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The Corvette’s Speed Story Hides an Ugly Truth
The 1953 Chevrolet Corvette needed 11 seconds to reach 60 mph. Its 150-hp Blue Flame inline-six and two-speed Powerglide automatic made it a looker that couldn’t fight. By 1967, a 427-powered Sting Ray was doing the same sprint in 4.7…
The Lost Art of the American Land Yacht
A 1973 Imperial LeBaron stretched 235 inches from bumper to bumper — nearly twenty feet of unapologetic American excess. It remains the longest non-limousine mass-produced…
Bugatti Wrapped Its Last W-16 Roadster in Porcelain
A German porcelain manufacturer helped Bugatti hand-paint geometric black lines across every surface of a white Mistral roadster, inside and out. The result is either…
A 1963 Stunt Film Proves Stupid Driving Is Eternal
Joie Chitwood rolled Chevrolets down hillsides, plowed into parked cars, and staged head-on near-misses on film in 1963, all to show Americans what careless driving…
Readers Rewrote Every Auto Slogan and It Hurts
Jalopnik threw a grenade into its comment section over the weekend, asking readers to rewrite automaker slogans with a dose of truth. The results landed…
25,000 Vespas Swarm Rome to Celebrate 80 Years
Twenty-five thousand Vespa owners from 67 countries descended on Rome this week, threading their scooters past the Colosseum, through Piazza Venezia, and along the Fori…
A Dead 1982 Toyota Just Made the Slate Truck Look Silly
The Slate Truck rolled onto the market at $24,950 as the cheapest new EV you can buy. A YouTuber just built something arguably more interesting…
Mazda’s Le Mans-Winning 787B Is Headed to Laguna Seca
Thirty-four years after it screamed across the finish line at La Sarthe and into the history books, Mazda’s 787B is crossing the Pacific for a…
The 1M Hatchback BMW Refused to Build Now Exists
BMW sold the 1M for exactly one model year, 2011, as a two-door coupe, then killed it. No hatchback. No sedan. No version with rear…
The $25K Beach Buggy That Won’t Arrive Until 2028
A startup called Amble wants your $100 deposit today for an electric beach buggy it won’t deliver for three years. The Amble One, a doorless,…