It's no secret that Cadillac, the self proclaimed "standard of the world," is struggling right now as a luxury automaker. Cadillac CEO Johan de Nysschen said it will cost $12 billion to turn the brand around in order to face the Germans, but are they going after the wrong targets?
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It feels like a pink burnout kind of day. Here's one for no good reason.
While Goodwood’s public parking lot might appear to be full of them , as Ferrari 365 GTB/4s are getting more and more expensive every year, many of these wonderful Pininfarina creations get turned into stationery garage queens. But not this one.
Maybe I’m still basking in the afterglow of driving a McLaren 650S , but I have a really good feeling about its little brother, the McLaren 570S . Sure, the “911 fighter” is a real tough segment, and at $180,000 it’s ain’t cheap. But I think McLaren really came correct with this one.
The Wörthersee meeting in Austria is the biggest annual Volkswagen gathering, and the company always makes sure the fans have enough crazy concept cars to take pictures of. This year’s GTI will be designed by a group of apprentices aged 17-25, so prepare your Matchboxes!
What you’re looking at is a proposed highway that would link London to New York, going the long way round. It’s been making the news lately, and it’s certainly crazy.
There’s something hauntingly beautiful about the graveyards where cars, planes, trains, bikes, and boats go to rest.
The CT6 will be the first in an onslaught of Cadillac products, part of a $12 billion campaign to turn the brand around. Why Cadillac is showing a teaser is beyond me, since the car got its debut during a Super Bowl ad that plays constantly on major networks.
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April Fool’s Day is imminent, which means that we’re about to see A) lots of unfunny people making awful attempts to prank everyone; and B) big tech companies like Google and Blizzard creating some brilliant things. Here’s one example of the latter.
Do you want us to send the product tooling? That’s what Bentley designer Luc Donckerwolke posted on Lincoln designer David Woodhouse’s Facebook page, a comment that was swiftly deleted but captured by the excellent Car Design News . Let me tell you, Bentley went off on Lincoln.
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Because the power of the Murilee Martin Lifestyle Brand™ is so extreme, the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Denver has fallen under my spell and allowed me to select and introduce four car films, to be shown each Monday during their “Alamo Takes the Wheel” month of April (actually, it was the endorsement of Repo Man […]
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Just 12 hours or so before its official debut at the New York Auto Show (or sooner if it leaks, which it probably will) Cadillac showed off a photo of the 2016 Cadillac CT6 hiding under a sheet. That's kind of silly since everybody kind of knows what it looks like , so let's explore instead why the CT6 is a big deal.
In our first installment, we focused on Daimler, Mazda, and the Volkswagen Group. Today, we’ll focus on BMW/Mini, Subaru, and Hyundai/Kia. But first, let me address a couple of the comments about the cars the B&B said I got wrong: I stand by my comments about the Golf. One commenter said the Golf was just […]
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Aiming to build confidence among Chinese consumers, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has pledged his company will begin local production in China within three years. Xinhua reports that until then, imports from the United States will continue because the factory still has capacity left to grow into. Once that occurs, however, Musk says it would only […]
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The McLaren 570S is the entry level model in the English supercar maker's lineup. Aimed straight at the Porsche 911 Turbo S and the Audi R8 V10 , the 570S is McLaren's first foray into a higher volume segment. And it looks bananas in person. Here are the close up details.
This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that’s actually important — all in one place every weekday morning. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn’t your time more important?
Well, I mean, people have some idea. The Buick was driven on the bike path. It's just that most people can't figure out how someone would be clueless enough to drive a full-grown Buick all the way onto a bridge bike path on Lake Shore Drive by Chicago's Navy Pier.
The General shrank the Buick Electra for the 1977 model year and then ditched the model entirely in 1990, so the ’76 was the last of the proper single-digit-fuel-economy Electras. These comfy gerontocrusiers used to be everywhere on American roads, even in the dark days after gas prices went crazy, and you still see them […]
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In the aftermath of “Top Gear” host Jeremy Clarkson’s firing, the show’s producer bids farewell, while the BBC’s director receives death threats. In an email leaked to Jalopnik, executive producer Andy Wilman confirmed his exit from Broadcasting House, proclaiming that he and his crew left everyone “wanting more.” Wilman went on to praise the show […]
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Holden is reviving the Sandman line of wagons and Utes. Harman is buying Bang & Olufsen’s car audio business. Tesla is showing off a new, non-automotive product at the end of April. Subaru issues a statement against Indiana’s new law that some say enables discrimination against LGBT people. Honda will export CR-Vs from Canada to […]
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It turns out that cats like refreshed and refurbished old Porsche 911s as much as humans do.
The Beast of Turin Fiat record car will run up the hill with its 28.5 liter four-cylinder at Goodwood this summer at the Festival of Speed, and here’s its first drive in 104 years with Lord March himself in the passenger seat. It’s a loud one.
Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
Yesterday, Jalopnik published a leaked farewell email from Andy Wilman to staff, which many people took as him resigning. Today he clarified it wasn’t a resignation email nor meant for public consumption.
A transportation bill sent to Congress Monday would grant the NHTSA the authority to stop automakers from selling vehicles with dangerous safety problems. Automotive News reports the bill — the $478-billion, six-year Grow America Act penned by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx — would give the agency “imminent hazard authority” to ground vehicles “in cases […]
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Heads up, today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Brat is being sold by a fellow Jalop-in-Arms, so let’s be nice. Not too nice however, as we still need to know if his price is batty rather than Bratty.
When Toyota and Lexus reveal their respective crossovers at the 2015 New York Auto Show, both will come with low-cost automated braking safety packages. The all-new RAV4 Hybrid and fourth-gen RX will offer “new, multi-feature, integrated safety packages, each anchored by automated pre-collision braking and offered at a price dramatically below comparable systems across the […]
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While use of red-light and speed cameras are on the wane, support for automated enforcement depends upon where and who the constituent is. According to Autoblog, a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found 70 municipalities have dropped red-light camera programs in their jurisdictions over the past 30 months. Said programs peaked at […]
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