Is It Possible to Buy a Good Car From a Bad Dealer?
As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to…
If We Want Electric Autonomous Cars They’ll Need A Hell Of A Lot More Juice
Good morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday…
For $25,995, Might It Be Time To Buy This 1994 Dodge Viper RT/10?
Surrounded on the lot by far more plebeian fare, today’s dealer-offered Nice Price or Crack Pipe Viper is nonetheless…
Attention Dealers: For God’s Sake,
Take Pictures Of Your Inventory
I think it’s time to address a problem that’s been plaguing car shoppers with eyes for more than a decade now. And that…
Car Dealers So Awful They Make Tesla, Sierra Club And Koch Bros Team Up
What do Tesla, the Sierra Club, and the Koch Brothers have in common? Car dealers, if you can believe it.
Connecticut Car Dealers Have A Stupid Anti-Tesla Website To Scare You
The alarmingly-named Tesla Crash website has a logo with a wrecked car (not a Tesla) and blood-red, splattery…
Michigan Governor Signs Anti-Tesla Bill Into Law With GM Support
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a bill that reinforces laws against the direct-sales model that Tesla…
Anti-Tesla Bill Lands On Michigan Governor's Desk
A bill that would prevent Tesla from selling cars in Michigan under its direct sales model has landed with a thud on…
Tesla Test Drives Cancelled After Iowa Dealers Rat Them Out
Tesla was in the middle of a three-day Model S test drive program in West Des Moines, Iowa when it was forced to cancel…
Sorry, The White House Won't Help Tesla Sell Cars
Over a year after 138,469 people signed a petition on the White House's "We The People" site to allow Tesla to sell its…
Secret Portal Back In Internet Time Leads To Rusty Old Trucks
My standard searching for derelict trucks just lead me to "Cyberust;" a primitive website showcasing a wide selection…
Ling's Cars Is Your One Stop Shop For Cars and Chicks
You know how sometimes you're looking for a lease on a new car and you think "oh yeah I could probably go for some…
Iranian-born car dealer wins $7.5 million in “Taliban Toyota” Alabama lawsuit
Thanks to a perception of versatility, reliability and affordability, the Toyota Hilux is the pickup truck of choice…
The most truthful, foul-mouthed car dealer commercial ever
If "Winnebego Man" was the epitome of curse-filled vehicular salesmanship, this may be it's one-take zenith from the…
First Groupon for cars fails miserably
Last week, Groupon and a Michigan car dealer announced the first Groupon for new cars, offering $500 off the price of a…
Internet start-up sells new Camaro SS for $5.28
A start-up penny auction company decided to earn some publicity by going big-ticket for their first online sale by…
America's next great storyteller is a New York used Audi salesman
Writers often have to take outside jobs while they hone their skills, but a New York used car salesman has managed to…
Chevy dealer will sell you a new Caprice police car
When Chevrolet announced last year it would import the Australian-built Chevy Caprice sedan as police-only fleet car,…
Court hits Ford with $2 billion judgment over truck discounts to dealers
An Ohio judge says Ford owes about $2 billion for hiding discounts on medium and heavy-duty trucks sold to 3,000…
How auto dealers scam customers with inflated loans
After the financial crisis exposed the devastation caused by predatory lending, state and federal authorities vowed to…