Silver Jews — 'Random Rules'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. , sweet prince. ...

May 13, 2025

Tesla Defends Its Safety Claims As It Maybe Faces A Wider Investigation

Tesla stands by its safety claims despite repeated questions from America’s auto safety regulator, General Motors looks at investing in EV charging infrastructure, Ford recalls some new SUVs and more for of Thursday, August 8, 2019. As noted in Morning Shift, Tesla is under fire from the National Highway...

May 13, 2025

The Acura NSX Is Finally Available In Yellow Again

Is yellow the best color for a car? Is the return of the original NSX’s Indy Yellow paint job now the best color option on the ? It absolutely is. Acura may be struggling to move buyers to take the new NSX, on it and even offering to repair...

May 13, 2025

Fiat Chrysler Recalls One (1) Ram 1500 For Faulty Instrument Cluster

Usually, when people talk about a “one in ” chance of something happening, it’s about something beneficial, like winning the lottery or emerging from a horrific crash unscathed. Not this time, though. This time, our lucky winner isn’t getting money or a miraculous second chance at life. They’re getting...

May 13, 2025

This Little Beast Is One Of The Coolest Race Cars You've Never Heard Of

I feel confident saying that this is a race car—and a whole race series—you’ve never heard of because Turkish readers make up a pretty small percentage of our vast, remarkably attractive readership. And this race car is so Turkish that it’s the . That’s pretty Turkish. It also may...

May 13, 2025

Dead: BMW 3 Series GT, BMW 6 Series GT, BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe

BMW just Thanos-snapped its weird humpback lineup, the , , and for the 2020 model year. The idea of hatchback sedans should be pure, and simple, and practical, and enjoyable. The ungodly awkward shape of the 3 Series GT was none of that, except maybe practical. The 6 Series...

May 13, 2025

Uber Lost Another $5.2 Billion, Has Now Burned $16.2 Billion Since 2016

Uber, a company that uses rich people’s money to subsidize artificially cheap taxi rides provided by underpaid drivers, continued its streak of having never made a profit in the second quarter of 2019. Yeah, you heard me: Five. Point. Two. Billion. Dollars. Now, to be fair to the publicly-traded...

May 13, 2025

Is The Hyundai Nexo Available In Rose Gold? A Jalopnik Investigation

Look, I’m not saying rose gold will mark the final evolution in jewelry fashion, or fashion in general. I’m not saying kids won’t easily be able to tell my age or preferred era of style upon seeing my rose gold wedding ring in 30 years, like I do now...

May 13, 2025

Public Transit Projects Cheaper Than Uber's $5.2 Billion Q2 Losses, Ranked

Uber announced , bringing the company’s total losses to $16.2 billion since 2016. In completely, totally unrelated news, here are some public transportation projects currently under construction in the United States that cost less than $5.2 billion individually: Chicago Red and Purple Line Modernization Project ($2.1 billion)Los Angeles Regional...

May 13, 2025

How The 2019 Mercedes G550 Can Actually Climb Up A 100 Percent Incline

Probably the biggest schtick about the is that it can drive right up a perfect 100 percent incline (lord knows how many times I saw it do its thing at the G-Class Experience at the Rolex 24)—a pretty tough feat of engineering that requires a lot of planning to perfect....

May 13, 2025

David Byrne--'Glass, Concrete and Stone'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. Do you have a tune you simply must listen to while on a road trip? This has been the song that has kicked off many a long weekend of...

May 13, 2025

The 'Time Of Reckoning' Is Here In China

There’s no end in sight to China’s auto industry woes, a top National Highway Traffic Safety Administration official is out, and did you hear Uber lost a ton of money? Again? This and more for of Friday, August 9, 2019. After years of unfettered post-recession growth, the global auto...

May 13, 2025

Here's Chris Harris Driving The Ancestor Of All Porsches

The Type 64—commonly cited as being the first Porsche ever made even though it a Porsche-branded car, proper—is as important as it is iconic. A strange little vehicle somewhere in between a Volkswagen and the Porsches we’ve come to know and love, the Type 64 is history on four wheels....

May 13, 2025

Bugatti Already Has A Crossover Design But There's 'No Budget And No Decision' Right Now

Crossovers and SUVs, over the past few years, have been the food coloring of the car industry. What starts as a few drops here or there in a giant bowl of white icing quickly spreads into a pale swirl, until, suddenly, that last bit of color gets mixed in...

May 13, 2025

Dodge Demon Burns At Race Track Because Everyone's A Dick

If you’re considering a move into misanthropy but are having trouble transitioning because you just like people so dang much, I think I have something that will help. It’s this video of a guy who manages to . He then pisses off the track workers to the point that...

May 13, 2025