Justin Hyde's posts

If you know someone who owns a screaming chicken-era Pontiac Trans Am, it’s best to keep them off the computer…

There's two ways to build a car for winning an endurance race. Bolt one together that's honed for speed and hope it…

If there's one consistent complaint about the new Ford Mustang, it's that maybe too many edges were sanded down in…

Yes, yes, "Miata" is always the answer. But for those who aren't consecrated in Bob Hall's Church of the Soft…

Those of us who were kids in the '80s will likely never forget the summer when this blonde surfer dude put out a…

Hi, I'm Justin Hyde. You may remember me from such blog posts as "because racecar" and "Cobb Shifter: The…

When I retire at 80, and take over some family land outside of Branson, I'm going to open a museum dedicated to…

This mashup of 1973's "Paper Moon" with Gillian Welch's "Hard Times" has been stuck in my brain for weeks now,…

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Maybe it's the sweet smell of forbidden fruit, but there's something about the Porsche 959 that's kept it near the…

There's never been an appreciable audience for online video reviews of appliance cars. That hasn't stopped AutoTrader…

When Fisker Automotive won heaps of praise from Vice President Joe Biden and a $529 million loan from the U.S.…

Author Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series doesn't just draw from Cussler's own imagination, but also his garage — a…

I promise that after today, our comments of the day for the rest of the week will be as un-serious as possible, but…

After years of delay, Fisker Auto has cleared one final hurdle with the achievement of U.S. Environmental Protection…

After 14 months and a couple thousand posts, this is my last week at Jalopnik. Hand over your yearbooks for a…

Following Dan Wheldon's death at the IndyCar race in Las Vegas on Sunday, his fellow drivers mourned the loss of…

Shawn Weimer needed a trip to a Detroit area gas station and convenience store at 3 a.m. last week, but knew he…

I can't help but hear Lou Ferrigno in this ancient bodybuilding video and wonder how he exercised his inner cheek. …