At Circuit Parcmotor Castellolí outside of Barcelona, Audi has set up a tight chicane made from cones on the back straight, and every time I attack it in the 2025 RS3 I start cackling as I dive in, zip through and power out, going faster with each lap. In fact, ripping through every section of the fabulous track makes me laugh with glee, in a way that I wouldn’t if I was in last year’s RS3.
Read MoreWhat does Audi’s S subbrand mean to you? As someone who daily drove an original C4-generation Audi S6 for a decade, it’s a big and burly sports sedan with more performance than a lot of sports cars of its day. All-wheel-drive traction, boost for days, and a manual transmission are the name of the game. In the last 34 years, Audi’s S has come a long way from where it began, and it’s no longer as in-your-face with the performance aspect, preferring to stick with understated luxury and grand tourin
Read MoreAt this point, nearly halfway through a decade in which electrification is accelerating at a rapid pace, most internal combustion engines are pretty similar configurations, especially when it comes to performance cars. There’s lots of single-turbo inline-fours, turbo’d six-cylinders, twin-turbo V8s that are usually four liters in displacement… And that’s about it, at least until you get into supercar territory.
Read MoreWith streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music you can listen to whatever your little heart desires, whether that’s informative podcasts, engaging audiobooks or Arctic Monkeys’ perfect seventh studio album “The Car” for the 900th time. One thing Spotify doesn’t have, however, is an enormous back catalog of vintage recordings of train sounds.
Read MoreSubmarines are pretty cool bits of kit. They can offer researchers an unrivaled view of the ocean floor, help search out missing wrecks beneath the waves and can even ferry about the rich and famous, with mixed results. While all that is very cool, there’s one downside to riding in a deep sea submarine: you might end up sounding pretty silly.
Read MoreTesla recently revealed its idea of a robotaxi — a two-seater with no controls that will take you anywhere you want to go, only cost $30,000 and will go on sale in 2026. No one with a second brain cell actually believes that’s going to happen, but plenty of people are willing to believe it’s possible eventually and at a higher price point. And yet, as Adam Something points out in his latest video, it’s going to be hard to convince anyone who was paying attention that this event was anything more
Read MoreOver the years, Elon Musk has made a lot of money and used it to pay other people to make some pretty cool things for him. He’s also a horrible person whose list of scandals is so long, you’ve probably forgotten things that would have gotten any other CEO fired, and nowhere is that attitude on display clearer than over on Twitter, the social media network he bought while claiming to defend free speech. As Adam Conover points out in his latest video, though, all the evidence points to Musk doing
Read MoreBy any objective measure, and even if you support his policies, Donald Trump isn’t fit to be president. He’s too old, his mind is gone, he’s scared to debate, he’s dodging interviews, and nothing he says makes any sense. Take, for example, his current obsession with hydrogen cars blowing up his audience. No, I don’t mean something insane that he said once. Trump keeps bringing up hydrogen cars exploding, often pointing out that a member of the audience who would be unrecognizable after the explo
Read MoreTesla finally revealed its robotaxi last week, much to the disappointment of credulous rubes like Wedbush’s Dan Ives, who actually swallowed Musk’s autonomy bullshit hook, line and sinker. Why such gullible morons get paid the big bucks, but Merrill Lynch has yet to approach me with a job offer, I have no idea, but the beer-serving robot? Controlled by humans. The robotaxis? Also possibly remote-controlled. Also, according to Alex Proyas, the director of “I, Robot,” the designs seemed ripped str
Read MoreIt’s been a little more than two weeks since Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, spreading devastation across much of the southeast, causing floods, cutting power and killing more than 200 people. Never ones to let a good emergency go to waste or worry about how many people might be hurt by their actions, right-wingers began spreading lies to score political points. While many of the lies aren’t exactly Jalopnik’s purview, the alleged drone ban certainly is, so let’s put an end to that bu
Read MoreThe New York Police Department wants everyone to know that shooting a gun on a subway platform is really hard. Two police officers shot two bystanders and a knife-welding fare evader in a Brooklyn subway station last month. One passenger remains in critical condition after getting shot in the head. The NYPD is now bringing a tactical simulator to the neighborhood so the public can make the same mistakes themselves, instead of addressing why two officers decided to open fire.
Read MoreThe U.S. military has spent so much money developing stuff over the years. It had super-secret spy planes, tried to train dolphins for underwater warfare and even had the smart idea of developing flying aircraft carriers. However, one if its best ideas might be this ridiculous snow train that was designed to conquer the Arctic.
Read MoreThere is an updated 2025 BMW GranCoupe on the horizon. While I still haven’t figured out who exactly the customer for this car is, if you are the type that needs a BMW badge but only has a Honda budget, there are already some opportunities in the pre-owned market.
Read More“Out with the old, in with the new” is a popular thing to say around this time of year. While it might usually be in reference to fresh starts, new season clothing or even a neat little bargain you picked up on Black Friday it can also apply to shipping cranes, apparently. At least, it does in Taiwan where a ship delivering new cranes to a port hit and destroyed the old one.
Read MoreCruise ships are cesspools of disease and misery, yet for some reason people keep shelling out to sit on a boat for months if not years on end. It shouldn’t be any surprise that folks get sick on cruises, but two ships made the news by giving their guests an unexpected illness: Legionnaires’ disease.
Read MoreA replica of Ferdinand Magellan’s flagship the 16th-century sailing ship, the Trinidad, drifted into a bridge in St. Augustine, Florida on Monday. The crew of the Nao Trinidad reported losing control after losing power to both of its engines. The replica wasn’t damaged, unlike the original Trinidad, which was destroyed by a storm in Indonesia.
Read MoreThe massive cruise ships that roam the world’s oceans are essentially year-round all-inclusive theme parks. They are also multi-story incubators for infectious diseases. It’s not a reputation built on buffet anecdotes but a statistical fact featuring rats, maggots, and insects. Cruise ships operating in the United States are required to be inspected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) twice per year.
Read MoreThe temperature may be dropping here in New York, but it doesn’t compare to the freezing cold of the Sea of Okhotsk — the Russian waterway in which Mikhail Pichugin spent over two months adrift before his rescue this week.
Read MoreErnest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was discovered in 2022 at the bottom of the Weddell Sea after more than 100 years on the ocean floor. Now, a team of researchers has sent specially-equipped submarines down to the wreck, scanning the remains and offering a really cool chance to explore the sunken vessel for yourself.
Read MoreThe mysterious fate of Captain John Franklin’s doomed 1845 voyage into the Arctic to find a way through the Northwest Passage has captured imaginations for over a century and a half. A recent scientific paper shed light on the gruesome ends for the expedition’s sailors, confirming that James Fitzjames, the captain of the HMS Erebus, was the first identified victim of cannibalism on the expedition.
Read MoreA ghost ship that has been missing since it was captured by the Japanese Navy during the Second World War has been located on the bed of the Pacific Ocean. The ship, which was called the U.S.S. Stewart, was unearthed after almost 80 years by a team of scientists that used a fleet of autonomous submarines to scan the sea floor.
Read MoreAfter a four-month delay caused by maintenance issues, the Villa Vie Odyssey finally left Belfast, Northern Ireland, and steamed out of port on Monday, only to stop a few hours later. The 31-year-old cruise ship was still in Belfast Lough, the bay connecting Belfast with the Irish Sea. Its crew told passengers that some paperwork still needed to be completed as the Odyssey remained anchored off the coast overnight.
Read MoreThe CEO of the company behind the doomed Titan submersible that imploded killing five people last year was reportedly prepared to go to extreme measures to get his controversial craft in the ocean. Former OceanGate boss Stockton Rush reportedly told colleagues that he was prepared to bribe lawmakers if it meant his missions to the depths of the Titanic could get underway.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that the pandemic threw a wrench into a whole lot of people’s car-buying plans. Things have largely recovered, and prices aren’t as crazy as they used to be, but if car buyers haven’t been keeping a close eye on the market, they could definitely still be in for a shock the next time they walk into a dealership. For example, they probably won’t be able to find anything new for less than $20,000. Additionally, the Detroit Free Press reports the gap between the average price of a new
Read MoreIf you’re in the market for a big, used luxury car with a big engine, you’re probably going to look at BMW or Mercedes first, and if you’re worried about reliability, maybe Lexus. Odds are, the idea to look at a heavily depreciated Cadillac wouldn’t even cross your mind unless you had a thing for the CTS-V back in the day. The STS-V, like this 2007 that’s for sale on Cars & Bids, on the other hand, has been largely forgotten, and that means you can get a heck of a deal on one of the best sleeper
Read MoreOh, the Tesla Cybertruck. It’s somehow the most popular six-figure car on the market and also such garbage that you could kill it with a simple car wash. That makes it the perfect choice for YouTubers to take to Moab or shoot to see how bulletproof it really is. After eight months, YouTuber JerryRigEverything has put about 13,000 miles in the Cybertruck, and as it turns out, there are some downsides to owning an incEl Camino.
Read MoreFerrari’s not-particularly rare F80 hybrid hypercar was already going to be among the most expensive cars to ever be sold new, but one German dealership told its rich folk customers that they were going to have to pay the cost to be the boss. If they want a $3.9M Ferrari F80, they’re going to have to plop down another $2.5M for the pleasure. I mean, what are you going to do, not buy Ferrari’s first hybrid hypercar in 12 years? Don’t be absurd.
Read MoreDepreciation is the number one consumer cost when it comes to buying a new car fresh from the factory. This has always been the case, as vehicles tend to lose a significant chunk of their value from the moment you take possession. That’s even more true in the world of luxury cars and doubly (trebly?) so when it comes to electric vehicles. So when Tesla launched the $140,000, 1020-horsepower Model S Plaid super sedan, it was a foregone conclusion that its value would drop like a stone, but I don’
Read MoreOutside of enthusiast circles, most people don’t think about tires all that often. You have to have them to drive, they’re expensive to replace, and then they’re mostly forgotten until you get a flat. The thing is, tires are important. Really important. They’re the only thing that connects your car to the ground, and unfortunately, they aren’t all basically the same.
Read MoreUnlike the Tesla Cybertruck, the Ford F-150 Lightning is about as traditional as electric pickup trucks get. Unless you knew what you were looking for, you’d probably just think the Lightning was a regular F-150. It looks like an F-150. It does truck stuff like an F-150. It just doesn’t sell nearly as well as the gas-powered F-150. So in an attempt to clear out excess inventory, CarsDirect reports Ford will now pay dealers up to $22,500 to help clean out its Retail Replenishment Centers.
Read MoreAs the world’s supply chain has recovered from the pandemic, the cost of buying a new car has generally returned to normal-ish. What’s true in general, however, isn’t necessarily true for the specific car you want to buy. Last week, we showed you the list of new cars that Consumer Reports found are the worst deals right now and likely worth skipping.
Read MoreGenerally speaking, new car supply has been up for a while, prices are a lot closer to being fair and if you shop around, you can probably find something acceptable for less than MSRP. That said, not all brands and not all vehicles are priced equally. Some new cars are just a bad deal right now, and you’re probably better off looking at one of their competitors unless you want that specific car so badly that you’re still willing to pay the dealer markup.
Read MoreThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducts crash tests of hundred of vehicles every year to let the public know just how safe the vehicles they buy are. This year, there are over 60 vehicles spread across myriad segments that scored good enough across a multitude of categories to be named an IIHS Top Safety Pick — or even better, a Top Safety Pick+. The four possible scores a car can achieve in each category are “good,” “acceptable,” “marginal” and “poor.” Today, we’re just takin
Read MoreNissan has been in a difficult spot for a while, but recently the automaker’s problems are even more pronounced. There are two key, but intertwined factors that are holding Nissan back, and I’m not sure any kind of investment or change in company direction can overcome them.
Read MoreLast month we talked about the cars that lost the most value on the used market between August 2023 and August 2024. The economy is in a perilous place at the moment; inflation is rampant and wages haven’t kept up, but if you own any of the cars on the following list, at least your car has avoided depreciation for one year. Many of these vehicles have undergone recent model changes, or in some cases manufacturers have announced discontinuation of the models, which could explain the jump in avera
Read MoreJason was very excited to finally get the very cool and retro-styled Ford Bronco, but then he realized that the functional space wasn’t much different than his ten-year-old CR-V. He wants to consider some other options in the 4x4 space, so what car should he buy?
Read MoreSometimes car dealerships can’t help but be sacks of shit. Over the summer, a Florida man bought two used Volvos from a used car dealership, it wasn’t until after the deal went through that he found out both cars had been in accidents. Closer inspection from independent mechanics shows that both cars had non-functioning airbags and seat belts. When the customer found out, he immediately took them back. That’s all bad enough as it is, but as it turns out this story gets worse.
Read MoreFelipe is relocating from the sunbelt to northern Ohio. He is looking for a luxury-type sedan with all-wheel drive to handle his commute between several offices. He has a budget of around $40,000. What car should he buy?
Read MoreCraig lives in Georgia and wants to swap his Outback for a truck that can haul some lumber but still be manageable with a kid in a car seat. With a budget of up to $25,000 what car should he buy?
Read MoreLincoln lives in metro Detroit and is looking for a more spacious replacement for his ’94 Toyota pickup. His family is a one-car household and they need something that is comfortable for two adults, one kid and a big pup named Hank. With a $10,000 budget what car should they buy?
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a good fart joke? I know the French do. Well, at least I think they do, because there’s no way this wasn’t intentional (please ignore the fact that they speak French). It has come to my attention that one of the Renault Avantime’s engine choices, a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder motor, was codenamed the F4Rt. The goddamn car is powered by the fart motor, and that’s somehow not the weirdest thing it has going for it.
Read MoreKapan’s keitora class of compact trucks are an interesting breed of vehicles. They look like you could pick them up and pop them in your pocket, while also offering a decent amount of hauling capacity, which is something all Americans need, right? But if you don’t need to haul around your hopes and dreams and instead just want to go stupid fast, then the kei truck might also be a good bet, provided you have a spare jet engine lying around.
Read MoreThe long and storied tradition of American hot rodding more or less boils down to “put big car motor in smaller car” and for over 70 years it’s been working like a charm. There’s no reason the old-school way of making a muscle car can’t work in the EV era, too. General Motors is finally working its way toward building some pretty competent electric vehicles, and it has a few options to choose from when it comes to building the ultimate electric luxury muscle crossover. With the announcement of t
Read MoreDame Helen Mirren, most known for her roles in the “Fast and Furious” franchise if you ignore everything else she’s done, recently did an interview with the Standard. It was a wide-ranging conversation that covered everything from fashion and Catholic convent schools to science and Israel-Palestine. She even found time to talk about how sad she was Kurt Cobain (yes, of Nirvana), died when he did because he never got to experience GPS. No, folks. I’m not joking.
Read MoreI have some very regrettable news to share with you all. It has come to my attention that Ferrari’s all-new F80 hypercar sounds like complete and utter ass. I know this is tough to hear, so take all the time you need to process that information. The revelation was made after we got a look at the V6-powered F80 hybrid at a rain-soaked Imola.
Read MoreThe Chrysler 200 may have died during the 2017 model year, but that doesn’t mean its remains are completely dead and gone. As it turns out, Chrysler’s mid-sized sedan still lives on… sort of. Over the past few days, I’ve been testing out the 2024 Pacifica Hybrid Pinnacle, and while using the $61,685 van’s radar cruise control I noticed something in the gauge cluster: a forgotten sedan.
