic Deaths By 2025, But They've Doubled Instead

    More people were killed in traffic collisions on the streets of Los Angeles in 2023 than were murdered. The city pledged in 2015 to end driving and pedestrian deaths before 2025, and after nine years of doing basically nothing, the city just keeps setting new fatality records year after year. An astonishing 337 Los Angelinos were killed by cars in 2023, up eight percent over 2022's numbers, and that’s nearly double what it was when the pledge was first announced. Despite boasting significantly f

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  • It's Not Diversity, But Plain Old Lazy Greed Endangering Boeing Planes

    The door plug blowout on a Boeing 737 Max 9 earlier this month has unleashed a tidal wave of self-appointed aerospace experts on social media who firmly believe they have found the root of the planemaker’s woes without any evidence. Former reality TV supporting actor Donald Trump Jr. and sober SpaceX founder Elon Musk are among the uncertified masses declaring that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are jeopardizing Boeing airliners.

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  • GM Delays Flint Truck Plant Shifts So Workers Can Watch The Detroit Lions Play

    It has been 32 years since the Detroit Lions last went to the NFC championship game back in 1992. The team has won twelve games so far this season, losing just five. People are starting to believe the Honolulu blue and silver team have a chance to upset the Forty-Niners to take the team’s first conference championship since 1957. Michiganders are getting excited, and for good reason. According to reporting by the Detroit Free Press, even General Motors understands the excitement and will delay t

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  • Two Arrested In Florida For Hitting 199 MPH In A Street Race They Probably Won

    A pair of young men were arrested at around 1 a.m. on Sunday in Orange County, Florida, and charged with street racing after they were allegedly clocked at 199 mph in a borrowed Chevrolet Camaro. Look, I’m not going to claim that I didn’t do stupid shit when I was young, but two-hundred damn miles an hour? That’s beyond the pale. My folks knew how stupid I acted with a 140-horsepower Grand Prix with 300,000 miles on it, I wasn’t allowed within 300 feet of a car that could go that fast!

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  • Florida Drivers Discover Hard Truth About EVs: They Eat Tires

    Tire companies have been trying to sell us on the concept of dedicated EV tires for a while. From tires that can handle the torque loads to ones that roll quieter for less road noise, there’s something for every EV buyer. But a recent story out of Florida in The Miami Herald details how EV owners there have been blindsided by how fast they’re having to change the tires on their EVs.

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  • 2024 Porsche Macan EV Has Up To 630 HP, Starts At $80,450 And Comes In Lavender

    After being announced in 2019 and following years of rumors, teasers and delays, the second-generation Porsche Macan has finally been revealed, and yes, it’s fully electric. Simply called the Macan — not Macan EV or Macan Electric — the new crossover is being pitched by Porsche as the sportiest model in its segment while offering increased levels of comfort, technology and space compared to the old gas-powered Macan.

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  • Toyota Knows What It Has; Will Certify 125,000-Mile Pre-Owned Cars

    Toyota has expanded its certified pre-owned program requirements to include vehicles that are up to 10 model years old and have up to 125,000 miles. The newly-introduced Silver Certification level will include significantly reduced warranties compared to the reassurances granted to cars eligible for the already-established certified pre-owned level, Motor 1 reports. The expansion highlights how long Toyotas are remaining on the road, the knock-on effect that reliability has had on the brand’s us

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  • Ford's Latest Recall Includes Nearly 2 Million Explorers For Potentially Self-Jettisoning Windshield Trim

    America’s best-selling brand has an unfortunate but warranted reputation for serious quality faux pas, and Ford recently announced it is recalling nearly 2 million Ford Explorers produced from 2011 to 2019 because the trim around the windshield can fly off and create a hazard for other motorists. The Ford Motor Company issued 56 recalls in 2023 — 11 more than the OEM with the next-highest number of recalls, Chrysler. Given that Ford issued a recall covering some Ford Focus and Ford EcoSport mode

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  • Boeing 757 Nose Wheel Pops Off And Rolls Down Hill Before Takeoff

    The nose wheel of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 came off while waiting to depart from Atlanta, Georgia last Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident. The venerable 757 is entering its fifth decade of service, with the newest airframes being 20 years old. While the investigation is still in its early stages, Delta maintenance will likely be the focus for federal officials.

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  • Volkswagen Celebrates 50 Years Of Its Golf With A Powerful, Convenient Refresh

    After the MK8 Golf launched directly into controversy due to the company’s decision to replace the MK7.5’s intuitive physical steering wheel buttons and climate controls with less-intuitive touch sensitive controls, VW has finally addressed some of the public’s concerns. The decision to move to poorly designed touch controls turned out to be a deal breaker for some prospective buyers, since the climate controls were operated by touch sensitive sliders that are easy to brush when using the infota

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  • Tesla Claims It Will Launch A New Entry-Level Model In 2025

    Tesla boss Elon Musk has been promising an entry-level $25,000 electric vehicle for six years. He first mentioned the possibility of the car in 2018, saying it would happen within three years, then doubled down on the idea at Tesla’s Battery Day in late 2020. According to reports from Reuters, Tesla has inquired with suppliers to bid the project, aiming for weekly production volume of 10,000 units globally. Reuters’ sources claim the tiny Tesla would hit the market in June of 2025. The American

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  • The Prius Didn't Make Toyota Green

    The Toyota Prius is the iconic hybrid vehicle in the American hivemind. We’ve had others, sure, but the Prius spent so many years as the shining example of eco-friendly transportation. How could we see the company behind it as anything but the greenest automaker around?

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  • Global Car Color Report Shows Americans Are Boring Losers, Should Not Be Allowed To Spec Their Own Cars

    The annual Global Color Report was recently released by BASF, Germany’s largest chemical company, and shows 81 percent of new cars produced across the globe in 2023 were boring shades of white, black, gray, and silver. North America painted 80 percent of its vehicles white, black, silver, or gray, so we are actually slightly less homogenized than other regions, but the vast majority of cars on our roads are still boring shades. In other boring color news, North America saw silver surpass gray as

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  • The Icon Of The Seas Is 250,000 Tons Of Floating Carbon-Emissions Horror

    The Icon Of The Seas is Royal Caribbean’s newest two-billion dollar boondoggle. Boasting twenty decks and capacity for 7,600 guests (plus 2,350 crew), this is the single largest cruise ship in the world. It is scheduled to sail for the first time on January 27, and will conduct seven-night hops around the Caribbean islands until April. Demand for cruise tourism is at an all-time high, and the Icon’s first run on the ocean sold out in October of 2022. This is all despite the cruise industry’s per

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  • BMW May Be Having A Dieselgate Moment In Germany

    Things may be about to get really bad for BMW. Germany’s motor transport authority, KBA, has started proceedings against BMW over suspicions the automaker manipulated emissions results in its X3 2.0-liter diesel models, according to Reuters. It’s a similar situation to Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal that rocked the automotive industry nearly 10 years ago.

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  • Sammy Hagar's LaFerrari Auction Is On Hold Because It Needs A New Battery

    Sammy Hagar has an extensive car collection. From a Jaguar XKE to multiple Ferraris, it’s safe to say that Hagar is a car enthusiast. One of the hardest things an enthusiast can do, though, is part ways with one of their cars. Recently, Hagar announced that he was selling one of his prized Ferraris, a LaFerrari, to the highest bidder. Until a dead battery stopped the sale dead in its tracks.

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  • These Half Gates Tell The Whole Story On How Seriously The NY Subway Takes Safety

    The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is finally doing something about subway riders falling or being pushed onto the tracks. The subway operator is trialing platform barriers with the hopes that it will be expanded systemwide. However, the garish-yellow steel barrier wasn’t the solution that most commuters had in mind; that was the brainchild of the accountants.

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  • Good Samaritan Saves Crashed Oil Tanker Driver In White-Out Conditions

    An oil tanker driver is lucky to be alive after a terrifying crash on U.S. Highway 40 in Wasatch County, Utah last week. Kent Ashton was driving his truck slowly in white-out blizzard conditions when another car slid across the roadway toward him. Ashton left the road attempting to avoid a collision, KSL-TV reports. The tanker overturned and went off an embankment. He likely wouldn’t have survived if Tyler Mahoney, another driver on the road, didn’t see his crashed oil tanker.

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  • California Should Hold Electrify America Responsible Over Its Unreliable EV Chargers: Experts

    Electrify America’s track record with EV charger reliability hasn’t been the greatest — which is to say, its chargers are very bad. They’re so bad that sometimes they’ve even been known to disable some EVs. This unreliability is unacceptable, and some experts in California think state officials should hold Electrify America responsible for its broken chargers as The Sacramento Bee reports.

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  • The Gender Pay Gap At Car Dealerships Is Way Worse Than The National Average

    The average American household earned $74,580 in 2022 across all industries, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The salary gap between women who work at car dealerships and men who work at franchised car dealerships is approximately one average American household, according to new survey data from Automotive News. Men in the industry earned an average of $218,700 in 2023, while women averaged $144,400 in the same period. For every dollar earned by a car dealership man, a car dealership woman

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  • Puffy Winter Coats May Be Jeopardizing You And Your Kids' On-Road Safety

    According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), it is dangerous to strap a child into their car seat with their puffy coats on since restraints may appear properly tightened when in reality they are still loose. The IIHS also recommends adults remove their puffy winter coats before buckling up for the same reason.

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  • Homeland Security Raids Chinese Auto Part Manufacturer's U.S. Offices

    The Department of Homeland Security raided the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese auto parts manufacturer outside of Dayton, Ohio on January 18, 2023. The agency won’t comment about the nature of the search warrant executed against Harco Manufacturing other than that it was part of a federal investigation, the Dayton Daily News reports. Harco was acquired in 2015 by Qingdao Sunsong, a brake hose maker.

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  • This 1-Of-400 1998 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Is For Sale, But It's Going To Cost A Small Fortune

    Subaru may have never sold a supercar, but it did sell a car that’s currently worth as much as some supercars — the legendary Subaru Impreza WRX 22B STI. Created to celebrate Subaru’s rally success, only 400 22Bs were ever built, and none were sold new in America. Now, one is for sale on Cars & Bids, and unsurprisingly it only took a day for bidding to cross into six figures.

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  • Secretary Buttigieg Compares Current EV Charger Push To 1930s New Deal Airport Boom

    The White House announced a $325 million investment in three programs aimed at bolstering the country’s electric vehicle infrastructure. As figures indicate that charging stations will reach parity with gas stations by the end of the decade, the federal government is also ensuring that this massive network will be well-maintained. The Department of Transportation is devoting $148.8 million to repair and replace EV chargers across 20 states.

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  • Ford Says It Plans To Build V8 Mustangs Until The Heat Death Of The Universe (Or Uncle Sam Bans Them)

    All across the industry, automakers are dropping their V8s in favor of smaller, more efficient engines with fewer cylinders. That sucks for enthusiasts, but there’s no getting around the fact that climate change is real, and humans caused it, so what are you going to do? Even the next-generation Dodge Charger won’t get a V8, and that’s coming from the company that was willing to sell you a 1,000-hp Challenger Demon 170. When it comes to the Mustang, though, Motor1 reports the V8 isn’t going anyw

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  • Stellantis Will Launch 8 New EVs On Shared Platform That Will Have Up To 500 Miles Of Range

    Stellantis is busy revamping itself right now, killing off aging platforms, postponing new models, and developing a whole slew of new electric and hybrid vehicles. One of the major developments on this front is the introduction of a new modular platform uncreatively named STLA Large. This new chassis structure will underpin dozens of new models across the Stellantis family of brands, as it can accommodate front-, rear-, or all-wheel drive, and can be used for big sedans, big crossovers, or big o

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  • Fiat Wants To Treat 500e Launches Like Shoe Drops

    Stellantis is going to have two one-vehicle brands in the US in 2024: one is Chrysler and the other is Fiat. After an era of seemingly throwing things at the wall to see what sticks, the brand will go back down to selling a single vehicle in the U.S. in the form of the new Fiat 500e EV. But how do you get people excited about a brand that sold less than 1,000 cars in 2023? By launching new versions of the car like apparel or custom shoes.

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  • Congress Ordered Regulators To Update Car Seat Strength Requirements, And NHTSA Just Didn't Do It

    When the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passed in late 2021, it got a lot of attention for funding electric vehicle charging, high-speed rail, bridge maintenance and a lot of other basic infrastructure needs. What didn’t get much attention was a provision requiring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to update seat strength requirements in cars. NHTSA had two years to complete that task, and, as CBS News reports, it simply didn’t do it.

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  • Electric Truckers Love Their Rigs, But Employers Don't Love The Costs

    The trucking industry seems like the perfect transportation sector to be electrified. Despite comprising only a tiny percentage of the national delivery and freight fleet, EV truck drivers love working with their vehicles. However, the move isn’t universally desirable for employers who have to cover the cost of purchasing an electric vehicle fleet and installing charging infrastructure.

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  • Ohio Drivers Are Crashing Into Snowplows Every 2 Days

    The year 2024 is just 19 days old at this point, and the Ohio Department of Transportation has already reported nine snow plow trucks have been hit by passing cars. That’s more than twice the number of driver-on-plow-truck impacts compared to the same period in 2023.

