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Audi (3)

  • On Track At Willow Springs In Audi's RS6 GT, The Coolest New Car You Can Buy

    The Audi RS6 Avant is already a blisteringly fast and desirable vehicle, but that hasn’t stopped Audi from one-upping itself by introducing the track-focused, Audi 90 IMSA GTO–inspired RS6 Avant GT. Unfortunately, Audi is only producing 660 RS6 GTs for the entire world, and just 85 are allotted for the United States, so anyone who gets to drive one of these wicked wagons is quite a lucky soul. I feel very fortunate to have spent two hours behind the wheel of a prototype on an empty Streets of Wi

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  • 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron Is A Right-Size Sausage Made With An Updated Recipe

    Is the Audi Q4 E-Tron too small for your needs, while the Q8 E-Tron is too big? Well, look no further than the 2025 Q6 E-Tron, the latest electric Audi crossover designed to split the difference between its larger and smaller siblings. That’s not exactly the most exciting introduction, but it’s true, and it’s also exactly how Audi pitched the Q6 E-Tron to us in its presentation.

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Beyond Cars (14)

  • Americans Too Old To Be Driving Risk It Anyway Because Living Without A Car Is Miserable And Dangerous

    In our latest What Car Should You Buy entry, a reader wanted advice on what car his father-in-law should get to replace his current BMW X5. The problem was less the car itself and more that it was too big for him to drive safely anymore, so they were looking for something smaller. We all suggested alternatives, but if I’m being completely honest, the right answer is that it’s probably time for the father-in-law to stop driving altogether. Unfortunately for him and so many other aging drivers, in

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  • Paraplegic Tennis Player Pilots A Mech To Carry The Olympic Torch

    Paraplegic tennis player Kevin Piette lost the use of his legs 11 years ago in a crash, but thanks to assistive technology in the form of a bipedal robot, he’s walking the Olympic Torch closer to the opening ceremonies. On Wednesday the 36-year-old wheelchair tennis singles paralympian made torchbearer history by putting one foot in front of the other. His section of the traditional torch relay took place in Poissy, northwest of Paris along the Seine river. It’s pretty incredible to see the outp

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  • Local Resistance Derails Plans For Silicon Valley–Ruled Utopian City

    California Forever, a Silicon Valley-funded venture, shelved its plans on Monday to transform over 60,000 acres of rural Northern California into a utopian municipality. This wouldn’t have been possible without resistance from local farmers and environmentalists, who formed Solano Together to fend off billionaire ambitions. Residents realized their roads and services couldn’t handle a brand new city appearing from thin air and didn’t want to pay higher taxes to support building that infrastructu

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  • Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Have Humanoid Robots Next Year, And That'll Definitely Happen

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to making bold promises with little follow through, but maybe this time will be different. He just posted on his social media site X that Tesla will have humanoid robots in “low production” for the automaker’s internal use sometime next year. Then, they’ll “hopefully” be rolled out to other companies in 2026. Sure, buddy.

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  • Project 2025 Would Be A Transportation Disaster

    The Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership, better known as Project 2025, isn’t exactly new, but it’s been getting a lot more attention ever since “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” released an excellent episode highlighting how cartoonishly awful this blueprint for a theoretical Trump second term actually is. While the main goal may be to turn the U.S. into a Christofascist ethnostate, if you thought Project 2025 would ignore transportation policy, you would also be sorely mistaken.

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  • Texans Respond To Hurricane Power Outages By Assaulting Utility Workers Just Trying To Restore Their Power

    Hurricane Beryl caused some significant power outages in Houston, and with temperatures in the 90s, it’s a dangerous, miserable situation all around. It’s bad enough that many utility workers came in from out of state to assist with the attempts to restore power across the city. Instead of being greeted by grateful residents expressing their appreciation, though, some utility workers have been threatened, assaulted and even shot at. Things got so bad that Texas Governor Greg Abbott was forced to

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  • Here's How The Citroën 2CV Might Have Defined The Tour De France

    Over the past nine days, a few hundred of the best cyclists in the world have been racing their hearts out in the fields and mountains of France as they compete in the grueling Tour de France. The racers compete across intense sprints, rapid descents and punishing climbs that might all have been judged based on the capabilities of the Citroën 2CV.

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  • These Are All The Wild Cars We Saw At The Glastonbury Festival

    Hundreds of thousands of revelers descended on a field in England for the Glastonbury Festival last weekend. This gathering of more than 200,000 music fans, creatives and artists takes place every year and this year packed in performances from the likes of Dua Lipa, Idles, SZA and Justice. However, just because the headliners were all singers, that doesn’t mean this wasn’t a great spot for some carspotting.

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Buying (24)

  • Hagerty Names Its Winners And Losers In The Collector Car Market

    Collector vehicle insurance giants Hagerty put out its quarterly list of winners and losers in the market, and some of the cars, trucks and SUVs on these lists just might surprise you. This is by no means investment advice, and it’s silly to expect any particular vehicle market to behave rationally, but maybe some of these could influence your next purchase. If there were a Buy/Sell/Hold guide to car collecting, this is pretty much it.

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  • Pebble Beach–Winning 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante Could Be Yours For A Mere Eight Figures

    If you want to own a Pebble Beach–winning automobile but don’t want to actually do any of the restoration or competition work yourself, boy have we got the car for you. This spectacular 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante won its class at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance last year, and next month during Monterey Car Week it’ll be offered up for auction by Gooding & Company.

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  • These Are The Weirdest Convertibles Ever Built By This Infamous Custom Drop-Top Shop

    As a Los Angeles County native, we always referred to visiting Orange County as crossing the orange curtain because of the stark shift in political tendencies. We know things work a bit differently in OC, but that’s no excuse for the wacky convertible conversions that come out of Newport Convertible Engineering in Huntington Beach, California. This is the birthplace of the infamous convertible woodie Porsche Cayenne, for reference.

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  • The New 2025 Cadillac Escalade Does Away With Diesel But Adds A Screen Bigger Than My TV

    Cadillac just gave its flagship gas powered, and we mean gas powered since the diesel is dying in 2025, model a facelift. Like many of its buyers, the current Escalade has been around for a while, but its had its best features accentuated with a new, more chiseled look and a more luxurious interior than ever before. The Escalade has been Cadillac’s best-selling model in North America for three years, so this is just a little refresh that brings the best seller in line with the recently revealed

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  • 'Honest Abe Auto Sales' Sued For $500,000 Because It Lied To Customers

    Honest Abe Auto Sales – a string of four car dealerships in the Indianapolis area – is being forced to pay back nearly half a million dollars to customers it, well, lied to. The dealers, which are operated by Sycamore Companies, were accused of bait-and-switch sales tactics, false advertised prices and preying on shoppers with poor credit scores.

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  • Please Autocross This Souped-Up, Turbocharged, Manual-Swapped 1989 Plymouth Voyager

    When Chrysler introduced its first minivan to American consumers way back in the early ‘80s, its family-friendly features, car-like maneuverability, and affordable price earned it thousands of fans and automotive industry imitators. Few of these fans were drawn to the minivan market sector by the promise of any semblance of high performance, however. This particular 1989 Plymouth Voyager SE minivan currently available on Bring A Trailer might change some minds about that. It’s powered by a modif

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  • These Are The Most Comfortable Cars You Can Buy, According To Consumer Reports

    Last week we asked you what the most comfortable car ever built was, but what about everyday folks looking to buy the comfiest new car they can afford? The well-trusted team at Consumer Reports compiled their test data to find out. CR has rated more than 260 new cars, and created the comfort score based on a combination of six factors, ride, noise, driving position, usability, seat comfort, and access.

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  • Here Are Some Great Amazon Prime Day Deals For The Automotive Enthusiast

    It is time again for Amazon Prime Day Deals, and there isn’t much time left to save some cash! You need to buy stuff to work on your cars, but you want to keep some money around to buy more clunkers on Craigslist. Here are the best fifteen deals that we found during Prime Day. These bargains will help clean up your garage, flesh out your toolbox, and keep your cars in tip top shape. Prime Day is Amazon’s annual deal event, this year it’s taking place July 16 and 17.

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  • Here's Everything I Already Own From Amazon's Prime Day Automotive Section

    I generally try to buy tools and car supplies locally rather than wait 5 days for shipping, but I live in a small town and that’s not always practical/possible. So there are some things in my collection that I got on Amazon. Perusing the Prime Day deals today, I actually spotted a few of them. I’d feel bad offering my thoughts on I haven’t tried out myself and I’m going to give you my real unvarnished thoughts about these items.

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  • Nearly 3 Million Cars Are Sitting On Dealer Lots

    New vehicle dealer inventory once again climbed in June, with 2.96 million vehicles just sitting on lots. That works out to about a 76-day supply, and it’s up from 2.89 million vehicles a month earlier. It’s also a million more vehicles than where it was at the same time last year – 1.95 million.

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  • Sedans Are Going Extinct, And These Are All The Ones That Are Left

    Once upon a time, sedans ruled the automotive landscape. They were the go-to mode of transportation for just about everyone, but oh my, how times have changed. By my count, there are just 56 sedans left on the market, with at least six already scheduled to die sooner rather than later. That’s a far cry from the way things used to be.

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  • $64,095 For Nissan Versa-These Are The Worst Markups I Found This Week

    Recently, I’ve been helping my cousin car shop again. She’s wanting a new Tacoma. However it’s proving to be a tough task finding her one because of how the car market is. It’s still hellish out there. Aside from the nasty interest rates, dealers are still doing markups or claiming they don’t do markups but then hitting cars with thousands in dealer accessories. It’s annoying.

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  • Please Stop Taking Vertical Photos For Your Car Listings

    Can we talk? Photographer to photographer? I see a lot of the shots you all take for your car listings when I’m compiling Dopest Cars every week, and there’s something I need to tell you all: You gotta cut it out with the vertical photos.

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  • These Are Some Of The Worst-Selling Production Cars Of All Time

    Unfortunately, not every car that hits the market is a hit. From poor market timing to price to just a lack of general interest, there are many reasons a model can fail. While those reasons can be lost to history, what lingers are the sales numbers. Poor sales speak volumes and can have dire consequences for a model, brand or that brand’s parent company.

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  • These Are The Worst Car Ads Of All Time

    Remember when Lexus had artificial intelligence write an entire car commercial for them, and it was exactly as boring as everyone thought it would be? This wasn’t during the recent (ridiculous) AI explosion, either, it was all the way back in 2018, using IBM’s Watson. This is a great example of a bad ad, and I’ve compiled a list of fifteen ads that are worse than this one. Click through to see them all.

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  • You Can Lease A New Car For $19 Per Month, But It's A Nissan Leaf

    For as long as there have been electric vehicles, their critics have disingenuously argued that it’s impossible for EVs to ever take hold in the U.S. until the working class can afford to drive them. Despite that not having been a prerequisite for the proliferation of pricey trucks and SUVs, it’s been a pervasive topic in the world of cars. Well, it seems that can’t ever be argued again, as some dealers are positively giving electric cars away. A Nissan dealer in Colorado is offering fifteen bra

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  • Do You Want A Corvette But Wish It Looked Horrific? Boy, Have We Got The Car For You

    Hey, you! Reader. Do you love how the C6 Corvette drives but can’t get past the fact that it’s not ugly enough? Did you pass on buying a Vaydor because it was too good-looking and not fast enough? Well, wouldn’t you know it, you’re in luck — we have exactly the car you’re looking for. Specifically, it’s a 2008 Chevrolet Corvette with a Valarra body kit, and it’s currently for sale on Cars & Bids.

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Advice (7)

  • I Need A Big Vehicle That Can Carry A Drum Set! What Car Should I Buy?

    Michael recently stopped being a drummer in a local band but has the feeling the rock and roll life may come calling again. He needs a replacement for this Ford Transit that works as a comfortable daily driver while also having the space to haul his set. With a budget of $25,000, what car should he buy?

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  • The Chrysler 200 S Is The Cheap 300-HP Sedan You Forgot About

    Prices of most goods remain over 20 percent more expensive since the pandemic-induced recession began, and car repossessions are up 23 percent this year, so now is a great time to consider dropping your car payment for something more affordable. If you are making this shift or if you’ve just got a tight budget but still want a powerful car, we’ve got a suggestion that you may or may not like. This is to put you onto an idea that may seem sacrilegious at first, but that’s what makes it such a sma

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  • These Are The Best New Car Deals Under $20,000

    Not long ago, if you were shopping for a new car with a modest budget your choices were limited and some dealers were even marking up the cheapest rides. There are still some greedy dealers, the market has shifted and with some savvy shopping, you can score a new car without breaking the bank.

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  • These Are The Best Lease Deals For July 2024

    With sales of cheap subcompact cars on the rise in the last quarter, it’s obvious that more and more Americans are looking for affordable transportation. This slideshow rounds up the best new car lease deals for July 2024 according to Cars Direct, so these might not be the outright cheapest leases available now, but they’re the best values. Some deals are regional while others are national, and some deals do include incentives that lessees must qualify for.

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  • These Are The Safest Cars On Sale Today According To The IIHS

    To win a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, cars must not only pass a litany of tests designed to emulate real-world crash scenarios, but offer exemplary performance in the full spectrum of crash tests. These include earning the IIHS’ highest rating of good in the small overlap front crash test, and in the updated side crash test which uses a heavier barrier to more accurately represent the average car on American roads today. They must also receive either th

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Culture (35)

  • Here's Why Your Rear Car Window Has Weird Spots

    Glass is a vital component of any car. It’s how we’re able to glance up at the road from our phones without our faces getting blasted with wind. If someone drives enough, they’ll become very aware of every line, scratch and smudge on their windshield. They might even notice a strange pattern of light spots on their rear window under certain circumstances.

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  • Here's Why A Cell Phone Sees The Road Better Than You Do In Bad Weather

    A video of two people driving through torrential rain in China is going viral this week due to the way they’re able to see the road through the weather. Thanks to a little thing called physics, you can indeed see the road better in a storm through a cell phone camera than your own eyes, but I still wouldn’t recommend it.

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  • Tiny Kei Van Powered By Motorcycle Heart Is A Neat Piece Of Frankenstein Engineering

    If you have a spare Daihatsu Hijet van and a Yamaha FZR600 motorcycle laying around, there’s really no reason not to mush the two together and create something totally new and rad in the process. That’s exactly what the bonkers car folks at Nightride in Poland decided to do. This little red monster has been tearing up the internet for a few months now, and it’s just an incredible piece of hot rod innovation. The little van has enough room in the back for a whole motorcycle, so why not take advan

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  • Here Are Some Performance Sedans You Probably Forgot About

    Car enthusiasts love a good sport sedan, but more than a few cars with performance intent have been lost to history. Some were great and actually fun to drive, while others weren’t so much, but at least the intent was there. Some lasted for a few years, while others were dead on arrival, tainted by a market hungry for more white bread crossovers.

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  • These Are The Unbreakable Rules Of Driving

    A while back we shared our Unbreakable Rules of Air Travel, and while there certainly was some disagreement down in the comments, it proved popular enough that we thought we’d try again. This time around, though, we’re going with the Unbreakable Rules of Driving. Could most of them be summed up with a simple, “Just be a kind person who’s considerate to others”? Possibly, but considering how frequently we see these rules broken, it’s important to spell it out.

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  • Watch A Truck Driver Triumph In 'Shave And A Haircut' Game

    An American driver has shared the little joys they look for while out on the road in a new compilation video, and it might not be quite what you expect. In a video shared on Twitter X they don’t share their favorite fast food stops or the prettiest bridges they drive over, instead it’s their love for an American railway operator that could warm even the coldest heart.

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  • Can You Drink The Water Exhaust Made By The Hydrogen-Powered Toyota Mirai?

    In a magical place called California, there are these crazy cars that are powered not by gasoline or electricity, but instead they run on hydrogen. The hydrogen runs through a fuel cell that generates electricity to power the wheels and produces nothing but water vapor. So does this mean you could drink the water that the car produces?

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  • What It's Like To Drive The One-Off 27-Liter V12-Powered 'Beast'

    When they hear the name, “The Beast,” most Americans tend to think of the massive limousine the Secret Service drives the President around in. Considering how close it is to being completely indestructible and how small Jay Leno looks next to it, the presidential limo certainly earns its nickname. In our hearts, though, the real Beast is a bit more obscure — a custom one-off created by engineer John Dodd and powered by a V12 taken from a Spitfire fighter plane.

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  • Every Single Automatic Car Should Have A Column Shifter, No Exceptions

    Andy recently spent a week in a $40,000 Ford Maverick, and as much as he enjoyed the truck, there was one thing he couldn’t get past — the shift knob. It wasn’t the end of the world, but he did find it incredibly frustrating while trying to make a three-point turn. Personally, I agree with him. A rotary shifter is an inherently flawed design because it isn’t a column shifter, and column shifters are objectively the best. In fact, every single automatic on every single car should have a column sh

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  • Ford Maverick Is Almost The Perfect Truck, But One Part Of It Really Sucks

    I really like the Ford Maverick. After spending a week and nearly 600 miles behind the wheel of the smallest truck money can buy, I came away thinking about how every truck owner should really just have one of these. That being said, no car is perfect, and the Maverick is no exception. You see, the little truck’s very well-thought-out interior has one bone-headed element: the shifter. It fucking sucks.

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  • Elvis Presley's Rusting Old Jet Is Now A Gorgeous Camper

    Elvis Presley had quite the collection of vehicles, including a 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood, a De Tomaso Pantera and a Stutz Blackhawk. He also had an old private jet that sat rusting away for several decades before a YouTuber swept in and saved it from the scrapheap. Instead of returning it to the skies, they did the next best thing and transformed it into a glorious retro camper.

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  • Buick Grand National Is The Real Star Of Luka Don?i? In New Sneaker Commercial

    The Buick Grand National is one of the sickest cars ever, and now – over 40 years since it was first introduced – it’s staring in a Jordan sneaker commercial with one of the best basketball players in the NBA right now. We get to see Dallas Maverick superstar Luka Don?i? behind the wheel of the all-back Grand National laying down skid marks around a basketball hoop. Amazing.

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  • Here's How An Outfitter In Gibraltar Builds Toyota Land Cruisers For The Most Extreme Duty Imaginable

    In 2003, a fleet of white Toyota Hilux trucks was loaded into an Antonov An-124 on the tarmac of Spain’s Málaga Airport. Operated by cargo carrier Aircompany Polet, the An-124 was capable of flying the highest gross payload at the time - aside from the gargantuan An-225. It was loaded up and took off on its way to Iraq, where the U.S.-led military invasion was happening. A combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded the country and seized con

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  • Car Spotting In Japan Is On Another Level

    Japanese car culture goes impossibly hard. On the first Saturday of every month car geeks in the area will cruise through the famously busy Shibuya Scramble Crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo. If you want to avoid that Times Square-level of congestion, you can move a block or two away and still catch all of the cool cars setting off for the Scramble. The folks who built and drive these cars took everything to a new level, whether it’s home-brew tuners or Los Angeles-style candy paint lowriders, they don

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  • Cybertruck's Sharp Doors Just Sent A Passenger To The ER For Stitches

    Tesla’s Cybertruck is not only a scourge on society with its awful looks and poor truck performance, it’s also out for blood. After the truck was found to be slicing legs with its super sharp edges, a Cybertruck passenger has now been left in need of emergency care after slashing their hand while trying to open the door.

