You Get No Sympathy When You Break Down in a Yugo

As someone who has always owned old cars that were in something just shy of concours condition, I’m quite used to being stuck somewhere with a broken down car. That also means I’m very familiar with how people react to me and my broken-down cars. That’s also why my...

May 4, 2025

The Volvo XC90 Armored SUV Will Keep You in One Piece When Everything Goes to Shit

are, if I might say it, extremely my shit. They’re not extremely my shit in the sense that I think about and research them constantly, staying up to date with the latest armored-vehicle gossip and such, because I actually very rarely think about them and often forget they exist....

May 4, 2025

Chevrolet Camaro versus Ford Mustang: Who Ya Got?

It’s a battle as old as time itself: who is the master of American muscle? Which is the fastest, baddest, sexiest machine? Is it the Ford Mustang? Or are you siding with the Chevy Camaro? (Welcome to Who Ya Got, a new series where you get to vote on famed...

May 4, 2025

Film School — 'On & On'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. I could never decide if this was a great name for a band or the worst. Certainly screams something. ...

May 4, 2025

Ford Wants to Claw Back to Profitability by Cutting 12,000 Jobs by End of 2020

Ford’s plans to cut a bunch of jobs in Europe, upcoming strict emissions regulations in Europe spell trouble for automakers, a new legislative bill designed to help consumers and more await you in for Thursday, June 27, 2019. Haven’t you heard? Ford is a mobility company now, one that...

May 4, 2025

Americans Are Driving Older and Older Cars

New cars are overrated, as most of us who buy cars from questionable people and mutants online know. But the rest of America is catching up to that mindset—the “new cars are overrated” one, not the one about questionable people and mutants online—as the average age of vehicles on...

May 4, 2025

The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Is Here With Fender Flares and 707 HP

Fender flares, when done correctly, are such a universally good car modification that they could probably make a beige Toyota Camry look good. (.) But a wide-bodied is finally here, and it sure was the perfect candidate for a little extra bulk. Fiat Chrysler on Thursday that, come the...

May 4, 2025

This Is What the Pure V8 Exhaust of the Mid-Engine C8 Corvette Sounds Like

The upcoming may be moving its V8 engine behind the driver, but that doesn’t mean it has to lose any of that glorious rumbly exhaust you expect from America’s sports car. Here’s four pure, skin-clearing, life-fulfilling minutes of mid-engine Corvette exhaust noise: I don’t care where the engine is....

May 4, 2025

The Supreme Court Ruled that You Consent to a Blood Test by Driving on Roads

The Supreme Court ruled on with for the fate of our country for decades to come. , may be the weirdest of the bunch: The Supreme Court has ruled that police may, without a warrant, order blood drawn from an unconscious person suspected of driving under the influence of...

May 4, 2025

Chrysler Brings Back the Voyager Name as a Rebadge of the Entry-Level Pacifica Minivan

One of the great nameplates of the Second Minivan Wave (FWD, 1980s) was Voyager, which was used by both Plymouth and Chrysler back in the day, from 1988 to 2016. The evocative Voyager name has been dormant until today, when FCA announced that the name is coming back, as...

May 4, 2025

That Ridiculous S2000 Jump From 2Fast 2Furious Was More Impressive Than You Might Have Realized

I remember cringing in the movie theatre watching Suki’s pink Honda S2000 sail across the sky while she screamed “Yeah, smack that ass!” But after seeing some new-old behind the scenes 2Fast 2Furious footage, the stunt’s cool on a whole new level. Did you know that was a remote-controlled...

May 4, 2025

Acura Integra Type R versus Toyota Celica GT-S: Who Ya Got?

It’s time to look to the Japanese import world for our next head-to-head battle, yet another one steeped in the kind of rivalry only fun, affordable cars can create. Buckle up, Jalops. Today we’re looking at the legendary battle between the Acura Integra Type R and the Toyota Celica GT-S....

May 4, 2025

Lucinda Williams — 'Changed the Locks'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. Her first single, which hasn’t aged a bit. I like this version best. ...

May 4, 2025

This Subaru WRX Plays Initial D Eurobeat Music When You Step on the Gas

Japanese car enthusiast and apparent technophile Stan LeJay has a Subaru GC8 with a few tuner mods, but the most interesting by far is his home-made infotainment system that cranks Initial D Eurobeat music when the throttle opens up. Hilarity ensues. Not that I endorse breaking the speed limit, but...

May 4, 2025

I Made a Quiz to See if You Know the Literal Meaning of Carmakers' Names

We use words all the time—hell, I’m even using some right now, as I’m typing this! That’s why it’s sometimes alarming to realize that, hey, I don’t actually always know the full, literal meaning of every word I use, especially when it comes to proper names. For me, proper...

May 4, 2025