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Watching tuned high horsepower cars face off at the drag strip is, at least in our opinion, pure and simple car porn at its best. More »
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We might not have gotten the Pontiac G8 sport truck here in the states, but Australia has had the HSV Maloo it would have been based on for decades. More »
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A few years after the war the streets and sidewalks were lined with Crosleys, at least they were outside Mack Motors. The Rochester, NY dealership seen here specialized in the tiny American cars and evidently carried an inventory large enough to line the sidewalks and the street with Crosleys. I'll take two. More »
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Going through some old photos, I've discovered a couple of shots of my sisters posing with the Martin Family Motor Pool, circa 1976. Yes, you could still get 620 roll film as late as the Gerald Ford Era! More »
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Back when I was more serious about photography (i.e., when I thought it was cool to huff Dektol fumes in a darkened closet), I would reload disposable 35mm cameras with Tri-X 400 black-and-white film and shoot images like this. More »
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Once again, English Russia comes through with a great car photo. More »
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When life gives you a rented Mercury Grand Marquis, you might as well take it out for a few rainy laps at Stafford Motor Speedway! More »
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The Plymouth Superbird was just a Belvedere with a big wing, right? Right! More »
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You think those Yurpeans could ever in a million years create a Royale Brougham? Hell no! More »
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At the 1979 Dutch Grand Prix, Ferrari hotshot Gilles Villeneuve drove what must simultaneously be the most hilarious and most heroic lap of Formula One history. It all began with a rear tire puncture. More »
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The wonky lettering on this '87 Maxima's alarm indicator looked goofy, but at least drivers had no problems interpreting its meaning. Not so for this '81 Pontiac Bonneville's parking-brake pedal! More »
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The Shorty Transporter Judgemobile looked good, but a shop in Huajuapan, Mexico, has surpassed that achievement. More »
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Even though it blew both head gaskets at the Goin' For Broken LeMons, the Pendejo Engineering XJS managed to knock out a fourth-best (out of 108 cars) lap time of 2:16.339. More »
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Sometimes you just can't believe what you see on your way to the junkyard. More »
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An American soldier inspects the engine on a plane bound for Afghanistan in March. We cannot stop laughing at this picture, and we cannot explain why. That is all. (Getty Images/AFP/Vyacheslav Oseledko) More »
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Given the choice between the supercharged 516-cube Pro Mod engine in this Camaro and a naturally aspirated 820-cube Pro Mod engine… well, there's no replacement for displacement! More »
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When you're applying Bondo in adobe-like layers to the flanks of your latest project- an Oleg Cassini Edition Matador with a quad-ghettocharged 343 under the hood- do you want the hyper-airbrushed Pirelli Girls on your garage wall? Hell no! More »
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Check out those whitewalls! More »
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Think super-serious Audi would run an ad like this nowadays? More »
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That, really, is all you need to know. Only in New York. UPDATE: More pics! More »
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Ms. Williamson, good news from Dr. Orosz of Jalopnik: jackhammers, in spite of the approximately 100 dB of sound pressure they produce from three feet away, are not teratogenic. The same cannot be said of cigarette smoke. More »
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You think a Saab only looks right on snow? Think again! More »
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Two years before even the original Macintosh was introduced, Apple’s then-and-current CEO was pictured for a National Geographic Magazine feature on Silicon Valley, riding a 1966 BMW motorcycle. More »
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We've been waiting a long time for this… More »
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The flat expanse of Sebring International Raceway has never looked as good as here beneath the flaming exhausts of a Porsche 935 at the 1984 12 Hour of Sebring. More »
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La Déesse (also known as the Citroën DS) does everything from saving heads of state from assassins' bullets to highlighting the latest Paris fashions… 55 years after its creation. What other car could do that? More »
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If you've got a black Corvette C1 and your name is The Boss, you don't even have to be Steve McQueen to be cooler than all. [via Burst Sausages] More »
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Twin-turbocharging your V8 doesn't have to be difficult… provided you choose the right vehicle. More »
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Bereft of Honda power yet still supernaturally fast, Senna here is zooming for his record-breaking sixth and last win at the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix. More »
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In all the excitement of the Scuderia Flatpack V8olvo getting on its roof at Thunderhill we forgot all about their incredible new team logo! More »
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One may be tempted to think of the De Tomaso Mangusta as nothing more than a poor man’s Lamborghini Miura. This period photo should be quick to dispel such notions. More »
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Here is Ayrton Senna hosing down his red Honda NSX with a manly jet of water. Further commentary is wholly unnecessary. Go and wash your car! More »
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In case you were wondering, no, you cannot lie on the ground in a Nomex racing suit and expect to look cool. Only Steve McQueen can pull that off. More »
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There's something satisfying about the sight of the Murilee Martin Motor Pool. More »
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Quick! Name something that looks cooler from the rear than a Ford GT40! More »
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You’ve seen the unveiling. You’ve read that it’s going digital. What you haven’t seen was the sheer excitement on the scene in Frankfurt when Mercedes–Benz revealed the SLS AMG. More »
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Before there was YouTube, there was the animated GIF, home of pixellated photos and hypnotizing loops. To celebrate this quirky remnant of the 80s this Friday morning, here's a yellow Civic tackling a Corkscrew-ish corner. Click through for the animation. More »
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The advantage to using a heat register is the handy open/close feature! More »
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