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  • Watch All 16 Steps Needed To Start The Mercedes-Benz C11 Raced By Michael Schumacher

    Race cars are exotic beasts that require all kinds of care and attention, they aren’t simply plug and play like most normal cars. It’s for this reason that Formula 1 cars take hours to get ready to race and vintage racers require the kind of love that we’d never normally give our daily drivers. Now, Mercedes-Benz has given a thorough run through of the 16 steps required to start up a C11 racer that was driven by Michael Schumacher in the 1990s.

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  • Are Lincoln Navigator Buyers Actually Listening To Charli XCX?

    In case you somehow aren’t already aware, it’s a Brat summer. Charli XCX’s latest album has taken over pop culture, and its signature lime green hue and simple cover spawned all sorts of memes — there’s even an online generator to that will give your custom text a matching blur effect and plop it in front of the Brat green background. Lincoln is the first automaker I’ve seen jump onto the trend, and I don’t really understand why. Are Lincoln Navigator buyers actually listening to Charli XCX?

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  • These Are The Coolest Cars From The Goodwood Festival Of Speed

    The Goodwood Festival of Speed rolled around this weekend, bringing its blend of music festival, motor show and race meet to the South of England once again. The weekend was full of new car launches, dynamic debuts and runs up the iconic hill climb course from some of the most famous cars in motorsport history. It was a great weekend packed with awesome cars, were you there?

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  • Learn How To Parallel Park Like A Queen With RuPaul And His Classic Mercedes SL

    For those who have the luxury of a comprehensive public transit system or ample parking, in a heavily populated and car-reliant region like Southern California, parallel parking is effectively a sport. It’s a badge of honor to squeeze your car into a tight spot on the first go or with minimal adjustment once you’re in. For many folks, though, the thought of parallel parking their car in a tight spot while everyone around you watches is enough to send them spiraling into a full-blown panic attack

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  • Live Your Touge Dreams In The Appalachian Mountains

    Since Americans first laid eyes on Best Motoring, Initial D, and Pluspy, we’ve wanted nothing more than to slide ’90s JDM shitboxes through the mountains of Gunma. But why spend all that time yearning for the touge roads of Japan, when we’ve got mountains aplenty right here at home?

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  • Post Office Mechanic Shows Just How Much Work Goes Into Getting The Mail To Your Door

    Few vehicles in the world have worked harder than U.S. Post Office Grumman LLVs have since they first hit the road in the mid-1980s. Well, after about 38 years, most of them are in pretty bad shape. Because of that, the Post Office needs a team of mechanics working on these shitty little machines pretty much around the clock. Luckily for us, one of those mechanics is giving us an inside look at what it’s like to work on these white boxes.

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  • These Are The Best Forgotten German Performance Bargains Of The 2000s

    The Early 2000s gave us plenty of poster cars from Germany that are now commanding big bucks, the BMW M3 CSL and 996 911 Turbo chief among them. Move a rung down the ladder and you’ll see that even the Volkswagen Golf R32 is now bringing in big money as nostalgia drives up the price of cars that consistently occupied the covers of automotive magazines. Now there’s a whole class of limited-production models that little ink was spilled over back in the day, and that means they’ve managed to escape

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  • You'll Never Be As Free As A Car Flying Off Of A Cliff

    We all love cars here at Jalopnik, and one of the reasons is it is really badass to watch them get absolutely wrecked. That’s why this video has caught our attention. It’s drone footage from this year’s car launch in Alaska, where locals – as you may have guessed – launch cars off a cliff. It’s a super rad affair.

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  • Cybertruck Serves Briefly As Sinking Boat While Stuck In Lake

    Elon Musk has made a lot of outlandish claims about the flagship Cybertruck, including that it will survive the apocalypse and will even be able to serve briefly as a boat should the world flood. Well, those sailing credentials have been thrown into doubt this week after footage emerged of a Cybertruck stuck on the bank of a small lake.

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  • Let Me Ride The Jet-Powered Merry-Go-Round

    When I was a kid in the play park I wanted to go higher, faster and farther than everyone else. Always pushing the swings that little bit harder, bouncing that little bit higher on the trampoline or getting a longer run up to go even faster down the slide. Little has changed since then, so obviously I want to ride the jet-powered merry-go-round that YouTuber WhistlinDiesel has assembled.

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  • I Think Ford Copied BMW's Key From A Decade Ago

    I just had a 2024 Ford Maverick Tremor dropped off for a week of testing, and when I was handed the key I was taken aback by how familiar it seemed. This was very odd considering the fact I’ve never tested a Ford before – therefore I’ve never seen the key. However, I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I’d used it before.

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  • Jesus Christ Likes Fast Cars

    It’s the 4th of July, folks, which means two things. Jalopnik has the day off, and it’s once again time for me to force you to listen to a relatively obscure song about cars. I mean, I can’t actually force you to listen to it, but I’m going to do my best anyway. There’s so much more music out there than what charts on the radio, and that’s especially true of Americana, country music’s smarter, better-looking, more talented and significantly gayer cousin. Rock and roll isn’t dead, it’s just roots

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  • Tesla Cybertruck's 'Vault' Is A Leaky Mess

    Add the Tesla Cybertruck’s “Vault” to the list of things about the electric pickup that haven’t lived up to the hype. As it turns out, the tonneau cover meant to make the bed of the Cybertruck impenetrable has a hard time keeping things like water out of the truck’s rear.

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  • Koenigsegg To Replace $3 Million Jesko Burned By Hydraulic Leak

    Koenigsegg has been racing to uncover an issue with its multi-million-dollar Jesko hypercar after one burst into flames in Greece last month. Now, the Swedish automaker has reportedly uncovered the cause of the fire that destroyed the $3 million Jesko and has even pledged to replace the owner’s ruined ride, which had previously sold out.

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Car Design (7)

  • This Ultra-Rare Ferrari 365 California Spyder Has The Best Door Handles Ever

    One of the most iconic Ferraris of all time is the 250 GT California Spider, a U.S.-focused droptop that had race car underpinnings wrapped in stunning bodywork. Popular with movie stars and car enthusiasts alike — and made infamous by “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in 1986 — only 106 of the 250 GT California were made between 1957 and 1963. Much rarer, not nearly as well-known but I think even better looking is the Ferrari 365 California that came a few years later, and one is going up for auction

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  • Polestar 5 Was Never Going To Get The Precept's Awesome Coach Doors

    When Polestar unveiled its Precept concept the slick styling and sustainable interior was almost overshadowed by one feature: the car’s coach doors. These awesome doors looked great and opened the concept’s cabin up to the elements. The car is now heading for production as the new Polestar 5, but those sleek doors are nowhere to be seen and Polestar has a few good reasons for that.

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  • VW's Lack Of Physical Buttons Could Be Causing Rise In EV Crashes

    It feels as though automakers have been on a war against physical buttons, swapping them out in favor of touch screens and capacitive sensors wherever possible. Now, it sounds like the safety implications of that switch are coming back to haunt Volkswagen with some owners blaming the lack of buttons on a spate of crashes.

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  • Turning A Ford Taurus Into A Golf Ball Was Adam Savage's Favorite 'Mythbusters' Myth

    Out of all the episodes from its 14 years on air, “Mythbusters” co-host Adam Savage’s favorite result is the 2009 golf ball car experiment. This automotive experiment required the team to cover a fourth-generation Ford Taurus in hundreds of pounds of clay and carve dimples into its surface to see if it would improve the Taurus’ fuel efficiency. How could covering a car in dimples even begin to improve the original design’s aerodynamics? It works on golf balls, so why wouldn’t it work on a car? A

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  • Check Out All The Most Interesting Cars From The 2024 Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance

    Concours events are always some of the best car shows to attend, though the automobiles on display are typically older and extremely expensive. Only one post-war car has ever won the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, for example. But in recent years, the cars you’ll see on concours lawns are getting newer, more accessible and more eclectic, as evidenced by my recent trip to the Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance in northern California.

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  • Tesla Windshields Aren't Even Fish-Proof

    Tesla windows famously can’t survive an attack from large steel balls, but you’d have thoughta windshield would be able to hold up against something softer, like a fish right? Wrong, one Tesla owner in New Jersey found out the hard way that their windshield wasn’t fish-proof after it was smashed by a fish that fell from the sky.

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  • Repairing A Totalled Cybertruck Is Much More Trouble Than It's Worth

    The Tesla Cybertruck has only been terrorizing America’s roads for a little over six months, but someone has already managed to get their massive electric pickup truck totalled. A plucky engineer bought the wrecked monstrosity and is attempting to bring it back to life, but it doesn’t sound like a fun task at all.

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  • Cop Who Crashed 4 Times In 8 Years While On Duty Finally Kills Someone

    A Minnesota state trooper received nine charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminal vehicular homicide this week for the crash death of a teen. His checkered past of causing wrecks while on-duty left many in the community wondering why it took a tragic death to get this officer off the road.

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  • Road Raging Woman Forgets To Put Her Car In Park

    One woman who decided to do a little road rage learned that life comes at you really fast when she forgot to put her Hyundai Sonata in park before getting out of the car to yell at the guy in an SUV she was raging against. As you might expect, her car then rolls forwards and hits another car, injuring her in the process.

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  • 'Grand Prix' Was Such A Realistic Look At Racing That It Changed Action Movies Forever

    John Frankenheimer’s 1966 Formula 1 epic film “Grand Prix” kicks so much ass. This movie shredded the rulebook of filmmaking when it was created, and film became all the better for it. It’s three hours of incredible camerawork, impeccable acting, and powerful storytelling. As a piece of art it’s a bit messy, overlong, and plodding in some places, but every time the cars are on screen you are staring into the face of god. The cinematography created for this film changed the course of Hollywood hi

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  • 'Twisters' Best Automotive Easter Egg Is One You Probably Missed

    I just watched “Twisters” in 4DX – something you all should be doing right now – and I wholeheartedly loved the movie. Everything about it screamed summer blockbuster fun, but something I really appreciated was the references to the 1996 original (one of my favorite films of all time). It had just the right amount of callbacks to the first movie, avoiding the issue that movies like “Star Wars” fall into where every two seconds a reference to the original story is flashed on screen. In a word, it

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  • Brad Pitt's 'F1' Movie Looks Rad As Hell

    The first teaser trailer for the upcoming Formula 1 movie, simply titled “F1” because of brand equity, debuted during the pre-race festivities before Sunday’s British Grand Prix. The Brad Pitt-led movie will undoubtedly feature a cliché narrative, cheezy dialogue and lazy archetypal characters, but I don’t care. Next summer, the theater-going public is in store for the most exhilarating racing footage ever put on the silver screen.

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  • Watch Max Orido Absolutely Nail A Reverse Driving Challenge

    How good are you at reverse parking? How reliant are you on that backup camera to stop you from stopping too far from or too close to that car behind? How do you think you’d fare in a reverse parking challenge against Max Orido, who can throw an MR-2 back to within an inch of a traffic cone with no camera needed?

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  • These Are Some Modern EVs You Probably Never See Anymore

    Ever since the lost year of 2020, life seems to have entered warp speed, so you’d be forgiven if you can’t recall the not-so-distant past when automakers were banding together and vowing to end development of internal combustion engines and focus on a full EV future. That did in fact happen, though, with automakers from Alfa Romeo to Volkswagen and almost everyone in between making some kind of pledge to minimize ICE production and maximize EV production. More recently, buyer behavior has shifte

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  • With Its Competition Finally Dead, Ford Jacks Up Prices On V8-Powered 2025 Mustang

    With the death of the Chevrolet Camaro and no new Dodge Charger or Challenger available just yet, the Ford Mustang is the last American muscle car left standing. The 2025 Ford Mustang doesn’t change at all from the 2024 S650 redesign, but Ford decided to charge up to $3,645 more for the same exact car you got in 2024. The cost of 2025 Mustang GT Fastbacks, GT Fastback Premiums, and GT Convertible Premiums each jumped by $2,600, while Dark Horses see an increase of $2.645 ,and Dark Horse Premium

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Found For Sale (24)

  • Buy These Sports Cars And Get A Monster Truck Thrown In For Free

    It’s not often you see someone selling a bundle of cars online instead of a bunch of separate listings. When you do, though, it’s usually interesting, like one seller in Georgia who’s offering up a bundle of four cars on Facebook — and throwing in a free monster truck to go with them. The listing on Facebook Marketplace was first spotted in a post on Twitter (h/t to @horsepower).

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  • Jeremy Clarkson's Ford Escort RS Cosworth Is Headed To Auction

    Jeremy Clarkson is not a great person, however the man does have good taste in cars; take this Ford Escort RS Cosworth that served as Clarkson’s daily driver for a year. Actually, with enough cash, you can take this Ford Escort RS Cosworth, as it’s heading to auction.

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  • Finally, A Dodge Viper RT/10 You Can Afford

    By any metric the first-generation Dodge Viper is an absolutely fantastic car. Fast, loud and ostentatious, it’s the perfect American vehicle. Unfortunately, everyone else knows this, so early Vipers are often ruinously expensive. Not always, though. Sometimes you come across a Viper like this one, where the seller out in Maine is asking just $12,000 for America’s favorite son. It just needs a little bit of work to get it shipshape, but it’ll be worth the work. Maybe.

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  • You Can Buy This Vintage Chevy Corvette Racer For A Nice Round Number

    This 1964 Chevrolet Corvette was built for the SCCA B-Production class, and it was driven by Bill Jobe to back-to-back Southwest Divisional championships in 1971 and 1972. In those years it won a total of 15 class victories and four overall wins, which is pretty impressive for a division-level B-prod car. Prior to its road racing career it also won five consecutive autocross championships from 1964-69. This car is not unfamiliar with taking trophies. It was restored about 15 years ago, and alleg

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  • Unrestored Lamborghini Miura Spent 40 Years As Furniture In Its Owner's Living Room

    One of the most common discourses surrounding the automobile is whether or not cars can be considered art. The answer is that obviously they are, you idiots, but that’s besides the point. Perhaps the most compelling argument for car as art is the Lamborghini Miura, widely regarded as one the most beautiful cars ever made. One owner agreed so much that he kept his brown Miura in his living room for four decades, and now it’s going up for auction through Gooding & Company.

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  • Monstrous Twin-Engine Mitsubishi-Powered Geo Metro Could Be The Thing That Kills You

    When this Geo Metro was just an economical commuter for its first owner back in 1995, it weighed 1800 pounds and made 55 horsepower from a one-liter inline-three engine. According to the person selling this monster, the since-modified car allegedly weighs less than it did in stock form despite carrying six total liters, twelve total cylinders, and 420-horsepower worth of Mitsubishi Eclipse GT 6G72 engines. One has been swapped up front in place of the three-cylinder (and the front bumper), while

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  • Sultan Of Brunei's Wild Lamborghini LM002 'Wagon' Is For Sale

    It’s not often that one of the Sultan of Brunei’s cars comes up for sale, even though he has thousands of them. However, today is the automotive world’s lucky day because one of his custom creations — a one-off 1986 Lamborghini LM002 “Wagon” — is being auctioned off for the very first time.

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  • Buy This 800HP Ford Model A Because You Love Yourself

    How much car can you buy for $80,000? In the new market that would get you a decent Porsche Boxster or C8 Corvette. Those are pretty impressive cars, to be sure, but neither have the presence or rip-your-face-off-ness of this StanceWorks-built Ford Model A hot rod. That’s right, you can buy this monster “truck” for $80,000 cash. It is unfathomably powered by a supercharged Ford Aluminator engine pushing 757 horsepower to the tires, it uses Mazda prototype race car center-lock wheels and sounds l

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  • Bring A Trailer Buyer Spends $22,000 On A 22-Year-Old Camry

    Bring A Trailer is starting to get a bit wild again. This time around, it’s not flippers trying to make some dough on recently purchased, new cars. It’s low mileage basic cars coming out of nowhere and going for big money. Take this 2002 Toyota Camry that just sold for over $20,000.

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  • This Manual-Swapped Lexus IS300 SportCross Might Be The Perfect Wagon

    If you could assemble the perfect car from parts, what would you put together? A cargo-hauling wagon body maybe, with a stout inline-six that loves boost and a manual transmission. If that sounds like your ideal enthusiast car, then you’d be well served by this absolutely gorgeous manual-swapped IS300 SportCross.

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  • You Can Buy The World's Cutest Little Race Car For Just $15,000

    The great thing about vintage racing is that you don’t have to be super aggressive if you don’t want to. You have an opportunity to race against some great competition, and have a lot of fun, but you can err on the side of preserving the car, or even blame your lack of pace on some period-correct piece or another. “Oh, I could hang with you guys out front, I just don’t want to blow up the transmission, these things are practically made of glass.” Who cares? You don’t win anything more than a rib

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  • Nobody Can Fix This Wrecked Cybertruck But Maybe You Can Who Knows

    Are you the type of person who really wants a Tesla Cybertruck but cannot justify paying over $100,000 for the privilege? Are you mechanically inclined? Do you run a YouTube struggling channel? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, I’ve got the perfect car for you: This absolutely fucked Cybertruck. Details of how this stainless steel monster ended up like this are scarce, but it must have been in one hell of a crash.

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  • This Pontiac Aztek Proves It Can Always Get Worse

    The Pontiac Aztek was misunderstood. It was a lifestyle vehicle, an outdoorsy crossover similar in idea to the Honda Element that was genuinely practical and had cool features like an integrated tent. As soon as the Aztek came out, pretty much everyone agreed that it was ugly, which is probably the main reason why it flopped. Apparently not content with the Aztek’s already controversial styling, someone has gone and made one look even worse. It can always get worse.

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  • Go Buy This Custom Dodge Charger Pickup And Give It A Better Looking Rear End

    Here in America we never really got utes, the car-based pickup trucks that are so popular in Australia in other markets. There were outliers like the Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino and Subaru Baja for a time, but they never really caught on here in the U.S, and we came so close to getting a Pontiac G8 ute at the end of the 2000s, but sadly that was never meant to be. Many private owners have resorted to creating their own utes, and the results are usually mixed, like this Dodge Charger pickup cu

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  • Live Life In The Fast (And Furious) Lane With This Widebody Honda S2000

    It doesn’t matter if you win by an inch or you’re standin’ by it, when fool’s runnin’ a Honda 2000, you’re family. This supercharged widebody Honda S2000 has been given the full Fast and Furious treatment, and it’s time for you to add it to your collection. It might even have a hundred grand under the hood. This wild machine is coming up for auction on July 13 at Mecum Auctions’ Florida Summer Special sale, and if you’re the high bidder, you and your dad can roll together when he gets out of pri

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  • One Of Just 230 Lincoln Continental Coach Door Editions Is Currently Up For Auction

    Lincoln doesn’t make sedans anymore, instead following parent Ford’s lead and going all-in on luxury SUVs and crossovers. The brand’s last crack at a sedan was the tenth-generation Continental that debuted for the 2017 model year. Unfortunately it was a flop, but just before the model was dropped from production, Lincoln decided to send it off with a bang by creating a super exclusive version called the Coach Door Edition. Only 230 were ever made, and one of those Coach Door Continentals is curr

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  • We All Should Have Bought Honda S2000s When They Were Cheap

    The Honda S2000 is one of the better cars ever put together by human hands. It’s lightweight, nimble, and rewarding to wring out to its limits. Yet, these are all qualities that I’ve heard rather than experienced, because S2000s are too damn expensive now. For example, this S2000 for sale on Marketplace, is listed for an asking price $32,000.