Read MoreLeBron and Bronny James made history this week as the first father-son duo to play in an NBA game together. It was quite a moment for the sport and LeBron, even if poor Bronny isn’t very good (the man played three minutes, didn’t record a basket and had one rebound.) Still, it was cool to see. To celebrate the moment, Nike released an ad earlier in the day featuring the two James men – and a little rookie hazing.
Read MoreCVT is an acronym short for continuously variable transmission, so for anyone who refers to them as CVT transmissions, you’re wrong and just as annoying as people who say ATM machines. Now that’s out of the way, you may be surprised to learn that each of the vehicles on this list came available with a continuously variable transmission. The automotive press has learned to hate most CVTs, though some of the older models on this list were praised for their innovative and incredibly smooth continuo
Read MoreEarly internet content was incredibly cringey as folks figured out how to produce entertaining content. Recently when my totally normal brain told me to scour the internet for more information about the Dodge Caliber’s tailgate-mounted boombox, I stumbled across an old video on the Stellantis YouTube channel. Which naturally led me down a rabbit hole where I watched several cringey corporate YouTube videos from the late 2000s. The channel was formed in January of 2008, just months before the fin
Read MoreVolkswagen did something great when it designed the 2025 ID Buzz. It’s the perfect mix of retro throwbacks and modern touches. The overall look of the van just flows so well and holds tons of great little details that’ll just make your day every time you see them. It’ll also make just about everyone else’s day too. I’ve never gotten this much attention in a car I was testing, no matter what it was.
Read MoreDid you have a Power Wheels growing up? They were the coolest car toys you could get as a two- to six-year old. I imagine your Power Wheels wasn’t quite as cool as this one, however, as it’s been modified by a dad to make it much, much faster.
Read MoreI got a text message from someone in Mercedes-Benz’s public relations department last week who had a tempting offer — If I’d be willing to drive to Braselton, Georgia, for Petit Le Mans, they would send a car for me to drive and get me in for free. We already had a freelancer attending, which I made sure to mention up front, but they still wanted me to come anyway. On Friday afternoon, a driver showed up with the keys to a Starling Blue Magno Mercedes-AMG GT63 Coupe.
Read MoreIf you spend any time on the side of the internet I’m on, you’ve probably seen a lot of content from Fox’s 2003 hit teen-drama series “The O.C.”One of the shows main actors, has a new project or something and everyone is talking about how great “The O.C.” was. Well, this just happened to coincide with me watching the show for the first time ever (thanks to my girlfriend), and whit it is fantastic, there’s one thing about it no one ever mentions: the cars are excellent.
Read MoreWhile Americans might be better at hot sauce and Brits excel in music, we can all agree that both nations have some pretty weird words for car things. Having come from Britain to America, I often find myself stuck between to two - regularly typing “aluminium” instead of “aluminum” or “tyre” instead of “tire.”
Read MoreMost of the time, gas stations are just places you stop because you need to put more gas in your car. On a road trip, though, they’re also a convenient place to stretch your legs, go to the bathroom, regret attempting to drive so far in one day, refill your cooler with drinks and grab some snacks. In fact, if you’re brave enough, you can even get an actual meal at a gas station now. The question is, which ones are worth eating at, and which ones do you need to be wary of?
Read MoreIt’s not just Tesla owners who have to fear that seawater could set their cars ablaze or Audi buyers that must remain fearful that circuit issues could spell disaster for their EVs, the owners of gas cars also must be aware of the fire risk that comes with their cars. In fact, one Ferrari owner learned this the hard way last week when their F430 was destroyed in a blaze.
Read MoreThe Tesla Cybertruck has a pretty distinctive angular, stainless steel design that’s drawn similarities between the divisive electric vehicle and everything from dumpsters to futuristic tanks, depending on who you ask. One car that definitely influenced the truck’s look was the DeLorean and now a shop in America has put the cult classic up against Tesla’s electric truck in a race.
Read MoreCar collectors around the world have a pretty bad rep these days, as everyone assumes they buy ridiculously expensive and rare cars only to keep them locked away in a shed and never drive them. Seems that rep is well earned, at least in the case of this car collection that’s been unearthed by a group of urban explorers, who went for a look around a stash of rusting European classics from the likes of Ferrari, Porsche and Jaguar.
Read MoreThe days of affordable sporty yet practical economy coupes are distant memories now that Honda killed off its Civic coupe. The Toyota GR86 is now the cheapest coupe on the market, and it sells for almost $30,000. Way back in the ‘90s and early 2000s, numerous automakers had compact, affordable, and versatile coupes in their lineups from the Chevrolet Cavalier to the Toyota Echo. Even Mercedes-Benz and BMW made small coupes as their respective entry level models. Despite a crowded market, the inn
Read MoreWere you obsessed with “Back to the Future” growing up? Did you never grow out of that obsession? Do you quote ‘80s movies so frequently your wife finally left you for some guy willing to watch newer movies and eat his vegetables without being told? Well, then boy have I got the car for you — this Back to the Future–themed 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 that’s currently listed on Cars & Bids. Why bidding is already up to $35,000 at the time of writing, I can’t explain, but then again, I also have no idea
Read MoreWe’re up to ten Luftgekühlts now. Ten years of gathering air-cooled Porsches into interesting venues and seeing the social media posts fly.
Read MoreHurricane Milton is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Folks all over the state are preparing to get absolutely slammed by the Category 4 storm, and that includes car dealerships. There’s a lot of prep work that needs to be done before a major storm hits them. Now, we’re getting a closer look at just what goes into preventing as much damage as possible to dealership inventories.
Read MoreMaking his case for national 55 mph speed limits in the summer of 1988, Senator Frank Lautenberg brought out a well-worn highway safety slogan: “The statistics show that speed kills.” Many of his colleagues, still working in the long shadow of the sixties counterculture, could have situated that grave warning in congressional testimony about flower-children in Haight warning each other off amphetamines: “Speed Kills!” And if you wandered into the right record store in Chicago in the early 90's,
Read MorePut a YouTube mechanic and a YouTube lawyer in the same room and show them a bunch of modified vehicles, and they’re going to have some fun things to say. That’s it, that’s the pitch. Legal Eagle and Real Mechanic Stuff teamed up to determine the legality of popular modifications. Some of these modifications are extreme aesthetic and personalization modifications that skirt the framework of road legality, but some of them are just straight up intentional violations of written statute. Do you kno
Read MoreWelcome class, please leave your judgmental tendencies at the door and proceed with an open mind and a prevailing sense of curiosity. I recently wrote a blog that touched on the importance of welcoming and holding space for all different kinds of people in the automotive enthusiast community, and that holds true today as I write about furry car culture. Prior to stumbling across this video, I had never considered how the furry community and the car enthusiast community might overlap. Let’s just
Read MoreLuftgeku?hlt 10 sounds like an event Americans might need a passport and a basic understanding of sausage-and-pretzel culture to attend, but it’s actually an air-cooled Porsche bonanza held on the Universal Pictures backlot in Los Angeles every year. The event offers limited tickets for looky-loos like us and features some of the coolest old Porsches in California mugging in front of neat old movie sets. This multi-day event includes races, trips to the Petersen Museum and special lunches for fo
Read More“Initial D” is one of those pieces of media that transcends automotive enthusiasm and has helped inspire a new generation of car folks. I had already descended fully into the madness of gasoline, high-revs, and tire smoke by the time the show debuted in the U.S. in 2002, but it certainly added some octane to the high-rev engine in my heart. Maybe you’ve dreamed about driving Mount Akina, or the show inspired you to buy and build one of the cars featured, but if you were so inclined the show prob
Read MoreOne of the most consistent complaints about the auto industry is that modern cars are too expensive. Manufacturers are gradually shifting away from truly mass-market vehicles to upsell customers on higher-priced models. As it stands, there are no new cars that start with a retail price under $20,000.
Read MoreWhen Bugatti revealed the V16-powered Tourbillon hybrid over the summer, we gawked at its gorgeous design, timeless interior and mind-bending performance numbers, but we hadn’t seen much about what it looked like under the skin. Now, thanks to Harry Metcalfe of the Harry’s Garage YouTube channel, we’re getting a closer look at some of the engineering that is going into Bugatti’s latest hypercar.
Read MoreI hope you weren’t planning on getting much done at work in the next 20 minutes, because you’re going to want to drop everything and watch this ridiculous lap of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in an Audi A2. This little five-door hatch isn’t exactly hot, but because it weighs just 1,830 pounds and could be had with as much as 110 horsepower, it’s not exactly tepid. With a few modifications, as this one has, it’s a pretty impressive track day lapper, as proved by Misha Charoudin’s recent lap video.
Read MoreAh, the Nürburgring. For better or worse, a 12.94-mile lap around the iconic circuit is pretty much the universal benchmark for any automaker that who builds a sports car. Every year it seems some company (usually based in Germany) has a brand new car that’ll make it around the loop incrementally faster than the car that preceded it.
Read MoreThe internal combustion engine certainly has its strengths, but even the most efficient engine is far from good at turning all of the energy contained in gasoline into power. As a result, your engine tends to get pretty hot while it runs even with the help of a radiator. Does it really get hot enough to cook with, though? Well, as you’ll see in the video below, that likely depends on what you’re trying to do.
Read MoreIf you wanted to upgrade your daily driver to make it a little more efficient, where would you look for inspiration? Maybe the kind of clever engineers out there electrifying all kinds of classic cars, or perhaps your favorite sci-fi to see how people thought we’d be getting around in the future? One budding mechanic has done almost that, looking to the world of make-believe for a way to improve their car’s efficiency, but their inspiration came from “The Flintstones.”
Read MoreThe reborn Volkswagen-owned Scout Motors unveiled its Terra pickup and Traveler SUV concepts last week; a pair of new EVs that will be available with a unique range-extender powertrain when they enter production in South Carolina in 2027. I was able to get up close and personal with the Terra and Traveler following the reveal at a beautiful ranch outside Nashville, and while I couldn’t sit inside or touch anything myself (these are very much just show car models), I captured plenty of photos of
Read MoreThe reborn Volkswagen-owned Scout Motors just unveiled its body-on-frame Terra pickup truck and Traveler SUV, a pair of new EVs that boast awesome retro styling, serious off-road chops and an optional gas range-extender. What you see here are technically concept models, but Scout promises the real things will be super close in design when they enter production in South Carolina in 2027.
Read MoreLifetime or sealed vehicle parts don’t always end up working as intended. While automakers sell buyers on the ability to never have to change this fluid or swap out that filter, you usually have to end up doing one or the other. I once had a Chevy Sonic with a sealed transmission that started having, you guessed it, transmission problems. Servicing it was a hassle of course but nothing the dealer techs couldn’t handle. What happens when what would otherwise be a simple engine part becomes a mass
Read MoreOver the weekend I had the privilege of being a judge at the El Segundo stop of the Hot Wheels Legends Tour, where the owners of over 200 modified cars vied for the chance to have their cars turned into a real-life Hot Wheels toy. The variety on display was stunning, from Beetle-based rat rods and NASCAR-style muscle cars to custom trucks like Scott Robertson’s winning FordTruss. My favorite car, though, was a 1990s BMW 8 Series fitted with a more modern BMW V10 engine, complete with a fully rei
Read MoreA good logo is vital for growing a brand, and automakers are no different. Even people who are the furthest thing from car enthusiasts can easily identify car companies from their emblems, especially as some brands have stuck with the same logos for decades. Renault has used a diamond-shaped logo since 1925, and though it’s gone through eight redesigns in the following 100 years, it has remained instantly recognizable. At this year’s Paris Motor Show, Renault has revealed the aptly named Emblème
Read MoreAs a convertible lover, the fourth-generation Lincoln Continental holds a special place in my heart as an iconic and rare four-door droptop, but I never knew it also was offered as a traditional two-door hardtop coupe as well. America had an infatuation with oversized two-door cars that maximized exterior footprint while providing occupants with average interior space. This video details the Continental’s storied early lineage as the Ford Motor Company’s flagship vehicle, and how the third-gener
Read MoreHyundai has some of the best looking cars on the market right now with creations like the Ioniq 5 and 6, the Elantra N and the excellent new Santa Fe. Not content with resting on its good-looking laurels, the Korean automaker has just unveiled the future of its design language with the unveiling of the Initium SUV.
Read MoreTesla’s approach to automotive autonomy is a unique one: Rather than using pesky sensors, which cost money, the company has instead decided to rely only on the output from the car’s cameras. Its computers analyze every pixel, crunch through tons of data, and then apparently decide to just plow into deer and keep on trucking.
Read MoreAccording to NHTSA data that tracked crashes while Level 2 autonomous driving systems were active between July 2021 and May of 2022, Tesla happens to have the highest number of crashes by a vast margin. Teslas reported 183 more crashes than second place Honda, and 263 more than third place Subaru in that same time span. Despite this abysmal safety record, Tesla continues to release new forms of Level 2 autonomous features, and the crash numbers continue piling up.
Read MoreThe driver of a Sprinter van crushed in a rockslide in California on Friday is somehow alive, though in critical condition, after huge boulders turned the vehicle into a crumpled mess.
Read MoreA young driver had a bit of a nightmare on a wet road recently, spinning their car and crashing into a barrier while driving. That wouldn’t normally make the news, but this time the driver was using their phone and streaming the whole thing online when they crashed their custom McLaren supercar into a highway barrier.
Read MoreThe redesigned 2025 Toyota 4Runner has yet to arrive at dealerships, but that hasn’t stopped Toyota from doing up a rad concept for this year’s SEMA show that kicks off in just a couple weeks. Called the 4Runner TRD Surf, it calls back to the Hilux Surf that was offered in Japan back in the 1980s, and we have a feeling you’re going to be yelling at Toyota to make this.
Read MoreBiblical clouds breeze across the sky above, vacillating between brief, glorious moments of sunshine and dark gray clouds unleashing onslaughts of track-soaking downpours. It’s finally my turn to drive Mercedes-AMG’s new GT63 Pro on the Ascari racing circuit, and despite not having driven the car or the track before, I’m not worried. The sky is blue as I walk toward the herd of red and gray cars, and as I approach, the growl of a gaggle of burbling twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8s gradually grows louder
Read MoreThere are few things in this world that bring goosebumps to my skin faster than the stirring sound of six inline cylinders screaming as they hit the redline like waves in the Mediterranean Sea splashing against sandy beaches. When said sound of those six cylinders is resonating off of the astounding beauty of the arid Andalusian mountains, it’s positively enchanting. I’ve already waxed poetic about the Mercedes-Benz CLE450 Cabriolet once before, and now the engineering wizards at AMG have beefed
Read MoreIf you’ve got a disgusting amount of money just sitting in an account somewhere, now’s your chance to buy something really unique. One of a handful of Italdesign’s coachbuilt R35 Nissan GT-R, the GT-R50, is currently for sale. We just don’t know how much it costs.
Read MoreHappy Friday, folks. It’s so unbelievably Autumn here in New York, with leaves crunching underfoot and the smell of what Google tells me is fungi and bacteria digesting those leaves. It was a nicer thought before I knew that, I’ll be honest.
Read MoreWhatever is going on at Bring a Trailer—be it suspicious ways of moving money around or just too many people with way more money than sense—it keeps happening. Cheap, old cars are selling at or near their original MSRP despite decades of depreciation. This time, it was a 1997 GMC Safari which sold for $24,750.
