Experimental submarine the Titan sank in June 2023 while exploring the wreck of the Titanic. The controversial craft imploded while deep beneath the surface of the ocean killing five people onboard, and now a recording of the Titan’s final moments has been shared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Read MoreNothing matches the communal ecstasy of your local sports team winning a league championship, and very few cities can beat the unrestrained glee of Philadephia. Eagles fans took to the streets on Sunday night as their team smashed the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. With downed light poles, mounted garbage trucks and street fires, Philadelphians did more damage to their city than the Eagles defensive line did to Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Read MoreA Space X test flight went spectacularly wrong last month when the Starship craft exploded in the skies above the Caribbean. The explosion littered the sky with debris and looked fresh from a Michael Bay film, but the fallout has been less glamorous for the residents of one tropical island nation who have been left clearing up the space junk that now litters their beaches. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Read MoreBeing the kind of kart racer that gets you uninvited from birthday go kart parties is fun and all, but what are you supposed to do in those cold winter months? Not go karting? Blasphemy! Surely there must be some way to keep your skills honed through the winter. Something like a 125-cc two-stroke shifter kart decked out for snow use with tracks from Temu.
Read MoreAn American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter at about 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night, reportedly killing all 64 people in the plane and the three soldiers in the helicopter. Authorities are still in the process of searching for the bodies of the deceased, but it’s already being called the deadliest commercial plane crash since 2001. So it sure as hell isn’t a great time to hear that Trump eliminated the Aviation Security Advisory Committee and ran off the guy
Read MoreThere are a few things I find truly satisfying in this world: waves crashing along the shore, watching a cake rising in the oven and seeing timelapse films of big things being built. This being Jalopnik, it’s the third one I want to talk about today after I saw this incredible timelapse of an enormous cruise ship build highlighted the incredible choreography that goes into assembling a 180,000 ton vessel.
Read MoreExperimental submarine the Titan sank in June 2023 while exploring the wreck of the Titanic. The controversial craft imploded while deep beneath the surface of the ocean killing five people onboard, and now a recording of the Titan’s final moments has been shared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Read MoreThere are plenty of ways to dodge a toll, such as defacing your license plate or forcing someone else to pay the charges. However, very few people are bold enough to simply say they have a deal that doesn’t really exist. The U.S. State Department published a statement on Wednesday that the federal government’s ships no longer had to pay a fee for transiting the Panama Canal after reaching a deal with the Panamanian government. However, the Panama Canal Authority is now denying this ever happ
Read MoreMark was working from home and now has to head back to the office, but his drive will be about 100 miles each way. With a $30,000 budget what car should he buy?
Read MoreYou can make six figures but there can also be weeks where sales are horrible and you don't make much at all. So just how much can a car salesman make?
Read MoreIt’s no secret that new cars are expensive these days even if you don’t need something fancy. Heck, if you aren’t careful, you could end up spending more than $40,000 on a Toyota RAV4. That said, there are still plenty of new cars available that cost a lot less. The problem is that the cheapest new cars have traditionally not actually been very good. They met the legal definition of a car, but that was about it.
Read MoreWhen you’re shopping for a used car, it can be hard to narrow down the list of vehicles you’re interested in looking at. Finding the exact car that’s right for you is even harder, especially since there’s no guarantee the car you want will even be available in your area. Plus, it doesn’t exactly help that even when you’re talking about the same generation of vehicle, reliability can vary from model year to model year. - Collin Woodard Read More
Read MoreI’ve wanted a Honda S2000 on some level ever since they first went on sale. As a 10-year-old car nerd, the fact that it made more power per liter than any other naturally aspirated engine was just the coolest. Riding in one in college and then later getting to drive a family friend’s only cemented the want in my mind. The problem is, I’m not exactly swimming in cash, and a good S2000 is out of my price range. That said, I did just find this one listed for $15,900.
Read MoreThese days, you’ve got more options than ever if you’re looking to buy a new SUV or crossover. Even Ferrari’s gotten into the SUV game if you have $400,000 to spend. Sadly, most people don’t have nearly half a million dollars lying around, and even if they do, they probably don’t want to spend it on a car. Normal folks have to work with an actual budget, and sometimes you end up buying something a little different because it ended up being a better deal than expected.
Read MoreWhen you’re shopping for a used car, it can be hard to narrow down the list of vehicles you’re interested in looking at. Finding the exact car that’s right for you is even harder, especially since there’s no guarantee the car you want will even be available in your area. Plus, it doesn’t exactly help that even when you’re talking about the same generation of vehicle, reliability can vary from model year to model year.
Read MoreIt’s been a long time since buying American really meant something. Many foreign automakers now build their vehicles in the U.S., while American automakers have moved some of their production to Canada and Mexico. Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep are owned by a European company. Lucid has its headquarters in California, but it’s received investments from both China and Saudi Arabia. So at this point, what even is an American car anymore?
Read MoreWhen we first drove the Hyundai Ioniq 6, we didn’t find it particularly sporty, but if you’re just looking for a comfortable daily driver, it’s fantastic. That said, there are two notable downsides — the styling is incredibly divisive, and it can get expensive fast. It starts just under $39,000 including destination, but start adding features, and the price can cross $50,000 before you know it. Look at the used market, though, and depreciation has already hit these cars hard. Like, so ha
Read MoreIf you’re in the market for a new Toyota 4Runner I have some bad news for you: Prepare your finances because you’re about to get taken for a ride. Not only do 4Runner buyers have to deal with greedy dealership markups, they’re also facing high interest rates if they decide to finance their new SUV.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz has spent a lot of time and billions of dollars bringing its five electric vehicle offerings stateside. Unfortunately, no one really seems to care, and because of that, they’re all flopping hard. In 2024, the EQB crossover saw a 36 percent sales drop, the EQE saw a 39 percent drop and the flagship EQS saw an enormous 52 percent drop. Now, the German automaker is offering its EVs with some pretty impressive discounts in an effort to drum up interest.
Read MoreIf you’re one of the many people who believe vehicles have gotten far too large these days, it doesn’t get much better than an imported kei car. Even compared to the smallest new cars on sale in the U.S. today, kei cars are still tiny, and that’s a big part of why we love them. For example, take a look at this 1997 Suzuki Alto Works RS-Z that’s currently listed for sale on Cars & Bids. It’s adorable! But wait, what’s that? A hood scoop? Oh yeah. It’s functional, too.
Read MoreWhen we first drove the Hyundai Ioniq 6, we didn’t find it particularly sporty, but if you’re just looking for a comfortable daily driver, it’s fantastic. That said, there are two notable downsides — the styling is incredibly divisive, and it can get expensive fast. It starts just under $39,000 including destination, but start adding features, and the price can cross $50,000 before you know it. Look at the used market, though, and depreciation has already hit these cars hard. Like, so hard that
Read MoreUpdate: We reached out to Hertz for classification on how the company goes about setting its used car prices. The company said that its cars go through a rigorous inspection process and that the pricing on its cars is transparent and haggle free.
Read MoreThe idea of a high-powered hybrid-electric personal luxury grand touring coupe is strangely appealing to my sensibilities. The Polestar 1 served as both the capstone and the launching point for Volvo’s electric Polestar brand spinoff, and it was the absolute pinnacle of what the brand was capable of at the time. With a complex arrangement of electric motors and a tiny 2-liter four cylinder with both a supercharger and a turbocharger, Polestar pushed 619 horsepower and 738 pound feet of torque
Read MoreYou don't have to break the bank to get into a fun sports car that will still be reliable
Read MoreDan and his wife live in Portland and predictably drive an Outback. They are looking for a second car mostly for driving around town in something more fun to drive than the Subaru. With a budget up to $15,000, what car should they buy?
Read MoreJosh lives in Virginia, and his recent acquisition of a 911 Turbo has reignited his need for speed. He wants another high-performance model, this time with four doors so the family can go for a ride as well. With a budget hovering around six figures, what car should he buy?
Read MoreHey, it’s me again, your favorite blogger with practical car-buying advice. You may remember the biggest tip of the decade when I told you your next car should be green. While I believe that green is a worthwhile hue, if you really want to drive in style your next car should be purple.
Read MoreMopar has a rich history that dates back into the mid-1900s. However, what exactly does the term "Mopar" mean and which cars are included in the brand?
Read MoreOne of the worst offenses driving offenses is wearing headphones while behind the wheel.
Read MoreOf course, the "John Wick" actor couldn't just pick up any old Porsche.
Read MoreThe Vanderbilt Cup of 1904 was the first major trophy in American auto racing, in fact the first of its kind in the world. This massive international affair was held on a 30.24-mile course on Long Island in New York, drawing some of the biggest names in racing at the time. William Kissam Vanderbilt, II put up a healthy prize for the winner, and cast a two and a half foot tall silver cup that everyone wanted to win. It was packed with all the pomp and circumstance of a modern sports car race, pe
Read MoreWhen is the pane of glass on top of your car a moonroof and when is it a sunroof? It’s a question that has perplexed me for ages now, so I’ve decided to finally get to the bottom of it. Well, as it turns out, there’s pretty much no difference between the two, but that wasn’t always the case!
Read MoreHow do you start your car? Is it a push button with a proximity key, a standard key that you turn, or that weird thing BMW did for a while where you have to put the fob in the dash before the button will work? Well, regardless of your answer, your car is boring to start — unless you own a Honda S2000.
Read MoreThe Superbowl Halftime show holds a grand American tradition of boring old white dudes complaining that they don’t understand popular culture, and the zeitgeist is moving on and leaving them behind. Kendrick Lamar’s stellar performance on Sunday night provided more entertainment than the game, throwing punches at two pedophiles—President Donald Trump and disgraced rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham. For the opening number of his performance Lamar shared the stage with an iconic piece of Amer
Read MoreThere are a few great mysteries in this world: how did Mesolithic man build Stonehenge, what the heck happened to flight MH370 and who the hell played The Stig on Top Gear? Thankfully, that third one is much easier to answer and won’t lead you down a conspiracy theory nightmare full of aliens, monsters and government cover ups.
Read MoreManual drivers are constantly thinking about the state of our transmissions. Clutches, bushings, and synchros all wear out, and we adjust our inputs to ensure their preservation. Automatic gearboxes, though, insulate you from the mechanical goings-on between your engine and wheels — but that doesn’t mean they’re immune to damage. In fact, you may already be killing yours.
