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Burnouts In A 300SEL 6.3: Hoon Or Heresy?

Take one of only 6,500 Mercedes 300SEL 6.3s ever made and give it to a couple of Aussies with a workshop. The smokey result is predictable, but is this any way to treat a rare classic? More »

02/08/10

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By Wes Siler

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Snow-Banking: Rolls Royce Phantom Goes Drifting

What's more fun: watching a Rolls Royce Phantom getting built, getting blown to crap, or getting sideways on a snowy course? It's America, let's have one of each.

01/29/10

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By Matt Hardigree

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Olympic Skiers Ramp A Holden Camira

American Olympian skiers training in New Zealand decided to buy a beat-up Holden Camira for the express purpose of some serious hoonage. Of course, after flying down a mountain on two flat sticks, airing-out a J-body is small potatoes. [NBCOlympics]

01/14/10

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By Ben Wojdyla

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Redneck Waterskiing With a Caterpillar Excavator

You would think waterskiing requires a powerboat and a long stretch of open water. Not so when you’re in South Carolina. All you need is a mudhole and some heavy hydraulic machinery. More »

01/13/10

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By Peter Orosz

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Mechanic Hoons Customer's Lambo, Gets It Impounded

An Australian doctor's Lamborghini Gallardo was impounded for 28 days, despite the fact that his mechanic was the one caught driving at well over 100 MPH. We think Mr. Badwrench is getting fired. More »

01/07/10

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By Wes Siler

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Freeze Frame: Travis Pastrana’s 269-Foot New Year's Eve Jump

Unless you live under a rock, you saw Travis Pastrana ring in 2010 by launching his Subaru rally car 269 feet across Long Beach Harbor at 95 MPH. Now here's the jump in high-res time lapse and high-def video glory. More »

01/04/10

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By Wes Siler

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Semis Can Drift Too

OK, it takes an ice-covered road and a nice big roundabout, but this video proves yet again that semi trucks can drift just as well as your Itasha-covered 200SX. More »

12/29/09

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By Wes Siler

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Morons Bail From Car While It Slides On Ice

Here's what not to do when your Ford Fiesta slides on ice in a tiny English village. And, yes, jumping from your car as it spins will get you run over.

12/28/09

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By Wes Siler

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454-Equipped '67 Camaro Terrorizes Swedish Streets, Drifts Dirt Track

In proper hands a beater 1967 Camaro with a 454 cubic inch V8 and a T-bar shifter creates an artwork of sound and fury no namby-pamby painter could ever muster. This one lives in Sweden and drifts dirt tracks. More »

12/22/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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How To Celebrate Your Birthday Jalopnik-Style

Yesterday was my 29th birthday and I've spent the last two weekends celebrating making it through another year without dying, first at Laguna Seca on a KTM RC8, then on the Montauk beach in a Ford Raptor. More »

12/16/09

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By Wes Siler

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Valentino Balboni Drifts Namesake Lamborghini 'Til Tires Blow

This video of a Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Balboni driven by its test-driver namesake Valentino Balboni shows him mercilessly drifting through the rubber and sparking up the metal reinforcing plies. Mr. Balboni finishes the tires off in a lovely donut. Epic. More »

12/16/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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Police Chase Ends With Epic 20-Foot High Jump

A Florida police chase ended abruptly when the alleged criminal went off-road, into a drainage ditch, hit a hill, then launched himself 20 feet in the air and into a tree. He's in the hospital now. We're betting jail next. More »

12/10/09

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By Wes Siler

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Wagon Attack 2: The AWD Turbo Civic Wagon Shreds All

Why buy new when you can own a dune-shredding, turbocharged Honda Civic AWD wagon covered in skulls and Rhino-liner? This is pure Jalopnik-esque madness fueled by insanity and thrift — just ignore the hipster-wannabe MGMT soundtrack. More »

12/09/09

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By Matt Hardigree

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Russian Merry-Go-Round's Are Much More Intense

The best playground installation is the Merry-Go-Round, especially if you're able to get other riders to beg for mercy. After these Russians wind the thing up with a car, we're betting both riders were begging for mercy. (H/T to LaLe)

12/01/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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Blowin' Up Toy Cars In Slow Motion!

If only I'd had a Casio EX-F1 slo-mo camera as a kid. The awesome destruction of all those 1:24 scale model cars I stuffed with M-80s would have been captured! Sadly, Malaise Era kids had to settle for Super 8. More »

11/14/09

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By Murilee Martin

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Hoon Of The Day: Modified Hummer Drives Underwater

There's really nothing more to say here. Just watch it. Trust us, it's worth it. (Hat tip to Kimi!) [via Ziezo]

11/04/09

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By Ray Wert

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Concerned Parents: For The Sake Of The Children, This Deadly MGB Must Be Stopped!

Everyone seemed to approve of the awesome garage of LeMons Assistant Perpetrator Jeff yesterday, so let's take a look at the car that started it all: a neighbor-enragin', autocrossin' 1973 MGB. More »

11/01/09

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By Murilee Martin

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Pace Bus On The Race Track: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

When we showed up at the race track for the Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons last weekend, the LeMons Supreme Court spotted an Orion II with TARC markings in the paddock. We knew right away: Pace Bus! More »

10/31/09

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By Murilee Martin

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The Toyota Hiace Was Not Designed For Ramping

Before the advent of powered flight, it was said if God intended men to fly he'd have given them wings. As this clip proves, a Toyota Hiace on a Motocross track does little to disprove the axiom. More »

10/29/09

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By Ben Wojdyla

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Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House

We're not exactly shocked to read that "police say they suspect speed and alcohol were contributing factors in the crash" with this bit of what appears to be staggeringly stupid hoonery. More »

10/18/09

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By Murilee Martin

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Buick LeSabre Gets Massive Air, Doesn't Float

Although non-turbocharged Buicks are normally more well known for floatin' than flyin', here's a hoon in a Buick LeSabre showing why he's driving the first class of air class. [via Banovsky]

10/05/09

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By Ray Wert

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