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Beyond Cars (14)

  • The Only Thing Better Than Owning A Snow Plow Is Owning A Remote-Controlled Snow Plow

    Snow may be pretty to look at when it’s freshly fallen, but when you actually need to do anything in it, it quickly becomes a giant hassle. Even just shoveling a short driveway can be a chore, but if you have an especially long driveway or live at the end of a road that doesn’t get plowed, you’re going to want some form of snow plow. That solves the labor problem but still requires you to drive the plow yourself. Unless it’s remote-controlled, that is.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • Automatic Gears Are The 20-Year-Old Bike Tech Nobody Asked For

    If you’ve got a bike, there’s a good chance it’s set up with a derailleur at the rear and a bunch of gears to help you cycle more efficiently. And while that derailleur might be controlled by cables, hydraulics or even electronics, it’s usually down to you to set it in the right place. However, there was once a push to bring automatic gear shifting to bikes.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Sky High Prices Of Airport Snacks Is The Real Crisis Facing America

    What’s your go-to snack at the airport? A pack of honey roast almonds and a can of coke, or do you prefer coffee and a Snickers? For one New York comedian, it was a bag of Chex Mix but the price they paid when passing through an airport sent them down a snack-buying rabbit hole that highlighted the real issues facing America.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • California Will Repay You Up To $10,000 For Pothole Damages To Your Car

    The state of California might reimburse you up to $10,000 in vehicle damages caused by potholes if you file within six months of the incident and successfully prove that CalTrans or its contractor knew or should have known about the pothole at the time of damage. To file a claim in California, you can check out the damage claim section of the California Department of Transportation website here. Many other states offer similar pothole damage reimbursement programs too — Michiganders are potentia

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • AI Models Are Eager To Launch Nukes In War Simulations

    The U.S. military is considering the use of AI during warfare but researchers warn this may not be a good idea given AI’s predilection for nuclear war. In a series of international conflict simulations run by American researchers, AIs tended to escalate at random, leading to the deployment of nukes in multiple cases, according to Vice.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • You Should Buy A Drag Strip

    Race tracks are a dying breed. Everywhere you turn, another track is being besieged by neighbors dead-set on turning it into a golf course — despite those neighbors moving in long after the tracks started up. But out in Virginia, you have the chance to help turn that tide: A 30-acre drag strip is up for sale.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Category 6 Hurricanes Are Here With Wind Speeds Faster Than A Ferrari

    Hurricanes are becoming deadlier as a result of climate change, and scientists are proposing that we should add another category to the scale used to measure storm intensity. Hurricanes are classified by categories one through five on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, but a recent study says a Category 6 is needed now that storms are intensifying and reaching wind speeds over 192 miles per hour.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • EV Charging Cables Really Aren't Worth Stealing

    Everyone wants to find a quick way to make it big. Maybe you have a collection of rusting old cars that is finally going to reach its potential any day now, or maybe you steal electric vehicle charging cables for their copper. If you fall into the latter camp, I’m here to say that this might not be the best way to make your millions.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Toxic Tire Runoff Is Ruining The 'Great British Baking Show'

    There’s nothing better than settling down to watch 12 ridiculously talented amateur bakers battle it out in a sweltering hot tent somewhere in the British countryside. Now, the pristine setting that the ‘Great British Baking Show’ tent is erected in every year is under threat as toxic runoff from roads surrounding the Welford Park Estate is polluting streams and rivers in the area.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Parts From Cold War Nuclear Missile Found In Washington Garage

    You know the old saying: “One man’s trash is another man’s nuclear warhead.” Of course, you do, and that’s why it’ll come as no surprise that elements of a very large, mostly intact nuclear missile — including its goddamn warhead — were found in the garage of a Washington State resident.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • The Chicago Rat Hole Keeps Attracting Malört-Soaked Ne'er-Do-Wells

    Since 2024 began, Chicagoans of all stripes have been enraptured by the Rat Hole — a rat-shaped hole on Roscoe Street, into which visitors have deposited coins, Doritos, and other offerings. It’s been featured in the paper of record, posted on Atlas Obscura, and even filled in and dug back out by locals. Now, though, nearby residents have some concerns about the folks showing up to pay tribute.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • New Zealand's Wild Rail Crossing Roundabouts Would Blow America's Mind

    If there’s one thing American drivers hate more than a roundabout, its a railway skirting across the road. Grade crossings are a blot on the country’s pristine highways and cause all manner of confusion and collisions every year. So imagine how angry you’d be if you stumbled across a piece of infrastructure that combined the level crossing and the roundabout all at once.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

Boatlopnik (7)

  • A TikToker Bought A $2 Catamaran On eBay And I Can't Stop Watching The Repairs

    A TikToker bid $2 on an eBay catamaran and won the auction despite not knowing if it was legit, but when they checked on Google Earth and saw the boat floating in a harbor, they moved forward with becoming boat owners. Obviously a $2 boat is going to need some work, so the new owner made a dedicated TikTok account to document what it would take to get this two buck boat seaworthy enough to make the trip from the San Francisco Bay area where the boat was docked to down to Los Angeles.

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • American Couple Missing After Escaped Prisoners Stole Their Yacht

    Edgewater, Maryland couple Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brendel went missing from their island-hopping catamaran Simplicity last week. They were last seen on Sunday, February 18, moored in the Caribbean nation of Granada. The yacht was stolen by a trio of fugitives, who had escaped from a Granadan jail holding cell, where they were being held on joint charges of violent robbery, while one was charged with indecent assault and rape. The trio used the Simplicity to flee Granada north to St. Vincent, wh

    By Bradley Brownell Read More

  • Container Ship Hits Bridge, Knocking Cars Into River Below

    A cargo ship traveling near the Chinese city of Guangzhou caused disaster Thursday when it crashed into a highway bridge. The collision broke the deck of the bridge free from its supports and plunged four vehicles into the river below. Two people were killed in the incident.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Who Could Have Guessed A Sub Would Go Missing Exploring The 'Doomsday Glacier'

    Folks, we’ve got another missing submersible on our hands, but don’t worry. There aren’t any billionaires on board. In fact, no one is onboard the sub that was exploring underneath the “Doomsday Glacier” in Antarctica. You’d think we’d stay away from things with “doomsday” in the name, but that’s just human nature I guess.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • That 'Private Submersible Superyacht' Is Almost Certainly Never Going To Happen

    Over the past few months, a number of outlets have made a big deal about the Migaloo M5 “submersible superyacht,” a 544-foot luxury submarine meant to let the world’s richest folks get away from it all. There’s a side to the story that isn’t often covered, though: Migaloo doesn’t appear to have ever built a submarine, let alone one that costs $2 billion.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

Buying (20)

  • A New Dodge Challenger Can Be Cheaper Than A Base Corolla If You Play Your Cards Right

    We have previously covered the announcement that Dodge was bringing back some serious discounts on 2023 models still on dealer lots, but the latest discounts are so significant that it deserves another story. Combining Dodge’s Power Dollars discount which gives buyers $10 per horsepower that the car produces, and a manufacturer rebate, brand spankin’ new Challenger SXTs are selling for significantly less money than some new Toyota Corollas, Hyundai Elantras, and Mazda3s.

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • This Jeep's Job Is Just Beach

    I’d be willing to bet money that Jeep is the brand probably tops the list of most special editions ever produced by any automaker. Its made everything from Call of Duty editions to vehicle that just celebrate America’s freedom. Jeep’s latest special editions look like something straight out of the 1990s.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • This Is Your Chance To Own An Ultra-Rare Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Coupe

    If you want a classic Mercedes-Benz 300SL, we totally get it. The design is absolutely gorgeous, they actually went racing and, of course, you get those ridiculously cool gullwing doors. Good luck finding one for less than a million dollars, though. Still, while we can’t offer the same styling and racing pedigree as a 300SL, if you’re looking to scratch that gullwing coupe itch, look no further than the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT coupe that’s currently for sale on Cars & Bids.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • A Texas Lexus Dealership Is Marking Up A 2024 GX Two Months Before It Arrives

    Markups are like an infestation of the car market that no one wants to get rid of. Or an STD. Either way they’re bad. You know it and I know it. But like the “Fast and Furious” movies, they keep happening. We’ve now reached a point where dealers are marking up cars they don’t even have yet. Take a Dallas area Lexus dealer who’s planning to markup the all-new GX when it hits their lot.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • 2025 Mazda CX-70 Costs Nearly The Same As The CX-90

    Mazda recently introduced its all “new” CX-70. If you were hoping for something different, I’m sorry, but Mazda let you down; the CX-70 is nothing but a CX-90 without a third row. We now know how much it’ll cost, but that isn’t really a surprise either, because the CX-70 is close or identical to the CX-90 depending on the trim.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • 2025 Ram 1500: Everything You Need To Know

    The 2025 Ram 1500 may not be a totally new truck, but there are plenty of brand-new features built into these trucks that might make you think otherwise. For this model year, Ram has introduced a whole new trim, new engine options, and plenty of tech features that could surprise even diehard Ram fans — in a good way. In a world of options, let’s run through everything you need to know about Ram’s updated pickup truck lineup.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Toyota Offers $40,000 Discount On A Car Most People Can't Fuel Up

    The second generation of Toyota’s innovative hydrogen fuel cell EV the Mirai made a lot of improvements over the first-generation car, including increased range and better styling, but according to a bulletin sent to dealers last week, 2023 Mirais now offer a rebate worth up to $40,000 off MSRP. This news comes just days after Shell Hydrogen announced that it will no longer be operating hydrogen light duty passenger fueling stations in California due to supply complications and other external ma

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • New Cars Are Only For Rich People, So Of Course Paying In Cash Is Back

    More and more people are buying their cars with cash, and it’s almost entirely because high interest rates have made auto loans miserably high. Both gas-powered and electric vehicles saw double-digit rises in the number of folks who bought them with cold, hard cash, according to Automotive News.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Dave Ramsey Is Still A Giant Moron When It Comes To The Car Market

    One of the big problems we have in the U.S. is looking to people with money and thinking that because they have money, they have all the answers. One of the worst examples of this is Dave Ramsey, self proclaimed financial…I don’t know. We’ve talked about how bad his advice is before. I guess some people didn’t get the memo as he’s still out here doling out questionable financial advice about cars. Take this recent episode:

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Dodge Will Pay You $10 Per Horsepower To Buy A New Charger, Challenger, Or Durango

    Headlines have lamented the not-so-gradual jump in new car prices over the past several years, but we’re finally starting to see some good, old fashioned new car discounts come back around including Dodge Power Dollars which offers buyers $10 for every horsepower that their new car produces. Unfortunately, this time the promotion excludes the most powerful versions of each car, and it only covers 2023 Challengers, Chargers, and Durangos. This national promotion is pretty tempting, but depending

    By Logan Carter Read More

  • 2004 Toyota Tacoma VS 2006 Ford Ranger: Which One Are You Buying With A $9,000 Budget?

    While browsing online listings for used cars I came across two pickup trucks that were listed for similar money. Both had two doors, rear-wheel drive and manual transmissions, too, making them incredibly desirable in the Jalopnik universe. The question is, though, if you were in the market for a small, used pickup truck, would you go for the 2004 Toyota Tacoma or the 2006 Ford Ranger?

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • No One Knows How Much Used EVs Should Cost

    Much like my heart rate during last night’s Super Bowl, used electric vehicle prices are all over the place, and it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon. Analysts tell Automotive News that used EV prices will continue to fluctuate, and it’s up to automakers to launch affordable EVs before the current ones hit the used market.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Ford Quietly Introduced A Digital Sales Platform And No One Is Talking About It

    Direct sales are still a big threat to dealerships. God forbid customers actually get a great sales experience without having to deal with some salesperson or haggle over add-ons and markups. But powerful dealer lobbies have kept bigger automakers from going through with it. Startups like Tesla, Lucid and Rivian have been successful so far, but one major American automaker seems as though it’s taking steps to ease into direct sales.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • This Dodge Neon SRT-4 Has Just 5,600 Miles And Awesome Steelies

    Remember SRT? Chrysler’s Street and Racing Technology division was born out of a love of performance and gave us great cars like the original SRT-8 LX cars, the outrageous Viper-powered Ram SRT-10, and perhaps most famously the Dodge Neon SRT-4, which had the distinction of being the first SRT-engineered model. It’s been off the market for nearly 20 years now, and there aren’t that many good examples left for sale. Luckily, I was able to find a great one.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • The BYD Yuan UP Would Sell Like Hotcakes In The U.S.

    When buying a car, there are two things Americans seem to prize above all else: Squared-off looks and a “commanding seating position.” Yet, with car prices creeping up every day, low-cost options would help get more folks into newer vehicles — and invested in the EV transition. If only there were a cheap, boxy, compact EV crossover that Americans could get their hands on.

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Advice (5)

  • We Need A Used Car That Feels New! What Should We Buy?

    Sean and his wife are replacing their 2009 Audi A3 as it’s getting up there in mileage and repairs are starting to be expensive. This would be a daily driver for just two people, so it doesn’t need to be super practical. They are open to used cars but they want it to “feel” like a new one. What car should they buy?

    By Tom McParland Read More

  • I Need A Totally Awesome 80's Car For Ten Grand! What Should I Buy?

    Despite what some people think, the 1980s had some pretty awesome cars. Josh’s buddies have realized this, and have started an official local car club in Tulsa, OK where they zoom around in 80s’ classics. But Josh needs his own ride with two doors from the decadent decade. What car should he buy?

    By Tom McParland Read More

Culture (82)

  • A Cybertruck On Treads Is Unfortunately Very Cool

    Anyone with eyes who has looked at the Cybertruck (and isn’t an Elon Musk bootlicker) probably has come to the same conclusion I have: This thing is butt ugly and looks dumb as hell. With its weird, stainless steel, straight-edged body panels, the Cybertruck is not a good-looking vehicle. However, one small modification changed my entire perspective on Tesla’s electric pickup truck: fuckin’ snow treads.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • If It's Boeing, Are You Goeing?

    Things at Boeing don’t seem to be going great right now. Issues keep popping up around the 737 Max planes, leading even novice air travelers to start checking their tail numbers before boarding. Now, reports are saying the company’s safety culture may not be up to snuff. I, for one, am shocked.

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  • These Are The Worst Car Safety Features Ever Conceived By Man

    It can be difficult to accept that driving is dangerous. Over 40,000 people in the United States are killed in crashes every year. Since the dawn of the modern mass-produced automobile, manufacturers have attempted to make their vehicles safer. Besides any altruistic motives, it’s in the best interest of automakers to keep their customers alive to buy more cars in the future and avoid possible liability.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Watch Jeremy Clarkson Drag Race The Fastest Cars Of The '90s

    What do the Aston Martin Vantage, Porsche 911 Turbo (993), Lotus Esprit V8, Dodge Viper, Caterham Seven JPE, and TVR Cerbera all have in common? They were some of the fastest cars and most powerful cars you could get in the 1990s. Their performance was fantastic enough to get the attention of none other than Jermey Clarkson.

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  • These Cars All Got Uglier After Their Redesigns

    Designing a car is a massive undertaking. Automakers must effectively predict the future and produce a design that will be appealing for years to come, and the process starts years before the car hits the road. Oftentimes designers have to adhere to a preexisting platform, meet a certain drag coefficient or packaging constraint, or any number of other factors that end up squandering creativity. Regardless of the limitations and freedoms placed upon stylists, some car designs just don’t end up re

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  • The Money Keeps Moving, In A Circle

    Everyone hates getting traffic tickets. All that time pulled over on the side of the road, the stress of having to deal with cops — it’s all too much. Thankfully, a brilliant startup promises to change all that, by illegally installing invasive cameras everywhere and using unreliable AI to issue tickets.

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  • Diane, 11:30 A.m., February 24. Entering The Town Of Twin Peaks (Again)

    Like all “Twin Peaks” fans, I celebrate February 24 every single year, because it’s the day that Kyle MacLachlan, as special agent Dale Cooper, crossed into the town of Twin Peaks, Washington, to find out who killed Laura Palmer, setting a wonderful and disturbing story in motion. There’s just one issue. I’ve been, like, really busy this February, so I forgot about Twin Peaks Day. I know, I stink.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Don't Act Like You Don't Want To Douse Your Car In Milk

    Listen, we’ve all had a tough day where all we wanted to do was go home, get in our Volkswagen Jetta, and douse that bad boy in whole milk that may or may not have expired two years ago. If you say that’s never happened to you, and no one would ever do these things, you’re a liar and you’re wrong.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • These Are The Best Car Cleaning Hacks On The Internet

    For some car enthusiasts, cleaning the car is as important to the experience as driving. They’ll set aside a handful of hours every other Saturday to get hands-on with the paint, wheels, tires, interior fabrics, leather, and plastics, scrubbing every inch of daily use from their pride and joy. They’ll have hundreds of dollars of car cleaning products, detailing brushes, polishers, foam cannons, and attachments of every kind.

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  • Infiniti Tried To Sell Us A Muscle Car

    Infiniti used to make great — even unique — cars. Of course, we all remember the excellent G35/37, but there are other obscure machines that have faded into history: the Q45 flagship, the curvy J30, and the sports-car-masquerading-as-a-crossover FX. But Infiniti only had one model that it attempted to pass off as a Japanese muscle car: the M.

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  • These Are The Lazy Car Rebadges You Might Not Have Known Existed

    I’ll die on the hill that badge engineering still exists, automakers have just gotten better at it. They even try and attempt to rebrand it now, sometimes referring to some models that are known to be badge engineered as “platform-sharing.” In decades past though, automakers would rebadge models for some markets that were strange, disturbing, or sometimes just plain sad because you could tell that they didn’t even try.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Give It A Gold Watch

    Tires never seem to last as long as you’d like them to — either they wear out prematurely, or they fall victim to rocks, nails, or potholes. But we drivers have it better than pilots, whose tires never make it to 500 landings. While Ryan posed the question of why plane tires wear out so quickly, CarrerCrytharis didn’t wait for the answer. They jumped right to the top of the comments, and answered the best way anyone knows how: Puns.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Here Are 15 Of The Funkiest Cars I Saw While In Italy

    I recently spent a week cruising around Tuscany, seeing the sights in centuries-old cities and enjoying the vistas filled with vineyards and hillsides dotted with dusky-hued olive trees and towering stone pines. My mount for the week was a sturdy little Fiat Panda Hybrid rental, which, despite its intended purpose as a city car, stood up admirably to both on-road and off-road heroics, as well as being wrung out on the Autostrada without complaint. To put it bluntly, it was pure Panda-monium!

    By Rob Emslie Read More

  • Henry Ford's Great-Grandson Joined With UAW Royalty To Turn A Piece Of Auto History Into A Hare Krishna Center

    In Detroit, it’s hard to escape the automotive industry, and that was even more true 50 years ago when the strangest team-up story happened in the Motor City. In 1975, Albert Brush Ford, great-grandson of Henry Ford, partnered with Elisabeth Luise Reuther, daughter of UAW co-founder and long-time president Walter Reuther, to buy one of the famed Fisher mansions on the far east side of the city. Instead of turning it into a residence, however, the unlikely pair morphed the mansion into a center f

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • I Need To Talk About The Lexus TX's Bizarre Cup Holders

    I am a reasonable person. I don’t usually get annoyed by small things in the cars I review. No car is ever perfect, after all, so it’s a bit silly to nitpick. However, I just finished up an 823-mile road trip in Lexus’ all-new 2024 TX500h six-seater crossover, and a design element annoyed me so much I needed to vent about it: the goddamn cup holders.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • The Ineos Fusilier Is An EV With A Range-Extending Engine Because EVs Can't 'Get You From A To B'

    While Mercedes backtracks on its future electric vehicle plans and Ford cuts production of its battery-powered F-150 Lightning, British automotive upstart Ineos has entered the murky waters of electrification with an EV of its own, the Fusilier. But at its launch, company boss Jim Ratcliffe made no excuses for the limitations of purely battery-powered cars, so announced that his EV will also be available with a range-extending engine to keep you off-roading for longer.

