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New Motor Trend Editor In Childish Facebook Slap Fight With Professional Internet Troll

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST

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After Motor Trend's Jonny Lieberman found himself the victim of a savage Facebook LOLing by professional automotive internet troll Jack Baruth, newly-annointed Motor Trend editor-in-chief Edward Loh jumped to his beleaguered number two's defense. It's not pretty. More »

Ed Loh is the new Editor-in-Chief of Motor Trend

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:55:00 EST

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Angus Mackenzie's long-haired reign as Editor-in-Chief of the buffest of buff books, Motor Trend, is finally over, according to many social media postsings. In his place is former MT Executive Editor and Sport Compact Car EIC Ed Loh. Haven't figured out what distinguishing character of Loh we'll make fun of repeatedly... yet. Don't worry, Angus will be still be around, as Editor-at-Large and Chief Content Officer for Source Interlink. Wait, was giving the Passat COTY his last official act as EIC? Way to take one for the team, Angus! More »

Why you should never trust a magazine cover

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EDT

How did three unaffiliated car magazines all end up with the same cover? Who's copying whom? Is there some, secret collusion among the US's Automobile, the UK's Car and Germany's Auto-Bild: Sportscars? Nope. It's just business. More »

How not to brawl in the New York Auto Show press room

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Yes, the near-throwdown that erupted in the New York auto show press room last week was as cringe-worthy as it sounds. But it did impart some Old New York Barroom onto the stench of sweaty Brooks Brothers. More »

"Velocity" wants to be the car-themed channel for rich dudes

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:00:00 EDT

The Discovery network, perhaps hoping to pick up eyeballs from a SPEEDTV network no longer interested in doing car-related programming, is rebranding its HD Theater channel as "Velocity" and aiming squarely at guys with short attention spans and lots of money. More »

Road & Track Launches "Cleaner, Sleeker" Fonts

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:15:00 EST

Road & Track nails why no one cares about Road & Track: dirty fonts. [TheAutoChannel] More »

Wagonist Magazine: The Magazine For ワゴニスト!

Sam Smith — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST

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This right here is the best thing we've seen all day. Granted, the covers seem more oriented toward Japanese-style CUVs (Toyota Alphard, Honda Stepwagon, etc.) than the traditional five-door, but... really? A magazine about wagons? Who's complaining? More »

Why Media Writers Shouldn't Write About Cars

Ray Wert — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:00:00 EDT

The non-car person's mind is a very strange place. Example A: Mediaite's Rachel Sklar (pictured) illustrates she knows nothing about cars by listing everything she knows about cars. We're just happy the names of all ten cars are correct. [Mediaite] More »

The Twenty Most Hackneyed Headlines Of The Carpocalypse

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Picking up the most recent issue of Harper's, we realized the Carpocalypse may be a bummer for automakers, but it's a boon for the world's most unoriginal headline writers. The twenty most hackneyed Carpocalypse headlines below. More »

Use Twitter To Get A Taxi Fast At Las Vegas McCarran Airport

Wes Siler — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Don't want the ~~debauchery~~ trade conference to wait while you sit around for 30 minutes in the notorious taxi line at Las Vegas's McCarran Airport? Twitter to the rescue. More »

Japanese TV Station Looking For Chrylser Fan-Boy Living In NYC

Ray Wert — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:31:00 EDT

Are you a Chrysler fan living in NYC? [Twitter] More »

Does Wired Hate Cars?

Ray Wert — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:45:00 EST

Umm, does Wired hate cars or something? [Wired] More »

Lou Dobbs Tonight Rewards Bill Ford For Alan Mulally's Work

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST

After a story about Ford weathering the Carpocalypse so far thanks to early restructuring and privately-secured credit, animatronic Lou Dobbs stand-in Kitty Pilgrim gives a "gut check" award to Bill Ford, Jr. Wait, what? More »

Stephen Colbert Continues Favorite Subaru Stereotype

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:00:00 EST

Though the Subaru Outback is attempting to make a name for itself on the track, we all know a more prominent conventional wisdom about always-rugged Subarus. Unfortunately, Stephen doesn't get the real joke: this Subaru. More »

Misnomered Auto Buff Mag Reporting Camilo Pardo Leaving Ford

Ray Wert — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:00:00 EST

AutoWeek's now reporting rock star car designer Camilo Pardo's leaving Ford. Hey, didn't we break the news on that story yesterday? Well, better late than never. Kind of like AutoWeek's new not-so-weekly publication schedule. [AutoWeek] More »

Today Show's Matt Lauer First Journalist To Drive Chevy Volt

Ray Wert — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:30:00 EST

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We knew the Chevy Volt would increase global levels of smugness. Here's Matt Lauer, crowing about being the first to drive it to CNBC's Phil LeBeau — and that was only a test vehicle! More »

Random Brit Tech Writer Claims UK Drivers Are Terrible

Ray Wert — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

The article piqued our interest by starting:

Britain may not have an empire any more, but one thing we still rule the world at is bad driving."