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  • EV Infrastructure In The U.S. Is Getting Better

    As much as we may bemoan the transition away from fossil fuels, it continues to become more urgently necessary the planet continues to suffer from the effects of climate change. On the bright side, there have been incredible strides in the number of available public charging ports in recent years to help democratize EV ownership for those who choose to go EV or even PHEV.

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  • Amish Man Saves SUV Stranded In Snow With His Horses

    An Amish man in a tiny Tennessee town decided to stop and help out a driver stranded in tricky winter conditions. The driver’s white SUV somehow ended up stuck in a ditch. The passerby helped out in the best way he could, tying his pair of horses to the SUV’s tow hitch. The driver might have been spinning the wheels in reverse and a couple of people pushing from the front, but we know the horses did the majority of the heavy lifting.

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  • Las Vegas, Home Of Bad Ideas, Goes All-In On Elon's Dumb Tunnels

    Las Vegas seems to be on a roll with bad ideas lately. There’s the whole debacle that was the 2023 Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. There’s a new ordinance that could land you in jail for up to six months and hit you with a $1,000 fine if you block pedestrian walkways. And now Vegas officials are doubling down on considering Elon Musk’s Boring Company tunnels a viable public transportation option.

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  • Man Trapped In Airplane Bathroom Nearly Entire Flight Receives Napkin-Scrawled Apology From Cabin Crew

    A passenger on a commercial flight got stuck in the lavatory of a Boeing 737. SpiceJet, a low-cost Indian carrier, was operating an hour and 45-minute trip from Mumbai to Bengaluru earlier this week when the unidentified male passenger got up from his seat after takeoff to use the bathroom, the Indian Express reports. After all the efforts to free the man from his unfortunate predicament were exhausted, a flight attendant slipped an apology note under the door.

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  • Infiniti Dealers Are Desperate To Get Actual Good Cars

    Compared to 2022, Infiniti actually had a pretty good year last year, at least in terms of sales. A year-over-year increase of nearly 40 percent sounds incredible until you realize it only sold about 65,000 vehicles. For comparison, Acura moved more than 145,000 units in 2023. Apparently, a dated, uncompetitive lineup will do that to you, and as Automotive News reports, dealers are desperate for Infiniti to actually give them some good cars to sell.

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  • Tesla Buyers Are Much More Likely To Crash, And The Repairs Are More Expensive

    If you’ve never driven a Tesla before, it’s something of an immediately alien experience. The tip-in acceleration isn’t like any gasoline-powered car on the market, because it doesn’t need to ramp up. If you stomp on the throttle in an EV, it goes right when you tell it to go. Quicker acceleration is a major selling point, but if you aren’t prepared for it, it can cause a car to get away from you pretty quickly. That’s especially the case if, you know, you’re only borrowing the car for a few day

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  • BMW Is Looking To Mimic Tesla's Robot Workers

    Happy Thursday! It’s January 18, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained At Airport In Germany Over $21,000 Watch

    Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained for three hours by customs officials after landing at Munich Airport in Germany yesterday. No, he didn’t bring a loaded handgun onboard a flight to kill Sarah Connor despite it being in vogue for Americans. The Hollywood movie star and former California Governor was wearing a luxury watch that he didn’t declare upon entry. Schwarzenegger estimates his Audemars Piguet watch is worth 20,000 euros ($21,700), Bild reports.

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  • These Are The New Cars With The Worst Fuel Economy

    Fuel economy can be an important selling point for those looking for a new vehicle. However, it doesn’t influence every single purchase. Certain cars and trucks are worth being a little thirsty at the pump if they are worth the driving experience or money simply isn’t an object for an owner. Sports cars certainly fit into this category, but they aren’t alone.

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  • Tesla Seat Belt Design Halts Model 3 Deliveries To Australia

    The so-called Highland update for Tesla’s popular Model 3 sedan has been long-awaited, and finally delivered for the 2024 model year. Tesla gave the car more range, but the biggest update was found in the interior. Unfortunately that interior revamp has meant that the Model 3 now runs afoul of Australian road legality, because the car now lacks an easily-attached car seat anchor point for the middle rear seat. The electric vehicle company has pulled all 2024 Model 3 units from delivery in the An

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  • 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Gets Sportier Styling, Will Be Available As A Sedan Or Hatchback

    2023 was a banner year for Honda’s hybrid lineup. Despite the brand’s only hybrid offerings being the Accord sedan and CR-V crossover, hybrids made up 25 percent of Honda’s total sales for the year, and those hybrid variants were more than 50 percent of each model’s individual sales totals. To capitalize on that momentum Honda will be releasing a new Civic hybrid this summer, the first photos of which were just released.

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  • New Integra-Sized Acura Crossover Will Debut This Year Along With RDX And MDX Facelifts

    Honda held a virtual press conference and Q&A session earlier this week to discuss business updates and new product plans for both the Honda and Acura brands in 2024. On the Honda side, the biggest news is the addition of a Civic hybrid and hydrogen-powered CR-V to the lineup, along with the launch of the Prologue SUV, a next-gen Passport and an updated Odyssey. Acura isn’t being left out of the fun, with the brand set to debut facelifted versions of the RDX and MDX SUVs as well as a brand new c

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  • Volkswagen Hates Fun, Is Killing Off The T-Roc Convertible SUV

    I’m not really a fan of convertibles. I don’t like the wind messing up my hair, the sun burning my face, outside smells stinking up my cabin, and annoying noises drowning out my music. I currently own an R129 SL that I’ve never taken the hardtop off of, and I rarely even drive with the windows down. But what I irrationally love are convertible SUVs. I’m not talking about Wranglers and Broncos — I mean things like the Range Rover Evoque Convertible and Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet.

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  • World's Largest Cruise Ship Has Twenty Decks, But Barely Any Of It Sits Below The Water

    Increasingly advanced designs and record profits have allowed modern cruise ships to become maritime behemoths. When Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas departs from Port Miami on its maiden voyage later this month, the new vessel will be the largest cruise ship ever put into revenue service. Icon of the Seas is 20 decks tall, nearly 1,200 feet long and cost $2 billion to construct. Shipbuilders follow relatively simple design principles using complex methods to ensure that cruise ships stay aflo

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  • Tesla Cybertruck Owner Reports Tarnished Body Panels Days After Delivery. Here's How To Prevent It

    One of the many shocking aspects of Tesla’s viral Cybertruck is its paint — or, its lack thereof. Automotive detailers spend thousands of dollars and thousands of hours in the pursuit of providing drivers with a mirror-like finish on their car’s paint with dedicated detergents and polishes as well as dedicated equipment, but none of the tools used for detailing almost every single other car on the road work for the Tesla Cybertruck. Some owners report nasty fingerprints that linger, uneven tarni

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  • John Oliver Says Elon Musk Has 'Thin Skin' And Is 'Definitely Sensitive' Following Tesla CEO's Response To Last Week Tonight

    Late last year, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver dedicated more than 30 minutes to Elon Musk, covering everything from Tesla to SpaceX and even his anti-semitism. While it acknowledged that Musk’s companies have been able to do some innovative things, it didn’t exactly paint the man himself in a flattering light because, well, Elon sucks. That understandably got under his skin, but after Oliver’s latest street interview, we wouldn’t be surprised if their feud is far from over.

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  • Tesla Cuts Prices In Germany As Model Y Sales Crater

    Last year, with CEO Elon Musk prioritizing sales over profits, Tesla slashed prices in the U.S. Of course, it didn’t happen all at once. It felt like every few weeks the price of a new Tesla was changing yet again. And while the pricing changes may have upset some buyers whose Teslas’ values dropped dramatically, it did lead to better sales. Now, as Automotive News reports, Tesla is trying that same approach in Germany.

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  • Mazda Still Insists It Can Bring Back The Rotary Sports Car, Is Dedicating A Team Of Engineers To Do It

    It’s been more than a decade since the last Mazda RX-8 rolled off the production line. The RX-8 didn’t make a massive amount of power, but it sure could corner, and most importantly, it had a rotary engine. Since then, rumor after rumor has continued to pop up, tricking us into thinking that maybe, just maybe, Mazda was going to finally give us the long-awaited but never confirmed RX-9. And yet, it has never happened. Don’t worry, though, this time it’s definitely real.

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  • Thieves Get Away With Man's Classic Lowrider The Night Before His Birthday

    One of the worst feelings in the world has to be having your car stolen. Thankfully I’ve never had to deal with anything like that, but for those that have had it happen, it must suck. Adding insult to injury is having your custom car, one you’ve worked all your life for, stolen the day before your birthday. Sadly that’s what one Southern California classic car owner is going through.

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  • YouTuber Takes Tesla Cybertruck On Cross-Country Road Trip, Stops 12 Times To Charge Over 1,340 Miles

    Although a handful of customers actually have their hands on the Tesla Cybertruck after it was finally released late last year, anticipation mounts for how well these things perform in the real world. Slowly but surely, those who have managed to get their hands on a Cybertruck have been trickling out info on just how well these trucks perform in the real world, and it’s not good.

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  • Volvo Almost Built A Two-Door SUV In The 1970s, Unearthed Sketches Reveal

    Since the company’s founding in 1927, Volvo has become renowned for its practical, safe and stylish utility vehicles. While best known for its wagons, Volvo has produced all manner of hatchbacks, delivery vehicles, crossovers and even a new electric van. Volvo’s first SUV, the XC90, made its debut in 2002, but newly released sketches show the Swedish brand was considering a legit off-roader in the 1970s.

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  • EVs Die Waiting To Charge In Chicago's Longest Cold Snap In Years

    Chicago is a major city that faces brutal winters every year, but its current cold snap is worse than the city has seen in a while, and it’s taking an extra toll on EV drivers. Electric vehicles lose some of their battery capacity in extreme cold weather, but with EV drivers scrambling to find available public chargers has pushed many to completely deplete their car’s batteries while waiting in line to charge.

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  • Watch A Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat Get Mega Sideways In The Snow

    To the surprise of literally no one who had been paying attention over the previous several years, Dodge decided to shove the Hellcat’s V8 into its three-row SUV, giving us the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat. Did anyone need a three-row SUV with 710 hp and 645 lb-ft of torque? Absolutely not. Dodge had the engine, and it would fit, though, so why not? As long as it sells, who cares about practicality?

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  • Ram's First Available EV Is A Rebadged Fiat Van With A 162-Mile Range

    After first teasing it during the Super Bowl, Ram unveiled the electric 1500 REV pickup truck in April, which will do battle with the likes of the Chevy Silverado EV, Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T. The Ram REV will go on sale by the end of 2024, but it won’t actually be the first fully electric vehicle available from the Ram brand — that crown will go to the Ram ProMaster EV, which was revealed today and touted as the ideal van for last-mile deliveries.

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  • Brabham BT62: Dead

    Australian racing driver David Brabham, youngest son of three-time Formula One world champion Sir Jack Brabham and the brains behind Brabham Automotive, has parted ways with the investment group backing the brand, and the brand has dissolved, effective immediately. That means the exclusive $1.2 million BT62 track special, the GT2-classed BT63, and the perpetually-on-the-way street-legal BT63R are no longer available for order. Like many other flash-in-the-pan low-volume supercar manufacturers be

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  • The Porsche Macan EV Will Finally Debut On January 25

    Porsche first announced that the second-generation Macan crossover would be fully electric back in 2019, with sales originally set to start in 2023. But the Macan EV has faced a number of delays, mostly related to software development issues with the car’s new PPE platform that it will share with the Audi Q6 E-Tron. Now, Porsche has declared that it will finally reveal the Macan EV in Singapore on January 25.

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  • Plan To Fly Crashed Plane From Siberian Field Scrapped By Airline

    Ural Airlines has abandoned its plans to fly a crashed Airbus A320 from the site of its emergency landing last September. The Russian carrier’s airliner had crash-landed in a Siberian wheat field. While everyone onboard evacuated the plane without serious injury, the plane was left stranded in the field. The aircraft is now set to be cannibalized for parts, a highly valued commodity given the sanctions impacting Russian aviation.

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  • Elon Musk Claims It Would Be 'Very Difficult' To Get Tesla Cybertruck Approved For Sale In China

    The Tesla Cybertruck is finally here in all its Joe Rogan bro glory. They keep getting stuck in the snow and don’t have anywhere near the range that was originally promised, but if you’ve got $120,000 to burn, you can let the world know that no amount of racism will stop you from giving Elon Musk your money. Unless you live in China, apparently. As it turns out, China probably won’t be getting the Cybertruck at all, even as production scales up.

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  • New Lexus GX Overtrail Looks Really Good With JAOS Off-Road Goodies

    If you’ve attended SEMA in recent years, or even just looked at coverage online, you’ll have noticed that the aftermarket show has been overrun by overlanding and off-road builds based on pickup trucks, SUVs and even small crossovers. The Tokyo Auto Salon is a similar story. For this year’s Auto Salon, Lexus brought an example of the redesigned GX 550 kitted out in parts from JAOS, a company that has been around since 1985 and most recently fielded an LX in last year’s Baja 1000.

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  • Liberty Walk's Ferrari F40 Bodykit For The Autozam AZ-1 Is Way Cooler Than A Real F40

    Japanese tuner Liberty Walk made waves at the Tokyo Auto Salon last year when it showed off a Ferrari F40 that had been slammed, chopped up and fitted with a widebody kit and other extreme styling modifications. Ferrari was apparently so mad that it removed that F40 from its official registry. Liberty Walk didn’t care — in fact, at last weekend’s TAS 2024 it doubled down, bringing the F40 back with a revised livery and also revealing a new Countach body kit.

