Fun Fact: This Porsche Carrera GT Is Green
A delightful fact about this Porsche Carrera GT is that it is painted green. In addition, the wheels are painted gold.…
I Do Not Love Anything as Much as Audi Loves Its New Partial Matte Paint
Today Audi announced that it is putting “partial matting into volume production,” with an option to get small patch of…
What Is the Best Way to Protect the Paint on a Brand New Car?
As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to…
The Lexus LC 500 Gets a Very Yellow Limited Edition
If the Lexus LC, a car seemingly driven straight out of that weird Jupiter Ascending movie everybody already forgot…
The Only Phoenix Yellow 2018 Honda Civic Type R Looks Strikingly Sharp
The 2018 Honda Civic Type R’s quintessential color is Championship White, but Phoenix Yellow has also been a Type R…
There's a Paint Job That Actually Makes the McLaren Senna Look Good
There are two definitive things that everyone instantly knows the second they look at the McLaren Senna. Number one,…
Driving A $175,000 Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo Is Great Until You Scratch It
I didn’t see the sagging metal cable stretched across the camp entrance when I went to turn around the $175,000 2019…
The Germans Have Some Of The Best Car Colors This Year
The New York Auto Show was pretty boring, but one shining beacon of hope from the industry came from the German…
This Lilac 'Widowmaker' Porsche 911 Turbo Is Proof We Need More Pastel Cars
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again; our roads have become far too gloomy and serious. Parking lots are filled…
Bring Back Teal
Teal is one of the few colors that is bright and cheerful but calming at the same time. Stare into the blue-green side…
This Is The Fascinating Way Lexus Created Its Absurdly Blue Wonder Paint
“Structural blue does not contain any blue material. It looks blue only because of the interference of light.” So…
Blue Is The Best Color For Cars
Hello and happy new year. I have returned from a multi-day meditation period—where I consumed nothing but mint tea and…
Are You Telling Me Painting A Helmet Has Been This Easy This Whole Time?
For years I have been wearing the same, plain white racing helmet. Why? It’s not because I wanted a plain white racing…
Here's Why You Should Never Take Your Car To A Carwash
With winter setting upon us, it’s important to get any road salt off your car as soon as possible if you don’t want it…
Alaska Will Not Be Fixing Its Bad Paint Job Or The Cars It Stained
Look at those highway lines above. They are bad! The state of Alaska, which painted them recently in Ketchikan, Alaska,…
How To Obsessively Make The Best Black Paint Job
Finally, the answer to “Is it black or slightly darker black?”, and other things you learn when you dive way too deep…
Witness The Disgusting Process That Really Goes Into Painting A Car
This video gets uncomfortably close to the chemical processes at work during a comprehensive re-paint of a Porsche…
Damn It Plasti Dip, Stop Looking So Delicious
Look, I have a thing for Plasti Dip. Something about watching the colors get mixed, thinking about that rubberization,…
Why Do Oval Tracks Have Painted-On Lane Lines?
The freshly repaved Texas Motor Speedway is a little slippery thus far, but man, does it look sharp. What’s more…