Read MoreIn a perfect world, housing would be affordable enough, salaries would be high enough and cities would be walkable enough that anyone who wanted a sports car owned one. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world, and it’s getting harder and harder to justify buying a two-door car regardless of whether it’s a coupe or convertible. That also makes it harder for automakers to justify redesigning their sporty cars since even Miata sales were down 10 percent in 2024. Maybe it’s time for Mazda an
Read MoreUnless you’re Bavarian, AMG is the defining three-letter initialism of German performance cars. The Mercedes division began in the late 1960s as an independent racing engine builder founded by two of the automaker’s former engineers. Despite its close ties to the three-pointed star, outside manufacturers have long coveted AMG powertrains and struck deals to fit the hand-built engines into their cars.
Read MorePredictably, to put a stop to all of the fun.
Read MoreWhen you think about the ultimate winter car, vehicles like the Land Rover Defender, Toyota Land Cruiser or even a ratty old Volkswagen Beetle likely come to mind. One car that’s probably not very high on that list is a convertible Mazda Miata, but that’s probably just because you haven’t seen this convertible Miata.
Read MoreA24 released a new trailer today for “Friendship,” a movie starring creative genius Tim Robinson and “Clueless” actor Paul Rudd. Billed as “I Love You, Man for sickos,” Robinson and Rudd appear to form a new friendship that goes wrong. Do I know much else about the plot? No, I do not. What I do know, though, is that the two drive a yellow Corvette in the movie, and the roof is off even though it’s clearly winter. Some may call that psychopath behavior, but it’s actually the corre
Read MoreSome of you knew exactly what you wanted out of life, took a direct route to get there, achieved your goals and made your younger self proud. I, on the other hand, am living a life that would disappoint my younger self so thoroughly, he’d wonder how I ended up doing the one thing he would be proud of me for doing — becoming an auto journalist. So it’s time for me to disappoint Younger Me even more and finally admit publicly what I think we’ve all known for a while — switchblade keys ac
Read MoreLiving in the Northeast U.S. means the car you’re driving is perpetually dirty for about a third of the year because of rock salt, dirt on the roads and other pieces of grime picked up during the winter months. For a big chunk of the year, our cars are very dirty. Most people would tell you that that is a bad thing, and your car should constantly be squeaky clean. I’m here to tell you that they are dead wrong. Cars look better when they’re dirty, and I don’t care if you don’t agree.
Read MoreFor last night’s big Super Bowl ad, Stellantis brought out famed red Ram driver and general favorite Jalopnik movie star Glen Powell to drive a jump a volcano in a Ram RHO. After recalling the last time I did the math on a Ram jump, it made me wonder — could this jump actually be possible? As it turns out, yes it is. Mostly.
Read MoreWe might disagree on which supercar is the prettiest, what hatch is the hottest or what racing livery is the most iconic, but I’m sure there’s one automotive opinion that we can all agree on: fire trucks are cool. Whether they’re electric ones, enormous American engines or ones that fly, fire trucks are pretty amazing and one Maine shop is dedicated to preserving all this awesomeness.
Read MoreVolvo’s compact EX30 electric crossover is getting the Swedish automaker’s Cross Country treatment for 2026, and that means the popular little car is getting all sorts of soft-roading goodies like more plastic cladding, standard all-wheel drive and a slight suspension raise that’ll let you pretend its a real off-roaders. That’s all most people want at the end of the day anyway. Plus, it keeps the great looks and practicality of the non-Cross Country EX30.
Read MoreThe Superbowl Halftime show holds a grand American tradition of boring old white dudes complaining that they don’t understand popular culture, and the zeitgeist is moving on and leaving them behind. Kendrick Lamar’s stellar performance on Sunday night provided more entertainment than the game, throwing punches at two pedophiles—President Donald Trump and disgraced rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham. For the opening number of his performance Lamar shared the stage with an iconic piece of Amer
Read MoreNot long ago, virtually every single new car was sold with a spare tire, a jack and a small tool kit to allow owners to swap out a flat tire for the spare on the side of the road. That has changed over recent years, with many carmakers dropping the standard spare tire to cut costs and reduce vehicle weight to aid fuel economy. Often, cars that are sold without spare tires will instead come fitted with run-flat tires that can still be driven on for short distances when the tire is completely flat
Read MoreThe Super Bowl has long been a showcase for automakers looking to show off their latest vehicles or give a new direction for their brand. Car companies will usually pull out all the stops with high-budget, high-concept advertisements with star-studded casts. It’s not exactly an uncommon practice, but one commercial stands above the rest, and it’s for the goddamn Chrysler 200.
Read MoreElon Musk is a salesman, and recently he’s been selling two things: Electric cars and eugenics-backed fascism. His pitches for the latter have gotten loud enough that folks who bought into the former can no longer quietly ignore it, which has led to all sorts of Tesla owners plastering their cars with stickers that read some variation on “I bought this before Elon went crazy.” Here’s the thing: I don’t think they did.
Read MoreOn Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch that is two years in the making. It’s really the Super Bowl poster child of the “nothing ever happens” mantra. It seems automakers feel similarly, and that’s why only one of them – Stellantis – decided to make ads this year.
Read MoreThere are all kinds of ways to go really ridiculously fast in the modern era of speed chasing, but the down-home hillbilly in me has always been more interested in how fast you can go for as little cash outlay as possible. Sure, any asshole with a big sack of cash can drop four milly on a Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut to allegedly crack the 300 mile per hour barrier, but what about more accessible speed? Given a closed course and a few bucks, how fast do you think you could go, and what would you use
Read MoreJust under a year ago the Team O’Neil folks set a new lap record of their home course in a new Subaru WRX, a time which was deemed difficult to beat in anything on street-legal tires. This winter it was the team’s goal to find something faster than the WRX around the short course, a goal of beating a 2:14.38 snowy lap. Could something electric be the right move? The team brought in a slightly modified Tesla Model 3 sedan, a dual-motor unit with four-wheel torque vectoring, to see if it could
Read MoreEvery new hypercar released has to be better, faster, and paradoxically quieter and more comfortable than the one that came before it. Ever since Bugatti dropped the Veyron, a four-thousand pound bank vault mounted on a rocket sled, the nuclear arms race of hypercars has continued apace. The wealthy, it seems, want cars that can go 300 miles per hour in perfect isolation. That isn’t what Guntherwerks is interested in building. The new 810-horsepower 2,800-pound Guntherwerks Turbo is all about
Read MoreLiving in New York City, a place that is outwardly unfriendly toward cars, means I don’t get to see a ton of weird and interesting stuff on the street. However, every once in a while I’ll spot an absolute gem. In this case, it’s a seventh-generation Mitsubishi Minica parked down the street from my Upper East Side apartment. If you don’t know what a Mitsubishi Minica is, don’t worry. I didn’t either.
Read MoreWhen Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat to give it to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, police in Montgomery, Alabama arrested her. While she wasn’t the first person to use a bus sit-in to protest segregation — Bayard Rustin’s is the earliest one I’m aware of — Parks’ arrest was the catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott and turned her into a civil rights icon. Parks later moved to Detroit where she spent decades organizing and fighting for human rights. You can now see the iconi
Read MoreIf you want to head out for an adventure in your car, then there are a few modifications you might want to make to get the most out of the trip. It’s a good idea to have space to sleep, some room for some extra supplies and you might consider a couple of engineering upgrades might make the drive a little easier. You can, of course, take things up a notch and grab a Jungle Yacht.
Read MoreOne of the biggest arguments against electric vehicle adoption is that they couldn’t possible be much cleaner than gas-powered cars thanks to the increased energy demands of their production. Processes like mining to extract the rare earth metals essential for EV batteries are pretty bad for the planet, and the extra transportation emissions associated with EV construction all add up. This doesn’t mean gas-powered cars are cleaner, however, and there’s actually a distinct point in a car’s lifecy
Read MoreDriving a Fisker Ocean in 2025 is a risky proposition. When the cars were new, they were hideously unreliable from the factory. Now, Fisker has gone away and, for the most part, owners are on their own when it comes to repairs and maintenance. Because of that, you’d think they’d try to really take care of their new-ish Oceans. Well, not this guy.
Read MoreLiving in Los Angeles I often feel spoiled by how varied and fantastic the car culture is here. On a simple drive to the grocery store you can see something rare or weird or both; cars and coffee meets would be world-class car shows anywhere else. But LA pales in comparison to Tokyo, which I believe has the greatest car culture in the world. I was on vacation in Tokyo at the top of the year, and two of my favorite random spots from my trip were this pair of Hummer H2s.
Read MoreTaking an old car and making it run on electricity is so hot right now, with startups the world over popping up with the aim of electrifying everything from old Jaguar E-Types to lovely little Miatas. Now, a rusting Lada has been given the EV upgrade, but instead of cribbing its power from a Tesla or Cascadia Motion, it comes from an unlikely source: cordless drills. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Read MoreI keep seeing Instagram posts of customized Cubes that have me wondering if a stanced Cube might fix me
Read MoreWhile on my daily hot girl walk yesterday evening, I came across a street-parked Aston Martin Vantage that stopped me in my tracks. Not just any “normal” Vantage, this is a Vantage 007 Edition, of which just 100 were produced in 2020 to celebrate “No Time to Die,” the last James Bond movie with Daniel Craig as the titular character. Most importantly to me, its unique styling cues were inspired by the V8 Vantage that Timothy Dalton drove in 1987's “The Living Daylights,” which is my absolute favo
Read MoreIt’s important to keep your wits about you and stay safe on the road when the weather closes in. If you don’t, then you might end up caught in a horror pile–up like the one that occurred on a Chinese highway last week.
Read MoreIf you’re looking to make a quick getaway from a crime, you should probably opt for something fast and nimble as your escape vehicle - like a slick hot hatch. You probably shouldn’t go for a cumbersome piece of heavy machinery that tops out at 12 mph as your escape vehicle, as a man in Alabama did last week.
Read MoreWe’ve all encountered troublesome highway exits where drivers are expected to swerve across multiple lanes to make the off-ramp. In some cities, those exits have become local villains. One hobbyist game developer’s current project is transforming Exit 3A on Interstate 277 in Charlotte, North Carolina into an enjoyable romp of vehicular mayhem.
Read MoreWith the federal tax credits on EV leases currently still in play, there are some excellent opportunities for deals. The Acura brand often gets lost in the shuffle while Honda tends to take all the headlines. But luxury car shoppers in the market for a quality EV, should check out the deals on the ZDX.
Read MoreWhat’s your winter beater like? Is it a rusted-out Outback, or maybe an old Ranger? Both are solid picks, but I posit that there’s a better winter car out there. Something that doesn’t just plod its way though snow, but can turn low-traction situations into genuine joy: A fully rally-prepped Ford Focus.