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  • Wakeboard Boats Cost So Much More Than You Think

    Recreation is just too damn expensive nowadays. You need to spend six figures on a massive truck to tow your six-figure boat out to the lake, where you’ll then spend another six figures fueling it up for the day’s aquatic activities. It’s all just too much.

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  • Cell Phone Use In Cars Went Up During The Pandemic And Never Went Back Down

    The global pandemic has given way to another pandemic in America, where distracted driving is causing thousands of deaths on public roads and shows no signs of abating. New data shows the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in distracted driving specifically involving cell phone use in cars, which surged by 20 percent between 2020-2022, and has failed to decrease to pre-pandemic levels, according to Vox.

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  • An Appearance In 'Spy Kids' Wasn't Even Enough To Make The Isuzu Axiom Relevant

    Isuzu was really leaning into quirky SUVs in the late ’90s and early 2000s, first with its totally alien looking VehiCROSS two door rugged off-roader, and later with the 2002 Isuzu Axiom, but neither of these boldly styled cxdx were market successes despite an Axiom prototype sharing screen time with Antonio Banderas in the “Spy Kids” franchise. The Axiom was a daringly styled somewhat plush family SUV that didn’t deliver much innovation or really any other pull factors to buyers beyond its look

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  • VinFast Blew Through $650 Million In The Last Quarter

    VinFast is having a pretty brutal time right now, but that hasn’t stopped the nascent Vietnamese automaker from being optimistic about its future. Sure, it managed to have a $650.1 million net loss in the last quarter of 2023, and sure it sold fewer than 35,000 vehicles all of last year, but that isn’t going to stop VinFast!

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  • Ford Focus Brochures From The Early 2000s Are Full Of Cringe

    Back when auto companies used to sell affordable small cars, they would often market them to young people. Typically, these were the buyers automakers wanted to get into these products and, in theory, move up through the brand. While brands like Scion were more successful at reaching young people, others tried too hard, sometimes embarrassingly so. Take Ford with the first-generation Focus.

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  • 2024 Honda Prologue From Every Angle

    The 2024 Honda Prologue is an all-new electric crossover from Honda that is, in essence, meant to hold down the fort until Honda can build its own electric vehicles. You see, this thing says “Honda” on the outside, but underneath, it’s 100 percent a General Motors Ultium-platformed vehicle. That means that while the Prologue is a decent electric vehicle, it isn’t much of a Honda.

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  • Key (To The Mars Rover) Parties

    NASA is looking for folks willing to stay locked indoors with each other for a year, as practice for an eventual mission to Mars. Their days will be filled with tasks akin to those that real crews will undertake on the Martian surface, collecting rock samples and all, but you have to wonder — what are they going to do with all those nights?

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  • That 'Adrian Dittmann' Guy Sure Sounds Like Elon Musk

    There’s quite the mystery on Twitter/X these days, and it involves the head Twit himself, Elon Musk. It seems one of the most ardent pro Musk accounts on the site is rumored to just be the Musk himself, parading as his own fan boy. If true, boy, that would be real sad.

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  • The Silverstone Is Probably The Weirdest, Rarest Bentley You've Ever Seen

    If you’re wealthy — and I don’t mean just rich; I’m talking superyacht that’s bigger than most people’s homes with a helicopter pad, sub and a gold toilet with a heated seat wealthy — you have the sway to approach just about any automaker to request they design a one-off vehicle just for you. It’s kind of wild, but if you’re footing the bill for the design, engineering, etc, then why should a company say no? Many of these cars are never seen by the public. And when they are shown, they can be of

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Tesla Engineer Claims Cybertrucks Aren't Actually Rusting

    A week ago, we reported that numerous Tesla Cybertrucks were facing a premature rust issue despite being made of stainless steel. Owners say they noticed orange stains on the stainless steel panels of their nearly new Cybertrucks. However, a Tesla engineer is now saying that your eyes are deceiving you, and Cybertrucks aren’t rusting. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss.

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  • Putin Mocks International Sanctions By Gifting Kim Jong Un A Luxury Limo

    Vladimir Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine — made in Russia, with love, of course — the kind officially used by Russian heads of state. The North Korean dictator’s entourage confirmed the gift Tuesday, according to Russian state media, which claims Kim Jong Un is the first leader to receive an Aurus Senat limo from Putin. The international community is balking at the gift, calling it a flagrant violation of sanctions placed on North Korea by the United Nations Security Council, on whic

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Stop Ragging On Rothko

    People love to make fun of art. After all, rich people will say that anything they own is a piece of art — down to their mass-produced, entirely normal cars — so why should we ever believe them? If so much of the art world is just money laundering between nepo baby failchildren, why should we believe that anything is art at all?

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Was A Car Guy

    Texas-born Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, was elevated from the vice presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It’s probably not easy to be president, and it’s probably even harder to live up to the legacy of one of the most popular presidents in American history. When he wasn’t running the country, for better or worse, he loved his cars.

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  • Seeing A Neon With A Chrysler Badge Makes My Head Hurt

    One of the things I love about this profession is that you’re always learning or discovering something new. You think you know everything about a certain model or company and then boom, something new comes along. This happened to me recently when I discovered something both interesting and weirdly off-putting about the Dodge Neon.

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  • It's Time For GM To Prove It Can Mass Produce EVs

    2024 is turning out to be a bit of a “put up or shut up” year for General Motors’ ability to produce and profit from its electric vehicles, and that’s not just us saying it. GM CEO Mary Barra said 2024 would be “the year of execution” for the automaker and its Ultium platform, according to Automotive News.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Let's Spend Some Time With Park City's Fleet Of Unimogs

    Park City, Utah welcomes roughly 4 million tourists a year, who spend over half a billion dollars in “the best resort town in America.” During the ski season, the economy depends on roadways being cleared to get skiers to the resorts, not to mention the Hollywood crowd during the yearly Sundance Film Festival held in January. There’s just one problem: Park City’s roads are very steep and narrow, and were developed during the mining boom in the late 1800s. At 15 feet wide, they’re difficult for m

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  • No Stones, But Plenty Of Sticks

    I’m never one to yuck anyone else’s yum. If you’ve got something you’re into, that doesn’t hurt anyone else, go with god — have all the fun in the world with it. But today, finally, a Penn State professor discovered a kink that makes even me shudder and cringe: Branches.

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  • A Native Angeleno Learned How To Drive On Snow And Ice; It's Possible

    I am a native Angeleno, born and raised apart from two years in Boston where I didn’t drive much, so I had never really driven on snow until I was recently invited to the Bridgestone Winter Driving School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Thankfully the weather was in the high 40s to low 50s during the day so I didn’t freeze to death, but this scenic little mountain town was still covered in a significant layer of snow, enough to intimidate me.

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  • A Cop's Worst Nightmare

    When you’re a cop, terror lurks around every corner. You’re working the 22nd-most-dangerous job in the United States, with nearly as many annual deaths as landscapers or DoorDash drivers — it’s a terrifying, terrifying world for you. Clearly, there’s only one way to survive it: Shoot anything and everything always without hesitation or thought.

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  • Here's How IIHS Crash Tests Have Evolved Over Almost 30 Years

    The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety or IIHS was actually founded back in 1959, and then was reinvented ten years later as an independent research organization to use a scientific approach to identify the full spectrum of options to reduce crash losses. The IIHS opened its Vehicle Research Center in central Virginia in 1992 and began conducting crash tests to both educate consumers and encourage automakers to produce safer vehicles.

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  • TikTokers Are Begging You To Buy A Huge Car For Tax Reasons

    “Did you know there’s one weird trick to write tens of thousands of dollars in car purchases off of your taxes? You won’t believe how easy it is to save this tax season! Drive a luxury SUV for free with this tax hack! What time does the Super Bowl start watch stream online free!”

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  • Lotus Elise Already Getting The Restomod Treatment

    The Lotus Elise is basically a new car in my mind. I remember when it was introduced like it was yesterday. So why are these modern sports cars already being subjected to the indignity of a “restomod” as if they weren’t great to begin with. Oh, these Series 1 cars are already almost thirty years old? This is a real eye opener for me. A genuine “Only 90s Kids Will Remember” kind of feeling. I’m not sure I believe it.

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  • There's Something Worse Than Tesla's Autopilot

    Tesla’s Autopilot is not what most folks would call “good.” Many would also not call it “acceptable,” but only Consumer Reports would be so professional as to say it “lacks” equipment that’s “essential to the safe operation of ADA systems.” There’s just something nice about reading a takedown in such formal language.

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  • This Vintage Ferrari V12 Engine Dyno Would Look Great In Your Living Room

    Sometimes the best lots at automotive auctions aren’t the cars themselves, but the memorabilia that’s also put up for sale. No matter if you’re at Barrett-Jackson or Bonhams, everything from tool kits and spare parts to artwork and clothing can be found at car auctions — and these items are often rarer than the cars themselves. At its upcoming Miami sale next month, RM Sotheby’s is auctioning off something I’ve never seen before: a vintage Ferrari engine dynamometer, with an actual V12 engine at

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  • Bus Drivers In Hawaii Can Throw Up A Digital Shaka When You Let Them Merge

    I live in Los Angeles where bus drivers have no fear and no shame when it comes to merging without a signal or pulling out in front of oncoming traffic, so I got pretty jealous when I learned that buses in Hawaii are equipped with a button that displays a shaka sign and says “mahalo,” or thank you, when pressed. Honolulu, Hawaii is ranked as the ninth most congested city in the United States according to some studies, so this little gesture is a great opportunity to bring a smile to a citizen wh

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  • Listening, Learning, And Improving

    Sometimes, we get it wrong. We make mistakes. When we’re lucky, you all call us out on them — you help keep us honest. Today, I need to apologize for a grievous error I made yesterday: I missed a pun that was staring me dead in the face. I am so, so sorry.

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  • These Cars Are A Better Buy Than The Cheapest New Car In America

    The cheapest new car you can buy in America right now is the Nissan Versa. It’s a fine little car that, for around $17,000, will do a good job getting you from A to B and will come with all the peace of mind that you get from a new Nissan. But what if you want something a little more exciting?

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  • Mini Is Making Car Ads Fun Again

    Mini recently unveiled its next-generation F66 Cooper and though I am already a Mini fanboy, when the latest Mini ad campaign came up on my Instagram feed, it genuinely excited me. Car ads used to be funny, irreverent, and bold, but modern car ads seem to have migrated into the realm of serious, stodgy and boring; thankfully Mini is changing that.

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  • Find Cheap Hydration At An Airport Near You

    Airports are an expensive place to hang out — I’ve spent enough time in them to know. After you pay for your ticket, though, the most expensive things are the ones that shouldn’t cost much at all: Burgers, drinks, and little bags of Chex Mix.

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  • This Volvo C30 Boston Red Sox Special Edition Is One Of The Rarest Cars I've Ever Seen In LA

    Los Angeles is a bastion of car culture, especially when it comes to rare and obscure stuff. I’ve seen everything from Bugatti Divos and Jaguar XJ220s to Ferrari 250 SWBs and Maybach G-Class Landaulets driving down the street or parallel parked like a normal car, so it’s not often that my somewhat-jaded self spots something that genuinely surprises me. When on a walk in my neighborhood the other day I came across something that got me more excited than any supercar or classic in recent memory: a

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  • Here's How Some Of The Largest Automakers Got Their Names

    Carmaker names are not nearly as celebrated as carmaker logos but they’re just as rich in heritage, both good and bad. Automobiles have been around since the late 1700s, but they didn’t take off until after the Industrial Revolution. World Wars I and II would catapult auto manufacturing into what we know today: a landscape dominated by Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors and Ford.

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  • Just Buy The Damn Minivan

    Yesterday, a reader asked us what vehicle he should get to transport his three shiny new children around. His one big caveat was that he couldn’t spend his budget on a minivan — he’d “discussed” it already, and ruled it “a no go.”

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  • This Honda-Powered Mini Is A Singer-Style Restomod For Absolute Maniacs

    The original Mini has long been heralded as a wonderful piece of design, and it has become an automotive icon for a reason. The Alec Issigonis design is a marvel of packaging and simplicity, and because they’re compact and lightweight, and the wheels are pushed out to the corners, Minis have been great driving cars since they were introduced. Canadian custom builders Spectre have developed a PNW-inspired monster — called the Type 10 — that changes almost everything about the car except the body

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  • Wittle Wadder Beer Takes The Piss Out Of Overlanders

    Goldwater Brewing Co. out of Scottsdale, Arizona is brewing up comedy with its Wittle Wadder witbier, capitalizing upon a viral TikTok that mocks Toyota 4Runner owners who have fitted their SUVs with rugged looking yet rarely useful ladders. This microbrewery is either about to make a ton of money off of wannabe overlanders, or make a lot of enemies out of broverlanders who suffer from exceedingly fragile masculinity.

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  • Where To Cut At Tesla

    Word through the grapevine is that Tesla — the most valued automaker in the world by an incredible margin — is looking to cut staff. Nothing’s been officially announced, but managers have had to tell their bosses which folks are mission-critical — never a good sign. If only seven more workers had wanted a union.

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  • Someone Finally Found A Good Use For A Cybertruck

    It finally happened, late last year deliveries of Tesla’s Cybertruck electric pickup truck really began. And while the angular truck can now be found clogging up the roads of America with it’s ridiculous design, massive windshield wiper and poor truck performance, one buyer has actually managed to find a really good use for the stainless steel behemoth.

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  • It's Mr Bean's Fault You Don't Want An EV, Not Poor Range And Charging Options

    In recent years, all kinds of clever people have tried to find out why the electric vehicle revolution hasn’t quite taken off yet. It’s the multi-billion dollar question that needs answering before more automakers start cutting production of EVs, shelving models and making a switch back to hybrid power. Thankfully, one UK think tank claims to have found the source of the problem: Mr Bean.

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  • We Got Cops, Cops, Cops!

    Has this ever happened to you? You’re out with your friends for a fun night on the town — the town’s streets, specifically, in quarter-mile increments — when some narc calls the cops and ruins everyone’s good time? No? Well, that’s probably because you’re not the kind of person who operates 150-person sideshows in California. Good type of person not to be.

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  • The F.A.T. Ice Race Will Head To Aspen For The First Time This Week

    You’ve heard the narrative time and time again: Car culture is doomed and young enthusiasts have been robbed of the opportunity to engage in any sort of meaningful way. Mass electrification, unfavorable legislation, inflation, and price surges brought upon by the auction sites are going to kill automotive enthusiast culture as we know it.

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  • Old-Timey Car Wreck Photos Are The Gift That Keeps On Giving

    One of my favorite hobbies is digging through old archival photos of cars; you can learn a lot about folks based on the kinds of things they deemed important enough to photograph — and as I’ve learned, the people of the past loved to take photos of ridiculous car crashes. Our ancestors truly are just like us.

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  • Comment Of The Day: Showing Off Edition

    Luxury submarines from Austrian company Migaloo are all the rage right now, except for the small detail where they don’t exist and likely never will. There are plenty of good reasons for this — structural concerns, legal considerations, the fact that these subs are being offered for sale by a 3D artist in landlocked Austria — but there’s one that ranks above them all: Rich guys won’t buy something that they can’t show off.

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  • BMW's Art Cars, Ranked

    Renowned American sculptor Alexander Calder was the first artist to put pen to paper in the effort to create an art car for BMW. Commissioned by racing driver Hervé Poulain, the original 3.0 CSL art car was little more than a used racing car by the time it reached Calder’s studio. That chassis would have likely been forgotten to time, as its racing exploits weren’t much to write home about. In Calder’s hands, however, it became etched upon the wall of automotive history, and kicked off a series

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  • These Are GM's Previous Attempts At Selling Hybrids

    Amid a one-two punch of an industry-wide sales slowdown for EVs and struggles to get production of its own EV under control, GM went and did something surprising: the company listened. Mere days after calls from its dealerships for hybrids, GM CEO Marry Barra announced the company would be bringing back hybrids in a recent earnings call. Obviously this change has been in the works for weeks, though she didn’t give any other details.

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  • This Little Volkswagen Has A 530-Horsepower Twin-Turbo V6 In Its Hatch

    Look at that little car go! This little car has a big motor, that’s what makes it so fast! A Croatian genius has taken the diminutive Volkswagen Lupo, which at its most potent had just 120 horsepower when it was new on the showroom floor, and fitted it with an Audi 2.7-liter twin-turbo V6 in the rear hatch pushing 530 horsepower to the rear wheels. All-in, ready to race, this car weighs just 2,248 pounds, giving it the same power-to-weight ratio as a Tesla Model S Plaid, and just shy of a Porsch

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  • We Live In Hell [Update]

    Think about the worst guy you’ve ever met. Now, imagine he was rich and had horrible taste. See him? Well, he’s nothing compared to this jabroni. What we’ve got here is a man using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta in his Cybertruck while wearing Apple Vision Pro VR goggles. What a goober.

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  • Comment Of The Day: In My Eyes, Indisposed Edition

    Did you know there’s a Rat Hole in Chicago, where acolytes come day and night to worship at the altar of A Place Where A Rat Was But Is No Longer? No matter what time of day you go to visit, chances are you’ll run into a fellow believer there — someone else who knows what is to come.

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  • Even If You Sold Your Soul You Probably Still Couldn't Afford The $200,000 Markup On This Dodge Demon

    The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 will go down in history as one of the most outrageous and awesome production cars ever made. What’s wild is that Dodge priced this thing at a relatively accessible (in terms of it’s performance) price. Of course, you’ll never pay that at the dealer. And one dealer is taking the cake with what is likely the most expensive Dodge Challenger ever listed for sale.

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  • I Have Become The Thing I Hate: Why I Bought A Big Diesel SUV

    You can’t cross the same river twice. The river is always flowing and what you define as you is constantly changing. It’s not the same river, and I am not the same man. I have long held an anti-SUV stance and vowed I would never own one, but I guess things change. I hate to admit it, but this Porsche Cayenne is a pretty good daily driver. I’ve given up my wagon, exchanging the keys for a decade-old German hauler. I have become the thing I have campaigned against for years.

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  • These Are The Most Forgettable Cars On Sale In 2024

    As we move further into the EV age and many automakers are working to reinvent themselves, some cars that are just a few years old are starting to look and feel like dinosaurs. I’m the type of weird where I can see virtually any car on the road and be able to identify it, yet there are many cars where I have to question whether they’re still in production or not.

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  • Comment Of The Day: Mad About The Wrong Thing Edition

    Did you know that sex work — full service or not — is the world’s oldest profession? In fact, records of sex work far predate the writing of the New Testament. Yet, that wasn’t enough history to stop a Christian school from banning a mother’s vehicle from their premises, all due to an OnlyFans sticker on her window.

