This Toyota FJ40 Looks Spartan But Has It Where It Counts

Jonathan Ward’s Icon brand is not exactly known for simplicity and spartan interiors. That particular brand has built a name for itself by doing every little thing in an over the top fashion that leaves no knob un-knurled. This freshly-built FJ40 Land Cruiser takes things back to basics in...

Dec 19, 2025

How Do You Deal With Autumn Leaves On Your Car?

Fall is in full swing here in New York. There’s pumpkin spice in every latte on both sides of the East River, couples in cable sweaters nod approvingly at one another, sharing their pride in seasonal apparel, and the leaves are falling. They’re everywhere, especially on cars. Thing is,...

Dec 19, 2025

SEDAN Is The New Photography Zine We All Should Be Reading

It’s good to play it simple. The true value of whatever you’re working with tends to shine through that way. Matt Hurst did just that and it really pays off in his new zine , which features film-only photography of... sedans. And the photos? The photos are great. The...

Dec 19, 2025

Your Pretty Porsche 911 GT3 Wallpapers Are Here

911 GT3s are detail cars. Each little technical facet is fine-tuned to make a rear-engined car nail corners on the track it shouldn’t be able to conquer, and every styling change from the standard car is carefully considered to attract maximum attention in the parking spots in front of...

Dec 19, 2025

UAW President Takes Leave And The Walls Might Be Closing In

The FBI investigation into the UAW seems to be closing in on its president, UAW asks members to vote on Ford contract, who will lead the new FCA-PSA group, and Elon Musk logs off. All this and more in for Monday, November 4, 2019. In June 2018, the UAW...

Dec 19, 2025

The Glorious De Tomaso Pantera Is Very Hard To Drive

I can’t tell you how happy I am that people are talking about again. The is gorgeous and striking, but let’s not forget the other gorgeous and striking De Tomaso cars that came before it. Namely, the . and recently had the great fortune to get behind the wheel...

Dec 19, 2025

The 2020 Ford Bronco R Will Race At The Baja 1000

Fifty years ago, Rod Hall and Larry Minor drove to victory at the Baja 1000 in Ford’s now-iconic red, white, and black Bronco with a blue roll cage. Today, in the middle of the hot Nevada desert, Ford unveiled its retrofuturistic successor, the R, which in 15 days will...

Dec 19, 2025

Here's How To Remake Chrysler After The Fiat Chrysler-Peugeot-Citroën Merger

The news of the has gotten many of us here on the USS Jalopnuts pretty excited, not necessarily for rational reasons, but more because the idea of any French carmaker re-entering the U.S. market is interesting, and My first thought is that the biggest possible beneficiary of this merger...

Dec 19, 2025

I Asked An AI To Write An Article Like I Would And Here's What I Got

I’m sure you’ve all read articles about how very soon robots will be coming to take our jobs: self-driving cars taking our driving jobs, self-assembling machines taking our manufacturing jobs, self-eating food taking our restaurant jobs, self-internet surfing AIs taking our office jobs, and so on. I’ve always thought...

Dec 19, 2025

The 2020 BMW M2 CS Sends Out The 2 Series With A Lot Of Carbon Fiber

Perhaps your opinion of the BMW 2 Series range has declined somewhat with the introduction of the new Ford Focus—I mean . Understandable! So if a Mini-based sedan isn’t your idea of what a 2 Series should be, consider this instead: the BMW M2 CS, the swan song for...

Dec 19, 2025

This Is What It's Like To Ride In The 1969 Baja 1000-Winning Ford Bronco

Only one four-wheel-drive vehicle in history has won the Baja 1000 overall, and it’s this one. Driven to the victory by Rod Hall and Larry Minor, the story goes that in those early days of the race there were hardly any roads and certainly no useful maps, making it...

Dec 19, 2025

Comment Of The Day: Double Dip Edition

It’s not that I’ve never noticed this before, but I guess it’s never been brought to my attention that Mercedes has a habit of putting an embarassingly large star smack in the middle of the grille, and then plopping one right above it at the leading edge of the...

Dec 19, 2025

Uber Could Be Stalling Out

Uber still isn’t doing great, the Fiat Chrysler-Peugeot merger could complicate talks with UAW, state governments are mulling data privacy in cars, and more in for Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Uber , despite being ubiquitous these days, as it desperately seeks to grow and grow and grow hoping that...

Dec 19, 2025

The Nissan Global Time Attack TT 370Z Is The 370Z To End All 370Zs

It’s time, so you all know what that means. Ridiculous aftermarket parts and hugely modified, one-off cars that we’ll never be able to buy or own ourselves. Like this Nissan Global Time Attack TT 370Z. At least it looks cool and makes a lot of power. Working with Z1...

Dec 19, 2025

Jaguar Will Sell You An Authentic $1,000 Toolkit No One Will Ever Use

I know there’s a whole category of car lovers out there for whom absolute perfection is the goal. I acknowledge this, and I can see the appeal of it, to a degree. To a degree. Sometimes, though, you get reminded about how absurd the whole pursuit of perfection can...

Dec 19, 2025