Back when today’s Nice Price or No Dice GTI was introduced, having a 16-valve engine was uncommon in its class and, hence, worth an extra badge. This one has gone way beyond just that performance feature, with a turbo and every cool name in accessory-land. Let’s decide what one might be required to pony up … Read more
With maturity comes wisdom, and with immaturity comes today’s Nice Price or No Dice F-150 Tonka truck. Let’s see if this “big boy (or big girl) toy” is worth anything more than play money. If you’re going to buy a ’90s Mazda, it’s going to be a Miata, right? Well, as easy as such a … Read more
From layoffs at Tesla, Rivian and others to big price cuts on the Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E, Hertz selling off its fleet of electric vehicles, Tesla’s deliveries being down and even Volkswagen delaying the ID7’s U.S. launch, it could be easy to get the impression that the EV industry is dying. As Bloomberg … Read more
Photo: Lady Gaga/Twitter Lady Gaga’s long-awaited Chromatica Ball concert film drops on Max tomorrow, and the pop icon held a special fan screening of the movie in Los Angeles last night — I guess my invite got lost in the mail. In typical Gaga fashion she wore an outlandish outfit on the red carpet, this … Read more
If you’re looking for an electric truck that still feels like a regular pickup, you’re going to have a hard time beating the Ford F-150 Lightning. The Tesla Cybertruck may get all the attention, but if you’re actually going to be hauling anything, for example, you’ll have a far easier time reaching into the Lightning’s … Read more
Chevrolet threw its hat into the electric-truck ring with the reveal of the Silverado EV in early 2022, and now, two and a half years later (and months after fleet deliveries of the WT work truck version began), the range-topping Silverado EV RST First Edition is finally ready to reach customer hands. With 754 horsepower, … Read more
Back in the early 2000s when I was a wee lad, I was obsessed with the 4×4 Evolution video game series, which I played on our Mac computer. In both games you would purchase, upgrade and race basically every American and Japanese truck and SUV on the market on fictional off-road tracks in all sorts … Read more
Now more than ever before, automakers are catering to customers that genuinely want to go overlanding or off-roading (or at least look like they do), introducing trim levels of everything from hatchbacks and minivans to pickups and large SUVs that are designed to be better in the rough stuff. Reintroduced as a trim level with … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 28, 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. We Found a Top Secret Toyota Supra GT300 Build at New York’s Auto Show 1st Gear: Bridge Collapse … Read more
Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik The naturally aspirated V6 may be slowly going extinct, but the naturally aspirated V8 is on a collision course with the end of time. Right now, there are just 31 separate vehicles you can buy with naturally aspirated motors. But, it’s even worse than that. A lot of those vehicles … Read more