When Officer Jonathan Abrams pulled over a Long Island man for speeding in the HOV lane Friday morning, he ran into a slight problem: He asked both men in the car for ID, but one of them, being several pieces of wood stuck together, had none.
Good news for Travis Kvapil! According to WXYZ, the Team Xtreme race car Kvapil was supposed to race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was found early today by the side of the road northwest of Atlanta in Gwinnett County, Georgia, twenty miles from where it was found.
The short takeoff and vertical landing capable F-35B, which has handicapped the entire Joint Strike Fighter design since its inception , has another major problem, it can't fit a full load of Small Diameter Bomb IIs in its weapons bay. What's worse is that even though the USMC will declare the F-35B operational this year, it won't be until 2022 that the problem will hopefully be fixed.
Subaru and Jeep are consistently two of America’s fast-growing auto brands. Aided by expanding portfolios and clearly understood branding, Jeep volume jumped 41% in 2014; Subaru sales shot up 21%. Are any two auto brands more easily identified with winter than Subaru and Jeep? As the U.S. auto industry grew 14% in January 2015, Jeep […]
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Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what's going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
The past few days have seen a lot of thought and scrutiny about Audi's new supercar, the R8 . And while I happily boarded that juggernaut myself, I had a moment of intense clarity: the R8 I'm really interested in hasn't been built in nearly 40 years. It's the Renault R8.
When Google announced its new artificial intelligence system could play, learn, and beat some old-school Atari games , my first reaction was, "Cool. Call me when it can play Spy Hunter." Actually, what about Gran Turismo? Because that's obviously part of the plan.
We talk a lot about "great rallies" over here, but the greatest rally is the Targa Newfoundland, if for nothing more than the crashes . And this crash, from two years ago, is its crowning achievement. It is perfect in every way.
The first photos of the Lexus LF-SA concept have leaked ahead of its official reveal in Geneva, and if you're wondering what the hell it is, think Mini, but chockfull of nutty Japanese flavor.
Lotus has announced that Carmen Jordá is its new development driver for the year. Could she beat Susie Wolff to a Formula One drive? We're not sure, but it's pretty awesome to see another woman nudging closer to competing in F1.
The C-17 has been in production for 25 years, with 279 Globemasters emerging from Boeing's (and once McDonnell Douglas') historic Long Beach factory. Yesterday, the final aircraft had its wings mated to its massive fuselage, ending not just the production run of the C-17, but the 72-year-old plant that produced it.
Elvis Presley had a slew of cool (and also not-so-cool) cars, from scads of Cadillacs to the most famous of them all, the yellow DeTomaso Pantera he used for target practice. But he also had a taste for the obscure, and was actually the first owner of a Stutz Blackhawk.
Several National Hot Rod Asscoation drag racers who appeared on the worst idea for a show ever, Street Outlaws, have been warned that their competition license may be suspended for going on the show. Problem is, several members are still booked to appear on the show and this sudden change in policy comes at just the wrong time.
On this week's edition of Late Friday News Dump: Uber's driver database was accessed by an unknown third party, compromising the personal information of about 50,000 drivers. So far there have been no reports of unauthorized use of the information.
When you're on a long road trip , you get used to certain sights, namely the regular cars that endlessly populate your field of view. However, sometimes a certain something can break the monotony and make you think to yourself "Did I just get goatse'd?" This ensemble of rally-ready insanity is exactly that.
Modern top-level prototype racecars have notoriously bad, gunslit visibility. The Nissan LMP1 GT-R LM adds a level of complexity with flames. Flames to the face.
This 2015 Jeep Renegade will be on display at the Geneva Auto Show, with a finish fresh off a fancy microwave and an adorable off-road trailer made out of another Renegade.
So you know how everyone's going batshit about the ambiguous color of a dress ? Because now that everyone in the world can now talk about the same shit at once, we're going bonkers? Well, Holden's quick-acting ad team may have made the best advertising-bandwagon-jumping response yet:
A few decades ago, Mazda took chances. From its iconic RX-7 with its witchcraft-spec Rotary engine, to its physics-defying Miata, Mazda was the automaker to go to if quirk was indeed your bag. However, there was another, less well-known option that made Mazda a bona fide triple threat - the amazing Mazda MX-6. Here are a few reasons why you need to buy one right this second.
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It's a sad day today, because everyone's favorite (non-ALF) alien had passed . And while Leonard Nimoy wasn't necessarily known as a huge gearhead, he seemed to have good taste in cars, and has at least this one good car-related story. It involves Spock, Kirk, a bike, and a Buick Riviera.
"What the FUCK," he says to himself, realizing two big rigs are about to collide right in front of his eyes.
No matter how long you've been driving, it's never too late to learn better habits. Automatic is a little Bluetooth dongle that plugs into your car's OBD-II port (found on almost any car made since 1996) and communicates with your smartphone to track driving habits, mileage, and engine problems. Best of all, if you're in an accident, Automatic will automatically alert the authorities and call your family, no subscription required.
