Itās been almost seven years since Saab fizzled out of existence, bouncing around between GM, Spyker, and bankruptcy filings. Most of us already view the company as some sort of nostalgic icon of quirky style, despite most of its final cars being low-effort, badge-engineered blobs thanks to General Motors. But itāsā¦
Aston Martin has a long history of side-hustle attempts at creating luxury sedans, and their first big shot at it started in the 1970s with the Aston Martin Lagonda limousineāan oddball sedan with more quirks than you could count.
Well, hereās my favorite car video today. Itās the internetās Most Sensible Car Reviewer Extraordinaire Doug DeMuro in Initial D.
Iāve been thinking long and hard about why modern-day supercars just donāt excite me like they used to, and I think part of the reason is that theyāre pretty good at being cars most of the time. They do what theyāre supposed to, and while thatās fine, it also makes them boring. Unlike the Lamborghini Countach.
Building cars strictly for luxury and not for sport is all but dead. The 1977 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz was the personal luxury coupeās last grand hurrah before the oil crisis pushed a need to downsize. Doug DeMuro sums this car up best when he says, āI feel like Iām driving a condominium.ā
The 2017 Ford GT is, without question, a tremendous marvel of an exotic supercar, pushing the envelope in technology, performance, appearance, engineering, and cool features. It also shares its engine block with the Ford F-150 EcoBoost. This fact alone will cause many peopleāexotic car puristsāto dismiss the GT as notā¦
No recent vehicle is more polarizing at Jalopnik, in the industry or in automotive culture than the Tesla Model X right now. Why? Because itās a fundamentally promising vehicle that looks like a blanched egg, and from a company thatās going through growing pains. Youāve heard a lot of good and bad, but is the Model Xā¦
The Porsche 911 has only one problem, if you want to travel with passengers in the back seat they canāt have legs. Someone decided to āimproveā the 911's cockpit by moving the steering wheel to the middle, like a McLaren F1. This creation can be yours for $53.491.
Itās a rite of passage for every car enthusiast to experience the sheer thrill of going full throttle in the land that time forgot, also known as the Bonneville salt flats. However, since most of us have things called jobs and responsibilities, weāll have to live vicariously through the antics of one quirky automotiveā¦
Poor old Doug DeMuro had to drive seven hours in his Aston Martin Vantage to test drive the 2006 Ford GT. Now heās trying to convince us this example of American automotive perfection actually has downsides. What nerve!
Yeah, I met this gangly YouTuber once. Kept telling me he āowned a Ferrariā and made me follow him on Twitter before heād let go of my hand. Makes sense that heād spend his whole drive in a Ferrari race car complaining about the air conditioning.
The time has come: today is my final day as a regular contributor to Jalopnik. From this moment on, youāll be able to find all my writing at the new automotive enthusiast-focused page Autotrader.com/Oversteer, where Iāve been hired as editor. But as much as Iām excited for my new gig, leaving behind Jalopnik afterā¦
As I look back on the ownership of my Ferrari 360 Modena about a year after I sold it, I think I can finally say that Iāve pinpointed the major reasons why I didnāt like it.
For a long time, you have suspected there was a difference between affording to buy a used exotic car and affording to own a used exotic car. Today, your suspicions will be confirmed.
There comes a time in every personās life when he takes stock of his last year and he remembers all the wonderful time he spent with family, and friends, and colleagues, and also how he crushed a wood-paneled Chrysler PT Cruiser with a giant sport-utility vehicle that looks like Big Bird.
People of Jalopnik, I have sold my Hummer. Yes, thatās right: my giant, slow, loud, gas-guzzling, unreliable behemoth of a Hummer is now officially someone elseās problem. I am ecstatic, as is the Southeastern Pennsylvania office of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Is it right to give a new car to a high schooler? Should they drive old crapboxes? As a parent, what would you do? Doug DeMuro, the Classic Car Club Manhattanās Jeanette Klein and our Nicole Conlan debate the choices and Tavarish brings in the used cars you should buy.
I was so excited when Doug DeMuro invited me to off-road his Hummer! Of course when I got to his house; āHah, no, Iām not paying for gas to drive all the way to the woods. Donāt worry. I got some fun roads for you to try.ā ...I should seen the red flags right there.
I recently earned $1,000 by doing nothing. It was an excellent experience, and I highly recommend it to anyone who's sick of making money through normal channels, such as work.
As you might imagine, I get a lot of questions when I'm driving my Ferrari. "Hey, you, in the Ferrari!" people shout, for example. "Do you know there are flames shooting out from your engine?"
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