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

Geez. The rebellion is starting already, and you aren’t even out the door yet!  Read more

I’ll tell you exactly what happened there. Our CEO made a bizarre comment during a meeting that rankled several people in it, including me. It was a comment not in the spirit of our wall between business and editorial, to say nothing of our union contract. But there have been no directives, no emails, no edicts to Read more

You’re joking right? You expect this not to get a ton of coverage? They covered the Supra wall to wall for a week. This was going to get similar coverage.  Read more

Now that I’ve had some time to think about the truck, I can really only conclude one thing: Elon doesn’t give two shits about the typical Ford or Chevy truck buyer. Likewise, he’s not going to care much about the electric vehicles that Ford and Chevy are going to come up with. Read more

I do not like Elon Musk. I think he is a snake oil salesman. I think his bait and switch deposit scheme on the cheap model 3, and his method of acquisition for Solar City should both be investigated. Read more

I couldn’t come up with a better comment than this one.

Well, people always said they wanted a utilitarian truck. You can’t get any more utilitarian than that. Read more

My whole life I’ve wanted car companies to make their concept cars but they never do and I always wondered why. Well the comments show why, because people are full of crap. People say they want a futuristic car or something out of bladerunner. They say they want something unique but at the end of the day they buy a Read more

Well. Looks like that render wasn’t... that... far... off.

holy shit is this dumb. Your username checks out.  Read more

wow we were all wrong:

Elvis approves!

It is never a bad day for some talking heads. Well done sir. Read more

Is there even anyone left that has the authority to tell them to “stick to cars?” I heard Jim hasn’t come out of his office since Maidment jumped ship. Someone said Torch caught a glimpse of him when the cleaning crew went in to empty the trash, jut sitting in his chair in his shirt, jacket, and boxers, staring out Read more