Why Buy A Toyota Highlander When You Could Have A 507 HP Mercedes?

This week alone I've spoken with three people interested in buying a new 2015 Toyota Highlander. I tell them these are hot sellers with little discounts and like a Sienna. "No way, minivans are not cool!" Little do they know about the monster that is the R63. The Mercedes Benz...

Apr 20, 2025

New Jersey Bans Sale Of 19 Bogus Motor Oils

As enthusiasts, we take changing the oil in our cars very seriously. But for many people changing the oil is an afterthought and look for the cheapest and easy way possible. These folks usually get what they pay for. The New Jersey consumer office has just issued a "stop sale"...

Apr 20, 2025

This Is How To React When Someone Smashes Your Lamborghini And Runs

It's never fun when you're the victim of a hit and run. It's much less fun when the car you're driving is the Lamborghini you've dreamed about and saved for since you were 7 years old. Friend of Jalopnik shows us the appropriate response one should have when faced with...

Apr 20, 2025

Can You Use A Canned Ham As A Bumper Guard?

As an auto journalist, I get a lot of questions asked of me. “What car should I buy for my ornithologist?” “Why don’t cars have good spittoons anymore?” and, the one I get most, “Can I used a canned ham or potted meat to protect my car’s bumpers?” Well, friends,...

Apr 20, 2025

You Can Buy A Disgusting Heap Of BMW Isetta Scraps For Less Than An XBox

It's the time of the year where you have to buy gifts for the little shit-eater in your life. Maybe it's your ungrateful kid, or that nephew who speaks in Internet slang you don't understand. Either way, you have to buy them something, because damn near bankrupting yourself for no...

Apr 20, 2025

How A McLaren Makes You More Money Than A Mansion

Back in 1994, a McLaren F1 cost you about £650,000. That was as much as a mansion. This video took one such Mclaren and one such mansion and compared the two on appreciation. Which one made more money? Well, it's no surprise it was the McLaren, but the margin of...

Apr 20, 2025

eBay Challenge: What's The Best Mercedes For Less Than $15,000?

If there's any auto manufacturer that exemplifies all the amazing attributes of depreciation, it's Mercedes-Benz. This week's challenge is to find the best examples of the German brand, for less than the price of your average base model domestic econobox, or $15,000. This should be good. Selections aren't limited to...

Apr 20, 2025

You Can Buy An Awesome Dodge Viper GTS For The Price Of A Honda Accord

Prestige and exclusivity don't always need to be imported. Case in point: . Not only has this amazing car aged remarkably well, but it's depreciated to the point that it's cheaper than a modestly-optioned Honda Accord EX-L. is perhaps the most iconic viper ever made. To mistake this car for...

Apr 20, 2025

Mercedes Dealer Denied Veteran A Loaner Vehicle Because Of Service Dog

One of the benefits of owning a luxury car is that when you take it in for service, often you get to drive a vehicle of the same brand and not have to wait. But when a disabled Army veteran brought his service dog to his Mercedes dealer, they said...

Apr 20, 2025

Woman Wins $90 Million Dollar Lottery, Buys Really Boring Car

As car enthusiasts, we all have what I call "the list." The list of dream cars we would buy if we got some massive windfall of money. I know the first two cars on my list are an E63 wagon and probably a. A Washington state woman who won a...

Apr 20, 2025

Ten Of The Best Mercedes-Benzes On eBay For Less Than $15,000

I'm a fan of insane value, unrelenting comfort, and laser-focused build quality. That's why I drive a Mercedes-Benz. Last week , and the replies I got were nothing short of fantastisch. There's nothing that screams "class" like a pillar-less coupe with a V8 in front, drive wheels in the back,...

Apr 20, 2025

NJ Man Gets Three Years For Selling Flooded Cars With False Titles

After an investigation by the NJ Attorney General's Office, a former car salesman along with several other accomplices were charged with title fraud and other offences for selling Super-storm Sandy damaged cars to unsuspecting used car buyers. According to , Jonathan Olin, 42, of Manalapan, the former operator of D&D...

Apr 20, 2025

How Much Do You Know About The Mazda Miata?

The Mazda Miata is obviously the most important car ever sold... if you ask certain people around here named Travis. But how well do you know the Miata? Here's a quick quiz to test your knowledge. People on the Internet love quizzes so we thought we'd try one. Let us...

Apr 20, 2025

How To Own A Ridiculously Cheap And Reliable Porsche 911

There exists an insane performance value in the used car market, and it's called the Porsche 911 – specifically, the 996 chassis that spanned the years between 1999 and 2004. However, there is a catch: They experience premature engine failure due to a small but integral part of the engine....

Apr 20, 2025

This Half-Restored Ferrari 355 Is The Cheap Project Car Of Your Dreams

The internet is an amazing place. It's a magical series of tubes that allows regular people like you and I to gaze upon the unfinished projects of others and buy them for pennies on the dollar. This one is a that I almost didn't write about because I seriously want...

Apr 20, 2025