The Most Powerful Lego Minifigs In the Universe

When Lego Galactus comes to consume our plastic planet, who will heed the call to defeat him? How does the minifig Green Lantern Corps wear rings without separate fingers? Ulises Farinas illustrates superhero scenes in the Lego world. [io9]

Engine Of The Day: Ford Thriftpower Six

The great thing about this series is that we're nowhere near running out of engines that were made by the millions, for decades. Ford's workhorse I6 racked up close to a quarter-century of front-line service, from 1960 to 1984. More »

Relive The Joys Of '76 Chevy Nova Beater Ownership, 1991 Reno Parking Garage Style!

Since I've already plugged all this crappy analog video hardware into my computer in order to digitize the glory of a '79 Ford Granada, we might as well continue to unearth car-related tidbits from the Murilee Martin Videotape Archives. More »

DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Not many DeLorean owners painted their cars' stainless-steel exteriors; this is a rare find indeed. More »

Verne and Gary's Not-So-Excellent Adventure

If you're like me, you may have found the announcing during yesterday's SEC Championship Game to be....underwhelming. Here's a compilation of Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson's greatest moments of confusion, obfuscation and outright lies. [Deadspin]

Slapstick Japanese Duo Pays Homage To '86 Toyota Tercel 4WD, We Think

We love second-gen Toyota Tercel wagons around these parts, so we always enjoy watching hyperkinetic Japanese TV commercials for what JDM buyers knew as the Toyota Sprinter Caribbean. More »

Rear Wheel Drive Can't Save This Starlet From The Crusher

You don't see many Starlets on the street these days, and they're rarer still in the boneyard. Mike 'Clunkbucket' Bumbeck drives a Starlet, so I called him the moment I spotted this one. More »

Mad_Science Brings Us A Los Angeles DOTS-O-Rama!

Über Bird team captain and PCH Poster Child Mad_Science has vast quantities of photographs of old and interesting street-parked SoCal machinery for us. More »

Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V Down On The San Francisco Street

This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Top Gear honored the Delta Integrale last weekend, and now it's our turn! More »

Question Of The Day: Your Best Car Radio Moment?

Driving mix tapes were fun, and you can't beat having überbytes of music on an MP3 player, but the randomness of radio can turn a pleasant driving moment into one-a-them epiphanic experiences. More »

UDMan Drives The Sprinter, Gives It Thumbs-Up

I've long admired the super-efficient Sprinter van, but never quite understood the constant shifting of marques under which it was sold. Dodge? Mercedes-Benz? Freightliner? Truck expert UDMan to the rescue! More »

Screaming Chicken-ize Your Ride For Cheap!

Why should Pontiac's iconic Screaming Chicken hood decal be restricted to Malaise Era Trans Ams, or even Pontiacs? Your '87 Hyundai Excel or '93 Buick LeSabre deserves a four-foot-wide Screaming Chicken, and now you can afford one! More »

Ultimate Gawker Stalkers: Derek Jeter's Starbucks and The Minka Kelly Problem

Sometimes, multiple Gawker Stalker sightings create mosaic portraits of celebrities in their seemingly unobserved moments. We've got one better, today: an operative working at a Derek Jeter-frequented Starbucks in Tampa, who sees girlfriend Minka Kelly as the once-benevolent Jeter's downfall. [Gawker]

Revealed: Marvel Comics' Secret War On Women

Have superhero comics outgrown a pre-adolescent fear of women? Not in the slightest, argues critic Abhay Khosla. In fact, he argues, Marvel Comics' last few linewide storylines have been all about why women are terrifying and need to be destroyed. [io9]

...And Here's Your CRX Replacement!

Honda- or at least its marketing gurus- decided that the sporty CRX no longer appealed to its target demographic, so the 1992 model year had the kicky, upbeat Del Sol instead. More »

The 1990 Honda CRX: Great For Endless Drives Past Cows!

Just a few years earlier, Honda pitched its CRX as a fire-breathing hot rod, but by 1990 the marketers had decided to go cute. Thus, the sporty CRX is presented as the ideal car for long drives in Meth Country. More »

Jaguar XJR Does The Impossible, Goes 100,000 Miles

Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt your regularly scheduled weekend programming to bring you shocking footage. Despite all evidence to the contrary, we're able to provide video proof a Jaguar product can indeed go 100,000 miles. Suck it, Joe Lucas. More »

Jaguar XJR Doing The Impossible

Madden NFL Arcade Micro-Review: Snacking on Football

Did you toss the football around over Thanksgiving? If so, did you take time to read the playbook and set your audibles? Thought so. That's the spirit behind EA Sports's Madden NFL Arcade, the bite-size complement to its full franchise. [Kotaku]

My Short-Lived Filmmaking Career Made Z-List Stars Of '56 Chevy, '79 Granada

Maybe if Super 8 film hadn't been such a comprehensively terrible medium, I'd have kept making films; who knows, by now I might have become The King Of Eastern European Dental Fetish Porn! More »

Kick-Ass Creator's New Comic Is Dark Knight Mash-Up

Wanted and Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar has unveiled his latest Marvel Comics creation, and between the high concept and promotional image released, it's as if he's daring DC to think about legal action. Ballsy or insane? You be the judge. [io9]

Another Finned Mercedes-Benz Bites The Dust, Will Be Reborn As FAW Hongqi Parts

Remember the very solid-looking white Mercedes-Benz W110 we saw down on the junkyard over the summer? It got munched up by The Crusher, but look what's in that very same junkyard now! More »