Weekend QOTD Roundup December 14, 2024

If you’re reading Jalopnik, you’re likely a car aficionado (and/or nerd), and thus likely to know more about cars than the average bear. If you know cars, then you know that they’re incredibly complex machines with thousands of moving parts. Beyond the mechanics of it all lies the somehow more complex and multifaceted world of car culture. From the bougiest Formula 1 races and multimillion-dollar classics to demolition derbies and monster trucks, car culture can be mighty difficult to understand. And bless the hearts of those wonderful, patient people in our lives who do their best to feign interest in our unnatural affinity for automobiles when in reality they’d get more excitement from watching grass grow. - Logan Carter Read More

Soon, the horrors of 2024 will give way to fresh, new horrors for 2025, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to look forward to. A new year also means new cars, and whether you plan to buy one or just hope to see one on the road, it’s always exciting when the new models start showing up on dealer lots. - Collin Woodard Read More

We all have our specific tastes in cars, our Great Walls and Blackwoods and Skylines, but what do the regular commuters around us love? That’s the question we asked earlier this week, and today we’re looking through your answers. - Amber DaSilva Read More

Last week I was in Germany and Austria for a work trip that you’ll be hearing more about soon, and local carspotting got me thinking about how in less than a month, we’ll be able to import cars from the year 2000. That’s right, the turn of the millennium happened 25 years ago, bringing a new era to the cars that are importable into the United States under our annoying laws. So, what 25-year-old car do you want? - Daniel Golson Read More

I’m a big fan of electric vehicles. If you ask me, they’re better than their gas-powered counterparts in 99 percent of situations, but I am not the arbiter of truth, and I like hearing the opinions of other folks. Some people out there aren’t buying into the whole EV thing yet, and whether they’re right or wrong isn’t for me to say. Everyone is entitled to their own bad opinions. That’s sort of what led me to my question from last week. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Formula 1 wrapped up another year with a weirdly entertaining Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that saw the constructors title come down to the wire, an emotional split between Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes oh and, oh, Valtteri Bottas also ran his last F1 race. - Owen Bellwood Read More

We here at the good ship Jalopnik tend to have eclectic tastes. We like our brown manual diesel wagons, our Ladas, our Urals. Yet, in all our eccentricities and fixations, we might miss out on some knowledge from the wider world: What cars do normal people like? - Amber DaSilva Read More

2024 has certainly been a year, but don’t worry, it’s almost over. All we have to do is make it a few more weeks, and 2024 will be in the rearview mirror as we cruise into 2025. Next year will surely come with its fair share of horrors and regrets, but you know what’s a fun distraction from those kinds of worries? Cars. Specifically, new cars. We’ll get to see and drive all sorts of new cars next year, and that will be fun. - Collin Woodard Read More

Vehicle fuel efficiency has improved drastically over the last 15 to 20 years. Some crossovers and pickup trucks are capable of getting fuel economy that was once reserved for midsized sedans. That hasn’t always been the case. Even now with engine tech the way it is, there are still some vehicles out there that get sinfully bad gas mileage that can be downright ridiculous. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

We’re just a few weeks away from entering the new year, which means there will be a new crop of 25-year-old cars available for import into the United States. Earlier this week I asked you to share what car from 2000 you’d want to import, and your answers ran the gamut. (A lot of them had already debuted before 2000, but I’ll let it slide.) Click through to see the best ones, and let us know in the comments which is your favorite. - Daniel Golson Read More