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    The 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron Is Built Better, Faster, Smarter

    Audi’s latest EV, the 2025 Q6 E-Tron SUV and its more powerful sibling the SQ6, will sit smack in the middle of Audi’s electric SUV lineup, nestled between the Q8 E-Tron and the petite Q4 E-Tron. The actual sale date of the car isn’t until the end of the year, and I was only allowed to tool around in prototypes on a parking lot test track. While this limits our ability to review the vehicle ahead of its premiere, it does mean the Q6 has more time to cook. That’s definitely a plus, considering th

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Beyond Cars (5)

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    Do EVs Produce Lower Carbon Emissions Than Gas Cars? It's Complicated

     Many folks believe the myth the process of mining metals for thousands of brand new electric cars to replace internal combustion engines causes more harm than good. The debate surrounding the true environmental impact of producing electric vehicles is seriously complex, but this video does a great job of summarizing it. While this video doesn’t provide a final, definite answer, it definitely contextualizes the bigger picture. That bigger picture in this debate is the widely unseen polluting cir

    By Logan Carter Read More
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    Bike Lanes Are Good For Business, Actually, And Everyone Who Says Otherwise Is Wrong

    Bike lanes are obviously good for cyclists, as they make it safer to ride and encourage people to make more trips on two wheels. More people riding instead of driving is also better for the environment and cuts down on noise pollution from cars. Still, since bike lanes often replace street parking, it’s understandable that business owners would be wary that the city putting in bike lanes will drive customers away. As Business Insider reports, though, the research actually shows that those fears

    By Collin Woodard Read More
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    George Santos' Expulsion From Congress Was Our Fault And We Regret It [Update: He's Back!]

    Update, Friday, March 8, 2024 11:20 a.m. EST: Our friend George Santos is back, folks! That’s right, during President Biden’s State of the Union Address, Santos gave his own little SOTU. He posted on social media that he’d once again be running for the House of Representatives, challenging follow Republican Nick Lalota for the privilege of representing the good people of eastern Long Island (read: The Hamptons). It’ll be an uphill battle for George since he’s still in a whole lot of trouble with

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More
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    Florida's Deadliest Railway: Brightline Trains Have Killed 9 People In 9 Weeks

    A Brightline train in Florida hit and killed a pedestrian this week, bringing the high speed rail line’s death toll for the year up to nine people. The latest death on the railway follows two back-to-back crashes with cars on the rail network, which sparked an inquiry from the feds into Brightline’s safety standards across the state.

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    Leap Day Broke New Zealand's Gas Stations

    February 29 is a weird day. It comes around once every four years, bringing with it questions about if we should be paid extra for the day, if it’s good or bad luck to get engaged on the sacred day and guesses as to whether fancy watches will keep up with the extra day. In New Zealand, however, they had bigger issues: Leap Day totally messed up the country’s gas stations.

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Boatlopnik (6)

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    An Autonomous Deep Sea Drone Might Have Found Amelia Earhart's Wreckage After 87 Years

    On July 2, 1937, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Search and rescue missions turned up no leads, and for 87 years, her disappearance has remained one of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries. That is, unless an underwater drone from Deep Sea Vision is correct, and its new technology has actually discovered the wreckage, USA Today reports.

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    Billionaire Planning Titanic II Claims It Will Be Anti-Woke And Vaccine-Free

    For more than a decade, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, has worked to make a seaworthy replica of the Titanic, known as the Titanic II, a reality. He still has yet to begin construction of the ship, but one of these days, it’s definitely happening for sure. And to make sure Titanic II fares better on its maiden voyage than the original Titanic, it will be equipped with all the latest navigation and safety equipment, including enough lifeboats for all the passengers. He also insists it will

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    The Last Fastest Ocean Liner Allegedly Owes $800,000 In Back Rent

    The SS United States is facing eviction from its mooring at Pier 82 in Philadelphia in a lawsuit filed by Penn Warehousing, the pier’s landlord. The ocean liner has been rusting away in the Delaware River since 1996 but has a storied past. In 1952, it broke the once-highly sought record for the fastest transatlantic crossing, the last passenger ship to do so. The SS United States Conservancy, a non-profit attempting to restore the ship, admits that relocation will be necessary but is still aimin

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    Oops! Reining In Ship Sulfur Emissions Made The Ocean A Lot Warmer

    Every single day for the last year, North Atlantic sea surface temperatures have been reading new all-time highs. That is 365 consecutive days of record water temperature. That has to be bad, right? According to Earth.org, it means coral reefs are on the brink of a new mass bleaching event, important ecosystems are disappearing, excess carbon dioxide in the water can’t be re-absorbed, and bad storms and weather events will only continue to worsen. Things are — and this is a scientific term — rea

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    This Wild Camper Turns Into A Boat When You Need To Escape Our Sinking Planet

    If you’re in the market for a leisure vehicle to help you adventure on weekends, you’re spoiled for choice these days. You could buy a boat and cruise up to the lake whenever you fancy, or you could opt for a camper that lets you loose in the wilderness. Alternatively, you could go for a third option from Turkish startup Sealvan that combines the two.

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Buying (33)

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    Answering Reader Questions About The 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350

    I recently spent a few days with a 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350, a nearly fully loaded, base engine version of the eleventh-generation E-Class. More luxurious and comfort-oriented than ever before, the new E-Class is a technological powerhouse and has so many features, specs and noteworthy elements that it’s impossible to cover them all in one review. So I turned to our dear readers and asked what questions you had about the redesigned E-Class.

    By Daniel Golson Read More
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    A Used Mini Cooper S Is The Cheaper, Sillier GTI Alternative You're Overlooking

    Allow me to begin by admitting my bias. I own a 2017 Mini Cooper S that I bought used, and I love my car more than most. When I was shopping for a fun, affordable, practical daily driver, my wishlist included Volkswagen GTIs, but my bank account disagreed. The Volkswagen GTI is largely credited with starting the hot hatch revolution in the 1970s, but Mini introduced the zesty Cooper S in the 1960s, with numerous notable racing wins throughout the decade.

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    The 2025 Kia K4 Looks Better, Makes Less Power Than The Forte

    Sedans, in the United States, are dying. As much as we all love them, the world at large would rather have the perceived practicality and capability of a crossover than the sleek lines and tighter handling of a lower sedan. Luckily for us few, though, the automakers haven’t thrown in the towel on four-doors yet — in fact, Kia is trying to up the game with the new K4.

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    These Are The Cheapest Lease Deals In March, Catch Them While You Can

    Life is unreasonably expensive in our post-pandemic, geopolitically spicy modern world, but life doesn’t wait for prices to fall — if you need a car ASAP and the budget is tight, Jalopnik has your back. This list of lease deals good through the end of March is ranked from the cheapest cost per month to the most expensive cost per month. I based the ranking on real cost, which is listed in the title of each slide and accounts for the advertised monthly payment plus the down payment split evenly a

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    These New Car Models Have Some Of The Worst Markups Right Now

    Markups are like a mosquito that the industry can’t get rid of. While it might seem like the markup situation isn’t as bad as it was during the pandemic, you can still find plenty of ridiculous car prices. Worse yet, they’re putting people in bad financial situations: recent data has shown that more Americans are underwater on their car loans than ever.

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    $169-Per-Month Hyundai Kona Electric Is The Latest EV With A Super Cheap Lease

    We recently shared that Hyundai is leasing its Ioniq 6 EV for as little as $239 per month with $0 down, making it the cheapest lease deal in the U.S., but this Kona deal is almost as sweet. Hyundai is leasing base models of the new Kona Electric for as little as $169 per month for 24 months with $1,999 due at signing, which equates to a total monthly cost of just $252. This promotional rate is nearly $80 cheaper each month than the Kona EV’s normal 36-month lease deal.

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    Lincoln Dealers Still Have Over 33,000 Unsold 2022, 2023 Models On Their Lots

    Lincoln dealers have a big problem. Aside from having just four models to sell, dealers have a bunch of cars from one and two model years ago that they haven’t been able to move. As Automotive News reports, this means Lincoln dealers have some of the highest inventory levels in the industry. This also means that there are deals to be had if you’re in the market for a Lincoln.

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    Retro Done Right: 2024 Nissan Frontier Hardbody Edition

    I just spent an impromptu long weekend with the 2024 Nissan Frontier Hardbody Edition (after a minor calamity with a BMW X5), and while it may seem to be a rather normal small truck, the closer you look, the more awesome retro features you find that are a throwback to the Nissan D21 Hardbodys of days gone by.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More
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    Hyundai's Ioniq 6 Is The Cheapest Lease Deal In America Right Now

    Everything is insanely expensive in the U.S. right now, and I’m a sucker for a good deal, so I figure y’all will be happy to hear that the cheapest lease deal in America right now is on the impressive Hyundai IONIQ 6 SE. Apparently, Hyundai sent an unadvertised bulletin to dealers saying the 2024 IONIQ 6 SE can be leased for $0 down, and $239 per month. This deal is only offered until April 1, 2024, so if you’ve been waiting for a sign to get into a new EV, this is it.

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    This 23-Year-Old's Car Payment Is A Third Of Her Income, And It's Ruining Her Life

    Your twenties are the perfect time to screw up and try to get your shit figured out. Sometimes it takes getting to the rock bottom before you can dig yourself out of it. For the sake of everyone involved here, I hope this young woman on Caleb Hammer’s Financial Audit show has reached her bottom and will find a way to get her life turned around. Right now, it seems like the best first step would be to sell her car and find her way into something less expensive. At 23-years-old, there’s no reason

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    This 900,000-Mile Ford Explorer Might Be The Most Expensive Of Its Kind

    We’ve seen some wild things happen to car prices these last few years. Cars both new and used have seen prices and values fluctuate. One thing is forever constant though, and that’s the seller who’s going to remain firm in the belief that they know what they have, so they can ask for plenty of money. Now, someone is doing it with what’s possibly the highest mileage Ford Explorer in the country. 

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    This Is The Worst New Car Finance Deal I've Ever Seen

    A sucker walks into a new car dealership every minute. Dealership showroom floors are practically delivery rooms for freshly-born suckers. There are shiny new cars on the floor, and rapacious young sales professionals just waiting to lure you into something you can’t afford, don’t need, or otherwise shouldn’t own. I’ve seen them work their Jedi mind tricks, pushing customers upmarket, beyond budgets, and into longer and worse finance deals. It’s a borderline evil practice, and only the most soci

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    What Do You Want To Know About The 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350?

    For the next five days, I’m in possession of a 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic, the tenth generation of E-Class (but the sixth generation to actually use the E-Class moniker). The W214 E-Class is just now starting to hit U.S. dealerships, though I won’t be able to talk driving impressions until March 28th. Until then, I want to know what you want to know about the new E-Class.

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    There Are Only 26 New Cars Left Under $25,000

    The state of affordable new automobiles right now is bleak, y’all. Back in 2020, I did a rundown of all the cars left in the U.S. market under $20,000, and there were seventeen. I did another one last fall, and there were six. Now, because the Kia Soul has crept above the $20,000 line, and the Rio has been killed off, there are four. This morning I saw a tweet from Twitter dingus @GuyDealership (below) saying there are just 9 cars starting under $25,000, and because it seemed to agree with my al

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    These New Cars Have The Worst Deals, Consumer Reports Says

    Even though the automotive market is slowing down and car prices are starting to go back to something a little more normal, there are still quite a few machines out there that command a hefty price tag if you actually want to get a deal done. This week, our good friends at Consumer Reports shared a big ol’ list of the worst deals you can find on new cars; if you’re looking to save a few bucks on your vehicle purchase, we’d recommend you stay away from these specific models.

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    This Cool Japanese Ford Telstar Was Really A Mazda In Disguise

    Seeing cars made for other markets around the world can be strange, especially if it’s a nameplate that’s sold in the U.S. Things can get weirder if it’s a familiar brand that’s selling something that you’ve never heard of. I came across a machine on Cars & Bids that fit that exact description: the Ford Telstar.

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    These Are The Cheap Cars Consumer Reports Thinks You Should Buy

    It can seem impossible these days to find a car that’s cheap, reliable, safe and new — but I assure you, good deals do exist. To prove it to you, we’re sharing a great study from Consumer Reports; the publication has found some of the cheapest cars in America based on transaction price. Yes, there are still cars out there that are selling for under MSRP! And, according to CR and partner TrueCar, many of those cars are actually even good.

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    2024 Hyundai Santa Fe: What Do You Want To Know?

    We got an up-close look at the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe a few months back, but we didn’t get to drive it. Now, the Korean automaker has deemed us ready to give its new, boxy crossover a go. That’s awfully kind, isn’t it? Before we get behind the wheel of the fifth-generation Santa Fe, we want to know what you want to know about it. Please ignore the fact it’s already on sale and you can just walk up to a Hyundai dealer and buy one off the lot.

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    Chevy's Blazer EV Is Back On Sale With Lower Prices And Fixed Software Issues

    Just over two months after GM issued a stop sale for the Chevy Blazer EV following some majorly publicized software issues, that stop sale has finally been lifted. Surprisingly, along with sales resuming, Chevy also slashed prices on all trims of the Blazer EV, though it’s still not as cheap as Chevy originally said it would be.

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    Please Actually Drive This Ultra Rare Aston Martin DB AR1 V12 Manual Roadster

    This Aston Martin is part British, part Italian, and part American, but 100 percent lust worthy. It is a 2003 Aston Martin DB AR1, powered by a naturally aspirated V12 and a six-speed manual transmission, with classic British styling that’s been massaged into a truly striking roadster by legendary Italian designer Zagato. And it’s up for auction now on Doug DeMuro’s auction site Cars And Bids. When DeMuro reviewed this very car, even he, the guy who’s driven thousands of remarkable vehicles, was

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    Can't Wait For The Rivian R3X To Come Out? Here Are Some Similarly Shaped Cars You Should Buy

    It seems like everyone and their brother is clamoring for the freshly-announced compact Rivian R3X, which is like an electric rally-styled hot hatch. It’s adorable, and happy, and it probably will be quick. Rivian says it’ll be even less expensive than the R2, which will allegedly start at $45,000. Unfortunately, you’ll be waiting a while for the R3X to drop, because it’s going to come out “sometime after the R2" which is scheduled for deliveries in 2026.

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    Tesla Cybertruck Auction Prices Are Already Falling

    After just a few weeks, Tesla Cybertrucks have already stopped commanding $200,000+ auction prices as the resale market becomes lightly flooded with the stainless steel monstrosities. One wholesaler even told Automotive News that it was “a market crash.” Welp, it was fun while it lasted.

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    This $13,000 Cadillac ELR Might Be The PHEV Deal Of The Year

    The ELR coupe was Cadillac’s first attempt at a plug-in hybrid — the second being the equally rare CT6 PHEV — and it was a spectacular flop. Only on the market for three years, only 2,958 ELRs were ever made. Now, more than eight years after the last ELR rolled off the production line, they’re starting to show up for cheap, and I may have found the cheapest ELR to date.

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    The Blissful Experience Of Driving Is What Makes Auto Enthusiasm So Special

    When I tell people that I love cars, the first question they ask is about my favorite car, or perhaps what model got me so interested in the automotive sphere in the first place. But now, I’m beginning to realize that I might love the experience of driving more than I’ve ever loved any specific car. I have probably driven more than most folks my age since I spent a total of three years as a pre-production test driver, and it never got old for me. Maybe instead of being labeled a “car guy,” I sho

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    An Antique Mercedes You've Probably Never Heard Of Just Sold For $12 Million

    I’ll admit that even as a car enthusiast, some parts of automotive history escape me. A big gray area for me is pre-WWII stuff; early automotive history. While I’d be hard-pressed to name some of the more obscure models from this time, one car from the period I never even knew existed just sold for a record setting price.

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    You Can Buy A 400-HP V-Series Cadillac For Less Than A Honda Accord

    I don’t know about anyone else, but I love a good sleeper car. It’s always hilarious to slap other drivers in the face with power and performance from an otherwise innocuous car. More than a few automakers have given us factory sleepers before, and two sleeper models from Cadillac are getting too cheap to ignore now that they’re getting on in years. In fact, you can nab one for less than the cost of a brand-new Honda Accord.

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Advice (6)

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    This Terrible Car Buying Advice Totally Changed My Perspective

    I’ve been advising on car buying for over 10 years and have come across some pretty awful and unrealistic tips in my time. I’ve been here so long that it’s not often that I encounter a life hack that blows me away and completely changes my perspective on purchasing an automobile: Just don’t buy one.

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    The EV Price Premium Is Evaporating

    There are currently 57 electric vehicle models on sale in the U.S., and while Tesla is still the most popular, new players in the electric car market are driving competition and prices keep dropping. EV sales are still growing, though that rate of growth has slowed dramatically over the last year or so. The enthusiastic early adopters have already bought in, and the market hasn’t been very successful at courting traditional gas car buyers. Without a robust infrastructure and mediocre consumer ed

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    I Want A Crossover That's Actually Interesting! What Car Should I Buy?

    Dan and his wife are looking to replace their 2015 Forester with something similar, but more interesting. She is on the shorter side and has a 300-mile weekly commute so they are looking for something with good fuel economy but also comfortable. With a budget of around $40,000, what car should they buy?

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Culture (74)

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    Tesla Cybertruck Frunk Is Hungry For Fingers

    It seems like every week another poorly executed feature on the Tesla Cybertruck emerges. Today’s lesson; the Cybertruck’s front trunk or frunk seems to have the potential to seriously injure misplaced fingers.

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    After 15 Years An Actually New Toyota 4Runner Is Coming

    So, as it turns out, I wield the power of God. Earlier this week I wrote about how the fifth-generation Toyota 4Runner has been to 13 consecutive New York International Auto Shows since it debuted at the State Fair of Texas in 2009. Well, it looks like Toyota heard me, because just a few hours later the automaker posted a teaser image on its Instagram account showing off a little image of the upcoming sixth-generation 4Runner.

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    See If You Can Spot The Difference In Lamborghini's New Logo

    It’s a big day for people whose passion is graphic design, as Italian supercar maker Lamborghini has just rolled out its first logo refresh in almost 20 years. Don’t worry though, as it’s nothing too revolutionary. Instead, the new logo is merely a refinement of the bull badge that the firm first introduced in the 1960s.

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    Tesla's Quality Control Is So Bad Customers Are Taking Delivery Inspections Into Their Own Hands

    Tesla’s build quality problems are well known; from panel gaps to crummy interiors to glass roofs that just fly off for no reason, it’s safe to say customers should be on the lookout when they purchase a brand-new Tesla. The Cybertruck has been just as bad as previous models, despite its over $100,000 price tag. Customers looking to protect themselves against the company they’re giving 100 grand to can now use aftermarket checklists to ensure all the problems with their brand new truck are reco

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    Hyundai Dealer Marks Up A 2025 Ioniq 5 N By A Staggering $20,000 (Update)

    Dealers go wild when they get their hands on a new model, especially if it’s a limited edition or a performance model. Unfortunately this comes at the expense of the customer who has to contend with things like crappy customer service — credit checks before a test drive for instance — and worst of all, markups. Hyundai dealerships are at this point right now. Some have started receiving Ioniq 5 N allocations and have already started to mark them up. One potential buyer has learned just how ugly

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    What's The Point Of Mid-Grade Gasoline?

    If you’re like most of us here at Jalopnik, you’ve probably wondered why gas stations offer mid-grade gasoline when almost every automaker recommends either regular or premium fuel. As it turns out, very few cars are designed to use mid-grade gas, so it exists mostly to coax unknowing consumers into spending more on gas, and it’s a relic from the days of leaded gasoline. To explain how, we have to look into the annals of history.

