Jalopnik Reviews
The last time I blew past the limits of my driving ability in a big howling V8 and hooned into a turn way too fast, I was at
Altamont Speedway and I spun out in a most dramatic fashion. Now I'm in a car worth 110 times as much, leadfooting it down the hill at Infineon, right at
the Chute, and I'm totally
into that mighty V8 scream, and…
oh shit! Brake!
BRAAAAKE! And damn if the brakes on this thing don't
get the job done. This experience pretty much sums up what the STaSIS S5 Challenge is all about; if you're a great driver, you'll find the limits are very high. If, like me, you wield more enthusiasm than finesse behind the wheel, the brake and suspension upgrades can avert total disaster.
2008 STaSIS Audi S5 At Infineon And The Streets Of Sonoma
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custom cars
We were out and about cruising the snowy streets of Detroit, taking advantage of the return of sub-two dollar gas, and what to our wondering eyes should appear, but a stretched Jaguar XJ8 hearse.
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Automotive X PRIZE
Remember the 2004 movie
I,Robot starring Will Smith, a bunch of crazy Apple-inspired robots and the spherical drive-equipped
hovering Audi RSQ? Now there's a company trying to bring that to life, building a hover DeLorean as an entry for the Automotive X prize.
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Cardi Body II
We thought the
Mitsuoka Himiko was a clever re-envisioning of the Mazda MX-5. We do not feel the same way about the Russian-built, E-36-based Cardi Body II.
The In Russia Jokes Write Themselves
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Ten Most Stolen Cars In America
Despite allegedly having problems building the cars Americans want to buy, the not-so-Big Three are building the kind of cars American thieves want to steal making up 90% of the list of the most stolen vehicles list for 2008.
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Carpocalypse Now
On CNBC this morning, GM product czar "Maximum" Bob Lutz said
GM CEO Rick Wagoner is "without doubt the best CEO I've ever worked for." Well, duh. Have you seen the other CEOs he's worked for?
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Detroit Auto Show
After revealing the
R8 LMS GT3 racer last month, Audi felt we've been good enough to get our first gift of the holiday season — the production Audi R8 V10. The new engine makes it Audi's second most powerful production car ever.
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Carpocalypse Now
You may have seen Sen. Chris Dodd on "Meet The Press" this weekend tell Tom Brokaw GM CEO Rick Wagoner "has to move on." That's a terrible idea.
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Down On The Street
Welcome to
Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Should the early-to-mid-80s Land Cruisers qualify for this series? I've been seeing a few of them around town, and they always struck me as belonging a bit more to the Maximum Cup Holder Comfy SUV Era than to the
Unkillable Warlord Grade Toyota Truck Era. But the
RHD Troop Carrier Land Cruiser was made in the 80s, and I noted un-cupholder-esque details such as the locking front hubs on the civilian
60 Series, and the styling on this era's trucks is pretty truckish, so what the heck: here's an '84 Land Cruiser for Truck Monday!
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