<![CDATA[Jalopnik: playboy]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: playboy]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/playboy http://jalopnik.com/tag/playboy <![CDATA[Playboy Playmate Crystal McCahill Racks Up DUI After Missing Stoplight]]> Chicago Police busted busty brunette Playboy centerfold Crystal McCahill for driving her 2005 VW Passat through a red light, while drunk and mumbling incoherently.

McCahill rose to fame on The Girls Next Door reality show and secured the spot as Miss May 2009. Surprisingly, she achieved all of this without securing a law degree, which may explain why she told the officers she had "three shots" at Climax, the Chicago nightclub where she currently works, before driving. Brilliant.

Anyone currently having fantasies about Miss McCahill may be turned off by the fact she drives a Passat, and not something cool like Sarah Jean Underwood's Mini S.

[via Chicago Sun Times]

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<![CDATA[2007 Playmate Of The Year’s Mini S Drop-Top Pops Up On eBay]]> Sara Jean Underwood's Mini is for sale on eBay. There's plenty of pictures of her posing with it, but at $34,999 you'd have to be crazy to click Buy It Now. Or a stalker.

The Mini was given to Sara when she won 2007 Playmate of the Year. She's apparently lost interest in the car now that she's move back to Oregon.

A 2007 Mini Cooper S convertible with leather and auto transmission, the car has just 12,900 miles on it, which is likely far fewer than Sara has on herself. The auction says the car is in excellent condition, "There are no dents or dings, mechanical problems and comes from a smoke-free enviroment."

A quick search of eBay reveals other 2007 Mini Cooper S convertibles with Buy It Now prices as low as $24,500. For our money, we'd buy one of those, then satisfy ourselves with a quick and free Google search for "Sara Jean Underwood nude." [eBay via Autoblog.nl]

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<![CDATA[The 1983 Mazda Cosmo Big Run: Instant VIP Treatment At The Playboy Club!]]> Roll up to the Playboy club in a Mazda Cosmo Big Run Genteel back in '83, and you'd be sure to get some special treatment from the bunnies.

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<![CDATA[Playboy Names R8 Car of The Year. Plus: What's The Sexiest Volvo?]]> What does it really matter what Japanese automotive journalists think is the Japanese Car of the Year, or what the European journalists think is the European Car of the Year? Who even cars what Motor Trend says is their Car of the Year? We want to know what Playboy thinks. LBJ said it best, "So goes Playboy, so goes the nation." The venerable Audi R8 is the lad's mag's pick for this year's top ride, along with some selections in a few other random categories. The full list below the jump:

Playboy's Cars of the Year Best Luxury Sports Coupe: Maserati Gran Turismo Smartest Purchase - Smart Fortwo Best Sports Sedan - Cadillac CTS Best SUV - Land Rover LR2 Best Crossover - Buick Enclave Best Convertible - BMW 335i Best Earth Day Car - Mercedes Benz E320 Bluetec Best Pint Size Performance - Volvo C30 CAR OF THE YEAR - AUDI R8 [Playboy]

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<![CDATA[Project Car Hell: Playboy Jimmy or Two Triumphs?]]> After tipster Pixel hipped us to Tiny Trucks Hell (in which, incidentally, the Cony beat the Simcamino by a statistically insignificant eyelash), we knew our readers would keep sending in truly nightmarish, yet compelling, PCH suggestions. And we were right! Today we award another Project Car Hell Tipster T-shirt to tipster Phillip, who has dredged up a pair of projects that don't need a common theme to knock us out with their awesomeness.


We used to think the Ford Mainline had the coolest name of any 40s American car, but that was before we found out about the Playboy. In 1947, the Playboy Motor Company of Buffalo, New York, built 98 cars. The '47 Playboy had a 40-horse flathead four... but this Playboy has been given a chassis transplant! Yes, the chassis and running gear from an '86 GMC S-15 have been married to the Playboy's body, resulting in better ground clearance and dignified good looks that will make Hugh Hefner himself rend his smoking jacket in envy. As for mechanical condition or any difficulties resulting from the not-really-completed swap... well, the engine runs! We don't know what kind of engine, or transmission, or anything else, you get here, but so? This Playboy just needs some TLC to be ready to knock 'em dead, Buffalo style!

Sure, you can call yourself a playboy by driving a car with that name, but a real playboy drives British machinery. And a playboy with a lot of tools and patience drives this pair of Triumphs! For an as-yet-undetermined reserve price (though you will get dinged with a 4% "service charge" if you pay via PayPal), you get a '68 TR250 and a TR4. The seller doesn't know the year of the TR4, but that's OK because he also doesn't have a title for either car. There's rust. Oh yes, there's definitely rust. But you get the 6-cylinder engine out of the 250, and enough parts between them to make most of a complete car! Looks like both cars have been disassembled and their parts scattered all over hell, so there's really no telling what you actually get. But imagine the smooth British style you'd be flashing behind the wheel of the finished project- what would it take, a couple weeks of work?

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<![CDATA[Playboy Enters Grand-Am Fray]]>

Playboy Enterprises threw its bunny ears and tails in the ring for the 2006-2008 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series, announcing a six-car effort that includes Ford- and Pontiac-powered prototypes and Ford Mustang GT and Nissan 350Z Cup cars. The cars will make their inaugural run at the 2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona and continue through the 2008 season. Of course, we'll be watching — but only for the articles.

Playboy Goes Full Speed With Grand American Racing [MPH]

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