Read MoreWe all love the Honda Civic, with its performance and fun all wrapped up in a practical package. But what if you want more performance, more fun, and don’t care for the practicality, should you just buy a different car? No! You should move your Civic’s engine to its rear hatch, like this brave EG seller did.
Read MoreFolks, last I checked the calendar, it still said October. My Halloween costume is coming along, and I hope yours is too — it’s getting spooky out, you’re going to need it sooner rather than later. The decorations are out, the time draws near.
Read MoreBring A Trailer seems to be delving into some strange territory. This time, we’re not even talking about cars with annoyingly low miles going for big bucks. This time around it’s a full-scale model of a highly desirable car, rendered in wood.
Read MoreHappy Friday, everyone! I’m recovering from a fun one-two punch of Covid and tonsillitis, a combination which I cannot in good conscience recommend, and it left all you without a Dopest last week to ring in October. The spookiest season of all! This is a travesty, one for which I solemnly apologize.
Read MoreFrom Bring a Trailer to Cars & Bids and everywhere in between, we keep seeing the same thing happen recently: Decades-old regular cars that should have been used as such will show up with low miles and prices that are often much bigger than they should be. A great example is this 1993 Dodge Dynasty at a dealer known for low-mileage cars.
Read MoreSometimes we come across some cars that are an alluring risk; you know it will be trouble but you also know you just have to have it. This recent listing on Cars & Bids for, let’s call it, a unique Mercedes, certainly fits that bill.
Read MoreMaybe you remember 9ff, maybe you don’t. The German tuning house focused exclusively on Porsche-based machines, like a late-to-the-party discount bin Ruf. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2013, but still apparently exists as an engineering firm. Before things went financially sideways, 9ff built the incredible GT9 in limited numbers, and this one — the one-off race track focused Clubsport model — was the wildest of them all. Unfortunately, some jagoff bought the mega-powered mid-engine Porsch
Read MoreSometimes you come across things in the automotive world that you never thought you needed until you see it. Sometimes it’s as simple as the perfect wheel and color combo on a sports car. Other times it’s something absurd, like a V8 stuffed into a Miata. Or it can be the ultimate bro-mobile: A Subaru WRX STI pickup.
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I trucked the whole family up to Michigan’s weird-ass Upper Peninsula so they could goof around in the woods while I helped crew for an ARA Rally Team, Blind Deer Rally Sport. (Crewing is mostly sitting around waiting, punctuated with some driving and a couple of hours of wrenching over the course of the weekend for anyone who’s interested.) Because charging infrastructure in the Upper Peninsula is somewhat lacking, I left my Rivian at home in favor of the Odyssey that Hon
Read MoreMy colleaguge Amber DaSilva announced to the world yesterday that she is done with her BMW F800GS and adventure bikes in general. In her case, she’s probably right to go for something different. If you aren’t happy with your bike, you should get something else. No one forces you to get your motorcycle license or ride, so you deserve to ride something you truly enjoy. That said, I’ve been riding a Honda Transalp for the last several months, and Amber has left me no choice but to defend its honor.
Read MoreI put my beloved BMW F800GS up for sale last week. I bought it nearly a year and a half ago for the same reason anyone buys an adventure bike: That dream of one day getting out there, away from everything, just you and your steel horse against the lush, green world.
Read MoreI’m a big proponent of wearing motorcycle gear, particularly when it comes to a helmet — my own Arai XD-4 turned what could’ve been a skull fracture into a mere concussion while off-roading last year. Some folks apparently still aren’t convinced of helmets’ utility, however, because people are still studying whether helmets are safer than not wearing a helmets. Spoiler alert: They are.
Read MoreWhen you’re driving around motorcycles, you might notice that they occasionally flash a two-finger salute at each other when passing another biker. Hopefully you “cagers” have noticed anyway, because you should be paying extra attention to the road when you’re around a two-wheeler. So what does that little gang sign mean, and why does it matter? Why is it so important for bikers to recognize other members of the community with a little secret code? It’s a lot more simple than you might have thou
Read MoreI am a sucker for a Ducati Monster of any flavor, but particularly the pre-2001 carbureted models. I have been looking for a nice rider-grade example for a couple of years, but never got inspired enough to pull the trigger. Until this little chromey guy came along. When the listing on Bring A Trailer loaded on my computer screen, I knew I had to at least bid. I sent a text to my wife with the link and said “BTW, if this stays under 5K, I might have to bid” and she replied, “KK.” Green light, let
Read MoreRadford Motors, the company founded by English automotive TV personality Ant Anstead and Formula 1 driver Jenson Button, promised to build 12 road-going examples of its Lotus-based Pikes Peak racer, the Type 62-2, for $1 million a pop. Instead, the company has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and customers are coming after it for cars and refunds they say they never received.
Read MoreHalloween is always fun for the kids who don’t get run over, but the “trick” part of trick-or-treating isn’t always so fun for the parents who come out to find their car has been vandalized. Those rascals. Instead of being the kind of loser who calls the cops over a little silly string, why not be prepared? Here’s the best advice for keeping your car safe thanks to our friends at Consumer Reports.
Read MoreElon Musk and his America PAC are being sued by Philadelphia’s district attorney over the allegation that the PAC’s million-dollar-a-day giveaway constitutes an illegal lottery. Musk was set to appear in court for the case today, but his attorneys argued that he’s too “busy” for trivialities like violations of state law.
Read MoreWhen Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion back in 2022, we all sort of thought he did it so he could promote his own shitty memes and lame jokes on the social media site. Now, a few years later, he’s proven everybody right, but instead of those jokes and terrible memes, it’s right-wing MAGA propaganda and hate speech. The real rub? That shit from Musk is going to show up on your timeline whether you want it to or not.
Read MoreVinFast is getting a huge cash infusion from an investment group led by Emirates Driving Co., a UAE-based driver education company, to the tune of at least $1 billion. The company is also set to provide VinFast with its expertise in driver training, road safety and the development of an electric vehicle ecosystem, whatever that means.
Read MoreThe Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR was a monster of a car in the late 1990s. Just 26 of the $1 million 622-horsepower, V12 homologation specials were ever made. Given that they’re legendary and extremely expensive now, most of us will probably never have one. Unless we build one ourselves, which is exactly what one South African man is doing in his garage.
Read MoreFormer President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised that, if elected, he would let Tesla CEO and one of America’s leading eugenicists Elon Musk loose on the federal budget. Musk has promised “temporary hardship” for Americans as he cuts $2 trillion in federal spending, a move he says is targeted at “people who are taking advantage of government.” Well, a quick peek at forgiven federal pandemic loans shows exactly who Musk should be targeting: Elon Musk.
Read MoreHyundai revealed the Seven concept back in 2021, a large three-row electric SUV that it promised would be revealed in production form in 2024. Well, now we’re almost done with 2024, and that day is almost here. Hyundai released the first teaser for its new Ioniq 9 that will be debuting next month (it was gonna be called Ioniq 7, hence the Seven concept’s name, but Hyundai changed its mind to leave room for more future Ioniq models), and it looks extremely close to the design promised by that con
Read MoreThis week New York City Council passed legislation to legalize crossing the street outside of a crosswalk or using the crosswalk against the light, legitimizing an already quite common practice among New Yorkers. Because of the prolific practice of so-called jaywalking in the city, police have largely discontinued the practice of issuing tickets to the jays, or so they would have you believe. Across 2023, Council Member Mercedes Narcisse noted, over 90 percent of jaywalking citations were issued
Read MoreOver 90 percent of all Ferraris ever produced are apparently still on the road, according to the Italian automaker. That number probably won’t change anytime soon, either, as Ferrari is spending a lot of money keeping its older models roadworthy.
Read MoreResidents and officials in one Southern California city are pissed after a stupid act of vandalism had serious consequences for local life-saving efforts. San Bernardino County officials had to ground a rescue helicopter in Hesperia, California after vandals covered it in graffiti.
Read MoreOn the face of it, Donald Trump seems like he’d be a disaster for Elon Musk’s various companies, especially Tesla, a company that makes the very electric vehicles Trump has fought against. That may not end up mattering, because a second Trump presidency could actually work out very well for the world’s richest man. It won’t work out for folks like you and me, but he’ll be just fine.
Read MoreThe Abu Dhabi-based investment firm CYVN Holdings has agreed to purchase 100 percent of McLaren Automotive from its current owners, Mumtalakat Holding, reports Reuters. Mumtalakat Holding is the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain, which assisted McLaren through a “capital reorganization” earlier this year, taking full ownership of the decades-old British company, including the company’s various racing endeavors (Formula One, Formula E, Extreme E/H, and sports cars) in the process.
Read MoreOne of the downsides of owning a car is that even if it’s perfectly reliable, you still have to replace the tires when they wear out. That can be expensive, with some sets of tires costing more than $1,000. There are, of course, cheaper tires out there, but like with a lot of things, buying the cheapest thing you can will often cost you more in the long run. So how do you find the right tire for you?
Read MoreThe naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six motor that powers the Porsche 911 GT3 probably isn’t very long for this world in its current form. Speaking with Autocar, Porsche GT boss Andreas Preuninger said that in just two year’s time, the 502-horsepower motor that has powered the GT3 and other Porsche sports cars since 2018 would need to either gain turbochargers or some sort of hybrid component to meet emissions standards.
Read MoreI love a good campervan, those nifty vehicles that can get you out in nature with ease while also letting you take a few creature comforts from home into the wilderness with you. If you’re more bothered about those comforts rather than the creatures in the wild, however, this ridiculous new RV from famed Mercedes tuner Brabus might be for you.
Read MoreUnderwater car loans are a brewing financial crisis. Data from multiple sources show that there are millions of people who owe more on their loan than their vehicle is worth. Even a small set back can turn a bad situation critical, as The Wall Street Journal reports.
Read MoreThe Honda Civic Type R is the kind of car that was created in a lab to embarrass the kind of gatekeeper who still insists on calling it “wrong-wheel drive.” No, you can’t get it with all-wheel drive like you can in the Toyota GR Corolla, but it’s also so fun to drive, you probably won’t care. Unfortunately for enthusiasts who aren’t flush with cash, the $46,000 price tag is a big problem. A few thieves in Australia recently solved that problem by simply stealing 20 Civic Type Rs from the port, R
Read MoreGenerally speaking, the U.S. doesn’t care what happens to people who dare to ever leave their cars. Pedestrians are just asking for it. Unless we’re talking about children at school, in which case, the U.S. kind of sort of cares. For example, Albany, New York recently installed speeding cameras in school zones. As the Times Union reports, that didn’t exactly stop the school-zone speeders. In fact, one driver somehow managed to get 29 tickets in only 10 school days.
Read MoreLucid is just about ready to start production of its second act, the Gravity crossover that was unveiled last year, and we’re now getting a better idea of what it’ll cost. I’ve got some good news folks: the price ain’t bad. I mean, it’s not cheap, but for what you’re getting, it’s a very decent value especially when put up against its competition.
Read MoreBack with the 991 generation of 911 nearly a decade ago, Porsche introduced the 911 Carrera T, a lightweight driver-focused version of the base Carrera with all the performance goodies you’d want, and the 992.1 generation got a Carrera T variant as well. Now after a brief hiatus Porsche is bringing the Carrera T back for the 992.2 facelift, and unlike previous Carrera T models, it will only be offered with a manual transmission, and it can now be had in convertible form for the first time.
Read MoreIn the strange world of automotive news, automakers have different ways of teasing a new vehicle over a certain period of time before a full reveal happens. We’ll get images or clues as to what it looks like or how much power it has, or sometimes automakers will go another direction and fully show us the car but hold on to the rest of the info later. The latter is what Cadillac is doing with its newest V model, the electric Lyriq-V.
Read MoreWhen Elon Musk started up his very normal swing state voter encouragement petition referral program and lottery, pretty much everyone with a head on their shoulders immediately said that it was extremely illegal for myriad reasons. Most folks said it ran afoul of laws preventing people from using cash to encourage voter registrations, but it seems Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has a different take: He’s suing Elon Musk and his America PAC not for the voter incentives, but for runn
Read MoreElon Musk loves Donald Trump. He’s been pretty much his biggest supporter – and patron – in the 2024 election, especially after Trump’s near-assassination in July. The man shows up at Trump’s rallies, jumps like a “dipshit” and yaps about how great he is and how he’ll save the country. It’s all very weird.
Read MoreWhenever election season hits, everyone gets up in arms about gas prices as a proxy for the cost of living. This year, average gas prices nationwide may well drop below $3 before election day, but don’t thank the current administration. In fact, don’t thank domestic politics at all.
Read MorePeople that buy performance cars and then don’t drive them are a weird bunch. We continuously see low mileage cars get sold and resold for more and more money, so it’s refreshing when we come across a performance car that’s actually been used like it should be. Take this well-loved first generation Dodge Viper.
Read MoreDriving a heavy vehicle down a highway at speeds over 50 miles per hour should command the utmost attention. A driver in Oklahoma City sparked a 9-car pileup last week after deciding that something else was more important at speed. Thankfully, no one was killed and only two people were injured. Driving isn’t a low-stakes, empty-minded task like pushing a vacuum around a house.
Read MoreElon Musk has been a hypocritical son of a bitch for a long time now, but now that fact is being turned up a notch. A recent report from the Washington Post says Musk worked illegally in the United States while he was here on a student visa in the 1990s.
Read MoreChevrolet sent out a service bulletin in September stating that the microphone on the 2024 and 2025 Blazer EV may have been installed backward. With handheld cellphone use being illegal in 30 states, the in-car microphone is vital for making calls while behind the wheel. Thankfully, the fix is simple for technicians: Just turn the mic around.
Read MoreYou might have heard Los Angeles traffic is bad, but special events make it so much worse. Multiple events happening at the same time? You’re going nowhere in a hurry in the city of Angels. This weekend, Los Angeles may see some of the worst traffic its seen in a long time thanks to a bunch of events happening at once.
Read MoreWhile far from my favorite installment in the franchise, there’s no doubt that the most iconic James Bond film is 1964's “Goldfinger.” The third film in the series saw Sean Connery’s Bond going after villain Auric Goldfinger, a gold magnate that wants to infiltrate Fort Knox. It’s well known for introducing Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, but even cooler is Goldfinger’s 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sedanca de Ville, which inspired a new one-off Phantom VIII that was commissioned by a customer in celebr
Read MoreDrift karts rock. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N rocks. Hyundai, in its infinite wisdom, decided to combine the two into this: The RN24, a tube shell with the barest bits of body wrapped around it. Oh, and the full 640 horsepower of the Ioniq 5 N.
Read MoreElon Musk, the world’s richest man, set up a questionably legal lottery to drum up swing state support for Donald Trump — a lottery that’s already fallen under regulatory scrutiny for its wanton use of cash. According to folks who have signed up, however, Musk may have found a way around those pesky laws: Simply not actually paying anyone.
