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jalopnik automotive amerigasm

Top Ten American Automotive Pilgrimages

It wouldn't be a Jalopnik Automotive Amerigasm without a nod to the places that make American automotive history so great. Eddie Izzard may joke that he's from "Europe, where the history comes from," but the relative young age of the auto industry means our automotive history is as old and rich as anyone's...and of course, more American. Whether you have plans for the Fourth of July weekend or not, there's no better way to celebrate our country's freedom than by enjoying the freedom to drive somewhere and overspend at the gift shop. Below is our list of ten great American automotive pilgrimages for those that worship at the altar of wheeled transportation. More »

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2:00 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Matt Hardigree
4,160 views, 67 comments

Latest by M0L0TOV: I think it's funny how Sebring, Florida doesn't have some sort of automotive museum. I really hope in my heart more »

novelties

The Old Wagon Queen Family Truckster With A New Twist

With summer here, we've been thinking a lot about great road trip vehicles. So, while we adapt to soaring fuel prices, we wave goodbye to the days of care-free cross-country gas-guzzling. You know, the kind of thing embodied by the Wagon Queen Family Truckster from National Lampoon's Vacation. Yes, before monster SUVs became popular, big wagons with faux wood trim were the kings of the road. But what we have here isn't just any ol' Truckster.

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4:40 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Mark Arnold
5,591 views, 61 comments

Latest by n/a: The best wagon ever! I do miss it! more »

best road trip cars

Automobile Mag's Top List Of Road Trip Vehicles Gives Sprinter The Nod, Finds Way Into Our Hearts

Oh, boy: Another hot summer day, another list of top vehicles for a road trip. Whereas Kelley Blue Book's top road trip cars list — the last such list we had to endure — was one of the more strange groupings we've seen, today's list from Automobile is absolutely sexy. What, you don't think the Sprinter's sexy? You ever seen the Mercedes diesel it's got under the hood? We're not kidding when we say it's like butter. Really thick, viscous, black butter, but butter nonetheless. Hit the jump for the full list. More »

12:30 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Mark Arnold
1,873 views, 28 comments

Latest by petersterncan: @MrEvil: I don't think Dodge is crazy. It's a question of paying now or paying later. With the Sprinter, you pay more more »

novelties

Afghanistan Veteran, Dog, Head Cross-Country In Beater Suburban, Need Some Help

A lot can happen when you serve as an Air Force Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. For Daniel McConnell, things were going great until a crash that cost him his arm, caused a traumatic brain injury, and ended his career with an honorable discharge. After recovering and spending some time in med school, Daniel took a summer off (this summer) and decided to hop into a thousand-dollar Suburban and tour the country for which he served. Heck, we'll let him tell you all about it: More »

2:40 PM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,847 views, 41 comments

Latest by n/a: Hey everybody! I just joined after I saw the large volume of traffic I've gotten from here! Thanks for the more »

question of the day

Question Of The Day: What's The Best Road Trip Vehicle?

Earlier today we shared with you a list of what someone else thought the 10 Best New Road Trip Cars were. Though we like the listmaker's spunk in naming the Veyron, we disagree with the notion that only new cars are best for road trips (and with the idea of crossing the country in an Eos). It does bring up the question not only of what is the best road tripping car, but what makes the best road tripping car. Is it size? Mileage? Speed? Comfort? Stealth? The perfect combination of all of these features? More »

11:40 AM on Tue May 20 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,292 views, 158 comments

Latest by loosse: @CeRuLeaNBLu: Second! I drove that car 8 times back and forth across this great land, love it. I'd more »

novelties

KBB Names Ten Best New Road Trip Vehicles, Family Truckster Suspiciously Absent

There's no set definition of what is and what isn't a road trip. Do you have to cross state lines? Is there a minimum mileage? Should it be measured in years? We don't have answers to these questions and neither do the people at Kelly Blue Book who put together an interesting mix of vehicles to meet the task, ranging from the obvious choices like the Dodge Grand Caravan and Toyota Prius to surprises like the Audi S5 and Bugatti Veyron. And then there's the VW Eos, which we'd rather not be packed into for a long journey. The full list and press release below. More »

10:00 AM on Tue May 20 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,967 views, 32 comments

Latest by n/a: audi a8l 4.2 TDI more »

offbeat news

Utah Guys Set Out On Great American Road Trip

Three guys from Utah have set out to drive through the contiguous 48 states in record time. Starting out Sunday in Vermont, they're already in Wyoming on the way to North Dakota with the goal of getting home to Utah, via nine more states, by Friday. The time to beat is 5 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes. Joey Stocking, Adam Gatherum and Josh Keeler think they can do it in three hours less. More »

5:00 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Wes Siler
2,269 views, 33 comments

Latest by Scott: @PeteJayhawk: Freeport FTW! Wait...I hate Freeport. more »

down on the junkyard

Even With 11 Tons Of Rover Parts Gone, Plenty Left In This Junkyard


After Highmile sent us the tip about the free buried mobster car, he then hipped us to this amazing tale of an Oregon-to-Arizona-and-back road trip to fetch 11 tons of Rover parts from the Lost Dutchman of desert junkyards. Audi 3-6s... Citröen Meharis... ancient Datsuns... Simcas... you name it, this yard has it. However, the bad news is that the new owners of the yard have a sacrilegious plan to scrap every one of these hyper-rare imports. The pain! Make the jump for even more photos. [Pangolin4x4]

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2:00 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Murilee Martin
4,342 views, 63 comments

