I think the write confused himself between the OG Prius and Insight. One of those cars was a bespoke car, designed for maximum efficiency, light weight, and decent driving experience. The other was an Echo with a battery pack. Plus, Toyota’s hybrids are all automatics. Their Synergy drive system can only be an…

I gave it a thumbs up, but this is a Michigan car and you’ll want to make sure the body isn’t hiding any secrets. Even if the owner was good and never drove it in snow, it’s a 1970's Triumph: it’ll rust if a single particle of NaCl gets within a meter of it.

This is peak Challenger.  This is what all Challengers strive to be.  Not Demons.  Not Hellcats.  This.  When this Challenger drives by, all the other Challengers say “BROOOOOOOOOOOO”

A few years ago, I was following my then girlfriend home from an Agility trial. We were driving down the highway and this lifted Silverado came flying up behind me and got so close to my rear end I could barely see his headlights. I was in the left lane, but in a line of passing traffic (we were doing about 10 over…

It may already have been said elsewhere here, but the reason 2F2F used the EVO VII was because the VIII wasn’t going to be released until after the film came out and Mitsubishi didn’t want to reveal it early. In retrospect, this was a dumb move, as revealing the first US EVO in a movie about tuner cars would have been…

I’d argue Rosberg beat Hamilton fair and square. Rosberg beat Hamilton because he kept crashing into Hamilton. There are also verified stories of the team favoring Rosberg: switching mechanics, favoring Rosberg in strategy, not scolding him for wrecking both cars in multiple races...Rosberg won the championship, but…

Is Hyundai planning a street version of this car? The Hyundai Veloster NE? Because if so, my god do I have a viral marketing proposal:

I think you’re imagining it all wrong. I expect the exchange would have gone something like this:

Maldonado was also GP2 champion. Still doesn’t make him a great.  And when you’re comparing him to Hamilton and Alonso it isn’t even close.  Alonso and Hamilton may be divas, but they’ve earned that status.  

Everyone’s laughing at this, but we got deprived of one HELL of a season. Can you imagine a season of Alonso and Maldonado on the same team? Seriously picture it: Alonso shit bricks when he had a great teammate who didn’t put up with his politics. Now imagine the same situation except the other driver is terrible. My…

Without seeing the movie, I think that would add at least an hour to the runtime. You could start talking about Hinchcliffe, Wilson, Wheldon, Dana, etc, but you’d also have to fill in the gaps in terms of safety development. And someone like Dan Wheldon really deserves more than a 30 second mention.

It sounds like the filmmakers stuck to their main sources: Trammel and Olvey, and what they know. While both still work with IndyCar, they’re no longer the front lines of the safety team. It really wouldn’t be fair to focus on modern incidents if you’re not going to get firsthand sources. And if they did focus on…

Rehashing the same story over and over again is pretty much the only thing Jalopnik does these days. Slow news week? You can bet there will be a Trump tweet, GM/Ford layoffs, Tesla, Chainbear video, or Engineering Explained video.

I would argue that tapping a wing to a tire, even after the race, is a whole lot less dangerous than running another car into the grass at speed, in front of the entire field. Unsportsmanlike? Yes. Dangerous? No.

The question asked to Santino wasn’t “Are you sorry about what you did?” He was asked “Do you regret what happened?” Clearly, the answer is no. He learned a lot from those incidents and you could argue that moving to IndyCar has been a huge shot in the arm for his career. Let’s also remember he’s 21: if you’re over…

Would I buy this? Yes. Would I buy it at $195,000? Not a chance in hell. Maybe, MAYBE at $50,000 if you can convince me that it works as intended (i.e. it doesn’t leak like the Top Gear amphibious cars) and the fancy Panther drive doesn’t constantly break and wear out. Since the company is going bankrupt, you’re going…

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It’s going to be at least 2 years before we see a new Taco.  Trust me on that one.

In the auto 6th is way too tall. On dead flat ground with no wind and no load you CAN cruise at 80 in 6th at around 2000 RPM...but any form of resistance is too much for the engine and it needs to drop to 4th.  The manual has ratios designed for the real world, not EPA tests.  I used to get around 18, but I threw on…

The reason I have the truck is to tow around my Suzuki Cappuccino which gets excellent mileage (45 MPG on the highway and around 30 on the backroads) and is a hundred times more fun than the current crop of EVs.  But it’s not a great long-trip commuter and since it’s 27 years old, it does occasionally break down. …