You Can Learn A Lot About How Vehicles Work By Restoring A Remote Control Car
I recently decided to do something outside my normal routine: Restore a vintage nitro-powered remote control car. I learned a lot more about vehicles than I expected to.
We Need To Have A Talk About The Dodge Nitro
I didn’t want this any more than you did, but it’s time for us to face our demons. Despite the Dodge Nitro having aesthetics on par with Lord Voldemort’s, we need to stop referring to it as “That which must not be named,” and just be open about where we failed as a species.
Chrysler To Detroit Auto Show: "Yeah, We Got Nothin'"
Chrysler has taken the art of blowing smoke up consumer asses to a new level at this year's Detroit Auto Show, unveiling enough paint-and sticker-special editions to fill an entire gallery. Nitro Detonator? Really? Let's take a depressing look.
Make Your Own Mad Max Interceptor From a "Ferrari"
A toy Ferrari hacked together with kitchen and office equipment makes for one wicked balcony toy.
Remember To Close Your Sunroof When Masturbating
This is an important JaloPSA: If you decide to retire to your car for some personal afternoon-delight, make sure you're not parked next to a tall building with your sunroof open. NSFW.
200 MPH Nitro Powered Radio Controlled Car
We really studied this video with a close eye, because it does not make any sense in a space v. time kind of way. Here's the set up, a sleek, long bullet of a radio controlled car powered by nitromethane, attached at the hip by a cable to a central spike and running around a circular track. Odd certainly, but you…
Dodge Nitro SRT8?!
Chrysler can't seriously be thinking of bringing an SRT8-badged Dodge Nitro to market, can they? Well, if this latest batch of spy photos from the spy shooters at KGP are right, then they are. But they can't be! Seriously. It's inconceivable. We don't care where they found this manufacturer-plated madness (right…
Oregon Trail Remake Ditches Wagons for SUVs, Hybrids And... Umm, Wagons
The cult classic game, Oregon Trail, has finally received a much needed update. Thule Trail is an independent game still utilizing the same style of graphics, but an updated story line that involves a cross-country trip to a music festival in a variety of cars including the Honda Insight, Dodge Nitro or an old Volvo…
SEMA 2007: Ford Boss 500 to Burn Nitro
Ford and Force Racing unveiled the first new entry into the nitro burning hemi engine field in modern times. The crew developed the engine using space age analytical tools, beefing up the main bearing journals and surrounding webbing to help keep the crank and pistons from windowing the blue anodized block. Force…
Chrysler dealer mailing takes a really tough tone. And by tough, we hope they don't mean they'll have a Dodge Nitro shoot them with force lightning. [Freep]
Dodge Dog-Gate Continues, Fake Puppy Snuff Viral Vid Still Available On Internet
Chrysler Group PR main-man Jason Vines dropped a press release yesterday claiming he's working hard to get the Dutch viral video of a dog being electrocuted by the Dodge Nitro SUV off of YouTube. The only problem is it doesn't look like it's doing a lot of good. Actually, if you do a simple search of the popular…
Chrysler Group Drops Price On Jeep Liberty To Make It More Of A Square Deal At $20,990
Well, the new 2008 models for Jeep are almost out — and Chrysler Group's released pricing on the newly re-designed and very much Nitro-like Liberty. They've dropped the base price on the 4x2 SUV letting freedom ring in at an MSRP of just $20,990 — $1,270 less than the 2007 model. The 4x4 on the other hand will start…
Dodge Nitro Kills Dog, Makes Us Cry A Little
We think we know where Dodge is going with this little commercial viral video we're assuming was made for the Euro market showing the Dodge Nitro electrocuting a dog that gets too close to those chrome rims. We think they're trying to separate themselves as the Chrysler Group's "boy brand." But our only issue is —…
Chrysler Recalls 80,000 Wranglers, Nitros
The woes keep on coming. CerebusChrysler DaimlerChrysler is recalling 2007 Jeep Wranglers and Dodge Nitros because an electrical glitch could cause the vehicle to stall. True, both of these vehicles share the family 3.7-liter V6, but the Liberty remains unaffected because it uses an older, glitch-free ECM. While a…
Chrysler Execs to Sebring, Nitro: Drop Dead
Apparently, the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Nitro are such crap, even Chrysler executives can't muster the requisite team spirit to defend them. Well, maybe not crap, per se. How about "embarrassing misses." And let's face it, these two are indeed the most embarrassing misses since Betty Ford (you'll get that joke…
Jalopnik Review: 2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 2WD, Part 3
Why You Should Buy This Car: Looks matter to you most of all. It's impossible to lose in the mall parking lot. You and three of your adult friends go out to eat a lot, and want to do so in comfort. Armored car side metal makes you feel safe and/or secure. You just love sitting up high. That commercial gets you every…
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 2WD, Part 2
Exterior Appearance ****
As ungainly as it is, I like the way the Nitro looks. The high belt line and gun-slit windows scream "Don't look at me while you're looking at me." The busy front is its worst side, but at least the hodgepodge of tough-guy cues is unique. The over-rendered wheel arches and acres of metal…
Jalopnik Reviews: 2007 Dodge Nitro R/T 2WD, Part 1
Recently, a friend and I stood staring at the massive, awkward fascia of a Dodge Nitro, trying to make heads and/or tails of it. The otherwise monumental Crossfire motif of the grill was, in fact, dwarfed by the bulging bumper and drooping ground effects. "I think I think it's ugly," I said, unsure as I've ever been…
Nothing On This World Left To Tune: Startech Takes On The Dodge Nitro
Must be why the Chrysler-tuning side of BRABUS decided to go underground to seek the next vehicle to Startech-stamp. Because oh look, they came up with the tunneling lack-o-cute, the Dodge Nitro. And really, you just know it's gonna be a killer tune job when the second paragraph of the press release touts the…
Ad Watch: Chrysler, Dodge And Jeep Look To Stem Sales Losses With Crappy Satellite Radio Deal
Yes, we know Sirius sucks compared to XM — but, free satellite radio's free satellite radio, and considering the lease deals the folks at the Chrysler Group are now reported to be offering, I feel like it's almost a pity deal. So pony up your $185 or whatever per month, and you too can save a starving automaker —…