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  • The Worst Part Of The Hyundai Ioniq 6's Charging Experience Is My iPhone

    The Hyundai Ioniq 6 is one of the fastest-charging EVs on the market. Thanks to its 800-volt architecture and 350-kW maximum charging speed, the Ioniq 6's 77.4-kWh battery pack can be charged from 10 to 80 percent in less than 18 minutes. That’s especially nice when paired with the 361-mile range of the SE RWD trim that I’m driving this week. But there is one aspect of the Ioniq 6's charging experience that is infuriating, and it has to do with my iPhone.

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  • Previously Unseen Videos Show Shocking Carnage In Early Development Of The IIHS' Small-Overlap Crash Test

    The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has been slamming cars into barriers in the name of science for nearly 30 years, and modern cars are much safer thanks to its efforts. I have been watching IIHS crash test videos on YouTube since I was a little kid, and before you ask, yes, my parents were concerned. I recently came across some videos posted online by a third party featuring an IIHS crash test that I had never seen before, so I decided to investigate.

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  • New EV Sales In America Have Nearly Quintupled Since 2020

    There has been a lot of doom and gloom about EV adoption slowing down in the U.S. market lately. Sure, the electric segment hasn’t exploded here like it has in other countries, but just under 1.2 million new EVs were sold in 2023, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. A record 7.6 percent of all new cars sold in this country last year were electric. It’s worth keeping in mind that the modern era of the electric car began in earnest just 14 years ago. A lot has happened in 14 years, and a lot more wil

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  • Busiest Train Line In The U.S. Goes Quiet Over Technical Difficulties

    Train service on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between New York City and Philadelphia was suspended for three hours due to a communications issue. The 457-mile-long route from Boston to Washington, D.C. is Amtrak’s most profitable route by a wide margin. The Northeast Corridor is used by the Acela, the federal-owned railroad’s marquee high-speed service, as well as, commuter trains operated by agencies like NJ Transit.

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  • Porsche Carrera GT Stop-Use Order Has Left Owners With An Undriveable 'Paperweight'

    Porsche’s iconic twenty-year-old V10 screamer supercar Carrera GT has been lying dormant for nearly a year, and owners are starting to get antsy. In April of 2023 Porsche issued a recall affecting 489 examples of the 1300 Carrera GTs built in 2004 and 2005 for potential catastrophic suspension failure. Shortly thereafter the recall was expanded to all Carrera GTs with a recommendation that all owners stop using them indefinitely. A source who wishes to remain unnamed has confirmed that Porsche d

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  • 2025 Dodge Charger EV: This Is It

    The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT concept previewed the coming eighth-generation Charger back in August of 2022, and the production-ready version is finally ready to make its bow later this year. On Friday, Dodge posted the all-electric next-gen Charger EV to Twitter in its final form before the car actually hits dealer showrooms. If you were wondering how close it would get to the concept, it’s not actually too far. This looks pretty great. Here it is.

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  • 'Overstretched' Regulators Keep Missing The Boeing 737 Max's Serious Flaws

    The door plug blow-out on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 has rightly provoked an intense outburst of public scrutiny regarding the Boeing 737 Max 9. Initial findings have led federal regulators to believe that design and quality control issues at Boeing and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems caused the dramatic incident. But these findings have raised the question: Why was the airliner cleared to fly?

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  • The Cost Of Car Insurance Jumped 24 Percent In 2023

    Great news! Most Americans are paying less than $3 per gallon for gas! Unfortunately for us, that doesn’t mean we’re really saving much money overall since any potential savings are most likely being eaten up by an increase in the cost of car insurance. As CBS News reports, car insurance rose six times the rate of inflation in 2023. On average, the cost of full coverage rose to $2,019 per year. That works out to a 24 percent increase over 2022 when full coverage cost $1,633.

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  • Hertz Is Getting Rid Of 20,000 EVs

    Happy Friday! It’s January 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

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  • Federal Killjoys Tell States To Stop Putting Jokes In Highway Signage

    An arm within the U.S. Department of Transportation called the Federal Highway Administration has declared that joke time is over. New guidance has been issued on interstate traffic-safety messages: “Signs should avoid language that uses pop-culture references or humor.” These DOT punks say the signs can be distracting and should only be used for pure information delivery. There’s nothing the feds can’t take the joy out of, eh?

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  • The Next Batman Should Drive Hyundai's Ioniq 5 N 'NPX1' Tuner Parts Concept

    While no one will ever agree on which iteration of Batman on film is the best, everyone at least has their favorites, and the same goes for people and their favorite Batmobiles. We’ve seen our caped crusader drive everything from comic book fantasies to modified vintage Chargers and actual tanks. Now a new car has been revealed that I think should be Batman’s next ride, at least in my dream movie: the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N “NPX1" concept, which just debuted at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

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  • You Should Take Out A Second Mortgage To Buy This Ultra-Rare 2007 Ruf Rt 12

    The 997 Porsche 911 Turbo is an absolutely fantastic car. With nearly 500 horsepower on tap, even the manual transmission version could hit 60 mph in less than four seconds according to Porsche. And even though they’re more than a decade old at this point, 997 Turbos still sell for more than $80,000. But what if the 911 Turbo isn’t fast, rare or expensive enough for you? Well, that’s where this 2007 Ruf Rt 12 comes in that’s currently for sale on Cars & Bids.

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  • The Detroit Auto Show Is Going Back To Its Original January Timeslot In 2025

    Auto shows have been waning the last few years. From the media side, it’s obvious they’re more for the public than the press, which has been especially apparent in recent years. While the major auto shows still attract attendees, those public numbers are down; I saw the difference myself when I attended the 2023 LA Auto Show on public days this year. Now one auto show is trying to right the ship by returning to its original timeslot.

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  • Sony Honda Mobility Is Also Working On An Afeela Crossover, Because Of Course

    This week Sony Honda Mobility unveiled its latest Afeela prototype at CES, featuring a number of design changes and new details that bring it even closer to production. The joint venture, which calls itself SHM for short, has said that the Afeela sedan will go on sale in 2026 and be built at a new facility in Ohio. In a world where SUVs rule the streets it’s pretty cool to see a new brand launching with a sedan, but don’t fret! SHM is also working on an Afeela crossover, and it was even teased i

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  • Toyota GR Yaris Gets Optional 8-Speed Auto, Rally Inspired Interior And Vertical Handbrake

    The Tokyo Auto Salon kicked off today, and Toyota took the opportunity to unveil the facelifted version of the GR Yaris, which has been one of the most talked-about and pined-after performance cars of the past decade. Updates to the forbidden (to the U.S.) GR model include a styling overhaul, more power, improved ergonomics, an ‘80s-style rally inspired interior and an optional 8-speed automatic transmission, among other cool bits.

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  • Liberty Walk Unveils Widebody Lamborghini Countach, Says 'We Are Doing Whatever We Want'

    It’s hard to name a more talked about and controversial tuner than Liberty Walk. The Japanese company is known for its widebody kits that have been applied to everything from hot hatchbacks to Lamborghini supercars and the Mitsuoka Orochi. Liberty Walk even worked its magic on a Lamborghini Miura replica, and last year it stole the show at the Tokyo Auto Salon with a modded Ferrari F40 that apparently led Ferrari to remove the car from its official registry.

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  • Never Leave These 10 Things In Your Car Before A Deep Freeze

    Things look like they’re about to get seriously cold for a lot of the United States, with the National Weather Service warning that most states will have low temperatures below freezing in the coming weeks. Before things get too icy, make sure you’ve taken the necessary precautions to prepare for the intense cold. This is a list of items you do not want to leave in your car during freezing conditions.

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  • Federal EV Plan Will See As Many Charging Stations As Gas Stations By 2030

    As the nation continues its slow, occasionally begrudging, march toward electrification of the transportation system, the sticking points seem to be range anxiety, lack of useful charging infrastructure, and ignorance or lack of understanding. While the government can’t really do much about the first one, and the third one is a much bigger problem than any one entity can tackle, the second one is getting a punch up in the next few years. The Biden Administration has stated that $623 million in g

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  • Record-Breaking Number Of Guns Found At Airports For Third Year Running

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it found 6,737 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2023, beating a record that was only set in 2022. While it’s not illegal to fly with a firearm, there are strict guidelines that gun owners must adhere to, and the TSA is begging people to follow them. It should also be noted that the TSA doesn’t confiscate firearms and the ultimate outcome depends on how local law enforcement decides to handle the situation.

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  • Porsche Macan EV Goes 325 Miles In Edmunds' Unofficial 70-MPH Highway Range Test

    After a bunch of delays, we’re finally going to see the Porsche Macan EV unveiled in a few months. In the meantime Porsche continues to tease the electric crossover, releasing new information about the second-gen Macan’s performance stats and testing regimen alongside yet more images of prototypes wearing little camo. Our friends at Edmunds recently got behind the wheel of a pair of Macan EV prototypes to do an unofficial 70-mph range test, where even the top trim went more than 300 miles on a c

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  • These Are The Most Satisfying Cars To Own, According To Consumer Reports

    Few things are more disappointing than buying a new car only to realize that you actually regret your decision. After all, short of buying a house, a car is usually the most expensive thing you’ll ever own. We’ve already posted Consumer Reports’ list of the most disappointing cars to own so you can hopefully avoid making one of those mistakes, but what about the most satisfying cars to own? Luckily, they have a list for that one, too. Let’s take a look at the cars the least number of people regr

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  • There Are 16,500 Car Crashes A Day In The U.S. And The Deadly Problem Is Only Getting Worse

    Since 2020, the number of road deaths in the United States has been rising at a truly staggering rate. There isn’t a singular cause behind this drastic shift. Instances of drunk driving and speeding are both up. Seatbelt use is down. But why? The New York Times took a deep dive into the deadly dilemma plaguing the nation with the expert guidance of Deborah Kuhls, a professor of surgery at U.N.L.V. and trauma surgeon.

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  • SpaceX Releases Cringe Elon Musk Staff Meeting Video To Prove He Wasn't On Drugs, But His Bizarre Behavior Isn't The Verification They Think It Is

    Elon Musk has never been particularly good at public speaking. He’s constantly stumbling over his own words, repeating himself, and forgetting key talking points. Every time I’ve seen a new Tesla unveil, I’ve thought to myself that he looks like he was randomly selected from the crowd and told to give a speech on a topic he was only tangentially familiar with. More people suffer from glossophobia, a fear of public speaking, than they fear death. Maybe he’s afraid. Or maybe he’s tired, or hungove

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  • 'Cummins Deserves To Pay Every Dollar' Of $2 Billion Fine In Emissions Scandal: EPA

    In December 2023, engine manufacturer Cummins was hit with a massive $1.675 billion penalty for intentionally selling emissions defeat devices in what was the largest-ever penalty for a violation of the Clean Air Act. Now, in a recent press conference reported on by The Drive, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has doubled down on its stance: it simply will not rest until Cummins has paid every single dollar of its fine.

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  • 'NASCAR: Full Speed' Netflix Docuseries Hopes To Capture The 'Drive To Survive' Magic

    Documentaries about the illustrious world of automobile racing are not a new concept, but never have we gotten such unprecedented access to the life of a NASCAR driver on the scale of Netflix’s new series. “NASCAR: Full Speed” will be releasing at the end of this month on the streaming service, and we’re excited to learn about what it takes to be competitive in one of the most popular spectator sports in the United States. We aren’t talking about the ballad of anyone here – we’re talking non-fic

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  • Ford Is Recalling More Than 100,000 Focus And EcoSport Models Over Oil Pressure Issues

    If you own a Ford Focus or EcoSport from between model years 2016 and 2022, you may want to head to the dealership. Ford has issued a new recall over models equipped with the brand’s signature EcoBoost engine. The recall affects the 2016-2018 Ford Focus and the 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport equipped with the 1.0-liter EcoBoost inline-3 and 6F15 automatic transmission.

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  • American Carbon Emissions Are Down To 1991 Levels, No Thanks To Transportation

    Preliminary estimates for 2023 indicate that despite a 2.4 percent increase in United States gross domestic product, nationwide greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.9 percent. Not only did U.S. emissions remain about six percent below pre-pandemic numbers, but are actually matching the numbers we saw back in 1991. The transportation sector — the number one factor in American greenhouse gas emissions — increased its emissions by 1.6 percent in 2023, largely due to increased plane travel and more mi

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  • Cuba Braces For Gas Prices Over $20 A Gallon

    The Cuban government has announced that it will be raising the country’s fuel prices by over 500 percent in February. Pump prices will spike from 25 Cuban pesos to 132 pesos per liter, according to the BBC. To use figures more relatable for us Americans, the prices are jumping from $3.94 per gallon to $20.86. The sharp increase paired with the opening of 29 gas stations that will exclusively accept U.S. dollars serve as a government attempt to bolster the country’s struggling economy.

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  • Outlandish Conspiracy Theories Now Shaping Real Transit Policy In The UK

    The United Kingdom sure seemed to be heading towards encouraging walkable communities, typically referred to as 15-minute cities. However, the ruling Conservative Party government made a U-turn on the policy direction and started promoting driving seemingly based on almost nothing but conspiracy theories, the Guardian reports. Even the country’s transport minister Mark Harper has made speeches lending credence to these illogical theories.

