Car Culture

Suspension Defect Prompts Recall of the Porsche Carrera GT

Certain Porsche Carrera GTs came with wishbone suspension components that could be prone to premature failure.

Jalopnik Finds Another Top Secret Project Car at NYIAS: An S15 Nissan Silvia

Built for Japan’s D1 Grand Prix premiere drift series, this race-ready Silvia is something Steve is writing home (to you) about.

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Mighty Car Mods Celebrates 15 Years With a Candid Look Behind the Scenes

From a couple of dudes screwing around on lunch breaks to having their own recording studio, Marty and Moog have done it their way.

Even BMW’s Toy Cars Come With That Big Grille Now

BMW decided to inflict its divisive giant kidney grilles on a whole new generation of car fans with its all-new Baby Racer toy cars.

This Six-Wheeled Toyota Hilux Is Designed to Fight EV Fires

The Prospeed Hiload 6x6 turns the tough Hilux into a purpose-built fire truck for the EV age.

Cupra’s Dark Rebel Is a Concept Car You Can Customize

The Cupra Dark Rebel is a new shooting brake concept that comes with its own configurator so you can design yet another car that you’ll never own.

Will Chrysler Even Be Around Long Enough To Make The Airflow?

Stellantis wants us to believe Chrysler will go fully electric. Its history with the brand shows it doesn't care enough about it.

Colorado May Lower Fine for Driving a Semi Without a License to Just $100

The legislation would make the fine the lowest in the country and comes only a year after an unlicensed semi driver killed a family of five.

Police Arrest 23-Year-Old With 65 License Suspensions

It's terrifyingly easy for bad drivers to stay on the road.

I Picked Up A Hitchhiker In Turkey And It Was Hilariously Weird

I somehow ended up rapping Eminem with a hitchhiker in my 250,000-mile diesel manual Chrysler Voyager

This Impossibly Clean 500,000-Mile Toyota Prius Is Probably Nicer Than Your Car

Buying this high-milage hero will set you back nearly $11,000

Always Travel With Beer Koozies

You never know when you'll need a cold one — or something soft to store equipment

The Stars of Gran Turismo's World Tournament See No Future in the Game (Update)

Lavish production and FIA backing convinced players that GT was a springboard to a motorsports or esports career. Years later, that dream has vanished.

The Most Interesting Cars in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

The cars are set to be scrapped, because radiation, but at least we can enjoy them from afar.

JalopRecs | 'Tommy Boy' Is One of the Best Car Comedies of the '90s

Sure, it came out before Andy and Steve were born, but even they realize the film's greatness as the ultimate road trip buddy comedy.

At $8,500, Is This 1988 Alfa Romeo Milano Verde Quadrifoglio A Lucky Find?

The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Milano asks that no offers be made on the car until it is seen in person. Before we get that personal, we’ll have to decide how good his offer — and the car — is, to begin with.

Rob Riggle's First Car Loved to Burn Rubber

The Host of "Plastic Earth" tells Jalopnik why his Chrysler Newport inadvertently launched from stops.

Fixing My Leaky Peugeot Drove Me to the Brink of Madness

The weeks-long saga of the simple repair that turned more complicated than I ever could have imagined.

These 10 Taillight Designs Were Truly Ahead of Their Time

From '50s Americana to the Toyota Altezza, these lights set trends for others to follow.

It's Probably Time for Jeremy Clarkson to Hang It Up

The former Top Gear presenter stirred outrage with an odious newspaper column.

Mercedes Insists It's Still the Luxury King in China

Internal-combustion engine S-Classes, in particular, remain draw.

The Torchinsky Files: How To Draw A VW Beetle On Old Computers The Hard Way

Have you ever had to settle some sort of dispute or perceived slight by a rapid-fire duel of classic Volkswagen Beetle drawing? Probably. Well, if so, I’m not sure what method you chose to render your VW, but if it helps for next time, I’ve…

How Richard Hammond's Wife Helped Pull Him Out of His Crash-Induced Coma

Hammond revisits what he experienced after his jet-car crash in 2006, when he spent two weeks in a coma and doctors weren't sure he'd survive.

This Chart Will Tell You What Kind Of Space-Based Sci-Fi You're About To Watch Just By Looking At The Main Ship

Jason & David Classics: We’re sharing the posts beloved by most from the two’s careers here at Jalopnik

Traffic Jams: The Gap Band - 'Burn Rubber On Me'

We definitely brought enough funk for the whole class today.

Forza Motorsport's Blind Driving Assists Allow Everyone to Race

The new feature uses distinct and intuitive audio cues to help vision-impaired sim racers get around the track.

2022 BMW M4 Competition Convertible: Jalopnik's 2022 Favorite Drives

Our resident Brit, Owen recounts his top-down time with the M4 and his hopes to experience an all-American ride in 2023.