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Beyond Cars (10)

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International Forklift Racing Competition Ends In Belgian Upset Over Germany
The Germans love them some forklift racing, and why wouldn’t they? Forklifts are awesome. Racing is awesome. There’s no way it wouldn’t be awesome if you combine the two. This year’s competition was different, though. The Stapler Cup, named after the German word for forklift, dropped “German” from the name and officially turned it into a true world championship. Ultimately, it was the Belgians that came out on top this year, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Cops Hunting For Colorado Hero Who Put Up Illegal 'Don't Kill Any Kids Today' Sign
Cops in Boulder, Colorado are on the hunt for a dangerous, unrepentant criminal who must be stopped at all costs. Their crime? Putting up much better road signs than the ones officially approved by the Colorado Department of Transportation. You would think the city would be happy that someone else is working on creative ways to make its streets safer, but 9 News reports that, apparently, putting up unauthorized road signs is “illegal” and counts as “criminal tampering.” Whatever that is.
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Please, We're Begging You, Stop Giving Us Generic Car Gifts
It’s officially late November, which means a bunch of holidays are coming up, and often, with holidays come gift exchanges. If you’re a car enthusiast, that often means opening a series of completely random gifts that involve cars in some way. The intent is nice, but considering how many of those gifts go unused or get donated, we would like to make one simple request this year — please, we’re begging you, stop giving us generic car gifts.
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Check Your Engine Bay For Giant Snakes
The owner of a Chevrolet Silverado truck got a fright last week when they found an enormous boa constrictor snake hiding in their engine bay last week. Firefighters in Arizona were called to the scene to remove the snake, which had reportedly slithered into the engine bay looking to warm up.
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QAnon-Like Conspiracies That Musk Used Starlink To Steal U.S. Election Won't Stop Spreading
After running a campaign built on nothing more than bigotry and empty promises, Donald Trump won the election. As you can imagine, anyone who still has something resembling a moral center has a problem with that, but unfortunately for all of us, the internet has apparently chosen baseless conspiracy theories instead. If you believe certain accounts on TikTok, Elon Musk used Starlink to steal the election for Trump, thus allowing him to fulfill his dream of serving on an advisory committee alongs
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Only Trump Could Come Up With A Climate Plan So Terrible, Even Exxon's CEO Thinks It's A Bad Idea
Unless he dies before he takes office, which, considering his age and mental state, isn’t implausible, Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. Only time will tell just how many millions of lives will be ruined by his disastrous policies of hate and corporate deregulation, but if you need a clue where things are headed, look no further than the fact that the New York Times reports Trump has already lost Exxon Mobile’s CEO Darren Woods with his climate plan.
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Rural, Red States Spent Their Infrastructure Bill Money On Greener Road Projects Than Bluer States
Typically, you’d think blue states would be the ones to invest in infrastructure improvements that are better for the environment than red states. Air quality affects us all, but one party has decided everything that leads to cleaner air is communism, and it isn’t the Democrats. And yet, when you look at how different states have spent the money they received from Biden’s Infrastructure Act, Bloomberg found rural, conservative states are spending it on greener projects than high-population blue
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'Guest Who Wouldn't Leave' Elon Musk Is Reportedly Already Too Annoying For Trump Team
Elon Musk may be the richest person in the world, CEO of the most overvalued car company in the world and was rumored to functionally be Trump’s co-President. Yet, despite all of his financial success, he’s never been able to escape one simple truth: He is a deeply unlikable person. He can blame it on his reportedly self-diagnosed autism, but no one wants to be his friend including the Trump team, apparently, with some members telling the Daily Beast he’s the “guest who wouldn’t leave.”
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Self-Driving Cars Will Ruin Cities, Not Fix Them
If you’re delusional enough to believe Tesla CEO and Unelected Co-President Elon Musk, cheap robotaxis are just around the corner, ready to revolutionize transportation as we know it. They aren’t, but even if they were, the idea that they would actually make society better is just as ridiculous as Musk’s claim that he can build a true self-driving car for $30,000. At least if you care about other people and want them to live better lives, as our friends at Not Just Bikes points out in a recent v
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The Vegas Tesla Tunnel Remains Hilariously Bad
Since The Boring Company began operating in 2017 it has announced massive car tunnel projects all over the world, including Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Jose, Chicago, San Bernardino and even Sydney, Australia. There have been discussions about hundreds more, but the Texas-based tunnel company has, so far, only completed one 2.2-mile tunnel under the Las Vegas Convention Center. Almost every project outside of Las Vegas appears to have been abandoned entirely.
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BMW (1)

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2025 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe Might Be Enough To Atone For The Sins Of Its Predecessor
The first-generation BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe was arguably the second-worst thing to come out of the year 2020. It was BMW’s first front-wheel-drive car ever sold in the United States, and everything from its styling to its driving experience was viciously criticized by the press. Fast forward to the present, and we’ve learned how to navigate life with the horrors brought upon us by that wretched year. Now BMW has unveiled the second-generation 2 Series Gran Coupe. Is it going to be the vaccine t
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Boatlopnik (4)

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High-Tech Ferries Tarnished The Legacy Of Transatlantic Ocean Liners In The 1990s
The record for the fastest transatlantic crossing typically conjures images of bygone ocean liners with opulent amenities and decadent meals featuring roast squab and foie gras. Not stuffed crust pies from Pizza Hut. During the 1990s, high-speed catamaran ferries upended the idea of what ships could be the pinnacle of maritime travel. However, historians and enthusiasts fought tooth and nail to protect the ocean liner’s legacy.
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Concrete Magnate Aims To Save SS United States From Becoming Artificial Reef
The SS United States was originally scheduled to be towed to its final resting place at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico last week after its sale to Okaloosa County, Florida. However, “a tropical disturbance” in the Gulf delayed the voyage. With this delay, a Brooklyn concrete magnate is making a last-gasp effort to save the last fastest ocean liner and convert it into office space.
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Passengers Hang Onto Walls, Tables As Freak Storm Tips Cruise Ship 45 Degrees
A cruise ship traveling to Florida was caught in a freak storm last week that brought winds so powerful they tilted the ship over to one side. The Royal Caribbean cruise liner tilted to 45 degrees during the storm, which left passengers fearing that “they would die.”
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The Last Fastest Ocean Liner Set To Become The World's Largest Artificial Reef
The SS United States was once the fastest ocean liner on the planet, crossing the Atlantic Ocean eastbound in three days and ten hours in 1952. The rusting famed vessel will be heading to its final resting place next week, the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico after efforts to save and restore the SS United States ran aground over a $800,000 back rent dispute with its pier’s landlord in Philadelphia.
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Buying (15)

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Even $50 Million Probably Won't Be Enough To Bring Home This Legendary Mercedes Race Car
Do you have way too much money and a strong desire to impress your friends? If the answer is yes, then boy have I got the car for you. And no, we aren’t talking about those piddly little hypercars that anyone can buy with a few phone calls and a handshake. Those things are comparatively cheap and not even all that rare. Instead, you should bid on this 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R, a car RM Sotheby’s claims is “the first Streamliner-bodied W 196 R ever offered for private ownership.”
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It Would Be So Shagadelic Of You To Buy The 'Austin Powers' E-Type
Groovy, baby! Yeah! The Mecum Kissimmee auction in January will bring an iconic film car across the block in the form of Austin Powers’ 1967 Jaguar XK-E. Allegedly only one car was used for all three films in the Austin Powers franchise, which is quite rare in film production. So if there aren’t any other authentic so-called Shaguars out there, then this is your one and only opportunity to buy it. Pack your bags and head to Florida, and maybe you can get it for less than Dr. Evil’s “one million
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Cybertruck Values Have Cratered And Are Still Dropping
When the Tesla Cybertruck first launched, its earliest Foundation Series models cost $120,000. This didn’t stop Tesla loyalists from spending up to nearly double that to get their hands on one, and resale values have shown the folly of that approach: Cybertruck values are dropping far and dropping fast.
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JD Power Picks Bizarre Cars For Best Resale Value Awards
Anytime JD Power gives an award for something, the automakers love to use it in their advertising, but ask any consumer what that award really means, and they probably couldn’t tell you. It just sounds so important. With the most recent 2025 ALG Resale Value Awards, JD Power has made interesting predictions about what cars will retain their value the most.
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This Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet With A Working Top Might Be The Rarest Convertible In The World
These days, it’s rare to see an automaker try something truly new and different. Sometimes it’s a success like the Tesla Model S, and other times it’s a flop like the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Did the world really need a two-door Murano convertible? Not at all. Was it a great car? Not really. Should Nissan be commended for giving it a shot? Absolutely. And if you happen to have the right strain of The Sickness, you could soon be the new owner of the 2014 Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet that’s c
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Buy These EVs Before The End Of The Year To Get The Full $7,500 Federal Tax Credit
It’s better for the planet and people who breathe air if more people who drive gas-powered cars switch to driving electric vehicles, so it makes sense that the federal government would want to incentivize making the switch. The fact that the incentive is a tax credit can make it difficult to understand, though, and the ever-changing list of cars that qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit doesn’t make it any easier.
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Buy This Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake, Or You'll Never Know True Happiness
Most cars are little more than practical transportation that gets people from point A to point B. Far fewer cars could be considered rolling works of art, and only a handful combine the two into rolling art that’s also practical enough that you could conceivably drive it daily. The 2019 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake that’s currently set to be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s is one of the latter, and also the solution to all your current problems.
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Best Porsche Taycan I've Ever Seen Just Lost $229 Per Day In Depreciation
Some intrepid Porsche fanatic spent much of 2023 working with a dealer to pick out their optimum spec of Taycan and waiting for it to be delivered. With nearly $60,000 in options, including paint-to-sample Racing Green and the $6,000 Burmester premium audio, this was a seriously expensive electric wagon. At the end of the day the buyer put down $193,710 when they took delivery of the car just after Christmas in 2023. After just 322 days of ownership, the buyer of this highly factory customized c
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Someone Actually Bought A Karma Revero, And Now It Can Be Yours
New Fisker is dead and gone, but years before its founder killed his latest company, he also managed to bankrupt Old Fisker. Much like with the Ocean, the Fisker Karma was already in production when the company went under, meaning a few people actually already owned them. The car was relaunched as the Karma Revero, and almost unbelievably, not only did a few people buy them, but one of them is now selling their 2018 Karma Revero on Cars & Bids.
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These Are Currently The Best SUV Deals Under $50,000 According To Consumer Reports
Typically, the best deals you’re going to find on new cars are available on old models that are nearing the end of their lifecycle. They might not have the latest, most advanced features, but that doesn’t necessarily make them bad cars. That said, sometimes you can also find good deals on cars that just aren’t selling quite as well as the automaker had hoped.
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The Time For Reason Has Ended. Buy A Heavily Depreciated V10, Why Not?
Reason and logic are out. Emotions are in. So I say throw caution to the wind and buy this heavily depreciated 2008 Audi S6 over on Cars & Bids. You know, the good one with the V10.
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You'll Have To Win A Japanese Lottery If You Want A Midnight Purple Nissan Z
There are a few colors that just go hand in hand with certain brands: Mazda’s soul red, Renault’s liquid yellow and Nissan’s midnight purple. Thankfully, Nissan is finally bringing its iconic shade of dark purple to the Nissan Z, but you’ll have to win a lottery in Japan if you want to get your hands on one.
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This Lease For A 2024 Fiat 500e At $19 A Month And $0 Down Is Basically A Free Car
The Fiat 500e is small, electric and starts a little under $35,000. It’s also more spacious than the old 500e and comes with significantly more range. Unfortunately for Fiat, there aren’t a lot of places in the U.S. where its small size is an advantage, so it’s a little surprising that Fiat decided to offer it stateside. Even if you have no interest in buying a little EV, how would you feel about leasing one for $19 a month and $0 down? Because that’s a real offer from a dealer in Colorado.
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Screw A Crosstrek, Buy This AWD Manual Plymouth Colt Vista Instead
History remembers the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan as the original groundbreaking minivans in the United States, but Plymouth simultaneously offered another, less well-remembered people mover: the Colt Vista. It may even be the first crossover vehicle ever made, and this immaculate example is currently for sale on Bring A Trailer.
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There Is No Universe Where A Street Legal 800-HP 2008 Ultima GTR Ends Well For Me
Like a lot of readers, I have to admit I’m addicted to speed. Motorcycles and EVs that make absurd amounts of power have also ruined me, making cars that are objectively quick feel normal and sometimes slow, even. If I want to get my fix, I need to be behind the wheel of something seriously fast and preferably lightweight. And yet, even I know better than to go near the 2008 Ultima GTR on Cars & Bids that’s also allegedly street-legal. I just got done almost dying and have no intention of tryin
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Advice (4)

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I'm Shopping For A Fun Car That Could Also Be A Small Project! What Should I Buy?
Mitch is from New York (the state, not the city) and daily drives a Hyundai Veloster with 130,000 miles. Now that he is about to finish graduate school he wants to treat himself to a fun secondary car, but it needs to be comfortable enough for his 6-foot 2-inch frame. With a budget of up to $15,000, what car should he buy?
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I Want Something Fast, Practical, But Undesirable To Car Thieves! What Car Should I Buy?
Charley finally bought his dream car for over 20 years, a BMW M5. But then a bunch of thieves broke into his house took his keys and stole his car. He wants to replace it with something just as quick, but less desirable to hooligans. What car should he buy?
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This Offer For A Porsche 911 GT3 At $3,840 A Month For 20 Years Is Proof That Even Rich People Can Be Terrible At Math
A lack of understanding when it comes to loan math is one of the reasons Dave Ramsey is so popular. Too many consumers get underwater and over their heads when they buy a car they really can’t afford. And it’s not just regular, working-class people who have trouble with budgeting, I came across an exotic car lender with loan terms for wealthy buyers who are bad at math.
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Here's How You Can Best Help Older Family Members Buy A Car Without Getting Scammed
Practically everyone has a story about how an older friend or family member got ripped off at a dealership, maybe they were sold a total lemon or got hosed on the price. As knowledgeable car folks, we have to be sure that our seniors don’t end up on the wrong side of a car deal, and these two steps are the best line of defense.
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Culture (69)

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Ride Onboard For The Aston Martin Valkyrie's Record-Breaking Silverstone Lap
The Aston Martin Valkyrie was penned by Formula 1 design ace Adrian Newey, uses tech derived from top-tier racing and creates enough downforce to drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel, in theory. Because of all that, it’s incredibly fast on a race track and the multi-million-dollar hypercar has now set a new lap record around the Silverstone F1 circuit.
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Character Goes Beyond Any One Car
Earlier this year, I spent nearly 1,000 miles in a Lexus LC 500 coupe on a road trip to visit my old college town. It was a fantastic road trip companion, a car I could’ve spent days and days in, but there was something more to it than that: Familiarity. Somehow, this $111,550 car — something I could never afford to look at outside of a loan or press event — felt like a old friend.
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Tired Of Your Family? Watch This Video About The Rise And Fall Of The Limousine
Growing up as a car-obsessed child, my family knew that all I ever wanted was books about cars, shows about cars, and movies about cars. From books about construction equipment to VHS tapes about supercars, I consumed as much automotive media as possible, but there was one form of vehicle that always reigned supreme: the stretch limo. I’m old enough to remember seeing photos of movie stars and pop princesses emerging from impossibly long limos in my grandpa’s National Enquirer magazines, but spo
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Watch An Abandoned Subaru WRX Come Roaring Back To Life
If you’re too full of turkey and marshmallow-topped sweet potato to function, you’ve got a few options to make yourself feel better. You could go for a run to try and burn off all that food, you might head to the garage to hide from your family, or you could watch this mesmerizing video of a Subaru WRX getting restored in the hope that you feel better in an hour.
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I Snuck Into A Vintage Japanese Car Rally With An American Sh*tbox And Nobody Noticed
I recently took part in the inaugural Arizona Rising Sun Rallye and it was a perfect example of what car culture should be. Summer weather in Phoenix is hot enough to burn off the enthusiasm of an average car person. When the temperatures start coming down to a somewhat normal level in the area come October, they’re itching to get back out and hit the best driving roads with some like-minded pals. Reserved for pre-2000s Japanese-built machines, the 2024RSR brought out some truly incredible cars
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The Worst Cars To Get As Holiday Gifts, Ranked
Thanksgiving comes between Halloween and Christmas, but once the trick-or-treating is done, most companies skip right over it in favor of holidays that are more profitable. Automakers are no exception to the rule, with constant ads through the month of December trying to convince you that people actually give each other cars for Christmas.
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The UK's First Cybertruck Is Doing About As Well As You'd Expect
After almost a year terrorizing the streets of America, the Tesla Cybertruck has finally made it across the pond and into the hands of a buyer in the UK. The gargantuan truck has been let loose on the streets of Britain and the experience for its new owner has been far from plain sailing.
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More Automakers Should Bring Whimsy Into Their Cars Like Rivian Does
I love a good gimmick: something that is sort of pointless other than the fact it’s meant to sort of entertain you. It’s severely lacking in the automotive world, but I’m happy to report gimmicks are starting to appear in more and more cars, especially electric vehicles. Adding more gimmicks makes sense with EVs, as engines are no longer differentiators for these types of cars. Sure, the tech underneath is different, but that’s so esoteric and invisible to the average person they may as well all
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We Should Clear Our Roads With Pickle Brine Instead Of Rock Salt
Every year, the roads across America are flooded with plows that spray rock salt across our highways to clear ice and snow. And every year, questions are raised about the effectiveness of salt and alternatives that could be out there. Now, there’s a salty solution lurking at the back of your fridge that could help clear our roads: pickle brine.
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Watch The Gorgeous Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale Hit 200 MPH On Track
Alfa Romeo is preparing to begin deliveries of its gorgeous new supercar to customers around the world. When lucky buyers get their hands on the new 33 Stradale, they’ll be the proud owners of one of the fastest Alfa Romeos ever after the car surpassed 200 miles per hour in testing.
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Minivans And The Myth Of Manliness
If the 2024 Presidential Election has shown us anything, it’s that Gen Z cishet white men are being sucked into a world of brain rot and alt-right podcasts. These guys are feasting on the insecurities and perceived shortcomings of this group for their own financial gains, and it’s working. They don’t really have wars to go off and fight in, so they feel the need to prove their manliness (as silly as that may be) with demeaning language, actions and physical goods they feel project a machismo aes
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Today, I'm Thankful For The One-Off Aston Martin DBS Shooting Brake
We’ve all got those aspects of the car world that we really love, for me there are probably three facets of car culture that really tickle my fancy: Formula 1, Aston Martins and fancy station wagons. Now, I’ve discovered a one-off motor that combines two of those loves into one dream machine.
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Buc-Ee's Is The Sickness At The Heart Of America
The United States may not have the kinds of pre-Christian mega-structure buildings that exist in nearly every other corner of the globe. No, we aren’t living amongst the gorgeous marble altars to a pantheon of gods, or the crumbling remains of towering temples or palaces. But what we lack in vintage we’re more than making up for lost time clearing space in our lives for modern day gods. We’ll absolutely clear a couple dozen acres of pristine natural land to plop down a giant fueling depot with h
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This Is Your Sign To Do A Photoshoot With All Your Friends And Their Cars
If you’re living in 2024 like me, you’re probably a part of a lot of group chats, many of which will be with people that don’t or can’t regularly get together. One of my most active chats is with eleven of my car enthusiast friends, almost all of whom live in LA and regularly hang out together whether it’s car-related or not, but it’s exceptionally rare that all of us are in the same place with all of our cars together. As a bunch of us recently got new cars or were planning to sell existing one
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Here's A Look Back At Some Of The Special Trucks We've Lost
Nearly every crossover or pickup on the market either has a dedicated off-road trim or one inspired by it. While we all love bulky tires and useless features, there’s a real lack of variety in trucks nowadays. What if you want to go fast in your pickup? What if you want something luxurious with innovative technology?
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World's First Auto Show Packed In Electric Taxis And Steam-Powered Buses
The Los Angeles Auto Show wrapped up this week after the great and the good from the car world descended on the event to show off their new electric cars and other ground-breaking tech that’s meant to change the way we travel. While there were some cool concepts on display, a lot of the designs that were meant to showcase the future of the industry harked back to ideas that have been talked about since the very first auto show.
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Polaris RZR Pro R Can Take You Somewhere You've Never Been
From the top of a twenty story sand dune as the first trickles of sunlight crest the horizon I can feel the full vastness of the world. An incredible natural display shaped over thousands of years, the Imperial Sand Dunes, lays out for miles in all directions. Aside from my travelling companions, the only evidence of human existence within my ken are the tire tracks of their full send escapades. I’ve never felt the full depths of alone anywhere more than here, right now.
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I Said Keep Moving, But I Didn't Mean It Like This
Plenty of places have “Keep Moving” signs, but a little over a week ago, I learned that Getty Images didn’t have a photo of one that I could use. Conveniently, my drive home from the pharmacy takes me right by one, so when I decided to blog my frustration with drivers stopping unnecessarily in front of that sign, I walked to the intersection and took a photo of my own. It’s a good thing I risked the reckless walking ticket when I did, too, because the sign is dead. RIP “Keep Moving” sign. You wi
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Traffic Jams: Avie Sheck (& His Mom) - 'Creep' By Radiohead
I saw this cover of “Creep” by Radiohead on the old Reddit.com I thought, oh god. Another one of my generation singing this Radiohead song. But then I saw the older lady in the sari, and became intrigued.