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  • SpaceX Starship Delays Push Back First NASA Moon Mission Since 1972

    Having your space ship not explode is probably something that NASA would consider to be mission critical, and SpaceX is having trouble meeting that metric. It’s been a little over 50 years since NASA took people from Earth and put them on the surface of the moon, so it’s important that this mission goes off without a hitch. It would be pretty embarrassing for modern space travel to be eclipsed by early 1970s technology. SpaceX has blown up a lot of space ships—most recently on November 18—as a r

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  • Crucial Boeing 737 Supplier Accused Of Ignoring Defects By Former Employees

    Former employees of Spirit AeroSystems have accused the Boeing 737 Max 9 supplier of ignoring manufacturer defects, the Lever reports. The door plug failure on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 has increased the already high scrutiny of the troubled airliner. Before the panel was found in a Portland school teacher’s yard after falling from 16,000 feet, attention shifted to how the airliner was assembled. Alaska, as well as United Airlines, found loose bolts on other 737 Max 9 aircraft.

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  • Waymo's Cautious Approach Could Win The AV Wars

    Driverless taxis have been in the news plenty recently, and never for good reasons. The name Cruise has been a Morning Shift mainstay, due to all the fallout from a car dragging a woman along the ground. One name, though, hasn’t come up much in recent reports: Waymo.

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  • Dodge Durango SRT AlcHEMI Commemorates The Last Year Of The V8 With A Silly Name And Some Stripes

    A moment of silence for the looming extinction of the almighty V8 — Dodge just announced that 2024 is the last year it will sell a Durango with a Hemi. At least they gave it a punny name: the Dodge Durango SRT 392 AlcHEMI. It’s the first in a run of “Last Call” Durango models that will be revealed throughout 2024. Dodge first brought out “Last Call” models for the end of Charger and Challenger production, and milked them for all they’re worth. The fact that Dodge puts “Last Call” in quotations l

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  • Mustang Driver Manages To Launch Himself Directly Into A House

    One of the great things about the Ford Mustang GT is that you get a lot of power for a relatively small amount of money. Unfortunately, that also means that it doesn’t take a ton of money for any idiot to get a car with way more power than they have the skill to handle. That’s led to so many crashes leaving Cars and Coffee events that it’s become a cliche. One driver in Indianapolis, though, recently upped the ante by launching his Mustang into a house.

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  • It's Illegal To Leave Snow On Your Car In Maine And More States Should Follow Suit

    Clearing snow off your car sucks. We get that. It’s also incredibly dangerous for other drivers to leave snow on your roof. So it’s great to see WGME report that Maine finally passed a law making it illegal to drive with snow or ice still on your car. The law actually passed back in May, but this is the first winter that its been in effect.

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  • VinFast's Plans For 2024 Involve Everything But Making Good Cars

    The VinFast VF8 is a bad car, and with a base price of nearly $50,000, you can’t even make the argument that it doesn’t need to be fancy because it’s cheap. Despite that (and all the negative reviews that came from the press launch), VinFast decided to start selling its cars in the U.S. Or at least attempt to sell them. And as Electrek reports, it has big plans for 2024 that involve basically everything except making a better car.

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  • Teenager Catches Nearly 50 Driving-Related Charges On First Try

    Marcellus Otero was arrested in Sydney, Australia on December 12 after crashing his silver Subaru BRZ during an alleged street race. The 19-year-old’s car was equipped with a dash cam, which police reviewed and found at least 48 separate offenses in November and December on the streets of Sydney. Otero stands accused of driving under a suspended provisional license, doing burnouts, driving negligently, recklessly, and furiously, as well as exceeding the speed limit by over 45 km/h (28 mph).

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  • Amazon Has One World Left To Conquer: Your Car

    Happy Tuesday! It’s January 9, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

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  • Transparent Swarovski Crystal Touchscreens Could Bring An Extra Touch Of Class To Car Interiors

    The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is always a fount of jaw-dropping new technology, from robots and foldable TVs to the latest smart home devices and even food. Automakers and suppliers have come to CES in recent years with everything from actual new car reveals to more over-arching tech announcements, but a lot of the time it’s pretty boring stuff, especially for the every day enthusiast. But this year Continental has unveiled a new transparent in-car display that could revolutionize a

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  • Biden Admin Awards Nearly $1 Billion Toward 2,700 Electric School Buses

    Thanks to the Biden Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, school districts across the country are getting access to a huge amount of funds to purchase greatly improved, much more efficient school buses. In a release, the EPA announced that nearly $1 billion will be awarded to school districts across the country. Over 280 school districts that serve 7 million students in 37 states will have access to $875,429,000 to purchase more than 2,700 clean energy school buses.

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  • What Was The Worst Car That Was Introduced The Year You Were Born?

    1989 was a fantastic year for me, as it was the year I was born. The nearly 48 hours my mom was in labor doing her best to bring me into the world weren’t so great for her, but she continues to insist that I was worth it. It was also a fantastic year for cars. Most importantly, Mazda started selling the Miata, which is arguably the best car ever made.

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  • Kia's Adorable PBV Concepts Are The Modular Electric Vans We Deserve

    As small vans are gradually dying off in the U.S., Kia just introduced its new line of electrified commercial-style vans with some revolutionary plans to shake up not just the van world, but the entire automobile as we know it. The first model slated to begin Korean production in 2025 is the PV5, which is aimed at targeting ride-hailing drivers, delivery drivers and utility services.

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  • Manual Transmissions Made Up More Than Half Of BMW M2 Sales Last Year

    It’s probably only a matter of time before the manual transmission dies off, but that day is not today. BMW buyers made that clear last year, with more than half of all M2 buyers in the U.S. choosing to go with the three-pedal option, Motor1 reports. About 20 percent of M3 and M4 buyers ordered their car with a manual, which doesn’t quite match the M2 but is still significantly higher than the take rate on a lot of other cars that still offer manual transmissions.

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  • Fiat Sold Just 605 Cars In The U.S. In 2023 (Update)

    If you thought that Dodge and, to a more serious extent, Chrysler were the most sad looking brands in Stellantis’ arsenal, you haven’t been paying attention to Fiat. And why would you? The brand sells so few cars in the U.S. it makes you wonder if it’s even worth it for Stellantis to continue to bother with it.

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  • Florida Woman Had Her Entire Driveway Stolen

    If you leave things in your yard, you shouldn’t be surprised if they get stolen. People are opportunistic, and if they see your kid’s bike sitting there unsecured, they may decide it’s a perfect opportunity to give it to their kid. Heck, sometimes even entire cars get stolen out of driveways. It sucks, but it happens. However, one Florida woman recently came home to find that her entire driveway had been stolen, WFTV reports.

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  • Almost 200,000 Flights Were Canceled In 2023, But That's Half As Many As The Year Before

    The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced that only 1.2 percent of the 16.3 million flights scheduled last year were canceled, the lowest flight cancellation rate in at least a decade. Cancellations were nearly cut in half compared to 2022, when the rate was 2.3 percent. The massive decrease didn’t happen by accident. The USDOT has toughened its oversight of the airline industry, headlined by its $140 million fine against Southwest Airlines for the low-cost carrier’s December 2

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  • Lucid Illegally Fired Pro-Union Workers, NLRB Claims

    Lucid makes an absolutely fantastic electric car, and later this year, it plans to add an electric SUV to its lineup. Still, it’s struggled financially and has been hemorrhaging cash. Money isn’t the only problem Lucid is dealing with, though, as the National Labor Relations Board has accused the electric automaker of illegally firing pro-union employees, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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  • Man Finds Undamaged Cell Phone That Survived 16,000-Foot Fall From Alaska Airlines Blowout

    An airplane left behind a trail of detritus violently sucked out of the cabin when a giant fucking hole opened in the fuselage this weekend. Thankfully nobody was injured, and the plane returned to Portland for an emergency landing, but little pieces of the flight are being uncovered all over the area, including two still-operational cell phones, and the giant hunk of plane.

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  • VinFast Reportedly Called The Cops On Another Critic And Got Him Arrested

    VinFast has a problem. The VF8 isn’t very good. In fact, it’s quite bad. That’s made it hard to convince actual people to buy its cars. If you live in Vietnam and happen to point that out, apparently VinFast’s solution is to simply call the cops on you, as Sonnie Tran, a social media influencer, recently found out the hard way, The Drive reports.

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  • 'Speed Racer' Actor Christian Oliver, His Two Children, Killed In Caribbean In Plane Crash

    Actor Christian Oliver – best known for his roles in “Speed Racer” and “Valkyrie” – was killed with his two young children after their plane crashed into the Caribbean on January 4. The 51-year-old Oliver and his daughters, 10-year-old Madita and 12-year-old Annik, were the only passengers on board the small single-engine plane as they headed from St. Lucia from J.F. Mitchell Airport on the Grenadine island of Bequia, according to TMZ.

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  • Rolls-Royce Is Having A Clearance Sale And You Can Save 4 Percent On A New Ghost Or Cullinan

    It’s relatively common for automakers to offer cash incentives designed to move inventory. Not enough people buying Nissan Altimas at full price? Just knock a few thousand dollars off the price and see what that does. Your typical Altima buyer actually has to think about money, though. A Rolls-Royce buyer, on the other hand, does not. Still, for some reason, Rolls-Royce is currently offering customers a $15,000 discount, CarsDirect reports.

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  • Watch A Lucid Air Pure RWD Go From 0 To 65 MPH And Back To 0 Using Just Regen Braking

    This week I finally got to try out the Lucid Air Pure, the base trim of the electric sedan and the only one available with rear-wheel drive. For a starting price of $78,900 including destination you get 430 horsepower and a range of up to 419 miles, the latter of which is longer than any other EV save higher-end versions of the Air. Lucid says the Air Pure will hit 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, which is pretty damn quick, but even more impressive is its braking performance.

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  • These Cars Saw The Biggest Sales Surges Last Year

    Here at Jalopnik, we like to reward improvement. Sure, more than 750,000 people bought a Ford F-Series last year, but that’s not exactly news. The F-Series has been the top-selling vehicle in the U.S. for decades. Instead, let’s talk about the cars that sold significantly better in 2023 than they did in 2022. In terms of raw numbers, they may not have been the biggest sellers, but compared to the previous year, these are the cars that posted the biggest gains percentage-wise in 2023.

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  • Tesla Cybertruck Manages Just 254 Miles Of Range In Independent Highway Range Test

    In a recent test of a borrowed Tesla Cybertruck by Out of Spec Motoring, the indicated 124 kWh of juice in the truck petered out after just 254 miles of driving. That’s just a little over 2 miles per kWh, which puts the Cybertruck’s efficiency numbers just a bit higher than the Hummer EV’s estimated 1.48 miles per kWh, and just shy of the F150 Lightning’s 2.29 miles per kWh.

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  • After Fed Probe, Tesla Lowers Range Estimates On Model Y, S, And X By Up To 6 Percent

    Some of Tesla’s best selling models have received an adjustment to their posted EPA range estimates, lowering some of them by as much as six percent. It has long been known that Tesla has a tendency to exaggerate its range estimates, failing to bake in any leeway for weather, terrain, or speed. Some say it’s technically possible to achieve Tesla’s figures in the real world in perfect conditions employing ultra efficient driving techniques. Most drivers, however, see their battery numbers tumble

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  • Yet Again, Full-Size Pickup Trucks Dominated U.S. Auto Sales In 2023

    2023 has officially come to a close, which means it’s time for us to dig through yearly sales reports for fun tidbits. For example, did you know that despite Chevrolet killing off the Bolt, sales increased 63 percent compared to 2022? Or that Miata sales were also up nearly 50 percent? What’s less fun, though, is that the U.S.’s obsession with massive pickup trucks isn’t going anywhere any time soon.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • Taking Your Rented Porsche Macan Mudding In Death Valley Will Probably Land You In Jail

    Two vehicles drove off road in Death Valley National Park and got stuck. One got stuck trying to retrieve the first. All drivers involved have been cited, received mandatory court appearances, and could face jail time for their part in the whole ridiculous matter. According to the National Parks Services, on December 22, two men drove a rented Porsche Macan on a muddy path, and got stuck 200 yards away from the road heading toward the salt flat. The men then hired a truck to tow them out, and th

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Snowstorm Traps 1,000 Vehicles On Swedish Highway For Up To 20 Hours

    There have been 1,000 vehicles trapped on a major highway in southern Sweden over the past day as a snowstorm made its way across the Nordic country. Snowdrifts slammed a 20-mile portion of the E22 between Horby and Kristianstad. According to the BBC, the roadway was impassable in both directions by around 9:00 a.m. local time yesterday. Anyone who was driving along the highway by then was stuck.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Fisker Ditches Direct Sales In Favor Of No-Haggle Dealer Partnerships In The U.S.

    The reborn Fisker produced just over 10,000 cars in 2023, delivering around 4,700 units of the Ocean crossover to customers across 12 markets worldwide (including some right-hand-drive countries) following the first deliveries in June. Fisker says it is already a revenue-generating company, despite supply chain issues and other challenges, and now it has launched a new plan to further increase sales. In the U.S., Fisker will be ditching its direct sales model in favor of partnering with traditio

    By Daniel Golson Read More

  • It Was Only A Matter Of Time Before Someone Tried To Flip An Ineos Grenadier

    The Land Rover Defender-inspired Ineos Grenadier first went into production in late 2022, but U.S. deliveries only began a year later. It’s a niche off-roader that is only going to appeal to a select group of buyers, but we’re not going to pretend that we can’t see the appeal of a bare-bones SUV that was built to take the original Defender’s place. Nor are we surprised that someone’s already trying to flip a Grenadier over on Cars & Bids.

