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The 1980 movie “Urban Cowboy” turned the pickup truck into a status symbol. The status of today’s Nice Price or No Dice F-100 pickup is cosmetically restored and mechanically resto-modded. Will its price convert that status a to a “sold” pickup? Read more...

The Porsche 914 was one of Porsche’s most polarizing designs, largely because it was such a departure from the traditional Porsche look, and as a result I think it tended to get unfairly maligned. What I never realized, though, was that there was a brief…

In 2021, I am what you would consider an older millennial. I have no recollection of what cars in the ’80s were like, having been born at the end of that decade and growing up around machines mostly from the early to mid-90s. Read more...

Just a few years ago, car subscriptions seemed as if they were going to be the next big thing in vehicle purchasing. Every automaker from Porsche to Ford and even car rental agencies were getting in on the game. Now though, most of them have all but quietly…

Ford has been hyping this since last year, but Wednesday it said its Level 2 semiautonomous driving system is finally coming to many 2021 Mustang Mach-Es and 2021 Ford F-150s via over-the-air software update later this year. It’s called BlueCruise. It’s…

The 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 comes in 13 individual colors and, in a gesture of extreme kindness, one of them is Kermit Green. Read more...

China’s motor industry has had few hang-ups about designing cars that look a hell of a lot like someone else’s cars. While the industry has moved away from that a lot, and has been developing its own distinctive design languages for years, you still…

The FIA WEC’s GTE Pro category has nearly completed its lifecycle and will soon be collapsing into a heap of bones and dust. What was once among the most factory-supported racing categories in history with efforts from Aston Martin, Porsche, Ferrari, BMW,…

There are so many different ways to be a car fanatic. Whatever rabbit hole you choose to dive down, you can get sucked into a lifetime of losing yourself to the intricacies of a particular subculture. There are depths to some subcultures that become…

The auto industry is going back to the well, GM’s contempt for its dealers is plain, and Japan. All that and more in The Morning Shift for April 6, 2021. Read more...

Small trucks like today’s Nice Price or No Dice Ranger are a rare breed these days. With its stepside Splash package, this one is even rarer. Let’s see if that, and its seemingly nice overall condition, can overcome its price and a salvage title. Read more...

Do you ever get to a point in a multi-year project where you start to lose steam and you’re worried that the thing that used to be a car sitting on your QuickJacks in the garage is rapidly transforming into a really expensive paperweight? Lately that’s how…

In the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Porsche 924, the seller says it could be your next project car. It certainly looks like it needs some work. Let’s see if it’s worth its price or the effort. Read more...

The federal government is getting serious about this whole semiconductor thing, Porsche would like some of the batteries everyone else is having, and Volkswagen’s van division might just get by with a little help from a friend. All that and more in this…

When carmakers overcome their rivalries to join forces on a single vehicle, pretty strange things can happen. The entertainment world has a phrase for this phenomenon — the ever-anticipated “crossover event” — though crossovers have a different…

I got my start at Jalopnik by blogging about the production of the 2015 Bond movie, Spectre. That movie introduced a new Aston Martin concept design, dubbed the DB10, which did not go into production, but instead previewed the now-current Aston Martin Vantage.…

You wouldn’t think much of a Peugeot 607 looking at it. You probably wouldn’t think much sitting in it, either. But right beside you would be one thing interesting: a Tiptronic transmission, developed by Porsche. Read more...

Flip through the history books of an automaker as old as Porsche, and you’re bound to find some curious creations lurking in the past. From race cars built for doomed motorsports to unexpected forays into new segments, it’s safe to say that if you can…

Automakers are forever teasing fans with suggestions of joining this or that racing series, but Volkswagen Group’s interest in Formula 1 is reported to go beyond mere interest. Porsche and/or Audi is making preparations to enter Formula 1 in 2025, per a…

New car inventory still hasn’t completely recovered, Porsche is expanding its subscription program in the U.S., and Tesla. All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 25, 2021. Read more...