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What It's Like To Drive The Weirdest Car Honda Ever Made

It's like Honda ran an experiment to see how little car they could actually sell as a car

PublishedOctober 5, 2021

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The Renault Avantime Was Amazing And Everyone Was Just Wrong

In this episode of Jason Drives I seek to let the world know how wrong they were to shun Renault's glorious weirdo

Jason Torchinsky

PublishedSeptember 27, 2021

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Jason Drives Is Back And It Starts With A Weird 97-year-old Cyclecar That Makes No Sense

The Micron Monocar is a wonderful and strange collection of misguided technical ideas and a weird concept

PublishedSeptember 20, 2021

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Can You Solve The Mystery Of The Citroën Dyane Interior Door Handles?

You can thank the Lane Motor Museum for this thrilling challenge

Jason Torchinsky

PublishedSeptember 3, 2021

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I Think I Found The Most Actively Obscene Car Part I've Ever Seen

If you always wanted to have an exterior part of your car look like a corrugated phallus that can grow turgid and…

Jason Torchinsky

PublishedAugust 27, 2021

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Blip: Happy Despite Orthodonture

Yes, I'm anthropomorphizing cars again and you can't stop me

Jason Torchinsky

PublishedAugust 26, 2021

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Jason Torchinsky Turns 50 Today. Here Are His Best Articles Over The Years According To His Colleagues

Jason Torchinsky is, in my opinion, the greatest automotive journalist of our time, and I’m not just saying that…

David Tracy

PublishedJune 2, 2021

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This Is How Much Buying The Cheapest New Car In The World Really Costs

As you may be aware, I’m in the process of buying a new car for the first time in my life.

Jason Torchinsky

PublishedMay 11, 2020

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Behold! The First Episode Of <i>The Torchinsky Files</i>, Where I Yammer At You From My Basement!

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Behold! The First Episode Of The Torchinsky Files, Where I Yammer At You From My Basement!

When I express my fondness for you, our regular Jalopnik readers, it’s not some contrived bullshit to curry your…

PublishedOctober 22, 2019

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This Two-Headed Citroën 2CV Fire Vehicle Is A Weird, Symmetrical Hero

We’re finally at the end of our Jason Drives Citroën Centennial Mini-Series Extravaganza Blowout Super-Bash 3000,…

PublishedSeptember 24, 2019

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The Citroën 2CV Makes A Great Joke Car When You Divide It By Two

I’m very fond of cars that don’t take themselves very seriously. There’s a reason why intense Tesla and Porsche and…

PublishedSeptember 17, 2019

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The Citroën Mehari 4x4 Is The Perfect Jeep For Those Who Wish Jeeps Were Built More Like Kiddie Pools

I’m guessing you recall, vividly, that it’s the 100th anniversary of Citroën, and we’ve been celebrating with a Jason Drives mini-series

PublishedSeptember 10, 2019

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The Citroën 2CV Was So Basic It Was Brilliant

Turning a century old is a big deal for many of us. While I’m personally planning to celebrate my 100th birthday by…

PublishedSeptember 3, 2019

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<i>Jason Drives</i> is Coming Back with a Citroën 100th Anniversary Special

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Jason Drives is Coming Back with a Citroën 100th Anniversary Special

How many times do you get to celebrate turning a hundred years old? A few times a century at best, right? That’s why…

PublishedJuly 26, 2019

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What It's Like to Drive a Car With a Transmission Half Made Out of Paper

I know that headline sounds like some insane click-bait horseshit, but in this case, it’s actually pretty true. In…

PublishedMarch 14, 2019

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What It's Like to Drive a Ford Model T and a Truly Beastly Hot Rod It Spawned

The Ford Model T is one of those cars that even people who know nothing about cars have likely heard of. Usually,…

PublishedMarch 6, 2019

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What It's Like to Drive the Crap Out of and Drag Race A Bunch of Microcars

It’s no secret that I have an irrational and deep affection for that most humble corner of the automotive universe,…

PublishedFebruary 27, 2019

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What It's Like Driving a Hot Rod So Absurd It Was Never Actually Meant to Be Driven

Back in the 1960s, Chuck Miller was on the cutting edge of car customization. He created absurd and cartoonish hot…

PublishedFebruary 20, 2019

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What It's Like to Drive the World's First Real Sports Car

I’m very excited about this week’s Jason Drives episode for two main reasons: first, at 122 years old, it’s the…

PublishedFebruary 13, 2019

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What It's Like to Drive a Very Slow Car Fast Across the Bonneville Salt Flats

I think we’ve all imagined what it would be like to drive totally flat-out with nothing in our way at all. No…

Patrick George

PublishedFebruary 6, 2019

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