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Number of comments: 5 We're going to stay in Orange County a while longer, heading from Costa Mesa to neighboring Huntington Beach. We'd mention that Huntington Beach is the official Surf City USA, only we'd probably get... [...]
Number of comments: 8 We're going to leave Anaheim and head a few additional miles behind the Orange Curtain... to Costa Mesa, as we continue our special Down On The California Street DOTS-O-Rama. Costa Mesa, as you may... [...]
Number of comments: 5 We've been receiving DOTS Bonus Edition photos at a rate faster than we can post them at the current pace, so today we're going to have a special Bonus DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, with a series of vehicles... [...]
Number of comments: 39 Flickr photographer Zacklur got a shock a couple of days ago when he woke up to find Michael Bay filming a scene from Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen outside his bedroom window. An even bigger... [...]
Number of comments: 110 newVideoPlayer("DeathRaceJalopnik_gawker.flv", 506, 300,""); A week after we showed you our exclusive first look at the cars of Death Race, the new movie starring Jason Statham to be released by... [...]
Number of comments: 60 Naming cars after exotic places isn't anything new (remember the Alfa Romeo Montreal?), but it's always interesting to see what certain cultures think of other cultures. We have two newer European... [...]
Number of comments: 30 There is so much about Wilford Brimley that you didn't know. For instance, he was at one time a bodyguard for the one and only Howard Hughes. How did he get his break in Hollywood? He used to shoe... [...]
Number of comments: 35 Here we go again — first it was the 2010 Chevy Camaro coupe getting the official "leak" by Bob Lutz and Ed Peper, now they've gone and slipped out pictures of the drop-top. There's one shot of... [...]
Number of comments: 18 According to Automotive News, Chrysler is continuing their effort to be everyone's favorite privately-held whipping boy by raising prices 2% for their remaining inventory of 2008 models and into the... [...]
Number of comments: 42 Lancia is looking for a new range-topping sports car in the vein of it classic Stratos or Beta Montecarlo models. While it is likely that they will revive one of the classic nameplates, don't expect... [...]
Number of comments: 44 Dealing with minor body damage is an inevitable part of being a car owner. That mom with the stray shopping cart, or careless car-door-opener can put a ding in our body and your heart, but the car... [...]
Number of comments: 9 newVideoPlayer("Drugstore_Cowboy_65Cad_476.flv", 506, 423,""); Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy isn't a car movie per se, but you'll see some great old Detroit iron in this 1989 film (which is set in... [...]
Number of comments: 10 Today, Motorola unveiled a refresh to its H-series line of Bluetooth headsets. Most notably is the release of the H620 in-car headset. The H620 has been optimized for the driver with one particularly... [...]
Number of comments: 69 The Austin-Healey 100 is a true British sports car, all right, but there's something missing. What could it be? Yes, of course- a Vortec-supercharged 5.3 liter Jaguar V12, which is what Canadian... [...]
Number of comments: 40 We hear many car-related rumors on a daily basis, but there's one that came across our desk today that's quite the whopper. Website Autosavant is claiming their sources within Ford are saying that... [...]
Number of comments: 39 Gasoline-powered street-legal bumper cars are the perfect convergence of any car guy's adult and childhood fantasies. Now one San Diego mechanic is custom building a collection of gasoline-powered... [...]
Number of comments: 22 So the DOTS Bonus Edition photos keep rolling in from every direction- and I'm doing my best to post them all- but the stockpile of car photos from Denver has reached absurd proportions. First there... [...]
Number of comments: 8 Do you want an R8, but need it to have more power than the standard 4.2-liter V8's 420 HP? Well, you could sit around waiting for Audi to bring out the V10-powered model. Or you could try to swipe... [...]
Number of comments: 38 We've always thought there's something really sexy looking about a car in flat black. We don't know why — maybe it's the somewhat unfinished look or maybe it's just the way it soaks up the... [...]
Number of comments: 10 Using a Lincoln MKZ with an interior that looks an awful lot like the 2010 Ford Fusion (mostly due to the gigantic screen), a company by the name of Medtronic is developing an in-car system capable... [...]