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    It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere

    Did you know that IndyCar staged a massively expensive, entirely meaningless race at a club track this past weekend? I didn’t, because I enjoy watching the act of racing a lot less than watching the act of someone putting together a racing car — and it seems I’m not the only one who missed the news.

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    Remote Controlled Mini Tractor Pulls Are A Real Sport, And My Latest Obsession

    Normally tractor pulls are events where ridiculously powerful purpose-built rigs tow special sleds down a 100-meter dirt track. As the weighted sled travels, the weight slides toward the front of the sled, increasing resistance until the tractor can’t pull it any further. These competitions are incredibly mechanically demanding, and some tractors have multiple motors and produce thousands of horsepower. Scaling this event down doesn’t sacrifice much of the excitement, as I learned when a video o

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    This Jet-Powered Kei Truck Has Fired Its Way Into My Heart

    If money was no object, what would be the first car you bought? Would you opt for a slick new Aston Martin DB12, or perhaps a lovely electric vehicle from a company like Lucid? What about sacking off all those niceties and driving around in a jet-powered kei truck instead?

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    Here Are Jeep's Awesome 2024 Easter Safari Builds From Every Angle

    It’s that time of year again people, it’s Easter. And sure, that might mean it’s the season for eating too much chocolate or celebrating the anniversary of someone’s resurrection (weirdly on a different day each year) but for us here in the world of cars, it means it’s time to look at a bunch of awesome Jeep concepts.

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    Henrik Fisker Was A Coachbuilder Before He Started His Own Car Company

    By all other accounts, Henrik Fisker has been pretty successful. He had a hand in designing some of the most iconic cars ever made, like the original BMW X5 and Z8, Aston Martin DB9, and Vantage. However, after years in the auto design business, Fisker decided to leave to pursue making cars. Since then he’s had two unsuccessful attempts — and a third currently on the ropes — at trying automaking. His first try didn’t take much effort.

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    Mexican Artist Crushes Tesla Model 3 Under 9-Ton Statue

    Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol dropped a nine-ton replica of an ancient Indigenous Olmec head onto the roof of a Tesla Model 3 in Mexico City as a brilliant commentary on modern society’s obsession with materialism, excess, and capitalism. This is Mármol’s latest art installation in a series where he uses the symbol of the Indigenous Olmec head as a representation of the cultural roots of the land, and of his, as well as all, Indigenous ancestors — ancestors whose way of life was and continues t

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    These Three JDM Toyotas You've Never Heard Of WiLL Let You Live Your Y2K Fantasy

    The turn of the 21st century was an exciting time, as the world was thrust into the futuristic-sounding year 2000. Toyota wanted to make a splash in the new millennium with its funky WiLL vehicles. Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t recognize these wacky little cars; they were only sold in small numbers in Japan for a few years, but I remember seeing them in Japanese car magazines on the Barnes and Noble magazine rack as a kid, and I finally got curious enough to investigate their story.

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    Ferrari Insists Its EVs Will Be Louder Than An Italian Family Dinner

    Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna says the automaker’s future electric vehicle will not be quiet like other EVs. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. Italians are traditionally not quiet people. Growing up in New Jersey and living amongst them means I have first-hand knowledge of this fact. Vigna intends to carry the tradition forward.

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    Musk Claims Delayed Tesla Roadster Will Now Be Able To Fly, If It Ever Launches

    After finally rolling the ridiculous Cybertruck off its production line last year, American electric vehicle maker Tesla can now focus its attention on its next long-delayed product: the Roadster. This means it’s time for boss Elon Musk to start making all manner of outlandish claims about the car in the buildup to its launch, including claims that it might even be able to fly.

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    Goodnight Sweet Price: Jeep Ends Wrangler 392 Production With $100,000 Final Edition

    2020 was a weird time. Not because of Covid-19 or the election or anything that actually mattered. No, it was weird because Jeep decided the best thing to do was shove a 6.4-liter Hemi V8 under the hood of a Wrangler and put it on sale. I have thanked the automaker every day for making this wild decision, but it seems like the good times are about to come to a close. Don’t be too sad, though, because, in typical Stellantis fashion, this vehicle is going out with a bang, and it’s called the 2024

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    Watch This Tesla Cybertruck Take Damage Crossing A Puddle

    At this point, I think it’s safe to say that the Tesla Cybertruck is a rolling disaster. I’m not talking about sales performance; I’m talking about the truck itself. There have been all manner of screw-ups with this thing damn near starting from the moment customers got their hands on it — trust us, we’ve been keeping track. Worst yet is the truck’s off-road performance. From getting stuck in the snow to getting bested by a Subaru crossover, it’s been bad. And it’s happened again — this time wit

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    The Corvette E-Ray Is Way More Powerful Than Advertised

    Customers are starting to take deliveries of the all-new Corvette E-Ray. As is tradition with all-new performance cars, someone has already strapped it to a dyno to see how much power it actually has. That someone is Paragon Performance with its all-wheel-drive dyno. Well, it turns out the E-Ray makes a hell of a lot more power (especially torque) than Chevrolet says it does.

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    'Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life And Tragic Death Of A Racing Legend' Is The Book Every Gearhead Needs To Read

    Significantly more people in the world know about Mickey Thompson’s death than his life. The unconscionable contract killing of one of Southern California hot rodding’s favored sons and his beloved wife over a business merger gone awry was a dark cloud hanging over the beautiful sunshine that was his long and illustrious career. Mickey might have been the most influential figure in SoCal hot rodding history, and he pushed every day to break new ground. Whatever you know about him, you don’t know

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    The 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe Is Boxy And Beautiful From Every Angle

    The all-new Santa Fe just went through a super-extreme redesign. The soft curved lines of the previous car are gone in favor of a more traditional, SUV-like exterior. It gives the Santa Fe a much more brawny look, which is what Hyundai tells me consumers are looking for. It makes sense, doesn’t it? Just about every new crossover coming out these days looks a bit more muscular and off-road-capable than it used to.

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    Ford's Mustang Supercharger Kit Buys You 810 Horsepower And A Warranty For $10,000

    Ford Performance has finally revealed the pricing details and specifics of the supercharger kit that’ll bump the 2024 Ford Mustang’s output to a whopping 810 horsepower. The supercharger kit will cost $9,995 and can be fitted to the Mustang GT and Dark Horse, which are powered by a 5.0-liter V8 engine. Full power increases depend on whether the Mustang has an active exhaust system or not, but the supercharger kit’s output doesn’t dip below 800 horses, all told.

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    These Are The Worst Engines Of All Time

    There have been so many hundreds of different engine configurations built in the history of the automobile. Statistically some of them are bound to be stinkers. Some of these engines are on the list because they’re unreliable, some because they were recalled for defects, and some just because they were gutless hunks of metal not fit for production.

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    Kachow! This Is The Greatest Tattoo In History

    Tattoos share a bit of our soul with the rest of the world. I don’t have a soul, so I don’t have any tattoos, but you get the idea — but I’m very glad this guy has a soul, because he may also have the greatest tattoo I’ve ever seen. Kachow, baby. Kachow.

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    Sovereign Citizen Arrested For Fake Diplomatic Plates Claims Diplomatic Immunity And Gets Stopped Again

    A sovereign citizen and mildly-famous singer from Florida has been arrested and detained by police on multiple occasions for using fake diplomatic plates on more than one car. The 32-year-old woman, Cecilia Mercado, goes by the name “Sessi” as a singer, and has a modest fanbase on social media. Video of her being forcibly dragged out of an Audi Q5 went viral after Mercado’s boyfriend posted the footage online, as WSVN reports.

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    Here Are Some More 'Performance' Cars You Probably Forgot About

    One of the best parts about being a car enthusiast is that you’re constantly stumbling on cars and trims you never knew existed. I’ve gone down the forgotten performance car rabbit hole, and I can’t get free. A lot of these forgotten cars were actually produced in my lifetime, but I can’t remember ever seeing one. It’s been fun to dig into what powered these machines, how long they lasted, and why they ultimately failed. Today, I’m taking you with me on that journey.

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    Jinkies, I Can't See Without My Apple Vision Pro

    Apple’s car is dead, after ten years of it being an extremely real thing that was absolutely going to happen and totally change the automotive world. This wasn’t going to be any major loss to us enthusiasts, until we learned one key piece of information: It was going to be a van.

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    AI Could Soon Help Feds Scan 100 Percent Of Vehicles Crossing The Southern Border

    Customs and Border Protection officers currently face a nearly impossible task: stopping the constant flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. via the southern border. CBP seized 43,000 pounds of the stuff last year, half of which came from just one border crossing — Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona. To help them snag even more of this killer drug, the U.S. is installing high-tech super strong X-ray machines, and even eyeing the possibility of using AI to review the images they g

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    Mercedes-Benz X-Rayed A Car Crash To See What Happens Inside A Wreck

    Mercedes-Benz conducted a crash test that goes beyond merely recording what happens to a car in a collision from a few exterior and interior angles, and has recorded through the car’s sheet metal and components with an X-ray machine. The test is the first of its kind, according to the Deutsch automaker, which was able to conduct the X-ray crash test with the help of the Fraunhofer-Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, or Ernst Mach Institute (EMI), in Freiburg, Germany.

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    Did You Take Your Driver's Test Recently? Jalopnik Wants To Talk!

    Here at Jalopnik, we like to think of ourselves as being pretty decent behind the wheel of a car. Most of us got our licenses years ago and have been finely tuning our craft ever since, while others are practically over-qualified, rolling around town with two drivers licenses in their wallets.

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    We Don't Need Every Shiny New Toy

    I admit it: I love a shiny new toy. I own a Flipper Zero, I have a BambuLabs 3D printer, I’m the target market for Ooh Fancy Emergent Technology That Promises To Improve Life In Vague Inscrutable Ways. Yet, even I am on the side of the California governments trying to fight autonomous vehicle developers.

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    We Tried A New Tool That Provides Actual EV Battery Health Data. It Could Change The Used EV Market

    Buying a used EV or hybrid can be risky since there is no way to truly know the health and potential remaining longevity of these cars’ integral batteries. Or, at least that was the case until recently. A new product called vsNEW is currently aimed at dealers, but the team is considering making it publicly available, too. (If you’re interested in owning one, go here.) It’s a dongle that plugs into most OBD scanner ports, reads the car’s battery health, and sends its findings in a report to your

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    You Wouldn't Download A Car

    Car enthusiasts love to tune their vehicles, adding power and torque while sacrificing just that pesky little warranty. For diesel truck enthusiasts, however, coal-rollers have given the whole community a bad name — and turned the watchful eye of the Environmental Protection Agency on them. This has led to a black market of people buying unproven, untested tunes from each other online.

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    These Are The Coolest Fords Never Sold In The U.S.

    Americans have unique desires and needs when it comes to our cars, and Ford is as American as apple pie, but the blue oval has produced incredible cars for many countries that we’ve had to admire from our shores. As much as we’ve had American Fords facilitating memories for countless American families throughout the years, Ford has done just that with specialized vehicles in countries like Australia, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.

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    It's Time For The Chicken Tax To Die

    The Chicken Tax has been around since 1963, pushing a crushing 25 percent tariff on imports of potato starch, brandy, dextrose, and light trucks and vans. I don’t know much about potato starch, brandy, or dextrose, but the light trucks and vans part of the law was intended as a middle finger to Germany’s Volkswagen. The vans and commercial trucks sold by VW at the time were going gangbusters, eating into the profits of American automakers, who simply couldn’t build a van that could compete with

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    The Phantom Phreak? The King Of Nynex?

    Video games have all sorts of helpful cheat codes. Infinite life, maximum money, turning your head really big. It’s easy to wonder what those would be like in real life, but one Nebraska woman did more than just wonder — she found a cheat code for free gas that saved her $28,000.

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    Car Wash Rotor Smashing Through A Windshield Is My New Nightmare

    What kind of nightmares do you have about driving? Ones where you’re stopped at every red light when you’re in a rush, or ones where you crash off a cliff in a fiery blaze? What about ones featuring a loose car wash brush that smashes through your windshield while your car is being cleaned? Well that’s exactly what’s going to haunt my nightmares after it reportedly happened to a woman in Rhode Island last week.

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    R35 GT-R Production Could Finally End In 2025: Report

    The R35 Nissan GT-R has been in production for a very long – almost comical – amount of time. It launched all the way back in 2007 when I was in the fourth grade. Since then I’ve graduated elementary, middle and high school, finished a four-year degree in college, started one career, hated it, and have ended up here as my second career. Now, it seems the sun may finally be setting on our beloved R35 GT-R.

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    These Are Some Of Akira Toriyama's Best Automotive Creations And Car Cameos

    The announcement of Akira Toriyama’s death on March 8 prompted a flood of farewells from fans of the manga artist’s many creations. Toriyama died at the age of 68 on March 1 due to an acute subdural hematoma, and fans are mourning the late character designer, who was so beloved around the world that he was knighted in France in 2019. As a lifelong fan of Toriyama, it’s my duty to light a candle for him before the altar of St. Goku, and to remember the artist by sharing some of his best automotiv

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    You Should Really Try Smelling Some Roses

    Cars, when in motion, usually have at least one person inside them [citation needed].That person is, more often than not, going from point A to point B as directly as possible — isolated from the goings-on around them by all that metal, glass, and rubber.

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    This Is Why Tall Hoods And Big Grilles Kill Pedestrians And Cyclists

    We’ve talked at length about how larger cars are making American roads deadlier each year. Sure, they’re safe for their occupants, but what about the rest of the population that’s outside your Tahoe? Well, the data shows that they’re sacrifices at the altar of Big Vehicle. But why, exactly, do size and fatalities correlate?

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    Tesla Cybertruck's 'Basecamp' Tent Is A $3,000 Disappointment

    So far, the Tesla Cybertruck has not exactly lived up to the hype surrounding it. And, as it turns out, neither does its “Basecamp” truck bed tent. What Tesla promised was a sleek, angular tent box that mounted perfectly into the Cybertruck’s bed. What the owners got is a $3,000 gray blob, and some do not seem too happy.

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    I May Not Know Much About Horses But By God I'll Learn

    Autonomous driving is very expensive and not very effective, but it’s a fancy tech problem and we love to throw money at those. Would that money be better used somewhere else, like existing technology that performs the same task more efficiently with lower costs? Details! We don’t need to think about that, it’s about solving things.

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    The Rivian R3X Is An Electric Rally Car You'll Want To Buy

    We all knew Rivian would be unveiling its all-new, smaller, R2 SUV at a press conference Thursday, but what we didn’t know is that it would be just a third of what was getting shown to the audience. Along with the R2, we also got a look at the even smaller R3 and sportier R3X which is about five inches shorter than the R2 but runs on the same platform.

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    You Can Thank Rich Folks For All The Clay-Colored Cars

    Oh, OK. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your dealership and select that lumpy grey 4Runner because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you drive around town. But what you don’t know is that 4Runner is not just grey, it’s not silver, it’s not pale blue. It’s actually Lunar Rock. You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2006 Lamborghini introduced a collection of Grigio Telesto supercars. And then it was Audi,

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    The Sales Person Isn't Always Getting Rich On Your Dime

    Dealerships have been too shady for too long, and there are few people left in the United States who trust them. No one likes to feel like they’re being swindled, and everything that comes out of a car salesperson’s mouth sounds like a swindle. Even the directions to the bathroom.

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    The Naturally Aspirated V6 Is Going Extinct

    I’ve owned four cars in my lifetime. Every single one of them had six naturally aspirated cylinders, and three were V6s. I suppose you can I’ve got a pretty strong affinity for that type of engine layout, and that’s why I’m so worried right now.

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    Toyota Turned A Boring EV Into A Real-Life Catbus From Studio Ghibli

    We finally have a reason to be excited about a fully-electric Toyota, now that the carmaker turned its Accessible People Mover EV into the “Catbus” from My Neighbor Totoro. Ever since sisters Mei and Satsuki climbed aboard the feline in the seminal Studio Ghibli film, kids and former kids alike have dreamed of taking a ride on the “Nekobus.” And now they can, although it’ll require a trip to Japan.

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    New Dodge Charger Recreates The Kia Stinger And I Am Eternally Grateful

    I’m a big fan of the Kia Stinger, so much so that I think it’s one of the best vehicle introductions of the last decade. It was wonderful: a four-door sedan with GT-like proportions and a liftback powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 engine — and you could have it with all-wheel drive. Unless you spent big money with one of the German brands, where else were you going to find a car like that? What made it even better was that it came from such an unexpected place, Kia.

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    Dodge Appeals To Republican Victim Complex In Cringy Charger EV Spot

    Dodge officially revealed the redesigned Charger today, and we have to say, we like what we’ve seen so far. While you’ll still be able to get a gas-powered version of the coupe and sedan, Dodge is also offering the Charger as an electric vehicle. Opt for the Charger Daytona Scat Pack, and you’ll get an EV that makes up to 670 hp and a range of 260 miles. Alternatively, if you’re OK with “only” having 496 hp, the Charger Daytona R/T offers 317 miles of range.

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    These Are Some Of The Most Complex Cars Ever Made

    Over the years, there have been more than a few cars that seem to have been the result of auto executives letting their designers and engineers run wild. We’re not talking about individual parts or features here, we’re talking about the whole damn cars being overly complex. Sometimes these models last years, but others have faded into obscurity.

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    Bless The Maker And His Water

    It’s funny to think that, for most of my life, the NASA worm logo was never used in an official capacity. Sure, the agency uses it now for some projects, but even in the meatball-only days of my youth the worm text seemed ubiquitous — everywhere, instantly recognizable, simple shorthand for space and exploration.

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    Why Are So Many Car Manufacturers Making Anime Ads Now?

    Cars and anime are a time-honored pair. They go together like chocolate and peanut butter, as generations of shows from Speed Racer to MF Ghost have demonstrated, so it’s only natural that studios keep making beautiful shows about racing. Now, though, a new trend is cropping up again and again: Anime car ads.

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    Updated: There's An International Manhunt Underway For Whomever Stole A Race Driver's AirPods

    A pair of AirPods are at the center of an international mystery after race driver Louis Delétraz left his headphones on a United Airlines flight. Delétraz, who said he left the Airpods under a seat in row 16 of a flight to Geneva, Switzerland, tracked the headphones as they flew across the globe. But when they made a pitstop in a residential building, Delétraz realized a conspiracy was afoot. Now, United tells Gizmodo it’s launched an investigation.

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    Stop Being Poor

    Financial advice is a fraught topic. It’s important to everyone — we all have to participate in the market economy on which our society is built — but the methods that work for one person often don’t work for another. So, when Dave Ramsey comes calling, it’s often best to just not pick up.

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Car Design (7)

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    Check Out The 2025 Nissan Kicks Crossover's Coolest Design Details

    The 2024 New York International Auto Show kicks off today, and last week Nissan kick-started the show’s reveal schedule by debuting the 2025 Kicks crossover. (I promise that’s the only kick pun I’ll make.) Subcompact crossovers aren’t typically examples of especially exciting design, but the second-generation Kicks bucks that trend with genuinely cool styling that has some really interesting details.

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    Remembering Marcello Gandini, The Maestro Of Car Design And Father Of The Supercar

    Famed Italian car designer Marcello Gandini passed away this week at age 85, leaving behind a legacy and body of work that may never be topped. When he was just 27 years old, Gandini joined design house Bertone in 1965 after the departure of Giorgetto Giugiaro, starting the Stile Bertone styling division that created both concepts and production cars.

