Chevrolet’s Steering Wheel Spinner Was The Coolest Wheel Out There The modern steering wheel might be an engineering marvel with all its safety features and extra controls, but I think steering wheel design really peaked in the 1940s with the creation of what Chevrolet called the Spinner Wheel. Read more…

New Jersey Upset Over Missing Slice Of NYC’s $15 Billion Congestion Pricing Pie After Failing To Stop Tolls It’s been a week since the implementation of congestion pricing in New York City. The entire state of New Jersey fought tooth and nail against the daily $9 fee to drive into Manhattan’s tolled area, and now Jersey City’s mayor, Steven Fulop, is proposing “reverse congestion pricing,” charging New York drivers for… Read more…

California Wildfires Not Enough To Kill This Toyota Tacoma Wildfires have devastated swaths of Los Angeles County, and while it’s still far too early to know the true toll of these fires, we’re able to see some glimmers of hope and resilience. Maybe that’s too much to put on a now slightly melted Toyota Tacoma, but here we are. Anyway, one thing that showed true resilience in… Read more…

All Of Motorsport Needs To Take Brain Injuries More Seriously The Motul-sponsored Toyota Hilux T1+ class car of Toby Price and Sam Sunderland was withdrawn from the Dakar Rally over the weekend, but not because of any damage done to the truck. No, the Overdrive Racing truck made the decision to pull out of the race because Sunderland and his team conspired to hide a concussion… Read more…

This Is The Most Ridiculous Used Car Quote I’ve Ever Seen The used car market, for the most part, has shifted back in favor of the buyers instead of the sellers. With deals to be had on most of your typical cars and incredible savings on EVs, it also means that some dealers are pulling out all the stops to get you in the door even if the real price isn’t what it appears… Read more…

Ryanair Teetotalers Want A 2-Drink Maximum At European Airports Ryanair is no one’s favorite airline, so it makes sense that its passengers turn to alcohol to make the experience bearable. After a single disruptive passenger cost the airline over $15,000 in flight diversion costs, however, Ryanair is asking the EU for a limit: Two drinks per passenger, max. Read more…

At $23,951 Canadian, Is This 1989 Thunderbird Super Coupe A Super Bargain? Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Super Coupe is probably the last truly interesting Thunderbird model ever made. Let’s see if this extremely well-kept edition from the North is worth bringing home the Canadian bacon. Read more…

New Yorker’s Unimaginable 20-Minute Walk, Astronaut Sees UFO And The Horrors Of Honda’s ATC In This Week’s Beyond Cars Roundup New York’s congestion pricing has finally gone into effect, following years of legal and political wrangling. Basically, if you insist on driving into the most densely populated part of the city, you now have to pay to do so. You can still walk or take public transportation freely, and you can still drive if you want,… Read more…

Zombie Stellantis Car Sales, A Cheap VW EV Lease And A Deeply Discounted Maserati MC20 In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup There are few things I love more than year-end sales reports. I just get such a kick out of seeing how things sold and what sorts of long-dead vehicles are still showing up on sales sheets. Every automaker has some stragglers, but no one is better at selling discontinued vehicles than Stellantis. – Andy Kalmowitz Read… Read more…

Cleaning Car Phlegm, A Sick Chinese Flat-8 Touring Bike And Every Car With A Manual In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup Picture it; you met a Tinder date at a restaurant and it went well enough that you want to take things to the next level. You suggest extending the night by taking a trip to paradise, aka Dairy Queen, but all they see when they hop into your passenger seat is a hazy windshield. You were waiting to expose your poor… Read more…

Snow Plow Drivers Save The Day, VW Buyers Want Hybrid Scouts And A Melting Lexus GX In This Week’s News Roundup Stellantis is not having a good time right now. The Transatlantic automaker just posed a 15 percent overall U.S. sales drop in 2024 in comparison to 2023, and now it seems its dealers don’t even trust the direction it is heading in. A new dealership sentiment survey from Kerrigan Advisors, a dealership consulting… Read more…

Nose Gear On Parked Boeing 737 Collapses Without Explanation Poor maintenance on an airliner can either delay a flight at best or endanger the lives of everyone onboard at worst. The nose gear on a TUI Boeing 737 suddenly collapsed earlier this week at Brussels Airport after arriving from Spain. Thankfully, the Belgian carrier’s plane was parked at the gate and no passengers… Read more…

Nearly 240,000 Teslas Recalled For Short Circuiting Rear-View Cameras There are few things Tesla is better at than building cars that are later recalled. The latest recall impacts over 239,000 Model S, Model Y, Model X and Model 3 vehicles because their rear-view cameras aren’t functioning properly. Read more…

Hyundai Ioniq 5 N DK Edition Is EV Drifting Heaven The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is already one of the best performance cars on the market under $100,000, yet somehow the Korean automaker made it even cooler. Hyundai and The Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya have teamed up to cook up a special edition Ioniq 5 N DK Edition that may be the sickest Ioniq 5 N yet. Read more…

Let’s Solve The Snow Driving Tire Pressure Debate Once And For All When it comes to driving in the snow, it can help to adjust the air pressure in your tires, at least theoretically. Annoyingly, depending on who you ask, there’s a good chance you’ll get conflicting answers to whether it’s better to add more air or let a little air out. Those who argue the former say increasing the… Read more…

623-Foot Cargo Ship Stuck In The Middle Of The Delaware River It’s been a while since we had a good stuck boat story, but the rolling disaster that’s been the first 10 days of 2025 definitely wouldn’t be complete without one. This time around, it’s the Algoma Verity, a Supramax cargo ship sailing from the Bahamas that ran aground after trying to leave port in Philadelphia, WPVI… Read more…

MotorWeek’s Upcoming Retro Marathon Will Let You Relive The Glory Days Of Auto Shows We here at Jalopnik have witnessed and lamented the decline of the traditional auto show over recent years. Auto shows were once the place for automakers to unveil their wildest concept cars, announce new versions of best-selling models, entice the public with test drive opportunities, and more. Television’s original… Read more…

Gambling On Your Delta Flight Is A Terrible Idea Your Degenerate Friends Will Love Are you ready to place multi-game parleys from your cramped seat during long-haul flights? Delta Air Lines announced a partnership with DraftKings during a keynote address at CES. While pesky federal laws currently prohibit inflight sports betting, regulations can change. It’s how DraftKings became a $19 billion… Read more…

Mazda MX-5 12R Is The Most Powerful And Trackable Factory Miata Ever The Mazda MX-5 Miata has offered arguably the purest driving experience of any car on sale since it first hit showrooms in 1990, but it has also faced criticism for its relatively modest power output. Mazda just unveiled the most powerful factory Miata ever at the Tokyo Auto Salon, a limited-edition racing-inspired… Read more…

At $17,998, Will This 2015 Infiniti Q60S Cruise To Victory? As they share a basic platform, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Infiniti Q60S is a kissin’ cousin of Nissan’s 370Z. Let’s see if this fancier edition comes with a price tag we might all consider a chef’s kiss. Read more…