None Of Your Winter Driving Hacks Beat Simply Buying Winter Tires

Winter tires perform better in cold weather than all-seasons. That’s just a fact. Are all-season tires better than they have been in the past when it comes to handling cooler temperatures? Absolutely. Do you necessarily need a dedicated set of winter tires if you live in an area that doesn’t get much colder than 40 … Read more

At $5,000, Is This 2000 Ford F150 A Good Deal?

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice F-150 sports “NASCAR Official Truck” badging and upholstery. Let’s see if that accreditation makes us want to drop the checkered flag over its price tag. Electric Ford F-150 Lightning Begins Production For a car with over 400 horsepower and a very expressive body kit, it sure took a lot … Read more

At $9,500, Is This 1981 Lancia Beta Zagato An Alpha Dog Deal?

The design house Zagato is best known for its iconic double bubble roofs. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Lancia Zagato has a different kind of roof, but are you willing to burst the seller’s bubble regarding its worth? Carspotting at Sotheby’s: Maserati Edition NASCAR is a sport that has been built on spectacle and … Read more

Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear Concept Is An Electric On-Or-Off-Road Monster

This is not a flying truck — it’s a demonstrator vehicle engineered to showcase the potential of the electric F-150 Lightning when it gets infused with Ford and RTR’s legendary performance prowess. The F-150 Lightning Switchgear is not the first time Ford has teased us with an exceptionally cool electrified proof-of-concept car, in fact it’s … Read more

Rebadged Fiat Van With A 162-mi Range

After first teasing it during the Super Bowl, Ram unveiled the electric 1500 REV pickup truck in April, which will do battle with the likes of the Chevy Silverado EV, Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T. The Ram REV will go on sale by the end of 2024, but it won’t actually be the first … Read more

Team Kicks Off 31,000-Mile Road Trip From The North Pole To The South Pole And Back Again

On a cold, blustery Friday in Detroit, members of the Explorer’s Club Transglobal Car Expedition paused on their around the world road trip to take in the Motor City. The less than a dozen team members and logistics personal didn’t seem to mind the cold or the wind — it was only going to get … Read more

Small Crossovers Are Catching Up To Big Trucks In The U.S.

Full-size trucks have been the best-selling vehicles in the U.S. for decades, but a crossover came close to unseating one of the pickups in 2023. Among the top ten best-sellers last year, the Toyota RAV4 came in at fourth place while the Ram 1500 came in third behind the Chevy Silverado and Ford F-150. The … Read more

Michigan Man Tries To Escape Police Driving Down Boat Launch

A 23-year old man drove straight into Lake Michigan while fleeing police on Saturday in Traverse City, Michigan. The driver went down the boat launch at Clinch Park Marina, which ended up submerging the Ford F-150 in West Grand Traverse Bay. The alleged failed getaway culminated in the arrest of two 23-year olds who had … Read more

Ford F-150 Lightning Just Got More Expensive, But It’s Still $5,000 Cheaper Than The Cybertruck

Ford has confirmed that it’s going to be raising prices for its base-model 2024 F-150 Lightning by roughly $5,000. This isn’t the first time Ford has toyed with the pricing for its electric pickup truck, but with its biggest competitor, the Tesla Cybertruck, still undergoing countless delays and still more expensive than the Lightning, Ford … Read more

Thirteen Jalopnik Writers Own A Total Of 41 Cars, Trucks And Motorcycles

Convertibles are amazing, and some of the best cars of all time. Everyone loves to put the top down on a beautiful day. Well, except Daniel. Daniel Golson – 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Image: Jalopnik This is my 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SL, which I bought back in the spring of 2021 about a year after moving to … Read more