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  • Driving With A Dome Light On Might Annoy Dad But He's Lying, It's Not Illegal

    Remember when your parents made you feel like you opened a direct portal to hell in the ceiling of the family minivan when all you did was turn on the dome light? Some parents went as far as telling their kids that it was illegal to drive with the dome light on at night time and, by doing so, sweet innocent kids were putting their parents at risk of being pulled over and ticketed. As it turns out, parents are dirty liars. Not a single U.S. state has any laws against driving with the dome light o

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  • Here's Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Different Types Of Speed Humps

    According to a study from AAA, the average risk of severe injury for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle reaches 10 percent at an impact speed of 16 mph, 25 percent at 23 mph, 50 percent at 31 mph, 75 percent at 39 mph, and 90 percent at 46 mph. Those figures are similar when it comes to death instead of serious injury, too. Even at speeds which most drivers consider to be slow or reasonable, there are huge risks for pedestrians, and one of the most effective ways of slowing down traffic in residen

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Motorcycles (3)

  • All Motorcycles Should Have Reverse

    Sometimes it’s the simple little things that get me excited about a motorcycle, and today it’s the ability to engage reverse and back up out of a parking space. It’s just a tiny little change, so easily implemented, that makes a little quality-of-life improvement to the riding experience, and I love it. This morning I rode a 2024 Zero DS (a comprehensive review is comings soon) to the gym and parked nose-in without worry. Once I’d finished my morning treadmill 5K, I jumped on the electric wonder

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  • I Think I'm Done With Cars For Now

    I think I’m done with cars. I’m tired of driving, and I just don’t want to deal with them anymore. No, I’m not resigning and moving to Amsterdam to ride bikes and yell about car brain. I just realized recently that every time I need to go somewhere, I’ve been grabbing my motorcycle helmet instead of my car keys. Even though it’s the middle of summer in Atlanta, and it’s hot as hell, if I go grocery shopping, I ride the bike. When I was leaving to visit my parents, I took the bike. There’s just s

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News (189)

  • Porsche Designer Says The 911 Has Gotten Too Big

    Generally speaking, cars get larger every time they’re redesigned. Rarely do you ever see a car get smaller, and in a mainstream crossover, that’s understandable. When it comes to sports cars, though, more size usually means more weight, and that extra weight negatively impacts performance. If you’re annoyed by how large the Porsche 911 has gotten, know that you’re not alone. In fact, Porsche’s design boss Michael Mauer agrees with you, Australia’s Drive reports.

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  • 2025 Audi A6 E-Tron Puts Everything We Liked About The Q6 E-Tron Into Sedan Form

    The Audi Q6 E-Tron may not have been the corner carver we would have preferred on tight, twisty roads, but it showed Audi really isn’t messing around with its EVs anymore. It rides on a new platform, offers plenty of range and feels incredibly comfortable and well-built. Now, Audi’s used that same platform to build a sedan. Meet the 2025 Audi A6 and S6 E-Tron.

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  • Sim Racing Powerhouse Fanatec Slips Into Bankruptcy After Investor Stopped Payments

    It seems like July may be bankruptcy season in Germany following filings for insolvency by BBS, Recaro, and now Fanatec. The global sim racing giant has been racking up some serious debts in recent years, to the tune of 95 million Euro. The company was pushed into a restructuring with strategic investment bridge financing from a firm called Corsair. The CEO and majority shareholder attempted to forego the restructuring, though didn’t have a viable backup plan, and was pushed out. According to a

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  • Tesla Recalls Nearly 2 Million Cars Because Their Hoods Could Fly Open While Driving

    Having a hood fly up and cause a crash can be a fun addition to a chase scene in a movie, but unless you’re an aspiring stunt double, it’s definitely not something you ever want to experience in real life. Unfortunately for nearly two million Tesla owners, an issue means there’s a risk that could actually happen, Reuters reports. As a result, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a recall for 1,849,638 affected Teslas.

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  • Pagani Utopia Roadster Is One Of The Few Convertibles You Can Get With A Manual Transmission

    Following the success of the Zonda and Huayra, Pagani announced its third car — the Utopia — in 2022. It has a twin-turbocharged V12 that makes 864 horsepower and 811 lb-ft of torque, as well as an optional seven-speed dogleg manual transmission. That car was a coupe, though, so what is the Pagani-loving billionaire to do if they want to feel the wind in their hair while zipping along in their limited-production supercar? As it turns out, the answer was to just wait until Pagani introduced the U

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  • Japan Requires Electric Suitcase Riders To Have A Driver's License And Wear A Helmet

    Despite the American perspective of Japan as a technologically forward-thinking nation, new types of motorized vehicles have been heavily restricted in the land of the Motocompacto. This time, electric suitcases are the vehicles in question. Luggage doubling as motorized scooters have become popular in the region and tourists have been bringing them to Japan and breaking the law.

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  • It May Be Over For Recaro Automotive After 120 Years

    Legendary German car seat manufacturer Recaro Automotive has filed for bankruptcy, been deemed insolvent, and was approved for self-administration by its local district court, Autocar reports. The automotive seat manufacturing arm of Recaro (the airplane seats, child safety seats, and gaming seats businesses remain unaffected) has been around since 1906. The company changed hands in 2020, now controlled by investment firm Raven Acquisitions, and has taken just four years to completely eat itself

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  • Here Is Every Automaker With Scaled-Back EV Plans So Far

    EV sales were up 14 percent last quarter compared to Q1 2024. That’s good news, but it’s a little more complicated than that. Those sales were up thanks to big incentives on top of the existing EV tax credits, making some models a no-brainer buy. Automakers can’t continue to count on incentives to move metal — people have to want EVs because they actually want them.

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  • Extremely Smart Cybertruck Owner Walks On, Cracks Windshield

    I have broken my fair share of windshields. I’ve cracked them in the process of removing them from cars, I’ve cracked them tripping and falling, and I’ve even cracked them from inside by moving a seat forward with too much gusto. But I’ve never walked up the face of a five-foot pane of glass believing it would hold my weight. Though what else would you expect from a Tik Tokker who drives a cyber-camo-wrapped Cybertruck with giant American flags on the back? They want attention, and are willing t

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  • Fisker Ocean Owners Creating Homemade Fixes Amid Automaker's Bankruptcy

    Even if an automaker survives bankruptcy proceedings, the restructured entity may no longer support the vehicles it previously produced. Owners of the Fisker Ocean could find themselves in this predicament, but they are banding together to defend their interests and fix the troubled electric crossover’s problems.

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  • Ferrari Exec Nearly Duped By Deepfake Voice Of CEO Benedetto Vigna In Scam Attempt

    It seems that everyone has become the target of scams nowadays, even executives in the automotive industry. A scammer attempted to deceive an unnamed Ferrari executive earlier this month by digitally impersonating the automaker’s CEO, Benedetto Vigna. The scheme utilized a deepfake version of Vigna’s voice and WhatsApp messages from an unusual phone number.

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  • Old Cars Are Losing Features As Mobile Networks Rapidly Update

    Modern cars are laden down with all sorts of connected features. Remote start via cell phone, data connections for built-in apps, cars are increasingly reliant on mobile networks for full functionality — mobile networks that can, and eventually will, shut down. When those systems go dark, what happens to the cars?

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  • Nerd Out Over All The Cool Details That Make The Corvette ZR1's 1,064-HP Engine So Awesome

    Headed into the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 reveal, we knew it would be powerful. After all, the Corvette Z06 already made 670 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque from a 5.5-liter, naturally aspirated V8, and the rumor was, the ZR1 would get a set of turbos. So a power figure in the 800 to 900-hp range would have made sense. Instead, Chevrolet announced the Corvette ZR1 actually makes 1,064 hp and 828 lb-ft of torque from its 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8.

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  • Tesla Model Y Damages Itself While Remotely Backing Into A Parking Space

    A Tesla Model Y owner might be out thousands of dollars after an incident that could have easily been avoiding. As documented on Twitter, the owner used Tesla’s Summon feature to remotely back their Model Y into a parking space, but the car didn’t detect low section of garage, resulting in the Tesla breaking its own back window.

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  • Toyota Tundra And Lexus LX Recall Will Be Fixed By Replacing 102,092 Engines

    Back in May it became obvious that Toyota had to do something about the frequent failures of its twin-turbo 3.4-liter V6 engines, which are found in the Tundra pickup and Lexus LX 600 SUV. The company looked into what could be done to ameliorate the issue, but it looks like the only way to make things right with customers is to yank out their engines and replace them with brand new units. This recall affects 102,092 vehicles, including 98,568 Tundras and 3,524 LX 600s. Toyota says it will replac

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  • Why Won't Automakers Tell Us How Often People Actually Charge Their Plug-In Hybrids?

    On paper, plug-in hybrids offer the best of both worlds — electric power for daily driving and gas power for longer trips — but to get the most out of a PHEV, you have to charge it. Take the Toyota RAV4 Prime, for example. It has a 42-mile electric-only range, is rated at 94 MPGe and can drive 600 miles on a single tank of gas. Once your charge runs out, though, it only gets 38 mpg. So how frequently do owners charge their PHEVs? As InsideEVs points out, we don’t know because automakers won’t te

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  • Half Of Teslas Q2 Profit Came From Your Taxes

    Tesla did not have a good second quarter for 2024, and it could have been a whole lot worse had it not been for the U.S. government. Sure, profits fell 45 percent during the time period, but Tesla benefitted from one very important weapon for improving an income statement: regulatory credits.

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  • Elon Musk Wants To Use Billions From Tesla To Bail Out xAI

    Elon Musk loves pressing his luck when it comes to what he can get his Tesla shareholders to do. Just a few weeks after he got them to approve a $56 billion pay package, he’s apparently asking them to indirectly bail out the investors of his social media company, X (Twitter, baby).

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  • Uber And Lyft Can Classify Drivers As Contractors, Says California Supreme Court

    The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22 in a unanimous decision on Thursday. The ballot measure allows Uber, Lyft and a plethora of other gig app companies to classify drivers on their services as contractors instead of employees. Prop 22 passed in November 2020 with 58.6 percent of voters in favor of the measure. Both Uber and Lyft threatened to suspend services in California if the measure was struck down.

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  • Parents Who Provided Car Guilty In Teen Car Crash Death

    In what is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in New York, Sean Smith (40) and Deo Ramnarine (43) were sentenced this week for providing the car that their at-the-time-16-year-old son crashed in Queens last May. The driver, who had only a “junior driver’s license,” had not earned the privilege of driving without supervision, or within the boundaries of New York City. The boy was gifted a bright red 2005 BMW E46, which he slammed headlong into a UPS truck while allegedly doing 101

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  • Consumer Reports Says These Are The Most Fuel-Efficient 5-Year-Old Compact SUVs

    New cars are great, but they also cost a ton of money, so for a lot of Americans, buying used is the only option. Thankfully, modern cars are much more reliable than they used to be, so if you buy a five-year-old car, you still get most of the modern features you probably want without breaking the bank or having to worry as much about depreciation.

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  • Next-Gen Porsche Cayenne Will Be Electric Only, Current V8 Model Will Remain On Sale Alongside It

    If you can believe it, more than 20 years have passed since Porsche introduced the first generation of its Cayenne SUV. What was once a super controversial model that was talked about like it would lead to the death of Porsche has become one of the brand’s biggest sellers and the benchmark of the performance SUV sphere. Porsche is gearing up to launch the fourth-generation Cayenne, which will only be offered as a fully electric vehicle when it goes on sale within the next couple years.

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  • Trump Suggests That Maybe Race Team Owners And Football Coaches Could Do Wars

    Embattled former president, convicted felon, and 2024 Republican party nominee, Donald Trump, said during a Wednesday evening rally in Charlotte, North Carolina that he would be in favor of replacing military generals with NASCAR team owners and drivers. Trump was introduced on stage by team owner Richard Childress (shown above), and spent a section of his 93-minute screed positing this idea, speaking directly to Mr. Childress as he said it:

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  • Waymo Is Suing 2 Alleged Vandals For Over $270,000 In Damages To Its Robotaxis

    Waymo is fighting back against the San Francisco populace lashing out against the still-in-development robotaxis roaming the city’s streets. The autonomous tech company is suing two people for allegedly vandalizing its vehicles in separate incidents early this year. While there have been several notable attacks on Waymo’s Jaguars, the company has never sued any perpetrators before.

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  • State Senator Claims 'Political Persecution' After Being Caught Driving 71 MPH In 35-MPH Zone

    Arizona State Senator Justine Wadsack was caught driving 71 mph in a 35-mph zone, and now she’s claiming “political persecution” over the citation. In Arizona, if you’re caught driving 20 mph or more over the posted speed limit, it’s considered a Class 3 misdemeanor, punishable with up to 30 days in jail and up to a year of probation, a $500 fine, and three points on your license. Now she’s refusing to sign the citation, the Tucson Sentinel reports.

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  • Massachusetts Pauses Kei Car Ban After Fierce Resistance

    Enthusiasts all over the U.S. love tiny Japanese kei cars, so naturally state governments are coming out of the woodwork to ban them without good reason. Massachusetts is the latest state to give the bans a shot, but lawmakers — and their secretive backers — are facing stiff resistance from JDM enthusiasts.

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  • Donald Trump And Kamala Harris Have Very Different Plans For The Auto Industry

    A Donald Trump presidency would look a lot different than Kamala Harris’s when it comes to the automotive industry. That’s probably pretty obvious to most of you given their individual track records, but the differences become even more glaring when they’re laid out next to each other. Thankfully for us, Automotive News did just that.

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  • BMW Will Auction Off First New M5 Painted In A Color That's Already Discontinued

    BMW’s new G90-generation M5 will make its North American debut during Monterey Car Week next month, and the company will be auctioning off the very first production unit with the help of Gooding & Company. Called the M5 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance #1/1, this special M5 is painted in a color that no other M5 buyer will be able to choose, because it already has been discontinued by the factory.

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  • Tesla Roadster Engineering 'Mostly Complete' Says Musk, Production To Allegedly Start Next Year

    Oh, the second-gen Tesla Roadster. It was first announced so long ago that images on the original post have been nuked. It’s allegedly going to have rockets and possibly be able to fly and also break the laws of physics, and if we’re being honest, nobody knows whether it will look anything like the concept or not. And yet, on Tesla’s Q2 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said it’s headed for production sometime next year.

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  • Tesla Cybertruck Isn't The Only Car That Won't Be Crash-Tested, And That's A Problem

    The Tesla Cybertruck sucks. It’s been a reliability disaster, can’t even survive a simple car wash, is incredibly difficult to repair, has edges that are so sharp owners have ended up in the hospital from their injuries, and it looks like it was designed in a lab to crush pedestrians. It also hasn’t been crash-tested and likely never will be. The thing is, though, the Cybertruck isn’t the only car on the road that’s never been crash-tested. As Consumer Reports recently explained, that’s the case

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  • Tesla Q2 Profits Fall 45 Percent, But Elon's Gonna Turn That Around By Selling A Humanoid Robot To Every Single Person On Earth

    Tesla held its Q2 earnings call last night, and, well, it certainly was something. My brain matter may currently be leaking out of my ears after listening to Elon Musk talk for so long, but I did it for all of you, our valued readers. Was it worth it? Of course not. And yet, I did it anyway. You’ve got to tune in when the New York Times reports Tesla’s profits dropped by 45 percent year-over-year.

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  • Rivian CEO Says His Vehicles Will Never Get Apple CarPlay

    Despite being a requirement for many car buyers, Rivian is one of the few automakers that doesn’t use Apple CarPlay. Rivian’s founder and CEO confirmed Monday the automaker won’t be using CarPlay in any of its vehicles any time in the future either.

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  • Subaru Will Still Let You Order A CD Player In The New WRX

    There aren’t too many cars left that have CD players from the factory, either as standard or as an option. At this point with digital streaming technology, it’s a throwback not many people use or appreciate, at least in a new car. That’s why Subaru offering a single-disc CD player as an accessory option for the WRX is so wonderful

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  • Real Scientists Lived On Fake Mars In A Texas Shed For A Year

    Four scientists walked to Mars in June of 2023 and walked back again earlier this month. Well, they walked to a “simulated Martian habitat” at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, that is. The first of three planned “Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog” missions planned by NASA, CHAPEA 1 has concluded with Kelly Haston (commander), Ross Brockwell (flight engineer), Nathan Jones (medical officer), and Anca Selariu (science officer), all happy and healthy. The plan for their mission

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  • Even Cars & Bids Commenters Don't Understand This Kevlar-Bodied Ford Bronco 6X6

    When an automaker introduces a new SUV that’s as close of a competitor for the Jeep Wrangler as the Ford Bronco is, it’s only a matter of time before Jeep mods start showing up on Broncos. That’s definitely the case with the 2022 Ford Bronco that’s currently for sale on Cars & Bids. It’s been turned into a 6x6 by a company called Apocalypse Manufacturing and, somewhat inexplicably, covered in Kevlar. Also, it looks like total ass.

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  • Garage Hit By Derailed Train For The Second Time

    A CSX freight locomotive overran the tracks at a railyard, smashed through a fence and then carried 30 feet into a detached garage in Niagara Falls, New York on Monday morning. Incredibly, no one was injured in the massive crash, but the derailment spilled up to 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

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  • Take A Look Inside A Real Life Storm Chasing Truck

    “Twisters” is big on the minds of the Jalop staff, for obvious reasons, and it’s got us all watching videos of the real-life storm chasers that inspired the sequel film. Lucky for us, storm chasers love to talk about their custom intercept vehicles, and Reed Timmer’s Dominator Three is about as good as they get.

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  • Kia Tasman Pickup Looks Like It'll Be Pretty Serious Off-Road

    The Kia Tasman pickup is inching closer to production, and the brand has been busy testing the new truck to make sure it gets everything right before it launches next year. If a new teaser put out by Kia is any indication, the Tasman is going to be pretty legit off-road.

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  • Oscar Meyer Wienermobile Rolls Over On Freeway, Police Grill Drivers Involved

    We hate to be the ones to break it to you, but America’s only national treasure, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, was involved in a roll over accident (note that is roll over and not roller like where you usually find wieners at 7-Eleven.) The deliciously shaped vehicle struck a car before rolling over on I-294 in Illinois.

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  • Here's What We Know About Kamala's Climate Plan

    Vice President Kamala Harris is all but set to be the democratic nominee for president, and that may end up being a very good thing if you care about the environment. Harris has long been a proponent of taking action to slow climate change, even before she was the VEEP.

