Your Ridiculously Awesome Nissan R34 GT-R Wallpapers Are Here

This big brute R34 GT-R is clearly a Kaiju recently crawled out of the large body of water behind it to terrorize a nearby city, smushing tall buildings and throwing cars. We’ll never truly know the meaning of this destruction, as it will slowly sulk back into the ocean...

May 20, 2024

More U.S. Volkswagen Golf R and GTI Buyers Go for the Dual-Clutch Transmission Than the Manual

The Volkswagen and are blessings unto this land we call America, given that folks over here tend to shy away from any car model with “hot” or “hatch” in its nickname. But of the people who do go for one of these two hot hatches in the U.S., a...

May 20, 2024

Fiat Chrysler Formally Proposes Merger Deal With Renault

A few years ago, then-Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne seemed desperate to . He saw a future where every car company made its own individual models, engines, transmissions, parts and more as increasingly wasteful. That’s even more true with the huge capital investments required for electrification and autonomy. Well,...

May 20, 2024

That Time Jaguar Founder Sir William Lyons Pressured a Company Out of the Car Business

You’ve heard of Jaguar, and maybe even the first company started by Jag’s founder, Sir William Lyons, the Swallow Sidecar Company. You may not, however, have heard about the car company that Lyons killed, Swallow Doretti. I’m about to change that for you. Blackpool, England is historically known for...

May 20, 2024

Here Is The Mostly Front-Wheel Drive 2020 BMW 1 Series Someone (?) Asked For

Whenever there’s talk of awesome forbidden fruit European cars, people are quick to discuss wild Audi RS wagons and VW Group hot hatches, but I’ve always favored the hatchback. Turbocharged inline-six engines, rear-wheel drive, a manual gearbox and a hatch body? Sign me up. Unfortunately now you can’t, because...

May 20, 2024

There Is Nothing Quite Like a Key That Actually Goes Into the Ignition

Right now, I’m living my suburban parenting dreams and driving a 2019 and, while it strongly reminds me of every U-Haul I’ve ever rented, it does have this one glorious feature I’ve recently begun to appreciate: a real goddamn key. Why do I love the “key + ignition =...

May 20, 2024

Oh God I Think I Actually Love BMW's Crystal Shifter

I like to think that my style is pretty understated. I keep my jewelry to a minimum and, despite being from New Jersey, I don’t own anything that’s bedazzled. Overly sparkly crap doesn’t do it for me—that is until I got behind the wheel of the . Rising wantonly...

May 20, 2024

A Tesla Engineer's Jeep Ended Up Under 10 Feet of Snow for Months and It's Still There

A Tesla engineer bought a gorgeous 2000 in November, but before he could spend much time enjoying it, he got stuck in snow near Lake Tahoe. Within an hour, a blizzard hit, preventing tow companies from helping, so the engineer left the XJ for four months to be crushed...

May 20, 2024

Postmodern Jukebox--'Crazy'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. I originally hated this song when Gnarls Barkley performed it, but damn if these PMJ covers aren’t catchy. ...

May 20, 2024

Nissan Might Have Played Itself

There is continued fallout from Fiat Chrysler and Renault’s merger plan, Model 3s in China probably won’t be $35,000, Ford is good, and more in for Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Former Nissan-Renault boss was arrested last year for alleged financial misconduct (which he denies) and possibly as part of...

May 20, 2024

The BMW iNext Is Also Jumping on the Giant Screen Bandwagon

Big-ass screens, it seems, are how automakes have collectively decided best convey the aesthetic of the future. Mercedes’ new is one giant screen. concept has a huge screen. The new and both have massive screens. And now you can add the upcoming to that list. We’ve seen photos of...

May 20, 2024

What It's Like Working at a JDM Auto Parts Importer

The important thing to know is you’re going to be importing more than just car parts. Namely: spiders. At east that’s the takeaway I’m getting watching this video from the wonderful on the guy’s day job working at a JDM parts importer over in Ireland. The shop itself is...

May 20, 2024

The 2019 Kia Stinger Gets IIHS' Top Safety Award, but Its Headlight Ratings Are All Over the Place

The is that might not do a few things enthusiasts would like, such as come with a manual or offer its 365-horsepower turbocharged V6 for less than $40,000. But if there’s one thing the Stinger can do, it can protect its occupants well in a crash—even if its headlight...

May 20, 2024

The Latest Reinvention of Top Gear Is Screaming. A Lot of Screaming

I have completely lost track of which “new” version of the BBC’s we’re on, but Matt LeBlanc and Rory Reid are no longer full-time hosts, and they’ve been replaced by two random presenters who I can’t even understand because they’re always screaming. The latest trailer for the upcoming season...

May 20, 2024

Ohio Uses Snowplows to Clear Off Interstate After Night of Devastating Tornadoes

At one point last night, there were eight separate tornado warnings across the state of Ohio. Tornadoes devastated many communities, especially the city of Dayton, Ohio. After two tornadoes slammed into the city, one right after the other, over much the same path, I-75 was littered with debris. The...

May 20, 2024