For $40,000, eighters gonna’ eight

If perchance you should happen to be gangster – as I know I am - you might just need a conveyance that fits your urban-contemporary lifestyle. And while not a ‘lac, today's Audi A8 is fittingly down. Even though it wasn't a winged Saab Viggen – which by the way,...

May 2, 2026

For $4,800, nola contendere this 911 (UPDATED - Scam)

We began the week with a Porsche, so it seems only fitting that end it with one as well. This one's a N'awlins' 911, and you might find its price is ripe for a Louisiana purchase. Here's your Jalopnik tip of the week- when seeking someone to emulate for the...

May 2, 2026

For $22,500, Pick up one share of birkin stock.

Originally feted for its added lightness, the Lotus Seven has always been a heavyweight of the homage car business. Today's Birkin is just one of a bunch, but will its price make this Seven the one? What's in a number? Well, if that number happens to be 7, then a...

May 2, 2026

For $40,000, this fauxborghini isn’t full of bull

The Lamborghini Countach is perhaps the all-time most uncompromising car for speed and jaw dropping appearance, and one today can set you back six figures. Today's Kitborghini lets you have all that... at a compromise. Yesterday's really fluffed up your collective merkin, as evidenced by its 73% Nice Price win...

May 2, 2026

For $19,900, high sierra

Canada is often marginalized as being ‘America's hat.' However, if they allow cars like today's Sierra Cosworth up there, you might just want to change that insult to America's helmet. What, you wouldn't spend $40,000 for a ? That was the not so shocking result yesterday as the imitation Italian...

May 2, 2026

For $9,800, on Dasher! On... Um, Dasher!

Legend has it that years after the end of WWII, Japanese soldiers were still turning up on remote Pacific islands, unaware of hostility's end. Similarly, today's diesel Dasher is a refugee from another era, but does its price mean war? Yesterday's may have been right-hand drive, but 54% of felt...

May 2, 2026

For $10,000, go, go, godzilla

Like many kids, you may have once imagined that under your bed lived a monster which one day would eat you. Today's Miata is a monster that lives in the garage, but does its price bite? can enliven nearly any dish, however no amount of spice would have made yesterday's...

May 2, 2026

For $45,800, yes, those are Sonata tail lights

In social classes, nobility implies privilege, and those of noble lineage are considered the holders of power. Today's Noble M12 is powerful, and would likely be a privilege to drive, but is its price too bourgeois? Founded in 1999, Noble Automotive follows a long line of British sports car makers...

May 2, 2026

For $9,500, cruise the land, crush the zombies

Toyota has gained respect for the rock solid durability, and rock-climbing capability of its evergreen Land Cruiser models, while Tonka is beloved for its toy trucks with oversized wheels. Today's grocery-getter asks, what if you combined the two? There's a difference between kit car and component car - the former...

May 2, 2026

For $4,750, let granny go topless

For a good part of the 20th century, and into this century, you could buy a new Buick Century. You can't any more, but today's Century is from the last century, and as it's a rare convertible edition, you might ask yourself, does its price make sense for me? When...

May 2, 2026

For $6,000, this Mazda goes bah-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Mazda used to say in their ads that while other cars go boing, boing boing, theirs go hmmmmm. Well, for today's RX7, that might need to be changed to hissssssss, because it rocks a Cobra V8. But will its price make you go hmmmmm? Yesterday's dropped not only its top,...

May 2, 2026

2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302: First Drive

Ford's last upgrades to the back in 2010 gave engineers a platform on which to build the best Mustang ever. So that's exactly what they did. Yes, the and it's epic. Disclaimer: Ford wanted us to drive the and Boss 302 Laguna Seca so badly they flew me to Monterey,...

May 2, 2026

For $5,500, I am number five

Patience is a virtue, and for the seller of today's BMW 535iM, who has been trying to unload his car for two years, his tenacity rivals that of the biblical Job. But, do good things come to those who wait? Yesterday there was no waiting on and fully 71% of...

May 2, 2026

For $9,550, Go Saleen on the focus blue

Like Carroll Shelby before him, Steve Saleen is a former racer who has made a name for himself building performance cars. Today's Saleen Focus N2O may not have the cachet of Carroll's name, but is its price noteworthy? Steve Saleen started out racing Porsches in club events. He transitioned to...

May 2, 2026

For $13,980 Canadian, roll big willie style

When it comes to automotive artistic expression, Chevy's Suburban offers a generous canvas. Today's custom '98 may be more urban than suburban, but is its price a work of art? Poor Steve Saleen, first he chooses a monastic haircut that only serves to highlight his male pattern baldness, and then...

May 2, 2026