Donald Trump Just Doesn’t Know Where He Stands On EVs Good morning! It’s Friday, December 20, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…
2024 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance 4-Door Is Egregiously Fast, Expensive, Unnecessary Yet Cool I’m not fancy. I’m just grateful that I get paid to write about and drive cars all day, and honestly it doesn’t take much to make me happy. I own a 2017 Mini Cooper S, and when people ask me what my dream car is I don’t really have an answer because my Mini does everything I need. I buy new clothes maybe once a year,… Read more…
What Car Would You Only Drive If It Was Free? Recently, I told you fine folks about a wildly good lease deal being offered on Fiat 500es at a dealership in Colorado. At full price, the 500e is not that compelling of a car. It’s slow, has poor range and is far too expensive, but with this lease deal, it’s pretty much free for over two years. The only thing you’d… Read more…
Dodge Swore The Durango Hellcat Would Be A One-Year-Only Model In 2021, But Now It’ll Be Sold Through 2025 The Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat was first introduced as a one-year-only model way back for the 2021 model year, and Dodge briefly kept its word and discontinued it for 2022 following a short production run of about 3,000 units. Then-CEO Tim Kuniskis was even quoted saying, “you’ve only got one shot .” When 2… Read more…
WD-40 Was Invented To Stop Missiles From Rusting I’m pretty sure that there isn’t a Jalopnik reader out there who doesn’t have a can of WD-40 kicking around their house or garage somewhere. While using this wonder liquid to loosen a seized bolt, stop a door from squeaking or cleaning tree sap from your hood, have you ever stopped to wonder where it actually came… Read more…
Convertible Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Jailbreak Dares You To Tempt Fate While Ford and Chevrolet spent billions trying to make their respective pony cars finally go around corners good, Dodge knew that was a fool’s errand. Americans didn’t really want to go around corners. We wanted to go fast in a straight line. So Dodge spent all of its development money adding more power. Was it… Read more…
These Are Your Most Controversial Car Opinions If there is one thing I have learned writing for Jalopnik for seven years, it is that the commenters here have a whole lot of deeply seated opinions, and you’re more than willing to defend them. Earlier this week we asked you all to provide us with your most controversial automotive opinion, and boy howdy did y’all… Read more…
At $39,500, Is This 1998 Panoz AIV Roadster A Fair Weather Friend? Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Panoz is a true roadster, offering minimal provision for inclement weather or occupant comfort. Let’s see if this rare sunny-day-special’s price rains on our parade. Read more…
Rabbi David Saperstein, 50 years later, still committed to lobbying for common ground WASHINGTON (RNS) — Saperstein has refused to give up on bipartisan and interfaith efforts that have grown more difficult since Oct. 7, 2023. The post Rabbi David Saperstein, 50 years later, still committed to lobbying for common ground appeared first on RNS.
Rabbi David Saperstein on democracy, diplomacy and hopes for bipartisanship WASHINGTON (RNS) — The former religious freedom ambassador said ‘the breakdown of bipartisanship is really one of the most alarming trends in American political life and cultural life.’ The post Rabbi David Saperstein on democracy, diplomacy and hopes for bipartisanship appeared first on RNS.
2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Officially Runs The Quarter-Mile In 9.6 Seconds At 150 MPH Chevrolet finally revealed the production version of the C8 Corvette ZR1 over the summer, promising us 1,064 horsepower and 828 pound-feet of torque from its twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V8. That’s some serious power, and it gets even scarier when you remember the Corvette ZR1 is rear-wheel drive. That means the engine… Read more…
How American converts complicate Syrian Orthodox Christians’ future (RNS) — Syria’s Christians face an uncertain future, caught between shifting alliances both in the sphere of global politics and the petty preferences of the West’s culture wars. The post How American converts complicate Syrian Orthodox Christians’ future appeared first on RNS.
Buy This 2004 Saab 9-5 Wagon Runway Friction Test Rig And Watch Car And Aviation Nerds Flock To You Saabs are weird, funky cars that are most frequently revered by nerds, be they car nerds or college professors, and this particular Saab might be the nerdiest car you can buy right now. It was modified by Scandanavian Airport and Road Systems (SARSYS-ASFT) and sent to Salt Lake City International Airport for duty… Read more…
Curmudgucation: When Schools Are Businesses Curmudgucation: When Schools Are Businesses Tech writer Cory Doctorow writes a lot these days about enshittification, for instance in this piece that spins from Prime’s continued addition of advertising to the content you thought you had already paid for. The explanation isn’t complicated: The cruelty isn’t the point. Money is the …
In Texas, an uncommon collaboration between two high-profile Catholic leaders BROWNSVILLE, Texas (RNS) — According to Sister Norma Pimentel, she and Bishop Daniel Flores share an emphasis on a pastoral approach. The post In Texas, an uncommon collaboration between two high-profile Catholic leaders appeared first on RNS.
In Nigeria, fighting between Methodist groups kills three as schism turns violent NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — United Methodist bishops said they warned their Global Methodist counterparts on Nov. 22 that tensions had reached a breaking point. The post In Nigeria, fighting between Methodist groups kills three as schism turns violent appeared first on RNS.
Remembering David Ellenson — teacher, public intellectual and mensch He was the most widely respected Jewish thinker in the non-Orthodox Jewish world. And that is just the beginning. The post Remembering David Ellenson — teacher, public intellectual and mensch appeared first on RNS.
Don’t Get Scammed With TSA PreCheck For Your Holiday Travel Occasional fliers, when standing in line to remove their shoes at security, always glance longingly at us frequent flying types over in the PreCheck line. Our wait times are shorter, our laptops remain in our bags, and our shoes are still firmly attached to our feet. They wonder how they could ever access such luxury,… Read more…
Hey, You Can’t Shoot At Drones, That’s Our Job: Feds The Federal Aviation Administration banned drone flights over parts of New Jersey starting on Wednesday through January 17. Drones have been prohibited from flying over 22 communities in the Garden State designated as “national defense airspace,” citing “special security reasons.” The federal government stated that… Read more…
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