Let Old MotoGP Races On YouTube Keep You Company Through The Winter Months Folks, it’s cold out. While I may be the type of batshit to ride my motorcycle all winter, most people aren’t — it’s okay if you park your bike for the frigid months. Still, you’ll need something to tide you over until next riding season, and I have just the recommendation: Full MotoGP races from the past couple… Read more…

Empty Waymo Robotaxi Loops Roundabout 37 Times As If It Was Stuck In Logic Loop The fledgling robotaxi services currently out on the roads aren’t quite fulfilling the ambitious promises of a fully autonomous future. One Waymo robotaxi seemingly got stuck in a roundabout last week, causing it to lap around the tight loop 37 times. Thankfully, there were no passengers inside for the dizzying ride. Read more…

Cybertruck’s Latest Weakness Found After Pothole Causes $34,000 Damage Since its launch a year ago, Tesla’s flagship Cybertruck electric truck has been stumped by all kinds of pretty mundane obstacles. It’s so far been caught out by snow, slight inclines, water and now one Cybertruck owner reports that a pothole left them with a $34,000 repair bill. Read more…

Boston Tunnel Floods In ‘Rare Occurrence’ That Left Drivers Struggling Through 3 Feet Of Water Massachusetts residents driving through Boston were met with a watery surprise when a storm caused the Ted Williams Tunnel to flood with as much as three feet of water last week. The tunnel, which was built during Boston’s infamous Big Dig, allows Interstate 90 to run under the city, reportedly flooded after a catch… Read more…

A Junkyard Supertruck Is Way Faster Than A Real GMC Syclone For A Lot Less Money The legendary GMC Syclone was just about the fastest thing you could buy in 1991 with 280 horsepower from a 4.3-liter turbocharged V6 and all-wheel drive for traction from a dig. In head-to-head tests the early-90s supertruck was quicker than a five-times-as-expensive Ferrari when new. In Car… Read more…

American pilgrim imprisoned in Assad’s Syria calls his release from prison a ‘blessing’ DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Travis Timmerman said he had gone to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and was not ill-treated while in Palestine Branch, a notorious detention facility operated by Syrian intelligence. The post American pilgrim imprisoned in Assad’s Syria calls his release from prison a ‘blessing’ appeared first on RNS.

Stellantis ‘Will Survive’ As Ferrari Chair Rushes To Repair The Damage Good morning! It’s Monday, December 16, 2024, 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…

25 MPH May Be Too Fast For City Centers: Study It’s an intuitive concept that a vehicle’s speed is the decisive factor in determining whether a struck pedestrian is seriously injured or killed. New research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows front-end height compounds the injury risk created by speed. Findings show that a 25-mile-per-hour speed… Read more…

How End-Of-Year Car Deals Work And Why They Don’t Apply To Every Model Whether you celebrate Happy Honda Days or Toyotaton, December is generally a good time to buy a car. Automakers and dealers want to end the year with strong sales on the books, which usually means some extra savings for shoppers. However, not every model is going to qualify for these seasonal sales. Read more…

What’s Your Worst Car Gifting Story? At one point in our lives or another, we’ve made sweetheart deals for cars with friends or family. An adult gifting an old car to a teenager fresh out of their driving test. Maybe, you sold an unwanted car taking up space in your garage to a friend at less than the market price. While there are typically good… Read more…

No Car Is More Expensive Than A Cheap Ferrari Project Car Ferrari’s old entry-level California sports car is often unfairly derided for being a bit ungainly and not particularly sporty. One intrepid individual started an individual labor of love to blend a 2010 California’s modern usability with the classic good looks of a 1963 250 GTE. Unfortunately after what appears to be… Read more…

Gifting This Levitating Cybertruck Model Lets Your Loved Ones Know You Actually Hate Them It’s the season of giving, but not everyone in your life deserves a good present. Some people deserve to get crap, and that’s exactly what you can do by getting that very special someone a “Levitating Cybertruck” for Christmas this year. Man, Tesla really loves putting out shit like this rather than a well-built car. Read more…

Ride A Really Fast Italian Flag For Just $58,000 Ducati is giving 1,000 well-heeled riders an opportunity to celebrate the Italian heritage and culture of speed with the new Panigale V4 Tricolore superbike, and you could be one of them. You know, provided you’re willing to spend $58,000 for the privilege. The Bologna-based bike manufacturer has been rolling out… Read more…

At $12,500, Does This 1985 Porsche 944 Track? Whether driving to the gym or at the gymkhana, today’s Nice Price or No Dice 944 looks like a lot of fun. Let’s find out what that sort of fun costs these days. Read more…

2025 Nissan Armada Is Finally The Patrol We’ve Been Asking For Last time Nissan redesigned the Armada it was a big deal, and not just for the Nissan dealers who desperately needed something that wasn’t more than a decade old in the lineup. You see, for the 2017 model year, Nissan brought over the SUV known in international markets as the Patrol and gave it the Armada badge. While… Read more…

Timothy Snyder On Religion, Power, and Freedom Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Timothy Snyder, best-selling author, historian, and public intellectual, about his latest book, “On Freedom.” The post Timothy Snyder On Religion, Power, and Freedom appeared first on RNS.

Weekend QOTD Roundup December 14, 2024 If you’re reading Jalopnik, you’re likely a car aficionado (and/or nerd), and thus likely to know more about cars than the average bear. If you know cars, then you know that they’re incredibly complex machines with thousands of moving parts. Beyond the mechanics of it all lies the somehow more complex and… Read more…

Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup December 14, 2024 NASA’s iconic Space Shuttle is arguably one of the best things America has made thanks to its sleek looks, its use in the launch of the International Space Station and its contribution to our understanding of the cosmos through the countless satellites it launched into orbit. Russia’s attempt at building a space plane… Read more…

Weekend Car Buying Roundup December 14, 2024 The annual Hagerty Bull Market List is out, and there are still several days before Christmas to run out and grab one of these incredible vehicles for someone you love. Or for yourself. After all, why shouldn’t you treat yourself to a Lamborghini Gallardo to end 2024? If the big vintage car insurance company says… Read more…

Weekend Car Culture Roundup December 14, 2024 Oldsmobile is long gone. By the time the brand was phased out in the early 2000sit was a shell of its former self, but Oldsmobile used to make interesting cars like the 442, Trofeo and Aurora. One of the brand’s last interesting cars, and likely one of the rarest, was a badge job of General Motors’ full-size wagon… Read more…