Jalopnik Reviews: Camaro Convertible Concept

Like most concept cars, the Chevrolet Camaro convertible isn't real. It moves under its own power, but it's by no means a polished and finished product. Still, if someone offered you the chance to drive it, would you say no? This is Flashback Friday, a weekly feature where we republish...

Nov 17, 2024

Rebel With A Cosworth for $25,000

William Randolph Hearst created his San Simeon castle by importing the best of Europe's ancient architecture and having find ways to incorporate it. Today, has a Ford Sierra that would make Hearst proud. The ‘80s gave us many awesome cars (as well as Bar Refaeli, grrrr), but few cars were...

Nov 17, 2024

Holy Bucking Bronco for $27,500

The late must have had a thing for horses. The Mustang was his idea, as was today's Bronco. That Ford truck's good for horsing around in, but are you willing to pony up? It turns out that the effort to turn a lowly Merkur XR4Ti into a fire-breathing was not...

Nov 17, 2024

Mercedes-Benz SLS: Once Upon A Time In Mexico

Let's cut to the chase: This is a 563-hp , those are its amazing doors, and I took this picture in Mexico while hanging out of the car at 50 mph. Safety is for pansies. Viva velocidad! Full disclosure: Mercedes-Benz flew us to Mexico City and put us up in...

Nov 17, 2024

Riding Honda's Cybernetic Unicycle In Times Square

Japanese engineers thought that allowing Matt Lauer to ride the on the Today Show this morning was "too risky," but I sweet-talked them into letting me roll through Times Square on it. Cybernetic unicycle, meet New York. In return for permission to use the U3-X in Times Square, we promised...

Nov 17, 2024

Alcuni Di Assemblaggio Richiestoe Lancia for $2,800!

While finding a Lancia that's unable to move under its own power may seem more the rule than the exception, thinks that this Scorpion with your choice of engines could prove very motivational. Yesterday's didn't buck the trend of overwrought restos not bringing anywhere near the cost of rejuvenation. Horse...

Nov 17, 2024

BMW 740i Wears the M Badge of Courage for $13,200!

When the Bangle-ized E65 7-series was released, the values of the preceding E38s immediately rose. Things have obviously settled down as this contender 740i has a price that's styled for mass appeal. John Kerry blamed his unsuccessful run at the White House, not on his being an elitist snob, but...

Nov 17, 2024

Cadillac CTS Coupe: First Ride

Cadillac's chiseled, sexy surprised everyone when it debuted at the in 2007. Now we've gotten an exclusive first ride. Is GM's latest baby everything we had hoped? Since its inception, the CTS line has rewritten the Cadillac tome, maturing the division's "Art & Science" design theme into something handsome and...

Nov 17, 2024

I-Da-Ho V8 Datsun for $3,000!

Idaho's state bird is the Mountain Bluebird. Datsun's 240Z is a derivation of the Bluebird sedan. Today, has a Ford-powered Z from the potato state that might just flip your blues the bird. When it was first introduced, the Datsun 240Z was praised for being the poor man's E-Type. And...

Nov 17, 2024

Custom 1982 Charger Wants You to Drop Your Top for $5,200!

In the 1980s Omni magazine attempted to make science fiction sexy. Today, has a Dodge Omni-based Charger from the ‘80s that proves going topless is still the best way to be sexy. It wasn't futuristic sexy but midwestern hospitality that ruled the day on Monday as a 1972 240Z played...

Nov 17, 2024

1989 Reatta Puts You Under its Spell-check for $3,500!

If the concept of a Buick sports car makes you put on your Moe face and go whaaaa? you're not alone. With fewer than 22,000 total sold, today's Reatta wasn't fooling anybody. Also not fooling anybody was yesterday's . Just as certain flashing lights can send an epileptic into a...

Nov 17, 2024

LM7 RX7 Pops an ALL CAPS in Your Ass for $7,500!

Some have accused the second generation RX7 of being the softest of the breed. Of course, a monster V8, like today's candidate has, can make it much harder. And, it might make you hard too. To the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies Theme: Come and listen to a story about...

Nov 17, 2024

1989 BMW 325i Takes Vitamin E36, Costs $16,995!

Like the precedent 2002, the E30 BMW is well loved for its simple shape and honest performance. However, about today's 325i it can simply be said that its E36 transplant makes it honestly better. Furrowed brows and lips pursed to a side ruled the day yesterday as everyone came to...

Nov 17, 2024

C5 Corvette Says It's Hammer Time for $29,999!

The Chevy V8 has been the go-to engine for transplanters, and we've seen quite a few Frankencars with them here on . Today however, we've got a candidate that was actually born with one. Corvette. America's Sports Car. No other car, over the years, has exemplified the American ideal quite...

Nov 17, 2024

Ride the White Pony for $4,995!

Before Tata introduced the poor to the travails of new car buying, there was the Citroën FAF. Before the FAF there was the Greek-built Pony, and today wants to know what's a grecian urn? Yesterday morning Gizmodo decided to post some pictures of the next iPhone, and the resultant frenzy...

Nov 17, 2024