Car Culture

The Mini Clubman Is Dying in 2024

And Mini is sending it off with a Clubman Final Edition that pays homage to the 1969 original.

Automakers Brought the Heat at the 2023 Tokyo Auto Salon

The Tokyo Auto Salon is traditionally a tuner show, but OEMs brought some major excitement to this year's event.

Get on the Water This Summer With an Inflatable Kayak for $88

Mighty Car Mods Celebrates 15 Years With a Candid Look Behind the Scenes

From a couple of dudes screwing around on lunch breaks to having their own recording studio, Marty and Moog have done it their way.

These 10 Car Brand Logos Need to Make a Comeback

These 10 companies should turn back the clock to a time before brands started draining the personalities from their logos to fit the digital age.

Ultra Cruise Is GM's Answer to Tesla's So-Called 'Full Self-Driving'

The next iteration of General Motors' assisted-driving software comes in 2024 and hopes to avoid the pitfalls plaguing Tesla's FSD Beta.

The ID.2all Concept Previews VW’s Dream for Affordable EVs

Small electric cars are hard to come by here in America, but VW’s new ID.2all concept shows what the future could hold for wallet-friendly EVs... in Europe.

Will Chrysler Even Be Around Long Enough To Make The Airflow?

Stellantis wants us to believe Chrysler will go fully electric. Its history with the brand shows it doesn't care enough about it.

97-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke, Who's Both Still Alive and Still Driving, Survives Crashing His Lexus LS 500

Rainy roads sent the iconic comedian sliding into a gate in Malibu last week.

Cop Accused of Drunk Driving Hit 96 MPH Before Crashing Into Another Car

The St. Joseph County Sheriff didn't hit the brakes before rear-ending a vehicle.

I Picked Up A Hitchhiker In Turkey And It Was Hilariously Weird

I somehow ended up rapping Eminem with a hitchhiker in my 250,000-mile diesel manual Chrysler Voyager

This Impossibly Clean 500,000-Mile Toyota Prius Is Probably Nicer Than Your Car

Buying this high-milage hero will set you back nearly $11,000

Always Travel With Beer Koozies

You never know when you'll need a cold one — or something soft to store equipment

The Stars of Gran Turismo's World Tournament See No Future in the Game (Update)

Lavish production and FIA backing convinced players that GT was a springboard to a motorsports or esports career. Years later, that dream has vanished.

The Most Interesting Cars in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

The cars are set to be scrapped, because radiation, but at least we can enjoy them from afar.

The Coolest Cars Quentin Tarantino Has Featured in His Movies

Tarantino just announced his newest film, The Movie Critic, so we wanted to check out the sweetest vehicles from his past nine movies.

At $8,500, Is This 1988 Alfa Romeo Milano Verde Quadrifoglio A Lucky Find?

The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Milano asks that no offers be made on the car until it is seen in person. Before we get that personal, we’ll have to decide how good his offer — and the car — is, to begin with.

Echo Kellum's First Car Was a Half-Torched Dodge Daytona

The star of NBC's 'Grand Crew' tells us about his Dodge coupe named Two-Face because half of it was messed up from a fire.

Fixing My Leaky Peugeot Drove Me to the Brink of Madness

The weeks-long saga of the simple repair that turned more complicated than I ever could have imagined.

Carvana Takes a Poison Pill to Avoid a Hostile Takeover

Plus, Illinois car dealers win a court victory against direct-to-consumer vehicle sales, and BYD prepares to enter the U.S. market.

It's Probably Time for Jeremy Clarkson to Hang It Up

The former Top Gear presenter stirred outrage with an odious newspaper column.

Tesla Faces Yet Another NHTSA Investigation, This Time for Faulty Model X Seatbelts

The federal probe covers 50,000 vehicles, and comes after customer reports of belts disconnecting themselves from seat frames during regular driving.

The Torchinsky Files: How To Draw A VW Beetle On Old Computers The Hard Way

Have you ever had to settle some sort of dispute or perceived slight by a rapid-fire duel of classic Volkswagen Beetle drawing? Probably. Well, if so, I’m not sure what method you chose to render your VW, but if it helps for next time, I’ve…

How Richard Hammond's Wife Helped Pull Him Out of His Crash-Induced Coma

Hammond revisits what he experienced after his jet-car crash in 2006, when he spent two weeks in a coma and doctors weren't sure he'd survive.

This Chart Will Tell You What Kind Of Space-Based Sci-Fi You're About To Watch Just By Looking At The Main Ship

Jason & David Classics: We’re sharing the posts beloved by most from the two’s careers here at Jalopnik

Traffic Jams: The Gap Band - 'Burn Rubber On Me'

We definitely brought enough funk for the whole class today.

How a Modder Discovered Secret 'Gran Turismo 4' Cheat Codes 18 Years After the Game Was Released

Gran Turismo 4 came out in 2005 on PlayStation 2. Now, a game modder has discovered cheat codes that break the game wide open. Here's how he did it.

2022 BMW M4 Competition Convertible: Jalopnik's 2022 Favorite Drives

Our resident Brit, Owen recounts his top-down time with the M4 and his hopes to experience an all-American ride in 2023.