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more about #bloggingtheautobloggers more comments → not_a_virus.exe.vbs: What's the difference between the GTI and the GLI? I thought the GLI was the 4 door, the GTI the 2 door. #vwgti more » danio3834: I guess this is why I don't read Automobile magazine. I guess that's why. #vwgti more » Rabbi Dave: So Motor Trend picks Subaru Outback, Automobile pics the GTI. What does that leave us consumer focused publications? Camaro SS? #vwgti more » MaWeiTao: It's certainly a neat car and VW does a very nice job with overall feel, design, quality and use of materials. I think Japanese cars in the GTI's rang... more » Jeb_Hoge: Car & Driver just ranked the GTI over the MS3 as well, even with the power deficit. The only thing that would make me hesitant about the GTI is VW's r... more » theeastbaykid: I was still in the midst of my misspent youth as an automotive journalist when the Mk5 came out, and when I opined that the Mazda/Speed3 was better lo... more » CJinSD: Looks like 2010 won't go down as a great vintage for automobiles. #vwgti more » Maxichamp: Wolfgang and the GTI Mk V. #vwgti more » Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: I wonder if Bristol would make me a brand new 405? In a dull pea green, please. I love Bristols, but I just don't get the Fighter. more » Xelmon: Te Zsolt... Oregem... Ember, irigyellek! Remelem nagyon fasza volt! XD more » -
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Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
The 2010 Volkswagen GTI nabbed the title of "Automobile Of The Year" for the second time in five years because of its "blend of athleticism, practicality, and performance." Talk about VeeDub fan-boys. [Automobile] -
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Lucky Hungarian Drives $370,000 Viper-Engined Bristol Fighter
One of motoring journalism’s enduring myths is the inability to test drive Bristol cars, enforced by the experiences of Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May. A Hungarian road test editor has beaten the odds. More » -
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CarandDriver Photoshops Fake Drag Race, Blames Suicidal Fan-Boy Writer
CarandDriver included the above shot of a BMW X6M beating out a hopped-up Chevy Nova II at Michigan's Milan Dragway for their review of the Bimmer. The only problem is it never happened. C&D's response below. More » -
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InsideLine got a redesign, moving from the early 2000s to a more Autoblog-barfed-on-TTAC look. [InsideLine]
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#ferrari
Italian Policemen Being Italian Policemen
If Italian stereotypes are indeed true, the highway policemen pictured here are doing nothing but listening to this Ferrari F430’s exhaust note. More » -
#detroit
Time Comes Back To Detroit, Finds Jalopnik Here Whole Time
Time's bought a house in one of Detroit's nicest old-money neighborhoods, embedding reporters for the next year here because it's the hip thing to do. Glad they've finally made it back just in time for our little Carpocalypse party. More » -
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TTAC Death Watch: Robert Farago Splits From The Truth About Cars
Robert Farago, curmudgeonly editor of The Truth About Cars, former Jalopnik contributor and Top Gear USA attempted host has parted ways with TTAC, the site he founded four years ago. More » -
#carporn
A Boat Load of Lamborghini Miura
To share with you the fruits of a collaboration between Jalopnik and Vanity Fair’s gay car blog Stick Shift, here’s a mega-gallery of a gorgeous red 1967 Miura P400. More » -
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#formulaone
F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone: "[Like Me, Enzo Ferrari]...Was A Good Used Car Dealer"
During the weekend of the Hungarian Grand Prix, The New York Times’s F1 correspondent Brad Spurgeon conducted a fascinating interview with Bernie Ecclestone, the man who rules the racing series. More » -
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Healthcare, Social Security Next, Say Brave Press-Releasing People's Champions At Edmunds
Edmunds, the greatest American heroes since Nelly Bly, have saved the world from Cash For Clunkers problems by posting the tough questions and sending the hardest of hard-hitting press releases. More » -
#carcolors
Lindsay Lohan And The Maddening Question of Matte Black
When you see a mode of customization show up on Lindsay Lohan’s Rolls–Royce, you know it’s time to move on. Or is it?
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#spacelopnik
Take Your Porsche 911 GT3 To Mars... In 2086
Cars in space need not be capsules puttering away via cold fusion. Especially if your location in space is as terran as it gets: Mars. More » -
#formulaone
Sir Frank Williams: "I just love racing, I love speed. I love the noise."
