Traffic Jams: Pulp - ‘Razzmatazz’
Morning, how is the day going so far? We had the first snowfall of the year settling on the ground when I woke up, which means people around these parts are either excited like a kid in a candy shop, or pissed at the thought of shoveling snow for the next few months. Guess which camp I fall into?
At $7,000, Would You Have To Be A Soviet Blockhead To Pass Up This 1972 GAZ-69?
Pretty much everything manufactured in the Soviet Union was stouter but cruder than their Western counterparts. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice GAZ-69 allows us to experience that firsthand. We’ll have to see just how much of a capitalist one would need to be to buy it.
2025 Porsche 911 Carrera T Is Perfectly Tailored For Discerning Manual Enthusiasts
Porsche really wants you to know that the new 992.2 facelift of the 911 Carrera T comes only with a manual transmission. Big stickers on the side windows show the shift pattern, as do the puddle lights. The 917-inspired shift knob is made of wood and impossible to miss when you glance inside; if you do miss it,…
Jorge Martin's MotoGP Championship Is The First For An Independent Rider In 24 Years
26-year-old Jorge Martin Almoguera, nicknamed The Martinator, became the fifth Spanish-born MotoGP champion in history and the first to win a title for an independent squad since Valentino Rossi took the 2001 laurels for Nastro Azzurro Honda. It was clear that the Ducati was the bike to have for 2024, as the Italian…
Racing-Inspired Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition Has A Huge Swan-Neck Rear Wing
It’s impossible to overstate how good Hyundai’s Elantra N is. The model just fot a facelift last year, and for 2025 Hyundai is making an already good thing even better by adding some motorsport-inspired bits to a new special-edition Elantra N. Called the Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition, it’s inspired by the Elantra N…
RIP Roadkill
After 13 seasons, MotorTrend’s Roadkill will reportedly come to an end. The popular show was cohosted by former Hot Rod editors David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan and featured exactly what enthusiasts actually wanted to see in a car show: real people doing awesome stuff with cool cars without all the manufactured…
China Unveils New Space Shuttle That Totally Doesn't Look Familiar At All
A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race. China unveiled a new space shuttle last week to keep the Tiangong station supplied as the nation expands its space…
The WRC Hybrid Era Is Over Way Too Soon
The World Rally Championship has always positioned itself as the pinnacle of international rally competition, and the move to hybrid powertrains for the 2022 season was indicative of its desire to be a technology test bed for the manufacturers in the sport while increasing the power, speed, and spectacle of the top…
After Hertz Workers Abandon Their Location, Customers Show Up And Take Whatever Rental Cars They Want
After dealing with things like arrests over false complaintsof rental thefts and a bad EV bet that’s seen a massive sale of a bunch of cheap Teslas, Hertz has another problem on its hands, at least at one of its locations. Workers at a Hertz in Syracuse, New York, abandoned their posts, resulting in customers…
You Shouldn't Power An E-Bike With Disposable Vape Batteries, But Companies Probably Should
As far as I can tell, Gen Z is all about two things: Suckling from disposable vapes and riding newfangled electronic bicycles. Now, thanks to a YouTuber, those two generational pastimes can now be combined into one by powering an e-bike with batteries reclaimed from disposed vapes.
Buy This Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake, Or You'll Never Know True Happiness
Most cars are little more than practical transportation that gets people from point A to point B. Far fewer cars could be considered rolling works of art, and only a handful combine the two into rolling art that’s also practical enough that you could conceivably drive it daily. The 2019 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato…
Plane Crash At Drag Strip Interrupts NHRA Finals
With speeds over 300 miles per hour, accidents at drag racing’s highest level are only comparable to plane crashes. Fans saw that comparison firsthand when a single-engine Piper PA-32 crashed into an RV lot at Pomona Raceway during the NHRA Finals on Sunday. The pilot and three passengers suffered non-life-threatening…
Jake Paul Used An Icon Of The ’90s Custom Truck Scene In His Mike Tyson Fight Entrance
Jake Paul’s boxing match against Mike Tyson was an absolute snoozer, verging on a complete farce, but there was one highlight: how the former Vine and Disney star turned “professional” boxer” made his entrance. He did it in the back seat of a purple-over-lime-green Chevy C3500 dually with Phil Collins’ “In The Air…
Diabetic Racer Tapes Starlink To His Helmet So He Could Facetime With His Mother During The Baja 1000
Ben Hundter finished the 2024 Baja 1000 after sharing the ride on the number 279X Sportsman Moto class Sherco with his brother David. He rolled into the finish line with a time of 31 hours and 30 minutes, good enough for second in class. That’s pretty impressive considering Hundter was hauling a bunch of extra weight…
Rats Love Revving Engines Say Scientists Who Taught Them To Drive Tiny Cars
Not all lab rats have the most exciting lives, but a few lucky rats got the job of a lifetime when they were chosen to participate in a University of Richmond Lambert Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory study where they teach rats to drive. As it turns out, rats are pretty good at driving. In fact, as Futurism reports,…
TikToker Turns The O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle Into Something Beautiful
We all know the O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle. It’s been around since the 1990s and it’s just undeniably catchy, but what if it was more than that? What if the O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle was beautiful, melancholy, thought provoking and even inspirational? Well, one TikToker made it just that.
Riding A Motorcycle Cuts Travel Time Through Notorious Los Angeles Traffic Nearly in Half
Around 83 percent of Americans live in urban areas, and in many parts of the country traffic is worse than it has ever been. For the sake of convenience and reducing traffic, it would be in all of our best interest to promote the legalization of motorcycle lane-splitting in every single state. Adding protected bike…
Aston Martin Valkyrie GTP Performing About As Well As Its Last Prototype
The new Aston Martin Valkyrie GTP racer is just the brand’s third attempt at building a top-flight endurance racing sports car since 1989. Last weekend marked the car’s first test sessions at Daytona International Raceway with factory-supported Heart Of Racing’s one-car entry and, while it was a preliminary event for…
What Are Your Worst Mechanic Stories?
Very few people ever look forward to taking their car to a mechanic. No matter what you do, you’ll probably have to take your car for a dreaded trip to a garage to see a mechanic. We all worry that the garage will overcharge for service, and it could admittedly be even worse than that. The mechanic could fail to fix…
Low Cost Spirit Airlines Files For Bankruptcy, Promises All Tickets Remain Valid
Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting losses and stiff competition from rival budget airlines. The American carrier has lost billions since the Covid-19 pandemic and will now work to restructure its debt while continuing to operate flights across the U.S.
