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Yesterday we brought you the tale of a road warrior who has done three times the distance to the moon in about five years. His Civic may be capable, but there are definitely other viable means to racking up incredible mileage. What's the best car for driving about two hundred thousand miles a year? More »
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The motor is the heart of any car. Sometimes that heart has a hard time pumping life into a car that needs or deserves much more. What powerplant promised the world but left owners flat-footed? More »
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Germany is both the accepted home of the automobile and the source of the most popular high-performance driving machines in the world today. Most automakers are slouching towards international blandness, but the German marques still embody a particular cultural mindset. What's the most quintessentially German car of all time? More »
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Whitney Houston's death on Saturday was just the latest in a too-long line of showbiz tragedies. Even if her hyperproduced adult R&B wasn't your style, you had to respect that voice — a dynamic and eerily clear mezzo-soprano with very few peers in pop music history. More »
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In case you've been busy or in are complete denial, we'd like to remind you that Valentine's Day is this coming Tuesday. This means you still have some time to properly prepare. What car would you drive to meet up with that very special someone? More »
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Stereotyping is an unfortunate quirk of human nature that runs through car enthusiasm like a bad social disease. Some automotive preconceptions have completely lost legitimacy (if there was ever any in the first place) but refuse to fade away. What stereotypes about cars or drivers need to die? More »
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Our first attempt at a pro-con QOTD was a success, so we're going to open the floor for debate again today. Instead of a specific current issue, though, let's talk about something that's more a standing concern: Are Americans going to ever truly embrace Formula One? More »
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Since World War II the Japanese auto industry has gone from essentially nothing to global dominance. Along the way they have developed a subtle and nuanced national character. What car best represents the traits and spirit of the land of the Rising Sun? More »
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Our friends over at Lifehacker are spreading the word on what well-informed gearheads have long known: luxury cars usually undergo tremendous depreciation, turning what were exclusive rides into better bargains than new economy cars. We want to offer some buying advice. What's the best econobox-shaming value in a used luxury car? More »
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We live in a numbers-obsessed era. We want to see measured proof of a car's awesomeness. If we can see and hear that awesomeness being measured, so much the better. What's the best dyno pull that's ever been captured on video? More »
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We live in an age where car colors are terribly safe. Silver and gray rule the modern automotive palette. It's time to liven things up and add some brightness and contrast to the roads. What color needs to be popular again? More »
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Speed costs money. Beyond that simple dictum, there are many bends and folds in the fabric of the marketplace: a Porsche 944 Turbo is as fast as its contemporary sister 911 Turbo, but costs about a third as much. Last year's speed king is this year's bargain. Dollar for dollar, what's the best deal in serious high performance today? More »
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France is an automotive paradox: Some French products are the height of fashion and technology, some are deeply eccentric answers to pragmatic questions, some are very rational and normal, some verge on the absurd. Almost all have a weird little spark of "La Marseillaise" to them. What's the quintessential French car? More »
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Some car commercials are genuinely awful, but others are more subtly bad: they take high hopes and dissipate them like so much dry-ice fog at a new-car introduction. What's the most disappointing car commercial ever shown? More »
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On this day in 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded. For the past 124 years the Society has traveled and mapped the entire planet. Given the urge to explore is far from satisfied, what's the ideal vehicle for an expedition into the unknown? More »
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This week's launch of multiple M-branded diesel-powered cars now gives the BMW M brand an even larger footprint within the company. It also gives more ammo to those M fans who think the company is diluting the mighty M. Who is right? Who is wrong? More »
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We love to think about driving as being about speed and handling, but there's a less exciting side to it as well. Sometimes the most awkward driving is the slowest. What's the clumsiest parking job that's ever been captured on video? More »
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England is a small nation with a large population that has produced an outsized proportion of the world's great ales, men's clothing, rock bands, and cars. What is the most quintessentially British car to emerge from that scepter'd isle? More »
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Winter has forcefully arrived in most of the northern US. This is not the time to hide inside. Get out, face the cold, and feel the excitement of sliding down a mountain with two narrow boards attached to your feet. What's the ideal ski-trip car? More »
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Carmakers face an eternally changing and demanding market. In the process they occasionally take side trips to the Land of the Odd for ideas about product specifications. What car had — or has — the weirdest feature included as standard equipment? More »
