Most new cars are sold with a few extras, and most of the time these are functional items like floor mats and roof racks. Did you know that sometimes you can save some money on these items depending on how they are added to the price of the car?
The Dodge Hellcat’s red key unlocks the car’s full 707-horsepower of fury. The red key in a Mustang Boss 302 activates an asphalt-eating “TracMode.” The Volvo XC90 has a red key, too. It does what you think it does when you think about Volvos.
Driving and disassembling the 2016 Jeep Wrangler Willys Wheeler at Easter Jeep Safari really got me high on “heritage” this week. One of the vehicle’s cutest features is the “4 WHEEL DRIVE” badge on the back, which is supposed to remind us of a Willys CJ-3A. Where else have you seen awesome 4WD badges?
For $999, Ford will now sell you a factory-spec rear seat for your Shelby GT350R Mustang. Looks great! But there’s another vehicle it’d fit on even better.
Sick of Vanilla, Fresh Pine or Frozen Ice? Give these 10 scents a try!
I initially dismissed the the 2015 Chevy Colorado Trail Boss press release because no ZR2, no care. Then I saw that roll bar! It’s definitely not a safety device but it is the first OEM pickup truck roll bar that’s come out since, I think, I’ve been old enough to read. Come on automakers, bring these babies back!
Giant light bars give you useful visibly in foul weather and the pitch-black of remote trails. But let's be real; 99% of the time you can navigate the night just fine with the two headlights god gave you. Who cares, extra lights will instantly make your car look extra awesome.
The Front Runner barbecue grate clips right into the center of a truck-mounted spare tire, for easy access at camp and streamline storage on the road. It even looks cool while not in use, if you're into that 80's-aerodynamic accessory style.
GM has just bestowed the 2015 GMC Sierra with Carbon, Carbon 20, and Carbon 22 appearance packages that add for a lot of money will get you some stripes, convenience options, and guess what size wheels?
Most automotive accessories look stupid and cheap when you tack them on to your ride. Eyelashes for headlights?...I don't know about you, but I get a little uncomfortable when I spot a sexualized Kia Forte. But I can get down with American Car Craft's Vette shark-teeth.
Jeep is now offering topographical map hood decals as a Mopar add-on for the Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, Wrangler, and Wrangler Unlimited. For $300, the dealer print any location you want on this cool black-on-darker-black hood graphic. Neato!
Truck bed-cap company A.R.E. is diversifying its lineup of cargo accessories with the "Rod Pod," a plastic tube that holds (you guessed it!) fishing rods. They want $495 for it, and at that price I'll go ahead and spend three hours in Home Depot trying to make my own, thankyouverymuch.
Land Rover went a little bland with the design on their Discovery Vision Concept, but they made a good effort to compensate by cramming in a Starship Enterprise complement of gadgets. And the remote-control driving feature is far and away the coolest one.
Surely there are literally people out there who just can't wait to make the 2015 Jeep Renegade they can buy in a year look more like a Scion xB. At least that's what Mopar thinks, as Renegade accessory list is already as long as a medieval scroll.
You know how you've always wanted your mangled corpse to be pried out of the remains of your smoldering car, but have always been too ashamed to make it happen because of the crappy paperbacks and magazines you read while driving? Then, buddy, are you in luck.
Christmas dreams for a Pep Boys regional accessory manager aren't about sugarplums or shiny bicycles: they're about taking an underadorned car and putting things right. Which means plastering a serious pile of cheap plastic crap onto something like a defenseless Miata.
Loved ones are loved ones—who cares if they think Stop signs are short for "Stoptional?" They still deserve the very best! Enhance their driving this holiday with a few gifts for the bad driver.
On the scale of ridiculous but completely stupid car accessories, the $39 Carstache is a real heavy hitter. Still, we can't help think the only thing better than an El Camino would be an El Camino with a mustache.
Are you part of the 2% of our readership who’s female? Are you a girl on the move? Well, here you go. Please excuse the typography. And the men’s shades. [Pukka Pressies]
Thanks to perverse and vigilant Jalopnik reader Mike Poller, we now see the inevitable combination of the Carpocalypse and truck nuts — recession-proof, SAE-grade truck nuts.