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Watch These Yahoos Road Trip An Old Volkswagen To Texas For A Joke
Sometimes the fun of cars is found in doing dumb things with your friends. It’s not against the law to decorate your MkIV Volkswagen R32 like Burt Reynolds’ 1978 Trans Am from the film “Smokey And The Bandit,” then road tripping it to Texarkana, Texas. Nobody can stop you if that’s something you want to do, which is part of why the good folks from Revival Motoring in Rhode Island decided to do that.
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This 100-Year-Old New York Times Article About Automobile Deaths Is Still Accurate And Goes Hard As Hell
The New York Times of 2024 is a rag of transphobia and genocide denial, but 100 years ago the paper wasn’t quite so cowed by the American halls of power. Back in 1924, the paper was speaking truth to power about the threat automobiles posed to American pedestrians, and the paper’s concerns are as valid as today as they were a century ago. They also go hard as hell.
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Traffic Jams: Scott Miller - 'Amtrak Crescent'
Last time I stole the keys to Traffic Jams, I used it as an opportunity to showcase a Canadian spreading two-wheel propaganda. This time around, it’s a Virginian with a history degree from William & Mary spreading pro-train propaganda. Life may go wrong, but that train still rolls on.
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Traffic Jams: Yeasayer - 'No Need To Worry / Redcave'
There was a time when people called “hipsters” roamed this great land from Brooklyn, New York to Portland, Oregon. Their bangs and Toyota Corollas knew nothing but side-swipes and their music was hard to describe. Indie, electronic folk rock? Sure, whatever.
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Kendrick Lamar Celebrates The Best-Ever Buick With Surprise Album 'GNX'
Kendrick Lamar has always had excellent taste in cars, but he’s never incorporated them into his music like we’ve seen from, say, Frank Ocean. Today, with his surprise drop, “GNX,” he changed that in stunning form — pairing a hell of a car with a hell of an album.
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The Worst Ford Mustang Just Humiliated The Ultimate Dodge Challenger
The Dodge Challenger Demon 170 is a ridiculous car that packs more than 1,000 horsepower, an eye-watering price tag and a zero-to-60 time that puts most hypercars to shame. That also makes it even more embarrassing to learn that the ultimate Dodge Challenger can be bested on the drag strip by a rickety old Mustang.
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Traffic Jams: Jason Isbell - Hudson Commodore
There’s a good chance you’ve probably heard of Jason Isbell by now, whether it’s because of all the awards he won or because that no-talent alcoholic covered his masterpiece “Cover Me Up.” If you haven’t, then buckle up because the man can write a damn song.
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The Perfect Car Photo Takes Time
Sweat the details. Be patient. Keep your goals in mind. In order to capture an image in exactly the way you think is best, it’s almost never going to be an instant snap. Thought has to go into placement, light, configuration. Each image has the capacity to be a piece of art. I don’t have this level of patience or attention to detail for photography, and I genuinely believe it is what separates the hobbyist from the artist. I have been lucky and been in the right place a few times for a decent ph
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Bumper Stickers That Let Tesla Owners Declare They Know Elon Musk Is Mad Are Booming
Tesla owners across America are looking to distance themselves from company boss Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO has become increasingly right-wing and, basically, batshit crazy. To do this, they’re doing the only thing any normal person would: they’re buying loads and loads of bumper stickers.
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This Is Your Regular Reminder That We Didn't Appreciate The Ford Flex Enough While We Had It
For more than a decade, if you wanted the most practical family hauler you could buy that didn’t have sliding doors, it was hard to do better than the Ford Flex. Sure, it was basically a minivan, but it technically wasn’t a minivan, which made it perfect for people who knew they needed a minivan but couldn’t bring themselves to buy one. Then, in 2019, the Flex disappeared forever. If only we’d appreciated it more at the time.
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Tires Are All That's Holding Bugatti Back From Going Even Faster
Bugatti has made it its mission to make the fastest cars in the world and just set a new top speed for the fastest convertible out there at 282 miles per hour. The French brand isn’t happy with that, though and wants to go even faster, just as soon as it gets some new tires that are capable of topping 310 mph.
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Lexus' December To Remember Ad Campaign Just Turned 25, So Why Has Nobody Gifted Me A New Car Yet?
The holidays are all about one thing: materialism. Had a rough year? Wait ‘til the holidays, and if the people in your life love you enough, you’ll receive lots of material things that make it all better. Car companies, being one of the apex predators of capitalism, scramble to capitalize on the holidays as a way to convince the folks who sacrificed family time to work extra hours that gifting a car will make up for lost time. Lexus’ December to Remember sales event is one of those campaigns. Si
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Traffic Jams: Kasey Chambers - 'Silverado Girl'
There’s no rule that says Traffic Jams have to be transportation-related, but on the other hand, I’ve got a long list of songs I like that are, so why not work through some of those before heading in another direction? This is a car site, after all.
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Watch The Real Roadkill Story According To David Freiburger
Roadkill is officially dead. Cohost Mike Finnegan shared that news over the weekend, but at the time, we didn’t have a lot of details other than the fact that the production company was shutting down, and there would be no more episodes of Roadkill once the 13th season aired. I tried reaching out to both Finnegan and David Freiburger for a comment, but odds are, they simply received too many requests and couldn’t handle them all. That said, we now have something even better than a short email —
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The 'Keep Moving' Sign Means Keep Moving, You Dingus
One of the convenient things about driving is that there are literal signs you can use to figure out what you’re supposed to do while driving. If you pull up to an intersection with a stop sign, you know to stop. If you pull up to a yield sign, you know to yield. The thing you’re supposed to do is written right there on the sign. So why, for the love of all that is good and holy, do people get so confused by signs that say to keep moving? You’ve already got a whole lane. Use it!
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Traffic Jams: Pulp - 'Razzmatazz'
Morning, how is the day going so far? We had the first snowfall of the year settling on the ground when I woke up, which means people around these parts are either excited like a kid in a candy shop, or pissed at the thought of shoveling snow for the next few months. Guess which camp I fall into?
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RIP Roadkill
After 13 seasons, MotorTrend’s Roadkill will reportedly come to an end. The popular show was cohosted by former Hot Rod editors David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan and featured exactly what enthusiasts actually wanted to see in a car show: real people doing awesome stuff with cool cars without all the manufactured drama of you saw on every other version of Yelling Goatee Man Garage. To see it finally get canceled after being on the air since 2012 and surviving the move behind a paywall is definit
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Jake Paul Used An Icon Of The '90s Custom Truck Scene In His Mike Tyson Fight Entrance
Jake Paul’s boxing match against Mike Tyson was an absolute snoozer, verging on a complete farce, but there was one highlight: how the former Vine and Disney star turned “professional” boxer” made his entrance. He did it in the back seat of a purple-over-lime-green Chevy C3500 dually with Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” playing (possibly an homage to Tyson’s role in “The Hangover”) and a pigeon in the bed. It was as eye-catching and ostentatious as everything else Paul does, and it sent me do
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TikToker Turns The O'Reilly Auto Parts Jingle Into Something Beautiful
We all know the O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle. It’s been around since the 1990s and it’s just undeniably catchy, but what if it was more than that? What if the O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle was beautiful, melancholy, thought provoking and even inspirational? Well, one TikToker made it just that.
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Traffic Jams: The Avalanches - 'Because I'm Me'
Hey there. Life isn’t always going to go your way. Sometimes you’ll be down, out, or even some combination of the two, and you might start wondering what to do with this hand you’ve been dealt. Well, here’s your advice: Play it. Put on your best pair of shoes. Because you’re you.
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A Rope And A Milk Carton Make The Only Fake EV Sound You Need
With the pivot to electric power, debates have raged for years around all kinds of aspects of electric vehicle ownership: how much range do you need? How long should it take to charge? How much should it cost? But one argument has raged fiercer than the rest: what should an electric vehicle sound like? Now, the owner of an EV-swapped Beetle has waded into the argument and attempted to settle it once and for all.
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Are You A Cybertruck Owner With A Degradation Kink? We Want To Hear From You
The Tesla Cybertruck has had a rough launch. It’s had six recalls already, it gets damaged by stickers, and it’s become a laughingstock nationwide. On TikTok, in the news, Cybertruck owners are ridiculed at every turn. It raises the question: Is that why you bought one? If so, we want to talk.
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Dev Patel Named His EV-Swapped Fiat 500 'Peanut,' And It Kicks Ass
EV-swapping vintage cars is a hot topic these days that divides automotive enthusiasts. Of course there are the purists who believe a car should remain unmodified from the day it drove out of the factory, but electric swaps are an absolute boon for people who actually want to drive their old cars in normal everyday traffic. One of Hollywood’s most charismatic stars, Dev Patel, drives an electric-swapped little old Fiat around town everyday, and in this quick interview with Vanity Fair, you can i
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Traffic Jams: Frank Ocean - 'White Ferrari'
Frank Ocean’s “White Ferrari” hit the Spotify charts for the first time this week, which surely only says good things about our collective mental health. We’re all going fantastic, folks, and we will be forever. At least it wasn’t “Nikes.”
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A Subaru Justy With A Twin-Turbo Toyota V8 Is The Perfect Car
Small cars are fun, big engines are fun, and small cars with big engines are just about the best. This Subaru Justy, with a twin-turbo Toyota 1UZ V8 under its hood, is maybe the best example of why the formula works.
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One Ferrari F40 Is Finally Getting The V12 It Always Deserved
Say you’ve always wanted a Ferrari F40 but simply can’t justify paying the several million dollars that they command in 2024, what do you do? If you’re YouTube fabricator nerd Mike Burroughs, you buy a complete F40 body and get started building your own almost from scratch. But even if you have the body and the know-how to build a complete chassis, you still need an engine. An F40 engine is still way too expensive, and Ferrari isn’t exactly known for turbocharged V8s anyway, so why not go whole
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Loose Moose Trashes Restored BMW 850i While Trapped In Swedish Garage
Insurance claims filed after people drive into wild animals are worryingly common, but the same can’t be said for claims submitted after an animal trashes your car while it’s parked. That’s exactly what happened at a BMW specialist in Sweden this weekend when a moose got itself stuck inside a garage and stomped all over three classic BMWs.
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Traffic Jams: Rosie Tucker – 'For Sale: Ford Pinto'
“For Sale: Ford Pinto” is not, in any meaningful way, about the act of selling a Ford Pinto. It’s entirely possible that Rosie Tucker has one in a garage somewhere, and they’re wondering why this song hasn’t led to an influx of offers, but I’d be surprised. Still, automotive focus or not, it’s a great track from a great album. Give both a listen.
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Car YouTube Peaked 15 Years Ago With Wagon Attack II
Cars are tools. Primarily we use cars for transportation, but they can also be tools of diversion and fun, tools of community building and human interaction. I don’t need to touch grass, I just need to go for a drive in an old rusty Honda van on the sand dunes. That might fix me.
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Wraps And Stickers Are Permanently Damaging Tesla Cybertruck's Stainless Steel Bodywork
For an electric truck that’s been touted as the perfect vehicle for the apocalypse, the Tesla Cybertruck is proving to be a bit of a snowflake in the real world. Since deliveries of the electric pickup started, Tesla’s flagship has been damaged by water, slippery accelerator pedals and even an angsty YouTuber. Now, the truck’s bodywork is being permanently damaged by vinyl wraps and stickers that are being stuck to its precious panels.
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Traffic Jams: The Maccabees - 'Grew Up At Midnight'
Happy Tuesday, how is your day looking today? Not too bad, I hope. Mine should be alright, I’ve got a roast red pepper soup to look forward to for lunch and band practice this evening, so not a bad weekday truth be told.
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Is An Old Porsche Cayman The Best Starting Point For A Rally Car?
Since the Porsche Cayman was introduced two decades ago, it has played second string in the sports car lineup to Porsche vaunted 911. Here’s the thing, though, it’s actually a better car for most applications. While Porsche never really gave the car enough power to compete with its older siblings on track, the mid-engine layout and lighter weight platform made it more nimble and downright capable of slaying giants. Does that hold up when the tarmac is swapped out for gravel or snow? FCP Euro bui
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Traffic Jams: Naethan Apollo - 'Pretty Boy'
I spent this weekend driving all over the state with my younger sister. She introduced me to a ton of music that the kids enjoy, and this guy cracked me up in several particular ways. Enjoy a weirdly charming dude who just wants to be your babe.
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Cops Jump Cruiser At 100 MPH During Traffic Stop Chase
Arkansas State Police were filmed jumping a Dodge Charger cruiser at more than 100 mph last month during a traffic stop turned car chase. The officers almost hit a telephone pole and finally stopped when they realized they’d badly damaged their cruiser in the chase, begging the question: what was it all for?
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Off-Road Hellcat 4x4 Fixes Every Problem You Had With The Dodge Challenger
Dodge sold the Challenger for 15 years and never gave it a full redesign. Depsite that, it sold well for a coupe and eventually proved even more popular than the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. Over the years, Dodge made a long series of improvements and offered the Challenger with more special editions than many people knew what to do with. And yet, the Challenger was never quite perfect until one YouTuber finally fixed it. Meet the world’s first Challenger Hellcat 4x4.
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The Annual Debate Over Warming Up Your Car Is Imaginary Nonsense, And I Refuse To Believe It's Real
If you live in the northern hemisphere, winter is supposed to be cold. That’s not as much the case anymore, but with colder weather comes the yearly series of articles that promise to address the serious nature of the debate over warming up your car. It’s also all made up. It’s nonsense. I refuse to believe that anyone cares this much about such a small thing.
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Traffic Jams: The Last Shadow Puppets - 'Les Cactus'
Happy Friday! How has your week been? Mine’s been kind of a mixed bag with highs that included a delicious hot chocolate and lows that included a broken washing machine. You win some, you lose some.
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Traffic Jams: Colter Wall - 'Motorcycle'
The fools in charge left the keys to Traffic Jams on the counter, so I stole them while they weren’t looking and am using this opportunity to spread pro-motorcycle and pro-Colter Wall propaganda. Two wheels good and so are artists who actually write their own songs.
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This Funny Citroën Sticker Advertises How Much Faster A Slow-Ass Hatchback Is Than You Running In Nikes, At Least
Last weekend at the Best of French and Italy show, one of my favorite automotive events in California, I spotted a window sticker on an obscure 1980s hatchback that made me laugh. It was on a Citroën LNA, a tiny ’lil thing based on the Peugeot 104 that was introduced in 1978 with a two-cylinder engine. 1981 brought a more powerful four-cylinder model, and this sticker advertises how fast the four-cylinder LNA is — compared to you running in your sneakers, at least.
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Here's All The Rad Stuff I Saw At SEMA 2024
It has been a few years since I last attended SEMA, and a lot has changed. The big trends that I noticed since 2019? It’s significantly less fun. With the Hoonigans a shadow of its former self, Ford Out Front gone, GM and Hyundai are still sitting it out, and many big name aftermarket companies opting out of attending, there’s just less pizzazz, less jawdropping show metal, and less tire smoke.
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Japan's Roadside Assistance Games Is The Automotive Olympics We All Need
There is a lot of pretty incredible motorsport you can watch out there, whether it’s Max Verstappen’s dominance in Formula 1, the LA Metro bus rodeo or even the Tram Olympics in Europe. There’s now a new automotive event set to win your heart and this time it pits teams of recovery drivers against one another in a challenge of grit, determination and precision.
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Mesmerizing Maps Show Different Journey Times Between Cars, Bikes And Public Transport
In a straight line, a car will obviously beat a bus or car in a race, but when it comes to commuting across town the result can be much closer. To show just how close those races can get in busy cities, a Finnish geographer has plotted journeys by bus, car and bike on a series of mesmerizing maps.
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Watch This Video About The Homogenized Headlight Designs In The 2000s
The argument is often made that most new cars all look very much alike save for anomalies like Tesla’s abominable stainless-steel refrigerator on wheels. This phenomenon is far from new, though. Hopping on trendy design bandwagons is a safer bet for automakers than innovating a truly unique design that may or may not find success among the car buying public, and maximizing sales is usually a high priority. If one design trend is having its moment in the spotlight and it’s a hit among buyers, oth
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Traffic Jams: The Mountain Goats - 'Spent Gladiator 2'
You might’ve been expecting “This Year” here, with its promise to make it through this year if it kills you. Well, today, we’re not making that promise. Today you get a call to action: Stay alive.
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V16 Engine Made Of Chainsaw Motors Is A Perfectly Reasonable Way To Power Your Car
Remember when the madlads at Garage 54 duct taped three engines together to make a 12-cylinder that powered a GAZ? Well, they’ve outdone themselves again, this time by strapping together 16 single-cylinder chainsaw engines to make a single V16.
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Watch These Classic Racing Videos And Forget About Politics For A Little While
Well, the big day is finally here. Before you know it, the fundraising texts will stop, political ads will disappear, and we’ll know who will be the next President of the United States. Maybe we’ll elect the first woman president. Maybe we’ll elect the first convicted felon president who’s also been found guilty of sexual assault. Either way, it’ll be a first for something.
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What Happens To Tesla If Trump Loses?
Odds are, Ford CEO Jim Farley and General Motors CEO Mary Barra have either already voted in the election or will on Tuesday. Thankfully, though, we have absolutely no idea who which candidate they actually support. Your guess is about as good as mine. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, on the other hand, has made it abundantly clear that he’s all-in for Trump. And he doesn’t just want Trump to win — he’s spending millions and actively campaigning on his behalf. If Trump wins, Musk and his companies will abso
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Fuel Doors Should Always Be On The Passenger Side, Do Not Fight Me On This
I’ve yet to find a hill I wouldn’t be willing to die on to defend my stance, and the same holds true for this gorgeous and clear-cut hill. There is only one right answer for which side of the vehicle your fuel filler door should be, and it’s quite obviously the passenger side. I mean, the right answer is the middle of the car, so it doesn’t matter which side of the pump you pull up to, but that’s illegal, so I’m saying passenger’s side is the best solution. There’s a reason for that, and it’s sa
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Traffic Jams: Carter Vail - 'Harder To Kill'
Traffic Jams might be easy to kill, but they can be resurrected as well. Welcome back to a new, same old Jalopnik.
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Buy Yourself An Oshkosh NGDV Diecast Because Life Is Short And Happiness Is Fleeting
Wake up, babe! GreenLight Collectibles just announced a 1:64 scale diecast release of the USPS Next Generation Delivery Van! From the moment I saw this ridiculously proportioned underbite machine, I knew it had changed the very fabric of my being. If the United States Postal Service can be whimsical enough to drive around in these platypus vans hit with a Photoshop Stretch Vertical tool, then I can add a little more whimsy to my everyday life, too.
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Car Design (9)

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The Blue And Gold Subaru Rally Cars You Love Owe Their Style To A Cigarette Company
Rothmans. Marlboro. John Player Special. The best liveries in motorsports come from cigarette companies, and that holds true even for distinctive paint jobs on street cars. Next time you see a World Rally Blue WRX or STI on gold wheels, you can thank State Express 555 cigarettes.
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Dodge Charger Daytona EV Is The Return Of The Spacious Personal Luxury Coupe
The most controversial car of 2024 isn’t the Tesla Cybertruck or whatever cool new BMW you think is ugly, it’s the Dodge Charger Daytona EV. This electric muscle car is so plagued by anti-woke culture bullshit that it had to be saddled with a gas engine option while the EV seems a bit doomed to fail. Still, after seeing it at the Los Angeles Auto Show I’m stoked to drive the electric Charger, and couldn’t really care less about what the gas one is like. The prospect of an electric muscle car is
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Check Out The 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9 From Every Angle
Hyundai just unveiled the 2026 Ioniq 9 at an iconic Hollywood Hills mansion ahead of its public debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show this week. The three-row electric SUV boasts a seriously aerodynamic design that still allows for a hugely spacious interior, and there are a lot of cool details inside and out that sets the Ioniq 9 apart from other big crossovers. I got to check out a top-of-the-line Ioniq 9 Calligraphy at a studio a few weeks ago and captured all of the best bits for you, our dear
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These Are The 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport's Best Design Details And Cleverest Features
Honda just unveiled the 2026 Passport, which is described as its most off-road capable SUV ever. No longer just a Pilot with a shorter rear end, the new Passport is a fantastic piece of boxy design — I think it’s Honda’s best design in years, and certainly its most interesting U.S.-market crossover ever. I recently got to spend time in a studio with three different Passport TrailSports, including one that has a bunch of factory accessories (the green one), so I could talk to designers and produc
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Honda CR-V's Iconic Built-In Picnic Table Is Back And Better Than Ever For The 2026 Passport
Talk to any nerdy car person long enough, and they will eventually bring up how every version of the second-generation Honda CR-V came with a secret picnic table hidden inside. Underneath the cargo area’s carpet is what looked like a typical plastic cover for the underfloor storage area, but remove it and you’d discover that it was really a table that had pop-out legs. It was absolutely genius, and Honda never did something like it again. That is, until now. Honda unveiled the 2026 Passport toda
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New Mercedes-Benz CLA Will Have Star-Shaped Headlights And I Want To Squeeze Its Cute Little Cheeks
In just a few weeks I’m going to Austria to do a lot of things in the Alps with Mercedes-Benz, one of which will be a winter testing ride along in the upcoming third-generation CLA. As that car inches closer to production Mercedes has released a video featuring CEO Ola Källenius driving the new CLA around the company’s Immendingen test facility outside Stuttgart, Germany. The video and accompanying press release have given us some new details about the car, but I’m most excited about the star-sh
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Lexus Designed The TX's Weird, Square Cupholders So They Would Fit Stanley Cups (Update)
Cupholders, no matter the vehicle they’re in, are usually round. Bucking that established trend is Lexus’ three-row TX family hauler, which went with strange looking square cup holders that are removable from the center console. Why would Lexus go and willingly create chaos in what’s supposed to be a family vehicle? Turns out it’s a valid reason: So they could fit Stanley Cups.
