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The period of 2008 to 2009 was rough for Detroit’s Big 3 automakers. While Ford technically never filed for bankruptcy — though it did receive some of those sweet bailout funds — GM and Chrysler did. GM seemed to have it the worst, as the automaker had to get rid of four of its divisions to get its head above water.…

The Toyota Prius has acted as the punchline in most automotive jokes since its U.S. introduction in 2001, but the fifth-generation Prius has flipped the script. Jalopnik’s own Andy Kalmowitz even said he “immediately fell in love with it” on his first drive in December of 2022, and knowing Andy, that’s high praise.…

The Chevrolet Camaro was introduced to the world as Chevy’s answer to Ford’s revolutionary affordable performance car the Mustang, but by the time the gas crunch came around there wasn’t much performance left to offer. I was raised in a Ford family, but even the Ford Mustang of the era struggled to live up to its…

When we first drove the new Subaru WRX, it proved more competent than inspiring. It felt like you could push it hard, but it wasn’t really a car begging to be pushed. Then again, we’re also amateurs who drove it in the rain on tight northern California backroads. How does it do in the hands of Team O’Neil’s rally…

When the Ferrari Enzo supercar launched to the world back in 2002, the best that Pirelli could build was wrapped around the wheels of the angular icon. By today’s standards, after 22 years of development, those tires might as well be trash. For the Enzo to stand tall and deliver in 2024, it needs new shoes, and…

It’s the turn of the millennium, and you’re sitting in the Daytona stands when something roars by. Something loud, fast, and — most importantly — yellow. Now, 24 years later, that very same car is in your field of vision again. Only, this time, it’s for sale.

There’s no getting around the fact that the Dodge Challenge Demon 170 and the Lucid Air Sapphire are wildly different types of cars. The Demon 170 is about as close as you can get to buying a dedicated drag racer that’s still street-legal, while the Air Sapphire is an electric luxury sedan aimed more at the kind of…

I was recently pawing through the stacks at my local library ,and my automotive-addled brain saw a dustjacket with the word “Car” in the title, and the grey matter piloted my flesh-and-bone mech suit to pick it up. The grey matter was immediately given a dose of serotonin as it discovered the book to be a series of…

So folks, it’s looking like U.S. prosecutors’ probe into Tesla and Autopilot will be going well beyond whether the systems actually work or not. Regulators are now looking to see if Elon Musk and Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and customers about the self-driving capabilities of their…

Only 35 Ferrari 348 Serie Speciale tb Berlinettas were produced globally in the early 1990s. Now, one Miami classic car dealer has two of them up for sale and if you want to buy both, you’d better be prepared to Venmo a cool $450,000 to The Barn Miami.

One Subaru to rule them all. This fresh 22B-style hillclimb car build is among my favorite hillclimb cars to ever exist. Subaru was cooking when it took a regular economy upright coupe and gave it a turbocharger and all-wheel drive, but Rich White, the owner of this car, really turned up the heat. Starting with a…

If you want pure and unbiased news about what’s going on with Tesla and Elon Musk, you absolutely have to follow electric car dismantler and Tesla investor Sandy Munro’s YouTube rants. Unlike the lamestream media, Sandy will tell it to you straight, because what incentive would he have to lie to you? Surely he isn’t…

A photo finish isn’t just an illustrative expression. Some finishes in racing are so close that only photography is precise enough to determine the finishing order conclusively. A slit-scan camera helped to determine a winner in Sunday night’s AdventHealth 400, the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. Kyle…

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Elon Musk has long been a fan of, well, fibbing, and now it seems very possible he was caught in a little lie once again. The Tesla CEO has been a detractor of lidar sensors for self-driving vehicles for some time now. He’s gone so far as to say other automakers are going to “dump lidar [...] Mark my words.” Well,…

After a social media video circulated showing the Tesla Cybertruck’s frunk chopping veggies, we went through a week of idiots posting videos online to prove that the frunk was actually safe. Only then we saw that it wasn’t after one owner damn near got his finger broken trying to prove a point. Now, just over a day…

We’re just weeks away from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, one of the most anticipated action movies of the decade, especially for car enthusiasts like us. In the George Miller-directed film, Anya Taylor-Joy is playing the titular role that was originated by Charlize Theron in 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road, with the new movie…

Cars have radically changed over the last few decades, adding technology like touch screens, cameras, and voice assistants, while quietly losing features that were prevalent for years. Depending on your persuasion, some of the advancements have positively impacted modern vehicles, and some seem to have needlessly…

After building more than 105,000 units over the past two decades, Bentley is ending production of its gamechanging twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12 engine this summer. Just yesterday the British automaker showed off the Batur convertible, which will be one of the last applications of the W12, and now Bentley has unveiled the…

One of the biggest things that annoyed me about living in America was dining out. I struggled finding decent vegetarian options outside major cities, was often presented with way too much food for one person to consume and would always be left paying much more than I’d expected after tax and tip was added onto the…

We asked our readers earlier this week what were the most perplexing problems they’ve ever encountered with their cars. The comments were filled with tales of faulty sensors and persistent check engine lights. Some of these cars spent so much take in the shop that I’m surprised drivers weren’t charged rent. Without…

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, May 8, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

In the history of motor racing there have been near-god-level drivers that have risen above the mere mortals. It’s nearly impossible to confirm one of these deific drivers as the true pinnacle above all others, simply because of an inability to test them all at their peak in the same equipment on the same day.…

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Miata isn’t just a hoot to look at. Lifting the boot lid with its hard-mounted spare tire means never worrying about skipping arm day at the gym, too. Let’s decide if it also has a can’t-skip price.

Once Columbia University’s administrators called the cops in on students protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and the Fox News crowd started foaming at the mouth for teens to be beaten or killed, you knew it was only a matter of time before someone ended up in the hospital. Sadly, it appears that is now the case, as…