Are Cars Still Getting Better?Cars keep changing, but did they stop getting better at some point?ByRory CarrollPublishedJune 23, 2021
Cars In Virginia Are All Gooped UpIf you’re in Virginia, and you’ve been noticing your car is gooped, all gooped up, sticky, dripping with a sappy,…ByRory CarrollPublishedMay 28, 2021
Wow There's A 10,000 RPM Gyroscopic Stabilizer For 'Your' Boat NowIf you spend a lot of time on boats (I don’t, but it’s kind of an aspiration) you’re no doubt familiar with the…ByRory CarrollPublishedMay 25, 2021
What's Worth Traveling For To You?I hate flying. I hated it when I averaged more than one flight per week a couple years ago, and I hate it today.…ByRory CarrollPublishedMay 25, 2021
Toyota Engineers Built A Prius Rally Car And They Let Me Drive ItLast week, I took (what should have been) a short drive to the Bundy Hill Off Road Park to drive a Toyota Prius…ByRory CarrollPublishedMay 24, 2021
What Car Company Would You Invest in?This week’s announcement that Canoo would sell its cool little van/truck deal for under $35,000 next year may mean…ByRory CarrollPublishedMay 19, 2021
Comedy Dynamo Elon Musk Is Going To Host Saturday Night LiveIf you were trying to make the case that American pop culture has slipped into an inescapable eddy, that it’s locked…ByRory CarrollPublishedMay 7, 2021
What's The Furthest You've Driven In The Wrong Direction?A few weeks ago, we got an invitation to drive a Prius rally car that some Toyota engineers put together. Even…ByRory CarrollPublishedMay 5, 2021
Having Given Up On Flying Cars And Autonomous Ones, Uber Wants Its Drivers To Buy Their Own EVsUber, the entity that previously said it would bring us the autonomous car and flying taxis is now asking you to…ByLawrence Hodge and Rory CarrollPublishedMay 5, 2021
Before the 2022 GTI Comes, Here's One Last Recommendation For The Mighty MK7 GTIThere are not a lot of cars you can buy today that I’d recommend more highly.ByRory CarrollPublishedApril 26, 2021
What Will You Ride To Valhalla?As you’re probably aware, the rap star DMX died on April 9. Over the weekend, his casket motored to his funeral at…ByRory CarrollPublishedApril 26, 2021
Comment System Under Repair, Do Not Cancel Your SubscriptionJust a quick editor’s note: We’ve been hearing reports of login trouble from our dear readers. The people who make…ByRory CarrollPublishedApril 20, 2021
When Do We Start Seeing Some Weird EV Designs?Hey, do you remember ever hearing something about how new EV architectures would allow car designers to rethink…ByRory CarrollPublishedApril 20, 2021
Here's How To Winch Yourself Backwards With PulleysI’ve been doing a fair amount of winch research lately, and one thing I’ve always kind of wondered about is winching…ByRory CarrollPublishedApril 19, 2021
4/1/21Here's How Jalopnik Will Describe Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' From Now OnUsually I send out any changes to the Jalopnik style guide in an email with the subject line “Copy Diktat.” But…ByRory CarrollPublishedApril 1, 2021
3/30/21We Talked To Jalopnik's Old Editor-In-Chief About Co-Directing That Pikes Peak DocumentaryYou guys remember Matt Hardigree? He used to run this site and was responsible in one way or another for bringing in…ByRory CarrollPublishedMarch 30, 2021
Jalopnik's Foolproof Plans For Freeing The Suez Canal Ship [Updated]The cargo ship Ever Given has been blocking the Suez Canal for a few days now, blocking a crucial trade route and…ByRory CarrollPublishedMarch 26, 2021
There's An Osama Bin Laden Shift Knob On Wish.comLast night I was searching for a NASCAR-style Hurst Shifter, similar to one that I have packed away in storage…ByRory CarrollPublishedMarch 23, 2021
We Drove The 2022 Golf R On Ice And It’s Probably Going To Be The Best New Hot Hatch You Can BuyAt the end of last week, I hitched up the family GTI and pointed it north toward the Smithers Winter Driving near…ByRory CarrollPublishedMarch 19, 2021
Maybe The Big BMW Grille Is Supposed To Make You MadThis is going to sound like a classic “bad thing is actually good” take, but hear me out: I think the big, ugly…ByRory CarrollPublishedMarch 11, 2021