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Suzuki's First Electric Car Looks Like Moo Deng
A huge milestone in Suzuki’s 115-year-history just occurred: the Japanese automaker revealed its first electric production car. Called the E Vitara (stylized as e Vitara, but that looks annoying) it’s a small crossover that will be built in India and sold there as well as in Japan and Europe. Based on the eVX concept from last year, the E Vitara is pretty cute. More than being just cute, it looks like Moo Deng.
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Good Stance
I just spent a week with the redesigned 2025 Aston Martin Vantage, which is extremely good. It’s maybe the most exciting car I’ve driven this year, and that’s in large part due to its very large tires. It’s more the width of the tires not the overall largeness, actually, and more than making the Vantage feel alive on Mulholland Drive, they give it one of the best stances of any car on sale today.
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Crashes and Safety (6)

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Watch Crash Tests Of Maybachs, Range Rovers And Other Luxury Vehicles You've Never Seen Smashed Before
The scariest part about driving is arguably the fear of crashing, but a great way to tackle a fear is to learn more about it. Morbid curiosity has led me to YouTube to watch thousands of crash test videos over the years. I believe I have this admittedly strange infatuation because I love cars but fear crashing, so I want to know what crashes look like and learn about safe cars. Recently, some new crash test videos popped up on my feed; videos I had never seen before, of cars I had never seen cra
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Truck Driver Has Hell Of A Day After Dropping $300,000 Lamborghini Diablo
There’s nothing more exciting for a car fan than seeing a low-loader pulling up to drop off a new car. That excitement will quickly turn to dismay if the driver of the delivery truck takes those instructions a bit too literally, as one unlucky Lamborghini owner found last week when their Diablo was physically dropped off the back of a transport truck.
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Highway Worker Jumps For His Life As Rental Truck Smashes Into Work Zone
A New York State Department Of Transportation worker was left running for their life last month when an out of control rental truck smashed into a work zone last month. A Penske box truck crashed into the side of a DOT truck on the side of a highway in upstate New York seconds after a worker had been standing right there.
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Driver Launches Mazda Off Cliff While Running From Police
A high-speed police chase in California came to a chilling end on Monday when the driver of a car that was being pursued by law enforcement drove off a cliff edge. The car smashed onto the beach below and the driver is now in intensive care after emergency services extracted them from the wreckage.
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Musk Brands Cybertruck 'Tougher Than Bag Of Nails' After Crash That Left Driver In Hospital
Ever since it was first unveiled, Elon Musk has proudly shouted about the strength of the Cybertruck, despite several owners proving firsthand that it isn’t quite what he claimed. Now, the Tesla boss has jumped on the back of a horrific Cybertruck crash in Mexico claiming that it proves the truck is “tougher than a bag of nails.”
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Cybertruck Driver Uses Giant Truck To Ram Package Thief's Car Into Tree
More than 1.7 million packages go missing in America every day, whether they get lost in transit or are swiped from your stoop while you’re out and about. Not wanting to add to that stat, a Tesla Cybertruck driver chased after a porch pirate who allegedly swiped one of their packages, forcing them off the road and into a tree.
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Crime (4)

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High-Tech Truck Heist Makes Off With $1 Million Of Guy Fieri And Sammy Hagar Tequila
Back in the good ol’ days of truck heists, you could get your four best friends together in three matching Honda Civics and steal yourself a truck full of all the DVD players your heart desires. In modern times, however, things are more complicated: You’ll need some high-tech GPS-spoofing equipment if you want to make off with a pair of trucks full of Guy Fieri and Sammy Hager tequila, as an unknown number of thieves did earlier this month.
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Insurance Scam Mastermind Wears Obviously Fake Bear Suit While Filming 'Attack' On Luxury Cars
California officials arrested four people over an alleged insurance scam involving a very fake bear attacking luxury vehicles in the state this week. The crew is accused of attacking three cars in order to cash in the insurance checks.
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Man Allegedly Steals 9 Cars From Dealership, Burns It Down, Gets Caught Anyway
A South Carolina man allegedly stole nine cars from a dealership before burning it down last week, in a move that could only be inspired by Hans Gruber’s plans to blow up the Nakatomi building to escape scrutiny a la the documentary “Die Hard.” Unfortunately for the real-life alleged thief, however, his plan wasn’t quite as meticulously laid out.
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Alleged Car Thief Commented On Facebook Posts From Dealership Trying To Track Him Down
When you get away with a crime, it’s generally encouraged that you actually get away — don’t dawdle around at the scene making faces at the victims until the cops show up. It seems one New Hampshire man never learned that the lesson applies to digital whereabouts as well, since after allegedly passing a bad check and driving off with a Ford F-250, he spent his time mocking the dealership he took it from on Facebook.
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This Tank Simulator Is Pretty Much Just A Tank
Racing video games are almost always made better with the addition of high-quality racing sims, which begs a question: What other automotive games are improved by adding realism to the player interactions? It sure looks like World of Tanks makes that list, but only if you’re truly willing to endure life in an actual tank — or at least a fully drivable, driftable, smoke-spewing simulacrum.
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If You Thought "Pimp My Ride" The TV Show Was Bad, Wait Until You See The Video Game
The TV show “Pimp My Ride,” was a hit on MTV and ran six seasons from 2004-2007. Looking back on the show now, it was an absurd piece of entertainment; the mods were wild to the point of being pointless and dumb and apparently it sucked behind the scenes for anyone that was actually on the show. The video game still managed to be a worse experience.
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James May Happy 'The Grand Tour' Ended Before The Trio 'Destroyed' It
After over 20 years of doing car programs together, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond went their separate ways when “The Grand Tour” aired its last episode in mid-September. Folks online – including me – were pretty sad to see it go, but not everyone was. That includes the three stars themselves.
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Events (11)

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2026 Kia EV9 GT Has Legit Sporty Bucket Seats That Remind Me Of '80s Recaros
Last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the most impressive seats I sat in weren’t in a sports car or a super-luxury sedan, but in an electric three-row crossover. Kia debuted the new EV9 GT at the show, a 501-horsepower performance version of its excellent family hauler, and the seats in all three rows are simply awesome.
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Go To The LA Auto Show Just To See The Chopped-Up Maybach From Kanye And Jay-Z's 'Otis' Video
Auto shows are a shell of what they once were, with way fewer automakers exhibiting at the convention centers and the ones that are there not necessarily using the opportunity to reveal something new. Porsche doesn’t even go to the Los Angeles Auto Show anymore, which left a big space open on the show floor for another brand to take. That brand is West Coast Customs, and while normally I would’ve briefly walked through, seen their awful builds and left, yesterday I spent about 30 minutes staring
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All The Most Interesting Cars At The LA Auto Show Are Crossovers, And That's A Good Thing
People want crossovers and SUVs. That’s no longer just an American thing; in the first half of 2023, market share for utility vehicles exceeded 50 percent in Europe for the first time ever, and it’s the same in China. Car enthusiasts love to hate on the things, which I think is usually pretty misguided anyway, but a lot of that has to do with the fact that most normal crossovers and SUVs are, well, boring.
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2025 Fiat 500e Giorgio Armani Is As Gimmicky As It Gets And We Need More Cars Like It
Cars are often seen as fashion statements, or at least they end up taking on the same role as ones fashion choices do. The vehicles that people own can say a lot about them before any words are exchanged, and the 2025 Fiat 500e Giorgio Armani edition, as the press release states, “is meant to be worn, not driven.” Except that it’s a car so you can’t actually wear it, you can only drive it. This kind of nonsensical vibe-driven speech is indicative of one thing: The 500e Giorgio Armani isn’t about
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Can We Please Stop Doing Eleanor Mustang Restomods
At SEMA last week, an outfit called Mustang Brothers fully debuted its new build offering: The Outlaw, a 1968 Mustang “GT500" restomod with a modern drivetrain, suspension, and styling. It’s a classic formula, and the Outlaw follows yet more tradition by making its custom bodywork look like another “Gone In 60 Seconds” Eleanor replica. There’s just one problem: Restomods are by and large bad, and the Eleanor is worse.
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Ford Has Mustang GTD Body Kit Clone Banned From SEMA
The Specialty Equipment Marketing Association’s annual show in Las Vegas is a celebration of everything aftermarket. From lifted trucks so big they could flatten an entire school to restomods, wheels and tires, it’s a car modder’s paradise. If you were hoping to find a body kit that would make your regular Mustang look like the race-inspired Mustang GTD, though, you’ll be out of luck. Streethunter Designs tried to bring one, but Ford blocked its display, CarBuzz reports.
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Kia Better Make This Badass Electric Adventure Van Concept It Debuted At SEMA
The SEMA Show always includes a slew of questionably customized cars, but sometimes manufacturers release tricked out versions of everyday models that actually get people excited. This year, Kia returned to the SEMA Show with an all-terrain vengeance, showcasing two badass electrified and off-roadified vehicles: the EV9 Adventr concept and the PV5 Wkndr concept.
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'Top Gear' Host Turns An Old School Toyota Pickup Into A Drift Car With Lowrider Vibes
A slammed, sparkly pink Japanese pickup truck from the 1990s is the last thing I’d ever thought I’d see from Rutledge Wood. Yet that’s exactly what the former “Top Gear” host brought to Toyota’s SEMA booth.
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Here's Everything Toyota Brought To SEMA 2024
Toyota was on one for this year’s SEMA show. Nearly everything shown received positive response from the automotive press, now the famously cautious company just needs to actually take some design cues from these bold builds and bring them to the masses.
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Toyota's Turbocharged AWD GR86 Rally Legacy Concept Is (Almost) Exactly The Sports Car I Want To Own
I love sports cars, but no company out there makes the exact kind of sports car that I would want to actually buy and live with in Los Angeles. Toyota just got extremely close, though with its latest SEMA show car, the GR86 Rally Legacy Concept. It has the turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive system from the GR Corolla, and a fantastic Castrol throwback livery and styling upgrades as a call back to the coolest ’90s Celica rally cars.
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Toyota Turned The New Land Cruiser Into A Short-Bed Pickup With A Convertible Roof For SEMA
Toyota is fully embracing its off-road heritage with its concepts at the 2024 SEMA show. After showing off its 4Runner TRD Surf concept last week, Toyota detailed a second open air off-roader concept for SEMA that’s based on the new Land Cruiser. Like the 4Runner Surf, this concept draws from the Land Cruiser’s heritage for inspiration.
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At $229 Per Month, The $52,000 Prologue Is Cheaper To Lease Than Any Other Honda Model
While the EV market is experiencing rapid sales growth, many car buyers still prefer hybrids as they benefit from reduced fuel usage but don’t have to worry about a charging infrastructure still in development. Honda lease shoppers on the fence between EV and hybrid would be wise to compare the programs as a much more expensive Prologue is substantially cheaper to lease than any other Honda model.
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2025 Mini Cooper Convertible Is Still An Exuberant Droptop That's Unapologetic About Prioritizing Fun
I’m a massive fan of Minis, both literally and figuratively. I’m 6-foot-8 and own a four-door 2017 Mini Cooper S hatchback, and anyone who knows me knows how much I love my car. In the modern profit-driven automotive market, automakers are consolidating product lines and simplifying option packages, often leading to more practical but more boring cars. Sure, the new herd of vehicles from Mini have grown a bit, but they still ooze character and sacrifice some practicality for the sake of whimsy.
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2025 GMC Sierra EV Denali's Weight May Not Be Worth It
I don’t usually give a shit about how much a car weighs. As long as it’s not some low-slung sports car it really isn’t something I put a lot of thought into, but sometimes it’s just impossible to ignore. That’s where I am with the 2025 GMC Sierra EV Denali. Normally, I wouldn’t care that its curb weight is 8,987 pounds, but it’s just inescapable in this massive electric pickup truck, to the Sierra’s detriment.
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Found For Sale (12)

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You Deserve To Own This Former Ken Block Subaru WRX STI Rally Car That's Street-Legal In Maine
It’s been almost two years since Ken Block tragically passed away in a snowmobile accident. The 55-year-old was the co-founder of DC Shoes and Hoonigan Industries, as well as the star of the Gymkhana video series. Block also competed as a rally driver, and now, this Vermont SportsCar-converted 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI that both he and Travis Pastrana drove from 2007 to 2008 is for sale on Cars & Bids. Oh, and did I mention that it’s street legal, at least in the state of Maine? Yeah, exactly.
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Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear, SCCA BMW Z3, 3UZ Porsche 944: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Happy Friday, friends. I’ll be honest: This is one of the better weeks we’ve had in recent memory for car listings, and I honestly don’t know why. Are people getting rid of their fun cars for the season? Is the area surrounding Ithaca, New York just full of the coolest people imaginable? Are people going out of their way to make my job easy?
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This Brand New Viper Crate Engine Promises To Fulfill Every Bad Idea You've Ever Had
Sadly, Dodge doesn’t make the Viper anymore. Up until it ended production in 2017, America’s brash supercar was one of the few places you could find a naturally aspirated V10 engine. Now, amazingly, one of those V10 engines is up for sale and its never been used.
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Seattle's Reddit-Famous Abandoned Cybertruck Is Up For Auction If You Want One That Is More Broken Than Usual
When Tesla talks about the Cybertruck, it frequently pumps up the massive slab-sided $80,000 monstrosity as the pinnacle of masculinity, toughness and strength. It’s often compared to big overwrought machinery from the annals of science fiction, compared to something from “Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” or “Robocop.” Company CEO Elon Musk likes to mention the Cybertruck in reference to his absurdist desire to colonize Mars. The fact is, this hulking behemoth can barely handle surviving the real-world
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Hero EV Swaps Manual Saturn SL2, Now It Can Be Yours
I need you to be a hero. You need to stop what you’re doing right now and give $6,000 to whoever has listed this EV-swapped manual Saturn SL2 in North Carolina. I’m really not sure what would possess someone to spend the time and energy necessary to to put an electric motor and battery in a 2002 Saturn, but damn I am glad they did it. The fact they left the five-speed manual in place makes it even better.
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Chevy El Camino, Flxible Clipper, Mitsubishi Delica: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Happy Friday, everyone! I spent last weekend upstate, visiting friends (and establishments that serve garbage plates) in good old Rochester, New York, where I experienced something unexpected: The smell of winter. The cold, sharp scent in the air of snow yet to come, a harbinger of the season to come. Here’s hoping it’s a good one.
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This Lexus TX Was The Scene Of Worlds #1 Ranked Golfer's Arrest, And Now It Can Be Yours
Want a chance to be a part of golfing history? Well, that might be a weird question to ask on an automotive site, but if your answer is yes, or you’re curious why I’m asking, check out Mecum Auctions latest listing.
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'2JZ No Shiii' This BMW M5 Trades A German Heart For A Real Motor
While many BMW fanatics will crow that the later V8-powered E39-generation M5 is the best sedan of all time, I prefer the early 1990s simplicity and weirdness of the E34 M5. It’s a better looking car with an impressive grand touring driving style that I thoroughly enjoy. Now if only someone could do something about the mediocre German inline-six under the hood. Some intrepid soul set out to rectify the E34's relatively low power and hucked the original 3.5-liter S38 engine in the bin, upgrading
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Be A Hero And Smuggle This Carbon Fiber, Wide-Bodied Honda E Into The U.S.
Unless you spend big money on something like a Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally or Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, there aren’t too many cool-looking electric hatchbacks for sale in the U.S. If you find yourself browsing car listings on eBay, you’ll come across something that’ll have you searching for flights to the UK.
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You Can Buy This Mercedes-AMG GT For The Price Of A New Honda Civic Type R
If you’ve got high-end sports car dreams but premium hot hatch money, you may want to take a trip to the UK. There, you’ll find what’s likely the cheapest Mercedes-AMG GT currently on the market, offered for about the same price as a new 2025 Honda Civic Type R.
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Become Your Raddest Self When You Buy This 1980s Mercedes-Benz S-Class With Gullwing Doors
There are few cars more of-an-era than a C126 Mercedes-Benz equipped with a tuner body kit, BBS mesh wheels, and Styling Garage’s one-of-57 ‘Gullwing’ conversion. This white-over-grey machine, which Styling Garage dubbed a “Marbella” after the coastal city in Southern Spain, is the epitome of 1980s style excess. It goes without saying that I’m absolutely here for it.
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Honda S2000, Turbo Mazda Miata, 950 WHP Subaru WRX STi: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online
Y’know what’s fun? Horsepower. Maybe not in absurd amounts, the kind you just can’t use on the road without going directly to prison, but a bit of horsepower can be a great time. Okay, maybe an amount that’s a little absurd. We can have a bit of fun, can’t we?
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2024 Hyundai Elantra N Is A Bargain Store BMW M3
No matter what you think of the car’s styling or the Hyundai brand itself, you gotta give credit where it’s due: the Hyundai Elantra N is fantastic. For its fourth model year on the market, Hyundai has tweaked the sport compact with new styling and slight performance enhancements. In this case, minor changes are totally fine, as what Hyundai’s engineers have done with this compact car platform is a case study in excellence. Albert Biermann really helped Hyundai make a BMW M3 for the masses.
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Maybe Don't Start A Forest Fire With Your Dirt Bike
Motorcyclists are always trying to get the most out of our bikes — the most sound, the most power, the most fun. Some folks take this to extremes, clearing out everything that could possibly interfere with those precious exhaust pathways, up to and including their spark arrestors. As a fellow motorcyclist, I beg of you: Don’t do that.
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Carrying A Motorcycle Passenger For The First Time Is So Stressful And So Worth It
The idea of carrying a motorcycle passenger is about as romantic as it gets. Someone you love holding you tight as the two of you speed off into the sunset, wind in your faces and each other’s voices in your helmet comms. The reality of carrying a pillion, however, is a lot more stressful — yet so incredibly worth it.
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BMW Built A Limited-Edition Carbon-Packed $60,000 Motorcycle To Celebrate Its WSBK Championship Win, And You Can't Have It
While it was Ducati celebrating its 20th manufacturer’s title in WSBK this year, BMW Motorrad’s Toprak Razgatl?o?lu came home with his second rider’s world title of the decade, and BMW’s first ever. With an incredible 18 victories and nine additional podium finishes, Toprak absolutely walked all over the field in his first season with BMW. To celebrate the effort, BMW has released a limited-edition signature edition of the M1000 RR street bike built to look just like Toprak’s competition machine
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The Real Solution To Traffic Congestion Is Motorcycles
New York governor Kathy Hochul is bringing back the much-awaited Manhattan congestion pricing plan, according to sources inside her office. It’s a good start towards ridding the island of cars, but it doesn’t fix the heart of commuter culture’s whole issue: Cars are a bad way to get to work. Instead, if public transit isn’t an option, we should all be riding motorcycles — and I can prove it with data.
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This Honda Pacific Coast Is The Only Way To See America Right
Honda’s PC800 Pacific Coast is one of those bikes that simply isn’t made anymore. This bike was created specifically for the American market in a distinctly Japanese way, with a focus on making the riding experience as car-like as possible. The PC has an integrated trunk, full bodywork coverage of all mechanical parts, and gorgeous attention to detail in the paintwork. These machines were built to be comfortable and capable of all-day ass hauling without hurting your ass along the way.
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Honda's V3 With An Electric Supercharger Is The Coolest Motorcycle Engine Yet
When Kawasaki strapped a supercharger to a Ninja, everyone went wild for the most powerful production motorcycle ever put together. Now, with a new EICMA release, it seems Honda wants to update that spirit into an even wilder form factor: A V3 engine with an electrically-driven supercharger.
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Royal Enfield's New Flying Flea Electric Line Is A WWII Throwback That Looks Cool As Hell
Remember when Harley-Davidson spun up an electric sub-brand, only for everyone to realize slapping a new label on a bike didn’t change the fact that it cost way too much? Ever wonder what it would be like if a company known for inexpensive bikes that punch well above their weight pulled the same trick? Well wonder no more: Royal Enfield has an electric sub-brand now called Flying Flea, with two bikes coming in the next two years.
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Flashing Lights On Emergency Vehicles Can Cause 'Digital Epileptic Seizure' In Automated Driving Systems
Elon Musk has perpetually promised that self-driving cars are only a year away. However, today’s relatively rudimentary autonomous systems are still making errors that most humans wouldn’t make behind the wheel. New research found that the flashing lights mounted on emergency vehicles can disorient automated driving systems. Researchers have named the issue “digital epileptic seizure.”
