Tesla Seat Belt Design Halts Model 3 Deliveries To Australia

Tesla Seat Belt Design Halts Model 3 Deliveries To Australia

Image: Tesla The so-called Highland update for Tesla’s popular Model 3 sedan has been long-awaited, and finally delivered for the 2024 model year. Tesla gave the car more range, but the biggest update was found in the interior. Unfortunately that interior revamp has meant that the Model 3 now runs afoul of Australian road legality, … Read more

Tesla Buyers Are Much More Likely To Crash, And The Repairs Are More Expensive

Tesla Buyers Are Much More Likely To Crash, And The Repairs Are More Expensive

If you’ve never driven a Tesla before, it’s something of an immediately alien experience. The tip-in acceleration isn’t like any gasoline-powered car on the market, because it doesn’t need to ramp up. If you stomp on the throttle in an EV, it goes right when you tell it to go. Quicker acceleration is a major … Read more

Porsche Carrera GT Stop-Use Order Makes The Car Undriveable

Porsche Carrera GT Stop-Use Order Makes The Car Undriveable

Porsche’s iconic twenty-year-old V10 screamer supercar Carrera GT has been lying dormant for nearly a year, and owners are starting to get antsy. In April of 2023 Porsche issued a recall affecting 489 examples of the 1300 Carrera GTs built in 2004 and 2005 for potential catastrophic suspension failure. Shortly thereafter the recall was expanded … Read more

Dear Readers, Find The Weed-Ridden Tesla Roadster In San Francisco And We’ll Send You A Hat

Dear Readers, Find The Weed-Ridden Tesla Roadster In San Francisco And We’ll Send You A Hat

If you happen to find yourself on the streets of San Francisco, dear Jalops, keep an eye out. There’s an interesting car that’s been left on one of the city’s streets, and we want you to find it. First sent to us via EVUniverse.com and originally posted on Reddit, someone spotted a seemingly abandoned original Tesla … Read more

Mazda Miata Sales Were Up Almost 50 Percent In 2023

Mazda Miata Sales Were Up Almost 50 Percent In 2023

Image: Mazda We know that, for the most part, most American car buyers are pretty boring; it would be nice if most of the general public were enthusiasts like us. Every so often though, there are glimmers of hope that there are more people who enjoy buying and driving something they enjoy rather than just … Read more

At $2,950, Is This 1982 BMW 735i Priced To Sell?

At ,950, Is This 1982 BMW 735i Priced To Sell?

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice E23 looks to be a solid base for a cool old car that can be wrenched on over the weekend and still driven during the week. Let’s decide what such a workhorse might be worth. BMW 3T Electric Gravel Bike | Jalopnik Reviews The 2007 Chevy Corvette Z51 we … Read more

At $15,500, Would You Wing It With This 2007 Chevy Corvette?

At ,500, Would You Wing It With This 2007 Chevy Corvette?

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice C5 Corvette has a six-speed stick and a massive rear wing that certainly makes a statement. Let’s see if its price is contrastingly demure. Rutledge Wood Isn’t The Biggest Corvette Fan, But Loved His C6 Custom cars and trucks never get much appreciation around here, and the SBC-powered 1985 … Read more

The Best Cars Jalopnik Drove In 2023

The Best Cars Jalopnik Drove In 2023

The Dodge Challenger Swinger Edition Is Loud, Ostentatious and Perfect | Jalopnik Reviews The Dodge Challenger Swinger is truly the end of an era. Not only is it the end of the iconic Challenger, it’s the end of the classic muscle car genre as a whole. Eventually, the Challenger’s two-door Charger successor will appear, but … Read more

If You Love Fonts And Graphic Design, Go To A Classic Car Show

If You Love Fonts And Graphic Design, Go To A Classic Car Show

Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik It can be hard to convince the non-car enthusiasts in your life to spend a few weekend hours at a car show, especially if it’s one that starts before 9 a.m. (even I have trouble with that). As enticing as the boozy brunch with friends afterwards might be, the thought of spending … Read more