2008 Dodge Charger Police Edition, Part Two

The benefits from the inherently aggressive looks of the standard Charger's angry headlamps and strong rear haunches. Of course, each car's style will be affected by the livery of its jurisdiction. Our car looks badass in black with the exposed steel wheels and a spot lamp mounted in the A-pillar,...

Nov 15, 2024

Dodge Charger Police Edition, Part Three

You need a big cruiser, but need muscle car speed. Your department has a bunch of money to spend after a big drug bust. You've got to reunite your band and save an orphanage. You think high-speed pursuits are unnecessary and dangerous. You complain about high gas prices. You think...

Nov 15, 2024

The Future Is Back: Jalopnik Drives The DeLorean DMC-12

The first time I saw the gullwing doors on a DeLorean DMC-12 open, in Back To The Future, it was abundantly clear something important was happening. Something cool. Then I learned that it had a chassis engineered by Colin Chapman and a body designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Then I read...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Part One

Michigan's M-1 is a state trunk road that starts at downtown Detroit's waterfront drive, Jefferson Avenue, then shoots north in a straight line for 21.4 miles, past some of the poorest and wealthiest neighborhoods of the metro region until it loops back down the other direction in the city of...

Nov 15, 2024

2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart

The isn't an Evo X. It's better. That's what I keep telling myself as I drive the back roads of the Detroit exurbs in Mitsubishi's latest boosted compact. Slotting between the regular FWD Lancer 2.4 GTS and the balls-out rally car Evo X, the Ralliart seeks to put Mitsubishi on...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Part Two

The gets all five stars for providing a perfect example of a polarizingly retro design done right. You either love it or you hate it. Although we've yet to find a single soul who is willing to shout this pony down in person. From the big, strong front fascia and...

Nov 15, 2024

Dash Express GPS Navigation Could Be Commuter's Dream

I've had the chance to spend a couple of weeks with the Dash Express GPS unit that most notably features two-way communication via Wi-Fi and GPRS for live active traffic data, Yahoo Local search instead of the standard list of points of interest and a robust customizable applications system. It...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8, Part Three

You love America and everything it stands for. You break out in hives at the thought of restoring an old '71 Challenger, but still want to live life looking good, moving fast and bleeding red, white and blue. Your nickname was "Super Soul" or your last name is "Kowalski." You...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt, Part One

I managed to drive nearly one thousand miles across Texas in a without running over a cow, getting in a gunfight or playing a single hand of high stakes poker. How? If you've never been, the Texas in your head is a rugged place with sun-drenched highways stretching across a...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Dodge Charger SRT8, Part One

While Wert spent last week of the , I had the muscle car's big, boorish bear of a brother, the . The two cars may come off the same production lines, but I'm finding myself using a different set of adjectives than the petals of flowery prose Wert scattered in...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt, Part Two

The isn't just a series of minor enhancements. Although the differences between the GT are subtle, they're numerous — starting with the badge delete option and Highland Green paint, a large black grille rimmed with a satin piece of chrome that hints at the car's unique importance. The dark five-spoked...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Dodge Charger SRT8, Part Two

Let's not mince words here: The is the kid that took your sister out to a party and she came back with frazzled hair, disheveled clothes, and smeared makeup. It's a badass car and it looks it. In sedate colors it blends in like a roughneck in a polo, but...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt, Part Three

You don't care if other people think you're cool; you know you're cool. If you want a job done right you think you have to do it yourself. You've got a bad habit of getting into car chases that end in fiery explosions. You were alive when the movie I'm...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Dodge Charger SRT8, Part Three

You never got enough oversteer from your big wheel as a kid. Your father taught you big motors and tire smoke are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The first passage in your bible reads "In the beginning, God created the Hemi and the Earth." You think global warming is...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR

Andrew Stoy is wrong. (No, I'm not. —A.S.) The makes a much better everyday car than the . And I should know: I've only driven it in rush hour traffic. Driving sucks in New York. Not only are the roads pot-holed, third-world battlefields, but local drivers treat them as such,...

Nov 15, 2024