Tempest

At Jalopnik, we often talk about how women get treated differently or are represented less in the car and…

About a year ago, almost exactly, my fiancée and I were enjoying our destination wedding in Wyoming with a very…

Cars are more than just hunks of metal that get us from point A to point B. The best ones have unforgettable stories…

Walt worked harder than most people, and served his community more than most people do. That’s not a knock against…

With a few exceptions (I’m looking at you A-Team van), the van tends to be just an unremarkable, utilitarian…

I’m a sucker for a good underdog story. Give me the person who shows up to the car show with the rusted Plymouth…

There was a time when the manual transmission was everywhere, enough to be known as the “standard.” Now, especially…

It’s 1981, and a man pulls up to an intersection in his ‘52 pickup. He looks left to check for traffic. All clear.…

A man whose life revolves around automobiles searches for the very first car he ever rode in. It sounds simple…

In a desolate and empty parking lot, two young men work to revive a dead Nissan 200SX. A stranger comes to their…

A man whose best and worst memories revolve around cars, even as a brain injury makes him lose them. A longshot…

Last year, I became a regular contributor to Jalopnik, writing essays about people and their relationships with…

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust…

Are you already missing Pontiac? Like weird drivetrains? How about tops that are soft? Well, batten down the…

Pontiac made some pretty good television ads, but we mustn't overlook the print ads. Franzouse has found a treasure…

By now, almost all of you have heard about the Barn Find Of The Year, the '63 Pontiac Tempest that turned out to be…

When you're talking about painters who get the Jalopnik Stamp-O-Approval™, the Two Roberts come to mind…

Even though they generally looked like peeling, faded crap after a few years of real-world use, the squishy plastic…

This is actually the car that inspired the Down on the Street series in the first place; it parks in my…