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  • Exploding Soda Cans Injure Over 20 Southwest Flight Attendants

    Scorching temperatures on the ground this summer (and for every summer hereafter) are causing soda cans to explode on Southwest Airlines planes, injuring at least 20 flight attendants. The cans are baking in the sun while waiting on the tarmac to be loaded, then blowing up when the cabin crew attempts to open the soda. Thankfully, no passengers have been injured. Southwest is taking steps to mitigate the maiming of its own employees.

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  • Chase A Tornado With The Guy Who Inspired Glen Powell's Character In 'Twisters'

    “Twister,” perhaps the collective favorite film of the New York jalops, has a shiny new sequel out. One of its protagonists, a loudmouthed storm-chasing YouTuber named Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), is modeled off a real world chaser: Reed Timmer, a man who will apparently — if you ask nicely enough — bring a journalist along for the ride.

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  • This Is How The Tesla Cybertruck Became A Culture War On Wheels

    It’s hard to think of a more divisive vehicle on sale today than the Tesla Cybertruck. Tesla CEO Elon Musk knew this from the get-go, saying it wouldn’t “be for everyone” at the time of the truck’s unveiling five years ago. Now, with these stainless steel behemoths on the road, the not-for-everyone-ness of the truck is on full display.

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  • Biden Won't Be Free To Drive His Corvette Even After Dropping Out Of The Race

    President Biden announced Sunday that he’s withdrawing from the race, endorsing Vice President Harris to be his replacement. Biden is also a huge Corvette guy. So him dropping out of the race means that come January, he’ll be free to don those signature aviators, hop into his Corvette and speed off into the sunset licking an ice cream cone, right? Sadly, that’s not actually the case, although the Secret Service does occasionally make exceptions.

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  • Refreshed 2025 Hyundai Tucson Still Starts Below $30,000 Including Destination

    The pickup truck may still be king in America, but compact crossovers are still wildly popular. And while the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 get most of the attention, over the last several years, the Hyundai Tucson has become a legitimate competitor. Back in November, we got our first look at the refreshed 2025 Hyundai Tucson, but details were scarce at the time. Now Hyundai’s released pricing, and we’re happy to tell you that a base Tucson still costs less than $30,000, even after destination fees

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  • Tesla Cybertruck Ice Cream Truck Vandalized By Ohio Woman

    As it turns out, the Tesla Cybertruck isn’t completely useless. It can, apparently, be used as an ice cream truck that attracts bizarre vandals with questionable motives. At least that’s what happened to a Cybertruck owned by a man in Bellbrook, Ohio. A random woman vandalized his 2024 Cybertruck, and thus his ice cream business, WHIO TV 7 reports.

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  • The CrowdStrike Outage Won't End Quickly

    Right now, much of the world has ground to a halt thanks to a botched update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike. Banks, hospitals, 911 call centers — our own Daniel Golson is even stranded in Schiphol Airport as we speak. Yet, judging by CrowdStrike’s response, the folks worst hit by the outage might be the IT workers who actually have to implement the company’s fix.

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  • These Are The Most Popular Cars On Consumer Reports

    There’s something to be said for wanting to stand out from the crowd, but we can’t pretend everyone wants to be different. Especially when it comes to something as expensive as a car, most people just want something that works, doesn’t break, keeps them safe and is generally comfortable on their way from point A to point B. And that’s OK!

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  • 2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Is More Powerful Than Most Supercars

    Porsche is filling out its third-generation Panamera lineup with new mid-range GTS and top-dog Turbo S E-Hybrid variants. While neither are exactly surprising in terms of what they deliver, the Turbo S in particular is not only the fastest and most powerful Panamera yet, but it’s the second most powerful combustion-engine road car that Porsche has ever built, only beaten by the 918 Spyder.

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  • GR Yaris-Based Lexus LBX Morizo RR Might Be The Coolest Crossover Yet

    The Toyota GR Yaris is one of the coolest cars on sale today. Yet, in a world of crossover dominance, the Yaris is underappreciated — purchased in number far below what it deserves. So, in order to treat the most people to the most fun, Toyota kitted out the Lexus LBX crossover with all the GR Yaris’s running gear to make the Morizo RR edition.

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  • Ford Investing $3 Billion In New Trucks After Delaying Small EV

    Ford is investing $3 billion to build more of its extremely profitable F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks at a plant in Ontario, Canada that was previously earmarked to build an electric crossover. The plant is set to be opened in 2026, and it will employ 1,800 workers to build the large work trucks. The move will add 100,000 units per year worth of Super Duty production – a huge jump as Ford is currently on pace to build about 400,000 Super Duties per year.

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  • 'I Cannot Go To Jail': Teen Tries To Talk Bystander Into Fleeing After Crashing A BMW Into A Popeyes

    Fast food workers at a Miami Popeyes got the surprise of their lives when a driver crashed her BMW into the front door of their restaurant on Sunday. The car reportedly plowed through a bus stop and smashed into the doors before finally stopping. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured in the crash, and the driver remained at the scene until police arrived, 7 News Miami reports.

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  • Redesigned Toyota Tundra Is Eating Ram's Market Share For Lunch

    If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s full-size pickup trucks. Compact crossovers are incredibly popular, sure, but the Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado are still the top dogs in the U.S. Both Nissan and Toyota have tried to steal some of those big truck sales but have been largely unsuccessful. Until recently, that is. As a report from S&P Global shows, ever since Toyota introduced the redesigned Tundra, it’s sold well enough that its market share actually passed Ram.

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  • North Carolina Spent Nearly $96 Million On VinFast Factory That May Never Happen

    North Carolina cut a deal with VinFast in 2022 to provide one of the largest incentives packages in state history to coax Vietnamese electric automaker VinFast to build its U.S. headquarters and production facility in Chatham County. For a little over $1.25 billion in benefits provided by the state, VinFast claims it will invest $4 billion at a future factory near the town of Moncure, and create 7,500 jobs in the process. The state has appropriated $450 million for site preparation costs, upgrad

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  • Cars Repossessions Rise 23 Percent In 2024 So Far

    A big indication that we may be heading toward a severe economic downturn has been identified by Cox Automotive, as the overall number of car repossessions has increased by 23 percent over last year. Not only that, but the current repossession rate has even eclipsed pre-pandemic levels, with 2024 sitting about 14 percent higher than 2019 repossession numbers. Consumers are falling behind on their car payments, a trend which likely won’t slow down with inflation, higher car prices, and sky-high i

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  • Clarkson, Hammond And May Dissolve Production Company, Part Ways After 21 Years

    We’ve known it was coming for a while, but now it’s official: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are finally going their separate ways. On July 11, the trio famous for making “Top Gear” an international hit filed the paperwork to dissolve their production company, W. Chump & Sons, the Daily Mail reports. And just like that, an era that spans 21 years is finally over.

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  • Audi Is Killing The Fake Exhaust Pipes That Everyone Hates

    Audi is getting out of its annoying habit of fitting its internal-combustion-powered vehicles with aggressively-fake exhaust pipes because of customer feedback. It’s bad news for people who like complaining on the internet, but good news for folks who like clean design. The trend will kick off with the all-new Audi A5.

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  • This Supercharged 2001 Qvale Mangusta Looks Awesome, But There Is One Major Downside

    If you’re in the market for a convertible sports car, the Miata is, of course, always the answer. What if you crave a little more power and a lot more torque, though? What if you want something that will really stand out instead of blending in with the sea of other Miatas on the road? Well, one option could be this Rosso Corallo red 2001 Qvale Mangusta that’s currently for sale over on Cars & Bids.

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  • Florida-Only Jeep Gladiator High Tide Edition Is A Little On The Nose, Don't You Think?

    The state of Florida is a strange place full of swamps, gators, and climate change deniers, so the irony of Jeep’s latest Florida-only special edition Gladiator called the High Tide Edition will be lost on any Floridian who buys one. Jeep has released Wrangler High Tide Editions in 2022 and 2023, but this is the first time the increasingly ironic High Tide Edition package has been bestowed upon the brand’s pickup truck.

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  • Real-World Solid State Batteries Are Here And It's Blowing My Mind

    Solid state batteries have been on the horizon, championed as the turning point for electric cars, for at least a handful of years now. Most of the time when the tech heads say some new revolutionary technological advancement is imminent, that really means its decades away and I never have to worry about it. But, perhaps surprisingly, solid state batteries are here, ready to be shipped to your house, and delivering on all of the promises the nerds said they would. Unfortunately you can’t get the

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  • Tesla Debuts World's Dweebiest Nightclub In Berlin Gigafactory

    Elon Musk is a dork. He’s a dork who likes things his way, and who’s willing to take his ball and go home when he doesn’t get what he wants. So, after Musk was famously blocked from entering Berghain, it’s only natural that he built his own perfect Berlin club: A room playing a mediocre techno remix of “Also Sprach Zarathustra” inside Tesla’s Brandenburg factory.

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  • 2025 Audi A5 Is The New Audi A4

    Not long ago, Audi announced that it would be changing up its naming system for the transition to electric vehicles. Going forward, cars with odd numbers in their names would be gas-powered, while even-numbered Audis would be electric. Because of that, the A4 is no more. Instead, if you want a compact, gas-powered Audi sedan, you’ll have to buy its replacement — the 2025 A5.

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  • J.D. Vance Wants Taxpayers To Subsidize Gas Cars Instead Of EVs

    Ohio Senator J.D. Vance introduced a bill during the 1st session of the 118th Congress that would, if passed, cost American taxpayers billions of dollars, run in the face of climate change, and would sell all of us out to the oil and gas industry. Vance, once a critic of Trump’s firebrand “America’s Hitler” image, has cozied up to him in dramatic fashion, reinventing himself from a Never Trumper to MAGA with direct help from Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk. A big part of that reinvention was a shif

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  • Updated 2025 Lucid Air Pure Is The Most Efficient Production Car Ever

    The name of the game for Lucid CEO/CTO Peter Rawlinson has always been efficiency. The company claims that its updated Air Pure model will achieve 5 miles of driving for each kilowatt hour of energy onboard (up from 4.1 miles in earlier models), for a record 146 MPGe EPA rating. The brand’s least expensive model achieves 420 miles of range from a relatively small 84 kWh battery pack, and it does this by adapting the heat pump system first used in the impressive hyper sedan Air Sapphire, among ot

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  • Consumer Reports Says These Cars Are The Worst Deals Right Now

    The pandemic may have messed up the automotive supply chain, sending new car prices through the roof for a while, but the good news is, things have largely returned to normal. Walk into pretty much any dealership, and odds are, you can probably find some pretty good deals.

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  • Rear-Wheel-Drive Porsche Macan EV Is Porsche's First Real Hot Hatch

    Like its larger Cayenne sibling, every version of the Porsche Macan crossover has come with all-wheel drive as standard. That is, until now. Porsche just unveiled the base version of the new Macan Electric, and it’s rear-wheel drive. Quicker and more powerful than the base gas-powered Macan, I think this new RWD model is the first time the Macan can truly be called a hot hatch — if the Ioniq 5 is a hot hatch, this certainly is too.

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  • BMW Says M5's Massive Weight Is 'The Best We Can Do'

    BMW just revealed the new M5, and while it’s significantly more powerful than the car it replaces, the new M5 is also heavier. A lot heavier. With its plug-in hybrid system borrowed from the BMW XM, it weighs in at a hefty 5,390 pounds, nearly 1,000 pounds more than its predecessor. That’s not ideal for what’s supposed to be a sport sedan, but as Frank van Meel, head of BMW’s M division, told CarBuzz recently, adding a heavy plug-in hybrid system was the only way to keep the M5 around.

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  • Mad Mike's Triple-Rotor McLaren P1 Is The Wildest Drift Car Yet

    Mad Mike Whiddett has some of the coolest cars out there — especially his drift stable. Earlier this year, Whiddett started on his boldest project yet: Dressing up a McLaren 650S GT3 in P1 GTR bodywork, slapping a triple-rotor engine in back and getting it sideways at Goodwood.

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  • Renowned Rolls-Royce And BMW Designer Murdered In Apparent Car Theft

    Ian Cameron, the man essentially single-handedly responsible for the renaissance of Rolls-Royce design following its purchase by BMW in 2003, was stabbed to death at his Lake Ammer home in Bavaria on July 12. Authorities suspect the unknown assailant, who fled the scene, was attempting to steal a valuable car from Cameron’s extensive collection, and seem to indicate that the home had been cased for some time leading up to the altercation. Cameron’s wife, fellow artist and designer Verena Kloos,

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  • Every Jaguar Is Dead Except For The 8-Year-Old F-Pace

    Walk into a Jaguar dealer today and you’ll have your pick of a sedan, a sports car, an EV or two crossovers. It’s not the biggest lineup in the industry, but at least it’s a lineup. Soon, though, that won’t be the case, as Jaguar plans to kill off every single car it makes other than the F-Pace, with CEO Adrian Mardell telling investors that the other models offer “close to zero profitability,” Automotive News reports.

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  • Watch The Czinger 21C Set A New Production Car Record At The Goodwood Hill Climb

    This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed saw the outrageous Ford SuperVan claim the fastest hill climb time of the weekend, running up the hill in just 43.98 seconds. Sadly, that wasn’t enough to take the overall record crown from the McMurtry Spéirling, but there was a broken record in another major category. The Czinger 21C, an American hybrid hypercar built using groundbreaking 3D-printing technology, set a new record for the fastest road-legal production car to ever sprint up the Goodwood hill

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  • Car Crashes Into 105-Degree Yellowstone Geyser

    A car full of people landed in Yellowstone National Park’s Semi-Centennial Geyser last Thursday. Despite being submerged in nine feet of 105-degree acidic water, all five passengers were able to leave the car under their own power before being hospitalized with “non-life-threatening injuries” according to the National Parks Service.

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  • Tesla Hit By Jeep Malfunctions And Tries To Run Away

    A Tesla sitting at an intersection in Nevada was hit by a Jeep on July 7. Instead of staying on the scene to swap insurance details, however, the Tesla sped away from the crash site and its owner had to fight to stop the car and bring it back under control.

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  • Tesla Allows Customer With Tiny Parking Spot To Resell Cybertruck After All

    Tesla reversed its policy prohibiting Cybertruck resales in direct response to the difficulties of a single Salt Lake City man who couldn’t fit the angular electric pickup in his parking space. Blaine Raddon, a retired CEO, happily reserved a Cybertruck after watching the vehicle’s launch online. However, Raddon and his wife divorced after he placed the order and his living situation changed.

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  • Joe Biden Isn't Going To Take Away Your Gasoline-Powered Car

    Listen up, Jack, there’s no way Joe Biden is going to be complicit in any kind of malarkey like a federal gasoline car ban. But thanks to a new campaign of outright lies from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers trade group, voters in swing states are hearing the opposite. A new multi-million dollar ad buy from the group urges viewers in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Montana, Georgia, Nevada, and Texas to “stop the Biden car ban.” No such ban exists, nor is even in the co

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  • Ford's 1,400-HP Electric Supervan Wins Goodwood Hill Climb

    Ford proved to be the fastest up Goodwood this year with a 1,400-horsepower electric SuperVan that the company, for some reason, refuses to sell to the public. It ran the 1.17-mile hill climb in 43.98 seconds, which proved to be the fastest time of the day, even if it didn’t face much serious competition this year. The heavily modified Ford E-Transit was driven by Romain Dumas who, in 2019, broke the previous record that Nikki Heidfeld set in 1998. The SuperVan didn’t prove to be quite as quick

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  • Tesla's Revamped Long Range Model 3 Is Back As The Brand's Cheapest Offering

    After a five-year hiatus, Tesla has brought back the long range rear-driven Model 3 electric car, and with the appropriate tax incentives, it’s actually less expensive than the standard Model 3 RWD. Tesla’s nominally least expensive car, the standard rear-wheel drive Model 3, does not qualify for any U.S. federal tax incentives because of the ineligible material construction of its battery pack. In a race for less-expensive EV buyers and an attempt to pump dwindling sales, Tesla has re-introduce

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  • 65,000 Coffee Mugs Have Gone Missing From Tesla's German Gigafactory That Has Just 12,000 Workers

    Tesla’s German Gigafactory has been a source of controversy for an array of reasons in recent years, but the latest news is perhaps the most outrageous, egregious, baldfaced form of disrespect to the electric car titan: 65,000 coffee mugs have inexplicably gone missing, according to German publication DW. Why would any of the 12,000 employees who are employed at the German Tesla Gigafactory do such an evil thing to the Elon Musk–owned company that so benevolently provides them with a source of i

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  • First Responder Video Released From Senator Fetterman's High-Speed Crash: "He Was Flying"

    Pennsylvania Democratic senator John Fetterman is known for a few things, like his 6-foot-8 frame and his affinity for hoodies, but great driving is certainly not one of them. Maryland State Police body-camera footage released yesterday shows first responders discussing the lawmaker’s June 9 crash, and quoting a witness who said Fetterman was “flying” in his Chevy Traverse when he smashed into the back of a red Impala that was trying to merge.

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  • Perfectly Spec'd Toyota GR86 Returns For 2025

    These days, where greyscale paint reigns supreme, it’s not often a car comes straight from the factory in the perfect spec. It’s even more surprising when that vehicle comes from a mainstream automaker. Toyota is showing once again how it can get things right by bringing back the glorious GR86 Hakone Edition for 2025.

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  • Watch Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya Slide Hyundai EVs Around A Track

    If you’re familiar with the Drift King, Keiichi Tsuchiya, you know he loves to take very cool cars and get them slideways on track. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is a very cool car, as are the RN22e and Vision N 74 concepts. So naturally, when Hyundai handed Tsuchiya the keys to all three, he wasted no time kicking their tails out.

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  • Spain-Inspired Porsche 911 Cuarenta Edition Has Amazing Tartan Seats

    After years of being represented by an importer in Spain and Portugal, Porsche officially launched its Porsche España subsidiary in 1984, now called Porsche Ibérica. To celebrate the division’s 40th anniversary, Porsche has launched the new 911 Carrera GTS Cuarenta Edition, which has a super special look inspired by the Iberian Peninsula.

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  • This Is How One Woman Scammed Ride Sharing Apps For $10,000 A Month

    We trust gig workers to drive us around, deliver our food and go through the tedium of shopping for our groceries. We trust the profile picture on the app is a safe person and that their employers back that up. One woman made a killing on exploiting that fantasy of safety, and her story is thrilling and terrifying at the same time.

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  • Red Bull Racing's New Production Hypercar Is The Ultimate F1 Season Ticket

    Red Bull Racing, the reigning dominant force in F1, finally revealed its first production hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday. The RB17 promises a level of performance equal to Grand Prix-winning machinery. However, the track-only hypercar lacks any distinctive design cues from Red Bull’s actual F1 cars. The RB17’s best selling point might just be the access it offers inside Red Bull Racing.

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  • Elon Musk Will Sue Companies For Not Advertising On Twitter

    Elon Musk’s relationship to Twitter advertisers over the past year can best be described as “adversarial,” but the Tesla CEO announced a new level of combativeness Thursday: He intends to take brands who took their ad spend away from the platform to court in hopes they’ll be criminally prosecuted for not paying him.