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  • This 750-HP Porsche-Based Prototype Is As Wild As They Come

    The upcoming Gunther Werks Tornado is the kind of car for which “psycho death machine” is considered a term of endearment. The car pictured here is a pre-production prototype built by Gunther Werks as a development mule for the company’s newest high-horsepower Porsche 993-based hypercar monster. While most development mule testing happens in secret and under wraps, Gunther Werks actually handed the keys to friend of the site Matt Farah to “have a go,” as he says. This might be the wildest street

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  • Florida Mom's Car Banned From Christian School Over OnlyFans Decal

    A woman has been banned from driving her vehicle at a private school in Lake County, Florida, for advertising her OnlyFans channel with a decal. The mother of three was prohibited from driving her sticker-clad SUV at the behest of other parents, while administrators say that the OnlyFans decal does not align with Liberty Christian Prep School’s values. They claim the decal on Cline’s Dodge Durango is causing “disharmony” among its students, as WESH reports.

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  • These Are The Yellow Taxicabs That Have Filled New York's Streets For 112 Years

    The stereotypical image of a busy New York City street isn’t complete without a scattering of yellow taxicabs among the vehicles trudging along in gridlock traffic. While poorly regulated ridesharing apps have made the lives of taxi drivers a living hell over the past decade, cabs have endured moving residents and tourists across town for over a century. Let’s take a look at back all the vehicles that have donned the iconic shade of yellow paint:

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  • 2024 Honda Prologue: What Do You Want To Know?

    We’re about to get behind the wheel of the all-new and not-all-Honda 2024 Honda Prologue. Like everything else these days, it’s a compact-to-midsize electric crossover, but it really isn’t quite that simple. You see, the Prologue is Honda’s first dedicated electric vehicle, and as its name suggests, it is sort of a precursor to Honda EVs to come.

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Car Design (7)

  • Renault 5 E-Tech's Denim Interior Is A Throwback To The 1980s R5 Blue Jeans Edition

    The Renault 5 E-Tech Electric is bringing style and fun back to the European auto market with a retro design that looks just as good in 2024 as it did in 1972, when the original Renault 5 came out. The 5, also known as the R5 and Le Car, was a huge success for Renault, spawning myriad models and versions across two generations, including the 1989 Renault 5 Blue Jeans Edition, which had a denim interior similar to that of the new Renault 5 E-Tech.

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  • Nissan Made An Electric President Convertible For Sumo Champion Parades In 1991

    As I was brainstorming President’s Day posts that aren’t explicitly about actual presidents, I was looking through Nissan’s archives and stumbled across a variant of the Nissan President sedan that I had never seen before. There were four generations of President from 1965 to 2010, the latter two of which were sold in the U.S. as the Infiniti Q45, and in 1991 Nissan made a one-off electric convertible based on a third-gen President.

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  • Porsche 911 Backdates Are Bad And Need To Be Stopped

    When Porsche introduced the 964-generation 911 in 1989, it was met with great fanfare. MotorWeek’s John Davis called the car “an instrument of sensuous pleasure, if there ever was one.” The design was an iterative and evolutionary change to the vaunted 911, smoothing out some of the previous Carrera 3.2's more unsightly imperfections. Porsche gave the aged machine a hit of botox and a workout regimen, and the 964 was an instant success. Twenty years after that Davis review, Southern California’s

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  • 2025 Porsche Taycan: How We'd Spec It

    Porsche unveiled the 2025 Taycan facelift last week, which brings styling tweaks, a lot more power, faster charging, much longer range and new tech to the brand’s electric sport sedan and wagon. As with all other Porsche releases, the brand immediately updated its fantastic online configurator, so we set our employees loose and had them come up with their dream specs.

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  • The Original Mazda Cosmo Is One Of The Most Beautiful Cars Ever Made

    Mazda invited me a few weeks ago to a stunning house in Encino, California to view its new CX-70 SUV, which ended up being just a CX-90 with only two rows of seats. After getting all of the photos and information I needed I started exploring the grounds of the house, as it was truly amazing (and huge, on a three-acre lot with an orange grove), after which one the Mazda spokespeople asked if I wanted to see something really cool that had been hidden away because of the rain. They opened up the ga

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  • The 2024 Lexus GX's Visibility And Driving Position Are Nearly As Perfect As The Mercedes G-Wagen's

    I’ve long said that, despite its appearance and off-road legacy, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is one of the best cars for city driving. The G-wagen has excellent visibility, a manageable footprint and a fantastic driving position, plus it’s fun to quickly whip around and run errands in. Even the new Ford Bronco and Land Rover Defender haven’t quite been able to capture the G’s magic in that regard, but there’s a somewhat unlikely new contender in town. Last week I got to drive the excellent third-g

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  • See The 2024 Lexus GX 550 From Every Angle

    One of the most anticipated enthusiast vehicles of the year is the 2024 Lexus GX, which has finally entered its third generation. After thirteen years on sale the previous gen GX was looking and feeling old and frumpy, but the new GX has fantastically square styling with excellent details. Better still, its cabin has been completely overhauled and now feels as luxurious as the price tag suggests.

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Concept Cars (4)

  • Fiat's Mega Panda Concept Revives The 80s Panda 4X4 In Spectacular Style

    If you’ve ever been to Italy, there are a few things you’ll no doubt have seen: expert chefs throwing pizza dough above their heads, heaps of delicious gelato and dozens of knackered old Fiat Panda 4X4s that are somehow still running. Now, the ’80s icon is making a comeback in a new concept car that the Italian car maker has nicknamed the Mega Panda.

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  • Chrysler Halcyon Concept's Stargazing Mode Is The Perfect Application Of Autonomous Tech

    Some of the most common statements I see from car enthusiasts who are anti-autonomy are along the lines of “well I just want to drive myself,” which is totally valid. I love driving too! But there are so many situations where driving myself sucks. From stop-and-go traffic to monotonous commutes or long drives I’ve done it all, and sometimes I’m just plain tired and don’t want to. One of the worst situations is when the route I’m taking is wonderfully scenic, but because I have to keep my eyes on

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  • Chrysler Halcyon Concept Offers Glimpse At The Brand's Future, Whatever That Is

    Chrysler is in dire straits. The demise of the 300 leaves just one vehicle in its lineup, the Pacifica minivan. We’ve been assured new product is coming, but we don’t know what that is or when it’ll be here. To tease what the Chrysler of the future may look like, the brand has dropped a new concept called the Halcyon that showcases the American automaker’s design and tech for the EV age.

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  • This 2004 Lincoln Mark X Concept Is Your Chance To Bid On Great Automotive History

    It’s extremely rare for the public to get its hands on a concept car. If it’s not brought into production, they’re usually put in storage or kept in a museum — sometimes they’re even destroyed. But every so often, a rare opportunity comes up when a concept car gets listed for sale or goes up for auction, whether that be from private ownership or the company itself. Another one of those opportunities is right around the corner, as the 2004 Lincoln Mark X concept is going up for auction next month

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Crashes and Safety (4)

  • Dude Drives Jeep Off 60-Foot Cliff In Hawai'i Only To Be Rescued At Sea

    Canadians may be nice, but as it turns out, they may not be the best drivers. That point was proven after a Canadian tourist made a wrong turn while on vacation in Hawaii, drove his rental Jeep Compass off a 60-foot cliff, fell out of it and got washed out to sea. Somehow, the bonehead is still alive.

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  • Twin Sisters Charged For Covering Up Who Killed Two Kids In Amish Buggy Crash

    A 35-year-old woman is facing felony charges for falsely claiming she crashed into an Amish buggy, killing two children and injuring two others. The crash happened on the morning of September 25, 2023, in Spring Valley, Minnesota, and the woman immediately confessed to the Fillmore County Sheriff that she was responsible for the fatal collision. It turns out she was standing in for her twin sister, who rear-ended the buggy and killed the two Amish kids while driving high on methamphetamine, acco

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  • Watch A Dump Truck Slam Into An Overpass With Raised Bed

    A truck driver in Dayton, Ohio had an extremely violent wake-up call during their morning drive on Wednesday. They were eastbound on US-35 when their truck’s bed collided with an overpass. The structure wasn’t exceptionally low to the roadway beneath. The dump truck’s bed was raised. According to WHIO, The incident was reported to local emergency services, but it wasn’t confirmed if anyone was injured in the crash.

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  • Teen Driver Perfectly Plows Their Jeep Into The Back Of A Box Trailer

    Most crashes are wholly embarrassing affairs that leave you hoping for the safety of everyone involved, but others are just plain impressive. Today’s collision is one such crash, after a young drive managed to perfectly crash their Jeep into the back of a landscaping company’s box trailer.

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Crime (5)

  • Tesla Driver Says He Doesn't Remember Killing A Pedestrian While On Autopilot

    A Tesla driver who likely struck and killed a pedestrian in Minnesota says he doesn’t remember running anyone over, and that if he did, he was driving with Autopilot on, according to the Star Tribune. The driver initially denied running over a Mille Lacs County doctor, 56-year-old Cathy Donovan, but evidence has led the Model X driver to claim he doesn’t remember killing Donovan because Autopilot was engaged while he was checking work emails, as Futurism reports.

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  • Armed Biker Who Assaulted A Philly Woman And Her Kids Pleads Guilty

    The armed biker who attacked a woman and her children in Philadelphia on October 1, 2023 has pled guilty and is currently awaiting a sentencing hearing. The biker, 27-year-old Cody Heron, has been in custody since shortly after his attack of Nikki Bullock and is currently being held on a $4 million bail, as the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. He pled guilty on Thursday to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of an instrument of crime; the former is a felony in the Commonwe

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  • Doofus Could Get 4 Years In Prison For Flying Drone Over AFC Championship Game

    A Pennsylvania man and total goofus maloofus has been charged with illegally flying a drone over Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium during the NFL’s AFC Championship game between the Ravens and Chiefs at the end of last month. When the drone appeared overhead, it temporarily halted the game, which you’d hope would have served as a reset for the Ravens, but us Chiefs-haters had no such luck.

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Entertainment (2)

  • 'Twisters' Looks Like Another Ram Commercial, And That's A Good Thing

    It’s no secret that “Twister” is one of my favorite movies (and car commercials) of all time, so you can imagine how excited I was when the new trailer for “Twisters” blasted across my TV during the Super Bowl on Sunday night. As excited as I am for the movie as a whole – especially Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones – what I am really excited about is the fact this movie is clearly another Dodge/Ram commercial.

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  • Trailer For 'The Grand Tour: Sand Job' Shows Clarkson, Hammond And May Have Lost All Inspiration

    We’ve known for a little while now that Amazon Prime Video’s “The Grand Tour” was coming to an end. Not only are Clarkson, Hammond and May much older than they were when they first began filming “Top Gear” together more than 20 years ago, but there’s also that time Clarkson wrote that absolutely vile column for The Sun that led Amazon to announce plans to part ways with him. Still, Prime Video allowed him to stay on to film a few more “Grand Tour” specials, and the trailer for the first one was

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EVs and Hybrids (2)

  • Porsche Taycan Turbos Have Lost Up To $100,000 Value In 4 Years

    Depreciation is hitting EVs harder than most other vehicles. A combination of technology upgrades, price fluctuations on new cars, and lack of demand has meant a rapid drop in value for many electric models. This phenomenon is especially dramatic for Porsche’s Taycan EV, with high-spec Turbo models losing almost $100,000 in value within four years.

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  • You Can Get Polestar's Tesla Fighter For The Price Of An Accord

    For many buyers, a major hurdle to EV adoption is cost. For a while, there were limited affordable EV electric options. Now that the pre-owned EV market is seeing massive drops in value, there are more opportunities than ever for a reasonably priced way to go electric. So instead of buying the typical mid-sized sedan, you can park a super stylish and high-tech Swedish luxury car in your driveway.

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First Drive (1)

Ford (2)

  • Ford Will Make Your Mustang Look Worse For Only $6,000

    As the reign of Nardo Gray draws to a close, automakers need a new paint trend to jump on. Of all things, it seems the industry is moving on to vinyl to fill that niche — paint protection films, which automakers are increasingly using to alter the color of your car without going so far as to paint it. Now, Ford is the latest automaker to jump on the nascent trend.

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  • The 2024 Ford Ranger Single Cab Is A Glorious Return To Form

    The 2024 Ford Ranger is being released in the UK and other markets abroad as a single cab. While the more pressing news around the latest Ford Ranger is likely the release of the PHEV model, the single cab model looks like a glorious return to the pickup trucks of yore. Hello, old friend. Where have you been?

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Found For Sale (16)

  • BMW Built A Convertible Version Of Its DTM Race Car And Now You Can Own One

    Unless you’re an insufferable car nerd like me, which I assume most of you who clicked on this probably are, you likely didn’t even know that BMW built a convertible version of the iconic 1980s DTM homologation-special E30-generation M3. The company built just 786 examples of this ridiculously rad drop top, and now is your chance to buy one. You know, if you have a spare couple hundred grand sitting around.

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  • This Motorcycle-Powered Lotus Seven Clone Might Be Worth A Crash Diet

    I’d probably need to lose 150 pounds and half my size-thirteen foot to drive this car, but it damn well might be worth it to try. I got the great pleasure of watching this 13,000 RPM ripper of a Lotus Seven clone compete in the 2023 autocross season, and I’ve dreamt about it nearly every night this winter. There is something so intoxicating about a Yamaha R1 engine in a lightweight 1200-pound package. It was nice to be able to dream about it from afar, but now that it’s available for sale for th

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  • You Should Buy This 1100-HP Pikes Peak Record-Breaker Because If I Buy It I Fear I Might Die At Its Hand

    This big red Porsche named “Lucy” is maybe one of my favorite racing cars of recent motorsport history, because it was built with a single-minded focus to go really fast at Pikes Peak, and that’s pretty much it. BBi Autosport in Southern California built this car for French rally driver Raphael Astier to run at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2019, and after some serious modifications he ran it again in 2021. This car started life as a 911 GT America race car entered in IMSA competiti

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  • You Can Buy Joe Biden's Custom-Ordered Cadillac ATS-V

    Whether you like Joe Biden or not, you can’t deny the man seems to be a car guy. His love of Corvettes is famous, but apparently that’s not the only thing he’s interested in driving. It turns out that the President also has a thing for custom Cadillacs.

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  • Thank Heavens! You Can Finally Buy Porsche's Ugliest Race Car That Is Named After A Fish

    The flounder is a group of flatfish species found at the bottom of oceans around the world. When first hatched, flounder have one eye on each side of their head, but as they age, one eye migrates to the other side of the body, resulting in a fish that lays on its side with both eyes pointing upward. The long-tail version of Porsche’s successful three-liter air-cooled flat-eight-powered 908 sports car looks a bit like a mature flounder, a low and flat machine with both eyes (headlights) on the up

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  • You Need A 48-Cylinder Two-Stroke Kawasaki

    Over the past few years, motorcycles have been dropping their cylinder counts like flies. Most beginner bikes are down to just a single cylinder, and even middleweight sportbikes are shifting from inline fours to parallel twins. But what if you could go the other way? What if you could own a bike with 48 cylinders? Well, thanks to Bonhams, you can: A 48-cylinder two-stroke 4.2-liter Kawasaki is crossing the block.

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  • Delusional Dealer Thinks Barely Driven Ford Focus Is Somehow A Collector's Item Worth $20,000

    Lately, it seems with each passing day we’re getting hit with more and more absurd cars being listed for sale. They either have absurd pricing or you wonder why they’re even being listed for sale on places like Bring a Trailer. Even some dealerships have been getting in on the dumb pricing game with old cars. The most recent example of this comes from a small dealership in Montana.

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  • A Rusty, Modified, Old Toyota Supra With 388,000 Miles Is About To Sell For More Than A New One

    For some the A80-generation Toyota Supra turbo—a non-targa, left-hand drive, manual version, natch—is the holy grail of Radwood-era performance cars. The iconic 2JZ turbocharged inline six engine is known for its ability to make irresponsible power, and that engineered-in stoutness also translates to longevity. Perhaps proving that beyond a shadow of a doubt is this 388,000-mile example currently up for bid on Bring a Trailer, and it’s going to go for some serious dough, considering its conditio

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  • My Best Friend Is German, And Her Name Is 1957 Spatz Victoria 200

    Engineering is mostly just making something and seeing if it works or not. When the Spatz microcar came to life in the early 1950s, it was designed to be a three-wheeled compact with the suspension and engine bolted directly to the fiberglass chassis. When that proved non-viable, Spatz progenitor Egon Brütsch sold the Spatz rights to a company named Alzmetall, who called on Tatra engineer Hans Ledwinka to develop a functional four-wheeled chassis for the car. Fortunately the result was this wond

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  • Cruise In Style With All Your Friends In This Custom Convertible Rolls-Royce

    Time has not been kind to this Rolls-Royce Silver Spur. In 1981, this was just about the coolest damn thing on the street for anyone to have been driving. Not only is this the long-wheelbase version of Rolls’ luxury sedan, but it was delivered to a coachbuilder in Toronto where the roof was cut off and replaced by a folding canvas job at great expense. Just 10 examples of the chop shop drop top were built, making it a rare (if not exactly desirable) piece of automotive history. If you’re so incl

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  • 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV Is America's First Plug-In Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

    While automakers like BMW and Hyundai have been continually committed to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles for the future, it’s been a few years since Honda’s fuel-cell Clarity went out of production. But Honda has been somewhat quietly working on its next generation of hydrogen cars, and now the first has made its debut. Meet the CR-V e:FCEV, a fuel cell version of the CR-V crossover that’ll go on sale later this year.

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  • The 2024 Honda Prologue Lives Up To Half Of Its Name

    The 2024 Honda Prologue is not a Honda. It just isn’t. The Japanese automaker can talk all it wants about how this car is designed to look and feel like a Honda, but it only achieved half of its goals. Sure, the 2024 Prologue looks like a Honda (on the outside, at least), but everything else about this electric crossover screams General Motors.

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  • The 2024 Honda Ridgeline Trailsport Can Go Up A Hill - Even In The Snow

    A few weeks ago, I learned that most trucks get hopelessly stuck when they encounter snow, especially if they aren’t equipped with dedicated snow tires. As someone who has driven all kinds of cars, equipped with all kinds of tires in some pretty serious snow for decades, this came as something of a surprise. But, I am always open to learning from my betters in the automotive media business, and from the smartest people in history, guys who pay money to use X, The Everything App.

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  • The First Car To Ever Go Over 100 Miles Per Hour Was An EV

    You’ll be forgiven for not knowing much about the automotive world around the mid-1890s. It was a long time ago, and the world was a very different place back then. The automobile was pioneered by thousands of people making iterative improvements to four-wheeled transport, some more important than others. History remembers the Henry Fords and John D. Rockefellers, but I would argue that Walter C. Baker was more interesting than either.

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  • Here's How EV Tires Differ From Regular Tires

    There’s no denying that EVs will be a big part of the automotive future. Whether or not they’re the only option in the future, they’re here to stay regardless. Recently though, a few downsides to EVs have taken center stage: Their performance in cold weather and just how fast tires wear when they’re equipped on EVs. To that end, tire makers are marketing a tire specifically for EVs. But what exactly is an EV tire and what makes it so special?

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  • Jeep's Killing The Wagoneer Sub-Brand. Here's What's Next

    The Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are the largest and some of the most expensive vehicles Jeep has ever produced. These big and luxurious vehicles came with equally big and luxurious promises in both the sales and customer service departments — but the sub-brand experiment looks like it’s over. Jeep is bringing the Wagoneer name back into the fold.