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Liberty Walk Is Modifying A Lamborghini Miura For Real This Time
Japanese tuner Liberty Walk, creator of absurd widebody kits for everything from kei cars and semi trucks to iconic supercars and JDM legends, made waves back in 2018 when it debuted a modified “Lamborghini Miura” at the Tokyo Auto Salon. That car was actually just a replica built on a Ford GT40 kit car frame, but the internet was still up in arms anyway. Well, get ready to pick your pitchforks back up, because for next year’s Auto Salon that kicks off in just over a month, Liberty Walk is cutti
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GM Did Away With Apple CarPlay And Android Auto In Its EVs. This Aftermarket Kit Gives It Back
GM caused an uproar last year when the automaker announced it was getting rid of the popular phone mirroring systems Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its vehicles, specifically its EVs. Now one aftermarket company is bringing back Car and Android Auto via a kit that you can purchase.
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36-Year Driving Ban Didn't Stop Australian Man From Crashing Porsche Into Lexus Before Running From The Cops
Australia may be a gorgeous place, but it’s important to remember that everything there is trying to kill you. Including their drivers, apparently. Sydney’s 9News reports that the driver of a Porsche SUV recently blew through an intersection, T-boned a Lexus hatchback and ran from the cops before finally being arrested. Thankfully, he didn’t seriously injure anyone in the process, but it also sounds like the crash is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his problems.
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Three Dead After Cybertruck Crashes, Bursts Into Flames
Three people have died and another person is in hospital after a Tesla Cybertruck crashed and burst into flames in California in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The truck reportedly mounted a curb, smashed through a barrier and got wedged in between a tree and a wall before bursting into flames.
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Miami Dolphins Star Tyreek Hill Has Traffic Tickets Dismissed After Cop Skips Court Date Following Violent Arrest
Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill’s shocking arrest and harassment in September resulted in no jail time, though the NFL player did receive two tickets over the incident, both of which were recently thrown out after a court hearing.
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Wild Personalized License Plates Are Very Much Illegal, But That's Not Stopping Car Owners In Florida
Authorities in Florida are currently dealing with an epidemic of the automotive variety. Car owners all over the region are customizing their license plates to the extreme and they’re violating Florida state laws while doing it.
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Tesla Factory In California Pollutes So Much It Is Second Only To An Oil Refining Company
For years, Elon Musk’s defenders pointed to his mission to save the planet with electric vehicles as a reason to dismiss all criticism. Even if Musk messed up, it was supposedly all with the goal of protecting the environment with cleaner cars. We’ve known that was bullshit for years, but a new Wall Street Journal article on Tesla’s dirty factories only further drives home the point:
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Three Dead After Google Maps Directs Driver Off Broken Bridge
Three people have been killed in India after the route they were following on Google Maps reportedly took them over the edge of a damaged bridge. The three men drove off the bridge crossing the Ramganga River in northern India, despite the span being badly damaged earlier this year.
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HOA Tows Cars With Expired Tags Out Of Private Driveways
We all know HOAs suck, but as with all things that suck, Florida HOAs are on another level. An HOA in Florida contracted with a tow company to tow vehicles with expired registration out of people’s driveways and, predictably, this is pissing people off.
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Electric Chrysler Pacifica Is Coming To Change The Minivan World
Chrysler’s next minivan is going to be electric, and we now know that it’s going to be called the Pacifica. This is huge news if you’re minivan and Pacifica-pilled like I am. The news was confirmed to Green Car Reports at the LA Auto Show late last week.
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Tesla Cybertruck Reportedly Needed Full Battery Replacement Before Owner Drove It A Single Mile
The Tesla Cybertruck has generally been a disaster ever since it launched. The list of things that have gone wrong is long, and that’s even before you get to the fact that it’s not a very functional truck, and used values are dropping quickly. At the same time, the Cybertruck seems to also keep coming up with new, innovative ways to test how far Tesla can push owners before they finally break. Like having them wait to take delivery because the truck’s battery already needs a replacement.
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Work On The New Toyota Celica Is Underway After 18 Years Of Waiting
Toyota fans and car enthusiasts in general rejoice! The Japanese automaker says an all new Celica is coming 18 years after the car was killed in 2004. Toyota’s vice president confirmed that it is working on a new Celica while speaking at this weekend’s Rally Japan. There have been rumblings about the Celica’s return for years, but it seems we’ve finally got some concrete news on the matter.
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Jeep And Stellantis' Cars Cost Way Too Much
Among many, many problems facing Stellantis is one simple, unfortunate truth: Too many of the automaker’s cars simply cost too much. Its pissed off dealers and turned away customers.
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GM And Hyundai To Jointly Develop A Pickup Truck For Emerging Markets: Report
Hyundai and GM are reportedly hooking up to make a pickup truck together. If the rumors coming out of Korea are true, the two automakers will be jointly developing a pickup truck that will be sold in Latin America.
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Truck Driver Wins $34 Million After Walmart Falsely Accused Him Of Fraud And Fired Him While On Medical Leave
A Southern California truck driver who Walmart fired after falsely accusing him of workers comp fraud has been awarded millions by a jury.
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Porsche's Most Aggressive 911 GT3 RS Even Replaces The Rear Window With Carbon Fiber
If you were holding out for a new technically-street-legal supercar that would be slightly faster around most race tracks than a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, but significantly more expensive, stiffer, and seemingly worse in almost every way to drive on the street, Manthey Racing has the car for you. The new Manthey Kit GT3 RS receives a unique aero kit for more downforce, racetrack-optimized suspension, more aggressive brakes and the rear window is swapped out for a shark fin. None of this is done in the
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Spanish Automaker Cupra Could Come To The U.S. Thanks To Penske
Sporty Spanish automaker Cupra — part of the Volkswagen group — isn’t very well known in the U.S., but that could soon change if Penske Automotive gets its way. The two companies are apparently exploring some sort of partnership that would see the Seat spinoff enter the U.S. market by 2030.
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Here's What Companies Are Doing To Clean Up EV's Dirty Tire Problem
Tire companies have begun making EV tires. There’s nothing really special about them. Despite all their claims, most are no different from a tire that’s on a gas powered vehicle. They’re working to change that it seems as the race is on to develop the perfect, all around EV tire.
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Ford Sues Restomod Company Building Vintage-Looking Broncos For Alleged Trademark Infringement
While I was personally more surprised by just how good the Bronco Sport looked, there’s no denying that Ford knocked it out of the park with the new Bronco. It’s a fantastic design that integrates classic cues into its styling without feeling nearly as retro as the Chrysler PT Cruiser or Volkswagen New Beetle did. Still, there are plenty of people who wish the modern Bronco looked almost exactly like the old one. Providing that service to customers, however, is also what just got a company calle
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2025 Volkswagen Tiguan Gets More Power But Loses Its Third Row
After what seemed like an eternity, VW has finally revealed a new Tiguan for the North American market. It has new styling and a new engine but it’ll come with one less row this time around.
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2025 Kia EV6 Has Lights Inspired By Constellations, NACS Charging And More Range
A few months after it made its global debut, Kia unveiled the U.S.-spec 2025 EV6 facelift at the Los Angeles Auto Show. In addition to even-funkier looks, the refreshed EV6 has a bunch of new tech, longer range and Tesla’s charging port — plus it’ll be built in America.
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2026 Kia EV9 GT Is A 501-HP Family Hauler With An Electronically Controlled Suspension
The next Kia to wear the brand’s GT performance badge might come as an unexpected surprise. Enter the 2026 EV9 GT, which will be the brand’s most powerful and capable version of its three-row electric SUV, and Kia’s first real attempt at a performance crossover.
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2026 Kia Sportage Gets A Rugged Refresh As Every Other SUV Heads Off-Road
It’s been three years since Kia revealed a dramatically different-looking Sportage, and now it’s time for some updates. The Korean automaker unveiled a refresh for the crossover SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and while the boomerang daylight running lights are gone, the 2026 Kia Sportage now features design elements common to most other popular SUVs.
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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Discover New Weakness: Magnets
There are many, many reasons why you shouldn’t buy a Tesla Cybertruck, but even if you don’t have a problem giving your money to its bigoted CEO, there’s also no getting around the fact that it just isn’t a good vehicle. Heck, even if you don’t mind the recalls, we’ve also seen them get bricked in a car wash, send people to the ER due to sharp edges and snap the subframe trying to tow. As for the latest complaint, apparently, magnets cause rust and corrosion. The owners still love their trucks,
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How Competent Are Waymo's Robotaxis? Wired Followed One All Day To Find Out
Automated driving technology has come a long way in the last 20 years, but it still isn’t great, and it certainly won’t replace all or even most drivers before the end of the decade. Still, in a few select cities with consistently fair weather, you can already get a ride in a Waymo robotaxi. For residents of, say, Phoenix or San Francisco, those robotaxis are a regular sight. They certainly aren’t perfect, but how good are they, really? Well, recently, our friends at Wired followed one for an en
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2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9 Is An Aero-Focused Three-Row SUV With 300 Miles Of Range In Every Trim
Three years after unveiling its Seven concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai is using that same show to debut the production 2026 Ioniq 9, a large three-row SUV that’s a sibling to Kia’s EV9. (The name was changed from 7 to 9 to leave room for more future Ioniq models.) It’s a wild-looking thing, with even wackier styling than the concept that helps it efficiently glide through the air. Hyundai describes the Ioniq 9 as being aimed at consumers who value space, privacy and relaxation.
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2026 Genesis GV70 Bring More Tech And NACS Charging To The Already Compelling Crossover
The automotive press has sung praises for most of Genesis’ products since their introduction to the market, and that’s not changing here. While the updated 2026 Genesis GV70 is not revolutionary, it is a fine tuning of the already compelling compact luxury crossover. Both the internal combustion GV70 and the Electrified GV70 receive a few nice updates, including the brand’s crispy 27-inch OLED screen that incorporates the driver’s display and the touchscreen infotainment system, and the Electrif
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VinFast Is Still Trying This, Huh?
Remember when VinFast launched the VF8 in the U.S., to universal acclaim and absolutely zero problems? Well, the company has decided to replicate that stunning success by beginning deliveries of the VF8's bigger brother: The three-row VF9.
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Mini Won't Be Bringing The New Electric Cooper And Aceman To The U.S. Yet
It’s official: Mini won’t be bringing over its new J01 generation of the electric Cooper or the brand new Aceman EV to North America. At least it won’t do so yet. First reported by Mini enthusiast site MotoringFile, Mini confirmed that the brand is holding off on bringing its pair of new electric models to the U.S. for now. Previously, the brand was saying that it was evaluating whether or not the new Cooper and Aceman would come to our shores.
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Lamborghini Huracan Stolen By Hackers Rerouting Delivery Truck
Kris Bryant, star third baseman for the Colorado Rockies, recently had his Lamborghini Huracan stolen as it was being shipped to his home in Las Vegas. Luckily, police retrieved the supercar and the story behind how it was stolen is wild.
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Tesla Scraps Factory Paint Protection Wrap For Its Unpainted Cybertruck
Tesla reportedly scrapped its factory wrapping service for the Cybertruck after less than a year on sale this week. The wrapping service, which is designed to protect paintwork on cars from chips or rust that might be picked up in daily drives, has been removed from the Tesla site after being sold out since January.
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Racing-Inspired Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition Has A Huge Swan-Neck Rear Wing
It’s impossible to overstate how good Hyundai’s Elantra N is. The model just fot a facelift last year, and for 2025 Hyundai is making an already good thing even better by adding some motorsport-inspired bits to a new special-edition Elantra N. Called the Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition, it’s inspired by the Elantra N that competes in the Touring Car Racing (TCR) series.
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After Hertz Workers Abandon Their Location, Customers Show Up And Take Whatever Rental Cars They Want
After dealing with things like arrests over false complaints of rental thefts and a bad EV bet that’s seen a massive sale of a bunch of cheap Teslas, Hertz has another problem on its hands, at least at one of its locations. Workers at a Hertz in Syracuse, New York, abandoned their posts, resulting in customers (including the mayor of Denver) taking the keys to whatever rental cars they wanted.
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Rats Love Revving Engines Say Scientists Who Taught Them To Drive Tiny Cars
Not all lab rats have the most exciting lives, but a few lucky rats got the job of a lifetime when they were chosen to participate in a University of Richmond Lambert Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory study where they teach rats to drive. As it turns out, rats are pretty good at driving. In fact, as Futurism reports, they haven’t just learned how to drive but also appear to enjoy it and get excited enough about the prospect of driving that they regularly rev the engine while waiting to take off
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Riding A Motorcycle Cuts Travel Time Through Notorious Los Angeles Traffic Nearly In Half
Around 83 percent of Americans live in urban areas, and in many parts of the country traffic is worse than it has ever been. For the sake of convenience and reducing traffic, it would be in all of our best interest to promote the legalization of motorcycle lane-splitting in every single state. Adding protected bike lanes certainly wouldn’t hurt, either. If people are given options for quickly and easily reducing the amount of time they sit in traffic, they will take them. At the same time, fewer
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Australian Company Wants EV Owners To Volunteer Their Cars As Generators When Natural Disasters Hit
Vehicle-to-load tech is going to be a game changer in emergencies. The ability to power things simply using your car can literally save lives depending on the situation. One Australian company is incentivizing EV owners to share that technology with their fellow countrymen when natural disasters strike.
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Teslas Are The Most Fatal Cars On The Road, Study Finds
Tesla has the deadliest cars on the road today. According to a new study from iSeeCars, Tesla vehicles have the highest fatal crash rate among all vehicle brands in the United States. The organization analyzed data from the U.S. Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
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Jaguar's $125,000 Electric Four-Door GT Has Supervillain Proportions And I'm So Here For It
As of right now, Jaguar only has one car on sale in the U.S. and none in its home country, as the brand is gearing up for a total overhaul that will see Jaguar go upmarket and fully electric. The first Jag of the new era will be a four-door luxury GT with a starting price of around $125,000, and this week the company released some photos of a camouflaged prototype of the new model. It looks absurd in the best way, like something that Cruella de Vil or a comic book supervillain would drive.
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Texas Influencer's DUI Arrest Leads To Spider Monkey Confiscation, And Now She Wants Him Back
Dallas police reportedly arrested Texas-based influencer Brandi Botello Saturday morning on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Oddly enough, while the police didn’t name Botello in their statement, the influencer later contacted NBC Dallas Fort Worth to identify herself. Why? Because, following her arrest, authorities also took her pet spider monkey Jorgie Boy, and she wants him back even though her city doesn’t allow residents to keep wild animals as pets. Also, as NBC News reports, it has
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World's Largest Battery Manufacturer Says Elon Musk 'Doesn't Know How To Make A Battery'
Tesla introduced its 4680 battery during a massive “Battery Day” event in late 2020, with company CEO Elon Musk then saying the new battery would more than halve the cost to produce batteries for its cars. This was important for Tesla’s plan to build a $25,000 entry-level EV. The battery exists and has been used to fill up the packs of Cybertrucks and some Texas-built Model Ys, but the entry-level car has been delayed long enough that the company hopes everyone has forgotten about it by now. Des
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California Drivers Complain This DMV Look-A-Like Site Is Tricking Them
Drivers across California are complaining about a website that looks like it is related to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles and offers DMV services. Only thing is, it’s not the DMV, and it’s been charging customers ridiculous fees for the services it offers.
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Watch The Bugatti W16 Mistral Set New 282-MPH Roofless Top Speed Record, 21 MPH Faster Than Expected
Back in 2019 after absolutely destroying the production car top speed world record with the Chiron Super Sport, the first car to hit the 300-mph mark, then-president of the brand Stephan Winkelmann said the French marque was done chasing top speed records. Recently appointed CEO Mate Rimac has said “screw that” in a big way, as the W16 Mistral just demolished the top speed record for open-top cars, going 21 mph faster than Bugatti initially estimated it would.
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Ford's $165 Million Fine For Slow Recalls Is NHTSA's Biggest Fine Since Takata's Deadly Airbags
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hit Ford with a $165 million fine over its handling of recalled backup cameras on almost 600,000 cars this week. The fine, which is the second-largest penalty in the agency’s history, will see the Blue Oval pay $65 million upfront, with an additional $100 million due over the next three years.
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Police Reportedly Beat Back More Than 150 Audi Workers Who Crashed Meeting About Plant Closures
Audi bosses called the cops on their own workers on Wednesday after employees protesting a plant closure in Belgium stormed a meeting between company executives and union officials. More than 150 protesters were escorted from the factory by police armed with batons and shields after they called for job security.
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Roger Penske Solidifies IndyCar's Prescence In Southern California By Purchasing The Long Beach Grand Prix
Roger Penske has just added another notch in his auto racing belt. The billionaire purchased the Long Beach Grand Prix. The purchase also makes the Grand Prix an important part of another racing series Penske owns, Indycar.
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Diesel Shop Allegedly Smuggled $33 Million Worth Of Illegal Emissions Defeat Devices In From Canada
The Environmental Protection Agency really doesn’t like it when diesel truck owners remove factory-equipped and legally-mandated emissions devices. When four business owners conspire to smuggle tens of millions of dollars worth of illegal emissions defeat devices into the country, however, the federal government is gonna get your ass. It’s probably not a smart idea to call your business “DPF Delete Shop, Inc.” if you’re going to illegally delete diesel particulate filters. That’s like a drug dea
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Rudy Giuliani Reportedly So Uncooperative His Lawyers Are Asking To Quit
Last we checked in on the disgraced and disbarred former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, a judge had given him one week to turn over Lauren Bacall’s Mercedes and other valuables to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers he defamed following the 2020 Presidential election. If Giuliani didn’t comply within that time frame, he faced being held in contempt of court. At the time, it seemed unlikely that he would comply, but we also wouldn’t have expected him to be so uncooperativ
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California Could Soon Ban New Motorhome Sales
California’s road to clean energy may upend a lot of industries, including the massive motorhome market. A recent change to the state’s clean air rules could kick start a change that would end new motorhome sales in the state as soon as the end of this year.
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RIP Kum & Go
Whether we’re talking about Buc-ee’s, Wawa or QT, we here at Jalopnik love a good gas station chain. So it is with great sadness that we have to report the death of a beloved gas station name. Before you know it, the name Kum & Go will have kum and gone. Unfortunately for all of us, Maverik, which bought the company last year, has decided the Kum & Go name can no longer stay, CNN reports.
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Trump Now Has Control Of Tesla Full Self-Driving Safety Probe
The reasoning behind Elon Musk’s decision to heavily back former (and future) President Donald Trump as well as be the “first buddy” is becoming more clear now. The Trump Administration is set to take over about 80 federal vehicle issue probes that were opened under President Joe Biden. One of those probes just happens to be the massive National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software. I have all the confidence in the world this will go well.
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2025 Acura ADX Is A Sharp Little Crossover With A Turbo Engine And Tons Of Potential
Automakers seem to be cutting their truly affordable entry-level models quicker than an Iron Chef cuts an onion, but mercifully Acura is breaking that trend with its new subcompact luxury crossover, the ADX. Based on the Honda HR-V, the ADX is exactly the kind of offering Acura has needed, especially as the ADX is projected to start in the mid-$30,000 range when it goes on sale early next year.
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Over 5,000 New 2023 Dodge Chargers And Challengers Are Still Sitting On Dealer Lots
You might be shocked to hear this, but you can still buy a brand new Dodge Charger or Challenger from the dealer. There’s over 5,000 of the muscle cars still in stock at Dodge dealers across the country, which may or may not be a good thing.
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MrBeast Destroys A Lamborghini With At Least $100,000 Worth Of Duct Tape For A 12-Second Video
Another day, another bucketload of incomprehensible bright-colored video slop for Gen Alpha to rot their brains with on YouTube. MrBeast, the near-billionaire wunderkind with dead eyes famous for locking broke people in solitary confinement in exchange for money, has destroyed a perfectly fine Lamborghini Gallardo with duct tape for the fun of it. In the 12-second video a presumably underpaid stunt driver risks life and limb smashing into increasingly more duct tape until the bright blue Italian
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Fiery Tesla Crash Traps And Kills Four After Electric Doors Couldn't Open
Four people were killed in a fire after a Tesla Model Y lost control and hit a pillar in Toronto last month. The four people were reportedly unable to open the doors of the car after it caught fire and a fifth passenger only survived the crash after onlookers smashed a window and dragged them from the wreckage.
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Tesla Cybertruck Recalled For Sixth Time Since Launch
The Tesla Cybertruck is not a good truck or even a good vehicle. Children point and laugh when they see it. Women leave their husbands and take the children when one shows up in their driveway. Friends stop talking to friends who think they’re cool. It’s the incEl Camino through and through, almost like it was designed specifically to embarrass anyone who buys one. It’s also full of problems, as the Cybertruck has now been recalled for the sixth time since production began late last year.