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Comic books and cartoons are adolescent dreams transposed to color and drama. Japanimation especially takes all the noise and imagination of of pop culture and blasts it to all corners of the globe. What car would make the perfect supporting character in an anime series? More »
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Today is the anniversary of the founding of the Bentley Motor Company, which has made its name providing transportation for the rich and showy from the Bentley Boys to Diddy. What's the ultimate rich-guy showoff car? More »
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Germany may be the recognized birthplace of the automobile, but no nation claims fast, beautiful cars as a part of its identity like Italy. What's the most truly Italian car ever made in Italy? More »
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Tim Tebow has been the biggest story in professional sports this year, but his season is now over. It's time to hit the road and think about things. Where should Tebow go in the offseason? And what should he drive there? More »
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Journalists and pundits love speculating about an "Apple Car" as if that's something that could just happen, magically, overnight. Steve Jobs liked cars. He liked good design. What would happen if his company actually designed a car? More »
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Winter is off to a very mild start for many of us this year, which means there's still time to get fully prepared. What are the most important ways to prep your car for winter driving? More »
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Money changes everything. Fame can make people feel infallible. Combine the two with a need for transportation and you end up with some really terrifying ego expressions on wheels. What's the worst celebrity mod job you've seen? More »
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CES is happening in Las Vegas at the same time as the Detroit Auto Show, so let's pause a moment to consider the computer specialists and system administrators in our lives. What is the most appropriate car for your office's information-technology staffers? More »
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The world's automotive media is on hand for the Detroit Auto Show, but the general public's interest in attending auto shows has been declining. What do you think would make these events more interesting and appealing? More »
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We travel over them every day, but although they're built using similar principles, some bridges are just freaking scarier than others. Ridiculously high? Rickety-looking? No guardrails? Suspended with sketchy rope? What's the scariest highway bridge in the world? More »
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In a recent post, a denizen of RoadRaceAutoX.com riffed on car-brand owners' stereotypes by writing fake forum questions (note, they've since changed what we link to. Still kind of funny so we're keeping the link) loaded with character development. For example: Bentley Forums — I used the ash tray today. How do I replace it? What's the most stereotypical question a forum fanboy would ask? More »
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You've got the inside track on the apocalypse. Maybe the Mayans buried the key to the end of civilization in your yard, and you're the only one who knows. What car would you buy if you thought the apocalypse was coming in 352 days? More »
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The U.S., Germany, Japan, Korea. We know which countries have already become the big players in the auto industry. But who's up next? The next decade will see dramatic shifts in automaking dominance. Who is the next automotive superpower? More »
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How'd you do on those resolutions for 2011? Did you start that father-son project car? Make your daily driver trackworthy? Lap the Nürburgring? Oh well. No matter; you've got a brand new, hopeful year to futz with. What's your automotive resolution for 2012? More »
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Now, think about this carefully. It's not just the 2011 model you'd most like to see destroyed in a demolition derby, although that might guide your decision. It's which one you would take into battle. What 2011 car model would you enter in a demolition derby? More »
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We've debated which car stories of 2011 were the most important. But the most important story may not have been the one that grabbed you the most this past year. What was your favorite Jalopnik story of 2011? More »
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Like most years, 2011 had its share of sad, weird, unbelievable and disturbing car-related stories. We've got our own list of our biggest stories — but you may disagree that they were the most important. That said, what was the most important car story of 2011? More »
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The celebration of Festivus involves gathering around an unadorned aluminum pole. As Seinfeld's chief Festivus adherent, Frank Costanza once said about the reasoning: "I find tinsel distracting ... [I]t's made from aluminum. Very high strength-to-weight ratio." What's the most unadorned car? More »
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If you believe the claymation specials, Santa's workshop turns out lovely toys made of nature's steel, aka "wood." Some crazy sorts also use wood as a primary material in the building of cars as well. What's the coolest wooden car? More »
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Everyone knows you're into cars, right? So everyone's going to stock your stuffings (er, yeah) with car-related doodads, gewgaws and flabidybloo. Sadly, much of that stuff will be lame (but thanks for the thought!). What car-related stocking stuffer do you NOT want? More »
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