Let’s be honest here: the fictional country of Westeros, as we’ve seen it portrayed in books and HBO’s Game of…
Look, here’s the deal: I’m going to be giving a talk at the best automotive museum in America this Thursday at 7 pm,…
I’m proud to announce that the winner of the 2017 Excellence In Marker Lamp Design award, better known as the…
![The Fascinating Super Cheap Fiat That Never Happened](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/mcdyouaqhkz9u4qazjcq.jpg)
One of the things I’ve learned about myself over my life is that I’m much more interested in cheap crap than nice…
![This Is How Much It Costs Every Time You Use Your Turn Signals](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/akqvbevydw2odrxhp8sq.jpg)
It’s always been a goal of mine to make Jalopnik the best source for turn indicator-related information and…
No clickbait here! This post delivers exactly what the headline promises: five genuinely terrible car names I just…
The wheeled, rounded-rectangular volumes of space enclosed by a metal shell and propelled by a small engine at one…
Among my many strange, off-putting car fetishes, there’s one that is consistently, creepily powerful: my love for…
Don’t feel bad. Everybody sucks at aerodynamics. Well, I guess people who have actually studied aerodynamics don’t,…
![The Largest Airshow In The World Uses A Fleet Of Chopped Volkswagen Beetles](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/ij63bjujb3slqdnzlwza.jpg)
I really love seeing fleets of vintage cars in regular use not for nostalgic reasons, but just because they still do…
Remember the Simpsons episode where Homer was sent into orbit? It had Buzz Aldrin and James Taylor as guests, and…
If your primary goal in automobile ownership is to cause people who see your car to say something like “the fuck am…
We seem to be in a golden age of automotive Lego, with Lego having deals with a number of carmakers, including Porsch…
![If You're Between 30-50, I Bet You Learned The Word 'Ajar' From A Car](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/mtkdykyuld2ffllno3qp.jpg)
I should be clear here that I’m not an official expert in words; I’m no entomologist. You can tell that’s true…
China is the largest passenger car market in the world, bigger than ours, even, and yet most of us outside of China…
Brazil in the 1970s to early 1990s was a fascinating crucible for the creation of weird vehicles. Their…
![These Are The 10 Weirdest American Car Brand Names Ever](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/xpgtsh1p4s9xfezucy0f.jpg)
Happy Birthday, America! Guess what I got you! Give up? Underpants, and this list of the 10 American automakers with…
When I ask people what’s the point of a Bugatti Chiron, the $3 million engineering marvel with capabilities…
Generally, the ads in car magazines tend to be pretty predictable: cars, parts for cars, liquids you pour into…
![I Was The First American Journalist To Visit This Unreal Hidden Car Museum<em></em>](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_60,w_645/bthp7zcjrjcuquhuqvos.jpg)
SEAT may be one of the biggest carmakers that’s almost unknown in America. They’re sold pretty much everywhere but…