VIDEO: Tennessee Man Attempts Rock Slide Ramp, Fails

Here's a stark example of what happens when you don't pay attention to the road and you hit a rock slide at speed . You're lucky you didn't kill yourself (and your dog). Poor Lincoln LS. Pay attention, kids! More »

James May Helps Define Handling

A strange concept it is, handling. It’s probably the most important aspect of a car, yet it’s the hardest to describe. In his latest column for The Telegraph, Top Gear host James May offers a concise summary. More »

Chase the Sun in a 1980 Celica for $3,750!

Some people like their eggs sunny side up, and some like them over easy. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a second-generation Celica that let's you have it both ways. More »

2011 Ford Mustang GT: 412 HP And 26 MPG

It's not just the V6-engined 2011 Ford Mustang with impressive fuel economy chops. We're now told the 412 HP 5.0-liter-engined 2011 Ford Mustang GT will see a bump up to 26 MPG on the highway. Not too shabby.
Yesterday - March 15, 2010

The 1200 HP Hennessey Venom GT Teases Us From The Shadows

The Hennessey Venom GT, based on the diminutive Lotus Elise, will deliver up to 1200 HP, once it progresses beyond the teaser image stage ahead of the car's full debut March 30th. Over-dramatically scored video below: More »

One Small Step For A Fiat, One Giant Leap For Electric Cars

Ignore all the lying hybrid supercars: The Atomik 500 shows how electric power can be both clean and fun. As a bonus, it's faster than the Fiat 500 it's based on and is capable of... space travel? More »

Toyota, Predictably, Agrees The Runaway Prius Was A Hoax

At a press conference today, Toyota agreed with NHTSA's earlier assessment, offering up eight reasons why Jim Sikes account of his "runaway Prius" is completely full of crap. More »

NYC Cabbies Scammed Riders In Totally Unsurprising Crimes

When New York City compared cab GPS data against fares, they discovered some cabbies had been charging double the going rate, bilking passengers out of $8.3M. The City's now concocting a refund scheme for riders who paid in plastic. [IndependentMail] More »
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America, You Brought The Toyota Hoax On Yourself

No matter how the Great Toyota Recall and Jim Sikes saga ends, two things are certain: one, American drivers are sheep, and two, yes, this will happen again. More »

Best Barn Find Ever: Two Brand-New BMW E30 M3s And A Fast Ford

The RS Owners Club story begins with an amazing find: an E30 M3 with just 37 miles, yet concludes with something even more amazing: a second E30 M3 with 57 miles and, wait for it, a Ford RS200. More »

MotorTrend not only picked a Camry as top mid-size sedan, they picked a beige Camry.

Machine Carves a Motorcycle Helmet Out of an Aluminum Block

Helmets are for safety, but they're also about making a statement. Surely, if you're riding around the city in this helmet carved by a machine out of a single giant block of aluminum, bystanders will overlook your teal Vespa. [Gawker.TV]

How To Turn Your Toyota Into a Fauxrarri For Just $2000

Have a Toyota MR2 but really wish you had a Ferrari? The wrong way to make your dreams reality is to eBay for this $2,000 kit that'll help you re-badge your 'yota as an Italian supercar. More »
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The 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

With a rash of new teams, an unretired Michael Schumacher, and a very balanced field, the 61st season of Formula One has kicked off in the sands of Arabia. Spoilers below. More »

Nicholas Cage In Trouble Over Unpaid Rolls Royces

In 2007, actor Nicolas Cage leased a 1964 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III worth a cool $550K and a not-as-cool 2002 Corniche. When he lost his shirt in the stock market, he returned 'em. Now he's got a $240K bill. More »

Nissan GT-R Owner Charged With Insurance Fraud After Crash Vid Hits YouTube

Remember when a Nissan GT-R crashed trying to keep up with a Mitsubishi Evo? Turns out the driver in that video tried to scam his insurance company for repairs and now him and his sister have been arrested. More »

What's History's Greatest Automotive Hoax?

Automotive history is rife with those who have taken advantage of society's collective gullibility. If Jim Sikes is in fact a four-wheeled balloon boy, he's pretty high on the list. What's history's greatest automotive hoax? More »
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Anyone Else See A Pattern Here?

Some have noticed a pattern between Toyota sudden acceleration cases and the age of drivers. We did too, so we updated their numbers and turned them into a pretty chart. We like pretty charts. Updated! More »

2011 Kia Optima: The G8 Wants Its Side Vents Back

The 2011 Kia Optima will adopt the old American mantra of longer-lower-wider at its New York Auto Show debut. Also present? Some respectable, if derivative, styling; Pay no attention to the nicked Pontiac G8 fender vents.