Read MoreRemember when the first Tesla Roadster was released? Back in the days before EV performance and electric motors in supercars were the norm, the Roadster was this weird out-there thing. Now, though, it seems they’re ending up the way all cars do: As beat-to-hell examples available on Facebook Marketplace with salvage titles.
Read MoreThe best part about Volkswagen’s ID Buzz is its retro styling. From the brightly colored two-tone paint jobs to its front fascia and overall design inspired by the original Type 2 Bus, it looks great and unlike anything else on the road. If you really want to stand out, though, and think the Buzz could lean even harder into the retro look, one dealership is delivering with a Scooby-Doo–inspired wrap on one ID Buzz it has listed for sale.
Read MoreIt’s been amazing to see the rise of “youngtimers” in the car market, cult classics from the 1980s and ’90s that are seeing huge surges in popularity both on social media and at high-end car shows and auctions. At the upcoming Amelia Island Concours next month, Gooding & Company is auctioning off a host of youngtimers, including what might be the finest Ruf Yellowbird in existence. But my two favorites from the sale are a pair of seemingly unassuming late-’80s Mercedes-Benz E-Classes t
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen a Faraday Future on the road. Our own Daniel Golson was lucky enough to have spotted an FF91 on the streets of Los Angeles last week, one of fewer than two dozen the company has built, and now it’s your chance to own one. This 2023 Faraday Future FF91 is seemingly the first one to hit the used market, and it’s going for no reserve on Bring a Trailer.
Read MoreThey don’t all deserve to be saved. There are plenty of Porsche 911s out there in the world that won’t take thousands of hours of labor or tens of thousands of dollars to resurrect like this pile of junk currently listed on auction site Bring a Trailer. Start with one of those and throw this entire heap of bent metal, rust, and mold into a crusher. I had a long career as a Porsche parts specialist, including a few years at a Porsche junkyard, and I can spot about ten salvageable pieces on th
Read MoreIf you’ve got Type R dreams but decently equipped compact car money, you can’t go wrong with the regular Honda Civic. The current eleventh generation of the Civic is probably the best the model has ever been, and with prices starting at $25,400, the Civic won’t break the bank. What if a standard Civic isn’t enough, and you must have a Type R? You’re in luck, as last-gen FK8 Type Rs have finally started to show up on the used market for less than the price of a new base Civic.
Read MoreWhen you think of the perfect car, what does it look like? Something fast, expensive, and shiny? Well I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong, the perfect car is a ’90s Civic that’s been turned into a ute. Please adjust your dreams and aspirations accordingly.
Read MoreAll too often, when wealth and cars collide, the results are disastrous. Just take a look at the modified vehicles that Mansory offers, for instance. Things can get worse when wealthy customers are able to customize a new car to their own liking. This decade-old Pagani Huayra currently listed for sale on Bring a Trailer is the perfect example of that.
Read MoreLayne Schranz’ Pikes Peak-winning turbocharged stock car might be the most impressive vehicle I have ever witnessed. With a 410 cubic-inch American V8 up front it already sounds like demons and hellfire, but slap on a pair of 6182 turbochargers and you’ll have a duet of banshees playing winds right alongside. With over 1,000 rear-wheel horsepower and a total weight of just 2,650 pounds, this ridiculous machine leaves pretty much everything else in its dust. In the parlance of my grandfather and
Read MoreThe West Coast is currently facing an atmospheric river that is dropping a significant amount of precipitation, and gauging by the number of sirens and horns I’ve heard over the past few days, we could use a refresher on some wet weather driving tips. Now, upon pitching this story to my peers, I faced chuckles and patronizing placations, but it’s not my fault for being native to a region with fabulous weather 90 percent of the time. If you’re like me and are lucky enough to have avoided dr
Read MoreWith wealth disparity reaching new heights and presidential promises of decreased prices looking like another lie to add to the list, many Americans are looking for ways to save money. Average people listen up: Advertising companies make billions of dollars convincing you that your life will suddenly be better if you own the newest, shiniest, and fanciest cars, phones, or clothes. Don’t be fooled by these coercive tactics. Exceeding your budget or accepting astronomical finance terms just so
Read MoreNot long ago, virtually every single new car was sold with a spare tire, a jack and a small tool kit to allow owners to swap out a flat tire for the spare on the side of the road. That has changed over recent years, with many carmakers dropping the standard spare tire to cut costs and reduce vehicle weight to aid fuel economy. Often, cars that are sold without spare tires will instead come fitted with run-flat tires that can still be driven on for short distances when the tire is completely flat
Read MoreLast month I got myself a shiny new-to-me Suzuki GSX-8R, all yellow and black, to replace my stolen F800GS. The new bike is my first non-ADV since 2019 or so, and it’s made me realize something: My riding style is completely geared around narrow bikes with wide bars. Riding a sportbike, after all these ADVs, is absolutely wild.
Read MoreMotoGP held its first official 2025 preseason test at Sepang International Circuit this week, where Jorge Martin crashed his shiny new Aprilia on the first day of testing. The wreck was a perfect highside, sending Martin flying over the bike and face-down into the pavement, but he emerged with just two extremity fractures. This, friends, is why you wear gear.
Read MoreWhen humanity developed the motorcycle — its greatest achievement to date — it did so on the back of innovation that came before. The first motorcycle incorporated what we’d already learned from bicycles, which meant we never had the opportunity to make the same design mistakes as other two-wheelers. We never got a penny farthing motorcycle, and that’s a tragedy that YouTube engineer Gregulations set out to remedy.
Read MoreThe Honda Rebel 250 is a perfect beginner bike: Low power, cruiser style, low seat height, everything that makes someone new to riding feel comfortable. Unfortunately for those looking to go off-road, those same factors make the Rebel a bad choice — unless, of course, you go and change just about every part of the bike to make it suit your needs.
Read MoreIn the wake of KTM’s recent restructuring proceedings, parent company Pierer Mobility announced that it would be selling its 50.1 percent controlling stake in MV Agusta back to the Sardarov family for “an enterprise value in the mid double-digit millions.” KTM had initially acquired a 25.1 percent stake in MV back in 2022 before increasing its ownership to a controlling interest in March of last year. It has been just 10 months since KTM and Pierer took on the Italian marque, but that was before
Read MoreAdventure bikes are a fantastic way to start your life on two wheels. They let you do a little bit of everything, from dirt trails to race tracks, so you can figure out where you want to go with the rest of your riding career. But ADVs are dweeby, and no new motorcyclist wants to look like some pocket-protector dork the first time they roll up somewhere on their shiny new bike. Enter the new hotness: The baby rally bike.
Read MoreChevrolet has made a few interesting pickups you may not have heard of, from an electric S-10 to the heavy duty Avalanche
Read MoreHe tried stealing the M4 keys before and after causing at least $60,000 worth of damage
Read MoreTwo passengers on a Qatar Airways flight were distressed after being seated next to a dead passenger, but the airline followed international guidelines
Read MoreAfter years of rumors, we might finally be getting a Mustang sedan
Read MoreThe MTA partnered with Google to experiment with more efficient and cost-effective ways to inspect tracks
Read MoreWith plane incidents seemingly spiking, Elon Musk wants retired air traffic controllers to come back to work. Sadly, it's not that easy.
Read MoreWhile expensive, if you're serious about paint protection a professional ceramic coating is a great solution
Read MoreKia says the cabin of its EV2 concept is designed for practicality, but we can see the romantic truth
Read MoreMore than 300 Mustang owners have to take their car to be repaired once again
Read MoreDealerships may say otherwise, but going into buying a new or used car with some finance knowledge can save you serious money.
Read MoreTesla self-driving cars with human drivers, Trump tariffs getting yet another launch date, and expensive execs in today's The Morning Shift
Read MorePurists decried the Cygnet as unworthy of its badge. Instead of getting mad, Aston Martin raised the stakes.
Read MoreCar companies love raiding their old trademarks for an EV reboot, but what would be an electric step to far?
Read MoreIs a low-cost Land Rover Discovery II a risk worth taking?
Read MoreThere are a handful of potential simple fixes if your key gets stuck in the ignition, such as jiggling the keys the right way, or using materials to help.
Read MoreWith a $48,995 starting price the new A5 is cheaper than the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Read MoreThe nine-time MotoGP world champion is currently a BMW Motorsport works driver
Read MoreMoral of the story? Don't get out of your car to confront teenagers on bicycles
Read MoreWith a healthy budget and some off-road expectations, will location and mixed-use make this a difficult decision?
Read MoreKia's CEO is hopeful it can get around the 25-percent chicken tax to sell the PV5 in the U.S.
Read MoreMansory's modified Cybertruck really is called the Elongation, and it's covered in carbon fiber
Read MoreCleaning or replacing your mass airflow sensor is easier than you might think, and it'll make a big difference
Read MoreSorry, Verizon, this completely normal and not-at-all ethically-unusual business decision unexpectedly favors Elon Musk.
Read MoreKia is testing a theory with the new EV4: Do electric car buyers really care about 0-60 times, or are range and price more important?
Read MorePretty much everybody has improved on the pace from last year's test
Read MoreA pair of Detroiters are accused of orchestrating a fairly massive auto theft ring that specifically targeted Dodge Durangos
Read MoreThe iconic car chase from "The French Connection" was almost as dangerous to film as it looks on-screen.
Read MoreGene Hackman might be best known for his movie career, but the legendary actor almost ended up a race car driver instead.
Read MoreDespite a man blowing himself up in a Cybertruck in front of the Trump hotel in Vegas last month, the LVMPD is now using Cybertrucks as cop cars
Read MoreThis special Range Rover wears Spectral Blue paint, and it's for sale on Bring A Trailer
Read MoreTesla was the winner of S&P Global's overall loyalty to manufacturer award
Read MoreThe Audi RS 002 never got to race, but the Audi Tradition division is out here hooning it
Read More98.7 percent of John Deere's investors supported DEI policies despite company management backing away from things like Pride events
Read MoreThis comes as no surprise to anyone that has driven on or been around the BQE
Read MoreTesla owners think their cars might be seeing ghosts, but it's just flaws with the camera-only systems
Read MoreThis compound includes multiple houses, garages, a machine shop and even a giant hangar.
Read MoreSome are even as cheap as $13,000
Read MoreDodge said the Durango Hellcat would be a one-year-only special edition, but it proceeded to built the 710-HP SUV for three more model years
Read MoreHyundai sold nearly as many Ioniq 5 Ns as Porsche did of the whole Taycan lineup
Read MoreVolvo continues to tease its new ES90 ahead of the reveal on March 5.
