November 2012
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How Much Would You Pay For Paul McCartney's Sweet...
We brought you some celebrity car news earlier today with Bristol Palin’s Dodge Challenger apparently being for sale, but this piece of news offers a much higher quality of both car and celebrity.
It seems that Paul McCartney’s sexy navy blue 1964 Aston Martin DB5 recently sold for auction in London for £307,000, which is about $490,000 in ‘Murrican money, according to this...
Used Car Face Off: Safari-Mobile Or Luxobarge,...
Welcome to Used Car Face Off, where we find two similar or similarly priced used cars and ask you which one you would buy. Choose wisely!
You never know when you’re actually going to need a 4x4. I tend to mock people who buy something four-wheel drive with locking diffs and crap like that just to go to Whole Foods. But after seeing what Sandy did to the East Coast, New Jersey in particular,...
Need A Gas Station In Jersey? Check Out This Map...
Have no fear, gas-seeking people of New Jersey. Your high school students have come to your rescue. Check out this map they put together of stations that still offer fuel and ones that are sold out.
According to the Huffington Post, IMSOCIO, run by Franklin High School in New Brunswick, launched this map Wednesday because their students thought New Jersey drivers needed a way to find out if...
This Saab Is The Most Obscure James Bond Car Of...
Want to go for the most obscure James Bond car? It isn’t the Toyota 2000GT that they specially turned into a convertible so Sean Connery could fit. But it is a car that, deep down, I know everyone likes.
The Saab 900 Turbo was never actually in a Bond film, but 007’s car in the John Gardner James Bond novels starting with License Renewed.
A Saab sounds like a strange choice from a man you...
Wanna Buy Bristol Palin's Dodge Challenger?
Apparently, Bristol Palin’s car is for sale. And on Craigslist of all places.
This post in Phoenix describes what must be Sarah Palin’s daughter’s white 2010 Dodge Challenger R/T for sale, also with a picture of Bristol’s son.
As far as the car, it has 14,000 miles and the five-speed auto and looks pretty stock and in good condition. Credit the statement it’s kept in an air conditioned...
If This Foot Race Is Any Indicator, Traffic At...
On Saturday, about 5,000 runners made a go of the Circuit of the Americas racetrack southeast of Austin for the first ever Formula Run race. (Yes, people in Austin do that kind of thing.) I’m no runner myself, but considering the elevation changes at that track, this was probably a lot of fun as well as one hell of a workout.
But that’s not the story here today. The story is that if...
Your Ridiculously Awesome Integra Type R Wallpaper...
Who among us hasn’t lusted after an Integra Type R at least once? And we were right to do so. If you were to make a shortlist of all the greatest front-wheel-drive cars of all time, surely the ITR would be at the top, or at least near it.
Essentially a street legal racecar from the get-go, the Type R had tons of engine, suspension and transmission goodies that lesser Integras had to do without....
How Will The New York Subway Tunnels Get...
The flooded subways have essentially crippled transportation in New York City and some of the surrounding areas. So how are recovery workers supposed to get some 400 million gallons of water out of the tunnels? [[MORE]]
The answer, according to this article from Wired, is giant pumps that will be used to suck the water out and send it back to sea. Using two types of pumps — including one...
Scion FR-S Gets Butched Up For Pirelli World...
The Scion FR-S its identical cousin the Subaru BRZ had a pretty strong showing at this year’s SEMA show. However, this one may just be the coolest because it’s an honest-to-God race car and not just a street car gussied up with stickers and carbon fiber.
As reported by Motor Authority, this is the FR-S that will compete in the 2013 season of the Pirelli World Challenge series. The...
Sebastian Vettel To Start At Back Of Grid In...
Huge breaking news out of the qualifying round today for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: reigning Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel will start the race at the back of the field after a qualifying violation, according to news reports.
ESPN reported that Vettel’s Red Bull car failed to return to the pits under its own power during qualifying. The cause of that was ruled...
Here's At Least One Great Reason To Be Glad...
The few hours on Friday when car enthusiasts thought the Lancia name was to be killed by act of Fiat was a sad, sad time. No one really knows why, because when was the last time any of us even drove a Lancia? I don’t think I’ve ever been near one in my whole life.
