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Tires do a lot of work keeping car occupants safe and comfortable for thousands of miles. But what happens when you…

It’s been a bit since we last checked on the wacky mad scientists over at Garage 54. Lately, the crew has been…

Russia is home to a bunch of wacky vehicles from whatever gets built by Garage 54 to the Sherp. One inventor is…

The eccentric mechanics at Garage 54 are at it again. This time, they’re answering a question that I think many of…

Washing your car is important in the winter, even when it’s absurdly cold outside. But what happens when you try to…

All of this snow is a pain in the butt. If you don’t have the best tires for all of this mess you may wonder how you…

A few weeks ago we showed you the latest wacky build from the Garage 54 team. The Russian answer to Mythbusters (for…

The Garage 54 team loves to answer dumb car questions with absolutely outlandish mad scientist automotive experiments

Every sport, and I mean every single one, would be improved with the addition of a Kamaz truck. Wakeboarding is…

You’re driving down the road. Suddenly, a Toyota RAV4 pulls up beside you. Sprayed on its focus group-derived curves…

The Lada Niva has long been a favorite here at Jalopnik. Despite being born into the Soviet Union where cars weren’t…

In a city like Moscow, where flashy armored vehicles and flouting traffic laws is plenty common for the city’s…

Back in the 1960s, Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev claimed there was a secret project going on deep in the…

I’m a big fan of vehicles that can continue to sell without major updates for many years. You see this in…

From across a table crowded with wine bottles, my friend, Mitya Sokolov, announces that he’s flying to the middle of…

Among a sea of rubber-necking passersby, a woman from Bulgaria stops dead in her tracks, and some Polish men in a…

It’s the early 1990s. A Toyota Sprinter is wedged half-way onto a cargo ship. Its rear axle floats in the air,…

For most Soviet citizens, buying a new car was financially impossible. To put things in perspective, Alexander…

On a cold afternoon in late January, I pulled into an industrial side-street of Saint Petersburg. There, I met with…