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The Goodyear Blimp Has The Best Merch
Here’s a fun fact for you, Goodyear has not had a blimp in its fleet of airships since the Spirit of Innovation retired in 2017. A blimp is a non-rigid dirigible, while Goodyear’s current fleet is made up of three semi-rigid airships inflated by low-pressure helium. These big bags of air are maybe the coolest way to get from one place to another, and everyone should travel by semi-rigid airship more often. Even if you don’t own your own blimp, and Goodyear won’t let the public ride in the blimp,
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Lucid Pitches California's Highway Patrol On Giving Its EVs A Chance To Become Cruisers
After police departments in California found Teslas to be “nearly unusable” as EV police cruisers, Lucid is starting to eye getting in the police cruiser business. In an announcement tweet on X, the EV automaker said its Lucid Air participated in vehicle testing for California’s Highway Patrol.
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F1 Champ Lewis Hamilton Says Hypercars Are Boring, Buy Classic Cars And Art Instead
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton drives fast cars on track for a living, and many would think that he must be obsessed with driving fast cars on the street. While that may have been the case when he was a younger chap, buying a Pagani Zonda, Ferrari LaFerrari, and McLaren P1 among others, the 39-year-old Briton has matured beyond the need for four-figure horsepower and lowslung hypercars. In a recent interview with Germany’s Auto Motor Und Sport Hamilton admits that he’s no lon
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2026 Honda Passport Revealed As Honda's Most Capable Off-Roader Yet And Its Best Design In Years
Back in the 1990s before coming out with its own crossover, the CR-V, Honda offered the first-generation Passport, a rebadged Isuzu Rodeo that was a legit body-on-frame SUV. Since then, the Japanese brand has mainly stuck to crossover-y models that aren’t focused on off-roading, but that’s changing with the fourth-generation Passport. Described as Honda’s most off-road capable SUV ever, the 2026 Passport looks phenomenal and offers features that adventurous types really want, especially in rugge
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Spirit Airlines Close To Bankruptcy: Report
Spirit, an airline known for its excellent service and in-flight animal entertainment is gearing up for a bankruptcy filing, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Fake Cop Gets Caught Pretending To Be A Cop In Front Of A Real Cop
Impersonating a cop is a big no no. One man in Florida found this out the hard way after he flashed the fake police lights in his unmarked Dodge Charger at an intersection in order to run a light.
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This $8,000 Suzuki From India Received A 5-Star Crash Test Rating
There aren’t any new models available under $20,000 in the for American car buyers anymore, but emerging auto markets like India have plenty of cheap cars to go around. One of these budget cars just proved that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to be safe.
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Even Tesla's Twitter Account Is Only Kept In Check By U.S. Regulators
Remember back in April, when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told Tesla it could no longer call its semi-autonomous software “Full Self-Driving,” and that it had to throw a “supervised” in there to cover its ass? Well it seems no one told Tesla’s social media team, because the company’s tweets continue to imply FSD is truly “fully” self-driving — at least, according to emails from the NHTSA. This raises a very interesting question: What happens when Musk becomes necessary for
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2026 Cadillac Vistiq Is A 615-HP EV With A Predicted 300 Miles Of Range
Cadillac continues its EV push with the introduction of its new family sized three-row electric SUV, the 2026 Cadillac Vistiq that was previewed earlier this year. The second largest Cadillac EV and the fifth overall electric model for the brand, the Vistiq comes across as a more handsome version of the gas-powered XT6, but there are major design differences if you look closely.
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Police Use Grappler To End 100 MPH Chase With Unnecessary Crash
Only millionaires typically have time and money to cosplay as Batman, but the police already have all the heavy equipment and qualified immunity to indulge their superhero fantasies. A sheriff’s office in Olympia, Washington used a grappler to end a pursuit last week by crashing a stolen car at 100 miles per hour. The deputies are extremely lucky that they didn’t kill anyone trying out their new toy.
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This One Weird Trick Will Force Mazda To Build A RWD Sport Sedan
For decades, if you wanted a mainstream family sedan that was actually fun to drive, it was hard to do better than the Mazda 6 or its predecessor the 626. Sure, it was front-wheel drive, but the engineers delivered in the handling department. Now that Mazda’s moved upmarket and begun selling the rear-wheel-drive-based CX-90, though, rumors of a rear-wheel-drive Mazda 6 revival keep popping up. Recently, a Mazda executive told Australia’s Drive that it’s still possible, but people are going to ha
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Viral Insurance Fraud Attempt Lands One Suspect In Police Custody
The famously patient New York City public has been clamoring for an update on the brazen attempted insurance fraud that went viral in October. Now, the police have actually charged one of the participants, but the actual driver and two other suspects remain at large.
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New Big U-Haul Car Trailer Just Dropped
I absolutely love renting trailers from U-Haul to transport my garbage vehicles around the country. Trailer rentals are significantly less expensive than buying, insuring and registering your own trailer with minimal downsides. The Auto Transport has long been a favorite of mine, and the company’s motorcycle trailer is even better. There are just so many great and simple features to these trailers, including fold down fenders, integrated ramps, and front tire straps. Unfortunately, sometimes, th
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Trump's Pick To Lead The EPA Is An Anti-Environmental Bozo
Since former President Donald Trump won reelection on November 5, he has been busy assigning his friends and sycophants to different roles within the federal government. That includes former congressman Lee Zeldin, a Trump ally, who will now lead in the internal dismantling of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Thousands Of Flood Damaged Enthusiast Cars Are Showing Up At Florida Auctions After Recent Hurricanes
No matter how cheap a flood damaged car is, you do not want one. With the recent double whammy of Hurricanes Helene and Milton slamming into Florida back to back, thousands of these ruined cars are now getting ready to cross auction blocks across the state, and a lot of them are rare or interesting enthusiast models.
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Toyota, A Company With Almost No EVs, Says California's EV Mandates Are 'Impossible' To Meet
Toyota is pushing back against California stringent EV mandates, some of which start to kick in in less than two years. The Japanese automaker thinks that some of the mandates can’t be met, so it wants for California officials to change them.
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2025 Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo Wagon Is Back With 100 More Horsepower
Earlier this year Porsche unveiled the facelifted 2025 Taycan, first showing the bread and butter of the lineup and then following up with the bonkers Turbo GT. Now it’s time for the final three variants, bringing the total to twelve (or thirteen if you count the Turbo GT with Weissach package differently.) Joining the 2025 Taycan lineup are the entry-level all-wheel-drive Taycan 4, a necessary model, and the Taycan GTS, the performance-focused sweet spot. And don’t worry, the GTS is still offer
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Consumer Reports Trashes VinFast VF8 In First Review
When we first drove the VinFast VF8, we weren’t impressed. Our headline said it was “simply not ready for America,” and the criticism only got worse from there. VinFast clearly rushed the development process and didn’t have a remotely competitive product to offer. Supposedly, the Vietnamese automaker planned to improve the VF8 over time, so it should be better now than it was initially. Based on Consumer Reports’ recent experience, however, the VinFast VF8 is still half-baked, uncompetitive and
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Dodge Fast Tracks Gas-Powered Charger Production Because Of Demand
Dodge apparently knows not many folks are terribly excited about its upcoming electric Charger coupe and sedan, so it’s reportedly pushing up the release date of the gas-powered Charger Sixpack by five months. It was originally slated to debut in late 2025, but it’s now looking like they’ll be hitting the dealers in early Summer.
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You Can Get A Brand New Tesla Cybertruck In A Week If You Order It Now, And That's Probably Bad For Tesla
Do you want a Tesla Cybertruck, but you don’t want to wait for it? I’ve got good news for you, Trump voter: If you order a Cybertruck right now, you can get it in as little as a week. If you go on Tesla’s website, it’ll show that both the Cybertruck All-Wheel Drive and Cybertruck Cyberbeast can be delivered to you “Nov - Dec 2024.” That’s like… right now.
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Honda Made A Small EV With 81 Miles Of Range Nearly 30 Years Ago
Honda has been doing big things with alternative fuels for decades now. While models like the game changing first-gen Insight and the Accord and Civic Hybrids from the early 2000s put Honda’s electrification efforts into the mainstream public’s awareness, few may realize that Honda started down this path right before the turn of the century with a small electric city car called the EV Plus.
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Wild 'Conveyor Belt Road' Coming To Japan
Japan is looking to up its world-leading mass transit game with a “conveyor belt road” meant to be a 320-mile automated cargo transport corridor that will link Tokyo and Osaka. This “autoflow road” is being built in an effort to make up for Japan’s delivery capacity shortage.
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Next-Generation Mazda Miata Will Be Electric With A Rotary Range Extender
Every day the automotive industry brings us closer to a world without sports cars, or coupes of any kind for that matter. Mazda is working diligently to prevent such an eventuality from coming to pass. Since its 1989 introduction the MX-5 has become one of the most successful sports cars in history, and while the ND-generation model is reaching its end, that won’t be the book’s final chapter. The next MX-5 might look something like the 2023 Japan Mobility Show’s Iconic SP concept, including its
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Hyundai Research Proves The People Demand Real Buttons And Knobs
Back in the 1900s, automakers realized they could save a lot of money if they used the same buttons and knobs across various brands. Then Tesla changed the game again, sticking essentially all of the vehicle controls on a cheap touchscreen. Many other automakers soon followed suit and largely abandoned physical controls. If you notice, though, that’s not entirely the case with Hyundai. Why? Well, as JoongAng Daily reports, it’s because Hyundai’s internal research showed people hate it when autom
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Bentley's First EV Will Be Its Smallest Car Ever, And More Luxury Brands Should Follow Suit
Bentley has pushed back its plans to have its entire lineup be fully electric only from 2030 to 2035, but the brand is still working hard on its first EV production model, which will be revealed in 2026 and go on sale in 2027. Not only will the new electric SUV be in a segment that Bentley has never competed in before, it will also be the company’s smallest offering ever — and I hope more high-end luxury brands follow suit.
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Tesla Cybertruck Is Now Available To Lease, If You Can Stomach The High Monthly Payments
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been outselling rivals like the Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning in recent months and now there are even more ways to get your hexagon truck on with lease deals announced Friday.
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Elon Musk Is Already Calling In Favors With Trump
We knew Elon Musk wasn’t throwing all that cash and trafficking all those door-knockers for Donald Trump for nothing. It seems like Musk is already calling in the favors, as a new report from the New York Times says Musk is already looking to set up SpaceX employees at the Defense Department.
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Driver Leads Police On Mile-Long Reverse Car Chase In Allegedly Stolen Hyundai
Police in Michigan got an unusual view of a high-speed chase last month when a reportedly stolen Hyundai tried to evade capture in a reverse chase
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This May Be The Most Hilarious Catalytic Converter Theft Of All Time
Detroit is a world-class city with some F-tier criminals. Several of these criminals went to great lengths this week to steal a single catalytic converter from a used car lot and gained themselves a ton of embarrassment in the process.
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Giuliani Has One Week To Hand Over Lauren Bacall's Mercedes Or Risk Contempt Of Court
Disgraced and disbarred former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani’s shameless attempt to hide his possessions, including Lauren Bacall’s Mercedes, from the court may have backfired, as he was ordered to appear in court and threatened with contempt if he fails to comply. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman has now told Giuliani that he has to demonstrate a real effort to turn over his property by next week, Reuters reports.
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Good News! The Morgan Plus Four Is Returning To The U.S. After 20 Years
If you’re in the market for a British sports car, you’ve got a few pretty good options here in America. But if you want that slick runaround to be made of wood and designed more than 70 years ago, your options were severely limited… until now.
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It Seems Like People Are Done Paying Over MSRP For New Cars
It seems that the era of people willingly overpaying for new cars may be at an end as data shows that the number of people that willingly let dealers overcharge them for a shiny new piece of metal saw a decrease in the last year.
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What Happened To Tesla's Promised Mexico Gigafactory?
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk is a controversial character, but Tesla, the extremely successful producer of the most popular new car in the world last year, is showing no signs of slowing down. Tesla promised to open a new Gigafactory in Mexico last February, but Musk paused discussions about the proposed new Gigafactory citing the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The election is over, and Mexico wants to know if Elon Musk and Tesla will actually follow through with this promise, or if it will be ad
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Audi Has A New Brand In China Called AUDI That Doesn't Have Audi's Four Rings Because It Is AUDI Not Audi
Audi debuted a new China-only luxury brand this week, revealing a concept car as part of the announcement. The new brand’s name? AUDI. The capital letters are necessary to differentiate it from Audi. How do you know the car is an AUDI instead of an Audi? It says AUDI on the front end in place of the Audi four rings. The concept car is called the AUDI E Concept, and while the AUDI doesn’t really look like an Audi overall, the AUDI does have some Audi design cues that tie it into Audi while keepi
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Ambulance Hits Cyclist Then Charges Him $1,800 For Trip To The Hospital
A cyclist in Oregon was struck by an ambulance last year and the thoughtful rescue service scooped him and took him to the hospital, charging me $2,000 for the trip, of course.
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Base Ford Bronco Returns With A Starting Price Under $40,000
Ford updated the Bronco a little bit for 2025, but the really big news is the return of the base trim, which Ford dropped for the 2024 model year. This drops the entry price for the Bronco over $1,635 verses the outgoing model.
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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Are Trying To Sell Their Used Trucks For More Than The Cost Of A Brand New One
Tesla’s Cybertruck is selling surprisingly well. It’s outselling other electric pickups like the Ford F-150 Lightning and was also the best-selling vehicle over $100,000 this summer. Given the notoriety and novelty of the truck’s design, some owners think they’re sitting on an art piece that will make them a quick buck on the used market.
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Google Patents Tech That Won't Let You Drive If It Decides You're Doing A Bad Job
Tesla gets more headlines than Waymo, but Google’s robotaxi division is the one to beat in the slog that has become the race to develop self-driving cars. Even Waymo’s prototypes only offer rides in select areas, though, and it’s unlikely they’ll become ubiquitous in the foreseeable future. That hasn’t kept Google from wanting access to your car, though, and its latest patent would take things a step further by monitoring your driving and taking over if it doesn’t like what you’re doing, Motor1
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Dually Cybertruck Mod Is Just Heavy Duty Truck Cosplay
For many, the telltale sign of a heavy-duty truck is a set of dual wheels mounted on the rear axle. Truck customizer Red’s Miami unveiled a unique dually Tesla Cybertruck. While I’m under no impression that Red’s produces shotty work, this project is the off-road equivalent of putting a time machine in a DeLorean. Sure, it looks cool but it still can’t hit 88 miles per hour.
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Chicago Will Be The Latest City To Issue Automated Tickets For Blocking Bike And Bus Lanes
More major cities across the United States have been hopping on the automated ticket issuing system bandwagon that uses cameras mounted to city buses to photograph, identify, and ticket vehicles that block bike and bus lanes. The city of Los Angeles recently spent $11 million on 100 AI bus cameras, and New York City recently started using cameras mounted on city buses to ticket vehicles obstructing bus lanes. As of Monday November 4, owners of vehicles that are caught obstructing bike or bus lan
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Cities In Ohio Are Scooping Out Intersections To Prevent Street Takeovers
Like any community, the automotive enthusiast community has some factions and subsets that are more troublesome than others, and the latest battleground for automotive rabble rousers are street takeovers. Cities across the United States have faced weekly onslaughts of Chargers, G35s, Mustangs, Camaros, and other rear-wheel-drive vehicles doing donuts in massive clouds of tire smoke as rowdy crowds gather, sometimes leading to violence. The city of Cleveland, Ohio recently undertook simple yet dr
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American Electric Motorcycle Brands Debut Low-Cost Models In Bid To Win Over Riders
American EV motorcycle manufacturers Zero and LiveWire have both independently come to the conclusion that people aren’t really buying full-sized electric motorcycles in large numbers, and they need to invest in building smaller, lighter, less expensive, and more efficient relatively low-speed machines. Smartly, both companies have chosen to go in different directions with their better-for-the-wallet models.
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Hertz Apologizes For Threatening To Have Customer Who Drove 25,000 Miles In Rental Car Arrested
Hertz is in a heap of public relations trouble once again as a location manager threatened to have a customer arrested if he didn’t pay a $10,000 mileage overage charge for driving 25,000 miles in one month. That’s a ton of miles for a car to rack up in one month, basically doing around 1,000 miles per business day. But here’s the kicker, the rental agreement was for “unlimited miles.”
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Previously Delayed Volvo EX30 Deliveries Begin Just In Time For Holiday Season
The Volvo EX30 is a small, electric crossover with a $35,000 price tag and about 275 miles of range. For most drivers, that should be more than enough to handle daily driving duty, and the price makes it the least-expensive Volvo you can buy regardless of powertrain. The good news for the folks who pre-ordered one is that, despite rumors that the EX30 would be delayed into 2025, Volvo has now announced that deliveries will begin before the end of next month.
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Audi's Sales Are Flagging Because There's No Reason To Buy One
Audi isn’t looking so hot. The company’s sales are flagging, showing a 16 percent drop in the third quarter of 2024 relative to the prior year, CarScoops reports, but the automaker hopes that its newest batch of cars will stop the slide. Having driven plenty of those new cars, there’s more to the problem than the car mix: Audi doesn’t give buyers a reason to get into the brand.
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USPS Worker Retires Immediately After Fleeing A Hit And Run In His Mail Truck
A man in Northern California has been dealing with the fallout of a hit-and-run crash since for months after a mail carrier hit his parked car and took off.
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Michiganders Will Get New Curbside EV Chargers Retrofitted To Existing Lamp Posts
EVs can be exclusionary for folks who don’t have a garage to charge in, but the new curbside chargers that Voltpost and AT&T are collaborating on aim to eliminate that hurdle. The two companies have joined forces to soon begin installing internet-connected lamppost EV chargers in Michigan, specifically in the Metro-Detroit area. Internet connectivity is key to the reliable functionality of chargers so operators know immediately when the charger needs repair. Remarkably, up to four EVs can charge
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These Are The Most Irrelevant Automakers
We asked our readers earlier this week what automaker is the most irrelevant. The responses were surprising in one of two ways: it was a foreign manufacturer that I didn’t even remember sold cars in the U.S., or it was a domestic make whose best years are behind it. Without further ado, here are the most irrelevant automakers that readers could pull out of their memory banks.
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Rudy Giuliani Shows Up To Vote In Lauren Bacall's Mercedes After Hiding The Car In Florida
Disgraced former mayor, lawyer and lackey Rudy Giuliani drove to his polling place this Election Day in the Mercedes-Benz 500SL formerly owned by actress Lauren Bacall. It’s the very same car he was supposed to have turned over as damages to the Georgia election workers he grievously wronged, but instead he hid the car somewhere in Florida.
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Wooden Satellite Launched Into Space As Testbed For Timber-Built Mars Missions
With space debris becoming an increasingly common threat in orbit, a change in aerospace design could be necessary. A wooden satellite designed by Japanese researchers was launched into orbit on Tuesday by SpaceX. The unique device will shape the future of satellites and how space agencies tackle human habitation on the Moon and Mars.
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Rudy Giuliani Is Hiding Lauren Bacall's Mercedes Somewhere In Florida [Update]
For someone the press once called “America’s Mayor,” Rudy Giuliani sure has had a fall from grace. He’s been disbarred, sued and is now a national laughingstock. He also happens to owe a shit-ton of money to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two election workers he defamed following the 2020 presidential election that Trump lost. A judge has since ordered him to turn over his property and valuables, including a Mercedes-Benz 500SL previously owned by legendary actor Lauren Bacall. Instead of complyi
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Bertone To Revive 1969 Runabout Concept As A Limited Production Car In 2025
Italian design house Bertone is playing all the hits right now, looking back on its history of impressive and polarizing design to come up with inspiration for its future products. The company announced this week that it would be building a modern-yet-faithful interpretation of its 1969 Runabout concept for a limited number of well-heeled buyers. This was an early inspiration for Bertone design, which was famous for “consisting of two lines.” You can see the Runabout’s influence playing a big pa
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Trump Closes Campaign Promising Mexico Tariff That Would Implode The U.S. Car Market And Send Inflation Sky High
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Donald J. Trump trotted out a promise we’ve discussed many times: His promise to inflict a vindictive tariff on all automobiles imported from Mexico. Trump has waffled a bit on this promise, going from 100 percent to 200 percent, at one time even saying 2000 percent. Automobile prices are already at historic levels, and considering nearly 20 percent of all cars sold in the U.S. market originate in Mexico a tariff like this
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Tesla Cybertruck Lead Engineer: 'The 11,000lb Tow Rating Isn't Absolute'
Tesla has faced a lot of criticism over the Cybertruck due to it being a rolling disaster with a list of issues so long, it’s hard for even people trying to pay attention to keep up. Aside from the five recalls, the most infamous issue with the Cybertruck has to be when YouTuber WhistlinDiesel tried to pull out a stuck Ford F-150, which resulted in the Tesla losing its rear bumper, causing others to stop towing with their Cybertrucks. Now, the Cybertruck’s lead engineer has stepped in to give so
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Elon Musk's America PAC Shuttled Canvassers In U-Haul Vans, Then Abandoned Them Across State Lines With No Way Home
Elon Musk and his America PAC have run much of Donald Trump campaign’s ground game in Michigan, running the classic election strategy of door-to-door canvassers seeking votes from that huge market of people who open their homes up to strangers. Despite how rote the playbook is, it seems Musk’s approach to electioneering is the same as his approach to everything else: Abusing workers.
