Older Jeeps. CJs, YJs, and TJs.

Conversations like this are a big part of why I abandoned my Twitter account. Read more

Salute.

My friend: Read more

Maybe I’m getting old and boring. Read more

The only Pumpkins album I can still stand to hear in its entirety is “Gish.” Read more

The disappointing thread through everything above is the sense that, okay, Maseratis are pretty and they’re worth considering if you’re tired of the usual German suspects. Read more

So. Read more

Unintended consequence of Trump’s election. The rage factor has been snuffed. Read more

Not totally surprising. Depending on where you are in the country (Hamburg and Berlin more than, say, Oberammergau) the Germans are way more at ease about this kind of thing than our more typical post-Puritan/post-Victorian societies. Read more

Nein. Wanna say it was Dolly someone, but that could’ve been a different sponsor. Read more

Trying to remember which German adult-entertainment star sponsored a 250GP team back in the ‘90s. Read more

‘72 was a transition model, and one that the purists often peg as the start of the shift toward the 911 as luxury coupe instead of minimalist sports car. First year for the 915 gearbox, displacement bumped up to a yawning 2.4 liters to ease drivability. Also had that one-year-only oil flap that caused problems for… Read more

For consideration: Read more

Not that the Jalopnik commentariat is in any way a representative sample of American automotive preferences, but: Read more

Now that’s a sound I’ve not heard in a long time.

Alternative: Take the Nano’s look and minimalist vibe. Add some safety gear and eco consciousness.

Take the family lineage seriously (and we are talking about Mercedes here, after all) and what we now call the E-class is part of an unbroken line that started in the 1950s (Pontons, fintails, slash eights, W123s, W124s where the E designation really took hold, W210s, 211s, 212s and the current 213s). Read more

Since we don’t get the two-door GTI anymore, the door is wide open for another Scirocco or Corrado. Read more

I’d be down with an electric Boxster. Read more