If you needed another reason why it's not a good idea to walk right across a multi-lane highway, here you go.
Turns out, this thing we thought was the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze isn't actually the Chevy Cruze that we'll get here. There's a chance it'll be very different. But it probably won't be.
In Manhattan, even the abandoned historic underground trolley stations are getting gentrified.
In another blow for General Motors, the company announced this afternoon it's issuing a recall for 1.3 million cars sold in the U.S. over an electric power steering problem. And yes, some Chevy Cobalts and Saturn Ions are subject to this recall as well as the huge ignition recall .
I recently sat down and watched that "instant karma" road rage video. You know the one: some woman in Florida is being tailgated by a guy in a Ford Super Duty, so she pulls out a camera to get him on tape. Then the tailgater drives up next to her and flies into an uncontrollable rage, presumably upon seeing that she's filming the whole thing in portrait mode.
My valet shoved away some of the piles of money I use to shield my eyes from all the gold-reflections in my home and placed an iPad in front of me. On it was a clip of Pat Robertson talking about how Jews never tinker with cars, and how we're too busy polishing diamonds. Finally! Someone understands!
Jimmy Fallon has been milking the joke of his impending pickup truck purchase on The Tonight Show for weeks, and finally decided to drown under Ford's tidal wave of sales pitches. Unfortunately for whoever actually sells him the truck, he's kind of being a dick about it.
The moon, once thought to be an inhospitable wasteland, is now a bustling metropolis. A bustling metropolis that could really use some investment in infrastructure.
This weekend was supposed to be a fairly uneventful weekend for Tesla, as weekends for Tesla go. They weren't being banned from sale , and nothing caught fire . But the ever-present specter of Subreddit Drama lurked, as always. And since it's Reddit, pretty much everything else got dragged through the mud, too.
Hey, skater punks that want bad girls but don't want to skate anymore, have we got the car for you. Meet the 2015 Subaru WRX STI , the car equivalent of a skate board.
Tesla's Model S is supposed to be the safest car on the road —at least where the physical realm is concerned. But apparently, the crazy expensive car's six-character password is vulnerable to some pretty basic hacking techniques, leaving you and your car's data at the mercy of a tech-savvy stranger.
There is nothing better sounding than the wail of the flat six in a Porsche 911 GT3 at full tilt. There is nothing worse sounding than that Porsche 911 GT3 spinning off the road into a ditch at the hands of a shit driver.
Love 'em or hate 'em, now you have no choice. Rearview cameras are now required in any new vehicle less than 10,000 pounds, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announces today.
Possibly the most famous jump in the automotive world, the crest on the Portugal's Fafe Rallysprint (and previously of the WRC's Rally Portugal), proved again why it's so iconic. Kris Meeke jumped it at what is a claimed 48 meters, or 157 feet.
If Ferdinand Piëch hadn't set his engineers on a course for 1,000 horsepower and 250 mph (Hello? Bugatti Veyron?), sports-car science projects like the Porsche 918 Spyder might not exist today. But he did, and it does. What's the 918 like to drive? Let's find out.
When NASA needs to ship its outsized spacecraft components between production, testing, and launch facilities around the country, there is only one plane big enough, powerful enough, and—most importantly—wide enough to do the job: the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy.
The Final Four is here and perhaps the favorite for the Beat-Off is out of the running!
It turns out, pickup trucks are about as useful for hauling cargo as a three-legged mule. You know what is useful? A van. A big, honkin', European utility van. I've covered 1,600 miles in six days, loaded four different motorcycles, a transmission, and a transfer case in this thing. It's clever. It's built to work. It's everything a pickup truck isn't. I want one. Read why right here.
A thirty-something Michigan woman miraculously survived a crash with a semi-truck and being dragged about 50 yards before both vehicles came to a stop, according to reports.
Useful means something different to everyone. Some see useful as practical, others see it as fast. Others see it as a combination of everything. What's the most useful of them all?
Anyone watching 60 Minutes' interview with Elon Musk? They keep dubbing motor noises over driving footage of the Model S. It sounds like they recorded a motorcycle engine and used it to spice up the car footage. Whatever it is, it's not the sound of a Tesla.
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past.
Police were called in to contain rowdy Arizona students after the Wildcats lost to Wisconsin in the Elite Eight last night, but all the beanbag shots pepper balls in the world couldn't take one dude down. (For a little while, anyway.)
