Space Force Congress Isn’t Keen on a Space Force, So What About a Space Coast Guard Instead?Jalopnik - Kyle Mizokami This week Congress dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s idea for a Space Force, authorizing just $15 million to fund the operation. Critics in …
Trucks Quick Question: What Makes a Truck a Truck?Jalopnik - Jason Torchinsky Earlier today I was doing some research on an interesting 4x4 vehicle that predated the world-famous Jeep, when an interesting question came up: is a …
Ford GT Your Detailing Guy Is Gonna Be PissedJalopnik - Kristen Lee If you’re at all into the aftermarket scene, then you’ve probably come across forged wheel company HRE at one point or another. HRE wheels are known …
This Oddly Cute Little Car Was the First Mass-Produced 4x4 Passenger Car Even Before the JeepJalopnik - Jason Torchinsky Four-wheel drive vehicles have been around longer than you may realize; there were experiments by Joseph Diplock in 1893, and the first real car …
Superchargers Couple Takes Baby Pictures with Supercharger After Mom Pressures Them for GrandchildrenJalopnik - David Tracy This week, car fans Brayden Tomicic and his wife Payton welcomed into the world little baby “Eaton,” who, an astute scientist could argue, is …
New York State Police This Homemade New York State Inspection Sticker Really Nails ItJalopnik - Jason Torchinsky Like many states, New York inspects cars to make sure they’re (roughly) safe enough to be on the road, and to prove that’s the case, they require an …
Mitsubishi Amphibious Mitsubishis of the '80s and '90s Are Rad As HellJalopnik - Andrew P. Collins Pardon me while I breathe heavily into a paper bag, but I’m only just now learning that there were at least three Mitsubishi Pajero amphibious …
Hasbro Why Does the Car Have Boobs?Jalopnik - Kristen Lee I will readily admit that I am definitely not a collector of all things Transformers, but even I will notice if one of them has suddenly sprouted a …
Muscle Cars You Can Now Get the 6.2-Liter V8 in More, Cheaper Chevy Silverado TrimsJalopnik - Justin T. Westbrook The entire concept of offering multiple trim levels for a vehicle is so consumers have choice over what they can buy for the money they have, which …
Niki Lauda How Niki Lauda WonJalopnik - Raphael Orlove He didn’t take pole position. He wasn’t even on the front row. He qualified fifth, behind faster cars and wilder drivers. And yet it was Niki Lauda …
Amazon Prime The Best Japanese Car Show of the Early Internet Is On Amazon PrimeJalopnik - Raphael Orlove It’s informative. It’s entertaining. It’s an introduction to how cars work, how they should be driven, and how weird they can be. It’s not Top Gear or …
Car Reviews The 2019 Volkswagen Arteon Is a Different Kind of Status SymbolJalopnik - Andrew P. Collins The 2019 Volkswagen Arteon looks futuristic, but it feels a callback to the old school idea of a flagship sedan that exists just because. Built with …
Subaru U.S. Buyers Still Overwhelmingly Choose a Manual for the Subaru BRZ and WRXJalopnik - Alanis King It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Subaru still has decent manual sales in a market where carmakers can’t give a third pedal away, given that …
Toyota Toyota Will Soon Offer New Parts for the MKIII and MKIV SupraJalopnik - Kristen Lee If you have a third- or fourth-generation Toyota Supra, you shouldn’t feel left out by all this “new Supra” talk. You certainly aren’t forgotten, …
BMW X5 BMW Is Somehow Doing Two More 500 Horsepower SUVsJalopnik - Justin T. Westbrook The 2020 BMW X3 M Competition and X4 M Competition were just a warning shot, the first wave of an onslaught of 500 horsepower super SUVs we may not …
Mazda Mazda Is Offering a $1,500 Rebate to Trade Your Old Mazda 3 for a New OneJalopnik - Tom McParland In case you haven’t been paying attention, the all-new 2019 Mazda 3 is a very good car. There are faster cars and cheaper cars, but it’s one of the …
BMW Actually Ford Needs More Layoffs Despite Surging Truck Profits, Wall Street Analyst SaysJalopnik - Patrick George A Wall Street analyst says Ford needs more cuts despite making billions off F-Series truck sales, Daimler’s Zetsche says auf wiedersehen, and Michigan …
Tesla Tesla's Navigate Is Worse Than Human Driving: Consumer ReportsJalopnik - Elizabeth Blackstock Car buyers have shown that they’re ready to embrace autonomous cars—but are automakers actually equipped to meet that demand? A new Consumer Reports …
Supervillain New York Has a Supervillain Pulling Emergency Brakes and Destroying Subway CommutesJalopnik - Aaron Gordon “This is a nutcase who is addicted to fucking with the trains.” That was how one MTA New York City Transit source with knowledge of the situation …
20th Century This late 1960s Bedford Beagle wagon was built by British vehicle conversion company Dormobile (theJalopnik - David Tracy This late 1960s Bedford Beagle wagon was built by British vehicle conversion company Dormobile (the coachbuilding arm of Martin Walter Ltd of …
Play buttonKanye West Kanye West — 'Never Let Me Down'Jalopnik - Erik Shilling Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
Chevrolet Corvette At $14,750, Could This 1993 40th Anniversary Year Chevy Corvette be Your Party Favor?Jalopnik - Rob Emslie The seller of today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 40th anniversary year ‘Vette says that pictures just don’t do it justice. Let’s see if that missing …
Renault Sport The Renault Megane RS Trophy-R Just Beat Up The Civic Type R and Stole Its Nürburgring CrownJalopnik - Bradley Brownell I don’t put much stock in Nürburgring lap times, or any lap times for that matter, as they relate to how good a performance car actually is to own. …
Aston Martin This Aston Martin Has Most Excellent WheelsJalopnik - Bradley Brownell It has been far too long since an OEM took a risk on the design of its wheels. There are only a handful of differently stylized wheels on the market …
Midland Sneaky Train Attacks Unsuspecting Police CarJalopnik - Bradley Brownell A Midland County, Texas Sherriff’s deputy vehicle was hit by a speeding train Tuesday. The large several thousand ton vehicle that follows a unique …
BMW 3 Series Comment of the Day: Old German Cars Will Ruin YouJalopnik - David Tracy Today my boss Patrick George wrote about the disaster that was owning his 1984 BMW 733i in New York City. In the story, he suggested that we come up …
Off-roading Here's a Solid Primer on Essential Off-Road Recovery GearJalopnik - Andrew P. Collins You could spend the MSRP of your truck all over again buying off-road accessories and recovery gear. Some of the stuff is superfluous, some just …
Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson Was Wrong About the Alpina BMW Z8Jalopnik - Raphael Orlove The Alpina V8 Roadster has a bad reputation among diehard car nerds. The strut towers made the news for buckling under load, and Clarkson trashed the …
Kansas Help Us Spot the Incredible Cars in This Kansas JunkyardJalopnik - David Tracy While driving my $500 Postal Jeep through rural Kansas on my way back to Michigan from Utah, I wound up in heaven without even having to crash my …
Toyota Supra Dyno Test Reveals The 2020 Toyota Supra Has a Lot More Power Than ExpectedJalopnik - Patrick George It’s fairly well known that modern BMW engines tend to have more actual horsepower and torque than is advertised. And—I don’t know if you’ve heard …