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  • Contrary To Reports, Jeep May Not Be Pulling Out Of North American Auto Shows

    Remember when you were eight years old, and you finally got to go to your first big auto show? The sights, the sounds, the oddly-musty smell of the convention center — all incredible, memorable experiences. There’s one, though, that stands above them all: Camp Jeep. Contrary to reports, the iconic Camp Jeep isn't disappearing any time soon; Stellantis is just getting more selective about where it'll debut its products.

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  • A GPS Transponder Could Have Prevented Japan's Fatal Plane Crash

    On January 2, a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 with 379 people on board crashed into a Japanese Coast Guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. It left five of the six Coast Guard crew members dead and caused the A350 to burst into flames after it skidded down the runway. Luckily, everyone on board evacuated safely and there were just 14 minor injuries.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • The Average EV Driver Is Sitting At A Fast Charger For More Than 40 Minutes

    Whether it comes down to a trend of buyers seeking bigger batteries, public DC fast chargers not delivering the speeds they advertise, or lack of knowledge of fast charging practices, it’s taking 42 minutes for the average EV to charge up. A study from Energetics covering 2.4 million charging sessions over a three-year period proved that many drivers are sitting at chargers for a lifetime to get their EVs packed with electrons.

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  • Driver 'Victimizes Trees And Shrubberies' Until Trees Fight Back

    Several trees assembled as a well-regulated forest defended themselves against the driver of a Ford Crown Victoria in Union County, North Carolina in late December. The incident began when deputies from the local sheriff’s office tried to locate a wanted fugitive at a nearby address. Union County Sheriff’s Office stated in a release that the sought individual wasn’t found, but 30-year-old Deyonta Wilson fled the location and became the trees’ problem.

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  • Watch The Tesla Cybertruck's Windshield Wiper Flop Around Like A Wet Noodle

    Even though the Tesla Cybertruck is still routinely in the headlines, there’s a good chance most of us haven’t seen much of this electric pickup. I’m talking really seen, in the form of a deep, comprehensive review in place of actually experiencing it ourselves. Thankfully, we have Out of Spec Reviews to give us an almost two-hour video of all things Cybertruck — including its floppy windshield wiper.

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  • SpaceX Faces Charges For Illegally Firing 9 Employees Who Called Elon Musk An 'Embarrassment'

    Nine SpaceX employees were fired in June of 2022 shortly after disseminating an open letter that urged company executives to publicly condemn CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior. The letter referenced Elon’s sexual misconduct and hush money payments, his ‘harmful’ Twitter persona, and called him a ‘source of distraction and embarrassment.’ Those behind the letter were fired that same day, as president Gwynne Shotwell said the letter made employees “uncomfortable” and urged other employees to "avoid

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • These Are The Deadliest States For Winter Driving

    The weather outside is frightful, and the driving can be far from delightful. Winter brings the possibility of being out on the road during a snowstorm or in the immediate aftermath. Even capable drivers in a properly prepared vehicle could be collected by a hapless novice caught by the sleet and snow.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Ford F-150 Lightning Just Got More Expensive, But It's Still $5,000 Cheaper Than The Cybertruck

    Ford has confirmed that it’s going to be raising prices for its base-model 2024 F-150 Lightning by roughly $5,000. This isn’t the first time Ford has toyed with the pricing for its electric pickup truck, but with its biggest competitor, the Tesla Cybertruck, still undergoing countless delays and still more expensive than the Lightning, Ford has a little wiggle room for some MSRP adjustments.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Acura Sold 5 NSX Supercars In 2023, And There's Still A Few Left For Sale

    When a vehicle goes out of production, some may think that that means it’s done completely. That’s not the case, though, depending on the model. Dodge Challenger and Charger production just ended, but there are thousands of new ones left on dealer lots. Some cars still sell years after their production ended; Chrysler reported selling a single 200 sedan in Q2 of 2023 more than six years after its production ended.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Consumer Reports Says These Are The Best Hybrid Cars For Less Than $35,000 In 2024

    We’ve come a long way since the second-generation Toyota Prius took the world by storm. With its innovative hybrid powertrain it was able to get 46 mpg combined at a time when the most fuel-efficient Camry only got 24 mpg combined. These days, automakers’ lineups are full of hybrids. Heck, Ford even introduced a hybrid version of the F-150.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • Accord And CR-V Hybrids Made Up 25 Percent Of Honda's Total 2023 Sales

    After discontinuing the Civic-based Insight following the 2023 model year, Honda has been left with just two hybrid models on sale, the Accord and the CR-V. Despite the lack of model variety, it turns out those two remaining hybrids are a huge boon for Honda, as they both made up 25 percent of the brand’s total U.S. sales in 2023.

    By Daniel Golson Read More

  • Billionaires Keep Their Cars In Buildings Nicer Than Your House

    Oh, to be a billionaire car enthusiast. Not only are super-rich car enthusiasts able to buy any vehicle they want without a care in the world, they’re storing them in places that developers aren’t even referring to as garages anymore — Places that in most instances are nicer than most people’s homes and wouldn’t look out of place as an elaborate auto show setup.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Burning Airliner Evacuated In 18 Minutes After Tokyo Haneda Airport Collision

    Japan Airlines stated that it took 18 minutes for Flight 516’s burning Airbus A350-900 to be fully evacuated after colliding with a Japanese Coast Guard Bombardier Dash 8 at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Those 18 minutes span from the point of impact until the final person left the aircraft. The recorded footage and accounts from those on board illustrate the dramatic and chaotic crash, where properly followed procedures allowed all 367 passengers and 12 crew members to escape safely.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Audi Q8 E-Tron Edition Dakar Has Decent Off-Road Upgrades

    Audi made its return to the Dakar Rally in 2022 with the awesome RS Q E-Tron, a wild-looking dedicated race rig that uses a two electric motors powered by a gasoline four-cylinder engine. While the RS Q E-Tron has yet to see major success in the rally — in its first year the truck’s best finish was ninth, and last year two of the Audis retired and the other came 14th — Audi is set to try again in the 2024 Dakar Rally, which kicks off later this week. To celebrate and bring attention to its effor

    By Daniel Golson Read More

  • Truck Crash Spills Hazardous Material From East Palestine Train Derailment

    A truck carrying hazardous material from the East Palestine train derailment crashed Tuesday in Novelty, Ohio, roughly 20 miles east of Cleveland. While a hazmat team has contained the spilled material, this crash is yet another misstep in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern derailment in February last year, which contaminated the small town with toxic acrolein and vinyl chloride, and cleanup is still in progress.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Michael Jordan's Old 1991 BMW 850i Is Almost As Nice As It Is Expensive

    While he appeared in a number of music videos in the late 1900s, actor Michael Jordan had to wait until 1996 to get his big break as the basketball-playing star of Warner Bros.’ Space Jam. Despite that film raking in an estimated $250 million, Jordan never became an A-list actor and only acted sporadically after that. And yet, a 1991 BMW 8 Series that the actor used to own is already going for big money over at Bring a Trailer.

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  • Tesla's CCS Adapter Doesn't Work With The Cybertruck: Report

    In general, I don’t trust NACS to CCS adapters, or vice versa. If the car wasn’t designed to accept the cable, it’s not a great idea to try to shove electrons through any variety of contraption. That’s a lot of energy, a lot of heat, and a lot of deadly flowing through that hunk of unregulated plastic. But, needs must and all that. People are going to continue using them, so it’s interesting that Tesla’s own factory-accessory CCS adapter doesn’t actually fit the Cybertruck.

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  • Bugatti Rimac Spinoff Claims It Will Debut Autonomous Taxi Early This Year

    Thirty-five-year-old Mate Rimac might be one of the most interesting figures in cars. The Croatian went from electric-swapping his BMW E30 in his twenties to controlling two of the most advanced hypercar manufacturers in the world and becoming one of the biggest players in the automotive industry. The guy has a track record and I’m willing to at least hear him out. So when he says he’s launching a new autonomous taxi pilot project early this year and plans to have commercial operations up and r

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  • Tesla Isn't Saying How Many Cybertrucks It Built And Delivered In 2023

    The first weeks of January are always full of number crunching, as automakers start putting out their sales results for the fourth quarter and the previous year as a whole. Tesla is one of the first to release Q4 2023 numbers, announcing that in 2023 it produced 1,845,985 vehicles and delivered 1,808,581 — a new record for the EV brand. What Tesla isn’t saying yet, though, is just how many Cybertrucks were built and delivered last year.

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  • Recently Retired NYPD Captain Shoots Man In Road Rage Incident

    A former New York Police Department captain, who retired in October of 2023, shot another man in the leg during a road rage incident in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve. I cannot imagine what took place before this, but I guarantee it is not worth shooting a dude over.

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  • EPA Doesn't Use Brand New Electric Vehicles For Range Testing To Keep Results Realistic

    The Environmental Protection Agency has been the non-partisan adjudicator of vehicle emissions and fuel mileage in the United States for over 50 years. With the rise in electric vehicle sales, range has become a crucial selling point for customers. The EPA goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that its figures are a realistic reflection of performance for EV owners, not automaker-polished numbers. These efforts start before the tests even begin.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • We'll Get Our First Look At Scout's Body-On-Frame EV This Summer

    We first learned about Volkswagen’s plans to revive the International Harvester Scout as a new EV brand named Scout Motors back in May 2022, when the VW subsidiary showed off some side-view sketches and announced its intentions to produce the new pickup and SUV starting in 2026. Now, thanks to a new brand-building video, we know that we’ll get our first look at the Scouts this summer.

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  • Car Dealerships In Kyiv Hit By Russian Bombing Strike

    Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed increased intensity and frequency of attacks on Ukraine, and started 2024 with a bombardment of the country’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv. Tuesday’s shelling and drone attacks lasted more than ninety minutes and resulted in death and destruction, leaving smoldering residential and commercial districts across the two cities and into the suburbs. The aim of the attack was to disrupt civilian infrastructure, and part of that effort, it seems, is attac

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  • Porsche Vaporizes Tesla's EV 'Ring Record With New Track-Focused Taycan

    The electric sedan Nürburgring lap battle raging between Porsche and Tesla is so hot right now. Back in June Tesla sent a Model S Plaid with the optional “track pack” (carbon ceramics, increased top speed, and sticky Goodyears) to the ‘Ring to beat Porsche’s Taycan Turbo S lap time, and succeeded. Since 2019 the EV sedan lap record had fallen from 7:42 to just 7:25. Not wanting to be outdone, Porsche just set a new Taycan lap with an as-yet-unannounced Taycan GT model, running an impressive 7:07

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  • Olympic Cyclist Dies After Husband Allegedly Hit Her With A Ute

    World champion cyclist Melissa Hoskins was killed on December 30 when her husband Rohan Dennis allegedly struck and killed her with his Volkswagen ute in Adelaide, South Australia. Dennis was charged with death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and endangering life, according to ABC. Dennis is also an accomplished cyclist, recently retiring as a two-time world champion.

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  • Amelia Earhart's Plane May Have Been Found On The Bottom Of The Pacific

    Amelia Earhart was declared dead in January of 1939, two years after her around-the-world flight in her Lockheed Electra 10E Special ended in an unsolved disappearance. Earhart was the world’s most accomplished and famed female pilot in 1937, and her ill-fated flight is still the kind of thing that haunts a person. Real-estate investor and pilot Tony Romeo spent around $11 million on an expedition to uncover the whereabouts of Earhart’s lost plane, and after a 100-day voyage covering 5,200 squar

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • What In God's Name Is Going On With Air Travel Right Now?

    It’s been a rough month when it comes to air transportation. Since the start of the new year, we’ve seen everything from door plugs blowing off at 16,000 feet and airplanes colliding on runways to cracked windshields and people getting stuck in bathrooms. Lest we forget a flight I was on had a five-hour delay for reasons known only to God and Delta.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Virgin Atlantic Flight Canceled After Passenger Notices Missing Bolts On Airbus A330

    A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for New York City was canceled right before it was set to take off on January 15 after a passenger noticed that several screws were missing from the Airbus A330’s wing. Phil Hardy, a British traveler, was sitting onboard Virgin Flight 127 at Manchester Airport in England when he noticed four missing fasteners during the flight’s safety briefing, according to the New York Post. That’s when he decided to let the cabin crew know.

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  • Saturday Night Live Finds The Positives In Alaska Airlines' Recent Turmoil

    Alaska Airlines has been having a tough time as of late. Back in October of 2023, an off-duty Alaska pilot tried to shut off a plane’s engines mid-flight while he was on mushrooms, and earlier this month, a door plug ripped from the fuselage of a Boeing 737-Max 9 while the plane was 16,000 feet in the air. These issues, to most people, would be looked at as a negative, but Saturday Night Live is offering a different perspective — a far more positive one.

