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If you ask the question, “What automaker makes the best cars?” you’re cracking open a big, messy can of worms. What defines best? Is it speed? Build quality? Comfort? And who gets to decide what’s best: car enthusiasts, soccer moms, or algorithms?…

Not that I’m mad about it, but the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo is getting ready for production and it is basically what it’d look like if the sports car (sports SUV?) company made an Outback. Read more...

Pretty much every automaker is looking pretty enviously at Tesla, what with its high-flying stock price and piles of free publicity and increasingly, piles of cash too. Volkswagen, I guess, is no different. Read more...

These off-roading 911s really are all the rage, huh? A little more than a month after Singer dazzled us all with the 964-based ACS, we’re learning more about Marc Philipp Gemballa’s Dakar 959 project. Read more...

Ever since the Lancia Thema 8.32 became the best-selling car in the world in 1988, retractable/deployable rear spoilers have been the must-have accessory for any sporty car design. This is a false path. Read more...

If you’ve ever looked at a Suzuki Samurai and puzzled over whether the tiny truck could hold a 440-cube V8, today’s Nice Price or No Dice project truck is the answer you’re desperately seeking. Could its price be equally desperate? Let’s find out. Read more...

The new 911 GT3 isn’t really that new at all, at least in concept — and that’s what makes it brilliant. Oh, sure, the body is clearly wider, there’s that new swan-neck rear wing you could land a small aircraft on and the front suspension loses the…

The ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice 911 is the kind you want to see: full of details, warts and all. That makes our job a whole lot easier, but will that make its price a slam dunk as well? Read more...

Audi is extremely proud of its new E-Tron GT. It shows in its flashy premiere for the pretty grand tourer. It also shows in a Neckarsulm, Germany, factory tour video that Audi released this week. The production process is incredibly detailed and includes…

It’s Friday! The buttocks of the week, if you choose to measure it so. I thought you might like to see how a Porsche 959 and a Ferrari F40 looked as rendered on a Sinclair Spectrum, one of the biggest home computers in Britain in the 1980s. As the name…

The all-electric 2020 Porsche Taycan 4S does not quite have Tesla-defeating performance on paper, especially after the EPA initially gave it a disappointing estimated 203-mile range. Real-world testing by InsideEVs reflects something different and backs up the…

I’ve been reading a new book that author and car designer Steve Saxty sent over for me to review, Secret Fords: Volume One, and it’s a great look into the development of Fords that reached production, as well as a bunch that didn’t. Included in that is…

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 500E has two parents — Mercedes-Benz and Porsche — who jointly engineered and built this special model. Let’s see if this rare German hot rod’s price makes you seriously consider an adoption. Read more...

Porsche! You’re going in timeout! If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a hundred times, no setting Guinness World Records for speed inside the house. You’ve injured your brother and now he’s crying, and I’m just trying to get dinner on the goddamn…

The Audi E-Tron GT is finally here, and it’s going to kick off a friendly rivalry with its distant stablemate, the Porsche Taycan. But I can’t stop thinking that the real winner in all this isn’t Volkswagen Group. It’s Tesla. Read more...

Audi first showed off the E-Tron GT as a concept three years ago, and today the all-electric grand tourer is finally making its formal production debut. If it looks familiar, that’s by design. Read more...

I don’t think I’ve ever personally met a single person that leaves the repair shop saying, “That was a very fair and reasonable price for a very fair and reasonable service”—but that could just be because I spend time with a lot of grumpy people. But…

There are a lot of things I don’t necessarily understand about car culture—probably because it traditionally comes from a more traditionally masculine point of view, which leaves me wondering why photos of nudie women with cars have been a requirement for…

As Jalopnik’s resident car-buying expert and a professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve picked a few of your questions and will try to help out. This week we are discussing increasing Porsche prices due to the emissions recall and tax…

In my interview for this Jalopnik job, one of the editors asked me for my most controversial automotive opinion. (We actually asked him for his worst opinion. —ED.) After all, what are bloggers if not bad-take dispensers? There are many answers I could have…