Csaba Csere, Car And Driver Editor-In-Chief, Resigns

Wes Siler — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:16:00 EST

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Jalopnik has confirmed Csaba Csere, the famously unpronounceable Editor-in-Chief of Hachette Filipacchi Magazines' flagship moneymaker Car and Driver, will be resigning his position effective January 1, 2009. Why? More »

Jon Stewart Pleads With Congress To "Give The Automakers The Money"

Ray Wert — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:20:00 EST

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart isn't much of a car guy. Regardless, he's on the right track with last night's humorous quasi-opinion piece mocking the not-so-Big Three, but ending in the right place — supporting Congressional loans. More »

More Proof The Big Three's Lobbying Efforts Kinda Blow

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:50:00 EST

Robert Reich, America's shortest Secretary of Labor, was on Hardball last night discussing the incoming Obama administration's economic package and plans to Save GM when he fumbled a question from Chris Matthews about the auto industry. The question? Name a domestic, fuel-efficient car you'd like to own. It's a sad state of affairs when someone as truly bright as Reich is either unable to give a straight answer to that question or is completely clueless about which cars are and are not American. He eventually, and hilariously, confesses to owning a Mini Cooper. Matthews then goes on to talk about the "Ford Volt" in perhaps a subtle attempt to point out the automakers haven't made the best case for themselves. [MSNBC] More »

In Defense Of Brightly Colored FWD Cars

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Jack Baruth over at the many-coloned Speed:Sport:Life, which brought us the F430 v. GT500 v. Elise v. Caliber challenge, is at it again with a tirade against those who eschew FWD and brightly-colored cars from the land of Bruce. Baruth is the proud owner of both a vintage Porsche Lime Green Audi S5, which is as bright as they come, and a red Focus Coupe, which is both bright and FWD, and doesn't understand why America has gone crazy for RWD cars with sliver and gray paint jobs. As he argues, FWD is just as good, if not better, off the track in normal driving situations. Agree? Disagree? Check out his full argument and let the debate continue. [Speed:Sport:Life] More »

Germans Love Barack Obama, Ban Fast Lane Daily Over Mosley Joke

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:20:00 EDT

Though the Germans turned out in droves yesterday to see Barack Obama speak, the company has banned a few videos put together by our friends at Fast Lane Daily that pointed out Max Mosley's Sex-capades. Ze Germans representing Mosley, stereotypically humorless, banned FLD, despite the fact that the video, seen here, is fairly inoffensive. For their part, FLD has put up a video reenactment of what happened with a Rescue 911-level of acting and production. This makes us wonder if Ze Germans have banned us for all our coverage. Anyone want to go over and check? More »

Super-Rich People Are Just Like You, Only Better

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:20:00 EDT

More fantastic investigative reporting from CNBC, this time focusing on the world of the especially affluent and called "Untold Wealth: The Rise Of The Super Wealthy." They own multiple houses and fly to London to bid on expensive cars. Clearly, the kind of reporting people want to see while they're getting thrown out of their homes and living in their soon-to-be-repossessed cars because of sketchy lending practices. The same lending practices from which many of the Super Rich benefited, incidentally, allowing them buy bigger homes and more cars. But hey, it's tough out there for a rich guy. The weak dollar makes it harder for him to bid on that Rolls Royce needed to fill the all-important 76th spot in his garage. Try watching without throwing up a little in the back of your mouth. [CNBC Video] More »

PickupTrucks.com Sold To Cars.com, We're Going To Register 4DoorCoupe.com

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT

While we don't think Mark Cuban will ever own the Cubs, we have it on good authority that PickupTrucks.com has been purchased by Cars.com in a deal that makes absolutely perfect sense. There's no doubt that there are few better sources of Truck-related news on the web than PickupTrucks.com, and there are also few automotive websites that spend as much on television advertising as Cars.com, meaning that the combination of the two is a match made in heaven. Fear not as Mike Levine, the site's editor and longtime Jalopnik super friend, is going to maintain editorial control of the site until Rabbi Dave of Kicking Tires stages a bloody coup later this summer... but perhaps we've said too much. A press release officially announcing the deal will probably drop tomorrow. More »

Road & Track's Thomas L. Bryant Stepping Down As Editor-in-Chief?