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  • Nissan Will Kill Both The Altima And Versa: Report

    The Nissan Versa isn’t necessarily the best car you can buy, but it is a car, and with a base price of $16,680 it’s the least-expensive new car that you can buy in the United States. It’s also seen a massive increase in sales through the first half of this year, selling 61 percent more than it did in the first half of 2023. And yet, that probably won’t be enough to keep it off the chopping block, as Automotive News reports both the Versa and the Altima are set to be killed off after the 2025 and

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  • Audi Recreated A Porsche-Designed V16 Auto Union Supercar That Never Happened

    Over the decades there have been many one-off or limited-production vehicles that have been lost to the sands of time, and many cars that were planned for production but never made it there, for various reasons. Some automakers have begun to build recreations or “continuation cars” to fill in the gaps of history, and Audi is the latest to jump in the ring — and with the most spectacular car of all. This is the Auto Union Type 52, a 16-cylinder supercar that was planned for production but never a

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  • Tesla Pushes Back Robotaxi Reveal, Surprising No One

    Just like Elon Musk’s perpetual promises of Full Self-Driving, Tesla is delaying the reveal of its wishfully lucrative Robotaxi from its planned August 8 date all the way to October. Musk is all-in on the autonomous taxi project to reinvigorate the struggling electric automaker, reportedly at the cost of the mass-market $25,000 Model 2.

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  • Want To Be More Of A Track Day Pro? Get The 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 Pro

    Despite the second-generation AMG GT’s evolution into a more practical, four-seat sports car more focused on grand touring stuff, Mercedes-AMG is reassuring buyers of its commitment to track performance with the 2025 GT63 Pro. There was a GT R Pro version of the first-gen car, and while this new model isn’t quite as extreme — because surely there will be a new GT R eventually — the GT63 Pro gets some serious performance kit.

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  • Ineos Is Already Abandoning Its Mission Statement With The New Luxurious Grenadier Detour

    Ineos, the car company dreamed up by the chairman of one of the largest chemical producers in the world with the mission statement to start selling stripped-back, no-nonsense, utilitarian 4x4s, just announced a new ultra luxury version of its stripped-back, no-nonsense, utilitarian 4x4, the Grenadier Detour. The new Detour models will be limited to 200 units, and will offer wealthy buyers the personalization that they demand when buying a car. Differences between the standard Grenadier and the

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  • Elon Musk Wants To Use His Sperm To Colonize Mars

    Elon Musk may be best known for his role as CEO of Tesla, but selling electric vehicles is hardly his only passion. He also loves fighting to end workers’ rights, allegedly sexually harassing employees, racism, anti-Semitism and making babies. So many babies. How the women he’s impregnated convince themselves to go through with the deed, we have no idea, but he’s already fathered 12 kids, and he’s not stopping there. According to the New York Times, Musk also wants to use his sperm to help colon

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  • Of Course Tesla Is A Meme Stock Now

    Right now is a weird time to be Tesla. On the one hand, sales are flagging, the company’s newest vehicle is an absolute mess, and its flagship software only works for an elite few. On the other, the stock keeps climbing, with Tesla’s market cap now well over $800 billion. As it turns out, we have a word for for stocks whose share price has no meaningful relation with the company’s underlying financials: Meme stocks.

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  • Justice Clarence Thomas Might Actually Face Consequences For Undisclosed Luxury Yacht And Private Jet Travel

    It would seem Supreme Court corruption is untouchable, but last week Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced a formal request to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for the opening of an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Separately, this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York filed articles of impeachment against not only Thomas, but fellow justice Samuel Alito. Thanks to crack reporting from ProPublica, the world was made aware last

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  • The Chevy Volt Was So Ahead Of Its Time Automakers Are Just Now Catching Up

    When General Motors and Chevrolet unveiled the plug-in-hybrid Volt back in the early days of the Obama administration, then-CEO Rick Wagoner said the car was “a great way to open our second century.” The reveal just happened to coincide with GM’s centennial. Well, nine model years and two generations later, the Volt is dead, and it has been since early 2019. However, its impact on the automotive industry has been felt all over the world.

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  • New Ford Capri Is An Electric Crossover Sedan Based On A Volkswagen Platform

    Car enthusiasts love to get upset when a brand reuses an iconic name on a car that isn’t exactly the same as the original, and now y’all have another opportunity with the new Ford Capri. Where the original Capri was a gas-powered two-door sports coupe sold in Europe through three generations between 1968 and 1986, the new Capri is an electric four-door crossover sedan thing that uses Volkswagen underpinnings. Got your pitchforks out yet?

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  • It's Been 10 Years Since People Went Smart Car Tipping In San Francisco

    I fear that I am one of the few people on Earth who actually loves Smart cars; they’re just quirky and adorable caricatures of cars, especially seeing them on the roads of the sport ute and pickup truck-obsessed United States. The Smart ForTwo was only sold in the United States for 11 years from 2008 until 2019 before the brand left the country all together, and never really sold in any big numbers for admittedly obvious reasons. Being the proverbial automotive pipsqueak made Smarts the obvious

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  • TikToker Fills In Potholes And Uses Amazon's Money To Pay For It [Update]

    Amazon is a massive company that makes unfathomable amounts of money selling products made by exploited workers, driving local businesses to bankruptcy and generally doing nothing to help local communities. So what if we told you that one TikToker figured out a weird trick to make Amazon pay to fix the potholes in your area? It almost sounds too good to be true, and yet, at least in the short term, that’s exactly what they were able to do.

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  • Tesla Cybertruck Motor Upgrade Sounds Like A Covert Recall

    Tesla is replacing one of the electric motors in the Cybertruck after less than a year on the road. While the Elon Musk-led manufacturer states the new drive unit is more efficient and reliable, this isn’t a typical upgrade for trucks that have yet to roll out the assembly line. Tesla is contacting owners of already delivered Cybertrucks to direct them to to a service center where the motor will be replaced free of charge.

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  • Refreshed Tesla Model 3 Isn't Even Remotely Suited For Track Duty

    On paper, the recently refreshed Tesla Model 3 Performance is a serious performance bargain. It makes 510 horsepower and can hit 60 mph in a claimed 2.9 seconds while still offering an EPA-estimated range of 303 miles. It also costs a hair under $55,000 before destination, making it quicker and significantly cheaper than the BMW M3. If you just want a quick daily driver, that comparison may be fair, but as YouTuber and frequent Nurburgring driver Misha Charoudin recently found out, the Model 3 P

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  • Fifth Third Bank Fined $20 Million Over Bogus Fees, Car Repossessions

    No, the bankers weren’t donning ski masks, using screwdrivers to break windows, or hotwiring cars to skive off with them in the middle of the night. But according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Fifth Third Bank illegally repossessed the cars of over 1,000 families after forcing their customers to buy unneeded car insurance policies they couldn’t afford. CFPB has levied a $20 million fine against the bank, which it labeled a “repeat offender,” for its injustices, and has ordered the

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  • The Three-Row Pickup Truck Is Coming

    Trucks have replaced sedans and wagons as the everyday driver from thirty years ago, that’s just a fact. Remember when your friend’s mom in high school had a wagon with seats in “the way back” that folded out of the floor? What’s old is new again. Ram filed a patent for a third row of seats that fold out of the back wall of the truck cab to fit a couple extra miscreants in the way back. Is this necessary? Did we need this? Fuck it, why not add a fourth row? And some seats in the bed like a Suba

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  • Electrify America Trialing 85-Percent Charge Limits In SoCal Because You People Are Hogs

    Everybody’s favorite EV charger brand to hate, Electrify America, recently launched a Congestion Reduction Pilot at 10 Southern California locations that will automatically end a charging session once a car has reached 85-percent charge. These stations will then wait 10 minutes before the owner starts to receive idle fees if the car is still plugged in. The goal of the pilot is to reduce wait times, as electric vehicle charge speeds tend to slow drastically beyond the 80-percent threshold, yet m

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  • Fisker Ocean Recalled Again For A Second Defect That Can Cause Full Loss Of Power

    The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration announced a new recall for the Fisker Ocean, and it’s another bad one. According to the NHTSA, there’s a chance the water pump will fail, causing a loss of power, as the battery management system sends the electric vehicle into limp mode. The recall report says it affects 7,545 Oceans from the 2023 and 2024 model years that were built between February 9, 2023 and March 13, 2024.

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  • 670-HP Subaru WRX 'Project Midnight' Is Ready To Tear Up Goodwood

    The current Subaru WRX makes 271 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque from a turbocharged flat-four and sends its power to all four wheels via your choice of a manual or continuously variable transmission. As you may have guessed based on the photo, though, this particular WRX isn’t exactly stock and makes a little extra power. OK, it makes a lot of extra power. 670 hp to be exact. And it’s known as Project Midnight.

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  • Over 800 Cars Are Stolen Every Month In Canada Only To End Up Overseas

    The rampant level of car theft in the Great White North has now become an international concern. Interpol announced in late May that over 200 stolen vehicles from Canada every week are being identified in other countries, typically at ports of entry. The international organization began this in February when it integrated the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s stolen vehicle database.

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  • Poopy Water From The Streets Of Paris Is Fouling Up The Olympic Games

    Paris 2024, the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, are scheduled to begin later this month. A big part of summer Olympic games are the swimming events. The open water 10k swims are supposed to take place in the city’s famed river Seine, but if the city can’t get E. coli bacteria colony numbers down to a safe level, it’ll have to be moved.

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  • These Dead Cars Are Selling Better Than You Might Expect

    With the first six months of the year out of the way, we’ve already looked at the worst-selling cars so far this year, as well as the cars that saw the biggest year-over-year sales drops. For those lists, we skipped cars that are no longer in production, because of course a car they don’t make anymore is going to sell poorly. And what good does it do to point out that people aren’t buying a car that’s no longer in production?

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  • Jay Leno Looks Like A Tiny Little Guy Standing Next To 'The Beast' Presidential Cadillac Limo

    Car aficionado and onetime late-night funny man James Douglas Muir Leno recently got an opportunity to have the current Cadillac-branded presidential limo in his garage for an interview with two secret service presidential detail members. There’s still a lot about these giant machines that isn’t known by the general public for reasons of national security, and Leno wasn’t even allowed to open up the doors or windows, let alone see what’s going on under the hood. This video from Jay Leno’s Garage

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  • Motorcyclist Dies After Riding Through Death Valley In Record-Breaking Temperatures

    The majority of the planet is experiencing record-breaking heat, but the hottest place on Earth is still Death Valley, California, where temperatures have been in the mid-120 degrees Fahrenheit (or the low 50s in Celsius). The power of these extreme temperatures should not be underestimated, as evidenced by a motorcyclist who died from heat exposure while visiting Death Valley National Park on Saturday, when the park recorded temperatures of 128 degrees Fahrenheit, a record high for the date. F

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  • Tesla's Sales Reporting Is Hiding Terrible Model S/X Sales

    Tesla’s model lineup has been very stagnant for a very long time. New models have shown up, diversifying the options on showroom floors, but the company’s oldest offerings have remained largely the same since their introduction. The age of the Model S and Model X has clearly been hitting sales, but now Tesla is trying to hide that story with its sales reporting.

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  • Almost All Ice Cream Truck Music Is Controlled By One Company

    If you’ve ever heard an ice cream truck playing a little jingle as it drove down your street on a hot summer day, you’ve been touched by the marketing genius of Bob Nichols. You’ve never heard of him, but he’s the guy responsible for all of the music that gets played out of nearly every ice cream truck across the country.

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  • Dealer Sells A Customer's Mustang To A Fraudster, Then Expects Insurance To Cover The Loss

    It seems like there’s almost never a time when a car dealership doesn’t do something wrong. From selling a car that a customer brought in for repair to taking a customer’s money and then making them go through hell to get it back, even simply doing what they’re in business to do can turn into fraud. San Antonio’s KENS 5 reports how one dealership lost a customer’s vehicle to fraud and then expected his insurance to cover it.

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  • Americans Bought More Than 40,000 Cars That Were Built In China In The First Half Of 2024

    For years now automakers, politicians and car enthusiasts alike have been ranting about how Chinese automakers are coming to ruin our country and the auto industry as a whole. While we have yet to see any Chinese companies enter the U.S. market and start selling cars here, a handful of existing brands have been quietly selling cars built in China to (probably some) unexpecting Americans. So far in 2024, more than 40,000 made-in-China cars were sold in the U.S., and that number should only keep g

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  • Small Car Supremacy Imminent: Mitsubishi Mirage Sales Up 85-Percent

    After covering Ford CEO Jim Farley saying America needs to fall back in love with smaller cars despite running a company that killed the Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Taurus, we decided to take a look at the sales figures of the smallest, cheapest cars still on the market. It is July, after all, meaning most of the Q2 numbers are out. And you know what? We have great news! Those cars have seen massive sales growth through the first half of the year. Maybe the cheap new car isn’t dead yet, after all.

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  • Only 2 American Carmakers Make This List Of The Most American-Made Cars On Sale Today

    Three words: Made in America. We Americans carry quite a bit of national pride when it comes to our homegrown car manufacturers, be they Fords, Chevys, or Mopar. On this, the fourth day of the month of July, we celebrate American independence. Given the current political climate, however, I know why I’m not feeling very patriotic, but it turns out our American car companies aren’t very patriotic either. Not a single Ford, Chevrolet, or Dodge ranked in the top 15 of Cars.com’s list of the most Am

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  • Nothing's More American Than Smuggling Fireworks Across State Lines

    It’s the Fourth of July, the peak of American fireworks season. Your city or town might have an officially sanctioned display, but it might not be legal to purchase certain fireworks in your state. If you live in Massachusetts, private citizens are prohibited from even possessing fireworks. It might sound fun to be a smuggler for a day, but just hear me out before you grab your keys and head out the door.

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  • Fisker Asks Judge If It Can Sell Remaining Oceans For Just $14,000 Each

    Fisker officially filed for bankruptcy last month, and despite a “going out of business” sale that saw prices of its Ocean EV slashed by thousands, the automaker still has a few thousand leftovers that didn’t sell. Fisker may have found a buyer for all those EVs and, as TechCrunch reports, it’s willing to let them go for dirt cheap.

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  • 'We Have To Start To Get Back In Love With Smaller Vehicles,' Says CEO Of Automaker That Doesn't Sell Small Cars

    It definitely upsets some readers, but here at Jalopnik, we’re fully on Team Don’t Drive A Childcrusher 9000. Cars are fun and all, but they’re not more important than people’s lives. And unfortunately for everyone who does anything outside of a car, tall hoods on large trucks and SUVs make them especially deadly in the event of a crash. As it turns out, though, we do have an unlikely ally — Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, a company that almost exclusively sells trucks and SUVs.

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  • Elon Musk's 'Erratic, Impulsive' Behavior Puts Buyers Off Tesla: Study

    Tesla is having a heck of a time right now. The rollout of its flagship Cybertruck has been fraught with issues, sales of its entire lineup are stagnating and investors are getting worried that big boss Elon Musk is distracted by his other ventures, such as SpaceX and his takeover of Twitter. However, that might not be the only way Musk is hitting Tesla’s balance sheet, as a new study found that many would-be buyers are being put off by his toxic behavior.

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  • All Of Stellantis' American Brands Are Doing Badly This Year, But The Italians Are On The Upswing

    Now that we’re halfway through the year, automakers are slowly trickling out Q2 2024 sales results, which always results in goodies and interesting tidbits to be found. EV sales are up at multiple brands like BMW, Hyundai and GM, for instance. But it’s not all good news — just look at Stellantis. Every one of the conglomerate’s American brands saw declining sales both in Q2 and for the first half of the year overall, with Stellantis’ two Italian brands being the only ones that registered an incr

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  • Land Rover Defender Octa Is A 626-HP Beast Coming For The Raptors Of The World

    Land Rover is giving the Defender a huge performance and capability bump in the form of the new Defender Octa, which has finally made its debut after years of testing and spy shots. It’s got a new BMW-sourced engine, a wider stance, a revised chassis and a much beefier look, all in a bid to make this the most extreme Defender ever.

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  • Driver Manages To Flip Tesla Cybertruck, No Self-Driving Needed

    A driver in Mississippi put a Tesla Cybertruck on its roof in a single-car crash. While the circumstances around the incident are vague, the driver probably caused the crash all by themselves, as the EV hasn’t had its automated driving features activated yet. We’ve all been so worried about how Tesla’s Cybertruck could injure, maim or kill us that we didn’t stop to consider all the ways we could write off this electric pickup.

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  • BMW Doesn't Want Cars Burned In Car Carrier To Go Up For Sale

    The car carrier MV Fremantle Highway went up in flames in the North Sea last year, consuming thousands of brand new Mercedes, BMWs and Minis. Some of the cars on board were in good enough condition to be salvaged, reconditioned and sold, but BMW doesn’t seem to want anyone to buy those cars.

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  • Zelensky's Wife Didn't Actually Buy A Bugatti Tourbillon Despite Russian Propaganda Claims

    If you’ve been forced to spend time around conservatives at any point in the last several years, you’re probably aware that they live in a completely different version of reality than normal people. It’s impossible to keep up with all the insane things they believe, and unfortunately, the latest obviously fake rumor involves cars. Specifically, the claim that Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky’s wife bought a Bugatti Tourbillon, which only just got unveiled and won’t enter production for an

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  • Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Beats The Pants Off A Lamborghini Urus In A Drag Race

    Driving the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N for the first time was a revelation. It isn’t cheap, but the car is so fun to drive, it wormed its way into my brain and refuses to leave. In my initial review, I pointed out that the Ioniq 5 N makes about the same power as a Lamborghini Urus, which wasn’t necessarily meant to directly compare the two but instead point out how crazy it was that Hyundai had actually put this thing into production. Australia’s CarExpert, however, actually did compare the two — in a dr

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  • Extreme Heat Just As Bad For EV Range As Extreme Cold

    The energy efficiency of electric vehicles is widely touted by experts as a vital step to mitigate climate change. However, EVs aren’t well-equipped to endure the hellscape environment they are projected to avert. The consequences of cold-weather EV ownership on battery function are well-known, but high temperatures have a similar impact. Heatmap took a peek under the hood to explore how extreme heat can cut the range on an electric vehicle:

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  • All Those Snacks You've Wanted From Japanese 7-Elevens Are Finally Hitting U.S. Stores

    The convenience store business is experiencing a massive shift in priority right now, and it could soon mean better and more exciting international options for road trip snacks. The traditional model for American 7-Eleven stores has been focused around tobacco products and gasoline, but as both of those markets show downward trend lines, the chain is putting all of its eggs in the food basket. The chain of convenience stores is owned by a Japanese firm, and the future of the brand looks a lot mo

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  • Tesla Doesn't Know If Children Are Mining Its Cobalt, And Doesn't Seem To Care

    Activists are concerned that high-profile cobalt consumer Tesla isn’t doing enough to demand that its cobalt be mined ethically without the use of child or forced labor. The EV company says it is implementing checks on its suppliers, but these checks amount to scheduled visits by third party monitors who give the mines time to clear out any potential youth workers before the visit. Elon once promised to install a webcam to monitor the mine in real time, but that’s been walked back to a single b

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  • The Best Electric Cars You Can Buy In 2024 According To Consumer Reports

    It wasn’t too long ago that there were only a few electric vehicles on the market. Considering how much has happened in the meantime, can you believe the Tesla Model S was only introduced twelve years ago? Ever since Tesla changed the game with the most important car of the 21st century, more and more automakers have been getting into the EV game. Understandably, that can make things confusing for car shoppers who want to go electric but don’t have an exhaustive knowledge of the industry.