Read MoreWe’ve known for a while that Volkswagen had plans to revive the Scout name, and this week, we finally got to see the first two vehicles planned for the new electric automaker — an SUV and pickup truck. It still remains to be seen whether or not Scout will be a success once production begins in 2027, but aside from looking cool, they also come with the distinct advantage of being sold directly to the customer, no third-party dealer required. As you can imagine, the dealers are not happy about thi
Read MoreSpaceX CEO Elon Musk may be a U.S. citizen, but we’ve known for a while that he was at least sympathetic to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after he refused to allow Ukraine to use Starlink to attack Russian ships in the Black Sea with drones. Then, as if there was any doubt, he went all-in on Trump. As it turns out, Musk’s Russia connection actually runs much deeper, as the SpaceX CEO “has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022,” the Wall Street Journal re
Read MoreTypically when we hear stories about people breaking into car dealerships, their goal was to steal cars and take off with them. A strange break-in case in Kentucky is a situation we’ve never heard of before: A man broke into a dealership, and rather than steal any of the cars, he decided to try and sell one of them.
Read MoreAutomotive awards are generally pointless, but the can be an interesting glimpse into the industry as a whole. Over the 75+ years that MotorTrend has given out Car Of The Year awards, there have been more than a few doozys. Take models like the Chevy Citation in 1980, Chevy Malibu in 1997, VW Passat in 2012 for instance–stinkers all. 2025 seems to be another one of those years that will have you thinking “what?” But MotorTrend claims to have a method to the madness of awarding the 2025 Lincoln N
Read MoreThe viral insurance fraud attempt that happened on a New York highway earlier this month has had an unlikely star rise out of the situation. The Honda Civic coupe that was used in the attempted fraud crash has been spotted multiple times by users on social media, who discovered that others have even taken to vandalizing the car.
Read MoreModern cars beep, ding at you, and flash warnings across their various screens in ways that would send someone from the early 2000s into a coma. Sure that can get annoying, but these warnings and the automatic emergency braking system that engages soon after are getting much better at preventing crashes altogether. AAA has tested AEB systems since 2014, which like it or not, is a decade ago now. Over those somehow both achingly long and painfully short 10 years, my frown lines have significantly
Read MoreThe Volkswagen Group made waves back in 2022 when it announced it would be reviving the Scout nameplate for a new brand of American-built fully electric trucks and SUVs, but we hadn’t gotten much concrete info about the upcoming Scouts beyond some teasers and learnings gleaned from talking with the CEO. Until now, that is. Enter the new Scout Terra pickup and Traveler SUV — both names taken from original International Harvester models — which were just revealed at a sprawling estate outside Nash
Read MoreLincoln dropped pricing for the new 2025 Navigator this week. If you’re interested in the full-size luxury SUV, be prepared for a bit of sticker shock; including a $1,995 destination charge, the ’25 Navigator starts at $101,990. If you want the long wheelbase version of any trim you’ll need to tack on another $2,990.
Read MoreJim Farley, CEO of Ford, is a very interesting guy. He once mortgaged his house to buy a vintage car and he said that American consumers need to be buying more cars that Ford doesn’t sell. You can never quite predict what he’ll do next. He might, for example, import a Chinese-built Xiaomi SU7 for competitive benchmarking, use it as a daily driver, then go on a podcast and talk about how much he loves it.
Read MoreDuring Fisker’s short time as a functional car company, it really couldn’t help but do weird shit. Now, as it turns out, the dead automaker accidentally employed a North Korean spy on its technology team. No, I’m not joking.
Read MoreTesla held another quarterly earnings call Wednesday night, in which CEO Elon Musk announced that the company made a bunch of money and would continue to do so forever — even without an affordable model in its stable. More curiously, though, Musk made another announcement: The Roadster is delayed, again, but the end product might fly because Peter Thiel wants it to.
Read MoreHyundai is determined to solve the issue of out-of-control electric vehicle fires, so it is introducing a new fire suppression tool – called an EV Drill Lance – that’ll be used on its car carriers. It’s designed to extinguish EV fires by drilling through the underside of an electric vehicle to reach the battery pack. From there, it sprays water from a hydrant directly onto the pack.
Read MoreCongrats, Amazon Prime members. You just got a new perk that could end up saving you dozens of dollars a year at the gas pump. Amazon linked up with BP, Amoco and AMPM/Arco, creating a program that’ll save drivers 10 cents per gallon whenever they fuel up at about 7,000 participating stations.
Read MoreFor years, we’ve heard Tesla was working on an electric car that would be even more affordable than the Model 3. Allegedly, it was going to cost about $25,000 and revolutionize the EV industry. It’s also not happening. InsideEVs reports that on last night’s Q3 earnings call, Musk put the final nail in the coffin of the affordable Tesla that will not be. Instead, you’re going to get a robotaxi, and you’re going to like it.
Read MoreDespite recent push here in the U.S. to legalize it, using the marijuana plant as a recreational or even medicinal substance is still very much illegal around the world. One Volkswagen exec recently found that out the hard way when he was detained and later deported from China for failing a drug test, Reuters reports.
Read MoreDrinking and driving is bad. Well, technically, even just drinking is bad, since alcohol is a known carcinogen, but when you throw driving into the mix, it gets much worse due to the whole, “could easily kill someone else” thing. Usually, though, drunk drivers don’t usually find themselves at risk of hitting Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade while driving the wrong way down a highway. On Tuesday night, a 55-year-old Wisconsin man is accused of doing exactly that, CNN reports. As you can im
Read MoreSince the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the United States has fallen into a patchwork of access to medical care — some states allow it, others restrict it, and some ban it entirely. This has forced pregnant people across state lines to get the care they need, but a new system purchased by the U.S. government could make that far more difficult.
Read MoreJaguar is currently only producing one model, the F-Pace SUV, after killing off the rest of its lineup in anticipation of upcoming electric cars that are still over a year away. Turns out that’s not exactly true, though — Jag just announced that it built two new E-Types for a customer in Southeast Asia. That’s right, I said new E-Types.
Read MoreIf I’m being completely honest, 2024 has not been great for me considering the whole “almost died” thing*. And yet, I’d rather relive this year ten times over than trade places with disgraced and disbarred former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. A judge has now ordered him to turn over essentially all of his valuables to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed following Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. That means giving up his penthouse apartment, several watches
Read MoreNearly 90 years ago, a little thing called the Hindenburg Disaster ignited public understanding of the volatility of the most abundant element in our universe, hydrogen. As we continue the slow crawl to using more sustainable sources of energy, hydrogen has come back into the picture as a potential alternative fuel for the dirty business of transportation. Hyundai’s fuel cell–powered SUV, the Nexo, is one of three hydrogen vehicles on sale today, but its latest recall may besmirch its image.
Read MoreWith a price north of $3 million, even a repair bill for a minor fender-bender in Bugatti Chiron could cause financial anxiety for an average person. During the ongoing Bugatti Grand Tour in Morocco, one of the scenic group drives ended with one Chiron crashing into another Chiron. Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac is attending the tour with a Chiron of his own, but he wasn’t involved in the crash.
Read MoreTesla Cybertruck fans are raving about the truck’s latest OEM accessory: A light bar that sits atop the windshield and blinds all oncoming traffic with its copious lumens. The light bar only has one real problem — it’s illegal for street use, and it’s illegal for Tesla to even install it on your shiny new truck.
Read MoreElon Musk is a man that forces us to ask the timeless question first put to us by graphic novelist Alan Moore; who watches the watchers? The New York Times as a great breakdown of all the damage this overpowered and over-wealthy individual could have should Trump both take the White House and keep his promise to put his wealthy donor in a position of power.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing Florida loves more than getting its ass kicked by the University of Georgia, it’s letting people do pretty much whatever they want with their guns. So imagine our surprise when a Florida jury decided it actually wasn’t cool for a dealer to carjack a customer who had an issue setting up autopay and happened to be an immigrant.
Read MoreElon Musk wants to turn Pennsylvania red, and he’s got a plan to do it: Give away $1,000,000 every day to one lucky registered swing state voter who signs his pro-Trump super PAC’s petition. That plan, genius as it sounds, has only one small issue. It’s almost certainly incredibly illegal.
Read MoreElon Musk might find out in an expensive way that a company can’t just use an AI-generated copy of someone’s work when denied the right to use the original. Alcon Entertainment filed a lawsuit on Monday against Elon Musk, Tesla and Warner Bros. Discovery for allegedly using AI-produced imagery to represent scenes ripped directly from “Blade Runner 2049” during its “We, Robot” event two weeks ago. The lawsuit directly alleges copyright infringement and false endorsement.
Read MoreThe Tesla Cybertruck’s bed-mounted range extender came with a big size and an equally big price when the automaker finally released more details on it. Now after waiting over a year to know how much it’ll cost and how much range it’ll add, Tesla is changing things up for the worse. Not only will interested buyers have to wait longer for their range extenders, they won’t be getting as much added range as they thought.
Read MoreAn attempt to stage an auto accident in Queens, New York, was thwarted all thanks to a simple dash cam.
Read MoreElon Musk is, of course, the worst thing about Tesla. The board will never do anything about him, but if you like Tesla’s cars, the best thing that could possibly happen to that company would be for Elon to finally fuck off to Mars. That said, the cars themselves aren’t without their flaws, either. Like when a driver killed a pedestrian with Tesla’s so-called “Full Self-Driving” feature activated, leading the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to open a new investigation, CNBC
Read More2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the Porsche 911 GT3, which was first introduced in 1999 for the 996 generation. To celebrate, Porsche is doing something it’s never done before by introducing two GT3 variants at the same time. Enter the 992.2 facelifts for the 911 GT3 and GT3 Touring.
Read MoreJim Cramer, the CNBC finance host with such bad takes they sparked an Inverse Cramer movement, has a new message for retail investors: Tesla screwed up its robotaxi launch, and now isn’t the time to go putting your money into Elon Musk’s no-longer-a-car company. Given Cramer’s history, this can only mean that Tesla is going to the moon, immediately, and forever.
Read MoreI’ve just come across what’s likely the worst car deal I’ve ever seen. The owner of a Ferrari SF90 supercar, $200,000 underwater, wants to trade it in for a $68,000, three-year old Corvette C8. It’s a mess on both ends.
Read MoreI’m sick and tired of automakers being so goddamn serious all the time. There’s no whimsy, no pageantry, no fun whatsoever. Luckily, Rivian noticed this dearth of fun right in time for Halloween and has decided to roll out some reskins for its R1 vehicles that’ll allow them to “dress up” for the holiday.
Read MorePlug-in hybrids are proving to not be the transitional bridge between gas-powered cars and electric vehicles many folks were hoping for. That’s a damn shame because when used properly, PHEVs are absolutely fantastic. A study from JD Power is shedding new light on how and why customers are unsatisfied with their plug-in hybrids.
Read MoreFerrari pulled the covers off its latest hypercar, the Ferrari F80, this past Thursday. The F80 leverages the Italian brand’s racing pedigree at Le Mans and in Formula 1 to put cutting-edge performance in the hands of a privileged few. While the $4 million sticker price is eye-watering, the F80 doesn’t qualify for superlatives in any particular metric. The main selling point is the badge and the passion associated with it. Ferrari plans on only producing 799 F80s.
Read MoreFirefighters in Houston, Texas, were called to an enormous blaze at a parking lot in the city earlier this week. The fire started at the Creole On Yorktown apartment complex in Houston and has reportedly destroyed more than 30 cars that were parked there, including a classic Mercedes-Benz SL.
Read MoreFor years, Apple was rumored to be working on a futuristic self-driving car, with the company tied to collaborations with Volkswagen and even a potential deal to buy McLaren at one point. That never happened and the project was canned after ten years, but now it appears some of the tech developed by Apple’s car program has found its way into cars built by another automaker.
Read MoreThe Nissan Murano, a car noted for existing and having that convertible variant that one time, is still kicking. In fact, it’s better than ever, with a brand new generation that finally puts the decade-old prior model to bed. Look at how happy it is to still be here!
Read MoreYou probably forgot the BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe exists. Even if you did, that hasn’t stopped BMW from introducing a new generation of its smallest sedan for the new model year. If the 2 Series Gran Coupe wasn’t compelling before, better styling, more power and performance and new tech help make a case for it.
Read MoreA bus driver in Coachella Valley says he was assaulted by Trump supporters following the former President’s rally in Coachella. The driver, who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, told KESQ News Channel 3 that his shift started out normally but quickly turned into a bit of a nightmare.
Read MoreA county sheriff in Georgia is currently under fire for having what is possibly one of the most extra and potentially dangerous over reactions ever. Cobb County sheriff called for backup in a Burger King drive-thru because the workers got his order wrong.
Read MoreFormer President Donald Trump thinks that building a BMW X3 in Spartanburg, South Carolina is as easy as putting a jigsaw puzzle together. While speaking at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee said that assembling a car is so easy that “we could have our child do it.” It might go without saying, but let’s say it anyway: Trump’s oversimplification of car production in incredibly demeaning to the physically demanding jobs of American autoworkers.
Read MoreThe Tesla Cybertruck is very much illegal in Europe, but that hasn’t stopped a lightly modified version of Elon Musk’s pickup from making it over there. There’s currently at least one Cybertruck driving around cities in the Czech Republic, and people are worried – especially because it probably isn’t going to pass a single safety test the Europeans can throw at it.
Read MoreThere’s no denying it, the long-delayed launch of the Cybertruck has been a sales success for Tesla. The angular behemoth has become one of the best-selling six-figure cars and it’s now the third-best-selling electric vehicle in America. That impressive run could be coming to an end, however, as it sounds like Tesla may have reached the bottom of its reservation list.
Read MoreFormer President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump had a single topic on his mind Tuesday: Auto industry tariffs, intended to move manufacturing from Mexico and China into the United States. Previously, Trump had proposed a 200 percent tariff on companies like John Deere and the Detroit Big Three, but now the candidate has a new number in mind; 10 times the prior figure—2,000 percent.
Read MoreA year after mysterious drones spent weeks buzzing over a U.S. military installation Pentagon officials still are sure where they came from.
Read MoreChevrolet revealed the 2025 Corvette ZR1 in July, and while we knew it would be fast, we didn’t have exact figures until today. It turns out that not only is it quick, but it’s also fast, with GM recently announcing a top speed of 233 mph.
Read MoreThe greatest automotive debut of 2024 has inarguably been the Renault 5, an electric hatchback with gloriously retro styling inspired by the original Renault 5s. That is, it was the greatest debut until now, as the new Renault 4 E-Tech got revealed at the Paris Auto Show this week, another fully electric retro hatch that just looks truly fantastique.
Read MoreOne of these days, the era of giant trucks and SUVs is going to be over. Whether that will happen due to stricter regulations, nuclear war or the heat death of the planet likely depends, at least in part, on who wins the election in November. Regardless of how it goes down, eventually, small, simple cars are going to become hot collector’s items. So you may see this 1986 Honda Civic on Cars & Bids as a surprisingly clean old car now, but if you buy it and hold onto it, given enough time, you’ll
Read MorePolice in California are experiencing what happens when good intentions crash into reality. Police departments are transitioning to battery powered vehicles but those vehicles come with challenges that make cops’ jobs more difficult.
Read MoreIt isn’t exactly common for automobile manufacturers to focus on continued development of its decades-old long-dead product lines, but Porsche is serious about keeping its Carrera GT owners happy. Porsche factory racing driver Joerg Bergmeister worked directly with Michelin to develop a new sticky tire specifically formulated to make the car even better now than it was at the time it launched in 2003. The new Carrera GT–spec Pilot Sport Cup 2 is a huge improvement from the Pilot Sport 2 the car
Read MoreWhile Elon Musk has promised to deliver self-driving cars for over a decade, autonomous driving is the last crucial step before Tesla launches the Tesla Network: its own in-house rideshare service. The long-teased service could be the Holy Grail of revenue streams for the automaker. There would be no drivers to pay immorally low wages, and the fleet would consist of vehicles already purchased by customers. It’s a dystopian dream of double-dipping revenue.
