Ford Transit Van Has The Biggest Airbag Ever

The is pretty hard to roll over (I know, I tried) but if you really get enthusiastic about wrecking one you'll crash in the comfort of a 15 foot airbag. The 120-liter side curtain airbags on the new Transit van are the biggest Ford's ever put into a vehicle, and...

May 6, 2025

Check Out Robby Gordon's Sweet Baja Buggy From 1990

The look of off-road racing buggies hasn't change much in twenty five years, as it? Guess you don't see purple-&-orange on white too often anymore though. Here's Robby Gordon running his BF Goodrich rig at the 1990 Baja 1000. [Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images] ...

May 6, 2025

Freightliner Race Truck Wrecked At Pikes Peak, Likely Out Of Competition

You remember 's insane , don't you? Well Mr. Ryan has wrecked it in practice at Pikes Peak, and it doesn't look like it will be ready to race any time soon. Image: K&N ...

May 6, 2025

Egregiously Complex Scheme To Buy My Dream Truck Fails Spectacularly

So there I was, standing at the SEATAC airport with one thumb up on my iPhone and the other proverbially up my ass, nauseated by the feeling of failure and flailing for a backup plan. Another had just slipped through my fingers. Why am I having ? Particularity for a...

May 6, 2025

Mike Ryan Describes Driving His Semi-Truck Off A Cliff At Pikes Peak

Freightliner semi-truck racer had a serious spill at just a few days ago, with his race rig dropping down the edge of the road and into the woods. Here's what he has to say about it. There's some GoPro footage from what looks like a little re-enactment of the incident,...

May 6, 2025

Ford Everest Spied In Colorado, Is It (Or The Ranger) Coming To America?

What could only be a Ford Everest in camouflage was spotted this morning at Mt. Evans, Colorado by two different readers. We reckon it's only here for high-altitude testing, but it's possible the off-roadable SUV might be headed to the US. Or, perhaps, its cousin and perennial Jalopnik favorite: the...

May 6, 2025

Cop Makes Excuses For Speeding & Texting After Vigilante Pulls Him Over

This trucker, with a Guy Fawkes mask strapped to the passenger seat of his Navistar semi-truck, is not about to let police privilege-abuse go down on his watch. Apparently this Illinois state cop blew past time with his face in his phone, so the trucker flagged him down and gave...

May 6, 2025

Vigilante Who Shut Down A Car Chase Rewarded With New Truck Parts

Remember that 2008 Ram 2500 diesel that ? Well the Ram driver is getting his truck fixed and upgraded for free, because a shop owner so appreciated his efforts. Even though it didn't look too rough in photos, the pickup was said to have sustained about $7,500 worth of damage....

May 6, 2025

Watch A High-Speed Off-Road Hill Climb Go Terribly Wrong

We've seen . Even when the climb doesn't end as planned, these little monsters can take a tumble and preserve their passenger. I think driver Bobby Tanner here owes his roll cage fabricator a gift basket after surviving this insanity. Tanner had some trouble keeping his wheels on the ground...

May 6, 2025

Jeep 'Custom Map Hood Decal' Is A Cheesy Accessory I Love

Jeep is now offering topographical map hood decals as a Mopar add-on for the Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, Wrangler, and Wrangler Unlimited. For $300, the dealer print any location you want on this cool black-on-darker-black hood graphic. Neato! You can play with the configurator on Jeep's website ; pick from one...

May 6, 2025

Mechanics Are Thrilled When Pippa Middleton's Land Rover Breaks Down

Kate Middleton's younger, arguably cuter sister Pippa was biking across America with brother James and some other cyclists when their Land Rover LR4 support vehicle predictably (zing) crapped out, giving West Virginia Land Rover mechanics an opportunity to live out the ultimate fantasy. "We did rescue a damsel in distress,...

May 6, 2025

This Custom Airstream Is The Ultimate World Cup Tailgating Rig

The timeless, Twinky-esque beauty of a classic Airstream trailer is even sweeter with a US Men's World Cup Team wrap job. This 1967 Airstream was done up by ; an outfit that claims to be the "leading Food Truck, Kitchen Truck, Food Trailer, Kitchen Trailer builder in the nation." And...

May 6, 2025

Chemical Explosion At GM Stamping Plant Kills 1, Injures Others

Fire departments and HAZMAT teams responded to a "chemical explosion involving chlorine" just before 2:00 this afternoon at GM's Marion Stamping Plant. One GM worker died and several others were injured in the incident. and others report a 48-year-old contract employee named James L. Gibson succumbed to injuries from the...

May 6, 2025

'Thousands Of Lobsters' Blow Up When Cargo Truck Slams Into Bridge

A truck carrying 7,000 pounds of lobsters from Maine to Massachusetts cooked its cargo when it collided with a bridge, blowing up the refrigeration unit and tearing the top off the cargo box. No humans were hurt, but the lobsters had to be "disposed of" by Westwood police. Video of...

May 6, 2025

Hero National Guardsman Bends Door To Rescue Man From Burning SUV

How far would you go to help someone you've never met? Would you bend the frame of a car door while the rest of it burned to get that person out safely? That sounds insane, but it's exactly what a 52-year-old Minnesota man did this week to save a stranger....

May 6, 2025