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By 1990 the malaise era was long over and you were able to walk into a car dealership and purchase a variety of different vehicles with legitimate performance potential. Although many cars of the 1990s have since been overshadowed by the more potent vehicles offered in the 2000s, the decade had it's share of great cars. What is your favorite performance car of the 1990s? More »
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We aren't exactly sure what inspires someone to put a Jeep CJ-7 body and the chassis of a 1984 Corvette, but this is what the mostly finished result looks like. This odd combination is currently on Ebay waiting for someone else who wants a Corvette that looks like a Jeep badly enough to finish up this bizarre project. More »
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This multi generational row is missing representitives from the first and second generation of Corvette to be complete. We are glad they are absent, picking a favorite Vette out of this picture is already hard enough. More »
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Last Monday, the staff of Hot Rod magazine towed a 1985 Chevrolet Corvette to Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. They then beat the hell out of it — literally. Predictably, Corvette guys are pissed. More »
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In 1989, VH1 gave away 36 vintage Corvettes in a contest. The winner sold those cars to artist Peter Max, who let them rot in a Brooklyn parking garage for twenty years. The cars recently disappeared. This is their story. More »
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To show off the history behind the 2009 Corvette ZR1 during our first drive at Milford, GM brought out some C4 ZR-1 'Vettes. The most interesting one was this 1990 prototype adorned in vents and scoops. Corvette commander Harlan Charles says this was a testbed for a complicated and heavy active suspension system that used hydraulics to lean the big black 'Vette into turns. Obviously, with the magnetic ride control system of today, this is an obsolete setup, but interesting nonetheless. More »
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Whether it's a C4 on top of a parking garage, the same C4 showing off a penchant for ice-skating or a Chinese man just looking to score with the ladies, Citroens like to transform. In fact, so much so they've already been made fun of once before in a faux ad for the 2CV. But now another automaker's getting into the act in a new ad from the brand all about the 'merican revolution in a commercial for the new Kalos-replacing five-door hatchback Aveo econo-box. That's right, Chevy — the very last brand you'd ever expect to be knocking a badge for advertising their love of cars that transform into robots. We're guessing someone at Chevy's ad agency may have forgotten Chevys like to transform too — heck, they even have a toy version of the Aveo named "Swerve." Talk about the heights of hypocrisy. Unless Chevy's just making fun of Citroens for dancing. [via YouTube] More »
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Who needs a Pontiac G8 ST when you can have a bitchin' camino-ized C4 Corvette ZR-1? Nobody that's who. Fortunately for our still beating hearts, this is not really a ZR-1 turned truck/car — it's an '84 Vette smooshed together with a '91 with custom molds and bodywork to create that smooth Vettamino effect. According to ClassyAuto (misnomer?) this was the brainchild of the original owner of Bayliner Boats and took over $115K to create. Wow, that's camino love right there. We have no idea how up to date their website is, but the sale price at one time at least was a steal at $35,000... cough, cough, choke.... WHAT! More »
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Photo: PHILIPPE MERLE/AFP/Getty Images More »
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Fans of Citroen's odd-duck people haulers, look over here. The new, 5-seat Citr en C4 Picasso MPV broke cover today, capping off months of spy shots, speculation and Nutella-and-banana crepes (for some of us). It's the more compact in the company's line of MPVs, with style cues that reflect the company's "visiospace" concept — which emphasizes peripheral visibility and light — such as as a wraparound windshield and a greenhouse that would shame Monsanto. But is it enough to compete with Renault's Scenic series? Hah. Just kidding. – Mike Spinelli More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=226313&view=rss&microfeed=true Those crazy frogs — always coming up with something to get us to love them again. First it was baguettes after WWI — then it was hot chicks with hairy pits after WWII — this time they've helped to quash those robot withdrawal symptoms with those funky-fresh transformin' Citroen C4 ads. Oh yes, our use of the plural was correct —as we reported earlier this week, there's now a second ad. And now we've got the video to prove it. It'll have to hold us until the new Transformers movie comes out next year — or until the trailer hits theaters next month. More »
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Why you should buy this car: Because you re not a getaway driver, but you d sure as Hell like to be. More »
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Exterior Design: ***** More »
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The Porsche 911 Carrera 4 has been described as the Swiss Army knife of sports cars. Hmmmm. As far as I know, no homicidal maniac has ever practiced his wet work using one of Switzerland s multi-bladed marvels, whereas the new C4 can dissect a twisting road and leave it for dead faster than you can say Benchmade Gravitator. Sure, the C4 is great in the snow, practical for kids and stuff, and cruises highways with mindless ease. But the all-wheel-drive Carrera is sports car as Armani-clad psycho killer: a vehicle that slices and dices the time space continuum before the laws of physics even realize it s there. More »
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