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  • Bus Full Of Passengers Attacked With Fireworks During An LA Street Takeover

    Street takeovers are still plaguing the Los Angeles area, despite officials asking for public assistance in stopping them and enacting laws meant to scare people out of participating in them. The takeovers seem to be getting worse, becoming less about a car drifting sideshow and more about property destruction. As KTLA reports, an LA Metro bus was targeted with fireworks and tagged with graffiti during the latest street takeover.

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  • Volvo Is Fully Refunding Customers Of Its Coolest New EV Due To Disastrous Software

    Update July 2, 2024, 1:20 PM: Volvo reached out to Jalopnik to clarify that, while some customers have returned vehicles for a refund, the EX30 remains on sale in the UK. A company representative stated: “The EX30 continues to be sold in the UK and with more than 4,500 already delivered to customers this year, it is proving popular, backed by a strong order book. In a very small number of cases in the UK, customers have chosen to exercise their consumer rights to return their cars. Volvo Cars st

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  • Koenigsegg Breaks Its Own Record By Doing 0-250-0 MPH Run In Just 28.27 Seconds

    Koenigsegg just officially broke its own 0-400-0 km/h world record in Sweden last week, with a Jesko Absolut shaving nearly a second off the Koenigsegg Regera’s previous record. 400 km/h equates to about 248.5 mph, which the Jesko Absolut reached from a dig in a mind-boggling 18.82 seconds, and then completed the trip back to a standstill in a total time of 27.83 seconds. Who needs to have that much speed at their disposal? Literally no one, but it sure is cool.

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  • Fisker Ocean Recalled Again Because The Doors Might Trap You Inside

    Fisker Automotive may officially be dead thanks to almost comically horrible mismanagement, but while it’s sorting out that whole bankruptcy thing, it also has to figure out how to handle a new recall. As it turns out, the Ocean’s doors might get stuck, trapping occupants inside. That’s not ideal in most situations, but it’s especially dangerous in an emergency, so the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is making Fisker fix it.

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  • Justin Timberlake Apparently Thinks His DUI Arrest Is A Joke

    Justin Timberlake was arrested for driving under the influence last month in the town of Sag Harbor on Long Island. The locals, for some reason, managed to turn Timberlake’s DUI into a story about how the cop who arrested him is a jerk who would dare ticket wealthy Hamptonites, but it’s still a serious charge. Normal people lose jobs and even careers over a DUI. Apparently, Timberlake doesn’t see it that way, though, with Billboard reporting he made a joke about it at his recent Boston show.

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  • Pininfarina Restored Honda's First Concept Car, The Wedgetastic 1984 HP-X

    Odds are, this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will be won by yet another Nazi car, but there should also be some legitimately cool stuff there, as well. In fact, there’s an entire Wedge-Shaped Concept Cars and Prototypes class this year, and one of the cars being entered is the 1984 Honda HP-X concept. Originally designed by Pininfarina, the HP-X made its first appearance at the 1984 Turin Auto Show and largely disappeared until now, which is a shame because this thing is rad as hell.

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  • The Oldest Ferrari Still On The Road Lives In New Zealand

    The first two Ferrari road cars have been lost to time, but New Zealanders Amanda and Philip still have, and regularly drive, the third example. This 1948 Ferrari 166 Inter, a right-hand-drive coupe, is the oldest Ferrari road car in the world. The couple found the car while reading Hemmings by gas lamplight in Alaska, which is an incredible story on its own. Decades later and the car is fully restored and delightfully touring around New Zealand, as documented by Ferrari’s YouTube channel.

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  • Watch Motorweek Test The Sterling, A Forgotten British Take On The Acura Legend

    If you don’t know much about Sterling’s flop of a four-year presence in the American car market, you’re not alone. British carmaker Rover tried and failed to permeate the car market in the U.S. twice prior to masquerading as the fresh new brand called Sterling. Rover partnered with Honda to develop the Sterling models based on the then-new Acura Legend, with hopes that some of Honda’s legendary reputation for reliability might rub off on Rover.

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  • Look At This Qatar-Plated Nissan Patrol I Saw In Beverly Hills

    I live about ten minutes away from Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, so I’m always driving around or walking through to see what cars are out and about. There’s always rare, cool and weird stuff running around, and even on a slow day I’m likely to see at least a few new supercars and some nice classics. Over the weekend I spotted a car that really stood out, and it’s probably not what you’d expect: A two-door Nissan Patrol on Qatar license plates parked in front of the Beverly Wilshire hotel.

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  • United Flight Diverts After Cabin Crew Vomit In 'Biohazard' Situation

    A flight between Houston and Boston was forced to divert to Washington D.C. on Sunday after a described “biohazard” situation. The carrier claims the incident was sparked by a passenger experiencing a medical emergency. A United Airline’s cabin crew is expected to assist sick customers, but what happens when they’re the ones puking all over the aircraft?

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  • Passenger Sues JetBlue Claiming Her Stage 4 Cancer Returned After She Wasn't Allowed To Fly With Her French Bulldog

    A California woman is suing JetBlue, claiming the airline’s refusal to allow her emotional support dog to accompany her last year led to a resurgence in her Stage 4 cancer. According to the lawsuit, the woman and her husband claim JetBlue also violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when a crew member kicked them off the flight, forcing them to scramble to find a new way home, the Independent reports.

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  • Viral TikTok Airplane Napping Hack Is Just A Real Bad Idea

    So called travel hacker clout chasers on TikTok are making air travel more dangerous for themselves and more annoying for their fellow travelers with this viral napping hack. Petite young women are sitting with their feet on the seat like a bored toddler at the dinner table, and wrapping the seatbelt around their shins so they can nap head-on-knees style. Airline seatbelts are in place to keep you safe during turbulent air, and an abrupt jolt upward or forward could snap a tiny ankle like a dry

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  • Boeing Is Getting A Sweetheart Deal On Safety From The Feds

    The Department of Justice finalized the terms of Boeing’s plea deal on Wednesday. The aircraft manufacturer pleaded guilty to fraud for misleading federal regulators who evaluated the 737 Max before its two crashes in 2018 and 2019. Along with a $243.6 million fine, the DOJ is requiring a $455 million investment into its compliance, quality, and safety programs. However, Boeing will have the right to veto the government’s choices for an independent compliance monitor to oversee… Boeing.

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  • Southwest Airlines Drops Open Seating

    Southwest Airlines is about to start assigning seats on flights and sell some with extra legroom. The changes are being made in an effort to appeal to more passengers who skip it for other airlines like Delta, United and American. Additionally, the plan will serve as a way to fend off an activist investor who is pushing for an overhaul of the airline’s leadership and operating strategy.

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  • Watch Nature Retake This International Airport Abandoned For 20 Years

    When they’re up and running, airports are hubs of life and activity, with excited travelers heading out on holiday, reluctant businessman flying for work and all walks of life passing through. When they shut up shop, however, they become eerie ghost towns offering a glimpse into a forgotten history, and that’s exactly what a group of urban explorers found when they went inside an international airport that’s been abandoned for more than 20 years.

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  • Watch Just How Far Plane Wings Are Designed To Bend

    Modern passenger planes are pretty impressive machines. They carry hundreds of people for thousands of miles, pack in luxury trimmings like showers and can even hit supersonic speeds in the right conditions. They’re also built to withstand some pretty serious weather, which means that their wings bend way further than you might expect.

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  • CrowdStrike Outage Caused 46,000 Flight Cancelations Globally In Just One Day

    Cybersecurity software Crowdstrike experienced a global outage on Friday, causing problems in a variety of industries, from financial to air travel and even taking down emergency services in some areas. It was an absolute disaster that, among other things, left thousands of travelers stranded, and it’s still causing canceled flights. On Friday alone, airlines canceled about 46,000 flights, the Washington Post reports.

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  • Check Out The Total Chaos The CrowdStrike Outage Unleashed On Airports Worldwide

    A problem with CrowdStrike security software crashed computer systems overnight, bringing everything from stores to banks and even airports that used Windows software. Without their computers operational, airlines have been forced to delay and cancel thousands of flights. While workers are finding some workarounds, the airports themselves have been beyond chaotic as travelers find themselves trapped, many of whom are now stuck in foreign countries.

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  • Watch Air Traffic Disintegrate In Real Time From The CrowdStrike Outage

    Air travel in the U.S. is a busy business, one that sees 45,000 flights serving 2.9 million each day, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Our frenzied skies got a little calmer early Friday morning however, as the CrowdStrike software outage impacted United, Delta and American Airlines—the three largest airlines in the U.S.

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  • A Single Defect In A Cybersecurity Software Is Taking Down Everything From Airports To 9-1-1 Call Centers

    A global outage of the security software CrowdStrike is effecting everything from international flights to global banks to average businesses around the world Friday morning. Systems are slowly returning to normal, but the effects of the outage will reverberate for the rest of the day, especially for the travelers stranded in airports by thousands of canceled flights.

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  • You Should Opt Out Of The TSA's New Facial Recognition Scans. Here's How

    With airlines expecting this to be the busiest summer travel season ever, millions of passengers will likely experience the Transportation Security Administration’s facial recognition technology  for the first time. Flyers could also be unaware that they can opt out of having their photo taken by a security officer. The TSA is aiming to roll out cameras in over 430 airports for identity verification purposes at checkpoints.

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  • World's Largest Operational Flying Boat Is Nearly Ready To Take To The Skies Again

    Aerial firefighter has to be one of the coolest jobs out there, right? You swoop over the countryside dumping huge volumes of water on pristine landscapes to try and save them from encroaching flames. Now, one of North America’s most iconic aerial firefighters is preparing to fly once again as the enormous WWII flying boat will soon take its final flight.

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  • Burning Laptop Stokes Chaotic Evacuation On American Airlines Flight

    A laptop sparked a small fire on an American Airlines flight last Friday before the plane even rolled back from the gate in San Francisco. The crew attempted to evacuate the Airbus A321 calmly as the cabin filled with smoke, but it devolved into chaos as passengers pushed and shoved their way to the exits. One passenger took matters into his own hands and threw the burning computer onto the tarmac.

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  • Delta Apologizes For Twitter Post Agreeing That Palestinian Pins Are 'Hamas Badges'

    Whether it’s because a child started crying or the pilot didn’t feel it was safe to turn off the seatbelt sign, airline passengers will complain about pretty much anything these days. Recently on Twitter, a Delta passenger complained they’d seen flight attendants wearing Palestinian flag pins on their uniforms, posting a photo of the attendants and calling them “Hamas badges.” Unfortunately for Delta, someone on its social media team responded from the official Twitter account saying they’d “be

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  • It's Officially Getting Too Hot For Helicopters To Fly

    Helicopters are the vehicle of choice when it comes to providing rapid emergency relief to regions that have challenging terrain or are too remote to quickly access by automobile. Now though, human-caused climate change is exacerbating the effects of a heat dome across much the Western U.S., which is causing record-breaking temperatures that make helicopter flight unsafe. A group of motorcyclists battling deadly heat illness in Death Valley, California were unable to be reached by emergency heli

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  • FAA Orders Inspections For Over 2,600 Boeing 737 Planes Due To Faulty Oxygen Masks

    The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that it is requiring airlines to inspect over 2,600 Boeing 737 planes due to issues with the aircraft’s oxygen masks. The agency received multiple reports of the passenger supply unit (PSU) oxygen generators shifting out of place. If an impacted 737 suffered an unexpected depressurization, the generators wouldn’t supply oxygen to the masks.

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  • Man Who Slipped On Spilled Baileys Irish Cream In Airport Awarded $5 Million

    A Swiss businessman who slipped on a puddle of Baileys Irish Cream inside London’s Heathrow Airport has been awarded $5 million over the November 2017 fall. And while $5 million might sound like a lot for a simple fall, the Guardian reports that Andreas Wuchner suffered a traumatic brain injury when he fell, resulting in painful headaches and other long-term side effects that he claims have damaged his business. Who knew a little Baileys could cause so much harm?

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  • Boeing Is Now A Felon: Here's What That Means

    The Department of Justice announced on Sunday that Boeing will plead guilty to a single count of criminal fraud for deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration. The aircraft manufacturer admitted to misleading regulators about the 737 Max’s MCAS flight control feature and the training needed to fly the aircraft equipped with the system. The MCAS was largely to blame for two crashes in 2018 and 2019, which killed 346 people. So, how did we get to this plea deal, and what will happen next?

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  • Southwest Flight Couldn't Wait 2 Minutes And Took Off From Closed Runway

    A Southwest Airlines flight took off from Portland, Maine on June 25 for a seemingly routine trip to Baltimore, Maryland. There was only one problem; air traffic control never cleared the plane to take off because the runway and the tower were still closed that morning. The scheduled opening was only two minutes away. The FAA and the NTSB are now investigating the incident with cooperation from the carrier.

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  • Here's How Exhausted Soviet Pilots Caused An Airplane To Drop Out Of The Sky Like A Stone

    Soviet machines are a special interest of mine, which is why I was surprised I’d never heard the tragic tale of Aeroflot Flight 5143—the worst commercial airline disaster in Soviet history until today. It was the worst air accident in Soviet history, leading to the loss of 200 people onboard, 54 of them children. Like so many Soviet tragedies, this crash was covered up by the same government that contributed to the disaster.

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  • Americans With Guns Are Hunting Walmart's Delivery Drones

    Walmart recently partnered with drone delivery startup Wing to offer packages shipped same-day by air. There is a laundry list of hurdles to overcome in order for this to be a reality, from regulatory approval, technological integration, and simply making it cost-effective to operate. One of the hurdles that Walmart and Wing have recently stumbled over is gun owners. Last week a Florida man admitted to shooting down a Walmart delivery drone, which he claimed was surveilling him, with a 9mm pisto

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  • Remember When A Dutch Airline Put 440 Squirrels Into A Giant Shredder?

    It was apparently quite common for Europeans to get imported squirrels from China and North America as pets way back in April of 1999. The squirrel trade was booming. A big shipment of squirrels transported by KLM Royal Dutch airlines from China was halted at Schiphol airport en route to an alleged Greek squirrel collector in Athens. According to reports from the time, the squirrels arrived without proper documentation or a return address in China, and the airline was unable to find a new home f

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  • The Goodyear Blimp Has A Nicer Bathroom Than My Apartment

    Blimps are so fascinating to me. Like, what do you mean that giant bag of helium is just floating up there? Wild. Anyway, the pilots and other passengers onboard the Goodyear Blimp have got to spend a lot of time up there when they’re floating over sporting events and doing other official Blimp business. It got me thinking: where the hell do these people shit when they’re up in their blimp amongst the heavens?

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  • Boeing 737 Loses Pressure And Drops 25,000 Feet

    It seems like planes are dropping out of the sky all the time right now. Some fell from turbulence, others for entirely unknown reasons. The most recent dramatic dive, however, comes from the scariest cause of all: An actual mechanical issue with a Korean Air Boeing 737.

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  • 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS T-Hybrid Is So Good It Makes The Haters Look Real Dumb

    The evening our band of merry automotive journalists arrived in Málaga, Spain, model line director Frank Moser started off the presentation for the 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS by showing us a bunch of hate comments Porsche received on social media when the facelifted 992-generation model was unveiled a few months ago. You see, the new Carrera GTS is the first roadgoing hybrid 911, and Porsche Guys are big mad about it.

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QOTD (36)

  • These Are The Gas Cars You Wish Were Electric

    I asked our readers earlier this week which gasoline-fueled cars they wish were electrically powered. While the industry trend has been for the most expensive or best-selling models to go electric first, the consensus among commenters is that the cheapest and most mundane vehicles should be the first to be fitted with electric motors. Although, many still put their own fantasies ahead of utilitarianism. Here were the most interesting picks:

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  • What's The Most Fun (Not Sex) Thing You've Done In Your Car?

    Cars aren’t very fun on their own, you know, taken in a vacuum. It’s the experiences and connections that cars facilitate which draws us all to them, right? For most people driving is just a chore and would instantly be replaced by teleportation if such technology were ever invented. There are so many great (not sex) things we can do with cars, though. We want to know the best thing you’ve ever done in your car. So tell us something great that you’ve done in your car, and don’t say anything like

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  • These Are The Worst Sports Cars Ever Made, According To You

    We put on our flame suits last week and asked readers what they thought were the worst sports cars ever made. Aside from lots of discussion about how wrong we were to call out the third-gen Camaro, there were many great responses and surprises. These were the answers.

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  • Which Gas Car Do You Wish Was Electric?

    Electric vehicles are becoming more prevalent on roads around the world, and traditional automakers are constantly rolling out new EV models. However, there’s clearly a desire to make what’s old new again. Enthusiasts are devoting their time and money to EV restomods, and manufacturers are reviving nameplates for new electric vehicles.

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  • What's The Worst Sports Car Ever Made?

    Automotive history is filled with cars that just weren’t it. In every segment, there is a slew of cars that can be genuinely hated. Today we’re talking about sports cars, and one of the worst — at least in my opinion — is the third-generation Chevrolet Camaro.

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  • What Discontinued Car Deserves A Second Chance?

    Cars are killed off all the time. For the most part, their deaths are well deserved. They may be getting old, uncompetitive or no one is buying them anymore. But, sometimes cars face an unfair and premature death. They’re killed before their time, and that means they can’t reach their full potential. That idea is what has inspired today’s question.

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  • These Automotive Laws Need To Change

    Many laws, especially here in the United States, are bad. It’s like the people writing them don’t have our best interests at heart or something. One group of people, however, always does: Us. Earlier this week, we asked you all what automotive laws need to change, and today we’re picking through the answers.

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  • These Are The Worst Cars From Great Automakers

    There are very few automakers out there that have been all killer, no filler throughout their history. Whether it’s a near miss like the Ferrari Mondial or a massive let down like the Alfa Romeo Arna, the world’s greatest car companies have all made a bad car at least once, right?

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  • What's The Worst Used Car Deal You Can Find?

    Yesterday, we found a listing for a 2011 Ford Focus that’s easily one of the worst cars sold by a dealer that we’ve seen in recent memory. It’s beyond rusty. The interior is gross. Everything about it screams, “Just send this thing to a wholesale auction,” but instead, the dealer decided to list it for nearly $6,000. When we asked the dealer why they didn’t auction it, they claimed it’s because the car is mechanically sound. They could’ve at least vacuumed out the interior before selling it, but

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  • The Best Sounding Cars Of All Time, According To You

    To some folks, how a car sounds is as important or more important than how it drives. I very much get that. In an age where more and more cars are being electrified, good-sounding engines are getting harder to come by. That’s what led me to my question from last week.

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  • What Automotive Law Needs To Change?

    Folks, it’s time to talk about the change this country needs. Our once-great nation has been besieged by lawmakers with ill intent, writing legislation that serves only to enrich their donors and themselves. It’s time that we, the people, put our foot down.

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  • What's The Worst Car From A Great Automaker?

