It's Jalopnik's Best of 2021, all the posts you loved the most.

Tesla's famous early Autopilot video that appears to show the car driving on its own isn't showing the whole story

So you likely won't see as many posts but I'll try to get some to you!

Has the secret to why some cars seem ugly finally been unlocked?

Can't really justify $500 for a stainless steel whistle shaped like a truck you can't buy yet? Here's some…

It's strange how infrequently modern car advertising includes huge slabs of meat

Just calling a car "reliable" doesn't come close enough to conveying what it means to live with the car, so we've…

I mean, Nissan has in no way suggested this but I'm reading between the lines, see

In addition to whatever gets written below the picture, I think you should appreciate the fantastic illustration…

If true, this would solve one of the greatest car mysteries ever. Of course, that "if" is massive.

Once again we are reminded that China's car industry just seems to be having more fun than we are

If you're one of our avian readers, welcome, and here's an image from your vantage point

Indicator repeaters tend to get overlooked, but not by Genesis' lighting team, which is fantastic

Oh good, finally a truck with mutated rat-roach leather seats and anti-cannibal spikes.

If you didn't like the massive kidney grilles before, you may want to be sure you're sitting down

I'm into cutaways this week. Let's just roll with it

Level 2 semi-automated driving assist systems do not work well with stupidity

Yes, it sucks that it's a shitbox that breaks down. But it's a shitbox that can be repaired with a rock, so it kinda…

This is a good reminder that a high-revving turbo engine makes a good seatback heater

It's been talked about for years, but this will be the first time NASA has actually tried to deflect an asteroid