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Ray Wert
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My last story I ever write on Jalopnik will be that story. I'm not there yet. ;-) Read more

You've got to admit it's a pretty cool little widget. Read more

This is the most amazing commercial I've ever seen. Read more

It's a rather attractive car. I would have liked to see them go a bit further. Jason spoke to Solomon Song, the designer of the MKZ, and they discussed having a full lift back instead of just a trunk. I like that idea a lot. Make it an Audi A7 for half the price. Then you really have a distinguishing characteristic. Read more

Now, I'm not foolish enough to believe that Ford simply read Jalopnik comments and copied down the thoughts into little notebooks. While I know for certain that higher ups at many car companies do trawl comments for insight, the realities of global platform sharing, production capacity, et cetera have more of an Read more

(Full Disclosure: I've seen a few RUSH ads on this site, but I'm not sure if they're just Google ads or from Microsoft or someone else. I don't care. You should go see the movie.) Read more

At our party for the Jalopnik Film Festival, I had two guys named Jim and Patrick come up to me, and start talking about their Power Wheels race series. At first, I thought they were lunatics. Then we started talking more in-depth. Read more

...and nice shot drifting around Campus Martius in downtown Detroit.

Nice shot of the Detroit skyline...

It wasn't bolted to the engine to limit vibrations, it was bolted to the engine block because it was the only thing that's strong enough to hold the 100+ lbs of camera and mount. There's just too much carbon fiber everywhere else! Read more

There'll be a sponsored post going live at 1:00 PM. I'll be in the comments over there — along with a couple of guests — to help answer these questions. Read more

I can guarantee this was not CG. And that's all I'll say about that for now. ;-) Read more

Hey, can you email me at ray-at-tinytoycar-dot-com with your real name and screenname with the subject line "Jalopnik Film Festival Ticket" Read more

Hey, can you email me at ray-at-tinytoycar-dot-com with your real name and screenname with the subject line "Jalopnik Film Festival Ticket" Read more