Number of comments: 101 var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/The_Five_Best_Ways_To_Steal_Gas_And_One_Really_Bad_Way'; Come on, admit it. The last time you put $65 of gas into your Camry, the idea crossed your mind for at... [...]
Number of comments: 37 Rations. Practically a dirty word in times of plenty, but when the U.S. of A. was gripped in a battle against the Axis powers, it was your patriotic duty to do without, or to innovate. Donald... [...]
Number of comments: 115 We've been harping on about gas prices lately because it is clearly impacting the market. In fact, we wonder if this guy didn't drive his Suburban onto a firing range just to collect the insurance... [...]
Number of comments: 57 For those looking for the small footprint of an economy car combined with the RWD burnout capability of a muscle car, Toyota presents the Aygo Crazy concept car. Based on the Toyota Aygo city car,... [...]
Number of comments: 32 newVideoPlayer("76_Triumph_TR7_476.flv", 506, 423,""); There's really not much we can add to the Legend Of The British Leyland Wedge here. American car buyers looking for a little car that weaves... [...]
Number of comments: 52 There may be no better indicator that many carmakers have been unable to adjust to the sudden increase in gas prices and the resulting shift in consumer demand than hybrid sales. Although there was... [...]
Number of comments: 83 Apparently a couple of GI's were out minding their own business, driving a shiny maroon Chevrolet Suburban about five klicks out from the live fire range at Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah.... [...]
Number of comments: 34 The Mercury Cougar has been reinvented many times, but we've only seen a couple of incarnations in this series. We've seen the lean and mean '68 Cougar and the Bloated Final Year Of The Rebadged... [...]
Number of comments: 9 GE's looking to play with some new hybrid battery technology in the automotive space, so what better man for them to reach out to than former GE executive Bob "The Builder" Nardelli — the... [...]
Number of comments: 49 After watching this promo video for his new book, we want Top Gear host Richard Hammond's life. Is that so wrong? Not to say our life's shabby. No, not by any sense of the imagination. And while we'd... [...]
Number of comments: 77 We'd argue the Confederate battle flag should actually go on the roof, but it's probably more difficult to paint something when you lack opposable thumbs. (props to Pat for the great shot) [...]
Number of comments: 44 If you guessed the one on the left, you're right. This is the first official interior shot of the facelifted 2009 Porsche 911, though sometimes we wonder why Porsche even bothers trying to "update"... [...]
Number of comments: 14 Remember Jennifer Grey? She was the angry sister in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and then Baby in Dirty Dancing. You may not recognize her because she had a nose job that went horribly wrong and then had... [...]
Number of comments: 46 The Smokey & The Bandit II cachet, coupled with the challenges inherent in a compu-Q-Jet-ized turbocharged Pontiac 301, handed the Indy 500 Pace Car Turbo Trans Am a solid 60/40 win over the Saab 99... [...]
Number of comments: 171 Let's say you're out in the Italian countryside with your bestest, wealthy car collector buddy and he lets you behind the wheel of a $600,000 Mercedes McLaren SLR. Of course, being a douche, you'll... [...]
Number of comments: 39 Today brought us news of a purported new solution to high gas prices: SwiftFuel. Currently intended as a replacement for leaded 100-octane aviation fuel, SwiftFuel claims to be ethanol-based, but... [...]
Number of comments: 42 We're well aware that the majority of gas-saving gadgets are a bunch of worthless gimmicks, but one particular piece of hardware can help you save gas, and it does so by making you aware. The... [...]
Number of comments: 26 Some folks are satisfied with making a Honda Civicamino to haul motorcycles and leaving it at that, but others look at a fuel-sipping Honda and see a house! Here's a CRX with a nice hardwood camper... [...]
Number of comments: 19 Obama-mania is spreading like a virus into advertising as Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" found in this Dallas Area Kia dealer ad for the Sportage. Of course John Stewart ridicules the spot, which... [...]
Number of comments: 19 We've got some updated photos of that 2010 Shelby GT500 that's been roaming around in the open — only this time with more grille showing through the camouflage. All we need now is for the GT500... [...]
