Typically, when I get to do a ridealong in a new car, prototype or otherwise, the car is actually, you know, in motion. Today though, sitting in the passenger seat of a camouflaged prototype of the upcoming third-generation Mercedes-Benz CLA, we’ve spent most of the drive route completely stopped. That’s not anything to do with … Read more
The all-electric Renault 5, which looks awesome, promises to bring electric power to the masses and even has a baguette holder, is quite possibly my new favorite car. While you might have thought that the Alpine that’s based on this car was the perfect electric hot hatch, Renault has outdone itself with the new Turbo … Read more
Have you ever bought a vehicle that turned out to not quite be as advertised, and wished you could just take it right back to the seller and give them a piece of your mind? Well, one Utah man tried after buying a used Subaru from a Mazda dealer, and did so in spectacular fashion: … Read more
Three years after unveiling its Seven concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai is using that same show to debut the production 2026 Ioniq 9, a large three-row SUV that’s a sibling to Kia’s EV9. (The name was changed from 7 to 9 to leave room for more future Ioniq models.) It’s a wild-looking … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Last weekend at the Best of French and Italy show, one of my favorite automotive events in California, I spotted a window sticker on an obscure 1980s hatchback that made me laugh. It was on a Citroën LNA, a tiny ’lil thing based on the Peugeot 104 that was introduced in 1978 … Read more
Photo: Renault Who doesn’t love a good fart joke? I know the French do. Well, at least I think they do, because there’s no way this wasn’t intentional (please ignore the fact that they speak French). It has come to my attention that one of the Renault Avantime’s engine choices, a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder motor, … Read more
Image: Hyundai Hyundai revealed the Seven concept back in 2021, a large three-row electric SUV that it promised would be revealed in production form in 2024. Well, now we’re almost done with 2024, and that day is almost here. Hyundai released the first teaser for its new Ioniq 9 that will be debuting next month … Read more
Photo: Honda The Honda Civic Type R is the kind of car that was created in a lab to embarrass the kind of gatekeeper who still insists on calling it “wrong-wheel drive.” No, you can’t get it with all-wheel drive like you can in the Toyota GR Corolla, but it’s also so fun to drive, … Read more
A stop sign stands near the Tesla logo at the Tesla factory on July 17, 2023 near Gruenheide, Germany.Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Monday, October 21, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important … Read more
There are few things in this world that bring goosebumps to my skin faster than the stirring sound of six inline cylinders screaming as they hit the redline like waves in the Mediterranean Sea splashing against sandy beaches. When said sound of those six cylinders is resonating off of the astounding beauty of the arid … Read more