    There are some pretty incredible automakers out there responsible for some pretty special cars. Ferrari has a long lineage of wonderful machines, as do less expensive brands like Alpine and even humble Honda has made some great cars. But is there an automaker with a stellar hit rate that’s also had its fair share of misses?

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  • What's The Best-Sounding Car Of All Time?

    Sound is a big deal when it comes to cars – especially now that more and more EVs are hitting the road without any sort of engine note. It means we’re even more focused on how good a car sounds because pretty soon, they’re all going to be electric and silent. That’s what led me to today’s question.

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  • These Are Your Favorite Celebrity Car Commercials

    We asked our readers earlier this week what their favorite celebrity car commercials are. The responses ranged from multi-million dollar Super Bowl efforts to nostalgic spots from the 1980s and 1990s. There were a few advertisements from overseas with familiar faces from the silver screen. Without further ado, here are the best submitted star-studded ads:

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  • What Is The Most You Would Ever Spend On A Car?

    How much are you willing to spend on a car? It’s a simple question that I came up with an answer for many years ago. Most people don’t really think about their limit, looking at cars as whatever monthly payment they can afford, or whatever. Did you go to the dealership with a number in mind, or did they talk you into something that was realistically out of your budget? We’re seeing huge average transaction prices in the market right now, and we’re coming off a cycle of people overpaying with wil

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  • What's Your Favorite 'Car Of The Future?'

    There’s nothing like an attempted political assassination mixed with reading Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen to make a girl feel unsure about the days ahead. No matter how the days march forward, however, there will be cars.

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  • These Are The Most Pointless Automotive Partnerships

    Automotive companies teaming up with companies outside of the automotive world rarely works out. Tech companies, clothing designers, and video games don’t really get the complex world of cars they’ve been thrust into. And who could blame them? They can’t all be Eddie Bauer Ford Explorers, after all.

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  • These Are The Most Comfortable Cars Ever Built

    As we get older and our brains fully mature, we become more risk averse and more comfortable being comfortable. Some folks have always aspired to a cushy and pampered lifestyle, and others learn to appreciate the comfy things in life as the youthful naiveté works its way out of our systems. Regardless of your real or perceived maturity level, most folks like to be comfortable. Last week we asked you to name the most comfortable cars ever built, and you all had some great answers for us.

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  • What's Your Favorite Celebrity Car Commercial?

    Paying a celebrity to tell people to buy a product is the most straightforward method for any company to garner sales through advertising, only second to making your product addictive. The automotive industry certainly has considered itself above this tried and true practice. Plenty of movie stars and musicians have endorsed new cars on television to hundreds of millions of potential customers, but the ads tend to be hit-or-miss affairs. We want to know which ones are your favorites.

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  • What Was The Most Pointless Automotive Partnership?

    Automakers will often team up with non- automotive companies for things like special edition cars, merch, etc. Sometimes the partnerships make sense. Remember Subaru’s L.L. Bean editions or Ford’s Eddie Bauer Explorers and Expeditions? Other times they come across as trying too hard—take Cadillac’s Bulgari partnership.

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  • What Is The Most Comfortable Car Ever Built?

    Car enthusiasts often flock to the cars with the highest horsepower numbers, loudest exhausts, or fastest Nürburgring lap times, but sometimes we want to be coddled, too. Life is all about compromise, and when you build a car that’s focused solely on providing the most comfortable experience possible, it usually comes at the sacrifice of other traits like agility or style. Or at least up until modern times; the levels of comfort, speed, safety, technology, and handling in new ultra-luxury vehicl

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  • These Are The Cars Our Readers Wish They Could Still Buy New

    Some of us come to terms with it later than others, but one of the most important lessons a child can learn is that you can’t always get what you want. We are not the center of the universe, and sometimes things just don’t go our way. As a kid, that often meant not being able to eat as much ice cream as you wanted or having to go to bed before the movie was over, but the same lesson applies as an adult, especially if you’re a car enthusiast. For some reason, the automotive world doesn’t revolve

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  • These Are The Small Cars America Should Fall In Love With, According To You

    It’s been over a week since Ford CEO Jim Farley said America needs to fall in love with small cars again. We asked readers earlier this week what those vehicles should be. There were recommendations for a wide array of small cars that ranged from subcompact SUVs to traditional hatchbacks. A few people let their imaginations run wild and designed completely new machines. Without further ado, here are the compacts the country should embrace:

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  • What Car Do You Wish You Could Still Buy New?

    In theory, new cars are just better. You get the latest safety features, upgraded technology, a better powertrain and the satisfaction of knowing other people know you got the new one. And to some degree, that’s true. Anyone who says they’d rather be in a car from the late 1970s in a crash instead of a brand-new crossover is either lying or doesn’t know what they’re talking about. That said, there are definitely cases where the older, recently canceled version of the car is still more desirable,

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  • These Are The Worst Jobs In The Car World According To You

    There are a lot of awesome jobs in the automotive world that you could be doing. Maybe it’s designing your dream cars, racing your dream cars or maintaining your dream cars. However, for every good job out there I bet there’s at least one awful job.

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  • What Small Cars Should America Fall In Love With?

    At the Aspen Ideas Festival last weekend Ford CEO Jim Farley stated that there is a societal need for consumers to fall back in love with smaller cars. Ironically, Ford culled nearly every car from its model lineup. The Mustang is the only car in the ballpark of being classified as small still produced by the Blue Oval.

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  • These Are The Most American Cars Ever, According To You

    Happy Monday, folks! I hope you all enjoyed a nice little 4th of July weekend, filled with beer, hotdogs and freedom (as long as you ignore all of the bad shit going on right now). Anyway, to celebrate the Fourth, we decided to ask a very American question.

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  • What's The Worst Automotive Job Out There?

    The automotive world is a pretty cool place filled with all kinds of awesome jobs. From fun things like race car driver to dream jobs like supercar designer, there are an awful lot of places to find immense joy working in a job you love across the car world. Not all automotive jobs are created equal, however, and some are just plain awful.

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  • What Is The Most American Car Ever?

    It’s the Fourth of July, babes, and to celebrate the land of the free and the home of the brave (ignoring all of the bad shit going on right now), we’ve decided to make today’s question all red, white and blue. We want to know what car you all think perfectly exemplifies America.

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  • These Are The Worst Places To Stop On A Road Trip

    Ah, summer road trips. The sun on your face, a visit to the wind in your hair, the world’s sketchiest gas station bathroom — pure America. Of course, no one loves that last one, so earlier this week we asked you for the worst places to stop on a road trip. Today, we’re digging through your answers to come with a list of all the sights you don’t want to see.

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  • Has There Ever Been A Perfect Car?

    There have been so many different kinds of car built since the beginning of time. I don’t know how many different cars, but it’s got to be in the dozens, right? With so many options to choose from, there has to have been one that just achieved ultimate perfection. If you had to pick just one car as perfect, nothing you would change, as close to heaven as you can get, what would it be?

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  • What Is The Greatest Performance Car Of The 1990s?

    Everyone’s favorite decade (and I do mean everyone) is the 1990s. It was a great time for music, fashion and, of course, cars. There’s just something about cars from that blessed decade. Just look at the BMW M3, the Lamborghini Diablo or the Dodge Viper — they’re smaller, sharper creatures than we have on our roads today, with fierce headlights and bright colors.

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  • Here's How You Ended Up With Your Current Daily Driver

    Unfortunately, real life requires us to make logical choices instead of emotional choices, which for car people usually means finding a daily driver that’s affordable, efficient, reliable and spacious. Cars that embody those traits rarely add the claim of fun to drive to their roster, but it’s heartening to see that most of the Jalops still find fun cars for daily driver duties. And for everyone whose life has led them to own a mundane daily driver, you shouldn’t feel an ounce of shame for makin

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  • What's The Worst Place To Stop On A Road Trip?

    Summer is in full swing, which means it’s officially road trip season — time to pack the kids into the Family Truckster and venture across the continent, taking in every sight, sound, and smell between point A and point B.

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Racing (34)

  • Wild Formula 1 Statistic Proves Drivers Stick Around For Way Too Long

    Last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps broke a new record, setting an interesting precedent in F1. For the first time in the history of the sport every driver in the top ten finishing positions is a former Grand Prix winner. In order, following George Russell’s disqualification, the drivers came home Lewis Hamilton, Oscar Piastri, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, and Daniel Ricciardo.

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  • T-Pain Has A Pickle Rick Drift Car Again

    T-Pain’s “Rick And Morty”-themed Pickle Rick drift car is the subject of a story that has dragged on for years. The short version is that this car was a pretty standard LS-powered Nissan S14 drift build, and T-Pain loaned it to his mechanic and friend for use in a television show. On that show it got pretty seriously wrecked. That friend never really made it right, but after a couple of years of complete rebuild, the Pickle Rick S14 is back. The car made its grand debut at Gridlife last weekend

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  • George Russell's Bold Strategy Might Have Won Him The Belgian Grand Prix But It Broke The Rules So He Got Disqualified

    This weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at the legendary Spa Francorchamps, loathe as I am to admit it, was a pretty damn good Formula 1 race. George Russell went extremely long on a set of hard tires, running a one-stop strategy that nobody thought was viable, and it paid off (until it didn’t.) No single driver, or indeed team, was head-and-shoulders above the competition like in basically every other race this year. Belgium was the best race of the season, by a long shot. Until George Russell receiv

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  • The FIA Gave Yuki Tsunoda A 60-Place Penalty Despite There Only Being 20 Spots On The Grid

    The upcoming Belgian Grand Prix is the fourteenth round of the 2024 season, and Visa Cash App RB driver Yuki Tsunoda has already used all of his allotted Red Bull Drivetrains engine replacements for the season. Every time a regulated “power unit element” is replaced, it comes with a ten-spot grid penalty. The RB team figured since Tsunoda’s car needed a new engine after Hungary, they might as well go for broke and replace everything.

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  • These Are The Crashes That Will Haunt Racing Fans Forever

    It’s a commonly held belief that a significant contingent of racing fans follow the sport for the crashes. While there’s a certain visual appeal to fire and high-speed destruction, all that goes away when you realize that another human being isn’t walking away from the wreck because they’re either seriously injured or dead.

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  • Red Bull Paid Sergio Perez $14 Million To Crash $4 Million Worth Of Cars (So Far)

    Red Bull is having a very strange 2024 season, and Sergio Perez’ propensity to end up in the wall isn’t helping. Last weekend at the Hungaroring, Perez slid his RB20 into the barrier during the opening segment of qualifying at turn 8 when he was caught out by a light misting of rain. That’s a forgivable incident for almost anyone else on the grid, but when your team has spent more money and time repairing your cars than any other driver it’s a major concern. The Hungary crash cost Red Bull anoth

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  • Toyota Believes Hydrogen Power Will Win Le Mans

    Toyota Gazoo Racing is committing to its long-running FIA WEC and Le Mans 24 hypercar program, up to and including building a next-generation car powered by hydrogen. The series had previously announced that it would allow hydrogen-powered vehicles to compete in the top flight Hypercar category, where Toyota currently races the gasoline-electric hybrid GR010, for the 2026 season, but that has now been postponed to 2028. During this year’s Le Mans festivities back in June, Toyota unveiled a preli

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  • Red Bull Gives Max Verstappen A Bedtime

    Following last weekend’s shambolic display from three-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen, the team have stated that they don’t believe his childish shouting over the radio, or erratic driving, stem from late-night sim racing-related fatigue. Reports from the 24 Hours of Spa virtual indicate that Verstappen was called in as a last-minute replacement for a teammate who didn’t show up, starting a stint around 1 a.m. and finally relinquishing control of the in-game car at around 3:3o the m

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  • Max Verstappen's Champion Veneer Is Wearing Thin

    The Dutch 26-year-old three-time Formula 1 World Champion is going through it, and a weekend that included multiple shitty childish calls to his team, more complaints about his Red Bull car, and excuse after excuse for breaking series rules and colliding with competitors. The old Max is back, including an on-track contretemps with Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes. It’s 2021 all over again! Many F1 pundits have considered Max a more mature version during the 2022 and 2023 seasons, as he seemed calmer an

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  • Could A Second U.S. Race Make Americans Finally Care About Formula E?

    Those pesky Europeans like to complain about the fact that Formula 1 has five races in North America, with events taking place in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico every year. Now, Formula E could be about to follow suit with more races here in the Land Of The Free as the electric race series targets new fans across the region.

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  • Martinsville Exhibition Race For Mazda MX-5 Cup Is The Best, Coolest Thing In Racing

    There isn’t much that IMSA isn’t doing right at the moment. On Thursday the sanctioning body announced that it would be bringing its entry-level racing series, Mazda MX-5 Cup, to a NASCAR oval for the first time. Yes, MX-5 Cup has run at Daytona in the past, but only on the road course. This October the series will run 100 laps of the Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Racing is always at its best when series make interesting and fun choices, and this absolutely counts.

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  • This BMW-Powered Lada Is Harder Than A Hammer And Sharper Than A Sickle

    We love it when the little car goes “nyoaaaawww”, don’t we, folks? If you take a piece of Soviet history and jam a modern-ish capitalist German engine between the fenders, do you get a car of, by, and for the people? By gosh, I think you might. Built in Hungary to run the Croatian Hillclimb Championship, Tamás Tomcsany’s Lada VAZ 2101 has been ripping around for years with a Hayabusa engine under the hood, but recently he tore the motorcycle heart out and installed a 370 horsepower BMW 1.9 liter

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  • Mercedes F1 Team Hit By Global CrowdStrike Outage

    Formula 1 isn’t immune to Friday’s global technology outage that ground airports to a halt and hampered most forms of commerce involving a computer operated by Windows. Cybersecurity giant Crowdstrike said that a faulty software update caused the mass calamity. Crowdstrike also has a massive presence in motorsport, including partnering with the Mercedes F1 team.

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  • Rumor: Toyota May Return To F1 After 15-Year Hiatus In Partnership With Haas

    For eight lackluster seasons in Formula One, Japanese auto giant Toyota was getting its clock cleaned by almost everyone else on the grid. If rumors are to be believed, the manufacturer may be eyeing a comeback to the sport, using its Gazoo Racing arm in Germany to tie up with American team Haas. TGR Europe in Cologne, Germany is still a state-of-the-art motorsport facility with two in-house wind tunnels, and Haas wants to tap into some of that Gazoo juju in order to up its game. The partnership

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  • IndyCar Driver Cleared To Race After 109G Airborne Crash

    IndyCar has medically cleared Sting Ray Robb to compete this upcoming weekend after his dramatic crash during the finish of last Sunday’s Hy-Vee One Step 250 at Iowa Speedway. Robb’s car soared through the air and rolled multiple times before sliding upside down to a halt. The initial landing on the pavement was measured as a 109g impact. AJ Foyt Racing driver was airlifted to Mercy One Des Moines Medical Center and was released later that day.

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  • Travis Pastrana Puts On Show And Crashes Subaru GL 'Family Huckster' During Goodwood Run

    Travis Pastrana put on a show with the Hoonigan Huckster on the storied hillclimb at last weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, but his run ended with the extensively modified 1983 Subaru GL Wagon in a haybale. The event’s traditional climax is the timed shootout. While victory carries some prestige, it’s not really a cutthroat competition when vehicles attempting the modest ascent span over a century of history.

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  • Watch Ryan Tuerck Drift The Crap Out Of A Vintage Toyota Truck At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

    The Goodwood Festival of Speed is a hillclimb event founded over 30 years ago that takes place in West Sussex, England every summer. Goodwood isn’t known for being a particularly rowdy automotive event, in fact the website recommends “smart casual” as the dress code, but that didn’t stop New Hampshire–born pro drifter Ryan Tuerck from annihilating the rear tires of his 600-plus-horsepower 1966 Toyota Stout 1900 pickup truck as he slid around the course.

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  • Watch A Lucid Air Sapphire Beat A Dodge Demon 170 On Its Home Turf Again And Again

    The Lucid Air Sapphire is the quickest car you can buy for a quarter-million dollars, and it’ll outrun cars in the quarter mile that cost orders of magnitude more. It’s even quicker than the dragstrip-oriented Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170. In a recent test by Hagerty’s Jason Cammisa, the Lucid turned an impressive 9.002 second run at the Famoso dragstrip in California. Wait, isn’t that just a tick behind Dodge’s claimed 8.99 seconds for the Demon 170? In real life with a real driver behind the

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  • Lotus Immediately Crashes Its 2,000-HP Evija X Prototype At Goodwood Festival Of Speed

    The time-attack-slanted all-electric Lotus Evija X prototype crashed directly into the wall on driver’s right as it was leaving the start line for a run up the hill at Goodwood on Thursday. The racer, based on Lotus’ electric hypercar, features nearly 2,000 horsepower, sticky racing slick tires, and enough downforce to shift the planet’s alignment in the solar system, but none of that was enough to prevent the driver from immediately losing control of the $2.3 million electric British exotic. Wi

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  • WRC Star Crashes Out Of Home Rally In Spectacular Fashion

    Rally Estonia might have been dropped from the FIA World Rally Championship schedule this year, but the country’s biggest star still decided to show up last weekend. Ott Tänak entered the event in the national class with the 2019 World Rally Champion and was the easy favorite to win. However, his rally ended with an acrobatic crash during the second stage. Tänak and his co-driver Martin Järveoja escaped the wreck unharmed.

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  • Jaguar Isn't Ditching Racing Anytime Soon Despite All-Electric Push

    Jaguar confirmed in March that all its internal combustion models will be killed off. A month later, the British luxury automaker announced its commitment to Formula E until 2030. Rawdon Glover, the brand’s managing director, admitted to Jalopnik that the championship’s viewers tend to be younger and aren’t the typical buyers of one of its vehicles. However, technology transfer was the most significant benefit of competing in Formula E, according to Glover.

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  • Bad Hand Controls Could Derail Robert Wickens' Single-Seater Comeback

    No one knew what to expect when Robert Wickens took to the track in a modified Formula E car almost two weeks ago at Portland International Raceway, including Robert Wickens. It was the first time the 35-year-old Canadian drove a single-seat race car since the 2018 IndyCar crash which left him with limited mobility below the waist. While the 11-lap demonstration run was intended to evaluate Wickens’ prospects in the electric world championship, the category’s equipment wasn’t ready for him.