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    Please Order The Porsche Taycan Turbo GT With This $11,400 Full-Body Wrap

    Sometimes car companies will produce wild camouflage wraps and liveries for test vehicles or record-setting cars to get the maximum amount of attention, but it’s rare for them to actually be offered by the factory. Porsche has gotten more extravagant in recent years, offering brighter colors and sticker packages on more models, and now it’s taken things to the next level with the Taycan Turbo GT.

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    The 2024 Volkswagen Atlas' Dual-Level Air Vents Are Very Cool (Pun Intended)

    If there’s one thing that riles up auto journalists into a (usually) light-hearted argument, it’s talking about climate control systems. I’ve been in many heated debates about whether or not automatic climate control is good, what the optimal temperature and fan speed is, and where the air vents should be placed. Don’t even get me started on where the climate controls should be and what kind of controls they are — personally, I don’t mind touch controls, they just need to be good.

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    These Cars Have The Coolest Light Bar Designs

    Light bars have made a gradual return to popularity in new cars, and for the most part they make designs look more futuristic, but not all are created equal. Full-width rear light bars had a moment in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and a few models carried the torch through the ‘80s and ‘90s, but modern cars seem to be embracing full-width lighting elements more than ever before.

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    Check Out The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona EV From Every Angle

    While some traditionalists will need to be dragged into the future kicking and screaming, Dodge is proudly declaring that the future of muscle cars is electric with the debut of the 2024 Charger Daytona EV. Taking the place of both the two-door Challenger and four-door Charger in the Dodge lineup, the Charger Daytona offers up to 670 electric horsepower or 317 miles of range, retro styling that sticks close to the concept, a thoroughly modern interior, performance features like burnout and donut

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    You Can Take Off The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo's Cladding, And It Looks Damn Good

    American car enthusiasts (myself included) spend a lot of time bemoaning the demise of the station wagon in the U.S., but perhaps even more annoying to wagon die-hards is the proliferation of wagons that are fitted with a lift kit and body cladding to make them more appealing to American buyers. Such models include the Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain and Audi A6 Allroad, but one of the most talked about is the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo.

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    2024 Chevrolet Aveo: Driving The Compact Expat In Mexico City

    The Chevy Aveo makes no sense for America. At least, that’s the message we got when Chevy killed off the Aveo in 2011. But after chasing down tacos and clay coffee mugs across Mexico City in a 2024 Chevrolet Aveo, I’m reconsidering the notion that the Aveo deserved to die. Because even outside of a major city like CDMX, the subcompact is an excellent daily and an eminently practical car.

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    Wild Crash Caught On Camera After Car Flips Through Traffic Circle

    Sometimes cameras are just in the right place at the right time to capture some truly wild stuff on video. Without a well-placed camera, we’d never get to witness this guy in Revere, Massachusetts jump his car through a traffic circle and flip it on the other side. We really live in a beautiful world.

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    Brazilian Drunk Driver Hits Motorcyclist, Receives Instant Karma [Update]

    Cars are great and all, but it really is hard to beat the cheap thrills you can get on a motorcycle, especially on roads that you wouldn’t normally be able to enjoy a sports car on. The big downside, of course, is that if you crash, injuries are much more common. And no matter how safely you’re riding, there’s little you can do to keep reckless drivers from hitting you. Sometimes, though, those reckless drivers get an instant dose of karma.

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    Woman's Car Get Stuck On Top Of Pool Cover After Medical Emergency

    Police in Georgia had to rescue a woman who got her Toyota Corolla and herself trapped on top of a covered swimming pool after suffering some sort of medical emergency behind the wheel. In a 9-1-1 call, a woman can be heard telling a dispatcher that “someone just rammed through the pool fence in a car and [she’s] in the middle of the pool,” and “I don’t know how long the cover is gonna hold.”

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Crime (3)

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    Cop Slashes Tires At A 'Free Palestine' Protest On Cars Complying With Orders

    An incident involving a police officer slashing the tires of vehicles at a Free Palestine protest on February 9 is under investigation in Seattle, Washington. The actions of the Seattle Police Department, which targeted a minivan and other vehicles despite compliance from their drivers, are now under review by the Office of Police Accountability after a complaint was filed on February 13, according to Real Change News.

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    Chevy Camaro Thefts Soar Over 1000 Percent In Los Angeles Thanks To Street Takeovers

    Both LAPD and Los Angeles County Sheriffs have made efforts to crack down on street takeovers. Task Forces interrupt takeovers before they even start, and have made arrests and impounded vehicles that participate in the shenanigans. An unexpected ripple effect of these takeovers is that thieves are stealing vehicles so they can use them in takeovers, specifically the Chevy Camaro.

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Entertainment (4)

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    If Dune Characters Were Cars, This Is What They'd Be

    Dune. Arrakis. A world inhospitable to human life, inhabited by the few living beings that can tolerate its harsh climate: The sandworm, shai hulud; the desert mouse, muad’dib; and those few souls brave enough to don a stillsuit and carve a life out of the harsh sand — the Fremen. But what if, instead of creatures resembling humans, it was full of cars?

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    Command Line Hacking Game Telehack Is Full Of NASCAR References

    Video games these days are just too dang complicated. With their realistic graphics, their real-world educating, and their brand activations, there’s just too much happening. No, we need to go back, to a time when games were green text on a black background. We shouldn’t have to leave all our car enthusiasm behind, though.

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    Overwatch 2 Is Getting Rad D.Va Mech Skins Inspired By The Porsche Macan EV

    For a long time licensing issues held Porsche back from being available in most video games, with the German brand being mostly relegated to the Need For Speed series. Thankfully in recent years Porsche has returned to games like Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo in a big way, and the company has expanded beyond racing games. A 930 Turbo was prominently used as the hero car in Cyberpunk 2077, and Porsche has released collaborations with Rocket League and Final Fantasy.

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    New 'Fallout' TV Show Trailer Features Plenty Of Post Apocalypse Classic Cars

    As an absolutely rabid fan of the video game franchise Fallout, I wasn’t holding out too much hope for a quality television series that could even come close to the in-game world building. However, after a second, longer trailer dropped Thursday morning, my Fallout frown is turning upside down. There are many, many more nuggets for fans to feast on in this new trailer, including a smiling Vault Boy bobble head and a real-life Stimpack.

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Events (5)

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    $56,300 Polestar 4 EV Is The Cheapest Car You Can Buy Without A Rear Window

    There have been a handful of cars with no rear window in recent years, whether it be for aerodynamic or pure styling reasons, they instead use a high-def camera and digital rear-view mirror to give you a view behind. But all such cars have been high-end supercars or limited-run specials, like the Ferrari 812 Competizione, Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato and Mercedes-AMG One. Now there’s a mainstream option in the form of the Polestar 4 crossover coupe, which ditches the rear window in the pursuit of

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    Genesis GV60 Magma Concept Previews Rad Lineup Of Production Performance Cars

    Genesis is hitting the ground running ahead of the New York International Auto Show with the presentation of not one, not two, not three, but four very orange concept cars, and some of them aren’t very “concept car” at all. These four cars are previewing a new high-performance production car lineup from Genesis called, as its extremely orange paint would suggest, “Magma.”

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    Genesis Neolun Concept Shows Off The Brand's Big SUV Future With Coach Doors And Heated Floors

    Genesis has been in search of a flagship for quite some time now. I guess you could say the G90 is its flagship, but in this day and age, you need a big SUV. That’s exactly what Genesis just unveiled ahead of the New York International Auto Show. May I present to you the very badass Genesis Neolun concept, which the automaker says is not only is showing off a production model (that will likely be called GV90), but is giving a bit of a roadmap to where the brand as a whole is headed.

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    Even The Geneva Auto Show Was Kind Of A Bummer

    Last week the 2024 edition of the Geneva International Motor Show took place in the halls of Palexpo, like it has for a 120 year-plus history. Except this time the show was fundamentally different. 200,000 visitors were expected over the course of the 2024 show. A few short years ago in 2019 roughly 600,000 visitors passed through its hallowed halls. COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the 2020-2022 shows, and everyone thought it was over. Rumors of the show’s death swirled around online but the

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EVs and Hybrids (2)

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    Tesla Cars Lose Value Three Times Faster Than A Maserati, Study Says

    Tesla’s “no haggle” direct-buy pricing model was once heralded as the future of how Americans would buy cars. Several years later, the dealership system is still going strong. Now, according to a recent study, Elon’s insistence on adjusting MSRPs based on market conditions has had detrimental effects on Tesla’s resale value.

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    You Can Get A $90,000 Jaguar I-Pace For Less Than A Toyota Camry

    Now is a good time to shop for a used electric vehicle. With so many EV models in a depreciation freefall, buyers can get a lot of car for their money. Of course with big discounts come some concessions, but buyers willing to roll the dice on a Jaguar I-Pace EV can score a high-dollar car, at a reasonable price.

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Ford (3)

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    The 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor Is Exactly What You Want It To Be

    Two, maybe three times in the lead up to driving the new Ford Ranger Raptor, I heard it compared to a rally car. This something that car companies have been increasingly eager to say about their cars in the last few years, and it’s also something that trips the old switch in my brain marked “skepticism.” As I approached the end of my day driving the Ranger Raptor, my I was feeling pretty good about my skepticism and kind of weirdly bummed, or at least undecided about the truck which, as I was ab

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    The 2024 Ford Ranger Is More American Than Ever

    First things first, I’m a Ford Ranger guy. I’ve never owned one, and I can’t really point to what it is about the Ranger, maybe just the idea of a Ranger that I love, but I will admit I had high hopes for this one and for the Ranger Raptor, which I will tell you about later this week.

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    The 2001 Ford F-150 SuperCrew Opened The Floodgates For 4-Door Trucks

    The Ford F-150 was the best-selling vehicle in America last year and the year before that. And the year before that. You’d have to go back decades to find a year that the F-150 didn’t dominate sales in one way or another, but America’s love affair with four-door trucks took off in the early aughts, when Ford debuted the first full-size pickup with four doors in 2000 — much to my chagrin.

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Found For Sale (16)

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    You Can Buy Cadillac's Rarest Car For Less Than Half What It Cost New, If You're OK With A Salvage Title

    Cadillac really went hog wild with the CT6-V, and the end result set the foundation for the current era of incredible Blackwings. Only available in 2019 and 2020, the CT6-V with its bespoke 4.2-liter Blackwing twin-turbocharged V8 was produced in tiny numbers at a seriously high cost. You could get 550 horsepower and 640 lb-ft of torque at 20 pounds of boost, and standard all-wheel drive, but it cost an astonishing-for-the-time $92,790 before any options were tacked on. Just a handful of years l

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    Make This Vintage Dodge RV Your Quest

    The whole van life craze is still going strong, but if you aren’t the kind of person who can just go buy a brand new Mercedes Sprinter and drop another fifty grand modifying it with all the gubbins you need to live in it, there are much less expensive options available to you. If you’re looking for the authentic livin’-on-the-road experience, you’d be hard pressed to find a more genuine article than this 1977 Dodge B300 Quest. And instead of a couple hundred thousand dollars and a cramped interi

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    I'm In My Late 30s, And I'm Hyundai Equus-Curious

    As I approach middle-age, I’m starting to wander from my typical daily driver fare of too-stiff hot hatches and sports cars. I recently bought a big SUV and unfortunately like it more than I expected to. I’ve had a few American luxobarges in my teen years, because they were cheap and easy, but as I inch closer to forty, is it time to get back into luxury sedans? Lately I’ve found myself drawn in by the siren song of big weird Korean lux. I’ve got Equus on the brain. It’s way funkier and more att

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    Ruin Your Life With This Awful Aston Martin Lagonda

    The original Aston Martin Lagonda sedan is one of the coolest-looking cars of all time. Its iconic shape and weird tech were symbols of the excess of the late 1970s and 1980s. We’d all be lucky to own one at some point in our lives, which is why I’ve got a heavy heart as I say this particular 1985 Aston Martin Lagonda will ruin your life. Any Lagonda will be brutal to maintain, but this one is in a class of its own.

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    Here's Your Chance To Own The Ferrari 312 Prop Car From The Movie Rush

    “It’s terrible, it drives like a pig!” When Niki Lauda joined the Ferrari team for the 1974 team, he wasn’t happy with the way the car performed and wasn’t afraid to say it. At least, that’s how Ron Howard’s 2013 film Rush portrays the action. “It’s a shitbox! It understeers like crazy and the weight distribution is a disaster. It’s amazing, all of these facilities and you make a piece of crap like this,” says actor Daniel Brühl channeling Lauda for the film. Thankfully, that car, the poor-handl

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    This 1,100 HP Audi RS6 Is The Undisputed King Of All Wagons

    There’s a fine line between driving a sleeper and insanity. This matte black monster of a 2020 Audi RS6 Avant is more than a few toes over that line, delivering 1,100 horsepower of all-wheel drive with fire-spitting big-turbo fury. The turbos are so frickin’ big that they pop right out of the hood, and the exhaust dumps out right there in front of the passenger. The people who built this refined German longroof with secret speed into a kaiju-fighting mecha left that line behind miles ago. Some o

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    Remember That Time Kia Built A Lotus?

    Korean automaker Kia wasn’t exactly known for building quality desirable cars in the 1990s, when it was mostly cranking out economically sound vehicles like the Mazda-based Sephia and Sportage. These were a step up from the Kia-built Ford Festiva and Aspire, but barely. The brand was on the lookout for new ways to deliver a prestige halo model to bring traffic into dealers, and when Lotus ended production of the M100 Elan in 1995, it found what it was looking for. Kia purchased the tooling and p

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    Buy This Ultra-Rare Electric Chevy S-10 And Return It To Glory

    New electric trucks are expensive, but do you know what isn’t? This 1997 Chevy S-10 Electric that’s for sale on Facebook Marketplace. That’s right, folks. This ultra-rare GM EV1-based electric pickup is just sitting on Zuck’s website, waiting to be bought by you for just $15,000.

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    Everybody Stop Making Cars, The Perfect One Already Exists

    For centuries, humanity has labored to answer one evasive question: What’s the best car? Is it something sleek and luxurious, something comfortable and capable, or something stripped-down and built for speed? Well, as it turns out, the answer is none of the above. The best car is a pink Suzuki Sidekick. Thanks for playing, everyone, but we have a winner.

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    You Should Buy Your First Ferrari From The Junkyard

    There is a saying among Ferrari owners that your first Ferrari has to be red. You can pick a more esoteric exterior paint in your subsequent machines from Maranello, but your first foray into the brand should be the typical and iconic Rosso Corsa, or some derivation thereof. This twelve-year-old 458 Spider has all the trappings of a first Ferrari, and the added benefit of an ultra cheap price tag, thanks to its salvage Florida title, and that it’s going through a Copart auction. Nice condition l

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    This Is What Happens When You Feed A Mercedes Gelandewagen After Midnight

    Billy Peltzer was warned not to get his shiny new G Wagen wet, feed it after midnight, or let it out in bright light, but did he listen? Not a chance. Now destruction is upon us as the lovable G has been transformed into its evil counterpart, the gigantic havoc-wreaking mischief-on-four-wheels Unimog. A horrifying menace if ever there were one. It’s a whole lot more truck than anyone ever bargained for, especially Billy. That’s why it’s now available for sale on eBay Motors for a mere $46,500.

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    Plug-In Hydrogen 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV Is Nice To Drive But Purposefully Niche

    It feels like I’ve been hearing that hydrogen cars are the future for my entire life, and that sentiment has yet to manifest itself into actual tangible change. While I now live in California, where hydrogen cars actually exist and are driven by real people, they’re still extremely niche products. Fewer than 3,000 hydrogen fuel-cell cars were sold in the U.S. in 2023, just 0.02 percent of total light-duty vehicle sales. The number of fueling stations is dwindling too — Shell just announced the c

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    The 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe Is The Crossover To End All Crossovers

    A little less than a year ago, I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the fifth-generation 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe in its namesake city in New Mexico. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to drive it at the time, but now that has changed — I just got back from driving Hyundai’s latest “compact” crossover in Tennessee, experiencing how it conducts itself both on and off the road as well as how all of its features work in the real world. And I’ve gotta say, damn this thing is good. No matte

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    Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Starts At $67,475, Making It The Most Expensive Hyundai Ever

    Hyundai is hoping its Ioniq 5 N will usher in a new era of electric performance cars that drive just as well as its beloved gas-powered N cars, just with the added benefit of clean — and instant — electric power delivery. Now after what’s seemed like years of waiting, we finally know how much it’ll cost. Including $1,375 for destination, the Ioniq 5 N will start at $67,475 when it goes on sale later this month, making it the most expensive vehicle Hyundai has ever made.

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    Put Saw Blade Wheels On Your Dirt Bike To Rip On Frozen Lakes While Ice Still Exists

    If studded tires are good on ice because they dig in to the ice and help the bike hook up on a slippery surface, then surely a saw blade, a tool designed for cutting through things, would do the same job better, right? As it turns out, that hypothesis holds no water. The folks from CboysTV on YouTube found out the hard way, after laser cutting a couple hundred pounds of half-inch-thick steel into the shape of a saw blade and bolting them to the extremities of a Honda CRF250R dirt bike.

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    Toyota's Real Life Pokémon Motorbike Will Let You Ride A Miraidon

    Toyota may have made a name for itself building sensible, reliable family haulers that can last for up to a million miles, but the company is really full of big kids at its heart. Case in point, the Japanese automaker has partnered with Pokémon to create a real life Miraidon motorbike from Pokémon Violet.

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    Chris Hemsworth's Radial Chopper In 'Furiosa' Is Cool As Hell

    It doesn’t get much more badass in this world than a giant musclebound Australian man wearing leather overalls and a cape astride a seven-cylinder radial chopper with a dirt bike tire on the front with his tiny teddy bear. This singular promotional image for the upcoming Chris Hemsworth-supported Anya Taylor-Joy vehicle “Furiosa,” shared by Hemsworth on Twitter, is enough to prove to me that the film will be only slightly less badass than Fury Road which preceded it. I say slightly less because

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    The Victims Of The Key Bridge Collapse Did More For America Than Any Conspiracy Theorist

    Almost immediately after a cargo ship crashed into destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in the early morning hours of March 26, conspiracy theorists started spreading false information and asking dumbass questions about the disaster. On the other side of it, actual journalists have talked about the real logistics and the fallout of the crash and collapse. We’ve, of course, covered that eight workers went into the water and only two made it out alive, but that just reduces these pe

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    These Are The Best Manufacturer Car Colors Ever Sold According To Readers

    We can understand people buying cars in boring colors in an attempt to preserve their resale value, but come on. That’s nothing more than a race to the bottom where everyone drives the same greige car and loses it constantly in the parking lot. In fact, the number of people who all drive cars with boring colors is a big part of the reason rumors began to spread that residents of The Villages in Florida were all swingers.

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    Senator Ted Cruz Forces Amendment Into FAA Bill To Give Lawmakers Police Escorts Through Airports

    Congress desperately needs to pass a bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration for the next four years before a short-term funding extension runs out in May. It’s a big enough deal that even Republicans aren’t willing to roll the dice on whether or not air travel can safely continue without reauthorizing the FAA. That doesn’t mean, however, that they aren’t going to try to sneak their pet projects into the reauthorization bill. Senator Ted Cruz, for example, wants lawmakers to be guarante

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    Festival-Goers Shine Dozens Of Lasers At The Pilot Of A Passenger Jet

    It’s pretty common knowledge that you do not shine laser pointers at aircraft, but it seems that no one told that to festival-goers at the National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico. Shocking video footage posted on TikTok shows dozens of revelers shining green laser beams at the passenger jet in what may be one of the stupidest plane-related incidents of 2024.