There’s one I’m dying to get my hands on, though. The Delta Integrale.
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The only way a Delta Integrale could be more up my...
What Long Lost Car Feature Do You Miss The Most?
Some would say that you and I are living in a sort of golden age of automobiles. Right now, in 2012, cars are generally faster, safer, and more efficient than they have ever been before.
But as any technology advances, it loses something along the way, and not always in a good way. I believe — and I think you would agree — that many modern cars just don’t have the same character...
The Onion Takes Aim At Boring Car Magazines
I have a theory that posits automotive journalism is a lot like sex: when it’s good, it’s good, but when it’s bad, holy shit is it bad.
Those satirical scribes over at The Onion have taken aim at boring car magazines in their latest issue, and as always, they’re pretty spot-on. They show us the cover of fictional “Good Car” magazine featuring the 2013...
Huzzah! Lancia's Not Dead Yet, Apparently
Looks like the bosses at Fiat have backpedaled from yesterday’s grim assessment of the storied Lancia brand.
The folks at Motor Trend report that Chrysler spokesman Scott Brown clarified remarks made by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.
“What was said by Marchionne is that Lancia Epsilon will continue to be made in Italy and the rest of Lancia portfolio will be developed together with the...
“On that show, Allen’s grunting, not-so-handy man struggled to affirm himself at...”
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Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup: Nov. 3-4,...
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?
Even in Superleggera-y Tumblr form, Jalopnik is committed to bringing you the latest in live racing action.
Hurricane Sandy got you down? Us too, ladies and...
Is Donald Trump Getting Special Gas Favors?
An insider who works for “a certain blonde haired blow-hard who has an obsession with our current president” has tipped us that a fleet of 15 passenger vans will be getting fuel from gas stations in Yonkers or New Rochelle that have otherwise been closed to the public.
It’s pretty certain that there’s thousands of storm victims who could put that gas to better use—...
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Is Your New Fisker Karma Too Practical? Velvet Is...
Even with the unexplained fires and cramped interior and portly weight, no one can deny the Fisker Karma is a stunningly beautiful car. However, if you’re looking for something to give your car a special appeal to plushies or maybe give it another great, non-electrical reason never to get it wet, the folks at Wrap Experts have the solution for you.
Wrap your Karma in Velvet!
Sure, why...
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Let Ralph Gilles Help You Point Out What's Full Of...
Earlier this week, we were treated to the man who designed the Viper reminding everyone that the talking sack of offal with the dead ferret on his head we call “Donald Trump” was full of shit. Especially about his fiction-land ideas of Jeep production and China.
To anything with an IQ above that of drywall, this wasn’t exactly a shock, but it’s great to see someone...
The MTA Doesn't Give a Crap About Your Stupid...
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This morning, my fiancee and I were discussing the horrible post-Sandy situation in Staten Island, how people don’t have places to sleep, how kids don’t have hot food to eat, and how they’re still pulling bodies from houses. Since he’s a freelancer and his schedule is a lot less “manically hunched over a laptop for like 11 hours a day” than mine, he decided to spend the day on...
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Unconscious Bloody Woman In SUV Not Dead, Just...
I’m sure this has happened to all of us: You’re out driving, and you pull up to a stoplight. In the SUV next to you is a bloodied, unconscious woman, face on the steering wheel. Rolling your eyes at the senselessness of it all, you call 911, reporting an apparently shot woman, dead in her car. The cops come, and pull out not a blood-drenched corpse, but a fake-blood drenched very...
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How To Siphon Gas
If you’re still without power, there’s a good chance it may take a while to get it back. Some places may take a week or more. If that’s you, I’m assuming you’re reading this via the network of squirrels you modified to receive WiFi or 3G signals with drywall screws in their cranium, and then squeaking the content of web pages back to you in morse code. Good...
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WatchThis Man Was Caught Smuggling Baby Tigers In A Pickup Truck
Did you know that smuggling tiger cubs from Thailand into Laos could get you four years in a Thai prison and a $1,300 fine? Neither did I, but that’s the penalty a 52-year-old man faces for attempting to carry 16 of the fuzzy little felines across the border in his pickup truck.
The guy said he didn’t know who owned the...
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