Jalopnik: Twitter

Midnight Rider is the biggest limo on the planet

Andrew Tarantola — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:30:00 EST

Cramming yourself into a Winnebago for your next road trip to Vegas? Ludicrous. Get there in ~~the back end of a big-rig~~, ~~a rolling disco~~, the worlds biggest limo. More »

IndyCar racers using Twitter to organize?

Justin Hyde — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:00:00 EDT

Following Dan Wheldon's death at the IndyCar race in Las Vegas on Sunday, his fellow drivers mourned the loss of their friend — then began to talk openly over Twitter about organizing themselves to push for safety changes. More »

Alec Baldwin gives seal of approval to rental Chevy Cruze

Justin Hyde — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Actor and Twitter addict Alec Baldwin enjoyed his rented Chevy Cruze so much he gave the car a gold star on Twitter. If only someone could capture random celebrities making off-hand comments about cars on video.... More »

Ashton Kutcher's twitter is the new traffic chopper

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:45:00 EDT

Los Angeles will shut down the 405 for repairs, causing an apocalyptic nightmare that makes 2012 look like Must Love Dogs. To help spread the word they're asking celebs like Lady Gaga to tweet traffic alerts. Are we being Punk'd? More »

Founder of Twitpic tweets pic from naked arrest

Justin Hyde — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Noah Everett, founder of Twitter image sharing service TwitPic, was arrested last night for walking down his street naked. He tweeted the whole thing and posted a picture from inside the police car. More »

The two most amazing shots of the shuttle Endeavour

Justin Hyde — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:45:00 EDT

Today's final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was remarkable for several reasons, a minor one being that NASA launched with low-hanging clouds over Cape Canaveral — leading to a remarkable photo from a Delta airline passenger. More »

Official Acura tweeter stands by accusation that coworker is gross

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EDT

The person behind the official Acura Twitter account appeared to pull a Chrysler and let slip a strange tweet accusing a fellow employee of giving himself a manicure at his own desk. Turns out it was intentional More »

GM's social media guru jumps

Justin Hyde — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Chris Barger, the chief of General Motors' social media socializing, will jump ship to work for other clients at Porter Novelli. He's also now free to tweet how he really feels about Detroit drivers. More »

Chrysler Twitter F-bomber blames Tweetdeck for F-ing Mis-Tweet

Ray Wert — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:25:00 EDT

We broke the story about Scott Bartosiewicz, the former account supervisor for New Media Strategies who accidentally fired off an f-bomb using Chrysler's Twitter account and then was fired himself, but WXYZ and the Detroit Free Press scored the first interviews with the now unemployed social media strategist. More »

Chrysler's former Twitter agency gets a "missed connections" Craigslist ad

Justin Hyde — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:00:00 EST

It's been a rough few days for New Media Strategies, the Virginia-based social media firm that borked its business with Chrysler over a mis-Twittered profanity regarding Detroit's drivers. Now it's taking shots from Craigslist posters warning of more woe ahead. More »

Chrysler fires firm behind Twitter F-bomb

Justin Hyde — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:00 EST

Yesterday, Chrysler apologized for a profane message about Detroit drivers that was sent into its Twitter feed by an employee at social media firm New Media Strategies who was then fired. Today, Chrysler announced it fired New Media Strategies. UPDATED. More »

Chrysler fires tweeter behind F-Bomb tweet

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:10:00 EST

Chrysler just just confirmed that the person behind this morning's F-bomb-laced tweet to Detroit drivers was, as we reported, an employee of New Media Strategies. Well… a former employee. More »

Chrysler loses control of Twitter account, drops F-bomb

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:50:00 EST

Someone in control of the official Chrysler account (@ChryslerAutos) apparently had a bad experience driving to work today and dropped one mother of an anti-Detroit tweet and some profanity on their 7,000+ followers. UPDATE More »

Community's Alison Brie also appreciates a big ass

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:30:00 EST

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When my Wired: Autopia buddies reprinted my Audi A3 Concept story they changed "I'm an ass man" to "I'm a hatch man." More »

Jeremy Clarkson finally meets his Twitter doppelgangers

Justin Hyde — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:30:00 EST

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson is not the most frequent visitor to Twitter, which makes his discovery of the art form known as fake celebrity tweets that much more enjoyable. What would he twat if he could get his blood sausage-sized fingers to type? More »

Ochocinco Is Also Spanish For “Free Audi”

Justin Hyde — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST

Free from the time constraints of postseason NFL football, Chad Ochocinco spent the day tweeting photos from the Audi-stuffed parking lot of the Barcelona soccer club. His reward? An FC Barcelona jersey and a free car from Audi. More »

Follow Jalopnik, Staff On Twitter

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:45:00 EST

Can't get enough of us? Follow us on Twitter: @Jalopnik, @RayWert, @MikeSpin, @MattHardigree, @Justin_Hyde or on Facebook. More »

Seattle Police Using Twitter To Find Stolen Cars

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:00:00 EST

Car theft is on the rise in Seattle and police are turning to Twitter to help locate stolen automobiles with their GetYourCarBack account. It's also a great way to bust people for using Twitter while driving. Clever cops. [NY Times] More »

The Qantas Airbus A380 Near-Disaster In Two Tweets

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:13:00 EDT

A new Airbus A380 superjumbo jet experienced a massive engine failure shortly after takeoff in Singapore, forcing the Qantas flight to make an emergency landing. Everyone on board survived, including a passenger with two amusing-in-retrospect before and after tweets. UPDATE! More »

— Chad Ochocinco

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:30:00 EDT

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco apologizes after being fined $25K — the equivalent of two Bugatti Veyron payments — for tweeting during a game. Why not get a ZR1 and tweet all you want? More »

