Here's The Difference Between Cheap And Expensive Brake Pads

The cost of car maintenance covers a pretty broad range. While it can be tempting to buy the cheapest products—brake pads, for example—to take a little strain off your wallet, there’s always the thought that maybe those more expensive pads might actually hold up better in the long run....

Apr 22, 2026

Get The Better Winter Tires And Keep Yourself Safe

Michigan recently saw its first snow of the season and I can’t tell you how many people I saw riding around on their summers or all-seasons, thinking it’s okay. I’ll give them the benefit if the doubt—maybe the first snow snuck up on them before they had a chance to...

Apr 22, 2026

Zombie Miles And Napa Weekends: How A Week With Chauffeurs Showed The Major Flaw In Our Self-Driving Car Future

A few years ago, Mustapha Harb realized there was a problem in his field of research about how autonomous cars will change the way people travel. The solution to the problem he settled on was as simple as it was revealing. The industry was making big promises about how great...

Apr 22, 2026

Meet The Champion Who Drives A CTS-V For Lyft In Los Angeles

The next time you get a rideshare car in Los Angeles, keep in mind that you could’ve been in something with a 400 horsepower V8 and a stick shift instead of some Toyota RAV4. That’s how Corbin Goodwin rolls: picking up Lyft fares in a Cadillac CTS-V. My five-star...

Apr 22, 2026

What Kind Of Fuel Mileage Would A Brick Wall Get?

We’ve all heard the phrase “As aerodynamic as a brick wall.” I certainly have, due in part to the fact that I drive a lifted SUV with all the off-road accouterments, each of which is as aerodynamic as a small, accouterment-sized brick wall. I get a respectable 12 miles...

Apr 22, 2026

The Most Revolutionary Thing About The Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 May Be The Carbon Fiber Wheels

The new 760 horsepower is an impressively long-named machine. But as production cars hit levels of power previously considered unreachable, we are coming to a point of diminishing returns. Our ability to create titanic power is outstripping our ability to put said power to the ground without massive amounts...

Apr 22, 2026

MIT Develops Autonomous Vehicles That Can Figure Out How Big Of An Asshole You Are

We keep hearing that autonomous vehicles are coming soon, so very soon, but those of us who actually live and drive in the real world often smirk to ourselves knowingly, thinking about all the assholes that drive cars on a regular basis and what they’re like to share a...

Apr 22, 2026

Uber Got Off Easy

Way back when you took your driving test and got your license, someone somewhere gave you a lecture about responsibility. Maybe it was your parents, the driving instructor, or the DMV tester. You were in charge of the car, and therefore it was your responsibility to not crash it....

Apr 22, 2026

Toyota Isn't The Environmentally Friendly One

For nearly 20 years, the has been the car associated with environmentalism. Maybe it’s getting overshadowed a bit by pure EVs, but the image it projects is still very clear. If you gave even the slightest shit about the environmental impact of the car you drove, you get a...

Apr 22, 2026

There’s A New UN Report On Climate Change And Ah, Shit

Hey there, car friends! You may be wondering how things are going out there, climate-wise. Every day we can’t help but think about our role in the way the world is burning down around us and I’m here to tell you that well, it could be better, I’m going...

Apr 22, 2026

My Carbon Footprint Is Massive. Here's How I'm Going To Change It

If you haven’t picked up on it yet, we writers here at Jalopnik travel pretty frequently. Whether it’s for a car launch, a race, an auto show, or just for the hell of it, we’re pretty much always on the move. And that is not particularly ideal when you...

Apr 22, 2026

Seat Heaters Are Perhaps The Greatest Car Feature There Is

It’s the week of Thanksgiving at Jalopnik HQ, but even the biggest of holidays don’t cause Jalopnik HQ to completely shut down. Someone, after all, has to provide you all with blogs to read while you’re avoiding questions about when you’re having kids or ignoring your family’s bad political...

Apr 22, 2026

Here's The Main Problem With Tesla's Supercharger Network

For , they rightfully deserve to be lauded for the Supercharger network of fast-charging stations. You want to drive across the country in your electric car? Easy peasy, thanks to the ability to quick charge up to about an 80% tank of electron juice in about 20 minutes. Unless you...

Apr 22, 2026

Mercedes-AMG's Loud Start Feature Is Just What The Neighbors Wanted

HELLO, THERE. I AM SORRY IF I AM SPEAKING A BIT MORE LOUDLY THAN NORMAL. IT IS JUST THAT I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING A NEW MERCEDES-AMG FEATURE, YOU SEE. IT’S CALLED EMOTION START AND IT MAKES YOUR EXHAUST LOUDER ON STARTUP. HEY, IS THAT YOUR PHONE RINGING? I USED...

Apr 22, 2026

Subaru Says Its AWD Cars Are Perfect For Getting You Around In Our Future Climate Hell

Perhaps you have noticed the uptick in extreme weather lately. There’s , all those , , , and so on. This is climate change at work, gradually shifting what a normal season and storm looks like. Subaru wants to sell you a car specifically for all that. Seriously. Car...

Apr 22, 2026