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Costco Has Big Members-Only Discounts On Plug-Ins And EVs
Many of those in-the-know savvy car buyers know that there are often some good discounts to be had at the dealership lot if you have a Costco membership. I got a grand off the Buick Regal TourX we purchased back in 2018 for being Costco members. And that’s in addition to the often incredible deals on four-gallon tubs of mayonnaise you can find inside the store! For the next year Costco is offering up to $2,000 off the MSRP of a variety of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to help you save som
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2025 Ram 1500 Recalled For Broken Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring
Halloween is over, which means we’re marching inexorably towards the holidays and their barrage of themed media. It seems Ram has gotten in the spirit of the season, because it’s recalling nearly 34,000 1500 trucks for breaking Ralphie’s Little Orphan Annie decoder ring — sorry, for breaking the front wheel bearing encoder ring, which can disable the truck’s electronic stability control.
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Tom Cruise Is Finally Working On A 'Days Of Thunder' Sequel With Paramount
In one of the most incredible Friday afternoon news dumps of all time, it sounds like Tom Cruise is finally starting to work on a “Days of Thunder” sequel. The story was broken by The Hollywood Reporter, which said Cruise is currently in talks with Paramount surrounding production of a sequel to the 1990 NASCAR film. When I got the push notification I let out my longest yeah boy ever.
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'I Want You To Watch': Kentucky Bill Would Potentially Crush Cars Seized From Street Racers
If you’re tired of street racers ruining your sleep, putting others in danger and often facing few consequences while the wheel of justice slowly turns, you aren’t alone. Just ask, like, all of Seattle. Several lawmakers have tried introducing legislation to curb that kind of behavior, but it hasn’t been easy. Now Kentucky lawmakers may introduce a bill that would allow them to crush any cars seized from people convicted of street racing, WHAS11 reports.
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Warner Bros Is Selling 10 Official Batman Tumblers With LS3 V8s For $3 Million Each
Wayne Enterprises is selling the Tumbler, the prototype military vehicle made famous by Batman in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” movie trilogy. This iteration of the Batmobile will have a limited production run of 10 vehicles, each costing just under $3 million. A select number of wealthy superhero fans will be able to roll around town like the legendary caped crusader. Just please don’t try to fight crime in this thing.
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Jaguar Has No Cars On Sale In The UK For The First Time Since WWII
The modern automotive landscape is not for the faint of heart; daring new industry titans are prospering while some storied traditional marques are struggling to remain relevant. As some companies went all-in on their commitment to an all-electric lineup, consumer preference shifted back toward hybridization. As a victim of that exact plight, Jaguar, the 91-year-old legendary British automaker, is no longer building the F-Pace SUV. It was the last remaining model on sale in the UK. This marks th
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Elon Musk Could Lose His Citizenship For Lying On Immigration Forms
Elon Musk has been on a political kick recently, backing former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump in his various crusades — including his fight against undocumented immigration. Ironic, then, that Musk himself could risk having his citizenship stripped for that same crime.
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Aptera, Which Somehow Isn't Dead Yet, Claims Its Latest Prototype Is Headed For Production
We’ve been hearing that Aptera would be the next big thing for so long, it’s hard to remember where it even began. And yet, Aptera refused to die. Sure, it looked pretty darn dead, but you should know by now not to make assumptions because Aptera is still kicking. In fact, it just released a video of a prototype in testing that it calls “the first in our series of production-intent vehicles.” So yeah, take that, haters. Aptera’s more back than it’s ever been, and it’s only a matter of time befor
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City Bus Snitch On Parents Double-Parked In Bus Lane While Dropping Their Kids At School
Parents of a school in the Bronx are at odds with New York’s MTA after they received tickets for blocking the bus lane while dropping off and picking up their kids from school.
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Kia Insists The Tasman Looks That Way On Purpose
Kia finally revealed the Tasman after teasing the bejeesus out of it, and, well, it certainly doesn’t look like any other truck on the market. Of course, it’s still a body-on-frame pickup truck, so it has the basic shape down, but many of the design choices have proven controversial. If you ask Kia, though, its approach to the Tasman’s design is a continuation of the design decisions behind the Optima and Sportage. Basically, standing out is better than blending in even if that means not everyon
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Almost 350,000 Cars Damaged In Hurricane Season May Be About To Hit The Used Market
Buying a used car in America is tough, with prices rising, inventory thinning and dodgy dealers seemingly out to get you at every turn. The process of shopping for a used bargain may be about to get a whole lot more treacherous, however, as thousands of cars damaged in this year’s record hurricane season may be about to flood the market.
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This Aftermarket Company Will Replace Your Tesla Roadster's Battery Pack For Less Money Than Tesla
The Tesla Roadster — not the nonexistent one that Musk keeps delaying but Tesla still keeps taking reservation money for, but the original — is getting on in years. With the original having debuted in 2008 and production running through 2012, many of the Roadsters that are still around likely have battery packs that are well past their lifespan. Replacing one through Tesla can be a pricey endeavor, so there’s a new aftermarket company that can not only do it for less money, but also increase the
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Diesel Shop With MotorTrend TV Show Has Customers Angry Enough To 'Put Them Out Of Business'
There are plenty of sketchy shops out there, but it would be nice to think the ones that get famous would be safe. After all, they have a reputation to uphold, so why would they cheat their customers? Well, unfortunately for everyone involved, the fact that because a business is well-known is in no way a guarantee the owner will treat you fairly. The latest scandal involves 1 Way Diesel Performance, the diesel shop behind MotorTrend TV’s “Texas Metal’s Loud and Lifted.” As the Drive reports, som
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Lamborghini Huracán And Nissan GT-Rs Among 30 Stolen Cars Worth $8 Million Recovered In Thailand
An impressive haul of luxury cars has been uncovered in Thailand, including models from Lamborghini, Mercedes and Porsche. This wasn’t the collection of a billionaire, however, and was instead a fleet of cars that had been bought fraudulently overseas with the aim of selling on to unsuspecting buyers in Thailand.
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Nice Price or No Dice (21)

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At $39,900, Is This 1973 Mercedes 280SEL 4.5 A Big Benz Bargain?
While coated in fresh “mellow yellow” paint, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mercedes is anything but mellow in either presentation or price. Let’s see how much green we might all think it should actually cost.
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At $24,500, Does This 1975 Pontiac Trans Am Mean The Bird Is The Word?
Today, being Thanksgiving here in the U.S., most of us are thinking about one kind of bird: the turkey. I will offer you an alternative: the screaming chicken on the hood of today’s Nice Price or No Dice classic Trans Am. Between eating, watching football, and naps, let’s decide what this bird might be worth.
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At $67,000, Would You Plug Into This 2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo 4?
Who’d have ever thought the only company selling a fully electric station wagon in America today would be Porsche? Today’s Nice Price of No Dice Taycan is one of those wagons, and while used, it’s new enough to still be under warranty. Let’s see if it’s under budget as well.
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At $2,999, Does This 1982 Subaru Mean It's Brat Winter Too?
The seats in the bed on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Brat aren’t just for terrifying passengers, they were once Subaru’s way to get around the U.S. import tariff commonly known as the “Chicken Tax.” We’ll have to see how taxing its present price is on a potential buyer’s wallet.
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At $86,000, Does This 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom Stand A Ghost Of A Chance?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Rolls is called a “collector’s item” by its seller, but suffers from a salvage title which might mitigate that collectability. Let’s see how this luxury barge fairs in our critique.
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At $4,550 Canadian, Is This 1985 Renault Encore Worthy Of Applause?
As its name implies, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Encore was the follow-up to another car, the Renault Alliance. Let’s see if its price tag has us all shouting, “Bravo!”
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At $19,000, Is This 1991 Ford F150 'Nite' A Dark Deal?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice F150 4X4 features the Nite tape and badge package, which was only offered in 1991 and 1992. Let’s see if that makes a difference in what it might be worth.
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At $16,800, Would You Make A Beeline For This 2011 BMW Alpina B7?
Like a game of ping pong, today’s Nice Price or No Dice B7 began with a lot of back and forth. Alpina built its engine, which was sent to BMW for installation, and the resultant car returned to Buchloe for final assembly. Let’s see how much back and forth will be required in settling on its price.
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At $7,000, Would You Have To Be A Soviet Blockhead To Pass Up This 1972 GAZ-69?
Pretty much everything manufactured in the Soviet Union was stouter but cruder than their Western counterparts. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice GAZ-69 allows us to experience that firsthand. We’ll have to see just how much of a capitalist one would need to be to buy it.
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At $3,600, Will This 1985 Volvo 245DL Go The Distance?
If you only ever buy one car for the rest of your life, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo could be a strong contender to be that car. Let’s see what such a commitment might just cost.
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At $9,995, Is This 1982 Porsche 928 A Grand Tourer That's A Grand Deal?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 928 is claimed by its seller to have a “laser straight body.” That’s somewhat comical, considering there’s hardly a single straight line on Porsche’s bubble-butt coupe. Let’s see how straight the seller is being about the price.
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At $29,800, Is This 2019 VW Golf Alltrack An Alright Bargain?
As swan songs go, today’s Nice Price or No Dice VW Golf is quite the sendoff. It offers a handsome wagon body, AWD, and a six-speed stick. Let’s see if it also offers a low enough price to make us rue having to say goodbye.
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At $13,500, Would You Rove The Land In This 1981 Land Rover 109?
In a bit of questionable salesmanship, the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Land Rover describes it as being “a primitive and uncomfortable ride on the highway!” Let’s decide what such a Paleolithic beast might reasonably be worth.
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At $12,995, Is This Special Edition 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP A Winner?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Solstice is one of two the seller is offering for sale, but it’s by far the more interesting of the pair. Let’s see if its price piques our interest.
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At $20,000, Is This 1964 'Lotus Seven' An Insanely Good Deal?
In the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, Vishnu announces, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” With its V8 engine, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Lotus Seven-style roadster fully embodies that apocryphal Mantra. Let’s see how destructive buying it would be to one’s bank account.
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At $4,300, Does This 1992 Olds Cutlass Supreme Cut It?
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cutlass Supreme represents Oldsmobile’s first convertible model in nearly 20 years. It would also be its last. Let’s see if such heady responsibility also comes at a heady cost.
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At $5,200, Would Only A Schnook Pass Up This 1977 Toyota Chinook?
According to the ad, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Chinook “runs and drives excellent” and even comes with a composting commode in which to do your business. Let’s see if its price might also mean business.
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At $12,000, Is This 1989 Volvo 780 Bertone Coupe A Swede Deal?
The interior of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo looks way-more luxurious than anything you’re likely to find at IKEA. Let’s decide if this fancy coupe is saddled with an equally upscale price tag.
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At $8,000, Would You Hop On This 1976 VW Rabbit Diesel?
If your classic car buying demands include crisp Giugiaro styling and unmatched efficiency, then today’s Nice Price or No Dice VW Rabbit may be your cup of clatter. Let’s see if this now classic commuter car has a price that might stir up some demand.
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At $8,200, Is This 1979 Lincoln Continental A Big Deal?
America is a big place, and it was once populated with commensurately big cars, as demonstrated by today’s Nice Price or No Dice Lincoln. Let’s decide if this big car demands a contrastingly small price.
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At $6,750, Is This 1980 BMW 635CSi A Criminally-Good Bargain?
An automatic transmission makes today’s Nice Price or No Dice 635CSi more like a cruiser than a sports coupe. Let’s see what we make of this privately-imported classic Bimmer’s price tag.
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Nostalgia You Can Taste (2)

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The World-Beating First-Gen Cadillac SRX Was Basically A V8 Wagon
Cadillac is doing big things now. The brand is on an EV trajectory with a lineup of electric vehicles that are stylish and technologically advanced. Its regular gas powered line up has seen better days, though. Aside from hot models like the Blackwing cars and the Escalade, most of Cadillac’s internal-combustion lineup is forgettable. That wasn’t the case 20 years ago when models like the original SRX were around.
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1980s Maserati Quattroporte III Got Worse Gas Mileage Than The Bugatti Chiron
I attended the annual Best of France and Italy car show held in Van Nuys, California over the weekend. It’s always one of Los Angeles’ best automotive events of the year since French cars are the best ones and the Italians are second. While chatting with my dear friend and Jalopnik contributor Derek Powell about my favorites from the show, he told me a great trivia fact about the Maserati Quattroporte III from the 1980s: It got truly horrific gas mileage.
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How Ford Built America's Foundational Airliner And Then Quit Building Planes
Ford is synonymous with the automobile because the Model T revolutionized car travel in the United States. It’s difficult to believe that the Ford Trimotor plane did the same in commercial aviation. This is an understandable oversight, considering it’s the only plane ever designed and produced by Ford’s short-lived aviation division before burning $10.3 million.
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The FBI May Finally Know D.B. Cooper's Identity
In 1971, a man going by the name Dan Cooper hijacked a plane, took $200,000 and two parachutes, and vanished into the night sky somewhere over the state of Washington never to be seen or heard from again. Armchair investigators have long theorized where he might have gone, and the FBI thinks he may have never landed from his jump, but new evidence suggests he may have gotten away with it all — only to be caught doing the same thing over again just five months later.
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Ground Crew Involved In 2 Plane Collisions On Same Day At Boston Logan Airport
This Thanksgiving is expected to be the busiest ever for commercial airlines, according to the beloved holiday package fondlers at the Transportation Security Administration. It’s the time of year when people are willing to commit crimes to ensure their flights leave on time. That wasn’t the case at Boston Logan International Airport where there were two separate aircraft collisions on Monday. No one was injured but the pair of incidents doesn’t put the facility’s ground crew in a good light.
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Charlotte Airport Workers Ring In Thanksgiving Travel Week With A Strike
Workers organized with the Service Employees International Union struck at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Monday to protest low wages. The 24-hour strike, called specifically to coincide with the holiday travel season, called for more money and more respect for the folks who keep CLT running,
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Half Of Russia's Airbus A320/321neo Fleet Grounded Due To Lack Of Engine Parts
Turbine jet-powered airplanes are the highest maintenance vehicles on the planes, so being cut off from the necessary firehose of spare parts will have consequences. Currently, half of the Airbus A320neo and 321neo planes in Russia can’t fly due to maintenance issues. Most of the grounded aircraft desperately need new engine parts.
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DHL Cargo Plane Crashes Amid Fears Of Russian Sabotage
Every plane crash is subject to intense scrutiny, but a DHL cargo plane crash in Lithuania on Monday morning has drawn the attention of Europe’s intelligence agencies. The crash killed one crew member and injured three others. The crash is still under investigation but Lithuanian officials haven’t ruled out terrorism considering the uncovered covert Russian effort to put incendiary bombs on DHL planes.
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More Than 130 Escaped Hamsters Ground Plane For Four Days
Officials grounded a plane in Portugal for four days earlier this month after an unlikely cargo came loose and threatened to cause havoc onboard the aircraft. The TAP Air Portugal plane was forced out of service after more than 130 hamsters being transported onboard broke free of their cages and escaped into the plane.
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Vigilante Airline Passengers Duct Tape Man After He Strikes Flight Attendant, Tries To Open Plane Door
On a flight from Milwaukee to Dallas earlier this week, a passenger reportedly tried to take an early exit by politely asking a flight attendant to open the door mid-flight — then forcing her out of the way and trying to open the door himself until fellow passengers restrained him with duct tape.
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Properly Transported Handguns Go Missing At Airport, Presumed Stolen
Seemingly every year, the Transportation Security Administration announces that there’s a new record for guns seized at airport checkpoints and berates air travelers for not following the rules. A U.S. Army veteran and her husband followed said rules to the absolute letter however and still had a problem; their handguns went missing at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Monday, presumably stolen.
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Frontier Airlines Gate Agent Shakes Down U.S. Navy Sailor For $50 On Veterans Day
While retailers mainly use Veterans Day as an early sales window to draw in customers before Black Friday, the holiday is intended to honor everyone who has served in America’s military. A Frontier Airlines gate agent allegedly decided to spend November 11 extorting a U.S. Navy sailor. She demanded $50 via Cash App at the boarding desk so the sailor could board his flight, and that was with a military discount.
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Plane Crash At Drag Strip Interrupts NHRA Finals
With speeds over 300 miles per hour, accidents at drag racing’s highest level are only comparable to plane crashes. Fans saw that comparison firsthand when a single-engine Piper PA-32 crashed into an RV lot at Pomona Raceway during the NHRA Finals on Sunday. The pilot and three passengers suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and the championship finale was paused as emergency services responded to the downed Piper.
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Low Cost Spirit Airlines Files For Bankruptcy, Promises All Tickets Remain Valid
Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting losses and stiff competition from rival budget airlines. The American carrier has lost billions since the Covid-19 pandemic and will now work to restructure its debt while continuing to operate flights across the U.S.
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Airbus A380 Flew Nearly 300 Hours With Missing Tool In Its Engine
A Qantas Airbus A380 flew 34 times while a 4-foot-1-inch nylon tool — used to turn the engine’s intermediate-pressure compressor during borescope inspections — was wedged inside one of its Rolls-Royce Trent engines. It logged 294 flight hours between December 6, 2023 and January 1, 2024, but the news became public this week.
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American Airlines Flight Nearly Crashes Into Mountain In Hawaii
When travelers say they hope to reach their destination in one piece, they sometimes mean it literally. An American Airlines flight departing Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu on Wednesday performed “an expedited climb” to avoid colliding with a mountain. During the incident, the Airbus A321neo’s proximity warning didn’t sound and air traffic control ordered the flight crew to take avoiding action.
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Conspiracy Theorists Rejoice! Globalists Aim To Eliminate Contrails During UN Summit
Since the dawn of commercial jet travel, the uninformed masses have looked up at the skies and assumed the vapor trailing off of airliners was the government covertly spraying chemicals over the country. Contrails will be a topic of discussion at this month’s COP29 summit in OPEC+ member-state Azerbaijan. A recent study found that airlines could alter flight paths to cut contrail warming by over 50 percent for just $5 per ticket.
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Autonomous Black Hawks Are Fighting Forest Fires Now
Aerial firefighter is the coolest job in the world, if you ask me. These skilled pilots fly ludicrously low to the ground to pick up water and dump it on burning woodland to save communities and wildlife. The livelihoods of those awesome people are under threat, however, as an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter has just shown that robots can do the job just as well.
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Apple AirTag Update Will Allow Disgruntled Passengers To Flood Airlines With Lost Bag Locations
It’s a ubiquitous airline nightmare to arrive at your destination without any of your packed clothes because the carrier lost your luggage. Apple is preparing an update for AirTags to allow users to share the device’s location starting next month and the tech giant collaborated with multiple airlines to create a system where disgruntled passengers can share their lost bags’ locations.
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Spirit Flight To Haiti Hit By Gunfire Forcing Airlines To Halt Services
A Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to Haiti’s Port-Au-Prince was diverted to the Dominican Republic Monday after the plane gangs fired at the plane. The shots damaged the plane, left a flight attendant with minor injuries and resulted in several airlines cancelling flights to Haiti until at least Thursday.
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Too Many Cockroaches To Count Found In Airplane Meal Kitchens
Unless you travel exclusively on private jets, there’s a good chance that the food you’ve been served on your flights has been pretty awful. The lows to which airline food drops is much worse than some dry chicken or under seasoned potatoes, however; everything from live mice to dead cockroaches have turned up in in-flight meals served by the world’s airlines.
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HondaJet Hits Car In Arizona Crash, Killing 5 [Update]
A Honda HA-420, better known as the HondaJet, crashed outside of Phoenix, Arizona Tuesday, hitting a fence and finally colliding with a car. The crash took place at about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday evening at Falcon Field Airport in the city of Mesa, CNN reports. A spokesperson for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department has confirmed to the news outlet that five people died in the crash.
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Portland Airport's Llama Therapy Is Not Expansive Enough
If flying isn’t stressful for you, I’m jealous. For the rest of us, Portland International Airport offers an animal therapy program featuring big, adorable llamas. Every few weeks, the fluffy creatures visit the terminal so travelers can pack their worries away for a moment or two. While more airports should launch their own llama cuddling services, we should keep mouth-to-mouth kissing at a minimum.
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Raccoon Jumps The Check-In Line At LaGuardia
A recent modernization helped LaGuardia Airport in New York City shake off its reputation as one of the worst major airports in the country, however, a raccoon plummeting from the ceiling over the Spirit Airlines check-in desk immediately gave airline passengers a taste of the old LaGuardia. Spirit already had a notable incident with another large rodent just last month.
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Russia Suspected Of Putting Incendiary Bombs On Planes Headed To The U.S.
Western intelligence officials are accusing Russia of orchestrating a covert operation to ignite incendiary devices on cargo and passenger planes headed for the United States. The scheme first came to light in July after small explosions happened at DHL logistics hubs in Leipzig, Germany and Birmingham, England. At least five people have been arrested on charges related to the plot.
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Mysterious Banging Forces Boeing 777 To Return To Airport
When an airline flight returns to its departure airport, it’s typically for a mechanical issue. An American Airlines flight from Buenos Aires to New York diverted back to the Argentine capital after passengers heard a mysterious banging noise coming from the cargo hold. However, police couldn’t find a single soul beneath the passenger cabin after the Boeing 777 touched down.
