There really is no getting around the fact that the Model S is the most important car of the 21st century.

which they claim has taken the car to 60 miles per hour in a parking lot

Yes on the coupe.

I’d put the 2 series in the best of the bunch, though I agree it’s not beautiful.

Interesting! The definition has drifted, then. I think in the U.S. it still means a vehicle with pedals.

Alongside this lil’ hatch will be a few other creations, such as a battery-powered moped that Honda says will be making its global debut.

I thought this story sounded familiar... but it was a different incident back in April. Beginning in Florida, of course.

Yeah, that’s common British usage, but Jalopnik is not British...

amazing slaw-topped hot honey chicken sandwich (thigh, bot breast) anyway.

It’s a celebration of deliberate excess, a diner’s personal challenge to take down as much shellfish as they can in one sitting.

Gotcha: NFL team owners don’t care about “how much money you could bring” to them.

“Could you imagine if the NFL was based on how much money you could bring to team owners?”

Anyone squealing on a someone gets cash.

This is a pretty interesting (to me) history of the Ford logo, going back 120 years. The script “Ford” was originally an imitation of Henry Ford’s signature but got changed slightly for readability.

Good analysis. This is a problem that should be solvable by collective action on the part of the police.

I meant the broader set of goals typically associated with academia: the students’ educational experience, publicity for the university, and interest from external funding sources.

ETH Zürich is one of the best universities for engineering in the world, roughly the equivalent of MIT or Stanford in Europe. This was a student project with a broader set of goals than real-world application.

Oh, did I mention it has bubble doors?

Years ago my wife and I took a trip to Guatemala, with short visits to Honduras and Belize. We rented a car, a little econobox, in Guatemala City. Our first clue we were in less-familiar territory: When we started off, we found no seatbelts. Not that they were inoperative—the car didn’t even have them installed.

Red Bull Racing consultant Helmut Marko has had to apologize for racist remarks aimed at F1 driver Sergio Pérez.