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  • I Didn't Ride My Motorcycles All Winter And Now They're Mad At Me

    The weather here in the midwest is warm enough in February to be something that definitely keeps me up at night. In order to help keep some of those thoughts from overrunning my brain and sending me into a doom spiral, I opened the garage door, grabbed my gear, and swung a leg over my trusty BMW R1100 GS yesterday for the first time since late September. Pressing the start button was an instantly familiar sensation, but the expected thrum of flat twin exhaust pushing through an aftermarket Itali

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  • You're (Thinking About) Steering Your Motorcycle Wrong

    If you’ve ever ridden a bike — whether bicycle or motorcycle — you understand how they work: Steering happens in the front, where you turn the handlebars, and the rest of the bike follows as it leans (at least, most bikes do.) Most of us have taken it for granted since we were kids. There’s one problem, though: That’s not how bikes steer.

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News (129)

  • Dave Ramsey's Latest Garbage Advice: If You Have A Car Payment, 'You Will Be Broke Your Whole Life'

    Dave Ramsey may be an expert at running a toxic company where employees aren’t even treated with basic respect, but when it comes to giving financial advice, he has a questionable background at best. Earlier this month, he gave some truly dumb advice to a woman whose husband got taken advantage of by a Kia dealer. And even if we ignore his stupid envelopes-of-cash system, that’s far from the only example of Ramsey giving bad advice. This time around, Yahoo reports he’s back on his “if you have a

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  • The Apple Car Project Was Always Doomed

    Apple announced to its employees earlier this week that the long-running Apple Car project — Project Titan — is no more. The news isn’t exactly a surprise, given that the last few years have been filled with story after story after story about the project’s struggles, but a new postmortem shows that Titan floundered from the start.

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  • Bugatti's Next Hypercar Swaps The W16 For A Newly Developed V16 Hybrid

    While many other automakers use electric powertrains to make their ridiculously powerful cars go fast, the Bugatti Chiron is still powered by a good, old-fashioned, gasoline-fueled 8.0-liter W16. With four turbochargers stuffing a massive amount of air into the engine, even the base Chiron makes nearly 1,500 horsepower. Time marches on, though, and there’s no room in the future for a W16 that gets an EPA-rated 9 mpg combined. As a result, Bugatti has announced plans to drop the Chiron’s W16 in f

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  • This Jaguar C-X75 Is Finally Road Legal 14 Years After Its Premiere

    We’re used to waiting a while for concept cars to become a reality, with models like the awesome new Renault 5 taking a good few years to make it off the drawing board and onto the road. Now, however, a Jaguar concept looks set to finally hit the highway almost 14 years after it was first premiered.

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  • Maserati GranCabrio Is The Perfect Way To Mess Up Your $400 Haircut

    The new Maserati GranCabrio enters the market as an all-wheel drive, 542-horsepower, four-seat cabriolet that will compete against the likes of the Bentley Continental GTC, Ferrari Roma Spider, and Aston Martin DB12 Volante. Despite the new name, this is just a new GranTurismo cabriolet, which is not a bad thing considering that the GranTurismo is a beautiful and powerful exotic GT car. As someone who always loves going topless, I am a fan of any new convertibles entering the market, even the on

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  • 381,000 Trucks With Reputation For Never Breaking Recalled For Rear Axles That Could Break

    For years, the reason you bought a Toyota Tacoma wasn’t that it got the best gas mileage, came with the latest features or had the most comfortable seats. It didn’t have any of those things. You bought it because it had a reputation for both reliability and durability, as well as the boost in value those two qualities gave it on the used market. Still, even the legendary Toyota Tacoma isn’t perfect, with Motor1 reporting that hundreds of thousands of Tacomas have been recalled for possible axle

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  • Lauren Boebert's Son Arrested Over Alleged Car Break-In Spree

    Tyler Boebert was arrested Tuesday for a string of vehicle break-ins against his mother’s constituents. The Rifle Police Department took the 18-year-old son of Representative Lauren Boebert into custody and levied a laundry list of charges. This is the latest episode in Boebert’s tumultuous family life, a reason she cited behind her move to run Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in this upcoming election. She is already far from the favorite to win the seat, finishing fifth in a straw poll la

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  • Consumer Reports Says These Are The Best New Cars For 2024

    We may not have many city cars to choose from, but here in the U.S., there’s no denying that new car shoppers are spoiled for choices. Automakers from around the world sell more than 200 models here, and even if you’re generally interested in cars, it can be hard to know where to start when it comes time to head to the dealership for a new car. And that’s not even accounting for the stress of the buying process itself.

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  • Family Charged $81,000 For Their Mother's Air Ambulance Flight

    We all know healthcare costs in the U.S. are stupidly high. One of the most disgusting aspects of healthcare costs in this country is ambulatory costs. The simple act of taking someone to the hospital to save their life can come with life-changing debt. Sadly, one family is dealing with this situation now, nearly five months after losing their mother.

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  • Bugatti's Rebellious First Le Mans Race Cars Inspired This Chiron Super Sport

    Bugatti is well known for its overall win at the 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Jean-Pierre Wimille and Robert Benoist piloted the Type 57G “Tank” to victory, but the brand’s first factory running at Le Mans happened six years earlier in 1931 and was, in typical French fashion, a bit of a protest. The three Type 50S race cars that competed at Le Mans in 1931 served as the inspiration for a new one-off Chiron Super Sport, and the story behind its untraditional black paint is pretty funny.

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  • Consumer Reports Says BMW Builds The Best Cars In The U.S.

    If there’s one thing that fans of ’80s and ’90s BMWs know is an irrefutable fact, it’s that ever since Chris Bangle got his grubby little paws on the German automaker’s designs, everything there is to love about BMW has been ruined. Ask the folks over at Consumer Reports, though, and they would beg to differ. CR has just released its annual brand rankings for the year, and wouldn’t you know it, BMW came out on top.

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  • License Plate Surveillance Startup Broke The Law While Trying To Reduce Crime

    Flock, a startup which promotes a surveillance state, has installed car tracking cameras in 4,000 cities among 42 states. The company makes its money and shareholder value by delivering AI-based tracking hardware and software to local police departments, which are more than happy to pay Flock’s $3,000 annual fee. The Atlanta-based company has grown nearly 2,700 percent since 2020, and at least some of that growth, according to a new report from Forbes, has come from a willingness to bend the rul

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  • Don't Expect To See The Ford Bronco EV Or Maverick EV Until The 2030s: Report

    Ford’s struggles with the EV side of its automobile business — which the company calls Model e — is no secret. Even though it still has big EV plans, the company has lost billions amid slowing EV demand, with models like the Mustang Mach-E getting its prices slashed as dealer stock piles up. Now it would seem those troubles have come for planned EV models that are badly needed.

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  • McLaren's New Artura Spider Hits 205 MPH, Takes Just 11 Seconds To Drop The Top

    When you think of a hybrid, odds are you envision something like a Prius, but hybrids are becoming increasingly common for performance cars, as evidenced by McLaren’s latest model. The new Artura Spider is a low-slung, evocatively styled, 205-mph topless maniac that’s the second body style in the Artura lineup after the coupe that went on sale last year.

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  • The BYD Yangwang U9 Is A Better Electric Supercar Than Tesla's Roadster Because It Will Actually Exist

    After making a name for itself making bargain EVs for regular buyers across China, automotive upstart BYD has broken with tradition and unveiled its production-ready all-electric supercar that’s taking the fight straight to Tesla. The catchily named Yangwang U9 has one big advantage over the Tesla Roadster, however, as it might actually exist in the real world very soon.

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  • These Are The Quickest New Cars Consumer Reports Tested

    Consumer Reports isn’t necessarily known for testing and reviewing performance cars. Instead, it tends to get more attention for things like its list of the most and least reliable cars, as well as its ownership satisfaction survey. In between reviewing a sea of hybrids and crossovers, though, our friends at CR still find time to get behind the wheel of some pretty quick vehicles.

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  • Somehow Brabus Has Only Just Now Made A 1000-HP Car, And It's A Hybrid Four-Door

    German tuning company Brabus has been adding big power and badass looks to Mercedes-Benz and AMG vehicles since 1977 — and, as of a few years ago, to Porsches, Range Rovers and Rolls-Royces too. But despite its extensive modding history, which includes everything from widebody S-Classes and SLS supercars to six-wheeled G-wagens and delivery vans (and even boats!) Brabus has never produced a car with 1,000 horsepower. That is, until now.

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  • If You Thought TVRs Were Wild, Check Out The Former Owner's Amphibious One-Off

    British sports car manufacturer TVR is known for a lot of things, but flying under the radar certainly isn’t one of them. The cars it has built over the years are loud, fast, light and short on both creature comforts and safety features. So after selling TVR, former owner Peter Wheeler had a lot to live up to with his next project. Did he build a dedicated race car? A hypercar? No, he built an amphibious vehicle called the Scamander that looks like a moon rover from a video game.

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  • Tesla Model 3 Plaid: This Is It

    The car company with a performance trim named after a throw-away joke from every 13-year-old’s favorite Mel Brooks film is apparently expanding its EV performance lineup downward with a new Model 3 Plaid on the docket. The Model S Plaid proved no match for Porsche’s Taycan or Lucid’s Air Sapphire on track. As a result, maybe Tesla has taken a page out of the muscle car handbook, putting the big motor from the big car into the small car to go fast.

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  • If You're Dying To Drive A Tesla Cybertruck, Just Rent One On Turo

    Tesla fans (customers? followers?) have been obsessed with the automaker’s latest product, the Cybertruck. It’s been blowing up the internet since it began getting delivered to customers at the end of 2023. From videos — both annoying and embarrassing — to claims of premature rusting, its definitely getting attention. Now, the public at large can get their hands on one thanks to Turo.

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  • Reborn Renault 5 Is A Super Cute, Super Cheap EV With A Baguette Holder

    It’s been more than three years since we first saw the electric Renault 5 Concept. At the time, it wasn’t entirely clear whether or not the reborn 5 would make it to production, but now, it’s officially here. Well, not here as in the U.S. Odds are, we still won’t get the new Renault 5 EV here in the States, but it’s been officially revealed as the 2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Electric for Europe, a market we’re sure it will find much more success in than in the notoriously small car-phobic U.S. And it

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  • Elon Musk's Neuralink Cause For 'A Lot Of Concern': Doctors

    Neuralink, Billionaire Elon Musk’s tiny side hustle and dating service, began brain-computer interface implant long-term trials in human subjects late last month, the third such company to do so. There are very few details available about the trial’s first volunteer, though Musk said on Twitter Spaces this week that the subject “seems to have made a full recovery, with no ill effects that we are aware of” and “is able to move a mouse around the screen by just thinking.” As is common with Musk an

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  • Man 'Hacks' Government Auction Website, Sells Himself Cars For $1

    Government auctions are a great way to pick up cars on the cheap, but even they have their limits. You might find cars going for just a few hundred dollars, but you’re not likely to find them selling for a single bill — unless, of course, you play a little fast and loose with an online auction like an Oklahoma man did.

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  • Couple Marries Inside Disco-Themed Gas Station Men's Bathroom

    A couple in Northern Kentucky decided to tie the knot inside the men’s bathroom at a gas station this week. While the small town of Verona might not be the same setting used by William Shakespeare, romance still exists south of Cincinnati. Now, this wasn’t just any dingy service station toilet and sink. They recited their vows underneath a disco ball.

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  • No-Fun Police Allegedly Seize Crack And Rocket Launcher From Man's Car

    Not that I would know, but apparently a crack cocaine high can last around 15 minutes, depending on the efficacy, quantity, and purity of the substance, and the size and tolerance of the user. A person could get up to all kinds of mayhem with 15 minutes of excess crack-based energy and a spare surplus U.S. Army M190 rocket launcher. Both of these things together will really get your heart racing and the dopamine flowing. It’s the kind of combination that could potentially cause a lot of harm to

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  • NJ Cop Slams Police Chief On Hood Of Cruiser For Allegedly Showing Up 'Drunk Again'

    When the cops show up to investigate a crash that may have been caused by a drunk driver, you’d like to think that the people involved in the crash would be the only intoxicated people on the scene. Surely, cops can be trusted to remain sober, right? As it turns out, if one of those cops is Bradley Beach Police Chief Leonard Guida, that’s not exactly a guarantee, TAPinto Asbury Park reports. And back in November, that led to a physical altercation between Guida and one of his officers.

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  • Buy This One-Of-310 1986 Honda CRX Si Straman Convertible And Unlock True Happiness

    It’s almost March, and that means it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to enjoy the warmer months. Not only do you have brunching with the boys to look forward to, but you’ve probably also got camping trips and beach vacations showing off that smokin’ hot summer bod you’ve worked on building all winter on the agenda. Most importantly, though, it will soon be convertible season. And what better way to spend that time than behind the wheel of an ultra-rare Honda CRX Si Straman conver

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  • Amazon Made Airport Workers Toil In 100-Degree Heat Without Shade

    The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) cited Amazon three times for exposing its workers to dangerously hot conditions at San Bernardino International Airport. The online shopping giant was only fined $14,625 for leaving employees on the airport tarmac with little shade to shelter from the scorching California sun over the summer months. Amazon has repeatedly been criticized for operating harsh workplace facilities.

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  • A Suzuki Carry On Tracks Might Be The Most Perfect Off-Road Vehicle Of All Time

    Let’s say you’ve recently bought a remote Alaskan homestead. Not necessarily “only accessible by seaplane” remote but still remote enough that you need to put in your own road on the property. We can’t imagine many people reading this have actually done that, but let’s not pretend most of us haven’t fantasized about it at some point. You’re obviously going to need a truck, but what are you going to buy? A Toyota Tacoma? A Ford F-150? A Ram 2500? Wrong. All wrong.

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  • Fiat's Daring Plan For The New 500e: Don't Lose $14,000 On Every Car Sold

    Fiat is officially bringing the all-electric 500e to the U.S., a country that isn’t exactly known for loving either Fiats, two-door subcompacts or low-range electric vehicles. The new 500e happens to be all those things, but Fiat apparently did enough market research to believe it can successfully sell enough of them here to avoid losing its shirt again. On paper, it looks like an uphill battle, but according to Fiat, the new 500e does come with one massive advantage over its predecessor: It won

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  • Watch Amazon Driver Cheat Death When Their Van Gets Cut In Half By A Train

    Imagine you are forced to go to work on your 33rd birthday, and everything seems normal until suddenly you’re driving through rural Ixonia, Wisconsin when your delivery van is ripped in half and you are left in disbelief of what just transpired; this is what happened to Amazon delivery driver Alexander Evans when his van was instantly sliced in two by an Amtrak train in November of 2021.

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  • Got An EV? Live In SoCal? Test Your Battery's Real Condition With Jalopnik

    One of the downsides of owning an EV is that you know your battery is degrading over time, but, you can’t really know how much. There are ways to arrive at estimates, but until now, there hasn’t been a definitive way to test it. Well, Jalopnik has been given access to a new system that changes all that, and we’d like to invite our readers to check it out.

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  • Zagato's New Twin Tail Gives The Alpine A110 A Retro-Aping Removable Butt

    Zagato has a history of somewhat polarizing designs, and the new Zagato AGTZ Twin Tail, based on the current Alpine A110 compact sports car, continues that trend. This little machine has a longer nose and removable long tail cone, ostensibly to make it more aerodynamic, but also to remind enthusiasts of the long-gone days when Alpine ran the A220 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in long and short tail configurations. This new modular sports car from Zagato is a beautiful retro-futurist view of that L

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  • Volkswagen ID 7 Tourer Is An Electric Passat Wagon We Can't Have

    A couple weeks ago BMW unveiled the new 5 Series Touring, which will be offered in fully electric i5 guise for the first time — but no version of the 5 wagon will be sold in the United States. Now we’ve got yet another EV wagon tease, this time from Volkswagen. The German brand just revealed the ID 7 Tourer, an electric Passat-sized estate that VW confirms won’t be offered in the U.S., despite the Space Vizzion concept originally being shown at the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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  • The Super Cheap Dacia Spring Is Exactly The Kind Of Economical EV We Need In The U.S.

    The American new car market is a mess right now. It’s obvious that automakers only care about catering to the wealthy and regular workaday cars are increasingly disappearing from the market, or are getting priced wildly out of the hands of working class folks. There are only a small handful of new cars that can be purchased for less than 20,000 greenbacks, and none of them are electric or hybrid, despite the economically-advantageous benefits to reducing fuel use and operating costs. If you’re l

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  • Severed Human Leg Found On New York Subway And Nobody Knows Where It Came From

    New York City is an enigmatic place. Things happen there that simply could not be rationally explained to people who don’t live there. When you pack eight and a half million people into a single city, weird stuff is bound to happen. On Saturday afternoon, at about 1 p.m., authorities discovered a severed human leg with no hints as to its origin on the 4 line between 167th and 170th streets in the Bronx. Nobody knows whose leg it is or how it got misplaced on the track bed of the elevated section

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  • Two Jags, A Kia, 5 Insurance Claims And A 63 Percent Loan: 20-Year Old Reports Experiencing Some Financial Problems

    We all make dumb decisions when we’re in our teens and 20s. Thankfully, for a lot of us, the mature people in our lives offer the kind of guidance and advice necessary to ensure that we don’t completely ruin our futures with those bad decisions. Unfortunately for some, when that doesn’t happen, you end up with people in situations like Hannah, a 20-year-old licensed practical nurse in Oklahoma who recently went on the Caleb Hammer show to get advice on dealing with her mountain of debt, so much

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  • Dodge Wants Electric Muscle Cars To Rumble Like A V8 Monster

    Automakers have gone to great lengths to make their electric vehicles feel a bit less alien. There are some that have created synthetic engine notes to pipe out their non-existent exhausts, while others have even simulated manual gearboxes to replicate the shudder of a sharp gear change. Now, Stellantis is looking into ways to bring the rumble of a V8 into its future electric muscle cars.

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  • Remember That Time Toyota Made An Entire Music Video For The Sienna Featuring Busta Rhymes?

    Odds are, you probably remember Toyota’s Swagger Wagon commercials. It was one of those cringe ad campaigns that execs probably expected to be a hit but really just landed flat and never actually convinced anyone who was minivan-hesitant to take the plunge. People do occasionally still refer to minivans as swagger wagons, though, so maybe it had more of a cultural effect than we’d like to think. After shooting its first Swagger Wagon music video, did you know that Toyota went back and made a sec

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  • The Hybrid Renaissance Continues With Two New Porsche Panamera Hybrids

    Porsche announced Tuesday that its executive sedan is gaining two new hybrid powertrains to appease the hybrid-hungry car buying public. The Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid and Panamera 4S E-Hybrid join the lineup under the all-out performance monster, the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid to provide buyers with more electrified options.

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  • The 320 HP Cupra Born VZ Is Here To Prove EVs Can Get Hotter And Hatchier

    If you’re in the market for a fun little electric car, your options are fairly limited here in the U.S. thanks to automakers sticking with pickups and SUVs for most of their electric models. However, in a magical place called Europe, there’s a raft of fun little EVs that just got a new leader in the form of the Cupra Born VZ.

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  • Land Rover Says 24-Inch Wheels Are Too Much

    You don’t exactly buy a Land Rover Range Rover Sport SV because you’re looking to be subtle. It may not be quite as in-your-face as the Lamborghini Urus, but with a 626 horsepower and 553 lb-ft of torque turbocharged V8 under the hood, it can hit 60 mph in less than four seconds, and everyone’s going to hear it from that exhaust. It also comes with massive 23-inch wheels, but as CarThrottle reports, Land Rover insists that’s as big as its wheels are going to go.