Number of comments: 32 Continuing with VintageRacer's photographs, we now look at a terrifyingly valuable Ferrari 365 275GTB that's about to head out onto the track and make some really enjoyable V12 noise. The styling of... [...]
Number of comments: 34 When it comes to sexy engine parts, water pumps are pretty far down the list, hanging out with the motor mounts and wiring harnesses. So what do you do if if you're an eBay merchant selling water... [...]
Number of comments: 36 Ford PR Flack:"We wanted to give the Flex what we call a 'wow' factor."
Random Auto Journalist: "Wow, can I quote you on that?" Press launches are interesting places. Well, if you find humanity in... [...]
Number of comments: 34 newVideoPlayer("24HoursLeMansFlip_gawker.flv", 506, 423,""); Ouch. About two hours ago, the LMP2 Lola Mazda driven by Hideki Noda flipped near the end of a qualifying practice session for this... [...]
Number of comments: 39 Caught hot on the set of Transformers 2, the next iteration of Bumblebee seems to have been augmented with a very snazzy, very different 2010 Chevy Camaro SS treatment than we've seen in the past.... [...]
Number of comments: 13 When you find yourself deep in the Sea of Tranquility doing deep-crust mass-spectroscopy analysis and traveling from the lunar north pole to the south, wouldn't it be nice if you had some decent... [...]
Number of comments: 37 A study released by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reiterates a fact made apparent by James Dean in the classic Rebel Without A Cause: teenagers are some rebellious bastards (for no... [...]
Number of comments: 53 Is it a concept car? Is it a concept car for the future? Is it a bird? A plane? What the hell are those huge-ass tires? We know not. But maybe you know. If so, tell us. [via Transformers Live] [...]
Number of comments: 25 We've been excited about the Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback ever since we got confirmation that it would go into production. Now, we've got official shots and details to even further whet our appetites.... [...]
Number of comments: 21 There are many ways to remember the order of the planets, depending on whether or not you include wee little Pluto. There's the ever-popular mnemonic device "My Very Excited Mother Just Shot Uncle... [...]
Number of comments: 58 It's pretty tough to beat the most menacing assemblage of Lucas Electrics ever put in one $150,000 package when it comes to Hell Projects, and even a horrifically hooned Skyline GT-R couldn't come... [...]
Number of comments: 27 Amanda Beard is one hell of a swimmer, racking up two gold medals at the Olympics and eight U.S. Championships. But she's also got a dirty little secret — she loves El Caminos. Even though she... [...]
Number of comments: 45 With summer here, we've been thinking a lot about great road trip vehicles. So, while we adapt to soaring fuel prices, we wave goodbye to the days of care-free cross-country gas-guzzling. You know,... [...]
Number of comments: 27 EXT SHANGHAI STEEL YARD Strike force in hummers & Trikes pull off HazMat suits EXT SHANGHAI SIDE STREET Kids run up to get ice cream. DOLLY FRONT SHOT Chinese kids. Headlight flare. THIN TRACK RIG... [...]
Number of comments: 20 I owned a 504 of this vintage in the early 90s, and they were a not uncommon sight back then. However, I haven't seen one on the street here for at least ten years... so why have I found two of them... [...]
Number of comments: 14 Here's your chance to buy the "Rolls Royce of Rolls Royces," a pristine 1954 Phantom IV H.J. Mulliner Limousine, and one of only 18 built. This particular example belonged to Princess Margaret, the... [...]
Number of comments: 17 newVideoPlayer("parrot-viral.flv", 506, 423,""); With the California hands-free law looming ever closer, it's prime time for all the hands-free and Bluetooth companies to peddle their wares. Today we... [...]
Number of comments: 61 Many of us have taken a hopeless beater and applied Sawzall to make a very affordable convertible... but a homemade minivan convertible takes some ambition. Not that it can't be done- hey, even the... [...]
Number of comments: 32 Seems even retired warmongers are feeling the pinch at the pump these days, as everybody's favorite former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, has purchased the least-aggressive form of transport... [...]
