Police thwarted a train robbery targeting GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado pickups on December 29 in the Mexican state of Durango. The botched heist left two brand-new midsize trucks from GM nearly destroyed in a rural rail yard as thieves retreated at the sight of the Mexican authorities, according to the Drive. Does The Colorado … Read more
Photo: Honda After discontinuing the Civic-based Insight following the 2023 model year, Honda has been left with just two hybrid models on sale, the Accord and the CR-V. Despite the lack of model variety, it turns out those two remaining hybrids are a huge boon for Honda, as they both made up 25 percent of … Read more
Screenshot: That Chernobyl Guy/YouTube No matter how well you think you know a story, there’s always more details to discover. Like trying to map out a coast line, the real devil is in the details. So when YouTube creator That Chernobyl Guy came out with a video about a red Mercedes-Benz truck at the heart … Read more
Photo: Audi Audi made its return to the Dakar Rally in 2022 with the awesome RS Q E-Tron, a wild-looking dedicated race rig that uses a two electric motors powered by a gasoline four-cylinder engine. While the RS Q E-Tron has yet to see major success in the rally — in its first year the … Read more
In general, I don’t trust NACS to CCS adapters, or vice versa. If the car wasn’t designed to accept the cable, it’s not a great idea to try to shove electrons through any variety of contraption. That’s a lot of energy, a lot of heat, and a lot of deadly flowing through that hunk of … Read more
Image: Bugatti Rimac Thirty-five-year-old Mate Rimac might be one of the most interesting figures in cars. The Croatian went from electric-swapping his BMW E30 in his twenties to controlling two of the most advanced hypercar manufacturers in the world and becoming one of the biggest players in the automotive industry. The guy has a track … Read more
Photo: Bring A Trailer The Peel P50 was introduced to modern audiences when Jeremy Clarkson drove one through the BBC offices on an episode of “Top Gear,” after which it was declared the smallest production car ever made by Guinness World Records in 2010. The P50’s original production run was from 1962 to 1965 and … Read more
A couple was killed and a handful of others were injured just after New Year’s when a man driving a car full of explosives ran into a crowd leaving a concert in upstate New York. Now, it’s being investigated as possible terrorism, according to ABC News. 2024 BMW XM Label | Jalopnik First Drive Two … Read more
Screenshot: Radio Svoboda Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed increased intensity and frequency of attacks on Ukraine, and started 2024 with a bombardment of the country’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv. Tuesday’s shelling and drone attacks lasted more than ninety minutes and resulted in death and destruction, leaving smoldering residential and commercial districts across the … Read more
Photo: John Keeble (Getty Images) The Environmental Protection Agency has been the non-partisan adjudicator of vehicle emissions and fuel mileage in the United States for over 50 years. With the rise in electric vehicle sales, range has become a crucial selling point for customers. The EPA goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that its figures … Read more