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  • Porsche Once Developed A Radically Different Kind Of Disc Brake

    Disc brakes were hardly a new technology in 1962, as Jaguar and Dunlop had tested the concept in the crucible of motorsport as early as a decade prior at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Up to this point in the company’s history, Porsche had been using tried and true (and cheap) drum brakes, even on all but a few of its racing cars, but the company wanted to build a winning Formula 1 car for the 1962 season and needed better brakes. Instead of paying Dunlop to license the technology, Porsche set about e

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  • Mid Ohio's Old-School Charm Is Unbeatable

    Before teams start moving their race cars into the garages at Mid Ohio, someone has to clean all of the bird shit off of the workbenches. This sure as hell ain’t the air conditioned and LED lit garage of an FIA Grade 1 track. The Midwest’s best race track is a romanticized vision straight out of the 1960s when it was built. While some have called for the circuit to have its facilities modernized, I’m inclined to argue that it’s just fine the way it is. The track is still a magnificent display of

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  • Days Like These Are Why I Love Cars

    There’s no better place to be than the race track during a major motorsport series event. Nothing else comes close to the sound, smell, and experience of putting your boots on and walking around the circuit, mere yards from some of the best drivers in the world showing what they’re capable of. This weekend at Mid Ohio I was reminded exactly why I loved cars and racing. I would argue that there isn’t another hobby which infiltrates you down to your pores quite like racing, and that’s why I love i

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  • Apple Could Have Entered A Real Formula 1 Team For The Budget Of Its Upcoming Brad Pitt Drama 'F1'

    An Apple film production has been running around the Formula 1 paddock during the 2023 and 2024 seasons, working on a new F1 movie driven by lead actor Brad Pitt and producer Lewis Hamilton, called “F1.” According to reports, the film has already blown through its entire $300 million budget with plenty of production still taking place before the film’s release next summer. This makes it one of the most expensive movies ever made, and it’s not entirely common for racing films to be commercially s

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  • Biggest F1 Pirate Streamer Online Is Shutting Down

    Cable and terrestrial television viewers are dropping like flies, and many don’t want to pay the exorbitant $84.99 per year fee that F1 TV charges for live streaming of Grands Prix. I, myself, was an F1 TV subscriber until the rates went up significantly for the 2024 season. If you wanted to keep up with F1 but didn’t want to pay for the privilege, you were forced to fly around the world to races, attend local F1 watch parties hosted by sports bars and suffer Max Verstappen fans at 7 a.m., or tu

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  • McLaren Just Can't Stop Firing IndyCar Drivers, It Loves It Actually

    The Arrow McLaren IndyCar team will replace Alexander Rossi with Danish driver Christian Lundgaard at the end of the 2024 season, ending the 2016 Indy 500 winner’s two-year tenure in Papaya orange colors. The move is an interesting one, as Rossi clearly still has the drive and talent (though maybe not the luck) needed to succeed—he qualified and finished fourth at the Indy 500 this year, and sits seventh on points following a podium at the most recent Laguna Seca round. Lundgaard, however, shows

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  • Only American In Formula 1 Forced To Run Union Jack Livery Right After The 4th Of July

    There have been just three American racing drivers in Formula 1 in the last thirty years. The current American is young Logan Sargeant, racing for the legendary Williams Racing team. It’s safe to say he’s, uh, struggling to make anything happen in the recalcitrant Williams in 2024, failing to score any points, and being forced to give up his car to teammate Alex Albon in Australia. For the upcoming British Grand Prix, the team will force further indignity upon the Floridian by making him race wi

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  • How Did Everyone Survive That Horrific Crash At Spa?

    Spa Francorchamps officials had been showing yellow flags for sixteen seconds by the time Adrian D’Silva’s Porsche ran headlong into the stopped Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 296 on the start-finish straight. D’Silva was the sixteenth car in line attempting to pass the sidelined Bronze-class Ferrari as it coasted extremely slowly toward the grass. Yellow flags fly in order to warn drivers that something is on the race track ahead, and that they should slow down, but the Porsche (and everyone else) just

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  • Max Verstappen Uses His Car As A Weapon And The FIA Doesn't Care

    Max Verstappen is a very fast and talented driver, but when he’s challenged even a little bit, he seems to become as dangerous as the dickheads in your average Forza lobby. He’s done it for years, and he’s rarely ever been given any kind of reprimand for his dangerous actions. He’ll run competitors too deep into a corner, threatening them to either back off or get hit. It’s not the kind of actions befitting a Formula 1 World Champion, and he seriously needs to grow the hell up. It’s obvious McLa

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  • Robert Wickens Doesn't Have Full Use Of His Legs But He Can Still Kick Your Ass

    When Robert Wickens hit the wall in the Pocono IndyCar race back in 2018 the Canadian racer suffered a bruised spine that took away his ability to walk, let alone race. By 2022 he was back racing full time with Bryan Herta Autosport in IMSA’s TCR class using specially adapted hand controls, and in 2023 he won the season championship. It took him a lot longer than he’d hoped to get back into an open wheeler, but after 2,141 days out of the cockpit, he spent this weekend testing a hand-controlled

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Reviews (8)

  • 2024 Mercedes-AMG SL63 S E Performance PHEV Adds New Dimension To The Roadster Experience

    Somehow we’re already halfway through 2024, and the automotive world is chugging along towards electrification. Pretty much every automaker offers multiple fully electric and hybrid models at this point, but there’s a distinct lack of plug-in versions of one particular body style: Convertibles. Aside from a few mid-engine supercars, almost no brands will sell you a convertible with anything beyond a simple 48-volt hybrid system. Mercedes is changing that with the 2025 Mercedes-AMG SL63 S E Perfo

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  • EMC's Mercedes-Benz 250GD Wolf Restomod Is The Slowest G-Wagen You Can Buy, And Maybe The Best

    Restomodding a car is nothing new. People have been taking old beat-up classics and giving them modern touches pretty much since the first used car hit the market. It’s especially popular these days, with companies like Singer (on the ultra-high-end), Icon 4x4 and East Coast Defender creating modern remixes of iconic classic cars. For the most part, these companies rely heavily on the “mod” part of restomod, but one outfit is doing it a bit differently, focusing more on the restoration process.

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  • 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance PHEV Gives You The Best Of Both Worlds

    At face value, the 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance looks like yet another hybrid only created to appease emissions regulators and set new horsepower records. While yes, its 805 horsepower makes the plug-in-hybrid GT the quickest AMG ever, its small battery pack and meager electric-only range make the hybridization seem pointless. Two days of driving the GT63 E Performance around Germany reveal that’s far from the case.

    By Daniel Golson Read More

  • God Help Me I Think I Actually Like The Can-Am Ryker Rally

    There are very few reasons I get up at 6:00 am. If I’ve got an early flight or I’m taking the green flag at an off-road race then fine. I’ll grumble and stumble out of bed, down the first Diet Dr Pepper of the day and get things started. However, most days it’s a stretch for me to rise before 9:00 a.m. It’s just how I roll.

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  • Driving The Polaris Slingshot Was So Unpleasant It Set Off My Fitness Tracker's Stress Monitor

    Jalopnik is more than just a car blog. We cover and review all sorts of transportation, from boats to trains to motorcycles, but this review is of something much more nebulous: The Polaris Slingshot. You know, that three-wheeled, two-seat, open-topped tricycle thing with a single belt-driven rear wheel. My apprehensions ran high prior to driving this Volt Orange 2024 Polaris Slingshot SL, and after a week living with the Slingshot, those apprehensions were validated. The Slingshot really isn’t f

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  • Maserati GranCabrio Folgore's Magic Is In How It Drives

    I recently drove the 2025 Maserati GranCabrio around Italy in both gas-powered Trofeo and fully electric Folgore guises and while I really enjoyed my time with both cars, I can’t get over just how good the Folgore EV is to drive. Honestly, I think it’s the best driving electric vehicle that money can buy right now, and this feat comes down to the overall engineering and vehicle design choices made by the team behind the GranCabrio. I’ll break it all down for you.

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Spacelopnik (16)

  • Watch Sierra Space Blow Up Its Inflatable Space Station In The Name Of Science

    The International Space Station is nearing the end of its life and will soon be crashed back to Earth in spectacular fashion. This means there’s a gap in the market for a new space station, and Sierra Space hopes its inflatable station will be up to the task. But before it can be sent into orbit, the company is inflating the new station to bursting point.

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  • Boeing Starliner Delays Already Cost The Company $1.5 Billion Before ISS Launch

    It’s been 55 days since Boeing launched the Starliner on a mission to the International Space Station. Unfortunately for astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, problems with the Starliner turned what was supposed to be a 10-day trip into a multi-month ordeal that has no end in sight. Allegedly, they could totally return to Earth any time they want, but they’re just being cautious. Then again, considering CNBC reports delays caused the Starliner to go more than $1.5 billion over budget, and

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • Boeing Still Can't Return Stranded Astronauts To Earth After 51 Days Stuck In Space

    Boeing isn’t just having problems on Earth where plane production is facing questions from the top-tier of the U.S. Government, it’s also having issues in space as well. The American company flew two astronauts to the International Space Station last month and leaks onboard its spacecraft mean it hasn’t been able to return them home, leaving them stranded in orbit for 51 days.

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  • NASA's Return To The Moon Just Got One Giant Leap Closer

    NASA has just taken delivery of one of the key components of the new rocket that will fly astronauts into orbit around the moon next year. The central piece of the new Space Launch System has arrived in Florida, where it will soon be assembled to begin tests and checks before the planned mission, which could launch in September 2025.

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  • Nuclear-Powered Rockets Could Be The New Space Race's Greatest Gift

    Nuclear-powered spacecraft could be the apex vehicle of this century’s space race. Concepts and designs for reactor-equipped rockets have been around for over 50 years but have never left the experimental stage. Despite ambitions to boldly go where no one has gone before, America’s latest push to get nuclear propulsion is to get the upper hand on the country’s new adversary in orbit, the People’s Republic of China.

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  • NASA Outlines How The ISS Will Die Over Its Final Year

    Enjoy the social media posts from astronauts while you can. NASA announced earlier this week the details of how the International Space Station will die. The space agency stated that astronauts will remain onboard as long as possible while the station’s orbit decays. When the crew finally departs, SpaceX will deliver the coup de grace with its U.S. Deorbit Vehicle in 2030.

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  • Moonbase Alpha's Chat Function Is Still Funny After 14 Years

    Back in 2010, NASA made a video game. It was called Moonbase Alpha, and it was meant to simulate what it would actually be like to maintain a lunar colony. Just two weeks after its launch, however, Moonbase Alpha was famous for a different reason: The Microsoft Sam-sounding voice that read out your chat messages.

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  • NASA Sent Missy Elliott Lyrics To Venus As The First Hip-Hop Song In Deep Space

    Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” became the first rap song to ever be transmitted into deep space last week when NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) beamed the Grammy Award-winning artist’s lyrics 158 million miles away to the planet Venus. Missy Misdemeanor’s iconic first single joins The Beatles’ “Across The Universe” as the only two songs ever transmitted into deep space.

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  • International Space Station Should Be Saved By SpaceX, Not Crashed Into Ocean

    Two former space agency leaders called for the International Space Station to be preserved for future generations in an open letter published earlier this month. SpaceX is currently slated to scrap the station by 2030 in a controlled deorbiting, a technical way of saying it will just crash the ISS into the ocean. NASA is paying $843 million to Elon Musk’s private space venture to do the honors.

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  • Giant Balloon Ride Startups Promise You'll Soon Be Able To Live Out Your 'Up' Fantasy On The Way To Space

    Do you have way too much money burning a hole in your pocket and a desire to go to space but not quite enough money to afford a seat on a rocket that can take you to space? Well, then maybe a capsule strapped to a giant balloon that floats more than 15 miles above ground could scratch that itch for you. And you’ll soon have several options to choose from, CNBC reports.

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  • Boeing Starliner Could Return To Earth If It Needs To, Just Doesn't Want To Right Now: NASA

    Despite the development delays and a drastically elongated mission, NASA stated on Wednesday that it’s aiming to return the Boeing Starliner from the International Space Station by the end of July. The space agency also stated the spacecraft could evacuate to Earth right now should an emergency arise. Like the premise of “Gilligan’s Island,” the Starliner’s debut NASA crewed test mission was supposed to last only eight days, but turned into a seemingly indefinite stay in space.

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  • We're So Good At Making Trash We've Started Putting Useless Junk In Space, Too

    I have become convinced that the truly incredible quantity of junk being launched into space on a regular basis will become one of the world’s greatest problems within our lifetime. According to UN estimates, the quantity of objects put into space by humans between 2019 and today (8,815 objects) exceeds the total number of objects put into space between the start of humanity’s space exploration in 1957 through 2018 (8,448 objects). The number of pieces of space junk launched into orbit has grown

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  • SpaceX's Sexual Harassment Case Could End Worker Protections For All Of Us

    Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has a long history of being weird about reproduction. Perhaps it’s related to his long history of allegedly harassing and exposing himself to women, which a new report from Bloomberg says has been codified in the culture of SpaceX — a culture that now has the company facing lawsuits from eight ex-workers.

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  • NASA Praises Flawed Boeing Starliner's Ability To Remain Stranded At The ISS

    The Boeing Starliner is still docked to the International Space Station on its debut crewed mission. Due to issues with the spacecraft, the mission surpassed the 26-day mark on Friday. The NASA flight test was initially scheduled to last 10 days. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams don’t have a set date when they will return to Earth. NASA, for its part, has praised the Starliner for its ability to remain stranded at the ISS.

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  • Falling Space Junk Is A Growing Problem That Is Only Going To Get Worse

    Earlier this year, the peace of a Florida neighborhood was shattered when a chunk of junk from the International Space Station crashed through a home. This was followed in May by a 90-pound piece of a SpaceX Dragon ship that crashed into a camping resort in North Carolina, begging the question: Are space agencies doing enough to protect us from falling space debris?

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  • Chinese Private Spaceflight Company Accidentally Launches Reusable Rocket Into The Side Of A Mountain

    If there’s one thing you generally don’t want, it’s rockets losing control. Especially while they are still here on Earth; it’s why count downs are such a big deal. Unfortunately, a rocket in China, just could not be contained. It literally slipped the surly bonds of both Earth and its ground team over the weekend for 30 seconds of glorious, sky-bound freedom, before crashing into the side of a mountain.

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The Morning Shift (23)

Toyota (1)

  • The Toyota Tacoma S-Runner Was A Cheap, V6 Powered Sporty Pickup With A Manual

    Back in the early 2000s, the Tacoma was still a small—ish pickup you could buy new for cheap. Base models with no options started just under $12,000. If you wanted a cheap, fun to drive pickup, Toyota had you covered. Four years before the sports car fighting Tacoma X-Runner hit the scene, the Tacoma S-Runner carried the sporty truck flag for the brand.

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Trainlopnik (5)

  • Teen Accused Of Derailing Train Just For Clicks

    A teenager from Nebraska is facing two felony charges amid accusations that they purposefully caused a train to derail. The teen, who has not been named by authorities, is accused of tampering with train tracks and causing a crash so that they could film it and post the footage online.

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  • Arson Attacks Disable France's Trains Ahead Of Paris Olympics

    A series of fires crippled France’s high-speed rail system Friday ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Current estimates suggest as many as 800,000 travelers will likely be affected over the course of the weekend, with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal describing the early morning fires as “acts of sabotage,” the BBC reports.

    By Collin Woodard Read More

  • Time To Put Some 'Subway Juice' On A Petri Dish

    If you’ve ever ridden a subway in New York City, you’ve probably noticed random little pools of liquid sludge that seem to form all over the place because of leaky ceilings and other fixtures. It’s not entirely uncommon to see sludge like this pretty much everywhere, but New Yorkers on the internet have affectionately dubbed this phenomenon “Subway Juice,” and it is nasty.

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  • This Is Why New York City Subway Platforms Aren't Air Conditioned

    There are few places on Earth warmer and less comfortable than a New York City subway platform on a hot summer day. The combination of heat, humidity and basement dankness come together to form a really nightmarish concoction. It’s enough to make the average person wonder why there can’t be a better way. Why isn’t there air conditioning on subway platforms? Why does it feel like it’s actually getting hotter?

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  • Boston Concedes To Vicious Protestors, Puts Googly Eyes On Trains

    In the year 2024, we have almost become accustomed to pesky protestors marching around shouting about useless causes like how they don’t think American tax dollars should be funding genocidal wars in foreign countries, but in Boston, Massachusetts, a protest finally created some meaningful change. Two months after a protest was held in the Boston Commons, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) acceded to the unruly protesters and agreed to stick large googly eyes on the front of s

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Transportation (2)

  • Inside The Cold War Plan To Use Postal Trucks To Pick Up Nuclear Attack Victims

    Nothing stops the United States Postal Service, not even nuclear fallout. Following the first successful nuclear weapons test conducted by the Soviet Union in August of 1949, the U.S. government was forced to prepare for the worst. It was an all-hands-on-deck situation involving every federal department and agency, and the post office was more involved than you might think. The Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 pushed the USPS to set up fallout shelters, operate emergency transportation of wound

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  • The Kite Bike Dream Is Dead

    Sometimes, when you believe in yourself and the things you’ve built, you put yourself in situations that are very dumb and funny. It’s extremely Aussie behavior to attempt to sail your half-motorcycle half-hang glider contraption across a very wide river without any kind of contingency plan if things go awry. Kale Makeham’s revolutionary transit device, the Kite Bike, crashed right into the Murray river, the longest river in Australia, and he didn’t even have a floatation device or even a plan f

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Trucks (1)

  • Redesigned Cybertruck Wheel Covers Fix The Problem Tesla Made For Itself

    It has been about six months since Tesla’s Cybertruck made headlines for its unique aerodynamic wheel covers. The wheel covers eventually caused a stop-sale because they gradually ground holes in the tire’s sidewalls every single time the tire rotated. Now though, some Cybertruck owners have reported receiving updated wheel covers that should cause less damage to the tires. Should.

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Unpaved (1)

  • Watch This Motorcycle Magician Take A Big Bike Places It Was Never Meant To Go

    I am unilaterally declaring today a Pol Tarrés appreciation day. The Andorran rider got his start as a trials rider, but that wasn’t challenging enough for him, so now he does most of his riding on a 450-pound Yamaha T7. That isn’t a bike that normally competes in trials and enduro riding, but somehow he makes it work. The guy’s “Seeker” video series is unbeatable, but his competition clips are perhaps even more impressive. Anyway, clear your schedule, have them hold your calls, and watch this t

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Wrenching (3)

  • Manual Swap Your Ferrari, You Cowards

    Today’s high-end sports cars all use exquisite dual-clutch automatic gearboxes for super-quick shifts and better driver control than even a row-your-own manual gearbox can offer. But back in the heady days of the 1990s the technology just wasn’t there yet, and the best sports cars employed horribly unresponsive single-clutch automated manuals. Ferrari’s criminally bad F1 Gear transmission made even the most responsive mid-engine sports car of its era feel drunk and slow. Using a series of hydrau

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  • Maybe I Already Have The Perfect Car

    Humans spend a lot of time chasing perfection, but it’s much more healthy to sit back and realize that perfection is next to impossible to achieve. And once you achieve it, you can’t enjoy it for fear of its upkeep. It’s much healthier to lower your standards of what constitutes “perfect.” Over the July 4 holiday I picked up my freshly painted 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo from the shop and immediately took it on a 400-mile tour of Southern Ohio to chase the good roads, find some good food, and achieve

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  • Swim In The Pain Of Retrieving A Lost Drive Bit From Deep Inside A Mini

    You probably know this feeling. You drop something, a fastener, a socket, a shotgun shell into your engine bay. First you look. Can you see it? No. Then you stick one of those little magnet retriever things down where you think the object may have gone. It sticks to everything else, but you can’t pull your object back out. Shit. You look under the car. Did it bounce out? It did not. At this point, you have to ask,“Is it near anything that would be damaged by it? Can I just...Leave it in there?”

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