Blog Profile / Jalopnik
| URL : | http://jalopnik.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Vehicles / Cars | |
| Posts on Regator: | 32749 | |
| Posts / Week: | 120.4 | |
| Archived Since: | March 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Watch Out For Cops On Electric Motorcycles
This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parse it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? Read more...
Elton John -- 'Levon'
Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we'll provide the jams. Read more...
For $1,800, Be Crazy Like A Fox
Two years before VW rocked U.S. hot hatchlings with their GTI, sister brand Audi was applying the moniker to their three-box fox. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe GTI is totally foxy, but does it come with a price that will make you think it’s a dog? Read more...
You can crash a Lamborghini on a press trip, but you can also crash a less expensive car too, like t
You can crash a Lamborghini on a press trip, but you can also crash a less expensive car too, like this Ford EcoSport that was rolled in India. Whoops. Read more...
A Golf Cart May Have Sparked The Deadly West, Texas Explosion
Authorities in Texas today announced that the cause of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in the small town of West has been determined to be... undetermined. At the moment, anyway. There are three causes they cannot yet rule out: an intentional act, an issue with the plant's electrical system, and a golf cart. Read more...
Haters Scrambling To Show Their Love For Tesla
Welcome to Must Read, where we single out the best stories from around the automotive universe and beyond. Today we've got reports from Found Michigan, Maximum Attack and Gigaom. Read more...
The "new" Hooniverse Project Car: '84 Benz 300TD aka The Wombat
It's time to bring a bit o' wagon back into our lives. So we're doing that with this 1984 Mercedes-Benz 300TD. It may have a slow diesel-drinking mill mounted under the hood at the moment... but it's not staying that way. Read more....
When Watchmaker and Automaker Partnerships Go Well: Jaeger-LeCoultre and Aston Martin
Aston Martin and Jaeger-LeCoultre are two companies that have a co-branding relationship. The automaker in the relationship aims to market JLC watches to its customers (which it knows they can afford). The watchmaker makes its timepieces exclusive to the owners of Aston Martin and makes sure to differentiate these watches from its other models. Read more...
'The 1995 Audi S6 Is Totally Composed'
The Audi S6 is a new hotrod from the German mark. And it's good. So good that it has MotorWeek and John Davis' attention! Read more...
Kotaku This Guy Has Been Using The Same Pokémon For Nearly A Decade | io9 The Central Problem With S
Kotaku This Guy Has Been Using The Same Pokémon For Nearly A Decade | io9 The Central Problem With Steven Moffat's Doctor Who | Jalopnik This Is The Terrifying View From Russia's Tallest Abandoned Structure | Lifehacker Is the Stock Android Galaxy S4 Better Than a Nexus? Read more...
What's Your Scariest Moment Driving On The Autobahn?
The German Autobahn. No speed limits. A driver's paradise. At least that's what we read here in America. The reality is more mundane, if not dangerous. Read more...
This Is The Terrifying View From Russia's Tallest Abandoned Structure
You are sitting 350 meters above the Galichstry district in Russia. You are on the tallest abandoned structure in Russia, and yes, you are shitting yourself. Read more...
Former NASCAR Racer Dick Trickle Dead In Apparent Suicide
Sad news out of the racing world as former NASCAR star Dick Trickle has reportedly committed suicide with a self inflicted gunshot wound. Read more...
Looks like Conor Daly got a little close to the Turn 1 wall at Indy 500 practice today.
Looks like Conor Daly got a little close to the Turn 1 wall at Indy 500 practice today. (H/T!) Read more...
Speedhunters analyzes the crash at Formula Drift Atlanta right here.
Speedhunters analyzes the crash at Formula Drift Atlanta right here. Check out the d-d-d-doriffttooo madness. Read more...
McLaren/Honda Sportscar?
By now, everyone has heard that Honda is coming back to Formula 1 as an engine supplier. Turbo V6 engines will be the regulated standard for the premier motorsports starting in 2014, and Honda will reenter the sport in 2015 once they've spent a great deal of time engineering the new motor. Read more...
How To Fix A Broken Spark Plug With Teeth, Tape, And Jumper Cables
If you find that a bumpy road broke off the end of one of your old spark plugs, you should probably call a tow truck. Just don't try to MacGyver your car like I did. Read more...
The World's Most Wasteful Race Decides To Save The Environment
Wonderful news, everyone! The Gumball 3000 rally, where millionaires race across continents in their supercars and innocent people die sometimes, is now carbon neutral. What a win for Mother Earth! Read more...
Detroit's New Police Chief Is A Toyota-Hating, GTO-Driving Badass
This week, the city of Detroit appointed its fifth police chief in five years, Jesus Christ. James Craig, the former chief of the Cincinnati Police Department, reports for duty under emergency manager Kevyn Orr. Read more...
Auto Journalist Wrecks $536,000 Lamborghini In China
A 30-year-old car writer crashed a brand new facelifted Lamborghini Gallardo 550-2 on a press trip in China. He suffered no injuries, but the car will be scrapped. Read more...