It's raining throughout much of the country today, and it's going to be raining for probably the next month or so. But that doesn't matter, because wet weather produces some of the best racing the world has ever seen.
Some poor unfortunate soul had their Lamborghini Aventador completely smushed in the posh (yeah I said it) neighborhood of Knightsbridge in London today. But what happened? And where is the driver?
[The Ferrari 250 GT Drogo 'Breadvan' and other priceless cars at the 72nd Goodwood Members' Meeting doing what they were built to do: racing hard till the Sun goes down, then some more.]
It looks like the Syrian Air Force's Fulcrums are getting their hands much dirtier all of the sudden.
The Jaguar F-Type R Coupe is already a deliriously delightful car, starting with those handsome looks on down to the absolutely bonkers 542 horsepower engine. And now there are rumblings that the world may be bestowed with a super-light, super-fast Club Sport version of the mad cat.
Spring time means baby animals, pretty flowers, afternoon rains, and the screaming thunder of exotic racing cars. Like no other form of motorsport, endurance racing combines the very best of high-efficiency technology, fuel savings, aerodynamic wizardry, and outright speed. In the hard-fought battles of IMSA and the FIA's WEC series- most famous for its premier race, the 24 hours race at LeMans- it is often the tortoise, and not the hare.
Demolition derbies are probably one of the best ways to introduce little kids to motorsports. They're loud, they're fun, and there aren't any worries about rule changes or making up points. And very occasionally, you get absolutely monster hits like this one.
This week, we're featuring airline liveries that aren't flying anymore. There are dozens of bygone airlines and some classic paint schemes that went along with some of them. And pretty much the only place you'll find them now is in pictures.
Has Poland's OBRUM and its partners designed the tank of the future? The PL-01 does pack some incredibly valuable features into a fairly compact and modular concept, and yes, it also looks cool as hell!
The RACER Channel's Robin Miller interviews Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg pole winner Takuma Sato and his team owner, 4-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt, before recapping the action from a pressure-packed wet/dry qualifying session that ran into Saturday evening on the 1.8-mile street course.
The Chrysler 300 SRT8 is a ridiculous beast. It's got a 6.4L Hemi engine pumping out 470 horsepower, and it looks as dead serious as a four-door muscle car should. Which is why this example covered in some serious dirt is completely, amazingly, fantastic.
(Updated: Quali) Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least what we thought was possible.
The small North Carolina town of Weddington lives its days cowering in fear, listening intently for the onslaught of a local villain. A monster is on the loose, terrifying all who come upon it. Yes, friends, it is that which we are all afraid of – a random dude in a Porsche 911 GT3RS. Repent! Repent!
Everyone loves a gorgeous rocket launch, but the story of getting from the first sputtering attempts to the modern day marvels is completely unreal. The Jet Propulsion Laboratories took it up a notch, giving mad scientists their epic reputation.
Mike "Pee Wee" Bernoske, a Southwest Airlines Operations Agent in Orlando, Florida, passed away on March 19th at age 52 from an aneurysm in his abdomen. The video above shows a moving tribute to Pee Wee as the Southwest team in Orlando gives him a proper send-off to be laid to rest in Maryland.
Suck it, Russia: when it comes to mail delivery, no one anywhere covers more area than Canada Post.
Outsourcing your ad work to random people can work out either really well, or really badly for automakers. Luckily for GM, this ad made with nothing but some basketballs, a Buick Regal GS , and a single camera is great. Add in the fact that it was done in just one take, and it becomes amazing.
Switzer Performance released the new-for-2014 E900 flex-fuel package for Nissan's R35 GTR earlier this month, and the new, more powerful E900 GTR got its first trial by fire at TX2K14 last weekend.
On the evening of November 17th, 1986, Georges Besse collapsed in the gutter outside his home in Paris. He had been shot four times in the head and chest, his body covered in blood. His death, while unfortunate, was not the only one that night. It also marked the end of the American Motors Corporation.
Jalopnik hasn't mentioned it yet so I will. 40 years ago today the very first VW Golf rolled off the production line.
Like the hits, the General Motors recalls just keep on comin'. In addition to last night's announcement of a full recall of all 824,000 Cobalts, G5s, Ions and other cars afflicted with the ignition switch problem, GM also announced late Friday they are recalling another 662,000 trucks, SUVs and Cruzes.
If you intend on driving a racecar—even if it's a total crapcan —you're going to have to look the part. Bonus: all of that Stiggy get-up prevents you from going up in flames if and/or when your questionable machinery decides it doesn't like its fuel lines anymore, hooray!