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    Nissan Wants In On The Off-Road Game With A New Xterra

    The rugged, off-road segment is exploding; every truck or crossover now seems to have some sort of either legit off-road trim, or at least one appearance package inspired by ruggedness. From Chevy’s Activ trims to Ford’s Raptors and Toyota’s TRD-Off and upcoming Trailhunter trims, it’s a booming business. Not everyone has been cashing in on the off-road boom. Nissan has been one of those brands, but according to Autoblog, the Japanese automaker wants in.

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    Cargo Ship That Crashed Into Baltimore Bridge Is Carrying 764 Tons Of Hazardous Material: NTSB

    The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed early Tuesday morning after the cargo ship the MV Dali collided with one of the bridge’s support pylons. Now, reports from the National Transportation Safety Board have confirmed that 56 containers on that ship were carrying hazardous material. Some of those containers have been breached, while others have fallen into the water, Business Insider reports.

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    Cops End Slowest Chase Ever By Flipping Stolen Front-Loader With Another Front-Loader

    If someone steals a car, police don’t chase after them on foot in the hope they’ll be able to keep up, do they? So it stands to reason that if someone steals some heavy machinery, then a standard cop car probably won’t be much help in bringing them to justice. This way of thinking led Georgia police to decide the only way to prevent a crime getting out of had was to fight fire with fire.

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    Fisker Lost Millions In Customer Payments And Had To Do An Internal Audit: Report

    Fisker is in a state of disarray right now. The company continues to inch closer to bankruptcy, and the only car it sells right now, the Ocean EV, just had prices on its remaining inventory heavily slashed as the automaker attempts to move more metal in the face of falling stock prices. What’s been going on behind the scenes of the company, however, is much worse. A report from TechCrunch details how Fisker lost millions in customer payments, forcing an internal audit to find the money.

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    Here's A Timeline Of The Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse

    It’s been over 24 hours since the merchant vessel Dali struck a support pylon holding up the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland early Tuesday morning. The bridge collapsed, killing at least 6 people in the process. Their deaths are tragic losses, the disaster could have been much worse.

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    Here's Your Chance To Own A Super Rare Tesla-Powered Toyota RAV4 EV

    Tesla sold an absolutely massive number of Model 3s and Model Ys last year, which was good news for Tesla but not exactly great news for owners who like the idea of driving something that not many other people have. What if we told you, though, that you could still drive a Tesla-powered electric vehicle that won’t be anywhere near as common as a Model S, much less a Model Y? That sounds incredible, right? You just have to be OK with it also being a Toyota RAV4.

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    Kia's Bold New K4 Hatchback Will Surprisingly Be Sold In The U.S.

    Kia just announced its new compact sedan and Forte replacement, the head-turning K4, which comes as a bit of a surprise given that crossovers are the current hot topic. What’s even more surprising was the quick preview of a five door K4 hatchback during Kia’s press conference, which was confirmed to be coming to the United States despite other companies pulling the plug on hatchbacks in the U.S., ahem, Volkswagen.

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    2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Is Truckier On The Outside, Classier On The Inside

    Hyundai may have only introduced the compact Santa Cruz pickup truck three years ago as a 2022 model, but it’s already being refreshed. It isn’t a major overhaul that makes the truck completely unrecognizable, but it still comes with several updates that make the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz more desirable and enjoyable to live with.

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    Do You Own A Fisker? We'd Love To Hear From You

    We’ve written a lot about Fisker recently, and none of it has been what an automaker’s public relations department would consider “positive coverage.” All signs point to bankruptcy being inevitable, as it no longer looks like any major automakers are interested in offering Fisker the lifeline it so desperately needs. And while plenty of digital ink has been spilled over the company itself, as well as founder Henrik Fisker, thousands of other people will also probably be negatively impacted by Fi

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    Fisker Slashes Ocean Prices To Less Than $25,000, But That's Still Probably Too Much Money

    Electric startup Fisker is in a bad spot right now. It’s running out of cash and desperately needs a bailout, but any negotiations with legacy automakers that may have been interested in investing appear to have stalled, and trading of its shares has halted. If you needed further proof that bankruptcy is just around the corner, though, look no further than CarBuzz reporting that Fisker has slashed prices on the Ocean, with the base model now being available for less than $25,000.

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    Here's How The Auto Industry Will Be Impacted By The Baltimore Bridge Collapse [Update]

    The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore Harbor is already posing a massive disruption to the automotive industry. The port handles imports, exports and parts shipments for major automakers like Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Jaguar-Land Rover, Lamborghini, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Stellantis, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo — all of which will more likely than not see major supply chain issues.

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    What's The Best Manufacturer Car Color Ever Sold?

    Back when the Ford Model T was still rolling off the assembly line, Henry Ford famously insisted on only painting them black. If you wanted a different color, you would have to buy your Model T in black and paint it yourself. Fast forward to today, and, thankfully, that’s no longer the case.

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    Land Rover Defender Octa Is Coming For The Raptor's Off-Road Crown

    For decades, the Land Rover Defender has been the off-roader of choice for discerning adventurists looking to get out in the wilderness. But then Ford came along with its lifted, more powerful Raptor trim on trucks like the Ranger and Bronco to show how things should be done. Now, Land Rover is promising a comeback with the new high-performance Dender Octa.

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    Conspiracy Theorists Are Already Calling The Baltimore Bridge Collapse A False Flag

    “Never let a good disaster go to waste” is the guiding principle of the conspiracy theorist. It’s been only 12 hours since the cargo ship Dali slammed into the Baltimore Bridge, and already Alex Jones, Andrew Tate and all their fellow clowns in the extreme right media sphere have declared the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland to be a false flag, a black swan or a result of wokeness.

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    Collapse Of Baltimore Bridge Doesn't Stop Drivers From Trying To Cross It

    Baltimore officials are in a frenzy as the Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship. Search and rescue efforts are underway to locate people who might have fallen into the water during the collapse, and a key thoroughfare to the second busiest port on the eastern seaboard has been severed. But none of this has stopped people in cars who just need to get where they’re trying to go, no matter what.

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    Ford Explorer EV Finally Goes On Sale, Promises Lower Chance Of Fiery Death

    Deliveries of the all-electric Ford Explorer are finally happening, following a delay that Ford announced last August. At the time, Ford said that the Volkswagen-based electric crossover needed a different battery pack that met standards set by the European Union, but CEO Jim Farley contradicted the official position by saying the delay was caused by insufficient “countermeasures around fire.” Don’t worry, though, that’s all been taken care of now, and the electric Explorer is ready to go, Autoc

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    Man Arrested For Allegedly Eating Train Crash Victim's Leg

    An Amtrak train in southern California struck and killed a pedestrian last week, severing their leg from their body via the force of the impact. Then, reportedly, another person happened along the site of the impact and walked away with the severed leg, and then eating it. People are wild.

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    Consumer Reports Says These Are The Best Luxury Cars For 2024

    No one needs a luxury car, but just because you don’t need it doesn’t mean you don’t want it. And if you happen to be in the market for a luxury car, you know you’re going to be spending a lot of money on it, so the last thing you want is to buy or lease something you immediately regret. Or worse, end up with a reliability nightmare the moment the warranty is up.

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    U.S. Tourist Destination Opens Safe Parking Lots Instead Of Affordable Housing

    There’s a serious lack of affordable housing in cities across the country. Not only are housing prices outpacing wage growth, but many areas haven’t built enough housing. Officials at local and state levels don’t seem to know how to solve the problem either, moving to solutions like letting people sleep in their cars instead of building affordable housing. Sedona, Arizona is one of these cities, as the Washington Post reported.

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    2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class Gets Mild-Hybrid Engines, Major Tech Upgrades And Better Aerodynamics

    In just a few weeks Mercedes will finally unveil the electric G-wagen, maybe the most important model in the history of the G-Class and my personal most anticipated car of the decade. So as not to steal the spotlight from the G-Class EV, the 2025 Mercedes-Benz G550 and 2025 Mercedes-AMG G63 just got revealed. These gas-powered G-wagens might look pretty much the same as before, but they have been thoroughly overhauled with better aerodynamics, a host of new technology, upgraded hybrid engines an

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    Baltimore Bridge Collapses After Collision With Cargo Ship

    A busy bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday morning after it was hit by a cargo ship. Maryland Governor Wes Moore declared a state of emergency shortly after the collision, which took out the Francis Scott Key Bridge and part of Interstate 695 — a major thoroughfare for the morning rush. The port of Baltimore—the second busiest in the Mid-Atlantic—is currently closed to all ship traffic and the Federal Aviation Administration has closed the airspace over the bay.

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    Land Rover Still Sells A Manual Transmission, But It's Only Offered On A Front-Wheel-Drive Evoque

    Land Rover isn’t exactly known for building the most reliable cars, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still cool, comfortable and incredibly capable. If you’re looking to spend over $1,000 a month leasing a luxury SUV, you can do a whole lot worse than a Range Rover. Unfortunately, as an enthusiast, you’re not actually allowed to drive a Range Rover because they’re only offered with automatic transmissions. Don’t despair, though, we come bearing great news. Land Rover actually does still sell a

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    Hennessey Venom F5 Proves It's A Real Car By Setting COTA Lap Record

    Even if you have your (very valid!) concerns about sending John Hennessey your money, there’s no denying that the Venom F5 Revolution has plenty of power. With a mid-mounted twin-turbocharged V8, it makes more than 1,800 horsepower and can allegedly top 300 mph. It’s also now officially the quickest production car to ever lap Texas’s famed Circuit of the Americas, CarScoops reports.

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    Your Car Is 'The Worst' At Protecting Your Data

    Ever since tech companies learned that data can be sold for dollars, modern gadgets have collected every iota of user info possible just to sell off to the highest bidder. Your car has long been part of this data-sharing network, but it seems its part is larger than most of us would suspect — in fact, it may just be the largest seller of your information.

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    'Real Housewives' Star Karen Huger Charged With DUI After Crashing Maserati

    People don’t typically think of Real Housewives as a car franchise, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have plenty of cars in it. The reality show’s cast members and their families, of course, drive fancy cars, and there will always be that time Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards’ daughter’s then-fiance Alex Manos was accused of all sorts of shady behavior over at Beverly Hills Car Club. Now, Real Housewives of the Potomac star Karen Huger has been charged with driving under the i

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    No One Wants To Pay $200,000 For A Tesla Cybertruck Anymore

    Even before deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck began, the electric automaker made it clear that it would be a long time before it was produced in anything other than extremely limited quantities. That meant that if you were one of the few who had pulled yourself up by your bootstraps hard enough, you stood to make quite a bit of money auctioning yours off to the highest bidder. The latest failed attempt to do so, this time on Cars & Bids, has us worried, though.

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    If You Want To Steal A Bunch Of Stuff From Trains, It's A Lot Easier In Southern California

    There are a bunch of reasons that the ports in Southern California have seen a huge inbound freight uptick in recent years, including the buying habits of Americans and difficulties getting through the canals Suez and Panama. As a result, train freight exiting Los Angeles is also massively up. Unlike other freight corridors pulling any number of difficult-to-sell commodities, this path is largely hauling goods and food. Train heists, for this reason, tend to target trains coming from the ports o

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    Airport Executive Killed In ATF Shootout Allegedly Sold 150 Guns Without License

    Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in a firefight early Tuesday morning while executing a search warrant in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bryan Malinowski, the executive director of Clinton National Airport, opened fire as agents attempted to serve the warrant at his home. The agents returned fire and shot the 53-year-old in the head, leaving him brain-dead. He died at noon on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

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    Feds Argue Apple CarPlay Is Anticompetitive In Antitrust Lawsuit

    When Apple first introduced CarPlay, it was a revelation. Instead of dealing with the hassle of inputting a destination using the manufacturer’s clunky infotainment software, you could simply type it into your phone and have the directions appear on the center screen. It was easy to use and understand, and most importantly, it just worked. It quickly became an in-demand feature, with people even adding CarPlay to older cars that were sold without it. So it comes as a bit of a surprise that the V

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    Football Helmet–Inspired 2025 Nissan Kicks Is The Best New Nissan Design In Years

    Truly small new cars are a rarity in the U.S., even those marketed as crossovers, and the ones that still exist typically have designs that are either boring and forgettable or ugly and chintzy. The first-generation Nissan Kicks fell into the former category; the subcompact crossover was handsome but nothing to write home about. Nissan is remedying that with the second-gen 2025 Kicks, which is easily the best new Nissan design in years.

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    McLaren Sold Its Soul To Bahrain To Fund Its Next-Generation Supercars

    McLaren has been on increasingly rocky ground in recent years as it struggled to find funding to secure its future. The British supercar maker previously put its headquarters up for sale and turned to the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain for a cash injection. Now, the Middle Eastern country has taken full ownership of McLaren to try to secure its future.

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    Chevy Is Offering Reimbursements To Early Buyers Of Its Buggy Blazer EV

    GM spectacularly blundered the Blazer EV’s launch by selling cars with debilitating software bugs and then issuing a stop-sale order, but the electric SUV is finally allegedly ready for consumers. GM even dropped the price of the Blazer EV as much as $6,520 for the LT AWD trim, but what does that mean for folks who bought a Blazer EV before the price reduction? According to Edmunds, which bought an early Blazer RS AWD, Chevy sent a bulletin to early buyers offering them reimbursement for the new

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    2025 Ram 1500's New Twin-Turbo Inline-Six Barely Beats Old V8's Gas Mileage

    For the 2025 model year, Ram dropped the V8s from its full-size pickup truck lineup and replaced them with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six that’s available at two output levels. The regular version makes 420 horsepower and 469 pound-feet of torque, but if you upgrade to the high-output engine, you get 540 hp and 521 lb-ft of torque. Both have better specs than the outgoing 5.7-liter V8 and its 395 hp/410 lb-ft rating except in one area: fuel economy.

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    California Town Swamped By 14,000 Abandoned Cars

    Oakland, California is struggling to deal with a deluge of abandoned vehicles across the city. According to the Oakland Department of Transportation, 13,856 cars were reported abandoned over a six-month period in 2023. The city ran out of space in its storage lots and is renting even more room to hold the excess. In total, Oakland is spending $1 million on storage. Anecdotally, car theft is the root of this problem.

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    The 2005 Pontiac GTO Was The Ultimate Sleeper In The Mid-2000s

    When GM reintroduced the Pontiac GTO for the 2004 model year, it was a big deal, and yet, at the same time, it somehow wasn’t. It had the same name as the original American muscle car, but it was actually based on the Australian-market Holden Monaro, and its styling could probably best be described as “understated.” Without a brash, in-your-face design, the GTO struggled to sell even 14,000 GTOs in the first model year.

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    Unsurprisingly, Lamborghini Sold A Bunch Of SUVs Last Year

    With rapid introduction of new and updated models, expansion to new countries, and unprecedented growth, Lamborghini had its best year ever in 2023, selling 10,112 vehicles around the world. Not only is the Sant’Agata Bolognese automaker selling more cars, but it is doing so more efficiently, as it also posted record-breaking 27.2 percent profit margins and a new high of 2.66 billion Euros in revenue. That’s a whole lot of fighting bulls getting shifted to new owners. Obviously the main driver o

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    Kia's New K4 Looks Incredible

    The sedan isn’t dead. Kia just laid down the law in the world of compact sedan design, blowing away the bland and unwieldy shapes currently occupying the market. The new replacement for the aging Kia Forte sedan is called K4, and it’s here to kick ass. Kia’s design team calls this new language “twist logic” as it supposedly “twists logically aligned squares in a seemingly illogical fashion.” That’s designer double speak if ever I’ve heard it, but the resulting shape makes my smooth brain feel ve

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    Automakers Lose $6,000 On Every Electric Car They Sell

    Automakers across America have plowed millions of dollars into their electric vehicle strategies in recent years. Whether it’s new product development, engineering to create lighter, more powerful motors or investment in new factories, they’ve all spent a small fortune. Now, it turns out that cost may not be paying off as EV makers across America reportedly lose thousands on every car they sell.

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    Volkswagen's ID Buzz GTX Is The Hot Electric Van We All Need

    The Volkswagen ID Buzz electric van hasn’t even hit the highway in earnest here in America yet, and those pesky Europeans are already getting a hot new model. Called the ID Buzz GTX, the new electric model increases the power for the Euro-spec van, adds all-wheel-drive and tweaks the interior, and it looks slick.

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    Angela Chao Was Drunk When She Drowned In Her Tesla, Called A Friend To Say 'I Love You': Report

    According to new reports surrounding the death of Angela Chao last month, the billionaire’s blood-alcohol concentration was around 0.233 grams per 100 mililiters at the time of her death, which is nearly three times the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle, 0.08 g/ml. Chao had reportedly switched her Tesla Model X into reverse instead of drive, backing over a retaining wall and sinking into a pond.

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    Seven Hybrids That Consumer Reports Says Will Save You Money The Fastest In 2024, And 3 That Won't

    No one likes paying for gas, but at the same time, not everyone is ready or in a position to go full-electric. Hybrids offer a tempting middle ground between gas-only and electric-only that promises better fuel economy without the need to find a spot to charge. Typically, though, you’re paying more for the hybrid version, so there’s no guarantee that you’ll make your money back right out of the gate.

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    This YouTube Channel Is Just Videos Of Drivers Who Can't Make This Curve, And I'll Be Watching Them All Day

    We all love a bit of schadenfreude on occasion, who can blame us, we’re only human. So when a new YouTube channel pops up and it’s just footage of drivers taking a sharp corner too quickly, and the results of their screwup, of course we’re going to sit and watch these videos until the cows come home. There’s nothing that can make you feel better about your own driving abilities than watching others bash their cars and motorcycles against rocks, trees, sharp curve signs, or other cars. Thankfull

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    Consumer Reports Slams The Fisker Ocean As Bizarre, Unappealing, And Unfinished

    About a month ago, YouTuber Marques Brownlee posted his review of the Fisker Ocean, and it’s safe to say it wasn’t exactly positive. For starters, he titled the video “This is the Worst Car I’ve Ever Reviewed,” which really set the tone for the rest of the review. Allegedly, the popularity of such a negative review even upset Henrik Fisker himself, which, considering bankruptcy could be just around the corner, is probably understandable. Unfortunately for Fisker, Consumer Reports also had a disa

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    Ohio Wants To Replace Driving Instructors With An App

    Ohio-based Grange Insurance is developing a new driver training app which can turn any adult 21 years and older into an untrained and uncertified, but still allegedly capable, driving instructor. And the Ohio legislature is rolling out the red carpet for the app to become a legal replacement for time in a car with a real instructor. As it stands, students have to spend eight hours of in-car instruction, and the instructor providing those lessons has to have accumulated 60 hours of training on th

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    You Can Get An Incredible Deal On A Fisker Ocean If You're Willing To Risk Everything

    Against all odds, the reborn Fisker managed to actually produce a car. Multiple cars, even. The Ocean looks cool and comes with a relatively reasonable starting price of $37,499; even the top-of-the-line Ocean One wasn’t ridiculously priced at just under $70,000 considering it had more than 350 miles of range and a boost mode that could temporarily send more than 500 hp to all four wheels. But what if we told you that you could buy an almost-new Ocean One for way less than $70,000?

