Automaker Mergers, Presidential Limos And Performance EVs In This Week’s QOTD Roundup Mergers have been in the news a lot lately. Whether it’s the announcement that Honda and Nissan are joining forces or rumors that Stellantis may end up selling off some of its brands, automakers working together have been at the forefront of a lot of people’s (read: my) minds. That’s what led me to today’s question. -… Read more…

Tesla Recalled Over 5 Million Cars Last Year, More Than Any Other Automaker in The U.S. Tesla had quite an eventful 2024. Its radical (bad) Cybertruck had its first full year on sale, which resulted in a seemingly endless supply of hilarious and innovative new ways to break and fail. Its CEO Elon Musk made political waves, and the company unveiled its two-seat driverless taxi, among other things. In 2024… Read more…

Honda And Nissan To Merge In 2026, Creating World’s Third-Largest Automaker Good morning! It’s Monday, December 23, 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…

Nissan Is The Latest Automaker To Give In To Bigots, Reverse DEI Policies Nissan is the latest in a growing list of automakers and companies to give in to the snowflakes who feel key diversity initiatives aren’t fair. You can thank your local conservative activists for this. I’m sure this will make for a much more accepting, less hostile work environment for people of color and other… Read more…

How The Jaguar Type 00 Can Save The Struggling Automaker Jaguar revealed its ambitious electric Type 00 concept three weeks ago at Miami Art Week. The British luxury automaker is in the middle of a complete rebrand featuring a divisive new branding scheme and a soon-to-be-unveiled four-door electric GT. While the worst people online are still bashing their keyboards, Jaguar… Read more…

Most Embarrassing Cars, Best After-Dinner Cruisers And F1’s Next Automaker In This Week’s QOTD Roundup We’re living in embarrassing times, folks, which means you’re probably better off if your car isn’t embarrassing as well. Unfortunately for some, there are a lot of vehicles out there that are downright humiliating to be caught behind the wheel of. That’s what led me to my question from last week. – Andy Kalmowitz Read… Read more…

Which Automaker Should Join F1 Next? If you’re a Formula 1 fan or just a fan or racing in general, Monday was probably a big day for you. Nearly two years after Andretti Global joined forces with Cadillac Racing in a bid to compete in Formula 1, it’s officially happening. Starting in 2026, Cadillac will go up against teams such as Ferrari and McLaren in… Read more…

What’s The Most Irrelevant Automaker? It can be challenging to gauge the relevance of any automaker, but you can generally feel it. For example, how many recent Jaguars do you see on the road? When was the last time you’ve seen anyone get excited for a Chrysler that wasn’t a 300? You know,the Chrysler 300, the vehicle famous for resembling a car… Read more…

What’s The Worst Car From A Great Automaker? There are some pretty incredible automakers out there responsible for some pretty special cars. Ferrari has a long lineage of wonderful machines, as do less expensive brands like Alpine and even humble Honda has made some great cars. But is there an automaker with a stellar hit rate that’s also had its fair share of… Read more…

EV Sales Are Up In The U.S. For Every Automaker But Tesla Good morning! It’s Thursday, July 18, 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…

‘We Have To Start To Get Back In Love With Smaller Vehicles,’ Says CEO Of Automaker That Doesn’t Sell Small Cars It definitely upsets some readers, but here at Jalopnik, we’re fully on Team Don’t Drive A Childcrusher 9000. Cars are fun and all, but they’re not more important than people’s lives. And unfortunately for everyone who does anything outside of a car, tall hoods on large trucks and SUVs make them especially deadly in… Read more…

Which Automaker Is Currently The Best In The World? The automotive industry is inherently competitive, with every manufacturer jockeying with each other in the marketplace. Automakers have to convince potential customers that their vehicles are better than what their rivals are producing. This goes far beyond flashy ad campaigns and smooth-talking salespeople. It’s… Read more…

What Automaker Has Never Made A Bad Car? If you think about your favorite car company, can you hand on heart say that everything it’s ever built has been great? Like, has it really never made a bad car? And if your favorite car company can’t say no to that, is there an automaker that you think can? Read more…

What’s Your Favorite Automaker And Why? It goes without saying that if you like cars, you have a favorite automaker. No one falls in love with the general concept of the automobile. Driving is a highly subjective experience, with no individual having the same set of preferred sights and sounds while behind the wheel. Typically, most enthusiasts gravitate… Read more…

Watch Automaker CEOs Struggle To Justify Their Own Salaries The United Auto Workers Union is on strike against all of the Big Three automakers for the first time in history, and a big reason for that is compensation. The UAW is asking for – at the top end – 40 percent wage increases over four years. Meanwhile, GM and Ford haven’t come up past 20. Read more…

Tesla in discussion to license Full Self-Driving software to another automaker Photo by Loren Grush / The VergeTesla is in “discussion” to license its Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver-assist technology to another major automaker, Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. He did not reveal the name of the company, though he did say that licensing FSD was always part of the plan. “We’re not we’re not trying to keep this t…