This Wonderfully Bonkers Dutchman Built a Car You Drive From a Hammock

I wasn’t previously familiar with the works of , the Netherland’s premier organization for turning rusted-out shitboxes into genuinely bonkers vehicular wonders, but I’m glad I’m aware now. He (or the group? I’m not entirely clear if “Master Milo” refers to one person or an organization) has (or have?) just...

May 4, 2025

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard — 'Planet B'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. I can’t even describe with words the emotions that this song makes me feel. ...

May 4, 2025

Union Vote at Tennessee Volkswagen Plant Could Be Historic

Volkswagen workers are possibly unionizing, back seat seatbelt chatter and a death wobble class-action lawsuit. All this and more in for Friday, June 14, 2019. The United Auto Workers union has significant influence in Detroit, representing workers at General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Ford. But with foreign automakers, not...

May 4, 2025

McLaren Speedtail Prototype Smokes Out at Gas Station

The gorgeous that fascinated the staff of Jalopnik when it was first announced won’t be delivered until later next year—which means now’s the time to start honing in the tech to make sure it’s perfect. Ideally, that means... being a metaphorical, not a literal smoke show. One quick-moving bystander who...

May 4, 2025

Fisker's Bold New Turn Indicator Innovation Is Really a Resurrection of an Old Idea

You might recall that noted designer of the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Henrik Fisker, So far, those of us in the turn-indicator appreciation and admiration communities haven’t had much to capture our attention. Until now. , Fisker showed a teaser image of the new SUV, and...

May 4, 2025

Vietnam's First Car Brand Is a Hodgepodge of Opel and BMW Parts

Vietnam is out to prove you can have communism and cars. There’s the very first coming up next year, but first, the country is launching VinFast, its very own car brand with styling by Pininfarina. While Vietnam has had a ton of car manufacturing for decades building cars from...

May 4, 2025

Here's What a Normal Commute From Los Angeles Was Like in 1988

We may feel like we remember the past, but I think we only really to record highs, lows, and a few posed pictures in between. That’s why looking back on a long-forgotten moment of mundanity can be so fascinating. Or at least, that’s the best theory I could come up...

May 4, 2025

BMW Released Some Totally Rad Abstract Art and Said It's a Car

BMW released the above image and three others as a way of teasing the buying public about a possible i8 replacement coming in the next couple of years. They’re calling the thing BMW Vision M NEXT as a performance foil to , and conscripted Adrian van Hooydonk to design...

May 4, 2025

I Am Very Into These Rad Retrofuturistic Synthwave Music Videos With Cars

Today I learned there is a whole genre of YouTube videos which are just cool car scenes from shows and films with techno/electro/synthwavey-sounding music laid over them. I am 100 percent here for it. Check out this clip from with Dance With The Dead on top of it. It’s......

May 4, 2025

Volkswagen Workers In Tennessee Reject UAW Yet Again

For the second time in five years, workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn. plant , delivering yet another blow to the union’s efforts at organizing foreign car plants in America. reports VW employees voted 833 to 776 to reject unionization. About 1,700 full-time workers were eligible to vote. The plant...

May 4, 2025

This Is the Drag Race For Absolute Audi R8 Superiority

It may not exactly be a surprise that the newest Audi R8 V10 Performance is the quickest of the bunch, but you may be taken aback by just how much progress has been made. Since the Audi R8 made its debut in 2006, it’s become a much more focused...

May 4, 2025

There's an Amazing Way to Badge Cars the Whole Industry Forgot About

Car badges are kind of like name tags. They both declare the name of the car and you can buy them and stick them to your car, thus spreading falsehoods if you so choose. And that’s fine. But I find myself thinking about a different kind of badging that...

May 4, 2025

This Weird Panhard Is The King of Le Mans Efficiency

Aerodynamic science was still something of a black art in the mid 1960s, which is why it was still a major focus of a particular highly regarded trophy at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Index of Efficiency was the second most important trophy at Le Mans, following...

May 4, 2025

BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe Leaked Inside and Out

We’ve known the has been coming for a few months now, as BMW has been playing the OEM teaser game. The car is built and exists, but hasn’t yet been shown in full. Late last week an image of the 8GC made its way onto the internet. Car and...

May 4, 2025

Your Ridiculously Awesome Porsche 918 Spyder Wallpapers Are Here

Danger: High Voltage! Porsche’s hybrid hypercar 918 Spyder was a shot of adrenaline that Porsche needed to convince consumers that hybrids aren’t boring. In that transition period between traditional sports cars and tech-forward monsters that are on the way came this wild machine. Of the big-three, which includes McLaren’s...

May 4, 2025