Mike Spinelli

On Davey G. Johnson: A Memoir by the Guy Who Built the Car Internet with Him

[Editor’s Note: It is with incredibly heavy hearts that we must convey the news that beloved former Jalopnik writer D…

3/10/15

First Drive: The Porsche Cayman GT4 Is A Sports Car Fairy Tale Come True

The Porsche Cayman GT4 is a car we've been waiting for since the Clinton administration. Now we've driven it. Can it…

12/8/14

Why The Porsche 911 GTS Is More Than The Sum Of Its Parts

Some say the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS is just an options package with too little to distinguish it from a Carrera S.…

11/2/14

Turner Classic Movies Is Showing Must-See Road Films On Friday Nights

Haven't seen Detour or Badlands or Lost in America? You'll soon be able to catch up on these and other classic road…

10/27/14

The 1955 Chevy From "Two Lane Blacktop" Is Going To Auction

Whether you think Monte Hellman's cultish, 1971 road film, "Two Lane Blacktop" is a masterpiece of nuance, or the…

10/24/14

The Follow-Up To A Beloved Motorcycle Documentary Is Coming To Theaters

Back in 1971, Bruce Brown's moto-racing doc "On Any Sunday" not only helped jumpstart the motocross and BMX crazes,…

10/22/14

What's The Best Car Story Ever Told In One Minute Or Less?

The Jalopnik Film Festival is as much, or more, about storytelling than it is about burnouts and car porn. Car…

10/21/14

Is The Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Roadster As Good As The Coupe?

Are there too many variants of good sports cars? Does a great coupe always need a convertible version? Are open-top…

10/14/14

This Lost Film Brought Tasty V8 Engine Sounds To The Masses

There's one degree of separation between Bruce Kessler, race driver and director of the 1962 film "The Sound of…

10/13/14

What's The Best Motorsports Documentary Ever Made?

When it comes to motorsports documentaries, I've always been partial to the gorgeously shot and meticulously edited D…

10/12/14

Quentin Tarantino Is Bringing "The Racing Scene" To Los Angeles

As every film buff who's been following Quentin Tarantino's programming of the revitalized New Beverly Theater in…

10/8/14

My God, Old Touring Car Racing Is Ridiculously Cinematic

It may be debatable when German touring-car racing was at its peak, but there's no doubt some of the best road-car…

10/3/14

Three Guys, Plus Nine Grand, Equals Three Classic Cars

Thanks to billions in hot dollars looking for a place to land, harboring classic cars has gone from a weekend hobby…

10/3/14

This Is The Documentary BMW E30 Fans Have Been Waiting For

The 1984-1991 BMW 3-Series has become an auto-cultural flashpoint. From the rise in interest in (and value of) the…

9/3/14

What's The Best Car Cameo In The History Of Cinema?

It didn't have any chase scenes, but the film version of of John le Carré's "A Most Wanted Man" did feature some…

8/17/14

What's The Scariest Horror Film Starring a Killer Car, or Truck?

In the immediate post-nuclear age, horror film directors embraced the plot device of cars, trustworthy, workaday…

8/16/14

This Weird, Blasé French Car Chase Scene Is A Must-See

We know French film director Claude Lelouch as the director of C'était un Rendez-vous, but in 1966 the world knew…

8/15/14

This Is The Best Movie Chase Scene You've Never Seen

This clip arrives courtesy of Justregisteralready who remembers the B-film "Short Time," a 1990 Dabney Coleman…

8/12/14

Here's How To Submit Your Car Films To The Jalopnik Film Festival

Filmmakers, videographers, shooters, editors: You have great footage, we've got a film festival. And it's really…

8/11/14

What's The Best Example Of A Car As A Movie Character?

Responding to the "What Are Your Favorite Car Films Ever" post, UglyDuckCar offers

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