Read MoreOne of the best action sequences ever opened my eyes to a world of Italian superbikes, and I've never looked back
Read MoreMercedes-Benz uses some of the biggest in-car screens in the world, but that's not enough to make a car luxurious, says CEO.
Read MoreSeeing Lewis driving a Ferrari red F1 car is still somewhat of a shock to the system.
Read MoreLucid is burning through cash at an alarming rate as it tries desperately to avoid the same fate that hit defunct automakers like Canoo and Nikola.
Read MoreThat concept of "perhaps for thee, but not for me" might apply to today's 1985 Reliant Rialto.
Read MoreTow truck drivers in California set a new low bar of despicable behavior after towing cars out of the Eaton Fire and demanding ransoms for their safe return.
Read MoreThe company only has a firm due date for 30 percent of its debt, an amount it realistically hopes can be raised with outside funding
Read MoreIf Elon Musk is making you reconsider the EV in your garage, Polestar wants to win you over with a big discount.
Read MoreA band of thieves has carried out at least 10 different heists targeting BNSF trains in the Mojave Desert
Read MoreThe highest-level systems now allow some degree of hands-free driving, and Rivian wants in on that territory.
Read MoreThe two biggest hubs in the state are just shy of 400 miles apart, and according to Google Maps, it should take around 6 hours if you drive.
Read MoreWhat could be the appeal of this riveted-together, hacked-up 911? Why waste such a nice car?
Read MoreThis Cybertruck owner makes himself do a DoorDash delivery whenever he gets McDonald's
Read MoreThe number of crashes occurring in the U.S. is down this year, however, is that fatalities have risen to alarming levels as a result of plane crashes.
Read MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration awards a contract to Starlink to improve the IT systems used to communicate weather conditions for commercial flights.
Read MoreThese license plate stickers are illegal, too
Read MoreCostco really has everything, including Chevy's flagship sports car
Read MoreCadillac is one of America's oldest surviving car manufacturers, and it has built some of the best land barges in history
Read MoreElon Musk's political meddling is driving down Tesla sales in Europe, and Aston Martin's CEO plans to turn the automaker around by cutting costs.
Read MoreNASA awarded SpaceX a $100 million contract to launch a new satellite that could monitor extraterrestrial threats to the Earth.
Read MoreThe seller of today's Audi warns that it is rife with problems, calling it a "mechanic's special" and setting a price that they think acknowledges those issues.
Read MoreResidents of Colorado are able to get an electric Charger for just $249 per month
Read MoreThe MTA announced that congestion pricing has brought in $48.6 million
Read More99.5 of Rolls-Royce workers in Indianapolis support the UAW strike
Read MoreAfter suffering a traumatic injury Todd Henning sold his bike, but now his son is rebuilding it
Read MoreThe State Department initially planned to spend $483,000 on EVs in 2025 when Joe Biden was still in the White House
Read MoreThe Model Zero A is a very small and lightweight pod for one person with a quartet of really big, really loud drone propellers under the bodywork.
Read MoreThe shell of the last fastest ocean liner finally set sail once again, but the journey will be the ship's final voyage and will end at the bottom of the ocean.
Read MoreIt's not just range benefits, though. There are quite a few weight, packaging and efficiency advantages to solid-state batteries.
Read MoreThis will make the GV90 one of an extremely select few that will offer both normal doors and coach doors from the factory.
Read MoreThat's right, an electric crossover beat a mid-engine sports car in this bargain performance comparison
Read MoreHas the Valkyrie become more competitive with millions spent on private testing, setup changes, and upgrades? In a word, nah.
Read MoreYou can buy a classic F1 car that's had its wings clipped so you won't need oodles of talent to lap your favorite race track.
Read MoreDespite Uber's experience or position as one of the pre-eminent players in rideshare, Elon Musk and Tesla shot down the company's offers to collaborate.
Read MoreThe facelifted C63 AMG will get a V8 engine once again
Read MoreMotorcycle clutches are vastly different from the ones you'll find in a car
Read MoreWRC drivers are typically not paid millions of dollars, or come from wealthy families, so a 30,000 Euro fine comes with potentially devastating consequences.
Read MorePresident Trump's planned tariffs impact on car prices and why the agency in charge of managing federal buildings is taking down EV charging stations and more.
Read MoreVolvo buyers in China, it's emerged that the premium stereos they thought they were speccing on their new cars weren't the real deal.
Read MoreLet's see a show of hands; who among us is ready to grab our Nomex, don a balaclava and helmet, and be that driver this 1975 Fiat 128 deserves?
Read MoreStellantis' new turbocharged inline-6 is smaller and more powerful than the Hemi V8 it replaces
Read MoreThe Valkyrie AMR-LMH's high-RPM V12 shriek sounds like heaven on earth.
Read MoreDon't know the difference between single overhead cam, dual overhead cam and overhead valve engines? We've got you
Read MoreWilbur's legacy has made him a household name but it was a violent encounter with a future serial killer that set him on the path to greatness
Read MoreThere are a few solid ways to restore the black plastic trim on the exterior of your car
Read MoreThe exhibit has eight of Block's most iconic vehicles alongside memorabilia and other items
Read MoreThis home-built Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race car has a Ssangyong engine under the hood
Read MoreOverdrive is a way to improve fuel economy and drive more efficiently at higher speeds
Read MoreSome of the Cybertruck's body panels are stuck on with adhesive, which can fail and cause the panels to fly off while driving
Read MoreThis Silvia is one of those genres of dumb that loops all the way around to being incredibly cool
Read MoreThe next wave of Minis will use BMW's new Neue Klasse platforms and tech, which means a RWD layout
Read MoreAirlines don't like the obligation to pay for replacement wheelchairs and reimburse ground transportation costs when a passenger's wheelchair is damaged.
Read MoreV10 engines exited the Formula One rulebook following the 2005 season, and the FIA president wants to bring them back
Read MoreThe history of the iconic Shelby Mustang dates back to 1962
Read MorePrivate equity, the harbinger of all bad things, is getting its greasy little hands on Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California.
Read MoreNobody is calling the Revuelto slow, but that didn't stop the 1,001 hp supercar from getting embarrassed by an EV.
Read MoreWe could be seeing the CB1000SP, the NT1100, and maybe even an e-clutch variant of the Rebel 300, very soon.
Read MoreElon Musk and President Trump fired hundreds of FAA employees, many of whom worked in vital safety roles
Read MoreThe Gallardo is a modern-day classic, and what better way to celebrate the car that saved Lamborghini than as a super-exclusive restomod?
Read MoreThe Tesla Cybertruck picked up a five-star rating overall and scored five stars in almost every test.
Read MoreElon Musk is going after another government department responsible for holding his companies to account and see how the tables have turned at EV maker Rivian.
Read MoreAccording to the seller, today's Nice Price or No Dice Transit Connect "Looks and smells showroom new." Let's see if its price passes our stink test as well.
Read MoreAfter years of customers begging for a queuing function at Superchargers, Tesla is finally launching one, but it took a fight to make it happen
Read MoreThe "S" need not stand for Secret: Here's what the extra letter on some automatic transmissions actually means.
Read MoreMusk got into a heated exchange with former ISS commander Andreas Mogensen after appearing on Sean Hannity's show with President Trump
Read Morewe rounded up some of the worst offenders on the road so that, hopefully, we can all steer clear of these cars and stay safe out there.
Read MoreThe app provides users with a vehicle and armed protection for you and your passengers for a few thousand dollars.
Read MoreIn fact, most airports nationwide don't have on-site air traffic control
Read MoreKia's electric van concepts are headed to production and, if the PV5 is anything to go by, there's good reason to be excited.
Read MoreEverything about this modified kei car is perfect
Read MoreUnseasonal storms hit the South this week, and with snow comes treacherous driving conditions.
Read MoreTrump's tariffs have thrown a wrench into the global nature of car manufacturing.
Read MoreOwners of older cars know that sometimes, finding the right replacement part can be the biggest headache. Now, Toyota is promising a reprieve.
Read MoreThe pair of Boeing 747-based jets are currently expected to be delivered in four years.
Read More83 families had to be evacuated by the city, and cars are being totaled because of the damage
Read MoreBugatti is finally commencing deliveries of the roofless W16 Mistral, the last road-going model to use that incredible engine.
Read MoreVolvo's new ES90 will be one of the few all-electric sedans on the U.S. market, but it'll arguably be the tech you can't see which is most important.
Read MoreSpaceX may already be under investigation for various safety incidents, but Elon Musk's headaches may come to a premature end.
Read MoreTesla was found to be at fault for a worker's death at its factory in Texas, a struggling EV maker finally bit the dust this week, and more.
Read MoreAmid uncertainty in the EV market, Acura might be making hybrids again, so we're taking a look back at its three previous efforts
Read MoreThe former reality star who now runs the Department of Transportation is trying to kill NYC's congestion charges on Trump's orders
Read MoreKia's latest electric car continues its run of head-turning design, but will enthusiasts get the EV hatchback of their dreams?
Read MoreDespite the British Empire being at its zenith as a global superpower in the 1920s, the country was largely an also-ran in international motorsport.
Read MoreFormula One decided to host its own corporate launch this year and unveil all ten cars that will compete in the 2025 season.
Read MoreBMW's new central computer aims to take our current understanding of EV driving inputs, drivetrain efficiency, and immense power to the next level.
Read MoreThe California Dune Edition of both the R1T and R1S have a number of cool styling cues inspired by, you guessed it, Californian sand dunes.
Read MoreNothing pulls quite like a Silverado 3500 HD with a Duramax turbodiesel V8 until it breaks down, as in the case of a drift car driver's late model Chevy Dually.
Read MoreThe airline admits to losing the luggage, but thinks the affected passengers are being unfair.
Read MorePick your modified silver Porsche 911 Turbo.
Read MoreThe Duramax diesel is a new Silverado ZR2 feature for 2024, but the competition might have the upper hand.
Read MoreOdds will continue increasing until trajectory calculations improve.
Read MoreThe new Silverado HD gets a standard 10-speed Allison automatic transmission and a new ZR2 off-road model.
Read MoreThere's something special about a mid-size truck that can take on the toughest terrains with ease.
Read MoreYouTuber Tyre Reviews put seven different all-weather tires to the test in dry, wet, snowy and icy conditions
Read MoreThis special Tahoe was a one-year model was intended to complement the Impala SS.
Read MoreChevy's electric pickup is already getting some big discounts, with Work Truck trims showing up for sale on Hertz lots.
Read MoreChevrolet's first all-electric pickup is one of the most mainstream Ultium EVs so far, but can it hold up to the gas trucks?