Read MoreLos Angeles street takeovers keep happening, and they’re once again taking a turn for the worse. Owners of Infinitis and Nissans in LA keep having their cars stolen to be used in takeovers. The cars are later found either wrecked or burned.
Read MoreThe new Fiat 500e is more spacious than before, offers more features and better refinement, comes with more power and also adds a significantly longer range compared to the first-generation 500e. It’s also one of the least expensive electric vehicles that you can buy new. Unfortunately for Fiat’s sales department, it’s still a tiny two-door with about 150 miles of range, so in America that’s going to be a hard sell — and so far, it has been. Fiat’s solution? Cheaper leases.
Read MoreTesla’s big autonomy event last night was mainly focused around the two-seat Cybercab and art deco city bus Robovan, but the company also talked about some updates to Optimus — the painfully slow robot that Elon Musk hopes will be an infinite money glitch for the company. The event’s afterparty heavily featured Optimus as a bartender and dancer, but it turns out the bot wasn’t doing anything itself. Tesla employees were remote controlling it the whole time.
Read MoreA North Texas police department recently ticketed a man for driving a truck without plates, however the truck in question was part of a test drive. It seems the cops and area dealerships are reportedly butting heads over proper dealership tagging protocol for test drives and innocent people are getting caught in the crosshairs.
Read MoreHey, did you know that most of America’s police traffic stops are a dangerous menace, a waste of taxpayer money, and don’t really do anything to stop crime? Of course you did, you’re not dumb. A number of traffic stops conducted every day are for “pretextual” crimes like a burnt out taillight bulb or not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign, giving police the right to search your vehicle and person if they somehow believe you might be involved in some other kind of crime. Often these kinds o
Read MoreSilicon Valley has invented the bus again. During last night’s Tesla “We, Robot” event company CEO Elon Musk showed off the new “Robovan” which he pronounced as “rub oven” for some reason. It looks like something straight out of an art deco nightmare, and it’s here to make public transit in your city even worse. The 20-passenger electric autonomous vehicle was Elon’s “one more thing” to close out the night. It sure is something.
Read MoreAfter years of promises and months of delays, Tesla boss Elon Musk finally took to the stage last night to unveil the company’s first autonomous taxi. Dubbed the Cybercab, the two-seat vehicle will put a new version of the company’s Full Self-Driving tech to good use, could become the company’s cheapest model and will reportedly be ready to roll in 2026.
Read MoreAustralian police are scrambling to find the bold thief who managed to steal a rare Nissan Skyline GT-R right out Nissan Headquarters.
Read More2025 marks the Lexus LX’s 30th year on sale, if you can believe it, and the fourth generation of the Land Cruiser–based SUV is getting a host of updates for its third model year. Lexus is now offering the LX with the model’s first hybrid powertrain, along with a new Overtrail trim aimed at serious off-roaders.
Read MoreElon Musk has been promising self-driving cars are right around the corner for the last decade. And what a decade it’s been! Full of scandal, intrigue, and poorly manufactured cars and car accessories. We’ve seen the rise of the electric vehicle, the death of the affordable American car and the dizzying ascent followed by a rapid decline of the autonomous driving dream.
Read MoreWhile the size of a crossover makes it a great starting point for an electric vehicle, and the shape of a sedan slips easily through the air for better range, electric sports cars are a much scarier proposition. Hyundai proved it’s possible to make an EV a blast to drive with the Ioniq 5 N, but batteries are heavy, and weight is often the enemy of fun. So it’s understandable that BMW M3 owners might be worried the next-generation sport sedan would be electric-only. As BimmerToday reports, though
Read MoreIf you’re in the market for a brand new three-row Jeep with a V8 engine — something that isn’t a Wagoneer — you’re out of luck. Jeep has dropped the eight cylinder engine from the Grand Cherokee L’s lineup leaving the V6 as the only option.
Read MoreElon Musk recently offered victims of Hurricane Helene a free month of internet service via his Starlink company. As it turns out, the offer wasn’t as generous as it seemed, it’s really more of a new customer promotion.
Read MoreHurricane Milton made landfall in Florida last night, bringing with it enormous storm surges, winds of up to 130 mph and the ashes of a dead scientist that were dropped into the eye of the storm by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Read MoreElon Musk’s Boring Company Loop is still a thing in Las Vegas. Sold as something that would help people get around the Las Vegas Convention Center easier, the reality is way different. Aside from the issue of actually being silly as hell, it seems the Loop has other big problems: Dumb drivers and trespassers.
Read MoreThe city of Irvine, California’s police department officially introduced its cringy new Tesla Cybertruck on Tuesday to the public in the most cringe way possible: a dorky video featuring theme music from “The Terminator,” a franchise that famously portrays cops in a poor light.
Read MoreParents and teachers alike will tell you procrastination is a bad idea, but at the same time, you can always learn that lesson another day. Today, there’s still time to kick back, relax and leave those problems for Future You to deal with. Well, unless you were planning to buy a new Ram 1500 Classic before Stellantis sent it to the great Costco parking lot in the sky. The Drive reports that production ended without an official announcement last Friday, so if you want one, you better get there be
Read MoreWe’ve already shown you Consumer Reports’ list of the most reliable cars for less than $30,000, but what if you care about more than just reliability? You don’t always have to sacrifice reliability to find a car that’s well-rounded and offers more in the way of features than simply not breaking.
Read MoreHurricane Milton is bearing down on the west coast of Florida Wednesday evening as a Category 4 storm, but the effects of this massive storm are already being felt by the residents of the Sunshine State. Nearly a quarter of Florida gas stations are reporting that they are completely out of fuel, while Tampa-area gas stations are even worse off.
Read MorePolitical rallies bring out all kinds of catchy slogans from people who are there to support their heroes. Now, a group of people sporting “Auto Workers For Trump” tops at a JD Vance rally this week in Detroit have been found to have very little in common with the message they’re supporting.
Read MoreMost fatal crashes involving police vehicles typically involve a high-speed pursuit. However, a collision just outside of Detroit last week featured a police SUV speeding down a four-lane street while chasing no one. A Warren Police Department SUV t-boned a white Dodge Durango, killing both the driver and passenger inside. The crash is only becoming more egregious as more information comes to light.
Read MoreDespite going through bankruptcy and shuttering operations Fisker’s legal problems keep getting worse. Just a day after it was announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed the automaker, the automaker learned asking owners to cover their own recall repair costs was just as illegal as it sounds.
Read MoreWas the last retro-styled Ford Bronco appearance package not good enough for you? Does the very fact this truck’s styling is based on the Broc’ from the 1960s still not make your retro-loving heart want one? Well, Ford’s at it again with another throwback Bronco: the Bronco Free Wheeling Package. Fantastic.
Read MoreHurricane Milton is bearing down the Gulf Coast of Florida, and as of right now, it’s shaping up to be one of those once-in-a-generation biblically large storms we seem to get every other year now. Folks in the Sunshine State are heeding warnings from officials to evacuate – and most of them are doing so by car. Because of this, gas is getting a little bit hard to come by, but there are teams of people making sure fuel is flowing from pumps across Florida.
Read MoreSince Tesla Cybertruck deliveries started nearly a year ago (wild, I know), folks on the used market have had zero clue about how they should be priced. Early on, these trucks were getting flipped for more than double their MSRP, but that quickly came down to the high $100,000 range, to the mid $100s and now there are over 300 listed for sale on Autotrader. Depending on the condition, mileage and whether or not it’s a Cyberbeast truck, the prices range from anywhere between $92,000 and $190,000.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has long toyed with the idea of considering what damage cars do to pedestrians, but it took until last month for the agency to finally propose new rules: Testing for new cars, to see exactly how much head trauma those massive squared-off grilles cause.
Read MoreA Tennessee State Trooper arrested two drivers for DUI last year, however it was later revealed that neither tested at above legal limit. An ongoing investigation shows this sort of wrongful arrest isn’t limited to one bad cop, and an overburdened review process is costing people their time, livelihoods and dignity.
Read MoreYou never know what sort of rare, exotic cars you’ll see in Malibu on a Sunday, and this past weekend was no different. There were myriad Porsche 911s including a Singer Targa, a McLaren P1, an Alpine A110 and a one-of-330 Aston Martin V12 Vantage. But by far the rarest, coolest cars was this trio of blue Chevrolet Impalas.
Read MoreTesla has big plans to release a company-saving robotaxi next week, leveraging the incredible advantage in autonomous technology that the company swears it has in order to prevent the whole house of cards from tumbling down. The Tesla faithful hoping to see a real life robotaxi might be disappointed, however: New analyst info says that Tesla may be showing off nothing more than renderings.
Read MoreFisker can’t seem to do anything right – and that includes closing up shop. Apparently, the La Palma, California headquarters of the now-dead automaker was abandoned and left in “complete disarray” with full-size clay models, automotive equipment, EV batteries and goddamn hazardous waste left behind.
Read MoreNumerous home charging companies have popped up in the last few years as EV adoption has grown. One of those companies was Enel X which sold a line of home EV chargers. Now its customers are left scrambling as the company is shutting down.
Read MoreThe Tesla Cybertruck is a joke. Unless you own one of these stainless-steel trucks or have a thing for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, you probably look at the Cybertruck as this big, embarrassing thing that is meant to be made fun of. Even the nerds in Stanford Marching Band know this, and that’s why they decided to make the Cybertruck a part of their show during Sunday’s football game against Virginia Tech.
Read MoreCybertruck owners have had quite the year so far in 2024. They’ve had to clean own their brand new cars themselves, faced rusting problems brought on by transport issues and been hit with five recalls already. Now, owners are reporting that all this bad press has hit their insurance, with some Cybertruck drivers reporting that their insurance on the six-figure truck has been canceled.
Read MoreOne major key to EV adoption is creating a comprehensive charging network. Not only does it have to be convenient, it has to be appealing. One company is making a valiant attempt with its new gas station-like EV chargers.
Read MoreMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg loves a sidequest and has pretty decent taste in cars given his daily driver is a Cadillac CT5-V. But when you are a family man, you also need a family-oriented car. When his wife asked for a minivan, Zuck had West Coast Customs pimp a Cayenne Turbo GT with some sliding doors to make a one-of-a-kind Porsche.
Read MoreWe’re halfway through a new decade, which means it’s time for a new McLaren hypercar. Enter the W1, the plug-in-hybrid successor to the beloved P1. “Equally at home on road and track,” the W1 is the fastest McLaren road car both in a straight line and on track, and along with a brand new chassis and powertrain, it features some of the coolest aerodynamic trickery we’ve seen.
Read MoreI don’t know if you’ve heard, but Southern California traffic is really bad and it seems to get worse every year. A private jet company is trying to alleviate the frustration of that traffic, as long as your destination is Palm Springs and you have plenty of money to burn.
Read MorePeople are apparently very stupid, and that is why Uber and Lyft drivers are using Tesla’s shoddy-at-best Full Self-Driving program to complete rides, creating – in essence – makeshift robotaxis. This all came to a head when a Tesla being used as an Uber with FSD engaged crashed into an SUV at an intersection in Las Vegas earlier this year, sending the other driver to the hospital.
Read MoreElon Musk gets most of the hate around here due to his incessant need to force himself into the conversation every goddamn minute with yet another bigoted, hateful opinion. Plus, you know, there’s also all the problems Tesla’s had with sexual harassment, racism and worker injuries due to dangerous working conditions. Mark Zuckerberg deserves similar levels of hate, but he generally avoids anything having to do with transportation, so we don’t really cover him much. Except now he’s revealed his d
Read MoreSupposedly, the years go by faster as you age, but the last eight years have done nothing but disprove that notion. It hasn’t even been a full decade since 2016, and yet, it feels like an entire lifetime ago. Heck, back then, Dodge even still sold the Dart. So imagine our surprise when we saw Motor1 noticed Dodge somehow managed to sell a single Dart in September. You know, a car that went out of production before Disney released “Moana” in theaters.
Read MoreTesla boss Elon Musk is no stranger to litigation, having fought off legal challenges against his massive salary, claims of a conflict of interest between his companies and even accusations of insider trading. Now, he’s celebrating winning a legal battle over his lofty claims about Tesla’s self-driving abilities, but the way he got to that victory might not really be much to shout about.
Read MoreMinicars and microcars aren’t a thing in the U.S. Despite their popularity in Europe and Asia, tiny cars have never been able to get a foothold stateside. Now, with the advent of electric vehicles, they’re getting even more popular overseas, but our attitudes toward them over here aren’t changing.
Read MoreThere isn’t much that appeals to me about setting out in a fishing vessel every morning, from the cold ocean air to the rattly old diesel engine from decades gone by, it all sounds kind of gross. One Scottish lobster man got tired of the big diesel bill he was racking up every month eating into his profits, so he set about restoring an old boat from 1978 and converting it to electric. Not only is the cost of “fuel” a fraction of what it was before, but it’s not polluting his trapping grounds wit
Read MoreWrenching on one’s own car is intimidating for the inexperienced, so it’s often easier for folks to pay more money for a new car that has a warranty than to buy a cheap used car that will need some work. A Canadian TV show called “Roulez au Suivant,” or “Move on to the Next,” tackles the hard part of refurbishing a high-mileage car. Hosted by Quebecois automotive journalist Antoine Joubert, he and his team refurbish worn out cars and give them away to individuals or organizations in need. The sh
Read MoreHurricane Helene caused chaos to spread across the American southeast since last week. The immense storm has ripped up roads, flooded towns and could be about to bring the auto industry to its knees. However, none of those issues were on the minds of this couple attempting to flee the storm after they were nearly taken out by a terrifying mudslide brought on by Helene.
Read MoreTypically, if you crash your SUV into the back of a patrol car, you’re going to be in for a bad time. And not just because it’s going to inevitably force you to interact with cops. So imagine Clay County, Minnesota resident Sam Dutcher’s surprise when the cops told him to intentionally drive into the back of a speeding patrol car in an attempt to bring his out-of-control Honda Pilot to a stop before it ran out of road.
Read MoreGenuinely one of my favorite things about traveling to Europe is getting to ride in Mercedes-Benz V-Class vans. The V-Class is the passenger version of the Metris commercial van we get in the U.S., and they are seriously luxurious. Some versions have a rear-facing second row of seats that makes conversing with your friends easy while others have fancy captain’s chairs, and the V-Class has all the luxury features you’d expect from a Benz. They’re way better to ride in than something like an Escal
Read MoreFull-size body-on-frame SUVs have been a staple on North American roads for decades, but General Motors’ Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade offerings are significantly more popular than Ford’s Expedition and Navigator. On the heels of the next-gen Navigator’s reveal earlier this summer, the new-for-2025 Ford Expedition has just been unveiled, and while its interior and exterior styling may make it look brand new, much of the underpinnings are suspiciously similar to the ‘24 truck.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the Tesla Cybertruck’s fifth official recall, this time to address a rearview camera image that may be delayed after shifting into reverse. A delayed rearview camera feed may not sound like a serious issue, but it causes the Cybertruck to no longer comply with federal safety standards. Aside from non-compliance with a federal regulation, the nearly 7,000-pound Cybertruck’s… unique… design effectively requires the use of the rearview ca
Read MoreOctober 1 marked the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2024, which means it’s time for quarterly sales reports. And if you’re a Mazda fan, I’ve got great news! With total of 313,452 vehicles sold through the end of September, Mazda’s year-over-year sales are up about 15 percent. What can I say? People just like the CX-50 and CX-90. There is bad news, though. MX-5 Miata sales are down, and they’re down bad. If things don’t turn around soon, we may be looking at the beginning of the end for the h
Read MoreA Canadian student mechanic got a rude awakening when a local Hyundai dealer refused to honor the automaker’s warranty for his Elantra N’s blown engine. Christian Matzoros bought the 2022 Elantra N just two years ago – paying for an extended warranty that made him think he had complete coverage for seven years 140,000 kilometers (about 87,000 freedom miles) – but the dealer wouldn’t follow the warranty because he had been “over-revving” the motor.