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  • Watch The World's Biggest Paper Airplane Soar Through The Sky With Beauty And Grace

    Paper airplanes are wonderful. Few things made a boring middle school math class go by like crafting the perfect paper bird and hurling it at the head of your best buddy across the room. I always found there was one problem with paper airplanes: they’re just two damn small. Well, it seems someone else thought the same thing I did and decided to make what they claim is the world’s biggest paper airplane, and we thank them for their service.

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  • Trans-Atlantic Air France Flight Ends With Frightening Tailstrike Incident

    Picture this: You’ve been relaxing on the red-eye from Paris to Toronto, hopping that jet stream from CDG to YYZ. It’s been a fairly uneventful flight, not much to complain about, aside from a crying baby a few rows away, a dude down the row thought it was a good idea to take off his shoes a few hours ago, and the person next to you is hogging the armrest. It’s just a flight. That is, until the pilot smacks the tail of the aircraft into the tarmac and has to turn around to give it another shot.

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  • Airport Security Truck Driver Smashes Into An Airbus A320, Causing $330,000 In Damage

    There’s pretty much just one rule to driving on an airport runway, and it’s “don’t hit shit.” A subset of that rule is the notion that the eighty-ton aircraft pretty much always has the right of way. Early on Monday morning an airport security staffer at Sydney International took a wrong turn in their company-issued Mitsubishi Triton pickup, running headlong into an empty Jetstar Airways Airbus getting a tow. The driver was transported to the hospital, but no major injuries were reported.

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  • A Boeing 747 Shot Sparks Through The Sky When One Of Its Engines Failed

    An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane shot sparks through the Miami sky last week after one of its engines failed shortly after taking off from Miami International Airport. The plane was heading to Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico, though it is not known exactly what cargo this plane was carrying at the time of the engine failure. Luckily, the pilot landed the aircraft safely back at the Miami airport after the catastrophic engine failure.

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  • World's Abandoned Airports Offer An Eerie Journey Through Bad Decisions And Worse Wars

    Airports seem like the sort of large, hulking and expensive buildings that will be there forever. There’s no way something so monumentally huge and costly to construct would ever just be cast aside. But there are a ton of lonesome airports around the world, ones that once hosted international flights full of diplomats, celebrities, business people and holiday-seekers, to only now rot away.

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  • Aircraft Touch Tips During Blizzard At Japanese Airport

    As Korean Air Lines flight KE766 to Seoul was pushing back from its gate at New Chitose Airport on Tuesday, its port side wing came into contact with the starboard vertical stabilizer of a stationary Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft bound for Hong Kong. This comes just two weeks after a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, and days after an aircraft with a cracked windshield was re-routed back to New Chitose.

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  • String Of Boeing Failures Continues With 737-800 Flight Turning Back With Cracked Cockpit Windshield

    In the wake of recent major Boeing quality control news, including loose hardware, door plug failure, and the debacle that was the development of the 737 Max, it isn’t a good time for further failures by the company. A piece of news out of Japan that would probably normally be swept under the rug, an unrelated 737-800 with a cracked windshield, became international news this weekend.

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  • Marshmallow Treats Ended Up On The Royal Air Force's No-Fly List

    Over in the United Kingdom, there’s a certain dessert known as a “teacake” — or, as a British friend kindly informed me, it’s more accurately known as a “Tunnock” in Scotland. Basically, the food in question for this particular story are actually a cookie base topped with marshmallow, coated in chocolate, and wrapped in foil. Believe it or not, these marshmallowy treats ended up on the Royal Air Force’s no-fly list.

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  • People Tried To Sneak Some Truly Weird Stuff Past Airport Security In 2023

    The American Transportation Security Administration is often accused of being little more than security theater. They exist to make the average everyday traveler feel safer about their flight. “Well, if they make me take my shoes off and throw away my water bottle, surely the terrorists won’t get through their iron defenses,” is more or less the agency’s raison d’être. Sometimes I’ll get to my destination and notice an xacto or Swiss army knife stuffed into a pocket of my backpack I haven’t open

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  • You Can Actually Buy This eVTOL Right Now With No FAA Certification

    As a reminder, eVOTLs aren’t the future of transportation. Yes I know I said it already, but I’ve had to keep saying it for years. Aside from public transportation uses — which are questionable themselves — no one knows exactly who these things are supposed to be for. While the timeline for many eVTOLs to come to market keeps getting pushed further and further out, one company has actually managed to offer one for sale.

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  • Is Your Upcoming Flight On A Boeing 737 Max? This Website Will Let You Know

    If you’re getting ready to fly anywhere in the coming weeks, you may be a bit nervous over wondering if the plane you’re boarding is safe. Seeing 737 on the side of a fuselage can be enough to give even the most stalwart traveler with a hefty pile of frequent flier miles pause. Luckily, there’s now a website with one simple purpose: to tell you if your flight is in one of these seemingly cursed aircrafts.

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  • More Loose Boeing 737 Max 9 Door Plugs Discovered In Alaska And United Airlines Inspections

    Following the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout last week, airlines have launched independent probes into the airworthiness of their Boeing 737 Max 9 airframes. Investigation into the cause of Friday’s catastrophic failure unveiled the possibility of loose hardware allowing the door plug to become dislodged, shifting upward and disengaging the twelve “stops” intended to keep the airborne human transport tube whole. In looking at its own fleet of 737 Max 9s, United Airlines discovered at least fi

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  • Boeing 737 Max Planes Grounded After Door Plug Blows Out At 16,000 Feet

    Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight leaving Portland, Oregon endured a harrowing ordeal when a door plug blew out the side on the flight’s Boeing 737 Max 9 just minutes after takeoff. The massive hole in the fuselage’s side at 16,000 feet caused the cabin to depressurize, the lights to flicker and oxygen masks to drop from the ceiling. Luckily, no one was sitting directly next to the plug as the back of an unoccupied seat was ripped out of the aircraft.

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  • Man Found Dead In Airplane Engine At Salt Lake City Airport

    If you’re traveling around major U.S. holidays, especially during the winter, you need to be prepared for flight delays and cancelations. It sucks, but that’s just the way it is. Sometimes, airlines mess up and lie to you about it, but other times, a massive storm rolls in and messes everything up. On Monday, though, NBC News reports that Delta passengers in Salt Lake City, Utah had to deal with a completely unexpected reason for their flight being canceled — a dead body found in one of the plan

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  • Japan Airlines Plane Bursts Into Flames After Collision At Tokyo Airport

    While landing in Tokyo, a Japan Airlines jet hit a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft, causing the passenger jet to explode, killing five Coast Guard members on the other plane. Japan Airlines said all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on the plane were safely evacuated at Haneda Airport on January 2, according to the New York Times.

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  • There's A Relic Runway From America's Failed Supersonic Future Hiding In The Everglades

    When supersonic flight was set to transform passenger air travel in the late 1960s, Miami-Dade County had grand ambitions of becoming the center of commercial aviation’s fledgling intercontinental network. Local government wanted to construct the world’s largest airport in the middle of Everglades, 60 miles west of South Beach. However, plans for Everglades Jetport collapsed due to technological limitations and concerns about permanently damaging the Everglades.

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  • What's The Weirdest Thing You've Ever Driven?

    There are so many weird and wonderful cars out there in the world. Humans have been building these things for nearly 140 years, we were bound to do some off-the-wall stuff. So today, in 2024, I want to know what the weirdest thing you’ve ever driven is. It doesn’t even have to be a car, or have four wheels, or any wheels. Have you driven a hovercraft or an ekranoplan? I want to hear all about that!

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • These Are Your Totally Rational Automotive Biases

    Despite being inanimate motorized machines, most drivers hold biases against the other vehicles and their drivers out on the road. We asked readers earlier this week about those personally held beliefs. While there were a couple of positive prejudices, it was mostly negative views held against automakers, particular models and the people that drive them. Without further ado, here are your totally rational automotive biases:

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  • These Are The Most Forgettable Cars, According To You

    This is a safe place for us to admit that there are some cars out there that are so boring, you can honestly forget they exist. Even to the point of not even remembering the last time you saw one or what they even look like. While we can appreciate these cars existing, we first need to, you know, actually remember them.

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  • How Did You Get Your Totally Rational Automotive Biases?

    Either consciously or subconsciously, we all make mental notes after every interaction we’ve had with other vehicles on the road. Some drivers try to never end up side-by-side with a tractor-trailer, typically never pulling alongside a big rig unless there’s enough space to quickly blast past entirely. Others binge-watch dashcam crash complication videos and then think BMW drivers are on a mission to create as much carnage as possible.

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  • These Cars Have The Weirdest Wing Mirrors

    I am a huge fan of weird and wacky designs that slipped past OEM’s finance departments and made it to production in all of their unusual glory, and wing mirrors are no exception. A very logical addition to cars that allows drivers to glance over and know what’s going on behind them, side-view mirrors often are another boring element that manufacturers will slap onto a car, but sometimes designers get to have a little fun and shake things up.

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  • These Are The Cars With The Most Misleading Names

    We all love car names, but they’re not always honest. Sometimes a car is given a name that the machine does not accurately reflect. Or sometimes cars are given a name that’s completely opposed to the vehicle that wears the badge. It would almost be cruel, if it weren’t so funny. We asked readers to tell us what they believe are the cars with the most misleading names.

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  • What's The Most Forgettable Car?

    We’ve all seen unforgettable cars — stuff that’s burned into your brain until the day you die because it was just so damn cool or innovative, or you just really wanted to own it one day. But those vehicles are few and far between, and today, we want you to scour your brains for something a little more obscure: What’s the most forgettable cars?

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  • What Car Has The Weirdest Wing Mirrors?

    Legislation in the United States currently mandates physical rear-view mirrors on the outside wings of vehicles to provide rearward vision, but other regions are already using rear-view cameras instead of old fashioned mirrors to maximize aerodynamic efficiency. There have been many different and sometimes weird attempts at reinventing, redesigning, and reimagining wing mirrors, and we know our audience will celebrate the weirdest wing mirrors with us, so weigh in with your opinion!

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  • These Cars Have The Coolest Gauge Clusters

    Gauge clusters: you look at them every time you’re behind the wheel, but you’re usually focused on mundanities like speed or fuel economy. Yawn. Today, we’re here to talk about gauge clusters from a different perspective: The perspective of art.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What Car Has The Most Misleading Name?

    Look, the Ford Aspire was a lot of things, some of them good. But one thing it was not, was aspirational. Unless your aspiration was to own literally any car. Sometimes it seems like carmakers are stretching to name a new model, sometimes it seems like they drew a name out of a hat, but often the result is a name that writes checks the car itself cannot cash.

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  • What Car Has The Best Gauge Cluster?

    When you’re behind the wheel, you’re usually not looking at much of your car itself. The seats, the trunk, the headliner — they aren’t really in your field of view. You know what is, though? Your gauges. They’re always in the periphery, always present, and yet so many carmakers just slap a few circles together when designing them. Don’t we deserve better?

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  • If Money Is No Object, These Are The Best Winter Vehicles

    The battle between all-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive for winter vehicles rages on at Jalopnik. We’ve extolled the virtues of RWD cars with winter tires before, making a case for its usefulness in the snow when compared against vehicles with AWD. Utility in these cases is mostly down to traction, and proper tires are the key. But we wanted to know what winter vehicles readers would choose in a “spared no expense” scenario.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • These Are The Cars You'd Buy Today To Last 250,000 Miles

    When it comes to buying a new car, you’re more likely to rack up huge miles on a modern daily driver than you ever have been in history. Cars are built to higher standards today than pretty much any time in the past. Even the cheapest of cars will probably make it to six-figure odometers. But if you had to choose something made today to drive for the next twenty or so years, racking up significant miles behind the wheel, what would you choose? We asked our readers, and these are the answers they

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  • Money Is No Object: What's The Best Winter Vehicle?

    Much of the East Coast just got its first real (read: vaguely measurable) snowfall in two years, and it got me thinking about something: winter cars. But, not just any old winter beaters. Where’s the fun in that? Where’s the hope for something better? No, no. A winter beater will simply not do, and that’s what brings me to today’s question.

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  • These Are The Worst Experiences You Have Had As Passengers

    I asked earlier this week what were your worst experiences as a passenger. There was no way that could have prepared for what I sifted through. Commenters submitted stories that featured drunk driving, blatant traffic violations and straight-up dangerous driving. I’m glad that everyone survived to share their stories, including the one that took place in an active war zone. Without further ado, here are the worst stories from when we weren’t at the controls:

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  • If You Had To Buy A Car Today To Last 250,000 Miles, What Would You Buy?

    New cars are an expensive proposition, with the average new car transaction price somewhere around $48,000 and interest rates ranging between five and 14 percent. It often doesn’t make financial sense to buy a new car and trade it in every couple of years, as has been the American norm for so long. You really should be committing to buying a car that will last a decade or more, if you want to get your money’s value out of it.

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  • What Tiny, Seemingly Unimpressive Car Do You Irrationally Love?

    It’s easy to get excited about cool, powerful cars. The growl of a Porsche or the aggressive lines of a Lamborghini or the raw power and outdoorsy bona fides of a Toyota Land Cruiser are meant to be intoxicating. These cars act on our baser instincts, such as a desire for power, speed and strength. But not all cars were made equal. Some are tiny little bursts of joy that, while they won’t get your blood pumping, can still make your heart race a little.

