I fear that I am one of the few people on Earth who actually loves Smart cars; they’re just quirky and adorable caricatures of cars, especially seeing them on the roads of the sport ute and pickup truck-obsessed United States. The Smart ForTwo was only sold in the United States for 11 years from 2008 … Read more
Image: Superfast Matt on YouTube Former Jalopnik contributor and all-around good guy Matt Brown has a bunch of really cool project cars and an even better YouTube channel. It could be argued that he has too many project cars, because he doesn’t finish a lot of them. But the off-road Viper that he’s been working … Read more
Dan and his wife are looking to replace their 2015 Forester with something similar, but more interesting. She is on the shorter side and has a 300-mile weekly commute so they are looking for something with good fuel economy but also comfortable. With a budget of around $40,000, what car should they buy? My Mini … Read more
Engineering is mostly just making something and seeing if it works or not. When the Spatz microcar came to life in the early 1950s, it was designed to be a three-wheeled compact with the suspension and engine bolted directly to the fiberglass chassis. When that proved non-viable, Spatz progenitor Egon Brütsch sold the Spatz rights … Read more
Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in car culture. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. No One Knows What Happened To The Mercedes-Benz Truck Trapped In Chernobyl Screenshot: That Chernobyl Guy/YouTube No matter how well you think you know a story, there’s … 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