Read MoreProfessional Porsche collector and renaissance man Magnus Walker is, in some ways, the ultimate face of automotive passions in Los Angeles. His chill demeanor and friend-to-all attitude give off the vibe of his past days as a professional surfer. He’s regularly in attendance at every car event in the city, he’s constantly got something new revolving in and out of his garage, and he always has time for anyone who needs it. Walker has a uniquely weather-and-time-worn style, just like his warehouse
Read MoreFlooding caused by Hurricane Helene devastated entire swaths of the American southeast this week, particularly in the Carolinas. Over a hundred people lost their lives (with the death toll still mounting), infrastructure was wiped off the map and tons of cars were destroyed. Despite the violence of the storm, some vehicles surprisingly made it through the storm unscathed. One of those vehicles was an EV.
Read MoreIn the U.S., cargo vans are a serious business. That’s why they have serious names like Express, Econoline and ProMaster. Luckily for us, automakers in Europe took a lighter approach to naming their cargo vans, and it created some wonderful results.
Read MoreA truck driver in the UK found themselves in a sticky situation this week when they headed down a narrow road that was too skinny for their enormous trailer to pass through. The truck and its cargo ended up wedged on the narrow country lane for three days, before a crane could be called in to lift the enormous load up and out of the way.
Read MoreMazda Miata: It may officially be called the MX-5 now, but in our hearts, it will always be the Miata. And there will always be a place in our hearts for the Miata, the most perfect car that any company has ever produced. If you don’t fit in a Miata, that’s understandable, but if you don’t like the Miata you’re wrong. While the Miata is a blast to drive stock, it’s also a fantastic platform to modify. Like if, for example, you decided to swap in a motorcycle engine that revs to 13,000 rpm such a
Read MoreJD Vance, the Republican Vice Presidential candidate, already blamed Kamala Harris for the Ram 1500 Classic’s death earlier this year. He’s now under fire for even more absurd comments made during a Senate committee hearing in March 2023. The junior U.S. Senator from Ohio said that government car seat mandates have significantly lowered the nation’s birth rate.
Read MoreThe Formula 1–engined Mercedes-AMG One hypercar has held the production car lap record at the Nürburgring since it set a 6:35.183 lap time back in 2022, but now there’s a new record holder that is the first road car to lap the ’Ring in under six minutes and 30 seconds: The AMG One, again. Mercedes wasn’t content with the car’s performance a couple years ago, so DTM driver Maro Engel went back and beat his own record by more than five seconds with a time of 6:29.090.
Read MoreWe know Stellantis isn’t doing so hot but the automaker’s Fiat brand is doing worse. The brand sells only two vehicles: the 500X crossover — which is on its way out — and the recently reintroduced 500e EV. It turns out that new EV isn’t selling so well. Sales are so poor that Stellantis has an extended production pause the vehicle, and it’s caught the attention of the Italian government.
Read MoreDon’t get me wrong, Tesla is still dominating the electric vehicle market, but control is quickly slipping. The Austin, Texas-based automaker handed over fewer vehicles than analysts expected during the third quarter of 2024 as more compelling competition comes online in China and Europe. It doesn’t help that most of Tesla’s lineup is ancient. All of these factors together mean the company is at risk of its first-ever annual sales decline.
Read MorePort workers on the East and Gulf Coast officially went on strike early on October 1 after the union and a port operators alliance couldn’t come to an agreement on pay increases and automation. Now, container traffic is halted from Maine to Texas. This – as you may have imagined – could spell disaster for the automotive supply chain.
Read MoreA Toyota dealership in Mississippi may find out the hard way that customer safety is important even if they’re not in a car. A court of appeals cleared the way last month for a man’s negligence suit against J. Allen Toyota in Gulfport, Mississippi to move forward. The suit stems from an incident that happened in 2019, Automotive News reports:
Read MoreThe famed Renaissance Center in Detroit has been the hive where GM houses its most important worker bees since it acquired the building in 1996, but lately the building is feeling more like an empty nest. The complex comprises six giant office towers, a 73-story Marriott hotel, and a pair of shorter 21-story buildings occupied by an insurance company, but these days it’s host to just a fraction of its pre-pandemic traffic heights.
Read MoreNew Jersey couple John and Georgia McGinty were riding in an Uber in March 2022 when their driver got into a wreck. They both survived, but Georgia spent a week in the critical care unit with a fractured spine and abdominal trauma while John escaped with “only” a broken sternum and a hand injury. As the Independent reports, when the McGintys tried to sue Uber over the crash, the judge determined they couldn’t because they’d agreed to the app’s arbitration clause in its Terms of Use when their da
Read MoreHurricane Helene made landfall in the U.S. on September 26 near Perry, Florida, with winds blowing at Category 4 strength, killing at least 128 so far. Many of the stories we see focus on much of the devastation in North Carolina where people living in towns and cities several hours inland from the coast are still experiencing serious problems restoring power and getting necessary supplies in. Florida may have expected the hurricane, but it still got wrecked, too, with Automotive News reporting
Read MoreTesla’s Supercharger network has become the North American Charging Standard and tons automakers are building their EVs with this network in mind. While this is good for mass EV adoption, it’s turning out to be a headache in practice.
Read MoreThe Cybertruck has been on sale for nearly a year at this point, but it’s finally getting Tesla’s flagship (in Elon Musk’s mind, at least) piece of technology: Full Self-Driving. Members of the Cybertruck Owners Club forum are saying that the update enabling FSD has been installed on their trucks.
Read MoreFolks, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Nissan is in some deep shit right now, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get better anytime soon. Late last week, the Japanese automaker put out some very disappointing global sales numbers, and now some are worried it’ll once again fall short of its fiscal year profit forecast. Of course, this was already cut once before back in July.
Read MoreOver the course of two seconds the planet we live on moves about 37 miles through space, the universe expands by about 100 square miles, five million emails are sent, and Porsche’s Taycan Turbo GT can go from zero to sixty miles per hour. In Car And Driver’s comprehensive instrumented test of the new German hyper electric sports sedan, it became the quickest car ever tested in the magazine’s nice 69 year history. The Turbo GT is quicker than a Lucid Sapphire, quicker than a Tesla Plaid, and quic
Read MoreIt may take years to recover from all of the damage caused by last week’s Hurricane Helene landfall. Flooding and high winds conspired to down trees and power lines and tear up concrete and asphalt, making the thoroughfares that the people of the region rely on impassable. Over the weekend reports from North Carolina indicated over 400 different roads were closed in the aftermath. As neighbors, volunteers and road workers continue to clean up the mess, the people who can’t get emergency supplies
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson has been credibly accused of previously being a frequent poster in a porn forum, which wouldn’t be so bad if he hadn’t allegedly referred to himself as a “black NAZI” and said he supported bringing back slavery. He also referred to himself as a “perv,” so when we heard he’d been treated for burns sustained when he touched a truck, it was only natural to assume he’d tried to fuck it. If you hear that rumor, do not repeat it because it is false.
Read MoreThe Mille Miglia used to be one of the most dangerous races on the planet. It’s now a showcase for the beautiful machines that graced roads during the race’s golden era. However, classic cars now face the dangers of the modern world, like drivers distracted by cell phones. A crash caused by a woman glancing at her phone heavily damaged a 1948 Jaguar XK120 before it reached the start line of this year’s Mille Miglia.
Read MoreBefitting this being October 31st, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mustang is claimed to be a car that might strike terror in the hearts of the unwary. Let’s see if this modded pony’s price is a treat or a trick.
Read MoreBuying a vehicle from a defunct manufacturer can be a crapshoot, as parts availability may be sketchy. That makes today’s Nice Price or No Dice Trooper a bit of a gamble since Isuzu is long gone from the U.S. scene. We’ll have to decide if its price is a bet we’d gladly take.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice VW Thing is like a Cars 101 class—a basic introduction to the motor vehicle and nothing more. Let’s see if we can all make an educated guess about what it might reasonably be worth.
Read MoreWhile still nowhere near as popular as its XKE predecessors, Jag’s XJS is gaining in fandom. The crazy-rare manual versions like today’s Nice Price or No Dice convertible are among the most desirable. Let’s see how popular its price proves around here.
Read MoreThe first-generation Miata has a big following because it’s the only one with pop-up headlights. Finding one in decent shape, like today’s Nice Price or No Dice ’91, is getting increasingly rarer. Let’s see if this one’s price pops with us.
Read MoreWhile today’s Nice Price or No Dice 4Runner has 280K under its belt, the fact that it’s a ’90s Toyota should make that less relevant to its value. Let’s decide just how much of an impact it might make.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Coda claims the company that built it went bankrupt because the car was “too nice.” Let’s see if this weird little electric car’s current price (see what I did there?) won’t break the bank.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo cryptically claims to not want to sell the car but is “ready to move on.” Let’s see if this seemingly tidy AWD wagon’s price is something we might move on.
Read MoreLike Ned in Game of Thrones, the seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice BMW sees winter approaching and wants to prepare. That means a 4WD in place of the Bimmer’s convertible top. Let’s see if we’re prepared for its asking price.
Read MoreThe MR in the name of today’s Nice Price or No Dice MR2 Spyder stands for ‘Midship Runabout,’ denoting its engine placement and spry driving behavior. Let’s see if its seller has named a good price for it.
Read MoreIf you like the pastiche of patina and power, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Country Sedan will likely cut your mustard. Let’s see if this old-school ‘daily driver’ has a price that also adds up.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Forester may not be fancy, but the basics are covered. Let’s see if it needs a more basic price to gain our interest.
Read MoreAnyone concerned about explaining to onlookers the make and model of today’s Nice Price or No Dice 300ZX will be relieved that the seller has alleviated the problem by applying numerous nameplate decals and stickers. Let’s decide if its price gives us sticker shock.
Read MoreIf you’re a car enthusiast who frequents YouTube, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice DS might already be familiar to you as it was once owned by our friend Tyler Hoover and is being sold by its present owner, Dave the Car Wizard. Let’s see what wizardly wonder its price might hold.
Read MoreBy embracing the SUV market with the Cayenne, Porsche saved its sports cars. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cayenne GTS is pretty sporty despite its size and function. Let’s decide if we all are good sports regarding its price.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice CC was VW’s take on the tiresome “four-door coupe” trope. That’s not its fault; to be fair, it’s a pretty handsome take. Let’s see how fair we might find its price.
Read MoreWhile Dodge’s most recent Dart failed to hit the mark, today’s Nice Price of No Dice SXT Rallye might prove to be more on target owing to its rare six-speed stick and maybe even its price.
Read MoreIf you’re a fan of clean air and funky fill-ups, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Civic NGV might be your cup of compressed natural gas. Let’s see if this rare, literally gas-powered commuter car has a price tag that doesn’t make us want to tell the seller to go “blow it out yer’ ass.”
Read MoreWhile the ad says, the A/C doesn’t work on today’s Nice Price or No Dice LeBaron with a convertible top, who cares? Let’s see if we care about its price tag.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice 220S has been styled to look like a vintage rally racer. Its perposely-patina’d roof even has a whimsical “Better Late Than Never” painted in Spanish for an extra bit of flair. Let’s see if the price tag set by the seller is a win or a total DNF.
Read MoreA manual gearbox Camaro like today’s Nice Price or No Dice RS is rare to find, something the seller says as “nearly impossible.” Let’s see if this survivor Chevy has a few more unexpected pleasures up its sleeve and whether those might include its price.
Read MoreThat’s not a typo in the name of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Stepwgn; that’s actually how Honda named it. Let’s see if the price of this privately-imported mini-camper also looks like a mistake.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice F-150 is a bare-bones stake bed work truck. That makes it perfect for farm duty or scrounging the neighborhood on trash day. Let’s see if this utilitarian truck’s price works for us.
Read MoreSpirit Airlines announced on Thursday that it will furlough 330 pilots at the end of January next year. The canary yellow-branded carrier has been in a coal mine even before a federal judge shot down a $3.8 billion merger with JetBlue Airways in March. Spirit failed to report a profit in five of the last six quarters. The ultra-low-cost carrier is reportedly exploring a merger with its initial bidder, Frontier Airlines.
Read MoreThe Department of Defense Office of Inspector General announced on Tuesday that Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force by almost $1 million for a dozen spare parts for the C-17 Globemaster III. The most egregious markup was 7,943 percent on an undisclosed amount of aircraft lavatory soap dispensers. Yes, the Air Force spent around $151,000 on soap dispensers that should have cost $2,000. In fairness to Boeing, it really needs the money right now.
Read MoreThe days of hoping for bonus miles and airline credit when your flight gets canceled are over. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s new rules on airline refunds came into full effect on Tuesday. Every carrier is now required to automatically refund customers for canceled and significantly delayed flights. The new rule also mandates refunds on paid-for perks such as inflight wi-fi.
Read MoreNearly every airline requires animals to be confined inside a carrier when they fly. However, passengers on a Spirit Airlines flight last week were startled to see a rodent scurrying above them inside a cabin light fixture. It’s not clear how the “super rat” got onboard, but the unusual passenger had far more legroom than anyone else. The incident raised a lot of questions, included if the rodent was even a rat to begin with.
Read MoreOver $275 million in fines have been levied against airlines across the past four years. Commercial aviation isn’t typically a marketplace that can regulate itself. Customers rarely have the power to force change with their wallets collectively. Government agencies are the main force ensuring that airlines treat their passengers fairly.
Read MoreAirlines have a terrible record of handling wheelchairs and other equipment for disabled travelers. On average at least two dozen wheelchairs get damaged every day. The Department of Transportation has just issued a $50 million fine to American Airlines after a several years-long investigation into these very abuses of disabled passengers.
Read MoreBeing at the airport can bring out the worst in some people, and the rule breaking starts before folks even get on the plane. There are rules governing the boarding process, but there is always passengers who try and skip the line. Apparently, the industry term for those eager beavers who try to board before their group is called, or who hover at the gate even though their boarding group is 6 zones away is “gate lice.” American Airlines is now testing a new gate lice deterrent system that employ
Read MoreWhat do you do when you’re a billionaire social media mogul worried about people sharing the publicly available location of your private jet? You simply ban them from your platform. Meta suspended accounts tracking the jets of co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and other celebrities from Instagram and Threads on Monday. However, the ban likely won’t stop anyone from finding the aircraft carrying the rich and famous.