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  • The Tesla Cybertruck Won't Be Crash Tested Any Time Soon

    A slow trickle of Cybertrucks are making their ways into American’s hands, though the roll out has not been without some speed bumps—especially when it comes to that “stainless” steel body. It’s that same body that has provoked questions about the crash worthiness of the Cybertruck. Unfortunately, it’s a question we won’t have the answer to any time soon.

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  • Watch A New Chinese Car Clear Snow Off Itself Like A Big Dog

    If you’re cold, they’re cold—bring them inside. If you live in the frigid north where snow accumulates in drifts and you are forced to park your car outside, Nio’s new SkyRide active suspension might be just the thing you need. As shown here on the new ET9, Nio’s Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan competitor, SkyRide can independently actuate each corner to make the car move around in a shaking motion, much like a dog after a bath. It’s just so damn adorable.

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  • John Oliver Offers Clarence Thomas $2.4 Million Motor Coach And $1 Million A Year To Leave Supreme Court

    Elon Musk’s least favorite Brit, John Oliver, isn’t what you would call a big fan of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. And yet, in a rare showing of bipartisanship, Oliver is willing to reach across the aisle to work out an agreement with the conservative justice. On the season premiere of “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver announced that he’s offering Thomas $1 million a year to retire from the Supreme Court, and to sweeten the deal, he’ll also throw in a Prevost Marathon motor coach valued at ab

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  • U.S. Drivers Run Over 15 Children Every Day In Parking Lots And Driveways

    Being a parent comes with a lot of baked-in worry. It’s basically a full-time job to raise a child in a way that gives them the tools they need to eventually become successful adults. Ensuring their safety is obviously paramount to that, though the danger doesn’t always come from outside forces. According to national non-profit Kids and Car Safety, each week 110 U.S. children are hit by slow-moving cars in parking lots and driveways, often hit by their own parents with their own cars.

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  • You May Not Actually Want The Manufacturer-Prescribed Tires For Your Car

    If automakers could sell cars without tires, we’re pretty sure the bean counters in accounting would do exactly that. They probably wouldn’t even think twice about it. Since they can’t get away with that, though, all new cars come with tires, and it would be easy to assume that because the tires that come on your car were chosen by the manufacturer, they’d be the best tires you can get for that particular model. But as our friends over at Tyre Reviews recently pointed out, that’s not necessarily

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  • Consumer Reports Says These Cars Are Currently The Worst Deals

    Overall, the U.S. auto industry has largely recovered from the supply chain issues that drove the cost of new cars through the roof and brought the price of used cars up along with it. Not all new cars are selling below MSRP now, but enough are that you can generally expect to find a deal if you’re willing to shop around.

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  • Scout Motors CEO On Creating The Levi's Of Electric Trucks, Staying True To The Brand's History

    Volkswagen Group made huge waves a few years ago when it announced the revival of the venerated Scout name for a new fully electric truck and SUV that would be built in America. Yesterday I traveled to Blythwood, South Carolina, to witness the groundbreaking of Scout’s new factory, which will be built on a 1,110-acre plot of land and begin production in 2026. After the ceremony, our group of journalists got to sit down at a roundtable with Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh and head of production Dr.

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  • Lawmakers Tell Delta To Keep Its Dirty Union-Busting Hands To Itself As Flight Attendants Fight To Organize Union

    While the airline industry in the U.S. is largely unionized, Delta is different. Its pilots and dispatchers are unionized, but Delta’s technicians and flight attendants, as well as its ramp, cargo and tower employees, are not. With renewed efforts to change that following years of growing support for unions, it’s starting to look like we might actually see some real movement on the issue, leading lawmakers to warn Delta to keep its dirty union-busting hands away from organizing efforts.

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  • NHTSA Is Investigating "Unintended Vehicle Movement" In Fisker Oceans

    Much like a real-life sea, the Fisker Ocean’s start has been rocky. The crossover released to multiple failed flip attempts, only to be beset by issues around little things like “moving the car.” Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating issues around the Ocean’s ability to not move.

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  • Florida Man Arrested For Vandalizing Crosswalk Pride Mural With Multiple Sad Little Burnouts

    A 19-year-old Florida man has been arrested after he was caught vandalizing an LGBTQ Pride mural painted at an intersection in Delray Beach, Florida. Dylan Brewer was caught on camera doing burnouts through the intersection multiple times. In addition to the surveillance footage, several bystanders also recorded him and sent the videos to police reports the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Brewer has since been charged with both felony criminal mischief over $1,000 and reckless driving.

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  • Smaller Rivian R2 SUV Debuts March 7 With The Same Cute Face As The R1T And R1S

    It’s now been two and a half years since Rivian delivered its first production R1T truck, with the R1S SUV and EDV van following in 2022, and the American startup is now gearing up to reveal its third model series. The Rivian R2 will debut on March 7 in Laguna Beach, California, as a smaller electric crossover with a more affordable pricetag.

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  • Singer Has Reimagined Its 300th Porsche 911

    This 1990 Porsche 964 911 Targa in Resistance Blue painted carbon fiber bodywork and a custom Orange interior is Singer’s 300th restoration. The beauty of Singer’s 300th Porsche 911 Classic Study commission is undeniable, but most notably it’s no fluke; Singer has been producing gorgeously reimagined and modernized 911s for 15 years now. A brand whose motto is “Everything Is Important” is bound to produce some impressive cars, but Singers have a special place in many auto enthusiast’s hearts bec

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  • Penn State Professor Previously Charged With Bestiality Faces New Charges Including Masturbating On State Vehicles

    When we last heard about Penn State professor Themis Matsoukas, he had been charged with open lewdness, indecent exposure, sexual intercourse with an animal, animal cruelty and disorderly conduct after being caught allegedly engaging in bestiality in a Pennsylvania state forest after being identified by his car. While he wore a mask that hid his identity, police were able to track him down because he forgot to obscure the license plate on his Subaru Forester. Now, the New York Post reports he f

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  • Belarus Isn't The Reason VW Can't Sell Certain Cars Here, It's Chinese Slave Labor: Report

    Porsche found itself in a bit of a pickle recently when a bunch of cars that were headed to the U.S. were impounded at the port of entry. Initially, a source told us that it was because they used a microchip that was manufactured in Belarus, which violated international sanctions, but when we contacted Porsche for a comment, it denied our source’s claim. Based on a new report from the Financial Times, though, Porsche may actually have a bigger public relations issue on its hands.

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  • BMW i3 Drivers Hit With $30,000 Repair Bills After Batteries Go Bad

    The big argument in favor of electric vehicles is that, in the long run, they’re cheaper than their gas-powered counterparts. Sure, they might be more expensive to buy, but you’ll save a ton of money in maintenance and won’t need to pay for gas anymore. However, some BMW i3 drivers have found this week that this claim is only partially true.

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  • Mercedes-Benz G-Class 'Stronger Than Diamonds' Edition Has Real Diamonds In The Door Locks

    Sometimes Valentine’s Day is all about treating yourself, and what better way to do that than with a new Mercedes-Benz G-Class? The brand used the romantic holiday to unveil its latest limited-run G-wagen, which is based on the G550. Called the Stronger Than Diamonds Edition, it features actual diamonds inside along with some cool styling elements. Diamonds on a car interior is nothing new — Rolls-Royce has been using its own lab-grown diamonds for years — but this is the first time Mercedes has

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  • Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car

    Loads of people feel skittish on the job and can be spooked by the slightest noise, but if you’re that kind of person it’s maybe not a good idea to have a career that lets you loose on the streets with a loaded weapon. Something Florida cops are likely to consider after video emerged this week of a Florida cop firing all the bullets from his gun and running for cover after he was spooked by a falling acorn.

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  • Tesla Sold 'False Sense Of Security' To Employee Killed In Suspected Full Self-Driving Crash

    Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software can’t drive your car by itself. Despite its name, the advanced driver assist program requires drivers keep their eyes on the road at all times and be prepared to take the wheel at a moment’s notice. Now, the widow of a driver killed in a crash that involved FSD has accused the automaker of selling a “false sense of security” with the software.

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  • Consumer Reports Says Miata Owners Hate Getting In And Out Of Their Cars, And Ugh, They Probably Have A Point

    Here at Jalopnik, Miata is always the answer. If cars were a religion, we would worship at the altar of the Mazda Miata. Mazda can tell us it’s called the MX-5 now all that it wants, but to us, it will always be the Miata. It’s ridiculously fun to drive, affordable, good on gas and basically has no flaws. Unless you ask actual Miata owners, that is. Apparently, even those who love their Miatas have one specific complaint — they hate getting in and out of their absolutely perfect sports cars.

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  • Tesla's Updated Autopilot Still Not Safe Enough, Consumer Reports Says

    Tesla was forced to recall nearly two million cars in the U.S. in December after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determined that its Autopilot driver assistance system could be abused too easily. Right out of the gate, experts were skeptical that Tesla would actually fix the problems the NHTSA had with Autopilot, and when Consumer Reports got its hand on the updated version of Autopilot, wouldn’t you know it, the system was still abused far too easily.

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  • This Company Is Salvaging EV Parts From Old Airplanes

    The old saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is truer than ever with a new Singaporean startup that specializes in targeted commercial jets for cheap electric vehicle components. Yes, I know that sounds a bit strange, but it’s exactly what Nandia REM is doing. The company spoke with Bloomberg and said it is developing a method to repurpose aviation-grade aluminum panels for electric vehicle battery castings.

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  • Georgia Bans Obscene Custom License Plates, But If You're Lucky You Can Get One That Says Cum

    While there are plenty of things that I would love to improve about Georgia, all things considered, it’s a pretty great place to live. The winters are mild, the college football team is pretty good, the airport has direct flights to almost anywhere you want to go and it’s only a short drive to the mountains from Atlanta. Also, we have license plates that say CUM. Seriously.

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  • Beware The Fake Airline Rep Scam On X

    Air travel has become pretty crappy over the last few years, causing travelers to take to social media to vent their concerns directly to airlines. Everything from lost baggage to ticketing issues is shouted about in Tweet form. As usual, scammers have taken notice and have started to “help” travelers with these problems as the Washington Post reports.

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  • Feds Make Incredibly Gross Find In Traveller's Luggage

    A traveler returning to the United States after a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo brought back unique and, most importantly, illegal items through Logan Airport in Boston last week. A canine officer from U.S. Customs And Border Protection sniffed out something suspicious inside the passenger’s luggage. A search discovered mummified monkeys. The passenger claimed that it was dried fish, and not the dehydrated remains of four monkey, but come on...we all know what monkey mummies look

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  • Aston Martin's Idea Of 'Entry-Level' Is The New 655 HP Vantage

    What do you think of as an entry-level sports car? Is it something like a Porsche Cayman S that comes with neat styling and a nicely manageable 350 horsepower, or is it a loud, V8-powered monster that kicks out 655hp and will hit a top speed north of 200 mph. That’s what Aston Martin seems to think counts as a good entry point, as that’s exactly what the updated Vantage will do.

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  • San Francisco Crowd Torches Waymo Taxi

    Californians seem to have just about had it with self-driving cars. If it’s not government probes into their activities on the roads, it’s locals popping traffic cones on their hoods to stop them in their tracks. Now, the anti-autonomous car movement has stepped up a notch and set fire to a Waymo cab in San Francisco.

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  • These Are The Best American Cars, Trucks And SUVs According To Consumer Reports

    These days, with so many vehicles from so many automakers built in U.S. factories and many vehicles from American brands built in countries such as Mexico and Canada, it can be hard to define what exactly makes a car American. Unfortunately, back when it was more clear-cut, it was also harder to justify buying American because the competition was just that much better.

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  • Buzzkill: VW Won't Let Buyers Reserve Its Retro EV Van

    Volkswagen’s ID Buzz has been a long time coming. From the first showing of the original ID Buzz concept to its predicted on-sale date, it’s been seven long years. Now with the ID Buzz’s summer 2024 on-sale date getting close, VW’s CEO spoke briefly about how sales will play out.

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  • Here's Why There Are So Many Recalls

    You’ve most likely noticed that there have been a hell of a lot of automotive recalls over the past decade that have impacted millions of vehicles on the roads in the U.S., some multiple times. It could leave you wondering why the hell there seems like a new major recall every single day.

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  • Persistent Speeders In D.C. Could Have Limiters Installed On Their Cars For Life

    Washington D.C. could be headed to a drastic reimagining of what road safety looks like. The D.C. Council passed a $77 million traffic legislative package that will allow the District to install speed governors in vehicles of drivers convicted of serious speeding crimes. The bill would also grant powers to punish drunk drivers more harshly as well as better go after out-of-district drivers with unpaid traffic tickets. The last remaining roadblock is official approval from the mayor and U.S. Cong

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  • Fast And Furious Fan Christopher Nolan Says He Feels 'No Guilt' About Loving The Franchise

    Christopher Nolan, the executive producer who reportedly played an important advisory role behind the scenes of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice recently appeared on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert. During that interview, Nolan admitted he’s actually a pretty cool dude who isn’t ashamed of the fact that he’s a big fan of Vin Diesel’s incredible Fast & Furious franchise, Variety reports.

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  • Ford May Kill Park Assist Because No One Uses It

    It’s been 16 years since Ford introduced Active Park Assist, the one-button automatic parallel parking feature that saved drivers across the globe entire minutes of mild embarrassment while parking on crowded streets. Now, though, it seems that halcyon era of mitigated self-consciousness may be coming to an end.

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  • 888-HP Pagani Huayra R Evo Has An Indycar-Inspired T-Top Roof That Adds Downforce

    It can be hard to keep up with every release from Pagani, especially as the Italian hypercar brand keeps pumping out new versions of “discontinued” models like the Zonda and Huayra despite the new Utopia being out. But Pagani’s latest track-only special is worth paying attention to. Not only does the new open-top Huayra R Evo exceed the performance of past track-only Paganis, the company says it matches the performance of LMP2 Le Mans prototype race cars — and it looks phenomenal doing it.

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  • 2025 Kia Carnival Gets Hybrid Powertrain And New Styling To Make The Best Minivan Even Better

    As much as Kia wants you to think its Carnival is a genre-bending vehicle, marketing it as an MPV with SUV styling and the space of a van, at the end of the day it’s really just a minivan. But we love minivans, and in my opinion the Carnival is the best you can buy thanks to its unique design, excellent interior and great driving dynamics. For 2025 Kia is making the Carnival even better with some major styling updates and the addition of a new turbocharged hybrid powertrain.

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  • 2025 Kia K5 Gets A More Powerful Base Engine, New Looks

    The Kia K5 is one of the best-looking sedans on the American market today. Much of the company’s lineup has been stellar since the introduction of amber DRLs with the Telluride, but the K5 may have been the best overall — sleek, distinctive, and modern without ever looking overstyled or obnoxious. But it was the best, past tense: Kia announced a facelift today that changes things.

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  • There Is A Black Cloud Around Tesla's Stock

    Tesla has had a rough twelve months. The company failed to act on its first mover advantage in the U.S., and its market share dropping like a stone. Chinese EV makers are coming on strong, pushing Tesla out of many European and Asian driveways. It has been fraught with massive recall after massive recall. The company’s CEO is in the news for his alleged drug abuses, and his antisemitic, racist, and borderline-eugenic tweets have brought critical eyes in the direction of the electric car company.

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  • Ford Claims It Can Build The Holy Grail EV That Is Both Affordable And Profitable

    Ford still has high ambitions for its electric vehicle projects despite slashing battery production amid slowing EV sales last year. Ford’s Tesla-envying CEO Jim Farley stated during an earnings call yesterday that a new low-cost EV platform was in the works, aiming to compete directly with the Elon Musk-led automaker in terms of sticker price. Farley also added that Ford’s next-generation EVs “will be profitable in the first 12 months of their launch.”

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  • Porsche Can't Sell Most Of Its Cars In The U.S. Right Now Because It Buys Chips From Belarus: Report [Update: Porsche Says It Isn't Belarus]

    The global economy is a complex and constantly moving entity, which frequently causes companies to reevaluate their operations. Porsche was recently pushed up against that wall when the U.S. government determined that nearly all of its cars couldn’t be imported into the country, allegedly due to a single microchip manufactured in Belarus. If you didn’t know, Belarus is the subject of major sweeping State Department sanctions at the moment, due to the authoritarianism of the Lukashenka regime, an

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  • It Sure Looks Like Layoffs Are Coming To Tesla

    Tesla staffers are getting ready for potential job cuts after managers at the Austin, Texas-based automaker were asked to let higher-ups know if each of their employees’ positions are critical. I’m sure this will all go just fine for Tesla and its workers.

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  • Four Boeing Door Plug Bolts Were Missing On Blowout 737 Max Plane: Report

    The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on how a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 at 16,000 feet over Portland, Oregon last month. The findings are as bad as expected with the report noting that the four bolts intended to hold the plug in place vertically were missing, Reuters reports. Yes, missing! The aircraft left Boeing’s factory and was delivered to Alaska Airlines without the bolts installed.

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  • New BMW i5 M60 Touring Is A 593-HP Electric Wagon We Won't Get

    Another day, another piece of wagon-shaped forbidden fruit. BMW’s newest debut is the 5 Series Touring, the longroof version of the eighth-generation midsize sedan. Beyond our general penchant for wagons, what makes this latest 5 Series Touring even more enticing are its lineup of powertrains, which includes a fully electric model for the first time.

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  • 2025 Mini Cooper Will Be The Final Gas-Powered Mini

    Mini Cooper fans rejoice! A few months after unveiling the fourth-generation Mini Hardtop in fully electric guise, the brand has debuted the gas-powered versions for the 2025 model year. It’s a bittersweet reveal, as these will be the final gas-powered Minis (alongside the new Countryman) as the brand transitions to fully electric powertrains.

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  • 2025 Porsche Taycan Is Quicker To Accelerate, Faster To Charge, Better To Look At And More Expensive

    It’s a bit hard to believe that the Porsche Taycan has now been out for almost five years, with nearly 150,000 of the brand’s first EV having reached the hands of customers. While the Taycan still looks spectacular and remains the driver’s choice among EVs, it’s fallen a bit behind in terms of efficiency and tech. Enter the face-lifted 2025 Taycan, which Porsche promises is improved in every way.

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  • Americans Are Starting To Realize Self-Driving Cars Aren't Just Around The Corner

    For years, it felt like no amount of screaming that Teslas couldn’t actually drive themselves would ever get through to regular people. They’d heard from their uncle or coworker or whoever that Teslas were self-driving, and trying to bring them back to reality just didn’t work. These days, though, things are a little different. The Drive reports that according to a recent Forbes Legal survey, most Americans are skeptical of self-driving claims and think true autonomy is a lot further in the futu

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  • California Drivers May Have Been Filling Up With Bad Gas For Years: Report

    When drivers fill up with bad fuel from gas stations, they often end up with costly engine problems. But what happens when a company knowingly puts bad fuel in a gas station? SFGate reports that a California-based petroleum transportation company has allegedly been giving bad fuel to stations all over the state for years.

