Gif: Matthew Poxon YouTube What do the Aston Martin Vantage, Porsche 911 Turbo (993), Lotus Esprit V8, Dodge Viper, Caterham Seven JPE, and TVR Cerbera all have in common? They were some of the fastest cars and most powerful cars you could get in the 1990s. Their performance was fantastic enough to get the attention … Read more
What do you think holds the closed-wheel track record at the Mount Panorama circuit that hosts the Bathurst 500 every year? Probably something that looks a bit like Aston Martin’s new GT3 racer, right? Wrong, it’s actually an electric panel van from those clever folks at Ford Performance. I Want To Go Electric | What … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, February 19, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Behind The Scenes of “007: Road To A Million” 1st Gear: Biden Braced For Battery Backtrack After states … Read more
Fernando Alonso thinks that he’ll be physically capable of racing Formula One’s 1000-horsepower hybrid monsters until he’s 50 years old. The 42-year-old, currently racing with Aston Martin, made his F1 debut in 2001 with Minardi. Alonso’s move to Aston last year immediately led to an uptick in form, with the Spaniard finishing on the podium … Read more
Image: Ferrari Ferrari officially unveiled its 2024 Formula 1 car on Tuesday at the company’s private testing track in Fiorano, Italy. Beyond the added yellow and white stripes, the Ferrari has been completely overhauled during the offseason to take advantage of the team’s uptick in form at the end of last season. However, the venerable … Read more
The start of the Formula 1 season is less than a month away. While the championship prepares itself for another year of Max Verstappen dominance, Netflix is nearly ready to premiere another season of its wildly popular docuseries “Drive to Survive.” The 48-season teaser trailer released today didn’t feature the Dutch world champion in a … Read more
Screenshot: Amazon Prime Video We’ve known for a little while now that Amazon Prime Video’s “The Grand Tour” was coming to an end. Not only are Clarkson, Hammond and May much older than they were when they first began filming “Top Gear” together more than 20 years ago, but there’s also that time Clarkson wrote … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Since time immemorial (or at least since the invention of the automobile), car-obsessed kids have put up posters on their bedroom walls that feature their dream cars. I’d be shocked if even a single Jalopnik reader didn’t have at least some sort of car art. Iconic examples of poster cars include any … Read more
The 1953-running of the Mille Miglia was absolutely packed to the gills with Italian drivers and automakers, racing for the 1,000 mile title from Brescia to Roma and back. Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, OSCA, Lancia, Fiat, Moretti, and Bandini all had factory-backed racing efforts at this round, while foreign interlopers from Aston Martin, Jaguar, Gordini, … Read more
Aston Martin first unveiled the Valhalla mid-engine supercar in concept form in 2019, saying that it would use a hybrid V6 engine and only 500 would be sold for more than $1 million each. Then, in 2021 Aston debuted the production-intent Valhalla design, announcing that it would instead use an AMG-based V8 hybrid setup and … Read more
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