Read MoreThe height of American luxury is big, heavy, and not particularly fast, but does a convertible with space for six make this Caddy a '75 star?
Read MoreWhat Elon Musk has learned since November: If you don't like a law, ignore it, if you can't ignore it, change it
Read MoreThis Subaru Baja has put a lot of adventurers--and miles--on the old odometer.
Read MoreSuzuki seems to want to shake off its reputation as an affordable bike manufacturer.
Read MoreFind out what's in store for the future of the best-selling truck in America and get the latest on president Donald Trump's trigger happy tariff maker.
Read MoreHyundai didn’t need to build the Ioniq 5 XRT, but it’s so fun to drive you’ll be glad it did.
Read MoreThe facelifted Ioniq 5 Limited isn’t much different from the car it replaces, and that’s OK with me.
Read MoreThis hypothetical new Dodge performance car would cost under $30,000
Read MoreRolls-Royce buyers are used to getting something special, but an extra-exclusive cadre of owners helped shape an even more powerful Black Badge model.
Read MoreThis rad mid-engine Renault hatchback has just 42,000 miles on it
Read MoreThe air-traffic controller shortage ain't getting any less dire.
Read MoreHyundai factory rallyist Adrien Fourmaux will get hit with a $31,500 fine for his potty mouth.
Read MoreThe business case just isn't strong enough for Chevy's Mustang-eating machine.
Read MoreFind out just how little power Tesla boss Elon Musk actually has in his new government role, Honda still wants Nissan, if Nissan axes its CEO, and more.
Read MoreNobody needs a radar detector because nobody needs to speed. You might think you need to speed in order to make it somewhere on time, but that’s not the speed limit’s fault. It’s your fault for not leaving on time. Maybe get ready a little faster next time instead of making your lateness everybody else’s problem. And if you’ve seen how folks who own radar detectors drive, yes, they’re making their driving everyone else’s problem. Depending on the state you’re in, that radar detec
Read MoreIf you want an electric vehicle with the longest range possible, you buy a Lucid Air. Specifically, you buy a Lucid Air Grand Touring with 19-inch wheels and an EPA range of 512 miles. Even Tesla can’t match that. Range anxiety? What range anxiety? And yet, in a recent interview, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson told InsideEVs he thinks 180-mile EVs are “the future,” which may initially sound like an absurd idea. But you know what? He’s right. - Collin Woodard Read More
Read MoreThe Trump administration’s attack on EVs started almost immediately. Billions are being cut from state EV programs. And things may get worse if a handful of Republican senators get their way.
Read MoreCheck out this ancient Mercedes bus with the most extreme custom overhang I've seen before or since.
Read MoreIn an announcement of things that will definitely, for sure someday happen, Musk and the UAE’s AI minister Omar Al Olama unveiled this week plans for a new underground tunnel built by the Boring Company underneath Dubai. I guess they saw the Vegas Loop serving as a completely useful piece of infrastructure and wanted in.
Read MoreThere are plenty of completely valid reasons to be skeptical of self-driving cars. Safety concerns are very real, especially since even the most advanced robotaxi prototypes don’t always get it right in what should be simple situations, and that’s before you throw inclement weather into the equation. There are also very real concerns about what self-driving cars would do to cities and you can’t forget the pollution that still comes from brake and tire particles. Ted Cruz, though? NPR repor
Read MoreFord quietly discontinued one of its off-road vehicles but don’t worry, it’s not the Bronco or any of the Raptor models. It’s the Ford Transit Trail which you may have forgot existed unless you’re an influencer living that #VanLife.
Read MoreEarlier this year, after presumably solving every other more urgent problem facing American citizens, President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. This move has very little meaning internationally, but American companies are already falling in lockstep with the order — and getting tired of anyone who tries to correct it back to the old name. Google Maps users have been leaving reviews for the Gulf of America, demanding it be changed back
Read MoreMassachusetts voters overwhelmingly passed the Right to Repair Act back in 2020. After some initial hesitation, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration threw its support behind the law. Automakers, however, sued to stop the law from going into effect. Unfortunately for them, a judge just dismissed the lawsuit, clearing the way for the law to go into effect more than four years after it was passed, Boston.com reports.
Read MoreAutomakers in the U.S. are struggling to find ways to meet increasing demands for cheaper cars as the long-term repercussions of Trumpian economic uncertainty continue to unfurl. Some automakers have shown an interest in de-contenting existing models in an effort to make them less expensive to produce and pass some of those savings on to the customer. For now they’re all half-assed measures, because consumers don’t have an option to buy a car with no flashy and expensive infotainment screen
Read MoreEveryone knows that the Federal Aviation Administration regulates air travel, but fewer know about its Office of Commercial Space Transportation — an office that regulates commercial spaceflight, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Now that Musk and his posse of broccoli-haired children control the purse strings of the federal government, those regulators live in fear: Will Musk take revenge on them for halting SpaceX flights?
Read MoreIn November 2023, BMW did M owners in Europe a solid by giving them a new centerlock wheel option. Meanwhile, North American M owners made due with largely forgettable wheel and tire options; aside from a few gold-and-black performance wheel and tire options, nothing really stands out. Things have changed for the better for North American M owners as, BMW is finally bringing over those centerlock wheels to our shores. The thing is, the automaker is charging a pretty penny for them.
Read MoreIf you want an electric vehicle with the longest range possible, you buy a Lucid Air. Specifically, you buy a Lucid Air Grand Touring with 19-inch wheels and an EPA range of 512 miles. Even Tesla can’t match that. Range anxiety? What range anxiety? And yet, in a recent interview, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson told InsideEVs he thinks 180-mile EVs are “the future,” which may initially sound like an absurd idea. But you know what? He’s right.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump’s second term has thus far been a deluge of executive orders. They’ve largely ranged from bad to horrifying, but one always stuck out as primarily just weird and out-of-touch: A ban on remote work for the federal government. As it turns out, this one’s even worse than it seems — government offices simply don’t have the space for all their new in-person workers.
Read MoreIf there’s one thing Tesla owners love, it’s daydreaming about a time when their cars will ferry them from point A to point B without a single bit of driving in between. Unfortunately for us all, it seems those owners are doing that daydreaming behind the wheel as, according to a new study, they’re the worst drivers in the U.S. of A.
Read MoreThe owner of a gold-wrapped Tesla Cybertruck is unhappy with some of the reponses he's getting on the road.
Read MoreThere’s a new King in America today, baby, and it’s not the one you’re thinking of. The new Chevrolet Corvette isn’t pulling any more punches with the new ZR1, proving it can beat the world’s best sports cars with five new production car lap records at four iconic American road courses. With 1,064 horsepower, a set of sticky Michelins, and enough aerodynamic downforce to force the earth out of orbit, this is a mega machine worthy of superlative.
Read MoreWhile extended warranty plans can provide additional peace of mind for new car owners, they are also a go-to upsell for manufacturers. Imagine if an automaker was still pushing that warranty plan long after you drove away from the dealership. One owner of a 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee kept receiving full-screen pop-up messages on their infotainment screen despite exceeding the maximum mileage to even purchase a plan.
Read MoreThe V8 is God’s engine configuration of choice. Sure, there are much more efficient ways to make power through smaller displacement motors with forced induction, but it’s nearly impossible to replace the vibes and feelings a big V8 gives you. It’s why the V8 is still in high demand in markets like the U.S. and the Middle East, where fuel is cheap. We’re willing to pay a bit more for the fantastic feeling of a V8 burble. It’s why BMW has decided to let the V8 stick around.
Read MoreWithout question my most anticipated car of this decade is the Bugatti Tourbillon, the follow-up to the Chiron that features the only powertrain worthy of replacing Bugatti’s world-breaking quad-turbo W16: a naturally aspirated V16. Not just any V16, but one with a 9,000 rpm redline and a total output of 1,800 horsepower thanks to a trio of electric motors. CEO Mate Rimac posted a video on his Instagram of a Tourbillon prototype undergoing track testing, giving us our best listen yet of the ab
Read MoreDo you guys remember the Chevy Blazer EV SS? Yeah, I sort of forgot about it too. Sure, it was the hero car in “Barbie” nearly two years ago, promising excellent performance at a decent price, but after years of delays and a rocky rollout of the regular Blazer EV, the electric crossover lost a lot of the hype surrounding it.
Read MoreThe 2026 Honda Passport TrailSport is rock-climbing its way to dealers this week and, with an MRSP of $49,900, the off-roader trim turns this formerly mild-mannered grocery-getter into a vehicle fit for the wilderness. The base 2026 Passport starts at $46,200 including destination, a couple grand more than the outgoing model.
Read MoreWhen Tesla first began building the Cybertruck, it promised a long list of features, but they weren’t all ready to go at launch. If you wanted to go off-road in your shiny new truck, for example, you had to wait for the update that gave you an off-road mode. And if you wanted to use the same driver-assist software that Tesla offers in its other cars, you had to wait all the way until last October to get it. Don’t worry, though, Tesla’s so-called “Full Self-Driving” has wasted no time c
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Read MoreLucid CEO Peter Rawlinson seems to understand that the electric vehicle technology his young automaker builds is pretty much second to none, and that’s why he wants to start licensing it to other car companies. It’s a smart play. I’ve driven pretty much every EV platform you can buy in the U.S., and Lucid’s very well may be the best.
Read MoreAutomakers may have finally realized that we’re all out of money, so they’re now apparently planning on bringing back cheaper cars. The plan is to do this through lower-end trims, value-focused special editions and even reviving cheap dead vehicles from their pasts. It’s welcome news for folks who see the average price of a new car – $49,740 – and shudder. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
Read MoreLarge, heavy vehicles with high hoods and poor visibility are incredibly dangerous. Even people who drive them will admit that if they hit someone, that person would probably die. At the same time, though, people are selfish and want to look out for their families first. If they’re going to be in a wreck, they want to make sure the people inside their Pedestrian Crusher 9000 are as safe as possible. Except bigger doesn’t actually mean safer, as new research from the Insurance Institute for
Read MoreBetween falling sales, shrinking market share and its CEO distracted by ruining the lives of millions of Americans, Tesla is in a weird spot right now. However, that doesn’t seem to have stopped it from increasing the price of its Model X crossover, one of the oldest vehicles it makes.
Read MoreSpeeding isn’t just against the law. It’s also dangerous. And if it’s someone’s job to make those laws, you’d think they would show some respect for them. If we’re talking about Mark Finchem, an Arizona Republican state senator who was recently ticketed for speeding, though, you couldn’t possibly be more wrong. Finchem wants his ticket thrown out and not because he claims he wasn’t speeding. No, he insists he’s immunity from receiving speeding tickets while the legislature is i
Read MoreWe’d hoped the slew of recent plane crashes was just a blip, but sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Another plane has gone missing near Nome, Alaska and is believed to have crashed. The plane, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, was flying from Unalakleet to Nome on Thursday afternoon when it presumably went down with 10 people on board, Alaska’s News Source reports.