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    You'll See The Feds Coming From A Mile Away In This Unmarked Jeep Wagoneer L

    If there’s one thing government enforcement officials love more than using tax dollars, it’s driving huge unmarked SUVs. For years, GM has almost exclusively been the supplier of these vehicles. Motorcades and FBI agents everywhere are always full of unmarked Chevy Tahoes and Suburbans. Now it seems as if another automaker is trying to get in on the unmarked government vehicle game: Jeep.

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    Cybertruck Range Drops To Just 200 Miles With The Tonneau Cover Open At 75 MPH: Report

    Tesla engineers have done a lot of work to get the Tesla Cybertruck as aerodynamically efficient as possible, while keeping the faux-futurist design that excites children. Tesla claims the truck has a coefficient of drag of just 0.34, which is significantly better than a JL-generation Jeep Wrangler’s 0.48, but significantly worse than the company’s own Model 3 at 0.23. For a truck, it’s surprisingly slippery through the air. It’s a lot less slippery if you are using the truck bed as a truck bed,

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    New Mercedes-AMG GT43 Coupe Makes 416 HP From A 2.0-Liter Four-Cylinder

    The Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe got a redesign for 2024, and we’re big fans of the way it looks. When it was revealed, though, we only got to see the V8-powered GT55 and GT63 versions. They make 469 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque and 577 hp and 590 lb-ft, respectively. If you love the idea of the new GT Coupe but can’t swing the GT55's $136,050 starting price, we have good news — the base model Mercedes-AMG GT43 Coupe has just been revealed.

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    Police Chase Speeding Driver And Her Dogs Into The Pacific, Animals Unharmed

    Let me start by saying that no dogs were harmed in this story. Now that’s out the way, police in California were caught up in a high speed chase that resulted in a silver BMW X3 crashing into the Pacific Ocean with its driver and two dogs inside. The driver swam for several hundred feet before being apprehended, and the dogs were rescued from the car by officers.

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    Tow Truck Driver Arrested For Punching, Killing Man Whose Van He Was Trying To Tow

    A confrontation over a towed vehicle turned deadly on March 17, 2023 when tow truck driver Kevon Johnson punched the owner of the van he was there to tow. The force of the punch knocked Carlyle Thomas, who was 61, to the ground, causing him to hit his head on the pavement, the New York Daily News reports. Emergency responders rushed him to a nearby hospital, but it was too late.

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    What Is The Best Car For A Teen Driver In 2024?

    In an ideal world, your kids could take the train or ride their bikes anywhere they want to go, making a car a luxury that they can choose to buy at some point in the future if they get into cars. Unfortunately for everyone, we do not live in a perfect world, so for the vast majority of the U.S., simply getting to work or school requires a car. That also means that at some point, you’re going to have to get your kid a car.

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    UK Dealer's Porsche 'Toys For Boys' Collection Is To Be Enjoyed By Men, Not Like Those Silly Women With Their Barbie Dolls

    Building a car collection can be hard, and if the cars you’re interested in are rare or limited in production, it can be even harder. Most importantly, it takes a lot of time, since you can’t just hop on Autotrader and be guaranteed to find whatever you’re looking for. Alternatively, you could simply buy somebody else’s collection. Like, for example, the so-called “Toys For Boys” Collection that’s currently being sold by RPM Technika.

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    Donald Trump's Proposed 100 Percent Tariff On Chinese Cars Built In Mexico Would Be A Disaster

    Former President and current candidate Donald Trump directed promises of potentially economically devastating tariffs toward China and Mexico during a rally at the Dayton, Ohio airport on Saturday. The twice-impeached face of the Republican party claimed that he would impose a 100-percent tariff on vehicles made in Mexico by Chinese companies, in addition to the 50 percent tariff he promised on all Mexican-made products, and up to 60 percent on all Chinese-made products. If you think inflation w

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    Boeing 737 Loses Body Panel Mid-Flight, Lands Safely

    On Friday, March 15, 2024, a Boeing 737-8000 flight landed safely in Medford, Oregon despite the fact that it was missing an entire body panel, which had fallen off mid-flight, NBC News reports. It’s the latest public failure for the company’s aircrafts. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

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    Everyone Is Underwater On Their Car Loans As Values Plummet

    Every year, the price of a new car ticks ever upwards. Loans get longer, yet monthly payments are always on the rise, leading to an epidemic of folks underwater on their loans. Now, there’s a new complicating factor: Used car prices are falling, meaning folks are getting less for their over-leveraged trade than ever.

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    A Line Worker Might Have Tightened Your Balljoints, But Honda Isn't Totally Sure

    Back when I was in college, I worked in an auto parts factory owned by Japanese suppliers. The twin principles of kaizen and kanban effectively ran my day to the second. If anything went wrong with any part of the production, the whole thing would be shut down until the fault was found and either fixed or improved to the point that it would never fail again. It was obvious very early on that the single variable of the assembly plant that Japanese businesspeople can’t engineer out is the American

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    Man Shot With His Own Gun On New York Subway After One Week Of National Guard Bag Searches

    A 36-year-old man was shot multiple times with his own gun after a physical struggle on a New York City subway car during Thursday’s evening rush hour. Based on a video recorded by another passenger, the incident began when the armed man approached the unexpected shooter and the pair began arguing over a seat. He’s now in critical condition, according to the New York Times. This shooting comes a week after Governor Kathy Hochul deployed 1,000 members of the National Guard and State Police in an

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    The Abandoned Apple Car Project Was Going To Be A Sick Van With Gullwing Doors

    For at least the last few years, the idea of an Apple-built and branded automobile seemed plausible, if not totally possible. Apple is known almost exclusively for its clean designs, competent user interfaces, and at least the facade of quality, if not the genuine article. Why shouldn’t the computer company build a car? Cars are basically four-wheeled computers anyway. After announcing a few weeks ago that Apple had given up on its multi-billion dollar automobile boondoggle, it has come to light

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    Cybertruck Engineer Begs Owners To Stop Shooting And Abusing Their Trucks

    Elon Musk opened a can of worms when he originally showed the Cybertruck in late 2019. He passed the truck off as being incredibly tough, capable of handling anything, and “literally bulletproof.” Naturally, once owners began to get their hands on them in late 2023, they took Musk at his word. Since then, people online have subjected their Cybertrucks to all kinds of abuse. Wes Morrill, a Tesla engineer, took to Twitter to call for a cease fire against Cybertrucks by their owners.

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    'It's Not Suicide': Boeing Whistleblower Warned Friend Before Death

    John Barnett, 62, was in the process of testifying against the Boeing Company regarding the aircraft manufacturer’s manufacturing processes when he was found dead in South Carolina with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Now, though, a family friend of Barnett’s says that, before he died, he warned her that if he were found dead, it would not be the result of a suicide.

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    Toronto Cops: Don't Make It Hard For Thieves To Steal Your Car

    No property is worth risking your life to keep, but the common reasoning behind just handing over your wallet and phone during a mugging has been taken to the extreme in Toronto. The police service of Canada’s largest city is encouraging residents to prevent violent encounters with criminals by making it easy to access car keys during home break-ins. Car theft home invasions in Toronto have increased by 300 percent in a single year, and the police can’t keep up.

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    91 Percent Of Drivers Don't Trust Self-Driving Cars: Survey

    Tomorrow is the perpetual expected delivery date of the first self-driving car, but the fledging systems are far from showroom-ready. However, it’s not clear that the general public would want to ride in or even share the road with a fully autonomous car. A recent survey conducted by the American Automobile Association shows that 91 percent of drivers don’t trust self-driving vehicles.

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    Tesla's Gear-Shifting Problems Known Long Before Angela Chao's Death

    Billionaire and sister to former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Angela Chao, drowned in her Tesla Model X after accidentally reversing into a pond on a 900-acre Texas ranch last month. She’d reversed her Tesla Model X when she meant to drive forward during a K turn — a common problem with the vehicle among owners.

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    Ride Inside The Taycan Turbo GT For Porsche's Quietest Nürburgring Record

    It’s safe to say that Porsche isn’t fucking around with the Taycan Turbo GT. This EV track monster is the company’s next step in the evolution of electric performance. You can bet that this isn’t the last step, either, as they continue to push the envelope with upcoming hybrid 911s and EV Caymans. I’m a big fan of this step in the evolutionary chain, as the company has gone flat out with its EV super sedan, creating the ultimate two-seat sporting experience from the platform. And kicking ass at

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    Tesla Received $1M In Federal Tax Refunds On $4.4B In Earnings: Report

    A recent study found that 35 companies paid their top five executives more than they paid in Federal income tax across the five year span from 2018 to 2022. American automaker Tesla was by far the worst offender, as it actually netted $1 million in refunds from the government in that period, while doling out among the highest executive pay in history via a compensation package worth $2.5 billion. Despite Elon Musk’s enormous wealth having largely been built on the back of Tesla and its inflated

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    Say Goodbye To CarTok

    TikTok, the massive social network full of short-form videos and big oil propaganda, is on its way to meeting a terrible fate. A bill demanding that parent company ByteDance either sell the platform or see its removal from U.S. app stores passed the House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority today, leaving all those car posts in jeopardy of disappearing forever.

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    Volkswagen ID 3 GTX Is A Rear-Drive Electric Hot Hatch

    The compact hatchback ID 3 is Volkswagen’s electric replacement for the Golf, so it would stand to reason that the hot version of the little hatch is the replacement for the GTI. The German automaker announced on Wednesday that it would be building an ID 3 GTX, which it is calling a “snappy, compact sports car.” Though it’s shaped like a hatchback, it breaks with hatchback tradition, pushing power through the rear wheels instead of the front ones. It’ll be available in ID 3 GTX and ID 3 GTX Perf

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    These Are The Kinds Of Balls You Can Throw At Your Cybertruck Without Breaking The Glass

    When Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen threw a three-inch steel ball bearing at the “armored glass” windows of the Cybertruck during the truck’s unveiling event in 2019, it was a moment that will play on repeat in my head forever. If you need a refresher, the ball was lobbed at the truck and immediately smashed the driver’s side front window. Elon Musk then encouraged Franz to try again with the rear window, and embarrassingly, it broke as well. In order to test if Tesla’s glass is any stronge

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    Audi A3 Buyers Have To Subscribe To Use Basic Car Features (Update)

    With the future looking to be served by all-electric vehicles that have fewer moving parts that don’t have to be serviced as often, automakers have been looking for other sources of revenue. One such avenue leads straight to hell: subscription-based features. Automakers will build vehicles with features, lock those features behind software, and then force you to pay for it. Audi, which has already been testing subscription-based feature waters, is now diving right in with its refreshed A3 for Eu

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    China Has The U.S. Beat On Autonomous Driving

    Here in the United States, we’re big fans of throwing good money after bad when it comes to self driving. Myriad companies with myriad approaches are all trying to tackle the problem, looking at it from every conceivable angle in hopes that one of them will condense the chaos of human action into something easily understood by an algorithm. China, however, takes a different approach: Making sure every car understands, as best as possible, what’s happening around it. According to new tests, that’

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    Donald Trump Begged Elon Musk To Buy Truth Social: Report

    In the summer of 2023, one guy famous for being rich, disgraced former President Donald Trump, called another guy famous for being rich, billionaire genius businessman and noted philanthropist Elon Musk. According to the Washington Post’s sources, that call was to gauge the Twitter Chairman’s interest in purchasing Trump-centric social media site Truth Social. A deal wasn’t struck between the two parties, likely because the site has just 600,000 active users and Trump’s 90 percent ownership of t

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    Cadillac Opulent Velocity EV Will Be The Coolest-Named Concept Of All Time

    Cadillac has released some phenomenal concept cars over the past few decades. There was the outrageous Sixteen sedan and Cien supercar in the early 2000s, and the unforgettable Ciel convertible and Elmiraj coupe in the early 2010s. Hell, the production Celestiq fastback is one of the most concept-looking production cars we’ve ever seen.

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    2026 Alfa Romeo Giulia Will Be A Dodge Charger In A Custom Italian Suit

    The current Alfa Romeo Giulia certainly has its flaws, but it’s also gorgeous and an absolute delight to drive. So when the electric version finally lands (now in 2026), we’re really hoping it gets a nicer interior and better reliability without losing its excellent driving character. Unfortunately for us it’ll be a while before we find out, but while speaking to Motor1 recently, CEO Jean Philippe Imparato did reveal the new Giulia will be built on the same STLA Large modular platform as the Dod

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    California Rejects Owner's EV Rebate Application For Filing A Day Early

    EV sales have been huge in California. In addition to the federal EV rebate, there are numerous rebates at both the state and local level that buyers can qualify for. Unfortunately, the demand for these rebates is so great that these programs often run out of funds, leaving would be applicants in the dust. And sometimes that demand can cause some applicants to get outright rejected even when they did everything right, as one Bay Area EV owner found out.

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    Government Crackdown On Illegal Diesel Mods Created Black Market For Sketchy Tunes

    If you have something really heavy to tow, you would think a new heavy-duty pickup truck would be more than enough to handle it. The 2023 Ford Super Duty, for example, can be ordered with a 6.7-liter turbodiesel that makes 1,200 lb-ft of torque, and it can tow up to 40,000 pounds. For many diesel enthusiasts, though, that’s not enough to do any “real” work, and the only solution is to get rid of the emissions equipment, the planet and the law be damned. And with the Environmental Protection Agen

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    22-Year-Old Crash Test Shows The Dangers Of Big SUVs Have Been Around For Years

    Full-size SUVs seem to be more massive than they’ve ever been, and it’s not just a single automaker that’s guilty of it — they basically all are. From Jeep’s Wagoneer models to Toyota’s Sequoia and GM’s full-size SUVs, if you get into an accident with one of these things, you’re cooked. What’s remarkable about these SUVs is that the dangers of them have been known for years, as this 22-year-old crash test shows.

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    A Tesla Touchscreen Mix-Up May Have Killed Angela Chao: Report [Update]

    Update March 15, 2024 5:07 PM: At this time, it’s currently unclear whether Chao’s Model X was equipped with Tesla’s current touchscreen shifter or the older column-mounted stalk. While the Wall Street Journal does mention the 2020 model year Model X when citing information about window glass, the piece does not explicitly state the year of Chao’s Tesla. We have reached out to Blanco County authorities, and will update this piece with new information when we get it.

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    Cybertruck Owner Claims Tesla Blacklisted Them After Trying To Flip It For $242,069

    The Tesla Cybertruck is expensive, rare and somewhat bulletproof, so we understand the temptation for owners to attempt to flip them for a quick profit. If you had something that you could sell for a $100,000 profit, you probably would too, especially if it came with the added bonus of no longer getting made fun of by mean people on the internet for owning it in the first place. If one forum user is to be believed, though, even listing a Cybertruck for sale could get you blacklisted.

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    Jeep Knew About Wrangler 4xe PHEV Fire Risk And Kept Selling Them Anyway: Lawsuit

    Back in November, Stellantis recalled over 32,000 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrids for a risk of fire, even going so far as to tell owners not to park near flammable structures until the vehicles can be fixed. It’s not the first time the 4xe models have been recalled for battery issues, and a new suit alleges that the recall doesn’t line up with Stellantis’ learning of the fault. In fact, the class-action alleges that Stellantis knew about possible fires well in advance.

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    2024 U.S. Election Will Determine What Alfa Romeo Develops Next, Says CEO

    Depending on the outcomes of European elections in June and the U.S. Presidential election in November, Italian brand Alfa Romeo could entirely upend its plans for the future, and hold a significant influence over which cars the automaker will launch in 2027. The brand’s first EV, the compact Milano crossover— intended to take on the likes of Porsche’s Macan and Volvo’s EX30—is on track to launch in Europe next year, and could come to the U.S. if demand is strong enough. The company has stated t

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    The 604-HP Mercedes-AMG E53 PHEV Can Travel 70 Miles Without A Drop Of Gas

    I will fully admit that I’ve never paid too much favor to Mercedes-Benz. I’ve always been more of a fan of the company’s cross-town rival Porsche, and even BMW has delivered more dynamically impressive and, um, stylistically interesting cars in the recent past. But the new Mercedes-AMG E53 might be the car that turns me around on the three-pointed star.

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    Michelin CrossClimate 2 Is No Longer The King Of All-Season Tires According To Tyre Reviews

    When it comes to buying tires, the default advice for a long time has been to just get the Michelins. They won’t be as cheap as some of the other tires the shop sells, but you’ll get a fantastic tire that’s essentially guaranteed to be either the best or one of the best tires available for your car. Plus, they’re warrantied to last far longer than many no-name budget tires. That said, in a head-to-head comparison test, they aren’t exactly guaranteed to destroy every other tire on the market ever

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    Exactly How Bulletproof Is The Cybertruck? Man With Lots Of Guns Finds Out

    The Tesla Cybertruck is supposedly the perfect car for surviving the apocalypse. Not only can you equip it with a $3,000 tent, but it’s also bulletproof. Take that, roving gang of post-apocalyptic car thieves. OK, so technically, the glass itself isn’t actually bulletproof, so that could end up being a problem if anyone ever shoots at you, but at least the body panels will keep you safe, right? Well, as one YouTuber found out recently, that really depends on what kind of guns the bad guys have w

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    Porsche's Taycan Turbo GT Is Basically An Electric 917/30

    Mark Donohue once famously said “If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.” He was talking about the all-conquering turbocharged Porsche 917s that he raced in the Can Am series, which were capable of over 1,000 horsepower in qualifying trim. These impressively fast wedgy doorstops basically set the series up to fail, as they were the fastest things on four wheels in the early 1970s. Fifty-one years later Porsche ha

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    1,092-HP Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Revealed, Sets EV Lap Record At Laguna Seca

    We’ve known that Porsche was working on a high-performance Taycan for a while now — I mean, it already set a Nürburging record for electric sedans. Now the covers have been taken off the 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, and it’s even more of a track monster than we expected. With Lars Kern at the wheel, the same driver who set the recent ’Ring time, a Taycan Turbo GT lapped Laguna Seca in 1:27.87, quicker not only than any other production EV but also the 1:28.21 time set by Randy Pobst in a time a

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    UK Police Stop BMW Towing Stolen Travel Trailer, Discover Thief Is 11-Year-Old Child

    When police in North Yorkshire, England received a call about a stolen travel trailer on Thursday, it likely seemed like a relatively straightforward case. They knew the trailer, or caravan as the Brits would say, was being towed by a darkly colored BMW X5 and were quickly able to track it down. When they finally stopped the car, however, the Guardian reports the coppers were in for a big surprise when they learned who the thief was — an 11-year-old boy.

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    Lotus Emira Finally Cleared For Sale In U.S. After Three Years

    When we first drove the Lotus Emira, we found it to be an absolute delight to drive. It’s not cheap, but then again, neither is the Porsche Cayman GTS 4.0. It’s also absolutely gorgeous, which never hurts. And with a Toyota-sourced engine and manual transmission, at least mechanically speaking, it should be relatively reliable. One big downside, though, was that Lotus had to wait for approval from the California Air Resources Board before it could sell the Emira here. And after a three-year wait

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    Can We Just Throw In The Towel On Airport Security Theater Already?

    The Transportation Security Administration is testing new self-screening checkpoint lanes at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. The new process promises passengers shorter wait lines without the hassle of taking off shoes and outerwear or removing electronics from carry-on bags. While the smoother procedure will be welcomed, it raises the question of whether the prior two decades of security theater were even worth it.

