Archive for June 18th, 2008

According to an article in the New York Times, some drivers of cars that are supposed to be fueled with premium-grade gasoline are switching to regular gas in an attempt to soothe their wallets. It’s all about appearances, after all. Those big illuminated numbers that stare you down every time you fill up at the… »

newVideoPlayer(”art-pass-ibm.flv”, 506, 423,””); The normally stuffy suits at IBM must’ve raided the ex-Xerox PARC labs for their latest project, as it’s a bit out of left field. IBM is working on a steering wheel that has the ability to read a driver’s lips and also serve as a drum machine. It does have some… »

Today Mark “My Bimmer’s Like A Shark Fin” Arnold featured some video from Garage 419 of Top Gear America’s new host Tanner Foust doing some serious drifting, leading to even more discussion of Top Gear America than we thought possible. Is this a sign of shows to come? Just ask Bento:
“Tonight on Top Gear America,… »

Well, this crazy mixed up SLR Guy photo chopping game has been a laugh riot, but all good things must come to an end. After a marathon gallery and a follow up with all the late entries, we’ve finally cut off submissions and it’s time for you to make the final choice. Today we pitch… »

There’s been plenty of excitement about the Driveshaft Through The Skull symbol done by our friend Walker Canada. Everyone, it seems, wants to sport their own DTTS gear, and understandably so! You can download the vector graphic here and make your own stuff, you can get stickers from an obliging Jalopnik reader… and now you… »

Looks like the Ferrari-versus-Lamborghini Hell Project score is now Enzo 1, Ferrucio 1, according to the results of Monday’s Choose Your Eternity Poll. We’ll see about reprising the epic battle of the kings of finicky and costly Italian machinery soon enough, but today we’re going to tell the oil companies we’ve had enough of their… »

Volkswagen has finally announced the price for their pair of Diesel Jettas, with the regular TDI sedan and the Jetta SportWagen starting out at $21,990 and $23,590, respectively. When we reviewed the SportWagen we thought it was a fairly good value, especially the base SportWagen, which starts at $18,999. With a non-EPA estimate of 38/44… »

One of our camera-bearing readers managed to snap some photos of a pre-production 2009 Hyundai Elantra Touring making its way down I-75 in Florida. Compared to the Elantra Touring concept version we saw at Chicago, this one seems to have exchanged the orange rectangular indicator on the quarter panel for a clear oval. There are… »

Have you been greenwashed convinced into thinking you can drive a big SUV and still do your part for the environment? Chrysler says you’ll be saving big bucks driving an Aspen or Durango Hybrid over a “competitive vehicle” from GM. “$8,000 below the competition,” they crow. But wait, GM doesn’t make a 7-seat hybrid Trailblazer… »

The 911-powered ‘74 VW Transporter was the big winner in yesterday’s Favorite PCH poll, but when was the last time you saw a Vanagon with a 911 engine? Outside of Germany, that is. Chris Hull over at Autofiends shot what we hope is such a Vanagon in SoCal; if it’s for real, we approve strongly…. »