Good morning! It’s Thursday, April 18, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) 1st Gear: Elon Musk Actually Apologizes For Something Elon Musk said some of … Read more
Paris Hilton is seen with her new Lexus LFA in Malibu, California on July 15, 2011.Photo: Jean Baptiste Lacroix (Getty Images) For whatever reason, people are enamored with celebrities, but as a car person I care more about celebrities’ cars than their latest tropical vacation or newest starring role. Celebrities are known to have some … Read more
Image: Porsche Museum The 984, Porsche’s diminutive concept from the late 1980s would have come at just the right time to absolutely redefine the small roadster marketplace, beating the new-for-1989 Mazda MX-5 to market by a couple of years. Porsche worked with Spanish automaker SEAT on a variety of projects through the 1980s, including this sub-2000 … Read more
Does anyone else remember early 2009? Obama was just inaugurated, Circuit City was closing, Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty and I was in the sixth grade looking for my first girlfriend. While all that was happening, though, General Motors was getting ready to launch its masterpiece: the C6 Chevy Corvette ZR1. To me, it is the … Read more
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice ZO6 produces 405 horsepower, which is apparently so notable that it gets a fender badging saying so. Let’s see if its price tag warrants equal admiration. Best Corvette Generations, According to Bob Peter Parker’s Spiderman is a superhero whose crime-fighting responsibilities were adopted due to happenstance rather than to … Read more
Ever since the Pagani Zonda made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show back in 1999, I’ve been trying to understand why people think it looks good. Built to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Zonda, the Istituto Europeo di Design put together this gorgeous flowing conceptual update to the long-serving Zonda, dubbed Alisea. … Read more
I have never truly understood why some convertibles are called spiders, since spiders are creepy and generally undesirable creatures and not small sporty topless fun machines. There are a few potential origins for this automotive arachnidian nomenclature mashup, one rooted in a poor translation, and one that comes from way back in the horse-drawn carriage … Read more
Image: Bring A Trailer Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in 2011 that a second-generation Roadster—then known as the Model R—would enter production for 2014. The timeline for the next Roadster was later updated to 2020 when a prototype was shown off in 2017. When it didn’t show up in 2020, Musk said it was 12 … Read more
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik As car enthusiasts, we do not always make the most rational decisions when it comes to buying a new vehicle. Things like practicality and reliability mean a lot to the average consumer, but for us, we can look past that sort of that scares normal folks away. That theory is … Read more
When today’s Nice Price or No Dice Spider was in development, Alfa Romeo fully intended to sell the car in the U.S. Financial difficulties saw the company pull up stakes in the States instead. Now, both Alfa and this Spider are here. Let’s see if this one was worth the wait. What Is The Most … Read more