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    Rivian Should Give Us A Smaller Truck Even If It Doesn't Make Sense

    Thursday was reveal day for the Rivian R2, as well as the R2's surprise sisters the smaller R3 and R3X, and we like what we saw. Deliveries won’t begin until 2026, so it’ll be a while before we actually get to drive one, but with at least 300 miles of range and a $45,000-ish starting price, at least on paper, it looks fantasticOne thing it didn’t reveal, though, was a truck version of either the R2 or R3.

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    Rivian R2 Debuts As A Cuter, Smaller, Cheaper Electric Crossover

    It’s been a few years since Rivian started production on the R1T and R1S, its phenomenal electric truck and SUV that boast incredible designs and capabilities, but are definitely on the pricier side of things. Now the American brand is expanding into more mainstream segments with the compact R2 crossover, which debuted today at the company’s revamped South Coast Theater in Laguna Beach.

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    We've Wasted Nearly $50 Billion On Self Driving Cars. Here's Where That Money Should Have Gone

    The race for fully autonomous passenger cars is a dumb one. Businesses are playing with technology that offers massive downsides for little gain, and just end up clogging up streets with their often-confused computerized vehicles. But there’s more to the story than mere Sisyphean endeavors of trying to teach human behavior to computers: These companies have also wasted tons of money on the whole thing.

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    Looming Eclipse Traffic Apocalypse Has States Preparing For The Worst

    The upcoming solar eclipse on April 8 is expected to attract millions of people yearning for a glimpse of the rare astronomical phenomenon. However, eclipse-goers will have to migrate to a 115-mile-wide path of totality that sweeps from Texas to Maine. Cities along the path, such as Indianapolis, are bracing for congestion while smaller communities are set to be completely overwhelmed by travelers. Numerous agencies are looking back to 2017’s solar eclipse to prepare their plans.

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    Florida Cop Who Crashed Cruiser Into Other Cop Car: 'I Drank Too Much'

    Police officers don’t exactly have the best reputation these days, and one Florida cop’s actions haven’t done much to improve that reputation. As Local 10 reports, on Tuesday, Detective Victor Manuel Montalvo was driving an unmarked Miami-Dade Police Department car when he crashed into another marked police cruiser. He then reportedly pulled his gun out, forcing the officer whose car he just hit to draw his gun as well, before Montalvo eventually dropped it.

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    Reagan National Airport Received Almost 7,000 Noise Complaints In One Year From A Single Household

    Living near an airport can be everything from dangerous to downright disruptive. People who usually live near these airports and their busy areas of traffic often try to get things at the airport changed, but it’s usually unsuccessful. One household in Washington D.C., though, took things to a whole new level by issuing over 7,000 complaints against Reagan National Airport in a single year.

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    Maintaining An Antarctic Airstrip Is Just As Difficult As It Seems

    It’s a massive undertaking to keep Antarctica, arguably the most inhospitable place on the planet, connected to the rest of the world. There is no indigenous population on the southern-most continent, and anyone or anything needed to sustain the scientific community living there must be brought in by sea or air. The BBC checked in on an ongoing effort to upgrade a British research station’s airstrip, and it sounds like a real pain.

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    Jaguar Is Killing Its Last Gas Cars To Make Room For An EV Lineup

    As far as legacy automakers go, Jaguar was relatively early to the electric vehicle game with the I-Pace. It was never a big seller, especially not here in the U.S., but it did exist. And the I-Pace was just the first step toward Jaguar going all-electric. Instead of continuing production of the rest of its lineup until the new EVs are ready, though, Joe Eberhardt, president and CEO of JLR North America, told Road & Track that the British automaker plans to go ahead and kill off its entire gas-p

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    Cash-Strapped Donald Trump Wants The Money Elon Musk Claims He Has [Update: Musk Says No]

    Donald Trump and his campaign to be the president once again need money. You know who says he has money? Elon Musk, the second richest person on Earth. It’s a match made in “guys who suck” heaven; Trump and his team are apparently looking for additional donors to shore up his finances ahead of his general electric rematch with President Biden in November, and who better than Musk to help him out?

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    Rivian R2 Details Allegedly Leak, Pricing Starts At $47,500

    We’re big fans of both the Rivian R1T and R1S. They’re just darn good vehicles that happen to be electric and also happen to be ridiculously quick. You’ll even soon be able to charge them at Tesla’s Superchargers. Unfortunately, with base prices starting just north of $70,000, they’re pretty expensive. That’s where the upcoming R2 comes in. It’s supposed to be a smaller, less-expensive vehicle that a lot more people can afford. And if the specs that were supposedly leaked are accurate, it sounds

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    Gas-Powered 2024 Dodge Charger Packs Up To 550 HP From A Twin-Turbo Inline-6

    We’ve known it was coming for a while, but the Dodge Challenger and Charger as we know them are dead — not dead for good, though. Dodge just unveiled the brand new 2024 Charger Daytona EV, which is designed for the post-V8 age as both a coupe and sedan with some seriously powerful electric motors. But if you’re still not sold on going all-electric, don’t worry. The new Dodge Charger will also be offered with Stellantis’ Hurricane twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-6 in two output levels alongside the e

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    2024 Dodge Charger Daytona EV Debuts With Two Or Four Doors, Up To 670 HP And 317 Miles Of Range

    We’re just gonna cut to the chase on this one, because there’s a lot to cover; Dodge just unveiled the 2024 Charger, which is entering production in mid-2024 with fully electric powertrains but will gain an internal combustion inline-6 option next year. Its styling sticks close to the concept from 2022, and the new Charger will surprisingly be available with either two or four doors. The all-wheel-drive Charger Daytona EV will be the quickest and most powerful muscle car you can buy thanks to th

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    Police Chase Escaped Horses For Miles Down The Longest Highway In The U.S.

    The Cleveland, Ohio, police force employs a stable of eight four-legged officers, typically deployed for managing foot traffic during big ball games or parades. The Northeast Ohio city saw two of its own break out of the stables on a gloomy Saturday afternoon and lead police of the two-legged variety on a short chase the wrong way on I-90 between Howmet Aerospace and the Burke Lakefront Airport (BKL.). The two horses, named Jim and Larry, were ticketed for reckless cantering and traveling the wr

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    F1 Driver's Stolen Ferrari F512 M Finally Recovered 28 Years Later

    Gerhard Berger, the Austrian Formula 1 driver who competed for 14 seasons and at one point owned half of Scuderia Toro Rosso, probably thought his Ferrari F512 M had disappeared for good. After all, it was stolen in Imola, Italy all the way back in 1995 when Berger was there for the San Marino Grand Prix. If it hadn’t been found after more than 25 years, what hope was there that it would ever resurface? And yet, it somehow was recovered some 28 years later, the Guardian reports.

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    Miami Beach Is Charging Spring Breakers $100 To Park Because They Wreck The City

    Miami Beach is known as one of the spring break capitols of the country, with thousands of college-age youths swarming the warm beaches for a weekend of underage drinking, partying, and causing havoc. After decades of putting up with the tradition, the town is pulling out all the stops to crack down on the mess that spring break has become. In addition to banning all short-term rentals in the city, parking prices for visitors in March will be jacked way up, many lots will be closed, towing price

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    Fisker Lost Nearly Half A Billion Dollars Last Year And Now Desperately Needs A Bailout

    On paper, the Fisker Ocean is a pretty compelling electric crossover. The front-wheel-drive version starts just under $39,000 and offers 231 miles of range, but if you upgrade to the mid-tier $53,000 version, you get 350 miles of range, all-wheel drive and a sub-four-second zero-to-60 mph time. Still, Fisker and the Ocean have had quite a few issues since it went on sale, and as the Wall Street Journal reports, Fisker’s financial situation can probably best be described as “dire” after it lost n

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    Man Who Shot Woman For Pulling Into The Wrong Driveway Sentenced To 25 Years To Life

    Everyone makes mistakes. That’s just the reality of life. And whether it’s forgetting a new coworker’s name or pulling into the wrong driveway, rarely does anyone deserve to die for making a simple mistake. Thankfully, a New York judge agreed, sentencing Kevin Monahan to 25 years to life for the 2023 shooting death of Kaylin Gillis, the Associated Press reports.

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    All The Cars That Died In The Last Week

    We’re not entirely sure why, but the last week of February was the week quite a few automakers decided to announce that things are No Longer Happening. Granted, these are all projects that most of us hadn’t thought about in a long time, but it’s still a little sad to see. So much money just down the drain. For your convenience, here’s a quick roundup of all the cars that were killed or canceled in the last week.

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    Truck Driver Safe After Dangling Off Bridge 70 Feet Above Ohio River

    A truck driver in Louisville, Kentucky will have one hell of a story to tell after his rig crashed through the barriers lining the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge on Friday. Louisville Metro Police stated that the Sysco tractor-trailer was involved in a collision before the cab was left dangling 70 feet over the Ohio River. Law enforcement hasn’t confirmed exactly how the semi went over the edge.

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    Buy This 1-Of-375 McLaren P1 Even If You Have To Pull Off An Elaborate Oceans Eleven-Style Heist To Afford It

    Normally when we recommend you make a wildly financially irresponsible purchase, we’re talking about a car that you could probably afford by, say, liquidating a well-stocked college fund. Should you actually sabotage your kid’s future to buy a car, even if it’s rare and awesome? Of course not. It’s just something you could do. Unfortunately for most people, the 2014 McLaren P1 that’s currently for sale on Cars & Bids is already so pricey, it’s going to take a lot more than selling a few kidneys

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    The Feds Will Let Midwesterners Buy E15 Ethanol All Year, Starting Summer 2025

    The Environmental Protection Agency is lifting the summertime ban on E15 ethanol sales across several Midwestern states. The Associated Press reports that drivers in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin will able to fill up on ethanol all year round forever starting in 2025. However, legislators in the region are pushing the Biden Administration to lift the ban this year.

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    Affordable Performance EVs Are Top Priority, Declares Hyundai N Boss

    The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is a great electric vehicle, but the version we really want to drive is the Ioniq 5 N. After all, it makes more than 600 hp and can hit 60 mph in the low-three-second range while also behaving like a “corner rascal” on the track. We’re just not under any illusion that any Jalopnik staffers will actually be able to afford one. Performance EVs are pricey. Unless Hyundai’s Albert Biermann has his way, that is.

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    An Uber Eats Driver Reportedly Refused To Deliver Plan B

    One Uber Eats delivery driver seems to have their personal beliefs interfere with the successful delivery of an order — and now the customer is asking for help in an effort to figure out what went wrong. The problem? The customer ordered Plan B, and their driver refused to deliver it.

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    Rolls-Royce Arcadia Droptail's Gorgeous Wood Trim Took 8,000 Hours To Create

    Following the La Rose Noire and Amethyst cars that were shown last summer, Rolls-Royce just unveiled its third of four coachbuilt Droptail models. The new Droptail is called Arcadia, named after the “heaven on earth” realm from Ancient Greek mythology, and while its exterior design is more subtle than the other Droptails, its interior has some jaw-dropping touches.

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    Toyota's Aygo Crazy Was The Most 2000s Concept Possible

    The 2000s were a wild time for car culture, as every inch of it was crafted to be over the top, in your face, and off the wall. The cars we collectively admired most in those bygone days of 15-ish years ago were louder, lower, and more, uhhhh, crazy. In order to get people pumped up about buying the all-new first-ever supermini Aygo, Toyota UK developed a mid-engine hot hatch concept called Aygo Crazy. All these days later, and it remains perhaps my favorite thing to ever wear the Toyota badge.

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    Porsche 959 Limo Built For The Founder Of Benihana Is Getting The Restoration It Deserves

    “I’m not terrified of it,” says John Ficarra of his newest ridiculous acquisition, Rocky Aoki’s Porsche 959 limo built for the Car and Driver One Lap of America. Most people would be terrified, I would venture to guess. The car has been for sale in Southern California for at least thirteen years indicating just how afraid of it the car-buying market was. It took a ridiculous man with a ridiculous plan to actually spend hard-earned YouTube bucks on the car, but I truly hope the gambit pays off fo

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    Two Delta Planes Touched Tips, And Apparently That's Bad Now?

    If you’ve been paying attention to the airline industry lately, you’re probably aware there’s been a string of incidents that Boeing probably wishes hadn’t made the news. Considering how much negative attention Boeing has attracted recently, including news that its CEO plans to resign, it would be understandable if you assumed any bad plane story involved Boeing. According to KSTP TV, the latest incident actually involved a pair of Airbuses.

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    Chemtrail Ban Proposed By Pennsylvania State Senator With Apparently Nothing Better To Do

    As they fly, jets naturally leave behind trails of condensation that are created by the exhaust from their engines. To many conspiracy theorists, though, those so-called “contrails” are actually evidence that “they” are releasing toxic chemicals into the air to do all sorts of illicit things. Depending on who you ask, it could be weather control, mind control or even population control. Not content to sit back and let “them” execute their dastardly plan, Pennsylvania state senator Doug Mastrian

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    Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun Resigns Along With Two Other Executives

    The year is only really getting started and it’s already not been the best for Boeing. Ever since the door plug blew out mid-flight, it’s been facing accusations that its safety culture is a mess, and subsequent issues have only made things worse. So it comes as no surprise that NBC News reports Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun is stepping down along with two other executives at the company.

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    Texas Man Somehow Gets On Airplane Without Ticket

    A Delta passenger from Texas somehow managed to use a child’s boarding pass to get on a flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Austin, Texas; flight attendants caught onto his little scheme after he hid in multiple bathrooms shortly before takeoff. Salt Lake City police arrested Wicliff Fleurizard on March 17 after he was removed from Flight 1683.

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    FBI Tells Passengers On Alaska Airlines Flight That Lost Door Panel They May Be Victims Of A Crime

    When news broke that Alaska Airlines flight 1282 had a door plug blow out at 16,000 feet, it was understandably terrifying for those on board. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured, although a few cell phones did get sucked out of the plane. Passengers have since sued both Alaska Airlines and Boeing, the manufacturer of the plane they were on. And now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has contacted passengers saying they may be victims of a crime, NBC News reports.

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    Here's What Those Little Triangles In Airplane Cabins Are For

    Airplanes have been in the news a lot lately. Whether they’re falling apart in the sky or having their routes drastically cut because of money, it’s almost always bleak. So, why don’t we take a look at a more innocent airplane story? Namely, what’s the deal with those little triangles you see above some of the windows in the cabin?

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    British Airways Flight Attendants Fired For Mocking Asian Passengers Online

    Two British Airways flight attendants were fired on Monday after a video emerged on social media of the pair mocking Asian passengers after a flight. According to British tabloid The Sun, the video was recorded at the Trade Winds Hotel Antigua during a layover and posted to Instagram in 2022. The post was captured and reposted on TikTok last week, where it received over one million views. The British flag carrier effectively banned employees from posting workplace content on social media last ye

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    Delta Pilot Sentenced To 10 Months In Jail After Showing Up To Fly Drunk

    A Scottish court sentenced a Delta Air Lines pilot to 10 months in jail after he arrived drunk to fly from Edinburgh International Airport. The New York Times reported that Lawrence B. Russell Jr. was scheduled to fly a Boeing 767 to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, but he was stopped at the security checkpoint. Russell was trying to bring two bottles of Jägermeister, one half-empty. He failed a breathalyzer test and was arrested. The flight was understandably canceled, and Russell later ple

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    United Airlines CEO Promises To Keep Passengers Safe, The Lowest Bar To Clear

    United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has published an open letter to customers as a response to the airline’s multiple high-profile mechanical failures over the past two months. Boeing aircraft operated by the carrier had a landing gear tire fall off, a slat break apart and an engine burst into flames, among several other mishaps. With things looking dicey at United, Kirby wrote:

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    Boeing 737 Max Investigation Hampered By 30-Day Security Camera Auto-Delete

    The investigation into how a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight in January has featured several roadblocks. The latest obstacle is Boeing’s lack of security camera footage inside its Renton, Washington factory as federal investigators struggle to identify the employees who worked on the aircraft’s door plug. Business Insider reports that the aircraft manufacturer has a policy of deleting footage after 30 days.

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    These Are The Worst Airline Passengers Who Should Never Fly Again

    Unruly behavior from passengers has become an unstoppable problem for commercial airlines. Flights continue to be diverted due to passengers attempting to enter the cockpit, aggressively arguing with other people onboard or attacking flight attendants, despite the efforts of government regulators. The Federal Aviation Administration has levied record fines against unruly passengers and referred cases to the FBI, but it hasn’t had a significant impact.

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    Alaska Airlines Engineers Wanted Faulty Boeing 737 Max Grounded Before Its Door Flew Off

    The Boeing 737 Max 9 that had a door plug blow out over Portland, Oregon during an Alaska Airlines flight was scheduled for a thorough maintenance check the next day, according to the New York Times. The carrier’s engineers slated the aircraft to be taken out of service because of several hints at a problem that didn’t cross Alaska Airlines’ established threshold for an emergency grounding, which could have spotted Boeing’s critical quality control error.

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    United Boeing 777 Gushes Fluid From Landing Gear Before Transpacific Flight

    A United Airlines Boeing 777-300 was forced to return to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport in Australia after takeoff due to a mechanical issue. United Flight 830 was at the start of a 13-and-a-half-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco. It appears that hydraulic fluid was gushing from the right landing gear strut. If this sounds familiar, another of the carrier’s Boeing 777 planes had a landing gear wheel fall off while taking off from San Francisco on a transpacific flight just la

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    At Least 50 Injured When Boeing 787 Takes Sudden Dive

    When you’re on a plane, you’re supposed to wear your seatbelt even if the seatbelt sign is off. You may be free to move about the cabin, but if you’re in your seat (or the bathroom of a HondaJet), you want that seatbelt on. Yes, the pilots can predict turbulence to some degree, but you never know what’s going to happen. And as Reuters reports, at least 50 passengers on a flight from Sydney to Auckland found that out the hard way when their Boeing 787 suddenly plunged mid-flight.

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    Both Pilots Fall Asleep During Flight, Co-Pilot Blames Tiredness On His Newborn Twins

    Two pilots for an Indonesian airline made a strong case for paid paternity leave after falling asleep in the cockpit for almost half an hour. The first officer allowed the captain to take a nap and then dosed off himself, later attributing his sleepiness to helping take care of his one-month-old twins at home. Batik Air Flight 6723, carrying 153 passengers, eventually landed safely at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta after both pilots woke up and realized the plane flew off-course

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    Flying Sure Is Scary These Days

    So far, 2024 really hasn’t been the year for air travel. In January alone there was the Japan Airlines fire, the Boeing 737 Max 9 that lost its door plug mid-flight, the discovery of more loose door plugs on other 737 Max 9s, a cockpit windshield that cracked mid-flight, a 747 shooting sparks through the air when one of its engines failed, a tailstrike in Toronto and a Virgin Atlantic flight that was canceled after a passenger noticed bolts missing on the wing. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look li

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    Boeing 777 Wheel Smashes Through Parking Lot After Falling Off Mid-Take Off

    A 265-pound wheel  fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot. The flight bound for Osaka, Japan diverted to Los Angeles and landed safely instead of taking a 12-hour trip across the Pacific Ocean. While statistically rare, this isn’t the first time that a major U.S. airline had a plane lose a wheel within in the last year.

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    Sea Barnacles Could Hold The Key To Finding Missing Malaysia Arlines Flight

    Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in 2014, 10 years ago to the day and it remains one of the biggest mysteries of commercial aviation. Millions of dollars have been sunk into locating the wreckage of the MH370, but search efforts have been futile. Investigators now believe that Gooseneck barnacles growing on the recovered bits of debris from the MH370 could trace a path to the plane’s crash site ending the decade-long search, as Intelligencer reports.