How To Greenwash A Ferrari

Here's how the Ferrari 599 HY-KERS incorporates a 100 HP electric motor and lithium ion batteries into a plain Jane Ferrari 599 without sacrificing performance. More »

In addition to blunt-nosed commercial vans, Nissan now plans blunt-nosed passenger vans too. [PickupTrucks.com]

#carporn

My God, It's Full Of... Cars

Photo of a sea of Volvos in formation awaiting transport in Malmö, Sweden: topherous/Flickr via Wired: Autopia

Ranchestivo Carts Clowns, Costs $3,800!

Some people drive inordinately large vehicles in order to compensate for shortcomings below the waist. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a customized Ford that will let everybody know that your name could easily be Hugh Johnson.

NHTSA Can't Explain Runaway Prius Either

Confirming the congressional memo we shared yesterday questioning the story of runaway Prius driver Jim Sikes, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) officials say "we have not been able to find anything to explain the incident that Mr. Sikes reported." More »
Sunday - March 14, 2010
#projectcarhell

Project Car Hell, Big Sporty Germans Edition: 560SEC or Audi V8?

Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! You want a great big Teutonic luxury car, but you also want pizzazz? And you want it cheap? More »

NASA’s Western Endurance Racing Championship

You've raced in a few 24 Hours of LeMons and ChumpCar events which means you've already got a roll-cage installed in Mom's Oldsmobile. Where do you go from there? NASA's Western Endurance Racing Championship series. More »

When Was the Last Time You Saw One of These in California?

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. You don't see a lot of Renault 5 Turbos down on the American street! More »

Shopping For a New Hindustan Motors Ambassador?

The Morris Oxford/Hindustan Ambassador has been in production for 56 years, which means it has 9 more to go in order to beat the Beetle. How do you market such a classic? More »
#exclusive

This Memo Proves The Runaway Prius Was A Hoax

We first raised doubts about the financial motivations and character of Jim Sikes, the runaway Prius driver, last week. Now there's evidence, in a draft memorandum obtained by Jalopnik from sources familiar with the investigation, that Sikes perpetrated a hoax. More »

Forget About Imports and Put On Your Dacron Bell-Bottoms: 1978 Olds Cutlass Salon!

More headroom than the Volvo 242! A longer wheelbase than the VW Dasher! Crypto-fastback styling! More »

Inspired or Insane? Taking On a 1967 Mitsubishi 360 Van Restoration

I had never heard of this tiny pre-Minica kei van prior to reading about it on the Japanese Nostalgic Car forums, but now I must have one! More »

You Decide: Who's To Blame For This Scary LeMons Race Crash?

Who's to blame? There's been a lot of debate on the LeMons forums about who bears most of the responsibility for the wreck. You decide, below. More »

Everyone Says They're Impossible To Find: Junked Datsun 810 Wagon

Fans of Malaise Era Japanese iron often tell me they'd love to do an 810 wagon project, but claim they can't be found these days. Here's one that made it past the auction process and into The Crusher's waiting room. More »
#downonthestreet

1948 Plymouth Deluxe Six

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. You say Alameda is running out of good cars for this series? That will never happen! More »

The Anti-Toyota Commercial Ford Wishes It Had The Balls To Run

The U.S. automakers have been licking their chops to take a hard swipe at Toyota over unintended acceleration. None had the balls to actually do it. SNL, however, does — with this anti-Toyota commercial Ford wishes they could really run. More »
Saturday - March 13, 2010

2011 BMW 5 Series Touring: Baby Got Back That We'll Never Get

The new BMW 5 Series is built on the same platform as the 7 Series, which explains the variety of ever-larger backsides. The latest? The BMW 5 Series Touring. Attractive, right? Don't worry, we're probably not getting it here.
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What Do You Do With a Free Ford Tempo?

We got a really great judicial bribe at last weekend's Sears Pointless 24 Hours of LeMons race: a beat-to-hell, unregisterable, not-legal-for-public-streets Ford Tempo. After honoring Ford_Tempo_Fanatic with a Tempo DOTS recently, we found ourselves in something of a dilemma. More »

What About Emission Control Laws?

Once that bleeding-heart liberal Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act in 1970, the writing was on the wall for 11:1 compression hydrocarbon-spewing chrome chariots. Malaise Era, coming up! Still, it's now possible to breathe the air in Los Angeles. More »

Citroën DS Develops Huge Panel Gaps Due To Excessive Phrog Slammin'

You'll need to suspend your disbelief while watching this 2000 music video by Da Slammin Phrogz, because nodding-dog dolls wouldn't get enough bounce action to function while perched in a suspension hydropneumatique-equipped Citroën. Ditto for the gill-style door panel gaps. More »
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The Top 147 Lemons of the Sears Pointless 24 Hours of LeMons

Race Numero Quatro of the 2010 LeMons season left a trail of connecting rods, oil, and bumpers all over Infineon Raceway's once-pristine surface, and we saw our first-ever LeMons Citroën. Want to see the other 146 entries? More »
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