Number of comments: 31 Looks like we've finally got interior photos of the 2010 Ford Fusion to go with the happy, smiley exterior. When the KGP photographers snuck up on the Fusion they noticed that, other than the general... [...]
Number of comments: 24 The unofficial happiness between TomTom and the iPhone has taken a turn for the worse, as Apple has more or less forbidden applications from doing what the TomTom application is designed to do.... [...]
Number of comments: 38 Looks like Sean Combs went and got into a little bit of a multi-vehicle accident, resulting in some very high-priced steel getting bent out of shape in the process. At the very least, a Rolls Royce... [...]
Number of comments: 23 Saturn, "the different kind of car company," is apparently killing their "different kind of name" for hybrids. According to the Kicking Tires blog at PickupTrucks.com Cars.com, they'll be axing the... [...]
Number of comments: 51 The ever-progressive Chrysler Corporation wowed the auto industry today amid heavy rumors that it may build a small economy car based on the Dodge Hornet. While not breaking up with Big Oil, Chrysler... [...]
Number of comments: 86 var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Top_7_Non_US_Fuel_Efficient_Summer_Road_Trip_Cars'; We here at Jalopnik know you want to get out on the open road this summer to make some memories, so we've... [...]
Number of comments: 29 Why you should buy the 2009 Dodge Journey SXT:
You need a mid-level, V6-powered SUV/crossover that looks better than a Toyota Highlander and gets better gas mileage than a Honda Pilot, and it has to... [...]
Number of comments: 105 If you read our Seven Ways To Save On Gas list, you know that we're big proponents of the "don't carry so much crap" school of fuel savings. A lot of people ditch the spare tire for a can of... [...]
Number of comments: 17 Nobody will argue that the Volvo XC90 is a pretty decent SUV. It's stylish, comfortable, and even comes with a V8 now. But all that doesn't explain why it won "Russian SUV of The Year"...for the... [...]
Number of comments: 41 newVideoPlayer("90_Geo_Tracker_476.flv", 506, 423,""); Were the Eighties really over in 1990? Judging from this ad for the badge-engineered Suzuki Sidekick, they were still going stronger than... [...]
Number of comments: 103 newVideoPlayer("John_McCain_talks_Gas.flv", 506, 423,""); So we had the Today Show on in the background this morning while getting ready to run over to NPR when we heard some story about gas prices.... [...]
Number of comments: 20 It looks as though Caterham is starting to go the Mustang route with special editions of the Seven, though most of these actually improve the performance and don't have strange movie tie-ins... [...]
Number of comments: 25 As Americans, one of our favorite pastimes is complaining about all the cool Ford products the rest of the world gets that we don't. So, ever since rumors started swirling of a Euro-market Ford Focus... [...]
Number of comments: 24 McCann-Erickson, the creative powerhouse that brought you such Buick tag lines as "Dream Up" and "Beyond Precision," has decided GM needs to put its foot down and end its self-abusive,... [...]
Number of comments: 67 Cadillacs aplenty in this series, and a few Lincolns, but how about Chrysler's top-of-the-line marque? I'd been seeing this '56 Imperial around town for years, but only recently was I able to capture... [...]
Number of comments: 28 You want to drive a car powered by the most reliable automobile engine ever produced, you want to burn non-petroleum fuel, yet you don't want to drive a boring ol' Mercedes sedan like every other... [...]
Number of comments: 30 I'll be on NPR's The Bryant Park Project tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM talking about whether Japanese automakers create more environmentally friendly cars than American automakers. My answer will be a... [...]
Number of comments: 79 Former NASCAR Technical Inspector Mauricia Grant is suing the racing organization to the tune of $250 million, citing some pretty extraordinary examples of racial, sexual, religious and downright... [...]
Number of comments: 30 Remember that Rambler engine block that was so much fun to identify last week? That wasn't the only shot I got of the Crusher-bound '64 Rambler American; in fact, that wrecking yard currently has two... [...]
Number of comments: 8 newVideoPlayer("85_Fiero_V6_476.flv", 506, 423,"");
I had my very first college spring break in 1985, just like the guy in this ad... only I didn't have the opportunity to catch a ride to Fort... [...]