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  • These Are Your Messiest In-Car Food Disasters

    Last week, we asked you to tell us all about the weird and wild food messes you've endured inside your vehicle; the biggest consensus we gathered from your answers is to double-bag your dairy products and make sure you remove all of your groceries as soon as you get home. There were also lots of vomit stories, so those with a weak stomach might want to look elsewhere.

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • What's The Worst Experience You Had As A Passenger?

    Sadly, we can’t drive ourselves all the time. You’re heading out to an event, alcohol will definitely be present and you’re going to drown yourself in beverages. Being a responsible adult, you ask a friend to be a designated driver, call for a taxi or get a ride on a rideshare app. However, the drive itself isn’t always pleasantly uneventful.

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  • What Performance Car Was Great On The Street But Horrible On The Track?

    Sometimes as automotive enthusiasts, we let car companies fool us. We’re led to believe that a car that has capable street performance will have equally capable performance on the track. Some get fooled enough to actually go and test this theory — until reality hits and they wipe out, or just have a plain ol’ miserable day.

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  • These Are The Worst Car Tuner Fads

    Professional outfits such as Mansory and Hennessey were spared the vitriol of readers when we asked about the worst car tuner mods earlier this week. Rather than highlight the superfluous body kits and matte wraps of high-profile tuner shops, readers shared their distaste for mods done by fellow car enthusiasts.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • What Is The Worst Food-Related Disaster To Happen In Your Car?

    Alright Jalopnik readers, it’s time to spill the beans; what culinary catastrophe caused chaos in your car? Whether it’s a spilled Big Gulp that flooded your footwell or spilled milk that went sour in your carpet or it’s the army of derelict pieces of shredded cheese scattered beneath your seats, we’ve all had some epic edible mishaps go down. Even if it’s something you did as a kid in the back of your parents’ minivan and they still won’t let you live down, that still counts.

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • These Are The Worst Cars From The Years You Were Born

    On Tuesday, we asked you all what the worst car from the year you were born was because, well, it’s a lot more fun to complain and ridicule than it is to say nice things. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the answers were American, but that’s what we get for having a lot of readers who were born in the 1970s and ‘80s. Still, a few foreign cars made their way into the replies. Let’s take a look at the worst of the worst according to you.

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  • What's The Worst Car Tuner Fad?

    Car tuners like Mansory, Callaway, Singer and Hennessey Performance are probably not fond of being known simply as tuners. It’s likely these aftermarket shops would rather be known as “coachbuilders,” or maybe as unofficial skunk works for the companies that make the cars they modify. Anything to put themselves on par with carmakers, which I may be willing to do if it weren’t for some of the awful modifications tuners make.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • These Are The Cars You Want To Import This Year

    Welcome to 2024, the last year before we Americans can legally import cars from this millennium. Feel old yet? Well, grab a Tylenol for for that aching back, because today we’re talking about the cars you want to import this year. Lumbar support, it turns out, was not a priority.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • These Are The Car Posters You'd Decorate Your Bedroom With In 2024

    The idea of the automotive bedroom poster has been around for decades, with moody photographs of striking cars inspiring kids all around the world to dream about driving. Everyone has different automotive tastes, so last week we asked you what car would be on your walls in 2024 if you were a kid right now.

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  • Here Are The Cars You Want To Die In 2024

    Every year, cars are killed off for one reason or another. However, they aren’t always the cars we want to see dead. Unfortunately, more times than not, the cars that die are the ones we actually like. That’s too bad, because a lot of cars deserve to die. That’s what led us to ask the question last week: What car would you like to see fall off the face of the Earth?

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • What Car Would You Import In 2024, If You Had The Money?

    Happy New Year, everybody. 2023 has rolled over to 2024, and that single-digit change has an outsized impact on us enthusiasts. It messes with all our checks, sure, but there’s a bigger legal ramification: Thanks to the United States’ 25-year import ban, we can now bring in cars all the way up to 1999.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What Would Be Your Bedroom Poster Car In 2024?

    Since time immemorial (or at least since the invention of the automobile), car-obsessed kids have put up posters on their bedroom walls that feature their dream cars. I’d be shocked if even a single Jalopnik reader didn’t have at least some sort of car art. Iconic examples of poster cars include any ’80s tuner Porsche, the Ferrari F40 and Testarossa, and every Lamborghini ever made, but especially the Countach. There have been plenty of more modern poster cars too, like the mid-’00s reborn muscl

    By Daniel Golson Read More

  • These Are Your Best Automotive New Year's Resolutions

    Humanity has survived another lap around the sun, and 2024 is here. You’re ready to start the year anew with aims at making your life a little better. You’ve set goals for the year, and will diligently work toward their achievement within the next 12 months. You’ll stick to it and you’ll be a better person for it when it’s all said and done. Earlier this week we asked you what your automotive goals were for 2024, and your answers could not have been more eclectic.

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  • What Car Do You Hope Dies In 2024?

    The coming of a new year may be looked at as a time of rebirth, renewal, re-whatever. That’s all well and good. People lay out the good and positive things they want to see in the new year. Well, that’s not what’s going on here, and it’s what leads us to today’s question. We want to know what car you hope dies in 2024.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • What Are Your Automotive New Years' Resolutions?

    “It’s a new year, and it’s time for a new me.” That’s what some of us say every time January rolls around on the calendar, right? It can feel like a clean slate, an opportunity to renew your efforts to make yourself, your life, your car, better than ever. It’s time for a turnaround, don’t you think?

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  • What Are Your Automotive Predictions For 2024?

    I’ve made a tradition out of asking you fine readers of Jalopnik for your automotive predictions for the upcoming year, and as we enter 2024, it’s time to ask it again. You’re a reader of culture and taste. What do you think is going to happen in the car world in 2024?

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  • Behind The Scenes Of IMSA's Rolex 24 At Daytona

    It’s no secret that race tracks are some of my favorite places to be, but I truly don’t think anything quite compares to race tracks at night. This past weekend, I attended the 2024 Rolex 24 with a few missions in mind: Stick it out for 24 hours, have tons of fun, and peruse the pit lane at night. As the sun set on the track, I grabbed my camera and headed out to see the action up close — and I’m here to share the results with you!

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • F1 Makes It Clear It Doesn't Want Andretti, Just American Money

    In a decision emblematic of Formula 1's stance on the United States, F1 Management has rejected Andretti Global’s entry to join the world championship in 2025. While lucrative races, sponsorship deals and television audience are more than welcome, actual American involvement is a non-starter. FOM has dangled some false hope for the Cadillac-backed effort by stating the entry could reapply to join for the 2028 season with some caveats.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • The Rolex 24 Is Motorsport's Cruelest Endurance Race

    As dawn broke over Daytona International Speedway, the 2024 Rolex 24 was still set to crank on for seven more hours, but already the pit lane was full of haunted faces. Exhausted crew members may very well have started their work day over 24 hours prior, and many would continue on for hours after the checkered flag. They’d battled the humid, inky fall of night and would now challenge themselves to remain in fine form as the sun crested the horizon. They’d changed tires, mended wings and noses, i

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  • Racing Team Owner Ran Over A Driver's Golden Retriever Puppy Hours Before The Daytona 24

    Italian-Canadian IndyCar and Sports Car racing driver Devlin Defrancesco got a new puppy during the racing off-season. His name was Lucky, picked out from Sunnyside Goldens in Utah, with the help of competitor Alexander Rossi. This special little boy joined Defrancesco’s home in September, and quickly became a member of the family. While in the fenced-off motorhome lot reserved for drivers and team owners at Daytona ahead of the 24 Hour race this weekend, Lucky was hit and killed by long-time ra

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  • These Are The Unbreakable Rules Of Attending An Endurance Race

    This past weekend, I made myself a promise: I would stick it out at Daytona International Speedway for the entire duration of IMSA’s Rolex 24. I would let myself nap as needed, but by god, I was going to make sure I did all 24 hours of the season-opening endurance event. And so I did. And I lived. And if you’re looking to attending your first-ever endurance race this year, then I’ve got plenty of tips to help you not merely survive the race, but to thrive.

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  • Why Did The Rolex 24 At Daytona End Early? [Update]

    This year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona concluded with a thrilling half-hour head-to-head duel. Felipe Nasr, behind the wheel of the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963, was the first to cross the finish line after 23 hours and 58 minutes. Yes, the 24-hour race was finished in under 24 hours. While the premature finish likely didn’t impact the result, many are questioning why race officials at IMSA’s watchmaker-backed endurance classic seemingly couldn’t tell the time.

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  • Chicago May Be The Next U.S. City To Host Formula 1

    After filing numerous trademarks for different potential naming structures for a Chicago F1 race, fans are buzzing about the possibility of a fourth U.S. F1 circuit, this time in the most populous city in the American midwest. 

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  • Acura's Daytona-Winning Race Car Sounds Like Chewbacca And That's What Makes It Faster

    If you’re wandering around the Daytona International Raceway track this weekend during the season-opening twice-around-the-clock endurance race, and you hear the garbled shouts of a Wookie locked in furious bowcaster battle, don’t fret. You have not been transported lightyears away to the multi-level wroshyr tree forests of Kashyyyk, you’re still in Florida. And that’s not a Wookie, it’s Acura’s championship-winning ARX-06 GTP racer going fast and making weird noises.

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  • Forget Football, It's Rolex 24 At Daytona Time, Baby

    Final preparations are underway for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The marquee 24-hour race on the speedway’s high banks isn’t just the season-opener for the IMSA WeatherTech Championship; it’s also the first major event on the 2024 North American racing calendar. The late January slot allows plenty of current and former stars from Formula 1 and IndyCar to try their hand at sports car racing. On the opposite end of the spectrum, amateur racers are given a massive platform to show off their skills. If

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  • Here Are 15 F1 Team Names Worse Than Visa Cash App Racing Bulls

    By now you will likely have heard the news that Red Bull’s junior team in Formula 1 has changed its name again. Initially known as Scuderia Toro Rosso when Red Bull purchased the Faenza-based Minardi team in 2006, it operated as Scuderia AlphaTauri (named after Red Bull’s Austrian high fashion brand) from 2020 to 2023. As of this week the team has once again re-branded, this time as Visa Cash App Racing Bulls. It’s a bad name, but it could be so much worse.

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  • 61-Year-Old Carlos Sainz Continues To Dominate Desert Racing's Toughest Event

    The 61-year-old Spaniard rally champion — Carlos Sainz, Sr. — has won his fourth (and Audi’s first) Dakar in his 17th year competing in the legendary event. This year he won the race in a unique way, without taking a single stage victory, and running a consistently quick and relatively trouble-free event. Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz finished the event after a total of 48 hours 15 minutes and 18 seconds of stage time, putting them an hour and twenty minutes ahead of the Overdrive Toyota of Gui

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  • Audi's Built-In Jack For Fast Tire Swaps At Dakar Is Genius

    The 2024 Dakar Rally is one stage away from the end, and Carlos Sainz is in the lead. If the 61-year old driver wins, Audi will go out on top in a number of important ways. This is the last time out at Dakar for the carmaker, which said it would be pulling out of the rally after 2024. But Team Audi Sport driver Carlos Sainz could deliver the first Dakar Rally victory for a vehicle with an electric drivetrain all thanks to the tech on the RS Q e-tron, including a built-in jack that lets Audi driv

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  • Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix Is Caught Up In The Country's First Ever Corruption Scandal

    The Republic of Singapore has long prided itself on being one of the world’s rare anti-corruption havens — but things are changing now in a wild saga that involves Formula 1's Grand Prix in the city-state. Transport Minister S. Iswaran has resigned after being charged with corruption, CNN reports, and part of that corruption involves allegations that he accepted gifts from Malaysian billionaire Ong Beng Seng, a hotel tycoon who helped bring F1 to Singapore and serves as the sole shareholder of t

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • This Ferrari-Powered Subaru Was Built To Get Fans Excited About Rally Again

    Leave it to a proper American motorsport competitor to comb through the rulebook to find a loophole big enough to fit a Ferrari California engine through it. American Rally Association racer Sam Albert found a rule stating that the Open 4WD class was allowed to use a naturally aspirated engine up to 4.5 liters with no restrictions, then started digging to find the most power per liter he could fit between the frame rails of his Subaru WRX STI. The high-revving, ear-piercing Ferrari V8 fit the bi

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  • Get Ready To Spend All Your Money On Retro Formula 1 Merch

    Fellow motorsport nerds, get ready to open your wallets, because I’ve found what may be the greatest retro racing store of all time. With designs from Formula 1 teams like Mastercard Lola to Moneytron, you’re sure to find something that fits your particular nostalgic niche. I’d like to introduce you to Racing Retro.

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  • Local Businesses Want Compensation After Allegedly Losing Money During Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

    If you listen to Formula 1 or local officials from Las Vegas and Clark County, you’d probably think November’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix was a success. Some sources estimated that the city of Las Vegas made over $1 billion in revenue from the event — but there were plenty of complications. Not everyone wanted the race, not everything went well and it doesn’t look as if every business got to be a part of its “success.”