— Dr. Frank Ryan

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:30:00 EDT

Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan's last tweet. He was allegedly tweeting-while-driving, which caused him to drive off a cliff in his Jeep and die. The dog survived. (H/T to Clearwater) [Twitter] More »

Monster Tajima Tweets His Way Up Pikes Peak

Sam Smith — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:30:00 EDT

The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb is taking place this week. Want to follow the biggest, friendliest Japanese man on the hill? Check out record-holder Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima's Twitter feed. Think he'll hit the clouds in under ten minutes? [Twitter] More »

Join The Jalopnik Cult Of Cars on Facebook and Twitter

Ray Wert — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:35:00 EDT

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Want to share your favorite Jalopnik stories you're obsessing over with your friends? It's easy — just follow us on Facebook or on Twitter. Remember, sharing is caring. Or maybe caring is sharing? Whatever, it's fun, do it! More »

How A Web Nerd Scammed Twitter With An Imaginary Tesla Sedan

Wes Siler — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:15:00 EDT

On January 1st, Autoblog/Engadget/Mahalo founder Jason Calacanis announced he'd give away one still-imaginary Tesla sedan if his newly-created Twitter account got more followers than Ashton Kutcher. He failed miserably. Also, he probably never planned to give the car away. Update! More »

Conan O'Brien Tweets, Still Loves His Taurus SHO

Sam Smith — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:30:00 EST

Conan O'Brien has apparently been keeping busy during his unemployment. He joined Twitter last week, and one of his first tweets was about his Ford Taurus. Somebody wrote "ew" in the dust on the car's hood. Nice. More »

Tweetlopnik: See The Important Detroit Auto Show Tweets Without Leaving Jalopnik

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:15:00 EST

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Get all the Detroit Auto Show news, as it happens, from our hand-picked Jalopnik-friendly autojournos at the Twitter-powered Jalopnik liveblog. Also, find out where to get the best auto show mimosas. [Tweetlopnik] More »

Mahindra To Buy Saab?

Sam Smith — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:45:00 EST

Anand Mahindra, of Indian truck manufacturer Mahindra, recently tweeted a question indicating his interest in Saab and asking followers their opinion of the brand. Curried gravlax? Delicious. But wait — when did Twitter become how businesses do due diligence? More »

Ford Sets Record For Biggest Tweetup

Ray Wert — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:15:00 EST

OMG!!1! This must've totally been Ford's proudest. Moment. Ever. [PRNewswire] More »

Predictable NASCAR Driver Is Predictable

Wes Siler — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST

Not only does Kyle Petty have one of them-thar cellular telephones, he uses it to tweet, like a metrosexual. At least it's stuff any real and true patriotic, native born American can be proud of. [Twitter] More »

Tonight's Twitter #carchat, Week 34

Michael Banovsky — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:20:00 EDT

Tonight's Twitter #carchat, week 34: The Jalopnik/Lutz duel, fuel economy ratings, GM sales are up, and picking cars for the next Mad Max movie. Check out the preview at VLane, and be sure to search for the tag "#carchat" starting at 8PM tonight, Wed. October 28. Questions? michael [at] banovsky [dot] com or at my Twitter page. [Jalopnik] More »

FakeRayWert Twitter Account Is Adorable!

Ray Wert — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Correct, nothing boosts our ego more than playing into our games. Thanks for playing! [FakeRayWert] More »

Fake Scott Monty Better Looking Than Real Scott Monty

Ray Wert — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:45:00 EDT

Needs more hot air, younger women, to be the real Scott Monty. [FakeScottMonty] More »

Wert Tweets All Over GM

Ray Wert — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:05:00 EDT

Follow the GM press conference right now on twitter by following @raywert. More »

Bob Lutz Meets CarChat On Twitter

Ray Wert — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:55:00 EDT

Bob Lutz, meet Twitter. Twitter, meet Bob Lutz. Y'all play nice, OK? [VLane] More »

Follow "LOAFNJUG" On Twitter

Ben Wojdyla — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:15:00 EDT

There are times, very often lately, when we think this "Twitter" thing's gotten entirely out of hand. Seeing this "Loaf 'N Jug" gas station and convenience store sign is one of those times. (Curious? Here's their feed, via Reddit) More »

Ray Wert Live-Tweets Comic-Con!

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:15:00 EDT

Want to hear car-related news from Comic Con? Follow @raywert's live-Twittering from the show! More »

How To Follow Jalopnik on Twitter, Facebook and E-mail

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:30:00 EDT

Are you ~~twatting~~ following Jalopnik on Twitter, Facebook and E-mail yet? More »

Unlike Some Auto CEOs, GM's Fritz Henderson Can Type His Own Tweets

Ray Wert — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:20:00 EDT

During yesterday's live-tweet by GM CEO Fritz Henderson, Ford's always-looking-to-be-center-of-attention-and-shove-a-foot-sideways-in-his-mouth social-media "expert" Scott Monty decided to tweet he'd come up with the idea first. However, unlike Ford's apparently typing-impaired-CEO Alan Mulally, GM's CEO can type his own tweets. Silly SMonty. More »

Reminder: Our Tweeting of the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix is Now Live

Ray Wert — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Hit up our twittergasmic live-blog of the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix! The race is live! More »

Turkish Grand Prix: Live on Twitter Tomorrow Morning

Peter Orosz — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Just a quick note reminding you to join us Sunday morning at 8 AM EST for Jalopnik’s first live-tweeted F1 race: the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix. Follow along at our F1 Live-Tweet Page for all the fun. More »