Last week Junichi Tanaka, founder of Jun Auto Mechanic, died as a result of complications from cancer at 76 years old. Tanaka was at the forefront of Japanese performance for years, first as a Nissan L-series engine ace and later expanded to building any number of engines into four-digit horsepower monsters. Jun…

That bulbous front-end just gets worse and worse looking

I can hook you up, fam

When you have the best goshdang automotive folks in the industry, the rest is a cake walk. Also it helps that Raph prays to the Blog Gods everyday as he says.

I think I can speak for everyone in saying that someone on staff, at any given time, is plotting a way to make that happen.

Been trying to push David to do this for a while now 

Aaron Brown definitely has the best voice. However his music taste is not great...

When is any of you gonna import and review a Renault Twingo? Get them while they’re cheap and plentiful!

Aaron Brown singing Avril Lavigne

It’s probably Aaron Brown, our social media editor. That man can not get enough karaoke. 

aaron, no question

every day the great Blog God grants us a bounty of many stories to write

We aim for news coverage (with the Jalopnik angle, of course) that just needs doing and our own original features and reporting, based on our wrenching projects, crazy stuff we want to dig into, interesting people we meet or cars we drive, investigations and reviews. The goal is to have a good mix every day.

I actually really love the C4. It’s the C3 I can’t stand. Sorry, fanboys.

I’m suspicious that the only correct answer here is the zombie corpse of Saab

Well Ballaban already has the Yugo. I think we’re set.

I once had a Mazda dealer tell me he wouldn’t sell his worst enemy an RX-8. He was trying to sell me an MS3 at the time. 

I am absolutely saying hes an idiot.

There are fewer better poster children for shitty automation than self-checkout. I have literally never, as in not one single time, successfully completed a checkout at a self-service station in a grocery store without having to call a human employee over. And it’s not because I’m an idiot. Or not entirely, anyway.…

Counter-point: Self-checkout (when properly configured and working) is the best.