Image: Porsche The global economy is a complex and constantly moving entity, which frequently causes companies to reevaluate their operations. Porsche was recently pushed up against that wall when the U.S. government determined that nearly all of its cars couldn’t be imported into the country, allegedly due to a single microchip manufactured in Belarus. If … Read more
A demonstrator passes an autographed American flag as he prepares to depart Hagerstown Speedway in Hagerstown, Maryland, on March 7, 2022.Photo: Jim WATSON (Getty Images) Oh boy, another convoy is on the move! This one is called the “Take Our Border Back” convoy and it kicked off a week long road trip in Virginia Beach … Read more
Screenshot: HBO/YouTube Late last year, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver dedicated more than 30 minutes to Elon Musk, covering everything from Tesla to SpaceX and even his anti-semitism. While it acknowledged that Musk’s companies have been able to do some innovative things, it didn’t exactly paint the man himself in a flattering light because, … Read more
Image: Via NTSB (AP) An airplane left behind a trail of detritus violently sucked out of the cabin when a giant fucking hole opened in the fuselage this weekend. Thankfully nobody was injured, and the plane returned to Portland for an emergency landing, but little pieces of the flight are being uncovered all over the … Read more
Screenshot: Doug DeMuro On Tuesday, we asked you all what the worst car from the year you were born was because, well, it’s a lot more fun to complain and ridicule than it is to say nice things. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the answers were American, but that’s what we get for having a lot … Read more
There’s A Relic Runway From America’s Failed Supersonic Future Hiding In The Everglades Supersonic airliners never became as common as airlines and government officials hoped.Photo: Victor Drees/Daily Express/Hulton Archive (Getty Images) Delta’s Luggage Only Flight When supersonic flight was set to transform passenger air travel in the late 1960s, Miami-Dade County had grand ambitions of … Read more
Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in news. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. Hyundai Considers Jumping On The Tesla Charger Bandwagon Too Consumer Reports Says These Are The Best Hybrid Cars For Less Than $35,000 In 2024 Photo: Toyota We’ve come … Read more
Convertibles are amazing, and some of the best cars of all time. Everyone loves to put the top down on a beautiful day. Well, except Daniel. Daniel Golson – 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Image: Jalopnik This is my 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SL, which I bought back in the spring of 2021 about a year after moving to … Read more
In 1988 a famous sailing yacht went missing, leaving behind a strange final message, a mangled investigation and questions of suicide, piracy, mutiny and drug trafficking. I’ve long been fascinated by ship wrecks and disappearances and this one is one of my favorites, not only because it’s such a mysterious story, but because the ship … Read more
white bicycle, or ghost bike, with a sign saying rest in peace locked to a pole on a New York City street is a memorial at the site where a cyclist was killed by a crash motor vehicle. Image: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) Biking ain’t easy; in fact it can be straight up … Read more