Number of comments: 25 newVideoPlayer("Williams_Racing.flv", 506, 423,"");
After Obama's victory speech last night you'd expect the pundits to discuss meaning, rhetoric and intent. Instead, NBC's Brian Williams launched... [...]
Number of comments: 23 Featuring a host of Human Machine Interface, lighting, surface and display innovations, 3M and Visteon have created the X-Wave to showcase technology they'd like to bring to the automotive market.... [...]
Number of comments: 26 If you've been enjoying the never-ending strip tease that is the 2010 Ford Mustang we've now got interior pictures of a black-on-black 2010 Ford Mustang GT prototype. Finally, thanks to the friendly... [...]
Number of comments: 54 Exterior Design: ***
The 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 doesn't visually distinguish itself much from the standard Mazda 3 hatchback, but it doesn't need to. The basic design's thick D-pillars, subtle shoulder... [...]
Number of comments: 72 After asking you about the future of Mercury we thought we'd turn our attention to that other mid-level domestic luxury brand: Buick. With word coming down that the 2011 Buick Lucerne may be sporting... [...]
Number of comments: 49 newVideoPlayer("KC-Fire.flv", 494, 371,"");
It looks like the Magellan Oil Refinery's just what the gas price doctor ordered to make sure those high Memorial Day prices stay around the same price as... [...]
Number of comments: 30 Though we'll have to wait for the 2008 Paris Motor Show for a full reveal, bit-by-bit the specs are filtering out on the 2009 Audi S4 — or is it 2010 Audi S4 — we're still confused by... [...]
Number of comments: 29 Automakers are gnashing their teeth over how to deal with the second malaise era looming over us like an 800 lb gorilla with a stolen banana. The General's combatting the murky fog by playing... [...]
Number of comments: 32 While we've been waiting for an official announcement of prices and specs for the 2009 Jetta SportWagen, someone noticed that the prices are actually now up on the VeeDub website. Works for us. The... [...]
Number of comments: 17 We haven't gotten official photos of the 2009 Opel Insignia, yet, but we're going to guess that the 2009 Vauxhall Insignia, its British counterpart, is going to have the same interior and we have... [...]
Number of comments: 16 We were beginning to think GM had developed a masterpiece of long-range marketing with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt program. Let reporters in every once in a while, strategically leak images while... [...]
Number of comments: 87 Yesterday's question of the day may have asked it, but what was initially an academic question has now been conclusively answered for us. We're not sure which it was — maybe it was the Civic... [...]
Number of comments: 72 I've been scouring the island for a Skyroof-equipped Olds Vista Cruiser (or its Buick Sportwagon sibling) for many months now. I saw a very nice blue '67 at the Park Street Car Show last year, but I... [...]
Number of comments: 27 The Japanese tradition of installing a big temple-like structure on a Caminoized sedan to make a hearse makes total sense to us, but wouldn't it be great to have an '89 Nissan Presidentamino with the... [...]
Number of comments: 19 In the midst of a $4/gallon-inspired run on every ride that gets more than 12 MPG, we were more than a little surprised to hear that the 2008 Saturn Aura Green Line has racked up a measly 69 sales... [...]
Number of comments: 60 Seriously, this is an actual press release out of Dearborn today. Yes, the same day Ford revealed the Ford F-150 lost the crown of America's best-selling vehicle to the Honda Civic as well as a 16%... [...]
Number of comments: 38 Yes, it's the one and only Fabulous Hudson Hornet. While many of the classic automobiles on display at the 2008 Orphan Car Show came from far and wide, the journey for this piece of racing history... [...]
Number of comments: 31 GM may be ready to shill the Hummer brand, but word also has it that GM chairman Rick Wagoner announced that the board of directors has approved the funding for production of the Volt, including a... [...]
Number of comments: 73 Those who didn't grow up in the greater Houston area may not know that Gilley's Club, featured prominently in Urban Cowboy, is a real place. Or it was a real place. The club featured in the movie was... [...]
