Putting vegetable oil in your car’s engine is not really a good idea, but we’ve all wondered what would happen if we did. At least I have. Maybe you’ve wondered what would happen to your exhaust pipe and muffler if you slammed your car without making adjustments to the undercarriage. These are the kinds of … Read more
Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images) Senator Bob Menendez is facing new allegations of accepting gifts from Qatar for favorable comments about the government of Qatar, including tickets to Formula One’s Miami Grand Prix. Jon Cryer’s First Car Came From A Film Set The Democrat from New Jersey and his wife Nadine Arslanian are facing four … Read more
Photo: Rich Fury (Getty Images) Actor Christian Oliver – best known for his roles in “Speed Racer” and “Valkyrie” – was killed with his two young children after their plane crashed into the Caribbean on January 4. The 51-year-old Oliver and his daughters, 10-year-old Madita and 12-year-old Annik, were the only passengers on board the small single-engine … Read more
Photo: Honda Honda’s classic Motocompo is beloved by car journalists, JDM enthusiasts, and anyone else with an affinity for weird transportation. When its successor, the Motocompacto, was released, we all rejoiced — finally, a tiny little fold-up scooter for the modern era. Plenty of us Jalops even considered getting one for ourselves. Honda’s Motocompacto Is … Read more
Photo: VinFast VinFast has a problem. The VF8 isn’t very good. In fact, it’s quite bad. That’s made it hard to convince actual people to buy its cars. If you live in Vietnam and happen to point that out, apparently VinFast’s solution is to simply call the cops on you, as Sonnie Tran, a social … 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
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik This week I finally got to try out the Lucid Air Pure, the base trim of the electric sedan and the only one available with rear-wheel drive. For a starting price of $78,900 including destination you get 430 horsepower and a range of up to 419 miles, the latter of which is … Read more
The future of personal transportation, cars and trucks and bikes and scooters, is electric. We know this now, and we’ve known it for some time, but automakers, despite all that knowledge, have dragged their feet on actually producing electric cars. Instead, when mandates came down from on high demanding more battery-powered cars, automakers simply shelled … Read more
Image: Tesla Some of Tesla’s best selling models have received an adjustment to their posted EPA range estimates, lowering some of them by as much as six percent. It has long been known that Tesla has a tendency to exaggerate its range estimates, failing to bake in any leeway for weather, terrain, or speed. Some … Read more
Image: Bradley Brownell Humanity has survived another lap around the sun, and 2024 is here. You’re ready to start the year anew with aims at making your life a little better. You’ve set goals for the year, and will diligently work toward their achievement within the next 12 months. You’ll stick to it and you’ll … Read more
