There’s plenty to criticize about the British rule in India, but I think I’ve found its most redeemable factor. I’d like to introduce you to the 1910 Brooke Swan Car, designed by a very wealthy engineer named Robert Nicholl “Scotty” Matthewson. It is absurd. It is hilarious. It is the only thing I ever want to…
There’s something bittersweet about looking at the last car an automotive manufacturer put together. Behind all those metal curves and hopefully-this-sticks innovations, you can almost see the vain hope that this will rejuvenate the company, that this will be the thing that manages to bring them back from the brink…
The late 60s and early 70s were, arguably, the greatest era for absurd automotive ingenuity. Everyone and their mother had enough wacky ideas to sustain a car company, but nobody was quite as legendary as George Barris. And no vehicle he produced will ever, in my mind, top the 1966 Supervan.
Welcome to Halloween weekend, folks—aka, the greatest time of year. In my many years of binge watching horror movies both quality and terrible, I’ve come to realize that there’s a pretty great connection between spooky shows and great cars. So, to celebrate this most blessed of holidays, here’s a quick little list…
Who doesn’t love a good spooky story? It’s the perfect time of year to blur the line between the real and the supernatural—and here at Jalopnik, that means we’re doing it on four wheels. We’d like to introduce you to the 1964 Dodge 330 Limited Edition, nicknamed the “Golden Eagle”, a car with a reputation that could…
If you’ve ever wanted to combine the practicality and transportation potential of a car with the vomit-inducing experience of a cheap fairground ride, this Ford Ka wedged to spin freely between two giant wheels is perfect for the masochist commuter.
The possibilities for a tire seem pretty limited. Yeah, everyone knows you can stick ‘em on cars. You can make a swing out of them. Throw them around during a workout. Bury them in the ground and let the kids play on them. You’re probably not thinking “I am going to take this tire and make into the most…
Normally, concept cars are done for automotive companies. When the company that commissions a concept car is outside of the usual car-making business, that’s when things get nice and bonkers. A great example of this is a concept car commissioned by the promoters of the Chicago and San Francisco boat shows, along with…
Last I checked, the world is a pretty huge place. That means there’s lots of room for cars on it, and, even better, the kinds of cars that are scattered over the globe tend to be remarkably varied. If you’re like me, you want to know what those far-flung carscapes are like, everywhere. So, let me help you by showing…
There’s a rule here in America, birthplace of tater tots and the Slanket, that you can import any car that was not officially imported into the United States once that car turns 25 years old. Most commonly, this rule is used for things like Skylines and Land Rovers and those sorts of high-value cars with cult…
How many wheels a car has should be an easy question. It’s just counting, right? How hard is that? I bet most people would only need an Associate’s Degree in counting to handle most situations. There are cases where it’s not so clear, though, like in the case of this car, the Willys NC-1a.
Sheds are exciting things, right? Standing there all still, keeping shit like coiled hoses and bags of peat moss protected from the elements—what could make them any better? Just one thing: speed. One shed has achieved the goal of speed, and has even set a new record for the fastest shed on the planet: 101.5 mph.
Have you ever wanted a car that you could easily take apart because it was, basically, just a Barbie Jeep based on a Citroën AX that somehow became road legal? Well, folks, the Mega Tjaffer would have been the right car for you.
At this very moment, I’m on the half of the Earth I usually don’t get to visit: the lower half. Specifically, I’m in Temuco, Chile, where I’m taking part in a drive with three Mini Countryman Hybrids which are attempting to drive the entire Pan-American Highway, from Texas all the way to the Earth’s appendix—Tierra…
I’m having a hard time pinpointing exactly what it is about the Milnes-Daimler Omnibus that makes me so uncomfortable. This thing is bulky. It’s big. It looks like it shouldn’t function and yet somehow it did. People of the early 1900s, tell me what you were imagining with this bad boy.
Usually when people think of modifying a car, it’s to make it more of a car. Y’know—some engine upgrades, better suspension, that kind of thing. But if you’re French artist Benedetto Bufalino, your idea of a modification would be a little different. More along the lines of “so what if I turn this car into a pizza…
While most of the cars we tend to encounter on a daily basis are made by huge, global corporations, it’s important to remember that there’s interesting cars being put together all over the world, including places that one doesn’t normally associate with automobile production. Madagascar is one of those places. As an…
We’ve written about lots of car auctions here, including some that included really unusual and interesting selections of cars. But if your goal is to get the absolute weirdest, most obscure, bonkersest cars possible, I’m not sure there’s ever been a better auction for you than the one the Western Washington University…
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