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How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck

In 1989, it was increasingly clear a new revolution was coming to the truck market, but what shape it would take was still a mystery. With the staggering success of large body-on-frame SUVs and light trucks just a gleam in the eyes of automakers, GMs design team continued down the path of car-based pickups with the Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck. Although we now know car-based pickups and SUVs lost the battle to large SUVs shortly thereafter, it appears the XT-2, an essentially ignored concept here in the United States, may end up winning the design war.

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12:05 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,339 views, 63 comments

Latest by thatguy01: Someone was looking at the Hot Wheels catalog. [i20.ebayimg.com] more »

el caminos

The Volvo XC70chero Brings The Dream To Sweden

There's a stanza in a Stephen Malkmus song that goes "And the trashed young Scandi mistook me for a Swede. her slurred medieval accent was like a puddle at my feet. You could see chopped tobacco in her teeth." This made us wonder if Swedish people actually were into chewing tobacco and, by extension, if there were Swedish rednecks... because where there are rednecks there are El Caminos. Did this mean that there were Swedish El Caminos? Indeed. Here's a prime example of an XC70chero (owned by Ford) looking awesome outside the Volvo Museum. To make it better, it's being pulled by a six-wheel XC90chero. Pinch us.

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12:05 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,286 views, 34 comments

Latest by n/a: Someone at Volvo has been looking at Australian cars and getting ideas. This is the second "Ute" from Volvo as far as 6 x6 goes they are reasonably common here. [www.4wdaction.com.au] [www.fwdqld.com.au] more »

custom cars

Corvettamino ZR-1 Is Pulling Our Leg, Still Awesome

Who needs a Pontiac G8 ST when you can have a bitchin' camino-ized C4 Corvette ZR-1? Nobody that's who. Fortunately for our still beating hearts, this is not really a ZR-1 turned truck/car — it's an '84 Vette smooshed together with a '91 with custom molds and bodywork to create that smooth Vettamino effect. According to ClassyAuto (misnomer?) this was the brainchild of the original owner of Bayliner Boats and took over $115K to create. Wow, that's camino love right there. We have no idea how up to date their website is, but the sale price at one time at least was a steal at $35,000... cough, cough, choke.... WHAT!

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11:20 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,584 views, 28 comments

Latest by CorvetteBlogger: I like it but I think it needs a topper. more »

el camino

El Camino + Le Car = Le Carmino

We had a debate going on whether we should call this Le Car the Le Carmino or the El Carmino, seeing as Le and El carry the same meaning. No matter, this French fry is a dreamy vehicle no matter how you slice the name. For reasons that we have no explanation for, this particular Camino has been outfitted not only with a truck bed, but also with enough Ford, Mazda and assorted other logos to fill the bed of a, well, Le Car truck. The report from STORC on the madness below the jump. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,294 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: Haha - good stuff. Gotta love the three bolt wheels too. more »

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1980 Cadillac Eldamino: For When Your Brat Just Isn't Classy Enough

We've got the deal of the century for you, assuming you are in the market for a car-truck based on a FWD, V8-powered luxury car of the 80's. It's the Cadillac Eldamino and it's got everything an up-and-coming dealer needs: mag wheels, tonneau truck cover, fake Q-beams, 350 c.i. Olds V8 and XM Radio (unless that interferes with your pager). Warranty? It's only got 35,000 miles, you won't need one. Just look at the possibly non-funtioning lake pipes. This is a quality automobile for under $10K. (Thanks to UDMAN) [American Dream Cars]

10:40 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,419 views, 40 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: I need a side view because I'm afraid it's going to be extremely front heavy. @beercheck: You know, in some states actual spotlights ain't legal--you might be illegally hunting, you know, spotlighting deer--so help me, that is the only reason I more »

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El MiniCamino Only Lets One Person Surf At A Time

Sadly, the Mini Cooper El Camino (or El MiniCamino) isn't a new awesome concept from Mini, but rather a one-off custom ride from Pioneer. Apparently made for the Paris Tuning Show, this truck-car conversion features a body kit from MS-Design, 18-inch alloy wheels, lowered suspension and what we imagine is a fairly powerful sound system. It even looks as though the top, which is currently supporting a lone surfboard, might actually come straight off. Following the current trend, the car sports a paint job that looks matte brown at most angles.

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4:15 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,022 views, 22 comments

Latest by haba: I just noticed that smalleyxb122 asked the El Camini question before me. Apologies. more »

sydney auto show

HSV Maloo R8 Ute On Sale In Oz

We're posting this out of raw spite, lust and jealousy. If you lived in Australia, you could walk out your front door, jump on the back of the first passing kangaroo and hop on down to the Special Vehicles wing of your local Holden dealer where the friendly (g'day) salesbloke will sell you a 407 horsepower 'camino. Not angry yet? The automatic transmission is optional and costs extra. Grrrrr! Sure the styling is less Mad Max than Georges Pompidou, but who cares? Sub-5 second factory car/trucks are the very fabric of dreams, 'camino dreams. How did Australia become heaven on earth again? [via Motor Authority]

9:45 AM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
2,184 views, 36 comments

Latest by LandofMinos, a p' p' piece from here and a p' p' piece from there: @RalphieDC: FYI; HSV's slogan is "I just want one!". They know us better than we do... Definitely agree sidepipes would be the icing on this extraordinary cake. more »

caminos

DAF vs. FAF: The Dutch Beat the French: The DAF-Tjorvenamino!!!

Go ahead, dude. Seriously, go ahead and even try to front on the quadruple-radical, insane mind-breaking magnitude that is a Dutch/Swedish Camino which started life as a postal van, sports an air-cooled boxer mill and has rubber bands connecting the continuously variable tranny to the rear wheels. Just try it, Johnson. We, along with Holland, exist in the form of the winner. – Jonny Lieberman More »

9:15 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Jonny Lieberman
148 views, 7 comments

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DAF vs. FAF: Kicking Davey G. in the FAF: The DAF Pony is Quite Simply the Radness

We hate saying it Davey, but all your FAFaminos are now belongs to us. Actually, with this post we will state that all Frenchcaminos are now the sole property of us, too. The Pony pictured is mechanically identical to the regular DAF micro-car (2-banger air-cooled boxer mill, CVT with rubber bands powering the rear-wheels, prefers tulips) except the Pony can be had as a dump truck! Or, if you prefer, a semi-truck!!! In your face, Johnson, in your face!! Make the jump for more boots up Davey's backside. – Jonny Lieberman More »

8:00 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Jonny Lieberman
219 views, 12 comments

Latest by Jonny Lieberman: Rubber bands are for the CVT. And yeah, the snow is shopped in -- the the truck is for real. more »

la auto show

LA Auto Show Broke: Drinking, Smoking and Sweating; The Jalopnik Way

While nowhere near the triage conditions of the Paris Media Center, we still dislike press days at auto shows. Our ass hurts, the coffee's cold, we missed lunch, we missed the picture of the really fat journalist loading a plate of food while bitching about the quality and the pole-to-hole ratio is worse than you could possibly imagine. And another thing: where is all this video going? Why are there ten thousand men in lousy suits shooting so much footage of stationary objects? And why are they such jerks? Why does [CENSORED] from [Censored] smell so awfull? Ten million carmakers and not a single Camino concept? Why have we been up since 5:30 am? Why don't we just read about this on autoblog? What's that? The Audi booth is handing out highly precise mimosas? We love our job.

4:52 PM on Wed Nov 29 2006
By Jonny Lieberman
227 views, 15 comments

Latest by Adam: Wait, they give out mimosas at press days? Do you guys need an extra guy for the 07 NYC show? ... more »