Well all, I'm out of here. It has been a heckuva two weeks here at Jalopnik but Spinelli returns from Italy tonight and I think he wants me out of his seat. I've really enjoyed coming to the other side of the mega-blogging war and seeing what it was all about. The crew here has their sh*t together I can tell you…
Those gadget loving freaks at Gizmodo have another awesome piece of automotive necessity. By necessity we mean anything with a LCD screen in a car should be standard equipment. The only problem is that this little baby that can play MP3s, movies, control audio devices and has navigation too (wow!) will only be…
After numerous tips flooding our inbox about an electric racer that can beat the Bugatti Veyron we decided to get off our asses and post about it. Apparently, dot.commers are investing in lots of new businesses including boutique carmakers. Ian Wright, an entrepreneur from New Zealand, has crafted a race car that runs…
Why you should buy this car:
The FJ is an extremely capable off-roader. It's an urban style statement. It's an extremely capable off-roader that's an urban style statement. And it's cheap.
If you watch Access Hollywood as much as we do (just Spinelli really) you would have seen Tom Cruise's crazy tour of New York City the other day as he visited three premieres in one day. But the kicker was he drove, flew and "cruised" to them in all manner of vehicles including a new Saleen Mustang S281. Now, he…
Dave's Rally Report #8
There was no other car I wanted to drive as badly at the rally than the Ford Shelby GT500. This was the baddest of the bad that you could take on the track (the Z06 wasn't allowed out for fear of extreme journo hoonage) and it was not seen in the staging area often because it was always on the…
Mr. Thomas' final precast features commentary on the new Lexus, automotive magazines attempting satire and Mr. Farago's distaste for reckless automotive racing. Quite a finale.
Sure, we've lambasted their Editor-In Chief. Sure, less and less people read car mags these days. But that doesn't mean they stop trying. Heck, Automobile themselves even sent us a link to this satirical take on a review of the Bugatti Veyron by none other than Ezra Dyer. It's kind of funny with joke images of the…
Dave's Rally Report #7
One car I wasn't able to take on the track was the new Lexus ES350. That's ok because this silent sedan is meant for the road, not the track. And the other day Lexus announced its starting price at $33,170. For those folks that don't care about driving excitement and want a luxury car for the…
Dave's Rally Report #6:
I'm not sure if I should be using the "reverend" tag or "rabbi" tag both handed to me by Farago. Since I'm not that religious regardless, we'll just leave off the title. Anyway, one new thing at this year's rally was the fact a couple of manufacturers brought out professional race car drivers…
Exterior Design *****
It's so ugly it's beautiful. It's so beautiful— no wait. Although the FJ's front end has a wonderfully butch (if kinkily Playskool) H2-meets-old-FJ-on-the-dark-side-of-town look to it, the Toy's side profile is the strangest combination of angles, textures, shapes, proportions and lines I've…
It only took 9+hours of sleep, two cups of coffee and writing about the new Jaguar XK to get Mr. Thomas energized for today's precast. No sleepy talk today as he and Mr. Farago discuss that new Jaguar XK, hybrid military trucks, name changes and more. One more to go!
Like any good spy story early images of this new wedgegap between DB9 and DBR9, and James Bond whip, had been passed around the Internet long before it splashed down for real today. Dubspeed Driven has a nice gallery of the vehicle and early word that the specifics of the vehicle have still not been ascertained. It…
Every journalist was ogling one car at the rally, the new Jaguar XK and XK convertible. I don't think any of the other cars were as universally appreciated as the new Jag. Sure everyone wanted to drive the Ford Shelby GT500 but the Jaguar was constantly being poked, prodded and photo'ed when it had any downtime in…
There's one little problem with Ford's new minute-long commercial titled "Bold Moves." What's that you ask? Oh they don't show any cars until the last few seconds is all. The rest of the commercial shows inspiring/interesting/athletic "everyday" people. We're guessing these people are bold. Therefore the cars they…
Reverend Dave Rally Report #4
This headline is misleading. There's no reason for me to match these two vehicles other than I had the cool photo of the Mini in the sideview mirror and the fact that the two cars are routinely purchased by guys that take them to the track. Neither one would be my choice.
Reverend Dave Rally Report #3:
Since there were so many amazing vehicles at the rally you'd think it wouldn't be hard getting seat time in any car you wanted. Not so dear readers. The particularly hot cars were rarely seen in the staging area they came in and left so quickly. You had to wait like a hawk for the ones…
Reverend Dave's Rally Report #2:
One of the surprises of the day was the fact that the VW GTI really lived up to the all the hype. It really is fast. It really can handle a track day in stock form. And it thoroughly squashed the Civic Si just like my comrades at mph said a few months back.
How do you get your Bentley Continental GT race car from Europe to Thailand? You fly it. And here's one of the planes that the teams are waiting on while still managing to party some.
Another rough morning for Mr. Thomas as he returns home thoroughly exhausted from lack of sleep, a slight hangover and a long drive in from Wisconsin only to find Mr. Farago's plaintive e-mail request waiting for him on the home computer, "Are you there? Podcast?"
