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chicago auto show

Chicago Auto Show: Toyota Corolla, Meet Dave

We don't remember seeing this at SEMA, because if we had, we would have made fun of it there as well. Nonetheless, the placard claims this Toyota Corolla SE Prototype was first shown at the infamous tuner show, and we claim it was first seen somewhere in a Ford studio run by Dave "Big Balls" Horbury. Seriously — check out that grille, somebody falling in love with the Ford Fusion much? Perhaps this is a new salvo in a developing grille wars. Whatever. We feel like maybe we should be on the look out for a restyled Ford Taurus sporting a Klingon forehead grille.

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10:30 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,299 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: lmao. Nice Piloter. I agree. Alltracs & [slightly overplayed] supras ftw! more »

speed record

Why The Transcontinental Driving Record Should Die

Yes, I'm well aware I may be seen by some as a contrarian voice in the chorus here on Jalopnik today. But, despite the large number of posts, I know I'm not the only one of us who has expressed some misgivings over covering the topic of Alex Roy and Dave Maher's record-breaking sea-to-sea run of 31 hours, 4 minutes. However, after reading comments from some of our readers as well as those elsewhere on the internet, I felt the need to voice some of those thoughts a little more clearly than has yet been expressed. Some may see me as wearing the hater hat, but luckily I've got thick skin, so I think I'll manage. More »

Feature

5:30 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By Ray Wert
18,416 views, 142 comments

Latest by BMWCrazy: I've been around long enough to remember when 50% of race car drivers never made it to retirement because of deaths while racing. I also remember when I got my first car and had that 110 in a 55 ticket to more »

question of the day

How Long Will Roy and Maher's Record Stand?

In case you missed it, friend to Jalopnik Alex Roy and his co-driver Dave Maher just shattered the intercontinental coast-to-coast speed record by over an hour. Well, they did it a year ago but its the 2000s, man — you gotta wait for the statute of limitations to run out secure the book movie deals before you break something this big. As Davey G points out, Roy and Maher's accomplishment lends even more credence to your collective assertion that the E39 M5 is the greatest M5 of all. On a personal note, I'm totally proud to be laterally associated with record breaking hoon-history. Even though like the rest of the world, I was kept in the dark (Davey told me all about it last night at 2:00 am). But remember what the Romans told their conquering generals; glory fades. As outstanding as Herr Roy's achievement is, how long will the new record stand?

12:00 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
1,943 views, 25 comments

Latest by dculberson: Oh, and: the perfect car for beating this record is a 2001 Toyota Sienna. Or a 2003 Caravan. What cop is going to believe his radar and pull a Sienna or Caravan over for doing 115 mph? more »

spy photos

2008 Ford Crown Victoria Special Edition

According to some shots procured by Popular Mechanics' Jim Dunne (he's still alive? Really — who knew?), Ford's gone Dave-alicious to the 2008 model of Ford's cop-car. That's right, the three-bar grille that screams "Hi, I'm An American" is the extent to which FoMoCo's changed the exterior of the 2008 Crown Vic. Oh wait, no, they've also dropped a special "Special Edition" chevron on the side of the front quarter panel and an odd little strip of chrome below the Dave look. We're going to go and vomit in our mouths a little bit. [Popular Mechanics]

Spy Photos

3:00 PM on Fri Jul 27 2007
By Ray Wert
10,964 views, 32 comments

Latest by TylerD: @gotsmart: Shotgun! more »

bruce and dave sitting in a tree

We Totally Knew There Was Something To Those Ford-BMW-Mercedes Talks

Or not. Jalopnik reader CJ snapped a picture of this aborted merger of German Bruce and American Dave he found behind a BMW/Mercedes dealership in Minnetonka, MN.

9:00 AM on Sun Jul 22 2007
By Ray Wert
811 views, 11 comments

Watch the thrill of a Cars.com blogger and spouse making a choice between the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Subaru Outback in not-at-all real-time! See the exciting process not-at-all-in action! We're glued to our seats. [Kicking Tires]

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Peter Horbury presents Ford "innovation." We would have gone too except we had a thing. Namely, picking our navel lint. [Freep]

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taking little white pills and my eyes are open wide

Ten Forward Gears and a Georgia Overdrive: Six Days On The Road

After referring to the classic truckers' anthem "Six Days On The Road" in an earlier post, I couldn't get it out of my head until I heard the original Dave Dudley version. Here's a late-60s performance from the Wilburn Brothers' show. Because, face it, when you're talking driving music you can't avoid the gear-grindin', shit-kickin' trucker songs! – Murilee Martin More »

5:00 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,094 views, 17 comments

rabbi dave

Kicking Tires Kicks The Tires On Saturn's New Vue

Although we weren't "lucky enough" to get a first drive of the new Opel Saturn Antara Vue, we're able to rely on the crazy kids at the site all about a Gary Numan song to show us what we're "missing." Rabbi Dave over at their blog, Kicking Tires, got a chance to whip one around for a bit, so until we get a chance in the driver seat, they're the best you're gonna get. Yeah, it ain't much, but like we said — it's the best we can get as of yet of Saturn's newly redesigned Car-UV. I mean, we're not saying the General's scared or nothing to let a "real blog" take it for a ride, but you know, if the tires fit...– Ray Wert More »

