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The founder of IKEA may still drive an old Volvo, but that doesn't mean you have to pull up to the mecca of flat pack in a 240 wagon (although, I do). This IKEA-blue M5 shot by Ronnie Renaldi somehow ends up being the best angle of an E60 (a car I'm not usually fond of) I've yet to see. More »
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The Mazda RX-8 never captured the imagination in the same way the RX-7 did, but the rotary-powered car still makes a sexy race car. Here it is at the Grand-Am Rolex Series race at the NJMP in a photo by Diddiyo that makes us JIMP. Look it up. More »
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Passengers on an Iran Air flight learned the hard way why you should keep your seat belt securely fastened while taxiing after their plane collided with a truck loaded with jet fuel. More »
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The Ferrari 458 GT is the 458 Italia's meaner racing brother, complete with evil yellow eyes. Our friend Old Boone managed to capture the new car perfectly as it tested for the GRAND-AM Rolex series at Daytona. More »
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After hijacking an airplane and extorting $200,000 from the FBI, DB Cooper calmly made a daring escape via parachute. Forty years later, new evidence suggests law enforcement may finally be hot on the trail of America's most elusive fugitive. But what is this new evidence? More »
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This unusual transparent 1939 Pontiac sold at yesterday's RM St. John's auction in Michigan for an impressive $308,000 (including 10% buyers fee). Originally constructed by GM as one of two or three transparent display cars for the 1939 and 1940 World Fairs, the car cost an unbelievable at the time $25,000 to build when new. The Plexiglas bodied Pontiac is more of a display piece than a functional automobile, but what a display piece it is. More »
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From the looks of it this old (1959 or 1960) International Harvester Travelall saw some serious work duty before it ended up in this Alabama Junkyard. Without any remaining signage to give us a clue we can only wonder what trade this rare IH was employed in before it retired. More »
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We couldn't feature a Ford GT yesterday without showing its natural enemy — the Corvette — today. Taken at the Grand Prix of Mosport this Sunday between turns two and three by reader Ryan Rutter. This car finished 6th, the other 'Vette took first. More »
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Even nearly seven years after its introduction, the multimillion-dollar Bugatti Veyron is still the pinnacle of automotive engineering — enough so that seeing one of the fewer than 300 built taken to a California coin-operated car wash nearly sparked an intervention. More »
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Our friends over at Canibeat can be thanked for providing this clear, crisp, and drool-worthy photo of a Gulf-liveried Ford GT at dusk. Make sure to say thanks. More »
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Vladimir Putin may occasionally have trouble getting his Lada motor running, but that didn't prevent an army of pro-Putin activists from supporting the Russian Prime Minister with a patriotic bikini car wash. "Putin's Army is here to stay... Putin's Army washes you away..." More »
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For the past several years, car collectors in Texas had heard rumors of a secret stash of near-showroom condition Italian sports car, tucked away and nearly forgotten. The rumors were true, but the mystery remains intact. More »
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Mix brand-nervous Central Europe with motor racing and this is what you get, a young woman with a Ferrari logo tattooed on her back, photographed at the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix. This has interesting cultural implications for the future of Formula One, which is increasingly the plaything of billionaires and oil countries with no roots in motorsports. More »
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The Aston Martin Rapide is both rare and beautiful, though not exactly in equal proportion. Here Jalopnik reader Haydendanger managed to catch one as it heads towards a more exclusive location. A little different from our usual style, but still beautiful. More »
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Police footage released today shows rioters in Northern Ireland attacking police with a car they'd set on fire. As it exploded into a fireball, the car rolled back downhill toward the protesters, narrowly missing the throng that gathered in the street. More »
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Timothy Inzana combined his skills as a motion artist with his love of automobiles into a unique project using math, metalcraft, computer illustration programs, and a lot of creativity to create multi-layered works for art. More »
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That video of the Caterham 7 in the rain comes with this great photo from driver/hotshot George F. Williams once the clouds cleared. Two Caterham 7 wallpapers in a month? Yes, we're that crazy. More »
