General Motors Now Has The Smallest Unionized American Workforce Of The Big Three: Report

General Motors’ unionized American workforce falls behind, Toyota and Mazda continue to partner further with each other, the Kia Telluride, Toyota Corolla, and Toyota Matrix get recalled, and the Detroit Auto Show home gets a new name. All of this and more in for Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. General...

Sep 12, 2025

It's Right There

Dude, turn around. It’s right there. The car you are looking for! It’s behind you. I’m a big believer in manifesting your will into being, and I provide this local news clip of a car matching the journalist’s description of a hit-and-run vehicle pulling up behind him on live...

Sep 12, 2025

The 2020 Audi A3 Final Edition Is Not The Final A3, Words Don't Matter

Audi has announced a series of updates for its 2020 model range, including a special “Final Edition” of the . That’s a preposterous name for it though, because the A3 doesn’t appear to be going anywhere. The 2020 Audi A3 Final Edition comes with special black or red leather...

Sep 12, 2025

Quick Question: Car Detailing Tool Or Suicide Device?

Take a look at that picture up there. It’s from an old ad for a car accessory, and, yes, it’s a hose that connects right to your car’s exhaust pipe. So, what’s this thing for? Quietly ending all the pain of existence or getting shreds of errant taco cheese...

Sep 12, 2025

Dolly Parton — '9 to 5'

Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams. It's never too soon to start getting those Labor Day jams in, folks. ...

Sep 12, 2025

Waymo Calls On NHTSA To Scrap Standards For Autonomous Vehicles

Waymo is tired of impossible standards, the trade war might kill the planet, and Toyota is making global moves. All this and more in for Friday, August 30, 2019. If an automaker wants to make a full self-driving car, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration currently requires that automaker...

Sep 12, 2025

BMW Just Broke My Heart

BMW has made some incredible M-wagons in the past. The E34 and E61 wagons leap immediately to mind. Even the E46 M3 wagon concept was great, though it sadly never made it to production. Us nerds are always praying for a new M-wagon to drop, but it doesn’t seem...

Sep 12, 2025

Welsh Guy Gets Fined For Driving With Another Car On His Roof And I'm Impressed

I realize that what this guy did is a bad idea, and he potentially endangered other drivers, and (£80 fine, plus surcharge of £30 and £85 in costs of some sort) fine he received. But that doesn’t change the fact that I’m pretty impressed he managed to haul an...

Sep 12, 2025

Massive Chicken Spill Turns Idyllic Brooklyn Street Into Grisly River Of Carnage

There’s no shortage of weird stuff that goes on in this little hellhole I like to call home, but even a river of chopped-up chicken bits filling a street in New York City will stop me in my tracks. The news spread after Sara Vilkomerson of The Late Show...

Sep 12, 2025

Polestar Moves To Chengdu, Becomes Automaker, Builds Coolest House On The Block

With a World Manufacturer Identifier and a striking new factory in Chengdu, China, ’s metamorphosis from racing team and in-house tuner to full-fledged manufacturer is nearing completion. The line between Polestar and its big brother from Goteborg, Volvo, has been pretty blurry. Started as a racing team by driver...

Sep 12, 2025

Jaguar Could Use Some Italian Help

Times are not good at Jaguar. Sales are down. China is not the market that the bosses at Tata thought it would be, and the brand’s star designer after 20 years. But there is hope, and it comes from Italy. The past few decades have been easy for Jaguar...

Sep 12, 2025

What's The Drive-In Junk Food Destination You Remember Best?

Here at Jalopnik, we know that a big part of driving is where you’re going. On a late summer long weekend like this one, we’d hope you’re scoping out a ride down to the drive-in for a burger or some ice cream. Obviously, in this age of fast food...

Sep 12, 2025

Happy Labor Day, From Our Laborers To Yours

The blogging callouses on the tips of my fingers are throbbing, and that can only mean two things: it’s either time to elect a new Pope, or it’s finally Labor Day. It’s an important holiday for we Americans, especially here, where we’re proud members of the Writers Guild of...

Sep 12, 2025

All Of The Skylines Used In 2 Fast 2 Furious Were Real GT-Rs

The silver has been Brian O’Conner’s (Paul Walker) calling card ever since . Here are some more fun and behind-the-scenes facts about O’Conner’s hero car with , the technical director behind The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious. It’s illegal to import an R34 Skyline, and...

Sep 12, 2025

The Bugatti Chiron Just Cracked 304 MPH On Special Michelin Tires

When the $3 million launched a few years ago, we all marveled at how slow it was. With an electronically limited top speed of 261 mph, it didn’t seem capable of matching its predecessor the Veyron Super Sport, which hit a . It seemed like such a disappointment for...

Sep 12, 2025