9:00 AM on Fri May 18 2007
By Ray Wert
747 views, 16 comments

Latest by Turboner: @my favorite car is a motorcycle: It's not so much a specific height that makes a vehicle a CUV, it's a state of mind... I mean, where would a minivan fit in? What if you lowered a turbo more »

news

Peter Horbury: Still Has Big Balls, Now Believes In Magic

Peter Horbury, FoMoCo's designer of the now infamous Gillette-like "Hi, I'm Dave!" grille is not only a designer with the "big balls" necessary to design FoMoCo out of their Nasser-created product design nightmare, but now he believes in magic. That's right, the always lovable, huggable and eminently quotable Horbury dropped this little tidbit on Phil Patton when asked about the doors of the Lincoln MKR concept
"In the future you will simply touch the car and the door will magically open."
What will FoMoCo think of next? Maybe Horbury's next design will be based on a Nimbus 2000. We can only hope to see a car shaped like a flying broom coming out of the next Detroit show. – Ray Wert More »

4:15 PM on Wed Apr 11 2007
By Ray Wert
610 views, 7 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: Dear Ford, Re: picture Is your "Hi, I'm Dave" designer really, really lit, or is he just a big dufus? Thanks, Not Dave more »

spy photos

Spy Photos: Mini-Dave Caught In Trashy, Peekaboo Camo


The folks at some noob site called Edmunds Inside Line posted spy pics of what they purport to be the '08 Focus. Cue fevered responses from the Focus forums saying "the interior is better but the outside is meh" and "the IP looks Volvo-y." If you can't get the people who are enthusiastic enough to join a forum about their own car excited about the next model, things may be a bit rocky. That said, the nose appears better designed than the current horrifying iteration, and the lights are pretty spiffy. On the downside, audio enthusiasts everywhere will again curse Ford, which, not having learned its lesson from the DN101 Taurus, are putting in a non-DIN radio. I guess that means it will be SO GOOD nobody will ever want to replace it. – Ben Wojdyla More »

Spy Photos

3:31 PM on Tue Dec 19 2006
By bwojdyla
172 views, 7 comments

Latest by Mr4Runner: Oh no's! That's quite the rip off of the BMW 3er dash. Compared to the new Civic, everythings looks dated (except of course the Euro Civic, that thing is da-badass). more »

news

Ford To Show Employees And Retirees Everything But Kitchen Sink From Now Until 2010

Mark "Movie Star" Fields is making one hell of a "Bold Move" for the weekend after Thanksgiving — showing off something he's calling the "Showroom of the Future" at Detroit's Cobo Hall. The little post-turkey extravaganza is a curtain pull on FoMoCo's future product plans for Ford NorAm from now until, you know, whenever they run out of ideas — which apparently will be 2010. The two-day event is open to current and future Ford workers only, allowing them to see the automaker's product development plans aren't totally full of shit, "Dave" and fourteen Mustang variants. As Fields explains,
"Through our North America 'Way Forward' plan, we've spoken a lot about reducing our uncompetitive cost structure, but we have not yet fully explained our accelerated product plans...
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7:45 AM on Thu Nov 16 2006
By Ray Wert
177 views, 8 comments

Latest by Ray Wert: Sorry, I meant past and damn it, retiree -- you knew I meant that! ;) more »

news

Not Out Of The Woods: Buick Continues The Lame-Ass Viral Marketing

Thank the lord of motor parts that we've got tipsters like Galvin Wong, a name at an empty and hastily created hotmail e-mail account. Without him, and folks like him, we'd have no way of getting amazing pictures of the tip of the headlight of the new Buick Enclave. That's right, despite finally getting "outed" by the mainstream media this AM, who as an aside, ignored the fact we already dragged them kicking and screaming out of the closet — the Buick marketing team continues their onslaught of attempts at a (dare I even pen the word!) viralgasm over the team's new CUV — the Enclave. Apparently not even a nameless writer at the Detroit News was able to stop the Buick folks from sending e-mails addressed to us from guys like "Mr. Wong." Don't they realize we've been publishing (and making fun of) a full pic of the vehicle for months now that's recevied more unearned media hits than anything viral they've done? So I'd say to Dave Darovitz and the rest of the folks working on the Buick team — it'll take a lot more than some viral marketing to exorcise the demon's of Buick's aged past, and therefore a mental viral picture of our own memories of what has been Buick's key demographic — below the jump. – Ray Wert More »

8:31 AM on Mon Nov 13 2006
By Ray Wert
1,519 views, 9 comments

Latest by ryan2004: Well I like the video and the new Buick is awesome. It seems like the idea worked. You guys have talked about it a few times now. Go Buick more »

art/illustrations

The My-T-Fine Photography of Dave DeLuxe

We've actually known Dave for years. We'd hang out at parties full of punk rockers who worked in the tech industry and talk about rock 'n' roll and photography, but somehow cars never came up. We just knew he loved women and whiskey and he just knew we loved the Clash. Then one year at Billetproof we ran into each other, and both of us said, "Dave! I didn't know you were into cars!" Since then, Dave's photography career has really begun to take off, so in the spirit of the season of sharing, we thought we'd toss y'all a slice of cheescake and some serious hot rods, courtesy of Mr. DeLuxe. More »

3:23 AM on Fri Dec 23 2005
By Davey G. Johnson
209 views, Comment