Read MorePresident Donald Trump’s desire to hit Canada and Mexico with 25 percent tariffs has put a new spotlight on auto manufacturing in the two countries. The two countries have no domestically based automakers of their own, yet they play an integral role in manufacturing for U.S.-based car companies. Sure, right now those tariffs are on hold, but whether they’re actually instituted in a few weeks or some sort of deal is reached to avert them altogether, the landscape of auto manufacturing in the
Read MoreThieves cracked into a distribution trailer in central Pennsylvania last Saturday, making off with about 100,000 eggs from Pete & Gerry’s Organics in the borough of Greencastle. The poached eggs are reportedly worth about $40,000, the Associated Press reports. Local authorities are on the case, but as hot as egg prices are these days, don’t expect catching the culprits to be over easy.
Read MoreAmerican aviation has had an awful week after a passenger jet collided with a helicopter, a medical plane fell from the sky and two planes crashed on the tarmac in Seattle. Investigations into all three incidents are still ongoing, but America’s new lord and savior, Elon Musk, thinks he’s already gotten to the root of the problem and is planning to overhaul air traffic control in the U.S.
Read MoreSubaru was ahead of the game when it came to offering its popular crossovers with a tough-looking suit of plastic, graphics, and all-terrain tires. The recipe was first unleashed on the Outback Wilderness in 2020, and by 2023, Wilderness versions of the Outback and Forester accounted for nearly 20 percent of each respective model’s sales volumes. The standard Forester was redesigned for 2025, but those who wanted a Forester Wilderness had to make do with the old model for another year. Now you
Read MoreShockingly, especially considering its ties to Toyota, until this year Subaru has only produced one hybrid model: the ill-fated plug-in-hybrid Crosstrek. That’s quickly changing though, as a few weeks ago Subaru debuted the 2025 Crosstrek Hybrid, and today at the Chicago Auto Show it unveiled the 2025 Forester Hybrid, which was first promised in 2023 when the latest generation debuted. With improved fuel economy and a much longer cruising range, it should be an easy choice for buyers.
Read MoreElon Musk famously thought that automating the entirety of driving would be a pretty easy job, and he’s been steadily and continually surprised when it turns out to actually be difficult. This trend carries over to the tech installed in Tesla’s cars, which has required update after update, each time accompanied by Musk saying that this one, totally, is the one that’ll solve autonomy. Now, we’re seeing it again: Tesla’s now-outdated HW3 hardware can’t handle autonomy, and only the new HW4 cars ca
Read MoreTesla has been playing fast and loose with its “Full-Self Driving” tech (now called “Full-Self Driving (Supervised)“) the last few years by essentially leaving testing of the driver-assist system up to the owners of its vehicles. These owners have been using the system on public roads, occasionally with disastrous results. That doesn’t seem to matter to Tesla, though, as the company needs the data from customer FSD usage to improve the system. In fact, Tesla wants that data so bad it’s willing t
Read MoreEven if the citation is completely valid, getting pulled over sucks. Traffic stops are high-anxiety events where the threat of police violence is ever-present, it takes forever to get back on the road, and tickets are expensive. At the same time, though, if you were speeding, you were speeding. Unless you weren’t, and the cop who pulled you over is only pretending to be an officer. It may sound crazy, but that’s exactly what’s happening in certain counties in northern Georgia and western North C
Read MoreGermany has apparently seen the writing on the wall for what Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, represent, and in turn, sales plummeted 59 percent in January. It comes as Musk further inserts himself into both the U.S. government and Germany’s politics.
Read MoreTesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software and its flagship Cybertruck have been plagued with issues since hitting their respective markets. That’s why it’s no surprise to learn that if you put the two Tesla inventions together, the results aren’t exactly good.
Read MoreIf you’re a slow driver in Arizona, you may want to look out — or at least consider driving faster or getting out of the left lane. Lawmakers in the state are putting forth a new bill that, if passed, would fine drivers for going too slow in the fast lane on highways.
Read MoreThe world of electric vehicles is uncertain right now, with automakers backtracking on targets, the new U.S. government slashing support for their rollout and brands delaying new models all over the shop. Not Ferrari, though, as the famed Italian automaker has confirmed that its first electric car is coming, and it’s coming soon.
Read MoreHonda's reported merger with Nissan is probably not going to happen after all and other top headlines.
Read MoreRemember when Dodge owners started leaving the shipping protectors on their Chargers and Challengers, and enthusiasts the world over began losing their collective minds with rage? The new Charger may have debuted without a single touch of bright yellow on its much smaller splitter, but it seems the aftermarket is willing to step in where Stellantis won’t.
Read MoreA sergeant with the Los Angeles Police Department was arrested by his coworkers last week after showing up to work just hours after allegedly hitting and killed a pedestrian while driving under the influence.
Read MoreThe rugged little Suzuki Jimny, briefly sold in the U.S. as the Suzuki Samurai, was strictly offered as a two door since its introduction in 1970. Suzuki introduced a four-door in some markets like India, South Africa, and Australia in 2023, and Suzuki finally opened the order books for Japanese-market four-door Jimnys on January 30. It was an instant hit, and the company received so many orders that it had to suspend all further orders after being open for just four days. There were around 50,0
Read MoreAs Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues his illegal and unconstitutional takeover of the U.S. federal government, he’s taken a special interest in destroying the United States Agency for International Development, Reuters reports. Cutting off foreign aid that specifically saves lives and improves health outcomes around the world may seem like the kind of thing that’s going to get people killed, but nevertheless, Musk says he’s “feeding USAID into the wood chipper.” As a result, at least 300 babies that
Read MoreBy the late 1990s, Ford Motor Company had grown to include a number of other brands the automaker had purchased over the years. In addition to longtime Ford stablemates Lincoln and Mercury, the Blue Oval owned Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin. Those premium brands were placed under a single umbrella called the Premier Automotive Group in 1999, but by the end of 2010 nearly every one of those brands had been sold off. Jaguar and Land Rover were some of the last marques to be sold, the r
Read MoreKia buyers have heeded the call to reject modernity and embrace tradition. That’s why the Korean automaker’s little K4 sedan (and the Forte it replaced) just beat every other vehicle the company makes in January sales. Who said the sedan was dead? Not Kia, baby.
Read MoreThe Tesla Cybertruck has a serious demand issue, and as more and more of these stainless steel monoliths to MAGA pile up on dealer lots, Tesla is making moves to get them out the door. The automaker just dropped lease prices for the cheapest Cybertruck, and all-wheel drive versions are getting more incentives like free charging and a Full Self-Driving (Supervised) subscription.
Read MoreNot every idea is a winner, and that’s exactly what Audi realized with its last naming scheme. EVs were represented by even numbers and everything else got an odd number. It confused people and nobody wants to be more confused than they already are. That’s why the automaker has thankfully decided to dump the whole idea and go back to the way things were.
Read MoreFord CEO Jim Farley wants to turn the company into “the Porsche of off-road.” What does that actually mean? Well, that plan might start with the latest concept Farley floated to reporters: An off-road Raptor supercar, not based on any existing Ford model.
Read MoreA medical plane crashed in Pennsylvania on Friday just moments after it had taken off from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The Jet Rescue Air Ambulance reportedly hit a gas line when it crashed in the Castor Gardens neighborhood, killing all six people onboard and one person on the ground.
Read MoreAutomakers may have finally realized that we’re all out of money, so they’re now apparently planning on bringing back cheaper cars. The plan is to do this through lower-end trims, value-focused special editions and even reviving cheap dead vehicles from their pasts. It’s welcome news for folks who see the average price of a new car – $49,740 – and shudder.
Read MoreSince the original Model S debuted, all Tesla charging ports are in a deliberate spot on the left rear corner. Tesla Superchargers being designed for that location, making them a pain to park at or use in other electric cars thanks to the placement and length of the charging cords. Why did Tesla choose that particular spot? We now know the answer thanks to the CEO of rival automaker Lucid, and it’s wild.
Read MoreEver since it finally went on sale in 2023, the Tesla Cybertruck has been on the receiving end of some pretty bad press. The car has been hit with recall after recall, failed at some pretty basic truck tasks and hasn’t sold in the huge numbers Tesla projected. Now, the ridiculous truck’s owners report that they are on the receiving end of negativity of their own. - Owen Bellwood Read More
Read MoreAs far as six-cylinder BMW E30s go, today's Nice Price or No Dice 325e is pretty much the bottom rung
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice NSX is offered through a restoration shop for one of its clients. That’s probably a good relationship to have given the car’s astounding odometer reading. Let’s see if its price is equally mind-blowing.
Read MoreThe seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice custom kit Fiero lists it as a “Farrari’ in its Craigslist ad. That’s not the only thing hinkey about the car. We’ll have to decide if the car’s specs and price overcome whatever weirdness it exhibits.
Read MoreAccording to its seller, today’s Nice Price or No Dice E55 AMG has been ceramic coated, which explains its crazy-shiny appearance. Let’s see if we all take a shine to this performance sedan’s price.
Read MoreWhile not quite small enough to park on the sidewalk, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mini wears the factory trim package named for such pedestrian pathways. Let’s see if that and a decently stout drivetrain can keep us from walking away from its asking price.
Read MoreWhile some of the add-on parts on today’s Nice Price or No Dice Ranger are aftermarket, the rocker and bumper extensions are part of the factory GT package. Let’s see if this rare truck’s price means it’s raring to go.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Lexus is a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in all but name. That pedigree means it’s likely to be just as stout as it is luxurious. Let’s see if this super-clean example is also right priced.
Read MoreIt’s questionable as to who might squirrel away such an unremarkable car as today’s Nice Price or No Dice Hyundai, but that’s just what happened. Let’s see if this barn find’s price has us telling it to get lost.
Read MoreTop Gear couldn’t destroy one, enshrining Toyota Pickups like today’s Nice Price or No Dice standard cab as one of the best bets for anyone looking for a long-term truck relationship. Let’s see what that might reasonably be worth.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price or No Dice Touareg represents the last of an era of fancy Volkswagens for the U.S. Let’s see if this competent but complex 4X4 is simply priced.
Read MoreThe market for luxury two-seaters is limited, something Buick discovered upon the introduction of the Reatta in the late 1980s. Let’s see if today’s Nice Price or No Dice convertible survivor fares better in the modern era.