Published hours before his team became one of only two to enter next year’s world championship, Brad Spurgeon’s interview with the F1 veteran is a touching portrait of a man who lives and breathes racing. More » -
#topgear
That Top Gear Episode Where Clarkson Tests The New Ford Fiesta
Everyone's seen it, but Top Gear's review of the Ford Fiesta is such a milestone in motoring journalism it necessitates further study. If only because it proves we (even Schumi) can all stay seventeen forever — if we so desire. More » -
#crazyeurocarboy
Crazy Euro Car Boy’s First Oldsmobile
You told us about your first Oldsmobiles. Our turn now: before becoming smitten with Lamborghinis and Zondas, our crazy Euro car boy did something very un-European—he spent his formative years in an Oldsmobile. More » -
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The 1969 German Grand Prix
Here's your daily Nordschleife diversion: nine minutes of professional footage from the dawn of aerodynamics. More » -
#24hoursoflemons
Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
Here’s a little treat for those of you who can’t wait to followthe Monaco GPMurilee and Rob Krider's coverage of this weekend’s LeMons race: a pink Cadillac-Miata from Eyesore Racing. More » -
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Octane Drives $12 Million Ferrari 250 TR
Octane's Winston Goodfellow was tasked to give The World's Most Expensive Car Sold at Auction one last go in Arizona before it went under the hammer. Ah, the toils of being a motoring journalist! More » -
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Jalopnik Lends Gay Car Blog Helping Hand…With Bentley Continental GT Speed Review
When Brett Berk from Vanity Fair's Stick Shift offers to pick us up in a 600 HP Bentley Continental GT Speed, Ray and I will pretty much do whatever he wants. Except that. [Stick Shift] -
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Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
Secretive media mogul Ron Burkle's Source Interlink, the publisher of Motor Trend, Hot Rod and Automobile filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. No word whether Angus Mackenzie's preparing for a new career in hair care. [Bloomberg] -
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Does Edmunds Straightline not understand the difference between planned and panicked engineering? Just curious. [Straightline]
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The Iowahawk Council of Automotive Advisors
Political humorist and car writer David “Iowahawk” Burge has posted an exhaustive list of advisers he would sign if President Obama appointed him to take care of Detroit. More » -
#socialmediacirclejerk
Scott Monty: Still A Big Twitter
According to an article in the UK's Revolution, the ever-self-promotional Ford social media "expert" Scott Monty claims I have a grudge against him. I guess he's right. More » -
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GMC Terrain First Auto Embargo Broken By Twitter
According to a Twitter "tweet" from a GM PR person this morning, the new 2010 GMC Terrain will be unveiled April 5th and is expected to achieve a fuel economy rating of 30 MPG.
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#musclecarwars
Shenanigans! Muscle Car Comparisons More Marketing Than Comparo
OK, we're calling bullshit on the muscle car "comparisons" being run by everyone from MotorTrend to Popular Mechanics. Sorry, but it ain't a real comparison until you've run 'em in one place at one time. More » -
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Jalopnik/Autoblog/Kicking Tires Live-Chat With GM's Jon Lauckner
We're ready for our live-chat with GM's VP-of-Global-Product Jon Lauckner, so put your pens and paper down and let's ask him your burning-like-a-Volt-of-lighting questions below. More » -
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Jalopnik, Autoblog, Kicking Tires Live-Chat With GM's Jon Lauckner Today At 6:00 PM
The blogging-about-autos threesome of Jalopnik, Autoblog and Kicking Tires will be hosting a live-chat with GM's VP-o-Global-Program-Management Jon Lauckner at 6:00PM EST. Get those Volt questions ready kiddies! -
#roadtrip
How To Lap Le Mans In a Ford GT ...In 40 Years
Motoring journalist Rich Truesdell became a car geek when he saw Phil Hill drive the Ford GT40 at Le Mans in 1964. Forty years later, he caught up with him. More » -
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Motive Mag Closing Its Doors
The Carpocalypse and the loss of Eddie Alterman to Car und Driver apparently means an untimely death for online-only quasi-buff book Motive Mag. More » -
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Autoblog hates El Caminos and therefore, America. [Autoblog]
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Umm, does Wired hate cars or something? [Wired]
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Fox Business Can't Find Ford On Twitter Either!
Fox Business just had Ford's Scott Monty on, and Liz Claman showed us exactly the problem we warned about Friday. You can't find Ford on Twitter. Monty, predictably, told her how to find Ford. More » -
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Scott Monty: Ford Social Media "Expert" A Bit Of A Twit
Irking us more than the term "social media" are the so-called social media "experts." None annoys us more these days than Ford's Defender-from-Ranger-Danger navel-gazing "guru" and Twit-king, Scott Monty.
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#chrisbangle
The Greatest Chris Bangle Picture Ever
This crayon-on-paper drawing of Chris Bangle is probably the most realistic representation of the just-retired BMW designer we've ever seen. But it's the reason for the drawing that makes the story even more priceless. [Hyperleggera] -
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Chrysler Deletes Blog Post With Anti-Chrysler Comments After Digg, Jalopnik Links
In December, Chrysler's official blog posted this paid-by-Chrysler USA Today ad thanking America. The post received hundreds of negative comments. Today, after links from Jalopnik and Digg, Chrysler's pulled the entire post off their site.
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Always verbose auto-pundit Paul Eisenstein has a new site. [DetroitBureau]
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Awww, SNAP! Motor Trend got schooled by teh internets! [AutoBlog]
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#porschepanamera
Porsche Thinks The Press Is Way Worse Than Bloggers
If you signed yourself up for updates on the development of the Porsche Panamera at the automaker's minisite, you may have already received a packet of super secret advertising containing expensive ultra-glossy "first official images" of the new Panamera. It also contains what we assume is an unintentional backhand at the press corps.
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#carpocalypsenow
Truck Trend, Sport Compact Car, Other Titles Axed By Source Interlink
We've been able to confirm that both Truck Trend and Sport Compact Car magazines, august titles from the the sprawling Source Interlink automedia empire, have been killed by their publisher. Word is up to 115 employees were notified yesterday that their services would no longer be required. A former employee tells us that, if this is true, it would mean multiple titles were also canned. We've heard that many of these publications were profitable in recent years, but in a down economy it may be hard for one company to justify publishing 4Wheel Drive & Sport Utility, 4Wheel & Off-Road Four Wheeler and Off Road magazines simultaneously. No one at Source Interlink has returned our calls, so we're currently in the dark as to exactly which titles were cut. (UPDATE: We hear that Modified Luxury & Exotics also got the axe) Anyone who knows, perhaps a former employee, should feel free to drop us an anonymous comment or a tip to tips at jalopnik dot com. How does this impact Motor Trend, the jewel in Source Interlink's crown? More »
