pgeorge
Patrick George
pgeorge
Editor-in-Chief @ Jalopnik, 2015-2019.

The Focus Active crossover was going to be a low volume vehicle (fewer than 50K annual sales). Read more

Uh, my body WILL go with me when I die, because I’ll be raptured up to heaven with all the other people who have good takes. Read more

Most religions and spiritual traditions encourage you not to have attachments to material objects. They won’t do you any good when you die, which we all will eventually, and then none of that will matter.  Read more

Its odd that while BMW is OWNED by Mini, it doesn’t use BMW engines Read more

And for most things, you had to either rip apart the entire front end (supercharger belt replacement and oil change) or it was just easier to remove the entire engine (chain tensioners etc.). Read more

I owned two. Our R56 was great when it worked, which was never. Our F56 had zero problems. I think they’ve gotten better since switching to BMW engines, but you probably shouldn’t expect Honda reliability regardless. Read more

1. We point out good deals all the time and the editorial staff doesn’t do sponsored content Read more

I’m with you on the Musk burnout. But a.) he keeps making news and b.) the insane personal drama of the CEO of one of the most embattled, hyped and valued car companies in the world is automotive news, especially when Banks could get pulled into all the SEC shit that could come down on him. Read more

Ever read The Limit? Great book about Phil Hill. One of America’s all-time greatest racing drivers, and he grew up super modest and got into driving by being a racing mechanic first. You’d never see that happen today. Read more