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    Boeing 777 Struck By Lightning Then Flew For 10 More Hours

    An Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER was struck by lightning on Sunday while taking off from Vancouver International Airport. The airliner was scheduled to fly a 10-hour intercontinental service from Canada’s West Coast to London Heathrow Airport. The Triple Seven continued the flight after the strike and landed safely. Despite Boeing’s ongoing quality control woes, this rare incident shows how aircraft are designed to withstand lightning strikes.

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    Gulf Air's Banked Formula 1 Flyover Is An Intense Ride Even In Rehearsal

    Pregame ceremonies for any major sporting event in the United States aren’t complete without a flyover. Formula 1 is no different despite being a European-based world championship, and YouTuber Michael Downie was invited by Gulf Air to be a passenger on a rehearsal flyover ahead of last Saturday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Dramatic images of airliners sweeping over the start-finish straight have become commonplace in F1, especially after the championship banned military flyovers in 2022.

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    Malaysia Will Do 'Everything Possible' To Find Flight MH370 10 Years After It Vanished

    Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar on March 8, 2014 while flying from Malaysia to Beijing. Its disappearance sparked one of the largest ocean searches in recent memory, with teams scouring the depths for any clues as to the plane’s whereabouts. So far, nothing conclusive has ever been found in the search for the missing plane, but on the 10-year anniversary of its disappearance, Malaysian officials have said they will do “everything possible” to try and track it down.

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    Watch Workers Build The Last Concorde Ever Made

    It wasn’t too long ago that people were able to fly from London to New York in less than three and a half hours, while today it can take roughly double that amount of time. Those rapid flights were undertaken on Concorde, the supersonic passenger jet that was retired from service in 2003. Now, a vintage BBC report lifts the lid on the construction of the supersonic plane.

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    These Are The Automotive Mysteries That Haunt You

    The casual car owner likely thinks owning a vehicle is pretty straightforward — a bunch of smart people in a building somewhere came up with a car, tested it out, and put it on the market. Gas goes in, going places comes out, nothing left to think about.

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    What's Your Favorite Failed Concept Car?

    We love concept cars. Flashy designs, out-there tech, things that won’t show up on production cars for years — hook them into our veins. But, sadly, sometimes those fancy concepts don’t just take years to hit production — sometimes, they never get there at all.

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    What Car Has Aged Like A Fine Wine?

    We recently asked you all what cars you thought have aged like milk. Well, that’s a little too negative for my liking (please ignore my post history), so I’ve decided to ask you fine folks the exact opposite question.

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    Readers Say These Car Designs Aged Like Milk

    A car typically spends a dozen years on the road in the United States. Vehicles can serve as a makeshift time capsule for design trends, so driving down the street is like journeying through different eras in time. We asked readers earlier this week which car designs aged like milk, and the comments were filled with criticisms of everything from sports cars to econoboxes. Without further ado, here are the chunkiest curds that still grace the streets:

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    What Automotive Mystery Have You Never Found An Answer For?

    You’d think cars, which are essentially engineered rolling mech suits created by science that we power with eons-old liquified plant matter, would be fairly straight forward. But through out automotive development and history, there have been mysterious mysteries that have never been accounted for.

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    These Are The Most Expensive Car Payments You've Ever Had

    We asked our readers what their highest car payment ever was, and honestly y’all are pretty savvy buyers. With the exception of two of you, everyone kept their payments in the three-figure range. From a self-specced Porsche 718 Cayman S to an absolute unit of a Smart ForTwo Edition #1, almost all of your monthly payments are pretty reasonable for the year 2024.

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    What Car Design Aged Like Milk?

    We have all heard the idiom “Never judge a book by its cover,” but the opposite can be true for cars. Any new model could be a spec sheet hero, but the first impression that anyone will have is through photos. Appearances can paint a picture of how the public perceives vehicles, from what people think each car can do to whether they want to buy a car.

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    Readers Say These New Cars Are Unrecognizable From Previous Generations

    We asked readers what cars are the most unrecognizable from previous models and generations earlier this week. It’s amazing what a few decades will do to a person and/or car — for better or worse. Some models go from being beloved SUVs to blobby crossovers, while others go from being coupes or sedans to, well, blobby crossover and SUVs.

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    What's The Most Expensive Car Payment You've Ever Had?

    Buying a new car is always a battle between what your heart wants, what your brain wants, and what your bank account can handle, but if you’re a car person then you know the heart often gets what it wants despite logic pointing you in the other direction. As someone who’s been fawning over shiny new cars since I could walk, I totally understand the mental gymnastics that car people are capable of when it comes to justifying the purchase of a car that’s logically out of your price range, but one

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    These Are The Best Cars For Teen Drivers, According To Readers

    Teen drivers may lack fully developed brains, good judgment, impulse control and experience behind the wheel, but that doesn’t change the fact that for most families in the U.S., their teenagers will need cars to get around in. Or their parents will need those teens to have a car because they have jobs and can’t take time off to cart their kids around to every single class or appointment.

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    What New Car Is Unrecognizable From Its Previous Generations?

    The Porsche 911 is timeless and therefore hasn’t changed that much in 60 years. Not every car is blessed with the 911's good looks, nor its enduring style, leading some modern cars to have little-to-no resemblance to their predecessors. What new car do you think is unrecognizable from previous generations or models?

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    What Car Option Is Absolutely Worth The Money?

    Cars cost too much these days. Used cars, new cars — they all demand too much from our increasingly beleaguered wallets. Sure, new cars offer more features, tech, and safety than every, but how much are those worth to you in real, actual dollars?

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    Readers Say Only Idiots Drive These Cars

    Idiots. They’re absolutely everywhere on the road, and they drive a whole lot of different vehicles. However, sometimes a car is just a bit of an idiot magnet. Whether that’s fair or not isn’t for me to say, but that’s what led us to last week’s question.

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    These Are The Best Trucks And Vans The U.S. Market Doesn't Get

    There are so many great cars available in other markets that we don’t get here in the U.S. because of our own silly protectionist laws. There are plenty of market forces preventing the above Citroën Berlingo from being sold here, but specifically because it is a cargo van, it receives a 25 percent tariff.

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    What Car Is The Biggest Bargain You Can Buy Right Now?

    Here at Jalopnik, we’re lucky to have car-buying expert Tom McParland on hand to give us advice whenever we need it. But he can’t be doing everything, everywhere, all at once, and this means that sometimes it’s better to hear from the masses. After all, we’re a community here, and we value your input as much as you like our takes, right?

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    These Are The Cars From The Early 2000s You'd Keep As Classics

    The early 2000s may be the last decade where things made sense. The internet was still spelled with a capital I, Donald Trump was just a game show host, smartphones were a glimmer in Steve Jobs’ eye, and Marvel was nothing more than a comic book publisher. Truly halcyon days.

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    What Car Is Driven Exclusively By Idiots?

    A few weeks ago we talked about cars that looked dumb, but that doesn’t necessarily mean their owners are dummies themselves. That got me thinking: What cars are only driven by idiots? What cars are driven by the sort of people who can only breathe with their mouths wide open and their knuckles dragging on the ground?

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    This Is The Most Expensive Stuff You've Ever Bought For Your Car

    Earlier this week we asked about the most expensive stuff you’ve ever bought for your cars. Most responses were surprisingly tame. However, the vehicles the parts were bought for were anything but typical. Labor of love would be one phrase that could describe the amount of time and money being poured into these cars, but one commenter mentioned how his Audi could likely lead to his divorce. Without further ado, here is the most expensive stuff you’ve ever bought for your cars:

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    What Truck Or Van Do You Wish Was Sold In The U.S.?

    All my homies hate the chicken tax and want it to end. It’s stifling market creativity, pushing up prices for American car buyers, and denying us access to some of the coolest vehicles. This is an infringement on my freedoms, and I will not stand for it! If it was possible to get the 25 percent tariff on imported commercial vans and pickups repealed, there are dozens of great vehicles sold in the wider global market that would absolutely rule to own here in the U.S.

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    These Cars Have The Goofiest Faces

    We often personify our cars with names and personalities, but we all know they’re technically inanimate, right? I guess, but some cars look like they’re begging to come to life. Last week I tasked you with sharing your favorite cars that have goofy faces, with my example being the Nissan Cube Krom, but the Jalopnik audience had many more great answers to the question.

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    What's The Most Expensive Stuff You've Ever Bought For Your Car?

    It’s fair to say that if you’re reading this, you love cars. You probably spend a lot of time on your car, spending money to make the experience more enjoyable or just adding a personal touch to your ride. Some additions become so second nature when you’re at the wheel that you forget they weren’t stock. Other purchases were apprehensible at best and compostable at worst.

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    What Bad Car Hill Will You Always Die On?

    Being brave enough to admit there’s a hated car out there you like and defend takes guts, especially now in the age of the internet. Declaring these thoughts online to social media can get you lit up with all kinds of comments. But this is the beauty of being a car enthusiast, being able to appreciate everything on four wheels, even when someone else doesn’t like it.

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    These Are The Vintage Muscle Cars That Should Be Reborn As EVs

    Dodge calls the Charger EV Daytona the first EV muscle car, which may or may not be true in the era of plentiful and instantaneous torque. Whether you agree with Dodge’s designation or not, the revived Charger Daytona sure looks good. So, we asked readers what other muscle cars should be brought back as EVs.

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    These Are The Automakers You Think Will Go Bankrupt Next

    As the automotive world moves toward an electrified future, the industry is arguably changing more than it has in decades. New startups have emerged to challenge the legacy automakers, and billions of dollars are being invested in research and development. It hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for everyone involved, though. Fisker recently revealed that it doesn’t have enough cash to last another year and needs a big investment to survive.

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    What Car Has The Goofiest Face?

    Most cars aren’t modeled after human faces, yet some still end up looking like they have expressive mouths or angry eyes. Are cars modeled after faces, or do we just ascribe lifelike qualities to inanimate objects when they have two potential eyes and a potential mouth? I’m not a car designer, but I’d venture to say it’s a little bit of both — and definitely the latter. Heck, people even liken center console–mounted rear air vents to faces because they’re often two circular vents above a storage

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    These Are The Worst Things About Your Cars

    Some cars are better than others, but no car is perfect — and our beloved shitboxes are often far from it. Earlier this week, we asked just how bad things are with your daily drivers and learned a few important things. Plenty of you actually have reliable, practical transportation in addition to your unending projects, and it seems like nearly every one of those daily drivers is a Mazda or Nissan. Oh, and, we learned the worst things about your cars. Let’s dive in.

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    What Vintage Muscle Car Should Be Reborn As An EV?

    Dodge is the latest automaker to debut a retro-inspired EV along with Renault, which recently released the throwback Renault 5 E-Tech. Dodge is touting the Charger Daytona EV as the first fully-electric muscle car, which got our wheels turning and led to today’s question: What vintage muscle cars should be reborn as EVs?

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    These Are The Car Designs You Think Aged The Worst

    It’s amazing the way tastes change. One minute, convertibles are the coolest cars around and the next they’re rarer than a Rembrandt. It’s for this very reason that a car can look chic and modern on its launch, but older than a noughties TV intro a few months later.

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    Which Automaker Do You Think Is The Next One To Go Bankrupt?

    It wasn’t too long ago that some people seriously believed that legacy automakers’ time was limited and that it was only a matter of time before Tesla and its electric cars would drive them out of business. It was a laughable idea on its face, but that didn’t stop people from repeating it. And yet, somehow, against all odds (hah!), Toyota, Ford and most others appear to be doing just fine. Even General Motors, which has had all sorts of problems with its EVs, isn’t exactly facing bankruptcy anyt

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    What's The Worst Thing About Your Car?

    As much as we all love our vehicles, none of them are ever absolutely perfect. They’ve got faults, foibles, things that could just be that little bit better — it’s why mods exist in the first place. Today, we’re here to talk about those low points of owning your car.

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    These Are The Dumbest Looking Cars Of All Time, According To You

    Sometimes cars look beautiful. Sometimes cars look functional. Sometimes cars look downright ugly. And sometimes, well, cars just look dumb as hell. Of course, “dumb” is a very subjective concept, possibly even more subjective than beautiful and ugly. It’s an interesting concept in that way, and it’s what led us to our question from last week.

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    What Car's Design Has Aged The Worst?

    Just this week, it was announced that a road-going version of the stunning Jaguar CX-75 had finally been created almost 14 years after the car was first unveiled. As a result, I found myself thinking that the Jag could have been unveiled today, and its design would still look breathtaking. Some cars just don’t age, it turns out. Then, there are the others.

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    Here Are The Best Sub-$100,000 Two-Car Garage Combinations

    When I asked you all to tell me your ideal two-car garage “solution” earlier this week, I certainly didn’t expect to be quite as overwhelmed with differing responses as I was. I guess when you ask car enthusiasts to talk about their favorite cars, they’ll just jump with joy at the opportunity. I get it. I’m just like you. We’re built from the same stuff. After sifting through hundreds of your two-car solutions, I have determined that these are a few of the very best suggestions.

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    Watch Michèle Mouton React To Her Victory At The 1982 Acropolis Rally For The First Time

    Michèle Mouton is the most successful woman to ever compete in the World Rally Championship, and this year marks 50 years since her first rally in 1974. Early in her career, she was so fast that her male competitors disputed her wins and forced the FIA to inspect her Alpine A110 for any illegal modifications, but she was 100 percent innocent of tampering with her car, and 100 percent guilty of being a badass racing driver.

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    IndyCar's $1 Million Exhibition Race At A Club Track Was A Ridiculous Attempt To Recreate The Worst Parts Of Formula 1

    If you watched IndyCar’s $1 million exhibition race at Thermal Club on March 24, 2024, you could be forgiven for thinking you’d tuned into a glorified advertisement for the California club track. As commentators flaunted the trackside mansions — with their private chefs and Lamborghini-equipped garages — fans had to wonder: Is this live event even for me, a dedicated IndyCar viewer? Or is this just a frankly ridiculous attempt at emulating the most off-putting elements of Formula 1?

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Max Verstappen's 9-Win Streak Ended By Stuck Brake In Australia

    Max Verstappen’s Australian Grand Prix and his nearly historic winning streak were unexpectedly cut short when the right-rear brake on his Red Bull caught fire. Alex Palou took home a half-million-dollar check in IndyCar’s erroneously named $1 Million Challenge. It’s Monday, March 25, 2024 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More
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    This Full-Motion Truck Sim Racing Rig Brings Baja To Your Living Room

    If you’ve ever wanted to race the Baja 1000 without buying a half-million dollar trophy truck, shipping it to Mexico, flying down there, bringing a whole crew, dozens of spares, and hundreds of gallons of gasoline, now you can! CXC Simulations in Southern California recently introduced a full-motion simulator that is built around a whole-ass race truck chassis. Unlike a traditional full-motion simulation rig, this one has suspension travel and slide effects measured in feet instead of inches. Th

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    This 1993 IndyCar Cookbook Is A Banquet Of Midwest Culinary Delights

    I absolutely adore everything about the process of cooking (aside from cleaning up), and I’ve been on a recent kick where I try to somehow combine my love of motorsport with that love of cuisine. That has primarily manifested in Grand Prix Gastronomy, a cooking series I host that runs alongside the Formula 1 calendar — but I’ve been hungry for some home-grown dishes. That’s why I ordered a copy of Champions: Favorite Foods of Indy Car Racing from eBay.

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    Meet The Short-Lived Racing Series That Destroyed Millions Of Dollars Of Jaguar XJ220s

    Imagine a racing series that pitted your favorite retired drivers against one another on a tiny circuit behind the wheel of expensive, identically-prepared $1.3 million Jaguar XJ220 supercars. Imagine that you could tune in for a few weeks in the summer to watch those icons of sport beat, bang and destroy millions of dollars in equipment for a grand prize of $100,000. In 1993, that series actually existed, and it was called Fast Masters.

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    America's Only F1 Driver Has To Give Up His Car Because His Teammate Wrecked

    Things aren’t looking good for American Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant. The Williams racer hasn’t scored points in a race since picking up his first point at last year’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin and topped the list of Formula 1 crashes in his first year. Now, Sargeant is being forced to step aside and let his teammate race his car after a massive crash during practice for the Australian Grand Prix.

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    These Are The Wildest Cheats, Tricks And Gimmicks In NASCAR History

    The NASCAR Cup Series was founded on the belief that fudging rules and laws was the best way to find success, and that mindset translated from the pre-NASCAR bootlegging days all the way through to today. It’s tradition to exploit the gray areas in the rulebook to come up with something faster and wilder than ever before. Today, we’re celebrating that history by looking back at some of the wildest cheats, gimmicks, tricks, and hacks ever seen in NASCAR.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Williams Pieced Together F1 Car Builds Using 20,000-Part Excel Spreadsheet

    The ever-struggling Williams Racing organized the builds of its Formula 1 cars using an Excel spreadsheet until an intensive transition in the lead-up to the 2024 season. Team principal James Vowles revealed this archaic organizational system in an interview with The Race. The anecdote is emblematic of how far Williams has fallen behind Grand Prix racing’s elite, and how creating a racing car takes more than just having knowledgeable people design it.

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    Vintage Photos Of Motorsport Events Make You Wonder How Anyone Survived

    Motorsport has been dangerous since its very start, but I think we can forget exactly how wild it was back before we had safety devices like seatbelts or pedestrian safety fences that were more robust than a piece of rope. I’ve been absolutely obsessed with reading about the origins of racing lately, and this morning, I found myself deep in the photo archives in an attempt to put an image to the chaos I’ve consumed. Folks, it’s much wilder than I ever imagined.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Formula 1 Tires Made With More Sustainable Rubber Still Only Last Half A Race

    There are no two ways about it, Formula 1 is a big ol’ waste of natural resources in the name of entertainment, burning through fuel at each race, releasing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through the transportation of equipment around the world and chucking out hundreds of tires every weekend. Now, in an attempt to clean up its act, the sport’s tire supplier has switched to use some sustainably-sourced natural rubber in its compounds.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More
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    Let Romain Grosjean Show You How Lamborghini's SC63 Hybrid Race Car Works

    Former Formula 1 driver and current Lamborghini factory racer Romain Grosjean is taking on a new challenge this season: He’s one of a handful of drivers who will be putting the Lamborghini SC63 race car through its paces at endurance events in the IMSA and World Endurance Championship series. Let’s let him take us on a tour of the new machine, courtesy of Marshall Pruett and IMSA.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Goodyear Doesn't Know Why Tire Wear Was So High At Bristol

    Extreme tire wear during Sunday’s Food City 500 was so drastic that the NASCAR Cup Series field was dangerously close to not having enough Goodyear tires to complete the race. However, the difficult conditions produced one of NASCAR’s most entertaining short-track races in recent years. Saturday’s 12 Hours of Sebring was just as enthralling and featured a race-winning breakout drive from Louis Delétraz. It’s Monday, March 18, 2024 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorspo

    By Ryan Erik King Read More
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    The Return Of Tire Management Made Bristol The Best NASCAR Next-Gen Short Track Race Yet

    The 2024 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway turned into one of the most exceptional NASCAR Cup Series short track races in Next-Gen history thanks to one key factor: tire management. As the Goodyear tires eroded at a faster-than-expected pace, we saw a track record of 54 lead changes and side-by-side action from flag to flag. It was a great reminder that all-out, balls-to-the-wall racing isn’t necessary to create a compelling event.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    Watch A NASCAR Driver Wreck An Infield Station Wagon At The 1981 Daytona 500

    The 1981 Daytona 500 has plenty of reasons to go down in history. It was Richard Petty’s last of seven Daytona 500 wins, marking a successful end to a career that had started to wane. It was the first outing for the “downsized” Cup Series cars. It also resulted in one of the wildest crashes the sport has ever seen when Geoff Bodine spun out into the infield and took out someone’s poor station wagon.