Up until now, Syria's MiG-29s have stayed largely out of the fighting. This incredible video may show that things have changed. If it's doctored it is well done. You can even hear the impacts before the burp of the cannon!
Imagine that you've got an Easter egg delivery service and a love of classic Mustangs. You aren't going to fit many eggs in the back of the standard coupe version or even the fastback with its fold-down rear seats...but...you've got a Volvo 245 shell sitting around collecting dust...and a welder.
We're about to see a lot more Opel — kinda — in the U.S. and a lot less Opel in China. After years of unimpressive sales, GM is pulling Opel out of China. On the flip, GM will rebadge two more Opel products in the U.S. for Buicks — one of which is most likely the Adam we've been curious about .
British Airways recently made a big splash across the pond by selecting former model and successful entrepreneur Michelle Mone for a summer advertising campaign. What do you think?
It feels like a long time since I've seen an endurance race car advertised with a four digit power output.
An all-new Audi R8 is coming soon. It will not have the glorious gated manual gearbox of the current car, but it should be great anyway because it's based on the new Lamborghini Huracan. I'm even more impressed after seeing and hearing it attack the 'Ring.
Following a spate of fires late last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it would investigate the Tesla Model S for a possible recall. As of today, that inquiry is closed, and it's all thanks to titanium . Go titanium!
You guys know me — I'm an idea man. True, 90% of those 'ideas' involve gyros for lunch, but occasionally something else slips in. And today is one of those times. Today I'm tackling the issue of how to make nav, HVAC, infotainment and other controls available to passengers. I have an idea, and I want to hear what you think.
Yeah, a Mercedes S-Class may have perfume wafting through the cabin, but does it have awesomely spinning vents? Just turn it up, flick, and watch it go. This is weirdly, oddly, amazingly satisfying to watch.
Steven Douglas, who maintains the site deepbluehorizon.blogspot.com , may have spotted two secret projects in a single month. The first is about a mysterious radar cloud that appeared over the Air Force's Directed Energy Lab and another pertains to a picture of what appears to be a classified stealth aircraft.
Racing anything down public streets is nuts. No guardrails, no runoff areas, no nothing. Doing it in 250cc SuperKarts, with no safety cages and no seatbelts, is even crazier. Doing all that on the Isle of Man in the rain, then, must be the peak of fun.
The Toyota Yaris. It's as inoffensive as Ryan Seacrest. As boring as plain ice milk. So why did this garage door decide that it had to unleash all of its hatred on this little car?
Airlines, like many other businesses, operate under a type of Darwinian rule — only the strong survive. Throughout the decades, many have come and gone. Some have been bought and merged into others, while a few have made a come-back, with mixed results.
Because today is another day in a year on planet Earth, British telly motoring programme Top Gear is getting complaints, again, for racism, again. And this time, they're getting sued. And the person doing the suing wants them off the air completely.
Already replete with headaches over the recall of 1.4 million Chevrolet Cobalts and other models, General Motors on Thursday night ordered dealers to stop selling certain models of the Chevrolet Cruze. They did not say why.
Guess the (dick) head. http://ift.tt/1dAcuZ5
— Alex Lloyd (@alex_lloyd) March 28, 2014
There was something strangely alluring about the 90's TV show dream-sequence look of this RC adventure, featuring a hard-slidin' small-scale Ford SVT Lightning.
You know how when you were a little kid, you'd pretend to drive things by sort of rhythmically cranking a steering wheel back and forth, because that's what we saw on TV? Well, now that we're all growed up, we know that's a great way to get a car on its side. What else showed driving really unrealistically?
If you tower like a god over lesser men (and women), you may think you'll be forever kept from driving amazing cars. The good news is that's not the case. As suggested by Jalopnik readers, here are 10 unexpectedly awesome cars for the very tall.
What happens before a stick-on vent addiction? Sheepskin seat covers? Fuzzy dice? I guess the best thing is to never linger too long in a Pep Boys.
People love laws that prevent texting while driving. They seem like good common sense laws that prohibit distractions that lead to accidents. But once the laws are written, cops have to go out and enforce them, and that's not as easy as it looks.
A 15-year-old created a Ferrari Facebook page back before it was a social media empire, and it grew so successful that the people in Maranello wanted it. So they took it. But Ferrari might not have actually been allowed to do that.
