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Hello and welcome to another round of Chatlopnik! It’s just the beginning of August and I am soover this heat. Bring on the fall weather and let me start layering, dammit. Anyway, what’s been up with you? Seen any good movies lately? Got summer plans? Flying somewhere far, far...

May 13, 2025

Ferrari Wants Instagrammer To Remove Pics Of His Car Because It's Delusional About Who Buys Ferraris

Oh, Ferrari. You make such lovely, fast cars. But, damn, are you in some serious denial right now. The Italian automaker is currently involved in a stupid tiff with a whose aesthetic sensibilities seem to be based on the result of mixing Red Bull and puréed Euro notes with...

May 13, 2025

Comment Of The Day: When It Pays To Befriend A Car Salesman Edition

Today we talked about the potential benefits of at a car dealership, but a few commenters brought up a good point to add to that. While a certain salesperson may or may not hook you up with a good price on a car, a professional one very well may...

May 13, 2025

Anything You Need To Know About The 2019 Hyundai Veloster N?

This week I had the privilege of stepping out of a Porsche 911 Speedster into a Lotus Evora GT and finally swapping that for a 2019 Hyundai Veloster N and you know what, I’m not even that mad. I’ll be test driving this new hot hatch all weekend; lob...

May 13, 2025

The World Deserves Another Renault Clio V6

What’s funny about the , even this later version with a higher-spec engine, is that it only makes 255 horsepower and 221 lb-ft of torque (as noted by at the time, from a 3.0-liter mounted where the back seats ought to be. It gives me a sinking feeling that...

May 13, 2025

What's Your Favorite Automotive Urban Legend?

In 1958, a small company in Haifa, Israel called Autocars, Co. introduced the , a small, boxy microcar with a Reliant-sourced motor. To keep manufacturing costs low in a developing nation only ten years old, Autocars decided that the body should be made of fiberglass. Fiberglass has many advantages...

May 13, 2025

The Real Winner of The 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix Was The Tatra T-623-R

This weekend, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and the rest of their pals will battle it out on the Hungaroring in the . Should something unfortunate happen requiring one of them (or one of the other drivers that are allegedly also competing in this race) to receive emergency medical attention,...

May 13, 2025

Your Ridiculously Awesome Jaguar F-Type Wallpaper is Here

It’s bad luck to come across a black cat, especially in a darkened alleyway. That’s doubly true for one with an aftermarket supercharger bolted to its V8. You just don’t want to put yourself in situations like that. This shot by came to us from , the Jag’s owner....

May 13, 2025

The Lexus LS 400 Lives Up To The Hype

We idolize it, but ultimately, the first-generation Lexus LS 400 is pretty much just a sedan that debuted in 1989. I knew I wanted one, but as I set out to test drive a clean and well-priced example, I figured I had to lower my expectations. Like we’ve said,...

May 13, 2025

Somebody Has Already Tuned The New Supra To 420 Horsepower

The benefit of using a BMW turbocharged powerplant is that it’s pretty easy to add 85 horsepower to your without swapping a single part. So easy, in fact, that somebody’s already done it. In this case, Pistonheads reports that . They’ve got a stock Supra motor producing 420 horsepower,...

May 13, 2025

I Cannot Figure Out Whether I Love Or Hate The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye

The is the vilest car I have ever driven. The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye is the best vehicle I have ever driven. I believe both of these statements completely, but neither of them are true. Or maybe they both are. The cognitive dissonance inspired by the $90,040 Dodge...

May 13, 2025

What Would You Do With A Lexus LS 400?

I recently purchased a 1993 Lexus LS 400, which I consider to be one of the best cars ever made. As I mentioned earlier, this thing lives up to the hype. And now that I finally own a vehicle that I love, I don’t want to waste it. So...

May 13, 2025

R.E.M. — 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. This album I had on repeat for the duration of 1998. ...

May 13, 2025

GM's Slow Rollout Of New Trucks Was Actually Good, Says GM

Chevrolet and GMC’s slow truck rollout explained, electric vehicles can’t get any love as hero cars in movies, other sectors feel the sting of slow car sales and more for of August 5, 2019. If you’ve been in the market for a new truck, and are a fan of...

May 13, 2025

The Shelby GT500 Is Faster Than The McLaren F1 In One Weird Metric

The , with its supercharged V8 and , is claimed to be faster from zero to 100 mph and back down to zero than the hallowed . It’s a silly metric that hardly anybody uses or is familiar with, but I guess faster is faster. The McLaren F1 LM,...

May 13, 2025