Read MoreFew small cars are quite as eclectic as today’s Nice Price or No Dice Citroën. Let’s see if this private-party import is priced to let our freak flag fly.
Read MoreToday’s Nice Price of No Dice Rolls is noteworthy for its ostentatious physical presence and an unapologetic addiction to its drug of choice—premium petrol. While like new, time and depreciation have made this Phantom much more affordable. Let’s see if it’s affordable enough.
Read MoreNorwegian stop motion filmmaker Ivo Caprino took nearly five years to bring his tiny race car vision to life on the silver screen in 1975. “The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix” began as a series of shorts intended for a 25-minute television program on regional television based on the books of Kjell Aukrust, but after 18 months of work the project was scrapped for being largely incomprehensible and way over budget, so Caprino had to finish it on his own. As luck would have it, the film was an instant
Read MoreOpen your eyes: It’s 1996. Ol’ Slick Willie Clinton is in the White House, Donald Trump is still just a tacky businessman from “Home Alone 2,” the Dallas Cowboys have won Super Bowl XXX. You’ve never heard the terms “social media” and smart phones aren’t a thing yet. Dodge just introduced an updated version of its Viper sports car. Just 1,1,66 Vipers sold in 1996 and you are one of those lucky few. Yes, you. The world is your oyster. You whip out your very expensive camcorder an
Read MoreDodge was looking for a more economical engine to power its D100, D200, and B-series vans, so it called up its pals in Japan for help.
Read MoreBoom Supersonic announced last week that its XB-1 test plane broke the sound barrier without an audible boom on the ground. The startup’s “Boomless Cruise” claim could be the first tangible step toward overturning the Federal Aviation Administration’s 1973 ban on overland civil supersonic flights. The half-century-long ban was ultimately the result of a farcical test when the U.S. Air Force terrorized Oklahoma City in 1964. Regulators aimed to prove that sonic booms wouldn’t impact eve
Read MoreCar cleaning videos are incredibly satisfying to watch, with all manner of foams and sprays seamlessly picking up dirt and grime before your very eyes. Did you know the kinds of detailers who work on multi-million-dollar cars also work on private jets for billionaires? Well, it turns out they do and the process of cleaning down a private plane requires an attention to detail I can barely fathom.
Read MoreTakeoff and landing are the most dangerous parts of any flight, and the fatal mid-air collision in Washington, DC two weeks ago highlighted this. A Gol Boeing 737 Max collided with a ground vehicle while taking off from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Thankfully, the flight crew stopped the airliner before the end of the runway at Galeão International Airport, and no one was injured.
Read MoreA fifth plane has crashed in America in less than two weeks after a Navy jet smashed into the water off the coast of San Diego Wednesday morning. The two pilots in the U.S. Navy Growler aircraft ejected before the plane hit the water and were rescued by a passing fishing boat.
Read MoreThe desire to fly for the cheapest fare possible seemingly transcends species. Ryanair canceled a flight in Rome, Italy last week after a stray cat climbed into the aircraft’s avionics bay. The low-cost Irish carrier was forced to ground the Boeing 737 for two days until the feline squatter decided to leave the plane. The cat presumably refused to pay to check its carry-on luggage after a flight attendant claimed it was oversized.
Read MoreA plane went missing near Nome, Alaska, on Thursday after taking off in Unalakleet with nine passengers and the pilot on board. It seemed unlikely at the time that anyone had survived the crash, especially if the plane had gone down in the water, but the Air Force and the Coast Guard joined local authorities in the search. Somehow, they were able to spot the missing plane sitting on some sea ice, but all 10 people on board were declared dead, the Associated Press reports.
Read MoreAmerica’s deadliest fortnight in aviation in more than 20 years continued this week as a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil crashed at an Arizona airport. Three people were injured in the incident and the pilot of the plane was killed in the crash on Monday.
Read MoreBoom Supersonic might have snatched aviation’s holy grail after announcing on Monday that its XB-1 test plane had completed its maiden supersonic flight two weeks ago without producing a sonic boom audible on the ground. The dreaded boom smothered early commercial supersonic flight in the crib. The FAA’s 1973 ban on overland supersonic flights severely discouraged any American airliner from purchasing the canceled Boeing 2707 or Concorde.
Read MoreJoyriding is already a dangerous thrill-seeking pastime. No one wants an untrained pilot taking a small jet into the skies with no planned destination. A 15-year-old attempted to steal a plane in Texarkana, Arkansas on Tuesday by walking into a private terminal and placing a handgun on the front counter. The teenage boy, also armed with an AR-style rifle, demanded an aircraft from staff at a Signature Aviation FBO.
Read MorePalm Beach International Airport was the second-most popular airport for private jets in the United States in 2023, but all those jet-owning rich folks are facing new restrictions thanks to Donald Trump. Despite over 56 percent or 6.1 million Floridian voters casting their ballots for Trump, his re-election as a civil servant means that no one can fly private jets into or out of Palm Beach International airport (PBI) between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. whenever Trump is at Mar-a-Lago.
Read MoreIs the big, flashy auto show dead, or just overdue a reboot? These are your best suggestions.
Read MoreIt seems like y'all have seen no shortage of inattentive folks making stupid mistakes behind the wheel
Read MoreTesla owners are ditching their EVs in droves, and we want to know what you think is the ideal replacement
Read MoreOur readers' suggestions featured a balanced mix of serious recommendations and attempts at comedic political commentary
Read MoreWe want to know what you would do to end the malaise era of the auto show
Read MoreMost of these forgettable cars are American models from the 1990s and '00s
Read MoreWe want to know all about the silliest wrecks you've been in or witnessed
Read MoreMost of your suggestions were classic American nameplates, with a few others thrown in
Read MoreI only have two rules: it has to be a single-model fleet, and it has to be feasible to get 100,000 vehicles.
Read MoreSome cars stay with you for life, others barely even register.
Read MoreThese automotive YouTubers were suggested by our readers, and they all have under 200,000 subscribers
Read MoreWe want to know what iconic car name would ruin your day if it was slapped onto a crossover
Read MoreThere are so many automotive YouTubers out there, many of which have millions of views, so we want to highlight the smaller creators
Read MoreSupercars can go so much faster than they could ever legally go on an American public road for as long as there have been supercars, so what’s the point in continuing to raise the top speed? Do you really need to be able to go faster than 85 miles per hour at all, anyway? Earlier this week we asked our readers to tell us what speed they felt was “too fast” for a car, and the answers did not disappoint. We put together a few of our favorite answers below for your perusal. - Bradley Brownel
Read MoreDriving through nasty winter weather requires a certain amount of skill and concentration you don’t really need driving day to day. The smallest slip up or lapse in judgment can end with pretty disastrous results. Pretty much everyone has a nightmare winter driving experience, but some stick out above the rest. Some are just the worst of the worst. That led me to the question I asked you all last week.
Read MoreIf you want to spot a bad driver on the highway, is there a telltale sign that gives them away? You know, something like a tacky bumper sticker, some slight drifting between lanes or maybe copious amounts of damage that shows that the driver doesn’t really know what they’re doing. According to a recent study, the best way to avoid bad drivers in America is actually to avoid Teslas, as they’re the cars that are driven by the country’s worst.
Read MoreSupercars can go so much faster than they could ever legally go on an American public road for as long as there have been supercars, so what’s the point in continuing to raise the top speed? Do you really need to be able to go faster than 85 miles per hour at all, anyway? Earlier this week we asked our readers to tell us what speed they felt was “too fast” for a car, and the answers did not disappoint. We put together a few of our favorite answers below for your perusal.
Read MoreWe all read Jalopnik, and that means we’re some of the best drivers in the world. However, we’re not infallible. Sometimes we can make mistakes on the road – especially when winter weather is involved. It just adds another element of randomness and unpredictability to our drive. Lest we forget, everyone else around us becomes worse drivers as well. That idea is what has led me to today’s question.
Read MoreIn light of the recent news that General Motors has built a Corvette with a 233 mile per hour top speed, I figured it was a good time to ask you all where you draw the line. The engineering behind the new Corvette ZR1 is pretty incredible, I’ll give General Motors a slap on the back for that one. But does a relatively normal guy with good enough credit to get a loan for the $175,000 MSRP really need the ability to travel at 233 miles per hour? It’s possible the car can go even faster, becaus
Read MoreOver the last decade automakers have axed many of their smaller cars, opting to go for giant vehicles with expansive profit margins. Small cars may be set to make a return as automakers inflation makes us more broke than ever. So now, we just need to figure out what models need to come back.
Read MoreLast week we asked you what crossover vehicle you would like to see turned into a rugged body-on-frame SUV, and hilarity ensued. Body-on-frame SUVs ruled the roads by the end of last century, but once automakers began realizing that the most SUV-ish thing that their buyers did was jump a curb or drive down the occasional gravel road. You know what can also withstand those challenges? Anything that’s not a sports car, really. But buyers continued to demand commanding seating positions and the
Read MoreCar prices are getting intense right now, with new car prices increasing as a result of new tariffs and second-hand cars booming thanks to collectors with more money than sense. If you wanted to make the most of those millionaires spending increasingly large amounts of cash on old cars, what kind of model do you think would be a good investment? To put it simply, what new car do you think will become a future classic? - Owen Bellwood Read More
Read MoreEarlier this week I had the chance to drive Everrati’s EV-swapped Porsche 911, and it got me daydreaming about other vintage cars that would be excellent candidates for electric powertrains. That led me to my question from earlier this week: What classic model do you want to EV swap?
Read MoreAfter years of rising car prices and new models growing ever biggereven pricier EVs, the tide may be turning. Cheap, small cars saw an upswing in sales in 2024, and automakers are noticing. Manufacturers like Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen are all planning to add small models back to their lineups in the next few years. For today’s question, we want to know what small models you’d like to see make a return?
Read MoreIn the early days of the SUV revolution, best-sellers were proper truck-based, body-on-frame off-roaders that buyers appropriated as family cars. SUVs like the Ford Explorer and Chevrolet Blazer were once based on truck chassis, despite the reality that the vast majority of customer trucks never left paved roads. The Explorer and Blazer have both fallen out of their top-selling spots over the years, and were surpassed by crossovers like the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, and Subaru Forester. Based
Read MoreIt may only be February, but spring will be here before you know it. It’ll come even faster if it knows your project car isn’t ready, so earlier this week we asked what your car needs before warmer weather arrives. Today, we’re combing through just how unfinished your projects are.