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:45:00 EDT

Our sources atop the gilded New York offices of the ~~surrender monkeys at~~ French-owned Hachette Filipacchi Media tell us a mass email went out only moments ago to internal staff at Road & Track. The e-mail informed employees of the ampersand-happy magazine of news Thomas Bryant will be stepping down from his position of Vice President & Editor in Chief but remaining a columnist. We'll be awaiting official word — that it's not an April Fools' Day hoax. More »

SSL Pits The R8 Against The Viper On The Track

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Someone decided it was a good idea to give Jack, Zerin and the Speed:Sport:Life crew an Audi R8 and a Viper SRT-10 convertible for a weekend of tossing around MSR Houston. Magically, the cars returned in one piece (well, two pieces, technically). Just to be safe, the boys had expert advice from some racing professionals and even ran a few practice rounds in Zerin's yellow TT. The results are, as always, entertaining and enlightening. [Speed:Sport:Life] More »

New York Times Goes Negative On Jalopnik El Camino Campaign

Ray Wert — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EDT

The New York Times's Lawrence "Lars" Ulrich took a swing at pithy commentary on the 2010 Pontiac G8 "El Camino" sport truck today, deciding to heap the bed full of liver-lilied liberalism and haterade. To wit:

"Who exactly was clamoring for a two-seat, gas-guzzling pickup with the cheapest-looking interior this side of a Motel 6?"

Who? Well, us for one. But we wouldn't expect Ulrich to understand anything about a vehicle... More »

O Canada! Snappy Dispatch On VW-Porsche Marriage From Our Neighbor To The North

Matthew DeBord — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Here's nice piece of car-business analysis, from north of the border. Volkswagen wants to take another crack at the North American market, and according to biz writer Eric Reguly of The Globe and Mail, VW might be able to pull it off, despite some major hurdles. However, when it comes to the larger goal of knocking Toyota off its perch...well, there are some problems. More »

Stephen Colbert Steals Fierarri Story...Again

Ray Wert — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:50:00 EDT

We know we already told Stephen Colbert not to steal our stories. Apparently he's not listening. That's right, last night the propagator of "truthiness" yet again snatched up a story from our pages to splay across the basic cable airwaves. Last time it was "Our Country, Our Truck" and this time it's the Fiero Ferrari story. Stephen Colbert, just a reminder that this does nothing to help you get off of our "On Notice" list. Watch yourself there Frenchie — the only ones who should be doing any splaying whatsoever will be us. More »

Chrysler Media Responds To Our Periodical Observations

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:20:00 EST

Yesterday, we made an observation about a picture of the new Challenger in certain magazine racks at the Memphis airport. Our take on the picture, which came from Chrysler's The Firehouse blog, was somewhat satirical. To their credit, Chrysler responded with their own commentary on the subject. That response below. More »

Chrysler Builds Buzz For Challenger In Memphis Airport

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:02:00 EST

After spending a billion (or three) dollars on market research, the elite Chrysler media team achieved a coup de grâce in the Muscle Car Wars by getting the new Challenger SRT8 positioned on the front partition of the southernmost magazine rack at Memphis International Airport's "LiterAIRy" bookstore/Elvis memorabilia depository. It was the greatest achievement for the automaker since securing the covers of every automotive magazine and Salt Water Fishing Weekly for the Plymouth Breeze. Said Chrysler media executive Ed Gersten, "So goes the Memphis airport, so goes America." More »

CNET Analyzes Automotive Interface Design

Travis Hudson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:45:00 EST

If you know me, you know that I preach the gospel of good design quite a bit, especially in regards to an entertainment and infotainment center. The design and functionality of a interface is just as—if not more—important than the features and options included. CNET took a look at 17 interfaces of some of the bigger name manufacturers. Something to note, manufacturers: tabbing systems work, period. Regardless of the experience with high-end electronic equipment, anyone and everyone can figure out tabbing systems. It just makes it easier to navigate. More »

