Tesla Claims Record Deliveries and Production in Q2, but Revenue Below Projections

Earlier this month, Tesla announced when it came to how many cars it delivered to customers. But today, the company that it lost $408 million while doing it. This so-so news piggybacks on a disappointing first quarter of the year, when Tesla lost $702 million. Naturally, investors didn’t react...

May 12, 2025

The Nissan Rogue Hybrid Is Dead

You’ll be forgiven for not knowing Nissan sold a Rogue Hybrid. It came and went without much fanfare. Nissan doesn’t even have a photograph of the Rogue Hybrid available on its press site. The picture included above is actually a non-hybrid Rogue SL. You didn’t even notice, did you?...

May 12, 2025

The New Pornographers--'Mass Romantic'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. My inner high schooler would like to skip out on all responsibilities and drive around aimlessly listening to this album. ...

May 12, 2025

Things Are Extremely Bad at Nissan

Today on of Thursday, July 25, 2019: Everything is bad. Well, almost everything. Most of the latest quarterly reports are out for the automakers now, and in signs of what’s likely to be a downturn just around the corner (we’ll get to that later) everyone is posting bad news....

May 12, 2025

The Upcoming BMW M3 and M4 Will Have Manuals, Praise Be

I knew it. I knew there was no way BMW could go on calling itself “the ultimate driving machine” and not offer a manual on the upcoming M3 and M4. After and of rumors, we finally have confirmation from the head of BMW M himself, Markus Flasch. When asked...

May 12, 2025

Four Automakers Ignore Trump and Reach a Compromise with California Over Emissions Standards

The Trump administration’s ongoing battle with California over its ability to set its own auto emissions standards is heating up once again, with the state and four automakers ignoring threats to scale back progressive standards at the national level and striking a compromise. Back in June, calling for a...

May 12, 2025

Ford Writes Down $181 Million in Software Company Stock Value Following Class Action Lawsuits [Corrected]

: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Ford wrote off its entire $181 million investment in Pivotal Software. Ford lost $181 million in market value from its Pivotal stock due to the events described in the article, but as a Ford spokesperson wrote to Jalopnik after publication...

May 12, 2025

Here's The Ford 'Baby Bronco' Adventurer Testing Off-Road

It’s not enough for Ford to just bring back the Bronco. Because total SUV, truck and crossover dominance is the name of the game, Ford’s also doing a “” to compete with the Jeep Renegade and its ilk. Here is that car,doing off-roady things in heavy camouflage. We’ve seen...

May 12, 2025

You’re Not Gonna Believe the Crazy Shit at Saleen’s Chinese Comeback (Also Jason Statham Was There)

, no matter which way you look at it, is a deeply strange car company. Sometimes its , sometimes it’s , and sometimes it’s hosting a live news conference, in China, with a claimed 24,000 people in attendance, seemingly at the behest of its deep-pocketed Chinese backer, unveiling an SUV...

May 12, 2025

Up Garage Is the Auto Parts Store of Your Dreams

Have you ever woken up and told yourself you need the instrument cluster cover from a Honda CR-Z? Have you ever walked into an auto parts store with a front bumper of a Mustang hanging from the wall? What about the rear wing from an RX-7, the seat from an...

May 12, 2025

This Beautiful Beijing-Jeep Cherokee Is in Trouble and We Need to Save It

The legendary was sold in the U.S. between model years 1984 and 2001, but in China, production continued under a joint venture company formed between AMC and BAIC initially called Beijing-Jeep ( into the 2010s after the joint venture ended). Now one of the XJs built by Beijing-jeep is...

May 12, 2025

Elon Musk's Tunnel-Digging Company Raises $120 Million; Here Come the Tunnels

Tunnels, baby. Here come the Elon Musk Tunnels. The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging venture that , just raised $120 million in venture capital funding, . This is the company’s first outside investment, following its first commercial contract: a to move glorified cars. The Verge on who invested in...

May 12, 2025

The 2020 Audi S6 Just Gave Up Trying to Hide Its Driving Sensors

With a new comes the new . It’s now a 48-volt mild hybrid with a 2.9-liter V6 making 444 horsepower and 443 lb-ft of torque. Of course it generally looks like every other Audi sedan—except unlike those, it doesn’t even try to hide its horribly distracting radar sensors in...

May 12, 2025

McLaren Is Working on a Driver Focused Ferrari SP2 Competitor Without a Top: Report

McLaren is reportedly already working on an open-cockpit speedster hypercar follow up to the focused Senna, topping the range and filling another slot in the brand’s Ultimate Series, . Similar to Ferrari’s , the new McLaren will simply not have a roof in deference to pure driving enjoyment and...

May 12, 2025

The Fugees--'Vocab'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. I hope everyone studied their sheets for the vocab test today. The best grade you can get is an F, F for funky. ...

May 12, 2025