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  • Ferrari's Next Hybrid Hypercar Will Pack Le Mans-Winning V6 Power

    Spotted testing on the streets right outside Ferrari’s Maranello facility, this completely covered prototype appears to be the next-generation Ferrari hypercar the world has been waiting for. It has been eleven years since the hybrid LaFerrari made its debut, and the regular series-production Ferrari models have surpassed it in speed and power since then. It’s time again to up the ante and get a real race-inspired machine back in the Fezza lineup as a halo model, and this time it’s packing prove

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  • Toyota Better Put This Crown Convertible Into Production, Or We're Going To Be Very Disappointed

    The Toyota Crown is somehow either genius or the answer to a question nobody ever thought to ask. It’s a sedan with the ride height of a crossover that’s supposedly the spiritual replacement for the now-dead Avalon. Last year, Toyota managed to convince just over 2,000 people to buy a Crown, which isn’t a lot. If it wants to pump up those numbers, we say build the Crown convertible concept that it recently revealed.

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  • Porkiest Parisian Parkers To Pay Penalty

    Around 16 percent of drivers in Paris are parking vehicles that the city has deemed to be overweight, and this week citizens voted to push parking prices up on these larger and heavier vehicles.

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  • Uber Driver Earned $100,000 But Only Took Home $20,000

    Driving for Uber can be lucrative, as long as you look at how much you could possibly make on paper. The truth is way less rosy as, one Uber driver detailed to Business Insider. He made over $100,000 in gross income, but after taxes and expenses, he really only made $20,000.

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  • Special Edition Audi RS6 GT Has Styling Inspired By The 90 Quattro IMSA GTO Race Car

    One of the coolest-looking race cars of all time is the 1989 Audi 90 Quattro IMSA GTO, a widebody tube-frame monster that put out around 720 horsepower from a small turbocharged five-cylinder engine and led Hans-Joachim Stuck to third place in the driver’s championship. Now Audi is resurrecting the spirit of the GTO racer with the new RS6 GT, a special edition that will mark the end of current-gen RS6 production.

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  • Pulverize Children Without Even Pretending You Go Off-Road In This Lifted Toyota 4Runner

    If you plan to do a lot of off-roading, the Toyota 4Runner is an excellent choice. And with features such as a locking rear differential, part-time four-wheel drive and crawl control, the 4Runner TRD Off-Road can be a great starting point for an adventurous build. That said, no one is forcing you to take a 4Runner off-road. You could always completely throw that out the window and build a giant pavement princess like the 2018 Toyota 4Runner TRD Off-Road that’s currently for sale on Cars & Bids.

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  • Tesla Board Members Asked Elon Musk To Go To Rehab: Report

    It has been not-so-secret Silicon Valley knowledge in recent years that Elon Musk frequently enjoys partaking in mind altering, hallucinogenic, and potentially dangerous drugs. A January Wall Street Journal piece voiced the concerns of investors and higher ups within Musk’s companies, that his propensity to use drugs was affecting his ability to be an effective CEO. Following a Delaware court’s decision to block Musk’s outrageous compensation package based on the evidence that the Tesla board wa

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  • Facelifted Porsche Taycan Will Have 100+ Miles More Range, Much Faster Charging

    Porsche has sold nearly 150,000 of its Taycan electric sports sedan since the model’s introduction in 2019, and in terms of style and performance, the Taycan still feels fresh. But it has always lagged behind the competition in the range department, with the longest-range 2024 Taycan — the GTS sedan — being rated by the EPA at just 246 miles. The facelifted 2025 Taycan will debut in just a few days, and as Porsche proved on a recent real-world test in Southern California, the Taycan’s range will

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  • Arteon? More Like Arte-Gone; Volkswagen Suddenly Cancels The Previously Planned 2024 Arteon

    The Volkswagen Arteon hasn’t sold well in the U.S. since it was first introduced, so Volkswagen has expedited its initial plan to discontinue the nameplate after the 2024 model year, and instead decided to unplug the Arteon’s life support system one year early. Sadly there won’t be much outcry for the passing of this dashing low-slung four door coupe since it flew under the radar for its whole production run.

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  • 'Our Moon Landing:' Mayor Eric Adams Parades Out NYC's New Garbage Trucks

    New York City unveiled the prototype for a new garbage truck on Thursday, but it seemed like Mayor Eric Adams was opening a new subway line by the way he arrived at the press conference. I have a fair bit of municipal pride, but it was ridiculous. The unpopular elected official made an unusual entrance hopping out of the new truck to his self-selected theme song, “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.

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  • Tesla Under Investigation For Sudden Power Steering Failures

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a rash of power steering failures affecting 2023 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y EVs. Thousands of owners are reporting a loss of steering assistance, resulting in dozens of vehicles being towed as a result, and there has been at least one crash associated with the failure.

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  • Devious Delivery Robot Bashes Car And Dashes

    A delivery robot apparently lost control on a snowy sidewalk and smashed into a parked car last Saturday in Helsinki, Finland. It might not be possible to gauge motive from computer code, but I wouldn’t rule out the collision being intentional. The adorably-shaped six-wheeled Starship Technologies robot didn’t attempt to leave a note or contact the owner. It just rolled away like nothing happened. This isn’t the first time that one of our automated courier friends decided that the only thing tha

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  • McDonald's Encourages Kids To Drive Dangerous Old Cars Without Airbags Or ABS

    From Grimace to Cosmc to the Hamburglar, McDonald’s has really been embracing its old McDonaldland characters lately. Its latest marketing stunt uses the latter, claiming that after the fast-food restaurant updated its burgers last year, they’re so delicious that the Hamburglar is planning “the ultimate burger-stealing heist.” And to pull it off, he’s driving a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda known as the Burgercuda.

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  • Tesla Cybertruck's Aero Wheel Covers Are Chewing Up The Custom Tires, Will Likely Get Redesigned

    The Tesla Cybertruck is probably the most controversial vehicle launched in a decade due to its overall absurdity, and now that absurdity is causing wheel covers to inflict significant damage to this nearly 7,000 pound truck’s custom tires. This electric truck’s aero wheel covers have an unusual design that actually extends beyond the alloy wheel and onto the sidewall of the tires, the part of the tire that needs to flex to absorb impacts, as well as flexing every single time the tire rotates.

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  • Adding Weight To Your Truck Bed Is No Replacement For Winter Tires

    I recently returned from a trip to snowy Montana where I had the privilege of driving several different vehicles on both regular tires and dedicated winter tires. Obviously, since we were driving on snow, the winter tires performed significantly better than the all-seasons or summer tires used on the control vehicles. That wasn’t really ever a question. One particular test really stood out to me, though, and that was the one where we drove a Ford F-150 on regular tires on a snowcross course with

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  • Mitsubishi Pajero May Return For 2027 As A Luxury Plug-In Hybrid: Wild Rumor

    In this industry, there is no shortage of rumors about new and upcoming cars. Sometimes those rumors are well-sourced and come from someone who definitely knows what they’re talking about, but that’s not always the case. With Japan’s Best Car, the rumors it publishes can sometimes be grounded in reality and sometimes they’re wild speculation. There’s often no way to tell which is which until years later. So take it with a giant grain of salt, but apparently, Best Car believes Mitsubishi plans to

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  • Underpaid And Endangered Workers Are Attempting To Unionize Hyundai's Alabama Plant

    Automotive workers in the American south are on the verge of ushering in a new era of unionized solidarity. Just weeks after workers in a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Mercedes-Benz facility began campaigning to unionize, similar efforts are taking off at Hyundai’s plant just two hours away in Montgomery. Workers in the plant have been given large pay increases since the UAW recent successful strike against Stellantis, General Motors, and Ford, though are still paid some ten dollars per hour less than un

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  • None Of Your Winter Driving Hacks Beat Simply Buying Winter Tires

    Winter tires perform better in cold weather than all-seasons. That’s just a fact. Are all-season tires better than they have been in the past when it comes to handling cooler temperatures? Absolutely. Do you necessarily need a dedicated set of winter tires if you live in an area that doesn’t get much colder than 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter? Probably not. Still, it’s just a fact that tires that have been specifically engineered to perform better in the cold and on snow are going to do exa

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  • Watch These Lunatics Stuff A Supercharged V8 In Four-Time Grammy-Winner Killer Mike's Buick Grand National

    Killer Mike is one of the coolest dudes in hip hop right now. He’s one half of the incredible duo Run The Jewels, and occasionally releases some solo projects, like his recent triple-Grammy Award-winning album Michael. A few years back he bought his dream car, a Buick Grand National, and incorporated it into art and music videos for the 2020 release of RTJ4. It even became a Hot Wheels car. But, due to a drag racing mishap, it needed an engine.

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  • Here Are The Failed Porsche Crest Redesigns From The 1960s

    The now-iconic Porsche crest was originally developed for the brand in the mid-1950s. The Stuttgart city crest is flanked by the stylized antlers and colors of the Württemberg-Hohenzollern region coat of arms. The logo of perhaps the most well-known sports car brand in the world is basically just the medieval version of the company’s address. Around 1962, while the 911 was getting ready to pick up where the 356 left off, the company was considering a rebrand.

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  • The CEO Of McLaren Got His Start Winning Wheel Of Fortune

    A defining feature of the American Dream is the concept of upward mobility. Everyone has a chance at economic success, no matter their upbringing or background, if they just work hard enough. It’s almost certainly a lie we’ve been told for decades, but there was a time when it worked essentially as it was said to, at least for certain people. A far off time before significant wealth concentration, the full effect of Reaganomics, venture capital, and stock buybacks. Back then a teen from Los Ange

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  • I Can't Believe I Have To Say This, But 80s Cars Are Good

    It could be argued that the 1980s was the greatest decade of automotive production for enthusiasts. Unlike today, manufacturers all around the world were developing street versions of racing cars, compact sports machines, hot hatchbacks, a cadre of analog machines capable of stirring your emotions. Moreover these cars were aimed at appeasing the everyman’s desires to have a little fun on the way to and from work, rather than sucking up to billionaires or gladhanding shareholders to pump stock pr

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  • Hang Out In Alfa Romeo's Secret Vault For The Next Hour

    Alfa Romeo is one of those special automakers that helped shape history. Curmudgeonly mashed potato man Jeremy Clarkson once said that in order to be a true petrolhead, you need to have owned an Alfa Romeo. I don’t think he’s correct, but he had a point. These are weird Italian cars that require an extra level of love and care to be truly appreciated. To really understand the brand’s history, you need to visit Alfa’s in-house museum. The quirky Italian-ness on display here is otherworldly.

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  • The World Would Be A Better Place If Detroit Had Built These Concept Cars

    For decades the American “Big Three” automakers have been practically synonymous with exceptional concept cars, delivering incredible engineering solutions and styling masterpieces in equal measure. Some of the greatest concept cars in history have originated from the brains of GM, Ford, and Chrysler designers. Most of these haven’t been pushed into production for one reason or another, usually because they were just too weird. I’ve assembled a few of my favorites from history which were at leas

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  • Boeing's Safety Culture Is A Mess

    So, as it turns out, Boeing’s safety culture is as not good as we all expected it to be. A new report from federal safety experts found some major issues with its culture that include a “disconnect” between senior management and other employees. It was also described as both “inadequate” and “confusing.” That is not what you want to hear about the folks who build the metal cans we fly around in.

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  • Family Forced To Sleep Outside Closed Hawai'i Airport After Flight Cancelation

    Sometimes, for whatever reason, you get stuck in the airport overnight. It sucks, but whether it’s a long layover, weather delays or just a canceled flight, it does happen. You’re probably not going to be comfortable, but at least you’re inside, relatively warm and have access to food, water and bathrooms. According to SFGATE, though, one family trying to get home from Hawai’i found themselves forced to spend the night outside the airport after their flight was canceled.

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  • You Don't Need To Use Airplane Mode On Airplanes

    Putting your phone in airplane mode when boarding a flight feels like common sense. You wouldn’t be crazy for thinking your phone signal could interfere with an airplane’s navigation systems, potentially causing a disaster. However, the necessity of airplane mode is largely a myth, and there’s another reason airlines are asking you to turn your phone off.

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  • Why Airplane Tires Last Less Than 500 Landings

    An aircraft’s tires are usually an afterthought for most airline passengers. Despite only being on the ground for brief periods of time during most flights, planes still use their tires a great deal. Incredibly, aircraft tires rarely blow out but have relatively short lifespans.

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  • College Student Flies To Campus To Avoid Paying Rent, And It Sort Of Makes Sense

    As it turns out, renting has become so expensive everywhere that living over 400 miles from your college and commuting by plane a few times a week is actually cheaper than living near campus. What a miserable world we live in. Anyway, Tim Chen, an economics student in his final year at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada did the math and determined that it was cheaper to live at home with his parents and fly to school.

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  • Passengers Watch In Horror As Plane Wing Disintegrates Around Them

    When you’re on a long flight, there’s nothing better than gazing aimlessly out the window at the clouds rushing by. When you’re gazing out the window, I image this serenity is somewhat shattered if you see chunks of the very plane you’re sitting on breaking off, as passengers on one Boston-bound flight witnessed this week.

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  • Delta Is Offering Flight Transfers Via 911 GT3 RS

    Few things in travel are worse than a tight airport connection. You’re either sprinting through ATL, fast enough to lose your neck pillow off your bag in the fray, or sleeping in the airport after watching the last plane to America take off without you. Luckily, Delta now has a solution for those mad dashes through the terminal: 518 horsepower of Porsche people-moving.

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  • Revolutionary Fly-By-Wire Helicopter Promises Takeoff With A Touchscreen Swipe

    Skyryse has unveiled the world’s first production fly-by-wire helicopter. The startup’s Skyryse One helicopter is operated with a single control stick and a pair of touchscreens. The transformative control system aims to make operating rotorcraft simpler and safer. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there was a fatal helicopter accident every 20 days on average in 2023. If Skyryse’s reinvention of the helicopter is as good as advertised, it could dramatically reduce the number of

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  • Supersonic Passenger Travel Is Back Thanks To Super Strong Winds

    In a magical time called the 20th century, there were supersonic passenger jets that could fly rich people from New York to London in less than three hours. These days, numerous startups are promising to replicate that feat, but it turns out that if you want to fly faster than the speed of sound you just need to book your flight on a particularly windy day.

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  • Delta Will Let You See The Eclipse At 30,000 Feet With Path-Of-Totality Flight

    We’re only a couple of months away from the 2024 total solar eclipse crossing the U.S., and Delta Airlines is offering a special flight so you can see it from the air when the big day comes on Monday, April 8. Delta’s eclipse flight will take off from Austin, Texas and land in Detroit, Michigan, and it will allow passengers to see the eclipse in its totality, according to a press release put out by the airline.

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  • President Kennedy's Pursuit For A Supersonic Airliner Was Doomed From The Start

    President John F. Kennedy, in June 1963, walked out to a podium at Falcon Stadium, the football stadium at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. While addressing the graduating class of cadets, he announced that the United States would embark on the challenge of constructing the world’s first supersonic commercial airliner. It was the declared start of a three-way race between the U.S., the Concorde and the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144. America would place worse than last — the nation wouldn

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  • Passenger Walks Through Empty Security Checkpoint To Board Flight Without Ticket

    A woman got to trip to Los Angeles free of charge after she apparently strolled through an empty portion of an airport security checkpoint in Nashville and boarded an American Airlines flight to LAX without a ticket. However, the free-roaming flyer was met by law enforcement when the plane landed in California. The deeply beloved Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now facing questions over why a passenger received such an amenable experience at Nashville International Airport.

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  • Maggots Falling Onto Passengers Causes Delta Flight From Hell To Turn Back

    When you get on an airplane, there are a lot of things that you can reasonably expect could go wrong. Maybe your seatmate is too wide to fit in just one seat. Maybe a child will start crying. Maybe you’re forced to witness another passenger going to the bathroom barefoot. No one is going to enjoy experiencing any of those issues, but they’re also completely normal. On a recent flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, however, the Daily Mail reports that passengers had to deal with the completely unexpe

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  • Skydiving Plane Crash Lands On Mexican Beach, Kills Man On The Ground

    A plane carrying four Canadian skydivers crash landed on a beach in southern Mexico, killing a man who was just trying to enjoy his time by the water on February 11. The plane landed in a populated part of Bacocho beach in the town of Puerto Escondido, falling “almost on top” of the 62-year-old victim, according to ABC News.

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  • Small Jets Keep Crashing, But It's Still Safer Than Driving

    The safety of small jets is under scrutiny after a Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed on Interstate 75 in Naples, Florida last week. The pilot and co-pilot were killed when the plane hit the roadway amid highway traffic. The flight left Ohio State University Airport in Columbus, Ohio with five people onboard. The Columbus Dispatch looked into how frequently general aviation accidents happen across the country, noting that incidents have dropped by half and that driving on Ohio’s roads is far more

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  • Guy Who Managed To Sneak On To Transatlantic Flight And Escape Police Finally Caught

    There is some debate as to whether the tales of jet-setting con man Frank Abignale, Jr. ever actually happened. In case you were looking for a similarly-styled international man of mystery to follow, look no further than unemployed Englishman Craig Sturt. In just one month’s time, he’s been playing the international crime weirdo game on hard mode; sneaking aboard a British Airways flight from London to New York, then escaping from jail while awaiting sentencing for the initial crime. He’s even u

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  • Italian Airport Will Feature 19-Acre Vineyard Atop New Terminal Roof

    Amerigo Vespucci Airport in Florence, Italy is redefining what house wine means. The regional airport will feature a 19-acre vineyard on the roof of its planned new terminal. The airport will also be connected to the city center via a light rail system, so don’t worry about airport patrons drowning themselves in runway vino before getting behind the wheel. The structure will be built in two phases, with the first portion opening in 2026 and fully completed in 2035.

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  • Ryanair May Still Try To Screw You Even If You Don't Fly Ryanair

    While you can’t technically be thrown in jail for going to the bathroom barefoot, if you misbehave in other ways on an airplane, you can end up in all sorts of trouble. You can argue about how the flight attendant was wrong to make you stay in your seat after you’re off the plane if you still insist on doing such a thing. If you’re not on the plane in the first place, you can’t get in trouble, though, right? As Ireland’s The Journal reports, one man found out the hard way that’s not necessarily

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  • WWII-Era Bomb Found Near Tampa Airport

    Florida is really the gift that keeps on giving. The latest tasty news tidbit from the Sunshine State is a 1,000-pound World War II-era bomb was discovered at the Brooksville Tampa Bay Regional Airport, prompting the whole facility to be evacuated for a short time on February 6.

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  • These Are The Biggest Planes Ever Made

    Planes have been in the news a lot lately. Whether they’re falling apart in the sky, getting their seats shrunk down in the pursuit of profits or running into each other on runways, planes have had a rough 2024, and it’s only February. Because of that, we decided to take a look at one of the positives of planes: just how goddamn big they are.

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  • Southwest Airlines Reveals Thinner Seats To Cram More People Onboard

    Southwest Airlines unveiled a redesigned cabin featuring new Recaro seats, and while they have a clean modern look, they’re as thin as an ironing board. The seat manufacturer claims the shape of the backrest foam is “a callback to the automotive expertise of Recaro.” However, there’s an ongoing trend of introducing thinner seats to maximize cabin space and squeeze more paying passengers onboard. These new Southwest cabins are set to debut in early 2025 on the carrier’s new Boeing 737 Max 8 plane

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  • Boeing's 737 Max Jets Have Another Issue

    Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the Boeing 737 Max, a new problem has been found in production. Now, Boeing has to rework 50 undelivered jets before they can take to the sky. Good lord.

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  • Awesome Lego Replica Of Dulles Airport Took 45,000 Bricks And A Year To Build

    I recently had a conversation with someone who argued Legos should only ever be built to the instructions of the kit, you should never dismantle them and make what your heart desires. That’s ridiculous and is clearly not a belief held by Richard Paules, who has just thrown the covers off an incredible Lego replica of Washington’s Dulles Airport.

