If you have ever wanted to hear John Davis say the words "turbo, dubs, and bling" in succession, then have I got a video for you! Those words are practically the first things uttered by our favorite motoring presenter in this, a MotorWeek tour de force review of a Celica-powered Corolla. The... More »
Attention meth cooks and Walter White wannabes: Please don't throw your used meth lab equipment in the trash. They've been known to start fires inside of moving trash trucks. Luckily, an Evanston, Ind. More »
Today we saw Ben Wojdyla almost get his face turned into mincemeat by a rogue spring, shooting out of a car with no warning. What's the closest call you've had with a car in a garage? Our readers haven't had any terribly close calls with springs, always remembering to use spring compressors (though... More »
After finishing a race with an R/C helicopter and a Suzuki GSX-R1000, the driver of this Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 went off the road and crashed. That's a bad way to wrap a day of shooting. The airstrip dash was done for a promotional video for Align, the Taiwanese company that manufactures the... More »
NASCAR driver Shane Hmiel was banned from driving in the series in 2006 thanks to a series of failed drug tests. He cleaned up his act and got back to racing with a new goal: More »
Remember going to school as a little kid? Specifically, think about that moment in the morning, waiting outside in the cold, barely awake and wondering if you actually did your math homework or just dreamed you did. More »
If you are in the market for a Bentley sedan right now, your only choice is the unbelievably luxurious $350,000 Mulsanne. That means you are SOL if you only have $200,000 to spend on a quintessentially British luxury sedan from Crewe. But don't fear well-heeled gentlemen, the Continental Flying... More »
This is Red Bull Racing's launch video for their 2013 F1 car. It shows an obsession with high-tech manufacturing on par with Metropolis. The problem with Formula One is that the technology is so advanced, that it's hard to get a sense of what the cars are actually made of, and what they're doing. More »
(Gizmodo.com ) It turns out that supersonic man Felix Baumgartner was even more supersonic than we previously thought. He actually reached 843.6 miles per hour (1,357.6 km/h), which is 1.25 the speed of sound. More on Gizmodo »
These are the cars of the week-long Monte Carlo Historique rally, which ended last Friday. It appears to be classic car heaven. This picture looks like it should have been taken some time in the late ‘70s, not at the start of 2013. More »
Yesterday was the Super Bowl. A ball was thrown up and down a field a number of times. A bunch of men fell down after being hit by other men. The lights went out. More »
Remember the car you had at 16? I remember mine. A Wrigley's-gum beige 1968 VW Beetle I saved up $600 to buy when I was 15, then waited and stared at every day until I turned 16 and could actually drive it. More »
During the hoopla that was the Super Bowl last night, you may or may not have forgotten that there was a new episode of Top Gear on last night. We didn't forget. More »
Our pals over at Car and Driver have their equivalent of Parking Lot Mechanic, called Saturday Mechanic, and this is a clip from one of their recent episodes starring former Jalopnik writer Ben Wojdyla almost being murdered by a car that doesn't have a J-gate. It shows a delightfully pants-filling... More »
There's no question in my mind that this golf cart does a better tire-bursting burnout than any Lamborghini Aventador, Murcielago, or Gallardo ever has. Why does this golf cart do such a good burnout? More »
