Fisker needs another $150 million to build their next model. Most of that money will go to in-car extinguishers.

Ford's telling 2013 Escape 1.6-liter owners to stop driving their cars due to a possible fuel leak. Escape owners not wanting to experience fiery death can get a loaner. It's the second new Escape recall, and third recent Escape recall.

After Road & Track fired just about everyone they made a smart move: hired two old Jalopnik editors. Congrats to Exec. Editor Sam Smith and Senior Editor John Krewson. Hearst's candy budget just tripled.

People seem to like the 2013 Ford Escape as much as we did, with Ford selling a record 28,500 of them (PDF) in June. It's even more popular than the outgoing model. Fiesta/Focus sales were both down.

Automobile columnist Jamie Kitman's visit to the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga also revealed the city's secret shame: It smells like poop. The city, which drops massive urinal cakes in its sewers to contain the odor, says whaddya gonna do?

Alastair Senior had just finished assembling his hovercraft when he took it to a beach near his home in West Auckland, New Zealand. Unfortunately, a bracket holding the propeller failed and the blade sliced his head open. He died instantly.