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  • Idiots Set New Record With 13,000 Laser Pointer Strikes On Planes In 2023

    More idiots armed with cheap laser pointers are causing dangerous distractions for pilots than ever before. Some 13,000 laser strikes were reported to the Federal Aviation Administration by pilots in 2023, up from 9,457 reports in 2022, and marking a new record high. Laser attacks on aircraft have more than tripled since 2011, in spite of the act being a federal crime since 2012. Since reporting began, hundreds of pilots have reported laser strike-related injuries, including flash blindness, aft

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  • These Are The Car Decisions You Immediately Regreted

    I asked you guys about car decisions you immediately regretted, and I received an emotional outpouring that matched my own story. Most of us have the one that got away, but even sadder were those of you had to love your vehicles and then let them go. We also had wrenching faux pas, confusing two car garages and more. Click through to soak in the despair a little.

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  • What's The Dumbest Looking Car?

    Folks, there are a whole lot of cars out there, and they aren’t all going to be winners. Some of them are just going to look and feel downright dumb, and that’s what leads us to today’s question.

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  • These Are The Dumbest Car Myths

    Earlier this week when I asked what the dumbest car myths are, it opened the floodgates to everything from tall tales to flat-out lies. I had no idea the absurd lengths drivers are willing to go to prevent any potential damage to their cars. It arguably borders on superstition, because there isn’t any evidence that their methods even work. Without further ado, here are the dumbest car myths:

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  • What's The Best Two-Car Solution?

    The world of cars is a complicated one, and every driver’s desires are slightly different. Thankfully there are dozens of automakers building hundreds of different kinds of cars all over the world, and if you want to pick something on the used market, your available numbers grow exponentially. Let’s say you’ve got a two car garage and a reasonably approachable budget (say under $100,000). Given your druthers, if you had to pick just two cars to serve as your “solution” to the problem of needing

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  • What Car Decision Did You Immediately Regret?

    If you’ve done everything perfect in life, well, congratulations, you freak. The rest of of us live lives of quiet desperation, always wondering what could have been if we had just been more bold, less reckless and everywhere in between

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  • These Are The Coolest Headlights Of All Time

    Headlights have been lighting our way since the earliest days of the automobile, so that means there have been countless interesting headlight designs throughout those many, many decades. Last week we asked you to share your favorite headlight designs, and despite my expansive and entirely unnecessary mental repository of headlight design knowledge, y’all had still some surprises for me in your answers!

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  • What's The Dumbest Car Myth?

    We’ve all been there, stuck in an argument with someone online or in person over a supposed car fact that they hold as an absolute truth. For example, manual cars might be more enjoyable to drive, but they aren’t more fuel-efficient than modern automatic transmissions. Some drivers just need to have objective proof to defend their subjective preferences despite it not mattering at all.

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  • These Are The Cars That Should Never Go EV

    In light of the little stumble EVs have taken lately, we asked readers what cars should never go EV. It turns out Jalopnik readers are more amenable to EVs than their car enthusiast loyalties would suggest, because loving cars isn’t really about pitting ICE versus EVs. It’s more about what makes a car great, no matter the propulsion method.

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  • What's The Cringiest Car Marketing You've Seen?

    Sometimes it can be amazing to watch a billion dollar corporation put millions into developing and building a new car, and then fall completely flat when it comes to marketing it. From doing no marketing, and then wondering why no one bought the car (looking at you GM) to the subject of our post today, trying too hard and it’s just cringe.

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  • These Are Your Hottest Automotive Takes

    We’ve all got opinions, but some of those takes are hotter than others. Sometimes we’re the only people brave enough to say the real truth, but we hope that others are at least brave enough to hear — perhaps, to even understand. Earlier this week, we asked you all for some of those hot takes, and today we’re looking through your answers.

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  • What Are The Coolest Headlights Of All Time?

    In the early days of the automobile, headlights took a few different forms, none of which were particularly visually appealing in my opinion, but modern cars have incredibly advanced and intricate headlights that can turn with the wheels or even play a little light show when you lock and unlock the car. For those of us who personify our cars, headlights are usually your car’s eyes, and my Mini has big ol’ buggy eyes but I still love her. Whether you’re here to celebrate elegant simplicity or mod

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  • What Cars Should Never Go EV?

    The EV transition has hit a speed bump. Automakers are pumping the brakes on EVs, and governments are walking back ambitious EV timelines. In light of this about face, what popular legacy model do you think should never go EV?

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  • These Are The 80s Cars In Desperate Need Of Revival

    There are a lot of great cars on sale today, like the wonderful Rivian R1s, the excellent Volvo EX30 and the exceptional Hyundai Elantra N. But do you know what they’re all lacking? A dash of 1980s nostalgia, that’s what.

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  • What's The Most Underrated Car Of The 1990s?

    The ’90s was a wonderful time filled with Britpop, “Friends” and the birth of roughly half of the Jalopnik staff. Do you know what it also had in bucket loads? Awesome cars. And while machines like the Acura NSX and McLaren F1 may hog the limelight, we bet there are some monsters from the 90s that have slipped under the radar.

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  • What's Your Hottest Automotive Take?

    Have you ever had an opinion? Judging by our comments, I think you certainly have. But have you ever had an opinion that everyone disagreed with? If so, you’re in luck: Today, we want to hear it.

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  • These Are The Worst Convertibles Ever Made

    I am a lover of all convertibles; I firmly believe that chopping the roof off of a car transforms it into something special. But not all convertibles are made equal, so earlier this week we asked you to share what you think are the worst convertibles ever made. Being the worst anything is quite a feat, but turning a car into a convertible is no small task, so if you’re a manufacturer seeing this and you feel hurt, just remember you did your best. Or at least we hope you did.

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  • What 80s Car Is In Desperate Need Of A Revival?

    We all like looking back and remembering all the ways in which things were better in our day, right? But if you had the power to bring something from “your day” back today, what would you go for? Would you bring back your stunning good looks, or would you revive a long-dead car that you always loved?

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  • What Was The Worst Convertible Ever Made?

    Convertibles are inherently whimsical cars that provide their owners with the option to drop the top when the mood strikes; all things I love, and yet some convertibles just didn’t strike the chord with buyers that manufacturers hoped for. Chopping the roof off of a vehicle might invigorate the buyer, but it also significantly reduces that vehicle’s structural rigidity which can lead to lots of jiggles while driving and squeaky, rattley interior pieces.

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  • What's The Greatest Video Game Car Of All Time?

    Everyone’s favorite Italian-American plumber, Mario Mario, is maybe the most iconic racing driver in history, thanks to his eponymous Kart video game. While his race car doesn’t have a fun name—it’s known in-game as the “Standard Kart”—it has all kinds of cool tricks to make the racing all the more fun. It can hover, drift, and mushroom boost with the best of them. Does that make it the greatest car in video gaming history?

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  • These Are The Most Over-Engineered Car Parts

    Cars have become increasingly complex in their design and engineering over the years. This is made worse by parts or features that should never be complicated being complicated. Things like door handles, windshield wipers and headlights don’t need to be reinvented. But unfortunately, many automakers have done just that.

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  • What Are Your Worst Warrantied Car Repair Stories?

    There’s peace of mind that comes with a warranty, and it can seal the deal for many potential car buyers. It’s a mark of assurance that an automaker believes its products won’t suffer any big issue, and a promise to fix the problem if it arises. However, it’s not uncommon for headaches to emerge when people actually need their warranty to cover a repair. Hoop-jumping doesn’t even begin to describe the process of getting warranty-covered service in some cases.

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  • These Are The Best Door Handles Of All Time

    Who doesn’t love a good door handle? I know I do, and it seems like you all do too. They’re often overlooked, but they really do add a certain something to a car when they’re executed well. Because of that, we decided to make last week’s question all about door handles.

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  • What Car Part Is Seriously Over-Engineered?

    When you’re a true car enthusiast, you learn to appreciate every part of a vehicle. From the window switches to the seatbelts, sometimes the best things are in the small details. But when you’re looking over these small details on a car, sometimes you come across things that seem to have been unnecessarily designed by a whole engineering team.

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  • These New Cars Look Like A Reliability Nightmare

    Earlier this week we asked readers to tell us what new cars look most suspect as far as reliability goes. The usual cars from historically (or anecdotally) unreliable brands, including Jaguar, Land Rover and Fiat made the list, but there were some surprises, too.

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  • What Car Has The Best Door Handle?

    Door handles. Most people probably never think about them, but we aren’t most people, are we amigo? We’re car enthusiasts, which means the most minute details catch our attention. Because of that, we’ve decided to dedicate today’s question to one very specific design detail: door handles.

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  • These Are The Cars You're Most Surprised Are Still Alive

    There’s nothing specifically wrong with the Chevrolet Malibu. It may not be on par with the new Honda Accord, but that doesn’t mean it’s a terrible family sedan. Heck, if you’re in the market for a midsize car, you can probably get an incredible deal on a Malibu while everyone else is fighting over new Camrys and Accords. At the same time, though, it’s easy to forget that Chevrolet still makes the Malibu.

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  • What New Car Looks Like A Reliability Nightmare?

    People buy new cars for lots of reasons, but among them is mainly the belief that a new car will be reliable. A new car ought to avoid the pitfalls of a used one, and if it was designed recently, it should be dependable and trouble-free. But that’s not always the case, as recall after recall across the industry shows. What new car do you think looks like a reliability nightmare?

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  • These New Cars Just Aren't Worth The Money

    Cars: They cost too much. Big cars, little cars, fast cars, slow cars — the only things they all share are that they’re too expensive to buy, too expensive to own, and never worth enough when you’re trying to sell yours. Earlier this week, we asked you for the most overpriced new cars, and you gave us a wealth of answers. Here are some of the best.

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  • What Car Is, Shockingly, Still Alive?

    Volkswagen recently announced that even though it had initially planned to build the Arteon through the 2024 model year, it would actually end production early. On the one hand, that’s disappointing news because we actually generally liked the Arteon. On the other hand, though, after delays bringing the Arteon to market and then the subsequent slow sales numbers, it kind of felt like it was at least half-canceled the entire time it was on sale.

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  • These Are The Worst Airport You've Ever Traveled Through

    Passing through the world’s airports should be an exciting affair as it usually means you’re on the way to somewhere new and exciting. Instead, airports are places that suck any excitement out of air travel with massive queues, aggressive staff and rubbish coffee.

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  • What New Car Just Isn't Worth The Money?

    Right now, the average new car price in the U.S. is approaching $50,000. That’s before taxes, insurance, interest on your payments — it’s all just too much. What’re you even getting for all that money now?

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  • Here Are The Weirdest Things You've Ever Driven

    It just makes so much sense that the readership of Jalopnik dot com would have driven some really weird stuff. In some cases, a lot of you have driven weirder stuff than we have! Earlier in the week we asked you to tell us all about your weird driving experiences, and what you considered weird. Your answers didn’t disappoint. Some of these are even weird cars offered by automakers from the factory, but they’re still weird as heck!

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  • What's The Worst Airport You've Ever Traveled Through?

    I still find flying to be a very exciting affair. You get to pick your seats, watch TV in the back of a chair and soar above the clouds while you soak in the view of the ground below. The food might be a bit iffy, but on the whole it’s great. There is, however, one big disadvantage with any air travel: you have to pass through an airport.

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  • Who Is The Most Annoying Car YouTuber?

    What’s up guys it’s your boy Logan coming back at you again with another Jalopnik Question Of The Day, and today we are asking our readers to tell us which car YouTuber makes you want to smash that mute button, swipe past, or take an extra moment to go searching for the “don’t recommend this channel” button.

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  • These Are The 50-Year-Old Cars You'd Daily Drive Today

    When I asked you what Malaise Era cars you would daily drive today, I figured I’d get pitches for the land yachts of old. And while some of you delivered on that front (with a particular fondness for GM) I forgot some of you are clever little beasts. You also chose small, interesting imports from the same era. Really, I should have known, this is Jalopnik after all.

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  • This Is How To Get Race Media Credentials Even As A Novice Photographer

    For plenty of racing fans, there’s an ambition to get closer to the action than a ticket could ever provide. Photographer Kevin McCauley has taken the time to demystify and unpack how someone can get their hands on a coveted photo vest on his YouTube channel Capturing The Machine. As someone who attended races writing for a small, self-run publication before my time here at Jalopnik, applying for accreditation can be a daunting and nerve-racking experience full of unknowns.

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  • These Formula 1 Records Could Be Broken This Year

    The new Formula 1 season kicks off tomorrow, when cars from teams including Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull Racing will all hit the track in Bahrain for the first practice session of the year. While you might think it’s not going to be the most exciting of years, as Max Verstappen will probably wipe the floor with everyone once again, there’s actually a bunch of fun Formula 1 records that could be broken in 2024.

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  • 'NASCAR: Full Speed' Is What 'Formula 1: Drive To Survive Wishes It Could Be'

    You can’t escape the docuseries. After Netflix’s immense success with “Formula 1: Drive to Survive,” just about every sport imaginable has decided that what will launch their discipline into the stratosphere of popularity is a compelling documentary. With smaller budgets and fewer resources, these productions have tended to fall short of achieving the same breathless intrigue of DTS — but I have to admit that I’m shocked by the ultimate standout. The minds behind “NASCAR: Full Speed” have create

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  • The World's Fastest Drone Showcased Max Verstappen's New Red Bull F1 Car

    We’ve seen amazing drone footage before. But when you throw in a World Championship winning Formula 1 driver with a custom, ultra-fast drone, and you have something exceptional. Red Bull, a brand that is always pushing boundaries, has just released amazing footage of Max Verstappen’s new F1 car., and it was all filmed by a custom-made drone.

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  • Jalopnik's Biggest Takeaways From 'Formula 1: Drive To Survive' Season 6

    In 2023, Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing absolutely dominated the Formula 1 World Championship, and if you were a little bored by that prospect, well — I really can’t blame you. Thankfully, that monotony hasn’t translated to the latest installment of Netflix’s F1 docuseries “Drive to Survive.” The sixth season is one of its best, but if you haven’t had time to watch, we’ve put together some of the biggest takeaways from the action.

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  • Joey Logano Penalized By NASCAR For Wearing A Webbed Glove To Gain Aero Advantage

    Joey Logano started Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta from the back after the gloves he used in qualifying were deemed illegal. Logano’s modified left-hand glove featured webbing between the thumb and index finger, like a baseball glove. The effort was a desperate attempt to deflect air from coming into the car and creating drag during the crucial pair of laps. This wasn’t the first time a driver had used their own body as an aerodynamic device.

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  • Ford 'Increasingly Frustrated' By Red Bull's Silence Over Christian Horner Investigation

    The Ford Motor Company isn’t getting the kind of press it hoped for from its imminent tie up with six-time Formula 1 champions Red Bull after the team announced an inquiry into conduct of its boss, Christian Horner. Now, the Blue Oval has written to the team asking for a resolution to the inquiry as it is getting “increasingly frustrated” by Red Bull’s silence on the issue.

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  • Stunning Three-Wide Photo Finish Doesn't Redeem NASCAR's Atlanta Revamp

    Daniel Suárez narrowly beat Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch across the finish line to win the Ambetter Health 400 by 0.003 seconds, the third-closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. The incredible finale overshadowed the unnecessary pile-ups and multi-car wrecks that filled the 400-mile race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It’s Monday, February 26, 2024 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action.

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  • Stunning 'Drive To Survive' Season 6 Was Undercut By Formula 1's Own News Cycle

    Thanks to the Netflix docuseries “Drive to Survive,” Formula 1 has experienced a surge of popularity that has finally enabled it to crack previously challenging markets, like the United States — but for a few years, the show has been in a slump as it at attempts to reengineer the things that made it so appealing in the first place. Season six, which debuted this past Friday is exactly the return to form that fans have craved. It’s too bad, then, that the most compelling storylines have been unde

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  • Watch Scott Speed Set A VIR Track Record In Subaru's Unrestricted Airslayer Race Car

    Two minutes, twenty-five seconds. That’s how long it took factory Subaru racer Scott Speed to hustle the ridiculously fast WRX-based Airslayer around the Grand Course at Virginia International Raceway. The time was set during Car and Driver’s annual Lightning Lap event, this one the seventeenth such event in the magazine’s long history. But there’s more to the story than just one man going fast in one derestricted race car.

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  • Watch The Garage 56 Le Mans Camaro Rip Around VIR With Jordan Taylor At The Wheel

    There were a lot of incredible race cars running around tracks in 2023, from new Le Mans prototypes like Ferrari’s winning 499P to hybrid WRC monsters and the second year of Formula 1's redesigned cars. But one race car captured the world’s attention more than anything else: the NASCAR-based Garage 56 Chevy Camaro that competed at Le Mans. Hendrick Motorsports wasn’t satisfied with just racing at the famed French circuit, so it brought the Camaro to Car And Driver’s yearly Lightning Lap competit

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  • McLaren Says Everyone Found Speed In The Off Season, But Red Bull Found More

    As Formula 1 testing continues in Bahrain this week, the Papaya team from England has found a few things to be positive about and a big reason to be bummed out. McLaren found a ton of speed across the 2023 season, after a dismal start to the year. According to the team’s data from testing so far, it has found even more speed in the off season. Unfortunately, so has everyone else. And according to McLaren team boss Andrea Stella, the 2023 runaway champions Red Bull Racing have allegedly managed t

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  • The Off-Road Race That Transforms A California Desert Into A Hidden Mad Max Oasis

    For around 10 days each year, motorsport fans descend on Johnson Valley in such numbers that this little corner of the California desert gains its own zip code. Its residents set up camp in roughshod campers and tents, build enclaves with names like Lasertown or Hammertown, and traverse the sand behind the wheel of their ATVs, UTVs, and stunning off-road builds. This is King of the Hammers, a racing event that challenges its competitors to battle wide swaths of sand, desert scrub, and intimidati

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  • It's Just Testing, But Allow Me To Be The First To Congratulate Max Verstappen On His 2024 Formula One Championship

    The ridiculously talented combination of Max Verstappen driving a car designed by Adrian Newey has to be stopped, man. They can’t just keep getting away with this. Having secured the 2023 championship with the most dominant season in F1 history, these psychopaths aren’t content with best, they have to just smash the competition to pieces. Instead of an evolutionary development of last year’s RB19, the 2024 RB20 is a completely different aerodynamic concept, and it already looks like Red Bull has

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  • Houthi Rebels Are Messing With World Endurance Championship Testing In Qatar

    Yemen-based Houthi rebels have been lodging attacks against cargo ships traveling through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, attempting to disrupt global trade. It seems their attacks have been successful, as trade delays continue to mount and ships attempt to find other ways to their destination that don’t include a trip through the Suez Canal. With FIA World Endurance Championship pre-season testing scheduled to begin on February 24, almost half of the field has not yet arrived at the Losail Ci

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  • Every Formula 1 Story You Might Have Missed In The Off Season

    It feels like only yesterday that the checkered flag was waving and we were all celebrating a record-breaking season for Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing. But now, Formula 1 cars are back on track and testing in Bahrain ahead of the start of a brand new season, so what’s happened in the 88 since we last saw F1 cars drive in anger?