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Boeing 737 Max Fails To Pressurize After Bird Strike Shatters Window
Another issue has befallen a Boeing 737 Max aircraft shortly after takeoff, but this time it might not be the cursed plane maker’s fault. A 737 Max from Toronto was forced to return to the airport after a bird strike smashed its front windshield and left the aircraft unable to pressurize.
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Elvis Presley's Private Jets Were Caught Up In An FBI Sting To Catch Money Launderers
An abandoned jet that once belonged to Elvis Presely captured our hearts here at Jalopnik over the past year. After laying to rust in the desert for decades, the aging Lockheed Jetstar was saved and has been transformed into a luxurious RV by a budding mechanic who has now uncovered some of the jet’s dark secrets.
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Missing $135 Million F-35 Flew For Over 70 Miles After Pilot Ejected Too Early
The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing released its command investigation on Thursday into how an F-35B fighter jet crashed with its transponder off and went missing in South Carolina last year. The report concludes that the pilot incorrectly determined that the F-35 was out of control and ejected from the plane too soon. The jet flew for 11 minutes and 21 seconds after the ejection before crashing.The pilot attempted to land the F-35 at Joint Base Charleston using instruments during a heavy thunderstorm
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2025 Porsche Taycan GTS Is The Gold Standard Of Performance EVs
Gold is so in right now. It’s become a popular new car color for the chic luxury set, and I’m not just saying that because I bought myself a stunning gold car earlier this year. In the fashion and architecture industries, gold is having a renewed moment. Hell, actual gold just hit an all-time high. I’m also thinking of gold because it’s awards season, my personal favorite season, and we’re coming off of a fantastic Olympics. If there were an automotive Olympics, or an automotive Oscar to give ou
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2025 Porsche 911 Carrera T Is Perfectly Tailored For Discerning Manual Enthusiasts
Porsche really wants you to know that the new 992.2 facelift of the 911 Carrera T comes only with a manual transmission. Big stickers on the side windows show the shift pattern, as do the puddle lights. The 917-inspired shift knob is made of wood and impossible to miss when you glance inside; if you do miss it, there’s a badge that says MT at the base of it, as well as the shift pattern etched into the passenger side of the dashboard. If that wasn’t enough, you can get plenty of contrasting-colo
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What's The Best Example Of Platform Sharing?
People have lamented how similar new cars all seem to look for decades, but car manufacturers don’t seem to share that concern. You see, automakers spend billions of dollars developing new vehicle platforms, fine-tuning things like structural rigidity, sound insulation, handling characteristics and more, so they naturally want to maximize the return on their investment. What’s a cost-effective way to do that? Commonly, it’s done by developing modular platforms that can be lengthened and shortene
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What's The Best Car For An After-Dinner Holiday Cruise?
Even if you have the perfect family or group of friends, dinner during the holidays can be stressful. Whether it’s arguments about politics or pop culture, problems with the cooking or hosting, or maybe just built-up tension from work or other things, you’ll probably want to go for a relaxing drive after dinner to digest the food and the conversation. What’s the best car for that post-dinner holiday cruise?
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These Are Automakers That Should Join F1 Next, According To Our Readers
We learned this week that Formula 1 finally approved Cadillac to compete as a constructor starting in 2026. Apparently, Andretti’s involvement was an issue, but eventually they worked things out, and we couldn’t be more excited.
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These Are The Worst Automotive Rebrands Of All Time
Last week was a big one for armchair design experts, after everyone and their moms decided they had an opinion on the branding of Jaguar’s a controversial rebrand. The critique of the new design language got us thinking, is there any way it could be the worst automotive rebrand of all time?
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Which Automaker Should Join F1 Next?
If you’re a Formula 1 fan or just a fan or racing in general, Monday was probably a big day for you. Nearly two years after Andretti Global joined forces with Cadillac Racing in a bid to compete in Formula 1, it’s officially happening. Starting in 2026, Cadillac will go up against teams such as Ferrari and McLaren in the most prestigious racing series in the world. There’s no telling how competitive they’ll be in their first season, but unless you count Scarab, this will be the first time an Ame
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These Are The Most Embarrassing Cars On Sale Today
We’re living in embarrassing times, folks, which means you’re probably better off if your car isn’t embarrassing as well. Unfortunately for some, there are a lot of vehicles out there that are downright humiliating to be caught behind the wheel of. That’s what led me to my question from last week.
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What's The Worst Automotive Rebrand Of All Time?
I don’t know if you saw the news this week, but British marque Jaguar unveiled a fresh new look ahead of the launch of its new battery-powered cars and people on the internet had some opinions about the refresh. Personally, I think it looks alright, it’s a bit flat and I prefer some texture in my logos, but it was definitely needed for a company that has basically peddled the same British stereotypes for 100 years now.
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These Are Your Worst Experiences At The DMV
Everyone has a bad DMV story or two, right? Earlier this week we asked our readers to tell us about a particularly bad trip to the department of motor vehicles. While a lot of what happens there is important to how cars and drivers stay legal, register to vote, or pay for important services, it’s still an unpleasant place to spend a day. One DMV staffer in a bad mood or making a stand could throw a wrench in your whole month. The readers did not disappoint, providing 15 stories that help explain
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What's The Most Embarrassing Car On Sale Today
Nobody likes to feel or be embarrassed, but sometimes their car choices just leave the rest of us no choice but to point out how embarrassing their choice was. That idea is what has led me to today’s question.
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These Are Your Worst Mechanic Stories
We asked our readers earlier this week to share their worst experiences with a mechanic. The responses featured independent shops, manufacturer service centers and a few confessions of incompetence. Beyond the thread of botched repair, there were also plenty of mechanics who squeezed every dollar they could out of customers without any other option. Without further ado, here are your worst mechanic stories:
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What Was Your Worst DMV Experience?
The Department of Motor Vehicles is a grey and tan liminal space where dreams go to die. Take a number, wait in line, an irritated overworked government employee tells you that you forgot some obscure piece of paper, you’ll have to come back some other time, but now it’s illegal to drive your car. Nothing happens quickly, and nobody in the building even remembers what happiness feels like. Aside from paying your taxes every year, the DMV is the place most Americans come face-to-face with The Gov
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These Are The Cars Stellantis Should Bring Back To Save Itself
Stellantis’ current situation isn’t great. From production stoppages to big changes for new vehicle intros and potentially selling off brands in the portfolio, it seems like the automaker’s management is scrambling to figure things out. As the company’s management doesn’t seem to know what to do, we asked our readers what cars from Chrysler’s past they think Stellantis should bring back to right the ship. These were your best answers.
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What Are Your Worst Mechanic Stories?
Very few people ever look forward to taking their car to a mechanic. No matter what you do, you’ll probably have to take your car for a dreaded trip to a garage to see a mechanic. We all worry that the garage will overcharge for service, and it could admittedly be even worse than that. The mechanic could fail to fix the issue you came in for, or even exacerbate the problem.
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What Car Should Stellantis Bring Back To Save Itself?
Stellantis is in trouble: Dealers are sitting on thousands of cars they can’t sell, even with discounts, there’s been rumors of brands that could be sold off and sales are so bad with some brands that their CEO has had to speak to foreign governments about their performance. Worse yet, aside from Jeep and Ram, nearly every other brand under its portfolio has either a nonexistent lineup or a shrinking one.
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These Are The Cars Automakers Should Build After Elon Musk Kills The Pesky NHTSA
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to put Elon Musk in charge of cutting the federal budget, which means he may have power to overhaul the meddling National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that’s always interfering with his car company. This poses an interesting question: If Musk strips regulators of their enforcement budgets, what kind of cars should automakers start building? We asked you that very question earlier this week, and today we’re combing through your answers for the be
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These Cars Scream MAGA
I have made a terrible realization. Every car is a MAGA car now. So many goddamn people voted for Trump’s second term on November 5 that it’s impossible to say what is a MAGA car and what isn’t a MAGA car, so that’s something we’re all going to have to deal with. Still, some cars are still certainly more MAGA-forward than others, and that’s what led me to my question from earlier this week.
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These Are The Automotive Gimmicks You Love To Hate
The automotive world is filled with amazing technology and design choices, like vented seats and the rear quarter of the Kia EV6. There are also some automotive additions that leave us questioning the great car designers in the sky, the kind of features that leave you asking, why?
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What's The Most MAGA Car?
On November 5, tens of millions of Americans proudly went to the polls and said “I’d like some more of whatever was going on in the late-2010s.” Donald Trump is set to become the president once again, and he did it on the backs of folks who are very proud of what he’s done. He tapped into something about the American psyche in a very big way using bumper sticker slogans and misleading messaging. Some of that even ended up on peoples’ cars.
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What Cars Should Automakers Build After Elon Musk Kills The Pesky NHTSA?
Elon Musk will be in charge of the federal budget next year, from which he’s promised to cut a truly impossible amount of money. But you don’t find $2 trillion just by cutting your entire staff so nothing works except your burned-out employees — you need to take more drastic measures, like cutting the things that cost real money: Regulations. Also Social Security and Medicare.
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What's One Automotive Gimmick You Love To Hate?
The modern car is a pretty marvelous thing when you think about it. They can have slick styling, luxurious interiors packed with all kinds of creature comforts and come with more technology than you can shake a stick at. Some features on new cars, however, are just there to get people talking.
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Here Are All Of The Worst Things Jalopnik Readers Have Done To Their Cars
We all do dumb things sometimes. It’s okay to admit it. Earlier this week we asked our readers to tell us all about the worst thing they ever did to their car. Some of these responses are downright heartbreaking, so buckle up for a little bit of automotive sadness. If you have your own story that you’d like to tell to commiserate, you can drop your own worst thing in the comments below.
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What's The Worst Thing You've Ever Done To Your Car?
We all make mistakes. Some are worse than others, and some we didn’t even realize were mistakes at the time. I’ve done a lot of stupid shit with cars over the 20 years that I’ve been a legally licensed driver. Thankfully none of my dumb things have resulted in anyone’s injury, though I suppose I’ve injured a few cars and bikes. Like the time I ran too many highway miles at high speed in my Nissan Figaro and snapped the rocker shaft clean in half (above). It was something I could fix myself, but
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What's The Most Presidential Vehicle Of All Time?
Welp, here we are again. Every four years the anxiety, horror and glory of our electoral system plays out, and every year I think the same thing: I wonder what kind of car the new (or old) president will use? There are so many different vehicles that have transported the Commander-In-Chief around this great nation of ours, but the first one that springs to my mind in the 1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limo.
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What's The Most Irrelevant Automaker?
It can be challenging to gauge the relevance of any automaker, but you can generally feel it. For example, how many recent Jaguars do you see on the road? When was the last time you’ve seen anyone get excited for a Chrysler that wasn’t a 300? You know, the Chrysler 300, the vehicle famous for resembling a car produced by a different automaker.
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These Cars Have The Coolest Badges And Logos
Badges and logos are supposed to be simple symbols or graphics that are meant to represent something else, and in the wonderful world of capitalism, brand recognition is important. Having an easily identifiable logo means consumers are subconsciously aware of a company’s presence. Last week, we asked you lot what cars have the coolest logos or badges, and you did not disappoint. From elaborate animals to single letters to celestial constellations, your answers ran the gamut. There were lots of g
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These Are The Discontinued Off-Roaders That Deserve A Modern Revival
Earlier this week I asked you all to pick your favorite discontinued off-road vehicles that you think deserve a modern revival, inspired by the recent reveal of the electric Scout Traveler and Terra. My personal choice was the AMC Eagle, one of the first true crossovers that came in six body styles. Your picks ran the gamut from true body-on-frame SUVs to funky compact trucks and obscure luxury models.
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Land Rover Is Taking The Defender To Dakar
With the Dakar Rally just weeks away from kicking off the 47th edition of the famed event, held for the sixth time in Saudi Arabia, Land Rover announces its intentions to compete head-to-head with Ford in the top class for the 2026 event. The British company is building a Defender-looking machine as part of a “multi-year” effort. Beginning this year Defender will be the official partner of the event, supplying vehicles for recce, event support, and transportation for VIPs and officials. The deta
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Cadillac Will Be The First American Factory Constructor In F1 History
It’ll be a battle for the ages when Ford and General Motors face off on the Formula 1 grid in 2026. Ford will be working with Red Bull Powertrains to build engines from that point forward, while Cadillac will partner with Andretti Global to enter a Ferrari-powered car as the 11th team. Sorry Europe, you had your time in the spotlight, this is an American sport now. The 2026 Cadillac is ushering in a new era of good old-fashioned American whoop ass.
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Formula 1 Driver Yuki Tsunoda Was Detained And Harassed By U.S. Border Officials For 3 Hours
Japanese F1 driver Yuki Tsunoda has raced for the Red Bull junior team for four seasons now, and has travelled to the U.S. for work at least eight times. For reasons that still aren’t completely clear, the 24-year-old driver was detained for several hours when he flew to Las Vegas for the Grand Prix weekend. Immigration officials apparently did not believe that Tsunoda was who he claimed to be, despite the entire city being more or less shut down for the race weekend famously happening on the st
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Andretti Nearing F1 Entry Approval, And All It Took Was Michael Andretti Leaving
Formula One Management is reversing its staunch opposition to Andretti Global becoming F1’s 11th team. The championship’s organizer is close to approving the entry of the General Motors-backed bid for the 2026 season, and Michael Andretti stepping down as majority owner of the racing team that bears his family name is purportedly the most significant factor behind the reversal.
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The Las Vegas Grand Prix Smells Like Weed
Nevada arguably offers more personal freedoms than any of its 49 star-spangled siblings, with just about everything you could think of being legal, from prostitution and gambling to dumbass tunnels, guns and weed. The state legalized recreational use of cannabis during the 2016 election cycle, and use of the mind-altering compound has grown steadily in the state since, totaling around 4.4 million pounds per year. Around 20 percent of state residents consume cannabis regularly, and this year the
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This Hayabusa Turbo-Powered Peugeot Is The Hottest Hatch
Javier Villa, one of the world’s greatest hillclimbers, debuted his new Peugeot 205 T16 race car for the 2024 season. OK, so there’s actually very little Peugeot 205 T16 left in this machine, and it’s mostly a “full on prototype” underneath the bodywork, but that’s a big part of what makes it great. With a 450-horsepower turbocharged Suzuki 1340cc powering the rear wheels, it kind of doesn’t matter what the car looks like, it’s going to be incredibly fast either way. The fact that this whole low
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The Las Vegas Grand Prix Could Be The Coldest F1 Race In History
For the second year running the Formula 1 race in the desert metropolis of Las Vegas, Nevada is throwing another challenge at the 20 drivers on the grid, the biting cold. As I sit here writing this, it is currently 38 degrees in Las Vegas. The coldest Grand Prix on record was the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix, which was held at a race low of 41 degrees. The night race on the Vegas strip could get that low. The engines powering each of the Grand Prix cars will thrive in the oxygen-dense cold air, but
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This Is What Happens When You Give A Rally Driver An F1 Car
Formula 1 feels a little bit like it has been intentionally siloed off from the rest of motorsport, like it’s an impenetrable fortress. That’s what makes it all the more exciting when an “outsider” gets to try their skills aboard an F1 car. Even highly-controlled corporate events like this one, featuring an old chassis from the pre-halo days to get around F1 testing regulations, are still fun to see. Toyota WRC driver Kalle Rovanperä stepped into the 2012 championship-winning Red Bull RB8 for so
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Here's How Netflix Built 22 Replica F1 Cars For The Senna Miniseries
Having a Senna television series without any race cars in it would be absurd, but it would be impractical, if not impossible, to get all of the great racing cars of his career out for months of filming and running them on track. So Netflix worked with Argentinian sports car manufacturer Crespi to build two dozen-ish race car replicas in order to properly film scenes for the show. Each car was built from scans and drawings of the original machines, and some of the chassis were interchangeable wit
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Jimmy Kimmel Shocked To Learn Women Can Drive From French F1 Academy Star
Twenty-year-old Doriane Pin is perhaps the most charming and charismatic member of the F1 Academy paddock, with a mile-wide smile that matches her driving talent. After absolutely smoking everyone in the 2022 Ferrari Challenge Europe series and taking a class win at the 24 Hours of Spa, she’s been a hot commodity in the driver market, and has ambitions of making it to F1. For 2024 she has joined Prema Racing and the Mercedes Junior Program for the all-women F1 Academy series, where she’s fightin
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Life Is Beautiful: Alpine Will Run An All-Pink Livery Again
It’s been a rough few weeks lately in the F1 world, what with the series taking a hiatus ahead of the Las Vegas/Qatar/Abu Dhabi triple-header to end the 2024 season. With festivities kicking off in Las Vegas shortly for the second Grand Prix of a three-year contract in the city, Alpine has given everyone something to cheer about by unveiling a return to its all-pink livery. The Alpink is back, baby, and I could not be more excited.
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You're Lewis Hamilton Driving Ayrton Senna's McLaren In The Rain
It’s the weekend of the 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, there are grandstands full of Brazilian fans cheering loudly, and the Honda Heritage mechanics just fired up the 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V10 mounted just inches from your head. You’re sitting in the exact McLaren MP4/5B chassis that your childhood hero Ayrton Senna drove to his 1990 World Championship. The track is empty and the rain is pouring down, but you’re one of the most talented racing drivers in the history of the sport. There’s no
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Here's How Williams Rebuilt Two Trashed F1 Cars In Time For The Las Vegas Grand Prix
Formula 1 sees highly strung athletes compete week in, week out on some of the most demanding race tracks around the world. The races aren’t always plain sailing, and the 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix was a nightmare for the Williams team with both its drivers crashing out in spectacular style. Now, the team has lifted the lid on how it repairs and rebuilds cars that are destroyed on a race weekend.
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Should I Defy Death To Chase Glory By Buying This Liter-Bike-Powered Screamliner?
Building a motorcycle-powered land speed record streamliner race car from scratch is an ordeal. Just ask Superfast Matt, who has been working on his for a couple of years now. When it comes to race cars, it’s almost always better, faster, and cheaper to buy someone’s finished project than to kick off your own. Which is why the Screamliner, recently posted for sale on Racing Junk and conveniently located just 35 miles from my house, is so appealing. According to the listing this machine has alrea
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Jorge Martin's MotoGP Championship Is The First For An Independent Rider In 24 Years
26-year-old Jorge Martin Almoguera, nicknamed The Martinator, became the fifth Spanish-born MotoGP champion in history and the first to win a title for an independent squad since Valentino Rossi took the 2001 laurels for Nastro Azzurro Honda. It was clear that the Ducati was the bike to have for 2024, as the Italian marque found victory in 19 of this year’s 20 Grand Prix season races, three of them belonging to Martin.
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The WRC Hybrid Era Is Over Way Too Soon
The World Rally Championship has always positioned itself as the pinnacle of international rally competition, and the move to hybrid powertrains for the 2022 season was indicative of its desire to be a technology test bed for the manufacturers in the sport while increasing the power, speed, and spectacle of the top Rally1 class. Effective last weekend, the FIA has decided to scrap the whole plan and take a few giant steps backward with simpler lower-power cars.
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Diabetic Racer Tapes Starlink To His Helmet So He Could Facetime With His Mother During The Baja 1000
Ben Hundter finished the 2024 Baja 1000 after sharing the ride on the number 279X Sportsman Moto class Sherco with his brother David. He rolled into the finish line with a time of 31 hours and 30 minutes, good enough for second in class. That’s pretty impressive considering Hundter was hauling a bunch of extra weight and a virtual passenger. With a huge Jackery battery duct taped to his rear fender, a SpaceX Starlink Mini duct taped to his helmet, and his mother on Facetime duct taped across his
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Aston Martin Valkyrie GTP Performing About As Well As Its Last Prototype
The new Aston Martin Valkyrie GTP racer is just the brand’s third attempt at building a top-flight endurance racing sports car since 1989. Last weekend marked the car’s first test sessions at Daytona International Raceway with factory-supported Heart Of Racing’s one-car entry and, while it was a preliminary event for a brand new car and it sounded fantastic, it didn’t look particularly quick. It isn’t looking quite as dire as the much maligned Aston AMR-One effort of 2011, but it’s not much bett
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Michael Schumacher Made History In This Ferrari And Now Some Talentless Jabroni Is Going To Buy It
You don’t have a fraction of the talent that Michael Schumacher held in his left pinky finger, but if you have enough money you can buy the car he used to win his final races. Fighting tooth-and-nail with eventual champion Fernando Alonso in 2006, Schumi used this chassis as a tool to win the San Marino, European, United States, French, and German Grands Prix.