Latest by thatguy01: @thatguy01: Chevy used the square-light bumper at the end of the model run. more »

first drive

Ford Mustang Bullitt Timeline Drive

The 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt edition doesn't have quad camshafts or forty-eight valves in the cylinder heads. There is no turbocharger under the hood. The Mustang doesn't pack an eight speed twin-clutch super sequential transmission. The Mustang needs not even one of these things to be exactly what it is - a purely American machine that's a blast to drive.
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Feature

3:15 PM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
3,058 views, 19 comments

Latest by kalamath: Vipers and Vette's have been known to spit half shafts. Hell, even the new M5 with a manual tranny grenades more »

ford

Bullitt: Stuck in Traffic Edition

Look closely at the turned aluminum 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt dash accent and observe that we are stuck in traffic. We called Delgetti to see if he could clear it up and cover the exits. Until then we fired up the sweet talking onboard navigation to guide us. 25 miles to go.

6:45 PM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
2,508 views, 15 comments

Latest by SeanKHotay: @scotte: I was thinking John Aprea or Bill Hickman (to clear the traffic, of course) more »

lockheed

Flight Delay: Lockheed Constellation Edition

Pea soup fog at both Burbank and San Francisco airports has provided a few moments to reflect on this ten foot long TWA Lockheed Constellation model suspended above our seat. The plane was designed by Kelly Johnson and served not only as one of the first pressurized commercial airliners, but also under President Eisenhower. The 34th grand poobah had two Constellations to choose from, with one likely used to survey construction of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. The Constellation was built right here in Burbank, where we're sitting. Grounded, Johnny!

1:15 PM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
734 views, 20 comments

Latest by IamZardoz: In 1959 I flew to Germany on a MATS one. Silver with a black stripe over the windows. Flight was more »

The man known as Coop has installed a bang up gallery of Speed Week at Bonneville photos on the Flickr. Bathe your eyeballs with the 1327 pics that Coop took while he was out there.

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woodward dream cruise

1972 Dodge Challenger

Driving about in a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 it's easy to forget that while the formula for American muscle cars is still very much alive, refinements in technology have changed the experience drastically. Case in point is this 1972 Dodge Challenger. I drove this beast last year from Carlisle, Pensylvania to Detroit after having roadtripped from Motor City mostly in the passenger seat. This was not by any means a completely original machine, but the core of what rolled off the line in the '70s was still very much with it. More »

Feature

2:30 PM on Fri Aug 17 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
2,115 views, 8 comments

Latest by KingRoyale: Tastee indeed. Talk about a pretty piece o muscle! more »

pebble beach concours

Psychic Subtext Command

Directly north of the Grapevine the two paths of State 99 and Interstate 5 diverge. While we were supposed to head north on the 5, psychic power steered us towards the walmart in Bakersfield. The reason? We needed a 12v AC inverter so we could broadcast from the 58, heading west.

10:04 PM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
401 views, 10 comments

Latest by Frost Face: Hunter S Thompson Highway is an interesting/good place for some high speed hoonage! more »

pebble beach concours

Escape from LA: Gorman Edition

Johnson and Bumbeck have made out of the basin and are in Gorman - the gem of the Tehachapis. Here we have witnessed a forgotten limo, waving flags, french fries, salt, and a rolled Montero. The mystery bucket revealed itself in the form of a Kia Sorento, which is still rolling. Coalinga or bust!

8:00 PM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
852 views, 3 comments

Latest by dorkusmaximus: @Jon: It seems like interesting is an understatement. more »

road trip report

Jalopnik Road Trip Report: Sevening on the Tail of the Dragon

Last weekend, I drove for 32 hours and more than 1,700 miles in the process of making an increasingly popular vehicular pilgrimage. No, not Bowling Green, nor Indy, nor Pebble nor Laguna. There was no factory tour waiting for me at the end of my journey. No concours of priceless Italian bella macchina. Just a $59/night motel and some of the best damn driving roads in the US of A. More »

1:00 PM on Thu Nov 9 2006
By Mike Spinelli
1,921 views, 33 comments

Latest by killboy: Nice write up! Thanks for the mention and links. :) more »

novelties

Mommy! Daddy! Tell Logan He's A Prick!


Since today is Friday, and folks are looking to hit the road on a gorgeous summer day, here's something for all of your vacationers. So no, that's not the formula for determination of FoMoCo's sales or how much money DaimlerChrysler's spent on the "Dr Z" ad campaign. Rather, it's a formula created by the folks at Leapfrog, the interactive kiddie porn education software/hardware company. Devised by one of the company's well travelled management consultants, who's raising two sets of twins, the formula combines key travel factors, personal experience and expertise to equate the following: More »

11:50 AM on Fri Aug 11 2006
By Ray Wert
179 views, 8 comments

Latest by Evander: I was always partial to that "Melikalikimaka is the thing to say-ay-ay..." song. more »

news

Ciao! Mein: Three Months and a Tired Cinquecento Later, Bejing

Two Italian men have arrived in China, after a three-month trek in a Fiat the size of an Anoplophora glabripennis. The average Asian Longhorned beetle, however, would have had far fewer miles on it than the 1973 Fiat 500 R did before the two began their trip from Turin, Italy to Bejing. Along the way, the two were nearly done in by unrest in Kyrgyzstan, the harsh plains of Siberia and submarine-grade close-quarters insanity. But holy hell, they made it. More »

12:20 PM on Thu Jul 28 2005
By Mike Spinelli
199 views