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Good people of Jalopnik, I’m a freelancer journalist in Brazil and recently had to photograph a four days road trip test of the new Fiat Strada (Ram 700) and also got a chance to drive it. You guys are interested in a review of the car? I’m also a reader from the site for 10+ years and read enough stuff to have a

I was a fan, read all the books when was a teenager, but stopped to care after JK started to show her bigot side. My books got damaged by a water infiltration and I was considering to buy new ones and also the movies on bluray to my collection, but now I can’t accept to give more money to a such shitty person. When I

Every time Ferrari says it won’t do something they do that thing soon after

On the VW Amarok you can only get a proper low range with the manual transmission, with the automatic you only get this permanent AWD. But this V6 engine is only offered with manual transmission in Australia.

Dude, that Asia brand was very successful here in Brazil with a kei van called Towner. Most of the Towner sold here became a hot-dog food truck and even today the best hot-dogs you can eat are from those Towners. In the 2010's some random Chinese brands sold some similar vans, but today most of them are gone, so the

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Brazilian riders more concerned with safety uses flip-flops

Come on David, this Jeep is waiting for you to buy it 

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Brazilians can do wheelie with anything, here one with a 100 cc Honda Biz

Guess this trend is global, but on cars I only saw this in one Hyundai and this new Fiat 500

Where I come from “champagne” is a fancy word for metallic beige

So rose gold cars are definitely becoming a thing?

How come the NHTSA or any other regulation department even allow these Tesla beta shenanigans? 

The figures on the paper looks great, GM engineers can do great stuff when the bean counters allow. But all I see when look at the pictures is this body on a smaller scale and on the Colorado chassis to make a Bronco competitor. Even the removable roof is the kind of thing interesting for a Bronco and Wrangler

Now people can choose between being surrounded by piss and poop or have the risk of dying in a fire ball inside a tunnel.

Wow! He invented a less safe subway! He truly is a genius 

Now the war is over?

You can see “Minas Gerais” written on the police cruiser’s hood in that photo before the screenshot above. That’s the name of a state in southeast Brazil”

Now I want one on my Honda Fit 

Don’t worry, the spirit of Joseph Lucas is driving