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Porsche's New All-Wheel-Drive Electric Open Wheeler Is Quicker Than An F1 Car
Porsche’s António Félix da Costa is testing his newly revamped 99X Electric at a track near Madrid, Spain this week, and it’s entirely possible that this is the quickest car to ever carry the Porsche badge in history. The all-electric open wheeler is capable of a 1.82-second 0-60 sprint, which is about 14 hundredths of a second quicker than the more-powerful Taycan GT street car can manage, and four tenths quicker than the 918 Spyder hybrid hypercar. Perhaps even more amazingly, this is about 30
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F1 Is Moving The Monaco Grand Prix To June, But It Should Have Moved It To The Trash
The Monaco Grand Prix is a processional shitshow that isn’t worth watching. The narrow streets and tight corners of the principality’s once-blue riband event are ill served by the ever longer and wider specifications of car mandated by Formula 1 in the modern era. Passing is next to impossible, so Monaco is boiled down to a single qualifying session to find any excitement whatsoever. Some of the best drivers of all time have won at Monaco, but it’s well past time for the race to be retired from
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This Is What America Sounds Like
Here’s a hot take for you: I think Steve Saleen’s monstrous 760-horsepower NASCAR-engine S7 was the last time any kind of hypercar actually moved the needle. It looked like a spaceship in a good way, not in the stretched and blobby way they all do now. And it sounded like Hades himself was rising up from the underworld to tear existence asunder, instead of an overboosted hair dryer. Sure, modern hypercars are faster and quicker, but are they more emotionally resonant? Do they make your heart ach
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Watch A Drag Race Between (3 Of) The Quickest Production Cars On Earth
If you want your car to have all-out straight line speed, your best move now is to get the instant-on torque of an EV — but which EV? To help you through this truly difficult and oh-so-common buying question, the folks over at DragTimes have compiled a helpful guide: A drag race between the Lucid Air Sapphire, the Rimac Nevera, and the Tesla Model S Plaid.
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What Happens When You Pit Two F1 Drivers Against Each Other On A Dirt Short Track?
Energy drinks company and F1 chassis manufacturer Red Bull really likes to make its drivers do some pretty absurd stunts while they are visiting the U.S. for the three Formula 1 rounds held here. This year, ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas, The Visa Cash App RB duo of Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson were blindfolded, slammed in the back of a windowless van, and taken against their will (I imagine) to a small dirt track outside of Austin for a head-to-head showdown.
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NASCAR Fans Are Calling Logano's Playoff Championship Illegitimate. He Says That's 'A Bunch Of Bull****' And I Agree
NASCAR got the season-ending “Game 7 Moment” it has been chasing since instituting the Playoffs points system in 2004 last weekend, and fans are pretty pissed off about it. The 2024 Cup Series champion, Joey Logano, secured his third title with the worst average season-long finishing position in NASCAR history. Across the full season Logano finished in an average position of 17.1, securing just four race victories (plus an All-Star Race win). It was a come-from-behind victory that saw him win wh
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After Nearly 100 Years A Factory-Built Blower Bentley Has Completed A 24-Hour Race Without Blowing Up
Bentley absolutely dominated endurance racing in the pre-war era, winning Le Mans five times between 1924 and 1930. You might associate those wins with the famed Bentley Boys and the almighty “Blower Bentley,” but it may surprise you to learn a Blower never even finished a 24-hour event until last week. All of Bentley’s endurance success is owed to the naturally-aspirated three-liter, four-and-a-half-liter, and the ultimate Speed Six.
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NASCAR 'Could Care Less' If Michael Jordan's Team Is On The Grid In 2025
Embroiled in a legal battle with the sanctioning body, 23XI Racing had its sights on winning its first NASCAR championship this weekend with Tyler Reddick driving the 45 car. Unfortunately Reddick’s sixth place finish fell just short of Team Penske’s Joey Logano, who won the race and the championship in the final round of the playoffs. 23XI team boss Denny Hamlin was really hoping to end what could be the team’s final season in NASCAR with a championship victory. During the season-ending race we
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F1 Polices Drivers' Language Like They're Children, And For Some Reason, Drivers Don't Like That
There are some truly awful people on the internet, but if you judge based purely on how annoying they are, it’s hard to do much worse than the Language Police. Whether they’re whining about not being able to take you seriously because you said, “shit,” or attacking you for daring to use language they don’t want their toddler reading, it feels like they’re everywhere, and they suck. Unfortunately for Formula 1 drivers, they work for one of those people, and they’ve had enough of it of his bullshi
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Sauber Ditches Both Of Its F1 Drivers Ahead Of Audi Takeover
Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber announced on Wednesday that Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu won’t be returning to the team after three seasons with the Swiss team. F1’s worst-performing team is desperately attempting to right a sinking ship before becoming Audi’s factory team in 2026.
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Lamborghini Kills FIA WEC Program After One Season Of Terrible Finishes
Lamborghini’s inaugural season as a Le Mans Hypercar constructor in the FIA World Endurance Championship ended about as ignominiously as it possibly could have, with a DNF classification at the recent 8 Hours of Bahrain. Across the eight-race season, Lamborghini only managed to finish five times, with an average finishing position of 13th in a 19-car class. Lamborghini did not do well for itself on its first run, and as a result has decided to pull out of the series altogether. Part of the issue
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NASCAR Track Abandoned In 1968 Still Home To Incredible Vintage Racecars
NASCAR has been racing across America since the 1940s and has hosted events in states from Oregon to Alabama. If you want to visit one of those tracks to soak up some of the NASCAR atmosphere, you’d normally have to fork out hundreds of dollars for a race day ticket, but you can actually explore a historic NASCAR race location while out enjoying the peace and tranquility of the countryside.
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Toyota Is Sending A $13,600 Pickup Truck Racing
Truck racing out in Thailand is extremely cool, with its production-based pickups that make our American NASCAR trucks look like Le Mans prototypes. Yet Toyota has found a way to up the coolness ante, by offering a Gazoo Racing-backed race-ready version of its cheapest pickup: The Toyota Hilux Champ.
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Red Bull Accuses Its F1 Rivals Of Using Water Trick In Tires
Amid a close title fight with McLaren, Red Bull Racing is accusing several of its F1 rivals of injecting water into their tires to gain a competitive advantage. Pirelli, F1’s sole tire supplier, found no evidence to back Red Bull’s claims but the FIA’s investigation is still ongoing.Before Max Verstappen’s brilliant victory at Interlagos on Sunday, Red Bull went four months without a race win. The team’s descent from its previous dominant position has clearly created frustrations fueling accusa
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Porsche Built The LMP2000 To Win Le Mans And Killed The Program Before It Could Ever Race
For 25 years Porsche has kept its LMP2000 in the deep dark caverns of its private museum collection, rarely showing the car to anyone outside the company’s payroll. In recent weeks, for the anniversary of its first test, Porsche Heritage had the car recommissioned and returned to the track for open lapping with one of the drivers who tested it in 1999, three-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish. For a car with such promise on the international racing stage to have died an ignominious death in obscur
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Max Verstappen's Incredible Performance At The Brazilian Grand Prix May Have Been The Best In F1 History
Flawless. Unimpeachable. Masterclass. There are so many words you could use to describe Max Verstappen’s run from 17th to the race victory on Sunday, but somehow none of them are enough. This was, I believe, the defining race of Max Verstappen’s career in Formula 1, and possibly the defining race of F1 history. I’ve never seen anything quite like this. On a day when every other driver on the grid was caught up in unforced error after unforced error, Max simply put his head down and screamed thro
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2024 Nissan Rogue Is The Most Crossover Crossover To Ever Crossover
The 2024 Nissan Rogue isn’t a car for folks like you and me. We’re more into things that lights our souls on fire, makes us fizz or any other number of cliches, but stuff like that isn’t important to the vast majority of car buyers. Most buyers just want something that is reasonably priced, well thought out and has just enough creature comforts to make you feel like life is worth living. That’s exactly where the Nissan Rogue comes in, and it’s why the compact crossover was the ninth best-selling
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Toyota's GR86 Hakone Edition Looks As Good As It Goes
I am of the firm belief that if everyone drove a Toyota GR86 Hakone Edition, the world would be a better place. It’s damn near impossible to drive this car without it pasting a smile across your face, and even after you’re done driving it just looks so damn good you’re compelled to keep peeking over your shoulder as you walk away to get another glance. OK, so it doesn’t have to be the Hakone Edition, but the exclusive Ridge Green with matte bronze wheels is worth the price premium. I got an oppo
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2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Is An Even More Track-Focused Super Sedan For People Who Love Driving
If you told anyone in the automotive industry 21 years ago that Cadillac would eventually produce the most driver-centric and trackable manual transmission super sedan on the market, you would lose all credibility for making such an outlandish claim. Once Cadillac introduced the first CTS-V in 2004, the world started to see the dynamic potential that the brand possessed. No longer was Cadillac perceived as the preferred method of transportation for the folks whose version of excitement was catch
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Skip The Yule Log And Gather Around NASA's Rocket Engine Fireplace This Holiday
The nights are drawing in, the weather is getting colder and the big coats are being dug out the attic. This means that instead of spending your nights drinking on trendy terraces, working away on your car in the driveway or kicking a ball around with friends, you’re probably wrapped up inside drinking a hot cocoa, right?
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Japan's Flagship Rocket Engine Exploded During Testing For The Second Time
We’re always told that rocket science is the hardest form of science out there and a raft of explosions on the launch pad in recent months makes me inclined to agree. Now, a Japanese rocket engine test has ended in disaster after the engines of a new smaller spacecraft exploded during a combustion test in southwest Japan.
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NASA Found An Abandoned Military Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice
Back in 1959, the Army Corp of Engineers carved its own Echo Base into the Greenland ice as a testbed for launching nuclear missiles from Arctic locations. The base was abandoned in 1967, but a new scan from NASA shows it’s still sitting 100 feet below the ice — along with all its radioactive waste.
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Russia Says Don't Mind The Toxic Odor And Biohazard Suits, Everything's Fine On The ISS
We’ve all had a problem roommate at some point in our lives, but probably not in low Earth orbit. Roscosmos received an unmanned Progress resupply spacecraft on the International Space Station last Saturday. When cosmonauts cracked open the hatch, everyone smelled an unexplained odor and there were droplets in the air. The incident launched yet another inquiry into something going wrong on the Russian side of the ISS.
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NASA Could Force SpaceX To Fly A Toyota To The Moon
NASA’s return to the moon has been plagued by delays and spiraling costs, which means it could now fall to privateer firms like SpaceX to take us back to the surface of the moon. If the Elon Musk-backed company is given NASA’s contract to fly to the moon, it could end up carrying a new electric vehicle into orbit, and it won’t be one assembled by Tesla.
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NASA May Have Already Killed Life On Mars
When Vikings landed on Lindisfarne’s shores in 793, slaughtering the local English populace and pillaging the monastery of valuable relics beyond their cultural comprehension, they ushered in a new age of raiding and trading across Europe. More than 1000 years later, NASA’s Viking 1 lander might have done almost the same when it touched down on the Martian surface in 1976, based on new commentary published in the scientific journal Nature.
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$10,000 Generation Ship Design Contest Aims To Be First Step In Settling The Galaxy
Many believe that it’s humanity’s destiny to venture out into the unknown and settle on distant worlds. There’s only one dilemma: How do we get there? A $10,000 competition launched earlier this month hopes to find the most innovative designs for a feasible generation spaceship. The general concept sees the ship’s initial occupants living out the rest of their lives onboard with their descendants stepping off the craft on the destination planet.
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India Chasing NASA With Its Own Plans For Moon-Orbiting Space Station
Amid the Artemis program’s launch delays and budget overruns, a second player is entering the race back to the Moon. India announced its intentions to build a space station in orbit around the Moon in 2028, mirroring NASA’s planned Gateway station. While current timetables have Gateway’s first module launched in 2027, any further delays or an outright cancellation would have India beating the United States.
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International Space Station Is Leaking Over 3 Pounds Of Air Per Day And No One Can Agree On Why
With bilateral relations being at their worst since the 1980s and the station’s planned death in sight, persistent air leaks onboard are steadily escalating tensions between NASA and Roscosmos. The American space agency aired its concerns in public during an ISS Advisory Committee last week. The International Space Station’s survival in low Earth orbit hinges on collaboration between the United States and Russia despite being long-standing geopolitical rivals.
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China Unveils New Space Shuttle That Totally Doesn't Look Familiar At All
A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race. China unveiled a new space shuttle last week to keep the Tiangong station supplied as the nation expands its space operations. The Haolong shuttle suspiciously shares the same white with black thermal tile underbelly design as NASA’s retired shuttle.
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NASA Considering Canning Its Primary Rocket Back To The Moon
NASA is racing itself to the Moon in a new Space Race, pitting contractors against each other to produce the most cost-effective means of delivering astronauts to space. However, some of the agency’s partners simply aren’t delivering. NASA is now considering canceling the Space Launch System, the Artemis program’s primary rocket, after near-constant delays and going billions of dollars over budget.
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Pentagon Reverse Engineered Non-Human Technology For Decades: Whistleblower
Despite the constant debunking of UFO sightings, skeptics and grifters claim that aliens have visited Earth in vehicles beyond human comprehension but decided not to implode the planet to build an interstellar bypass. These so-called experts were again given a platform in Congress at a House Oversight hearing on Wednesday titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.”
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Dead Skynet Satellite Mysteriously Drifted To Other Side Of Earth
When people think of spaceflight’s Apollo era, it’s either a bygone period of relentless exploration or it was completely faked. However, relics from that golden era still haunt the frigid black sea above us. A dead British satellite launched in 1969 is now posing a threat to modern spaceflight. Skynet-1A drifted over 22,300 miles from a graveyard position into an area with active satellite traffic. Gravity didn’t pull the satellite, a ground controller moved it.
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SpaceX Is One Step Closer To Killing The International Space Station
The International Space Station is set to die soon, with SpaceX contracted to deal the killing blow sometime in 2030. Now, after a test last Friday from one of the company’s Dragon rockets docked to the station, SpaceX is one step closer to killing the ISS for good.
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Breaking: Elon Musk Has No Idea How The Speed Of Light Or Satellite Communication Works
During a meeting with the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, an internal NASA working crew dedicated to supporting missions to Mars included a pitch from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deploy Starlink satellites around the red planet to create “Marslink.” Having a thick layer of satellites around Mars would certainly make transmission easier, as it would make the comms target larger than the planet itself and would likely speed up intra-Mars comms when that becomes necessary. But it probably won’t
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Space Travel Damages Astronauts At The Cellular Level
Space, the final frontier, is an environment so inhospitable and vast that it could only be compared to traversing the world’s oceans during the Age of Sail. While sailors struggled to fight scurvy two centuries ago, astronauts today now face the threat of damage at the cellular level.
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Satellite Damage Spotted Using Selfie Footage
Space might be a vacuum, but it certainly isn’t empty. Kongsberg NanoAvionics revealed on Wednesday that one of its MP42 satellites was struck by a tiny unidentified object, speculated to be either space debris or a micrometeoroid. A quarter-inch hole was punched into a solar panel. How did the smallsat company discover the impact? The satellite took a selfie.
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Pokémon Go Was A Plot To Use Your Data To Fast Track An AI-Slop Google Maps Competitor
Niantic, the privately-held Pokémon Go app parent company, brought the augmented-reality app to the masses in July of 2016, and the game made it onto over a billion phones before 2019. Statistically you’ve probably played it, but in case you haven’t, players of the game must travel to locations in the physical world to find new Pokemon and battle other users. By strategically placing PokéStops and Pokémon Gyms the company was able to grab images and scans of locations that even Google doesn’t ha
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Wall Street Analyst Thinks Removing Steering Wheels And Brake Pedals Will Make AVs Cheaper Than Regular Cars
Investors are all abuzz right now on the news that Donald Trump will make it easier to get autonomous cars on the roads. Tesla stock shot up on the news, and Wall Street analysts justified the jump by saying much of the company’s value is based on its AI efforts. Here’s the issue: The analysts are wrong, and autonomous cars are not the market godsend they’re expecting.
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America 'Shooting Itself In The Foot' With Mexico Tariffs
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 27, 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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Tesla Won't Be Part Of California's EV Tax Credit
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 26, 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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Tesla And Rivian Finally Approaching A Settlement Over Tech Theft Lawsuit
Good morning! It’s Monday, November 25, 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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American Automakers Are Rallying Against Donald Trump's EV Cuts
Good morning! It’s Friday, November 22, 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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Trump's 200 Percent Tariff On Mexican Imports Would Hit America Too
Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 21, 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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Traffic Deaths A 'Public Health Crisis' As 19,000 People Killed On U.S. Roads So Far This Year
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 20, 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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Ford Already Facing Two New Federal Probes Days After Being Hit With $165 Million Fine Over Recalls
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 19, 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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Trump Does Tesla A Favor, Plans To Make It Easier For Self-Driving Cars To Hit The Road
Good morning! It’s Monday, November 18, 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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Trump Plans To Kill The $7,500 EV Tax Credit
Good morning! It’s Friday, November 15, 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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Donald Trump Puts Biking And Busses On The Chopping Block
Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 14, 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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VinFast Ready To Burn Through Another $2.1 Billion Of Its Founder's Money
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 13, 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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Trump's Planned Assault On Mexican Imports Will Screw Over America's Auto Industry
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 12, 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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Tesla's Meme Stock Soars To $1 Trillion Market Cap After Trump's Win
Good morning! It’s Monday, November 11, 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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Rivian Is Still Losing Almost $40,000 On Every Truck It Builds
Good morning! It’s Friday, November 8, 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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Donald Trump's Win Paves The Way For Sky-High Tariffs And Scrapped EV Support
Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 7, 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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Elon Musk's Unwavering Support For Donald Trump Is Already Paying Off For Tesla
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, November 6, 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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Buying Used Is Now The 'New Normal' As New Car Prices Rise 21 Percent In Five Years
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 5, 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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Stellantis Needs Saving From Itself
Good morning! It’s Monday, November 4, 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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Harris And Trump Are Worlds Apart When It Comes To The Future Of EVs
Good morning! It’s Friday, November 1, 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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Ridership Of Bay Area Caltrain Is Up Drastically Following A Transition To New Electric Trains
The state of California is known for its reliance on the automobile and its less-than-comprehensive public transportation sector, but a massive jump in ridership of an improved rail line could be a sign that reputation may change. Ridership of the Caltrain service is way up, and it’s all thanks to a transition away from old-fashioned diesel trains that have been upgraded to new electric trains in August of this year.
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Operation Smash Hit Rammed A 100 MPH Train Into A Nuclear Waste Canister To Prove How Strong It Was
Researchers once broadcast a train crash live across the UK, but this wasn’t a high speed chase involving a runaway train. Instead, it was a scientific experiment carried out in the 1980s that saw a 100 mph train smash into a nuclear waste canister to show just how strong the container was.
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You Shouldn't Power An E-Bike With Disposable Vape Batteries, But Companies Probably Should
As far as I can tell, Gen Z is all about two things: Suckling from disposable vapes and riding newfangled electronic bicycles. Now, thanks to a YouTuber, those two generational pastimes can now be combined into one by powering an e-bike with batteries reclaimed from disposed vapes.
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206-Year-Old Bridge Uncovered In Pennsylvania Because Of Drought
If you live in the northeastern-ish United States, you’ve probably realized it’s barely rained in a very long time. Well, you’re not imagining things because it has been so dry in western Pennsylvania that a 200-year-old bridge under the Youghiogheny River Lake has been revealed by a low water line. In the past 80 years, there have been just a handful of instances where the historic Great Crossing Bridge was visible enough to be traversed.
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Here's How The Best All-Terrain Tires Compare
A lot of people would be surprised how far you can make it off the beaten path with a good all-wheel-drive system and enough ground clearance, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be enjoyable or safe. If you do it regularly, it pays to get a set of tires that were designed specifically with off-roading in mind. While all-terrain tires may not be the ideal solution in every single situation, they’re great for people who regularly drive off-road.
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This Casino Mogul's V12-Swapped Monster SUV Is The Coolest Custom Jeep Of All Time
Bill Harrah, he of Harrah’s Casino fame, was a famed car collector with over 1,500 vintage cars in running and driving condition. He was a rich dude who loved cars, and spent his gambling empire money accordingly. When a porter driving a Ferrari from the port to Reno, Nevada crashed the car en route, he made the best of a bad situation and merged what was left over with a then-new Jeep Wagoneer to create perhaps the first Ferrari-powered luxury SUV. Isn’t that a preposterous idea, a Ferrari SUV?
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Wrenching (3)

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I Bought A Decommissioned Rideshare Scooter For $200
Over the summer a local e-waste recycler announced that it would be getting all of the Spin scooter share machines from Akron University when the company upgraded to its new “Spin 6” and a friend dropped by to put all of our names on a list to receive one when they became available. I’d almost completely forgotten about the transaction by the time my scooter was ready.
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Winter Tires Are So Much Easier When They're On A Dedicated Set Of Wheels
Living in the frigid clime of America’s Third Coast, just blocks from Lake Erie, I am the key demographic for tire companies when they plan their winter tire marketing campaigns. Winter is getting an extremely late start in 2024, but I know that winter tires will be a necessity when the white stuff finally does start flying. I will swear by winter tires and have not gone a frozen season without them since I was in high school. If you live somewhere that regularly sees temperatures below 40 degre
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You'll Never Detail A $5 Million Lamborghini But You Can Watch A Pro Do It
The Lamborghini Miura SV is easily the most beautiful production car to ever hit the road. Do not fight me on this. Search your feelings, you know it to be true. Beauty and rarity have contributed to this car exploding in value over the years, and ahead of this one selling for a massive seven-figure price tag, it needed to be properly cleaned to attract its new buyer. There’s probably nobody in the business with more attention to detail than Larry of Ammo NYC.
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