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The homecoming for Germany’s new world champion, joined by five other Germans in the splendid freezing German summer at the Nürburgring, against a depressed and disillusioned McLaren. What could possibly have gone wrong for Red Bull at the season’s halfway point? Then again, motor racing has a way of being about as capricious as the weather in the Eifel Mountains. Warning: spoilers. More »
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If you weren't aware, Ferrari offers the filthy rich several ways to trade said riches for the privilege of flogging Ferrari racecars on tracks around the world. Check out the scene inside the company's il Reparto Corse Clienti, where private clients' cars get the prancing horse treatment. More »
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A shattered lens is a sure recipe for headlight failure, but the owner of this Ford Focus has managed to fail even more in their attempt to remedy the problem. More »
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Singer and fellow Steve McQueen fan Sheryl Crow will put her personal 1959 Mercedes 190SL Roadster up for auction Aug. 21 in Pebble Beach to raise money for rebuilding efforts in Joplin, Mo. Auctioneers Gooding & Co. estimate the restored 190SL could sell for $50,000 to $80,000. More »
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Not only did the Ford C-cab Fire Truck seen here win the coveted Ridler award at the 1968 Detroit Autorama, it remains one of the best known "show rods" built the late 60s and early 70s. More »
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Captured on a farm in Saskatchewan, this 1949 Chrysler shows some obvious signs of quite a few years spent out in the Canadian elements. Pictures of potential project cars like this one always manage to elicit automotive optimism from us, so it shouldn't come as a surprise we imagine this old Chrysler to be as complete and restorable as it looks from this angle. More »
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Although Chevrolet didn't introduce the El Camino until 1959, what if they had decided to unleash their unique utility vehicle on the world one year earlier? Behold the El Nomado, a well executed custom vehicle currently listed on Ebay that answers that exact question. Even with a lot of modern custom touches, this one of a kind vehicle does a pretty good job illustrating what a 1958 El Camino might have looked like. More »
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The dimensions of the 1975 BMW 3.5CSL are just so perfect and natural it's possible the car's just a giant golden rectangle with a Hofmeister Kink. It makes the E64 look like something you'd find in a half-empty Chernobyl swimming hole. More »
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Only in Monaco would you find a Bentley Azure T that's managed to plow into a Ferrari F430, damaging an Aston Martin Rapide, a Porsche 911 Carrera S and a Mercedes S-Class in the process. Monaco's body shops must make their casinos look like convents. Cela va droit à buff! More »
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"You know there's a Phantom like a block away, right?" my friend Kevin exclaimed as I drained my last sip of beer. "Oh, a Rolls?" I asked, uninterested in the prospect of seeing another luxo-cruiser. "No, an F-4 Phantom fighter jet." This I had to see. More »
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The modern assembly process involves a symphony of robotics, a waltz of forklifts, and a few colorful somersaults into pools of acid. Watch this video beautifully capture in time-lapse style, the soup-to-nuts build of a BMW 3-series at the company's Munich plant. More »
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If you're going to go drifting, it's always smart to pick a color someone can see through a cloud of smoke. Thus Team Orange's Evo X which is, as the name suggests, quite orange. More »
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Among the pressures facing police officiers working the streets of America is the rising number of people legally carrying concealed guns. But when one such licensee was pulled over in Canton, Ohio, an officer threatened to shoot him on the spot. Here's the chilling video. More »
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This remarkable image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis returning home after its final mission was taken by the crew aboard the International Space Station, proving that sometimes the best view comes from the saps in the nosebleed seats. (Photo Credit: @Nasa_Johnson More »
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Ford's chief marketer Jim Farley has overseen some of the company's most important successes of the past few years, ones that have made it the most profitable automaker in America. How does he get motivated? By vowing to "fuck GM." UPDATED More »
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When the Ford GT40 cruised to victory at Le Mans in 1967 it was the first all-American car with all-American drivers to win. But the car was more American than people realized — thanks to a few lightweight Chevy parts. More »
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