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    Teen Backup Shocks F1 Field In Saudi GP

    Max Verstappen won a record-tying ninth F1 race in a row at Saturday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. However, 18-year-old Ollie Bearman stole the show with a seventh-place finish while standing in for Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. In MotoGP, rookie Pedro Acosta impressed fans by going wheel-to-wheel with future hall-of-famer Marc Márquez. It’s Monday, March 11, 2024 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More
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    Dirtfish Rally School Was The Most Fun I've Ever Had Driving

    I’ve wanted to get out to the Dirtfish rally school in Snoqualmie, WA for probably a decade. For about as long, I’ve been listening to my degenerate amateur rally driver and co-driver friends warning me that rally school would punch a little hole in my heart that could only be filled with more time in a rally car. Earlier this week, I finally made it happen and now there is a hole in my heart that can only be filled with more time in a rally car.

    By Rory Carroll Read More
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    Red Bull Now Investigating Helmut Marko Over Leaks Of Christian Horner's Inappropriate Conduct

    Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko is now the focus of an investigation into media leaks regarding the inappropriate behavior allegations made against team principal Christian Horner. This comes a few days after the energy drinks company dismissed (not proved false) the allegations and suspended the woman who came forward. In the wake of the dismissal, an anonymous person released a Google Drive containing alleged images and screenshots of Horner’s misconduct.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More
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    The Glorious McLaren Artura Trophy One-Make Race Series Is Coming To America

    While we all love races like the 24 Hours Le Mans or Nürburgring, where dozens of different types of cars across multiple classes compete at once, it’s the one-make race series where the truly exciting stuff can happen. Everything from the Nissan Micra and Mazda Miata to the Porsche 911 GT3 and the Ferrari 488 compete in their own purpose-built race series, and who can forget one-make racers like the BMW M1 ProCar.

    By Daniel Golson Read More
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    Red Bull Racing Suspends Employee Who Accused Christian Horner Of Inappropriate Conduct

    Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner has come under fire after he was first investigated for “inappropriate and controlling behavior,” then after that investigation was dismissed, only for an anonymous person to release what is alleged to be a Google Drive containing images and screenshots of Horner’s aforementioned inappropriate conduct. Now, we’ve got an update: The woman who accused the Formula 1 team principal of that behavior has been suspended by Red Bull, the BBC reports.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More
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    The Entire WEC Grid Is Getting Air Freighted To Europe To Avoid Houthi Rebels

    In light of what the series is politely calling “the geopolitical situation in the Red Sea,” the FIA World Endurance Championship will be sending the full grid of 37 cars, plus all related equipment, by air instead of slower and far less expensive sea freight. The “situation” is that Houthi rebels in the Yemen have been firing on trade ships in the Red Sea in an attempt to support Hamas through ongoing warfare in Gaza. For obvious reasons, it’s much better for the series that these cars don’t ge

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    NASCAR Driver Joey Logano's Cheaty Wind-Blocking Glove Wasn't A Safety Issue

    NASCAR racer and 2022 Cup Series Champion Joey Logano was caught wearing a left hand driving glove deemed to be illegal during the Atlanta Motor Speedway qualifying session last month, which cost his Penske Ford team pole position. Despite having a fast car at the track, his penalty forced him to start from the back and serve an additional pit stop, pushing him a lap down. Logano later said the whole situation was embarrassing and admitted that it wasn’t his decision to attempt running afoul of

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    F1's Mario Kart-Inspired Saudi Track Proves It Has More Money Than Sense

    On Saturday, Formula 1 will race in Saudi Arabia on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit for the fourth time. It’s officially the longest track in the calendar and boasts the most corners of any circuit in F1, but it’s not the only ridiculous location that F1 could race in the kingdom. Now, race promoters in the region have unveiled plans for a new track that looks right out of Mario Kart.

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    A 1,500-Pound, Flame-Spitting Fiat Race Car Is Here To Save Your Morning

    When Alfa Romeo introduced the 156 Superturismo 2-liter race car engine for the 1997 racing season, it probably never imagined that a privateer hillclimb racer would put one in their ultra-lightweight widebody Fiat X1/9 to create one of the most successful European hillclimb championship cars of the modern era. This little blue guy weighs less than 1,500 pounds, pumps out around 310 horsepower, and revs to 9,000 RPM, which is just a wicked set of numbers. Bolt on a ton of aerodynamic downforce,

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    FIA President Tried To Cancel F1's Las Vegas Race With Fixed Track Inspection: Whistleblower

    FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem is under fire for alleged abuses of power as the head of international motorsport’s governing body. A whistleblower within the FIA claims Ben Sulayem told inspectors to fabricate a reason to withhold certification for the Las Vegas Grand Prix track, a setback that could have canceled the race. He is also accused of directing Formula 1 race officials to overturn a penalty at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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    The Day An American Won Back A Bunch Of Speed Records From The Nazis

    Adolf Hitler had a strong desire to prove Germany’s scientific, engineering, and sporting might. Much like the “sportswashing” some countries are accused of today, this was a public relations tactic employed by the Nazi party. Hitler pushed German brands Mercedes and Auto Union to new heights in Grand Prix racing, and to prove the newly constructed Autobahn was the height of German engineering, he encouraged the brands to develop FIA record-breaking racers to set new speed records on the superio

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    Formula 1 Is Boring Because The Teams Got Too Good At Building Cars

    This weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix was unequivocally a snooze fest. Max Verstappen took his RB20 from pole, led every lap, and finished 25 seconds clear of the non-Red Bull runners. But that alone is not what made it boring—though it was an important factor—because for the first time in F1 history, every single car that started the season opener finished. There wasn’t a single crash, a single “hydraulic failure,” a blown up engine, an overheating issue, nothing. Max lapped all of the non-points p

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    Beef Between Teammates Is The Only Reason To Watch F1 In 2024

    Formula 1 has returned with the dull roar of Max Verstappen driving off into the distance at the Bahrain Grand Prix. While Red Bull’s world champion casually strolled to the checkered flag, multiple teammate feuds were ignited through the field. It’s Monday, March 4, 2024 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports action.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More
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    Red Bull Was Ready To Fire Christian Horner, But He Threatened Legal Action To Keep His Job: Report

    Following two months of investigation, last week Red Bull team boss was cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent barrister in a case of alleged inappropriate conduct with a junior member of the team’s staff. In the current issue of BusinessF1 Magazine, Red Bull’s CEO Oliver Mintzlaff is said to have already decided to fire Horner in early February, before Horner’s lawyers moved to block the sacking.

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    Hyundai Is Frickin' Serious About Winning Pikes Peak

    Hyundai announced on March 1 that it would be tackling the 102nd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this June with a massive four-car effort. The Korean automaker is bringing a quartet of Ioniq 5 N racers to the hill, and judging by the drivers it has selected for its team, it is looking to break the outright record on the mountain. It’s been six years since Volkswagen took a new record run with its I.D. R electric prototype, and it’s about damn time someone stepped up to the pla

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    F1 Might Abandon Some European Races To Chase Money Instead Of Attendance

    Formula 1’s extremely deep roots are firmly planted in continental Europe, but the sport’s organizers are dangerously close to trimming those roots back in order to push the sport further into developing markets. The current contracts for many of the series’ most iconic tracks — including Spa-Francorchamps (above), Zandvoort, Imola, Monza, and Monaco — run out next season. While it’s unlikely that they’ll all go un-renewed, F1 boss Stefano Domenicali hinted to Motorsport that some of them could

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    The 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350 Is A Quiet Revolution

    From engineering to design, the eternal debate in the automotive industry is whether evolution or revolution is better when it comes to developing a new model. It’s an even more strenuous place to be as a luxury brand. We’ve seen revolution pay off for BMW and Lexus and flop with Acura, while evolution has been a negative for Audi and a positive for Volvo. Mercedes-Benz has typically been all about evolution, especially when it comes to the renowned E-Class lineup, but the newest model is quietl

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    The 2024 Toyota Yaris GR Sport Hybrid Is Everything A Small Car Should Be

    Toyota doesn’t sell the Yaris hatchback here in America anymore, instead offering the Corolla as its smallest model that you can buy stateside, which is a shame for small car fans like me. But with the 2024 European market Yaris now offering more power, an updated interior and a GR Sport trim that makes it surprisingly fun to drive, are we missing out more than ever?

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    2024 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV: A Value That Comes At A Price

    I’ve never driven a Mitsubishi. I became an automotive journalist too late to experience the Evos in their heyday, and the Mirage has never been a thing I’ve wanted to spend any time with. In all honesty, I did not think much of the Japanese brand at all, until I drove the 2024 Outlander Plug-In Hybrid.

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    Upcoming Solar Eclipse Could Lead To Spike In Fatal Car Crashes: Study

    It’s an exciting time for moon worshipers, as the Earth’s natural satellite is about to get its time in the spotlight with a total eclipse that’s set to be visible from vast portions of America on April 8th. While the lunar phenomenon is exciting, it turns out it can also mark a dangerous time for motorists, as one study warned that fatal car crashes could be about to spike.

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    SpaceX Finally Gets Starship Into Space Without Exploding, But Loses Contact On The Way Down

    SpaceX has had a heck of a time getting the worlds tallest, most powerful rocket off the ground. Starship rockets are mostly known for exploding and leaving craters at their launch pads while destroying delicate ecosystems. But the company finally got it right Thursday morning and sent the towering rocket into actual space. Coming back down to Earth, however, proved a little trickier.

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    No Proof The U.S. Government Knows Anything About UFOs, Says U.S. Government

    Has the U.S. government ever found proof of alien life floating around the cosmos? It’s a question that nobody can agree on, but the Pentagon is at least hoping to put to bed once and for all. To do this, it’s released a new report that claims that the U.S. government has no proof whatsoever that UFO sightings around the world are a result of alien activity.

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    SpaceX Employee Claims Married Boss Pressured Her Into Sex Then Offered $100,000 For Her To Get Abortion

    SpaceX, which has previously been sued by the Department of Justice for discrimination, has been sued again. This time, the rocket company is being sued over claims of sexual discrimination and harassment. CNBC reports that Michelle Dopak is accusing SpaceX of underpaying women, failing to promote them and retaliating against her when she complained about unfair treatment.

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    Future Wars Will Probably Be Fought In Space

    There’s a bunch of shit in space, and we keep putting more shit up there. Space is more accessible than ever before, and the U.S., China, and Russia are all hurtling toward potential space war and mutually-assured satellite destruction. It won’t be happening out among the stars, though; it’s likely to be waged in low earth orbit. You might have thought Space Force was a joke when President Donald Trump enshrined it as a part of the country’s armed forces in 2019, but it’s becoming increasingly m

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    NASA Revives The Retro 'Worm' Logo For Next Mission To The Moon

    NASA Engineers have just finished applying the final coat of clear over the beloved “worm” logo on the rocket boosters of the Artemis II, which marks the return of the bold red letters that best embody the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The worm logo has come crawling back, according to Space, bringing its retro charm to the upcoming lunar mission that will send humans back to the moon for the first time in over 50 years.

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    The Mercedes-Benz E-Class' Stellar Sound System Convinced Me To Upgrade My Home Audio

    I’m not much of an audiophile. Don’t get me wrong, I’m constantly listening to music and love going to live shows, and I’m always excited by a fancy sound system in a car. But in my personal life, I’m fine to just stick with my Apple headphones and my big TV’s built-in speakers for movies and gaming — even playing music out loud at home is a rarity. Feel free to throw tomatoes. Where I really appreciate sound quality the most is when at the movies. I always make sure to see blockbusters on the b

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    Spanish Automaker Cupra Is Coming To The U.S. With A Sporty Volkswagen-Based EV

    The Spanish carmaker Cupra has been making cooler versions of Volkswagen’s and Seat’s cars since 2018, but its sporty cars are coming to the U.S. by the end of the decade. Cupra will make its big debut in the U.S. of A with an EV version of the Formentor, a crossover that’s quickly become its most popular vehicle to date, according to Autocar. It would be far more interesting for the Spanish marque to bring over its small EVs, but a Euro-only carmaker crossing the pond is still welcome news.

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    Feds Can Film Your Front Porch For 68 Days Without A Warrant, Says Court

    Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15 hours a day, and obtained evidence to prove him guilty on 16 charges. The officers did not have a search warrant, using a camera on a pole positioned across the street to capture Bruce Hay’s home. A federal court ruled on Tuesday that it was fine for law enforcement to do so, in what’s potentially a major reduction in privacy law.

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    Even SpaceX Would Apparently Rather Use A Ford F-150 Lightning Than Tesla Cybertruck

    The Ford F-150 Lightning has earned the SpaceX seal of approval before the Tesla Cybertruck, and it has been photographed bearing the livery of Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company. It seems even SpaceX would rather rely on Ford’s EV pickup than the Cybertruck when it comes to the serious business of launching rockets and people into space — at least for now, while Tesla is ironing out the kinks in the Cybertruck’s shiny and ill-conceived design.

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    Metallica Will Go On Tour Using Electric And Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Big Rigs

    An unlikely partnership between Metallica and Iveco is behind a fleet of big rigs powered by batteries and hydrogen fuel cells hitting the road this summer for the European leg of Metallica’s M72 World Tour. The Italian heavy truck maker and American heavy metal band first teamed up last year, and Iveco celebrated by showing off a special-edition livery that the trucks will wear on tour, making stops along nine major European cities, as the Cool Down reports.

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    The 2025 Polestar 3 Will Be $10,000 Cheaper Than Originally Announced

    The upcoming Polestar 3 hasn’t gone into production yet, but parent company Geely has already decided to give it a discount that slashes the EV’s price by nearly $10,000. Carmakers are usually timid with pricing forecasts for their latest models because final MSRPs are (supposedly) subject to things like volatile supply chains and the ever-increasing cost of labor and materials. In reality, carmakers would rather not leave money on the table. So, the prices of new models tend to go up from their

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    EVs Will Soon Be Cheaper To Make Than Gas-Powered Cars But Will Cost Much More To Repair

    The cost of making EVs is decreasing faster than the industry anticipated. EV production will reach cost parity with ICE-equipped cars in as little three years, and the latest forecast from Gartner predicts that EVs will actually be cheaper to make than gas-powered cars by 2027. One would expect prices to go down as EVs get cheaper to make, but sticker shock could still await buyers when it’s time to insure and repair these so-called cheap EVs, as Notebook Check reports.

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    No, A Flipper Zero Is Not A Tesla-Stealing Multitool

    According to what seems like half the internet, the Flipper Zero is a nefarious tool that enables the villainous sorcery known as “hacking.” Most recently, articles have gone around claiming that the Flipper allows hackers to steal Teslas right out from under the noses of their good, hardworking, American owners — a crime worthy of trial at the Hague, surely.

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    Want To Steal A Tesla? Try Using A Flipper Zero

    Security researchers report they uncovered a design flaw that let them hijack a Tesla using a Flipper Zero, a controversial $169 hacking tool. Partners Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry of Mysk Inc. said the attack is as simple as swiping a Tesla owner’s login information, opening the Tesla app, and driving away. The victim would have no idea they lost their $40,000 vehicle. Mysk said the exploit takes minutes, and to prove it all works, he stole his own car.

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    All Aboard South Korea's New $100 Billion Baby-Making Trains

    Korea’s auto industry is currently killing it, but its baby-birthing industry may as well be dead. The East Asian country has the lowest fertility rate in the world, which isn’t great long-term. Don’t worry, though, Reuters reports that Korean officials have the perfect solution for getting those childless young folks to start cranking out babies — a new train service.

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    Norfolk Southern Is Derailing Trains Into Other Trains Now

    A Norfolk Southern train somehow crashed head-on into another Norfolk Southern train on the same track in Eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday. Fortunately, there was a third NS train on an adjacent track to break its fall. Two locomotives ended up on a river embankment after the crash, with container cars scattered around the immediate area. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the derailment and stated there are no reported injuries or leaks of hazardous materials.

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    'Illegal Invaders' Michigan Lawmaker Loses It Over Gonzaga Basketball Team's Bus Trip To Detroit

    Michigan State Representative Matt Maddock doesn’t exactly have the best track record of being right. He was wrong about COVID-19 being less deadly than the flu, and he was definitely wrong about the results of the 2020 presidential election. This time around, CNN reports that he was wrong about buses being full of “illegal invaders,” as the passengers on those buses were actually the Gonzaga men’s basketball team on its way to play Purdue in the NCAA college basketball tournament.

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    The Orbea Diem E-Bike: Your Questions Answered

    Spanish bike builder Orbea has a slick new electric bike that promises to jazz up your daily commute. Called the Diem, the new bike launched earlier this month with a sleek looking frame, a Shimano e-bike motor and neat flourishes like built in lights.

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    The Orbea Diem E-Bike: What Do You Want To Know?

    I’m getting back on my bike and heading out into the big wide world this week, but this time it’s not technically mine and is instead the latest and greatest from Spanish bike builder Orbea. Called the Diem, it’s a new city-focused e-bike from the brand that built a name for itself making super aerodynamic road racers and long-travel mountain bikes. So, what do you want to know about it?

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    You Need A Flashlight To Escape The Tesla Cybertruck Bed

    The Tesla Cybertruck has been the subject of tons of bad press since its launch, ranging from embarrassing off-road performances to wheel covers that destroy its own tires. Now, an owner learned how difficult it is to escape the Cybertruck’s bed should you get trapped under its electronic tonneau cover. This is a serious safety issue, since a young child trapped under the Cybertruck’s standard tonneau cover is not likely to be able to escape due to Tesla’s poor design. Even adults without flashl

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    If You Aren't Watching This Legend Build A Dodge Viper Off-Roader, You're Missing Out

    Former Jalopnik contributor and all-around good guy Matt Brown has a bunch of really cool project cars and an even better YouTube channel. It could be argued that he has too many project cars, because he doesn’t finish a lot of them. But the off-road Viper that he’s been working on for a little over a year is finally on the road. If you haven’t been keeping up with Matt’s Viper project, you’ve been missing out. It’s time to go back and watch every absurd little detail that was necessary to chang

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    The Ford Explorer Sport Trac Was An 'SUV' With The Soul Of An Old Work Truck

    The Ford Explorer Sport Trac is possibly one of the most forgettable vehicles that Ford has ever made. The Sport Trac was only around for two generations, and there was a curious gap in the available model years for 2006, but the truck was more interesting than it seems at first glance. It was Ford’s first midsize truck with four doors, and the last of its U.S. pickups with a very “trucky” feature: cargo tie-downs, or anchor points, on the outside of the bed.

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    I Bought $1,800 Headlights For My Porsche Cayenne Because I Hate Chrome

    I’m not sure I can explain my anti-chrome obsession to anyone who doesn’t get it. I am repelled, repulsed, and sickened by the shiny mirror-like finish that so many automakers love to apply to vehicles. I often find myself in fear of losing my lunch when I even think about it, especially when it’s a chrome-like finish added to a plastic piece of trim instead of the barely-acceptable chromium-plated steel of a 1960s American automobile. I saw a Corvette with chrome wheels recently and I thought I

    By Bradley Brownell Read More