Mother Earth Opens Up and Greedily Gulps Down a Delicious Car

Just in case you’ve been doubting the powerful and prodigious hunger of Mother Earth, our planet, devourer of cars, please take a moment to inspect this video, shot on an That was a 2009 or so Dodge Grand Caravan minivan. Now it’s just a snack for hungry Mother Gaia. The...

May 5, 2025

Man Working on His Jeep Died After the Vehicle Apparently Fell Off Jacks During California Earthquake: Police

A Nevada man working on his late-1940s died after the vehicle fell off jacks during an earthquake earlier this month, local police believe. This may be the first reported casualty resulting from one of two major earthquakes that hit the Ridgecrest, California region approximately 150 miles northeast of Los...

May 5, 2025

Comment of the Day: PC Edition

The wackiest energy drink outfit in motorsports (the world?) is , and folks, we’ve got ourselves a pun thread. Some of you really enjoyed yourselves making jokes at Rich Energy’s expense when the company : “Today @rich_energy terminated our contract with @HaasF1Team for poor performance,” the post said. “We...

May 5, 2025

Yo Look At This Huge Cactus That Just Completely Impaled A Car

Somewhere deep in the recesses of my mind I have always felt safe from the aggressively prickly presence of a cactus in a car. I’m in here, and it is out there, and between is us is metal and plastic and glass that will act as a shield to...

May 5, 2025

Motorcyclist Magazine Deserved Better

After over a century of supplying the world with two-wheel-centric media, Motorcyclist Magazine has ended its print run. Bonnier Corporation, which owns the name, has decided to , and print subscribers will be given Cycle World instead. The magazine was given a revamp in 2017 to focus more on...

May 5, 2025

David Bowie--'Moonage Daydream'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. We’ve been on something of a classics kick this week and I’m gonna keep it going. So enjoy David Bowie, and David Bowie’s thighs, in this live rendition of...

May 5, 2025

Ford Knew How Defective Its Fiesta and Focus Transmissions Were for Years: Report

I’d call it an open secret in the world of cars but for the fact that everyone knows about it: in the last-generation Ford Fiesta and Focus was an utter disaster. The gearboxes are plagued with problems like sudden acceleration, sputtering, and slipping into neutral at highway speed. Now,...

May 5, 2025

Toyota Bows to SUV-Mania

has a new SUV in the works, is dumping money into an electric 500, has plans for its Beetle plant in Mexico, and Tesla. All that and more in for Thursday, July 11, 2019. The plant, a collaboration with Mazda in Huntsville, Alabama, was going to make Corollas, currently...

May 5, 2025

Brand New Jeep Gladiators and Chevy Silverados Destroyed After Train Derails in Nevada

A train carrying at least a dozen new automobiles including , , , and derailed Wednesday in Nevada, and the photos of the mangled trucks and SUVs are truly astonishing. Thirty-three train cars derailed yesterday morning roughly 30 miles from the Nevada-Utah border near the small town of Caliente,...

May 5, 2025

The Volkswagen Beetle Has Come to an End. The Original Was a Gateway Drug for Weird Cars

Once again, the legendary and iconic has gone out of production. I say once again, because, depending on how you qualify things, this will be the third or fourth time this has happened: first it ended in Germany in 1978, then in Brazil in 1986, where it restarted in 1993,...

May 5, 2025

Here's What Happened to That Tesla Engineer's Jeep Crushed Under 10 Feet of Snow

Back in May, I in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The column of crystalized ice crushed the roof, windshield, and hood. Here’s what happened to the Jeep after the snow thawed. Back in January, a Tesla engineer took his beautiful 200,000+ mile Jeep Cherokee on a ski trip in the...

May 5, 2025

Meet the 'Scribbling Vicar,' the Priest Who Serves as Aston Martin’s In-House Artist

Ever think you’ve had a varied career? Well, you’ve probably got nothing on Aston Martin’s artist in residence, the Rev. Adam Gompertz. Or as he’s known, the scribbling vicar. I caught up with him at the Goodwood Festival of Speed to find out a bit more about him. Gompertz...

May 5, 2025

Cops Refusing to Respect 'Finders Keepers' After Armored Car Spills Cash

An armored car carrying stacks on stacks fell open and made it rain on a highway in Georgia this week, causing a predictably calamitous traffic jam of people pulling over to stuff their wallets. Alas, local police are being real sticklers about returning what “belongs to the bank” or whatever....

May 5, 2025

The Cars of Stranger Things Season 3 Keep a Great Car-Casting Streak Going

I’ve done roundups of the cars in Stranger Things for the two , so if you were hoping I’d just forget and you could slide by without scrutinizing the cars of the show, I have terrible news for you: we’re doing season three! And, even worse news: it’s the...

May 5, 2025

This Guy Still Driving His Unrestored 1957 Corvette Has Life Figured Out

Listening to Richard Huxley talk about the 1957 Corvette he’s had for 47 years is as relaxing as it is inspiring. He’s not interested in auction values, or catalog-correctness, or keeping the car garaged all winter. He’s interested in driving. “It’s an investment I suppose, of sorts, if I...

May 5, 2025