I’ve had two S63 AMG press cars while employed for Jalopnik. I never took photos of the second one, but I did the first—and never shared them. Here they are!

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When you hit a bump, your shock absorbers damp the wheel’s motion by converting its kinetic energy into heat via the shearing of fluid in the shocks. That heat gets expelled into the air and is never seen again. But Audi is tired of wasting energy, so the automaker plans to harness it from the suspension motion and…

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Two years ago Jason and I drove from Austin to the Los Angeles Auto Show in this 228i. This shot, which I rather like, was taken just outside of Fort Stockton, Texas in what most people would consider the middle of nowhere.

Like Kim Kardashian, what really makes today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe Volvo 1800es is what’s out back. In this case that’s the cool all-glass hatch capping the shapely shooting brake rearend. Let’s find out of the price on this Canadian coupe is shooting for the moon.

APEX: The Story Of The Hypercar is a fascinating documentary that follows the ideology and innovation behind the world’s current crop of performance heavyweights from Porsche, Ferrari, McLaren, Koenigsegg and Pagani as it attempts to define them. But there’s one spoken line in the first two minutes of the film that…

On Tuesday, Olympic officials attributed the extremely green diving pool to a “proliferation of algae,” caused in part by “heat and a lack of wind.” Today, after the water polo and synchronized swimming pool also turned green, officials clarified that the issue was a drop in alkalinity in the pools. As explained by…

Damn, I hope I still look this good in ten years. Hamann, for a company known to pretty much ruin almost everything it touches, made my perfect Lamborghini Gallardo back in 2006.

Want to attempt the world’s longest off-road truck jump? Turns out all you need is to convert your crappy old carbureted engine to fuel injection, put a little more rebound in the shocks and pump up the tires. You will need to start with a scratch-built racing rig though.

I’ve been working at Kotaku for five years. In those five years, I have posted hundreds of video game screenshots. I’ve taken hundreds more that never saw the light of day. UNTIL NOW.

Generally, cars don’t come with instructions. Sure, they have an owner’s manual, but most of the how-do-I-work-this-thing stuff is expected to have been already figured out when you get one. That’s partially why this little shifter hang tag, seen on a 2016 Ford Fiesta, is so puzzling. I’ve never heard of a carmaker…

Last week we covered a Tesla Model S crash in China, where yet again the owner blamed Tesla’s Autopilot for the incident. He also apparently didn’t bother to have his hands on the wheel of the car when the fender bender occurred, and somehow still thinks he isn’t at fault.

You can’t catch ‘em all if you’re too busy getting caught.

A man is presently climbing Trump Tower on New York’s Fifth Avenue using four suction cups. He reached the fifth floor about an hour ago according to Gothamist. Presently it’s not known why he’s doing this, but you can certainly watch it happen below, for as long as it lasts:

A hypermiler’s not-so-secret trick? A sick dirtbike ramp? A glimpse at the triangular future of cars? Who can really say what that weird minivan appendage is.

I like the new Honda Civic. It feels big enough that it could almost be an Accord, but its combination of value and fun make it a real return to form for Honda. Only one problem—the sedan and coupe look like hatchbacks, but they are not. Until now! From our friends at the CivicX forums, here is your new Civic hatch.

Do I need an orange-over-black Hakosuka Skyline GT-R in my life? No. Very technically, I can survive without it. A sad, hollow survival, but survival nonetheless.