Dan Neil Can Now Talk Dirty All The Time

Matthew DeBord — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:15:00 EST

Dan Neil, the LA Times' Pulitzer-winning car critic, is among staffers at the embattled paper looking forward to heeding the the example of new owner Sam Zell and tossing around the salty language a bit more freely, according to The New York Observer. Here's the salient quotable: "There's a certain lasciviousness descending on the newsroom—I just look forward to using rude words in everyday conversation." Which makes us wonder: If the LAT newsroom needed the car guy to bring back crude inky repartee, perhaps Zell's affection for argot—he effin' loves the effin' eff word—is precisely what the joint needs. Official newsroom bar of soap, now officially retired. Let the filthy verbal hoonage commence! [NYO] More »

American Motors Corporation Is Back? No, Not Really

Ray Wert — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:30:00 EST

The guys all about the Rods that are quite Hot have an absolutely enthralling report in their April magazine that AMC is back and will be looking to:

"create a full-scale racing program to encompass NASCAR, Drag racing, IMSA, and reportedly, a highly modified Javelin for Pikes Peak this July... and possibly by 2010, at the Baja 1000, to celebrate the '67 baja run of Spence Murray and Ralph Poole, in a virtually stock Rambler."

So how the hell did this happen? More »

Go Ahead, Ask New York Times Automobiles Editor Jim Cobb Anything

Ray Wert — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:15:00 EST

So Jim Cobb's the editor of the Automobiles section at the Ol' Grey Lady. If you didn't realize the section existed, that's OK, many people confuse it with the classified section. Yeah, you know, it's that section of the Sunday New York Times with a couple of reviews, a couple of feature-y stories and an absolute crapload of ads for car dealerships and luxe brands like Lexus, Mercedes, Lexus, BMW, Lexus, Cadillac and umm, Lexus. But if you've ever wanted to know more about big Jim and his adorable little section, he's answering Times reader questions this week. More »

Truck Trend Admits to Hummer H3T Embargo Screw-Up

Ray Wert — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST

One of the big buff mag boys over at the House of Trend is showing some remorse over the Motor Trend empire's embargo-breaking for fun and profit. Mark Williams, chief truck-lover over at Truck Trend, is manning up to "accidentally" publishing their latest issue ten days early and revealing the new Hummer H3T a week and a half early (though curiously forgetting to apologize to Suzuki over the new Suzuki Equator embargo blunder). Mark says "...it looks like we were the ones who screwed up the whole thing...and no doubt the subject of a few heated conversations at General Motors..." More »

Golf Channel Talent Bows Down Before Buick

Matthew DeBord — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:00:00 EST

Had an ear tuned to The Golf Channel's coverage of the Buick Invitational this year? During the broadcast, commentators David Feherty and Kelly Tilghman (fresh off a suspension for making awkward comments about Buick pitchman Tiger Woods) gushed and we mean gushed over the Buick Enclave CXL that was this tourney's featured vehicle. "I'm not giving mine back," said Fehrety. "Smooooth," cooed Tilghman. I was involved with Buick for a while, on the ad side, and frankly, I'm impressed. Now that ad agency Leo Burnett has the account, having snagged it away from McCann Erickson last year, maybe they should think about getting some of these superstars of the linkster commentariat into the act. More »

Edmunds Inside Line joins the anti-embargo...

Ray Wert — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:50:00 EST

Edmunds Inside Line joins the anti-embargo fight on the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8. Go Line on the Inside! [Edmunds Inside Line] More »

That Mazda RX-8 Sure Looks Like a Fisker Karma

burstein — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:30:00 EST

This just in from the NUMBER TWO television market in the country: The RX-8 looks exactly like the Fisker Karma! More »

Motor Trend Gaming Google on the 2009 Corvette ZR1?

Ray Wert — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:45:00 EST

While covering the Barrett-Jackson auction this weekend, specifically the $1 million purchase of the first "retailable" 2009 Corvette ZR1, we did a quick Google search for the 2009 Corvette ZR1 in order to pull up our old story on the new super-Vette from the General. When the results came up, we noticed something rather odd. No, not Motor Trend being the first result — we mean, come on, they're Motor fuckin' Trend — the fact that Jalopnik is merely a step behind them says little about us and more about Motor Trend's inability to leverage their brand name on the internet — and about how low they've let their brand name go. But we digress. What was weird was that they've got their "exclusive" "scoop" on the ZR1 set up in the "roadtest" section of their site. What? Do they know something we don't? Was there some super-secret drive of the new ZR1 they partook in with Chevy? Our sources at Chevy say no. So what's the reason? More »