The Most Expensive F66 Mini Cooper S Is Under $40,000
Ever since the Mini Cooper brand was revived in the early 2000s, the British motoring icon strayed from its original recipe in one major area: affordability. Unfortunately, prices have only risen over the years, and the base price of the new F66 Mini Cooper continues that trend. New base Mini Coopers start $3,150…
BMW's Armored Car Driving School Will Train You To Be The Transporter
I’ve always had a fascination with armored cars, particularly ones that are offered from the auto manufacturers directly. Companies like Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz have offered armored versions of various models for decades, with only a few styling cues differentiating them from a normal vehicle. Whether the…
These Cars Have Aged Like Fine Wine, According To Readers
Some cars age better than others. It’s just a fact of the industry. Because of that, some cars that may not have looked too hot when they first came out have really grown and matured as the years go by. It means we get a new appreciation for them, which is what led us to last week’s question.
The Cybertruck Is Hungry For (Engineer) Hands
The Tesla Cybertruck is fully willing to eat your fingers, should you put them under the wrong part of its hard-edged hood. This specific diet is due to its design, where viability as a species is exchanged for specific looks and traits. The Cybertruck is a pug that eats hands.
Edmunds' $69,000 Fisker Ocean Depreciated 69 Percent In Just Two Months
When you buy a brand-new car, you buy it knowing it’s going to depreciate. At least as long as it’s a relatively normal car and not something like a Porsche 911 R. That said, it’s not as bad as many “never buy a new car for any reason ever” financial influencers make it sound. You probably won’t get back every penny…
At $6,800, Would You Fool Around In This 1985 Nissan 200SX?
With its pop-up headlamps in the front and a luggage rack in the back, today’s Nice Price or No Dice 200SX is a bastion of earlier times and designs. Let’s see if its price is just as old school.
These Are The Best Of Our Burning Questions This Week
A car typically spends a dozen years on the road in the United States. Vehicles can serve as a makeshift time capsule for design trends, so driving down the street is like journeying through different eras in time. We asked readers earlier this week which car designs aged like milk, and the comments were filled with…
Transportation Goes Woke In The Best Stories Beyond Cars This Week
Yellowstone star and apparent idiot Forrie J. Smith posted on Instagram over the weekend that he was “kicked off” a flight and left stranded in Houston because he refused to sit next to another passenger who was wearing a mask. What a schmuck. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
Cheap Hyundais, Overlooked Mini Coopers And Worst Markups In The Best Car Buying Advice This Week
We recently shared that Hyundai is leasing its Ioniq 6 EV for as little as $239 per month with $0 down, making it the cheapest lease deal in the U.S., but this Kona deal is almost as sweet. Hyundai is leasing base models of the new Kona Electric for as little as $169 per month for 24 months with $1,999 due at signing,…
Mid-Grade Gas' Whole Deal, Toyota Scam And Tesla Cybertruck Check Lists On The Best Car Culture This Week
If you’re like most of us here at Jalopnik, you’ve probably wondered why gas stations offer mid-grade gasoline when almost every automaker recommends either regular or premium fuel. As it turns out, very few cars are designed to use mid-grade gas, so it exists mostly to coax unknowing consumers into spending more on…
Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Ted Cruz's Feelings Require Police Detail And More In This Week's Best New Posts
No one needs a luxury car, but just because you don’t need it doesn’t mean you don’t want it. And if you happen to be in the market for a luxury car, you know you’re going to be spending a lot of money on it, so the last thing you want is to buy or lease something you immediately regret. Or worse, end up with a…
Two Delta Planes Touched Tips, And Apparently That's Bad Now?
If you’ve been paying attention to the airline industry lately, you’re probably aware there’s been a string of incidents that Boeing probably wishes hadn’t made the news. Considering how much negative attention Boeing has attracted recently, including news that its CEO plans to resign, it would be understandable if…
Nine-Year-Old In A Jetta Rams Cop Car And Starts Police Chase While Driving To School
A 9-year-old with an apparent “fuck the police” vibe in Northern California decided to – while driving a Volkswagen Jetta to his school – smash into a California Highway Patrol vehicle and lead cops on a car chase. It was a busy Wednesday for the little guy. One police officer called it a “scene straight out of a…
Do EVs Produce Lower Carbon Emissions Than Gas Cars? It's Complicated
Many folks believe the myth the process of mining metals for thousands of brand new electric cars to replace internal combustion engines causes more harm than good. The debate surrounding the true environmental impact of producing electric vehicles is seriously complex, but this video does a great job of summarizing…
All Aboard South Korea's New $100 Billion Baby-Making Trains
Korea’s auto industry is currently killing it, but its baby-birthing industry may as well be dead. The East Asian country has the lowest fertility rate in the world, which isn’t great long-term. Don’t worry, though, Reuters reports that Korean officials have the perfect solution for getting those childless young folks…
These Are The Automotive Mysteries That Haunt You
The casual car owner likely thinks owning a vehicle is pretty straightforward — a bunch of smart people in a building somewhere came up with a car, tested it out, and put it on the market. Gas goes in, going places comes out, nothing left to think about.
The Victims Of The Key Bridge Collapse Did More For America Than Any Conspiracy Theorist
Almost immediately after a cargo ship crashed into destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in the early morning hours of March 26, conspiracy theorists started spreading false information and asking dumbass questions about the disaster. On the other side of it, actual journalists have talked about the real…
Answering Reader Questions About The 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350
I recently spent a few days with a 2024 Mercedes-Benz E350, a nearly fully loaded, base engine version of the eleventh-generation E-Class. More luxurious and comfort-oriented than ever before, the new E-Class is a technological powerhouse and has so many features, specs and noteworthy elements that it’s impossible to…
Here's How An Autonomous Deep Sea Drone Might Have Found Amelia Earhart's Wreckage After 87 Years
On July 2, 1937, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Search and rescue missions turned up no leads, and for 87 years, her disappearance has remained one of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries. That is, unless an underwater drone from Deep Sea…
