Declining car sales, China’s market is going down, and Renault is accusing someone (?) of a “a purposefully…
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The United States Border Patrol is notoriously bad at driving its Ford F-150 Raptors, but the thing is, it has…
This nation, this once great and glorious nation, has been cursed with a plague for the past 20 years. It is the…
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A nice number of you won’t stop buying crossovers, Aston Martin is preparing for the Brexit apocalypse, and oil’s…
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It’s the 1950s, and you’re the Soviet Union. Your deepest rivals, the Americans and their corporations, are all…
If you want a big, luxurious, Big Beef Boy car, you’ve got plenty of options. Mercedes S-Class, BMW 7, Jaguar XJ,…
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We all know that Jalopnik is not good for your health, or ours. But for reasons that are utterly beyond us, you…
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Think of your dream, no-holds-barred, greatest racing series idea. It might involve drivers like Mario Andretti,…
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Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
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Group B’s popularity wasn’t just apparent from the huge crowds filling every stage. It was apparent from who was…
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This is a brief interlude from Group B-smas, I know, but bear with me here because I can’t find what it is that’s…
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Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re running some of our old classics today. We’ve got tales of race cars and airplane engines and weird jeeps and wrenching. Come on back tomorrow for the most magical holiday of all. That’s right – Group B-smas.
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