Read MoreYesterday I spent the morning driving restomod company Everrati’s electric Porsche 964, which to many is completely sacrilegious in theory, but in practice it was awesome. You’ll have to wait for my full review for all my thoughts on that electric 911, but it got me thinking again about other classic cars that could benefit from an EV swap, and that’s brought me to our question for today: What vintage car do you want to EV swap?
Read MoreCar prices are getting intense right now, with new car prices increasing as a result of new tariffs and second-hand cars booming thanks to collectors with more money than sense. If you wanted to make the most of those millionaires spending increasingly large amounts of cash on old cars, what kind of model do you think would be a good investment? To put it simply, what new car do you think will become a future classic?
Read MoreWe all love a winter project, don’t we? Something to occupy our time and minds during those long, cold months, so we don’t start clawing at the furniture out of boredom. It’s necessary enrichment for auto enthusiasts who live in northern climates, but we’re also prone to biting off more than we can chew — starting on projects without nearly enough time to finish them.
Read MoreWe all love finding automotive diamonds in the rough. However, sometimes that diamond can be embedded inside a massive lump of coal. Earlier this week we asked what are the standout unique features of cars that aren’t worth aspiring to own. The comments had various answers ranging from basic automated operations to basically the entire Pontiac Aztek. Without further ado, here are the best features found on awful cars: - Ryan Erik King Read More
Read MoreFormula One host asks famous potty mouth Gordon Ramsay about a driver's right to let their swear flags fly.
Read MoreAudi’s brief three-year stint competing at the Dakar Rally surprisingly ended with a victory last year as the German automaker shifted its focus and resources to its upcoming Formula One works program. Unsurprisingly, many of the uncompetitive RS Q e-tron rally prototypes were disposed of once the Dakar program was shuttered. The No. 224 Audi from the debut 2022 Dakar surfaced in an illegal dump in Czechia earlier this week.
Read MoreChevrolet tossed its cap into the NASCAR EV crossover stock car ring on Thursday with the unveiling of the Blazer EV.R prototype ahead of this weekend’s Daytona 500. Like the Ford Mustang Mach-E stock car unveiled in January, this Blazer EV.R borrows heavily from the NASCAR EV prototype developed in collaboration with ABB and demonstrated last year. While there are now two manufacturer-built prototypes, NASCAR still hasn’t scheduled a race for the electric stock cars.
Read MoreFox took a reported $34 million gamble on running IndyCar ads during Sunday’s big game featuring series drivers Alex Palou, Patricio O’Ward, and Josef Newgarden. In total the series was featured for one 15 second ad, four 30 second ads, and two 45 second ads on game day, with three getting play during the Super Bowl LIX broadcast. Fox recently acquired the broadcast rights for the IndyCar series, and committed to live coverage of all practice, qualifying, and race sessions for the first time
Read MoreWinning the FIA Formula One World Championship would be the zenith of any racing driver’s career. Occasionally, an F1 team will gift a car used during the title-winning season to its champion as a gesture of thanks. The Brawn BGP 001, given to Jenson Button after his 2009 championship, is going up for auction at the Miami Grand Prix this May. Besides the unlikely Cinderella title run, the British driver had to sue the team for his contractually obligated gift.
Read MoreIt’s been eight years since Aston Martin unveiled the road-going Valkyrie. Over that timespan, Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll bought the British luxury automaker and its partnership with the hypercar’s co-developer Red Bull Advanced Technologies collapsed. Plans to race the hypercar at Le Mans were seemingly dead a few years ago, but the program was resurrected in 2023, and the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH will finally make its competitive debut this month at the Qatar 1812 km.
Read MoreHistory is priceless only if no one can afford it or it’s not for sale. The first publicly-available 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for $53.9 million at auction on Saturday after spending decades in the hands of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. The streamlined Mercedes became the most valuable Grand Prix car ever sold. Among all cars sold, the 1950s F1 machine is only second to the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, which sold for $143 million in 2022.
Read MoreMaserati, like every car company, has had its ups and downs, but lately it’s been on an upswing. The exotic Italian carmaker’s flagship supercar, the handsome MC20, was introduced in 2022 with impressive comfort and daily drivability for a 621-horsepower mid-engine exotic. For 2025, Maserati ups the MC20’s performance ante by introducing the new GT2 Stradale, a more track-focused version of the MC20 that’s informed by lessons Maserati learned from its Fanatec GT2 European Racing Series
Read MoreThere are few cars I’ve had a more complicated relationship with than the 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392. On the face of it, this big SUV is everything I’d ever want. It’s loud, it has a massive V8 motor, you can (pretty much) drop the roof and it’ll go wherever you want it to. There’s just one problem: it feels a bit awful to drive around in. When you’re in the Wrangler 392, you get the feeling that you are the bad guy, and that’s unfortunately because you probably are.
Read MoreThe marketplace for private space enterprises is far from free, especially with SpaceX CEO and eagerly willing Martian sperm donor Elon Musk holding the purse strings of the federal government. SpaceX’s competitors can only sit back and prepare for the loss of its government contracts. Blue Origin announced on Thursday that it will be laying off 10 percent of its workforce, around 1,400 employees.
Read MoreIn case you needed more proof that we live in a near-apocalyptic cyberpunk dystopia, the United States’ planetary defense office has warned about a possible collision from an asteroid with the potential to level cities. The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has a one in 43 chance of hitting Earth — and that number seems to rise every time NASA updates its figures. Y’know, in case you didn’t have enough things to worry about.
Read MoreNASA’s first moon landing since Apollo 17 was initially scheduled for late 2024. However, development delays with both Boeing and SpaceX have pushed Artemis III back to 2027. Boeing is now preparing to layoff half its Artemis Program workforce as signs point toward the Trump administration not renewing the aerospace giant’s contract. Boeing’s ousting would be significantly due to the direct meddling of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who vocally despises the 21st-century Moon program.
Read MoreNASA, over the past 30 years, has gone to astronomical lengths to ensure the public is well aware of its work, especially young people. Adapting to a new generation, NASA announced on Wednesday that it will be hosting a livestream exclusively on Twitch, a platform synonymous with various forms of gaming.
Read MoreAfter more than eight months in space, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are counting down the days until a SpaceX Dragon capsule can launch to the International Space Station and bring them home. Concerns have now been raised about their rescue rocket, however, and a switch of spacecraft could actually mean that the pair will return home sooner than expected.
Read MoreThe first weeks of the second Trump presidency have been marked by a flurry of often-illegal executive orders, frequently centered around the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion language from anywhere the Presidency can touch. Now that mandate has made its way to NASA: The agency has been told to “drop everything” and focus on erasing wicked terms like “anything specifically targeting women” from its website.
Read MoreA Space X test flight went spectacularly wrong last month when the Starship craft exploded in the skies above the Caribbean. The explosion littered the sky with debris and looked fresh from a Michael Bay film, but the fallout has been less glamorous for the residents of one tropical island nation who have been left clearing up the space junk that now litters their beaches.
Read MoreWith two astronauts still stranded on the International Space Station, no one would categorize the Boeing Starliner’s 2024 crewed test flight as a success. Boeing has now lost $2 billion on Starliner after the aerospace giant announced a $523 million loss across last year on the spacecraft program on Monday. However, Boeing is still evaluating options to salvage the program.
Read MoreSpace is the only place where rocket fuel could be more precious than water. The China Manned Space Agency announced last month that taikonauts on the ongoing Shenzhou-19 mission successfully produced oxygen and ethylene, a key ingredient for rocket fuel. The process was the first-ever in-orbit demonstration of artificial photosynthesis technology.
Read MoreScientists predict that there are currently more than 30,000 pieces of space junk orbiting above the Earth, and some are large enough to make their way back down to dry land with little warning. On average this happens about once every day, but that rate could rise as private space travel ramps up. Aviation safety experts are worried as a new study has warned that the chance of a collision between a commercial jet and a piece of space junk is on the rise.
Read MoreGas-powered cars have been getting more and more efficient since they were first put to use more than 100 years ago. The most efficient engines out there can transfer 50 percent of the potential energy you put into the tank to the car’s wheels, with the remaining 50 percent lost as heat. That could change, though, as a team of scientists has developed a new device that straps to your tailpipe and turns waste heat energy into sweet electrical power.
Read MoreHypercar maker Koenigsegg is renowned for its meticulous attention to detail and over-the-top engineering. It’s a practice that’s worked out well for the brand, as it’s set countless world records and sits near the top of the hypercar tree. To lift the lid on some of the engineering feats that helped it get there, Koenigsegg has done a deep dive into the wild engineering behind its 249-mile-per-hour Gemera.
Read MoreThe term advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, is used to categorize features like adaptive cruise control, lane departure prevention and automatic emergency braking to name a few, but to the average consumer most of those words are just gibberish. What many consumers have latched onto are Tesla’s dangerous and misleading naming strategies of these driver assistance features. Names like “Autopilot” and “Full Self Driving” are troubling because the driver is still responsible for everythin
Read MoreDid you have a radio controlled car when you were a kid? They always looked like a ton of fun in the television commercials during Saturday Morning Cartoons, but when you finally convinced your parents to buy one they were typically slow and got pretty boring after 30 minutes. And batteries were always sold separately. Would an RC car be more fun if it was 1,600 pounds and had 61 horsepower? Former Jalop Superfast Matt wanted to find out, and he’s a slightly obsessive engineer, so he built one.
Read MoreAlmost every automaker around the world is starting to work on electric cars as the industry rushes to go green. For performance brands like Rimac and Porsche, doing so has come with unique challenges around how they can make their electric supercars stand out in a sea of similarly specced motors, and Aston Martin is pitching a novel way of making sure you really love its first electric models: vibrating EVs.
Read MoreTrump is backtracking on the old administration's pivot to electric power and at least one automaker thinks some tariffs are good tariffs and more
Read MoreWe take a look at Tesla's falling value, Stellantis' shockingly low 2024 profits and much more in The Morning Shift.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Monday, February 17, 2025, 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.
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day! It’s Friday, February 14, 2025, 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.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Thursday, February 13, 2025, 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.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 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.
Read MoreHappy Tuesday! It’s February 11, 2025, 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.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Monday, February 10, 2025, 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.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Friday, February 7, 2025, 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.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Thursday, February 6, 2025, 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.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 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.
Read MoreGood morning! It’s Monday, February 3, 2025, 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.
Read MoreIf your transmission doesn't have anything so convenient as a dipstick for your transmission you may have some options. All is not lost.
Read MoreLast time you bought a new tire, how closely did you look at it? You probably checked it for sizing and fit, making sure its width and profile and wheel size work with your car, but how carefully did you look at the other markings? Did you take notice of those little yellow and red dots? Did you wonder what they meant?
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