Read MoreThe arrival and departure areas at any international airport can devolve into traffic gridlock during peak hours. To combat this, Dunedin International Airport in New Zealand introduced a three-minute time limit on hugs in its drop-off zone late last month to keep vehicles moving. People engaging in public displays of affection for more than three minutes will be asked to take it to the parking lot, allowing free visits for 15 minutes or less.
Read MoreA helicopter crashed into a 1,000 foot high radio tower Sunday night in Houston, Texas, causing a massive fire ball and killing multiple people, including a child.
Read MoreBelieve it or not, commercial planes aren’t designed to collide with anything except adorably aloof birds at both 575 miles per hour while soaring through the sky (or 20 mph taxiing around an airport.) A panini of fiberglass cabin interior wall, assembly plant air and thin sheet aluminum is the only thing shielding passengers from the elements when they buckle into a seat. I promise you, it couldn’t be safer.
Read MoreOf all the complaints typically tossed at airline food, passengers getting violently sick after a meal isn’t one of them. A catering kitchen at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was shuttered over the weekend after a food safety inspection spotted a listeria outbreak. The closure had the knock-on effect of leaving 200 Delta Air Lines flights without hot meal service.
Read MoreFirst-class airline passengers expect to be waited on hand and foot by flight attendants. They especially don’t want to spot a bed bug climbing up their leg. One unfortunate flyer found a bed bug on themselves during an American Airlines flight earlier this week from LaGuardia Airport in New York to Detroit Metro Airport. The experience was gross enough for the passenger to get 7,500 bonus miles for their trouble.
Read MoreSt. Petersburg Fire Rescue fished a crashed small plane’s four occupants and a small dog out of the water on Tuesday, a day ahead of Hurricane Milton making landfall on Florida’s west coast. With a climbing death toll, the hurricane proved as devastating as feared by meteorologists. The urgent warnings to evacuate from public officials were thankfully heeded by Floridians, including this group of people with access to a single-engine plane.
Read MoreA Turkish Airlines flight diverted to New York on Wednesday morning after the captain collapsed and died onboard. The carrier’s Airbus A350 was scheduled to fly from Seattle to Istanbul over and 11-hour flight, however the crew declared an emergency over the Canadian Arctic four hours into the flight and began its diversion to the Big Apple, according to FlightAware.
Read MoreLess than two weeks after the last big storm battered the southern states of America, another is bearing down at a ferocious rate. Hurricane Milton is expected to hit Florida later Wednesday. Evacuation orders are in place and residents being told to protect their homes from flooding as best they can, but while most people run when they see a hurricane, the crew of one aircraft do the exact opposite and fly right to the heart of a storm surge.
Read MoreOn March 8 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing. The Boeing 777 and its passengers have been missing ever since, with nothing more than a few plane fragments turning up in the decade since the disappearance. Now, a team of researchers has come up with a new way of calculating where the plane may be, and it involves yeeting plane parts into the Indian Ocean in the name of science.
Read MoreThere are certainly worse components on an airplane to malfunction, but if the in-flight entertainment goes down on a 10-hour flight you’re definitely not going to be happy about it. In that situation, would you be more upset if you had to stare at the back of a seat for the duration, or if you were forced to watch an R-rated movie filled with f-bombs and male genitals?
Read MoreClapping when a flight lands may be a fading tradition, but it’s fully deserved some days. Passengers on a Frontier Airlines flight certainly had a reason for applause on Saturday after the flight from San Diego trailed flames from its landing gear while landing at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. All 190 passengers and seven crew members safely made it to the gate. It’s unclear how the fire started. The Federal Aviation Administration is now investigating the incident.
Read MoreHistory is alive, and sometimes it can even be potentially lethal. An unexploded bomb dropped by the United States on Japan during World War II detonated unexpectedly on Wednesday after laying dormant for over 75 years.
Read MoreHave you ever been looking for a home and encountered an infuriating shortage of properties with attached airplane hangars, or frustrating HOAs that prohibit you from taxiing your plane on public roads? Then gird your loins, because the picturesque town of Cameron Park, California, is the ideal Sacramento suburb for you. Bring your Corvette, your private plane, your thin blue line flag, and your entire collection of New Balance sneakers to this idyllic community that has access to the Cameron Pa
Read MoreThe National Transportation Safety Board warned over 40 foreign airlines on Tuesday that their Boeing 737 planes may be fitted with potentially dangerous rudder components. The agency identified 271 parts that could fail and jam the rudder control system. The NTSB discovered the issue while investigating a February landing incident involving a United Airlines flight arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Read MorePorsche’s best selling model isn’t the 911 or the Cayenne, it’s the cheapest, smallest Porsche, the Macan. Sure, it technically is the brand’s entry-level model, but it’s also arguably the best compact crossover for folks who love the act of driving. By now we all know that the second-generation Macan is exclusively electric, and my colleague Andy already went on the 2025 Macan’s initial first drive that saw the launch of the Macan 4 and the Macan Turbo. This is trim level–loving Porsche we’re t
Read MoreThe logos that represent car brands and models often act as a proxy for an otherwise ever-evolving and amorphous concept, so they had better be good ones. When someone thinks about Mercedes-Benz, what do they envision in their head? One of the first things that comes to mind is likely the brand’s iconic three-pointed star emblem. Regardless of how successful these logos are, some are undoubtedly cooler than others, and we want to know which is the coolest?
Read MoreHappy autumn, everyone. The sun is shining, but the air’s gotten a bit chillier, and the leaves are in a full array of yellows, reds, and browns. You just need the right car to see it all in, which is why earlier this week I asked you for the best fall foliage sightseeing vehicles. Today, we’re parsing through your answers. Let’s take a look.
Read MoreEnthusiasts spend a lot of time talking about their first cars, but typically, the freedom of finally having a car of your own is much more exciting than the car itself. For whatever reason, most parents seem to think it’s a bad idea to give an inexperienced driver whose brain still hasn’t finished developing yet access to a performance car they could easily kill themselves with. Weird.
Read MoreAfter a couple years of teasing, last week finally brought the reveal of the reborn Scout Motors, with the Volkswagen-owned startup showing off its electric Terra pickup and Traveler SUV concepts. Both new Scouts have a ton of retro flair without being too kitschy, and it got me thinking. What other classic off-roaders deserve a modern revival?
Read MoreLike many of you, I had big dreams for my first car when I was growing up. Obviously, it would be rear-wheel drive and manual, because how could it not be? I was a car enthusiast, dammit. Except by the time I got my driver’s license and had enough money to look at buying a car, I ended up with my dad’s Kia Spectra. It did the job of getting me from point A to point B, and it did have a manual transmission, but it certainly wasn’t an enthusiast car.
Read MoreAmerica has made some phenomenal cars over the years and there’s no denying this country’s influence on the global automotive landscape. But not every creation to roll off the country’s automotive production lines has been a celebrated success, some have actually been pretty awful.
Read MoreFolks, welcome to autumn. It’s finally cooling down outside, the leaves are changing, it’s just absolutely gorgeous outside. It’s time to go sightseeing, to make that pilgrimage to the Northeast that clogs up our roads every year, but that means it’s also time to answer an important question: What are you making that trip in?
Read MoreThese days, it seems like just about every car out there has some sort of sporty trim level. To be honest, it’s not something I totally love, but folks seem to be into it, so what do I know? Still, despite all of these sporty trims, there are plenty of cars that don’t get the same treatment, and that’s a bit of a shame. Every car should get to have some sporty fun. That’s what led me to my question from last week.
Read MoreAmerica has a long history building cars, with the first American automobile rolling onto the roads way back in 1893. Since then, automakers across the country have built some iconic cars like the Ford Mustang, Willys Jeep and the Corvette. Not every American automobile has such pedigree, however.
Read MoreI’ve complained in the past about cars becoming too sporty for their own good – especially German crossovers, but that doesn’t mean I like an unnecessary sporty car every once in a while. I’m talking about stuff like the Mercedes-Benz R63 AMG, Toyota Avalon TRD and Chevy Impala SS. These are all cars that didn’t need a sporty trim level, yet their makers decided...maybe they did. That thought is what got me thinking about today’s question.
Read MoreTelling people range anxiety isn’t real and can’t hurt you has done little to alleviate the problem. Last week we asked readers to take into account their current life and think: just how much range do they need an EV to have for it to work for their needs? These were their responses.
Read MoreSometimes, selling a car can be more trouble than it’s worth. We asked our readers earlier this week what was their worst experience selling a car. The responses ran an erratic gambit from the typically flaky buyers to drug dealers and desperate sociopaths. Without further ado, here are the anecdotes that I wouldn’t wish on the most obnoxious car-seller:
Read MoreOur own Lawrence Hodge has been complaining about prices on Radwood-era cars lately and frankly, I think he’s just getting old-man cranky. Seeing cars that your middle school friends’ mom drove going for classic car prices is like hearing your favorite song at the grocery store; it’s a sign you are no longer a spring chicken. Someday, and that day is coming fast, even the cars on sale today will be considered classic and go for ridiculous prices on Bring A Trailer. What car are you willing to pa
Read MoreWe asked you last week to think about the best value on the used market is right now. Finding good deals on used cars is tough; it’s a balancing act between something that you want to drive and something that you trust not to go wrong and create a landslide of expensive repair bills. Often the more exciting choices don’t have the best reputation for reliability, but if you’re willing to take a chance then you may be handsomely rewarded with a fun car that cost you a fraction of what the original
Read MoreWhile many of us have burned hundreds of hours window shopping on Facebook Marketplace, we might have experienced being on the other side of the screen and putting up listings. Wading through potential buyers and complaints about the car up for sale is something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. People will hurl thoughtless messages at sellers over literally anything.
Read MoreEVs are slowly becoming more mainstream, but there are plenty of fence sitters who are put off by the lack of a proper charging network and range anxiety. Just how much range do you actually need though?
Read MoreIn today’s volatile automotive market, finding the best used car value can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. With new car prices pushing the boundaries of belief, and used car prices constantly fluctuating, it’s time to ask the Jalopnik audience what they think the best value on the used market is. Many factors influence a car’s value, including brand and model reputation, reliability, performance abilities, and maintenance costs. Certain makes and models consistently rank high in
Read MoreKids don’t have any experience, and as a result, their opinions on things they’ve never personally experienced rarely mean much. Back when I was in high school, I ignored any car that wasn’t rear-wheel drive simply because I couldn’t imagine a front-wheel-drive car being any fun. I mean, I’d driven a Kia Spectra. How different could an Acura Integra be, really? Different. Very different, Collin.
Read MoreThis may come as a surprise to you, but growing up I was way too into cars. I read everything about them that I could get my hands on, from Consumer Reports to EVO and even some magazines that weren’t specifically focused on cars but still included the occasional car news. It wasn’t exactly good for developing social skills or kissing girls, but I did manage to become an auto journalist without even a semester of Car College under my belt. Then again, I also look back and remember some weird obs
Read MoreHere at Jalopnik, we’re always getting asked for car recommendations, heck we’ve even made a weekly recurring feature about that very thing. Some cars are easy to recommend thanks to their neat styling or great futures, but there are some that we can never suggest when someone asks for advice.
Read MoreNot all cars can be heart-stoppingly exciting. For 99 percent of the population, a car is just something to get folks from Point A to Point B, and there’s nothing really wrong with that... if you like dull and boring cars. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of them out there, and that’s what has led me to my question from last week.
Read MoreWhether you’re after advice on a new gadget for around the house, a new job you’re thinking of going for, or a once-in-a-lifetime trip you’re considering taking, it’s always nice getting advice from someone you trust. When it comes to getting a new set of wheels for your garage, that’s no different and if you’re reading Jalopnik there’s a good chance you’ve been the one both giving and receiving advice on this very subject.
Read MoreAt Jalopnik, we love exciting cars. Cars that set our souls on fire. Cars that make us feel something, but we also recognize that never every car can or should do that. In reality, there are a hell of a lot more boring cars out there than exciting ones. Still though, even among boring cars, some stand above the rest. That’s what has led me to today’s question.
Read MoreEveryone loves a one off, lap-happy hyperbeast of a vehicle. Their unique styling and wild engineering easily endears themselves in the enthusiast heart. It can be a little harder to love the cars we see around us every day, but we do usually end up adoring at least some of them. So I asked you what your favorite average car is to spot on the road.
Read MoreThis week, our own Daniel Golson shared a moment of vulnerability with y’all when he expressed excitement over seeing three second-generation Chevy Malibus in a row. Naturally, many of you responded by saying you did not understand his excitement, and that’s OK. But it got me wondering, what normal car gives you a small thrill every time you see it?
Read MoreA car that’s horrible to drive sucks. That same car massaged and reborn as something an enthusiast would be proud of is something else. It turns into something you can’t really hate. And if you don’t really like it at first, it’ll certainly grow on you.
Read MoreLast week we asked you to dig deep into the annals of your now-jaded adult minds to recall what the coolest car you actually got to ride in as a kid was. I know, I know, it’s painful to think that far back in time, but you all really pulled through with some great answers. Some of your answers have me envying your upbringing, but I had a pretty cool answer for myself. The coolest car I got to ride in as a kid was a giant monster truck with a school bus body perched on top, and though it was just
Read MoreAutomakers don’t always get it right. Even being in this business, you don’t need to be a professional to tell when an automaker has phoned it in. Some cars are just not good. Sometimes, though, engineers or designers with the right frame of mind who want to do something special will get past the bean counters and get something approved that turns a turd of a car into something memorable.
Read MoreEarlier this week we asked you to share what cars you think should be turned into utes, the lovable car-based pickups that are typically sleeker and much cooler than traditional trucks, and y’all delivered with some great answers. From hybrid hatchbacks to sports cars and performance crossovers, these are the cars Jalopnik readers think should be turned into utes.
Read MoreSometimes you just want a car gone. You don’t want to see new ones get sold anymore. Get it off the market (and the roads) as soon as possible, please and thank you. Maybe it’s because you owned one and it was an unreliable nightmare. Maybe it’s so poorly designed, it doesn’t do a good job doing what it’s supposed to do. Or maybe it’s something petty, like the fact that your shitty old boss used to drive one, or that douchebag cousin of yours is saving up to buy a new one. Sometimes you just wan
Read MoreIf you’re like most of us here at Jalopnik, then you have likely been infatuated with the wonderful world of automobiles for as long as you can remember. I still remember the cars that all of my teachers drove, from preschool Miss Jennifer’s bright red 19999 Honda Accord coupe to my my senior year high school journalism teacher Miss Wegter’s tan Saab 9-3 five-door. We didn’t grow up with much, though, so there wasn’t a swath of cool cars that I got to ride in as a kid, but one pivotal memory sta
Read MoreWhile it may be tough to describe to your parents, significant others or friends who don’t care about cars, there’s something just plain cool about a ute. These car-based trucks once roamed the streets of the United States, but now they’re mainly relegated to South America and Australia, and even there are starting to fall out of favor against traditional pickup trucks. For today’s question, I want to know what car you wish would have a ute variant.
Read MoreWhile the open roads offer near-limitless freedom, many drivers use the opportunity to dish out their rage on an unassuming populace. We asked our readers earlier this week for their wildest road rage stories, and they delivered. The responses feature guns being brandished, heated arguments and multiple high-speed chases. Without further ado, here are the most intense encountered submitted:
Read MoreAs enthusiasts, we generally like cars. You probably wouldn’t be reading an enthusiast site if you didn’t like them in some capacity. And yet, the more you drive and learn about cars, you’ll inevitably start to become a hater. Not necessarily of the cars you already liked but of the cars that don’t fit your personal style or taste. Heck, sometimes, the car just doesn’t fit your body correctly.