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  • Spend The Next 10 Minutes Listening To A Cadillac Race Car's V8 Scream

    Cadillac’s 5.5-liter V8-powered hybrid LMDh race car made its debut just over a year ago at the 2023 running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. While Acura won that day, Cadillac wasn’t far behind with a car on the podium, and by the end of the season, the Whelen Engineering Racing car had enough points to take the IMSA championship. At the more famous 24 Hour race, Le Mans, Cadillac also scored a podium. It once again failed to win the Daytona race last month, but it’s got its sights set on a Le Mans

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  • Daytona 500 Winner William Byron Thought There Would Be More Wrecks

    Daytona 500 winner William Byron stopped by Jalopnik to talk about how he ended up in victory lane less than 24 hours ago. Effective strategy, preparation and teamwork put the Hendrick Motorsports driver in contention, but two late-rate cautions played a significant role in deciding a winner. While Daytona is known for wrecks that send most cars to the scrapyard, this year’s affair was relatively calm until the finale.

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  • Does Anyone Really Want Autonomous Racing?

    A small handful of people in the world of motorsports might find reason to care about the concept of autonomous racing. In theory this could be a new opportunity for motorsport to return to its original purpose as a crucible of automotive technological improvement. In practice, it’s boring, half-assed, and deeply unimportant. This morning I was served an advertisement on Twitter reminding me that the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League is supposed to stage its first race in a couple of months. Wh

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  • Daytona 500 Winner Came Down To A Split-Second Decision By Officials

    NASCAR officials declared that William Byron won the Daytona 500 after a crash opened the race’s final lap. It was deemed that Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro was ahead of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman by just a nose when the yellow flag was thrown. However, onboard footage from Bowman’s car created some doubt over who actually won the weather-delayed Great American Race. It’s Tuesday, February 20, 2024 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action.

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  • Every 2024 Formula 1 Livery, Ranked

    The 2024 Formula 1 season kicks off in just a few weeks time, so teams up and down the grid have been proudly showing off their new cars in preparation for the new season. Now that all ten cars have been unveiled, it’s time to rank them on the things that really matter: their looks.

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  • Rally Driver Ott Tänak's Post-Stage Interview Is Nuts

    Despite driving like they don’t fear death, rally drivers are still human — and yesterday 2019 World Rally Champion Ott Tänak had a humbling reminder of this mortality during his first stage in Rally Sweden when his anatomy had a disagreement with his racing harness. When screaming through Swedish back roads in a rally car, the last thing you want distracting you is the kick in the pants feeling when you squish one of your family jewels.

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  • Fernando Alonso Believes He Can Race In F1 Until He's 50

    Fernando Alonso thinks that he’ll be physically capable of racing Formula One’s 1000-horsepower hybrid monsters until he’s 50 years old. The 42-year-old, currently racing with Aston Martin, made his F1 debut in 2001 with Minardi. Alonso’s move to Aston last year immediately led to an uptick in form, with the Spaniard finishing on the podium six times in his first eight races. It was a feat that Alonso was nowhere near for a decade. However, it’s been nearly 50 years since anyone has started an F

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  • Here's Every Wild, Crash-Filled Daytona 500 Overtime Finale

    This weekend’s Daytona 500 offers an opportunity to look back at all the overtime finishes in the Great American Race over the past two decades. NASCAR superspeedway racing in the 21st century wouldn’t be the same without the overtime rule, which was instituted to prevent boring parade finishes under caution and replace them with the most frantic and dangerous action that stock car racing has to offer.

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  • Ferrari Thinks This 2024 F1 Car Can Grab More Wins, But Not The Championship

    Ferrari officially unveiled its 2024 Formula 1 car on Tuesday at the company’s private testing track in Fiorano, Italy. Beyond the added yellow and white stripes, the Ferrari has been completely overhauled during the offseason to take advantage of the team’s uptick in form at the end of last season. However, the venerable Italian team has somewhat tempered expectations heading into 2024.

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  • These Are The Coolest Cars From The 2024 Sno*Drift Rally

    I spent last weekend in Northern Michigan at the Sno*Drift Rally, a yearly stage rally that has been run in its current national format in Montmorency County since 1997. It’s the only winter event in the American Rally Association’s calendar where the cars don’t wear studded tires, and all 118 miles of the rally are conducted on (closed-off) public roads in a single county, which saves competitors time and fuel when traveling between stages.

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  • 'Drive To Survive' Teaser Shows There's More To F1 Than Max Verstappen Winning Everything

    The start of the Formula 1 season is less than a month away. While the championship prepares itself for another year of Max Verstappen dominance, Netflix is nearly ready to premiere another season of its wildly popular docuseries “Drive to Survive.” The 48-season teaser trailer released today didn’t feature the Dutch world champion in a single frame and offered glimpses of the storylines that will likely be the focus of the show’s sixth season.

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  • Formula 1 Should Throw Out Every Rule And Replace It With This One

    Formula 1 is called the pinnacle of international racing for open-wheel single-seater racing cars, and it has been since the first season of the championship in 1950. In this context, the word “formula” applies to the set of rules to which all of the cars must be built. The series could otherwise be known as “Rules One” so why shouldn’t it just have one rule? It’s a rule that allows for open interpretation of speed, and brings engineers and drivers back to the fore instead of fake DRS passing an

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  • Aston Martin's New Le Mans Contender Is Why GT3 Is Both Great And Awful

    Aston Martin has introduced a race car based on its new Vantage. It is packed with aerodynamic tricks to ensure it is capable of turning a faster lap time than the previous generation car it replaces. While massive hood radiator ducts and ever-expanding fender vents are de rigeur in the class now, this Aston takes them to a new level. Compared to the old car, introduced in 2019, this new model takes its aero to near-prototype levels.

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  • Could A Mazda Miata Win The 1959 Indianapolis 500?

    When car enthusiasts get together in groups, it’s inevitable that the bench racing hypotheticals will start flying. If Betty White was driving a Viper, do you think you could beat her in a race driving your Toyota Celica? Would Michael Schumacher in his prime beat Fangio if they were both driving the same car? How far back would you have to go for your race car to be fast enough to qualify for the Indy 500? That last one has been my favorite bench race query for over a decade, and it always gets

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  • These Are The Greatest F1 Liveries Of All Time

    It has been quite a while since there was a decent livery on the Formula 1 grid. I can count on one hand the number of eye-catching paint or wrap jobs in F1 across the last 20 years. There are some truly iconic looks out there in the history of the sport, but it’s hard to point to one recently that does anything well. The 2024 crop of race cars is proving to be a whole lot of bare carbon, which I guess makes the car marginally lighter, but if your car blends in with the racing surface, will you

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  • NASCAR Crocs Bring Fast Fashion To A New Level

    It’s almost summer, and you’re going to need a nice lightweight clog that lets your piggies breathe, but also shows the world how much of a fan of NASCAR you are. Thankfully America’s favorite stock car racing series has collaborated with America’s favorite rubber foot covering company. The Nascroc is here, and it looks cool as hell. There are black checkered flag Crocs for adults and blue units for kids, plus you can get a handful of branded Jibbitz charms to pop into them, too!

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  • Stake F1 Team Isn't Legally Allowed To Be Called That In Team's Home Country Of Switzerland

    The Stake F1 Team, operated by Sauber Motorsport out of Hinwil, Zürich, Switzerland, is facing some legal trouble regarding its 2024 title sponsor. The team—which ran as the Alfa Romeo factory squad from 2019 to 2023, and is set to become the Audi factory team in 2026—is sponsored by online crypto casino and sports betting house Stake. Unfortunately, Switzerland’s Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen reports, heavy regulation of gambling advertising in Switzerland has landed the team in some pretty hot

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  • MotoGP Aerodynamics Have Jumped The Shark And Stole Its Fins

    MotoGP preseason testing is currently underway at Sepang International Circuit. The teams have rolled out motorcycles featuring aerodynamic upgrades that look close to cartoonish out on track. While the focus on aero development over recent years has created the fastest bikes ever, the racing product has suffered. The technical revolution has ruffled the feathers of many around MotoGP, including eight-time world champion Marc Márquez.

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  • Red Bull's Christian Horner Being Investigated Over Harassment Allegations

    Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has been accused of inappropriate behavior by a female colleague, according to a statement from the energy drink company. Red Bull has launched an internal investigation to look into the claims but wouldn’t reveal any details about the allegations, Reuters reports. Formula 1 has been hostile towards women to varying degrees, from female fans being harassed at race events to the decades-long absence of female drivers on the grid. Horner’s alleged ac

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  • The Great Train Robbery Is Actually A Motorsport-Related Crime

    The Great Train Robbery of 1963 is a crime so absurd that it effectively spawned its own genre of heist films — but you probably didn’t know that this iconic crime actually has direct ties to the big-money racing series, Formula 1. This is just one of the many crimes and scandals you’ll find in Crispian Besley’s new book, Driven to Crime: True Stories of Wrongdoing in Motor Racing.

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  • Go Off-Roading With The King Of The Hammers Can-Am UTV Race

    The last time I climbed in a UTV, I was a mere child, and the boxy machine failed to leave much of an impression on me. Now, 15 years down the road, these vehicles are absurd pieces of equipment that can crest over 300 horsepower right from the showroom floor — and it really doesn’t take many modifications to get them up to racing spec. I had a chance to really see these machines do battle during the 2024 Can-Am UTV Hammers Championship, one of the first events of this year’s King of the Hammers

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  • Andretti Never Received Email About F1 Meeting Because It Got Stuck In Spam Folder

    Formula 1 rejected Andretti Global’s Cadillac-backed application to join the sport last week, claiming, among other things, that it didn’t believe Andretti-Cadillac would be competitive. Apparently, though, there’s another reason Andretti and F1 weren’t able to come to an agreement. As the Associated Press reports, F1 sent Andretti an email about an in-person meeting that got caught in Andretti’s spam folder.

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  • What The Hell Is The Track On This H&M Formula 1 Hoodie Meant To Be?

    Formula 1 is having a real moment right now with audience numbers exploding around the world. Because of this, more and more people are looking for slick merchandise to show off their love for the pinnacle of motorsport. Sadly, this hoodie from H&M risks giving you away as an F1 novice with its awful track map plastered all over the rear.

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  • Racing World Champions Who Jumped Ship To Ferrari Before Lewis Hamilton

    Lewis Hamilton seems to be headed for Scuderia Ferrari. The seven-time F1 world champion is expected to join the iconic Italian team for the 2025 season. It seemed like Hamilton would spend the remainder of his career with the Mercedes factory team, but the allure of Maranello was too strong to resist.

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  • Lewis Hamilton To Race For Ferrari In 2025

    The 2024 Formula 1 season hasn’t even started yet and the drama has already kicked off. In a shock move, seven time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes at the end of this year to race for Ferrari. The British driver will replace Spanish racer Carlos Sainz.

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  • 2025 Ram 1500 Tungsten: The Pickup Truck No One Needs But Everyone Wants

    There’s a particular genre of auto enthusiast that absolutely despises the luxury pickup truck. They’re going to tell you that trucks are for work, that no one actually needs a pickup adorned with segment-shattering luxury features. And sure, maybe no one actually needs a top-trim pickup truck — but boy, do people want them. And I’ve got a feeling the 2025 Ram 1500 Tungsten is going to be one of those trucks that keeps flying off dealer lots.

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  • Giant Lasers Could Solve Our Space Trash Problem

    Humans are, let’s say, not good at picking up after ourselves. We leave trash behind essentially everywhere we go, including space. Back in 1978 NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler proposed a scenario in which low Earth orbit space pollution becomes so prevalent that collisions between objects could create a cascading spiral of more space debris causing more collisions until there is just a giant cloud of junk separating us from the vastness of the unknown. If we don’t do something about our space

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  • Tesla-Sized Satellite Will Crash Back To Earth This Week

    It’s always exciting when there’s something fiery to observe in the night sky, whether it’s an influx of shooting stars or the possible demise of the International Space Station. Now, there’s a new extra terrestrial object to look out for, as the European Space Agency is preparing to crash a satellite the size of a Tesla back to Earth.

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  • NASA Lays Its Mars Helicopter To Rest In The 'Undying Lands' Inspired By J.R.R. Tolkien

    The beloved Mars helicopter Ingenuity took its final flight in January, bringing its mission to an end after a historic three-year run. The helicopter was the first to fly on a planet other than Earth, and it racked up many other accolades before succumbing to rotor damage that prevented future flights, thus grounding the chopper. NASA has named the Martian airfield that serves as the Ingenuity’s final resting place “Valinor Hills,” after a location in the fictional Middle-Earth, from Tolkien’

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  • Sierra Space's Awesome New Spaceplane Is Taking The Fight To SpaceX

    The private race to space basically has two main parties right now, there’s the Elon Musk-backed SpaceX, which regularly ferries supplies and satellites around for Nasa, and the Jeff Bezos-funded Blue Origin, which is the space travel agent of choice for the rich and famous. Now, there’s a third private space flight firm that’s almost ready to take to the skies, and its choice of spaceship is slick.

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  • Here Are Some Brutal Stories From People Swindled By Elon Musk Impersonation Scams

    The internet is filled with scam artists who try to swindle unsuspecting people out of their money. But impersonation scams that use Elon Musk and his bevy of tech companies—including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and X—have exploded in popularity in recent years. And Gizmodo obtained reports about many of these scams filed with the federal government over the past year.

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  • New EVs Still Can't Beat The Efficiency Of A Plug-In Hybrid

    The Toyota Prius Prime has beat out the latest EVs for the title of greenest car. Despite more EVs coming to market, none of the latest fully-electric vehicles in the U.S. managed to outdo the efficiency of the humble Prius plug-in, according to the Washing Post and recent findings in the 2024 GreenerCars report.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Volkswagen Scirocco Could Be Headed For A Triumphant Return As An EV

    The Volkswagen Scirocco and Corrado are easily the best cars that VW ever designed. Sports coupes are now less popular among the public than they’ve been in the past, making a revival of either VW coupe unlikely, but the Scirocco is rumored to be returning to Europe as a two-door EV in 2028, according to Autocar.

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  • Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel

    It seems the stainless steel panels of the Tesla Cybertruck are not really stain “less,” and are turning out to be no less susceptible to stains than stainless kitchen appliances, which easily develop grease and water stains. Some Tesla Cybertruck owners are reporting persistent orange stains on the exterior of their EVs, which could be early signs of rust and corrosion, according to Futurism.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • France Halts Public €100-A-Month EV Leases Due To Overwhelming Demand

    The French government is suspending a subsidized EV leasing program because it’s been flooded with applicants who are eager for cheap EVs. The public lease program offers EVs starting at €100 per month, or $107 at current exchange rates. The program exceeded demand by more than double the amount of expected applicants. It must now be paused to let French automakers catch up and build the many EVs needed to satisfy demand, according to Reuters.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Canadians Want To Ban The Flipper Zero Because It's Being Blamed For A Rise In Auto Thefts

    The federal government of Canada is banning the Flipper Zero due to its alleged use in car thefts. The feds say criminals are using the Flipper to steal cars by intercepting and copying wireless signals that key fobs emit. This is mostly wrong, according to Vice, which cites cybersecurity experts who say the Flipper is being targeted because the feds don’t understand how the device works. They just need someone (or something) to blame for the country’s surge in auto theft, and they’ve chosen th

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • These Are The Best EVs We Can't Get In The U.S.

    The good EVs haven’t made it to America yet and it’s likely that they won’t. The best ones seem to be available mostly overseas where people have many more affordable options, like those in this collection of EVs we can’t buy in the U.S.

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  • Tesla Recalls Almost Every Car It's Sold In The US

    Tesla has issued a recall for almost every car it sold in the U.S. because of illegible warning lights. The massive recall affects more than 2 million cars and follows a similarly huge recall that hit almost every car Tesla has sold in China. Great start to 2024.

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  • The Tesla Roadster Probably Won't Hit 60 MPH In Under 1 Second

    The second-generation Tesla Roadster is back in the news after Elon Musk announced that the car would hit 60 miles an hour in less than a second. This is nearly a full second faster than the current record-holder, which got me wondering: Is it actually possible? I crunched some numbers to get the answer: it’s technically doable, but it would be so inconvenient as to make the whole endeavor not worth it. Let’s run down what I found.

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  • Elon Musk, Who Tried To Take Tesla Private With Saudi Money, Derides Lucid's 'Saudi Sugar Daddy'

    Elon Musk, during his tenure as CEO of Tesla, famously attempted to take the company private with the backing of the Saudi Public Investment Fund — a wealth fund directly controlled by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Yet, it seems Musk no longer thinks such a move is viable or reasonable for electric automakers: The world’s second-richest man took to Twitter yesterday to deride Lucid for its Saudi funding.

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  • 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser's Starting Price Is $23,000 Less Than The Last Generation (Update)

    Update: This post has been updated to include pricing for all trims of the 2024 Land Cruiser. Toyota’s all-new Land Cruiser is probably one of the most anticipated automotive debuts in the last few years. After a two-year hiatus, during which fans here in the U.S. had a will they/won’t they moment on whether Toyota would bring the nameplate back to the U.S, Toyota blew everyone away by debuting an all-new Land Cruiser. Now after months of waiting we know how much it’ll cost.

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Trainlopnik (3)

  • Watch A Freight Train Destroy A Semi Truck That Ignored Closing Barriers

    American drivers have a tough time with rail crossings, whether it’s due to faulty safety equipment at the railway or haphazard drivers who think there’s still time to make it. It’s because of things like this that the country had more than 2,200 collisions at grade level crossings last year. Now, another driver added to this year’s tally when their semi truck was absolutely minced by a passing freight train.

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  • Robot's Time Patrolling The NYC Subway Has Come To An End

    New York City Mayor Eric Adams may not exactly have a record during his time in office that screams “success” (unless you’re a big fan of people dying on Rikers) but at least you can trust him to waste money. For example, he spent $155 million on overtime to police the subway last year and also introduced a robot that was supposed to prevent crime somehow. A robot that the New York Times reports is currently no longer in service.

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  • I Miss The Little Fangs On Old Truck Bumpers

    Bumpers are not really bumpers anymore because they no longer offer much protection. They used to be plain, protective parts fixed to the front and rear of a vehicle, but bumpers have been integrated into car design for years now, if not decades. Not only has this made bumpers suck at their job, but it’s also killed off interesting bumper designs, such as those of classic Chevy trucks and SUVs that resembled little fangs, also known as bumper guards.

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  • New Nissan Frontier Off-Road Package Costs $10,000

    Nissan wants in on the off-road trend for its new Frontier, but than go to NISMO as it typically would, Nissan is actually taking a page from a recent racing success. It has announced a brand new off-road edition for the Frontier called Nissan Frontier Forsberg Edition, inspired by its NORRA 500 win.

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Wrenching (3)

  • This Hack Proves Crocs Are The Best Wrenching Shoes Out There

    What’s the most irritating part about working on your car? Is it the wild yoga poses you have to reach to get to those tricky to access bolts, or perhaps it’s the fiddly screws that wear away the skin on your fingers whenever you try to turn them. For some people, it’s something as simple as their dust caps rolling away whenever they top their tires with air. Thankfully, there’s an easy hack to prevent that from happening

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  • Everything You Need To Know About Fixing A Flat Tire

    It has come to our attention that the world is expensive right now. Just the mere act of surviving costs more than it ever has, and wages aren’t keeping pace with inflation. You’ve still got expenses, and it always seems that an emergency crops up at exactly the wrong time. So if you got a flat tire and don’t want to (or can’t afford to) pay a tire shop to fix it for you, here’s a simple guide to the process of doing it yourself.

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