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  • After Delivering 8 Seasons At The Back Of The Grid, Haas F1 Team Dumps Guenther Steiner

    The partially North Carolina-based Haas Formula 1 squad has determined that after several seasons at the back of the grid, it needs to mix things up a little. The team’s firebrand Italian-American principal Guenther Steiner has been kicked to the curb following an abysmal 2023 season which saw the team score just four points-paying finishes. The team’s best season under Steiner was 2018, where Romain Grosjean scored a fourth-place finish, but that season too was marred with seven retirements and

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Race Team Would Rather Create A Fake AI Woman Rather Than Hire A Real One

    In another unsurprising example of motorsport’s inhospitable mindset toward hiring competent women, the Mahindra Racing Formula E team has announced a new partnership with Ava Rose, a literal AI creation, who will... engage with fans? Share knowledge about technology? “Navigate the cutting edge of innovation to create positive change” (whatever that means)? I guess there were just no human women dying to work in motorsport when it came time for Mahindra to hire someone!

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Listen To In-Car Audio From Race Cars While You Work

    If you follow racing in the U.S., you probably already know about the excellent Marshall Pruett podcast. Most of the episodes are too much of a distraction to put on as background noise while you work, but a couple of recent entries in his Sounds of Racing series have been working incredibly well for me.

    By Rory Carroll Read More

  • You've Probably Never Heard Of The Coolest Canadian Car Ever Built

    Name a car from the early 1960s built by a famed racing driver with curvy, lightweight aluminum bodywork, a big American engine, and a reputation for being unruly and fast as all hell. Your first thought was probably the famed Shelby Cobra, did you know there was a Canadian racer named David Greenblatt who built the radical 400-horsepower, 1600-pound Dailu Mk I? And he did it in 1961, before ‘ol Shelby ever talked to AC about supplying the Cobra’s chassis. The hand-built Canadian monsters were a

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  • Cale Yarborough Won The Daytona 500 In A Show Car Borrowed From A Local Hardee's Restaurant

    Qualifying for the 1983 Daytona 500 was a story of highs and lows for NASCAR driver Cale Yarborough. He became the first driver in history to run a qualifying lap faster than 200 miles per hour, but on his second pass of the Daytona International Speedway, Yarborough lost control of his No. 28 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The car was destroyed, and his Ranier-Lundy team didn’t have a backup. But Yarborough still won the race — behind the wheel of a Pontiac LeMans that had been serving as as static dis

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  • Motorsport's Love Of Sparkling Wine Has Been Evolving For Decades

    The story of sparkling wine in motorsport tends to start in the same place: with that first accidental champagne spray by Jo Siffert on the podium for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and then Dan Gurney following suit intentionally the year after. That, though, is only part of a story that had spanned decades prior to that first bubbly shower — and it’s a story that has evolved ever since.

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  • 2024 Kia EV9 GT-Line: The New Pricy Three-Row Standard

    Has anyone else noticed how expensive cars have gotten in the past few years? Yeah, me too. It’s a bothersome thing for sure, but some of that bite is alleviated if the car is, you know, good. That’s exactly what we’re working with when it comes to the 2024 Kia EV9 GT-Line. It may have a sticker price over $78,000, but after just a few minutes of being around the electric three-row, you learn just how far nearly $80,000 can go when a company takes the time to make something great.

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  • 2024 Acura TLX Type S Is A Different Kind Of AWD Sport Sedan

    The Acura TLX Type S is lightly refreshed for 2024 with mostly cosmetic upgrades. This is a car that Brad drove in 2021, so I wasn’t expecting a massively different car. What I was hoping for was some time with the TLX Type S in low-grip conditions where I could feel around for how the Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD) works.

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  • NASA's Mars Helicopter Is Dead, So Pour One Out

    After nearly 3 years on the surface of Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is dead. NASA is investigating the cause of the helicopter’s death, but the agency says that the Ingenuity clipped one of its wings, so to speak, having struck one of its rotor blades on the ground, which means the Mars helicopter can no longer fly.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • NASA Scientists Finally Undo Stubborn Screws To Reveal Ancient Asteroid Sample

    NASA scientists now know the ecstasy of unscrewing a stubborn fastener. For months, the last two screws on the lid of the container that held samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission had prevented researchers from accessing rocks and dust of the 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. The screws simply wouldn’t budge and were in danger of becoming stripped, if not having done so already. Researchers had to develop and test special tools to finally undo the fasteners while preserving the integrity of

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

Technology (8)

  • Here Are The Three Rules To Follow To Keep Your EV's Battery Healthy

    If you want to keep your EV’s battery alive and kicking for hundreds of thousands of miles, there are a few tips and tricks to making that happen. Just like your gas-powered car, you can’t flagrantly ignore the rules of longevity. Storing your EV at 100 percent charge for a lengthy period of time in the middle of the hot summer is the electric equivalent of getting in your gas guzzler on a cold winter morning and flooring the throttle to warm it up. Give your car’s battery pack a little kindness

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Hyundai's Little Active Air Skirt Improves EV Range And High-Speed Handling

    Aerodynamics has always played a huge role in car design, but it’s especially important for electric vehicles, where every bit of extra range that can be eked out makes a difference. Hyundai Motor Group has released the first details on its new Active Air Skirt tech that’s in development, which will improve the range and high-speed stability of the company’s upcoming EVs.

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  • The 2024 Acura ZDX Will Start At $64,500

    Acura has finally begun its slow march towards electrification. The brand dusted off the ZDX nameplate for its version of an EV built on a platform shared with GM and Honda. After debuting the ZDX late last year, we finally know how much it’ll cost. Acura says the ZDX will start at $64,500 when it goes on sale in spring 2024.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Microsoft Wants Your Driving Time To Belong To Your Boss

    At the end of a long, stressful work day, the solitude of a car is nice. It’s a place where you can decompress, de-stress, and scream along to your driving playlist so you arrive home at least a little bit normal. Companies, however, don’t see it that way. They see the sacred solitude of the commute as a waste — as time that’s theirs for the taking.

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  • The Nissan Ariya NISMO Is A 413-HP Japan-Only EV With A Racing Sound Generator

    A few performance EVs have hit the scene in the last few years, as the electrified era brings both innovation and also a desire for power. While they have incredible performance, that often comes at the sacrifice of things like range. That said, automakers need these models as a way to drum up excitement for EVs. Nissan is the latest automaker bringing a performance EV to market in the form of its Ariya crossover.

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  • You'll Be Waiting Years If You Charge Your EV With A USB Cable

    The internet is occasionally a wonderful place, and becomes even more so when we allow ourselves to engage in a bit of silliness. A recent trend in the Reddit sub r/computers has been making up increasingly ridiculous cables and asking the group at large “Does this type of cable exist?” They can be as silly as NEMA 1-15 two-prong plugs into a USB-C, or the above suggestion, relevant to our interests, a lowly USB-A to SAE CCS1 electric vehicle charger [which, sadly, the tedious moderators have re

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Tesla (3)

  • Cybertruck Owners Are Reporting Barely 200 Miles Per Charge

    When the Tesla Cybertruck officially launched late last year, the company made some promises about its capabilities that seemed absurd and some that seemed a touch more reasonable. We knew from the get-go that its “drag race victory” against the Porsche 911 was probably bullshit, but a range estimate of 320 miles seemed feasible enough in a world of 320-mile Ford Lightnings. Yet, according to the truck’s few owners, that number isn’t even close.

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  • Hertz Is Selling Its Fleet Of Rental Tesla Model 3s For Cheap

    After Hertz’s full-scale EV adoption plan resulted in its fleet of new Tesla Model 3s getting abused by rideshare drivers and renters alike, Hertz is selling off a portion of its fleet for wildly cheap prices. Before you go snatch up these electrified bargains, keep in mind that Hertz is jettisoning these Model 3s due to their frequency of faults and high repair costs when damaged. Aside from that warning, if you’re looking for an affordable and usable preowned EV, check out Hertz because these

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  • Tesla Cybertrucks Keep Getting Stuck In Snow

    The Tesla Cybertruck was announced as a revelation in four-wheeled capability. It was going to be fast, sturdy, bulletproof, and also somehow a boat. But now that the truck is finally out in the wild, it’s being forced to contend with a hazard no one could have foreseen: Snow.

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  • Inside A Modern Day Train Heist

    Train heists seem like the kind of crime left behind with wagon trails and high-noon duels, but the problem is a major headache in our modern world. A new fascinating deep dive by the New York Times shows just how this land piracy works, and what everyone from train companies to large corporations to the feds are doing about it.

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  • Deadliest Train In America Kills 3 People In 2 Separate Collisions At The Same Crossing

    Brightline high-speed passenger trains operate between Orlando and Miami and hold the unwelcome distinction of being both the first intra-city high speed rail in the U.S. and the deadliest trains in America, by far. After three people died at a single grade crossing in two separate incidents last week it seems the feds are finally perking up and taking a closer look at what the heck is going on in South Florida these days.

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  • Trucking Companies Are Paying Dirt Cheap Insurance Minimums And It's Killing Us

    Trucking companies have been getting away with low insurance minimums that have failed to keep up with inflation, and it’s creating unsafe roads for the rest of us. The last time that U.S. regulation set minimums for truckers was in 1980 when the Motor Carrier Act mandated they carry at least $750,000 policies, which was a reasonable sum at the time. Trucker’s insurance minimums have not been raised in 44 years, and the low bar has permitted trucking companies to skirt by with little regard for

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  • You've Probably Passed A Nuclear Weapon On The Highway And Didn't Even Know It

    If you’ve spent much time traveling the United States using the country’s vast network of interstates, it’s entirely possible that you’ve driven alongside or past a nuclear warhead and didn’t even know it. There are 5,244 of Uncle Sam’s nukes hiding around the world, most within the bounds of this nation’s borders, and they don’t always stay in the same place. More often than you’d think, these mass genocide devices get loaded into trucks and taken in for routine maintenance.

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  • 56 Days On This Bus Sounds Way More Enjoyable Than A 9-Month Cruise

    We’re not entirely sure why, but last month Royal Caribbean kicked off a cruise that’s scheduled to last nine months. It sounds miserable and exhausting to us, even if we’re happy to enjoy the inevitable drama from afar, but what if you like the idea of visiting a lot of countries in a short period of time but don’t have nine months in you? You might want to cross your fingers that the 56-day-long Bus To London runs again in 2024.

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  • Potentially U.S.-Bound Kia Tasman Pickup Truck Spied With Funky, Boxy Styling

    We’ve known for a couple years now that Kia is working on multiple pickup trucks — two different EV pickups, and a midsize body-on-frame internal combustion truck for markets like Australia. Thanks to a new video from South Korean YouTube Channel Woopa TV, we’ve got our best look yet at the latter truck in its production form. Likely called the Tasman, Kia’s first pickup should debut later this year and might even come to North America.

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  • Chevy's Hands-Free Super Cruise Helps Take Some Stress Out Of Towing

    Chevrolet’s Super Cruise is a Level 2 automated driving system that, through a series of complicated technology, allows hands-free semi-autonomous driving on specific approved roadways. I have a big history with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (or ADAS) technology, since I was a test driver for two years with Mercedes-Benz Research and Development, where I worked on Mercedes’ Level 3 Drive Pilot system. But until last week, I had neither tried out Super Cruise nor had I ever towed a trailer b

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  • You Probably Don't Remember That The First TRX Was A Dodge Dakota

    The Ram TRX was a ridiculous vehicle. Who actually needs a 702-horsepower, 6,000+ pound performance off-road pickup that gets just under 11 mpg? No one, of course, but we loved it all the same for its ridiculous and ostentatious power. You might think the TRX name was invented just for just that vehicle — but unbeknownst to many, the trim actually appeared years ago on a long-dead pickup, the Dodge Dakota.

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  • The Matra Rancho Predicted The Off-Road Boom Nearly 50 Years Ago

    Many carmakers claim that one of its different models was the first crossover, but as far as I’m concerned that’s like being the first locust in the plague. Curbside Classics says the Matra Rancho was truly the world’s first crossover passenger car, and goes on to explain that the two-wheel drive Rancho was inspired by the success of the Range Rover. In that sense, the Rancho is a pioneer that sought to have all of the looks of an off-roader but none of the capability — a formula that some moder

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  • Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 May Meet Its End Soon: Report

    Slowly but surely, Dodge and Jeep’s hot girl era of V8-powered performance is coming to an end. The Dodge Challenger and Charger and its SRT variants are gone, as well as the Chrysler 300; its 300C (aka SRT-8) is already gone. Ram announced the death of the TRX with a Final Edition last summer. Now, the only V8-powered performance models you can get from Stellantis are the Dodge Durango SRT 392, SRT Hellcat and Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392. Now it seems the Wrangler Rubicon 392 is not long for this

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  • King Of The Hammers Is Stupid Fun, Stupid Grueling, And Stupid Cool

    King of the Hammers is touted as the toughest off-road race on Earth, a multi-week event in the Southern California desert that’s open to anyone with a car or motorcycle and a healthy amount of chutzpah. From sections that include high speed stretches of open desert to ultra-technical rock crawling, sometimes racers even have to drive over broken-down competitor vehicles to finish their race. I’ve been to King of the Hammers twice but was working both times, so I naturally jumped at the chance t

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  • I Cut The Roof Off Of My Porsche 996 Turbo And I Might Throw Up A Little

    Sometimes you just have to dive head-first into a project and hope that there isn’t a big pile of rocks waiting for you right under the surface. A few months back, I ordered a lightweight carbon fiber roof panel for my 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo and booked the car in for a winter of non-use as it prepares for its next phase of life. The whole idea of this car is effectively to put together a circa-2001 version of Porsche’s newest Sport Classic, while at the same time doing a more period-representati

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