Ever wondered what happened to the mall in The Blues Brothers after Jake, Elwood, and all those cops drove right through it? They actually left it just the way it was, but that's only the start of the Dixie Square Mall's decline.

Sometimes we feel bad when cars get damaged or destroyed in ridiculous accidents. Take that ultra-sad Lamborghini Miura fire from a couple weeks ago, for example. But this Dodge Avenger falling into a Chicago sinkhole? I can't say I feel too bad here.

You know you're in for a rough day when you go out to your car in the morning only to find it swallowed up by a sinkhole in the middle of the street. That's exactly what happened today in Chicago.

Law enforcement agencies from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year.

We've already seen electric delivery trucks take to the streets of the Big Apple. Now the Windy City is getting into the EV game by adding 20 electric trash trucks to its 600-truck fleet.

Winds and waves from Sandy's remnants battering Chicago right now.

For the most part, Route 66 has been replaced by long, uninterrupted stretches of four-lane interstate. But that hasn't stopped the American Truck Historical Society from gathering about 40 classic trucks together to follow the classic 2,000-plus mile route from Chicago to San Bernardino.

There is no doubt that the McLaren MP4-12C is one of the top performing cars on the road. But many have criticized the styling as a bit too boring to be on a supercar.

In Chicago, if you park your car where city workers have a job to do, it might get moved somewhere other than where you parked it. The only problem is that you might not know which parking spots are off limits or where your car has been moved.

Twice in the last month you've identified cars involved and hit-and-runs, including a quick I.D. that was "critical" to solving a case.