Watch A Drag Race Between (3 Of) The Quickest Production Cars On Earth If you want your car to have all-out straight line speed, your best move now is to get the instant-on torque of an EV — but which EV? To help you through this truly difficult and oh-so-common buying question, the folks over at DragTimes have compiled a helpful guide: A drag race between the Lucid Air Sapphire, the… Read more…

These Cars Scream MAGA I have made a terrible realization. Every car is a MAGA car now. So many goddamn people voted for Trump’s second term on November 5 that it’s impossible to say what is a MAGA car and what isn’t a MAGA car, so that’s something we’re all going to have to deal with. Still, some cars are still certainly more MAGA-forward… Read more…

Thousands Of Flood Damaged Enthusiast Cars Are Showing Up At Florida Auctions After Recent Hurricanes No matter how cheap a flood damaged car is, you do not want one. With the recent double whammy of Hurricanes Helene and Milton slamming into Florida back to back, thousands of these ruined cars are now getting ready to cross auction blocks across the state, and a lot of them are rare or interesting enthusiast models. Read more…

Self-Driving Cars Will Ruin Cities, Not Fix Them If you’re delusional enough to believe Tesla CEO and Unelected Co-President Elon Musk, cheap robotaxis are just around the corner, ready to revolutionize transportation as we know it. They aren’t, but even if they were, the idea that they would actually make society better is just as ridiculous as Musk’s claim that he… Read more…

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Tesla’s social media posts falsely implied that its cars are robotaxis, NHTSA warns The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned Tesla that its online posts may mislead drivers into thinking its cars are robotaxis.

It Seems Like People Are Done Paying Over MSRP For New Cars It seems that the era of people willingly overpaying for new cars may be at an end as data shows that the number of people that willingly let dealers overcharge them for a shiny new piece of metal saw a decrease in the last year. Read more…

Here Are All Of The Worst Things Jalopnik Readers Have Done To Their Cars We all do dumb things sometimes. It’s okay to admit it. Earlier this week we asked our readers to tell us all about the worst thing they ever did to their car. Some of these responses are downright heartbreaking, so buckle up for a little bit of automotive sadness. If you have your own story that you’d like to tell to… Read more…

Mesmerizing Maps Show Different Journey Times Between Cars, Bikes And Public Transport In a straight line, a car will obviously beat a bus or car in a race, but when it comes to commuting across town the result can be much closer. To show just how close those races can get in busy cities, a Finnish geographer has plotted journeys by bus, car and bike on a series of mesmerizing maps. Read more…

Elon Musk’s ‘top 20’ Diablo IV claim is as real as his self-driving cars Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Photo: Getty ImagesElon Musk is a busy man right now. He’s supposedly running X, SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink, all while actively campaigning for Trump. But despite those myriad concerns, Musk still finds the time to play Diablo 4. He’s even said he’s pretty good at it, claiming in a recent interview with…

These Cars Have The Coolest Badges And Logos Badges and logos are supposed to be simple symbols or graphics that are meant to represent something else, and in the wonderful world of capitalism, brand recognition is important. Having an easily identifiable logo means consumers are subconsciously aware of a company’s presence. Last week, we asked you lot what cars… Read more…

Bad American Cars, Cars That Deserve Sporty Trims And The Coolest Badges In This Week’s QOTD Roundup America has made some phenomenal cars over the years and there’s no denying this country’s influence on the global automotive landscape. But not every creation to roll off the country’s automotive production lines has been a celebrated success, some have actually been pretty awful. – Owen Bellwood Read More Read more…

‘I Want You To Watch’: Kentucky Bill Would Potentially Crush Cars Seized From Street Racers If you’re tired of street racers ruining your sleep, putting others in danger and often facing few consequences while the wheel of justice slowly turns, you aren’t alone. Just ask, like, all of Seattle. Several lawmakers have tried introducing legislation to curb that kind of behavior, but it hasn’t been easy. Now… Read more…

Jaguar Has No Cars On Sale In The UK For The First Time Since WWII The modern automotive landscape is not for the faint of heart; daring new industry titans are prospering while some storied traditional marques are struggling to remain relevant. As some companies went all-in on their commitment to an all-electric lineup, consumer preference shifted back toward hybridization. As a… Read more…

Honda S2000, Turbo Mazda Miata, 950 WHP Subaru WRX STi: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online Y’know what’s fun? Horsepower. Maybe not in absurd amounts, the kind you just can’t use on the road without going directly to prison, but a bit of horsepower can be a great time. Okay, maybe an amount that’s a little absurd. We can have a bit of fun, can’t we? Read more…

Almost 350,000 Cars Damaged In Hurricane Season May Be About To Hit The Used Market Buying a used car in America is tough, with prices rising, inventory thinning and dodgy dealers seemingly out to get you at every turn. The process of shopping for a used bargain may be about to get a whole lot more treacherous, however, as thousands of cars damaged in this year’s record hurricane season may be about… Read more…

Now Bankrupt Radford Motors Sued By Customers Over Cars And Refunds They Never Received Radford Motors, the company founded by English automotive TV personality Ant Anstead and Formula 1 driver Jenson Button, promised to build 12 road-going examples of its Lotus-basedPikes Peak racer, the Type 62-2, for $1 million a pop. Instead, the company has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and customers are coming after… Read more…

These Are The Best Cars For Fall Foliage Sightseeing Happy autumn, everyone. The sun is shining, but the air’s gotten a bit chillier, and the leaves are in a full array of yellows, reds, and browns. You just need the right car to see it all in, which is why earlier this week I asked you for the best fall foliage sightseeing vehicles. Today, we’re parsing through your… Read more…

These Are The First Fun Cars Our Commenters Ever Owned Enthusiasts spend a lot of time talking about their first cars, but typically, the freedom of finally having a car of your own is much more exciting than the car itself. For whatever reason, most parents seem to think it’s a bad idea to give an inexperienced driver whose brain still hasn’t finished developing yet… Read more…

These Are The Worst American Cars Ever Made America has made some phenomenal cars over the years and there’s no denying this country’s influence on the global automotive landscape. But not every creation to roll off the country’s automotive production lines has been a celebrated success, some have actually been pretty awful. Read more…