Here Come the Boomers Who Are Mad About the Mid-Engine Corvette

As you know, one of the quintessential parts of being a car enthusiast is being routinely Mad Online. Or, if you’re a buyer of a certain demographic perhaps interested in the new mid-engine C8 Corvette, being Mad To The . There, we learn that some—perhaps even many—Corvette traditionalists are...

May 8, 2025

Man Over-Inflates a Tire and the Subsequent Explosion Destroys His Car

If you’ve ever wondered how violently if it’s way, way over-inflated, one Russian man decided to give it a shot. He placed a wheel and tire in an old Russian sedan, rigged up some copper tubing between the pump and the wheel, and began inflating. The results are surprisingly...

May 8, 2025

Bank Repossesses 50 Alfa Romeos From Struggling Dealership

Man, the pile of troubles a struggling Alfa Romeo dealership in Dallas has found itself under seems endless. Customer complaints, unpaid rent and now, , are reportedly just the tip of the iceberg of problems facing Kamkad Automotive. Kamkad Automotive owns three dealerships in Texas—Alfa Romeo Fiat of McKinney,...

May 8, 2025

Holy Ghost! -- 'Epton on Broadway, Pt. 1'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. Put this on and feel like a badass as you head into work today. ...

May 8, 2025

BMW's New CEO Has to Catch Up to Tesla

BMW’s search for a new CEO, a lawsuit alleging that Wells Fargo is denying auto loans to DACA recipients, tariffs in the RV industry, tariffs at Volvo, and the big reason why the mid-engine Corvette arrives tonight. All of this and more in for Thursday, July 18, 2019. We...

May 8, 2025

Here's How to Watch the C8 Chevrolet Corvette Reveal Tonight

If you happen to be sitting around at home tonight with nothing to do, then I invite you to join us in watching the reveal. The event itself is going down in Southern California, but through the power of the Internet, you don’t even need to leave your house...

May 8, 2025

At $37,890 the 2020 Cadillac CT5 Hopes to Compete With the Europeans by Being Dirt Cheap

The has a big job ahead of it as the successor to CTS, the nameplate that arguably brought . But as good as the CTS was, it didn’t sell well enough, and now it’s time for the CT5 to try to fix that issue. Luckily, the new sedan has...

May 8, 2025

This A Cappella Dub of Tokyo Drift Is a Thing of Beauty and Wonder

is the best movie. I will not be taking questions at this time. Any piece of follow-up tribute anyone makes to it will be met with swift and immediate appreciation. The latest? This a cappella dub of the first drift race. The first race is important. It shows both...

May 8, 2025

Where on Earth Did All the Lexus RX300s Vanish To?

In the year 2000, my mother traded in the family’s much-despised Audi A6 wagon (the thing was in the shop every month for some electrical gremlin or another) for a Lexus RX300. Ours was white, not champagne, and today I found myself thinking about where the hell they all...

May 8, 2025

Top Gun: Maverick Is Here With More Plane Action Than You Thought Possible

If you’re asking, wait, how the hell does fit in anymore, that’s exactly what the movie asks as well. Watch the trailer as Maverick tries to find a place for himself in the modern world, and, seriously, more plane action than even I thought anyone could get away with....

May 8, 2025

The 2020 Corvette Interior: That Is a Lot of Buttons

If you would like to see a borderline hilarious amount of buttons, look no further than this early leaked image of the ’s interior. Friend of Jalopnik (and sometimes ) Bozi Tatarevic dropped the pic onto the platform that definitely pays you for doing so, Twitter: This being the...

May 8, 2025

Living in Cars Is Becoming Even More of a Thing in Los Angeles

Street-parked RVs, vans and just regular-ass cars being used as residences are common to see in Los Angeles. But as homelessness balloons along with the cost of housing, it seems like a new wave of people are turning to “van-life” out of necessity. And contrary to –it’s not all...

May 8, 2025

Oliver Zipse Officially in as New BMW Chairman

Current BMW CEO Harald Krueger will officially be stepping down on August 15th (second from left, above) who was officially announced Thursday. The 55-year-old has been on BMW’s board since 2015 as head of manufacturing, and will step up to the top role on the following day. Zipse has...

May 8, 2025

The Way You Open the Hood of An Audi A2 is Totally Bizarre

The is already fascinating for being the first ever high volume aluminum-bodied economy car; for its amazing aerodynamic properties; and for its polarizing, bubbly styling. But more than that, it’s the vehicle’s hood opening procedure that I think cements it squarely in the “wacky car” category. I recently found...

May 8, 2025

Here Is the 2020 Mid-Engine Corvette Before You’re Supposed to See It

As the world patiently waits for the to be unveiled this evening, some images that appear to be official Chevrolet press photographs were leaked out, as we suspected they might. Behold the newest version of America’s sports car. According to information leaked ahead of the launch by , which...

May 8, 2025