Read MoreThere are a few things that America does better than most: BBQ, excessive military spending and pickup trucks. None of those are particularly attractive things, least of all pickup trucks.
Read MoreWhen some privateer teams decided to take Ferrari’s 550 Maranello grand tourer to the race track in the GT1 category, everyone was a bit skeptical of the move. The car was a return to front-engine V12s for the brand after 23 years dedicated to a mid-engine model, but Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was determined to see the front-engine car make a return to the Ferrari stable. Without any support from Ferrari, it was up to the privateers to prove its might in the crucible of motorsport competition.
Read MoreRed Bull Racing has dominated Formula 1 in recent years. After clinching the 2021 F1 Drivers Championship at the last minute, it went on to win back-to-back constructors and drivers crowns with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez at the wheel. This year hasn’t been as glorious for the team, however, and the 2024 Mexican Grand Prix showed just how far the team has fallen.
Read MoreMax Verstappen has long been the heel of the Formula 1 paddock, and in the latter half of the 2024 season it seems young Lando Norris is playing the face. Unlike a rehearsed professional wrestling bout on a padded ring, Max Verstappen’s aggressive moves are happening at a hundred miles per hour on asphalt, and instead of a three pound chair-to-the-face, Verstappen’s weapon of choice is his 1,800 pound Red Bull RB20. Week in and week out the defending F1 champion pushes his rivals beyond the boun
Read MoreA pink Cadillac going 170 mph in the dark with no headlights won Petit Le Mans this past weekend. I was lucky enough to be staring out of a suite overlooking the front straight at Road Atlanta in the race’s closing minutes when it came rocketing down the hill through turn 12, invisible in the darkness but for its rooftop sentinel light, and in the time it took to articulate the thought, “Who the—?” it became apparent that the car with no lights was indeed the race-leading 01 Chip Ganassi Racing
Read MoreAn Erebus Motorsport crew member claimed he was assaulted after celebrating a win at the Bathurst 1000, Australia’s most famous race, unfortunately CCTV footage tells a more embarrassing story. The public likely became aware of the attack after the team’s winning drivers, Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood, appeared on a national morning TV show, talked about the incident and sent well-wishes to their colleague. Erebus also offered a reward for information leading to the culprits.
Read MoreI’m not a motorsports reporter. I’ve attended and written about races in the past, but it’s just never been my thing. No one in my family watched NASCAR growing up, and other types of racing were simply too rich for our blood. Plus, it’s not like they were showing F1 on TV at a time I was allowed to be awake. And yet, I love being at races. Especially Petit Le Mans. And this year, I got to peek even further behind the scenes than usual, leaving me in the unfortunate position of getting hooked on
Read MoreThe 28-car wreck at Talladega Superspeedway near the end of Sunday’s YellaWood 500 broke the Cup Series record for the largest crash, adding another catastrophic chapter to stock car racing’s long history. However, the massive crash was nine cars short of NASCAR’s overall record set in 1960 during the opening lap of a Modified-Sportsman race at Daytona.
Read MoreFrom the inconvenient race times to astronomical ticket prices, the dedication of the American Formula 1 fanbase knows no bounds. Vice President Kamala Harris counts herself among the millions waking up early to tune into the globe-trotting world championship. The Democratic nominee for President appeared on the Howard Stern Show this week, where the radio host asked about her love for F1.
Read MoreThe sun always rises, and NASCAR always wads up at least a dozen cars at Talladega Superspeedway. However, Sunday’s YellaWood 500 featured an unprecedentedly massive wreck during the closing laps. This edition of the Big One involved 28 cars, a modern Cup Series record.
Read MoreIt’s been over a decade since Keanu Reeves got behind the wheel of a race car in a professional series, but the 60-year-old Lebanese-Canadian driver is coming out of retirement to run a one-off event to close the Toyota GR Cup season at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend. You may recall he won his class at the 2009 Long Beach Grand Prix Pro/Celebrity Race in one of the many identically prepared Scions tC. Like that event, the GR Cup is a spec series built around the light and agile Toyota
Read MoreNASCAR is running an unlawful monopoly on the sport of stock car racing, alleges a suit filed on Wednesday by stock car teams 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports against the sanctioning body and its CEO Jim France. 23XI is, of course, the team co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and racer Denny Hamlin. This suit alleges that NASCAR have adopted anti-competitive practices which have prevented competitors within the series from getting a fair shake. All teams were given until September 6 to si
Read MoreIt’s now been 15 years since the first plug-in hybrids started coming on the market, and we’re finally getting PHEVs with genuinely usable electric ranges of more than just a few miles. The PHEV with the longest EV range you can buy right now is a bit surprising, partially because it’s just so… normal. Taking the crown with an EPA-rated electric-only range of 54 miles is the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC350e, the plug-in version of Benz’s best-selling compact crossover.
Read MoreWhen you’re Toyota and you’ve built perhaps the most exciting hot hatch in decades, any improvements are going to be a game of inches. The improvements made to the 2025 model year GR Corolla are minimal, but all the more impactful because of it. Toyota knew that it had a solid formula on its hands with the diminutive five-door chassis, all-wheel drive, and a manic 300-horsepower turbocharged three-cylinder under the hood. In a long tradition of Japanese rally-inspired all-wheel-drive monsters at
Read MoreI like fast cars. I like sporty cars. I like cars that are engaging to drive, but I don’t need every single car to be like that. Sometimes I want a car to be a big couch that just happens to be fast. This is where companies like BMW and Mercedes-Benz have lost their way a little bit in my eyes. I recently spent time with the BMW X1 M35i and the Mercedes-AMG GLC43. A few years ago, both of those cars would have been very normal, comfortable cruisers that just happened to have a bigger engine than
Read MoreCardo really set the standard for helmet communications and audio with the Packtalk Bold launched a few years ago. The company recently re-engineered its hit product to keep up with electronics trends and the Edge is the result. Not only is it just as easy to use as the old unit, but it incorporates higher quality bluetooth, louder JBL audio, and scads of tiny updates to make it fit your life better. If you’re a frequent rider looking for a good comms device, or just like to set your ride to mus
Read MoreMy kids — two boys, 3 and 5 — love “magic water paint” books. For the uninitiated, the pages of these books are pre-loaded with a light layer of pigment, indistinguishable from the blank page until swept with a wet brush. Just add water and the pages light up with color, while kids (and probably some less ambitious adults) revel in a tiny bit of discovery.
Read MoreThe number of new cars that cost under $25,000 is dwindling, and automakers are continuing to drop their small affordable cars despite sales improvements. Nissan will discontinue its cheapest car and the cheapest new car in the United States, the Versa, for the 2025 model year despite a 64.2-percent sales increase so far compared to 2023. Mitsubishi still offers its subcompact Mirage with a starting price below $17,000 through the end of 2024, but the Mirage, too, will disappear in 2025. So far,
Read MoreVoyager 1 remains humanity’s furthest outpost, hurtling across interstellar space at 38,210 miles per hour. However, NASA lost communication with the beloved space probe on October 19. The space agency reconnected with Voyager 1 five days later using a radio transmitter that the probe hadn’t used since 1981.
Read MoreChina has had astronauts in space since June 2012, when the Shenzhou 10 mission docked with the Tiangong-1 prototype space station for the first time. Since then, the country’s presence in orbit has grown and now it operates a station that’s roughly a fifth of the size of the International Space Station.
Read MoreDespite helping NASA first reach the Moon in 1969, Boeing could be tapping out of NASA’s upcoming return to the lunar surface and space entirely. The aerospace giant is considering selling its space division amid its struggles to get the Starliner certified to fly. The spacecraft’s fault-riddled crewed test flight stranded two astronauts in space into next year and scrapped its use in upcoming missions for the foreseeable future.
Read MoreBoeing seemingly can’t catch a break between the endless problems with the 737 Max and the Starliner’s failed crewed test flight. Intelsat announced on Monday that one of its satellites, built by Boeing, broke up in geostationary orbit. Multiple organizations are tracking the debris to avoid collisions and a potential cascading catastrophe. It’s unclear why the satellite exploded into at least 20 pieces.
Read MoreThe ramifications of the problematic Boeing Crew Test Flight are becoming clear a month after the Starliner returned to Earth empty. NASA announced on Tuesday that its 2025 Commercial Crew Program missions will exclusively use SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. With the Boeing Starliner unavailable for the foreseeable future, NASA also conceded that it will rely on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft.
Read MoreRight now, scientists around the world are all working towards one mission: Setting foot on another world for the first time. Unfortunately, it turns out those other worlds are really far away, meaning NASA has to figure out how to manage astronauts in such isolation for such extended durations — or simply figure out how to get folks to Mars in less time.
Read MoreElection day is right around the corner. Over 150 million Americans will cast a ballot next month to determine who will be the next President of the United States, including four people on the International Space Station. Voting from space might be a given today, but it took an astronaut being denied the right to vote for the practice to be legally enshrined.
Read MoreThe category-four Hurricane Milton will make landfall in Florida on Wednesday and is projected to be the worst to strike the state in 100 years. The devastation expected across the peninsula has already impacted NASA’s space operations. The agency delayed the return of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission, initially planned for October 7. However, the wait for the mission’s astronauts on the International Space Station won’t be as long as the five-month wait for the Boeing Starliner crew.
Read MoreThe last time anyone drove on the Moon was way back in 1972 when the astronauts of Apollo 17 took the Lunar Roving Vehicle for one last spin. Now, NASA is plotting a return to the Moon’s surface that will include taking an all-new lunar rover with it, and it’s just started testing out prototypes for its latest Moon buggy.
Read MoreNASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars back in 2012 and since then it’s been put to work exploring the surface of the Red Planet. In the process, it’s traversed more than 20 miles of the lunar surface, which hasn’t been too kind on its little roving wheels.
Read MoreEven if you don’t know what this wacky looking metallic pee-colored topless two-seater is, you can instantly tell it’s something special. The late ’90s Renault Sport Spider is an incredibly hardcore, ultra-lightweight mid-engine track attack beast; think something similar to the original Lotus Elise, or Ariel Atom. Personally, I think the Renault Spider is the coolest looking car of the three, especially in this dramatic shade of yellow, and this left-hand-drive U.S. road-legal example is curren
Read MoreWhen the latest Subaru WRX debuted a few years back, it was immediately the subject of controversy, and not only because of its plastic body cladding. Folks were annoyed that Subaru made the odd decision to lock performance bits like drive modes and Recaro seats into the top-trim WRX GT… which was only available with a CVT. Yuck.
Read MoreAutonomous cars are the future, when that future happens on a large scale is anyone’s guess but it is likely still aways out. While most of the key players like to throw around the “mobility” buzzword, a segment of our population sees that term very differently. Tesla’s new Cybercab is step in that direction, but it ignores the people that need it most.
Read MoreElon Musk took the stage Thursday night to show us what it would look like if a Volkswagen XL1 knocked up a Model 3, and Texas forced Tesla to keep the baby. If you completely lacked any critical thinking skills or grounding in reality, the event probably sounded like an autonomous future is finally at our doorstep. Musk is going to need political support to get these things on the road, though, and from the sound of it, his Dear Leader isn’t exactly on board.
Read MoreJust when Honda’s restrained approach to the EV rush of the early 2020s was more or less vindicated, the company showed a wild looking pair of EV concepts at last year’s CES. The company said at the time that the 0 Series cars represented a rebirth, or a fresh start for the company; a Honda 2.0, shall we say. Last week in Japan, I saw that Honda intends more than just concept car fluff for the Saloon and Space-Hub — it is actually on track to build at least one of them. I spent hours with engine
Read MoreRemember when some Wall Street bozos thought VinFast, maker of one of the worst-reviewed cars, was worth more than America’s Big Three automakers combined? It wasn’t all that long ago and the brand had some pretty lofty goals for selling in the American market. Let’s see how things are progressing.
Read MoreElon Musk first promised that a Tesla robotaxi network was coming in April 2019. Back then, the billionaire was envisaging a fleet of autonomous Tesla cars that could ferry people around town whenever they weren’t needed by their owners. Now, he’s promising a fully-fledged autonomous taxi that will be unveiled for the first time on October 10.
Read MoreFor decades, if you wanted cold drinks on a road trip, your only option was to pack a cooler with a bunch of ice. It worked back then, and it still works today, but coolers are heavy and bulky, so it was pretty awesome when some automakers started adding built-in refrigerators in their cars. At least until you try to use one for the first time and realize it actually sucks at cooling drinks down. So why is that?
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Thursday, October 31, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.
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Read MoreThe only thing that ages worse than integral computer technology is milk. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a $212 million contract earlier this month to develop a new control system for the Muni Metro light rail trains by 2028. The new system will replace the original 1998 system, which requires three floppy disks to function on DOS. Yes, DOS.
Read MoreFolks in a remote part of northern Tennessee took matters into their own hands and built a temporary bridge out of semi trailers after the floods following Hurricane Helene last month destroyed the last one.
Read MoreFor nearly half a century, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has held a gathering for the public, friends and family of drivers and mechanics. Known as the Bus Roadeo the event is a chance for the LA Metro to showcase the best talent in the agency in a series of competitions.
Read MoreI’ve never been too much of a truck guy. I grew up in a household that never had them, and aside from the “Twister” Ram 2500 I’ve never really wanted one, but over the past few months, I’ve been testing out all sorts of trucks in different size segments. During my evaluation of trucks like the Ford Maverick, Nissan Frontier Hardbody, Chevy Colorado ZR2 Bison, Jeep Gladiator Mojave and Chevy Silverado 1500 ZR2, I realized something. There’s a clear truck hierarchy.
Read MoreI’m not perfect. I’ll admit that before I drove the 2025 Volkswagen ID Buzz, I was pretty skeptical of it based solely on the price. As an auto journalist, this isn’t really what you’re supposed to do before driving a car, but what can I say? I play fast and loose. I mean, can you blame me? $61,500 to $71,500 for a Volkswagen minivan seems like a hell of a price to pay. However, after spending the better part of a day with the ID Buzz, I get it, and I get its price… for the most part.
Read MoreI watch a lot of YouTube. Probably too much, if I’m honest with you. In all the hours I’ve spent burning my braincells watching people on the internet build cool cars, however, I’ve never seen a project car as cool as what Mike Burroughs is doing on his Stanceworks channel. Not only is Mike putting his incredible fabrication skills to the test with a real Ferrari F40 carbon kevlar body and a from-scratch chassis, but he’s going above and beyond to build the kind of car Ferrari didn’t have the sk
Read MoreFolks, it’s 2024, and minimalism is dead. The early aughts are back in full force, bringing with them a kind of aesthetic maximalism that cars haven’t truly seen since “The Fast and The Furious.” Being visually loud is back, and what better way to draw eyes than to install color-matched cans of Monster Energy as center caps in your wheels?
Read MoreOdds are, if you’re a frequent Jalopnik reader, you probably don’t need a drag queen to teach you how to jump start your car, but RuPaul isn’t just any old drag queen. RuPaul is a Black man, and one of the most well-known and successful queer people on the planet. RuPaul is also a fervent car guy with millions of passionate and diverse followers across his social media. As a queer car person, I never knew how those two parts of my identity could coexist, so seeing someone like RuPaul sharing car
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