Here's Why You Don't Use A Diesel-Powered Air Compressor To Drink Beer

This shirtless Australian goofball/hero reckons he's tough enough to skull a can of XXXX Gold sitting feet away from... some kind of monstrous industrial machine blasting supercompressed air at his face. It doesn't really work out, which is probably why I can't stop watching it. You keep doing you, Australia....

Jul 14, 2025

Looks Like Mitsubishi Is Bringing The Montero Name Back

"The return of a legend." That's what the teaser image says, with the image of a distinctly SUV-like vehicle sitting atop a sand dune. What else could it be besides the Montero, the rugged sport utility vehicle from ? That's what they're teasing here with some debut at the Chicago...

Jul 14, 2025

The 2015 Jeep Renegade Is A Six-Speed Manual 4x4 For Under $20,000

Looks like the 's official price tag has leaked with the base Sport trim starting at $17,995 and the ringing up at $25,995 before options. 4WD is worth $2,000; that means you'll be able to get a three-pedal four-wheelin' version for just under twenty grand. Here's the base price list,...

Jul 14, 2025

What It's Like To Drive Off-Road With Robby Gordon When He's Winning

When the last stage of the was cut down to a short off-road sprint due to weather, it was finally 's time to shine. Hear what his team had to say at the end of the epic rally, and try to hang on to your lunch through these cockpit-view clips...

Jul 14, 2025

Ken Block's Snow-Slaying Off-Road RaptorTRAX Looks Even Cooler Up Close

Ken Block was lucky enough to have been given an as a gift from Ford, and what'd he do with it? Hack the thing up into an unholy frankentruck with a supercharged heart and . Here's our first closeup look at the insane rig while it's standing still. Block tells...

Jul 14, 2025

Build Your Own Land Rover Discovery Sport: 'Cheap' Luxury Off-Roader?

With a starting price of about $37,000, a tidy look and decidedly impressive off-road specs, the is poised to outclass the crap out of the small premium SUV market. The online configurator just went live; put one together and let us know how you'd spec it! I managed to get...

Jul 14, 2025

​The 2015 Jeep Renegade Is Just As Good As You Hoped It Would Be

If any automaker is going to inject some enthusiasm into the clinical appliances that pass as small CUVs it's Jeep. Who else would make a passable off-roader with not one, but two removable roof panels and then slap a freaking yeti on the trunk lid? Jeep would, because Jeep people...

Jul 14, 2025

Dakar Rally Racers Literally Tow Each Other Across Finish Lines

How extreme is the Dakar Rally? Well how many races do you see cars coming in on the towstrap of a competitor? I hope the pilot doing the pulling here got some good karma, because the dangling derelict in this clip went on to finish 6th in class. Yes, you...

Jul 14, 2025

Watch Hapless Goofs Try To Rescue A Camaro They Dumped In The Ocean

So we've got a beautiful Chevrolet Camaro clawing at the beach like some kind of shipwreck survivor, a Jeep Liberty with hopelessly overinflated tires hooked up to it via "tow strap," and what looks like a U-Haul trailer floating out to sea in the background. Grab your popcorn, kids. I...

Jul 14, 2025

Watch This Truck Turn A Highway Into The Fireworks Show From Hell

If you've never seen a big rig blow a tire at speed, you're in for a treat: it's even more exciting at night! Action at 00:44. Jalopnik reader mfan2112 recorded this calamity between I-10 East between Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. He tells us "you could see little sparks as he...

Jul 14, 2025

Aww Yeah: The 2017 Ford Raptor's Twin-Turbo V6 Puts Out 450 Horsepower

If you're still a little bummed that the V8 is getting replaced by a twin-turbo V6 that's nearly half its size when a replacement arrives for 2017, maybe this number will make you feel better: 450 horsepower. Yeah, that'll do. That's what Ford Global Product Development Vice President Raj Nair...

Jul 14, 2025

How Do We Feel About Decorative Puddle Lamps On Fancy Cars?

The throws this pompous batsignal on the sidewalk every time you unlock it. I think it's great Land Rover can still think up ways to tell plebeians I'm better than them. My girlfriend says it's more embarrassing than my matching Land Rover socks and belt. What do you think? Throwing...

Jul 14, 2025

Watch What Happens When You Sledgehammer An Aluminum 2015 Ford F-150

The editors of have finally posted what skeptics of the aluminum-bodied have been demanding: An independently sanctioned of the truck's quarter panel. Here's how it held up. The quarter panel was targeted (as opposed to a door or bumper) because it'll be one of the more difficult body parts to...

Jul 14, 2025

2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport: Do They Have Soccer Practice On Hoth?

There's something pretty magical about finding yourself, just one hour off a plane, two hours' sleep stored in your body, behind the wheel of an SUV with studded tires, driving blindly into a white wasteland where you can't even discern the divide between sky and land. The SUV is the...

Jul 14, 2025

Here's How Much It Costs To Fix Dents On The Aluminum 2015 Ford F-150

Yesterday gave their pristine , putting two dimples in the quarter panel and cracking the taillight. Today they got the bill, and they're saying it cost four times as much to repair the aluminum bed versus old-school steel. According to Edmunds, their Ford dealer estimated this level of damage would...

Jul 14, 2025