Ugly Trucks, Canceled Cars And Road Rage Stories In This Week's QOTD Roundup

There are a few things that America does better than most: BBQ, excessive military spending and pickup trucks. None of those are particularly attractive things, least of all pickup trucks. - Owen Bellwood Read More

As enthusiasts, we generally like cars. You probably wouldn’t be reading an enthusiast site if you didn’t like them in some capacity. And yet, the more you drive and learn about cars, you’ll inevitably start to become a hater. Not necessarily of the cars you already liked but of the cars that don’t fit your personal style or taste. Heck, sometimes, the car just doesn’t fit your body correctly. - Collin Woodard Read More

We’re car enthusiasts, of course, we think wagons are God’s gift to us and every single vehicle should have a low, long roof. Sadly though, that’s not the case. In fact, the wagon is a dying breed as more folks switch to SUVs and crossovers. It’s what brought me to our question from last week. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

From the reckless drivers and dangerous sideshows to the overpass strikes and bus hijackings, it would be easy to assume that every road is only one bad driver away from becoming the Wild West. While I have a laid-back “I get there where I get there” mentality when I drive, others seemingly have short tempers and hair triggers when they get behind the wheel. - Ryan Erik King Read More

Sometimes you just want a car gone. You don’t want to see new ones get sold anymore. Get it off the market (and the roads) as soon as possible, please and thank you. Maybe it’s because you owned one and it was an unreliable nightmare. Maybe it’s so poorly designed, it doesn’t do a good job doing what it’s supposed to do. Or maybe it’s something petty, like the fact that your shitty old boss used to drive one, or that douchebag cousin of yours is saving up to buy a new one. Sometimes you just want to see a car get canceled. - Collin Woodard Read More

While the open roads offer near-limitless freedom, many drivers use the opportunity to dish out their rage on an unassuming populace. We asked our readers earlier this week for their wildest road rage stories, and they delivered. The responses feature guns being brandished, heated arguments and multiple high-speed chases. Without further ado, here are the most intense encountered submitted: - Ryan Erik King Read More

While it may be tough to describe to your parents, significant others or friends who don’t care about cars, there’s something just plain cool about a ute. These car-based trucks once roamed the streets of the United States, but now they’re mainly relegated to South America and Australia, and even there are starting to fall out of favor against traditional pickup trucks. For today’s question, I want to know what car you wish would have a ute variant. - Daniel Golson Read More

Automakers don’t always get it right. Even being in this business, you don’t need to be a professional to tell when an automaker has phoned it in. Some cars are just not good. Sometimes, though, engineers or designers with the right frame of mind who want to do something special will get past the bean counters and get something approved that turns a turd of a car into something memorable. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

If you’re like most of us here at Jalopnik, then you have likely been infatuated with the wonderful world of automobiles for as long as you can remember. I still remember the cars that all of my teachers drove, from preschool Miss Jennifer’s bright red 19999 Honda Accord coupe to my my senior year high school journalism teacher Miss Wegter’s tan Saab 9-3 five-door. We didn’t grow up with much, though, so there wasn’t a swath of cool cars that I got to ride in as a kid, but one pivotal memory stands out from the rest: I got to ride in a school bus monster truck in a K-Mart parking lot. - Logan Carter Read More

Earlier this week we asked you to share what cars you think should be turned into utes, the lovable car-based pickups that are typically sleeker and much cooler than traditional trucks, and y’all delivered with some great answers. From hybrid hatchbacks to sports cars and performance crossovers, these are the cars Jalopnik readers think should be turned into utes. - Daniel Golson Read More