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Swarms Of Autonomous Kamikaze Robots Are Coming To A Warzone Near You

First they gave the robots guns, now they have anti-tank mines to aid their global takeover.

Owen Bellwood

11/05/21 2:00PM

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5/17/20

How International Titan General Motors Tried To Go Local On Three Continents

It’s not a stretch to say that General Motors is an American icon. You don’t need an ad executive to tell you that.…

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Australian Truck Racing Is The Ultimate Lockdown Bingewatch Material

With motorsport off the calendar indefinitely, it’s been crucial to plunge deep into the mire of YouTube to find…

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What Was Your Favorite Right-Hand-Drive General Motors Product?

We started to say our final goodbyes to Holden, General Motors’ Australian-market brand, famed for its V8-powered…

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Peter Wherrett Has Some Thoughts About World War II's Impact On The Car Industry

With the global market for private cars all but halted and manufacturing techniques and capacity revolutionized by…

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Endurance Racing Is Better With Kangaroos

Down in Bathurst, Australia, V8 Supercars and GT cars alike have been racing for years at Mount Panorama Circuit and…

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Sick of LS V8s? The Barra Straight-Six Is The Swap For You

If your build is wanting for power and has to room for an upgrade (and sometimes even if it doesn’t), an LS V8 is…

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This Land Cruiser Has Been Modified Specifically To Avoid Catching Crabs

Christmas Island is not just a Jimmy Buffett song, it’s a real place! And the biggest recurring event there is not…

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You'll Miss The Holden Commodore Even More When You Watch One Lap The Nürburgring

We lost the Holden Commodore last week and while the one we’ll say our last goodbyes to isn’t the same…

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Australia's Once-Beloved Holden Commodore Is Now Dead

Cruel SUVs and crossovers and the normie’s near-unquenchable desire for them have claimed another automotive victim,…

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Leave It To Peter Wherrett To Explain How The 1970s Transformed Cars

After the large V8s and bulky shapes of the 1960s, times got tougher for automakers. The market got more competitive…

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Let Peter Wherrett Explain 'The Supercar Scare' From Behind The Wheel Of A '74 Charger

This week, Peter’s driving the Chrysler Valiant 770 Charger, which isn’t just a bunch of Chrysler model names after…

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The V8 Supercars 'Lap Of The Gods' Redefined Fast

In 2003, the series now known as the Virgin Australia Supercars was populated exclusively by fire breathing,…

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Introducing The Peter Wherrett Files

It brings me great pleasure to introduce the Jalopnik readership to the work of Peter Wherrett, later known as Pip…

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Ford Is Building A 700 HP Supercharged Mustang R-Spec For Australia

It’s hardly a secret that the Aussies love their fast Fords. And while the Barra-powered monsters might be gone from…

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Watch An Australian Air Force Cargo Jet Fly Casually Among Brisbane's Skyscrapers

The Brisbane Festival is an annual three-week arts extravaganza in Queensland’s capital, traditionally ending with…

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Fake Chinese Policer Cars Roil Aussies

Over the past few weeks, Australians in Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne have reported seeing cop cars they didn’t…

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Here's a Solid Primer on Essential Off-Road Recovery Gear

You could spend the MSRP of your truck all over again buying off-road accessories and recovery gear. Some of the…

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Here Is Some of That Good Driving

You’re in your car. Surrounding you: honks, beeps, meeps, toots, bizz buzzes. What does not surround you? Good…

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Gunshot Creek Is One of the World's Wildest Looking Off-Road Obstacles

Cape York, the tropical peninsula of northeastern Australia, has been a destination for overlanders long before…

Andrew P. Collins

5/02/19 5:05PM

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